EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS OF THE PUBLIC, HIGH, NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS OF CANADA-Concluded.

1369. The Public School expenditure in the Dominion and the several provinces per head of the population, the proportion the Government grant bears to the total revenue and the proportion that the grants of the several governments and the people's assessments respectively bear to the total expenditure are given in the following tables :

The proportion of the Government grant to total revenue of each province :

Proportion of total grant to public school education paid by Government and by assessment :—

1370. Taking the provinces mentioned the average expenditure per head of their population is, for 1888, $1.56, and for 1893, $1.90; showing an increase of 34 cents, equal to 21.00 per cent in five years, which is a larger increase than the increase in the population. By provinces it appears: 1st, that Ontario's expenditure in 1893 remains the same as in 1888; 2nd, that Quebec has increased her expenditure by six cents per head, but is still a long way behind the other provinces; 3rd, that of the Eastern Maritime provinces, two have increased their per head expenditure and one, Nova Scotia, has decreased hers, though still 14 cents per head in advance of New Brunswick and 5 cents in advance of Prince Edward Island, and that in comparison with Ontario the expenditure of the three Eastern provinces is 48 cents per head less; 4th, that British Columbia spends on public school education the same amount per head as Ontario, and consequently more than the Eastern provinces; 5th, that Manitoba appears to expend on education more than any of the other provinces, and has in

creased her expenditure over 76 per cent, her population having increased in the same period 50 per cent; 6th, that in four of the provinces the proportion which the Government grant towards education bears to the total revenue at the disposal of the Government is less and in two is greater, in 1893 than in 1888, and that in the Province of Prince Edward Island more than one-half the whole revenue of the Government is devoted to educational purposes; 7th, that the people's assessments have increased proportionately to the Government grant in Nova Scotia and Manitoba; have decreased in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and have remained the same in Ontario; that Ontario shows the people's assessment to be higher in proportion to the grant made by the Government than any of the other provinces, being closely followed by Quebec.

1371. In the Year-Book, 1889, a concise history was given of all the principal higher educational institutions in the country, which it is not considered necessary, at present, to repeat, but the following summary table has been revised and shows that the value of their buildings, endowments, &c., was upwards of $16,000,000, and that some 13,000 students were attending them. If the students attending these institutions, as well as those receiving tuition at a large number of private establishments, particulars of which cannot be obtained, are added to the pupils of the public, high and normal schools, it will be seen that the whole number of those undergoing instruction of some kind is considerably over one million, so that more than one-fifth of the population of Canada is at the present time receiving direct education.

Denominationally the higher educational institutions are as follows :

King's College, Windsor; Bishop's College, Lennoxville; Bishop's College School, University of Trinity College, Toronto; St. John's College, Winnipeg; Wycliffe College, Toronto; Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, are under the control of the Church of England.

The University of Ottawa; St. Michael's College, Toronto; Laval University, Quebec; St. Boniface College, Winnipeg, are under control of the Roman Catholic Church.

The University of Queen's College, Kingston; Knox College, Toronto; Presbyterian College, Montreal; Manitoba Presbyterian College, Winnipeg, and the Brantford Ladies' College, are under control of the Presbyterians.

The University of Mount Allison College; The Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal; The Wesleyan Methodist College, Winnipeg; The Whitby Ladies' College; The Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas; The Wesleyan Ladies' College, Hamilton, are under the control of the Methodists.

Acadia College University, Wolfville, N.S.; McMaster University, Toronto; Woodstock College, and Moulton Ladies' College, are under the control of the Baptists.

+Government expenditure.

The classical colleges in Quebec are a combination of school and college, attended by both boys and young men. They confer certain degrees, and are mostly affiliated with Laval University. It not being possible to separate them, the pupils in these colleges are counted twice over, viz.: in this table and in the one in the preceding paragraph.

§No returns.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

1372. The following statement shows the number of voters for members of the House of Commons on the lists prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Franchise Act of 1895 and amendments thereto. The lists of 1882 are added for purposes of comparison::

1874

340,900 +18,564

135

1885

+ 1,967

25

1877

*8,800

71

4,500

24

1859

4,000

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