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Thiron County Council.
0.1 Wedtooday thm Ora Hoke of bud•
nest after routine was the prusoutatlou
of the r port 111 tho.Strikiso Committee,
which was adept ,8 wl,h •ut atnendmpnr.
The Committees for the y.or ore rte fol
lotus : -
Dxeontive-'yfessrs. Miluo, (ahairrnita)
Kay, Girvin, Kennedy, Sp:urliu', N.'i.
Yon ng, KsPhnrson, A40Ewan , Scott.
Pittance - tesera. ;tolifa,, (onLnn'mtn)
Prot -afoot, loorgaeon, Demo u, Malloy,
Wool', Brooltenshire, Beniovuise, Mu
LSau.
Equalieaten -'!essre. Holt, Conk, Cox,
AIU lmet111ttl, l mbtl,', us:Douala tyatn„n,
Lydd, Shepherd.
Road MINI Bridge -01 sera, Ratz,
(Marmon) Gralumn, Gibson, Torranou,
Oliver, Howe, Tomball, Taylor, Oruik•
shank.
.E.iuottio11-Messrs. Kerr, (chairman)
Mooney, \10JCay, Shiels, Cbalnbers,
Geiga", Stuart.
at, r
Oriondnt� Property 1l
- easra. S ile o
(Omit. eau)- Sp onhm•tn, 'h•erribr, A.
Youn', l:rratt, Beane, Damps.
Watt I's- stoics. Saudur8 KY
I
,
Eiihe•, Cris, Kilns,.
Special-ifesare. Holt, (elhairmal)
Cook, ftntli,ts, Girvin, 11,Ewan.
Moved by Mr. 1Mc1it• 'u on. seconded by
Mr. I'rondloot and aerried that \4, Y.
McLean and Cnnnty Clerk Lane be op.
perused on the Board of Criminal audit.
Moved by lir. 'Torrance. smelled by
1410. OteLelut that Jfaasra 1.ieini, of Stain
ley, and Clarkson, of Seaforth, be ap•
pointed o1 the Board of Examioer> Of
Sohool trustees for the °errant year.
The Warden appointed Robb A. Ono,
Mk, of Ashfield, us his auditor.
TICE CO. TREASUILEIt'9 ner01(0.
The report end financial statement of
the OouuSy Treasurer woe read and re.
ferred 5, the Finance Committee. The
report 81)0)00 that the receipts of the
year, less (lounSy rate, anlollllt to 53.005,
and the dtebutsemuuts to $27,8.11.57.
The minions ore mule tip of the foolo,v-
int items : -pedlars' licensee, $550 ;
auctiouners' licenses, $550 ; roglitry
Mlles, $922 ; interest, 01,185. The dis-
bursers -tante were as follows :-Adrnieie•
5013 011 of .Justice, $1,590 57 ; iugaesbs,
$89 40 ; jai aoOtlet E, $2, 41.26 ; jury
acunnnt, $2.970.87 ; Mont m•tnosomment,
$2,098.92 ; Iuand ul indigent, $1,830,
54 ; salaries, att.., 64.557 30 ; coo Ai no n•
ci• s, $208,22 ; stationery, etc„ 5286.07
or •ren wit. esse , $228.46 ; Collegiate In•
stitutes, $4,075.40; Court House stip.
plies, $8':3.55 ; Di,isine Court Jnr,
Feuds, $19.70; repairs, county buildings,
05110.51 ; roads and bridge•, 50,417.80.
Tho debenture lisle ftics of the 0 may
amount to 0280,700, end the tweets :n
meet these liabilities amount to 0172,155.
"Tho oonnty hes now invested fu ,Hort
gages, 0130,401.
COUNTY )IORTOA30a.
A motion by :Sr. Gook, seconded by
A1r. Howe to the eff 03 that olenee 10 If
the Exeuutive Goulmittee'5 report be
amended by authorizing the Exeautiv'
Commits, e of this Connell to inspect the
m .rtgages held by the Ouuuty Treasurer
and rep ,rt on the same to the Council,
w,4. 1005,
ZIIEA'CINr. TUM cnnnT DOUSE.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, L893
Road, G0.1p1'1011 to reship, be rebuilt of Dor11am, In reference to the Muth t5 in
