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selling liquor $200 per annum ; Peddlers pay $10 yearly on foot, and 520 with horse.

Companies and Associations doing business in the Province pay from $50 to $1,000 yearly.

Throughout the country, persons between the age of 21 and 60 years pay an annual road tax of $1.00, with 25 cents for each horse over three years of age.

The Educational System

Prince Edward Island's excellent educational system is the result of hard labor and of great sacrifices on the part of our forefathers. The good work begun long ago has been continued, and to-day the fine schools and numerous school- houses all over the country testify to the toils of the early days.

The school system which is free, is under the control of a Board composed of the Chief Superintendent of Education, the Principal of the Prince of Wales College and Normal School, and the members of the Executive Council. There are three Inspectors, one for each County, and also an Inspector of French Schools. The Island is divided into school districts, and in each of these there are elected annually by the ratepayers, three trustees who serve for a term of three years, one retiring every year. Schools are supported partly by government grants and partly by district assessments. The school age is between the years of 5 and 16 and attendance between 8 and 13 is compulsory, but it has never been enforced. Schools are divided into three classes, primary, advanced and high. In the country districts, the school-houses are rarely more than thrcevmilcs apart, and in the majority of cases, there is but one teacher for each. There are, however, a number of graded

schools. Prior to 1852, when the Free School system was intro‘

duced, the schools were mainly supported by voluntary [48]