certificates, legally qualifying the holder to teach the above subjects in any High School, Model School or Mechanics' Institute, total, 2213 proficiency certificates, and 58 teachers certificates in primary grade. Advanced subjects: 1, Shading from flat. 1, Flower drawing. 21, Machine drawing. 5, Industrial design. 2, Advanced geometry. 7, Wood carving. The following is a list of the trades and occupations of the students who attended these classes : The advantages of these certificates have been very great to many of the students of Evening Classes, the certificates are, to a certain extent, a proof of industry and perseverance, and that these young men have employed their spare time to obtaining practical information which must prove of great value to their employers; consequently several of these students who have removed to a distance have without difficulty secured remunerative employment. Last year the following Mechanics' Institutes sent specimens of Industrial Drawing to the Colonial Exhibition : The British Press was very complimentary in its remarks on the excellence of the Drawings and Designs, and the Royal Commission awarded each of these Institutes a a Diploma and Medal. The following extracts are taken from the Mechanics' Institute Reports for the year: (For details see Tables A, B.) 1. Institutes reporting 1886-7. Number of Institutes reporting for the year.... 2. Institutes not reporting 1886-7. 139 Alexandria, Bradford, Columbus, Forest, Glencoe, Hanover, Kemptville, Listowel, Manitowaning, Thunder Bay, Watford, Wiarton, Vittoria. 3. Institutes reported Closed. Alliston, Palmerston, Sarnia. 4. New Institutes reporting for 1886-7. Belmont, Beeton, Beamsville, Cobourg, Dresden, Hastings, Niagara Falls South, Parry Sound, Southampton, Shelburne, Wyoming, Waterford, Williamstown. 5. New Institutes Incorporated. Blenheim, Bobcaygeon, Holyrood, Forks of the Credit, Oshawa, Newburgh, Markdale, Melbourne, Port Carling, Ripley. 6. Classification of Institutes reporting in 1886-7. Institutes with libraries, reading-rooms and evening classes.... 29 54 11 44 1 139 7. Receipts during the Year 1886-7, with Balances from previous Year. 8. Expenditure during the Year 1886-7, with Balances on hand at close of Year. 139 Institutes have 16,094 members. This year the Report of Public Libraries is kept separate, the number of readers reported is 17,906. 12. Number of Volumes in Libraries, and Number of Volumes Issued. The total amount expended for books in 1886-7, was $17,657.70. The total amount expended for reading-rooms was $5,467.27. 14. Evening Classes in 1886-7. 958 982 26 Institutes conducted elementary classes in the following subjects:-1. English Course Composition and Grammar; 2. Commercial Course-Book-keeping, Arithmetic, Writing. 23 Institutes conducted classes in Drawing in the following subjects:-1. Primary Drawing:-Free Hand Drawing, Practical Geometry, Linear Perspective, Model Drawing, Memory and Black-board Drawing; 2. Mechanical Drawing:-Machine Drawing, Building Construction. The total amount expended for evening classes was $1,434.92. |