cedar 3 soon an couvo,lienb ; that is rot•
0 Baal-, t•., II/0 Bay&tld bridge 'NI 'sure.
Ilttz, 'Curran. and Oox be a non uiatss
with thengineer to loodiew oleo() to
build 8 now bridge, and further that a
u••w h,•idge b hn3it of rtel'" ❑5 soon as
D01451815, In rafaretlee to the letter from
I.11ingtun ,b Palmer, barristers, Strat-
ford, asking for damaged on behalf of
John Carpenter for it wash-out on the
Lome slid 11nIiillop boilulary, it is
reuommeu.18 tett Ree isKay, Moll/Enroll
ie and Shephard be a oulmibbee to meet
n Pi ntlar committee fr in Perth to ad -
}nes a settlo.uuut 0 possible. Ili refer•
moue to the motion of Mr. MoE'vn't i' is
re„UI,luluu„da 14.010 bud meow.. 1501' e.tanllne
the bridge over the Zurich drain end re'
porn at the June me0011 4 ; also Mat the
eppropriatiou of 0300 fur bone:lacy linei
he tattle in eueorda,ue with Mr. Taylor's
moduli. In reference to the claims of
the towneh,p of Morris and other hems
ship for a percentage for bridge;, the
committee recommend that the matter
be referred
nto •t committer' .•f the mewl
imt 1 that the solicitor's optuiva be read
t, the non ell 5 • '-r'fnrenne to she mo
r uG f
�1•. ',umhdhuuk'efora a u
tie., of a 1 c, u
for ..r n tout b11a 5 ,
r
00 lit Lhd urna"iu I
gJ g
the eland of the ,3d Graham bridoa it ie
recommended that the lu0tiuu be granted
provitlin; all the parties interested give a
satiefae:try b mil to this council approved
of by the aonnty anlioito • to ex ma the
colony from any ttrtuar LIL°31ity of
either bonding, or maintaining any
bridge un iia plane and also to t xempt
the wenn}, from any claim for damages
if sunh should occur on said foot bridge.
2111. °ARROW'S.OPIN0ON.
The following. id. the opinion of Mr.
Garrow. rnnu'y solicitor, respecting
emotion 533 (a) of tau Oousolideted muni•
ripalf•y ant and referred to to the above
report:
Yon will nate, to hellin wills, that the
statute only apo les to bridges built after
A ril 7th, 1850, tad of 100 feet fn length
aid over Ili the once of bridges which
do came withal the shanks, there is of
°011050 tlr' furrier question whether the
general public fw interested or only the
township. The out Boerne to anticipate
that the township will be helped in a
bridge matter where mush bridge f ruts
part of the OOLIIOy tn0t'0ag 1flLre, but
where the bridge is purely looal in its
me the township will still hear the bur-
+, If l,h'+rr, is ,) +pate, there will be
al'bibratieo if the parties eau- not agree.
I til nk ,he st'Irnrs Hon tem plates relieving
a
townehip which hoe an metaled num
000 of bridteos to maintain, eepec(b'ly
whore (null Midges are required for more
than purely haul purposes. It is true
this rneaning i0 soot expressed distinctly
in the act, bat I eau Imagine no other
meaning mod I eon not conceive of any
int -lido on 1133!:” the minty liable ox
rrpt for something of a county nature,
for i11stuuu, where leading 100118 through
the colnty, wed ' v verone to go from
nue point iu the comity to ano'ber, cross
rivers, it '"nu''i s.orn fair 111'4 toe oho e
county should boil.i the bridge, but
where the Midge iv oily of loot use the
reverse wonlrl be the case. But there is
the right to have the matter referred to
arbitration iu mosey °ase.
n0e01011 1113'105101'5 51110110.
Moved by Mr. Prou'Ifaof, 50notele(4 by
Mr.. McDonald and carried that tit, 00.
Property Committee °mteider the ad•
useability of fudopti i5 some other system
for heating the Court House and report
to the Ooun013.
PUBLIC) S01100D INSPECTORS' REPORT.
The "ahool Ins 8et01•e pteseuted leng•
Shy reports. The infor,natiou, ibowe.er,
was lnaiuly n rupoti'iou of fora r re.
porta. W,.publisl, extracts froom I9ast
I1ur0 1 report tuts tveeit,
COUNTY COM0IIeS0ONEI'S REPORT.
Mr. Anoley, Comity D' ugineer, reported
having ereet5 3 five urldges in 'he aonnty
during the year, and two oil 0110 u may
buunderies, viz : one over the Aux Saublo
river between the townships of Stephen
over a branch
' and one 0 c Illlyra
and dIG
Y,
of the Maitland netween the tnvunla s
P
of Grey and Lima. Thele aro all good,
subotautial 051100 bridges. The wing
halls at the South•Went end of the Kai,
land bridge hove been extended ; a wing
wall ab the.lilgmoodlille bridge has also
been emoted. The County bridges alld
.approaches are in very good repair et the
prevent time. The bridges on the Lake
Shore road between Goderiah and Bay•
field have been examined and 110115 were
fun id to be 20 feet clear between the a-
b•,tmeu6s, except Much whish ars already
maintained by the minty. Improve•
mutts to the amount of $0,000 were
made since Juan He examined the
bodge I at Greed B tad, ,mid finds
that 15 spans the Ans Bauble river
011 the boundary liue between Chiron and
Latnbtou. It is a wooden bridge and the
timbers are very much 1iet yed and it
81mu.d be rebuilt as anon as possible.
The bridge ie of ono oloar span of 130 ft.
between the abutments. The abutnents
are 05 acme and with a little addition
ormolu be ..citable for an non or steel
sup.:rstruoture,and he reouuuneuds that
an iron bridge be constructed, provided
the county of Lalnuot will be agreeable
to pay half the expense. Hall's bridge
on the Lake Short road in Goderieh
township, ellould bo rebuilt early this
season. A 05d5r bridge on piles would
be suitable. Beyfiold bridge 011001d bo
rebuilt this coming Sommer. The old
briigo 5lhonld be ieod mi it the new one
is constructed, 135 it would be a diffiottlt
place to make a deviation road, and the
now bridge should be emoted at Some
other point wears it might be a0u8ldet.
