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ALMANAC FOR JUNE, 1876,

MOON'S CHANGES. Full Moon, 6th day, 8h. 25m., p. m., S. E. Last Quarter, 14th day, 11h. 2m. p. m., W. New Moon, 21st day, 6h. 4m., p. m., S. W.

First Quarter, 28th day. 11h. 1m., a.m.,N.E., |

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D-\p 1¥ WEEK ~~ : Sail M lrise | sets rises |water iis n’th | 4 nH Mi M/A (M "oOo 1/Thursday |4 18:7 38; 2 28) 5 51/15 20 2\F riday 17} 39} 3 39,6 58| 22 | 3Saturday | 16) 39) 4 48) 7 58] 23 4 Sunday 15} 40) 6 2; 8 42] 25 5'Monday 1s; 41); 7 89 26) 6 Tuesday 15} 42; 8 12:10 0 26 7|Wedn'sd’'y) 14, 42/9 5810 46) 28 8 Thursday 14; 43, 9 Sijll 25) 29 9 Friday 14; 4410 28/4 5) 20 lolSatarday 13° 44:10 55) 0 43) 31 11)Sunday 3} 45/11 19] 1 20) 2 12’ Monday 12} 45/11 37) 1 565 32 13|Tuesday 13; 4611 53; 2 34 33 14)Wedn’sd’y; 13. 46M 3 15) 33 15; Thursday = ee we hf 34 | 16| Friday 18} 4710 223; 5 12 34 17|Saturday 13 48; 0 4116 23 35 18 Sunday ™ Gin? = 35 19 Monday 13) 48 1 3138 5&6) 35 20 Tuesday 13; 49,2 99 54) 386 2: Wedn’s’dy' 13' 49° 3 410 42) 36 22i\Thursday| 14; 50,4 1811 29 36 93/ Friday 14; 4915 44M | 85 24, Saturday Mm 47 WO 7 35 25'Sunday 15} 49' 8 365) 0 47] 34 26\Monday | 15; 49)19 57} 1 28) 34 27 Tuesday 15} 4911 18) 2 18) 34 28;\Wean'sd’y) 16) 49A 23'3 O 33 %\Thursday| 16) 49'1 23) 3 53 38 30 Friday 417749 2 43' 4 59:15 33 | | i i i PRICES CURRENT. Ch’town, May 30, 1876. BREADSTUFFS. Buckwheat Flour, per Ib 0.03 to 0.34 Flour, per bbl 5.50 to 7.00 Flour, per 100 lbs 3.00 to 3.25 Oatmeal, per 100 Ibs 3.00 to 3.50 FISH. Codfish per qt! 3.560 to 5.00 Herring per bb! 4.87 to 6.49 Mackerel per doz. 0.48 to 0.72 BOARDS. Hemlock, 100 feet. 0.81 to 0.94 Pine do 1.62 to 2.40 Spruce do 0.97 to 1.80 Shingles, per M. 2.11 to 2.48 POULTRY. Chickens, per pair $0.50 to 0.70 Ducks, (each) 0.24 to 0.35 Fowls, (each) 0.25 to 0.40 Partridges, (each) 0.00 to 0.00 Turkeys, (each) 0 80 to 1.75 Geese (each) 0.50 to 0.75 MEAT. Beef, (small pieces) per Ib $0.08 to 0.16 Beef, per ib (by the quarter) 0.06 to 0.10 Ham, per lb 0.10 to 0.12 Lamb, per quarter 0.50 to 1.00 Lamb, per !b 0.06 to 0.09 Matton, per Ib 0.08 to 0.14 ork, (Smali pieces) per ip 0.08 to 0.12 Pork, per ib (by the carcass) 0.06 to 0.08 Veal, per Ib 0.04 to 0.08 MISCELLANEOUS. Apples per bushel 0.00 to 0.00 Barley per bushel 0.00 to 0,75 Butter (fresh) per Jb 0.28 to 0.32 Batter per Ib by the tub 0.22 to at! Calfskins, per Ib 0.06 to 0.10 Cheese (new milk) per lb 0.14 to 0.16 Cheese, per Ib 0.05 to 0.08 Clover seed, per Ib 0.20 to 0.25 Eggs, per doz. 0.10 to 0.12 Green Peas, 0.00 to 0.00 Hay, per ton 11.00 to 13 Hides, per Jb. 0.04 to 0.44 Honey, per lb. 6.25 to 0.32

ee (men’s wear)per yd. 0.65 t. 1.00 “omespuu, (women’s do)per yd 0.35 to 0-48

oOmespun Flannel, per yard 0.31 to 0.4 Lard, per lb ve 0.12 6014 Cots, per bushe. 0.36 to 0.46 en per bushel 0.40 to 0.45 — Barley, per Ib 0.03 to 0.04

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

A. KENNEDY, ESQ., President.

Joun F. RoBERTSON,

ARTEMAS LorD,

Tuomas MorRIs,

GreorGe D. LONGWORTH.

