LOO ST LE LT TT TT ES a : - / ' “1 ol ia hie 4: i : uh. | REPORTS OF SCHOOL VISITORS. | Average daily attendance | —~ 7 . < | with power to lay out the money appre- He atated his belief, that it was not prob e | Number present at examihations 1490 (5) ic iN Let e priated to each County, the better. Mr.| able that the Rev. Isaac Murray, Rev. J. Reports of the Visitors of our publ Reading Class Books —- } } . > T ai ‘ ; sassy } ay at 5 os Callbeck alluded to reports respecting | MeLean, and Rev. Donald MeNeill —all | schools have—rather Jate in the season ~ wae ret 1409 ‘ fe , ° a si .,— r - v il 24, 1876 the uneleanliness of the Poor House. |of whom are members ot the Board of} been laid before the Legislature. The; Apishaitie, (beginners 918, ads t } r ~ ‘ », wn : : . | - ; i ran startl g info : , aon ron Chalottetown, Apri . , Ihe inmates, he said, are all on the} Education— would permit the law to be | contain impor tant and even startling infors vanced 577) i ae ‘etholi ioe wre wl ce leave ir inners 532, ad~ KE SUMMARY ‘ground floor ; and the smoke in the rooms proken for the sake of Roman Catholics. | mation, on Which we will, Jone Mare... a ae 735 | LE iS] 17]} OC MwA . i i a] ob a tiicen ihe ed 205) : . : is sometimes so dense that the poor, He contended that the law had not been | comment sid tec commu Geography, (beginners 698, ads sivcer Easter, legislation has gone on! people are obliged to leave them. It is| broken. Hon. J. C. Pope regretted the | Mr. MePuain’s Rerort. __ vanced 383) ee 2 on, M ' Havi tte 1 ssible for the kee rith the : . blic schools Mr. McPhail. Visitor of Schools for Writing from Dictation 859 | (io Monday ast, Hon, JLT avi- quire impos ible or the eeper with 1 low state into which our pu i¢ =Sschools | mr. hall, Visit Writing Composition 15

land submitted a Bill to ratify and confirm | in exchange by the Coles and the late Martin Dogherty, Esq.,

late Hon. George

f pasture lots in the Royalty of Char- tretown. Hou. Mr. Brecken submitted : Bill respecting the jurisdiction of the Stipendary Magistrate of this city. Hon. Yeo moved the House into Committee of

the Whoie to “ consider of supply.” The following resolution was submitted :— Pesolved, That the following sums be

rranted and placed at the disposal of the

joverament for the following services :—

Lunatic Asylum, maintenance) 89,000 Voor House, 4,500 iaupers, 1,600 Small Grants to poor and infirm

people, 1,000 Boards of Health, 200 Coroners’ Inquests, 400 Public Printing and Stationery, 4,500 Contingencies, 3,000 | Advisory Board, Philadelphia Ex

hibition, 400 Summerside Survey, 400 | Deaf and Damb Instituie, Halifax, 500

Mr. Beer said he would jike an explana tion respeccing the item of $400 for a} survey of Summerside. Hon. Mr. Owen replied,that since Summerside had became | an incorporated town the Wardeous had | asked the Government te have a survey | made, so that the Corporation could know | what public property and and what was | not. The request seemed only reasonable. | 4 surveyor had agreed to perform the ser- vice for $400, and the service is pearly | completed. Mr. McNeill did not object | to the grant, because of the amount re-| quired ; but he thought it would be a bad |

precedent to grant public money for the |

benefit of towns and villages, the inbabit« |

ants of which had applied for, and obtain- | ed Acts incorporation. Hon. Mr, Lefurgy

said that a survey of the town of Sum-| merside was necessary in order that the | taxes might be fairly levied aud collected. | Hon. Mr. Haviland thought Summerside | had a claim on the Government; and a} survey was necessary to show where the | town really is. He believed there was no | other town in the wor]d like Summerside. | The people actually do not know where | the streets are for three months together. | He trusted that Souris, Montague Bridge, | and other growing towns throughout the | Province would not be built up on the | same principle. It should be remembers | ed that Summerside is the capital of | Prince County. As Georgetown and, Charlottetown—the capitals of King’s and ueen’s Counties—had originally been laid out by Government, it was only fair | tbat Summerside should also be laid out