.ably shorter and a000mmodate the traffic
a5 well.
A number of accounts and other un-
important documents wino road and to.
ferred to thele respective Committees
and the Counofl adjourned until Thum,
day at 10 o'oleek.
11030 AND 11150011 008105190115 REPORT,
The Road and Bridge committee re-
ported recommending slat the bridge at
•Grand Bend, on the boundary betWeen
Heron and Lambton, be rebuilt of (sedan
providing Lambton pays one-half the
•post ; that ball's bridge, ea the Lake
the nn,nber of County Committer'', 135 310
Alun is prop.emd, it 14 recmnm•,,'le1 that
no ammo be t l;eo. In t'af2Ce...32 to til•'
r5snlutioo frotn Ole 000uty Cuunail 0t
1`llgiu ae to malting It compulsory for
railwlv,l tinder Dominion jurieliction t,
make provieiou for culverts or natural
wooer Rothe S, we w0113(1 remit 01 •lid Hutt
this Oauu0il co operate with the County
Comloil or Plgtn, and that the WLrdeu
131111 Clerk petition the Damiulon Govern
moot to make south p•ovielon as to out.
05131 or hntur.tl seater u.,ure0+, and tit
forward the sante to the 01.•rk of the
County of Elgin. In reference to the
r solution pissed by the Comic) Cao 'nil
ui 00301'10 000110 3,, 135 40 4115 a51510Ltlimelt
of it referee for the trial of aobtoue for
damages against municipalities for non.
repair of highways, the oommitt o re-
commend that this 1onnail ei operate
.vita 5110 County Council of Ontario, and
n say them that the are entirely 111
a000rd with the reaolu,ion and the pro
poked petition to the Legislature; but
all asses where
ld
in w U recommend that '1
the denvtee9 chitin rI do nob exceed the
..'tit of '200, the r..f",rse should be the
County Court Judge 0t the county 13110(5
1115
r 1
uta the C 5
k mud 0
Iltmtl" l41',5etl
copy Of thorn mmendation to the Clerk
of the county of Ontario, In reference
i
t., the uomumuicati°n from toe Domini-
on Alliance,'taking this 0100031 to petit•
tion the Local '10' °rhinent to submit the
question of p ohibition to a vote of the
psopte of Ontario, itis recommended that
tllld 000,1031 petition the Government to
submit the question, and that the same
be forwarded to the Secretary of the
Dominion Alliance, With regard t0 the
cil'ou'ar from the Clerk or the co luty of
Grey in reference to Seo, ion 588 (e) of the
c0osnlidaerl rnoii oipal act of 1882, refer'
ring t0 a percentage of the maintenance
of b idel5s in the municipalities to be paid
by the county, end asking the same to be
repealed, it is recommended that this
council join with the county council of
Grey fur the purpose of having the said
Sootion repealed, and that Iteury Lilber,
Deputy•Reev5 of Stephen, be appointed
0 delegate of tbi• 0uunuil to form one of
a depntstiou to interview the Provincial
Government and the municipal com
mime at the ap ,reaching session of the
Ou a•io Logielittare, and that a copy of
51115 r.solution be B,rwarded to the Clerk
of the county of Grey. The committe.'
hos examined the vote given recently in
this comity in reference to the House of
Indnetry. 'We find that the von teas
asmewhat small, that from some of the
townships mud the villages there is no
roturu, but that so far as returns have
been m 1015 the m'tjo0ity in favo+ of build.
ing IL Bolsa of Iuduatry was 792.
Wm. 1)•mson,'aiwler, reported as fol.
lows : 'There aro c•nain5(4 fn the gaol at
present fonrt.0u p0rs0(30, thirteen males
and ane female. The f.+male, Mary'Plc.
Gregor, is a.•m,leittad for v 5013103' for a
term of throe inn Also She comes from
Niagara., and is 75 year's of age, Of the
nnelee one Is insane and is awaiting re•
move, to the t1nylnnn ; one 0..uitiug trial
for pel'jnry ; one for embezzlement, one
confined fur warns of sureties and one
rimier mimeo l••o fol' ',sealllb, the remain-
ing .1110 are teal vaatte59 115 fallow.
'Vin. 1\1011wain, 01witk; 10110 Fad,
.tratford ; .lobe Huuly, Hamilton ; Johu
Morrison, Goderiab Hugh McPherson,
Winghanl ; Ja gee 9'inllregor, Niagara, ;
J • in Durnnm, God rich ; .lane Wel
lane, Btyth. All these are under seuteuue
for term., varyine from two 'oats mouths,
and their age. rante fromm 17
to
78 years. s.
Five are totally unfit entaly of Ph si.
