Historical And Other Papers And Documents Illustrative Of The Educational System Of Ontario 1792 1842 1861

Author : J. George Hodgins
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ISBN 13 : 9781330914670
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book Historical and Other Papers and Documents, Vol. 5 written by J. George Hodgins and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical and Other Papers and Documents, Vol. 5: Illustrative of the Educational System of Ontario, 1842-1861; Forming an Appendix to the Annual Report of the Minister of Education May it Please Your Excellency, I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the annual Report on the actual state and condition of the Common Schools throughout Canada West, for the year 1842, as required by the Common School Act, 4th and 5th Victoria, Chapter 18. Immediately upon issuing the Commission appointing a Superintendent of Education and two Assistants for Upper Canada, the apportionment of the Common School Fund was made. This apportionment was required to be made according to the then last Census of the Province, but as the Census of one Province was made in 1831 and the other in 1841, it was proposed to divide the 50,000 granted by the Legislature for the year 1842 between the two sections of the Province, in the proportion of three to two. This proposal having been acceded to by the Executive Government, 30,000 was set off for Canada East and the remaining 20,000 for Canada West. This preliminary arrangement being completed, the 20,000 for Canada West was apportioned amongst the several Municipal Districts therein, and the City of Toronto, in proportion to the inhabitants in each under sixteen years of age. The apportionment of the Common School fund amongst the several Municipal Districts and the City of Toronto, having been notified, and the result intimated to their respective Treasurers, at the same time a certified copy of the apportionment was sent to the Receiver-General. The next thing to be done was the preparation of suitable forms of the several reports as required by the Statute. 1st. For the Quarterly Reports by the Visiting Commissioners to the Township Commissioners. 2nd. By the Township Commissioners to the District Council. By the District Council to the Chief Superintendent. These several forms were completed and sent to the District Clerks for distribution in June, 1842. When engaged in the preparation of these forms, it was observed that the time appointed by the law for giving in the Annual Reports of the Township Commissioners to the Municipal Councils was after the several Councils, in November, 1842, would have finished their sittings, and therefore, without departing from the time mentioned in the Act for these reports, there would not have been a report from any District in Canada West for 1842, unless a special meeting of the Council had been called for that particular purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."