at public expense. Mr. Beer thought | the grant would be a very bad precedent. Next year Souris will, in all probability, | be asking for a similar grant, not understand how it was that this year | the grant for the Board of Health was | only $200, when last year it was $1500. | He saw by the report of the Advisory | Committee that mussel mud had been | sent to Centennial Exhibition. | He thought the Island would cut a poor | figure at Philadelphia, and be censured | the Government because they had not, | last session, instituted measures for the | proper represeatation of the Province. If

the Dominion Government undertook to | bear the expense, the Local Government | could have been reimbursed tor the money | they had paid out ; and the representa~| tion of the Province would not have been | the farce it is. Hon. Mr. Haviland ex. | plained that the reason why the advisory |

He could |

the

Committee had not been appointed sooner, | He said that the messenger sent here by | the Dominion Government to arrange with

the Local authorities, had arrived here

one evening at ten o'clock and left again

next morning at six. Consequently no

arrangement had been made. Subsequeut-

ly the Minister of Agriculture had come

to consult with the Government, but his

stay was almost as brief as the messenger’s,

and so the Island was overlooked. Mr-

Stewart was pleased to see that the Gov-

ernment had increased the grant to the

Lunatic Asylum ; bat he thought more

money should be granted in aid cf the

Poor House. He did not see how the | keeper managed with the small amount at his disposal. He was not at all well p' as- ed with the arrangements made for the care of our poor. “ Poor farms” should in his opinion, be established. A hundred acres or fifty acres of land, on which these people could work, and assist in raising the means for their support, and be above absolute dependence and the degradation of their humanity, should, he thought, be set apart, and the necessary buildings should be erected. With respect to the Centennial Exhibition, he thought the transmission to Philadelphia of specimens of our mussel mud, a regular farce. He would like to know in what manner it was proposed to spend the amount under the head of contingencies. — Hon. Mr. Haviland explained that no Government under the sun could work without a con» tingent fund, from which to draw in case of need. He agreed with Mr. Stewart— that it would be far better to establish a “ poor farm,'’ on which the labor of pau- pers could be utilized, than to support the poor as at present. He would like to see the “Carey property,”’ adjoining the Stock Farm, purchased by Government. If that were done, the Government would have an estate where there would be ample room for the poor to work and live. The Proviace had lately been stigmatized for neglect of its poor. The public accounts, however, would show that no Province in

| Act passed

| fallen into his views in this respect.

| people which could never be realized.

| be considered in a generous spirit.

help he has to keep the house in good | order. Mr. L. MeDonald took excep- | tion to the grant of $400 to Summerside. | Mr. B. Davies regretted that the towa | of Summerside had not been laid out) Me ridiculed the idea of sending After some |

before. mussel mud to Philadelphia. further discussion the resolution passed. | Ona the evening of the 19th iost., a Bill to disestablish the Church of England was | sent down frem the Legislative Council. On motion of Hon. T. H. Haviland it) was read a first time; and on motion of | Mr. L. H. Davies it received the three months’ hoist, oa the ground that it was nonsensical. In committee on the Bill to amend the Land Purchase Act, 1875, a | lengthy discussion arose as to the pro- |

pricty of compelling squatters to prove their titles in case they were required to do | so. Messrs, Campbell, B. Davies, McNeill, L.. MeDonald and others contended that squatters should remain in precisely the

‘same position as they were when the ‘estates were in possession of the proprie- tors; that a quarrelsome or inimical com-

missioner might be able to put the holders

| to great expense in proving that they had

held Lona side possession for over twenty years. On the other hand the Attorney General, the Provincial Secretary, and the Leader of the Opposition held that it was legally impossible to protect the interests

of the public unless a squatter could be

compelled to prove his title ; . that a man might take a piece of Government land fence it round, declare that was his, and the Government—acting in behalf of the public at large—would have no remedy ; that any squatter who had really held possession of his land for twenty years had as good a title as the law could give him; that if he had so held possession he could easily prove it; if he had not, he should pay the Government for the land ; that the power of the Commissioner to annoy a person who holds adversely, by selling his holding to any other person, was effectually neutralized by the provi- sion of the law,that a holder bad the right of purchase over every other applic— ant. These latter views prevailed. While the House was in Committee on the “ Ancillary Bill”? His Honor the Spe rker delivered a short speech. As his Honcr has not the privilege of making any remarks upon the question before the House while in the Chair, and as his speech will not, therefore, appear in the Parliamentry Reporter, we publish an outline of bis address here :—

