on the west side of the southwest branch of the Dunk River, which divides the two communities; the latter settlement was designated School Uistrict No. 10?, Middleton. (6) The Irish clipped the pronunciation to Sou' West. This name continued to be used by some residents of Kinkora as recently as 1980, when this writer found a resident who said the name was still

used to include both Kinkora and Middleton.

Other provisions of the school act are of interest and relevance for understanding the period, (7) Education on P.E.I. was made free for all children over the age of five.

To pay for this service land owners were taxed one-half penny per acre or four shillings and two pence for every two hundred acres, whether the land was arable or still wilderness. Teach— ers were required to be certified by the Board of Education; they were of two classes: the first or lowest classed were competent to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, book—keeping, and geography without the aid of globes; they were paid a salary of forty-five pounds per year. The second or highest classed were expected to be competent in the fore— going subjects and to teach in addition, algebra, geometry, trignometry, mensuration, land surveying, navigation and geography with the aid of globes; they were paid a yearly salary of fifty pounds. Female teachers were a rarity; they were allowed to teach other females and boys under the age of twelve; their salary was thirty pounds per year. The school year had three vacations: one week in June, one week in October and the period from December 24 to Januaryé; every

second Saturday was also a holiday. Finally, a school