DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. (Translation) QUEBEC, 15th December, 1889. Sir, Honorable C.-A.-E. GAGNON, Provincial Secretary, I have the honor to submit my annual report for the scholastic year of 1888-89. GENERAL SUMMARY. The following tables will give you a very correct idea of the state of public instruction in the province of Quebec for the scholastic year 1888-89. Institutions for deaf-mutes and blind, R. Catholic pupils. Protestant Protestant Clergy ... Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical or religious male teachers. Roman Catholic lay male teachers with diplomas. Female teachers in religious orders. Roman Catholic female lay teachers with diplomas. Male teachers of institutions for deaf-mutes and blind. 66 without diplomas. 66 without diplomas. 20 10 13 87 3 7 97 without diplomas. 547 60 20 32 659 6 944 13 15 978 without diplomas. Protestant Colleges, professors. Universities, professors and lecturers. Total. 4,964 1,196 1,815 151 633 147 8,942 STATISTICAL TABLE of the state of public instruction in the Province of Quebec.-Comparison between the years 1853 and 1888-89. (a) These figures include the male teachers in public schools, as well as the professors in normal schools, colleges, universities, &c. Sums voted in aid of colleges, convents, societies, etc. (See details: AMCUNTS PAID BY THE RATEPAYERS. Annual tax.. Special taxes.. Monthly fees. Total (a). $ cts. cts. 78,410 00 160,000 00 8,000 00 42,000 00 89,825 00 8,000 00 6,000 00 2,000 00 28,436 00 362,671 00 INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS. I deem it my duty to call your attention in a very special manner to the urgent necessity for a new arrangement of the districts of inspèction. I have had a very accurate and elaborate work prepared by one of the officers of my department upon the results produced by our system of school inspection which I consider an essential feature of our school system whatever may be the opinion of others. This work accompanied by maps of the Province of Quebec on which the limits of each district are traced, will enable the government and the Council of Public Instruction to form a correct opinion upon this important question. The amount of work required of the inspectors is so great and so out of proportion to the time and means at their disposal that the results obtained are astonishing. I give below a table showing the duties which devolve on these officers. (a) This amount includes a only small part of the large amounts expended by independent scho. lastic institutions. |