Mr. Howat said the Land Purchase last year declared that the awards of the Commissioners should not be set aside, notwithstanding any irregularity whatever, and he could not see how the Judges arrived at their decision respecting them. He was, however, very much gratiti- ed to see that a bill had been introduced which would strengthen the Act passed last year, and remove all doubts respecting its meaning. He hope soon to see the long vexed land question set at rest forever. As he could not speak while in the chair, he

might, perhaps, be permitted while on his |

feet to allude to the policy he wished to see pursued when the estates came into the hands of the Government. He would like to see the land sold to tenants at rates at which they could afford to purchase. This remark —he wished it to be understood—would apply as well to estates already in possession of the Government as lo those which will be obtained through the operation of the Act passed last year. He believed it would be betier for the Government to sell out at a amal!! loss than to fix the prices at a figure at which the tenants could not be induced to buy. It was certainly, some gratification to him to see that his hon. colleague had Some months ago he went into his distriet to see his constituents ; and, meeting some tenants, he had expressed sentiments similar to those to which he had just given utlerance. He had told them that as the awards were high, and as the $800,000 bad been placed at the dis- posal of the Government for the special purpose of ridding the province of the pro- prietaty system, he thought the lands should not be sold te tenants at such rates thaty the estates would be rendered self-sustaining in all cases. ‘When he was returning home he was accosted by his colleague” [Mr. Holland], and rated. soundiy for giving utterance lo such sentiments. He was told that he was wronging the public and injuring the Government, by sttch representations, and that he was holding out hopes to the He answered that he was sincere in his opinions and he hoped shat when he brought them to the notice of the Government, they would This is a positive fact ; and yet when his colleague adressed the House, he had said that he hoped the Government would sell at $2.00 an acre. He congratulated that hon. gentle- man on his change of base. With referance to the squatters, Mr. Howat thought that they should be allowed to hold their farms without let or hindrance. He concluded by hoping that the Government would introduce a bill which would enable them to buy out ali small proprietors, and make a clean sweep of the proprietary system.

On the 21st inst., Hon. Mr. Sullivan

moved the second reading of the “ Official Oaths Bill.” In doing so he explained that the Bill provided that all officials under Government required to take an oath that the duties of their offices would be faith- fuliy performed, should be sworn before the Chief Justice, the Pusine Judges of the Supreme Court or either of the Judges of the County Courts; that the official should receive from the Prothono- tary a certificate thet the oath had been formally taker,and that euch certifieate should be fyied by the official in the office of the Provincial Secretary. The Summerside Park Bill has passed through Committee. A Bill to revise the laws relating to the sale of spirituous liquors passed through Committee on Saturday. By it tavern licenses are raised to $30 per year; store licenses to $75. Hon. Mr: Sullivan, on Friday evening, moved to introduce a Bill to disestablish the Chureh of England. The motion was ruled out of order. L. H. Davies sub. mitted the following resolution ;— Resolved that a Committee of Five Mem- bers be appointed to investigate and report upon the manner in which the Education

Law has been and is now being carried ont in Carlottetown, with power to send for

British North America, has, in proportion to it size, dealt more generously with its poor than this [sland has in ali time. With respect to the transmission of mus- | sel mud to the Centennial Exhibition, he | did uot think it so very ridiculous. At any rate, it had beeu sent at the request of the Minister of Agriculture. The idea was, to show the products of the whole Do- minion. ‘There would be no department | specially set apart for this Island. Mr. | Welsh did not think it right that the whole country should be taxed to build up Georgetown, Charlottetown and Sum- | merside; but he thought $1000 should

be granted in aid of the poor, If mem- bers of the Leyislature contiaue to wrangle over the appropriations—if County is to he set against County in the House —then the sooner we have municipal institutions,

_ of the people.

persons, papers, and records. A long debate followed. Mr. Davies quvted the statement of the Visitors of

