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COPIES OP DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO
THE COMMON SCHOOLS
OF THE ^.T Y,
liX)aWABDED BT THE
BOARB'OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
TO THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND
ORDERED TO BE PRINTED.
TORONTO:
3LELAND's book and job printing house, no. 18. KINO STREET EAST.
1858.
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Toronto, 21st June, 1858,
Charles Daly, Esq.,
Clerk Common Council.
Dear Sir,— Herpwitli you will plraso to receive certain School
documents (copies), asked for by the Council, viz. :—
1. Roporf No. 7 of the Standing Committee on School manage,
ment (B. S T.), ot the 11th instant, with regard to theSuperin-
lendent's Report, die, 1st December, 1857.
2. The Local Superintendent's Report No. 25, of 1st Dec, 1357.
3. The Local Superintendent's Report No. 10, 6th May, 1856,
referred to in said Report No. 25, 1857.
4. Abstract of School attendance for 1857.
^ 5. Statistical return of the cost of maintaining the City
Schools, and the number of Pupils attending the same from 1854,
to 1857, both inclusive (previously forwarded.)
6. School accounts for the years 1855,-56 and 1857 (previously
Ajrwarded.)
Said documents embodying all the information that can be sent
in answer to the request of the Council.
I am. Dear Sir,
Yours respectfully,
G. A. BARBER,
Secretary, B. S. T.
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COPIES OF DOCUMENTS
JIIXATING TO Till': COMMON SC1I00T.S OF THE CITY, FOR-
WAIIDKD i;V THE BOAIU) OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO THE
CITY COrXClL.AND ORDERED TO BE rRI^'TED.
REPORT No. VII.
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Tc the Board of School Truotees of the City of Toronto :
The Siandinjj Cornmittco on Scliool Management leg to pre-
»ont llicir Seventh Report.
That, in pursuance with the resolution of the Board, adopted
the 17th May las?, your Committee have had under consideration
t!ie Report No. 2">, of the Local Superintendent, dated October
1st, 1857.
That Report was presented to the Board of last year, very
sliortly before the expiration of its term of office ; and that Body
Tiiado no order, and took no action whatever upon it ; and it was
only wlien the Report was made the subject of special reference
by the present Board, that your Committee became acquainted
with, and entered upon consideration of, its suggestions.
In that Report the Local Superintendent calls upon the late
T'oard to reconsider the whole question of the Free School System,
upon the ground that, as at present carried on, its results are alto-
gether incommensurate with the cost of maintaining it.
In support of that opinion he submits, that the number of pupils
attendifig the Common Schools is below that due in proportion to
the whole number of children of school age in the City ; that the
attendance of the pupils registered and entered at the Schools is
irregular ; that those actually attending are vnpunctual, and lastly,
that a compulsory assessment and a voluntary attendance would
seem to be manifestly inc(»nsistent with each other, and accordingly
that recourse should be had, either to the principle of compulsory
tUlendance, or to the Rate Dill svstem.
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In oonsi,l.rin« the f.reso.o?, it may be convenient to note th«
ai , nX to bo ,n.>e ho,.e,.„ ..uos.i.n, o.; Aa.nin-rat.on
Di,oipW„o, c^^n ,0 all ,,..«. a..^ •» ^;;Zl^SZ
nn abstract principes of econnmy. I lius wnii« your
Len .h»t th. number at.o.uling the City Sol.oMs i, smaller than
lib, and wl,iNtth.y l.ave no. failed -•"--; ">'"'"X:
U U nd tlnpunctuality of atten-lanoe, w..icl, -" ' -^ °^^;;.
dicate the necessity of a sterne. '^''^'^'''"^'^'^'^M
„ation, they a.unwming to charge u,.o,n
a, such, .ho responsib.hty for ov.ls which „/„3,„otion
result from it, an I "I'i"'' ™y P'"''^''''' '«' ""P """ "'
without resorting to fundamental changes.
Lis worthy of observation that C,mm,n School Education it.
ac-ing independently, and ail ™ •^:/ f^^ o-L by
and 1859 the Schools were governed by a Bo^rd, n
.,e Corporation, and during those years '"« ^^^ « »■ 11 sy^-
abandoned, and the Schools were free In 850 .he K
.;„ In force— to be again abandoned in ISai, wnen .
was again in force to d ^^^ ^^^^^^^.^^
Schools were °-»™;' ^^/-"ard „f Trustees. In ,852, separate
principle was applied to .he Board o. i enactment
Roman Caiholic Schools were es.ablis ed by spec.a
Tf the Legislamre. and it was not until the Spring of 18o5, tha.
1 School Buildings being completed, that tl. system now in
operation was fairly organized.
Lis vain to expect mature' vigor and full '"^^ f"""; ^J^^
.ubected tosuch requent and fundamental changes ; and .Ithough
Stb trial of L las. .hree years, it may, '" --P- " -;
have failed .o iu.tify the sanguine -.notations -^^^^^^^^^^^ ... your
effort shall have been fai.ly cxhaus.ed to secure that effic.ency
value which it has achieved in other places.
Your Coinmitteo commend to the consideration of the Board, an
extract, (appended hereto,) from the Report (No. 10) of the Local
Superintendent, dated 0th May, 1850, to the suggestions of which
they regret that practical etfect has not been given by their prede-
cessors ; and it is duo to your Committee to state, that thny them-
selves, upon entering on their duties, initiated measures which
they confidently trust are calculated to amend the discipline, and
largely extend the usefulness of the Schools,
Consequent upon the resignation of the late Local Superin-
tendent, the Board has already separated the offices of Superin-
tendent and Secretary, a measure which promises to secure a more
constant supervision, and more efficient government of the Schools.
Your Committee having discovered that no code of Rules for
the instruction and guidance of Teachers and Pupils had yet been
issued, have prepared, and will immediately issue, Regulations in
regard to the duties and powers of Teachers, to the admission and
expulsion of pupils, to regularity and punctuality of attendance,
and other details of discipline ; and they trust thereby to arrest
many of the evils which, although resulting from administration,
are now regarded as evidence of failure of the system.
The Board has already, by resolution, determined to maintain
the Free School System, as they found it in operation when they
were elected ; using every means at their disposal, further to im-
prove and strengthen it, if possible^ to full efficiency. It is there-
fore, unnecessaiy for your Committee to enter upon any discussion
of the relative values of the Free, Rate Bill and Compulsory Sys-
tem — a discussion which belongs to, and must find its issue with,
the Rate Payers.
Your Committee, within the limits of the duties entrusted to them,
accept the responsibility of administering the system, which, as
Trustees they were elected to administer; and they are not pre-
pared to recommend that the powers committed to the Board by the
Rate Payers should be used to initiate the fundamental changes
suggested by the Local Superintendent ; and in regard to which,
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the Elector., as yet, l.avo had no opportunity of expressing
opinion.
A!l resitcclfuUy submitted.
(Si;rncd,) . F. VV.ClTMnKRLAND,
Chairman of Cuiimiltec.
Adopted l)v tl>o Board, luno lOtli, 185S.
(Signed,) J.G.RRARD,
Chairman, B. S. T.
Certified,
G. A-IIARHER,
Secretary, B. S. T.
Toronto, lOih June, 1858.
COPY OF REPORT No. 25,
B-/ the Local Superintendent, G. A. BARREn.
[1st December, 1857.
To He Cha,rm.n and McmUrs of the Board of Sclu,ol Trustees ;
Gentlemen,— .
According to tl.o provisi.nsof .ho School Ac. of .950 (-o>.on 31 ,
i, i, r.-n„ir. d of .ho Local Suporhnendc,,. ihat ho shouUl do all
H ,i p or to persuade and animate Paron... Gua,d,.an., Trns.
« and Tcaehers, .o improve .ho charac.or and effie,.ncy of ,he
Common Schools ; and .o secure .ho universal and sound cduca..o„
of the young.''
