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tlial uiiilor certain couditiiuis ii'lij^ioiis iuiin>i"ili(.'s iiia\ witlnlraw 

 from iIk' jurisdictidii of the coiiiinittccs. form a separatt- cor- 

 poration, and c'stalilisli schools of tlicir own under rnles which 

 cannot lie specified here at leni^th. The Secondary .Schools are 

 usiial!\- under the srnne conimitiees a-^ control the l*rimar\ 

 Schools. 



""Jdie linances are deri\'ed from a s.;rant of the l.eg'islature, 

 which is divided proportionately- to the nnniher of children 

 enrolled, and from local rates wdiich are levied on all rateable 

 property of a schc^ol nuinicipality, in addition to which there is 

 collected ior every child from 7 to 14 \ears of .age who attend.s 

 school. or who should attend school, a monthly fee which cannot 

 exceed 50 cents a month, nor be less than Ine cents; but school 

 l>oards may, by resolution, abolish the fee. and in the citv 

 of Montreal, for instance, elementary education is free to all 

 Protestant and Jewish children under the jurisdiction of the 

 Protestant Committee. The average 'fee collected is stated to 

 be alxHit 25 cents, and in no case is a teacher allowed to receive 

 it from the i)upils, nor can a child be excluded for non-payment. 



The amounts administered in a given year are: Govern- 

 UKUt Grants for Elementary Schools £131,765, other schools 

 £213,057, Local Assessments, Elementary and Superior Schools 

 £1.293.687, a total of £1,638,509. As a matter of interest it may 

 be noted that the monthly fees in an average of three years 

 amounted to some £60,000 per annum. 



Quebec presents us with a school system which is uni<|ue, 

 but one which seems to (di'er a working solution, of a confessedlv 

 difticult ])ri>l)lem. fairl}- satisfactory to the ])e(>i)le of that 

 pro\'ince. 



Ontario. — This ])ro\ ince ha- now a I)ei)ariment of Edu- 

 cation, although its institution in its present complete form is 

 as recent as 1909. The Minister of Education ])resides over 

 its altairs, and a Dej^uty ^linister is its i)ermanent chief. A 

 Superintendent of Education has the general supervision of the 

 educational afifairs of the i)rovince. The w'ork (^f education was 

 co-ordinated and organized in the same year as that of Quebec, 

 in 1846. and after several changes and clevelopments the School 

 Law of 1871 gave effect to these principles, vi.z., free tuition, 

 compulsory education, county inspection, and uniform examina- 

 tions for pnjmotion tt) the high schools. In \\)0(.) the whole 

 question of education was more fully dealt witli bv legislation, 

 and no less than ii different Acts were i)assed dealing with 

 various phases of the work. The\- were .\cts rt^si^ecting the 

 Department of Education, Public Schools, Continuation Scltools, 

 High Schools, Truancy and Compulsory School Attendance. 

 Ac(|uisition of Land for School T'ur|x')ses. Boards of Education, 

 University Amending Act. Veterinary College Acn, a School of 

 Mining and Agriculture Act, and one regarding Art Schools. Tt 

 is n()t possible t(> outline thc>e in this paper, nor is it necessary 

 for the end in \ii'\\. There are two or three principles which 

 nnist ])(' noted The Act constituting the Dei)artment of Educa- 



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