OF THE

PUBLIC AND HIGH,

ALSO OF THE

NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS

OF THE

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO,

FOR THE YEAR 1877,

WITH APPENDICES,

BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly.

Toronto:

PRINTED BY HUNTER, ROSE & CO., 25 WELLINGTON ST. WEST.

CONTENTS.

PART I-GENERAL REPORT.

PAGE.

INTRODUCTION

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

TABLE A.-Receipts and Expenditure of Public School Moneys.

TABLE B.-School Population; Ages of Pupils; Pupils attending Public Schools;

Average Attendance

TABLE C.-Number of Pupils in the different branches of Instruction...

TABLE D.-Religious Denominations; Certificates; Annual Salaries of Teachers...

TABLE E.-School Sections; School-houses and Titles; School Visits; School
Lectures; School Examinations and Recitations; Prizes; Time of
keeping open the Schools; Prayers; Maps; Value of School Pro-
perty, &c. ...

TABLE F.-Roman Catholic Separate Schools..

TABLE G.-High Schools; Receipts and Expenditures; Pupils; Fees.....

TABLE H.-Number of Pupils in the various branches and Miscellaneous infor-
mation; Head Masters and their Universities..

TABLE I.

TABLE J.-Free Public Libraries

Normal and Model Schools..

TABLE K.-SUMMARY OF THE MAPS, APPARATUS AND PRIZE BOOKS SUPPLIED TO

THE COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES DURING THE YEAR 10

(1) Table showing the value of articles sent from the Education Depository during the

years 1851 to 1877 inclusive

(2) Book imports into Ontario and Quebec.

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TABLE N.-General Statistical Abstract of the progress of Education in Ontario,

from 1842 to 1877..

TABLE A.-Moneys; Amount received and expended in support of Public Schools.....

TABLE B.-Pupils; Pupils attending the Public Schools, Ages of Pupils, &c.........

TABLE C.-Number of Pupils in the different branches of Public School Education...

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TABLE D.—The Number, Religious Denominations, Certificates and Salaries of Public School

Teachers....

TABLE E.-Schools; Number of Public Schools, School-houses, Visits, Lectures and time

the Public Schools have been kept open; Prayers, examinations, &c......

TABLE F.-The Roman Catholic Separate Schools......

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THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

TABLE G.-Moneys received and expended in support of High Schools; Pupils; Fees .....

TABLE H.-Number of Pupils in the various branches of instruction; Miscellaneous infor-

mation; Head Masters and their Universities........

THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.

TABLE I.-TORONTO NORMAL SCHOOL.-Number of Students, their Residences and Religious

Denominations....

OTTAWA NORMAL SCHOOL. --Number of Students, their Residences and Religious

Denominations....

THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

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TABLE J.-Moneys; Number of volumes and miscellaneous information; other Libraries. 63

THE PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

TABLE K.-Maps and apparatus supplied by the Education Department.....

THE SUPERANNUATED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.

TABLE L.-Names and periods of Service of Teachers and their Pensions.......

THE EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY.

TABLE M.-Number of Institutions and pupils, and moneys expended for Educational

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purposes...

MISCELLANEOUS.

TABLE N.—General Statistical Abstract of the Educational progress of Ontario...

PART III-APPENDICES.

A.-REPORT OF J. A. MCLELLAN, Esq., LL.D.; J. M. BUCHAN, ESQ., M.A., AND S.

ARTHUR MARLING, ESQ., M. A., INSPECTORS OF HIGH SCHOOLS

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ADDENDUM No. 1.-Comparative Table for 1876 and 1877, showing the progress or

decline of each High School......

ADDENDUM NO. 2.-The Intermediate Examination, Midsummer, 1878..

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Donald McDiarmid, Esq., M.D., Glengarry.

B.--EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS OF INSPECTORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Rev. Thos. Garrett, B.A., Russell

W. R. Bigg, Esq., No. 1 Leeds...

R. Kinney, Esq., M.D., No. 2 Leeds...