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 S 1^ A ^r K M E N T 
 
 OF 
 
 m. i R. COCKBUM, W. M.A., 
 
 PRINCIPAL OF U. 0. COLLEGE, 
 
 TO THE 
 
 C0mmittet of tljt i^tgislature an €bmuixan. 
 
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 PKINTKL) BY HUNTER, ROSE & CO., 86 KINCI STREET WEST. 
 
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^ .STATEMENT 
 
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 (lECmCIE ]l. 11. COCOllRN, ESQ.. M.A., 
 
 PRINCIPAL OF UPPER CANADA COLLEGE, 
 
 TO TIIK COMMITTEE OF THE LKCISLATlTiE OX EDUCATIOX. 
 
 Ii! availing mysclt' of the opportunity now affonlod nw of addrossing the Commit 
 tee in reference to the present condition, and past history of Up[)cr Canada College, over 
 which I have had the iionor of presiding as Principal during the past seven years and 
 a-half, I have felt some doubt as to the propriety of noticing here ciiarges sot fortli against 
 the Institution in a pamphlet published, and widely circulated, under the auspices 
 of the Grammar School Masters' Association ; and dealing largely with questions affecting 
 the appropriation of public lands, set apart for the i)urposes of education in 
 Upper Canada, at various dates, from the year 171)7. As, liowever, the assertions and 
 charges contained in that publication have Ijeen made the br..sis of inquiries suljmitted to 
 me by this Committee, as wU as of many erroneous statements in the newspapers of tin; 
 Province, it will facilitate the object you have in view, if — while .avoiding all merely 
 personal questions, and passages of a controversial character, — I deal with such as affect 
 the condition of the College during the period of my connexion with it. In so far as 
 those charges refer tt> the present management, and the practical value of the College in 
 relation to the interests of higher education in this Province, I gladly welcome the appoint- 
 ment of this Committee ; feeling assured that the more searching the present enquiry, 
 the more fully will it appear that the charges against the College are founded in 
 misconception. 
 
 Attach on tlw College . 
 
 I cannot avoid giving expression to the regret with which 1 have perused this pam- 
 phlet, so industriously circulated throughout the Province, entitled " The Upper Canada 
 College Question," even more on account of the tone; of feeling by which H is characterized, 
 than because of the unfounded charges which it contains. Whatever personalfeelings may have 
 aiHuenced some iiulividuals in the controversy to which this has given rise, 1 venture C(jn- 
 fidently to believe that Mheu so intelligent a body of men as the Grammar School Mas- 
 ters of Ontario have become fully informed as to the Avorking of the U. C. College, and 
 its true relations to the various educational institutions of the Province, they will cease to 
 regard it with jealousy ; or to overlook the inq)ortant functions it performs in relation to 
 the high standard of educati<»n which so honorably distinguishes Ontario, not oidy among 
 the Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, but throughout the North American Con- 
 tinent. 
 
 U. C. Colh'fie Einlowment. 
 
 In reference to the ([uestion of the original appropriation of the lands which consti- 
 tute the endowment of U. C. College, and their special destination for the purposes to 
 which they are still applied, I can scarcely conceive that, after having fulfilled the duties 
 
of Principal for seven years and a-lialf, the ver^ legitimacy of my olfice, and the 
 legality of endowments sanctioned by every successive government for upwards of 
 seventy years, are to be regarded as open questions; and that 1 am to Im; calle-' upon to 
 go into an investigation of legal documents, reaching back to the earliest settlement of 
 the Province. 
 
 1 received my commission from the Crown in 1861, in the full con victi«)n that a Provincial 
 Institution, Avhich had been founded in 1829, and maintained and encouraged under every 
 change of administration, since the establishment of responsn)lo government in Canada in 
 1837, could no longer admit of any challenge of the legality of its endowments. I 
 accordingly accepted in good faith the office of Principal, and liave since lal)oured, and a.s 
 [ venture to believe not unsuccessfully, in elevating its status and increasing its efficiency. 
 While, therefore, it appears to me, on looking carefidly into all the evidence, that the 
 endowments of U. C. College .are legitimately ai)plied to promote the very objects forwhicli 
 they were originally set .apart : I doubt not that the Committee will reg.ard that .as a second- 
 .ary consideration, compared with the efficiency .and utility of the College. If, moreover, 
 as I confidently anticipate, it shall be ni.ade apparent to them, th.at the Institution is per- 
 forming for Ont.ario a work an.alagous to that which the great public schools of Engl.and ac- 
 complish for the mother country, and Avithout detriment to its numerous and well-ap]»oint- 
 ed Grammar Schools :' I may assume that Parli.ament will not withhold any confirmation, 
 if such were needful, of .an endowment which has received the reiterated sanction of 
 previous parliaments. I have, however, .appended sundry notes and extracts, (See Appmdkca 
 I & II) for the convenience of the Committee, in order to facilitate reference to the various 
 public documents involving the history of the endowment. From these, I gatlier tliat its his- 
 tory m<ay be briefly stated as follows : — A grant of .'iOO,000 acres was made to endow a Uni- 
 versity and Four Royal Foundation Grammar Schools. Preparatory Schools to the University 
 after the model of the great Public Schools of Enghand. Of the.se .acres, one-hialf was set apart 
 for the University and one-fourth of the other half was granted to the U. C. College and 
 Eoyjil Gnammar School, .as being one of the Four Roy.al Found.ation Schools contemplated in 
 the Despatch of the Duke of Portland in 1797, and in the Report of Chief Justice Elmsley 
 in 1798. The other three-fourths ha\e .apparently been diverted from their origin.al purpose, 
 and constitute, I suppose, the Endowment Fund of the 104 Grammar Schools n<iw in 
 existence. 
 
 U. C. College Since 18G1. 
 
 Turning now to the history of U. C. College, within a period of which I am 
 personally cognizant, I must crave the forbearance of the Committee, while I briefly 
 refer to the circumstances under which I was first brought into relation with the educa- 
 tional system of this Province. I came to Canada in 1858, having received, Avhile in 
 Scotland, tlie appointment of Rector of the Model Grj^mmjir School for Upper Can.ada. 1 
 was selected for that office by Dr. Ryerson, who .along Avith the Council of Public Instruc- 
 tion wished to establish <a Grammar School in Upper Canada, on Avhich the Grammar 
 Schools should, as far as possible, be modelled. It is not for me to say how complete 
 was the success of that Institution. I can only refer to the Annu.al Report for 1859, 
 Page 1 3, where he says : — " The Model Gramni.ar School is intended to accomplish the 
 s.ame objects in reg.ard to the Grammar School instruction of the country, that the Nornuil 
 .and Model Schools .are intended to accomplish in regard to Common School instruction — 
 to improve the furniture, org.anization, discipline and teaching of tl us schools l)y presenting 
 a proper model, .and to train masters for their important and noble work. U]) to the 
 present time no Nomial Class has been e.st.ablished in the Model Grammar School. This 
 will probably be done at the beginning of the year. But .as a 7nodd it has fully met our 
 expectations, and h.as .already exerted a salutary influence upon many Gr.anr i.ar Schools, 
 the masters of which h.ave paid visits, and, in some instances, visits of many d.ays, to the 
 Model Gramm.ar School, and have applied the results of their observations and inquiries to 
 the improvement of their own schools." I remained in the daily discharge of my duties as 
 Rector of the Model Grammar School until the end of the ses.sion in July, 1861, and in 
 the following September, after the long vacation, I entered on my active duties as 
 Principal of U. C. College. 
 
ce, and the 
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 ivell-ap])oint- 
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 ndow a Uni- 
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 kvas s(!t apart 
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 templated in 
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 inal purpose, 
 3ols now in 
 
 vhich I am 
 ile I briefly 
 
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 id, while in 
 ■ Canada. 1 
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 e Grammar 
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 •t for 1859, 
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 the Normal 
 istniction — 
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 Up to the 
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 861, and in 
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 Turning to the condition of the College at the samt; ])eriod, it will be seen (1) Tiiat 
 immediately preceding my aj^pointment to the Principalship, rarliament had finally 
 withdrawn in ISOO, the ainuial grant of $4,444.41, wiiich had been enjoyed almost since 
 its foundation \ \^'2) That in consequence, the services of two Masters, namely, the 
 Third Classical and the Commercial Master had been dispensed with. (15) That ^ith a 
 further view of meeting the loss of the amnial grant, there had Iteen mad(!a reduction of 
 one-si.\th in the salarie* of the Principal, of tlu; first and second Classical Masters, of the 
 Mathematical Master, and of the Englisli C'lassical Master ; while tlu; salaries of the French 
 and (ierman Master, of the First and Second English Musters liad been reduct>d one- 
 eighth. (4) That the income was burdened with jnuisions amounting annually to SUlXKl, 
 though these pensicmshad been granted by tiie ({overnmcnt Vi'Jien the College M'as in llie 
 enjoyment of the above named Parliainentary grant of $4,444 44. (■'")) That the expenses 
 v/f the Bursar's ofticc, over which neither the Senate of the Univ« rsity nor the Principal 
 had any control, amounted to nearly §1,000 per aumnn. (u) T'uiit .vhen I received my 
 commission in 180 1 as Principal of U. C. College, having for three years pre\iously been 
 Rector of whivt was an acknowledged rival of U. C. College, (the late Model (irammar 
 School for Upptfr Canada,) it liccame ail tlie more necessary to introduce gradually such 
 reforms as my familiarity with the edu(;atioiial institutions of the Mother Country, and 
 the experience I had acquired in connection witli tho.-.e of Canada, led me to believe were 
 needed to bring into greater efficiency a school which had already won an honorable 
 place in the sympathies of Canadians, by the gooil work it had accomplished. 
 
 A ■iiiuuil ExpciidHurc. 
 
 Turning then to the working of Upper Canada College since I received my appoint- 
 ment as Principal in September, IS'!!, it may be premised that with the expenditure of 
 the Academic year which was eoinpleted in the following December, I had but little to 
 do, as eight months of the year had passed before I entered on the regular work of the 
 session. I may be permitted, however, to draAV attention t'> the inaccuracy, as well as 
 injustice of including among the items of ex])cnditure for 1801, the balance or debt 
 of previous years as it stood on 31st Deceml)er, 1860, amounting to S73.')7.07, and adding 
 still further, as pure expenditure, the sum of §545.5. 'JIJ received by tlu^ Bursar as Board 
 Dues for that year. 
 
 A moment's reflection will suffice to suggest that \Ahen boys ])ay such a sum foi' 
 board, it is Avith the reasonabh; expectation of Vieing boarded in return. Again, in deal- 
 ing Avith the expenditure of 1802, it has l)i*en thus erroneously set forth : — 
 
 Nominal expenditure $35,050 05 
 
 Keal expenditure 40,227 05 
 
 although an examination of the Bursar's printed statement (Mr. Christie's Returns, ]>. 3), 
 shews that the net annual expenditfire for 18G2, which is there givan a»s $23,082. 7i), is in 
 reality only $21,133.56. 
 
 The following tabular view will serve to illustrate the misrepresentation : — ' 
 
 EXI'ENDITUKE FOR 18G2. 
 
 Expenditure as given T»y the Bursar $23,082 79 
 
 From this should be deducted " amount credited to in- 
 come, but paid out of the appropriation " of 
 $0000, and Avrongly charged to annual expen- 
 diture ; 194'J 23 
 
 Real expenditure $21,133 56 
 
 This $21,133.50 is made up to $40,227.05 by 
 
 (1st). Balance of money from former years am.ountiug to 11,967 26 
 
 (2nfl). Board Dues paid by parents and by Dr. Barrett.. 5177 00 
 
 (3rd). Amount paid out of appropriation 1949 23 
 
 $40,227 05 
 
The slightest consideration will suffice to suggest that (1) and (2), dehts luid Itourd 
 chics, ciumot ho ciinrgi'd ti> annual exixiuditun'. 
 
 If tlu! hoarders had hccn as numerous in 1HG2 as they wen^n 1867, or aro now, 
 ;uiil their expenses I'nlly met, as th(>y are hy their own hoard fi'os, were assumed as an 
 increase of tlio annual outlay, some 8;K)00 aihlitional Miight he adth'<l to the anuunl 
 expenditure, hy hringing in the $800 1 of 18(57, instead of tlie !5!r)177 of ISGl.'. In dealhig 
 vvitli tlie expenditure! of a puhlio iiistitution as of a ])rivat'! indiyidual, it is Tiecessary to 
 lake an average drawn from that of several years, for it is occasionally advisahle to 
 spend largely in some particular years with a view to ultimate economy. 
 
 7 '>tol Di'Jidl iKif ytirrti;/!' ytumnil l)r/;rif. 
 
 With a view, therefore, to <leal with the economic cjuestions affecting the management t>f 
 Upper Caiuvda College, I shall |)ass, in review, the statements regarding the expenditure, so 
 far as it has come under my own control. On page ;51 , the raithor of " 'I'lie I'pper Canada 
 College Question" says — "We are now in a position to estimate the success that has atten- 
 ded the latest legislative experiment in hehalf of U])per Canada College. As Ave a])proach 
 the present time, we find tin* average annual deficit constantly increasing, an.d if we par- 
 ticukrly consider the six and a half years ending with ilune, 1807, the average anmud 
 deficit hecomes truly ai)])alling. During this |ieriod, which coincides with the iiRuunhency 
 of the present Head Master, the de))t (if the Institution has increased from $ll,9G7.2f; 
 (Dec. ;51, 1801,) to $17,524.77 (Juni! 'M), 18(57), that is, the deht has had added to it 
 (e.xcluding interest) S55r)7.r)l." 
 
 Now, gentlemen, the very reti;rns (Mr. Christie's) jn'ofessedly (pioted, jirove the i)re- 
 ceding statement to he incorrect ; for they show that during the term 18G4-7, there had 
 lieen a reduction of the halance or deht of $2.'}14.91), and had the writer taken the trouhle 
 to consult the Bursar's accounts for June, 1808, he would have found that during the last 
 three and a half years, tlie whole halance or Jeht has heen reduced hy §."51)05.20, while the 
 leduction in the last two years has heeu $3283.43. He seems to desire to m.ike his 
 readers regard as an aini.wd (Ufwit the whole deht or halance hrought forwai'd from all the 
 former years. The following tahular vit!W extracted from Mr. Christie's lieturns, and the 
 liursar's accounts for the year eiuling 30th .June, 1808, will show the exact state of the 
 whole halance or deht during the period referred to : — 
 
 31st Dec. 1801. Balance .$11,967 26 
 
 " " 1802. " 15,594 48 
 
 " '• 186:3. " 14,585 .50 
 
 " " 1804. " 19,839 70 
 
 To,Tune30 180."). " 17,500 75 
 
 " " 1800. " 19,217 93 
 
 " " 1867. " 17,524 77 
 
 " " 1868. " 15,934 50 
 
 Cause of Increase of Deficit. 
 
