(136) 
     
    
   
   
    
     CO 00’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Female, 4 45 0 
     
    

    
     Orphan School, I 40 0 
     
     In GeorgetoWn— 
     
    

    
     2nd class, 1 70 0 
     
    

    
     Female, 1 35 0 
     
    
   
   
    
     Total, 263 
     
    
   
   
    
     Schools supported at an annual cost to the public 
     
     funds of about £16,000; add to this the expense ofthe 
     
     higher institutions—the Prince of Wales College and 
     
     the Normal School—together with the expense con- 
     
     nected with the administration of the system, and the 
     
     total yearly amount paid out ofa general revenue of 
     
     £45,000, will closely approximate to £16,000. The 
     
     majority of teachers receive bestdes £10m £153. 
     
     year from the parents, in aid of, or as an equivalent 
     
     for their board; this gives £9500 in the shape of 
     
     additional salaries. It may be assumed that £500 
     
     at least are annually contributed to private schools 
     
     in and about Charlottetown; and it becomes certain 
     
     that a sum amounting to eighteen thousand pounds 
     
     was raised last year, from all sources, forthe support 
     
     of education, in a population of 80,000 in Prince 
     
     Edward Island. 
     
    

    
     The Emigrant is naturally desirous as to the edu- 
     
     cation ofhis children in the country of his adoption. 
     
     In Prince Edward Island nearly a third ofthe whole 
     
     revenue is expended upon this important branch of 
     
     social progression. But although Prince Edward 
     
     Island is favored in this respect, it will be important 
     
     to intending settlers to get all the books together 
     
     they can, to bring with them. There are few persons 
     
     who cannot obtain gifts of books from private 
     
     individuals at home, or grants from some ofthe many 
     
     Societies that flourish so extensively in the old 
     
     country. An enlightened brain is betterthan a strong 
     
     pair ot‘hands, and it will be found in Prince Edward 
     
     Island that there is work for both. A set of Cham- 
     
     ber’s Educational Works are a complete Library in 
     
     themselves, and happy would that settler be, who, 
     
     having a family to bring forward, had these applian- 
     
     ces of Education, and himself took a delight in their 
     
     investigation.