REPORT

OF THE

MINISTER OF EDUCATION

FOR THE YEAR

1892

WITH THE STATISTICS OF 1891.

TO THE HONORABLE GEORGE AIREY KIRKPATRICK, LL.D., Q.C.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOR:

I herewith present the Report of the Education Department for the year 1892, together with the statistics for the year 1891. The several comparative statements submitted will, I trust, be found worthy of perusal.

YEAR.

I.-PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I. SCHOOL POPULATION-ATTENDANCE.

School Population.

The school population of the Province, as ascertained through the assessors for the last fifteen years, is as follows::

The average attendance of rural pupils was 48 per cent. of the registered attendance, while in towns it was 61 per cent. and in cities 67 per cent. The County of Waterloo

NOTE.-The Minister's Report (for purposes of comparison with previous years in which R. C. Sep. Schools were included with public schools) includes R. C. Sep. Schools. In the Statistical Tables, A, B, C,D, E, the Separate Schools are excluded.

Girls.