TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

OF THE PROVINCE OF-

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

1898-99.

BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.

WITH APPENDICES.

THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

VICTORIA, B. C. :

Printed by RICHARD WOLFENDEN, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

1899.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPORT.

To His Honour THOS. R. McINNES,

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR:

December, 1899.

1898-99.

I beg herewith respectfully to present the Twenty-eighth Annual Report on the Public Schools of the Province.

C. A. SEMLIN,

Minister of Education.

PART I.

GENERAL REPORT.