Education Department. Return showing, (1.) the expenditure from the grant for public education in England and Wales in the year 1898 upon annual grants to elementary schools; (2.) the actual number of public elementary day schools on the annual grant list on the 31st August 1898; the accommodation and number of scholars in those schools; (3.) detailed statistics of inspected schools 1897--8--public elementary day schools, evening continuation schools, and certified efficient schools; the accommodation, number of scholars, teachers employed, particulars of grant earned, income and expenditure, &c.; (4.) summary tables of educational statistics; and (5.) number of school boards under various heads of population [electronic resource].