564 THE CANADIAN. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 



dance, and are governed by boards of seven, five or three trustees, 

 according to class. The assisted schools are those established in 

 outlying districts, aided by sums granted by the provincial 

 Government. 



The revenue required is derived from (i(*vernment Grants 

 and Local Assessments. The relative amounts are: ( iovernment 

 Grant £377,131. Local Assessments £549.844; total. £926.975. 

 Of the Government Grant it may be noted that about two-thirds 

 was spent in education proper and one-third in buildings. 



The Xorth-Western Territories and Yukon, in tiicir 

 present immature stage, do not call for detailed notice. 



This rapid review suggests many (jueries which remain to 

 be answered, such as the relations between school and university 

 education in the various provinces, but that jjarticular aspect may 

 possibly be dealt with in a second paper. 



It is also provocative of comparisons at many points with 

 our own local conditions, legal enactments and administrative 

 regulations, and it has not proved easy to resist the temptation 

 to enter into some of these. Flowever. the chief object has been 

 to give information which others may find possible to utilise for 

 their own special studies. In this relation certain phases might 

 easily be elaborated in order to confirm our faith, in the excel- 

 lencies of our South African systems, or, on the other hand, it 

 is just possible that some facts brought forward may suffice t(^ 

 reveal defects in our methods, the existence of which the most 

 ardent supporter of the Uni(^n v\'ill acknowledge it is not treason 

 to alleg-e. 



TRA.\.S.\CTIOXS OF SOCIETIES. 



South African Society ok Civil E\gineei:s. — Wednesday. Marcli 

 14th: R. W. Menmuir, AI.I.C.E., President, in the chair. — " Short history 

 of the present stale nf the surz-ey of South ^/^rirrt"( Presidential address) : 

 R. W. Menmuir. A short arc of meridian was measured I)y Abl)e de la 

 Caille in 1752. In iHn Sir Thomas Maclear began measurement of a base 

 line in the Western Province, and triangulation work was tiien commenced. 

 A secondary triangulation was undertaken in 1903, and at its rate of progress 

 70 years will lie required to complete the survey of the Cape Province. An 

 aerial survey, photographing from a baloon or aeroplane was suggested, 

 and it was pointed out that, previous to the outbreak of war, it had l)cen 

 decided in \'ienna to undertake an aerial piiotographic survey of South- 

 West Africa. 



South African .\s.sociation ok .Vnai.vth ai. Chkmists. — 'I'hursday, 

 March 15th; J. McCrae, Ph.D., F.l.C, Vice-President, in the chair.-- 

 " Routine work in a fertiliser factory": .M. Rosenberg. — " Deterniiiin- 

 tion of oil ill seeds": W. 1'.. Gray. Tlie author descrilied tlie tise nf tin- 

 Kreusslcr oil extractor. 