ACin.- under this requirement, 1 feel it to be my reluctant, but
nevertheless my conscientious duty, to ask the Hoard to r..eo„s,dor
the whole question of the Freo School System for the follow .ng,
among other reasons, namely :—
I That the result of the system, as at i>resent carried m, is
altogether incommensurate with the cost of maintaining it, as
proved by these facts, viz. : —
1st That the whole number of Scholars availing of the favor.
able 'opportunities afforded by our Free Schools, is nolhmg hke
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proportionate to the whole numbarof children of School Qg<; In the
City.
2iid. That even of thosp, who do to aoino oxtont, and in one
way or afiother, att««nd our Froo Schools, more than onn-third have
come and jjone, in tlic nf)ost uncertain manner, during the year.
JJrd. That out of tho re;»istnr«!d attendance, prr monM, not lesf
than 25 per cent, or ono-n)urlh of tho pupils have horn inogular
in their att»»ndance. leaving haif-duy absences out of account
4th. That^ tho want of punctuality is so great as to render, in
many instancos, tho advantages and the puiposoofour Free
Schools, comparatively inoperative.
And, finally, That while tho annual cost, pfr child, according
to tho average attendance (which forms the only roHuble stand.
ard), is not les9 than £3 ($12), tho attendance, even on that
basis, has boon irrciiular and unpunctual to a degree unparalleled
in all my experience f
If I understand aright tho principle upon which Free Schools,
maintained by general assessment on property, have been cb-
tabli>hed, and are justified, it means, that the rich ou;j;hl to educate
tho poor, not as a charity, but because in a social as well as a moral
point of view, it is as a more matter of economy, better to crfji-
cate \hiin lo punish 8l\ the public expense; and because <S'c/too/-
houses aro belter pubiic investments than Penitentiaries or Jails.
Tested by this principle, the result of our experiment, as regards even
those children who have attended, thou<;h irregularly, our Free
Schools has been anything but enauraging or satisfactory (as shown
by the deports on the suSject which from time to lime I have sub-
mitted), while as regards the education, moral and social, of those
children, large in number, for whose training and reformation the
Free School principle is justified, we have filled altogether to bring
that particular class of children^ in any way at all, loithin the restrain-
ing influences of our Schools.
The Free School Theory presupposes that parents desire to
have their children educated and train|d up in habits of social and
moral propriety, and that they are to be so educated accordingly ;
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Free School system was ever intended ,o tempt any man s stnrdy
independence into taking from others, or rather, m.ght say, r^
qniring, if not compelling others, to prov.de what 1.- had he
leans Lnd the ability to obtain for himself-thus weakon.n. h
great moral and natural obligation which ^«^"';- "^'^ £"'2^"
provide, CO far as possible, at his own expense, for the decenl educa.
tion as well as the maintenance of Us offspring. But at present the
^hole community is compulsorily taxed to Fovule Iree ed_ ,ca.
,io,. for children, whose parents, to the extentof probably four fif hs,
I'tlly three-tourths. are no. only well able ,o educate the.r own
offlring. but are further able to bear their share, m proport.on to
2 mfans, of educating the unfortunate ch.ld of neglect, or of
poverty, or ^f vice, forwhom alone Free Schools ought to be mam-
ailed' t the pubUc expense. We set out, full of hop., to accom.
pli.h a certain purpose, namely, the "universal educaUo. of U
ling," as a means of social and moral improvement among ,ha
c asTof people who knowing l.ttle or nothing of the advantages oi
hey did know the value of, or did - e for the educafon of ,he,r
Infllateoffspring, were, ncverth.^ '' ''"^7"'' ^'S T
_but -bus far, after years of expericce, and the expenditur.
increasing annua! thousands of tl>o public mor.ey, we have accm-
; rdllt'lemorethana partial,and by no means a cheer u recog^
Jition of the valueof our Schools, even from those » n>se ch.Ur™. to
^iLited extent, do attend our Free Sch.»ls-while the more numer-
*u and at the same time more necessitous cl.ss of children, con-
Tnue "o frequent our streets, our lanes, and our wharv.s in tdlo
Bwarms, grow.ng up daily it. ignorance and crime, the future abun-
dam material for our Police Courts and Prisons.
II ;„depep.de»t, moreover, of these nrtain considerations, it be-
come, us to reflect upon the significant f. ', that, notw.tnstand.ng.
.11 we havedone, and the expense we !.ave gone ><>. t'y".-ans of a
comr^lsory assessment, ^ni the induoemenls our Schools certatnly
offer. Parochial Schools, built and maintained on the vo/umary prm-
e'ole have made rapid advances during the last three or four years
!f 1 that IZ close neilhbourhood of our Free Sckools. several
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ating attendance from among a class of persons in circumstances
precisely like those who are attending our Schools !
III. It becomes us also to reflect whether the prrsent system,
as a system, is appreciated by, whether, indeed, it be not actually
distasteful to those even who do, to some extent, partially partici-
pate in its benefits (See my Report, No. 10, of May, 1856), and
it may, I think, be properly asked whether the prejudices which
e.xist, and that want of appreciation so diccouragingly manifested,
are to be any longer conciliated ? How much further are we
to go on exhorting and entreating parents to send their children to
our Free Schools ? Are W3 to go on continually seeking, almost
as a favour, what ought to be hailed as a privilege ? Are we to
be always begging the question ? and are we to go on year after
year expending thousands upon thousands of a compulsory assess-
ment, in the delusive endeavour to educate those loho are com.
paratively indifferent about the matter ? or those, the more numer-
ous class, who never come near our Schools ?
The time has arrived, I think, for a calm, dispassionate, but
practical reconsideration of the whole question.
It will, or ought to be at once admitted, that all obligations are
more or less reciprocal ; if, therefore, it be right and proper to im-
pose a compulsory tax to maintain Free Schools for the people at
large, then, as a matter of equal justice, the reciprocal obligation
should be imposed upon the people to avail of, and be benefited by,
the opportunities so provided for the education of their children.
A compulsory School Assessment and a voluntary School attend-
ance are manifestly inconsistent with each other. But applying
these considerations to the condition of our City Schools, and so far
as my opinions, founded upon a long experience and an anxious
consideration of the question, are of any value, I am compelled by
a sense of duty to state, as my sincere conviction that, if the Free
School system, as at present carried on, is to be continued, a more
punctual and regular attendance must be enforced, and a compulsory
law to secure a general attendance will have to be enacted.
The Free School System, as a theory, presents many features of
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maintenance of a l.beral ^y;'^ , i„,,„en., is properly
free to »«,as a means of moral and ^"^'^ ™P attendance ? and
■and fairly vcnUed \y ^ ^''^Z' '^^P^"^^^''''"''""'''^' "
a reoult 1 ^
Whcher, however, a punc.ua, and -«"';-— ^^^.tom.
enforced amon, .l>ose no. going to "^'^^^J^^^, „ Ous
,„.ory School ;-^-;^:r :; f ZlXf ignorance, of
city -and whether, it by sucn i wholesome in-
povU. and °f ''-;-:;^;:r t^'r:f t.e pupils who
r:t:etd::X"h:nahSn,.L.-arean,ue.ionstohe
crravely considered.
° ,, the only other alternative, a "'^J;^-^::::::^.
,„ the Rate-bil, system seems to m» ^ *» ; ^^ ^^^„„„,„j „,.h
I am ^^y^^-'^f:':l^::X^so^ -ndance ;
a,,„ostas "-^''y^;"; .trace our steps and adopt a Rate-
and I cannot but feel ';f-";,,„,, J acknowledging that
bill on parents, «.ll hea. tne | P ^.^^^^^ ^^^ ^
the Free School movement of I80I »as a
step in the wrong direction.
