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 heir owu succesB in lifr, is a buiincss worthy to be made reipectable, worthy of the 
 iiighest walks of life: and how sacrtd is the trust committed to the repreientatiTet of 
 
 To titt TJcnorable the Commons House of Jlssembly. 
 
 ■.MR rumiiiittoc to whom wai n-ftrriMl the petition of David Burns, and other*, inhabitanlt of the county 
 (if Oxford, upon tliu .siibjert of Common tSrhoois, respectfully report, that the Common Schools of this Pro- 
 vince are fjemraliy in so deplorable a state tliat they scarcely deserve the name of Schools ; the amount of 
 jMibiio nioiuy annually expended, for the supiwrt of Common schools, is quite insufficient to effect the object 
 for which it was originally intended, and, from the smullness of the amount and mode of application, is render- 
 i'll ulinost usolesi. 
 
 They would liicrcfore earnestly rerommcnd the revision of tile Common School law, so that it shall ba 
 nt oiu-e tirnpic, rli'itr aii<t ellicient, dividing the public schoool money equally among the children taught in 
 organized bcliools by a person who has a ccrtllicnte from the district board of education, or school inspectors, ot 
 his or herability tu teach a Cumwon School, so that the sum received shall be actually applied towards the pay> 
 luent of the teachers Wages. 
 
 The Common school fuud should be so large that the interest would be su/Rcient, added to what the pro- 
 prietors of Common schools are able to pay, to support Common school teachers respectably, aoijl h« generally 
 applied throughout the ProTincc, so that Common school teaching instead of being a mere matter of conve- 
 nience to transient persons, or commou idlers, would become a regular respeclabfe btisineii, in' the hands of 
 gentlemanly, well educated persons. 
 
 Surely the formation of the minds of our children, on which must depend the happiness or misery we are 
 to enjoy with them, and th ' 
 patronage of men in the ' 
 the people.' 
 
 Funds and appropristions for the suppoit of education should be permanent, they should not depend upon the 
 annual vote of the Legislature, nor ony other casualty that might, by posibility fail, and thereby check the re-' 
 guhr progress of education. 
 
 The inquiry then, is, where is this large fund to be found, and how is it to he obtained .' Answer, There 
 is dormant liritish capital in this j)rovincc, that might be tendered available nud productive, if placed at the 
 disposal of the provincial Legislature, sulliciont for this purpose, without taxing the people directly or indirect- 
 ly, one shilling, or in any way lessening the other resourses of the Province. 
 
 One million of acres of the waste lauds of IliB Crown, placd in the hands of school fund loan commli- 
 sloners, under an act of parliament authorising the issuing debentures for A500000 redeemable in ten, fifteen 
 or twenty years, at 4 per cent per annum, with authority for the commissioners to lend the money upon good 
 and sufficient landed security, at 6 per cent, with the interest annually, the two per-cent, the difTerenee between 
 which the money could be borrowed, and t'nat at which it could be loaned, would produce a orofit or gain 
 of LI 0000, per annum ; which minht be appropriated towards the support of Common schouis, before, and 
 iiniil the lands could be made productive ; but as the lands were leased or sold the rents or interest of the 
 amount of sales would annually be added to the LIOOUO, increasing the annual appropriation until the inter- 
 est of the whole grant should be annually ni)propriated to the support of t!ommon Schools. 
 
 As lands are annually rising in deniatidand value, there ('an be no doubt but what they will redeem the 
 debt, and as landed security should only betaken for the payment of the principal and interest, hytlie commis- 
 .■iioners, there could be no risk or fear of loss from the failures of those who should borrow money from the 
 commissioners, as often happcwis in other money transactions. 
 
 Hut as ten tho\isand pounds, even with the present Commou school funds, would be very far insuflicient 
 for the support of common scliools, would it not be advisable to pledge the reverMxes of the Province for the 
 |)aymentsof the interest, annually, until the lands could be made available ; and as they become productive, 
 apply the rents or interest to the paymeul of the interest and principal of the loan, until the debt should be 
 paid ? 
 
 Appropriiili! .') per cent, L".")no() aununlly, to the support of Common shools, and one percent, L50(I0 per 
 annum, for a sinking fund, to be placed at interest, to increase the school fund us the population of the province 
 incrijases. 
 
