NOTE to 2nd Column.-The letters g, f. m, i, throughout this Table represent-good, fair, moderate, imperfect.

2. Discipline.

(c) Cut out and make clothes

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

3. Methods.

4. Instruction.

1. Organization.
Inspected February 5, 1849.-This school ought to be one of the best in
Exeter.
the West of England; the children are all clothed and educated free of expense.
1. Girls' school under a mistress, assisted by three candidates for apprenticeship, and
monitors. 2. Discipline fair. 3. Method not satisfactory. Great want of life and
energy in the children, which might be remedied by animated oral teaching. 4. The
instruction has not increased during the past year. 5. The mistress is only just
appointed; she appears willing and anxious to improve herself intellectually; and with
care and attention she may be equal to the instruction of pupil-teachers.
Silverton. Inspected February 2, 1849.-1. Girls' school under a mistress. A few
little boys admitted. 2. Discipline fair. 3. Method not much considered. 4. The
instruction is extremely limited, and confined to religious subjects, with the exception
of reading, which is fair, writing, and arithmetic. 5. The mistress is careful and
attentive, and gives satisfaction to the School Committee.

Pitminster. Inspected February 8, 1849.-A Mixed school under a master and his
wife, assisted by four candidates for apprenticeship. 2. Discipline mild and gentle,
and of a high moral character. 3. Method moderate. 4. The instruction is given
with much care in English history, geography, grammar, and arithmetic. Great pains
is taken with the religious part of the education. The principal fault is, that the intel-
ligence and life in the different classes are too much confined to a few children, whilst
the rest want more animation. 5. The master is a well-meaning, hard-working, intel-
He intends offering himself as a candidate for certificate at Easter. I
ligent man.
consider that he is equal to the instruction of pupil-teachers,
Cheddon Fitzpaine. Inspected February 12, 1849.-1. A Mixed school under a mis-
tress, whose husband teaches the children writing and arithmetic. 2. Discipline fair.
3. No method. 4. The instruction is most limited, and the minds of the children in
no way enlarged. 5. The mistress is practically unequal to the work in which she is
engaged.

Currey, North, Boys'. Inspected February 12, 1849.-1. Boys' school under a
master. (The schools have only been open a few months.) 2. Much pains has been
taken with the discipline, and successfully. 3. Method moderate. 4. The instruction
at this time is limited; but there is a great wish to make both boys' school and girls'
good and efficient, and to have male and female apprentices in a few months. The re-
ligious instruction is good, and the boys write well. 5. The master has been under
training at the York Diocesan school for some time.

Currey, North, Girls'. Inspected February 12, 1849.-1. Girls' school under a mis-
tress (the master's wife), the master giving the principal instruction to the first class.
2, 3, and 4. Same as the boys. 5. The mistress is active, and attentive to her duties.
6 The school premises are very good.

Martock.. Inspected February 13, 1849.-A Boys' school under a master, assisted by a candidate for apprenticeship, and monitors. 2. Discipline good. 4. Instruction given with much life and animation, and with success. The first and second classes

5. Master and Mistress.

6. Special.

are taught English grammar, geography, and a little English history. Great pains is
taken with the religious instruction throughout the whole school. 5. The master has
improved the tone and teaching in this school very much during the past year.
He is
active, energetic, and fond of his work. He obtained his certiticate, Easter, 1848.
Sherborne. Inspected February 14, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master, who
has had no assistance but one or two little boys. 2. Discipline fair. 3. The method,
without some more powerful aid, injurious to the children. 4. The instruction, on the
whole, wanting soundness and accuracy. 5. The master is earnest, energetic, devoted
to his work, and striving to do his utmost, but is overcome by numbers. 6. There is a
great desire expressed to have an efficient school, and a great willingness shown to
adopt the suggestions given for the improvement of the present method.