Which of the two alternatives it ^^^^^ XJ::^XlZ
„„, prepared ,0 say. Some P°^""7''^"| . ^, l^ vl ich would
. J_:^ nncline -no^to a -^^^^^^ „.„„ „Ho.
secure the moral '^"'^^"^f""'' s„,,„„, Hnciple, ought to be
according '0 "/ j;- .^;::, Habits a't the public expense,
thus educated and trame I ui . „ Tax.payers,
. The Rate bill sys.em would ";"^y/;j2; „,,,t the ;Lrests
but the compulsory system would "^^ ^ 'g^Kool principle was
of society most require and wha '^^l^^,^^^, i,,,„„.
,„aan. to insure, namely, "J^^^^^^^^.J „„„fc,,edly surround
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Tax-payers,
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dly surround
J officer of the
School Law, to state to you my consciegitious convictions that the
results thus far of our Free School experiment, no longer justify
the compulsory assessment of a whole community to accomplish
at best a partial purpose ; and that if the present system is to be
maintained a material change in its working will have to be made.
And having now discharged that duty, I leave to your wisdom the
further determination of the question.
Respectfully submitted,
G. A. BARBER,
Local Superintendent.
Toronto, Isl December, 1857.
Extract of such portions of Report No. 10, of the 6th May, 1856,
by the Local Superintendent G. A. Barber, as bear upon the
City School question, generally, viz.: —
Report No. 10, was made in reply to a motion by Mr. Shepperd, and
adopted by the Board, affirming that com plaints ^existed out of doors against
the efficiency of the Schools.)
«' I do not pretend to say that our School System is without de-
fects ; but I do say those defects are susceptible of improvement,
and by degrees, with time and patience, may be either altogether
removed, or so remedied as to be no hindrance to the working of
the system, 1 do not, however, refer in this mstance to the ques-
tion of Free Sihools, concerning which I am not at present called
upon to express any decided opinion. But as regards the general
character of cur schools, I am bound to state, as my opinion, that
they are not undeserving, but on the contrary, are well worthy of
public confidence; indeed I may with propriety go further and
assert that our Schools, as a whole, have more and better grounds
of complaint against the public, than the public have reason to com*
plain of the Schools"
" None can be more impressed with the fact, that our City
Schools have not, as yet, realized what was reasonably expected
of them than I am ; but the cause of this disappointment must be
looked for elsewhere I'lan in defects in the Schools; and I submit the
fo lowing, among others, as prominent causes why the Schools of
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the City have not n,.4e better progres., in PT"'™ 'L'™
eost .nd trouble expended in e,..bli.hing and ma.n.a>mng then,,
namely : —
Ut-Tfte total Mence of all interesl in the School, by the afflu-
ent and influential portion of ihe oommunity.
3nd-ne ncghclon the part of Mhmter, of B'Mgian, to visit
the Schools, and uae their influence with their congregafons m favor
* pjular ;duca.ion , for, while Cle.gymen of t e var.ou, denom-
inato, in the City, except on sonio special public "— - -e
kept aloof from our Schools, the Clergy of .he Church of England
h^ve sought to create a prejudice against them, by mtsrepresenting
them, as altogether devoid of religious instruction.
Sri-The chUUng indiference sUum even iy the parents ofAo
children attending the Schools, a, proved by ihe great want of
Lularity and punctuality on the part of the scholars, the.r chil-
Z-llfalargo proportion of them really se.m to come to or
ay away from school, just as they please-and ,he most triflmg
rlalters of domestic life are considered to be sufficent excuse for
bemg late or absent ; as proved also by the fact, that out of a regts-
lered attendance of some 2,300, sir or >even hundred are everyday
aisent, sme one day some amther, thus exhibiting an extent of .r.
Lularity which, if not reformed, must sooner or tor mpen/ <Ae
vlok system ; and as further proved by .he necosss.ty which exists
L confinually stirring up parents to avail of the great advamage.
provided for their offspring by the City Schools ; and by the d,s.
couraginglv small number of parents who have vis.«d the Schonls.
or been present at the Examinations, or attended the School Jec
lures.
• 4th— TAe prejudices which many have given way to against the
Schools, of which the following may be quoted in evidence viz :-
Some parents confound « Free Schools^ supported by an assess-
mem upon every man according to his means, with mere « Chanty
Schools,'* and therefore, from a feelin. of pride, will not send their
children to th. City Schools. Others consider the term » Common
School," to convey a low, vulgar meaning, and in consequence ob.
ject to sending their children to our Public Schools ; and many m-
: • yi„
3l5
1 to the
» them,
le
afflu-
to visit
in favor
I denom-
on, have
England
resenting
its of the
t want of
heir chil-
)me to, or
8t trifling
ixcuse for
)f a regis-
every day
tent of ir-
Imperil the
hich exists
idvantages
by the dis-
le Schools,
chool J.ec.
against the
nee viz :—
f an assess-
e «* Charity
)t send their
1 «' Common
equence ob-
nd many in-
sist that a tf acher receiving a salary, does not bring forward hit
pupils as well as one who is more dependent on public opinion
(too often in school matters public caprice) for his daily bread.
5th — The mischievous interference of Parents with the Teacher,
and thp discipline of the School ; for, too many parents, instead of
bringing ;he influence of domestic education to aid and assist the
Teacher, and encourage the Schools, openly disparage what they
cannot be supposed to understand ; and expect that a general system
arranged for the good ofall, ought to, and must, beset aside, to gratify
indiviHiial whims, loo often unreasonable demands ; and if the whim
or demand be not at once yielded to, no matter how the concession
may affect others, eithi^r the Teacher is vilified, or a grievance is
nursed into active hostility, and then the School is complained
against, and the child kept away.
6th — A serious drawback to the progress of the Schools is to be
found in the fact, that parents cannot be prevailed upon, as a gen.,
eral rule, to supply th ir children with the books they require ;
.while as r^naids needle work, so necessary for girls, the Teacher
cannot, with.iut difficulty, induce mothers to provide the requisite
materials.
7ih — In numerous cases, the restraints and discipline, absolutely
necessary in any system of School education, are felt to be so irk-
some « V '0 to parents as well •is children, as to cause absenteeism to
a great extent ; and this impatience of control manifests itself in
a disposition to find fault with almost everything relating to the
Schools.
8th — But not the least fatal difficulty which has operated ad.
versely to our Schools, is the feeling, fat what is obtained so easily,
ani at so little cost, as the education afforded bv the City Free
Sch( >ols, ts therefore of but little value, and is neglected accordingly.**
Everv Teacher in ihe City Schools will, 1 am sure, attest, that
in what I have thus stated, I have advanced no more than what is
strictly true.
" As already stated, I feel reluctant to advance any opinions
with regard to the question of Free Education, as affecting or in-
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fluenoinglhe resulu.or ,he dUcouragomen., of our Common ^choo.
Svstem ; bu., at the same lime, I cannot shut my eyes to the fact
tlia, duAng .ho,e period, .hen ,he Hate Bill System prevailed, and
when the opponunitie., then afforded could not -tor a moment be
Tompared wTth those now provided in our Free Schools, ,he aicnd.
ZLas greater in pr^r,ion tkan .t is no.; thai ike aU.,danc
L mre regular ani n«,re vu^^luai; and *a»/.e pa,.n « « ,-^ «-
„tM and iJk raare ini^^st in, ani were Umr sai^fei mm the, hen
Cily Schools, than H'ey are wUh the Schools now m oper'Won.
Mn my opinion one of the remedies called for i, tha, some
s,rie,er rules, both as regards ,egular,,yanipunc,mmyof,^end^
anre ought to be at once en/orced. No private School could be
:::ueted with credit to the Teacher where these '-g«'- -^
unpunctual habits prevailed; and why such rutnous hab.ts should
bel.dera.ed in our Ciiy Free Schools, altogelher passers o.y com-
prehension, unle-s indeed the eleclive principle, or the pressure
from without neutralizes vigorous legislation by the Board
G. A. BARBER,
Local Supeiinkndent-
Toronto, Blh May, 1856.
