I.-COUNCIL OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

1. The members of the Executive Council shall form a Council of Public Instruction, five of whom shall be a quorum. 2. The Council of Public Instruction shall have power-

(1.) To prepare and publish regulations under which school moneys may be drawn and expended.

(2.) To determine all cases of appeal from the decision of Commissioners and Trustees, and make such orders thereon as may be required.

(3.) To make any provision not inconsistent with this law, to meet exigencies occurring under its operation.

[The powers of the Council in relation to any special subject may be found by referring to such subject in the Table of Contents.]

II.-SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.

3. The Governor in Council shall have power to appoint a Provincial Superintendent of Education, who shall also be Secretary to the Council of Public Instruction.

4. The Superintendent of Education shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars, and four hundred dollars for travelling expenses and contingencies of office. The Superintendent's duties shall be as follows:

(1.) To have, subject to the Council of Public Instruction, the general supervision and direction of the Inspectors, the Normal School, County Academies, Superior and Common Schools.

(2.) To enforce the provisions of this Act and the regula tions of the Council.

(3.) To promote the establishment and efficiency of county academies and superior schools.

(4.) To hold public meetings and institutes of teachers. (5.) To inquire and report respecting the qualifications of teachers and the management of schools.

(6.) To inspect, as often as possible, all the county acade mies, and, when directed by the Council of Public Instruction, any school receiving provincial aid.

(7.) To prepare printed instructions and blank forms for all purposes required by this act, and furnish them, together with copies of this act and the regulations of the Council, gratuitously, to the Inspectors, Boards of School Commissioners, Trustees, and Teachers.

(8.) To make annually, for the information of the legislature, a report on the state of the academies and schools subject to his inspection and supervision, accompanied by full statistical

II-SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.

Any teaching days on which schools are closed in order that Teachers may attend an Institute convened by the Superintendent of Education, or under his directions, shall not lesson the amount of public money payable to Teachers or Trustees. Teachers will be credited for such days as if spent in teaching, and the Trustees will be credited as if the schools had been open, and will be allowed for such days the average daily attendance during the term. Each Teacher present at an Institute shall receive, at its close, a certificate from the Superintendent, or from his deputy. This certificate must be attached to the Trustees' semi-annual Return.