P. W. HynpMAN,

W. D. STEWART. Risks taken daily at their office, Exchange

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Rosert LonawortH, Esq., President, Hon. Jas. DUNCAN,

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‘or a little house to dwell in, A sheJter and-a nest;

But though the buds are Swelling,

And the springs from earth are welling, I cannot find a place for my rest.

There are no walls to hold us, Nota home to enfold us, | Nora hearth for a fire, Not a chamber for our sleep; In vain my quest I keep, None answer my desire, Up and down, Through the town.

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Then suddenly I hear

A whisper in my ear—

** ‘Turn aside from thy seeking, Listen to my speaking; There is a house for thee!

| There are trees to shade the summer, | There is room for every comer,

And broad the gateways be

To this home that waits for thee.

Up and down, Through the town, Thou needest not to wander; Thy house is ready yonder, The roof is smooth and green, And the chamber is so stil] Thou canst slumber there thy fil, And thy house sball no man borrow To-day nor to-morrow, Nor vexed with joy or sorrow, Is that dwelling place serene.

** There is no price to pay,

No need to move away,

No evil eye can harm thee,

No man, nor beast alarm thee;

The flowers grow very fair

In the summer-scented air,

And the snow lies still ane soft, Up aloft.

‘Thy house is ready here, Ready this many a year;

Seek no more

For the door Is opening to thy feet, And the wide and silent street Is ready for thy tread In the city of the dead, [head, Seek no longer! here is rest for heart and Come in here.”’

—Lase Terry Cooke.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Tuesday, April 4th [Continued]

PURCHASE OF LANDS, Hon. the President would willingly sup port any constitutional and practicable measure to overcome the difficulties which surrounded the Land Question. He re-

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gretted that Lady Sullivan, and the pro- prietors, has not agreed to accept the xmount awarded them. Lady Sullivan claimed a large quantity of land, and her

| tenants were anxious to become freehold-

ers. He hoped that when the decision of the Supreme Court of the Dominion would be given she would comply with the award. He also regretted that the Legislature had not been called earlier, so that the tenants could have been saved the payment of a year’s rent. The tenants had been led to believe that they were done paying rent, but the Government thought proper to exercise their own judgement, instead of complying with the desire of those intelligent meetings. If the Legislature had been called, and those tenants saved u years’ rent, it would have gone a considerable way in paying the first instalment of the purchase money.

Hon. Mr. Bolger would support the clause read with great pleasure,and hoped this session they would see the iast bill pessed for the settlement of the Land question. He believed the Government had done everything in their power to make the operation ot the Bill passed last year succesful. None could charge them with unfairness, for they engaged the Leader of the Opposition to assist, which the country would approve of.

Hon. Mr. Strong said that the year’s

rent was taken into consideration when the proprietors were putting in their

claims. If they charged the year’s rent to the tenants, their claim against the

| Government would be that much less.

The rent, from the time the proprietors received notice that the Government were prepared to purchase their land, was to be considered back rent. If they went further back the proprietors’ claims would necessarily be Jarger. He believed some of the proprietors were endeavoring to charge both ways. The Government did not wish to do anything unjust towards the proprietors, and iv making up their statement the amount of rent due them was »ut down; the award of the Com- missioners Was made accordingly. If the tenants had to pay rent, the claim of the Government against them would be lighter. It was true that the Legislature might have been called, at considerable expense, but then it might have been found that a Bill was not necessary, for it was a new thing and even the lawyers had to feel their way.

The Tenants would have to pay the year’s rent in any case, and the year had not expired:

Hon. Mr, McGill said that judgement against tenants for rent up to the first of November, 1875, had been given in the County Court. Either the Supreme Court or the County Court must be wrong. He knew a person who was pre~ pared to test the question, whether the proprietors could collect the year’s rent.

The Bill was reported from Committee agreed to.

SCHOOL VISITORS’ REPORT.

Hon. Mr, Laird called the attention of the Leader of the Government to the fact that the Schoo] Visitors’ Reports had not yet been laid upon the table. The law required that they should be laid upon the table within fourteen days after the opening of the session.