 How then, it will he asked, is the fact to he accounted for of the halance of .$11, 967.- 
 20 having now risen to- $15,934.50 1 I answer in the following manner: In 1802, it 
 had heen increased hy .f4627.22, hut the gratuity of $4800, which had iieen granted by 
 the Government to my predecessor on his retirement in 1861, was paid this y(>ar, and 
 charged to income, otherwise there would have heen a reduction of the deht, as there was 
 in the foUowin*- year, of .f 1008.98. In 1864, the deht had risen to $19,839.70. In this 
 year, the Kev. Dr. Scadding, the First Classical Master, after more than tAventy-four years' 
 s(;rvice, was compelled, through infirmity, to resign his position, and a gratuity of $2400 
 Avas allowed him, while at the same time, owing to various causes, more especially the 
 depressed condition of the agricultural districts, the inconu) collected from the endowment 
 fell nearly $2,200 helow the average. (See Mr. Christie's Returns, page 5.) In the year 1805, 
 the financial year of the College, was hy an order in Council, dated .July 19, 1865, assimi- 
 
and l)()ai(l 
 
 or avo now, 
 mini as an 
 till' annuiil 
 In (lualin^ 
 it'ct.'s.sary to 
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 Kigonient of 
 
 udituiv, so 
 
 per Canada 
 
 it has atten- 
 
 vf a])proai'h 
 
 1 if wo par- 
 
 ragt! anniiiil 
 
 incumbency 
 
 $11,907.20 
 
 tddod to it 
 
 ove the pre- 
 
 7, there had 
 
 1 the tioubh^ 
 
 [ring the last 
 
 26, while the 
 
 to make hi» 
 
 from all the 
 
 rns, and the 
 
 state of the 
 
 of $11,90 7.- 
 : In 1802, it 
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 :\s there was 
 70. In this 
 y-four years' 
 ity of .$2400 
 specially the 
 ! endowment 
 leyear 1805, 
 1865, assimi- 
 
 lated to tliat of the Province, viz., commencing Jul/ Ist, and ending June ;50th. Accor- 
 dingly, to make the correspondence complete, the College y«ar 'as been made to commence 
 on the Ist July, and to end on the .'lOth June. Thus we h. c the Bursar's receipts and 
 expenditure, on account of income, for the half year ending with .lune 30th, 1805, in 
 which the payments were $7713.95, and the receipts J9992.90, showing a surplus of 
 $2279.01. in 1800, by Orders in Council, dated 2 Ist Dec, 1805, and 2nd April, 1800, 
 the present system wa.s inaugurated, which ensured that the ex[tenditure of Upper 
 ('anada College should bo kept within tlu! income. By this it lia.s been provided that ; 
 
 (1). Tlie expenditure of the Bursar's Office, against which again and again memorials 
 had been sent to the (lovernment l>oth liy the Henatt! and by the llursar himself, was at 
 length restricted to $1000. 
 
 (2). The sum of $12,500 was assigned as the dominated average mcome from the 
 endowment of Ui)per (Janada (JoUege, wiiidi, together with the fees and miscellaneous 
 receipts not coming under the head of rents, interest on instalments, and interest on in- 
 vestments and cash l)alance8, is lu^ld to be the available income of Upper Canaila College 
 until 30th June, 1871. 
 
 (3) Directions a'-e given fiM- the guidance of the Bursar in case of i\u: available income 
 not being entirely expended in any one year, and also how to make pro rata deductions 
 from salaries, in case of its being ajjparent that the expenditare would otherwise exceed 
 the income. The^^ursar is also directed to rejxu't to His Excellencyjon or before January 
 1871, Avitli the view of ascertaining whetiicr any further regulation:' may then become, 
 necessary. 
 
 By the last named Order in Council tlu; Bursar is further instructed to keep an 
 entirely distinct account for the receipts and expenditure on account of the I'esidence oi- 
 Boarding House. 
 
 In the year ending 3()th June, 1800, there is an apparent deficit of $1,057 18, 
 but a glance at the account will siiow that this is caused by the change in the 
 system of keeping accounts, and liy the Bursar's Office $2,200, for the preceding year, 
 1865, being included in the account of 1800. 
 
 In 1807 the income fund sliews no deficiency, but on tlie cmitrary the receipts exceed 
 the payments by $1,093. 10, thus more than covering the apparent deficit of the preceding 
 year. In 1808 a similar result was obtained, for the balance or debt was reduced $1,590.27, 
 thus bringing it down to $15,931 50. 
 
 I shall now sum up the causes of the increase of the deficiency during the earlier 
 period of my incumbency. 
 
 Balance, 31st December, 1861 $11,907 20 
 
 Gratuity to Rev. W. Stennett, late Principal $1,800 00 
 
 Gratuity to Kev. Dr. Scadding 2, 400 00 
 
 $7,200 00 
 
 $19,167 20 
 
 Whereas the balance now .stands at $15,951.50, and that teo in .spite of the fact that 
 during 1801-68 Upper Canada College has lieen compelled to pay annually the sum of 
 $1,900 in jiensions which had been sanctioned by the Government, when this institution 
 was receiving an annual grant of .?4, 444.41. 
 
 Pi'nsioii:< paid out of Annual Income. 
 
 The pensions alone during the past seven years and a half amount to 814,250, Avhicli 
 have been paid out of annual income in spite of reiieated remonstrance of the Senate. 
 On the withdrawal of the annual Parliamentary grant, a statute Avas passed rtiducing these 
 jiensions j)?-rt rata with thi' reducti»»ns etfected in the salaries of the > |»}ier Canada 
 CoUegeMasters. amounting annually to $1,555 50. (See Mr. Christie's Ueturns, p. 13). 
 But this statute His Excellency Sir Edmund Head saw fit to disallow. Soon after t\w. 
 

 
 (;<)ll('g«^ was jilaci'd iimlor tlio manage ment of tlio UiiiverHity SeiiaU;, a C'omniisHion wan 
 ii)>I)<iiiitnil to iii(|iiirt' into various i|ii.stioiis atrectiii;^ tlif coiulition of tin- Collcf;!'. This 
 ifsultod ill tiic irmoval or ivsij^iiation of the I'riiicipal iiiul several of tlu- Masters ; 
 Itensions iM'ing granted to tliim aft(!r fully ('oiisidering all the circuiustancos in each ease. 
 It is not my jjrovinee to enter into tlifMiierits of a (|nestion ludon^^in;; to the inanug<'nient 
 of the College before I had any connexion with it. I sini|»ly state facts m cessary to account 
 or this annual charge on the income of $1,1)00. 
 
 In reference to this great l)urilen on tim annual incoii.e, which vvius imposed under 
 tho authority of the (iovernor-Oenei.d in rouncil, 1 may l)e pennitted, very respectfully, 
 to Btate. that it has appeared to me, from my first kiio.vledge of it, to be a charge which 
 the Provincial (iovernni'Mit ought to have provided for from other lesonrces, when they 
 recommeniled the withdrawal of the annual Parliamentary grant, wliich constituted a 
 part of the regular income of tlio College at the tinu-when tlid.se pensiinis M-ere granted, 
 and " for tln^ coiitimiance of which the faith of the Province may be regarded as ])U'dged," 
 accortling to the report, ])age 340, of the late Chancellor Hums. 
 
 The only item in tlu^ form of a gratuity granted since my accession to (he I'rincipal- 
 sliij), was a retiring allowance , if two years' sidary to tho Kev. |)r. )Sca(hling, wdio after 
 faithfidly iierforming the duties of First Classical Master during tho long period of 
 nearly twenty-five years, was compelled by bodily inhrmity to sever his connection 
 with the College. It is not undeserving tiii' consideration of the Committee, in relation 
 to this part of the subject, whether some v/ell devised system for providing retiring allow- 
 ances for supeninmiated master-; of the Ccjllege might not be an act of wise economy, as 
 well as justice and fair dealing to those, M'ho, like I)r. Scadding, have spent a lifetime 
 in its seiTico. 
 
 nESIDKNT ficilOOL HOUSE. 
 
 In connection with the macter of expenditure i shall now take up what the wjiter of 
 the pam|)hlet terms "An Kndowed Hoarding House," the misninnagement of which hi- 
 declares to have l)cen frightful, and its administration still worse. " Certahi it is," says 
 he, '' that the sons of well salaried Professors, of well salaried College Masters, and of 
 " other M'ell salaried '-esidents of Toronto, obtained tuition and board on those unneces- 
 " sary easy terms [namely, free board and tuition], and this is the way in which tlie 
 " Parliamenlary jtrovision for the su])port of Crammar Schools has been rioted in at 
 " Toronto, while Trustees throughout the Province have })een at their wits end to])rovide 
 " the most scanty pittance for the Masters of the Grammar Scliools ; and while IJjiper 
 •' Canada College could not spare free tuition for the sons of the lowly, the sons of men 
 '• rich in this world's goods were bountifully jjrovided at the public charge with tuition, 
 " with books, and even with food. How far this truly scandalous system has been 
 " amended we know not. We find, however, on Mr. Cockbiirn's testimony that even still 
 " three boys, the sons of well salaried masters ol)taiii frte tuition," pj). 17 18. 
 
 I should not deem it neces.sary to rebut such extravagant misstatements, were it not 
 that questions recentl}- addressed to me by niem])ers of tiiis Committee imply that they 
 have received some credence. Whatever may have been the former n.anageir.ent of the Col- 
 lege and its Iioarding hou.se, it is sutFcient for me to state, that since I a.ssumed the duties of 
 Principal, in ISGl, no boy has l)(;en proAaded either with board or school books a'; th»! 
 expense of the institution. As to the admission of the sons of the masters of the College 
 to mere attendance on the classes, I presume the same is done in the case of every master 
 of a Grammar School in Canada who has a son of the requisite age. Whoever may be 
 referred to under tho designation of " Professors and other well salaried residents of Tor- 
 onto," I can only assure the Committee that, so far as my knoAvledge and experience 
 extend, the statement has no other foundation than the writer's fancy. 
 
 But, to return to the question of the Upper Canada College Resident School House. 
 With the object of more clearly re])utting the charge of mismanagement, I have prepared 
 from Mr. Christie's Returns and the Bursar's accounts for 1868 the following tabular view 
 of the receipts and expenditure of Upper Canada College from 1st January, 1862 to 
 30th June, 1868:— 
 
ImsHion was 
 li'f^t'. This 
 MiisttTS ; 
 III cac'li nisf. 
 liiiiiiugi'iiK'nt 
 
 Iv' to ilCCIlUIlt 
 
 |lMiHt'<l iiikUt 
 jrcspci'U'ully, 
 rliaigc wliicli 
 ^, wlion they 
 IdiistitiUcd 11 
 .'tTt' gniiitod, 
 as ])lp(lgf(l," 
 
 it! I'rincipal 
 1!^, wild alter 
 g peridd of 
 s cdiiiiectioii 
 f, in itdatioii 
 t'tiriiig alldw- 
 
 tM'ouoiny, as 
 eiit a lilVtiiiie 
 
 . tiie wiiter of 
 . of wliidi lu' 
 ain it is," says 
 asters, and of 
 those uiineces- 
 
 in whicli tl'.e 
 1 rioted in at 
 nid to jirovide 
 
 while Upper 
 1 sons of men 
 ! M'ith tuition, 
 teiii has been 
 that even still 
 8. 
 
 ts, were it not 
 iply that they 
 'nt of the Col- 
 l tlie duties of 
 books &j th<! 
 of the College 
 ■ every master 
 oever may be 
 dents of Tor- 
 id experience 
 
 School House. 
 
 Iiave prepared ^ 
 
 ^ tabular view | 
 
 Liary, 1862 to % 
 
 Fimnciul lienulU of Itesidtnl Selwol Jlonsi: 
 
 Deficit. Hiirplim. 
 
 3l8t Deer., iH(i2 $8K.') .'io 
 
 ilo lHr).3 .300 40 
 
 dd 18(14 $1,344 21 
 
 3ntli .June, 180;"), (half-year) 208 88 
 
 aist iWr., 1805, '•' 1,316 05 
 
 3()th -iune, I8f)6, " 412 Dfi 
 
 <1(. 1807 211) 10 
 
 do 1808 704 52 
 
 Total, 1802-08 $2,501 oi |2,l)|it 73 
 
 Surplus 448 72 
 
 e2,i»49 73 
 
 From the above statement, which any one <!an readily verify, it will ho. seen tliat the 
 "alarming mismanagement" n\sults in a surplus df §448.72. The sum, indcd, is not 
 large. Hut the Coraraitteo will bear in mind, tllat, so far from the Resident 8ohddl IIous(> 
 being designed for the benefit of the citizens of Toronto, it is ju.st because the College is 
 a Provincial Institution, receiving ])upils from all parts of the Province, and even from many 
 distant localities in tht^ Dominion, that such a provision constitutes an iniportant and 
 indispensable feature of this institution. Tlu^ object, therefore, is not to make the Hoard- 
 ing Mouse a source of revenue, but to see that the board of resident pupils is sufficient to 
 make it self-sustaining, and to pay all the expenses of management. If this view of the 
 case be a correct one, the result fidly meets all requirements. Under a differeiit ijystem 
 less satisfactory results were obtained ; and wlien 1 took the management of the College, 
 its Boarding llouse was, for a time, a source ot much anxiety and trouble. During the 
 first two years of my incumbency it was still c 'ucted at a loss. Wlum such was found 
 to be the case, the whole system was radically changed. The jm'sent Resident Superin- 
 tendent was appointed in January, 1804, and since the new regime commenced there has 
 been a steady surplus, with the exception of the year 1865, m which the deficit was more 
 nominal than real, as it arose from the change in the system of keeping accounts (mention- 
 ed in pp. and 8 of Mr. Christie's Retiirn.s), in consequence of which $532.35, the 
 salary of the resident Superintendent for 1804-5, was charged to the year 18G5-0, and 
 311,152.50, es for 1805, were carried over to 1800. The chrr.ge efiected in 1804 has 
 been atten- "d with the happiest results, for not only has the accommodation in t\w. 
 Hoarding House been materially increased, and the comfort of the pupils thereby corres- 
 pondingly etihancod ; Imt a cdnij)lete change in the management was effected, whereliy the 
 details of the household economy were entrusted to an experienced steward, and the con- 
 duct of the whole adapted to the growth of the institution. Mow far this change has 
 been appreciated by the country may be estiinateil by the fact, that already it has been 
 found necessary to occiqiy, temporarily, one of the residences of the masters as a supple- 
 mentary boarding house, so as to accommodate the increasing mimbers sent from dis- 
 tant parts of the Province to partake of the educational advantages of the College. 
 
 The Resident School Mouse account has })een kept distinct from that of the ('ollege 
 since January, 18GG, and the payment of tlu! salaiy of the Resident Superintendent i;i 
 dependent on there being a balance sufficient for that purpose after paying the ordinary 
 exi^ensos of maintenance, incidental to the year, including repairs and improvements in 
 the building, aiid then only at a rate determined by the balance in hand, within th(i 
 limits of the salary. 
 