Schools for Queen’s aud Prince Counties, showing that denominational catechisms were being taught in public schools throughout the Province. He contended that such teaching was in direct opposition to the spirit and the letter of our educa- tional law, and to the will of the majority fle sharply censured the Voard of Education and the Government. Hon. Mr. Sullivan defended the Govern ment, showing that on the presentation of the certificate of Secretary of the Board of Education, the Government was bound to pay the teacher’s salary -=no matter what was taught ia bis school. He also aoe the Board of Education. He inted out that‘such lawyers as Ju Hetstey. Judge Reddin, and ‘Ouarhe Palmer, Esq., wére not likely, knowingly, to permit an infringement of the law.

have fallen ; and said, that in his opinion, the educational system of the Province would never work properly while five- twelfths of the population were consci-| entiously opposed to purely secular teach- | ing the public schools. While he was ino— favor of the sccular system ; while he be- | lieved it would be impossible to carry out, | successfully, any other system in settle- ments, where the inhabitants were of dif- | ferent creeds — still, he thought that ia in towns and villages where denomin— | ational schools were established, the | public money might fairly and proper. ly be applied in paying for the secular education imparted in those schools. If this course were adopted, the great | grievance of which Catholics complained | would be remedied; the state would, | instead of shirking the secular education of a large number of the children of poor parents, be performing its proper func- tions; the teaching of Christianity would not be placed under a ban in the public schools of a Christian country; and the public szhools would be as tree as ever they were. Several other speakers took part in the debate. We shall endeavor to lay before our readers a full report of allthe speeches. Hon. Mr, Kelly moved: in amendment to the resolution, that the Committee proposed to be appointed should extend its scrutiny to the entire province. The debate is still pending.

Late on Saturday night, (ion. Mr Owen tabled the

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES :—

Towards building new Lunatic

Asylum, $20,000 Cost of enlarging Queen's Co. Gaol, 3,500 Cost of County Court House,Souris 1,800 Additional disbursements, Hills-

borough Ferry, 1,500 Salling Packets, Rustico,New Lon-

don,and Charlottetown ; and

Murray River, Montague,

and Charlottetown. 550 Deputy Prothonotary, Queen's Co.,

in addition to present salary, 195

—— = 2 ae ©

MR. SHANLY’S REPORT.

THE Patriot accepts Mr. Shanly’s Report. It admits that the Report re- lieves the contractors from blame. “ Very few complaints,” it says, “were ever made against the contractors.’’ It allows that the road ‘‘ has been built pretty well according to contract.’’ The indignation of the Patriot is now turned against the Local Government, because the “contract was so loosely framed, as to permit the Contractors to turn out a very indifferent job.’’ Yet, Mr. Shanly says that our railway is a better one than rail- ways of the same cost in Ontario, If the Patriot accepts Mr. Shanly’s Report, it cannot, surely, censure the Government ; for if the road was built according to con- tract, and, if it is as well built as the railways of Oatario, the contracts could not have been framed so very loosely as the Patriot pretends to think,

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SUMMER COMMUNICATION.

THE navigation will now soon be open ; and we do hope that the distance between this place and Halifax is not to be made by art three or four times as great as it is by nature. There must be some im- provement. We can assure the Steam Navigation Company, and Mr. Brydges, that the indignation manifested by the press of Halifax and Charlottetown last summer, will be aroused into ten-fold fury this year, if the same or similar ar- rangements ure imposed upon the public.

CHURCH MBETINGS.

TRINITY CHURCH, GEORGETOWN.

At the Annual Parish Meeting of Trinity Church, Georgetown, held on Easter Mon- day, 17th April, 1876, in the Schoolroom of said church, the following expressions were adopted in memory of the death of our late Rector, the Rev. W. M. Ross, M. A.

Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to have taken from us our beloved Rector, on the 29th day of November last, and whose mortal remains we were enabled, at his own request, to have borne to his native home, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and there consigned to their last earthly resting place, we now deem it fit and appropri- ate to give expression at this, our Easter meeting, in some enduring form, to tho love we bore him, and our high appreci. ation of his rare endowments, varied cul- ture, and many noble and christian virtues,

Therefore Resolved, That we will now cherish his memory as a bright example of all that is loving, kind, true, wise and taith- ful, in friend, teacher, guide, and pastor, and as one high in the degrees of Masonry and Oddfellowship,

Resolved further, That a Marble Tablet, inscribed with a suitable epitaph be set into the walis of ourchurch, for the maintenance of which he laboured so zealously, and cone tributed in every way so generously,

Resolved further, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Parish, and that the Wardens forward a copy of them to the bereaved mother and sister of the deceased, to whom we continue our warmest sympathies.

G. A. AITKEN, : F. M. Carpet, { Church Wardens.

Georgetown, P.E. Island, April 17, 1876.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year, viz :— Church Wardens— G, A. Aitken and Wm. S. Easton ; Vestry. men—James Easton, William Sanderson, Charles Owen, G. A. Aitken, William L. Easton, Charles Aitken, James Hanes, and Joseph Fairchild.

®T. PAUL’s CHURCH, CHARLOTTETOWN.

The following gentlemen were elected Vestrymen for the ensuing year :—John Ings, H.J. Cundall, George Peake, Thomas DesBrisay, Fenton T. Newbery, D.R. Hooper, Thomas Casely, Louis H. Davies, Arthur Newbury, Vestry Clerk. Messrs. John [ngs and F. T. Newbery, were selected as Ward- ens. In recognition of his superior ability, the salary of Professor Earle, Organist of the Church, was raised twenty-five per cent. Judge Hensley reported that the Rey. Mr, Osborne might soon be expected to take the curacy of the church. [t was moved by Capt. Maxweil seconded by L. H. Davies, Esq., that the Church Wardens be em-~ powered to apply to the City Council to have plankways laid down at the North East, and South sides of the church. It was moved by Judge Hensley, seconded by Thomas DesBrisay, Exq., that a committee be appointed to confer with other Protest- ant congregations in this city. in order to raise a sufficient sum to put the old burial

nd in good order and repair. The

llowing gentlemen were appointed said

committee :—H.J. Cundaill,. Judge Hensley,

and F. W. Hales. 8T. PETER'S CHURCH, CHARLOTTETOWN.

Ata meeting of the congreyation of St. Peter’s Church, held in Schoolroom on Easter Monday ev'ng, Messrs.James Peake, Thos. Green, and Ralph B. Peake, were ren elscted Church.wardens. Hon. T’. H. Havi- land and E. J. Hodyson, Esq., were elected delegates to Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia Hon. F. Brecken, and W. C. DesBrisay, elected substitutes. Mr. J. E. Haszard Was appointed Treasurer. A vote of thanks was to the Org rnist and Choir of the

’

| No. Common Sehools

j No.

| Queen’s County, submits the following sun»

1 mary Of statistics :—

Gramm Schools Normal Sebools | - ‘Total Ls] Schoo!s vacant ou Schools chan .e of Teacher Teachers Grammar Class 6 do. Second Class o io, First Class 57 do. First Class (female) Do do. First Class (Fr. Aca.) left profession Presbyterian if Roman Catholic tT saptist Vesleyan Episcopal

do, do, do do do. do

13 o

No. Pupils enrolled 7885 | joys 4298 Girls 3087 | Pup:'s present examined 1294 | Dail. sverage 4459 Reading Scriptures in 99 schools 2615 Reading Class Books 7885 Writing 5316 Arithmetic 4771 Grammar 2178 | Geography vT94 Writing from Dictation 2704 English History 703 Book Keeping 104 | Matnematics 5] Latin 30 Greek 16} French 25 | French (in Acadian Schools) oot

Mr. McPhail remarks ;— ‘It will be observed that the apparent

this year is 208. ment, however, is really much greaier, The St. Patrick’s School, Charlottetown, has

