ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

SUPERINTENDENT OF
OF EDUCATION.

1900-1901.

EDUCATION Office,

VICTORIA, B. C., December, 1901.

To the Honourable J. D. Prentice, ·

Acting Minister of Education.

SIR,-I beg to submit, for the information of His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, my Annual Report on the Public Schools of this Province for the school-year ending June 30th, 1901.

By referring to the Statistical Tables in Part II. of this Report, it will be found that the total enrolment during the year was 23,615, an increase for the year of 2,084. Of this number 12,069 were boys and 11,546 girls, an increase of 993 and 1,091 respectively. The enrolment at the five High Schools was 584, an increase of 31; at the Graded Schools, 15,460, an increase of 1,647; and at the Common Schools, 7,571, an increase of 406. The average

daily attendance of all schools was 15,334.91, an increase of 1,667.05; average actual attendance, 15,098.28, an increase of 1,659.87. The grand total actual daily attendance made by all pupils enrolled was 2,965,929, an increase of 269,023.

The expenditure for Education Proper during the year was:-

The expenditure for the construction of new school-houses, furniture, repairs, and improve

ments to school property for the year was $38,345.14.

The following shows the expenditure for construction, repairs, etc., of school-houses made by the Department of Lands and Works during the past five years :

:

The total cost to the Provincial Government for all purposes of education during the past year was :

In addition to the above, the Municipalities of the Cities of Nanaimo, New Westminster, Vancouver and Victoria expended, in addition to the per capita grants received from the Provincial Government, the following sums :

The grand total cost of Education for the year 1899-1900 was $389,367 39.

The following table exhibits the amounts paid for Education Proper in the several Electoral Districts for the past year :

By referring to the figures quoted above and comparing them with those of the year 1899-1900, it will be observed that the cost of Education Proper increased from $284,909.10 to $312,187.17, or an increase for the year of $27,278.07. The expenditure made by the Department of Lands and Works increased from $22,569.90 to $38,345.14, or an increase of $15,775.24. The total amount expended by the Provincial Government, therefore, shows an increase of $43,053.31 for the year.