New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-06
CANADA.
Education in Upper Canada-Reform Major
ity In Parliamens-Commer Affairs, NC
Correspondence OF The n Y Tribune

Correspondence OF The ". 1. Trioune
TORONTO Saturday. Dee. ~, ISL.
The Annual Report of the Normal and
Model Schools for Upper Canada, Just issued, shows
that education making real progress in this Prov
ince, although there ye. remains much TO be done.
In 1850 there were iO1 school sections, being An
increase of 81 over the preceding year la each
section there Is always one school, and sometimes
both a male and female school The average at
tendance of children is 40 al each school, while the
number OF children IN each section Of wha, IS called
school age that from to 10 years OF age, Is 76.
The number OF children OF school age In lsi9
$50 1855, beng increase OF the preceding year of
1894. The number attending school las, year vas
Isl SOL being an increase Of IL 25S the preceding
wear The SupeTntGndcnt OF Education makes IL
appear thai there 100 GOO children IN Upper Can
ada, of school age, who are attending no school,
which he calls an awful fact" and so It appears
the first blush but II may not be quite SO awful after
all The mere fact that 100000 children between
the ages OF aud 10 years are attending no school,
is the slightest proof that there is ans thIpg like
that number beng brought up IN ignorance II such
learning as Is impaired IN the common schools For
instance, the great bulk Of them may consist %
those Who are between the years of IL and 10, and
Who having spent several years ut school, have to-
taken themselves % fuTming, OF the exercise OF
seme mechanical calling The amount paid for
teachers salaries and the eTectOn and repairs Of
school houses was q III eco. During 1850 the num-
Der of teachers employed VAS 341o OF whom y
6Y7 were males and 40 females 29l OF them had
been trained IN the Provincial Normal hoOl la
1907 OF the schools the Bible used cass-Dook.
It's use Is gradually extending the numOer OF
schools where II was used IN 1850 exceeded those
OF lsl0 by 29l-a fact which the superintendent
claims as Tefuting " the sha neful mis- statements
that have sometimes been made that Christianity IS
not recognized in our school system" Iho teach
ers belonged to the following religious denonlna-
tons Epkcopaliars, 100, Roman Catholics, 800
PresbytefIans, $50 MethodIsts, 0Ol BapIsIs. 23S
Pedestrians, and 81 not being reported AT all TIE
average salaries OF the male teachers IA the cOun-
Try only from 100 TO 800 and those OF female
teachers from $50 90 $500. In the cities The aver
age salaries of the teachers are over $500 and ia
the villages they are generally greater than IN tho
country. The Free School system Is finding favor
with the public the humber of free schools returned
beng 232 Aiter ali the noise that has been made
about separate schools Il turns out that their num-
Der rs only 80, although The law authorizes the es-
Enlistment of 600. Their number - actually de-
cIcasIDg, the circumstances OF the country render
lDg Their existence except IN cities Impossible.
The inhabitants OF school seation, IRON three
10 I've miles square, generally find enough 10 do
to support one good school, WITHOUT thlnklng Of
separate schools FOR Catholics. The whole num-
Der Of schoolhOuSes - 2f55 Of which % are brick,
81. stone, l.l9l frame, and SOS log. The schools
are generally well supplied with apparatus and tho
school libraries altogether contain 90 1865 volumes
The Parliamentary majority 81 Reforms for Up
per AZ ada Is about 4, the members being % Re-
lOrmtrs against 10 Conservatives, or Tories
On loo kiDg further into the commercial affairs Of
The Province, 6nd that much Of the Indebtedness
OF our merchants IN consequence Of the imports
exceeding 30 much Ia value the exports, IS owing
10 our own Banks. large expansion mas taken
Place CurHg the last Two years. The circulation
81 me BaDbs had increased IN two years from last
June over SiO,0l0,0t0. while the amount Of specie
had decreased $500 OO0.. The foreign Indebtedness
% the Province for manufactured goods NAV not,
therefore, he Very considerable item. The
Banks are now contracting their issues. and the
effect can hardly be Otherwise than 70 check the
Excessive Importation that has been going on for
the laSt three years
We have had snow upon the ground without any
ihsw, for nearly month and the last few days
have been intensely cold. l.. c.