ment Schools, bringing with it an accession of 183 pupils, therefore the real decrease in the enroiment of pupils for the County is nearly 400, that this, on the supposition that there were no vacant schools. But there are about 50 Schools, or nearly one- third of the whole number in the County, vacant,which still further reduces the num« bers actually enrolled to about 5377, or 2716 less than last year. Besides, from the frequent change of Teachers, there are so many vacancies occurring in Schools, other than those marked vacant, that upon the whole it may safely be estimated that about 50 percent of the Schools are vacant in the course of the year, at one time or other. Of the number actualiy enrolled, viz., 5377, 60 per cent. would be a high estimate as the average attendance, which gives 3226, or say in round numbers 3500 as the num- ber who are actually receiving benefit from our educational system; for it is very well known that those children who attend school very irregularly receive little or no benefit. By the last census the number ef children of school age in the county is 11,657, from which, deducting the above averaye, we have a balance of 8,157 child- ren who receive little or no benefit from our school system. This state of affairs is not only discouraging, itis alarming, and if allowed to continue, must eud disas- trously to the future well being of the rising generation.” . * = * .

It is asserted by many that the sectarian aspect of the school question is one of the in the

main obstacles to Improvement

direction of an xmended school law. If this be true, it is very unfortunate, be- cause denominxtional prejudices are the most difticuit to be overcome. In_ this connection Lf may state that of the 47

Roman Catholic teachers engaged, 38 teach the catechi-m. and most of tuem use their own church forms of prayer, Of the 96 Protestant teachers, 18 teach the catechism, Two teuale Protestants teachers in Roman Catholic schools taught the Roman Catholic catechism, being required by the trustees todoso. In unother school, a mixed one, the teacher, a Roman Catholic, was s0 ac- commodating as to teach both catechisms. I should, however, state that these secta- rian teachings were in most cases said by the teachers to be practised after school hours, ers complained that the time and attention required in teaching the catechism hin- dered the progress of the pupils in their

otherstudies. In the nine French Acadian schools all the French class books are sectarian.

. . * * o .

As already stated, St. Patrick’s or the ‘Christian Brothers’ ’’ school, was recently included in the list of City Government schools, with 183 pupils enrolled, Withs out this accession the number enrolled in the City schools would be 633, showing a faliing off for the year of 46 pupils, which may in part be accounted for by the prex valence of sickuess among the children. There is little or no improvement to note in respect to school accommodation. The details of deficiencies and evils have been so fully set forth in my previous reports that it appears to me unnecessary to repeat them. *

Mr. McPhail gives a favorable report of the Normal School. He bears testimony to the zeal of Mr. Montgomery and the efficien- cy of Miss McKinnon. He expresses won- derment that four teachers work with any advantage whatever in three small rooms, He suggests more class room and a \ibrary. Three grammar class teachers, four second class and thirty-two first class teachers have been licensed during the past year.

MR. MCSWAIN’S REPORT.

Mr. John McSwain, School Visitor for King’s County, submits the following syns opsis of statistics :—

Number of Schools in the County 105 do. examined 95 do, closed or vacant }]

Scholars in districts the schools of

which were examined 4453

Average number in each district 47

Number of scholars registered 3910

Average number per school 41

Number of boys registered 2066

do. girls i844

Scholars examined 189]

Average per School 20

Daily attendance in County 2169

Average for each Schoo} 23

No. learning Reading 3625

do. Writing (copies) 2366 do. do, trom dictation 913 do, Arithmetic 1995 do, Grammar 795 do. Geography 968 do. Recitation 1592 do. Book Keeping 21 do. History 86 de. French 23 do. Latin 5 do. Greek ] do. Geometry 2 do. Algebra 3

On Mr. McSwain’s first circuit he exam- ined 67 schools; 16 were vacant and 12 were clo-ed. On his second circuit he visited 73 schools: 2] were vacant and 1]

decrease in the number of pupils enrolled / The falling off in enrol-

recently been placed on the list of Govern- |

One of the Roman Catholic teach. |

English History ; Book-~keeping Algebra Geometry Latin Greek French Music New Schoolhouses erected 9 -choolhouses enlarged 4 Schoolhouses repaired and pro- vided with better furniture Schoolhoures not fit to teach in Amount expended by trustees in erecting and improving School- houses during the year, abdut $5470.00 Amount paid to teachers by the Districts Annual amount drawn from the Treasury by the seventy-seven Teachers at present employed 12356.75 Total amount paid to Teackers 14526.00 Average amount per Teacher 158.65

The greater number of Trustees neglect~« ed to keep account of expenditure for fuel, making fires, etc., consequently I am | unable to report the total amount expend- | ed for all educational purposes during the | year.

