The following is taken from the Report of the Principal: “During the first three months of the fall term of 1892 the progress of the school was much interfered with owing to the crowded condition of several of the divisions. The opening of the Branch School in November afforded relief. Since then no division has been badly crowded, and in almost every case exceptionally good work has been done. "It affords me pleasure to be able to testify in most cases to the high character of work done and methods of teaching and discipline employed by the assistants. "In all cases where the teacher took special interest in the work, and had an earnest desire to improve, commendable progress has been made. “A greater interest is gradually being taken in the school work by the parents, which has contributed largely to the success that has been achieved. The closing examinations were largely attended, and considerable interest was noticeable." WEST SCHOOL. Principal, Thomas A. McGarrigle, B.A. Salary, $100 per month. 1st Assistant, Robert Fraser. Salary, $80 per month. 2nd Assistant, Miss Mary L. Harding, until March 31st, 1893; present 2nd Assistant, Miss Mary M. Chambers, B.A. Salary, $75 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Lena M. Ferguson, until March 31st, 1893; present 3rd Assistant, Miss Mary L. Harding. Salary, $70 per month. 4th Assistant, Miss Mary M. Chambers, B.A., until March 31st, 1893; present 4th Assistant, Miss Lena M. Ferguson. Salary, $65 per month. 5th Assistant, Miss E. Murray. Salary, $60 per month. 6th Assistant, Miss Mary E. Speirs. Salary, $55 per month. Assistant, Miss Minnie M. McFarlane. Salary, $50 per month. Inspected, August 23rd, 1892. September 20th, 1892. Visited, December 19th, 1892. The following is taken from the Report of the Principal: "The cleportment of the scholars has been excellent. We have had few cases of truancy, thanks to the vigilance of parents and teachers. Want of punctuality in the pupils of the lower departments has caused their teachers much anxiety. It seems to be impossible to exact the same degree of punctuality from very young pupils that one might reasonably demand from older pupils. The school has been wonderfully free from contagious disease, there having been nothing worse than whooping cough and other childish troubles of a slight nature. Our new premises, selected with an eye to convenience and picturesque surroundings, have, at the same time, been constructed on the soundest sanitary principles, and will do much to increase the effective working of the institution." MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL. Vice-Principal, George W. Jamieson. 1st Assistant, Allan C. Stewart. Salary, $70 per month. 2nd Assistant, Truman S. Baxter. Salary, $65 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Florence Morrison. Salary, $60 per month. 4th Assistant, Miss Jessie A. Black. Salary, $55 per month. 5th Assistant, Miss Una M. Stitt. Salary, $50 per month. Inspected, August 23rd, 1892. Visited, December 19th, 1892. Enrolled during the year, 394. Average monthly attendance, 367. Average actual daily attendance, 298.98. Monitor of 4th Division, Miss Mina Sanderson, until June 30th, 1893; present Monitor, Miss Caroline A. Dowler. Salary, $40 per month. 4th Assistant, Miss Elizabeth E. Sylvester. Salary, $65 per month. 5th Assistant, Miss Gertrude H. Withrow. Salary, $60 per month. 6th Assistant, Miss Sarah Kermode. Salary, $55 per month. 7th Assistant, Miss Grace H. Fawcett. Salary, $50 per month. Monitor of 8th Division, Miss Eliza King. Salary, $40 per month. Examined, December 6th and 7th, 1892. Enrolled during the year, 570. Average monthly attendance, 483. Average actual daily attendance, 418.69. At the Christmas Examination, 1892, the following passed the standard required for admission to a High School: Ernest E Blake, Henry M. Wilson, John R. B. Anderson, Francis A. Thomson, Robert Jesse. Edward H. McEwen, William E. Reynolds. John W. Spencer, Alfred S. Huxtable, Edward H. Griffith, At the Midsummer Examination, 1893, the following obtained the percentage required for admission to a High School: The following is taken from the Report of the Principal: "The high percentage made by the pupils of each division at the written examinations is a testimony of the excellent work done by the teachers. "The carried out in each division. “A carefully prepared time-table is followed by each teacher. "Truancy is fast disappearing, but irregularity in attendance still lingers with us to some extent. It is "The evil consequences of irregular attendance would be difficult