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` BY INSPBCTOR 0. J. b\¢C0lMAC.

‘lswfoundland is a part oi British t Agence; but it is not included in the Dominion of Canada. It lt. about twice 1

‘ gqlirge as Nova Scotia, having an

gen et~i2,000 square miles.. It is tri- .ngular in shape,hut the coast line is bsplyindenied with many bays and hrcors. The surface is billy and the nilis not well adapted for agricul- nre There are many lakes, rivers and prshss. The climate is cold and mere. Theeouutryis rich in misse-

uls sspemlly copper, iron, coal and hdhntthepeoplo ve mainly bythe Actwas passed.it hnd 60 schools in

Tne principal yvnsiedes ol operation. Thissocletystill exists and

gcaught are cod, herrng, lobsterltoday has 21 schools employing 24

,iv salinon. The population is esti- ‘teachers and having an attendance oti

mud at 202.000 and are chiely the ovnr2000pnp\ . mdaats or the settlers who fame, In 1882 a representative government

to 75.000. The Newfoundland School Society was founded through the efiorts of Mr. Simuel Codner, Devonshire trader. Its headquarters was in Lon- don Eagland. Tae Home Government gave grints of land for school purposes, free passages from England on ships open te teachers, and pecuniary assist- ance towards the erection ct school- houses and the payment of teachers’ salaries. In 1824, the Society opened it hut school, and at the end of eight- esuyears, when the First Education

Britain. The orifinnl' raoepiwasgrmnedto Newfoundland and in lccstmes or Bad ndians has'18l6 the tlssnihl its hrst

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ksxtmctbr many yearn. This s¢.lade pre- dpversinentisthesainn as ia the nlirthedivtsicucfthslslandiiito kdian provinces, consisting of alnine ethieatiounl districts asdtheap- 0'ovI‘n:r appointed by the Crown, nn pointing of, a Board of Education of f%iveCouneil of seven mombesn, twelve persons for' oooh district to slqishtive Coua~ii ot titteen mem-'spend the appropriations. Ont of the 1 and n Legislative Assembly ot graht of £2100. £600 were pnidfin

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Never in the history ofthe Cothiug tiade was better value offered the people of

Charlottetown than is now offered. by Prowse Bros. The Wonderful Cheap Men.

FIRST- -,We want to impress this on your minds that we keep the best Ready-to-Wear

Clothing made in Canada.

N-1 SECOND-We know good Clothing when we see it.

FOURTH, -Every garment that leaves our store is fully gauarauteed. FIFTH,-We buy Clothing in large quantities, therefore buy cheaper than smell dealers. 6

1 SIX'I`Hf-You can be s :ie that the Clothin we sell #is not in any way. ~= fl" il ;_f`_;()ur clerks are th utliful and Straight Norward and know their business.

SEVENTH.-You are sife when you trade at,_Prowse Bros. because you can besnre ofget-

ing the best goods. the best value,»the trcatmgtit. 1 ` i

si J-»»--. tw ooo i- ui- s-ii-»i=»-1-~y-<i~»=~-1=<»-»--C--» 'ram WQNDERFUL CHEAP

Qsclal lhense. _ trol od Educatiou.on_o for Roman _

The tlrstschotl established in New- tktholics and one for Protestants. bog", h’. th., F," go "mtg dustrial Training; (4) Kindergaitnnlleuesdlttboynre unsurpassed. Joh

headland was started at Bonaviata in Local Boards were appointed to act ,Mn R” at mv “rg of i\¢|i[tWt‘trk; (5) How to Handle Mixed lacLood&Co. . . 2811*. 1726 lc 1744ascheoi was esaihlish- under instructions from the Central ,°,.'ehP,P;1‘”m” 5; ‘uhh mm Schenk; (6) Diiiigsot Parents in Bs-` “von want an h- in the ed in St. John’s; and in 1766 one at Boards. To each ofthe Central Boards Pon,” tc F’ ¢|,°m_ ,lation to the 8chool;(7) How to Secure ‘ - _ _ yt mg , Harbor Graoe. These as well as was allotted £2400 of the grant. -1-h°w“l .m°.M°nh°.°..‘l Lok. Goo. 0'5"" sawn (8) Tb, 3°b°¢],W8{ Of Cl0l»ll1ll Of 0011110

thirtoeoother schools were founded by However, in the next year power was mai" gnn|°rm.“”“q .nd Swlud in surrounding; (9) Pwlwhuwu at www Bro..

