APPENDIX 1:

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SCHOOL VISITORS REPORTS iBroEFORD 1838-1950

1838 1840

1841 1844—45 I845—46 1846—47 I855

1856 1857

1858 1860—61

1861—62 1863—64

1869—70 1870—7 1

1872—73

School in New Bideford lately opened. Teacher, John Stewart. JANUARY 29. New Bideford. Teacher, Dubois Smith, School shows very fair improvement.

DECEMBER. New Bideford. Teacher, A.C. Beckford. 21 attending. Lot 12. Teacher, Dubois Smith. 32 scholars.

Teacher, Dubois Smith. Arithmetic taught most successfully. Teacher, Dubois Smith. Religious instruction. Fine and correct penmanship.

FEBRUARY 10. Teacher, Thomas Key. 21 boys enrolled and 14 girls—the majority beginners. In furniture, such as desks and seats, quite a model to others of the county.

Teacher, Thomas Key. 42 registered. Order very good. 7 Teacher, Thomas Key. 37 registered, 19 boys, 18 girls. Order very good.

Teacher, Thomas Key. 42 pupils. Good in arithmetic and writing. Teacher, D.B. Smith. 29 registered. Attendance, 6. Weather bad when visited, roads almost impassable. School house good. Teacher, D.B. Smith. 41 registered. Average attendance 21. Schoolckmed.Teacherhadgone,byconsentoftheTTuMeesto visit his wife, who is dangerously ill.

Teacher, Finlay Campbell. 28 enrolled. 6 present. Attendance very small on account of the prevalence of whooping cough. Teacher, John Rattenbury. A new schoolhouse needed. No blackboard. NO map of the Island.

Teacher, Mary Donnelly. 59 enrolled. Average attendance, 28.