 I need scarcely add, that it is not in the power of the Principal to order the Bursar to 
 pay such a salaiy out of the College income fund, although the contrary is affirmed by 
 the writer of the pamphlet above referred to (page 47). 
 
 The charge for Ijoard and tuition is $45 per term, or deducting the ordinary tuition 
 fee of $10 per term, instead of $5, the reduced fee for boarders, board costs only $35 extra 
 
 term, for wluc'.. the boarder enjoys the comforts of a home, besides daily assistance 
 
 per 
 
in the preparation of his studies, and careful supervision over his moral and physical de- 
 velopment. 
 
 Btjrsar's Office. 
 
 Over the expenditure of the Bursar's Office, I have no control whateve,. The 
 Bursar is a Government Officer, appointed by the Crown directly, and is solely responsible 
 to the Government. The expenses ii'. the Bursar's Office were formerly very heavy in- 
 deed, and tlie Senate, and the Burstu' himself, repeatedly remonstrated with th-.i Gov- 
 ernment in the matter, but no change was effected until the year 186C, when the Govern- 
 ment finally reduced tl:e staff. Accordingly, while the expenses of the Buraar's Office 
 averaged during the years 1861-05 $1,877.10 per annum, the change effected in 1800 
 limited the expenses of the Office for IT. C. College to $1000 per annum. Thus, for the 
 half-year ending June 30, 1866, the expense was $482.95; for tlie year 1867 it was 
 $994.70 ; and for the year just closed in June last, $997.82. Had this change been made 
 in 1861, when the Parliamentary grant was withdrawn, it would of itself liave saved the 
 College $>! 385.50, if we take the average of the last two years and a lialf as a l)asis. In 
 connection with tliis subject, I notice another rash assertion madi; in tlie attack upon the 
 College, "that ever since 1861 the Bursar has lieen left to toil on unadvised and inicon- 
 soled, savel)y (( numetmis i^tiiff of rlcrh," .when tlie simple truth is tliat the numerous staff 
 of clerks )ias, since 1865, consisted of one clerk; at a salary wf al)out $900 per annum. 
 
 Exhibitions. 
 
 In reference to the U. C. College Exhibition Circulars, wliicli have been referred to as an 
 "insult," pamphlet page 40, annually offered by the Princijml ofU. C. College to the Gram- 
 mar School Masters of the Province, it may suffice to state that I am required by statute to 
 issue tliese annual circulars, and that this statute existed long before my accession to the 
 Principalship. Until last year tlie circulars Ave; '^ 'dways addresst'd to the Grammar School 
 Masters, but as it was found on enquiry that they were often not communicated to the 
 ])upils Avho might have ju-ofited by these exliil)itions, it was considered advisable to 
 address tliem to tli3 Chairman of the Board of Trustees for each Grammar School ; and I 
 cannot imagine why those Grammar School Masters who were present at tlie association 
 meeting ust summer should feel themselves aggrieved by their Trustees requiriiij:, them to 
 inform a deserving pupil that lie may compete for an U. C. College Exhibition, and thus, if 
 successful, so far aid pecu"'arily in tlie ])urden Avliich his parents would, in many cases, be 
 unable to bear. I may be allowed to state tliat eight exhibitions are annually awarded ou 
 examination in the subjects taught in the h and 5tli Forms, that these subjects have 
 ])een tin; same f(>i' several years, and that a c^irtain maximum numerical value is alloted to 
 each subject. I submit copies of tlie annual circular issued. Tliese e.xhibitions are 
 open to tlie wiiole Province. Two are of the annual value of $120, two of $80, and 
 four of $40. 
 
 Examiners for Exihinous IniimrtiuJ. 
 
 The examinatioiui are conducted entirely liy gehtlemeii irJialli/ luidiitnteled with 
 Upper Canada VvUcgc. The very names of tlie several eomjietitors are, as a rule, 
 wholly unknown to the Examiner, as tiiey do not affix tlieir names but mottoes to their 
 papers. For several years Professor Cherriman, of University College, has conducted the 
 entire exi>mination in Mathematics ; [*rofessor Anibery, of Trinity College, in Classics ; 
 Professor Croft, of University College, in Chemistry ; Dr. Aikins, President (.f the Toronto 
 School of Medicine, in Physiology ; while the examinations ia History and Modern 
 Languages have been c(mducted\y Mr. Moss, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Mulock, all of whom 
 were distinguished graduates and Medal menjof tlie University of Toronto. 
 
 Tliose gentlemen prepare the questions, preside personally at the respective tixamina- 
 fcions, receive the pafiers, and return under their signatures to me, the values assigned by 
 them to each paper bearing such or .such a motto. I n. /self do not know what mottoes 
 th« competitors may have attached to their papers. All 1 d<. is to append in the Public 
 Hall of the College for inspection, the results over the examiners' signatures. It is not 
 
'^sioal de- 
 
 j possible for favouritism to be practised. The examiners meet the College 'loys ond their 
 
 [competitors for the first time together. The following are tlie terras in which this imi)ar- 
 
 j tial system has been represented in the pamphlet referred to : — " The Institution has 
 
 occasionally (as in the instance oi' the late D. Ilyrie), for the purpose of adveriisinfj [tlie 
 
 italics are in the pamphlet], conferred an exhibition on a talented boy Avhose University 
 
 I ]>reparation has been already almost, or quite completed in the County Grammar Schools." 
 
 ' It is to be regretted tliat those Grammar School Masters composing the Association 
 
 should have allowed the writer to insult gentlemen so justly deserving their esteem. 
 
 Preparation for the UniversHy. 
 
 But to return to the question of U. C. College Exhibitions. As tliese lixhibitions an; 
 j^ranted on an examination in the subjects of the Fourth and Fiftli Forms, and tliero are 
 but six P'orms, it is maintained that liefore a Granunar School boy obtains an P'xhibition 
 over the otlua- boys entering tlie Fifth Form, he nuist have coiiq)lt ted at least two thirds of 
 his preparation for the University ; and that similarly wlicn lie ol)tains an Exhibition 
 on his entrance into the Sixth Form, he must liavo complet(!<l tive-sixtlis of the pre- 
 jijiration. The writer goes on to say, " and it is from such boys as have respectively 
 acquired in the County Grammar Schools considerably more than two-thirdsund more than 
 tive-six*hs of their University preparation, that tlie University honour men claimed by 
 U. C. College are chiefly recruiLed. Daniel Ivy/ie in this \\ay owed to the Toronto Gram- 
 mar School considerably more than five-sixths of his Classical and Math(Mnatical train- 
 ing." (pamphletp. U)). If this writer had ever prepared any ])upil for the University, 
 he would have known that the ju-ogress made and knowledge ac(|uired during the 
 last two years preparatory to matriculating, an^ really the iniiiortant part of the iiiipil's 
 University preparation. Every ])iipil knows such to be the case. It is argued that if 
 a boy has passed through the Fourth Form, lie has gone through four-sixths of his 
 preparation ; on the same plea the C'lmmon Scliool teacher nii<;!it elaun that the pupil 
 had been four yeai's under his care, while the infant school mistress might insist on a 
 due recognition of her claims, which the niothcM' in her turn might dispute. The Senate 
 of the University of Toronto following the usages of the Universities of England, has 
 takpii the common sense view of the subject, and n^quires of matriculants to apjieiid to 
 their signatures the name of the school or schools, or Tutor, attended by them during 
 the two years preceding matriculation. A Avriter professing to speak for tlu^ (Jrammar 
 School Masters ought to know that in every Grammar School it is only in the last two 
 years of the course that the University work proper is really taken u[). If he knew as 
 much as I do of the hard struggle made by many a poor boy to secure an 'exliiliition as 
 his only ho])e of advancement in life, he would be less inclined to sneer at tlM> jiittance 
 of the proterred aid. 
 
 UnivcrMtij Homiiir Men not Ucrruid'd from ilie (trainmor Si-hiw!.i. 
 
 Before concluding this part of the subject, I cannot allow the statement to ]»ass 
 uncorrected that the University honour men claimed by U. C. (.'(dlege are chiefiy recruited 
 from such Grammai School boys. On examining <]ie lists of Exhibitions from IHGl-O.S, I 
 find that out of 30 Exhibitions granted to the successful competitors in the subjects of the 
 5th Form., but two have been taken by pupils from the Grammar Schools, one of whom 
 afterwards matriculated at the Univer.sity of Toronto, andgaineil a scholarship, tlu; other is 
 still at cyllegc ; while out of .'50 Kxiiibitioners in the subjects of the Itli Form, tiiere have 
 l)een five successful competit(n's from the (Jramniar Schools — one of whom did not go to the 
 ITniversity ; two others n niaiued two years at the C!i«llege, jiassing througli the Fil^h aiid 
 SLxth Forms,and on matriculating scholarships were awarded to each, another ])assed througli 
 the Fifth and Sixth I irms ui one year,aiid then took a scholarship at matriinil;ition. The 
 remaining Exhibitioner is in the Fifth Form at present at U. ('. College. Thus altogether 
 only seven pujiils from the ({rannnar Schools, h.tve carried off Exibitions and by these pupils 
 four University Matriculation sch darships have been taktMi out of tiie very large 
 number gained by U. C. College boys. In view of these facts the Committee will know 
 how to appreciate the assertioii " that the University honour men claimed by U. V. 
 
10 
 
 College are chioHy recruited from tliese Exliil)itioners ; that it retains these boy,< 
 a few short terms or months, and tlien on their admission into one of (uir Universities 
 claims the credit of their prejiaration." I beg to sulnnit tlie Honour List of Matriculanti 
 in September last in Arts, Medicine. Civil Engineering ami Agiiculture, which speaks for^ 
 itself, and will sufficiently indicate the high position occupied by U. C. College boys ir< 
 the various departments. 
 
 IFhy Exkihii'mis have been iimdt tenahle in the College. 
 
 ivatti sch( 
 a new co 
 IV high cii 
 riterof •''! 
 e us unde 
 ed in con 
 Eton C( 
 jiich no b 
 the Upp 
 ars. 
 
 As so 
 
 beg to st; 
 
 the Firs 
 
 onn, 14 J 
 
 onths; ii 
 
 I am at a loss to undei'stand what is meant by tlio assertion " that a poor scholar, it 
 holding an Exhibition in U. C. College so far from being benefited in pocket, will actually be^ 
 at a large pecuniary loss." (I'am. p. 41.) I cannot bring myself to believe that the GG successfu 
 candidates for Exhibitions actually strove with all their might, and at their parent* 
 solicitation, to secure Exhil)ition8, tliat so far from benefiting them would actually involvt 
 a large pecuniary loss. It is true that a bov is not pcjrmitted after obtaniing an U. C| 
 College Exhibition to return to his own (Jrai iniar Scliool and enjoy it there. Such is th 
 Statute; but, as I publicly stated before the appearance of the pamphlet, I would gladly sei;; 
 it amended, so that a successful candidate for an Exhibition should enjoy the benefit otr 
 it, if desired, in his own, or in any other Cranimar School. The difficulty hitherto has beeii| 
 simply this : — ^These Exhibitions are open to the competition of the whole Province, anill 
 (vbihi n(.) 5th or Gth Form U. C. College boy can compete against the 4th Form 
 boys or a Gth Form l)oy compete for a Fourth or Fifth Form Exhibition, yet nny one 
 of any age, from any school, or any University even, is allowed to enter for the competitivi 
 examination, and may thus carry off anj'one of these eight Exhibitions ; and the simj)! 
 truth is that outside ctjmpttitors may thus come in aiid carry olf Exhibitions set for tlu 
 Fourth Form, whereas had they been in College obey would have been placed in the Fiftli 
 Form, and forced to compete witli those of their own age and standing. The attendance 
 at U. (1 College therefore was required to prevent, as far as i)ossil)le, abuses or irregu 
 larities of this kind, and tliat the Senate might thus have the guarantee that the money 
 granted to Exliil)itioners was really employed liy them in prosecuting their studie' Other- 
 wise any well educated young nuui who was pressed for $80 or $100 might have made 
 his appearance at the Exhiliition examination against even tlie boys of the 4th Form. Of' 
 course lie would easily have secured the Exhibition, and the money he would have lieeii 
 at liberty to spend where and how Ik; i)leased. I believe however that, notwitli 
 standing these difficulties, some plan might be devised by wliich even these seven sue 
 cessful (rrammar School pu[)ils of the last eight years would not of necessity have left tho 
 Grammar School at Avhich they had received their rudimentary training. I sympathiztl 
 fully with tlie feeling of tlie Grammar School Master who wishes to promote the 
 welfare of his ]iu])il without sacrificing his own immediate interest, and with the fi^eling <^''8ofT«rftt' 
 honest pride lu' lias in tlie success of a pupil to wliose early training he may have ^^li'^'f^tt^'^ 8.,,,,i nitv 
 his best attention. The lonsideration of the governing liody has already been '^'''^'■^^■•'■filvpT.ni'mei 
 to the propriety of such a change being eff"ected as shall meet the views of every honest f"^ 
 working Grammar Scliool Ma.ster, and I earnestly trust that some scheme will be arrangeil" 
 satisfactory to all parties. I have always desired to see tliese Exhibitions thorouglily' 
 Provincial in their character, and with this view I relieved in 1861, the College Master^? 
 of all sliare in or connexion with the Exhibition Examinations, and banded them over] 
 to gentlemen v/lioUy unconnected Avitli IT. C. College. 
 
 Character of the Tearhiag of U. C. Colkfje. 
 
 The next question discussed is the "alleged superiority of the teaching done in U. 
 "C. College over the instruction offered in the Grammar Schools, and whether ' U. C: 
 "College' is anything more than a Grammar School." 
 
 In every civilized country special provision is made for the higher culture of the youth 
 as in U. C. College, which is founded upon the model of the great Public Schools of Eng 
 land, such as Harrow, Rugby. Eton, Winchester, Marlborough, Westminstor, Merchant 
 Taylors', etc., etc. ; ami if such endowed Public Schools are thought to be necessary in Eng- 
 land, with all the manifold educational advantages to be found in its otiier endowed and 
 
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 these boy^ 
 
 y Universitiel 
 
 MatriculantJ 
 
 icli speaks fori 
 
 iollege boys irf 
 
 Dor scholar, i:i 
 ill actually be^ 
 CGsuccessfuii 
 their parent 
 tually involvt 
 ling an U. C,[ 
 Such is tht 
 )uld gladly sei i 
 the benefit >»l 
 lerto has been 
 Province, and 
 he 4th Form 
 yet s>ny one 
 le competitivi 
 "tl the pimple 
 nsset for tht 
 •d in the Fifth 
 he attendance 
 ies or irregu- 
 lat the money 
 udif Other 
 jht have made 
 th Form. Of 
 lid have beeii' 
 hat, notwitli--' 
 ?se seven sue 
 ' have left the 
 I sympathize 
 jjromote the 
 the feeling of 
 have devotei' 
 
 •ivate schools, how much more is the existence of one or more such schools indispensabhf 
 
 a new country like Canada, where ii.stitutions presenting similar educationol facilities 
 ir high culture anil thorough systematic training have not yet been develojied. The 
 [liter of "'The College Question" is evidently not familiar with i)ublic schools or public school 
 I'e as understood and appreciated in Europe. He repeatedly sneers at the word "College" 
 ;ed in connection with U. C. College. It woul^ almost seem as though he had never heard 
 
 Eton College, Winchester College, or of Wellington College,; to the upper division of 
 •jiich no boy is admitted after 14, while the average ge (his proposed test of a College) 
 
 the Upper Canada College boys in the corresponding department for 18G7-68 was Ifi 
 !ars. 
 