°ally to eau their own living. The
remainder of the report was taken uu
with detailing bbe insanitary aouddtion of
the gaol and surrounding premises, and
urging that in view of, the threatened
epidemio of cholera next Samin5', steps
be taken to have the draiunge, ckc., im-
proved.
00. PROPERTY COMMITTEE RET0130.
The County Property Committee re-
ooulnend5d snudly improvements and
repairs in the gaol and coact 313)030, also
that the clerk be inata'uOted to advertise
in the three Isotding newspnp n'a re Toron•
to for tender for heating the coati house,
the 9y8501 to to either hotafr, hot seam.,
0teanl or electl'10ity.
E00UATL'11 COMMITTEE 13108011T.
The Edtteatiol committee reported 135
follow"' :-In reference to the petition of
the ru bepayo 1 of Union tlubool Section
No. 5, Ifullett township, and colter
5eatious, for the appOintttletlb of ;chit'.
toes, by th,s 000,10 1, your committee beg
leave to ropert Sett no edition be taken as
the neuessitry legal steps were not fol-
lowed by pe'itioners. We refer that the
communication from Seaforth Collegiate
Instituto, relative to appreciation of
woody grant, be referred to the executive
committee, also thin the School Immo.
toe's reports be printed in the minutes
and 500 copies printed fit pamplilnb form
for distribution.
SPECIALCI0MM1TTFIE IMPORT.
Tho Special oommibtes reported as
follows ;-Ili regard to the oir0alar from
the County Oonuoil of Wentworth as to
market fens, the contutit5oe advise that
no action bo taken. In 1:ettrenoe to the
applioatinn of W. W. Cooper, J. Bnoban-
anand James Aitltonson for nnpoint-
mont as County students at the Agrioal'
sural College, Guelph :--Tile application
of W. W. Cooper is recommended, pre.
vide( 050358 0, Connor, who was mono.
Mended by this oounoll at its Jae -tory
meeting of 1802, dogs not take advantage
of his appointment. In reference to the
oiraular from the County Clerk of the
united oountios of Northumberland and
EXECUTIVE COMMITT•EE'S REPORT.
Tho Executive Committee reported re.
commending as nollow1 :-That the usual
grant of 510 be made to the Prisoner"
Aid Association ; that the tender of Mr.
McGillicuddy, of the Goderieb. Sig.al,
for the County printing be accepted ;
that Due 3016111 e1 "000 be 1Ot 111ar1e to the
township agricultural aooiotiee; that the
nowt wait of 1:25 he made to Ste Ears
and West Huron Ts•,ohere' Sesooiatinns ;
that the salary of 111' Clerk be not in•
moaned to 5800 oto asked for by tale mo•
tion of Moser.. Prm ifnet mord Taylor ;
Eliot uo 1305101 00 Salton 0l+ the 10051011 of
Messrs. Prondfnot and Rollins to pro -
0000 plans for m proposed Hones of
50051150.
CUSP be instructed to haven the interest.
on all mortgages, One year and over in
aroe"re, ;too ' re,i t4 ono•' and if parties
00g100t t.t.entl, plate in hands of soli•
01.00. Cart'ird.
Hot: and BotL5om that a grant of $1,
00 ba marl. Por flowers aroma Court
House, expanded by.direetion of Ole k.
Carried,
59oE,van and Turnbull that the Do-
minion Gove umeu be asked to aloe, lie
to apply the Scott Aot Fund to ploy our
dobeuturs debt, 511e money in Treaaurm•'u
hands reoultiug from Scott Ant lines.
Carried ,
Kerr and Watson that Domiulon Gov•
(• ,anent ' r• 5ekal to gbh this 011 not(.
trot of Sooty ti55 11115110 110,11,5 Ul !Leas
0rer 1133,1 if they will not give full oou-
tr,d to ae,.e•Saiu for what purpose they
tvi11 55311115 us to use it, Lost oil a di.
v1e10ll.
Torrance end Kay that the 'warden
attend the Clerk's hilus on lot Wtdute-
day in each mouth for the purpose of
signing adore and t.lutt the Warden sign
110 ordure in blank, Carried.
romance and 51c11ur0h1e that in the
event of a font bridge kap. ••n1h, en
site of old Unshorn
bridge thatt thie Co.
rry and the
.3 � ttttbe.
h0u n lit 1
itch Gbh
interested patties. Carried.
Sanders oat Taylor Slab motion No,
t bridge be re.
Julie re roe
108 r last o
sanded. Carried.
Tlvlor and Turnbull that obtuse 1 of
let report, of Road and Bridge Corn•
mates be amended by leaving It an open
question, that 18, the Ward, a and hie
committee with engineer to meet with
the engiueer or any 00(1111150 the Co. of
Lambt•'u may appoint, and decide
whether the bridge at Grand 138114 shall
be built of wood or iron 0130ried.
'I'orrenoe and hate teat the chtfm of
Morrie be deferred till the June meeting
and that 111 the meantime a committee
of the Wooden, tiesers. Milne, Eilbsr and
ltuISIu•ohie be appointed to eousider the
whole mutter of the claims of Grey,
Morrie, Turubsrry, E. Wawaiosh and
au„ other mu duipali1350 towing cluima
and report at the June 1.essi01. Carried.
