PRINCE ED\VARD ISLAND.

For a report of good conduct from a person out of school. . .2 or more.

FORFEITS.

For being absent without excuse or leaving without permission... .

..................... I Ticket.

For appearing in school with dirty face and hands or without books. .

..................... I Ticket. For behaving irreverently. during prayers .............. 2 Tickets.

For not having at least one verse of

repetition ............. I Ticket.

For disobeying Monitor’s orders... .................... $2 Tickets.

For being degraded from a higher to a lower class .............. 5 Tickets. For showing books or tickets shame- fully abused .......... I or more.

For a report of disgraceful conduct from persons out of school ...... .................... I or more.

Five small tickets are equal in value to one large and five large are equal to one ornamental ticket. When tickets are ex- changed the verse printed on them must be correctly repeated.

A General Inspection for books and a change of Monitors will be held once a quar- ter. Each Monitor on retiring from office, if well conducted and not absent twice dur- ing the quarter, shall receive ten tickets and as the Monitors are particularly chosen out to be examples of good behaviour to their

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classes for every fault committed by a Mon- itor the forfeit shall be double.

A public examination of the school will take place twice a year, and, as the premi- iums.will be given precisely according to the number each child can produce, the greatest exactness must be observed with respect to them. Should any bartering or selling of tickets be found out the scholars so doing forfeit all the tickets they have and also be-

come incapable of receiving any premiums at the examination.

Immoral conduct of any kind such as lying, stealing, swearing, Sabbath breaking or the like will be sharply reproved and if obstinacy of disposition be manifested it may be necessary for the sake of others publicly to expel the offender from the school. Chil— dren of every description are admissible pro- vided they are willing to conform to these rules.

Parents are requested to give every facil- ity to the punctual attendance of the chil- dren. They are also invited to be present at the half yearly examinations.

A yearly subscription of (2-6) two shil- lings and six pence will entitle any one to recommend a child for admission. The school will be held in the Church until our funds are suflicient to provide a room for the purpose.

This was the only free school (Note 3) and limited as were the educational advan- tages it furnished they meant much to many a child who would otherwise have received none whatever. It was founded under Mr.

NOTE THREE

The “National School" was established in mm by the government, but this was available only for the children of parents who could afford to pay for their education.