Hon. Mr. Strong replied rhat the de- lay was in the printing office ; but he had no doubt but they would be laid on the table iu a day or two.

Adjourned,

Wednesday, April 5. HON. MR. RICHARDS INTRODUCED.

Hon. Mr. Richards the member elect for the first district of Prince County, in place of Hon. Herbert Bell, deceased, was introduced between Hon. Mr. Strong and Hon. Mr. Reid, took the oath pre— scribed by law, which was administered to him by the clerk, and was condueted to his seat.

A Bill to facilitate the purchase cf estates ot proprietors under the Land Purchase Act of 1875, and a Bill intituled the Seduction Act, 1876, were severally read the third time and passed.

A bill to amend an act to incorporate the Marine Insurance Company was brought up from the House of Assembly by Mr. L. H. Davies, and read the first time’

BRANCH RAILWAYS,

Hon. Mr. McGill, according to notice, asked the Leader of the Government whether asum of money would be placed in the estimates to make a preliminary survey for a line of Railway between Cape Traverse and the Main Trunk, and be-

tween Southport and Murray Harbor.

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| His honor (Mr. Strong) as a member of | | the Government had advoedted Branch

| Railways in a speech at a public meeting

| at Centreville, gad that, he believed, was

| the cause of an agitation in his (Mr. MeGill’s) disirict.

Hon. Mr, Strong admitted that he had attended a public meeting called by the inhabitants of Bedeque for the purpose of endeavoring to cbtain more Railway accommodation ; but the idea the peopie had was that by the terms of confedera- tion, steam communication with the Main Land, winter and summer, was to be | provided, and also to connect with the Intercolonial line, and that they had a claim upon the Dominion Government for the fulfilment of what they considered a contract. He gave the people clearly to understand that he spoke merely tor him- self, not as a member of the Government aod he gave his opinion that a Railway should be built trom Cape Traverse to the main line, for the conveyance of mails and passengers, It was urged that as the Bay Verte Canal was not likely to be constructed, part of the money it would have cost was due to Prince Ndward Is- land, and especially to Prince County, as it would have derived niore benefit from the canal than any other part of the Pros vince. He spoke of that Railway as a Dominion work, and one which he hoped to see accomplished. As to a Railway from Southport to Murray Harbor, it was not the intention of the Government to entertain the question, much less to place asum of money in the estimates for a survey. He would only advise his honor to keep a good heart and look forward to better times, and he hoped he might live to see his anticipations realized.

Hon. Mr. Strong woved that the House do now adjoura.

Hon. Mr. Walker said that before the motion was put he would just remark that he thought the agitation for Branch Railways was confined to Queen’s County As soon as King’s or Prince County ob tained any advantage, Queen’s County was sure to fly intoa rage. If the people of King’s County had as good harbors as those of Queen’s County had, they would not ask for Railway accommodation. From St. Peter’s Bay round to Souris there was not a single harbor, while the coast from Wood Islands to Charlottetown was full of harbors. The people from St. Peter’s Bay to the East Point were the most industrious on the Island. They had fed Charlottetown when it was star- ving, and when the western part of the Island was not worth a straw. Because they could not get an outlet for their produce their young men left the Island and the old men, being unable to work their forms, fell into arrears. Te say that Belfast was as much entitled to a railway as the north side of the Island, was al] moou-shine.

Hon, Mr..Munn said it appeared that Belfast and Wood Islands were to be ig- nored altogether, but no part of the Island had less accommodation. There was no shipping places from Pinette to Murray Harbor—a distance ef thirty miles. They had been agitating for a breakwater at Wood Islands for 15 or 20 years, and it was difficult to get even a small grant for that. Every other part of the Island was attended to but Belfast and Murray Harbor. The people paid their propor- tions of the taxes for the railway, the loss upon Township Lands purchased by the Government, and paid for their ewn lands in full, and yet they got nothing. If the Island was to get part of the money that was to have been expended upon the Bay Verte Canal, it should go to Belfast and Murray Harbor districts. What right had the people of Cape Traverse and Bedeque to it more than other parts of the Island ?

Hon, Mr. Dodd considered it unfor- tunate for Belfust and Murray Harbor that his honor who spoke last was not a member of the Board of Works, for they obtained a considerable part of the public money for the improvement of their re- spective districts. However much branch railways might benefit those districts, he thought it was but a visionary scheme at present, though he believed the people were really in earnest. Ifa railway were built and given to them, they could not afford to work it. Cape Traverse was different. It was more than likely that the great highway for mails and passen- gers would be from Cape Traverse to Cape Tormentine. He believed, however, that the people of Belfast and Murray Harbor had reason to complain of neglect. The public money was lavishly expended in building wharfs where they were not required, while those districts received nothing.

