the work of her school is well done. She teaches singing by note. Her pupils in Standard II. can sing the scales by number and letter and transpose readily from one scale to another. The department located near the station made very considerable improvement during the year.

Dalhousie. I am pleased to be able to report a slight improvement in the educational condition of District No. 10. There seems to be few pupils in attendance in No. 12, for the number of children there must be in the district. In No. 8 the school house is altogether too small. In No. 1 (Town), the schools have been very poorly conducted. The Trustees have neglected to make necessary repairs in buildings, outhouses, fences, etc., and by failing to supply needed apparatus. So far has this economy (?) been carried, that on September 29th last there was no fire in the building and the pupils in the primary department were actually suffering from cold. All the departments have suffered from this penuriousness on the part of the Trustees, but none so much as the Primary. It consists of Standards I., II. and III., with an enrolment of nearly 80. Pupils are admitted to Standard I. at all times of year instead of but once a year as in any such community where the schools are intelligently conducted. The Teacher has scarcely anything with which to illustrate her work or make her room attractive. On my last visit there were 48 children crowded into this ill-ventilated, dingy, cold, gloomy room. Small wonder that the result of my inspection was unsatisfactory.

Should this state of affairs continue it would much advance the educational interests of the County to remove the Grammar School to Campbellton, where the schools are generously supported by the people and intelligently supervised by a progressive Board of Trustees.

Colborne. The school in No. 1 has been provided with a complete set of automatic desks and blackboards have been repaired. The school in No. 1 fell off considerably. The Trustees were grossly careless in the matter of wood supply. The Superior School in No. 2 made an excellent showing on my last visit. More attention should be paid to Physical Exercises, etc.

Durham.-The Trustees of No. 2 deserve much praise for the many needed repairs and improvements made in the school house and grounds during the year. The Teacher, Mr. H. W. Robertson, did his duty also faithfully and well, both in the school-room and in the care of school grounds and premises. A full set of desks and seats was provided in No. 1. The School House in No. 1 is situated in such a swampy place that in wet weather the pupils have to wade through a mud hole to enter the school-a drain and a few loads of gravel would greatly improve this.

Beresford.-The School House in No. 2 should be moved nearer to the road and finished inside. It is now too cold for pupils in winter time. Better school accommodation is greatly needed in No. 2. The school in No. 3 makes but little progress. The Teacher seems industrious, but the pupils have no desire to excel and are kept at home after a very few years' attendance. No. 13 has not nearly so good a school as it had One of the Trustees of No. 7 sends his children to the school in the adjoining District, though the distance is greater

last year.

A new School House was built in No. 6.

and the school in his own District immeasurably superior. In No. 11 there were 21 pupils present without slates and 14 without books. The Trustees promised to remedy this. The School in No. 8 showed marked improvement. Many and serious complaints were made against the Trustees and Principal in No. 4. Against the Trustees that they were borrowing money without authority; paying the Principal in advance, while allowing the other teachers to wait a year or more for their salaries; not meeting the just obligations of the District promptly; not collecting taxes impartially, etc., etc. Against the Teacher that he too frequently closed his school to attend to private business and take part in political campaigns. I trust that these complaints against my old friend are entirely without foundation.

Bathurst.-Attendance at the School in No. 3 has increased to a very encouraging extent. I trust that it can be operated continuously for the future. The School in No. 18 makes very little, if any, progress. The pupils have no idea of thoroughness. Memorizing lessons and advancing through reading books seems to be their ideal of progress. In No. 13 there is far too much work for one Teacher and at present there is no room for an Assistant. There were 77 pupils enrolled during the first term of this year and there are said to be 119 children of school age in the District. The Trustees have promised to build next summer. In No. 17 the accommodation is insufficient. She school room in No. 10 was scrupulously neat and clean and the pupils were making substantial progress. Miss Isabel McDonald, one of our best teachers, was in charge. The Advanced Department in the Grammar School building in No. 2 had improved somewhat in tone. In the Primary Department in the same building there are children whose home influence and lack of parental control make them very difficult to manage in school, and the present Teacher is entirely unable to cope with them. The work done in the Convent building was of a very superior character. These Teachers are solving the problem of attendance by making parts of the exercises so interesting that the pupils are anxious to attend, and then by studying the nature of each individual pupil, they are able to apply just the right stimulus to secure effort on the part of each. These remarks apply as well to the Sister-Teachers' Schools in the Village. They are among the best taught schools in my Inspectorate. The constant superintendence given to these schools gratuitously by one of their number is beyond all price. In both schools much attention is paid to singing and calisthenics. In the Town they use wands, in the Village dumb bells in these exercises to the delight of every pupil who has this incitement to physical development. The organization in both Town and Village continues to be unsatisfactory.

