in which Boys and Girls are taught apart-continued. Other Expenses. £. S. d. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. The Catechism taught with pains and intelligence. The upper classes have learned a good deal of the "Faith and Duty." Instruction improved since last inspection. Room for improvement in the cleanliness of the children. 0 11 1 The boys compose fairly; are taught with intelligence, and know a good deal of Scripture, especially those who attend the Sunday school. Master appears to be intelligent and painstaking. The mistress appears to be not competent to do much as a teacher for the children. Discipline good. Instruction needs to be more intelligently given. New building needed. Some of the children have learned some Scripture. 6 8 4 Room for, and prospect of, improvement, Excellent and spacious building, with boarded floors and proper means for ventilation. Boys not deficient in quickness. More needs to be done to carry the instruction through the school. Writing good. A change of reading-books needed for the girls. Girls neat and pleasing. They have learned a great deal of Scripture, and read nicely. Two or three of the elder boys compose well and answer well. the Squire, Master does not appear to want ability. 25 00 Boys compose well; do arithmetic well; write well; are taught generally with intelligence. Some of the elder girls compose well, and answer questions nicely. The lower classes of girls should be helped forward. The mistress, recently appointed, appears gentle and pleasing. Master appears to love his work, and labours with zeal and intelligence. There should be an infaut-school. .. Girls quite Room for improvement in the instruction and discipline. A deficiency of proper school- 10 2 0 Boys uniformly well taught through the school. Instruction highly satisfactory. Com The first class of girls read well, and some six of them compose well. Children clean, quiet, and pleasing. Master appears to do his work with integrity and ability. Children very clean, quiet, and orderly. Instruction very pleasing. Children know a good deal of Scripture. The elder girls compose nicely. The younger ones may be more thoroughly worked. 70 0 0 Discipline of the girls very satisfactory. Instruction of the girls very pleasing and satisfactory, except in arithmetic. Arithmetic of the boys very good. No sufficiency of proper reading-books for the lower boys. But little Scripture learned. Room for improvement in the instruction and discipline. Girls better instructed than the boys. A large endowment. None of the girls write on paper. Instruction of the two upper classes of boys satisfactory. The lower classes ought to be in an infant-school. Much room for improvement in the instruction of the girls. 19 6 8 Instruction most satisfactory in the girls' school. Scriptural knowledge very good. Reading distinct, and great progress therein. Arithmetic remarkably good for a female teacher-all the first class exercised in composition. Boys' school satisfactory. Discipline very satisfactory. Instruction of the girls satisfactory; they compose well; their writing, arithmetic, and reading all above par. In the boys' school, room for, and a prospect of, improvement. The girls are clean and orderly. |