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m#lnndehiet seaport. It possesses lice towards the support of schools

msdths basthnrhors in the world. thenaatnblished. - lp g .\ ,g ,_, 4, ,f \ ,; I 0 _ ,; l!\lrGrsce, Carhonear. Twilllngate, In 1843s new act was pansld by " -"`;:§’5-. " '§T'».- "ls" . -"`§ »f°`;_?f-'T' rl? 53'- FT? /i` 5'

mvists. Trinity and Heart’s Content, which tue education grant. £5100. was _ I ~1 e 1"-" . _ ` e _ - ~ ~ " ”' ' _

Q itu .enttowne. ‘divided equally between rotentsnss _ ‘ __ -_ 1., " Qewtepllrndlnnd ionaid ‘to have bomland Bosnan Catholics ‘and the lshud g_?‘.§5¢’g1.'¢‘°|,1’ mv'

homes ey Jetia onset, on Jan. eivicsdiats sigiiissii noiaaii catholic . , _ , V , e

K, 1497, and ealied by him Prina and eighteen Protestant Districts, and s cw ’125_00_ and lasted three days. One, thousand Gull' '$180, ill dressing

Yin. It was formally taken posses- Board ot Educatipu appointed lor each Th," i, M ,num °| wma] ;.;_ but dollars had_bceu voted in 1895 to de- Cum] 3l°\'°- & ol bv Sir Humphrey Gilueri in district te spend _its allocation of the pw". no nquind u, P” qurgdyig tray the coat ot the gathering and aid A nice assortmeutof uow_Chiu_n too Ill For mnny years the lslaud was grant, Provision was made for theap- jdvua to ug ¢“~’hr -,Q-ggi, gg* .the teachers living in the more distant lets.lnrge variety of cglprs with

:Iliad merely as a dshing station pointmeiit ofao inspector ata salary ot but wan ii aggdim Iugn P.” parte of the Colony in meeting thai; little mpg qu: dqhlghp gt" |`»“‘y

it was not until isis that land £30osteiliiig pei- annum. lu P" ,,.,;,,,,;, Pwnin g¢,,¢|u-J U1, travelling expenses. Four hundred taste much better. to suit

ru were drst made. As late as V This act remained iii torcs until 1851 Nady .L50 D” up “°.tteachers were in attendance. The pro- body. W. P.-Colwill. 24 dkw .

lHsdllbs'aries Af-e oluquiotal In l850the grautwasincreasedtog i -

its iii sa¢»ss»ss4£io.sss sac civioei assess. rrossst- """°"~=°u°'°° 8

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Iss eolletaed at every aohool Thelauts and Roman Cadiolics according to' “gig” . , ._ ‘,°°°_og`l , 5,.. “md 9”- lu".-it . . . ., , ,- ...1 --,ii .i

*cols were ia session during the their respective numbers. £1000 was gn” go, pmmuhgdnd ` ' _‘_ .___ » ».

mmmsr months for twelve hours' pm' allotted fetcommerulsl schools whiehl Tnaga, 700 00A _|>¢,g__w;; V 3 . C ' A UL-'.| “5°_°‘“°l""‘ m'°°°~ £750 ‘°*""° Granttor'l'oPendon Schetn_s ll00tl),nodm' C. ortier.of ini ",§ 1 <-yi » . . - V

ngthelrstquartorotthscmtury trntuiugof teachers and£400 torthe _,_ ~ i ~ 8

'l°i»°r°|s\i°=\ iwrvsllfl *MI 25-00°. *“P'°°°°_°‘°°‘*°°1'- 'W' 1°' °°°- 'mai sis4.oss.is. my 'misss t»»is,n_-i|»n.'ra»y ...ti--i - , _ .

*M04 "U1 1875 “sl 01° i»f°°°\¢ 11°-\ 'riiii aiitisaiviaettaiiioiigtae aio- at ta' ssiegrsptitag- -visions - ' - A “W °’ °‘|°°\d°° °*“° _hw f°"°° md arent rslilgions denominations aecordiiie a suit of seven with _ N oi in d”"."’ 'ill :I

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toning is pussy dissnlssimai I

‘Three A' C inspectors mappoimed iiiiav siisfeasatoriiie t _ eiziig-

\land. __ g and RomongC_nthclie;|

k"°mi§:»ag ‘hs di den ations are ` ' L e

Prmut Inspectors year a itil; 13

sland is divided into dts'rict¢. A

Board of Education for each district is appointed bythe Governor in Council. The resident Cleruyinan is always a member of the board. It is the duty of these boards to manage and expend all t monies appropriated for educational pur- poses in its respective districts and l publish yearly audited accounts of£ come and expenditure to the people’s superintendent. The salary of each superintendent is $1620. He has to psy his own travelling expenses, omce nent. etc, out of this amount. _

l The superintendent is ex oflicio Chairman of the Board of Examiners appointed to grant certfiosteo of quali- hontion to teachers. There are no Nor- nial seheelsin the Ialand,so the teadiors recsiv their training at the various col- leges. Each male teacher m training is allowed 'oy Government 8100 pg; aouosn. and each teinals teacher ner annum towards dsfrsying thdr

