of St. John City Schools, who, for many years, was closely identified with the work of the Institute, and always deeply interested in every Educational movement, both general and local;

Therefore Resolved, That this Institute records its sense of the great loss the cause of education has sustained by his decease and tender its cordial sympathy to his be reaved widow and family in their sad bereavement.

2. Moved by Mr. W. M. McLean, seconded by Mr. J. G. A. Belyea, B.A.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to take into consideration the whole subject of Grading and report to this Institute next year what they deem the best system.

3. Moved by Mr. B. C. Foster, M. A., seconded by Mr. W. B. Jonah, B. A.

Resolved, That a standing committe of twelve be appointed by the chair to take into consideration the whole subject of Text Books, and report next year to this Institute.

Mr. W. Brodie, Mr. G. A. Inch and Mr. W. H. Parlee were appointed Committee on Grading, and Messrs. B. C. Foster, P. Cox, W. M. McLean, G. U. Hay, P. G. McFarlane, J. G. A. Belyea, J. M. Palmer, S. C. Wilbur, R. P. Steeves, Miss Alice M. Clark, Miss Mary Fawcett and Mrs. Dieuaide the Committee on Text Books. On the evening of the last day of the Institute, the members were entertained by the Teachers of St. John at a conversazione in the Assembly Hall of the Centennial School building.

Agreeably to the regulation in this behalf, ten members of the Institute were elected by ballot, to constitute, with the members ex-officio, the

W. S. Carter, M. A., Inspector of Schools, was elected representative of the Institute to the Senate of the University of New Brunswick.

There were enrolled as members in attendance at the Institute, 260 teachers, representing every County in the Province, except Restigouche and Kent. There were also present 10 members ex-officio, and 2 other school officers, making a total of 272, the largest attendance in the history of the Institute.

JAMES M. PALMER, Secretary.

SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE.

The following is a summary of the attendance at the meetings of the Educational Institute since its organization:

County Institutes have been held during the year in all the Counties. except Kent and Sunbury. Steps have been taken towards the union of Sunbury with Queens for Institute purposes, and the first Institute for the two Counties will be held in Gagetown in May next. I attended the Institutes of Kings, Madawaska and Victoria, Northumberland, Queens and Restigouche. At all these Institutes much interest was manifested in the proceedings, not only by the Teachers assembled, but by many of the people of the several towns and villages in which the Institutes were severally held. Enthusiastic, and, in most cases, crowded public meetings were held in connection with each of the Institutes. The aggregate number of Teachers who enrolled at the County Institutes was 690.

I regret that I have not been able to secure for publication in the Appendix of this Report more than one of the many valuable papers read at the County Institutes.

TABLE OF ATTENDANCE AT TEACHERS' INSTITUTES SINCE THEIR FORMATION IN 1881.

Dominion and International Teachers' Associations.

The first meeting of the Dominion Educational Association was held in Montreal, from July 5th to 8th inclusive, and was attended by a large number of teachers representing the several provinces of the Dominion. Hon. G. W. Ross, Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario, presided. Addresses were delivered, or papers on the educational questions of the day read, by the President of the Association, and by the Superintendents of Education of Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Sir William Dawson of McGill University, Mgr. Hamel of the University of Laval, Rev. Dr. Adams of Bishop's College, Rev. Dr. Grant of Queen's College, D. J. Goggin, M. A., Principal of the Normal School, Winnipeg, Rev. Abbé Verreau, Principal of Jacques Cartier Normal School, Montreal, Prof. Seth of Dalhousie College, Halifax, J. L. Hughes, M. A., Inspector of Schools, Toronto, S. P. Robbins, LL. D., Principal of McGill Normal School, Montreal, G. U. Hay, Ph. B., Principal of Victoria High School, St. John, John A. McCabe, LL. D., Principal of Ottawa Normal School, J. B. Calkin, M. A., Principal of the Normal School, Truro, N. S., and many others. A delightful Conversazione held in the Redpath Museum building, under the auspices of the Venerable President and the Faculty of McGill College contributed largely to the pleasure and intellectual profit of the members of the Association. Though the enrolment of members was, perhaps, not so large as anticipated, no doubt could be entertained of the great educational value of the series of meetings held and the

discussions entered into by so many prominent educationists. Much of the success of this first meeting of the Association was due to the wise arrangements made by the Secretary, Rev. Elson I. Rexford, and the Local Executive Committee, who personally and through their Secretary, the Rev. E. M. Taylor, showed great attention and courtesy to teachers from the other Provinces. Several matters of an interprovincial character were freely discussed and the interchange of opinion on these subjects could not fail to influence the thought of the country to the advantage of educational effort throughout the Dominion, and to promote a spirit of loyal Canadian national unity. It is not proposed to call meetings of the Dominion Association oftener than every other year.