Pruudfoot and Gibson (hat to the
evetlt of .\lorris foram arbitration on
the Co. before Juue meetil„ than Judge
Toms ue arbitrator. Carried,
Torrouce and Silber that the Warden
and Olarlt petition the Local Legiola-
tore to so au8od the Municipal Aot,
Via. 5.5, oh. 42, sea. 520, so that each
loco, Inunieip.11ibv 8hai1 enppo'•t 05115,
destitute persons as cannot be admitted
to IL proemial etymon. Referred to
Special Committee next Juno.
MaEteau and Geiger that its view of
the ;uoreasing number of Co. wards
,ming on the Co. it is 05(315sary to look
into the maker, we would the efore move
that Dr. l'fuDermot(,of Hen+all, be in•
05110(ed to visit 5 ch Co. ward fwd ex
amine the same a 1d report at the .lone
meeting whether a not enols is a000 d-
ing to statute, 'Referred to Exeoutivo
Committee next J111he.
Ooumot' than adjam•ned till the 1st
Tuesday in Jury.
INa0EC'llOR 1tODE'S REPORT.
REPORT OF FIN.\NCE COMMITTEE.
The Oft eoloo Committee reported re.
eommendiug,' the a0u0ptance of the fol.
lowing 003111y \yard+, •he east of keep.
lug to be as stated :-14larp;aret 1foLean,
Ashfield, a.;erl 65 years, 080 per year :
John S. Wilton, G d *rich 'Town, aged 87
y ars, 2,101 ..1Lrgaret b'let'her, %Virg--
hm
a, aged 83 years, $'30 ; Wm, Duncan,
1'urnberry,aged '73 years, $100Jean.ache Brindley, Coldborne, 60.1 078 yearn,
580 ; Wm. Dunn. Gudorioh: aged 80
yoare, $100 ; Woo. Collins, C„idorloh
Township, aged 90 years, $75 ; Jane
Knight, Goderiah, aged 04 years, 090 ;
Sarah Lae Bruese
s aged 70
years,
are, $
50.
Afton recommending the payment o
sundry Bement”' the Committee reaom•
mended that in fu•ure no ordinary cur-
rent a000nu(5 be paid by county officiate
without being first sent to the oounty for
direeti0'15 moms Lu000unta for contracts
and for very trifling amoutte, or fu' pay-
ment of some purehaOe previously order•
ed by the Counail and County Commis•
cooper's orders; also, 11105 all officials
who, under the Statute, have to be sup.
plied with obnbienery or printing by the
County, velure 0001 stationery and
work only by order of and through the
Outlay Clerk, old that thio Counoil in
future ram to pay all a00out1b0 for sup
plies of stationery, &a., not pr"OGred by
31110 11181511+ ; that the Sleek peep 855110 o to
accounts of amounts and poet of maker.
i •ls enpplied to the minus Milner., stud
report 111 detail at "tuck 555)10e of the
Coupon ; also that all accounts const be
presented to the 0000,1' th' first dsy or
each aosaion. Tito Committee reported
The annual finan0i •1 05150 natio of. the
County Treaverer c:o fired full, carefully
and particularly prepared, and roaam-
lnrud that the various stattomeote be
printed in the minitee, or that the
Auditors' Report bo printed in detail.
Sanders atel McPherson that the
wade 'the Lxoovtive Colnmibtol' be
added to oleos° 10 after the word which
in 8rd lion in said °louse of report of
1802. Oa rigid,
Beason and Holt that the Clerk pro.
Dore the s5attstes for, meta Reeve and
Deputy RoMin, the, Carried.
Mr, Groan addressed Connell relative
to foot bridge near Wingham.
Hopers of Exeoutivo Committee Was
read. Ei11i o and Beacom that 0101150 4
of the report be amended by granting
$800 to the Societies mentioned, Car-
ried, Repot was then adopted.
Report of Ednoatfonal Committee leas
read and adopted.
Prottdfaob and Woods that the Special
(lolnmltti.' bemire lute the result of the
vote on the Home of Refuge and report
to this Co. (carried,
Report of 00.Property Committee wag
road and ado !ted.
Kay and ItI tlnrohio that the Trees.
CLA:11I1r10.1T1•'N 11F PUPILS AND erreuIE5.
There are 1,400 fn the first part of the
lire( book ; 1, '39 In p et Inwood 1 1 1,421
in the sen.,oa bo..k ; 1,907 in the third
book ; 0,017 in tale fourth bund ani 396
in the filth bunk. 3,5.41 study meek ;
1,799 tempest tie add 11y.'i.•,i ; .311'e
buulaltospiug and 406 agriOuiture. ,111
tb080 in the fifth ulnen have passel the
entrance extetin•,timl into the High
Sohoo(, 3)011)3301 00(0015(4 to the Pubiio
Sol)Oot. In heady 00503 otos they are
better at the Pilate (0bnol for ole year
after posltug the Barmen that go at
Omtlec to i1 Hist ricin 01.
