Several societies have during the past few years considered the teaching of mathematics and of science ; since, however, they have confined their attention to the subjects separately, and in many instances to particular types of school, the Joint Committee decided not to rely upon data previously collected, but to send a circular to all the schools mentioned in the School-marters Year Book, asking for details of the conditions under which the subjects are at present taught. This has been done and replies received from about 300 schools representing all types of non-primary education: a summary of the replies will be found in Appendix B, and the Committee wish to express their thanks to those gentlemen who, by so fully answering the questions asked, have made it possible to present a report dealing with a larger number of schools than has been hitherto possible.

The Committee wish to make several recommendations ; they however recognise with pleasure that the returns prove not only that a considerable advance has been made during the past ten years in the teaching of mathematics and science, but that in many cases a definite attempt has been made to correlate this teaching.