 Vour committee lipg leave further to remark, that .C2."),000 is not one-sixth part of the sum actually re- 
 quired for the >upport cf common schools in this province; there being about 250 settled townships that re- 
 ipiiie inimediatr support for common schools ; this would not he more than one hundred pounds to a township ; 
 but sho\iid sonietliing lie added from the .lesuits' estates, nud from the sale of some part of the Clergy Re- 
 serves, or from anv oilier source, with the present common school grant, these funds united under proper rcgu- 
 I Uions, would cniilile cur common scliools to prepare our youth foi the district schools, or district Colleges en- 
 <!u\v.(i by tlie school lands tilreaiiy granted, and these Colleges would prepare such of our youth for the Uni- 
 ver'.ily,Rs shall be desirous of obluining the highest literary honors. 
 
 'i'o wliiit olijcc t caTi the surplus revenues of the prn\ ince for a .simrt lime be applied, or for what purpose 
 er.uld a small tax be levied, lli;\t would more materially benefit the people of this province, than for the support 
 of lommon schools ; the great and invaluable pnr,inse of education. 
 
 Where the introduction of capital ran be made without embarrassing the existing financial regulations of 
 i!ie proviu'e or interferins with vested rip'its, that introduction must tend to facilitate the improvement of the 
 (iiunlry, so long as it can be introduced at half its intrinsic \alue. 
 
 Till! ra|)id growth and prosperity of the United States may be imputed more to their anticipating their re- 
 sources by means of banks and loans, whereby those resources were themselves doubled, than to any other 
 < ause. 
 
 < 'ominille Uoom, House of .\sspml y, ) CHARLES DUNCOMBE, 
 
 .'i Ih December, \i'M- », Chairman, 
 
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 To His ExcrUettcy Sir John Colhorne, IC C. B. Litntenant Governor of Ih* Pronnce of Up^ 
 per Canada, Major General commanding His Majutys Forces therein, S,c. !,c. S>'c. 
 
 ^ *'^We'^Hi» M.lMtv'i dutiful »nd loyal lubjects, the Commons of Upper Canad« in profincial parliament aa- 
 •fmbled.'moit reipeotfully beg leare .to represent that there is in this province a very general want of educa- 
 aon;h. the insufficiency of 3.e common .chool fund to support competent, respectable, and well educated 
 eachers has degraded commoii school teaching from a regular business to a mere matter oconrenience to 
 ransieut persoufor common idlers, who often teach the schaol one season and leave ,t vacant until .t.ccom- 
 Ste. wmTother Hke person, whereby the minds of our youth are left without cult va. on, or what .. st.ll 
 woiV"r^,ue„tly with vulgar, low bred, vicious or intemperate e.ample. before them, .n .he capacity of mon- 
 
 """"if nrovision were made for the liberal and punctual payment of common school teachers under proper re- 
 Bulatons"t"e°eaS of common schools woufd soon become a regular and respectable busmcssj gentlemanly 
 Sll educated SL would not be ashamed to take charge of our youth, our schools would be no longer va- 
 r.nt nor oS vSurSnorant ; Upper Canada would then form a national character, that would command res- 
 wS'akr^ad, J^4ensu*« ^^^^ and happiness at home, nerpetuate our attachment to Br.t.sh pnnc 
 
 Jles 'nrBriti?h fnstUutions, an^d enable'our posterity to value, a. t'hey ought the inestimable bless.og. of our 
 
 '^'°" We'rSlTrefore respectfully request your Excellency to cause this address to be laid before His Ma- 
 jesty's prircipalSecreUry of State fo^he^oloi;i^ representing to His Majesty that there ,. dormant Br,,..h 
 Sal fuAiTprovince, which might be rendered avaifable «d productive if placed at the d.sposa of he pro- 
 vi« a Leaislature. sufficient to place its schools iu as flourishing a condition as they are in any part of the ciy- 
 Tl zed worfd and t; enTreat hat kis Majesty will be graciously pleased to place at the disposaf, or transfer to 
 Jllecsrrof the provincial Legislature 1 i'ooO.OOO .of acres of the waste lands of the Crown, a. a perm.ne.t 
 fund for the suppert of common schools wilhiu this proviace. 
 
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