 As so much has been said about the ages of the College boys in their respective Forms, 
 beg to state that during the last session (the year referred to.) the average age of boys 
 
 the First Forai, Senior and Junior Divisions, was 1 1 years and 1 month ; in the 2nd 
 'onn, 14 years; in the 3rd Form, 14 years and 8 months; in the 4th Form, 10 years and 2 
 Lonths; in the 5th Form, 17 years and 1 month; in the 6tli, 18 j'ears. 
 
 Sir J. Colborne's view of U. C. College. 
 
 It may be that this want of familiarity with the system of the great public 
 ichools of England prevents this writer from fairly estimating the system of education 
 lontemplated by the institution of U. C. College, and that accordingly he styles its founder, 
 (he Lieutenant-Governor, Sir J. Colborne, an "illiterate man." Perlia]>s Sir John Coll)onu! 
 
 as treated thus cavalierly, owing to a little irritation being naturally felt by the writer of 
 '•' The College Question" on stumbling across the following sentence in the Lieutenant- 
 " overnor's message of February 4*h, 1830, "Before I leave the Province, I shall endeavour 
 " to procure for the Institution (L . C. College) such protection as may enable it to coun- 
 ' teract the influence of local jealousi^^s, or of the ignorance, or vice, to wliich in a new 
 ' country, it may be sometimes naturally expose'l." His message to Parliament in 
 lonnection with U. C. College proves him, on the contrary, to have been u gentleman of 
 "ar-seeing and comprehensive views, who was anxious to build up and foster here, through 
 he institution of Upper Canada College the same noble qualities and maniy virtues which 
 
 ave raised Great Britain to its proud position among the nations. 
 
 The Lcgiahi'ire's Vie.w. 
 
 lb 
 
 ai-rangei! 
 
 The legislature of ourown day clearly a]ipreciated the original intontif/n of, and what 
 might be achieved through thefoundation ami endowment of thel'. C. College, forapart from 
 sundry parliamentary deliverances, it passed thel'pper Canada Municipal liistit\itions Act 
 of 185'^, 22 Vic; Cap. 99, Sec. 279, which enacts tliat the Municipal Council of every County 
 
 been Ir . | 'f'"i*^i t'ity may pass by-laws for the following jjurposes among otliers: 'For t!ie making 
 everv li n > t JP'^'""^^"'^"* jjrovisionfor defraying theex])enseof the attendance at the University of Toronto 
 
 ' •' ' ^^ *"and at the U. C. College and Royal Cram)iu.r School there, of such of the pupils of the 
 " Public Grammar Schools of the County as are unable to in( ur the expense, but are de- 
 "sirous of, ami in the opinion of the respective Masters of such (Jrammar Schools possess 
 "the competent attainments for competing foi any Scholrrship, Exhibition or other sim- 
 "ilar prize otfei-ed by sucti University or College." 
 
 On a former occasion 1 drew attention to this Act as evidence of the Provincial char- 
 acter of the (,'ollege, but the writer of the Pamphlet boldly gets rid of tlie difficulty by 
 asserting that he thinks he discovers in it a strong flavour of my (wn iJCculi.ir <licti(m ; 
 although the Act was in the Statute Book as far back as 1858 — fully three years before 1 
 had any connection with Upper Canada College, and while 1 was in fact Hector of a rival 
 institution. 
 
 IS thoroughly 
 lleg(; Masters 
 'A them ovei 
 
 g done in U. 
 lether ' U. C 
 
 of the youth 
 lools of Eng- 
 -•r, Merchant! 
 sary in Eng- 
 ndowed and 
 
 U. V. College as seen hij tin: British Special Edueadonul Commismner. 
 
 Ic is thus obvious that the Legislature considered U. (.'. College to be more than a Gram- 
 mar School. Let us now sec what is said by the Rev. J. Eraser, M.A., who was deputed in 
 1806 by the British Government as Special Educational Commissioner to the United State.'j 
 
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 and Canada. After a minute investigation into the system of Public InstructiJ 
 ])ursued both in the United States, and in Canada he expresses himself thus: "At presel 
 "(1866) the only institution in Upper Canada which seems capable of giving a higlij 
 "education and of occupying that position in relatifin to the Universities which is occupil 
 "by the Public Schools of England, is the institution originally called the ' Royal Gramnil 
 "School,' but whose title was subsequently changed to that which it now bears— Upp 
 "Canada College. The school occupies a pleasant site in the heart of the City of Torontl 
 "furnished with suitable buildings, and is in the hands of an efficient Principal and boi| 
 "of Masters." (Page 267.) 
 
 Mr. Inspector Chcckletj's Opinion oj Grammar Schooh ami. U. 0. CoJlecje. 
 
 I will next refer to what is said by the Rev. W. Checklsy, M. A., who was selected \\ 
 Dr. Ryerson and the Council of Public Instruction as the second Rector of the late Mod' 
 Grammar School for Upper Canada, and who speaks thus after having officially inspect 
 every Grammar School in Upper Canada. No man is btdter qualified to advise on tl; 
 subject than Mr. Inspector Checkley, for during many years he liad been a most successfi 
 Grammar School ]\Iaster— then lie had for two years conducted the Model GrammarScho' 
 for U])per Cauada, and after that institution ceased to exist, he had, as Inspecto: 
 additional opportunities of becoming conversant with the wants of the various Gramm; 
 Schools. He remarks : — 
 
 "While many of these (Grammar) Schools are in a lugh state of efficiency, and likelj 
 "to improve steadily, it is impossible to deny that there are many others which scarce!; 
 "deserve the name, being infact oftenfarinferiorto many of the Common Scliools. The exis! 
 " ence of such a state of things is not, I think, chiefly owing, as generally supposed to the war] 
 "of proper qualifications for their office on the part of their Masters, though this may li 
 " the cause in a few instances; but rather to th(^ absence of a desire for classical learnin, 
 "among our rural population: an absence natural enough in a country so young and 
 "practieal, and also to the defective state of the Grammar School law. The results of till 
 "system would, in my opinio,-,, be greater, if the light Avere more concentrated, andinstea 
 " of a multitude of small schools scattered over the Province, and each emitting but 
 "feeble glimmer, a few institutions of a better description were established and we 
 "supported in the County and other principal towns. The eflfect of such a change would; 
 
 "I am persuadfid, be soon A-isible in the improved condition of our Universities 
 
 "I observed that the system of the late Model Grammar School was carried out in 
 "modified form in many of the better Grammar Schools of the Province, and with eviden' 
 "advantage. I would remark therefore, that as time was not given to that institution t 
 "do its work effectually, and as the same system is now adopted on a more extensiv 
 "scale in Upper Canada College, arrangements might possibly be made with the authoritii 
 "of the latter whereby the benefits both of the general system and the training class mighl 
 "still be secured t-t the County schools."— (/>/•. Jiytrson's Report for 1863, p.p. 165, 166.) 
 [ had tile honour wliile Rector (jf the Model (Grammar School, to be entrusted witL 
 the responsible duty of (Tramr'ar School Inspector during the years ISo'J and 1860, 
 I am therefore thoroughly conversant with their condition at a very recent period ; and i'J 
 is only necessary to refer to the raort; ri!cent i-eports of the Rev. W. Checkley, the Rev 
 Professor Young, the Rev. J. Fraser, ^I.A., British Commissioner of Education, and to thos^ 
 of the Rev. Chief Superintendent of Education, in summing up the results of their varioa 
 inspections, to .-.how what later o])servations have contributed in reference to them. Bu'l 
 to those the attention of the Committee has, I may presume, been carefully directed, with s 
 view to legislation on behalf of tlu; Grammar Schools of the Province. I leave tha 
 subject therefore in their hands, having no desire to dwell on defects in reference to a claR?* 
 of institutions in the future pi-osjicrity ;ind higher elevation of which I feel the keene 
 interest. No legitimate antagonism can exist between Upper Canada College and the: 
 well appointed Grammar Schools or other higher educational institutions of the Province. 
 and a spirit of narrow-minded jealousy can only be looked ftir where conscious incapacitvi 
 for honoura])le rivalry awakens the desire to drag all down to a common level. 
 
 Since I had the honour of being placed at the head of the Upper Canada College 
 have watched vvith unalloyed pleasure the increasing success of some of the best Grammar J 
 
 iools in p; 
 
 ,ablishmen 
 
 iato Scho 
 
 Uegiate S 
 
 im the 8UC 
 
 pils of U] 
 
 all, and i 
 
 erfering \ 
 
 ipointed ir 
 
 delled, is 
 
 mand for 
 
 •ammar S( 
 
 cess by a i 
 
 ions as X. 
 
 ces of a g 
 
 ured thai 
 
 emost in 
 
 Leavin 
 
 ihools to 1 
 
 ination of 
 
 imain, I 
 
 tement c 
 
 ich consi 
 
 I 8car( 
 multipli 
 rammar 
 ell on tl 
 ages in 
 aining ; 1 
 ination 
 lass in ei 
 iter of t' 
 (aching ol 
 Umori rei 
 lost direc 
 
 In s( 
 
 the SI 
 
 )n at a 
 
 -evince, 
 
 leir stud: 
 
 [atriculal 
 
 ian, Engl 
 
 icine, in 
 
 gaining tl 
 
 shall ."1 
 
 |i other si 
 
 of eight 
 
 by Upp 
 
 pupils c 
 
 from th 
 
 the adv 
 
 -says 
 
13 
 
 liools in pifpariug stutleiits for tho University. I have .seen, at the same time, the 
 ,ablishment of Hellmuth College, London, with a large staff of teachern ; of a Col- 
 'iato School in connection with Trinity College, now at Port Hope, and o" other 
 lying a higli Hegiate Schools at Picton, Woodstock, and other provincial centres. But so fai' 
 nch IS occu})i> „n the success of those tending to diminish the numbers, or affect tlie character of the 
 pils of Upper Canada College, it was never more prosperous. The Province has need 
 all, and abundant room for all ; and so far from tlie success of Upper Canada ('ollege 
 
 lie Instruct 
 s: "At prese 
 
 loyal (irramni 
 bears — Upp 
 
 ity of Toroni ;erfering with that of the best appointed Grammar Schools, the tendency of such o. well- 
 
 iripal and boij pointed institution, like that of the great public schools of England, after which it was 
 
 )delled, is to elevato the standard of Educatitm throughout the Province, and so to create a 
 
 mand for all the available educational facilities of the country. The more nearly all the 
 
 ammar Schools of the Province are brought to tlie high standard already aimed at with 
 
 ii//fi/i: 
 
 as selected \ "cessby a few of the best of them, thegreater will be the need felt for one or more sucii insti- 
 
 tho late Mod 
 
 cially inspects 
 
 advise on tl 
 
 igh tills may It 
 assical Icarnin 
 o young and s 
 le results of tli 
 ted, and instea. 
 
 rsities 
 
 xrried out in 
 id Avith eviden' 
 it institution t 
 more oxtensiv 
 the authoritie 
 ling class migh 
 .p. 105, 166.) 
 :^ntrustod wit! 
 !5y and 1860; 
 
 ^ 
 
 tions as Upper Can;ida College with a large staff of teachers, and the corresponding appli- 
 ces of a great public school ; and when this most desirable enil has ])ee!i attained, I feel 
 sured that the ablest and most successful Grammar School Teachers will be found the 
 
 most successfi '^"^ost in extending their sympathy to such institutions. 
 
 rammarScho' 
 
 as Inspecto 
 
 lous Gramma 
 
 'ncy. and likcl 
 
 Leaving then the present condition and future improvemri nf the d'ammar 
 ihools to the wisdom and experience of the L«gislature, in whose hands tlie final deter- 
 ination of all questions concerning the educational institutions of tlie Province must 
 main, I shall confine myself in the remaining portion of this address to a brief 
 .tement on some points connected with the management of Upjier Canada College, on 
 
 whichscarcel ^^^^^ considerable misunderstanding and not a little misrepresentation at present prevail. 
 
 )ls. The exis 
 
 )sedtothewar. 
 
 U. C. Colhrje not a mere Clasffical and Mathemidical School. 
 
 I scarcely think tliat in view of the authorities I have qu»)ted, and which could easily 
 multiplied, any one can seriously consider Upper Canatla College something less tlian a 
 rammar School, or a mere union of a Grammar with a Common School. 1 might 
 (veil on the import?.nt position accorded to Chemistry, Physiology, and Modern Lan- 
 emittin h f ^'^S'^^ ^^ Upper Canada College, in proof of the thorougji cliaracter of the scientific 
 ished an 1 • ' ii"i"ig > the practical evidence of which was furnished at the recent matriculation ex 
 1 11 ^^"''^tio'^ i" medicine in which Zimmerman, a College boy, came out fir-st in the first- 
 
 i-siti'ps" ^'^^ "* every subject of study, a feat achieved by Graham two years before. But the 
 
 iter of the pamphlet on the College Question in den3ing the alleged superiority of the 
 aching of Upper Canada College, declares that " luckily he is not left in this subject to 
 priori reasoning, and that a truthful list of Toronto Univensity Honours will give the 
 ost direct contradiction to Mr. Cockburn's arrogant assumption." 
 
 penod; ana i- rovince, and indeed of this continent, many of the best pupils afterwards prosecute 
 
 ;kley, the Kev. 
 m, and to tho;-'; 
 )f their varioii 
 to them. Bu? 
 lirected, with s, 
 I leave tha' 
 enci! to a elas.> 
 'el the keene 
 )lleg(i and tlni 
 
 the Province, 
 ous incapacity 
 'el. 
 
 lada College I 
 best Grammar 
 
 Universiiij Honours and Scholarships. 
 