ABSTRACT OF SCHOOL AT lENDANCE
In its general fealwes for 1857.
The number of days the Schools were in actual operalion was
2*23
The number of Teachers regularly employed throughout the
year was 36.
" The number of Schools were eight, namely, six large Schools
each having a separate Male and Female department, subdivided
Into junior: intermediate, and senior classes; and two smaller
Schools of mixed Boys and Girls.
The whole number of Scholars whose names were entered on
Ihe School registers, and who were some time or othnr at School
meoLuu „ . ...o vi7 2 310Bovs,ai,d 2,233 Girls; and
during the year was 4,543, VIZ., ^,^11 Doys»» « . ' ^ , n-ra
of those 4,543 Scholars, 699 were present less than 20 days, 978
School
lie fact,
ed, and
menl be
attend'
I'ndancc
apiyreci-
the then
m
>>
hat some
f attend'
sou Id be
jlar and
ts should
niy com-
pressurc
•d»
nlendent-
■at ion was
ighout the
re Scliools,
subdivided
vo smaller
entered on
r at School
Girls; and
days J 978
17
between 20 and 50 days; 1,132 between 50 and 100; 749 be*
iween 100 and 150; 634 between 150 and 200; and 233 be.
twecn 200 and 223 days
The average attendance, per month, on the register, i e., those
who were at School more or less each month, was 2,480, viz.,
1,315 Boys, and 1,165 Girls. Of ihese 2,4*^0 therp were pres-nt
at School (not reckoning half dav absences), every school-day
during each month on an average, 571, viz , 361 Boys, and 21o
Girls.
The Hverage daily attendance for the whole year was 1,863,
viz., 1,023 Boys, and 840 Girls.
The average da/fy absences (not reckoning half days), for the
year was 617, namely, 29^ Boys, equal to 20 percent. ; and 325
Girls, equal to 30 per cent.
The greatest attendance, i.e., the highest number prpsent in each
School, at any time during the year, was 2,332, viz., 1,273 Boys,
and l!i5 Girls.
The least attendarce calculated on the same principle, was on
the 7th and 8th January, and 18th Dpcember, on account of cold
weather, 753, viz., Boys 421, Girls 332, as the average of said
three days; and 699, viz.. Boys 386, Gins 313 on the 13th July.
Of ihf daily average attendance, viz., 1,«63, there were every
day, on an average, during the year, 483 late scholars, viz., in the
morninj?, 284, viz., Boys 201, Girls 184, equal to 18 per cent. ;
and in the afternoon 199, viz., Boys 92, Girls 117, equal to 11
per cent. ^
Of the daily average attendance, viz., 1,863, therp were, on an
average, every day of the School year, 241 ha/f-day absences, viz.,
Boys 111, Girls 130, equal to 12^ per cent.
Of the average registered attendance per month, namely, 2,480,
the first division or junior classes numberr d 1,208 ; the second
division, or intPrmediate classes, numbered 731 ; and the sen of
division, which comprised the more advanced pupils, numbered 541;
B
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«ftH« 120S there were 627 Boys, and 581 Girls; of the 731
t:!:J^r.UB.ys and 317 Girls ; and of the 541 there were
274 Boys and 267 Girls.
Taking .he cost of e»oh scholar, on the basis of the a.eragr^
Jl "Le„d»-.« (2,480). a. »10. the junior pup.ls «o 1 h n
kTI »8- tho intermediate ones JIO; and the senior, »12 '"
' rnu,nhe'r Bu' taking .he cos. according to th. daHy averag.
round numbers, dui .an „ ^.^uttin- the inierme.iiates
at «13. the juniors would then cost eich $10 , the
J13 ; and the seniors $16 in round numbers.
G. A. BARBER,
Local Supermtendent.
Toronto, 1858.
St»ti.ticalEeturumr.plytoMr^ully»Motion,Hth«areh.l858.
UT. THE VX..K 0, TH. R.SP.CT.V. SCHOO., A. r.,M.«.»X U-
181. in* VESTMKNTS.
W«''°'^'-'^'°'^"^s7.rCdtat'ptles,F.,ni..re,^^^^^ «
&c '
Ward of St. I--«'»"'=»,^-f„'^,^;°;„tLed «0
Ward of St. James :-no,o™^^^^^^^^ 4.000 «
Wa''l»tS'-'*"=lf;rtlln;':'pr;mtf;&c 2,^50
•HT J „f ct Pntrick -.—Phcebe Street School, . „
^ard of St. Patrick, r premises, &^, &c.,
£4,00() and fel'^e for the Western
School, £^50
Ward of St. David ^-^>Z^i:^^^t. at £2 .50,
and the Porfc feV'Oof Site, Building, ^^
Premises, &c., &c. £2,000 __^^^
...X19,500 ( '
. H ^r "Till^'rtSr e reTr" during lu-r m, and .h«o » J of
r„';iT«n°t.l"»ft Jido'of the S"'-^;;;;^;';'"'-
' Suv'Tintement and Secretary.'
QAlh. of arch, 1858.
19
the 731
■re were
average
mid then
■s ^12 in
average
mediates
endent.
ircb, 1858.
lANENT In-
1,000 «»
65'>
4,000
2,250
4350
4,250
19,500 ( "■■
nerty occupied
dower, has thf
i there is J of
I,
d Secretary. '
2nd. Abstract of the Cost of IVTaintainino thb City Schools »ob
THE Year 1857.
1st. Interest on investment in Sites, Buildings, Furniture,
„ , „ &«., &o £1,200
2nd. Salaries to Teachers, Care-tukers, and Superinten-
dent and Secretary (exclu-
sive of the Evening School),
for the year 3,673 D
3rd. Rents for the year 87 10
4th. Insurance on jE 2.600 * 94 10
6th. Fuel, wood and sawinir, and coal 4tK)
6th. Elections, £25, Professional Services, £18 43
7lh. Whitewashing £37, Work £6. 4{ o
8' h. Printing, Advertising, and Stationary 86
9ih. Maps "Blank btoks, &c 22 10
10th. Pens, Holders, .Slate- )encils, and Ink 28 5
11th. Stove-pipes, taking down, &c., and repairs, &c., to
warming furnaces ... 26 7 6
I2th. Estimate for dilapidations, per annum 150
13th. do Repairs, &c., do 150
14tti. Miscellaneous expenses 50
Total, £,054 2 6
G. A. BARBER,
... 6niterintmdtnt and Secretary.
March 24th, 185S. ^
3rd. Comparative Statement of the Schools, &c., &c., under
Specified Headings from 1844 to 1857 Inclusive.
Year.
City
Population.
1844
1815
1816
1817
1818
1849
1850
1851
1852
IS 53
1854
1855
1856
1857
18,503
19,706
20,565
No census
23,50i
24.126
25,766
30,763
35,oyj
40,00J
census,
do
41,760
45,000
No
Avc^raRo daily
Attuiidaiice.
1.194
1,108
1,212
1,265
1,431
1,325
1,259
1,366
1,346
1,402
1,459
1,570
1,747
1,863
No. of
Tuaohors
Total Cost
of inaiiitaiiiing
Schools.
Cost per
Child.
12
12
15
13
13
13
15
16
16
20
21
31
32
36
l^mo's
5 year
1377
1921
2011
1871
971
917
1998
2406
2558
3215
417H
6218
5642
6054
For these
7 years
the aver-
age cost
was $6.
$7^
8.i
lOA
12i
12^
13
N.B. -In 1844 the Schools were open only 4i months.
In 1848 and 1849 " " " " G moiitlis in each year.
From 1844 to December, 1847, the City was subdivided into School
sections, eaoH with its own Trustees, la 1848-49. and 50- Iha Schools
fl
p.!
