The Elementary Education Acts, 1870, 1873, 1874 & 1876

Owen's Manual.

The Education Acts Manual. Fourteenth Edition:

Embracing the Education Acts, 1870, 1873, 1874, and 1876.
By HUGH OWEN, Jun., Barrister-at-Law.

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THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACT, 1876,

FOURTH EDITION.

With an Introduction, Annotations, and Index, and an Appendix containing the provisions of the Factory Acts as to the Attendance of Children at School, Regulations of the Education Department, and Specimen Bye Laws. By HUGH OWEN, Jun., Barrister-at-Law, author of "The Education Acts Manual," Fourteenth Edition.

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