received for the Term ended on the 30th of June, 1892, the sum of $487.50 as a Provincial Grant, and the same amount from the County Funds of Albert, Carleton, Kings, Northumberland, Restigouche, Saint John and Westmorland. The Institution at Fredericton for the education of the Deaf and DeafMute children of the province received from the County Fund of nine Counties the sum of $810.

The

All the Counties, with the exception of Gloucester, Madawaska, Queens, Sunbury and Victoria, sent pupils to one or both of these Institutions. aggregate amount contributed from the County funds was $1,297.50. Other details will be found in the Table.

TABLE XII.-SUPERIOR SCHOOLS.

The total amount disbursed during the year for Superior School service was $11,868.46. During the term ended December, 1891, there were 48. Superior schools in operation, and 49 the following term. According to the census of 1891, the number of Superior schools allowed by law for the several counties on the basis of population will be as follows: Albert, 1; Carleton, 3; Charlotte, 4; Gloucester, 4; Kent, 4; Kings, 4; Madawaska, 1; Northumberland, 4; Queens, 2; Restigouche, 1; St. John, 8; Sunbury, 1; Victoria, 1; Westmorland, 7; York, 5. Total for the Province, 50. Albert and Carleton have lost one each, as compared with the allotment on the basis of the former census; while Gloucester, Kent and Westmorland have gained one each. There is a gain of one for the Province.

An additional school may be established in each county, on the recommendation of the Inspector, and several of the counties have availed themselves of this provision.

The following provisions are prescribed by the Board of Education respecting the Standards of Instruction given in the schools:

1. Superior Schools in Cities, Incorporated Towns and in Towns having four Graded Departments.-Boards of Trustees shall provide for giving instruction in at least Standards IX and X. When instruction is not provided for, or not given in advance of Standard X, work in Standard VIII may be required of the Teacher, provided the daily average attendance of pupils in the higher standards is not more than 25. Should Standards IX, X and XI be taught, no work in a lower standard shall be required of the Teacher, unless a Provincial licensed assistant is employed, having a separate class-room.

2. Superior Schools in Towns or Villages having three Graded Departments. The highest department shall constitute the Superior School, and shall not be called upon to perform work under Standard VII of the graded course, or IV of the ungraded course.

3. Superior Schools in Districts having two Graded Departments.-The second or highest department shall form the Superior School, and shall not be called upon to perform work under Standard IV of the graded course, or III of the ungraded course.

4. Superior Schools in Districts having no Graded Schools.—An ungraded school in a country district may be recognized as a Superior School, provided there are competent pupils studying some branch of Mathematics, Language or Natural Science in advance of Standard IV of the ungraded course, and that a class-room assistant is employed, if the daily average attendance of pupils is 30 or upwards.

The School accommodation, appliances and premises in all Superior Schools must be satisfactory to the Inspector, who shall report thereon to the Chief Superintendent.

At the closing Examinations in 1895 and thereafter, Candidates who may wish to qualify themselves for the Principalship of Superior Schools will be required to pass an examination in Elementary Latin Grammar, and One Book of Caesar, or its equivalent.

The number of pupils receiving instruction in the Superior Schools in advance of Standard VIII, was 221 for the second term of 1891-an increase of 33 on the number for the corresponding term of 1890, and 230 for the first term of 1892—an increase on corresponding term of previous year of 7.

The following table shows the Superior Schools which have pupils above grade VIII, and the number of pupils in the higher grades:

Superior Schools giving Instruction above Grade VIII.

Term ended Dec. 31, || Term ended June 30,

TABLE XIII.-GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.

The total number of pupils enrolled in the Grammar Schools during the Second Term of 1891 was 2,762, an increase of 39; and for the First Term of 1892, 2,773, an increase of 22. During the Second Term of 1891 there were in attendance 464 pupils above Standard VIII, increase 78; and 439 the First Term of 1892, increase 42. It will be seen that of the 14 Grammar Schools in operation during the year, the enrolment of pupils above Grade VIII was less than 20 in Albert, Gloucester, Kings, Queens, Restigouche, Sunbury, Victoria and Westmorland.

By reference to the foregoing table of Superior Schools it will be seen that the Superior Schools at Moncton, St. Stephen, Dorchester and Newcastle considerably exceeded this average, and, with one exception, had a larger attendance of advanced pupils than the Grammar Schools of the Counties in which they are respectively situated. In this connection I wish to repeat what I said in my last Annual Report, that "these facts indicate unmistakably the desirability of a re-organization of Grammar and High Schools of the Province, so that results may be obtained more commensurate with the expenditure, and that the Common Schools, the High Schools, the Grammar Schools and the University may be so articulated as to become a constant source of strength and growth each to the others. The number of pupils, in both Superior and Grammar Schools, who were pursuing the Classical Course was for the Second Term of 1891, 471; and for the First Term of 1892, 441. These figures are of importance as indicating the chief source from which the University is to draw an annual supply of regular matriculants.

The Provincial disbursements to Grammar Schools for the year was $4,445.89, an increase of $196.11. The total amount of local salaries paid to the head masters for the year was $6,160.00, an increase of $75. This amount does not include the University grant of $1,000 to the Collegiate School. The average salary of Grammar School Principals (not including the Collegiate School) was $785.06, a decrease of $9.72.

