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 ONTARIO 639 years, and children between 7 and 12 years of age are required to attend some school during a portion of the year. An annual census of those between 5 and 16 is taken. The follow- ing table contains statistics of the educational institutions of the province for 1873 : INSTITUTIONS. Number. Teachers.

RECEIPTS. Legislative grants. County and dis- trict assessment! and grants. Other sources. Total. High schools 108 3 4,562 170 16 265 252 5,873 269 429 8,437 800 438,911 22,078 2,700 8,758 $77,464 29 25,156 78 j- 245,873 73 160,000 00 $96,650 69 $59,426 40 $233,541 38 25,156 78 2,967,365 15 217,000 00 40,626 00 Normal and model schools Public schools (ordinary grade) Eoman Catholic separate schools ...... Colleges and universities 2,040,742 87 680,748 55 57,000 00 40,626 00 Academies and private schools Total.. 5,124 | 6,323 481,679 $508,494 80 $2,137,393 56 $837,800 95 $3,483,689 81 The separate receipts of the Roman Catholic schools amounted to $83,269 87, of which $13,358 07 was derived from legislative grants, $47,167 43 from school rates on supporters, and $22,744 37 from other sources. Of the teachers (5,642) in the public and separate schools, 2,581 were males and 3,061 females; of the pupils (460,984), 242,615 were males and 218,369 females; average attendance, 192,- 190 ; average time of keeping schools open (in- cluding legal holidays), 1 1 J months. The num- ber of school sections or districts was 4,805 ; number of school houses, 4,791 (1,132 brick, 463 stone, 2,083 frame, and 1,112 log) ; number of children between 5 and 16 years of age, 504,869. Eight of the high schools were en- titled to the name and privileges of collegiate institutes. The total amount expended for educational purposes in the province was $3,- 258,125, viz. : for public and separate schools, $2,604,526, of which $1,520,123 was for teach- ers' wages and $1,084,403 for the erection and repair of school houses, &c. ; for high schools, $198,297, of which $165,358 was for teachers' wages and $32,939 for the erection and repair of buildings, &c. ; and for other educational institutions and purposes, $455,- 302. The provincial normal school and the model schools mentioned in the table are at Toronto. A second normal school has recent- ly been opened at Ottawa. The provincial school of agriculture was opened in 1874, on a farm of 550 acres, about a mile from Guelph. It com prises seven departments: agri- culture, horticulture, natural sciences r chemis- try, animal anatomy and physiology, English and mathematics, and practical work in farm- ing, stock raising, horticulture, and mechanics. There are a principal and four lecturers in the first six departments, and six instructors in the seventh. The course is two years. The estab- lishment of a provincial school of practical science for instruction in mining, engineering, and the mechanical and manufacturing arts at Toronto was provided for by an act of 1873. One of the principal educational institutions is University college (provincial) at Toronto, with a course in arts and two years' courses in civil engineering and agriculture. In 1873-'4 it had 15 instructors and 186 matriculated 618 VOL. XII.- 41 and 82 non-matriculated students. It was es- tablished by royal charter as King's college in 1827, and opened in 1843. In 1850 the name was changed to university of Toronto, and in 1853 the institution was divided into the Uni- versity college and the university of Toronto, the latter merely holding examinations and conferring degrees. It has faculties of arts, law, and medicine. Other universities are Queen's (Presbyterian), with faculties of arts, medicine, and theology, at Kingston; Trinity (Episcopal), arts, medicine, and theology, at Toronto; Victoria (Methodist), arts, law, and theology, at Cobourg, and medicine at Toronto ; Albert (Methodist Episcopal), arts, law, and the- ology, at Belleville ; and the college of Ottawa (Roman Catholic), at Ottawa, with university powers. Knox college (Presbyterian) at To- ronto, and Huron college (Episcopal) at London, are chiefly for theological instruction. Assump- tion college (Roman Catholic) at Sandwich, Bish- op Hellmuth college and Bishop Hellmuth ladies' college (Episcopal) at London, Upper Canada college at Toronto, the Wesleyan female college at Hamilton, and Alexandra female college (M; E.) at Belleville, are important institutions. The Canadian literary institute (Baptist), at Woodstock, has literary and theological depart- ments. In 1873 there were 4,182 public libra- ries, with 755,302 volumes, of which 1,283, with 258,879 volumes, were free libraries, under the management of school trustees and municipal authorities, receiving some aid from the pro- vincial treasury; 2,735, with 367,658 volumes, Sabbath school; and 164, with 128,765 vol- umes, miscellaneous. In 1874 there were 255 newspapers and periodicals, viz. : 23 daily, 1 tri- weekly, 1 semi-weekly, 212 weekly, 1 bi-week- ly, 16 monthly, and 1 bi-monthly. The statis- tics of the principal religious denominations, according to the census of 1871, are as follows : ; DENOMINATIONS. Churchci. Buildfagi attached. Adherents. Baptist 279 861 86,680 Episcopal 511 708 880,995. Methodist 1,924 2,646 462,264 697 989 856,442 298 458 274,162 Other 889 491 110,858 Total 4,098 6,648 1,620,851