10.838.  {Sir  Henry  Boscoe.)  You  have  given  us  an  account  of  the  limited
scope  of  these  Acts.    What  have  you  to  say  with  regard  to  the  capability-


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of  ibese  Acts  to  effect  the  improyements  required  P — ^I  mentioned  jost
now  that  the  total  amount  of  these  endowments,  subject  to  the  Endowed
Schools  Act«,  1869  to  1874,  is  about  722,0002.  a  year.  Schemes  haye  been
made  under  those  Acts,  and  are  in  operation,  for  about  535,000/.  a  year  ;
ieaying  about  187,0002.  a  year,  for  which  no  schemes  haye  been  yet  esta-
blished. But,  besides  that,  tlicre  is  a  large  and  hitherto  uncalculated
amount  of  capital  endowment  consisting  of  sites,  and  buildings,  which  is  not
reckoned  in  that  amount.    That  is  gross  income.
