in this country--an illustration in itself of the intellectual development that is now going on among us. When we proceed to review the statistics of educational progress, they present very gratifying results. The following table, carefully prepared to the latest date, from the voluminous official returns annually presented to the different Legislatures of the Provinces of Canada, will be quite sufficient for the purposes of this paper: Total number of public educational institutions in the Dominion 13,800 Number of pupils in attendance throughout the year 925,000 Amount now annually contributed by the State and People $6,700,000 Number of Colleges and Universities 21 Number of Undergraduates in Arts, Law, Medicine, Theology, about 2,200 Number of Superior and High Schools, including Academies and Collegiate Institutes 443 Aggregate attendance in same 141,000 Number of Normal Schools 8 Number of students in same 1,400 Amount expended in Ontario alone during 30 years (from 1850 to 1880,) for erection and repairs of School-houses, fuel and contingencies, about $15,000,000 [Footnote: The educational statistics preceding 1850 are not easily ascertained, and in any case are small. I have not been able to obtain similar figures for other provinces; in fact, in some cases, they are not to be ascertained with any degree of accuracy.] Total amount expended in same province, for all educational purposes during same period, upwards of $50,000,000 Total amount (approximate), available for public school purposes, in _all_ Canada, since Confederation, _i.e._ in 12 years $64,000,000