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which is i;i\en as aid to teachers, and amounts lo £68,426, the 

 remainder hcinj^ made np of Mimicii)al h^nuls i32.(j96, and Local 

 Assessments £200,593, a total of £302.015. It slioidd he noted in 

 this connection that the cost of the College of Agriculture is not 

 included in this amount, hut is paid through the Department 

 of .\griculture. and that certain Rural Science Schools have also 

 heen instituted, the charges for which are met by a special Do- 

 minion grant. A word as to the manner of raising the muni- 

 cipal school fund and the method of its distrilnitinn may not 

 be out of place. The fund is derived from a tax of 35 cents 

 per head in each rural municii)ality. but levied on the real and 

 personal property, and is distrilnned to school boards at the rate 

 of £5 for each teacher employed, and the balance, about half 

 the total ag<iTegate. according to the attendance of the pupils. 

 The law allows municipalities at their option to raise a larger 

 fund, and three have a fund based on a 50 cents basis, distri- 

 buted at the rate of £10 per teacher. It may be also of interest 

 to note that the Government aid is paid to teachers on the fol- 

 liowing professional basis: Class D (third class), £12 per 

 annum; Class C (second class), £18; Class B (first class), £24: 

 Class A (superior first class), £30; and Class "Academic." 

 which implies graduate status, £36 or £42, according to position. 



New Brunswick. — The supreme control of the schools in 

 this province is vested in a board composed of the Lieutenant- 

 Governor, the Members of the Executive Council, the Chan- 

 cellor of the University of New Brunswick, and the Chief Super- 

 intendent of Education. The local administration is by school 

 districts of a similar constitution to that of Nova Scotia, but in 

 towns the boards of trustees consist of from iiine to eleven 

 members, the majority of whom are appointed by the City or 

 Town Council, and the remainder by the Executive Council of 

 the province. Two of the members may be women, one ap- 

 pointed by the Town Council and one by the Executive Council. 

 The schools are maintained by Government Grants upon the 

 basis of the qualifications and service of the teachers, and by 

 county funds provided by munici])al assessment at the rate of 

 60 cents per head of the population. From this fund £6 per 

 annum is given to the trustees for each school or department 

 in operation for the full term. The balance of the fund is dis- 

 tributed among the schools according to the attendance as com- 

 pared with that of the whole county. Any other funds required 

 must be raised by direct taxation on the local school district. 

 The amounts under the various heads are given as .follows : 

 Government (jrant £39,052; County Assessment £19,389; and 

 Local Assessment £140,895; making a total of £197,336. 



Quebec. — In this Province the educational problem is in 

 many respects unique. Largely French-speaking and Roman 

 Catholic in character, a system of education some three cen- 

 turies old is met with, and although numerous modifications of 

 the original have necessarily been made, the influence of forces 

 at work dating back to the 17th century is apparent. More 



