562 THE CANADIAN EIMJCATIONAL SYSTEM. 



by instalments or a .sinking;' fund. The income under diliercnt 

 lieads (for the latest year is: (iovernment Grant £78,116, Local 

 Assessment £534.690, Special £922,104; total, £1,534,190. 



Saskatchewan. — As a sister ]>rovince, Saskatchewan has 

 many i)oints of resemblance in its financial economy to Manitoba. 

 Education is controlled b\' a duly-organized Department, at the 

 head of which is the ]Minister of Education, hie is assisted by 

 an EducatiiMial Cmincil ccjnsisting- of five members, who are ap- 

 pointed by the Lieutenant-! Governor. The Council holds sessions 

 once a year at least, and all general regulations regarding- the 

 inspection of schools, the examination, training and licensing of 

 teachers, the grading of teachers' courses of study, the affairs 

 of teachers' institutes, and text and reference books, are referred 

 to this Council for consideration and report before being adopted 

 or amended. A Superintendent of Education has the general 

 supervision and direction of High Schools, collegiate institutes, 

 model schools. Public and Separate Schools, and matters relating 

 to teachers, inspectors, libraries and kindred aft'airs. The School 

 Act also provides for the establishment (^f schools wherever 

 necessary, and any portion of the province with an area not ex- 

 ceeding 20 scjuare miles may be organized into a school district. 

 ])rovidin<i' there are residing therein 10 children of school age, 

 and four persons, each of whom on its organization is liable to 

 be assessed for school ])urposes. Under such conditions the 

 claims oif the most sparsely-populated district have an i)])p(^r- 

 tunity of being met. The control is ag;iin in the hands of 

 trustees chosen by poi)ular vote, and teachers are ai)pointed by 

 these trustees, having first received their certihcate of (|ualili-- 

 cation from the l^epartment of Education. 



The educational budget for a typical )ear reveals four 

 sources of income — (iovernment (irants £144,400, Local As- 

 sessments £582,62/, Proceeds of Debentures £415,075. Loan 

 Account £494,167, a total of £1.638,269. 



As a A'ounu' {province, Saskatchewan has shewn a remark- 

 able inti-rest in education, and scln)ol districts have been created 

 in almost incredible numbers within the last decade, 'ihe con- 

 solidated school system, in its results, reveals a great ad\antage 

 over the one-roomed, (Mie-teaclier iiro\ision of the ordinary 

 school in rural districts. 



Aluekta. — Idle education of this newly-formed ])ro\ince is 

 controlled by a Department of Education, ])resided o\er b_\- a 

 Minister of Education, assisted b\- a Dej^uty Minister as i)er- 

 manent administratixc head. The local administration is again 

 through the school district, A\hich usually includes an area of 

 about four s(|uare miles, and may be organized as soon as eight 

 children of school age are resident, and four resident ratepavers 

 are found to take the initiatixe. Indifference on the i)art of l"he 

 people, or oiJi)osition on the part of settlers. i> met b\ a mandate 

 of the Minister to establish such ;i district without regard to the 

 attitude >-\ the ratepayers, nr on die failure of trustees to satis- 

 factorih' administer the scho,(.! allairs (,n llie area, the Minister 