Shaftesbury. Inspected February 15, 1849-1. A Boys' school under a master,
assisted by two apprentices. 2. The discipline and whole tone of the school good.
4. The instruction sound and good; the elder children are ready with replies to ques-
tions upon English history, geography, and English grammar, and each class is pro-
portionably advanced. The religious teaching of the whole school good. The reading,
writing, and arithmetic very fair throughout. 5. The master is earnest and intel-
ligent, and well fitted for the work he has in hand. This is one of the best schools in
this part of my district.

Wimborne. Inspected February 16, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
asssited by two apprentices. 2. The discipline of the school requires to be more con-
sidered. 3. The method has not been practically successful. 4. Geography, English
history, and grammar are taught in addition to the religious instruction; but the replies
in the first class (30 present) were confined to a few children; there is a want of tone
and character in the teaching, which, I am led to expect, will be remedied at once.
The apprentices do not throw themselves with life and animation into the teaching of
their classes. 5. The master is an intelligent, well-informed person, works very hard,
and is intellectually, day by day, advancing himself, his apprentices, and candidates
for next year; but he has not improved his school so much as he might have done.
Holt. Inspected February 19, 1849.-1. A Mixed school under a master and his
wife. 2. By kindness and gentleness the children have been brought under good
control. 3. The whole tone of the school is pleasing; the method satisfactory. 4. The
instruction of the upper class (28 children) is very fair; a little geography is com-
bined with the reading lesson; the religious teaching is given with care. 5. The
teachers are both earnest and anxious about their school, and appear desirous of
improving themselves year by year as school teachers.

Cann, St. Rumbold's. Inspected February 20, 1849.-1. A Mixed school under a
mistress. 2. Discipline fair. 3. Method not much considered. 4. The upper children
replied with some readiness to easy questions upon religious subjects; the younger
children might be brought on more without difficulty. 5. The mistress is not prac-
tically very efficient. 6. The clergyman takes much interest in the school.

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. 56. 62 77 42 62 27 50 46 19 26 19 13 6 61 60 106 135

4 4 4 4 16 34 49 49 3 16 18 3 15 16 16 34 16 33 34 16 18 33 49 51 1711 9 4 2 3 4 47 53 90

. 52 15 65 49 40 12 13 36 30 17 40 15 10 5 3 7 42 80 105

35

1 34 7 34 28 10 13 17 22 24 14 910 6 6 1.72 73 58

29 29 66 1 9 4 211 29 1 26 29 29 65 39 29 37 48 20 12 14 12 9

..15 2 6 15 15 16 15

8

30 58

. 46. 42 57 22 15 12 7 4 2 3 50 100 100

7

.15 6 24 32 810 7 3 3.. 50 60 50

25 10 29

20 130 75

48 31 17 32 21 41 44 18 13 5 4 1 3 2 84 100

5 22

330

12 12

Exeter, Central.
Boys'.

1.2 m. 101 11111 24 52 24 52 52 4 16 24 28 49 40

1 1

14

1

11 1

Taunton, Central.
Boys'

Taunton, Trinity.
Boys'.

(a) To sew or knit.

1. Organization.

(b) Household work.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 3. Methods. 4. Instruction.

2. Discipline.
Taunton, Central. Inspected February 22, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
aided by five candidates for apprenticeship. 2. Discipline good. 3. The method
adopted has been practically injurious to the children. 4. The instruction is not suffi
ciently accurate. There is much to like in the school, but much also which might and
ought to be improved. 5. The master was under training at Cheltenham for nine
months; he has much energy and zeal, but is wanting in method, and requires to in-
crease his own information year by year. 6. The Girls' school was not inspected, as
there was no candidate for apprenticeship; and the whole day was occupied in the
Boys' school.