 In selecting the Honours gained at the University of Toronto, as the sole measure 
 
 the superiority or inferiority of Upper Canada College, he places that iiistitu- 
 
 on at a material disadvantage ; for coming, as College boys do, from all parts of the 
 
 leir studies at Trinity College, where alone since 1861 they have carried off at least l;5 
 atriculation Scholarships, while others continue their distinguished career at otlier Cana- 
 an, Engli.sh. and United States LIniversities. Many of tlie |)U))ils, too, matriculiite in Ah- 
 cine, in which faculty they frequently secure a pnmiinent position, owing tv tlie thorough 
 'ainiiig they have lieen subjected to in Chemistry. Physiology and kindred sciences. But 
 sliall nllow the writer t) clioose liis ground, who in this '• delicate matter" prefers that 
 lother should open the attack as follows : — " In the University Papers it is recorded, that 
 of eight Scholarships obtained by imjnls of Grammar Schools, only one was olitained 
 by Upper Canada College ! In 1859, of nine Scholarships in the faculty of Arts, the 
 pupils of this school again obtained only one, the other eight were (?arried off by pupils 
 from the (jiammar Schools. The pupils of Upper Canada College have, in some cases, 
 the advantage of being examined ]»y their own masters." " If we now take the period 
 — says the writer —from 185(1 to 1867, will ]\Ir. (.'ockburn kindly inform us how many 
 
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 Matriculation Scholarships in excess of ONE per annum can Upper Canada CollejW ■^^'^*''*' 
 " honestly claim 1 How many honour men, the most important part of Avhose Universit 
 " preparation was not, even in Mr. Cockburn's contemplation, tcquired elsewhere than S Moreo 
 " Upper Canada College V My the Un 
 
 1 Jcholarshif 
 I shall be happy to answer these questions, so tar as the pcrioil under consider ,pfi,.g of <a{j 
 tion, 1861-1868, is concerned. It may be that in 1859 and 1860 at the Matriculati(i| rgars imme 
 examinations of the University of Toronto, Upper Canada Collej^e obtained only oni imnltftneoi 
 Scholarship each year in Arts. I believe that in 1859 it gained two, and in ' 860 one, and i; 
 1861 none. I cannot say whether any Upper Canada College boys matriculated in the latti 
 year. And here I cannot help remarking that it does seem strange that Avhile th 
 College was apparently, as tested by this writer's guage of efficiency, doing very littl 
 indeed, no attack was then made, but that the combined onslaught, led l)y liim, is mad 
 only when year after year UpperCanada College boys have succeeded in carrying off so extra 
 <»rdinary a share of the highest honours, not only at Matriculation, but throughout thi 
 whole University course. 1 am discussing the success or failure of Upper Canada Collegi 
 under the present management ; but due credit must be allowed to my predecessor 
 whose long failing health and absence, I think, ought fairly to be attributed any apparen thirteen g 
 failure, above alluded to, at the Matriculation examinations of 1859, and of 1860 and 18G1 
 I say apparent, for at Trinity College Matriculation examination in 1858 Upper Canadi 
 College boys carried off two scholarships, in 1859 one, in 1860 two more, and in 186 
 five ; while in 1859 an Upper Canada College boy became Foundation Scholar on matric 
 ulating at Cambridge, England; and another, in 1861 came out 9th in the competitiv 
 Examination of the Military Academy, ^^^)olwich, England, examinations in which the} 
 were pitted against boys from the best scliools of Great Britain. In noticing the ven 
 extraordinary success of the College boys at the matriculation and other examinations, 
 gladly share the honour with those gentlemen who are associated with me in the great wort 
 of instruction. I now turn to the results afibrded by Toronto University Lists in Matricu 
 lation in Arts, and that my statements may be duly appreciated, I beg to add, that 
 Matriculation, eight Scholarships are oftered, by statute, to competition in those subjectsP 
 professed to be taught in the Grammar Schools, and that here, for the first time, are] 
 Upper Canada College pupils brought face to face in active competition with the pupils! 
 from the 104 Grammar Schools of tlie Province. 
 
 imultaneoi 
 ^ew Bruns 
 n the Don 
 lisadvanta 
 oys secu; 
 leen taken 
 hree Firsi 
 ;hort, in r< 
 ihe years ] 
 University 
 
 From 
 will be see 
 ber of foi 
 head placf 
 and Chen 
 Mineralog 
 and Chem 
 College fo 
 
 Ho 
 
 Heft the 
 
 In reply to the allegation: "That the impartial administration of University affairsi 
 has been most injuriously ati'ected by the influence of Upper Canada College in the Uni-i 
 versity Senate, as illustrated by the appointment of Upper Canada College Masters exam-l 
 iners of their own and rival pupils for University Honors — seventeen such appointments | 
 having been made during the eleven years ending 1666," I beg leave to remark, that thef 
 last time I acted as University Examiner was in September, 1861, Avhen no U. C. Collegel 
 l)oy took a scholarship, and tl>at ^ had been appointed Examiner months before, wheiif 
 Hector of the Model Grammsr Scluol, having also examined during the two preceding! 
 years. During the eleven ye-irs refjrred to, several Grammar School Masters officiated as I 
 University Examiners in tho same capacity as the Masters of U. C. College. The rule! 
 established by the Senate is that no U. C. Collegt* or Grammar School Master takes any | 
 part in the Matriculation Examinations. Strange as it may seem, then, the fact is never- 
 theless true, that in 1858, when three College Masters examined, but one Scholarship was | 
 taken by U. C. Colleg-^ boys; in 1859, when two Masters examined, only two Scholar- 1 
 ships; and in 1860, with one Master examining, one Scholarship; while at the Matricula- 
 tion Examinations of last year, Avhen no College Master was an University Examiner, five ] 
 Scholarships in Arts, besides the Medical, were carried off. 
 
 In September, 1862, the U. C. College boys carried off seven scholarships, in 1863 
 three, in 1864 three, in 1865 four and the Medical, in 1866 four and the Medical, in 1867 1 
 seven, in 1868 five and the Medical, and 12 First-class Honours in Arts out of 23, granted, 
 while in Medicine and Civil Engineering they carried every thing before them, as a 
 reference to the University Honour List will shew, while from the 104 Grammar Schools | 
 only four pupils secured eight First-class Honours among them. 
 
 Septembe 
 
 These an 
 
 Universit 
 
 Grammar 
 
 reality, o 
 
 tive Grar 
 
 it is not 1 
 
 enough b 
 
 tions, be( 
 
 The 
 
 i pressed ■v 
 
 and bribi 
 
 own sati 
 
 In supp( 
 
 supplies 
 
 Masters 
 
 allows tc 
 
 so rather 
 
 that if tl 
 
 year, arc 
 
 more thi 
 
 At the ■> 
 
 the Clas 
 
 he is on 
 
 sity of I 
 
15 
 
 .r 
 
 J 
 
 Kesitlts shewn bij the London University Examination for the Gilchrist Scholarship. 
 
 Moreover, during last July, throughout the whole of the Dominion, there was held 
 by the University of London, tlngland, an examination of candidates for the Gilchrist 
 Scholarship, the value of which is $1500. It is open to all competitors from 16 to 22 
 ►ears of age, who are natives of, or have resided in the Dominion c Canada, for the five 
 |ears immediately preceding the examination, which by means of printed papers was held 
 fimultaneously in Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, and a Town in 
 lew Brunswick. In such an examination our boys had to compete with the l)est talent 
 the Dominion, and with men five or six years their seniors. Yet in spite of these great 
 iisadvantag?s, the lists show that out of five First Classes granted, our Two Sixth Form 
 3oys secuied two. More could not be expected from them, the Scholarshij) having 
 been taken by the head man in the third year of the University of Toronto. The other 
 khree First Classes granted were, I believe, gained by men of University standing. In 
 khort, in reviewing the career of U. C. College boys at the University of Toronto during 
 the years 1862-8, it will be found that in addition to a large number of ])rizes gained at 
 Jniversity College, they have carried off no less than eighty-one Scholarships, besides 
 thirteen gold and silver medals on graduating. 
 
 Latest results of U. C. Co!I-:,ji' Training. 
 
 From Jie recently published Class Lists of the I versity College of Toronto, it 
 
 [will be seen that out of one hundred and eleven first-class h. lours awarded, the large num- 
 
 3er of forty-two has been carried off by ex-pupils of Upper Canada College, who gain 
 
 head places in the fourth year in Classics, English and German ; in the third year in Classics 
 
 land CJiemistry; in the second year in Classics, French, German, Mathematics, Logic, 
 
 JMineralogy and Geology, and in Metaphysics ; in the first year in Classics, English, French, 
 
 land Chemistry. Those who gained the head places, all but one, had been pupils of U. C. 
 
 [College for at least three years. 
 
 Honour Men not recruited from the Grammar Schools. 
 
 " How many Honour men were there 1" is the next question. Not a single boy has 
 left the Sixth Fo»-m of U. C. College, and then matriculated in Arts in the following 
 September, who (W^ not become an Honour man in at least one of the Departments. 
 These are plain auK-tvers to plain questions. But probably it viH be said that these 
 University Scholars and Honour men were all, or most of them, boys drafted from tha 
 Grammar Schools, and were enticed from them by the U. C. College Kxhibitions. In 
 reality, out of all that long list of Honour men, but three of them ever left their respec- 
 tive Grammar Schools to compete for and enjoy their Exhibitions in U. C. College, and 
 it is not unlikely that these three would not have been able to prosecute their studies far 
 enough to enter the University with honour had not timely aid, in the shape of Exhibi- 
 tions, been awarded to them. 
 
 The writer of " The College Question" seems somehow or other to have become im- 
 pressed with the idea, that U. C. College can do little else than hunt up talented boys, 
 and bribe them to attend that institution by Exhibitions which he himself j)roves to his 
 own satisfaction are heavy pecuniary losses to these poor simple boys when caught. 
 In support of this idea, he boldly declares, "that owing to U. C. College receiving 
 supplies from the Grammar Schools of 4th, 5th and Gth Form boys, the College 
 Masters consider the junior pupils iniworthy (vf attention, and that the very few pupils he 
 allows to have worked up their way to the University from the lowest forms have done 
 so rather in despite of the system pursued than bymeansof it !" It might have occurred to him 
 that if the fourth, fifth and sixth forms, numbering from GO to 70 pupils throughout the 
 year, are recruited from the Grammar Schools, U. C. Ccjllege must, indeed, be something 
 more than a Grammar School to be able to attract so many pupils from their homes. 
 At the very last Matriculation Examination, Fletcher, who secured a double Scholarship, 
 the Classical and First General Proficiency, was for six years a pupil of U. C. College, and 
 he is one of those alluded to as having passed so brilliant an examination before the Univer- 
 sity of London in the competition for the Gilchrist Scholarship. 
 
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 I have limited myself here strictly to illustrating the work done by U. C. College, in tlio 
 competitions for University Honours, without attemjjting, unless forced, the invidious task 
 of contrasting the uchievmcnts of U. C. College pupils, with those of their competitors 
 from the various (Jnvmmar Schools of the Province. It is sufficient for me to say that 
 if the Committee call for the re(iuisite returns from the University Registrar, U. C. 
 College will have no cause to be ashamed at the comparative results. 
 
 Now, that 1 have e.vamined in detail tlie various questions sul)mitted in refer- 
 ence to, (1st) tlie U. C. College Exhibitions, an<l their influence ; (2nd) whether U. C. 
 College is anything nu)re than a (Jranimar Hcliool ; (3rd), the alleged superiority of 
 the instruction in U. C. College, over that offered in otlier Schools, as tested ( tt) by 
 the In.spectors' reports, (l>) by tlie report of the Britisli Parliamentary Commisfiioner, 
 Inspector Fruser, of England, (c) by the test of tlie number of Scholarships and 
 Honour men at Matriculation in the University of Toronto: I am in a position to 
 take up the "Comparative Cost of the IJ. C. College and the Grammar Schools." 
 In entering on this estimate, the Committee will not fail to give duo weight in any com- 
 parison of schools, to the Kejjorts of the various Grammar School Inspectors. The 
 quality of the instruction as well as the number instructed, must be kept fully in 
 view. After examining these points, and the corresponding remuneration, it will be 
 seen how incorrect it is to represent " That it costs this Province between four and fi\'e 
 times as much to educate a bov at IJ. C. College as it does in the County (Jramniar 
 Schools." (Pamphlet, p. 49.) 
 
 Salaries Unfairly llepresentsd. 
 
 In speaking of the salaries of the U. C. College Masters, those of the year 1867 are 
 unjustly selected, as that is the only one of the last eight years in which these salaries 
 have been paid in full. As Mr. Christie's returns skiw, the salaries on the Avithdrawal of 
 the Parliamentary grant of $4,444.44 were rinluced by a statute of the University Senate, 
 approved by the Governor in Council ; those of the Principal and the first four Resident 
 Masters, one-sixth, and those of the other Resident Masters, one-eighth ; and by the last 
 statute even these reduced salaries are not to be paid, unless, after paying all expenses there 
 shall be income fund to meet them ; while, if, as in 1 80 7, there slwjuld be a surplus, after paying 
 the reduced salaries, the balances due on the salaries of the Principal and Masters are to be 
 paid as the last charge on the available income. Under the i)resent statute, the annual outlay 
 cannot exceed the income, for any such excess of expenditure is met by the Bursar making a 
 jyro rata reduction from salaries before the end of the fiscal year. (See Mr. Christie's returns, 
 p. 8.) The rule is plain, and such as any judicious man would folloM% if he found that he 
 had iicen in any previous year compelled to exceed his means. Let it be remembered, too, 
 that these are reductions on salaries whicli were established nearly 40 years ago, when 
 money had more than twice it present purchasing ])ower, Avheu one dollar bought of the 
 necessaries of life more than two dollars do now. If we except from Mr. Christie's 
 returns, that wonderful year of 18G7, when the College Masters, for the first time after 
 many j'cars, were enabled to get the salaries at whicii they had been engage^^ —tlio average 
 mcora%B,frovi all sources wlMtevcr,])iiii\. io the* Princijial and Masters, from January 1st, 
 1801, to June, 30th, 1800, Avere as follows :— Principal, $2,287.07; Classical and Mathe- 
 matical Masters, $1,317.85 ; English Classical Master, $1,204..')2 ; 1st English Master and 
 Lecturer on Chemistry and Physiology, $1,250.88 ; 2nd English Master , $1,104.52 ; 
 French and (Tornian M;ister, $'J'J7.48. And if we accept t\w valuation ])ut upon the resi- 
 dence attached—though ciinsideriiig that the internal repairs are fortlunnost part done at 
 the personal expense of each JMaster, the estimate may be considered high — then we must 
 add to the yearly incomes from all sources, given above, $300 for the house occupied by 
 the Principal, and $240 for each of the houses occupied l)y the various Masters. 
 
