Report of the Board of School Trustees of the City of St. John.

To His Honor Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, C. B., K. C. M. G., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick, and the Honorable Board of Education;

J. R. Inch, Esq., LL. D., Chief Superintendent of Education:

GENTLEMEN :

The Twentieth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of St. John, covers the operations of the School year, January 1st to December 31st, 1891.

On the 1st of January, Henry J. Thorne was re-appointed a member of the Board and Chairman, by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. Michael Coll at the same time

was re-appointed a member of the Board by the Common Council.

The Board has held monthly regular and numerous special meetings, in addition to almost weekly committee meetings, at which questions touching upon the several departments of educational work have been carefully considered. Much time has also been devoted to the practical details of the work by individual members of the Board in co-operation with the regular officers. In carrying out a systematic visitation of schools, the Schools have been allotted to the members of the Board as follows: Sandy Point Road, Millidgeville, Spar Cove and Indiantown, John Connor. Peel St., Douglas and Madras, -D. H. Nase.

St. Peter's, Boys and Girls, M. Coll.

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T. W. Peters.

Winter St., Centennial and Partridge Island, G. A. Hetherington.
Convent, St. Vincent's, Waterloo St., and Grammar,
Leinster St. and St. Malachi's, D. R. Jack.

Charlotte St., St. Joseph's, Queen St., Carmarthen St., Brittain St., W. E. Vroom. Victoria, H. J. Thorne.

Albert, Mason Hall, and St. Patrick's, W. D. Baskin.

The vious one.

year 1891 has been a year of substantial progress as compared with any preThe record of the year shows decidedly greater advancement on the scholastic and intellectual side, and in the matter of new and improved buildings. The enrolment was about equal to that of last year, but there is an appreciable gain in the regularity of attendance.

It is not the intention of the Board to present an exhaustive treatise upon the educational affairs of the City of St. John, but rather to place before you, as briefly as possible, the condition of the schools.

In addition to the ordinary tabular statements, the following summary has been prepared:

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Buildings.

The following Teachers severed their connection with the city staff during the year 1891:

Miss Sutherland had been in the employ of the Board for many years and had ever shown herself to be a painstaking and successful teacher. Miss White, Miss Mary V. Hea, Miss O'Sullivan and Miss Robertson were four of the very best primary teachers who were ever in the service of the Board, and their withdrawal has been a severe loss. Miss Murphy (Sister M. Celestine), after less than one year's service, died at the beginning of the second term. Mr. Sweeney resigned to engage in the practice of Law,

while Mr. Wilson, a most thorough and conscientious teacher, has obtained a position in the Canadian Geological Survey. Miss Lizzie Lawlor (Sister M. Ignatius), after a long period of service, and Miss Helena Bailey (Sister M. Justine) of later date, both died during the second term, much regretted. Miss Frances McLeod (Sister M. Angela), in the service of the Board since 1877, Miss Puddington and Miss Ada Armstrong, were compelled, in consequence of impaired health, to retire from active service. Their recovery and return will be hailed with satisfaction.

TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.

During the year, the Board has followed the course adopted some time ago, in the transfer of a number of teachers. The following changes were made during the

year:

TEACHERS.

School to which Transferred. School from which Transferred.