Taunton, Trinity. Inspected February 23, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
assisted by three pupil-teachers. 2. The discipline very gentle and good. 3. The
method adopted is pleasing; the young children receive much of their teaching
orally, and with much success. 4. The instruction throughout the school is satisfac-
tory. Great paius has been taken with the religious teaching of the children, while
secular instruction is satisfactorily given to each class; the reading might be improved.
5. The master is a hard-working, intelligent person, certificated, devoted to his work, and
doing much good in his school. 6. This school was erected, and is supported entirely,
by the Rev. F. Smith, the incumbent of the district. Population 2,100, and not 8,000,
as formerly stated by mistake. This is a very good school in all respects. The Girls'
school was not examined this year, as the mistress was leaving.

Exeter, Central. Inspected February 26, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
aided by three apprentices. 2. The discipline mild and gentle. 3. The method might
be improved by combining some of the classes for simultaneous teaching. 4. The in-
struction increasing week by week; considering the short time the master has been at
the school, and the great number of children who have left within nine months, great
credit is due to the master. The instruction, both religious and secular, is good.
English history, geography, and grammar successfully taught, and great pains has been
taken with the progress of the children in arithmetic. 5. The master is a most pleasing,
active, hard-working man, doing much good in the schools.

Illogan. Iuspected February 28, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master, aided by
two apprentices. 2. Discipline, and, 3. method both much improved. 4. The instruc
tion is not so much advanced as, from the addition of two pupil-teachers, might have
been expected. 5. The master obtained his certificate, Easter, 1848. 6. This has
been for years a very good school.

Crowan. Inspected March 1, 1849.-1. A Girls' school under a mistress, assisted by
two candidates for apprenticeship and four monitors. 2. The discipline extremely
good. 4. The instruction of the first class sound and good; but the second class not
proportionably advanced. Simultaneous teaching might with great advantage be
blended with the individual instruction now given. Much pains is taken with the re-
ligious knowledge of the children. 5. The mistress is very ready in her school,
disciplines her children well, and questions them very nicely. She was under training
for some time at Whitelands. This is a nice, pleasing school.

St. Breage. Inspected March 2, 1949.-1. A Mixed school under a master, assisted
by a pupil teacher and one candidate. A female attends during three afternoons in
the week to instruct the girls in knitting. 2. The discipline is mild and good. 4. The
instruction sound; each class is proportionably advanced, and replies to questions

upon English history, geography, and English grammar were made by the first class
with much readiness, and upon geography by the second and third classes. The reli-
gious knowledge satisfactory. 5. The master is an intelligent, hard-working man; he
obtained his certificate at Easter, 1848; he is daily improving himself and his school,
and giving instruction to his pupil-teachers with much success. 6. This is a nice
school. The clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Pridmore, and Mrs. Pridmore, take great in-
terest in it, and its present state of efficiency is owing in a great measure to their
exertions.

St. Erth. Iuspected March 5, 1849.-1. A Mixed school in the morning under a
master and mistress; whilst in the afternoon the boys are placed under the master,
and the girls are taught needlework by the mistress. 2 and 3. The discipline and
method may be improved. 4. The instruction is wanting in soundness. The reading
and arithmetic must be improved; but there are local circumstances at this particular
time which account for these deficiencies to a certain extent. 5. The master is earnest
and hard-working; he obtained his certificate at Easter, 1848. The mistress is a
pleasing person, willing and anxious to improve herself. 6. Candidates examined in
each school.

St. Ives, Boys'. Inspected March 6, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
assisted by some of the upper children as monitors. 2. Discipline moderate. 4. The
instruction of the upper classes has been taken pains with; but the younger children
require to be more attended to. There are very nice groups of parallel desks in the
school; but no real benefit has as yet been derived from using them. 5. The master
is an intelligent, willing person, with much enthusiasm, but requires more method and
practice in teaching.
St. Ives. Inspected March 6, 1849.-1. A Girls' school under a mistress; the writ-
ing and arithmetic taught by the master. 2. Discipline moderate. 5. The mistress
quiet and painstaking.

Baldin. Inspected March 7, 1849.-1. A Mixed school under a master, assisted by
three candidates for apprenticeship. 2. Discipline fair. 3. The children have only
been at school a short time. 4. This is a new district altogether; and, considering
that the school-room was only open last August, the instruction may be said to be very
fair. More use might beneficially be made of the group of parallel desks. 5. The
master is shrewd and apparently earnest. 6. Three candidates for pupil-teachers
examined.