By the formal request of the Dominion Association, I had the honor of conveying its greetings to the National Educational Association of the United States, which convened at Saratoga Springs on the week following the meetings in Montreal. This Association, which is not only national but international in its membership and organization, commands the talents and experience of the leading educational experts of the Continent, and annually draws to its meetings thousands of men and women from every State of the Union and from nearly every Province of Canada. At the opening meeting in Congress Spring Park, the President of the United States delivered to an audience of more than 10,000 people a very effective educational address, and voiced the national sentiment in regard to the necessity of universal education in a free country. By attending as many of the sessions as was possible of the several departments of the Association, by examining the exhibits of school work, apparatus and text books, and by conversation with the representatives of the educational systems of different States, I was enabled to draw a comparison with our own work which I trust may be of some service in aiding me to develop and strengthen our school system, and to suggest improved methods as occasion may require.

The Summer School of Science.

This is a voluntary organization of teachers which has proved to be of great educational value. It is inter-provincial in its character, drawing its membership, as well as its staff of instructors and managers, from the three Maritime Provinces. Though its proceedings do not come officially under the supervision of the Educational Department, I consider it in the interests of educational progress and efficiency to call the attention of teachers and of the public generally to the advantages which must result from such an association when conducted wisely and judiciously, as I believe this school has been hitherto conducted. I would venture to make a similar remark in regard to THE EDUCATIONAL REVIEW, a monthly periodical devoted to advanced methods

of education, published in the City of St. John under the editorial management of Mr. G. U. Hay, Ph. B., Principal of the Victoria High School. Though the Board of Education has no responsibility and exercises no control whatever in regard to what appears in its columns, yet as I am confident that it exercises a stimulating and wholesome educational influence upon the minds both of the teachers who contribute to its columns and of those who faithfully read its pages, I commend it to the patronage of all who are interested in our school work.

At my request the following report was furnished me for publication by a member of the Executive Committee of the Summer School of Science :

The Sixth Session of the Summer School of Science for the Atlantic Provinces, was held in the Centennial School, St. John, beginning August 1st and ending August 13th. Over sixty students were present, of whom thirty-nine were from New Brunswick. This is the largest attendance since the school became inter-provincial, in the summer of 1890.

On the staff of instructors, New Brunswick was represented by the following: G. U. Hay, Ph. B., St. John, Instructor in Botany; Prof. W. W. Andrews, Mt. Allison, Sackville, Chemistry; J. Brittain, Normal School, Fredericton, Zoology; G. J. Oulton, Dorchester, Assistant in Zoology; A. F. Emery, M. D., St. John, Physiology; Miss M. A. Alexander, St. John, Elocution; G. F. Matthew, M. A., St. John, Geology.

The opening meeting was held on Monday evening, August 1st, His Worship Mayor Peters in the chair. The Annual Address was delivered by the President, G. U. Hay. Addresses were delivered by Chief Superintendent, Dr. Inch, J. V. Ellis, Esq., Hon. Justice King, Rev. Dr. Macrae, Hon. J. W. Longley, Attorney-General of Nova Scotia, and Dr. A. H. MacKay, Chief Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia.

Work and recreation were combined in a most pleasant way during the session of the school, nearly every afternoon being devoted to field work in natural science in the vicinity of St. John. In addition to this the City Council of St. John entertained the school in an excursion on the St. John River to Gagetown; the New Brunswick Natural History Society united with the school in a field day to Lancaster Beach; and at the close of the school a conversazione was held in the Natural History Society's Rooms.

The next session of the School, which promises to be one of unusual interest, will be held in the Memorial Hall of Mount Allison College at Sackville, during the first and second weeks of July next.

Arbor Day.

Arbor Day was celebrated May 13th, in accordance with the following provisions of Reg. 20-2:

Arbor Day: With a view of encouraging the improvement and ornamentation of school grounds, and thereby of cultivating, on the part of the pupils, habits of neatness