HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA, 
dequate to ou d out the education be; un ın the 
r N gg 
Schools. 
Nor does the educational system of the province 
end with mere theoretie instruction, From the 
beginning, and throughouß the course, it em- 
Phasises the application of principles to practical 
life, In addition to this the educational machinery 
of the province comprises manual training Schools, 
domestie science schools, pregaratory technical 
Schools, inetading local technical schools, coal-mining 
Schools, and engineering schools. Then erowning the 
Whole vocational education, Nova Scotia has & 
Normal College for training teachers, an Agricul- 
fural College for giving more specific instruetion and 
training in agriculture and kindred matters, and & 
Technical College for similar work in the various 
departments of engineering. In such compre- 
hensive fashion is the province preparing its young 
People for taking their part successfully in its 
Industries, 
The following, taken from the report of the 
Superintendent of Education, will show the progress 
M certain educational conditions during the past 
thirty Years i— 
Yon 
No. of 
Tench- 
m 
1880 | 1809 
1909 ! 
9604 | 
Enrol- 
ment. 
Amount 
paid by 
Sartionea. 
76.393 
WOQ71 (1 
101.680 1 711.428 
Amount 
paid by 
“onmntios. 
$107.181 
147.400 
Provin- 
eial 
(rnunt. 
196.217 |! 
241.058 
Total 
Cost of 
Duhlie 
SchO018. 
@EQ4_ O5C 
1.199.886 
Farming.—The awagenıng influence is touching 
and inspiring with new hilfe every line of industry.