Hon. Mr. McGill would remind his honor from King’s County (Mr. Walker) that King’s County already had railway accommodation. He agreed with his honor from Bedeque that this Island was entitled to a large partef what the Bay Verte Canal would have cost; and it would also be entitled to a large propor- tion of whatever amount may be awarded by the Fishery Commissioners to meet in Halifax in June next. We were also to receive a share from the Dominion for the public improvements. He would like to see the Local Government press our claims, and if we obtained justice he had no doubt but we would yet have funds to give railway accommodation to those parts of the Island which were so much in need of it.

Hon. Mr. Bolger believed the people of Belfast were entitled to Railway occom- modation, but from present appearances he thought the time when they would obtain it was distant. Before he would vote for a railway for Belfast he would have to see that a branch from Souris to East Point was provided for. He thought the best opportunity to obtain this Railway accommodation had been allowed to pass. His colleague (Mr. Walker,) had stood out for Railway accommodation to Souris and he was now enjoying the advantages of it.

Hon. Mr. MacDonald hoped their speeches upon this subject would be report- ed in full, so that the people of Murray Harbor and Belfas would see what they had to expect. It was possible that if those places had agitated for Railway ac. commodation sooner they might have ob- tained it, but the Provinee would be in a worse position financially today. Instead of receiving the interest of $700,000 or $800,000 from the Dominion, the capital would have been all expended. The peo- ple of Murray Harbor and Belfast helped to obtain the Railway, and to say now that they had no right to anything in re- turn would be unjust. There were very poor harbors upon the south side as well as the north, and they should obtain lib- eral grants to improve them, and for other public works. The people from Murray Harbor to Pinnette had as much right to Railway accommodation as those in any other part of the Island.

Hon. Mr. Strong did not see the use of agitating for a railway when there was no money to expend for that purpose.

Adjourned.

POSTAGE PREPAID,

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RLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1876.

The Education Law. Report cf Investigation Committee,

wiclignes Saturpay, 29th April, 1876. Present—a full Committee. How. Jupcr Henstey, Eramined.

Jagree that the Board is too large. | have been a member of the Board about 25 years. I think eleven members too many fora Board. Six would be enough— two from each County, and the Secretary.

At one time we had a General School Visitor. I do not think it woulddo, The Secretary ought to be the general superins tendent, and paid better, so as to be able to give up his time to the work. I do not think one man should be left in charge of education, without an Advisory Board. I would strongly disapprove of it.

Endless disputes arise in the school dis triets which are referred. to the Board. The people quarrel about the districts and ap~ peal to the Board. If all power of settling disputes were in one man, he would require to be a good man, free from sectarian or political bias. I think the advantage of a mixed Board is, that these disputes are bet- ter and more satisfactorily settled,

1 do not think one visitor for the Island would be enough, owing to the amount of travelling required. There are now in. creased facilities; but I do not think one visitor possible. Ido not think one man could do the whole work. If a man were very well paid so that he could give bis whole time to the work, and work very hard, he might do the work, but he could not attend the Board. Formerly we tried one visitor and it did notanswer. Once ayear, I think, would be enough to visit the schools. I think the Board ought to sit in the various counties. A very large part of the Board’s time is occupied with disputes from dis- tricts. ‘The Board have often to settle com. plaints against teachers. lf the trustees would do their duty, mat- ters would be better. One of the greatest nuisances that comes before the Board, is to settle those complaints. When we re- ceive those complaints we generally send a Commissioner to try to settle the matter. If you allowan assessment to be put on by the trustees, let the superintendent de- cide on its legality after due notice given, and if there is a dispute, then, let there be an appeal to the Board, but not elsewhere. Let that appeal be final. Some of the dis~ putes now cause endless litigation. ;

I would let the trustees be appointed at any time, I think it advisable to appoint them yearly. People ought to take an ins terest in the matter,

{ do not think you could work compul. sory attendance here, especially in the winter time. J am opposed to the princi- ple of compulsion, 1am opposed to com- pulsion altogether. I believe in freedom. There would be great difficulty in carrying it out. Itis so beset with difficulties that I would not recommend it,

I cannot account for the apathy of the people, Ido not think, as a general rule in the country districts, that denomination« alism bas much to do with it. If trustees were saved from the danger of legal ex. penses, | think they would be more ready to perform their duties.

