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pleasing, than "the ap ce Jj women as compared v , that ofrtf 8 native village; and one main obia* ? institution, that of educating a „.i \ Ct the social scale a class of young J l may become suitable wives for under training elsewhere, appearsh^ realized. H THREE KINGS' SCHOOL Rev. A. Reid. This school was established i a jjjjj ■ native children of both sexes. . < I: A large building, GO ft., by 34f tt l the school-room and chapel. The master's dwelling house is y d and comprises, in addition to the ant? exclusively used by him, a setvij! kitchen, wash-house, and the use of the school. In another separate buildino- (W bed-rooms and a store. One bed-roe 29ft., by 12ft., four are each 21 ft. \J-j and the other 16* ft., by 10ft., ''* There are also seven raupo cottawi i gingin size 20ft. by iOfL, each « rooms 10ft., square, for the use of the jj The number of persons in the October, 1 852, was as follows : Boja • 71 Girls 25 Monitors jg Wives of Monitors .. 13 Infants g The average number during the past v was 135. The school buildings were erected iritis supplied by the Government. Also, the set estate consisting of 759 acres, the Governor-in-Chief. The annual income is made unci—- £ Grant from Government j$ Grant from the Wesleyan Missionary Society 225 The sa'aries are : Master and Wife Carpenter Farming Man il The cost of the large school-room (it has been defrayed out of the grants of 12, three years. The yearly cost of each [L about £O. We agree in thinking that the sk£; energy of the Master of this school areffi to leave nothing to be desired in tints It was suggested, however, by Mr. Reii if he were provided with au Assists; would be able to render the school natti cient by applying himself to the chillis dividually and not be compelled to ok© much of his attention to operatingontks Some of the boys have made great pf in carpentry, under the skilful managers Mr. Boon/ The house in which M and the girls reside was built, and souko furniture made, ly pupils of the school. The girls are instructed in Mr*. Reid. The examination of the childrenaf tural knowledge was highly satisfactory, The more advanced children read aif of St. John's Gospel (selected by the I* tors) in English, and explained \kM of the words and phrases reasonably Tve.^ The pronunciation of the more £-- English sounds was defective in «M>T children. In this point, of an assistant teacher was maoi* labour of practising the children, eWj; and one by one, in KngUsa, is **? secure a real mastery of the language. Many of the pupils exhibited ag« ness in performing all the operatic** metic, and were" able to calculate n*with rapidity and correctness. Severaa clear comprehension of the P' I fractional arithmetic. ; f l The writing of the elder exception, good ; and, in many cas "'J, lent. The others were- making p»!g| A class was examined ia and afterwards in the outline. 01 » .., tomy and physiology; with a result in both cases. r They 'showed also a good W* geography. _ ~,de^ This school exhibits in a Pg»JJ advantages to be obtained ty the £ teacher regularly trained to the ar. GENERAL REMARKS. I i J Of the six schools above « •, namely, the Three Kings and^W^ -0 lege, were founded by the to ', oJ [ o f3i meut. As to St. Stephen's, as* j girls had been carried on by the ■ - ling and his wife for several to the establishment of the P r^ e . e Jm which school was transferred to after the buildings had been erec granted by the Government.