52 OUR ISLAND STORY much the greater part of the teachers' salaries was continued un¬ til the year 1852. A Board of Education, consisting of five mem¬ bers, was established in the year 1830. Provision was, in the same year, made for the extension of educational grants to the Acadian schools. That money might be provided for the main¬ tenance of public schools, the sale of glebe and school lands— reserved by the British Government when the Island was divided among the proprietors—was authorized and the proceeds of the sale were funded. At the opening of the Legislative session of 1829, Lieutenant Governor Ready referred to the material progress that had been made throughout the colony, pointed to the requirement of a "classical school/' and suggested the establishment of The Cen¬ tral Academy . This suggestion was not carried out until 1836. In the month of June of that year The was opened. Its first Principal was the Rev. Charles Lloyd . Mr. Alexander Brown was promoted from the Grammar School to be his assistant. Following Mr. Lloyd , the Rev. James Wad- dell, of Truro, Nova Scotia , was for several years, or until the end of September, 1843, the headmaster of The Academy . But the expectations of its promoters were not fully realized. In the session of 1843, the Act of the Legislature establishing it was amended. It was placed under the control of trustees, of whom the Chief Justice , the President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the House of Assembly, together with ten other gentlemen appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, were members. The trustees obtained in 1844 the services of Ed¬ ward Rupert Humphreys , of Magdalen College, Cambridge , as headmaster, and with him was associated Mr. James Porteous . Mr. John Kenny joined the staff of the Academy in the same year, and Mr. John Arbuckle in 1845. In August of the year 1847, Mr. Humphreys was succeeded by Mr. William Cundall , who held the position until the year 1856, when he resigned to become cash¬ ier of the Bank of Prince Edward Island. Mr. John Kenny suc¬ ceeded to the position, and was headmaster until the year 1860, when the was superseded by Prince of Wales College.