which are not prescribed. The prescribed text book, on any subject, is the only one the pupils are expected to purchase.

(3) Under Section 72 (e) of the Education Act, school sections can vote money for the purchase of prescribed school books, and school trustees are free to arrange to distribute them at cost, at reduced price, or free to all pupils of their schools, or to pupils who cannot afford to buy them.

(4) The school trustees or school boards are the proper parties to take charge of the supply of books for they are in continual and close touch with the school. They can allow those who desire to own their books to do so; and the deserving indigent can be supplied free. Both oversight and economy can be easily maintained under the management of the local trustees. This sche ne may be put into practise with very little effort on the part of the trustees or members of the school board; and a section which once voted the money for school books could have it recouped annually and so with very little more cost year by year could continue to supply its pupils indefinitely.

(5) Following is the list of text books, together with the grades in which each book is used, prescribed for the public schools of Nova Scotia during the school year 1 August, 1921 to 31 July, 1922.

The prices of the texts are to be found in the Price List as published by the N. S. School Book Bureau. Each list is effective from date printed until new list is published. From time to time, the prices effective at time of publication of the Journal of Education are printed in the Journal.