New Brandon. --A determined effort was made to have a District erected between No. 8 and No. 9 by taking a slice from each. I could not see my way clear to sanction such a step. Two good schools are far preferable to three poor ones, though the former may be two miles from some of the pupils. In No. 5 the School House was moved to the middle and a far better attendance was the result. Miss Minnie Millar is doing excellent work in No. 9. On my last visit I found the school better classified than ever before. The penmanship is particularly worthy of commendation. The school in No. 11 shows decided indications of improvement. No. 7 continued school throughout the year. No. 2 was supplied with a half dozen very fine double desks and seats.

Caraquet. The School in Caraquet Centre No. 10 continued to be the best school in the Parish. No. 2 was supplied with a dozen new desks and seats, the material of which was good, but the workmanship so bad that in a very few weeks they shrank and warped so as to very nearly fall to pieces. The Trustees of No. 5 procured 15 desks and seats, all of which were for the smaller pupils. I was well pleased with the progress made by the pupils of No. 6, of which Mr. Aimé A. Gionet is the popular Teacher. Some work was done during the year on the inside of the School House in No. 9. Pokeseudie Island has been set apart as an independent District. During the year I called a meeting for organization, but no business was done. No. 1 remains unorganized.

Shippegan.-District No. 8 operated a school for a part of the year. No. 10 had a school during first term for the first time in 14 years. It seems difficult for the Trustees of No. 9 to get a Teacher, yet they manage to have a school for the greater part of the time. No. 9 had no school during the year, but have been building a new School House and hope to have school continuously for the future. No. 8 operated a school during the year under many discouragements. The Schools in No. 6 and No. 4 were well conducted as usual. The pupils in No. 4 make little, if any, progress, because the Trustees seem to be satisfied with any Teacher, no matter how incompetent.

Inkerman.--At the beginning of second term, school was opened for the first time in District No. 7. District No. 10 is badly in need of a new School House. Some wish the District divided. That would necessitate the building of two School Houses. As it is a new Settlement and there are but 44 Ratepayers in all, I am afraid that they will have to content themselves with one school for some time to come.

St. Isidore. There are only three Districts in this Parish, one of which is not yet organized, though a meeting was called for that purpose. The two organized Districts maintained schools throughout the year.

Saumarez. - District No. 2 is long and narrow, with a school at each end. The Ratepayers have agreed to have their District divided, and I shall see that their wishes are carried out as soon as an equitable boundary can be decided upon. No. 4 had no school during the year. As there seemed to be no other way of securing school privileges to the children in No. 1, I annexed a part of that District to No. 3, and shall probably attach the remainder to the Portage River District. District No. 3 contains two ungraded schools besides the Tracadie Superior School. The School House near Ferguson's Point was moved nearer to the end of the bridge, to accommodate the Ratepayers newly admitted from No. 1. Some of the Ratepayers living near the Backwoods School (so called) wished to have their section erected into an independent District. As but few took any interest in the matter, and the present school service is fairly satisfactory, I decided not to disturb the present arrangement. The Tracadie Superior School is still taught by Mr. B. D. Branscombe, who, with an untrained assistant, produces excellent results, though most of his work has to be done in two languages.

Alnwick. A new School House was built in District No. 1 to replace the one destroyed by fire last year. The Trustees of No. 12 have their School House about

completed, but are very slow opening school. The school in No. 5 is a very difficult one to classify as some of the pupils study both English and French and others in the same grades read in English only. This gives the Teacher nearly double work and makes it very discouraging. The school in No. 10 has not heretofore been as successful as it should be, largely because it has not been kept continuously in operation. The District is large and populous and the school should never be closed at all. my last visit there were 56 pupils enrolled and nearly six times as many in Grades I. and II. as there were in advance of Grade II. It is time the School House in No. 9 was finished inside. The school in No. 8 was not as satisfactory as usual. No. 4 had no school during second term.

