Large single sheet, printed report of the public prizegiving meeting of 16th January 1882. Detailed recap of the people present, speeches given and prizes received. Speeches refer frequently to state of education in the local area, the country and with many comparisons to France and Germany. Chairman stated "the time was not far distant when the taunt that had generally been levelled at England by other nations, such as Germany and France - that although she could work, she was very ignorant - would no longer be deserved".