PART II-STATISTICAL SCHOOL REPORT FOR 1851.-TABLE L.-Continued. GENERAL STATISTICAL TABLE, exhibiting the progressive results of the operations of the Common School system in Upper Canada, &c. N. B.-The School visits reported in 1845 and 1846, are those of the District and Township Superintendents of Common Schools; no other persons in those years The Reports of Text-books used in the Common Schools of Upper Canada, extend only to the years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851, no provision having been PART II-STATISTICAL SCHOOL REPORT FOR 1850. TABLE M.-GENERAL STATISTICAL ABSTRACT, exhibiting the state and progress of Education in Upper Canada, as connnected with Universities, Colleges, Academies, Grammar, Private, Common, Normal and Model Schools, during the years 1842 to 1851, inclusive. No. SUBJECTS COMPARED. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. No Reports for this year received, in consequence of a change in the School Law. 96,756 110,002 101,912 131,360 135,295 144,406 159,678 177,624 £51,714 £71,514 £67,906 £77,599 £86,069 £88,478 £88,536 £102,050 * An Approximation only-no specific information having been received by the Department. No. PART II.-STATISTICAL SCHOOL REPORT for 1851.-TABLE M.-(Continued.) GENERAL STATISTICAL ABSTRACT, exhibiting the State and Progress of Education in Upper Canada, &c. SUBJECTS COMPARED. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. No Rpts. No Rpts. No Rpts. No Rpts. No Rpts. No Rpts. £14189 £17458 No Reports for this year received in consequence of a change in the School Law. 20 Average number of Months each Common School has been kept open by a qualified Teacher Net average attendance of Pupils at the Com mon Schools, during the summer of.. No Reports ..... No Rpts. No Rpts. No Rpts. No Rps. 70459 72204 76842 83390 NOTE.-The Returns in the foregoing Table, up to the year 1847, are not very complete; but since that period they have been sufficiently so to establish a data by which to compare our yearly progress in Educational matters. The Returns are now pretty extensive, and embrace all Institutions of Learning, from the Common School up to the University; but hitherto the sources of information regarding the latter class of Institutions have been rather private than official. It is to be hoped, however, that future years will witness more complete and accurate information on the subject of education generally in Upper Canada; and that the Chief Superintendent's Annual Report will present, in one comprehensive tabular view, the actual state and progress of all our Educational Institutions-Public, Private, and Collegiate. CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX TO THIS ANNUAL REPORT. A. EXTRACTS from the Reports of the Local Superintendents of Common Schools and Boards of School Trustees in Cities, Towns and Villages, in Upper Canada, relative to the state and progress of Elementary Education in various Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages therein during the year 1851. OFFICIAL CIRCULARS from the Chief Superintendent of Schools to the various Municipal and other officers in Upper Canada, concerned in the administration of the Common School Act, 13th and 14th Victoria, chapter 48. No. 1.-To Clerks of County Councils, dated the 1st of December, 1851, transmitting various Reports, Publications, Maps, &c. for the use of the Municipalities and local School officers. Replies to the foregoing Circular, (so far as received), with additional correspondence relating thereto. Twenty-eight documents. Twenty-ninth document-Blank form of Return transmitted to each County Clerk to be filled up and returned to the Educational Department. No. 2.-To Local Superintendents of Common Schools, dated the 1st of December, 1851, transmitting blank forms of reports, &c, and educational publications, and directing their attention to several matters. Replies to the foregoing Circular so far as received. Seven documents. No. 3. To various Local Superintendents of Schools, dated, February-June, 1852, returning their defective and incorrect reports for correction. Explanatory remarks and suggestions for the guidance of Local Superintendents in compiling their annual reports. No. 4.-To Wardens of Counties, dated the 1st May, 1852, on the omission of County Clerks and Local Superintendents of Schools to transmit certain information required by law. No. 5. To the Treasurers of each Municipality in Upper Canada, dated the 1st of July, 1852, informing them of the payment of the Legislative School Grant for the year 1852. (Accompanying Documents.) a. Blank form of Attorney, in duplicate, referred to in the preceding circular. b. Blank form of Cheque for paying the Legislative School Grant to the Treasurers of the several Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages in Upper Canada. C. Blank form of Voucher for the payment of the apportionment of the Legislative School Grant for 1852. (Signed in duplicate). No. 6.-To Clerks of Counties, dated the 1st of July, 1852, notifying them of the apportionment of the Legislative School Grant for the year 1852. d. Blank form of Return referred to in the preceding circular. No. 7.-To Clerks of Cities, Towns and Villages, dated the 10th of July, 1852, notifying them of the apportionment of the Legislative School Grant for the year 1852. No. 8.-To Local Superintendents of Schools, dated the 1st of July, 1852, on the mode of apportioning the Legislative School Grant to School Sections for the year 1852, and other matters. No. 9.-Notice to Local Superintendents containing additional remarks, explanatory of the law relating to the distribution of the School Fund to School Sections according to the average attendance of pupils. C. OFFICIAL ANSWERS by the Chief Superintendent of Schools to questions proposed by Local Superintendents and other school authorities in Upper Canada. I.-Selections from replies to letters sent to the Department. Twenty-one documents. II.-General reply to various inquiries as to the duties of School Section authorities relating to the election of School Trustees,-receiving of their annual reports and examination of their accounts throughout Upper Canada, on Wednesday the 14th of January, 1852. D. DOCUMENTS relating to the Normal and Model Schools, Toronto. 1.-Programme of the annual examination of the Normal and Model Schools for Upper Canada at the close of the seventh session, 1851-'52. II. 2.-Examination paper for His Excellency the Governor General's prizes in the Science of Agriculture. 3.-Examination paper on Education and the Art of Teaching. 4.-Examination paper in Book-Keeping. 5.-Examination paper in Themes for Composition. 6.-Examination paper in Algebra. 7.-Examination paper in Grammar. 8.-Examination paper in Practical Arithmetic. 9.-Examination paper in History-General, English and Canadian. 10.—Examination paper in Geography-General and Canadian. 11.-Examination paper in Geometry. 12.-Examination paper in Mensuration and the Rudiments of Mechanics. III. 13.-Blank form of Certificate given at the close of the seventh session of the Normal School to Students then in attendance and deemed worthy of it. 14.-Blank form of Application for Admission to the Normal School. 15.-Revised Terms of Admission to the Normal School. E. SELECTIONS from the General Forms and Instructions for executing the provisions of the Common School Act 13th and 14th Victoria, chapter 48, in more constant use among the Local School authorities in Upper Canada, or required for continued reference-eighteen documents. F. ABSTRACT of Descriptive Catalogue of Maps and other School Requisites for sale at the Educational Depository, Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada. G. LIST of Local Superintendents of Common Schools in Upper Canada, appointed for 1852-3, as reported to the Educational Department-with the name of Municipality, and Post-office address of each. |