TABLE XIV. THE PROVINCIAL NORMAL SCHOOL.

This table gives details as to the attendance of Student-Teachers, and the salaries of the instructors. The number presented for examination for license at the close of the session was 251, of whom 29 were enrolled in the French Department, increase for the year, 27. Other details will be found in the Principal's Report.

LOCAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.

In my report for 1891 I recommended the establishing of a system of local examinations including examinations for admission to the Normal School. In support of such recommendation it was urged "that under the existing arrangement the candinates who fail are obliged to incur, in many cases, considerable

expense in travelling to Fredericton from remote parts of the Province, and in returning after having failed to pass the test. Both the expense of attending the examinations, and the mortification resulting from failure to pass, would be lessened, if an opportunity were offered of attending examinations nearer their own homes. Besides the local examinations would attract a larger number of candidates, and would probably, even with more rigid tests than at present, increase the number seeking admission to the Normal School. The scarcity of Teachers in many parts of the Province shows the need of a larger supply than the Normal School, notwithstanding a gradually increasing attendance, has up to the present, been able to provide.'

The Board of Education considered these recommendations in December last, and has authorized the following provisions in regard thereto :

There shall be in each school year one session of the Normal School, consisting of two terms. The first term (except for the French Department) shall begin on the first teaching day in September, and close on the last teaching day in December. The second term shall begin on the first teaching day in January and close on the Friday next preceding the second Tuesday in June.

Times and Stations of Examinations: (1) Examinations for admission to the Normal School shall be held in each year at Fredericton, St. John, Moncton, St. Stephen, Chatham, Bathurst, Campbellton, Woodstock, Andover, and such other places as the Board of Education may hereafter determine, on the first Tuesday of July, beginning at 9 o'clock in the forenoon.

A supplementary entrance examination will (on application to the Principal not later than the 15th day of August) be held at the opening of the Normal School in Fredericton in September, 1893, for those candidates who shall have failed to present themselves for examination in July, or having attended shall have failed to pass.

(2) Closing examinations shall be held each year at Fredericton, St. John and Chatham, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m., on the second Tuesday in June. For StudentTeachers in the French Department, and other candidates for Third Class License, a closing examination for Third Class only shall be held at Fredericton twice each year, beginning respectively on the Tuesday next preceding the last Friday of May, and on the Tuesday next preceding the week in which Christmas falls. All candidates, other than those presented by the Principal of the Normal School, required to be examined in Reading at the Fredericton station shall present themselves in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School at 2 o'clock p. m., on the day immediately preceding the date fixed for the opening of the written examination, for examination in Reading.

Application for admission to the Normal School Entrance Examinations should be addressed to the Inspector within whose Inspectoral District the Candidate wishes to write, not later than the 24th day of May in each year. The application shall state the class for which the Candidate wishes to be examined. An Examination Fee of $1 must accompany each application.

The necessary stationery, uniform in quality and arrangement, will be provided for all candidates at these examinations. To meet in part the expenses incurred and for other reasons, it was decided to charge the small fee of one dollar to each candidate.

SHORTENING THE PERIOD OF ATTENDANCE AT THE NORMAL SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS OF THE THIRD CLASS.

Notwithstanding earnest efforts for many years to reduce the number of untrained teachers, teaching under local temporary licenses, it was found necessary during the past year to authorize the Trustees of 89 Districts to employ teachers wholly untrained, and in some cases otherwise incompetent. The only alternative in nearly every case was the closing of the schools and the consequent exclusion of the children of these Districts from the advantages of all education under the law.

This difficulty exists in part from an insufficient number of Teachers, but principally from the unwillingness of licensed Teachers to go to these Districts for the small salary offered. To furnish an adequate supply of Teachers of the Third Class who shall have passed such examination tests as will afford a guarantee of scholastic fitness for the work, while at the same time they shall have undergone such a professional training as may be given in the autumn term, it has been deemed expedient for the present to shorten the period of attendance at the Normal School for Teachers of this class. These licenses will be limited to a period of three years. The holders of such licenses will be required to complete the full annual session at the Normal School before being admitted to examination for advance of class. It is hoped that this arrangement will have the effect of encouraging a considerable number of fairly educated persons, who could not afford the expense of a year's attendance at the Normal School, to attend for the shorter term, and thus fit themselves for efficient work in the poorer Districts. As soon as it becomes apparent that there is a sufficient supply of such trained Teachers, no more local licenses will be granted.

The following are the provisions adopted in relation to this matter:

Candidates for Third Class License (not belonging to the French Department) who shall have passed the entrance examinations [See Reg. 31, 3, (1)] shall until further notice be required to spend only the first term at the Normal School.

Any candidate for Class III failing to pass at the examinations held at the close of the first term, may, upon application to the Chief Superintendent, be admitted to the examinations beginning on the Tuesday next preceding the last Friday of May. [See Reg. 31, 3 (2)].

Licenses of the Third Class bearing date subsequent to Dec. 31st, 1893, shall be valid for only three years. When any such license has expired it may be renewed by the Chief Superintendent on conditions to be prescribed by the Board of Education.

TABLE XV.-CLOSING EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS FOR LICENSE.

These examinations will continue to be conducted as in recent years by the Chief Superintendent in conformity with published regulations of the Board of