 Salariea in 1869 less fhtn in 1829- 
 
 On Avhat jjrinciple can such salaries be I'egardcd as exorbitant, wdien 40 years ago 
 they were not considered so in Little York, when fuel, instead of being $0.50 or $7, was 
 $1.50 per cord, and many other things proportionately cheap. I do not hesitate then to 
 
17 
 
 assert that these salaries as reduced by statute, have been so Ioav that not a few fri^aniniar 
 School Miisters wouhl be slow to accept them,couph!d with the various conditions and restric- 
 tions attached to them. For what is the real state of the case? The College Masters reside 
 in a large city, the capital of Ontario : everything tliere is veiy expensive, and the decrease 
 in the purchasing power of money is felt more peculiarly by men who have on their limited 
 means always striven hard to live as gentlemen and scholars, and to bring up their fami- 
 lies to occupy respectable social positions. Life in a large city like Toronto may have its 
 advantages, but to a family man, with the limited income of a College Master, it is at best 
 a hard struggle. The Chief Superintendent of Education and the Council of Public 
 Instruction, in establishing the late Model Grammar School for Upper Canada, found it 
 necessary to offer a salary of $2,000 to the Kector, while he received in addition 
 sums varying from $250 to $500 for Grammar School inspection ; though the labour in 
 U. ' College is much greater, owing to the largo number of pupils. In the Model 
 Graiiimar School, these could noL by law exceed one hundred, and it had no Boarding 
 School connected with it. The Classical and Mathematical Masters also each received 
 $1,:"00 ])er annum, being as large an income as is paid to the First Classical or the First 
 Matiiematical Masters in U. C. College. 
 
 As to the Salarie.s of Masters, it is easy to reduce, as has already 1)een done, the 
 (•nioluments of men, wlio, relying on tiie good faith of the governing body, have thrown up 
 good api)ointments elsewhere to accept of their present oiHces. But the geiicral 
 experience is that when a vacancy occurs, a higher salary has to be offercMl to secure the 
 requisite ability. So impressed Avas the Senate of the University with this, that in the 
 hope of securing a Principal of the highest class from among the Mastv .'s of tlie Great 
 English Schools, it was proposed in 1853 to iix the incimic of the Principal at $4000, 
 " quite on a par witli the highest professional incomes in the Province." $1,500 
 are now proposed in the pamphlet as ample emoluuients ; while Her Majesty's Com- 
 missioners api)oiiited to eufpiire into the revenues and management of various Eng- 
 lish Public Schools, after a lengthened investigation, comprised in four largn volumes, 
 recomniimded that the salary of the Head Master of Harrow School, containing 480 
 boy.s, should be at least $20,000 ; Eton also $20,000 ; Rugby, $15,000 ; Winchester, with 
 200 boys, $12,500, (more than the whole U. C. College income from Endowment fund) ; 
 Westminster, with 120 boys, $0000 ; Charterhouse, with 130 boys, $6000 ; and that the 
 salaries of the Masters sliould be proportionate. These salaries are all on a reduced 
 scale, but they place them at these apparently high figures, because it is felt and under- 
 stood in England that no ^Master can, as a rule, stand the wear and tear of a large puldic 
 school more than from ten to fifteen years, according to his constitution ; and that if the 
 schools are to secure talent of a high order in the various masters, these gentlemen must 
 ])e paid according to the sca'e of professional incomes in the country. Also a spacious 
 residence is attached to each Mastership, besides several minor i^erquisites. 
 
 JFork of U. a College Masters. 
 
 Masters in U. C. College, too, have not only work (jf the highest class to perform, 
 but their actual work is heavier, owing to the large attendance of pupils, which at the 
 present time gives al)OUt 28 to each Master, while in the Grammar Schools there are 151 
 Masters to 3,275 pupils admitted liy the Inspector, or only 21 to each Master. It is 
 worthy of note, also, the Grammar School Masters are not compelled to devote their whole 
 time and attention to their duties as such, but ai"e allowed to make an increase to their in- 
 come in various Avays — a privil(;ge denied to College Masters. For example, Grammar School 
 Masters may easily add a few hundred dollars, in some cases, pounds, to tliei]- incomes 
 by receiving as boarders the pupils attending the school, while College Masters are by 
 statute of Senate prevented from so doing. 
 
 Division of Labour in U. 0. Colleijc. 
 
 Just as by the division of labour principle extraordinary results have been achieved at 
 a comparatively moderate cost, so a s'milar principle is carried out in the educational 
 scheme of U. C. College. The Classical Masters confine themselves to Classics, the Matin- 
 
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 matical to Mathematics, tlio French and (Jernian to these rcBpective hmguageB. Eacli 
 Master works up liis own particular department, and is hehl responsible for its advance- 
 ment, while in most of the Grannnar Schools all these <lutieR involving t\w most varied 
 attainments are supposed to be duly discharged by one man, •who, as a graduate, may be 
 presumed to have taken honors in special de})artment8 oidy. It is tiot the duty of a University 
 to adjust its curriculum to the manufacture of (Grammar Sclutol Afasters, and lieTice it is 
 that a graduate may know little of some of the subjects reijuired to be taught in a properly 
 conducted (irammar School. (Jollege Masters are selected with a view to their special 
 attainments in the branch they are required to teach, and it is by combining these several 
 special talents of the various Masters under one direction, instead of sul)dividing tlumi among 
 Dor 10 Grammar Schools, that U. C. College has been able to maintain its higli reputation, 
 and has sent forth from its walls so many who have since occupied influential positions in 
 the Province. If a similar plan, as suggested by all of tiie Grammar Sdiool InsjMctors, 
 were luloptcd, the present Grammar School Fund would of itself constitute a fair founda- 
 tion or endowment ; and the Province would, in reality, be materially benefited. It is 
 not for me to suggest reforms in our Grammar School system, but one thing is indis- 
 putably manifest, that a magnificent educational fund of $113,887 is annually expended, 
 a share of which is secured by schools condemned by every Inspector as totally ineffi- 
 cient, nay positively injurious to tlu; cause of education. 1 can merely express the hope that 
 the Government, aided by the Chief Superintendent of Education, may so thoroughly 
 reorganize the whole Granmiar School system that the relative position of U. C. College, 
 and the chief Grammar Schools may nuich more ni?arly approximate to each other. 
 
 The Grammar Schools are intended to advance their j)upils so far, that they may 
 acquire a liberal education, and if desirable, they may matriculate at the University of 
 Toronto, and take honours at such examinations. 
 
 A High Standard of Udiimtiou Maintained. 
 
 The Grammar School programme of studies, adopted by the Council of Public In- 
 stniction, if duly observed, would carry the pupils still further in some subjects ; Itut let 
 us see if they are carried even so far as the lower standard, and in drawing this compara- 
 tive test, it will be well to have recourse to the last full and complete report of the Super- 
 intendent of Education, 1866, so that we may see the Grammar Schools then at their 
 highest development ; and to render the comparison fair in every respect, I shall take the 
 same year for Upper Canada College. 
 
 When Ave begin to look at the results in the higher classes of the various 104 
 Grammar Schools, 85 of which are schools for boys and girls, we find the classical stan- 
 dard low indeed. To ask that each Grammar School should have at least one 
 l)upil per annum sufficiently advanced in his studies, that he might be said to liave reaped 
 the full benefit of the Grammar School course prescribed, and tlius matriculate witli 
 honours in classics, is certainly not requiring too much. If such were the case, then we 
 should have, in accordance with the prescribed Grammar School programme of studies, at 
 least one pupil reading, for example, Homer's Odyssey, which is one of the subjects 
 demanded by the University for matriculants in honours. But I find, from Dr. Ryerson's 
 report for 1866, that in that year, there were but thirty pupils, reading that 
 book ; so that on an average, it takes three and a half Grammar Schools to train one 
 single pupil sufficiently far even to commence the honour standard demanded both by the 
 Council of Public Instruction, and by the Universities of Toronto and of Trinity College. 
 In Upper Canada College alone in 1866, more than 30 boys were reading Homer's 
 Odyssey ; so that, so far as the full honour work demanded from Grammar Schools is 
 concerned, Upper Canada College was uoing more than the whole 104 combined ; and by a 
 judicious combination of special acquirements, was in this respect,with a staff of a Principal 
 and seven Ma»ters, doing more than the 151 masters and assistants in the Grammar Schools 
 of the whole Province. In Latin, the results are not much better ; for in Ovid, another 
 honour subject, I find, for the whole year, but 62 pupils altogether, including boys and 
 girls, so that even here, it requires nearly one and three-fourths Grammar Schools to 
 manufacture one pupil. Even in an easy author like Livy, I find that during the whole 
 year, that author had been put into the hands of 108 boys or girls, while in Upper 
 
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 Canada College, all of that author, rcqiiircd at matriculation, had b«'pn read in tlw UIi. 
 5th, and fith Fomis, comprising nearly 10(» }»(iyH. The report alio reveals the fact, that out 
 of a total t)f 4444 pupils in Latin, (»idy one in seventy-one ever reached the contuies of 
 Ovid; and that only one in 148 was ever by any chance lirought face to face with 
 the Odyssey. 
 
 [Jraftiiuj Sijstem in the Graminutr Schmls. 
 
 The simjde truth is that owing to the (Jraniniiir Schmil Liiw, the injisttTs 
 arc necessarily so intent on drafting into tiie (Jraniniar Scliool, children who 
 would be much better ieft to th«. couniion r)r other preparatnry sciiool, that they 
 cannot possibly give anytiiing like dun iittention to the advanced pupils. In Union 
 Schools jiarticularly, and they cmistitute l)y f;ir the larger prdpurtiim tif tin- (Jranimar 
 Schools, '• All the pupils of the Coniuion Sciiool Dcpiutineiit, Itoys luid girls alike, are 
 "driven like siieep into tln^ Grammar ScIhkpI, and put into Latin, in order to swell the roll 
 "of t'.ie (iraniniar School jiupils, and entitle the school to a larger share of the (Iranitnar 
 "School Fund." (Ins])ector Young's rejiort, ISOO, p. L'!).) 1 do not blame the (iranimar 
 School Masters. Tlieir means of support arc maile dependent ujion the number of pupils 
 admiited by tiie Inspector, so that, as soon as they have manageil to secure the passing 
 of a pupil by the Inspector, they feel a sense of relief, as that pui)ii represents so many 
 dollars per annum. The (irammar School is thus in one normal condition of always 
 beginning; and conscientious (Jranimar School Masters knowing this, and feeling tlio 
 difficulty of their position, instead of .sacrificing a promisinji pupU. transfer him, if possible, 
 to some larger school, where his studies may be really advanced. Hence it is that I con- 
 sider so unjust the charge made against various Grammar Schoolmasters of " inc(mi- 
 petency, aye, even of dishonest;.- " (Collegf* Question, page 45), because they sent some of 
 their ]»upils to Upper Canada Colleg*-. 
 
 Talented (Tramnuir School Masters hav- repeatedly sent to U. C. Collegt; their own 
 sons, as well as other pupils, some of whom have enjoyed exhil)itions; and at this hour the 
 son of one of the most talented Crammar School ^Lasters in this Province holds an exhibition 
 in U. C. College, .and when sent to College last session, it was because his father, a c'cTgy- 
 man, and a distinguished graduate of a Jiritish University, felt that he could not 
 conscientiously discharge his duties to the younger pui)ils and at the same time devote 
 sufficient attention to the studies of an advanced class of one or two ))oys. He knew that 
 he must .sacrifice the one or the other, and accordingly he sent his two best pupils to 
 College, and they are now in Residence. 
 
 (T. C. Colkjc iwi Snpervisri hi/ fliuwrsU;/ Professor.'^. 
 
 The desire is e.vpressed to bring U. C. College under the Supervision of the Grammai 
 School Inspector, and it is said " the members of the Committee of Supervision of the 
 Colleg(! are Professors whose duties proper are laborious and incessant, and whom it is 
 unfair in the public interest to trouble witli the minute but necessary duties of a school." 
 (p. 34.) I am at a loss to account for the origin of such a statement, if it be not made with 
 the view of leading the public to believe that the U. C. College boys are supervised by 
 University of Toronto I'lvJ'essor.i, who acc(»rdingly feel bound in a manner to regard them 
 more favorably on their entrance to the University, and to give them any little advantage 
 possible. For several years the Committee of Supervisionhas consisted of Hon. Mr. .Justice 
 Morrison, Adam Crooks, Q.C., Laratt Smith, D. C. L., Thomas McLean, M.A., and 
 J. H. Morris, M. A., and since my accession to office in 18G1, Di*. Wilson has been the 
 only Professor who was a member of the U. C. College Committee. 
 
 It may be thought that, .as a dammar School Master sees the Inspector at most once 
 in six months, that in U. C. College the Committee exercise no more frequent supei-vision. 
 The U. C. College Committee, however, not only visit the College and hear the classes 
 examined ; but in addition to their usual monthly meetings, they have on many occasions 
 sat until midnight devising and discussing schemes for the improvement of U. C. College, 
 and all the great changes introduced during the last few years have either orighiated with 
 them, or have been made with their express approval. I scarcely think that any one will 
 
so 
 
 assort that tlic alxtvc mentioned gontlonifii an' inconipctt'nt to examine U. ('. (Nillej;!' ; 
 ajid that in tlicir oomlnncd cai>acity they have not done a vast deal more imspection in 
 IT. C. (College tiian can imssibly he aeliieved in any (Jrammar Hdiool from tiio Hemi-aunu:»l 
 visit of the ahlest InHiH^tor. It is worthy of grave eonHideration whetiier a hody of men 
 can he fountl nion^ fitted in every reHi)ect to necin'e the tUie insju'ction of U. ('. College. 
 In Mr. Inspector Vomig's Report for 1H(IG, he e(inii)lains of the insntKciency of the present 
 system of (irainrnar Schoid inspection; and with th(^ view of remedying it. proposes that 
 iiiHtiiad of one Inspector there shall lie fonr. 
 
 Compnrntivo Cost of (/. C. Vollcf/r tnul the (/riiiiniinr Sr/ioo!i^\ 
 
 IJoaring in mind tiie precitding reniavks regarding tlic comparative efliciency (»f the 
 (Irammar Schools, the salaries paid to the I', ('. College Masters, and the character c*f their 
 work, we are now in a position to take np <lirectly the Comparative ('(tst jter pnpil at 
 U. C. College and at the Cranunar Schools. 
 
 In comparing the cost per pnpil at l). C. College with that at the (irammar Schools, 
 it is only fair to deduct from the expenditure such items as in the case of the (irammar 
 School Fund are home l)y the (lovornment and Kducation (Office, or hy the Municipali- 
 ties, and conse(juently do not api)ear to swell the anidunt of the (irammar Sidiool expendi- 
 ture. The pensions also must ho excepted for the reasons previously given : — 
 
 From Mr. Christie's returns, pp. 14, IC), we find total expemliture 
 
 for the Session 1800-7 SlS.TiH 70 
 
 Deduct -IJursar's OHice !? 1)94 70 
 
 " IVnsions 1!)(»0 00 
 
 " Taxes 1.^.;] :'.7 
 
 •' Insurance lOH 0(1 
 
 " Half the value of prizes, heing the propor- 
 tion allowed to Grammar Schools by 
 
 (he Education Office 1.3'J -H) 
 
 «' Exhibitions 240 ()',) 
 
 " Examiners for do 60 00 
 
 .3055 50 
 
 This leaves net expenditure corresponding to that returned for 
 
 the (jlramm.ar Schools $15,070 14 
 
 The writer in instituting his comparison misciuotes the returns of the Ciiief Sui)orin- 
 tendent of Education, very much to the advantage of his argument, by giving tiu^ "total 
 number of pupils," \h., oWJ as the "number admitted by the Insi)ector," wluireas this 
 latter was only :5275, buys and girls both included, (p. i)y, Keport for 180(1). 
 