The teachers’ pay should be raised. I would, to some extent, favor'local taxation. [t was tried some years ago; but now, if the trustees had immunity trom being cast in law-suits, | think it might be better carried out than formerly.

Expenses are so much increased, that the teachers’ salaries ought to be increased also.

Direct taxstion by the Government would be more easily collected, and would do away with funds in districts. I think it would be preferable to local taxation.

lt has been never brought to my notice that children were kept away from school on account of sectarian dissatisfaction with the Act in the country.

‘there is, of course, a great deal of diffi- culty in prescribing books, owing to de nominational diflerences on the Board. The difficulty is to find a suitable book. Thompson’s History was recommended by a Committee of two Roman Catholics and one Protestant, and that is the reason we thought it satisfactory. It has now been made permissive, owing to the objections of Roman Catholics. We have great diffi- culty in finding a history free from objec< tions, I doubt if the Board can prescribe any History. Practically, the Board have only been able to render history permissive. As regards denominations, 1 would like to have every parents’ views, a8 to religious instruction, humoured as much as possible, and would carry out that principle as much as possible. It would be very hard to carry out this system ina country like this. I would carry it out whereyer practicable, I think this ought to solve the difficulty, IL do not think our small population would allow of this being carried out in the coun« try districts. J should presume this must assuage the bitter feelings that exsist. IL think the question of the Education of the children is a matter for the parents, and 1 think the parents’ views on religious in- struction should be carried out as much as possible,and that would be the most just way. i would adopt the principle, in mixed schools, of teaching religious books to the children of those parents who desire it, half an hour before and half an hour after school hours.

In schools such as the St. Patrick’s School, the system as described in Scotland might be adopted. I think the Scotch system would be practicable in Charlottetown.

I would remove the disability to im- part religious instruction at the wish of the parents.

NORMAL SCHOOL.

I have not heard of any complaint of the want of examination of candidates as to their teaching capabilities.

SCHOOL VISITORS’ REPORTS.

The practice of the Board is that as reports are received in manuscript, the report should be printed and then taken up by the Beard. These reports are s0 large that there is a difficulty in taking up the matter when the reports are in manu~ script. did not know till the other day of the sectarian teaching, as reported by the Visitor, prevailed. The Visitor should have made a special report. 1 believe that teaching the catechism has always been winked at, both before and after he Act of 1868.

Most of the old teachers who had to pass the examination after 1868 were returned. Teaching the catechism is certainly against the Act; but the — or complaints

arents before taking action.

Ie Board do not insend that the French schools should use sectarian books. It is certainly against the rules of the Board. I think it might be very desirable to have all taught the common language of the country, but there is difficulty in carrying this out.

RE 8T, PATRICK'S SCHOOLS,

] take it that the teachers should not get any instructions more than any other teachers. The Christian Brothers had every right to come before the Board, be ex- amined, and get their licenses, and this is what was done with them. The Pownal District School trustees selected two of them for teachers; and when they began to draw their pay they were of course bound to subject themselves to the law and obey it.

They ought to have come to the Secre- tary of the Board for information as to the books taught. od

{ think the opening prayer is satisfactory to all denominations alike. I think it was settled about twenty years ago. The Rev. Pius McPhee, or some other Roman Catho» lic clepgyman, and Mr. Kenny were, i think, on the Board of Education which sanctioned this prayer.

(Signed, ) JOSEPH HENSLEY,

TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,

GENTLEMEN :

We, the undersigned, having been ap~ pointed by you a committe to examine and report upon the state and condition of the District Schools in the city of Charlottetown, in order to ascertain the practicability of introducing the Grading System, and to re- commend improvements consequent there- on, do report as follows :—

That we lately personally inspected the ten district schools in Charlottetown, the teachers of which receive Government pay, under the Education Act of 31 Vic. Cap. 6, viz: No. 1, Rochfort District School, kept in Scott’s Hall, teacher, Mr. Mckenzie: No. 2, Desbrisay’s Lane School, kept in Des- brisay’s Building, teacher, Miss- McKenna; No. 3, Spring Park School, teacher, Mr. Carroll; No, 4, Union Hall School, teacher, Miss Dixon; No. 5, Trowan’s Hali School, teacher, Miss Scantiebury; No. 6, Trowan’s Hall School, up-stairs, teacher, Mies Lawson ; No. 7, Hillsborough School, teacher, Mr. Higgins; No. 8, Kensington School,teacher, Mr. McKenna; No. 9, the Atheneum School, teachers, Messrs. Douglass and Oxenham; and No. 10, Pownal District School, held in the old Roman Catholic Chapel, in two spacious and weil ventilated rooms, where three teachers are employed. In one room taught by Messrs. Roche and Smith, there are 92 pupils on the register, and in the other room taught by Miss Mc- Donald there are 32 pupils on the register. For this school no rent is charged or paid. The small fee of eighteen pence per quar- ter is charged to each pupil.

