and order, and a taste for the beautiful in nature, the Board of Education makes the following provision:

Teachers are hereby authorized, with the sanction of the Trustees, to set apart any Friday that may be deemed most suitable during the months of May or June for the purpose of improving the school grounds and planting thereon trees, shrubs and flowers, such day to be known as "Arbor Day," and when duly observed, credit to be given for it as a lawful teaching day. See Remarks and Notes under Reg. 14.

Arbor Day will be regarded as duly observed when the following conditions are complied with:

(a) That the Friday in May or June which the Inspector shall from year to year recommend to be observed within his Inspectoral District is set apart as Arbor Day.

(b) That Teachers who observe Arbor Day, make within five days thereafter a report to the Inspector of their District, which report shall state the name and number of the District, the date on which the day was observed, what improvements were made to the School grounds, the number of trees planted, number of shrubs, or number of flower-beds made.

(c) That the Inspector forward to the Chief Superintendent a tabular synopsis of the reports of the Teachers within his Inspectoral District, not later than June 30th.

The following table shows the extent of the work done on that day, which was to many pupils one of the busiest, most pleasant and most healthful days of the year:

The Inspector of District No. 2 neglected to make any report.

New Edition of the Manual.

The edition of the School Manual of 1887 having been exhausted, the Board ordered the publication of a revised edition. As this has been recently published and distributed to Inspectors, Boards of Trustees, and Teachers, as the law directs, I beg to call attention to the following changes among others:

1. Re-numbering of Sections of School Act and Amendments: From Section 1 to Section 109 of the Act the numbering of the sections of the two editions corresponds. Sub-sections embodying the amendments and additions made by the Legislature since 1887 to any of these sections have been introduced in their proper places. From Section 110 to the close the numbering has been changed on account of some of the sections as contained in the former edition having been superseded by later legislation.

2. Re-numbering of Regulations: A new Regulation has been introduced as Regulation 10. This necessitated the advancing by one of the numbers of the Regulations as given in the old edition from Regulation 10 onward.

3. Three new Regulations have been introduced as follows:

REGULATION 10.-Leasing School Buildings: A lease or other written agreement must pass between the owner, or owners, of any room or building rented for School purposes and the Board of Trustees of the District. Such rooms or buildings, as the case may be, shall be under the supervision and control of the Trustees for School purposes during school hours and at such other times as the necessities of the School may require. Any School-house or School-houses owned by the District shall be first occupied to its or their full seating capacity before additional accomodation shall be leased, unless the Chief Superintendent or the Board of Education, in consideration of special circumstances in any case, shall otherwise order.

REGULATION 44.-Enrolment of Pupils in Standard I: No pupil shall be enrolled (except by transfer) for admission to Standard I. later than two weeks after the opening of the School in any Term.

UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATIONS.

It has been deemed advisable to establish at various central stations throughout the Province a system of examinations for the following purposes, among others:

1. To test by a uniform examination the work done in the Grammar and other High Schools, and thus afford a stimulus to greater efficiency by creating a healthy competition.

2. To grant to pupils when leaving the Public Schools, after having completed a definite course of study, a certificate of scholarship and training vouched for by public examiners and sanctioned by official authority.

3. To encourage secondary education and so prepare a larger number for matriculation annually into the University.

4. To establish a close and vital connection between the Public School system and the Provincial University.

The following Regulation providing for the conduct of these examinations has been authorized both by the Board of Education and the Senate of the University of New Brunswick:

REGULATION 45.-Grammar School Leaving Examinations and University Matriculation Examinations: Junior and Senior Leaving Examinations from Grammar and High Schools, and Junior and Senior University Matriculation Examinations, shall be held each year at the same places and the same time as the Normal School Entrance Examinations (See Reg. 31, 3. (1) * in accordance with the following provisions:

1. Joint Board.-These examinations shall be conducted by means of a Joint Board consisting of the Chief Superintendent of Education, two members appointed by the Board of Education and two members appointed by the Senate of the University—the appointments to be made as soon after the first day of January in each year as is practicable. The Chief Superintendent shall be chairman of the Joint Board. In case of any vacancy occurriug on the Board the appointing body in whose representation the vacancy occurs may fill the same for the remainder of the term.

2. Appointment of Examiners.-The Joint Board shall appoint Examiners to prepare the Examination Papers for both the Leaving and Matriculation examinations, but such examiners shall not exceed six in number. The Joint Board shall also appoint such Associate Examiners as may be necessary, for the reading of the answer papers of the Candidates at the said examinations.

3. The Examiners shall be selected from persons qualified by experience as Teachers in either a University or a Grammar or other High School to set papers suitable for Candidates at such examinations.

4. The Associate Examiners shall be selected from a list of Graduates of Universities in the British Dominions actually engaged in teaching, such list to be furnished by the Chief Superintendent and to contain the names of at least double the number of Associate Examiners required.

5. Duties of Examiners.—The following shall be the duties of the Examiners :(a) To elect at the first meeting a Chairman from their number who shall retain his right to vote as a member of the Board.

(b) To assign at the first meeting the subjects of Examanation to the different members, to arrange for having the manuscript of the examination papers in the hands of the Chief Superintendent at such dates as he may determine, and to fix the hours and order of work.

(c) To revise and approve of all examination papers, to assign values to the questions, and to give, as far as possible, instructions to Candidates at the head of each paper.