■I :
' "-^ '. TT^ZZ^atml by the City Council ; and
were nndor the ^^^^'"'^'^J^^f^^^^ . ,«,«
in 1851 the Elective principle came u were open m 1848
f„t con,i„a«r. From f'f. »s^-t™b„, f„,„ 18.B ao«n.a.d„
^^ SufrrlnUnM and S.cr.ter».
Toronto, March 24lh, 1858. ^^ _
COMMoiT^^OLS^CITY OF TORONTO.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, 1855, '56, & '^7.
MMITTEE ^H THE ANNUAL ACCOCNTS TOR 1855.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE, Wni« ^^^^^
The St.ndin<r Committee on Fi"*"*^^^"f^;°J''^ear 1855,^ and hv.ve
caTe^alfy "xam"inecl the School Aecoum o the ^ear ^^^ ,^ ^^ ^^^^^
e"' "fi'^l the same u-^-^;XXxpL deT»,but also the various Uem«
' ot only the a . .oonls rece ved and expe ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^j.^^^^^^,^
into which the payments from he ^ ^^^, ,„
Owin" to many ot the accounts fo 1»M, n ^^^ ^^^^^ __
r„:l olJe'rs in 18 >-»«. ''Xlteoltbe Bo^n '^ The .ehool. rile. «;^l
Tml . m.t Ceov™-..reet (W/'j^^^^^^^l'^SUl m,.! released. In
pai,l for in full, and the ™""«f "!'' "^«i„g to the land havms been
iared with what they would cost " >;'' ;^^j'* Jj^J P^st : for instat.co, he
hut. without impairinjT the emciencv laries paid m this city,
teachers could not be ♦^H^pl^y^i^ «"'* J .^g^'^nie not' equal to what are
where eveiyihina is so ^^^'-'XZ. m fact, unle«e. the scale of salaries
P in oth/r ^^^^;^J^Z^!^oi losing its best teachers by
,e rec.^^;^riX"^Lrneni^ offered elsewhere. ^ ^^
?:
be reconsiuric." • • ^„^«rnpnt8 offered eisewueie.
Theitetf Fue'ta certainly a large one •, but,™ ado.,.o„
91
cil; and
in 1848
rhether a
)rce. In
rhich ha§
tiated no
ivn«'arii9»
:r,
crttary*
TO.
S FOR
1855.
they hnvc
, and buve
as to bhow,
iriouH iteraa
sen sent in
Ml year,—
f 1855, from
(1 on invest-
ings, aruJ to
vill diminish
y 8onie in 16
the valuable
,1 sites will
t in the Park
) are already
released. In
having been
V price, com-
ne well worth
instatico, the
no very dia-
lile as regards
e an ornament
a larpe one }
ess number of
I in this city,
ual to what are
cale of salaries
est teachers by
auu'""" '" ' —
wood used to warm the Schools first built (and it in diflTicult to jret fuel
usoil very ocoriornically in Sohnols), the partios liviiijj in llio basemen's
of the new Schools are allowed firewood, the cost of which articles has
reached a height th.it will sooner or later necessitate the use ol Coal
Stoves in those schools which have not warm air furnaces. As r»»)j[ards
the Coal which is used for the Furnaces, the supply ou hand will moot
the requirements of the rest ot the winter, so that the expetiso of warm-
iui; the no«w buildin«rs will not I e so srreut.
The School expenses of 1855, have been unusually heavy ; but as all
the Schools may now be considered as reasonably well supplied with
requisites, and have been put in thonnj-rh repair mar.y items ol this
yeai's expenditure are not, ther«'fore, likely to occur ajjain for some
time. As regards the item of Insurance, it would bo tlie worst possibh
economy to reduce it any lower.
7'he parents of children attending the City Schools, and indeed the
Ratepayers also, should bear in mnid that tho apportioirnoni of tho Le-
gislative Grant to this city is sub-apportioned between our Schools and
the separate Roman Catholic Schools by the Chief Superintendent, on
the basis of comparative avoragt' ittendance, so that any irregularity
of attendance on the part ol the pupils of our Schools, n ,{ ruerely affects
their progress in useful knowledge, but by diminishing our averages,
decreases our share of the Grant, and, by consequence, odds to the
amount retpiired to be raised by taxation for School purposes.
Your Committee, as the concluding act of their duties for the School
year about to expire, report herewith, the Annual Statement of tho
Receipts and Expendituie of the School Fund for 1855, which they
have this day amlited and passed as correct, in shapo for publication.
Which is respectfully submitted on behalf of Finance Committee.
(Signed,) WM. McMAsTKR.*
Chairman.
Toronto, 5th January, 1856.
Adopted by the Board, the 7th day of January, 1856, and ordered to
be published, with the Annual Statement annexed.
(Signed,) J. G. BEARD,
Chairman, B. S. T.
ANNUAL STATEMENT of Incomk and Expenditure for Common School
purposes, within the City of Toronto, for the year ending December gist.
1855, under tho authority of the Board of School Trustees— puMithed
in accordance with the requirements of the School Act, 13 and 14 Vict.,
Chap. 48.
Income for Osntral Pnrposea, 1865
Dr. To balance from lust year
Legislative Grunt 1-65, being the apportionment made
to the Common Schools by the Chief Superinten-
dent; the amount apportioned to the stparnte
11. C. Schools having been paid by the Chief
Superintendent to the Trustees of said Schools
direct .... . . .
Net amount actually collected by Municipal Aesese-
ment for School purposes, 1865.
Total amount, Income -.
-i:i,810 10
642 10
4,150 18
•£6,503 18
S3
'i|
lxp«ndltttr. for Om.ral Purpoiet, 1868
Or. By paid «ftl"'''«' 'V.!: ♦*';' y**""' ''**• :" . -£1.180
^^ laMulo'IViiohtrs .1114
Ym, do m ih. Evening
Se-hooK three mom In - ■
The LocMl 8«perlnteT.lont an.
Sccn-tupy to the n«»urd j^
1»
18
6
4
6
8
41
«l
II
II
II
«
It
II
II
l<
«l
II
II
InstalmentH and Intortst on ^ ^^^^ ^^ g
nceount 1855 - - ^^^^ g.^i lo n
do "** -
KxponscB of election, 1856
?lu^t■ln}?Hhftdet^ee^(.n account
Boxes for do,
Planting shftde tm■^ 1H..5 ■ y_ 21 1 H
Printing, on nceount, 18M ■ _ 27
« " 18?5
JC2.r)'72
7a
13 6
> ■
,1854 )
. ••■1
C5%
11
6 4
12 •
80 16 3
AdvertUing, on account, 1854 -
do " *°*^^ '
Stationery. Blank Books, ike, 1854
(I
i<
do " do
Insurances, viz
20 15
9 18
6
1
6 18
14 15
7
- 48
80
._>0n 3 Schools first
built, 1856
On 3 New Build-
ings until taken
off contractor'rt
hands - -
On 3 New Build-
ings from aWove
date, 1 year, to
March, 1856 -
Sweeping and cleaning the schools, 1856
F-l.\lj..^Coal, 1854 and ^ 60 3
do do 1855 and 1856 118 15
16
10 10
35 5 6
178 16 8
do Wood, 1853 and 1854
do do 1854 and 1555
do do 1855 and 1«56
10 18
194 5
51 19
9
1
256 17
26 18
10
1
jjigiitning eoni
y^Jy%., tl-.ree Schools first built
20
Sawing wood for the year 1855
For Maps, Object Lessons. Ac., 1855 - -
several Schools
»nment
I 11
13 «
18 1
60
61
16 6
17
4C1
47
63
16
120
30
21
40
6 2
8 6
2
7 6
1 2
16 8
2 6
■,11 13 5
7s u a
ens 8 4
U 12 •
80 16 3
48 I 11
80 13 ft
20 18 1
23
Cr. By paid Store*. Sheet Zlnr, Ptore Pipe«,
putting up StoYcs, Ac, 1804 ■ -^28 11 4
" Do. do do 1H66 - - au 1% 1
41
«t
Repftlrti, and new Iron Wut«r rip«(». Uratlug* and
DntinH to tlireo Scliooli* flr«t mult -
liedoiiiption of one-twentieth of prin-
cipal and tiie annual intoruHt of
Cltv Debentures, Ifciucd for School
Buildings, viz. ; — 1st on f 35U0 Is-
sued In October, 1862— due in
1854 £374 10 1
Snd. on JCU.OOO, IssuedJune, 1854— due
iu 1855 .... 990
Do do 1865 864
68 8 ft
44 16 1
Miscellaneous, sundry small Account«
Total amount Expenditure
Balance to Credit of 1850
1,728 10 I
19 14 A
• 6,208 18
- 295 U
-£6503 18
As abore
a A. BARBE'{, Secretary, B. S. T. ^
Audited and passed by the Finance Committee, this 5th day of January, 1856.