Chasewater. Inspected March 7, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master, assisted
by six monitors, who were candidates for pupil-teachers. 2 and 3. Discipline and
method improved. 4. Instruction fair throughout the school. 5. The master is willing
and anxious to do his utmost. 6. The school was only partially examined; singing
good; two candidates for pupil-teachers examined.

Stonehouse. Inspected March 9, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master, assisted
by six monitors, who were candidates for pupil teachers. 2 and 3. Discipline and
method imperfect. 4. The instruction very deficient amongst the junior children, but
moderate in the first class. 5. The master is willing and anxious; he is highly spoken
of by the Committee of Management, but physically weak and without energy. He
obtained his certificate. 6. There is a great need of further improvement in this

school.

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Bideford.

4

3 15 33 33

2

3 57 57 100
32 45 72

5 9

9 6

42 80

16 23 23 39 4 7 5 20 7 12 12 39 12 39 31

220

220

220

328

10 10 15 20 20 29 20 33 52 20 18 20 32 46 714 16

20 27 47 27 6 93 12 74 63 27 24 42 44 50 17 29 15 12 11 9 7 26 72 120

1

9 9 9 4 2.19 9 2 9 2 10 17 2 712 14

. 13 6 13 1 3 7 15 30 20

27 55 27 53 39 30 26 16 2017 810 2 2 46 24 91

3 to 5 m.

(a) (c)

3377

(h) Household work

(e) Cut out and mother clothes

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 4. Instruction.

3. Methods.

1. Organization.
2. Discipline.
Bideford. Inspected March 20, 1849.-A Boys' school under a master, assisted by
two pupil-teachers and oue candidate for apprenticeship. 2. The discipline is good.
3. The method defective. 4. The instruction much improved during the year; but
still there is room for advancement. 5. The master is eager and earnest, and takes
great pains with his children. He intends to offer himself as a candidate for certificate
of merit. 6. The ventilation is very bad, and ought to be improved.

Ilfracombe, Boys'. Iuspected March 21, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
one pupil-teacher, and three candidates for apprenticeship. 2. Discipline fair. 3. The
general tone and method of the whole school may be improved. 4. The information
of the children is good, but might be imparted with greater precision, and more general
soundness. 5. A very hard-working, earnest man, with much natural ability, but
without much culture.

Ilfracombe, Girls'. Inspected March 21, 1849.-A Girls' school under a mistress, an
assistant mistress, and several candidates for apprenticeship. 2. The discipline is
very fair. 4. The instruction is extremely improved during the past year. English
history, English grammar, and geography have lately been introduced, and as far as
the children have been taught they have been instructed with much soundness.
5. The former schoolmistress, who is a gool disciplinarian, undertakes the charge of
the junior classes; whilst a younger person, who is to have the charge of the whole
school eventually, instructs the elder children. 6. The religious teaching is satis-
factory, and there is a nice tone throughout the school.

Barnstaple. Inspected March 23, 1849.-1. Girls' and Infants' school combined,
under a mistress, assisted by monitors, who are candidates for apprentices. 2 and 3.
The discipline and method inay be improved. 4. The instruction has increased very
much during the past year, I am given to understand; but there is still room for ad-
vancement. 5. The mistress appears willing and anxious to get on; but she has had
more to do than one young female could well accomplish. 6. With care and attention
this may become a very good school. The building is very spacious and airy ; is held
on lease for a period of 50 years. Books, apparatus, and desks are much wanted.

Axminster, Boys'. Inspected March 27, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
assisted by two candidates for apprenticeship. 2. Discipline good. 3. Method fair.
4. Much pains has been taken during the last few months with the instruction; but
there is still room for improvement. 5. The master, who was trained at Exeter, is an
intelligent, pleasing man, doing much good in his school.

