Normal Schools are, in fact, being made the recruiting grounds for the other Provinces in their supply of teachers. More than one-third of the Protestant teachers in the Eastern Townships possess no certificates of competence of any kind whatever. The same conditions prevail all over the Province in both Catholic and Protestant Schools. Another fatal result following from this cause is that the male teacher has become a thing of the past.

Elementary schools were, however, in a satisfactory condition. He urged all to support extra taxation for Educational purposes. In his annual Report (Dec. 20, 1910) the Superintendent of Public Instruction (M. Boucher de la Bruére) laid stress upon the importance of instruction in Temperance and Forestry; urged better salaries for Inspectors and the need of more appointments; reported the full restoration of the Legislative Library with 95,000 volumes, the possession in Municipal or Parochial Libraries of 1,548,889 books and the number of volumes at McGill as 156,000, at Laval, Quebec, as 140,000 and at the Jesuits' College, Montreal, as 115,000; mentioned the rapid disappearance of old school-houses and the construction of hygienic buildings in their places; referred to the efforts of the Protestant Committee of the Council in promoting the teaching of French in English schools and gave their reason as (1) because speaking French was necessary in business and the liberal professions and (2) because the dual language knowledge would remove friction in the Province and work for harmony and cohesion between the two races outside of Quebec. The following were the statistics of Quebec Schools in the year ending June 30, 1910:

McGill University, the chief English educational institution in Quebec, was in need of funds during this year despite continued success in the way of students and the immense past benefactions of Lord Strathcona and Sir W. C. Macdonald. The registration of students in October was 558 in the Faculty of Arts, 556 in that of Applied Science, 56 in that of Law, 336 in that of Medicine. The 1910 Annual Report made this statement: "If very little new ground has been broken that already occupied continues to be cultivated with conspicuous success. It cannot be too clearly emphasized, however, that McGill's potentialty of growth is in the meantime nullified by lack of adequate financial support. During the past year practically no progress has been made in the vital matter of further endowment. With a normal deficit of over $50,000 in the annual accounts, it is a very hard struggle to maintain existing operations: opportunities of development must be allowed to pass." It was added that the University of Toronto received from its Provincial Government $750,000 a year while McGill received from that of Quebec $3,000! At the affiliated Theological Colleges-Congregational, Diocesan, Presbyterian and Wesleyan-there were 120 students in 1910 and at the Colleges of Vancouver and Victoria there were 152. The total donations to this University on June 30, 1910, were $3,243,427, the Endowments $4,529,894, the Chairs established $1,014,193, the Medals, Scholarships, etc., $69,990, the Receipts from Fees in 1909-10 $194,156, and the total Income $594,759, the Receipts on Capital Account were $1,719,403. The new Educational appointments in this Province during 1910 were as follows:

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W. M. Birks.

George E. Drummond.

J. W. Ross.

W. D. Lighthall, K.C.

. Hon. R. S. Weir, D.C.L.

The

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Dr. Arthur Willey, F.R.S.

C. G. Piché,

Dr. Henri Hervieux.
J. Tyson-Williams.

Speaking at Richmond on Jan. 27th Mr. P. S. G. Mackenzie said of the Eastern Townships-which was once the English-settled portion of Quebec: "We have a population of over 300,000 people and of 30,000 farmers tilling upwards of 3,000,000 acres of the best land in America. Our manufacturers are annually producing over $20,000,000 of goods and we contribute the largest portion of the Mining products of the Province. We are intersected by nearly one thousand miles of railway. We still possess great forest wealth and water-power, both developed and undeveloped, of enormous value." On June 22nd the new Minister spoke with pride of the Black Lake and Thetford region as having produced $20,000,000 worth of Asbestos in 30 years. Another district of the Province which showed great promise of development was the Temiskaming adjoining and, geographically, part of the same region in Ontario. Ontario's new Railway and its mining prospectors helped in the opening of this part of Quebec, where, indeed, minerals had been known to exist for years and to which Hon. C. R. Devlin, as Minister of Colonization, was actively diverting population. In 1906 it had 3,080 settlers; in 1909 5,185, with an expenditure of $200,000 in the construction of roads and bridges. Several railways were projected during the year into this Northern country with its admittedly great waterpowers and timber resources, its mineral possibilities, its phenomenally fine climate, and its rich virgin soil.

In Mining, Quebec has shown great progress in recent yearsthe total production of $2,997,731 in 1901 increasing to $5,019,932 in 1905, and to $7,072,244 in 1910. This latter total was made up of Copper and Sulphur ore $145,690, Asbestos $2,535,664, Cement $1,954,646, Marble $151,103, Granite $251,447, Lime $236,948, Limestone $483,447, Bricks $946,011, Sewer pipe, tiles and pottery $103,771 and the balance in small totals of varied character. In Asbestos there was actually an over-production and the mines showed no apparent decrease in contents as greater depths were reached. Cement increased 48 per cent. in the value of its product which six years before had been only $50,000. It was stated in an elaborate work published during the year by the Quebec Mines & Metal Co., that there were then 181 Companies actively engaged in Mining and that iron, copper and gold would soon be large factors in Provincial production. Big bodies of graphite were found in the Gatineau during the year; the existence of an iron-ore field of 90,000 square feet in size was reported to