Special report of the measures which have been adopted for the establishment of a Normal school : and for carrying into effect generally, the Common school act, (9th Vict. CAP. XX)

4. The candidates for School Teaching in the Normal School ^' shall board and lodge in the city, under such regulations as " shall, from time to time, be approved by this Board, and each ^' pupil (attending the School on his own account) shall be al- " lowed a sum not exceeding five shillings per week, towards the " expenses of his board. ^^5.The candidates for School Teaching, selected by the Dis- ^' trict and City Councils, shall not be charged more than the " amount paid for their board in the city." 6.The foregoing Resolutions be transmitted by Circular to " the District and City Councils, for their information, and to the " public through the newspapers."With a view of extending the advantages of the Noraial School as widely as possible, the Board addressed a Circular letter to the Municipal Councils of Upper Canada, dated 4th August, 1846, suggesting that each Council select one or more young men, by public competition, and support them at the Normal School.A copy of this Circular is given in the Appendix to this Report, marked No. 1. Several Municipal Councils have cordially re- sponded to the Circular of the Board ; and I doubt not but others will do the same, as soon as the Normal School shall have been brought into operation.ly.Buildings for the Normal School.At the first meeting of the Board of Education, it was proposed to apply to the Government for permission to occupy the Go- vernment House and premises of the late Province of Upper Ca- nada, as the building could be easily adapted for the purposes of a Normal School, the grounds being spacious and beautiful ; and a great saving of expense would thereby be effected by converting to such a purpose, buildings which were falling into decay, and premises which were useless to the Province.Some private cor- respondence, which had taken place between the Superintendent of Schools and a leading Member of the Government, on the subject, was laid before the Board ; and the Board readily concurred in the propriety of opening a correspondence with the Government, with the view of obtaining the premises in, question.The correspondence resulted in an order from His Excellency, the Earl of Cathcart, to the Mayor ofToronto,toputtheSuperintendentof" Education Office, ." Dublin, 1st May, 1847.^^Sir, -Having i^iid before theCommissionersofNationalEdu-'' cation, your letter of the 22nd March last, we are now to inform '' you that the Commissioners, appreciating your earnest and sin- '' cere desire to promote liberal Education in Upper Canada, and '^a lso, to facilitate the dissemination of tlie Irish National School ^^Books in that Colony, have great pleasure in presenting you " with twenty-five sets of the publications of this Board, for the ^important purpose stated in your gratifying communication, free *^o f any charge, except for freight, &c.'' In addition, tlie Commissioners send for your acceptance, '' twenty-five sets of School Books, not published but sanctioned " by them, in the Irisli National Schools; and also, a complete '' Series of the Annual Reports of the Commissioners, with School " Registers, Daily Report Books, Class Rolls, c^cc, in sets of ;' twenty-five each.*' We enclose a list of the Books, &c., c(mtained in the several '' parcels.' J. ;•con cure itself, as it will recoil upon its authors. My strong conviction is, that this least popular clause of thoAct-though attended, w^ith some opposition, and perhaps inconve- nience in some cases, on its first introduction -will ultimately, if allowed to remain, prove a great boon to Teachers, a great help to Trustees, and a great benefit to Common Schools.

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