From February 1–7, 1905, Kuyper took part in the debates in the First Chamber about the 1905 national budget (pp. 262–345). On February 1 Kuyper entered into the general political debate (pp. 262–271). The reply followed on February 2 (pp. 285–291). On May 19 and 20 Kuyper spoke about the bill to amend the Higher Education Act (pp. 446–470); the bill was subsequently passed (cf. 1904.02). This bill, among other things, put the Polytechnische School in Delft on equal legal footing with the Dutch universities and accorded the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam the effectus civilis (i.e., formal governmental acknowledgement of the university’s examinations and its right to bestow the doctoral degree and associated privileges). On May 20 Kuyper addressed the caisson bill (p. 471), which was subsequently passed (see 1905.12). The speeches on pages 505–525 concerned amendments to certain sections of the Primary Education Act. The amendments were subsequently adopted (see 1905.15) and as a result, (minimum) wages for both public and now private schools became the responsibility of the state. A pension plan for teachers was also completed. Kuyper’s final speech to the First Chamber in his capacity as minister of the interior was delivered on June 14, 1904. It dealt with amendments to the provincial bill (pp. 554–556), which was also passed.