Some teachers told (0130055 obleeb t0
the lrlftli 0153111 110 iIhl;, On°.
55 545 pupils norne properly prepared tt
fifth close 1111151 be t.,uuhi
21p to 1891 the vubjsala of temperance
and agriculture Vers bonne snhjsots at
the entreat" 8xamtuatiou. En 1891 they
were made optional snhjeml5 that is a
pupil need not take the onhjsot, but if he
does he must take nue third and oue•half
of the marls ao in tun oompuleory eub-
joute.
'!inure are both 18 rural Moots in which
IL-10 I • 11111 11'' f1111oia 03L,b; ..e.1 .1. •
live pet' 5en'. of the tessellates tiro quite
i WIG as
+tm)t to 4eauh mucin 11118 8
cul t ,
p
it should be.
Next year I hope all 550031ers will
L lel • at it.
ott u .til Home I
make an a1f t r^
t
.ttugi115 is an excellent safety valve to let
off surplus noise, and a pleesont 1 35000up
tion to the met routine of the seh•.ol.
'There are 392 mile Rind vine bnnk-
keeping. I know of no subjoot more use -
fel or suit,Lble fur the ordivary "whiter
pupi," thou buok•keepino ; the keeping
of farm ❑OCOntrt5, store accounts and a
mechanic's books.
Cumpa•10011.4 the number or pupils
of school age and ourol,ed for the past
three years.
• 1800 I 1 891 1802
m to eqi .0'y m
, e d 103 d
Zia x gen10 Irb
— -TOMOS MB 8E00 6280,7806 5881 10981
Vilinge3 ..... 503 778 030 770 ' 700
Towns. 2808 1847 2068 1798 2140
The following is a synopsis of the r5•
Port of Inspector Robb on Sleetnte of the
Monis in East Enron, submitted to the
Ominty Onnnoil.
1C11,OL nouns AND 01:009118.
There are 09 school oorp1ratious in this
ins5setorae and 88 school houses.
These aro alms rii •s follows :-Brink,
28 ; stone, 3 ; frame, 511 ; aid one log.
The estimated value of the school houses
and grainds is $103.270 ; of fareiture
and equipment, 01.3,095.
During the year 8911 trues were planted.
A very beat briok sshnol boo a was built
in school a505ien No. 18, Howlett, coetiug
5510.
Daring the present year now briok
school homes will be built in 80ltool sec
tions No. 5, Mowielt, and No. 8, Morris.
During the past two 71510re I have made
a epeeist shoo t to have every school sup
plied with ohs neol05a•y maps, a globe
and an unabridged diotionary. I an
more than phased with 0171 success.
Every school in this division n 19 enta
,lobe except No
lIt •od"whore
, witht, l
plied w
g
6, Mullett. ; No's 8, 4, 8, 9, 16 and 18,
Howiok ; No's 3 and 11,urIl tune will
Noof 9, Tuoksrsmith. G
have globes next year. One Board of
Trustees, how, ver, from oonsoientious
motives, refuee8 to got one.
Many of the schools have unabridged
rliotiouaries.
STATISTI05 OF ATTENDANCE.
There were 8,240 pupi a enrolled in the
echoes of this division during 1802, Of
these 4,240 were boys trod 8,007 girls.
580 attended less than twenty days dor•
ing the year ; 908 between 20 and 50
dope ; 1,018 between 55 end 100 days ;
1,055 between 181 and 100 days ; 2,049
betno•u 151 and 200 Bary• ; 305 between
201 days and the whole year. 179 chid•
rel between the ages or 8 and 11 did n t
attend any school. These fly 3005 sbon'd
keep us from too 010th pride as to the
superiority of our 5ahne! eyst'm. It
mn 5 nob be forgotten, however, that the
lletvoplOpsr 1s 110w a great educator and
that homy children who are unable to at-
tend soh ,01. aro reolly self•ednesti,
themselves by meals of the family news.
pater I also one of the uses of lessons
asegned for home work is that many a
boy reviews and ino50as55 his own knowl-
edge while a0+ie0u, a 1(300 asister iu
preparing lessons for anther
next day's echoed.
TIES 00.11E1700 ACT,
By oomparing the percentages of et-
teldano5 fat the years 1801 and 1892 it
will he seen that the Treeing Aot passed
in 1801 has hall no appreoilble Wont in
reAsiug the avenge attendenoo of pupile.
The Munioipal 0on1Oils of Wfnaitam,
Seaforth, Clinton, Brussels and Blyth
&pp -tinted trnau8 oilitlore, In these
places I believe/that the Any has done
lined servitor The average attendance
Of Blyth has been raised 7 per lent. and
;los. elle 12 per cent Lll.r,0 W;15 a groat
dual of ainknoss emmi' the children of
Winghatl, Seafor5h and Clinton during
1892. A8 it wag, however, the attendance
of Seafortlh has been raked ono per cont.
and Wingham five per Dent.