Examination are

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Church of England 051.732 93 Methodist 89 468 79 Roman Citholic 54.08504 Presbyterian 1,07 8.54 Congregatienslist ' 57 9.39 R formed Epincopalians 860.81 Salvation Army and others 1.584.69 Council of Higher Education 4.000 00 Pensions to Betired'1'esebors 700.00 Pension Scheme ` 500.00

Total 0154 086.19

There are 628 schools and colleges,

with an attendance of 84.531 pupils.

ture to the extent of $9,565.29. Lest ‘t ~ ‘i'l<"~';‘

year the Brat Convention of the teachers 333'" UU# nt tin coioiiy im isis it st. Joiiivi Pf°P°1'°‘!¢l~0l»s\l Dnsitsrs-

I1 no one was permitted to build a when an act was passed _increasing the Pupil in 323,31 V1 pp’ Q36() psf embraced the following sub-| Tlx lisdses who are gating our

idling house on the Island without gran: so £7500 and creating two Ceo- I-1,, na “gh “Mug lnmiut gui. esta: (1) Science as a factor in Fducs-_sseqnos ern delighted with them. UI

pg” Pa), ,£00 P" yu;-_ Th, ,cami tion; (2) Technical Education; (8) In- elegance of workmanship and annul- ig*

the Society for the Propagation of the given to the boards to administer the OM. .ohgou ig ’154_0g9_1g mi 550;( The outcome ol the Uneven- A nw; . ' '|11 mg” ‘ ' Gospel in Foreign Ports. This Society whole of their respective grants. This 70° gr N” hrm.“unP°whu”__. tion was the establishment of n °Now- npqblg xg? present canhengroyt had Qiutrol cf education until the estab- method did not prove very satisfostory | Gam 5°, m,m,mu-’ lolhdlsnd T0l°l\ll'l' 189°'-\|il`»l°'|~” » ithe apron fair on the 148| Dec. There lishi& the Newfoundland School and in 1858 the Island was divided into sebum _ '~|0g_351_1pu ° - G, J, HcCc§§ac_ ~ y 'in .lm bg . ,ea md PM han. _.5 dunisty in 1823. lt is said that the S 728 districtsand local boards appointee Gr,” 1" An',_¢¢¢|” ¢g . ~ ’ St. George’s,P. E. I., Nov. 22, ’99. 1 c,“|,_ N4* I G. opQt£375 annmlly h its schools. to spend the appropriation. Tnchmt snug. |5397,” "

I pal the teachers’ salaries, usually £380 was is this year voted tor the es- Gnu go, hmm; -pgnut, 5_¢m_g4 £15 to £30 each. supplied the neheol hblishment of nine commercial schools .i .. 1n,P.¢p,. Q.” ""1 1

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Another sept was made when tho aig-

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nals was cenvepd through three lse- proot vaults and an ordinary telegraph

switchboard in which 80 wires were G°'°"'m°°t F‘°°= G"°‘ M 160 0""

to haha Fido Settlers.

§’,°:,_"°°‘°°,___u‘,'§_ ‘°" “’°‘“ *° "°“’ "‘"‘ roi steps. owiipnvs raiiipiiisti,

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switchboard contained live wires. A- J- HEATH

vaults and through this board.

A th'r-1 test wis msd! in .which t"e

send-ng instrument was placed inside ofow- of the steel vaults and both

So the cost per pupil to Government is about 84.80, and the percentage t f the entire population attending school is about seventeen. There is no com- pulsory atteudauce law. The total amount ot school foes collected in 1897 was 824,122.19, sud the people volun- tariy contributed 813.6836; so the total amount paid towards education by the people was 887,190.85 about 18c. per head or less than a quarter ei

.minutes af er they have reached their

doons were closed and the combination lock turned. The signals were then transmitted clearly from the inside of the vault to an adjoining room. The professor claims that his invention is mat5ri 1 lly dilerent from that of lar- coni’a, _and that in-ti-utnents can be con- structed to be carried on horseback and _bo ready for operation within a few

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the current passed through all of the `l D- P- A-. C- P- B.

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‘We have s large reeerveo! eeleryl

for winter keeping, which we walt to send ont. and the now well known

medicinal properties of this king of

\ qetables ,hould induce evefv fant-

what the Goverment Grant amounts to IIB KBELBYGIB. gy w 1., ...U . quam, f°,.',,,iM"._ yearly. ‘gloss wlmingaohocuredntltihomdes-nvtng' Cderyp bard’ ‘2 0°

The number ot teaoher‘n employed. I 0|o=’_ ‘_ for bm. w oo

is 759. 68 percent otwhieh number are iamalns. The Council of lligher

iE,dl$ntionisapBourd connistinget28` -' 8 _ ' will mssnbmaestabliahed ferwthepnrpoes ---o--- erywitheachordérands pto efposnotbgssnudlenrnlngasdad- ' ‘

collep expenses. held at stated_ periods andeortiinnteo 'There are three palm d slidvlil-:L'n. sas nr. p

The "adnage ,salaries paid mls

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