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¢ @ ; . P Eemges TTOP HETY + i --present sbap ~-- Ths pr ition.to obtain stice in a 'compulsory Wg.vog:".""" him at frel t . w ue oucemmmes wapeme se LA »a somewhat now, but h8 trusted it """':' ; ; "chool Iaw. It had recoutly becoms 6% become law, He protested '.*.ms;'comsp ".u * N & scedingly complicated, aad lsgal geatlemen sory equcation in rural districts Wr'; o | t , '"m57el were greatly divided as to its meult to the people, WhO i tw"!we hoal 3 s sterpretation It was his opivion that the slous to prepare tholf ohxlri'rcn Ogfiw a " 'eceasity for amendment was 204 80 groat a § curing the winter montb$ Every eo :g - i $ ; as gensraliy suppostd, if :} only were con-- ?"f'e to give their C'J'm"e't', * m;nd , i lidatod, He l()fikei't npon our B'v.h."'("' sys hefll.)g, at l(afit, of educa \23' Fyuc u i: tem with copaiierable pride. 145 considering 6 _ would suggost & . soparate clause 1 t i the lhberality with which the pcop!® of th exempting raral districts if 16 We"i aneces i } | country bad given money to its support, |Iw C o that the , provisi0n shou re ; | did not think the resuits were c\;ua\{ to wha late to _ tewns _ anderc3, fe CO" A P | might have been czpected Ho, th9u8h' wratulated _ tuo -- Premiet UPO2, hS a6% f E> ' that the syatem aimed too high.. @! tslatiun _ in rospect to bhe . SADEMROTTTE 3 ; | deavouring ~ rather -- to _ impart . infor: tion fund, and thought gre3¢ injustice. had t § | wation Than "to prepare the . mind been done to many old teacher® by denriyIné 4 6 | for the acquirement of that inforimation Ti themof their certificate. With rogard ) « t | cast--iron rule that certain standards must be superintendents and inapectors, ho WO\'l; Al o applied to all sabolars alike, bo their capist ruggest that to wnships should bo permifte +) citics for the matter taught what they liked, | :0 appoint their own inspector Of superin 4 sbould be modified and mado more elastiv; c o s l yot the Inspectorsdictated to the master tha Mr, WOOD (Victoria) roferred to the difi-- " "'_ch and such things should be taught to &li culty of bringing down a measure that would SU E: 3 alike _ A systom of groater option, which meet the views of she whole Hoase, and PrO--, § P would excite the reasoning powors of chil ceeded to allude to the fand which had bDosn § Es dren, was roquired;and whore a master wa' formed with regard to inspectors, and espect-- 1 E to be found who disregarded to some exten ally in the eastern portion of the Proviace 4 1 the cast--iron rules to which he referred, an s | He thoucht the office of inspector. had been ' * taught a child that for which it was bsa: a success, and had found those officers desi-- | $ fitted by nature, the rosuits were found much rous of doing all they could for the trusteo= ( more satisfactory than whore the rulo was and , others -- with whom they wors M f strictly Ob!!(*rvu{ He thought tho sam» brought _ into _ contact, . In .. reference 8 3 principle would appoly to High Scho 1s, ans to the compulsory erection 'of schoo 1 y he was of opinion that more attentioa ashould houses, he thought -- they had a righ: & be paid to «abjects which would bonelit our of insisting that suitable school houses should $ § 3 young men when they woent iuto the com be constructed, for it was conducive to the } . merce and businesa of the country than wa health of the pupils. He wa# 1N favour of 1 $ prescntly paid, and less to classics and ole the elective pri@iple of the Bill which re-- « mentary subjects, Hs approved of a recon terred to the Council of Public Instruction, f # »truction of the Council of Public Instrus but he wae opposed to High School teachers i .: tion, but thoueht it imight as woll have baen and inspectors having a scat at that Council. *J provided that the G oversor--in--Councit shoul i BRe was not so much averse to Pablic School | e | have the selection of anch men as might b> reachers being represented at the Council § . ruitable to represent the teaching progfeasi-m He would suggest the rame rule should he f at the Board, instead of by popular electiou carried out as it is at present--that of the § | as proposed. He suzugssted soms am sad-- County Council sapplementing the Govern Y § | ment to the 32nd and 38th clauso, as also to | ment prants by one half, -- Liberality to | the clause providingfor thesupsrannuation o' High Schools would be goncrally receives E y | old and worn out mon, He did ust thin' wiith great favour, In rclaton to the Book j a | well, either, of the proposed ameondment ro depositery he showed the ressons which gave : $ | garding Inspectors, riva to its establisgment. . He thought the : y = | Mr. SEXTON wae glad that ths yrovisiun introsuced by the Premior in this ; \ law -- was to Obo-- consolidated, bu: Bill gave all the liberty and protection that f ' weuld have been botter satisfied if it had | was "'l"'rfii Tho ®@advantags of hay: s ' ' been consolidatsd before it was brongha | ing _ this ok _ Dopository . was that i P down _ He was glad of the spirit in which | the Oouncil of Pablic Iustrnction prescribed , both sides of the Houso approsched the ques | the books to be used, and decided _ what $ tion, and hoped it would bo maintained prices rhould be charged for them. Ho ad-- f# throughout e differed from the hon rocated the establhsbment of a bureau of ¢ u"'m')!fl' who I\'cv:cdcd him s y'g\'g-_u-.