AND CIVILIZATION. 
431 
noted in the estimates for the Aboriginal Depart- 
ment. This sum is distributed as follows : — 
Salary of Protector 
Master of Native School at Walkerville 
Matron of School at Native Location 
Provisions 
Donation to Lutheran Mission 
Miscellaneous 
^300 
100 
20 
150 
100 
150 
£820 
There are three native schools established in the 
province. The first is that at the native location in 
the town of Adelaide, commenced in December, 
1839, by Mr. Klose, one of the Dresden mission- 
aries. The average attendance of children has been 
about sixteen, all of whom have latterly been lodged 
as well as fed at the school. The progress made by 
the children may be stated to have been as follows : 
on the 16th February, 1844 — 
14 were able to read polysyllables. 
2 „ monosyllables. 
2 could repeat the cardinal numbers. 
14 were in addition. 
3 in subtraction. 
9 in multiplication. 
2 in division. 
Most of the children could repeat the Lord’s 
Prayer and Commandments, and they were able to 
narrate the history of the Creation, the fall of our 
first parents, and other portions of the Old and New 
Testament. A few were able to write these subjects 
