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MANITOBA. 



MARIO, GIUSEPPE. 



fertile belt. The northern portions are in some 

 places well wooded. The southern is indented 

 with deep river-valleys, often very broad, and 

 being themselves intersected with new systems 

 of " coulees " and gorges. These secondary 

 systems are well wooded. 



The regulations for the sale of land are easily 

 complied with, the advantage being as much 

 in favor of the settler as is consistent with 

 security from fraud for the Government. The 

 whole country is being surveyed into town- 

 ships six miles square, each containing thirty- 

 six sections of 640 acres. These are further 

 divided into quarter-sections of 160 acres. 

 Two of the thirty-six sections are set apart 

 for school purposes, and alternate lots within 

 twenty-four miles of the railway belong to the 

 railway company. To settlers the Government 

 presents a homestead of 160 acres, on condi- 

 tions of cultivation and actual residence for at 

 least six months in each year for three years. 

 The settler may, in addition, pre-empt another 

 quarter-section. The entire 320 acres must be 

 partly tilled for three years, at which time the 

 holder has the first right of purchase from the 

 Government of the pre-empted 160 acres. Be- 

 fore an alien may take up a homestead, the 

 oath of allegiance must be taken. 



Government. Manitoba and the Northwest 

 Territories are all governed by one Lieutenant- 

 Governor and Council, partly appointed by 

 the Canadian Government, and partly elected 

 by the settlers. The present capital is Regina, 

 in Assiniboia. Justice is administered in the 

 Territories by stipendiary magistrates and the 

 Northwest mounted police. This force consists 

 of 475 officers and men. Its chief duties are 

 to preserve order among the Indians, prevent 

 stealing, and suppress the liquor-traffic. 



Education, The public-school system of Mani- 

 toba is largely modeled on that of Ontario, and 

 is administered by a Board of Education, ap- 

 pointed by the Lieutenant-Go vernor in Coun- 

 cil, consisting of twenty-one members, twelve 

 Protestants and nine Roman Catholics. The 

 appointments are for three years, provision 

 being made for the retirement of seven mem- 

 bers annually. The board is empowered to 

 resolve itself into two sections, consisting of 

 Protestant and Roman Catholic members re- 

 spectively, and each section has the entire man- 

 agement of all the schools of its denomination 

 throughout the province. The increase in the 

 attendance at the public schools has kept pace 

 with the rapid development of the province it- 

 self, as may be seen by the following table, 

 which shows the attendance at the Protestant 

 public schools: 



The Normal School consists of two depart- 

 ments ; that for Protestants being in connec- 

 tion with the Protestant schools of Winnipeg, 

 and that for Roman Catholics in connection 

 with the Roman Catholic schools of St. Boni- 

 face. The principal of the Protestant depart- 

 ment of the Normal School visits various 

 parts of the province during a portion of the 

 year, for the purpose of holding normal insti- 

 tutes. 



St. Boniface College was founded shortly 

 after the arrival of the Selkirk colonists, for 

 the training of the children of the employes 

 of the Northwest Company. It was incorpo- 

 rated by act of Parliament in 1871, and is in a 

 flourishing condition. 



St. John's College, a mile and a half north 

 of Fort Garry, was founded many years ago. 

 In 1866 it was enlarged by the Bishop of Ru- 

 pert's Land, and was incorporated in 1871. 

 This institution is under the control of the 

 English Church. 



Manitoba College was established by the 

 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 

 in Canada 'in 1871. It was incorporated un- 

 der its present name in 1873, and has rapidly 

 risen to a foremost position among the educa- 

 tional institutions of the country. 



The University of Manitoba was established 

 in 1877, by the united action of all the denomi- 

 nations in the province. Protestants and Ro- 

 man Catholics agreed that it would be much 

 better to have only one degree-conferring in- 

 stitution in the province, and that all existing 

 colleges and all others that may be founded in 

 future should be affiliated with it. 



MARIO, Ginseppe, Marquis de Candia, an Italian 

 singer, born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Oct. 18, 1810; 

 died in Rome, in December, 1883. He entered 

 the military service of Sardinia, but soon be- 

 came offended with his assignment, and offered 

 his resignation. As the Government refused 

 to accept it, he ran away. He had received 

 a good musical education, and, having a fine 

 tenor voice, he soon made a place for himself 

 in the musical world of Paris. He was in debt, 

 and accepted an engagement at the French 

 Opera (assuming the name of Mario), where he 

 made his d&but in December, 1838, in "Ro- 

 bert le Diable," and achieved immediate success. 

 The next year he sang with Rubini at the Italian 

 Opera, and he soon gained recognition as the 

 first tenor singer on the stage. He visited Rus- 

 sia in 1845, and remained there five years; then 

 went to London and Paris, singing in those two 

 cities alternately for four years. For some 

 time previous to this, Grisi had lived with him 

 as his wife, and finally they were married. In 

 1854-'55 they made a tour through the United 

 States, and sang in the principal cities. Mario 

 made a farewell appearance on the stage at 

 Coven t Garden, London, in June, 1871 ; but in 

 1872 he made another concert tour in the 

 United States. By this time, however, his 

 voice had begun to fail, and it was evident 

 that his singing days were over. 



