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books, three readers will be at once available for use, and provide a large and varied amount of read wl™ e -The writing of the great majority of our schools we regarded as of a satisfactory nature, the copybook in most general use being Collins's New Graphic This subject does not now occupy such an important position in he work of the sJool a™ at one time the case, and its combination with spell,ng, as has lately been done wheie examination is prescribed, must, we think, act detrimentally to the quality of the work. P Spelling and Dictation, which were tested in the usual way, for the first years were more accurate than in the previous year, and in written composition, f. 0 not so common as formerly, our treatment of these as mistakes in composition having peihape induced teachers to pay more attention to the correction of this form of error It is of much schools obtained credit for efficiency in spelling, twenty-two of these being classed good, two veiy SSmmmmm mmmmmm Department htanciara v suu 11 fi f k clear distinctions between phrases of phrases that have Deen empio,>e , complex sentences in composition, is *".£; »„« .1 grammar, proved th.t it hM . direct te.ring upc c.mpo»ition_ e«.v-"iting »P»» fMniH«r objects or e»y topi« had evidently been as heir Udes and terms of expression are constantly before the children as models, 1 a= S the control of teachers 18 a teacher's notice that section of Mr. Petrie's last report that S£Z&£?3h find that our estimate places fifty-seven schools as having done efficient r-n^S: 8 s:zt=::;iii£; a sh,V?all n X off" Tl" qSv of the w Ork in Standards V and VI is still capable of much imnrovfment landard V still maintains its position of special weakness, and in some cases the LTre of this class was almost general. It is somewhat of a mystery to us why year after year