[Signed,] WM. McMASTER, "•
Chairman.
rreaentod to the Board, adopted, and ordered to be publiahed in the dailj
papers, this 7th day of January, 1866.
[Signed,] J. O. BEARD,
Chairman, £.S.T.
Toronto, January, 1850.
60 15 6
Gl 17
SEJPORT OF TIIE BUILDING COMMITTEE, WITH THE BUILDING FUND
ACCOUNTS Foa 1855.
4C1 6 2
47 8 6
63 2
10 7 6
120 1 2
30 16 8
21 2 6
40
The Standing ComnrTttee on Sites and Buildings beg to report as fol-
lows, viz :
Isi. I he Building Fund having been phaced, by resolution of the
Roard, in nliary:e of lessris. J. G. Beard, (its Chairmiin,) and D. Pater-
son, those genilemen opened an account in their joint names with the
Bank of Upper Canada. The amount of £9,000 City Debentures, issu* d
for School purposes, was received by them, and lodged at the Bank
for sa'e keeping until disposed of. A further issue of £1,500 City
Debentures to complete the three New Buildings, ami to make sundry
alterations in, and adilitions to, the three other School-! first built, was
also rectiived by them.
2nd As the £9, K)0 debentures were from time to time sold, the
proceeds were, in all ca«e*», deposited to the cie>lit of ^:ess^s, Beard
and Piiterson with the Bank of Upper Canada ; the proceeds of the a<l-
ditioniu £1,500 debentures when sold were also depof^iled in the same
manner ; and all payments to Contractors and others, were made by
m
■k
24
X7.943, and of the Al,5W ^ebemuies . ' , ^^ dispose" ol Ihe
£9,127 ca.b-and every possible effort ^Jjs ma f^^^^^^^ ^^^
debeuluren to the best "'^^^"^^Sf V /i^.„^.e,^^^ ontlie deben-
sam oi £291 % 2d. was rece.v^ ^^Jji^.V^o TnoTey "received to have
tures until sold, showing the toUl amount oi / ^^ ^j^^
^-" ^Vr^t^'^s Od^^^perrSp" filed leaving a balance to
amount ol £9,1'^ *s. "«■' ^s pei iei,e i
cedit with the Bank of £294 7s. -^^\^";; ^^^^.ed in senin<r the
4th. In consequence °J /^^^ J.^^^'^^eet thTcertified claims of the
debentures on tan ^.-^J^/j^^^S .^utes d.s-
Contractors, funds had to be Ff Jf^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ir names as individuals
counte. , Messrs. Beard and J'f \7"" f^'"° „3 it i^ no more than right
for this purpose to the ^^^^"i-'^/^^fso^po unity to publicly acknov.-
that the Committee bhould avail ot this "PP°""%^ u^ f Upi er Canada
Sdge the liberaiiiy and kindness shown by th^e B^ k o^^Pi ^^^ ^.^e
n t%us assisting the Comu,ittee to get thio^igh thei^a .^^^^^^^
amount pa.d tor "'f 'Tt'^'nf M^ss s Beard a^.d Pateraon to the
Expenditure of the tum^s r^a^^« \ ^^^"^^f the 1 o'rd/and ol the Public,
their own sake as /o' the sa s Uc on u .ui^^.talUhe vouchers
a Uniterm plan, the cos to eac h ot h^m >s «« ^^ y ^^ ^^.^ Building
call for separate '"«''»'"" Vl^J,*^^' stated in round numbers at £3000,
:;;:i;l^J^::i:^r}££^tnc^t;!.dingand iurniture,or £7,50
*'lir!llchisrespectfully8ubmitted,onbehalfofBuildingC^^^^^
(^'S""^'> ^' ^""^^'chairman.
Toronto. 2nd January, 1856.
siate-
2 nd
day of January, 1856. ^ ^ BEARD,
Chairmarit B. S. T.
i l!
^5
antersign-
Ihe huild-
nounted to
allogethei-
jost' ol Ihe
iceede, It e
le deben-
ed to have
,ade to the
balance to
sellinjr the
aims of the
Motes dis-
individuals
I than right
ly ai'know-
psr Canada
ilties. The
k'ho, instead
jraon to the
the inteiest
9s. 2d., the
tec-eip'^ and
h as vveil -jT
1 the Public,
the vouchers
d fitted upon
as hard ly to
ich Building
ers at £3000,
ire, or £73160
g Committee.
RSON,
Chairman.
panyina siate-
[led this and
m,
B. S. T.
STATEMENT of Rkceiptb and ExrENonuuB of the Building Committee,
Board of School Trustees, for aud oii account of the Three New Scliool
Buildings, dec, 1854 and 1855.
Dr.
RECEIPTS
To nett proceeds of jCO.OOO City Debentures, (issued June let,
1854, for New School Buildings,) as per account
with Bank of Upper Canada,
•' proceeds of £ 1 5,000 City Debeutu - es, (further issued Nov.
Ist. 1855, to complete said Buildings, and make cer-
tain additions, «fec., to those first erected,) as per ac-
count with the Bank of Upper Canada,
•• Interest received aa having accrued on the £9000 De-
bentures until sold, as per account with the Bunk
of Upper Canada,
Total amount Received
£794S
1184
291 9 2
£9418 9 2
EXPENDITURE.
Cr.
By paid Mr. Thomas Snarr, Contract and Extras, Ma-
son and Bricklayers' Work, New Schools,
per Architect's certificates, - - £3286 9 9
Less Insurance ) aid on his account, - 15
8271 9
" Messrs. Downey A Co., Contract and Extras, Carpenter
and Joiuf-rs' "Work, New Scl'ools, as ptr Architect*'
certificates -------- 3505 1 S
" Messrs. Booth A Sons, Contracts and Extras, Painting ,
and Glazing, New Schools as per Architect's cer-
tificates, 346
*' Mr. Shcard, Commission as Architect of said Buildings —
6 per cent on £7136 128. 3d, 356 16 6
♦' Messrs. Rossin Brothers, Earth filling John Street, New
School, Play ground, 82 10
" Messrs. Jacques A Hay, contract and extras, School Fur-
niture, «kc , New Buildings, 804 5 S
By paid Messrs. Cheney <& Co., for two warm air furnaces, and
littip.^ up, per contract, Victoria Street School, - 125
" Messrs. Piper Bros, for 2 furnaces, and fitting up, per
contract, John Street School. 125
" T. D. Harris, fjr 2 furnaces, and fitting up, per contract
Phoebe Street School, 125
" Discounts, Bunk Upper Canada, on Bills payable,
£95 17 8
Interest B. U. C, overdue Bills.- - - - 18 2 11
Interest (£12 ISs. lOd.) to Jacquei A Hay,
and (11 9s. lOd.) to Downey dc Co., on
Bills payable, 23 13 S
137 14 S
Insurance on New Schools, while building - - • 11 6
«
Brokerage [F. A. Whitney A Co.,] on Debentures sold 10
Downey & Co., on account of planking, Ac, yards of th«
3 New School Building*, - - - - 90
Ilum.'.hreys A Co., on acctunt of Wells and Pumps to
the 8 New Schools, ... . . 34
Down«y A Co., on account alterations and additions or-
i!
