Minister in charge of the Education Department: SIR, For the information of His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, and in accordance with the provisions of the School Act, I have the honour to submit the Twenty-eighth Annual Report on the Public Schools of British Columbia for the school-year ending June 30th, 1899. The number of pupils enrolled during the year was 19,185, an increase of 1,537 over that of the previous year, while the average actual daily attendance was 12,304.32, an increase for the year of 1,248.67. During the year there were 280 schools in operation, an increase of 19. These schools were constituted as follows: The following High Schools were in operation during the year: Nanaimo New Westminster. Vancouver.. Victoria. Schools. 4 32 244 The following Graded Schools were in operation during the year:— Northfield... Revelstoke Rossland Trail.. Union Mines... Vancouver-Central.... " " North Ward. South Ward Victoria-Boys'. Girls'.. Sapperton Westside East West. Mt. Pleasant. Fairview.. Girls'. North Ward South Park West.... Spring Ridge...... Wellington .... Percentage of regular attendance. 54.52 69.32 60.54 61.27 57.21 60.90 69.46 71.57 70.13 51.33 69.75 68.30 63.17 80.09 60.89 58.33 59.46 53.39 57.85 74.45 74.23 78.56 76.89 62.29 53.43 74.79 72.06 75.61 75.01 65.67 59.67 62.33 The following Common Schools were in operation during the year:-- Fairview, Abbotsford, Ainsworth, Alberni, Aldergrove, Aldergrove, South Anarchist Mountain, Anniedale, Armstrong, Atchelitz, Barkerville, Beaver, Beaver Point, Belmont, Blue Springs, Brownsville, Burgoyne Bay, Burnaby, Burnaby, West, Burton, Cache Creek, Cadboro, Cedar Hill, Cedar, East, Cedar, North, Cedar, South, Cheam, Chemainus, Chemainus Landing, Chilliwhack, East, Clayton, Clinton, Cloverdale, Coldstream, Colwood, Comox, Courtenay, Cowichan, Craigflower, Delta, Denman Island, Donald, Ducks, Dunach, Duncan, Enderby, English, Esquimalt, Shawnigan, Sidney, Silverdale, Similkameen, Clayoquot, Commonage, Cranbrook, Douglas, Dunach, South, Simpson, Somenos, Sooke, East, Strawberry Vale, The following Assisted Schools having the rank of Common Schools were maintained during the year:— Sumas, Sumas, South, Sumas, Upper, Surrey Centre, Tolmie, Trenant, Trout Lake, Vancouver, East, Vancouver, South, Vesuvius, Vesuvius, North, Wardner, Westham, Whonnock, Williams Lake, Yale, Ymir. Ganges, Haney, East, Hernando, Jubilee, Kensington, East, Kuskonook, Lac-la-Hache, Lytton, North, Morris Valley, Moyie City, North Thompson, West, Notch Hill, Okanagan, West, |