ABSTRACT
The number of children benefiting by the provisions of the Factory Act at this time was but a small fraction of the juvenile employed population of the country. As regards education, provisions of a radically different character from those of the Factory Act of 1833 were adumbrated. The factory inspectors continued their task of enlightening the Government as to the actual state of affairs in respect of the education of the children concerned, and of directing attention to the modifications required. Part-time education for children was not to be extended to employment in silk mills. In other factory schools, and in some of the private schools, some little education was imparted; but in the majority of both there was a mere nominal compliance with the law. The subject of the education of the people had been more neglected in this country than in any other civilised nation.
