TABLE 8.-KINDERGARTENS, 1898. Note. The system of Kindergarten instruction, first introduced into Ontario in 1882, and subsequently made part of the School System of the Province, by the Public Schools Act of 1885, has met with encouraging success. A report of the pupils receiving instruction in this way was first made in 1892. The report showed that in the short space of ten years, 69 Kindergartens were established, with 160 teachers, attended by 6,375 children under six years of age. *This number does not include the attendance at the classes established by Mechanics' Institutes and Art Schools. Part III.-Statistical Tables for the year 1898-continued. TABLE 10. A General Statistical Abstract, exhibiting the comparative state and progress of Education in Ontario, as connected with Public, Separate and High Schools (including Collegiate Institutes); also Normal College and Normal and Model Schools. From the year 1867 to 1898, compiled from Returns in the Education Department. 4226. 102 104 104 104 112 3 3 4 6 6 128 4,261 4,490 4.955 5,013 5,277 5,577 161 171 185 190 229 312 4,527 4,768 5,248 5,313 5,624 6,023 5,696 7,968 9,229 12,348 17,459 22,837 24,390 23,301 800 800 900 1,059 1,204 1,270 1,492 1,492 465,908 19 1,920,023 2,820,226 3,587,481 3,633,002 4,518,549 5,094,603 5,278,466 5,470,475 20 4,890 5,476 6,468 6,857 7,594 8,480 9,128 9,209 21 2,849 2,626 3,020 3,062 2,718 2,770 2,784 2,743 22 2,041 2,850 3,448 3,795 4,876 5,710 6,344 6,466 * Colleges and Private Schools are included for 1867 and 1872. K Amount expended for all other purposes Total amount expended on Public Schools Number of persons in the Province between the ages of 5 and 21 Increase for the year 591,300 1,245 Number of registered pupils of all ages in the $869,652 $4,043,233 $129,732 Public Schools during the year Decrease for the year 4,430 The Curriculum of Elementary Schools embraces the following subjects: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Composition, Drawing, English Literature, Geography, Music, Grammar, History, Physiology and Temperance, Drill and Calisthenics, Book-keeping, Algebra, Geometry, Botany, Elementary Physics, Agriculture. a. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS-cont. Number of pupils attending Kindergartens Increase for the year Average attendance of pupils at Kindergartens Number of pupils attending Night Schools - Average attendance of pupils at Night Schools Percentage of average attendance to total attend ance in Public Schools Number of persons employed as teachers in the Public Schools during the year: Men, 2,656; women, 5,809; total 11,083 390 4,573 211 1,504 98 363 46 57 8,465 Decrease: men, 34; Increase: women, 123; increase 89 1 The Curriculum of Secondary Schools includes all the subjects required for Matriculation at the University (see below, Appendix G). 4226. K 2 APPENDIX A. REGULATIONS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. (Approved by the Education Department, October 20th, 1896.) PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Sites and School Houses. 1. THE site of every public school shall admit of easy drainage and shall be accessible by the best highways in the section. Its area shall be not less than half an acre, and if the school population of the section exceeds seventy-five, the area shall be not less than one acre. The grounds shall be levelled and drained, enclosed by a neat and substantial fence and planted with shade trees. The school house shall be placed at least 30 feet from the public highway. 2. There shall be a well or other means of procuring water, so placed and guarded as to be secure against pollution from surface drainage, or in any other way. Every rural school shall be provided with a woodshed. 3. The closets for the sexes shall be under different roofs. They shall be separated by a high close-board fence, their entrances screened from observation, and locked after school hours. They shall be properly cleansed and disinfected when necessary, and approached by proper walks from the school house so as to be accessible with comfort at all seasons of the year. 4. Where the average attendance of any section for three years exceeds 50 pupils a school house with two rooms shall be provided. An additional room and teacher shall be required for each additional 50 pupils in average attendance. Every school house shall afford separate entrances with covered porches and suitable cloak rooms for boys and girls. 5. Every schoolroom shall contain a superficial area of at least 12 square feet, and a cubic content of at least 250 feet, for each pupil in average attendance. A uniform temperature throughout the room of at least 67 degrees shall be maintained, and provision made for a complete change of atmosphere three times every hour. The windows, both sashes, shall be adjusted by weights and pulleys and provided with suitable blinds. Light, where possible, shall be admitted from the left of the pupil. Furniture and Equipment. 6. Every school house shall be seated with either double or single desks, single desks being preferred. The desks shall be fastened to the floor in rows facing the teacher's platform, with suitable aisles between the rows and with passages at least three feet wide between the outside rows and |