to exaggerate. indeed a formidable enemy. Not only is it injurious to the progress and proficiency of the pupils, it is really fatal to education. A sound or successful education cannot possibly be acquired by pupils who are irregular in attending school. "These considerations parents should bear in mind, and should likewise be earnest in contriving a rad using means for the purpose of preventing or curing the evils complained of. "It is an unquestionable fact, that parents and children naturally become indifferent where the discipline is inferior, and the instruction of a worthless character. On the other hand, a gcock, cheerful, popular school, exerts a kind of attractive influence on the children; and it is certain that the regularity of the attendance greatly depends on the character of the teacher and of the school." GIRLS' SCHOOL. Principal, Miss Frances E. Armstrong, until June 30th, 1893; present Principal, Miss Mary Williams. Salary, $100 per month. 1st Assistant, Mrs. L. M. Caldwell. Salary, $80 per month. 2nd Assistant, Miss Mary Williams, until June 30th, 1893; present 2nd Assistant, Miss Lizzie A. Barron. Salary, $75 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Ada Keast. Salary, $70 per month. 4th Assistant, Miss Frances E. Arrowsmith. Salary, $65 per month. 5th Assistant, Miss Sarah A. Robinson. Salary, $60 per month. 6th Assistant, Miss Alexandrina Russell. Salary, $55 per month. 7th Assistant, Miss Isabel R. Christie. Salary, $50 per month. Examined, December 6th and 7th, 1892. Enrolled during the year, 482. Average monthly attendance, 411. Average actual daily attendance, 349.46. At the Christmas Examination, 1892, the following passsed the standard required for admission to a High School : At the Midsummer Examination, 1893, the following passed the standard required for admission to a High School : : Grace E. Sherk, Mary McGraw, Rose T. Jackson, Alice Doran, Mary L. Van Horst, Belle Netherby, Bibianne Moore, Bessie E. Morrison, Mary Cathcart, The following is taken from the Report of the Principal: "The subject of writing has received special attention, and with good results. The optional subject of linear drawing is growing in favour, with teachers and pupils alike, and satisfactory progress is being made. "I am sorry to say we have now no systematic teaching of vocal music. this want will be remedied, as the refining and ennobling influence of music estimated. I hope ere long can not be over "In January of the present year it was deemed necessary to open a branch school, to relieve the over-crowding in the first four divisions of this school. Very beneficial results arose from this, as we then had special time to devote to individual pupils, necessary in the higher grades," CENTRAL BRANCH SCHOOL. Teacher, Hiram H. Schuyler, B. A., until April 30th, 1893; present teacher, Joseph F. Sallaway. Salary, 80 per month. 1st Assistant, Miss Ellen G. Lawson, until June 30th, 1893; present 1st Assistant, Duncan Ross. Salary, 60 per month, 2nd Assistant, Richard J. Hawkey, until June 30th, 1893; present 2nd Assistant, Miss Christina T. Lorimer. Salary, $60 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Christina T. Lorimer, until June 30th, 1893; present 3rd Assistant, Miss Mina Sanderson. Principal, Thomas Nicholson. Salary, $90 per month. 1st Assistant, Joseph F. Sallaway, until April 30th, 1893; Hiram H. Schuyler, B. A., until June 30th, 1893; present 1st Assistant, Miss Ellen G. Lawson. Salary, $70 per month. 2nd Assistant, Richard J. Hawkey, until January 31st, 1893; present 2nd Assistant, Miss Orvilla Northcott. Salary, $50 per month. Monitor, Miss Ellen G. Lawson, until January 31st, 1893; Miss Ida M. Carmichael, until June 30th, 1893; present teacher, Leonard Tait, assisted by Miss Mabel Gaudin as monitor. Salary, 40 per month. Inspected, November 7th, 1892. January 23rd, 1893. March 1st, 1893. March 6th, 1893. April 6th, 1893. Enrolled during the year, 235. Average monthly attendance, 180. Average actual daily attendance, 145.52. At the Christmas Examination, 1892, Master William Fairall, a pupil of this school, passed the standard required for admission to a High School. “About the close of last term there were, in the fourth division, too many children for teacher to instruct properly, and the room of the third division has, from the very first, been found too small to accommodate the number of pupils belonging to it. one "During last term, the Trustees transferred two of my assistant teachers to the Central School and about a month before the term closed, my first assistant was likewise transferred, |