he held a first (highest) class teaching license, and received an annual salary of 3196; his assistant, Thomas Murphy, held a third class license, and received an annual salary of $115. Teachers' salaries were paid by the govern— ment, but school districts also provided an additional

supplement,(ahd freecmoardaandClbdginge (2&)H)¢fiv;mndxl: 2f;

Students who completed grammar school and who passed an "entrance" examination were entitled to receive,free, five months of further education in teacher training at Prince of Wales College and Normal School, Charlottetown. (2B) A large number of students from Somerset took advantage of this scholarship, and became teachers; their names are printed in Appendix (A). By 1870 there was a severe shortage of qualified teachers in P.E.I. In 1842 there were only 121 schools on the Island; by 1870 there were 372 schools. (2%) Using the salaries quoted above for Messrs. McLeod and Murphy as typical for 1877, they represent a considerable increase over the salaries in 1870; in fihégiggar the highest qualified teacher could receive‘£66, about $165.; and the least qualified receivedfi23, or about $57. (28) Teachers remained in short supply in Prince County until the late

1880's. (39) A partial list of teachers in Sou' West/ Somerset is given in Appendix (B).

The fourth issue to be considered is the refusal of one proprietor, among several,in the 1870's, to sell his land to the government; he was Robert Bruce Stewart, and he claimed ownership of 2996 and 1/2 acres in the southern half

of Lot 27. (30) Part of this land was in the settlement