‘The following sflords a comparative view of the numbers studying the higher | branches in the Grammar Schools in 1873, | 1874 and 1875.

~ 21 ;

oF

on 27

10

2170.00

Branches 1873 187 1875 Algebra 25 26 16 Geometry 28 28 27 Latin 31 24 30 Greek 4 0 3 French 66 39 36 , Number of Grammar Schools in operation in 1873 3 Grammar Schools in operation in 1874 5 (irammar Schoois in operation in 1875

Eighteen teachers in Prince County alone | abandoned the profession last year. There is now only one second class teacher in the Thirty-nine teachers changed Concerning the Mr. McSwain

| County. schools during the year. Schools at Summerside, reports :—

‘‘ The Eastern District School is at pre- sent in good working order, There are 146 enrolled, and an average daily attendance of 86. The building consists of ‘three |; departments. The necessary Class-room )is provided as required, The Principal is /an experienced Teacher of the Second Class, (the assistants are painstaking workers. | The resultof examination is creditable to ‘all parties. Trustees, and a number of

others interested, were present to witness ithe result, and encourage teachers and | scholars in their work. The interest manis | fested is worthy of praise, and must be pro- | ductive of good results. The clause in the | Act which eXernpts parties from sending | children to the Grammar School from the | payment of District assessments, operates |against the in:erests of this school, and, | consequently, should receive some cons | sideration. Pupils not fit to enter a Gram- | mor School, not studying any of the higher | branches, perhaps no further advanced than the Second Book, should be required to at. tend the school in the District in which ' they reside. The Western District is vacant and, judging from present appearances, | will remain so for some time. The indif- | ference manifested here baffles description, The schoolhouse is abandoned, doors and windows smashed in, and the wretched re-~ | Mains of the straggling furniture thrown upside down, There are no trustees to take | charge of anything belonging to the Dis- | trict. A few of the children are attending | in the Eastern District School, some go to | the Convent School, others found their way }into the Grammar School, the remainder, | being by far the greatest number, amount- , ing to about 130,are allowed to rove around, 'educating themselves on the streets in fall sorts of idle and vicious habits. | Any one need not be told that a potent remedy is needed here to rescue these he!pless victims of cruel neglect from ignorance and ruin.”

There are six grammar schools in Prince County, That of Alberton is flourishing. Attendance has been irregular at that of Centreville, and it is not in such good con< dition as it was. The Fanning Grammar School is not in a highly satisfactory condi- tion, owing to irregularity of attendance.

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Kennevy the celebrated singer is again in the Dominion; and we assure that he will soon pay us another visit. The Toronto Globe has the following account of one of | his entertainments :—

‘©¢ Twa Hours at Hame.’—Seldom has a larger or more enthusiastic audience been | inside the walls of Shaftsbury Hail, than | that which last evening greeted Mr. Ken- | nedy and fimaly, in their presentation of Scottish song and story. Every inch of room in the body of the hall and the galleries was occupied, and every one present was delighted, if one might judge by the frea quency and heartiness of the bursts of ap~ plause that rang through the hall. The programme was one that included the | choicest specimens among the various varie- ties of Scottish melodies, and at the same time showeu to the greatest advantage the versatility of talent which characterises the Kennedy family. That Mr. Kennedy’s vocal powers have not deteriorated in the slight~ est was abundantly evident in his magnifi-~ | cent rendering of ‘Caller Herrin’,’ ‘Scot's (wha hae,’ and other well-known song, wich evoked an enthusiasm at once a high compliments to the singer’s abilities and a potent illustration of the effects of Scottish | songs upon Scottish hearts. But Mr. Kene nedy is not merely a great singer, he is an actur of cultivation and ability, and the ‘pawklest’ of *‘pawky’ humorists. His inimitably droil manner of singing ‘Hame cam’ oor Guidman at E’en,’ ‘An Auld Bachelor’s Wooing,’ and the ‘Laird 0’ Cock. pen,’ and his equally humorous presenta- tiod of Scottish stories produced roars of laughter long and loud. The other memes bers of the company are deserving of als most equally high commendation. The singing and playing of the Misses Kennedy were in their freedom from affectation and their genuine talent, in delightful contrast to the wholesale murdering which the ‘Auld Scots Sangs’ too often receive from public singers who do not understand their associations or the ‘guid braid Scotch’ in which they are clothed. Mr. David Ken« nedy's rendering ot that inspiring song, ‘The March of the Cameron Men,’ shows that he has inherited his father’s talents in martial music. The glees given by the different members of the family were taste~ fully rendered, and were on several occa~ sions encored. To-night an entirely new programme will be presented, and doubt- less another bumper house will greet Mr. Kennedy and ais family.”’

