APPOINTMENT OF REV. DR. RYERSON AS SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. In 1844 Mr. Murray was made Professor of Mathematics in the University of King's College, and the Rev. Dr. Ryerson was appointed as Superintendent of Schools in his place. The announcement of this appointment appeared in the CANADA GAZETTE of October, 1844, as follows:-- "SECRETARY'S OFFICE, MONTREAL, 18th October, 1844. "His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint:-- "The Reverend Egerton Ryerson, D.D., to be Assistant Superintendent of Education for that part of the province formerly Upper Canada, in place of the Reverend Robert Murray, appointed a Professor in the University of King's College, and all communications connected with the Education office for Upper Canada are to be addressed to him at Cobourg. "By command. "D. DALY, "Secretary of the Province." Dr. Ryerson was notified of the appointment by letter in September, 1844, but was not gazetted until the 18th of the next mouth. It was my good fortune to be associated with him from the time of his appointment in 1844 until he retired from office in 1876. DR. RYERSON'S REPORT ON A SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR UPPER CANADA. Immediately after his appointment Dr. Ryerson went to Europe, and remained away for over a year in familiarizing himself with the systems of education there. On his return he published an elaborate report on his projected scheme of "Public Instruction for Upper Canada." That report was approved by the Governor-General in Council, and he was directed to prepare a bill to give effect to his recommendations, which he did in 1846. A brief analysis of that report may be interesting:--It is divided into two parts: 1. Principles of the system and subjects to be taught; 2. machinery of the system. After defining what was "meant by education," the principles of the system were laid down as follows:-- 1. It should be universal. 2. It should be practical. 3. It should be founded on religion and morality. 4. It should develop all the intellectual and physical powers. 5. It should provide for the efficient teaching of the following subjects: Biblical history and morality, reading and spelling, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, linear drawing, vocal music, history, natural history, natural philosophy, agriculture, human physiology, civil government, political economy. Each of these topics was fully discussed and illustrated in the first part of the report. * * * * * The second part explained the machinery of the system, which was summarized as follows:-- 1. Schools--their gradation and system. 2. The teacher and his training. 3. The text-books recommended. 4. Control and inspection on the part of the Government. 5. Individual and local efforts.