At

Newcastle. Douglastown, No. 6, has now the best school playground and premises in any Inspectorate. By the kindness of Ernest Hutchinson, Esq., the Trustees were enabled to secure the Manor House and grounds at very little, if any, cost to the District. The grounds are beautifully laid out and well planted with shade and ornamental trees. The house was remodelled to accommodate three departments of the school. The Rosebank school was closed and some dissatisfaction was caused on that account among the people in its immediate vicinity. No. 2 has improved considerably. In No. 5, the attendance is so very small that the Trustees have decided to close the school for a term to attend to some needed repairs. The schools in Newcastle Town, No. 7, maintained their efficiency, though towards the end of the year they sustained an irreparable loss in the resignation of the Principal, Philip Cox, Esq., B. A. B. Sc. Mr. F. P. Yorston, B. A., was appointed his successor. It is hoped that with the able assistance of Miss E. McLachlan, the experienced and accomplished Teacher of the Advanced Department and the active co-operation of the rest of the staff no sensible diminution of effectiveness in the school service of the Town may be realized.

North Esk.—The Trustees of No. 1 spend so much time in quarreling with each other that it leaves them little time to look after the school. They supplied the school with new desks nevertheless. No. 5 employed a Local Licensee during the year. Miss Charlotte Keenan is doing excellent work in No. 6. No. 2 has made commendable progress for the past three years under Miss Susie S. Gerard. The School House in No. 11 was painted outside and now presents a fine appearance. The School in No. 4 improved somewhat during the year.

South Esk.-No. 8 operated school only one term during the year, as usual, and as a consequence none of the pupils are in advance of Standard III. No. 9 continues to be one of the best schools in the county. Much progress was made in No. 13. Some parents in this District are said to interfere with the school descipline and sometimes encourage their children to set the Teacher's authority at defiance. No. 15 opened school at the beginning of second term after keeping it closed for two years.

Derby.—Extensive repairs have been made in the School House of District No. 1, so that now the departments of the Derby Superior School have as good accommodations as any schools in the County. One of our most successful teachers, Miss Eliza J. Cluston, resigned her position in No. 1 to practice her profession in one of the

Western States. She had taught the school for six years. The School in No. 4 is increasing in efficiency under Miss Lottie E. Underhill. The Trustees supplied some new furniture. No. 2 had no school during second term because a suitable teacher could not be found.

Blackville.-In No. 1 the Trustees expect the Teacher either to act as janitor herself or see that the pupils do the work. No. 7 is one of the brainiest schools in the County, and is well conducted by Miss Mabel J. Dealy. In Blackville Village, No. 7, the Trustees decided to open a Superior School, and have engaged for the coming year Mr. Jas. McIntosh, who, for nearly five years, was the successful Principal of the Superior School in Bathurst Village. That the school will be a success goes without saying.

Blissfield. In May the School House in Doaktown, No. 4, was destroyed by fire. Happily it was insured and the Trustees were able to replace it with slight additional cost to the Ratepayers. The new school room is an improvement on the old one, but in view of the growing needs of the District, I think it should have been large enough to have a class-room on the ground floor. Every District in the Parish operated school during the year. I did not visit No. 1 during the year, the only District in my Inspectorate so neglected. No. 3 enclosed the school yard by a neat picket fence.

Ludlow.-Boiestown, No. 3, needs a new School House which the Trustees seem in no hurry to supply. The District is abundantly able to give their children better quarters than the gloomy old barracks at present occupied. This is already an important business centre and should have a good school.

Nelson.--The Trustees of No. 7 built a new School House in a grove of spruces and firs, which, when thinned out and trimmed, will make an ideal school ground. Mrs. Annie O'Brien did excellent work in No. 5. No. 3 closed school during Second Term to replaster and otherwise repair their School House. No. 3 is not yet organized and the outlook unpromising. It would be better to have this District re-united with No. 3.

Rogersville.-No. 13 has operated school throughout the year, after having it closed for four years. No. 10 had no school during second term. No. 14 had for the year the most satisfactory school in the Parish. Miss Marguerite M. Richard was the Teacher. The School in No. 10 should be much better than it has been for the past year or two.

Chatham. The graded School in No. 9 did excellent work during the year, under the Principalship of Mr. W. J. Loggie, aided by his staff of able and devoted assistants, Miss Ellen Curran, whose department was the best in the building, resigned her school at the end of the First Term, and was succeeded by Miss Ellen Donovan, an able and experienced Teacher. The Primary is now the weakest department in the building, and that from reasons largely beyond the Teacher's control. Pupils are admitted to Standard I. at all times of year. Numbers of them enter in May and June. The grading is done the last of June. Consequently the room is overcrowded for two months of the year. On my last visit (June, 1892), there were sixteen newly admitted