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WE congratulate the Science and Art Department on a resolution at which they have just arrived, in consequence of applications from science schools, to form collections of such specimens, models, diagrams, &c., as are best adapted for teaching the various branches of science which the Department aids by grants. It is proposed that collections shall be sent on loan for short periods to the local schools, to assist them in furnishing themselves with the necessary apparatus. The specimens and apparatus already in the Educational Department of the South Kensington Museum have been arranged for examination under the different subjects of instruction, and a letter has been forwarded to all the Examiners of the Department, requesting them to inspect the collections, with the view of advising what portion of them they consider may with advantage form part of the proposed travelling collections; what additions should be made, so as to give the science schools an idea of what they would require for a complete outfit; and what are the best and cheapest forms of apparatus, &c., for them to provide themselves with.