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CHAPTER IX.

A NEW DEPARTURE IN IRISH ADMINISTRATION.

• Functions and Constitution of the New Department
• How it is Financed
• The Representative Element in its Constitution
• The Right to Vote Supplies
• Consultative Committee on Education
• The Department Linked with the Local Government System
• Successful Co-operation with Local Government Bodies
• And with Voluntary Societies
• The New Department and the Congested Districts Board
• The Reception of the Department by the Country
• Some Typical Callers
• A Wrong Impression Anticipated

CHAPTER X.

GOVERNMENT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.

• Summary of Previous Chapter
• The Attitude of the People towards the Department
• Method of Co-operation with Local Bodies
• State-Aid, Direct and Indirect
• The Department and the Large Towns
• The Department's Plans for Developing Agriculture
• The Industrial Problem and Education
• The Difficulty of Finding Trained Teachers
• How Surmounted
• Difficulties of Agricultural Education
• Decision to Adopt Itinerant Instruction
• Double Purpose of this Instruction
• Relation of the Department with Secondary Schools
• Importance of Domestic Economy Teaching
• Provision of Teachers in Domestic Economy
• Miscellaneous Industries
• Competition of the Factory
• The Department's Fabian Policy Justified
• Its Support by the Country
• Improvement of Live-Stock
• Best Method of giving Object Lessons in Agriculture
• Sea Fisheries