In  order  to  render  schools  of  this  class  eifcctive,  further  and  greater
efforts  should  be  made  to  promote  general  primary  education ;  for
such  schools  could  not  admit  any  persons  as  pupils  except  those
who  already  possessed  at  least  some  moderate  degree  of  information.
It  was  essential  to  the  complete  success  of  a  system  of  education  that
appointments  should  depend  upon  merit,  and  not  upon  religions,
political,  or  private  influences.     In  conclusion,  he  again  adverted
to  the  absence  of  primary  education  as  an  insurmountable  obstacle
to  success  in  imparting  techDical  education.