That the total sum of rent paid for the first mentioned nine schools, amounts to one hundred and sixty-nine pounds, and the total number of scholars on the register of these nine schools appears 407. The total number present on the day of our visit, 336, as follows :

lars on|Scholars

School. | = jAnoual Rent.!" Register present.

No. 1 | £40 0 0 | 35 | «39 No.2 | 15 0 0 |. 2t 18 No.3/ 14 0 0 47 | 43 No.4 | 20 0 0 35 25 No.5] 15 0 0 342}: 29 No.6 | 18 0 0 oe No.7) 12 0 0 73 —(O|sC«88 No. 8 10 0 0 44 33 No.9 | 25 0 0 7.7

That the average number of scholars to each school is thus over 45, and the avers age rent of each school is about £18 15 6. That the fees charged the pupils are about three shillings each per quarter—the whole amounting to about £240 annually; but it appears these fees are not always punctually paid or exacted.

It is quite perceptible that none of the rooms in which these schools are held, are by any means suitable. In most of them the ceiling is very low, and the ventilation quite insufficient. Several of the rooms are upstairs, and access to one of them is by climbing two pairs of stairs; the stairs in all cases being very inferior, and insome cases unsafe. That generaily there are no halls or rooms attached to the school rooms, in which the caps and clothing of tbe pupils can be deposited.

The furniture in most of the rooms is very deficient, and what there is of it, is of a very inferior description. And the waterclosets, when there are any attached to the schools, are most disgraceful, one of them (the Athenseum schoolroom) having no watercloset at all.

In this school two teachers endeavor to prosecute their duties in one comparatively smallroom. In all of these schools the pils are of mixed ages—the course of instruction being from the first rudiments up to the higher branches, so that however industrious and efficient the teacher may be, it is manifest that when his time is occupied in teaching the smaller children he cannot give that attention to the higher branches which is absolutely necessary, and 80 vice versc.

As a remedy for some of the evils here brought tothe notice of the Board, your Committee beg leave to recommend that an application be made by the Board of Education to the Legislature of this Island through the Government thereof for the grantof a sufficientsum of money to pro- cure sites for, and to erect, say four, suit~ able buildings, to contain at least two separate apartments, suitably furnished; and that in each of these the system of grading the pupils, which now prevails in the United States and neighboring Prox vinces, be edopted, and which consists in the formation of higher and lower classes in each building in separate rooms—the most proficient and deserving pupils of the lower classes being, from time to time, in periodical examinations, promoted to the higher classes—this system having been found to work advantageously where soever it has been adopted.

Your committee are led to believe that these four buildings, including sites, would not cost much, if anything, over £400 each, and that they would readily yield a rent of £40 yearly each, making a gross rental of £160, equal to 10 per cent on the capital sum of £1600—a sum sufficient to cover interest, premium of insurance, repairs, &c., and so that if the Government were authorized to issue debentures for the prin- cipal sum required, bearing interest at six per cent, and in return receiving the above annual rent, this suggestion being carried out a marked improvement would, in the opinion of your committee, be made in the educational system in Charlottetown, and without any ioss to the general revenue, while better opportunities would thus be afforded the teachers of training the pupils to habits of cleanliness, obedience, order and discipline—qualities very necessary in the education of youth, but which, your committee regret to observe (so far as they had an opportunity of observing), most of the pupils of the schools that they examin~ ed were lamentably deficient in,

It will be remembered that the attention of the Board of Education was directed to the bad state of the City schools, by the School Visitor for Queen's County, in his last Report.

Your committee would also recommend that the four schools above referred to, if established, and aiso ail schools receiving Government pay in the City of Chariotte- town, be placed under the sole control of the Board of Education—and not under Trustees.

And would also suggest that the teacher of the school at Southport Ferry, near Char- lottetown, where there are seventy pupils on the register and the whole school in a very eflicient state, be allowed the same salary as teachers of schools in Charlotte- town and Royalty are allowed under the Education Act.