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his personal supervision. After the re- 

 tirement of Mr. Cochrane Mr. Colin 

 Campbell Mackenzie was appointed as 

 mathematical tutor in St. John's 

 school. Mr. Mackenzie was a native 

 of the country and had been sent to 

 Cambridge university from which he 

 had graduated with distinction. After 

 teaching at Red River for two years 

 Mr. Mackenzie went to British Colum- 

 bia where he was for some time prin- 

 cipal of the boys' school in Victoria. 

 In 1878 he was appointed superintend- 

 ent of education in the province which 

 position he held for about six years. 

 In 1890 he was elected to represent 

 Nanaimo in the provincial legislature. 

 Mr. Mackenzie died in British Colum- 

 bia a little over a year ago. Contem- 

 porary with these schools was one 

 commenced in the early thirties by 

 Mr. John Pritchard, at one time agent 

 of Lord Selkirk, at a place called "The 

 Elms," on the east side of Red river, 

 opposite Kildonan church. Mr. Pritch- 

 ard was entrusted with the education 

 of the sons of gentlemen sent all the 

 way from British Columbia and from 

 Washington and Oregon territories, 

 besides a number belonging to prom- 

 inent families of Red River and the 

 Northwest. The governor and council 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company grant- 

 ed to Mr. Pritchard a life annuity of 

 £20 on account of his services in the 

 interests of religion and education. 



The Kildonan settlers had availed 

 themselves largely of the educational 

 advantages" "afforded by this school 

 and on Mr. Pritchard' s retirement 

 they endeavored to fill its place by the 

 efficiency of their parish school on the 

 west side of the river, conducted by 

 the late Mr. John Inkster, brother of 

 Sheriff Inkster, and his successor, Mr. 

 Matheson, now Rev. Alex Matheson. 



The Rev. Samuel Pritchard re- 

 opened his father's school at the same 

 spot, The Elms, in 1802. It was after- 

 wards moved to St. Paul's parish and 

 in 1806 it was amalgamated with St. 

 John's boys' school, Mr. Pritchard and 

 his pupils being received into that in- 

 stitution. 



On coming to the diocese in 1805 

 Bishop Machray reorganized the boys' 

 classical school and it was opened as 

 a hig-h .school in 1S00. The bishop gave 

 instruction in a number of branches 

 himself, paying special attention to 

 mathematics, Archdeacon McLean had 

 charge of classics and the Rev. Samuel 

 Pritchard conducted the English 



branches in what was now called St. 

 John's college. 



In connection with the parish school 

 of Kildonan the Rev. John Black, who 

 was, as we all know, a scholarly man, 

 gave instruction in classics to a num- 

 ber of young men, who were thus en- 

 abled to take their places in Toronto 

 University and in Knox college, To- 

 ronto. 



In addition to these schools, Mr. 

 Gunn, of St. Andrew's, afterwards 

 Hon. Donald Gunn, had for a time a 



Mrs. (Dean) Boomer, London, Cut., (nee 

 Harriet Mills), St. John's, 1851—6. 



coinrmercial school at his home for the 

 sons of Hudson's Bay Co., factors and 

 traders, so that they might be fitted 

 for the company's business in which 

 they were to succeed their fathers. 



Girls' Schools. 



Prom the death of Mr. Macallum, 

 1849, there was a vacancy in the 

 school for girls until 1851, when Mrs. 

 Mills and her two daughters came 

 from England to assume its charge. A 

 new building was erected for this 