(l,q Ln bduc'tion. Thifl, he fl:oflght. Would f&uil\ e ) | constitation of tho Council of Pablic [nsgu:> | tate the conduct of school imatters, anad give I 4 tion, and thoughs the solection of its mes the public increased confidence in the depart ; hers shouid never be in the hands of a2, ment. _ The general Y;;Vibi"m of the Act Governor m Gouneil, | Hoadvacated the for | could not be made applicable to the outlying v mwation of a portfolio io connection with eda-- districte, where houses were miles apart, and cation, giving the Ministera sest in tr« | where the schools were too poor to maintai»n Hcuse, and he opposed the proposal to sap | a teacher, No »nggested that a liberal provi-- port High Schools by tsxation and Govern | «ion should be made to enable the Govern ment equivalent, . Aftor some referencs to | mont to make grauts ot maps and charts to * acction 29, which, to" soms extent, he | +bhrse poor schouls, and that the same qualifi # difended, and with regard to the powo! | cation should not be exacted from teacher» s propesed to be given to Roeves aad \ for gchools in these districts. He was averse | Uieputy: Reevos to form now scaoo! scctions | to the elective system . as proposed * he thought it was practicaily the same thin & | »nd thought the Government should giv fs p as at present exiated, to which some excep | the selection -- of candidates . to th < tion might be takon, Hs painted out sov '("gunty Councils, or coms down to the i & eral fauits which existed in the prasont la ¢. House with the names of menibers thoy de a and he regarded the pkowas whii_-h \dhr \ nired to propose. Diake's Government tos in regard to t | + @ $ a \ management of the school law as arbitrary | ,hgi;--;mc '?&2'\:{ Oo%r o:houggt, qn i'h? w:hc()lle' -- adding that it created an immense amount o ! a¢ to be cef & : $ ©® aqn ."?'C P"'""'it t 8 dirsatisfaction. . He considered tho law ua-- | * referred to & Specis! C mnmMiWSCC x: s e e PP He regarded with leasure the unbiasse f pecessary as far as school accommondation | mauner i hich tg a lon hadt} § & was concerned. and was in favour of a con i nduet dn w ; h e -lscnssmp":'.i. 'e6* { p J golidation of the school laws _ He would be conducted, and he WA satisfied tha E: 4 y a BAl unl when the Bill was returned© from t1: I $ compelled to vote against the Bill unless the necial Committoq it 14 4 itse® . amendments he had suggested were adopted OE h '°m"%' at woUu i commend itse f t ¢ ( TK, after reforring to the im * o idion s the pebple, He had PMOSOU . (~, Mr. MOXS, i 1 4. 14 Ir j i petition from his county, proposing th ' ts ' ?"m"e ef fl': eubject, sat 'theh':'& ':l"" «bolition of the present CGounrcil of Publh b. ¥ avour of the doing l:)"v ":; 6 i unc :d instruction, and the appointment of a Min E/ P?blw Tpatraction fboge er. e agreo wter of Education, responstole to the Hou» 34 i with the suggestions 0 the hon member for | 11d the country. 'That certainly would ba + J % & stormont, and had no doubt that the Bill | weeping change, but thore was not the loa« AJ would be satisfactorily s;lnended when it was doubt that some stepn would have to be take P brought down from the Spocial Comuit: ter chbanging the constitution of the Counsci' | | tee. He had not the slightest doubt that the re ¢ t \ Dr. CLABR KE (}Iorfo',k') spoke in high pl'fh'.Dt&fiOfi A8 p!'OpOSGd would understan: | terms of the labour the leader of the Govern:-- the wants of the country better than thos \ ment bsd }nutnwod upon the Bill, and said wha at present pmposod the Council. as 3 \i the Council of Public Instruction was in ho was glad to see that the hardship of no § 1 great disfavour in the country, . 'Thore was a ajlowing childrea to go to the neare: is . [ strong feeling everywhere in favour of a choule was to be remedied. He pointed 0« ! 0 | Bureau of Eaucation, for by the present Con | sbat no provision was made in the Bil t i ) stitution of the Council the wants of the | .rovide for High School -- accomm datio f 'ural districts were not known, Ho com-- | «here it was rquired, and he thought i 1 pm;-.ed that the curricalum was too high in | would be necessary that this poin t should b is theCommon Schools, and this createda dislike | horne i2 mind -- He was of opinion that th l F"*% of the studies by the pupile. He charactor-- . full, when amended, would redound to th . wed the JU':W"; to'(,i I_;';lum lon as a learned | credit of the (Government. -- (Hear, bear @4 isapce, and stated it was scar | x l hi ;\: ad. While thoy were upon the ::l')y;o:: :;i } Mr. G'BSO.\ rcf.err(-q to t.he necessity o f he thought o J | congolidation and simplification of the scha~ & grants. ho thellg something might be done | uw aud war in f t to aid the meaw»}\ branch of education -- The \{ ;';:; : in th?()l:unglm; o;fi;gipouhr repr:;:o ~ J 2nd clause Won i not give s n in j : o io Instruction -- : * give sstiefaction in 156 | Arsalogined Pn i incidt and servicss of th C M wentleman at the head of the Council « s