 From the same report (p. 105), I learn that the average attendance of boys in i^atin 
 for the whole year was 1577A. 
 
 The following remark of liev. Mr. Inspector Young in his repo]-t ( 1 800-7) may no doubt, 
 Avitli justice, bo applied to a large per centage of these boys, especially when w(! take into 
 consideration that in the })revious year he was compelled on examination to reject: — 
 
 "At Toronto C4rammar School 40 out of 80 or 90" 
 
 " Hamilton " " 18 " 50" 
 
 " Woodstock " " 22 " :^0" 
 
 "London " " 24 " 55" 
 
 (See Eeport for 1805, Part III., p. 75), all of which he quotes as average, schools. 
 
 Mr. Young then observes (Report for 1806, p. 28) :— " p]very child in the Grammar 
 "School Department, boy or girl, who is supposed to have any chance of wriggling through 
 " the meshes of the Inspector's examining net is transferred to the Grammar Schofd, and 
 enrolled as a classical"' [i.e. Latin] "pupil." 
 
 Accepting as a fair average the per centage of those rejected at such places as Toronto, 
 Hamilton, Woodstock, and London, I might reduce the 1577| given in the report to a 
 
jatm 
 
 routcli 
 
 umch Hiimller iiumbpr, but I am anxious to givo tho fJrammnr Schools every advantage, 
 and take the nunilmr iik I iind it. 
 
 AHHuuiinj; th»Mi tliis ir)77i ah tlio basis fcr cakulatinj? tlic avttrogp (ost of pacli (Jraiu 
 mar School l)oy, and bcarinj,' in mind that tlie total <ixpomlituro ''or Grammar Schools in 
 1860 was fn:5,SH7, (p. 11, Keport for IHOO), I find tiuit the average cost of each boy was 
 uo{ $2-2, as the writer give? it, but $7l'.l'J. 
 
 It nmy bo observed that girls tv" not included. Mr. Young declares that in iht 
 whole course of his experience, he could not recall more than three girls by whom thi 
 study of Latin had been pursued far enough for the tast^i to l)e in the least degree influ- 
 enced by what had been read. 
 
 Now, 1 found that the tot.Tl expenditure of Uitper Canada College tor the year 
 1866-7, corresponding to that returned for Orammar Schools, was 115,076.14. I'alcnlatinn 
 then the average attendance at Upper Canada College for 1866-7 to hare been only 1H.'> 
 })oys, this would make the average cost of uach boy to bo $81.50 ; so that, without taking 
 into consideration the amount or value of the education conferred, it is sulHciently 
 obvious that it does nof. cost this I'rovince " between four and five times as much to 
 educate a boy at Upper Canada College, as it does in the County (irammar Schools." 
 
 Universiiij Fund not preyed upon by l\ C. Cullege. 
 
 The charges that Upper Canada College j)rey8 upon the l^rovincial T'^niversity, and 
 thereby endangers its existence, and that recent advances have been made to it out of 
 University Funds (pp. 28-30), are unfounded. I beg to submit a letter from the Bursar, 
 in which it will be seen he distinctly states, in reply to my enquiries, that since the pass- 
 ing of the Baldwin Act in 1849, twenty years ago, up to the present time, lu) payment ha.^ 
 been made to Upper Canada College from the funds of the University of Toronto, or from 
 those of University College, (see Appendix III) ; so that the statement that in 1861, "the 
 Senate attempted to make good their advances to Upper Canada College, by reducing 
 the number of University Scholarships, and reducing the value of the gold and silver 
 medals," is wliolly unfounded. 
 
 U. C. Collfffe trniy Provincial. 
 
 As to the Eighth and last Allegation that the "attendance of itui)ils, is mainly derived 
 from Toronto, thus completely divesting U. C. College of all claim to be regarded as a 
 Provincial Institution ; I beg most respectfully to referthe Committee to the printed returnfs 
 by which it will be seen that out of 840 pupils who have attended U. C. College since 1861, 
 there wero no less 403 whose parents did not reside in Toronto. 
 
 Grammar School Masters icoitld not he benefited by the Disendowmeut of U. C. College 
 
 I shall now proceed to show that the sum to be derived fnmi the pioposed disendow- 
 ment of the Upper Canada College would not iu reality increase the incomes of the 
 (Jrammar School Masters. 
 
 It is proposed to divide the U. C. College Endowment Income Fund of ?! 2,500 
 among the 104 Grammar Schools on the plea that it would increase by $12.") the .salary of 
 every Grammar Schoool Master. The fallacy of such a statement is apparent. If each 
 Grammar School boy, on an average, in 1866, cost the Parliamentary Grant, /. r , the Endow- 
 ment Fund, nearly $34, taking as the basis of calculation the Parliamentary i irant, (under 
 which 1 include the item $1,145, the amount paid for the purchase of maps, apparatus, 
 iVc. ride Keport 1866, p. 10,) reaching a total sum of nearly .$53,000, and th? average 
 attendance of boys in Latin at 1577, (p. 105,) then U. C. College should be entitled to 
 receive even on the basis of a Grammar School a very laige share indeed of the present 
 Parliamentary Grant to Grammar Schools ; unless we are to suppose that if U. C. College 
 endowment were alienated, the 230 boys now in attendance would not require in future 
 to be educated and paid for as Grammar School pupils. 
 
 It is overlooked that from that sum of $12,500 must, as 1 have already kIiowh, b« 
 
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 deducted fully one fourth to pay Bursar's OflSce, Pensions, Taxes on Lands, Brokerage, ^v,., 
 (tc, amounting in 18C7 to $3500, leaving only $900'^ for educational purposes strictly so 
 called. 
 
 Supposiig then that Upper Canada College should not even share in the (irannnar 
 School Fund, that the supposed debt due to t'le University were ignored, and that the 
 Grammar Schools should come in as preferential creditors in the proposed distribution of 
 tlie $12,500, or rather as has been shewn $tM)00 income, derived from U. C. College 
 Endowment Fund ; even on these suppositions being allowed, the salarit'S of the various 
 (Irammar School Masters would not be augmented by J 1 25 annually or by any sum at 
 all appro:, ching it. I find that between 1861 and 1800 the number of Grammar Schools 
 has increased from 80 to 104, and if the same ratio oi' increase be observed during the 
 next five years as has prevaileil during the last five, there would be an average duninution 
 of noarU "0 per cent, on the sum derived from theendowme:it, so that in a very few year.s 
 the absolute gain would lie triHing indeed. 
 
 Conchisioii. 
 
 It is not by pulling down U. C. College, and, if possiljle, dtviding its inrome between 
 the various 151 (irammar School Masters that such a revolution will ])e eH'ected as to 
 jirevcnt the constant change of Masters, vrhich is sufficient to render tlu' steady growth 
 of any sch<K)l impi)ssible. On an average, during the last three years alone, (1804-, 1805. 
 1806.) the Head or Classical Master of every Grammar School h.is been c'-.anged. Each 
 year every third Master either abandons teaching altogether, or niov.'s to .some new locality 
 to introduce a new system, and to start the pupils anew. In ISO-t imt of i)5 Head or 
 Classical Masters in the 95 Granmiar Schools no less tluui 32 were changed; in 1805 out of 
 104, no less than .50; and in 1800 out of the same number, ;57. Is it then propo.sed to 
 improve the condition of higher education in the Province by rendering U. C. College 
 also subject to these chronic cha ges, and to bring that institution under the operation of a 
 sy3tem which forces the great majority of Grammar Scliools to maintain a sickly existence 
 at best in the liyl)rid alliance of Common and Grammar Schools, with wiiicii the country 
 is ro^ixin so dissatisfied that radical dianges are at this moment l)eing etfecttMl in it. 
 
 I earnestly trust, looking to the real interests of liigher educativiu in this Province, 
 that tlie Legislatuie w'li, in its wisdom, set^ fit not only to maintain in its integrity, this, 
 the oldest educational institution ii'. the Province, aroum. wiiiili tlio warm sympatliies of 
 thousands of old jnipils, and many who have distinguished thems"h (!s in tlie history of tin; 
 Province, are gathered ; but that Upper Canada t'ollege will be i-egardeil in sonie of its 
 best features, as tlie model )n which other institutions will befrainc<i, in suitable localities, 
 to meet the growing thiniands fui' b.igher education. 
 
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APPEIDICES. 
 
 APPENDIX, No. 1, 
 UppK'I Canada Coi.legk Endowment. 
 
 Answer to Alkgatiun NoA. 
 
 In leply to the first allegation submitted by your honourable Committee, it is most 
 respectfully submitted that the subject does not properly fall witliin the province of the 
 Principal of U. C. College, but fitly pertains to one of the Law Officers of the Crown. 
 Nevertheless, in order to meet your wishes as far as the limited time and the documents 
 at my disposal will permit, I beg leave to lay before you certain Parliamentary and 
 other extracts bea ling on the i)oint. At the same time I would strongly urge that should 
 these not prove in all respects satisfactory, you will be pleased to submit the same ques- 
 tion to the consideration of some person within whose province it may more legitimately 
 fall ; so that the want of knowledge of matters involved in this first question, on my part, 
 may not be consti-ued to the prejudice of U. C. College. 
 
 Allegation 1. That in the endowment of Upper Canixda College, the (irammar 
 School Reserves were illegally diverted from their original purpose. 
 
 Answer. It is respectively submitted, first, that the words " Grannuar School Re- 
 serves" are not used in the early public documents contained in the Journals of the House 
 of Asficmbly. 
 
 2. That these words ''Grammar School Reserves" are, nevertheless very often used l)y 
 the writer of a pamphlet lately largely circulated, and which purports to have been com- 
 piled by order of the Ontario Gramnuir ScIiodI Masters' Association, and is entitled " The 
 U. C. College Question." 
 
 3. That these words " Grammar School Reserves," when so used by the writer of the 
 before mentioned pamphlet, are either by inadvertence or intention erroneously represent- 
 ed to be set forth in certain public documents referred to and contained in the Journals of 
 your honourable House. 
 
 4. Tliat these words " Grammar School Reserves," so used l)y the siiid author, .are 
 calculated unjustly and wilfully to prejudice tlie interests of Uppt r Canada CV)llege by in- 
 ducing the readers of the ])aiu])hlet to believe that in the eudowinent of Ujiper Canada 
 College the "Grammar School licscrves" were illegally diverted from their original pur- 
 pose. These statements I shall now proceed to establisli. 
 
 In a despatch from His Grace the Duke of Portland, I'.ated 17'.>7, addressed to Mr. 
 President Russell, in reply to a joint address from both Houses of Parliament, it is said 
 that " His Majesty has been pleased to authorize the appropriation of a portion of the 
 waste lands of the Crown for the })uri)oses indicated in the Legislative Address." On re- 
 ferring to the joint address alludad to, the purposes indicated are tlicrein stated to be that 
 "His Majesty would be graciou.sly pleased to direct his Government in this Province to 
 appropriate a certain portion of the Avaste lands of the Crown afe a fund for the establish- 
 ment and suj)j)ort cf a respectable (jrammar School in each district thereof, and also of a 
 College or University for tlie instruction of youth in the dififerent branches of liberal 
 knowledge." 
 
 The Province wae at that time divided into four districts, and the prayer of the ad- 
 dress was, therefore, that a certi.in jjortion of the waste lands of the Crown might be ap- 
 projiriated as a fund for the establishme.it and support of four respectable Grammar 
 Schools, and also a University. This despatch of the Duke of Porthuul was, in the ftjllowing 
 year, submitted to the consideration of a Committee of the Executive Council, presided 
 over by Chief Justice Elnusley, an<l the report concludes thus : — 
 
 " I have, therefore, the honour to inform you, that the members of His ilajeaty's 
 Executive Council, the Judges and Law Officers of the Crown, after much reflectio" and 
 deliberation on the matter referred to them, are of opinion, first, that an appropriation of 
 
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 500,000 acres or ten townships, after deducting the Crown and Clergy sevenths, will be a 
 sufficient fund 'or the establishment and maintenance of the Ilojal Foundation of FOUR 
 Grammar Scliojls and a University in the Province of Upper Canada." 
 
 " 2nd. That the present circumstances of the Provnnce call for the erection of two of 
 those schools, one at the Town of Kingston, the other at the Town of Newark." 
 
 '10. That the provision for the establishment and maintenance of tlu' University be, 
 at least, equal to that of the FOUR schools taken together. 
 
 "I have the honour to Ic, &c., &.c., 
 
 "(Signed) J. Elmsley. C, J. 
 
 "I perfectly accord with this report in all its parts. 
 
 "(Signed) Petru Russell, 
 
 "1st Dec, 1798." ''President. 
 
 This report of the Committee of the Executive Council Avas not acted upon- 
 Another report o." a Committee of the Executive is addressed to His Excellency Sir 
 Peregrine Maitland, which, on account of its importance, is here set forth in full : — 
 
 To HixlExceVtncy Sir Peregrine Maitlnul, &c., dr., Ac. 
 
 "May it Please Your Excellency : — 
 
 "The Committee of the Exscutive Council, to whom your Excellency was pleasetl to 
 refer the consideration of a plan for establishing a University in this Province, assembled 
 this day, and by your Excellency's permission requested the attendance and assistance of 
 His Majesty's Attorney-General. 
 
 "A letter was read from His Grace the Duke of Portland to Lieutenant-Governor 
 Simcoe, bearing date 22nd June, 1796, acknowledging the receipt of a letter from the 
 Bishop of Quebec, upon the subject of a school of a higher class, which His Grace then did 
 not think necessary in Upper Canada. A letter was also read from His Grace, bearing 
 date 4th November, 1797, acknowledghxg an Address from the two Houses of the Legisla- 
 ture, requesting an appropriation of Crown Lands for the establishment of schools, and 
 communicating His Majesty's pleasure to acquiesce in their petition, directing the Gover- 
 nor to consult the members of the Executive Council, Judges and Law Officers on the 
 requisite means, to report to His Grace, for His Majesty's information, what schools werg 
 then necessary, the means of erecting and endoAving them, the amount necessary, and also 
 to erect and endow < University. 
 
 "On this lecter, the Committee named reported FOLTR schools to be necessary, a sum ol" 
 three thousand pounds requisite to erect them, and an annual sum of one hundred and 
 eighty pounds to pay a master and sub-master, and keep the building in repair, and the 
 fum of three thousand six himdred and twenty pounds for a University. 
 
 "That a fund to raise this sum would require five hundred thousand acres of land, 
 which was recommended to be set apart for such pur]30se, and the report, ap])roved by 
 the President, Avas directed to be transmitted for the information of His Majesty's 
 Government. 
 