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Out of 52,465 primary school teachers in Prussia, only 3,581 are women.

The number of colliers on strike in York- shire and Derbyshire has increased to up- wards of 30,0350.

The Centennial Commissioners have de. cided not to grant any space within the

closed when visited. Souris Grammar

Schoo} was, at the date of bis visit, the only |

Grammar School in the County taught by a |

Grammar Schoo! Teacher. Mr. McSwain

complains of the frequent change of books |

in the schools, | SIEWART’S REPORT.

Mr. Stewart, Visitor for Prince County, | submits the following table of statistics :— No. of Grammar Schools 6 |

Common Schools 117 | Schools vacant a

MR,

Grammar Teachers

Second Claas Teachers 72 | i

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First Class Teachers Assistant Teachers 5 Schools in operation 72 Teachers employed 77 | Male Teachers 34 Female Teachers 43 | Teachers, Roman Catholics 32 | Teachers, Protestants 54 Teachers left profession 1s Pupils in the 123 Districts in

County 6500 | Pupils enrolled | Boys “ Girls “6

limits of the exhibition grounds for the erection of a building in which religious services may be conducted.

LAMENTABLE CaRELessNess. — The Des Moines (lowa) Iegister says :—“ Yesterday morning two women in the west part of the town, gave birth to children in the same room and at the same time. The circum. stances transpired sooner than had been eXe pected, and as a consequence preparations for a new arrival had not been made. Ina telligence of the event was conveyed toa neighbouring house, and a woman living there hastenea to them in order to render necessary aid. She cared for the little strangers, bathed and clothed them, and in due season started to present them to their waiting mammas. Then she made the startling discovery that she had succeed. ed in inextricably mixing the infant so that she was unable to decide which was the mother of either. The case was anxiously considered by all parties, but no decision could be reached, and _fin- ally the two mothers cast lots for choice agreeing that if the children should, when grown, develop family traits sufficiently to

2029 | identify them they should be exchanged 1503 if the present selection should prove to be 1526 | incorrect, ”’

1081 | unfortunate insane there contined, which |

04 | end of Canada, and in fact in many parts 16 | of the United States, the official statement 3 | 5 made, 198 | opinions were formed which were anything | every Wednesday and Friday moryi

THE INSIDE OF SOME ISLAND IN-'| STITUTIONS.

Under this heading the St. John Wutch- | man of the 15th inst. contains the follow- ing :—** About two years ago the people of Prince Edward Island were horrified by revelations in reference to the condition of the Lunatic Asylum of the Island and the | shocked the humane sentiments of all who read the sickening details. From end to

of the Charlottetown Grand Jury, through whore efforts the terrible exposure was_ was read with amazement, and |

but flattering to the people who permitted | | the existence of such astate of things. The |

10 Legislators was constrained to move; an same evening

Act was passed for ihe erection of a new | and more suitable building; but even at. ‘this distance of two years from the date of | _ the revelations, the Local Government has | not struck a blow on the proposed building, and in fact the site of the building has not / even been selected. It is not a little re- markable that the Island Government has been so slow to move in a matter which demanded prompt and energetic action.” To these remarks we beg to direct the at- tention of our ultra-careful and economical contemporary the Argus. The following remarks respecting our jail are merited, We are pleased to report that steps are now being taken towards the enlargement and purification of that overcrowded, ill- ventilated prison. After quoting from the lettera of Rev. G. W. Hodgson and R. R. FitzGerald, and the report of Sheriff Wat. son, the Watchman says:—And now before the public has forgotten the old scandal a new one breaks forth to startle and dis- | grace the Island. This time it is the Char- | lottetown Jail—the principal piace of cons | finement of criminals, as well as ordinary |