A
1708
leo
1798
Total '11314 0010 41007 8008 "0180 0050
The 01101 008 in the first of each seblof
o
tattoos urn ontained from 1310 Assessors,
through the 1lueicipul Clerks. I do trot
think month reliance can be placed on
their economy,
'l'he numbers in the second columns
are mule up from the school registers
a114 are quite accurate.
There ods been to decrease of over 300
each year in the number enrolled the
preoediug year.
TEACIIR105' CERTIFICATES.
There were 123 teach,•rs in (hie division.
There was one first class ; 02, second
ulaaa ; awl 59 third class teachers.
Thera was oleo one eountr first class
oertlfictLte. Teens were neither permits
uor t-mparory certifioat's in this divi-
sion. 'Phu m'joriay of the teachers; w -re
Normal trained, 02 having attended the
Normal snook. Thera were 65 males
and e8 female teaohers in 1892.
31'7+1'100 SALARY.
The average soLtly or the male teach
ere in the too.nehips is 0873 ; in the vii•
lagos $550 and iu the (uwne 5759 The
Leverage salary of the remote teaohsrs for
townships is 5276 ; for villages' $279, and
fur towns 5208. "luring the past three
years t 1000 has been a otealy decline in
the so arise of male teachers and a slight
iLloreilae in the salaries of female teach.
ors. Whether it be for weal or woe, fe•
male leathers ars slowly but surely die
plowing main teachers, If they do tool's
work ae wall as men, they should receive
man's pay.
ENTRANCE .1Nn 8110Lt0 0001009 LE.\wlN0
EXAMINATION.
nitration. T. 9.Leaving.
C It u Eno
Soatortb
Wiu,ham
Be 0185515
Wro9u500'
905 01
Wrote
O9
87
611
37
24
318
Passed Wrote Wasson
-• 772-1---0
58
4 0 0
00
80
17 11
n5
0 0
. II
18
0 0
3-fi 30 I is
W. H KERR, Prop,
co'lduating 1110 work of tlhe 8uhuol.
Those Mute were 111nally well reeeiVed
and 1 have sou remelt 4o believe were
of 5leat neo t0 the teacher.
Of the 123 loathers to this divisiox,
510 did good wutx duriug the year, Sumo
of them r seel'enl work. 1'0••00 131') tall -
(nee, of these, two will do well in their
mixt "Mould and two will never make
teacher-. I may add that none of these
are teaching in this divielou a! present.
In my report of 1801 I (05ulfun5l the
want of puucbuality en the part of t few
1011011(•8. Tnis bad almost wholly die.
pp'ared.
TIEACII111t8' INSTITUTES.
A vary 30005: aro' T cusre' 1 ui,tute
was held at Soaforth on May 2nd and
8rd. There were 67 teachers reported as
31001ng attended. These institutes are,
of great ee0vi08 in bringing tbs teaci'ere
togatber,1 in discussing new meth ole of
teaching and in arousing the mallard Ism
of the teacher in his work. The next
Institute will be held at \Vinuham on the
2114 and 001 of store ,.
It will he ane ta:tsd by Wm. Housron,
the mow'v upp�-101011 direotoraf THsouers'
l,t.tl11te8.
111,12.1 -ehool beeves were to a
tton1 these
t , t aimsand
t p sand thus pea hit he
n 5. m;
ends of these are for the ilnpreve.aant of
the Motile and not for bite peramu i ado
vitae,. 0 of the teachers, they would not
grudge the two days yearly which these
institutes tante from she actual number
of 'earning days.
On:ICL051ON.
I am well satisfied with the results
of the work of the year. Nearly all the
school houses are now in good repair and
well a pitied with mope and glome, I
hopelto be age 30 a few year. to report
that every oohoo hos its clock and 5011001
hall as well as a wood•sbed and bio
necessary ortbnildiegs
The greater number of the teachers did
th,ir beer, dada; the year and I are
satisfied that there is nn °then 3nepec-
torat0 containing the same 'number of
teachers that has 13.1 many taithful and
enthuolasbic teachers as Bost Huron.
Many pt pits from Howiok write on the
Entrance Examiuslion in t110 county of
Wellington. The great attraction being
it gold and two silver medals granted
every year to those who take the three
planes ab this examination. For many
years candidates frotn Ilowiok have
secured two or throe of those medals.
Last year Howlett secured three. This
year two pupils from S. B. No. 17, How -
ick, obtained -ons, the gold modal, and
the other, the first silver medal. Wm.
Mahood won the gold- medsl and !Tilton
Cotter the silver medal. This school
was badly run down when Kr. Walters
took ohargo of it. Now it is doing well
and has taken (ho rank it should have
held tinder gond man5;;2lnent.
PIROMOTION EEXAMINA'TIONS.
D001110 the year two promotion exam•
ioabiens wer0 held, Ole in AMttroh and ono
in October.
Your inspectors prepared no "Course of
Study" for these examinations and seat
a copy to every Pubiio school teaohee in
11e oo onty. This pamphlet woo found
so useful that many of our teachers when
they go to teaoh 11 to oounty when there
is no suck guide send for one.