26
dered to be made, three School Bnildings first
erected, . . -
Total amount expended - - ^9124 2
By balance in hand, B. U. C. a» per Bank Book, this day, Slst
■^ December, 1855, ___
Aa above
G. A. BARBER,
Secretary.
(Signed,)
Toronto, 3l3t December, 1855.
X9418 9 2
J. G. BEARD,
D. PATERfcJON.
I ccrtifv that bavins examined the several accounts herein mentioned,
and "mpl'ng them ^with the vouchers produced 1 find the balance cor-
rectly represented, and agreeing with the bank Book.
(Signed.) J W. BRENT,
^ ^ Auditor.
Toronto, 31st December, 1855.
Report of the Finance Committee with the Annnal Accts., for 1866.
The Finance Committee close their labours by s"^"^'"'"-",^^^^;yi!j;;
as usual, ?he Annual Statement of Income and Expendrture, for fechool
nurnoses in this City, for the year just ended. v.* Ji„
^Te amount required to meet the whole expenditure is undoubtedly
lar^eTbut with th^- single exception of the -i^'tions made to ^h.- Teach-
er«." Salaries, (vl step which was rendered n» cessary to make the m
"mforthe Teachrr., in our schools equal with wh.t was PauUven m
smaller cities.) the general expense o "?«'"t^''''"? ^ff^' ^ ^^^^^^^^^^
has not in other respects, been materially mcreased in 1856 much more
than for 1855. ^,
Owin^to the fact that the New Buildings of 1854, '55 cost more than
wa\ estimated : and that ttie expense i.f certain improvements, &c., m
ra55:als"o co'st'more than was estimated ; it beo.rne n-e^ssa..y to make
nrovi ion tor this excess m the estimates tor 185b. In ow«r to maKe
FheSchoolpremi.es as complete as possible, other additions and im-
provernents^were ordered in 1856; and it was thoujiht advisable to
purchase a small piece of ground adjoining the Lo'^'f .^^^l^^^T^teit
so as thus to bring the premises up to the boundary line. To meet
he' e various requfremer.t; (which being of a Pe'^anent character ough
not to be charged in one year's expenses.) it was decid.'d to i«^ye 1)^
bentures, so that these improvemetils might be paid for gradually dur-
ing the next ten years.
The sale of the School House and Lot, at the corner of Duke and
Berkley Streets, to the Corporation for £600 in ^f -JA^-'J'^ ^lIw.
theBoa.dtoerecta suitable School House in the Ward ol St Law
rence, (which greatly needs such accommodations,) without adding
£4 2
)4 1
a
8 9
2
entioned.
lance cor-
T,
luditor.
for 1866.
herewith,
or fechool
loubtedly
,e Teach-
ie the in-
il even ia
/ Schools,
luch more
more than
s, &c., in
y to make
r to make
s and im-
visable to
et School,
To meet
icter ought
issue De-
ually dur-
Duke and
vi'l enable
1 St. Law-
)ut adding
27
much to the expenses already incurred, and the increased value of land
at the present time will, no doubt, cause a handsome profit on the va-
cant site near St. Patrick's Market, to be lealized, when offered for
sale — a profit most likely as much as will defray n»3ar]y all the expenses
of ereclinsr a School House in the Western part of the Ward of St.
Patrick, where such accommodation is a so greatly wanted.
The City Schools have been built, and supplied with every requisite,
wittiout regard to narrow ideas of economy — they have been established
and they are maiiilained, in a liberal spirit, well worthy of this thriving
city. And it is to be fervently hoped that the moral and social benefits
to be derived from their influence will become so extensively diffused,
as to afford a commensurate and encouraging return for the liberality
80 manifested in favor of a Free School System of sound, practical,
education fcr tht ptople.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. Mc master.
I Chairman, F. C.
Toronto, l2th January 1857.
ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of Income and Expenditure for Common School purposes, within the City
of Toronto,, for the School year ending December 31st, 1856, under the
authority of tne Board of School Trustees ; published in accordance
with the requirements of the School Act, 18 and 14 Vic, Chapter 48.
Db.
INCOME FOPw 185C.
To balance from In^tyear, as per Annual Statement, published
Janufiry, 18f)6, £
To Lew'iHlative Grant for 1856, the same being £475 more than
for 1855,
To amount raised by assessment, at 3Jd. in the & on the ratea-
ble property of the (. ity, - - ....
To amount(ca8h) to be provided for ^y the issue of Debentures,
to meet excess of Expenditure for New Schools, etc., 1855 ;
and certain additions and improvements in 1850 of a per-
uiaueut character
295
1017 10
5980
Total Income for all purposes, 1856,
- 2SO0
-£9592 10 O'
Cr.
EXPENDITURE FOR 1856.
13y Salaries for the year 1856, viz:
18 Teachers (lu male and,8 female) employ-
ed in the (6j Boys' School, - -£1945 12
17 Femiile Teachers in the (6) Oirls'School, 988 15
2 Female Teachers in the Trinity and the
Western Schools, (boys' and girls")
2 Male Teachers (6 uios.) Evening School,
Local Superintendent and Secretary to the
Bourd, 250
150
72 10
6
3401 n e
M?
if:
28
Br Rknt9 ok Premises for Board MRKTI^Q9, —
Trinity and Western ScliooU, and Secretary's Office,
By Instalmb.ts and Interest o>f -ch 'or. ites, viz : —
William Street (Boulton Block) Ward of St
83 10 C
i
(
218 8
89 17
1(»4
120
10
9
7
182 18 11
50
35 17
148 16
9
10
3
584 19
3
12 10
77 9
Tatnck, - - - • -
Victoria Street, Ward of St. James, -
John St., (Mercer Block) ward of St. George
Nevr Site, (Given'a Estate,) St. Patrick's
Ward weftt,
Louisa sltreet, Ward of St. John, -
Additional purchase to do. do. -
By Additions, Improvements, and Alterations to
School Premises
By Arcliitect's Commission, on account,
By Drainage and cost of Draint,
By Insurance on Premises and Furniture,
By Sweeping, Clenning, (tc, the Schools,
Bi' Fuel for tub Schools, viz:
Wood, winter '55 and '56, and balanca
Do. do. '56 and '57, on account,
Coal,' do. '56 and '57, do -
Sawing wood, breaking coal, Ac,
By planting trees, and laying out front, Park School, -
By Repairing Ac, to Scliool Premises ; " ' ' '
By Wt)rk and Services to School Grounds, . - - -
By Election Expenses, - - - ' m ' i '. Ooi'
By Discount on Notes for £500 required to pay Teachers Sal-
aries, March 2nd, - - - .' „ ', j cs*.' *•
Bv Uule<i Books, School Registers, Drawing Cards and Station-
cry Ac. for the Board, the Schools, and Secretary s Office,
Bv Advertising, 1S56, on account, - - - " ' , "
B^Coal IJoxcs! Sifters, Flardware, Shovels, and other Imple-
** inents. for the Sehools, - - - , -
Bt Gas Account for thh Evening School, viz:—
Quarter ending March Slst - - * '
Do. do Dec. 81st. -
Additional Fittings, . . - - •
950 9 1
674 18 5
82 I o
77 15
126 3 1
150
150
63 12 8
4
6
3
2
7
By sundry miscellaneous small accounts, for School requisites
and contingencies, - - -' ^ . ,' . ' t\.
