H.-INSPECTORS' AND EXAMINERS' CERTIFICATES, AND RETIRED TEACHERS PAGE. I. Names of Persons who have received Inspectors' Certificates during 1878..... 143 II. Names of Persons who have received High School Masters' Certificates during 1878........ 143 III. Names of Persons who have received Examiners' Certificates during 1878..... 144 144 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION (ONTARIO.) FOR THE YEAR 1878, RESPECTING THE PUBLIC, SEPARATE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, ALSO, THE NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS. PART.I.—GENERAL REPORT. To His Honour the Honourable D. A. Macdonald, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR, I herewith present the Report of the Education Department on the condition of the Public, Separate, and High Schools, also of the Normal and Model Schools of the Province of Ontario, for the year 1878. I will now proceed to give a Summary view of their condition, condensed from the Statistical Tables accompanying this Report: I-TABLE A.-RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL MONEYS. The Receipts. 1. The amount apportioned from the Legislative Grant was $258,588 increase, $6,576. The apportionment is made to the several Counties, Townships, Cities, Towns, and Incorporated Villages, according to the ratio of the population in each, as compared with the whole population of the Province. The principle of distribution is according to the average attendance and the time of keeping open the Schools, Public and Separate, in each Municipality. 2. The amount apportioned from the Legislative grant (through the Educational Depository) for the purchase of maps, apparatus, prize and library books was $15,756— decrease, $2,347. 3. The amount from County Municipal Assessment was $872,354, showing an increase of $14,049. 4. The amount available from Trustees' School Assessment was $1,405,686-decrease, $158,439. 5. The amount from Clergy Reserves Moneys, and from other sources, applied to School purposes in 1878, was $694,984-decrease, $35,702. 6. The Total Receipts for all Public School purposes for the year 1878, amounted to $3,247,321, showing a decrease of $175,863 over the total receipts of the preceding year. 7. The following table shows the progressive increase in the amounts levied by the Municipal and School Trustee Corporations, and also the yearly increase in the total receipts since 1860. TABLE showing the progressive increase in the amounts levied by the Municipal and School Corporations, and also the yearly increase in the Total Receipts since 1860. 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 $ $ Ꭿ 278693 278035 274471 287768 3043821 308092 319154 351873, 362375 372743 385284 492481 531391 601351 606538 758467 793161 858305 872354 556682 587297 620268 631755 659380| 711197 760366 799708 855538 890834 951099 1027184 1232101 1439390 1599437 1547125 1553574 1564126 1405686 488897 515897 501384 513362 520425 525711 528451 591879 571419 563849 607981 604806 766778 926624 1024296 1059862 1046920 1000754 969281 Total Receipts. 1324272 1381279 1396123 1432885 1484187 1545000 1607971 1743460 1789332 1827426 1944364 2124471 2530270 2967365 3239271 3365454 3393655 3423185 3247321 14452 57006 14843 36762 51301 60813 62970 62364 118997 38093 116938 18010 405799 437094 271906 126182 28201 29529 1 |