'MODEL 501001, 1XA2tINATr01.35,
TORSO'S' G PAIltOfLal'li34.
Miss Addis Vsnstole has been visiting
at Seaforih.
A. Bruce, of Bluevele, was in town
on Thursday
John Thorel is home from 3ao,forth
on the stole list.
\Vm. D owootog is home on a vi it with
relati"oa in town.
Waller 500400s cepnt to Mitchell last
week to fill a situation. -
Wnh. Blasllill ate been off duty this
tveeit owing to a sink spell.
Miss Ks to Dutton is amending a Olntlt11
with filen la t , \Vo odotoce.
Kra. Jo1.1 Da.ta,t, of Stratford, is
visiting at CI. A D:alrnan'e.
Mrs. Graham find Miss MoC tnnell
were )191 inf., in 130115110311 'est week.
DINSS Couper, of Clinton, io in town
tatting uhmig5 Uf i\Iiae Gout I's store.
Miss Forsyth 311 AIias Dolly Ferga-
son, of Chieneo, are vieiting in town.
4Vu1. Norton n1,1 wire, of Li+towel,
were in Brussels for a few d.Lys last
week.
111rs. Harris, o' Rnth3ay, left for her
home is 1 11,111 13 :sting her little ;;rand•
dlaughter with her,
vire 3. L•,pplr.l ani 57n, of Toronto,
aro visiting at Wolter Jackson's.
Mite Aggie lienderaon, of Se.Lr,rbh,
was visiting re''ttv•e 1.1 5,' t lest week.
'1'. Fletcher and wiP, spent a few days
in Ln0knoly visiting relatives and f -lends.
9lre. Poppet', of Ilvdnilton, is visiting
at her 8011`8 in B'r',•,'a. Sue brought
Stanley Pepper hast with her.
Wm. Smith Mui Atte Nobel "Wended
the f,1.1'0111 of sh,30 ,Bier, 1103. alulgay,
in Toronto, on Tnorlay •5 this week.
Copt. Dodd u t t .vire, or the So'v a ion
Armv, hove bion rationed et Listowel
and are now hard tut work in that town.
Kra. Leslie 0' .1-3.110 h oo 4 011 to
Durham 5, join h •r h ieband w.10 34 in
charge of the elsotric light pbtnt in that
town.
1 n ❑ Bl vale attd Mrs.
.Irs. AIrOr cite of Blue
vale,
l ,� ofLondon,dwere
old Kiss fie h e lv
visiting at Paetma ater Farrow
's this
week.
0.B. Turnbull, who has been on the
Stratford Beacon staff for some time, is
home on a abort visit before taking a
situation in (4nelph.
Robs. Graham has been ooaflned to
hie nom for a portinu of this week, We
hope his Illness is only temporary and
that 11e will soon be able to re801n8 work.
Mary, eldest 1113ighter of Richard
Williams, has hem quote ill during this
woslt. A 5uoc0.5ful ••pera0ion was per•
formed on her on W+..Inesday, Wo hope
to hear of her ro.ei. 01011011 to 1110 usual
good hsnllh.
Urs. D. A. Sma', formerly of 'Brus.
eels, lute boon unitol fa marriage to a
Mr. Bell, and they are now residing fa
Chicago. Her old friends In this 10Otlity
wish her maty years of happinnne in this
now relation.
The Clinton Rom -wet in referring to the
At Home of the Sons of Scotland oat's:
°Chief Dr. Shaw ueoupied Ih, chair i1 a •
very aoaeptable in'tuner and in hie able
exposition of Burne demonstrated that
he (the doobur) was a worthy Soo 5011•
man."
There tem 27 tc ashen in trebling 0t -
tending the Model Sohool at Clinton
daring the last Half Of 1802, and 19 at
Gods•iob.
At the final examination in Dewonber
all passed lint one. Both Model schools
are doing eXeell0nt work for the county.
I038e11501013,
Dnriug the year I have visited every
Wheel ni this divisiot, twine, 01150 fn
each 111012 year. Dnrieg 5•y Visit I not
only saw the teacher but also tested the
program; of the pupils. At the close of
my visit 2 offered ea011 eoggestione to the
teaolaer as I thought would be useful in
The United States mato bas passed
the anti.option bill by a vote of 40 to
29.
The funeral of the late James G.
Blaine, at Washington, was a most im-
posing one, not withstanding the requests
fa, ptiveey and siutplioity.
Mrs. Win. J. 'Q'lerlereen, of Rooleav551,
was discovered Monday hangl,g by the
nook t0 the bedpost in hot room. She
lead seated 115100lf in a rooking chair,
and tipping book had ohoked herself to
death. Deceased had berm an invalid
for two years,
Saone Alexander was arrested on Tao.
tory 25th, at Buffalo, and, behhq in eu
313011518 ooniht,ou, was sonteuood to 30
days 133 a Vlo stilt. Ho was rem000d to
the Genera hospital, whets ho died
Tuesday. Poul play Is su5peotod, and.
an investigation into the mouse Of his
stapor has been ordered.