"In this Exhibition of Education, foreigners as well as British
subjects will take their share, and I am happy to say that
Sweden has already applied for permission to exhibit a
full-sized model of one of its parish schools. The duty of this
Committee is to see that such work as I have sketched out shall
be completely accomplished, that exhibitors shall come forward
and offer their productions, that the best only shall be
selected for exhibition, and that discussions on systems of
instruction shall be organized. I indulge a sanguine hope that
the labours of this Committee may teach lessons which will lead
to the improvement of the quality of primary education, and to
the extension of that secondary instruction in science and art
so much needed for the industrial progress of this country, a
necessity proved at the Exhibition of 1851, originated and
conducted by my illustrious father, and confirmed again in 1862,
and at Paris in 1867, where our own artisans showed by their
remarkable reports how strong were their convictions on this
point. Difficulties there are, as there must ever be, in the
completion of a great work, and here I am reminded how fully the
difficulties connected with this work of education were
appreciated by my father as long ago as 1851. But my visit with
the Princess of Wales to the Middle Class Schools in the City of
London on Wednesday last, and the reports on Faversham School
and the District Union Schools of the Metropolis, which have
been published by our Society, lead me on to hope that even
these difficulties may admit of solution.

"By improved organization of schools and teaching power, I think
that it is shown that instruction may be so given as to enable
earning and learning to go hand-in-hand together. I close these
few remarks by bidding 'God speed' to this Committee in the
great work that is before them. Two resolutions will be offered
for your acceptance, and any explanation which may seem
necessary will be afforded."

The resolutions, moved by Sir John Pakington, and by the Hon. W. Cowper
Temple, were to the effect that the meeting warmly approved of the
proposed International Educational Exhibition, which would not only
receive His Royal Highness's sanction, but his personal assistance and
co-operation. It was explained that the feature of these Exhibi