*8 i Appendix I: School Visitors Reports Bideford 1838-1950 1838 School in New Bideford lately opened. Teacher, John Stewart . 1840 January 29. New Bideford . Teacher, Dubois Smith, School shows very fair improvement. 1841 December. New Bideford . Teacher, A.C. Beckford . 21 attending. 1844-45 Lot 12. Teacher, Dubois Smith. 32 scholars. 1845-46 Teacher, Dubois Smith. Arithmetic taught most successfully. 1846-47 Teacher, Dubois Smith. Religious instruction. Fine and correct penmanship. 1855 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. 1856 Teacher, Thomas Key . 42 registered. Order very good. 1857 Teacher, Thomas Key . 37 registered, 19 boys, 18 girls. Order very good. 1858 Teacher, Thomas Key . 42 pupils. Good in arithmetic and writing. 1860-61 Teacher, D.B. Smith . 29 registered. Attendance, 6. Weather bad when visited, roads almost impassable. School house good. 1861-62 Teacher, D.B. Smith . 41 registered. Average attendance 21. 1863-64 School closed. Teacher had gone, by consent of the Trustees, to visit his wife, who is dangerously ill. 1869-70 Teacher, Finlay Campbell . 28 enrolled. 6 present. Attendance very small on account of the prevalence of whooping cough. 1870-71 Teacher, John Rattenbury . A new schoolhouse needed. No blackboard. No map of the Island. 1872-73 Teacher, Mary Donnelly . 59 enrolled. Average attendance, 28. 117