(d) To supervise the work of the Associate Examiners and to settle such questions connected therewith as may be referred to them.

* 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.

(e) To settle the results of the examinations in accordance with the standards and regulations of the Board of Education and the Senate of the University respectively. (f) To decide and report to the Chief Superintendent upon all appeals.

6. Duties of Associate Examiners:— (a) The Associate Examiners shall be classified into sections according to the Subjects of Examination. An examiner shall have general oversight of the work done by each section, and shall spend so much of his time as may be necessary in revising the work of his Associate Examiners with a view to remove clerical errors and secure practical uniformity in valuing the answers. If he shall deem a personal meeting necessary he may summon the members of the section to meet at such time and place as he may appoint.

(b) The Associate Examiners of each section shall, by correspondence or otherwise, arrive at a consensus of opinion as to the valuation of answers, especially of partial or imperfect answers.

(c) When a section finds that the values assigned to the questions on the examination papers are unsatisfactory, or when it is evident that the Examiner has not followed the Course of Study prescribed by the Board of Education or the Curriculum of the University, it shall report to the Examiner presiding over the section. In cases of suspected copying, the Associate Examiner shall note on the face of the envelope "Copying, see No. — question No.-question-."

(d) For each mis-spelt word and for each instance of bad English, one half of one mark shall be deducted from the marks obtained in each subject.

(e) At all the examinations in Arithmetic, either Arithmetical or Algebraic solutions shall be accepted.

(f) In reading the papers each Associate Examiner shall mark distinctly, in the left hand margin, the value assigned by him to each answer or partial answer, shall sum up the total on each page at the foot of the margin, and shall place the result on the face of the envelope, indicating the deductions for mis-spelt words and incorrect English thereon, thus, e. g. History 75-3 sp. — 2f's. 70, and initaling the envelope of each paper examined.

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7. Examination Papers.-(a) There shall be one set of Examination Papers prepared for the Junior Leaving and the University Junior Matriculation Candidates, in so far as the subjects required are common to both. Each such paper shall be arranged in three divisions, marked A, B and C. The Candidates for Matriculation shall answer the questions in divisions A and B; and the other candidates shall answer the questions in B and C. A similar arrangement will be made in reference to the Examination Papers for the Candidates for Senior Leaving and Senior Matriculation.

(b) The subjects, number and relative values of the papers for the Junior Examinations shall be based from year to year on the authorized Courses of Study in Standards IX and X for Grammar Schools and the Pass requirements for Matriculation at the University.

(c) The subjects, number and relative values of the papers for the Senior Examinations shall be based from year to year on the authorized Courses of Study in Standards XI and XII for Grammar Schools and the requirements for Senior Matriculation at the University.

8. Leaving Examinations.-In addition to Reading, Drawing and Book Keeping, the subjects of examination for the Junior Leaving Examinations shall consist of English Grammar and Analysis, English Composition, English Literature, History and Geography, Arithmetic and Mensuration, Algebra and Geometry, Natural History and Agriculture, with Latin or French, or Physics and Botany, or Physiology and Hygiene; and for the Senior Leaving Examinations of English Grammar and Rhetoric, English Composition, English Literature, History and Geography, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Land Surveying and Navigation, Natural Philsophy, with Latin and Greek, or Latin and either French or German, or French and German, or Chemistry and Physics and Botany and Zoology, or Physics and Chemistry with either Latin, or French or German.

9. Matriculation Examinations. -All Candidates for Junior Matriculation shall take the pass subjects in Latin, Mathematics, English, History and Geography, and in one of the following (a) Greek (b) French and Natural Science; Candidates for Senior Matriculation shall take in addition the pass subjects of the Freshman Year in Latin, Mathematics, English, History and Geography, Natural Science, and in one of the following (a) Greek, (b) French, (c) German.

10. Pass Standard.—Any Candidate who obtains one third of the marks in each paper and one half of the aggregate marks obtainable, shall be entitled to the certificate for which he has been examined. Any Candidate who obtains one half of the marks in each paper and three-fourths of the aggregate marks obtainable shall be entitled to an Honor Certificate.

11. Holders of the Junior Leaving or Junior Matriculation Examinations shall be admitted to the Normal School without being required to pass the usual entrance Examinations; Certificates of having passed the Senior Leaving or Senior Matriculation Examination shall be accepted pro tanto in the Normal School closing Examinations for License.

12. Supervision of Examinations.-(a) Whenever practicable, the Inspectors shall supervise the Examinations within the limits of their respective Inspectorates. When additional Supervising Examiners are required within the limits of any Inspectorate, the Inspector of that District shall appoint, with the approval of the Chief Superintendent, one month before the date of the examinations, one or more Supervising Examiners. In case of the failure of the Inspector to make the appointments at the time indicated, the Chief Superintendent shall make the appointments.

(b) The Inspector shall not appoint as Supervising Examiner any teacher employed in a school from which there is any Candidate at such examination, or any person who has taken part in the instruction of any of the Candidates; nor shall any person, except the examiners, be present with the Candidates in any room at such examination; and at least one Examiner shall be present during the whole time of the Examination in each room occupied by the Candidates.

(c) Every Inspector shall send to the Education Department at Fredericton, not later than the 26th day of May a list of the Candidates with the fees paid by each.

(d) Each Inspector, or such other person as may be appointed by the Chief Superintendent, shall himself, in person, receive from the Department, or the Inspector, the