460 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



ers and 15,762 apprentices. The inspectors 

 also visited 39 training colleges for teachers 

 (normal schools, we should call them) and 

 found in them 2631 students, 2,779 having pass- 

 ed successfully in the course of the year. They 

 also report 442 schools for pauper children con- 

 taining 33,835 inmates, and 58 ragged and in- 

 dustrial schools containing 2,818 inmates. The 

 amount voted for public education in Great 

 Britain is 804,002, equal to nearly $4,000,000 ; 

 for public education in Ireland 306,016, equal 

 to about $1,500,000. Besides these sums about 

 35,000 or nearly $170,000 is granted to certain 

 universities in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 

 Aside from the public school provision thus 

 made, there is a very large number of endow- 

 ed schools and colleges in England, and a moder- 

 ate number in Scotland and Ireland, accessible 

 under certain circumstances to those desiring 

 an education. 



North American Colonies of Great Britain. 

 Under this head are comprised Canada, New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince 

 Edward's Island, Vancouver's Island, British 

 Columbia, and. Bermuda. 



CANADA, the most important of these, has an 

 area of about 350,000 square miles, and a pop- 

 ulation in 1861 of 2,500,755. Its capital is for 

 the present Quebec, but will be removed to 

 Ottawa when the Government buildings there 

 are completed. The Governor General, who 

 is also Governor General, Captain General, and 

 Commander-in-Chief of all the British Provin- 

 ces of North America, is the Right Hon. Charles 

 Stanley, Viscount Monck. The Executive Coun- 

 cil or Cabinet consists of 13 persons, and is 

 chosen by the Governor General from the ma- 

 jority in the Provincial Parliament, and they 

 are responsible fur the Government. The Pro- 

 vincial Parliament has two Houses; the Legis- 

 lative Council of 70 members, 4t of whom are 

 chosen by qualified electors for a term of years 

 and 22 are appointed for life ; and the Legis- 

 lative Assembly, composed of 130 members, 

 chosen from districts by the qualified electors. 



Finances. The receipts into the Provincial 

 treasury from all sources in 1862 were $10, 629,- 

 204, and the expenditures $11,395,923. Of 

 this latter sum, $3,774,315 was for interest on 

 the Public Debt; $533,570 for Education; 

 $486,621 for the Civil Government ; $433,048 

 for the Legislature ; $820,800 for Judicial pur- 

 poses, and $307,687 for Hospitals and other 

 charities. 



Commerce and Navigation. The imports for 

 the year 1862 were $48,600,633, of which 

 $25,173,157 was from the United States, $21,- 

 179,312 from Great Britain, $574,820 from 

 other British Colonies, and $1,673,844 from 

 other countries. The exports for the same 

 year were, $31,679,045, of which $15,063,730 

 was sent to the United States, $15,224,417 to 

 Great Britain, $840,646 to other British Colo- 

 nies, and $550,252 to other countries. 



The value of goods of the growth and pro- 

 duct of the United States, imported into Can- 



ada under the reciprocity treaty, in 1862, was 

 $14,430,626, an advance of about four and a 

 half millions of dollars on the previous year, 

 and of nearly six millions on any year before. 

 The total number of vessels passing through the 

 Canadian canals in 1862, was 32,842, and their 

 tonnage 3,582,396 tons. The amount of tolls 

 paid by them was $58,603.86 ; of these, 27,757 

 vessels, having a tonnage of 2.536,586, belonged 

 in Canada, and 5,085, with a tonnage of 1,045,- 

 810, were from the United States. The gross 

 revenue of the canals from all sources was $527,- 

 606.88, and the expenditure, $482,813.63. 



Education. In Canada East there were, in 

 1862, 3,501 schools, with 188,635 pupils, main- 

 tained at a cost of $542,728, and 200 pupils in 

 the normal schools. In Canada West, the same 

 year, there were 4,554 schools of all kinds, with 

 357,572 pupils, and the expenditure for educa- 

 tional purposes during the year was $1,535.239, 

 of which $1,231,913 was for common schools. 



NEW BRUNSWICK has an area of 27,037 

 square miles ; a population of 252,047 inhabit- 

 ants. Its seat of Government is Fredericton. 

 The chief officer of the colony is called lieut.- 

 governor and commander-in-chief. Hon. Ar- 

 thur Hamilton Gordon, C. M. G., is now lieut.- 

 governor. The Provincial Legislature consists 

 of a legislative council of 21 members, appoint- 

 ed for life by the crown, and a house of assem- 

 bly of 41 members, chosen by qualified electors 

 for five years. 



Finances. Receipts, 1862, $668,197; expen- 

 ditures, $675,189. Of the expenditures, $116,- 

 275 were for education, $191,534 for interest 

 on the public debt, and $124,290 for public 

 works. The debt of the province is $5,788,166. 

 ' Commerce and Navigation. Exports, 1862, 

 $3,856,538; imports, $6,199,701, of which $2,- 

 960,703 were from the United States. Of the 

 exports, $889,416 were to the United States. 

 The number of vessels belonging to the pro- 

 vince in 1862, was 814. measuring 157,718 tons. 



Education. Whole number of children of 

 school age, 64,000; number in attendance, 

 29,500; number of teachers, 810; provincial 

 expenditure for schools, $94,487; local contri- 

 butions, $106,524; total expenditureT$200,961. 

 NEWFOUNDLAND. Area, 35,850 square miles ; 

 population, 122,638; capital, St. John's; gov- 

 ernor, Sir Alexander Bannerman, Kt. ; legisla- 

 ture, two houses : legislative council of not over 

 15 members, appointed by the crown, to hold 

 office during her majesty's pleasure ; the hous>) 

 of assembly, 30 members, elected for 4 years-. 

 Revenue for the year, about $452,000; expend- 

 iture about $552,000. Exports in 1862, $4,- 

 684,000 ; imports, $4,028,000. Number of ves- 

 sels owned in the province, 1,386, measuring 

 87,030 tons. Education, sectarian only. Whola 

 number of schools, 242; scholars, 13,444; av- 

 erage attendance, 8.357. 



ft OVA SCOTIA. Area, 17,279 square miles; 

 population, 330,857. Exports in 1862, $5,646,- 

 461 ; imports, 8,445,042. Number of vessel.-, 

 3,408, measuring 277,718 tons. 



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