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course of higher elementary schools. The number of such schools for the year 1901–02 was: Public, including one connected with higher normal school for women, 61; private, 8; total, 69; and the number of pupils was: Public, 14,975; private, 2,240; total, 17,215; and the number of graduates was: Public, 2,778; private, 812; total, 3,590.

The regulations for the courses of instruction relative to higher schools for girls are given thus in the first article of the ordinance of the Educational Department for such schools:

‘The courses of instruction in the higher schools for women should be: Moral precepts, Japanese language, foreign language, history, geography, mathematics, science, drawing, training for domestic affairs, cutting-out and sewing, music, and gymnastics.

‘In cases where the period of school years be shortened foreign languages are omitted.

‘The foreign language to be either English or French.

‘Foreign languages may be omitted, or may be made an optional course in all cases.

‘Music may be omitted for those pupils for whom the art may be deemed difficult.

‘Besides the courses enumerated above, pedagogy or handicrafts, or either of them, may be added as an optional course, excepting the cases where the period of school years is shortened.’

There is a college for girls situated in Tokyo, and called the Higher Normal School for Women. The object of this college is for training instructors for higher schools for girls and for provincial normal schools. The plan of the college is divided into a Literature course, a Science course, and an Art course. The first comprises ethics, pedagogy, Japanese language, Chinese literature, English, history, geography, music, gymnastics.

The second comprises ethics, pedagogy, English, mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural history, music, gymnastics.

The third comprises ethics, pedagogy, English, physics, chemistry, domestic management, cutting-out and sewing, handiwork, drawings and designs, music, gymnastics. To the Japanese language and Chinese literature is added the practice of penmanship. The course of household management is divided into two branches, one relating to pure household management, and the other to family education. A post-graduate course, an elective course, a special course, and a training course for kindergarten teachers, are instituted as distinct courses of instruction. A higher school for women, an elementary school, and a kindergarten, are also organized in connection with the chief instruction. The course of study for