every teaching day of the year of more than one-half of the total number enrolled. On the other hand the following counties show an attendance for, the whole year of less than one-half of the total number enrolled: Kings, Queens, Victoria, Sunbury. The proportionate increase by decades of the number of the population enrolled in the Public Schools since the Free School Act came into operation is shown in the following table : Table showing porportion of population enrolled on Public School Registers for the years 1872, 1881 and 1891, according to the census of the years '71, '81, and '91 respectively. Stated in another form, in 1872, fourteen per cent. of the population of the Province attended the public schools during some part of the year; in 1882 the attendance had increased to about 19 per cent. and in 1891, to about 21 per cent. In making the comparison it ought, however, to be noted that the very small attendance in 1872 in Gloucester, Victoria, Kent, and to a less extent in some other Counties, was, in part at least, due to the opposition with which the Free School Act was at first met by a portion of the population. The following table shows the percentage of enrolled pupils daily present on an average in cities and incorporated towns from 1870 to 1891 inclusive: Half-yearly Percentage of Enrolled Pupils daily present on an average in the Cities and Incorporated Towns: Of the incorporated towns it will be seen that St. Stephen again made the highest average of attendance for the year, though surpassed by Woodstock during the Second Term. The following shows the proportion of the population of the three cities of the Province enrolled in the schools in 1872, 1881, and 1891 respectively: 1891. St. John and Portland, Fredericton,. Moncton, 1874: 1 in 5.74 The following tables exhibit the percentages of daily attendance from |