Axminster, Girls. Inspected March 27, 1849-1. A Girls' school under a mistress,
assisted by two candidates for apprenticeship, with a class of infants under an assistant
teacher. 2. The discipline may be improved. 5. The mistress has only just taken
charge of this school, and it was left by the late teacher in an unsatisfactory state.
Marshwood. Inspected March 28, 1849.-1. A Mixed school under a master and his
wife, assisted by two pupil teachers. The infants are placed in a room (distant a few
yards from the school buildings), under a young assistant teacher. 2 and 3. The disci-
pline and method may be improved. 4. There were only three children present in the
first class and seven in the second class. The replies upon religious subjects were fairly
made. English grammar and geography have been taught to the children; but they
were not very successful in their replies upon these subjects. 5. The master is a
shrewd, active man; he has had the charge of the school eight months.

5. Master and Mistress.

6. Special.

Corscombe. Inspected March 29, 1849.-1. A Mixed school of boys and girls under
a young mistress, assisted by monitors. The mother of the mistress, in the afternoon,
instructs the girls in needlework. 2 and 3. The discipline and method very pleasing.
There is great life and animation in the school. 4. The religious knowledge of the
children is taken much pains with; and the elder children are carefully instructed in
geography and the elements of English grammar. The singing is very nice. 5. Mis-
tress very young, but works hard; and, with the assistance of pupil-teachers, and the
kind superintendence of the clergyman and Mrs. Nicholson (who pay all the expenses
of the school, and who are unremitting in their attention to it), will get on very well
indeed. For a country school I have seldom seen one with more life and zeal in it.
Woolborough and Highweek, Boys'. Inspected March 30, 1849.-1. A Boys' school
under a master (at this time invalided), assisted by two apprentices. 2. Discipline
very defective. 3. Method at this time entirely disregarded. 4. The religious instruc-
tion, as also the secular knowledge, of the children very limited. 5. The master, who
has had the charge of the school since Midsummer last (since which time illness has
prevented him from continuing his school), was not, I am given to understand, com-
petent to instruct pupil-teachers. The present teacher, who has only taken the school
for a time, appears willing and anxious, but at present knows very little about his
work.

Woolborough and Highweek, Girls'. Inspected March 30, 1849.-1. A Girls' school
under a mistress. 2. Discipline fair. 3. Method moderate. 4. The replies of the
children upon religious subjects satisfactory; on secular subjects limited. 5. The
mistress is attentive and painstaking. 6. The stipendiary monitor, who was appren
ticed in 1848, has been dismissed for ill-behaviour."

Launceston, Boys'. Inspected April 3, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master,
assisted by three candidates for apprenticeship. 2 and 3. Discipline and method may
both be improved. 4. The instruction is given with some amount of care; the read-
ing, on the whole, is good; the arithmetic fair; and the first class understand the
elements of English grammar and a little geography. The religious instruction is
taken pains with; but the children did not answer very satisfactorily to questions given
them by the clergyman.

Launceston, Girls'. Inspected April 3, 1849.-1. A Girls' school under a mistress
and four candidates for pupil-teachers, assisted by the mother of the mistress. 2 and
3. Discipline and method fair. 4. The reading of the children is good, and the replies
upon scripture subjects moderate. English grammar and geography have lately been
introduced. 5. The mistress very young; she wants experience as a teacher; but with
care and attention I should hope that she would do well.

Kingsteinton, Boys'. Inspected April 5, 1849.-1. A Boys' school under a master
and mistress, with an assistant teacher to take charge of the very little infants.
2. Discipline fair. 4. The instruction is given with a great deal of care and attention
by the rector; and the religious knowledge of the children on those subjects in which
they have been instructed is satisfactory. The school has only been opened a few
months, and is, therefore, in a most incipient state. 5. The master and mistress are
not efficient as teachers, but appear kind and docile; and, with the continual super-
intendence of the rector, there is little doubt that the school will prosper and become
efficient.

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