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ment. Within these boundaries the schools connected 

 with the Church of England are thirteen. They are 

 necessarily more numerous than would under any other 

 circumstances be required by the population ; from the 

 houses of the settlers lying along the banks of the two 

 rivers, and not being in the form of a town or village, the 

 children cannot go to school above a certain distance, and 

 the schools have been in consequence multiplied to suit 

 the convenience of the inhabitants. The thirteen are ex- 

 clusive of the two higher academies for young ladies and 

 for boys. 



" The subjects taught must vary considerably, from the 

 great difference of capacity in the pupils. The two leading- 

 schools would be " St. John's Parochial School," in the 

 upper part of the settlement, and the " Model Training 

 School," connected with St. Andrew's Church. In the 

 former, in addition to the usual branches, the upper pupils 

 have the opportunity of studying Latin, French, and 

 mathematics. In the model school, which is taught by a 

 certified master from Highbury, the senior pupils have 

 also the advantage of instruction in Latin, Euclid, and 

 algebra. They are thus an approach to the grammar 

 schools in Canada. In the other schools, of which St. 

 Paul's is the best example, there is an excellent education 

 afforded in British history, grammar, geography, arith- 

 metic, with the elements of general history. Of course 

 we must be content with much less where the pupils are 

 the children of Indian parents. With them it is difficult 

 to go beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic. 



" In the Collegiate School many of the pupils make very 

 great progress both in classics and mathematics. Soon 

 after my arrival in the country I was induced to found 

 some scholarships as an incentive to study, and an ap- 

 proximation to what takes place in other countries. To 