By redemption of l-20th principal, and 1 year's interest on De-
bentures for School Buildings, - - ' , ' , " „,.„
By Balance to Credit of 1857, to meet payment of sundry works
^ not completed. 1856; excess of «-^P^;"'i't'i'-«' °«J ^"'^*^"
ings, (fee!, 1855, and salaries for first Quarter, 1857. -
As above
By order of the Board,
J. g. beard.
Chairman, B. 8. T.
Toronto, January 18, 1857.
479 15 9
13 9
22 11 y
1 5 6 r.
14 5
12 10
39 9 11
12 14 8
10 17 C
13 10 6
15 8 J<
1316 10
2855 10 4
- £9592 10
Wm. McMASTER,
Chairman, Finance Committee.
G. A. BARBER,
Local Superintendent.
13 10
50 9 i
4 18 5
82 I J»
77 15
179 15 9
13 9
'2'2 11 y
1 5 6 r.
14 5
12 10
39 9 11
12 14 8
10 17 C
13 10 6
15 8 ?
1316 10 t>
2855 10 4
9592 10
lSTER,
9 Commute*.
:r.
oerintendenf.
29
Eeport of the Finance Committee, with the Accts. for the Year 1857.
The Finance Committee, as usual, at the close of the yar, submit
to their fellow-citizen)* ttie Annual Statement of Receipts and Expendi-
ture, required by law. This Statement, which is published below,
demands little, il any, explanation at their hands, inasmnch as all the
expenses enumerated are only those which have been incurred during
f»revious years for o,(lin;iry school purposes 'Ihe tem. however, re-
atlng to School Libraries justifies some remark ; and the Board of Trus-
tees do most heartily conLTntulate the parents of children that this truly
useful object has been thus far attained. Under the munificent pro-
visions ot the School Act, the Chief Superintendent, Dr. Kyerson, is
empowered to add one hundred per cent, to all appropriations made fy
School Authorities for Libraries. Thus the amount voted by the Bo^ird,
namely. £150, has given to our Schools, Books to the value of £3()0.
Of this amount, £20() has been expended in the purchase of 1626
volumes which are distributed lo the six larger schools at pn^sf-nt— .
each having one Library in common ; but, in the course of a few week?,
the remaining >, 1(X) will be drawn for a further supply of ] oo s lo
form separate Libraries for tKe use of the Female Department ; . nd t e
Book cases are ai ready provided for the same.
The Balance to credit of 1858, viz. : £2,204 168. lid., must n'>t be
understood as a surplus on ha' d in cash. Owing to the difficulty wliich
has attended the collection of the assessment for 1857, fnd to ihe iact
of the City By-Law in which our £1,000 of debentures was in-
cluded having been disallcjwed. a larjie portion of the balance, as so
stated, is not yet realized ; and the amount, when available, will have
to be applied firstly, to meet certam special appropriations for increased
school accommodation in the Ward of St. Lawrence (which has no
school building of its own), and in the western part of the city, where
there is a numerous school population ; and, secondly, to liquidate the
outstanding claims airainst the Board for 1857, but which, for the
reasons above mentioned, could not be paid within the year.
The Committee a^ain remind the public, and especially the parents
r)f children, that the City Schools havt^ been built and supplied with all
possible requisites, at a considerable expense; and that they are main-
tained on the principle of free education to all, in a liberal sphit, worthy
of a Ciiy like Toronto And it is to be earnestly hoped that the areat
advantages which the Schools offer will be as largely profited by, so
ihat the rnoral and social benefits expected from their influence may
become so generally diffused among your young people as to afford a
commensurate and encouraging equivalent for the outlay incurred in
isupporting them.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. McMASTER,
Chairman Finance Committee.
Toronto, January 11th, 1858,
M
80
. 1000
£10455 10 4
<*
ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of Income and Expenditure for Common School purposes ^it^>'\" //l« ^^fy
of Toronto, for the year ending 31st December, 1857 ; published by the
Board of Trustees, as required by Law.
INCOME FOR 1857.
Balance for 1856.a8 per Statement published January, 1857 _- ^'^355 10 4
Le'Mslative Grunt for 1857 - ■. ' r.-t„ r<„„r.
feicipal Assessment re.iuired to be raised by the City Coun- ^^^^
cil as IV r Estimate sent in, say
Debentures yet to be issued to meet certain permanent improve
meats, say
Total Income . - - -
EXPENDITURE FOR 1857.
Paid Sai.artk3 for the Year, viz:—
17 Teachers, male departm nts
17 do female departments - -
2 Teachers I rinity Street School, and Wes-
tern Auxiliary School - -
Evcnini,' School Teacliers, (6 months)
Sundry^Teacliers, (broken periods)
Care takers of the 8 Schools
Secretary and Superintendent - -
Paid Instalments and Interest on School Sites, viz. :-
Last Instalment on site near St. latricks
Market, not built upon, but to be
shortly disposed of - - - "
Last instalment on John Street site, St.
Georges' Ward - ■ • " "
3 Instiilments on site in Phoebe Street, St.
Patrick's Ward - - " ;
2nd Instalment on site in Western part of
City - - ■ ' 1 *• a "t '
1st Instalment on site purchased m St. Law-
rence Ward - - - - '
iy59
7
6
1097
11
8
160
91
6
88
15
14-i
10
825
8864 9 'i
86
199
844
65
200
8
891 15 8
69 1 8
Paid Renps for the Year, viz. : — ^ , , ,
Board IJocmi, Western Auxiliary School, and
Secretarv's Office . - - - -
Paid for School Libraries, viz. : —
Education Departiueiit, for Books
1:2 Book Cases - - . . -
Paid for Permanent Additions, Imi-rovements, Ac., viz ;—
Balance due for 1856 - - - " - H'J ■
Planking School Yards in 1857, -
On account of School Bells, -
Whitewashing the Schools,
Planting Trees,
Paid Election Expenses, -
Paid Professional [legal] i
Services,
150
67 10
•
217 10
c, viz;—
- 3-. 9 4 3
- 173 10 8
50
37
6
645 14 11
24 17 9
_ _ «
- •• •
12 7 «
li
81
:,he City
I by the
',5 10 4
WOO
)0
30
56 10 4
361 9 'i
Paid Insurances fob the Year, viz ; —
On Louisa Street, Georg* Street, and Park
Street Schools e>icli £1750— £6360. - 43 16
On Victoria Street, Plioebe Street, and John
Stre«t Schools, collectively, X7350, - 49 17 6
Pair for Wood, Coal, «fcc., viz:
Balance, 1856,
Wood for 1867,
Coal, -
Sawing Wood, Ac, ....
Paid Prifitinf^, Advertising and Station^'ry, - - . .
Paid S(;hoi>l Furniture requisites. Ladders, <fec. ...
Paid repairs and requisites to doors, windows,
Ac., at all the Schools, - - - 67 13 3
Incidental repairs to John Street, Park, Western,
George and Louisa Street Schools, - - 15 8
1%
6
6
- 206
5
110
5
41
6
1
Paid for Gas for Evening School,
Stove pipes, Ac, - - . -
Work at various Schools, -
Miscellaneous, - . -
13
11
6
23
5
8
1
8
9
7
5
8
Paid redemption o< School Debentures falling due this year, and
III Interest on those issued — as per Chaniberluin's return,
By baliince nominally in hand to the credit of 1858, including
-ClODO Debentures, to be issued to defray the expenses of
certain permanent improvements, - - - - -
98 12 6
4-'}9
73
76
2
14
12
6
11
82 13 II
64 4 2
1711 17 2
Audited and approved in Committee,
this lith day of January, 1858.
2204 16 11
JE10455 10 4
Wm. McMASTER, Chairman,
Finance Commmittee.
Cn'tified,
891 15 8
Published by order of the Board,
G. A. BARBER,
Superintendent and Secretary.
J. G. BEARD,
Ch'drman, B. S. T.
I
217 10
645 14 11
24 17 9
12 7 6