 "No answer to this report or further confirmation of it can be traced in the office of 
 the Executive Council. The committee, therefore, concurring in opinion withHis Majesty's 
 Attorney-General, that the appropriation of that quantity of land is not sufficiently sanc- 
 tioned to authorize a grant in other portions than limited by His Majesty's commission, 
 humbly recommend that Your Excellency do call the attention of His Majesty's Government 
 to a formal sanction, under the royal sign manual, or the signature (jf His Majesty's prin- 
 
 dispose of the said five 
 University in this 
 
 acres of land for the purpose of establishing a 
 
 cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies, to sell, lease, grant and 
 
 hundred thousand 
 
 Province. 
 
 "In the meantime, in conformity to Your Excellency's pleasure, the committee pro- 
 ceeded to consider the detail required by Your Plxcellency. 
 
 " In pursuing this object, the ccmimittee first observe that pronsion for District Schools 
 is not now required out of th'.. fund, being made by the Legislature. The scale established 
 by the former committee appears at present very inadequate. 
 
 'The Committee is of opinion that not less than ten thoiismd pounds Avill be rc(|uired 
 
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 to erect a suitable l)uilding and provide a library, i)hilosoi)liic apparatus, and a botanic 
 garden. 
 
 " That an annual sum of four thousand jiounds may be deemed necessary to defray the 
 salaries of the Principal, Professors, Preceptors, Scholarships,- Librarian, Gardener and 
 other officers, with other contingencies. 
 
 " That to raise these sums it will be proper that a sale of land should be made from 
 time to time, to meet with security the exigencies of the establishin'^nt until the revenue 
 will supply the annual expenditure. 
 
 " That a Commission should permanently attend, Avith large powers to sell and lease 
 the land, and manage its revenues, under the direction of the Executive Goveniment. It 
 is also considered that it would conduce mucii to the importance and utility of the projec- 
 ted University if its constitution should be by a Ixoyal Charter. 
 
 " All which is humbly submitted. 
 
 " By order, 
 
 " (Signed), \V. Di mmer Powkll, C. J. 
 "Executive Council Chamber, York, 7th January, 1811)." 
 
 From this rep' . .•signed by Chief Justice Powell, it may be seen that no answer or 
 further confirmation of the previous report signed by Chief Justice Elmsley, could be 
 traced in the Office of the Executive Council. The first obsen'ation made in this second 
 repoit is, " that provision for District Schools is not now rerpiired out of this fund, (such 
 provision) being made by the Legislature," and the Committee recommend the appropria- 
 tion of the whole 500,000 acres to the purposes of the projected University. 
 
 Four years later, that is to say, in 182.3, Sir Peregrine Maitland obtained the sanc- 
 tion of the Imperial Goverimient (as conveyed in a despatch ., from Earl Bathurst, His 
 Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Colonies) to the establishment of a General 
 Board of Education in this Province. 
 
 On the 7th March, 1826, the following petition was addressed by this Board : — 
 
 " To His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, K. C. B., LieuieHani-Gocirnor of the Province of 
 Up2)er Caiuuki, and Majoi'-Generul Commanding His Majestijs forces tlierein, dec, &c., 
 in Council: 
 
 *' The Petition of the Preiident and Members of the Board for the C'cneral Superin" 
 tendence of Education in this Province, 
 
 " Humbly Shewetii, — That according to the original appropriation of lands made 
 under the sanction of His Majesty's CTOvernment on the 1st December, 1798, in order to 
 raise a fund for promoting education, 549,217 seres Avere set apart as reserve for that pur- 
 pose, and continued to be reserved for many years agreeably to the original order." 
 
 " That sul)seqnently, to facilitate the formation of roads and settlements and for other 
 objects, the Government of this Province has from time to time granted to individuals, or 
 resumed in order to grant them various portions of such reservations amounting in the 
 whole to 203,786 acres. That in Townships newly surveyed 94,000 acres have been re- 
 served in order to replace in part the portions of tlie original reservation which have been 
 applied as above mentioned to purposes inconsistent with tlie ol)jects first intended, and 
 that the laiuls now reserved for the purpose of jyroviding means of education do not in the 
 whole exceed 439,431 acres, and falling short of tlie appropriation made by the order of 
 1st December, 1798, by 109,768 acres. " 
 
 " Your memorialists humbly ])eg leave to represent to your Excellency that, indepen- 
 dent of the fact that the land-; recf^ntly set apart to re})la{;e tliose reserved are of consider- 
 ably inferior value, it is in the opinions of your nienu)i'ialists very desirable that the full 
 (|uantity originally inteiKl'MJ to be assigned to the important object for Avhicli they have 
 been appointe<l Trustees should lie preserved, and to that end they pray that your 
 Excellency in Coiuicil will be pleased to order that such ([uantity of the latuls now re- 
 maining at tlie disposal of the Crown as will be sufficient to make up the o; ;;;inal reser- 
 vation, may be set apart for tliat [nirpose." 
 
 "And your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray." 
 
 In this inemorial it will be cb.seived that the President and Members of the Board 
 ispesdi of the original approjirir.tion as lands set apart as " reserved, in order to raise a 
 
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 fund for promoting education." And again, as " lands now reserved for the purpose of 
 provi<iing means of education." 
 
 Wherefore it is respectfully submitted as proven that the words " Grammar School 
 Reserves" are not used in the jarly public documents, contained in the Journals of the 
 House of Assembly. 
 
 These words " Grammar School Reserves" are very often used by the writer of the 
 pamphlet, and at page 3 the following language will be found, "it will be advisable briefly 
 to revert to the early history of our colony, and to commence with the first endowment 
 for educational purposes, which is described on the records of our Legislature as the 
 Grammar School Reserves " It has been already shown that the lands reserved in 
 order to raise a fund for ])ronioting education are not described on the records of our 
 Legislature as the " Grammar School Reserves." Your attention may be called to tht; 
 fact that these words •' Grammar School Reserves " are introduced in large type no les.s 
 than three times on this one page, thereby shewing the importance and value which the 
 author of the pamphlet attaches to this expression. 
 
 On page (> of the same ])amphlet it is said: *' In 1823, during the Lieutenant-Gover- 
 norship of Sir P. Maitland, the first inroad appears to have been made on the Grammar 
 School Reserves. Their management was committed to a .General Board of Education." 
 It has been already shown to your honourable Committee that, in a memorial to His 
 Excellency the Lieutenant-(4overnor from the Board of Education, the origiiial appropria- 
 tion is spoken of as lands set ajiart as reserved, in order to raise a fuml for promotiiif/ 
 education. Nor is the expression "Grammar School Reserves " ever made use of by the 
 Board for the General Superintendence of Education. 
 
 On page 10 of the pamphlet it is said : "On tlie 21st of the; same month (January, 
 1831), an address was passed requesting His Excellency to lay before the House all docu- 
 ments relating to the " Grammar School Reserves." On referring to the address alluded 
 to, contained in the Journals of tlie House of Assembly, the words " Grammar School 
 Reserves" do not occur ; they are purely imaginary, and originate with the author of the 
 pamphlet. 
 
 At page 1 1 of the pamphlet, there; is a professed quotation, as follows : — " Lately 
 (56,000 acres have been set aside, (from the Grammar School Reserves) for the support of 
 U. C. College." Referring to tlie Journal of Assembly for the 26th December, 1831, I 
 find the following, forming part ot a Message from the Lieutenant-G ivernor to the Assem- 
 bly : — 'iln the year 1827, His Maje,sty's Government ordered 255,273 acres of the lanch 
 ori(jinallj< ad apart for the pirrjVMi's of Edaeation, to l)e transferred to the Crown, in lieu of 
 the leased Crown Reserves granted to the University as an Endowment for that institution, 
 and lately 66,000 acres have been set a])art for tlie supjtort of Upper Canada College and 
 Royal llrammar School." The autlioi- of the panijihlct again introduces his favorite wo: :1s, 
 "Grammar School Reserves," such not l)eing in tlie original. On the contrary, it is ex- 
 pressly stated in tlie preceding [lart of the same sentein'c of tlie Message, " of tlie lands 
 originally set apart for tlie purposes of Education." 
 
 The opening paragraph of tlie message from the Tacutenant-Governor to the House of 
 Assembly, of the 18tli March, 1835, sliov.s tliat tlie House of Assembly had addressed the 
 King, in 1833, "respiscting the lands originally set apart for the advancement of educa- 
 tion." It has now lieeii shown, 
 
 Suinmarij of the Eriilenee. 
 
 1. That the exprt .ssion " Grammar School Reserves" (hies not occur in the Duke of 
 Portland's despatch, 1797. 
 
 2. That the report, 1708, f if the Executive Ccmimittee, presided over by Chief Justice 
 Elmsley, recommended " tlie establishment and maintenance of the Royal Foundation of 
 four Grammar Schools and a University." 
 
 3. Tliat the Report, 1811), of the Executive Committee, of which Chief Justice Powell 
 was President, did not regard these lands as Granmiar School Reserves, but recommended 
 that th" wholt! of tlie 500,000 aoes should he apj)ropriated to University purposes. 
 
 4. That the Board of Education [1823-1831] in speaking of these lands never called 
 them Grammar School Reserves, but "lands reserved for the purpose of providing means 
 of education." ' 
 
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 b. That Sir J'>lin Colborne, in his Message of December, 1831, used the expression 
 " lands originally set apart for the purposes of education." 
 
 6. That, in 1833, the House of Assembly addressed the King "respecting the lands 
 originally set apart for the advancement of education" as shown in the LieutcTiaut-Gover 
 nor's Message of 18th Marcli, 183"). 
 
 In conclusion, I beg leave to state, in reply to the fir^.t allegation of your Committee, 
 that according to tlie evidence furnished by the Journals of the House of Assembly, and 
 especially by the Message of the Lieutenant-Governor, dated 24th December, 1831, it 
 plainly appears, that " of the lands originally set apart for the purpo.'jes of Education, 
 66,000 acres have been set apart for the support of Upper Canada Colk'go aTid Koyal 
 Grammar School," and that the legality of such endowment has Ixen again and ii^ain 
 •stablished by Acts of the Provincial Legislatun;. 
 
 APPENDIX, No. 2. 
 
 Answer to Allegation, No. 2. 
 
 " That the property of the Home District School, now the Toronto County Cramn'ar 
 School, was illegally appropriated to the use of Upper Canau v College." With refL-rence 
 to this allegation I beg merely to append the following documents : — 
 
 1. Deed by which Block D. Avas conveyed to the Chancellor, Pre.sident and Scholars 
 of King's College, in Trust for the benefit of Upper Canada CoUtige, dated 28th Novem- 
 ber, 1834. (The original is in the Bursar's office.) 
 
 2. Extracts from Minutes of King's College Council, l84i')-47. 
 
 3. Bursar's letter to Rev. John Barclay, one of the Grammar School TinistecH, 
 May 4th, 1834. 
 
 4. Bursar's letter to the Hon. John A. Macdtmald, giving a history of the whoh; 
 transaction. 
 
 5. Report of the Executive Council, September Gth, 1858. 
 
 (Copy). 
 
 This IndentuPiE, made the twenty-eighth day ofNovenilicr, in the year of our Lord 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, betw'CH'n the lloiiovable and Re^frend .loliii 
 Strachan, of tlie city of Toronto, (late Voi'k), in the Home l)i.strict and Provhice of 
 Upper Canada, Doctor in Divinity, the Honorable (loorge Herchnier Markland, of the 
 .same place, and Grant Powell of the .sanu' j)lact', I'^sniiin!, of tli ' one ]:uit, and tlie Chan 
 cellor, President and Scholars of King's College, in tlie Pi-ovinct^ of l'i)|)er Cnuiula afore- 
 said, of the other part. Whi;ueas, by lictters Patent under tlie ( Jnsat Seal of tills Pro- 
 vince, bearing date at York, the Twenty -sixth day of April, in the year >f Our Lord one 
 thousand eight hundred and nineteen. His late Majesty, King (Jeorge tlu; Third, of his 
 espe(;ial grace, certain knowledge, ami mere motion, gavo and granted unto the Horn mil )le 
 William Dunimer Powell, (since ih't'eased,) James Baby, (since deceiised,) ami the .said 
 John Strachan. and to their heirs and assigns for ever, (amongst and together with other 
 hereditaments,) all tliat [larcel or tnitt of land, situate in the town of York, (now the city 
 of Toronto,) containing by admeasurement six acres more or less, being ;>. eialain parallel- 
 logram or block of land deiiominat<'»l )>y the letter I) on the plan of the ."aid town, situate 
 on the east side of Churcli Street and north side of Newgate Street, in the said town of 
 York, lieing a reservation for the pmpuses of a i)ublic school in the said town of York, 
 and whi(th said jiarcel or tract of land is more particularly described in the jaid letteivs 
 jiatent, as by reference being tliereunto will more fully appear ; to hold the same unto 
 the said VViiliam Dunimer Powell. James Baby and John Strachan, their heirs and assigns 
 for ever, upon the trusts neveitheless ami to and for the uses hereinafter declared con- 
 cerning che same, that is to say, in trust at all times thereafter, to observe such directions, 
 and to consent to and allow such appropriations and dispositions of them or any of them, 
 as the CiovenM>r or person administering tlie Government of the said Province and the 
 
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 Executive Council therein for the time being, shuuld t'ntm tini'j to tiiiu! make ami onlcr, 
 I)Hrsuant ti» the purposes for v/liich the said i)arcels or tracts of land, or any of them, 
 were originally reserved, and to make such conveyance or conveyances, deed or deeds of 
 tlie said parcels or tracts of land or any part tlu'ret)f, to such i)erson or persons and upon 
 such trusts, and to and for si;ch use or uses as the (tovernor, Lieutenaut-dovernor or per- 
 adrainisterinj' tlu; (Tovernment of the said Province and tlit> executive Council 
 
 son 
 
 thereof for the time being, should from time to time by order in writing appoint ; and 
 whereas by an order in Council in writing, bearing date the twenty fointh day of 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. His Excellency Sir John Colborne, 
 the Lieutenant-Governor and the said Executive Council were pleased to cmler and direct 
 that a certain portion of the said school reserve, embracing one-half of the jdot east uf 
 grounds enclosed for the use of the Royal Grammar School, and nundjered 1, 2, 3. 4, and 
 T), should be conveyed by the said Trustees to the Trustees of the Catholic Church and 
 the Keverend William John O'Grady, in trust for the use of a Roman Catholic Parochial 
 School, and the same containing three-quarters of an acre, (be the same a little more 
 {)V less), wa,s conveyed accordingly ; and whereas, by diverse mesne conveyance and other 
 acts valid in the law, and ultimately by indenture of bargain and sale, bearing date the 
 twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
 thirty-three, aiul made or expressed to be made between the said J<jhn Strachau of the 
 first part, the said George Herchmer Markland, of the second part, the said William 
 Dummer Powell, (since deceased) of the third part, William Rowan, Esquire, of the 
 fourth part, and the said Grant Powell of the fifth part ; all and singular the remaining 
 portion of the said block of land denominated by the letter D, upon the said plan as 
 aforesaid, became vested (together with other hereditaments therein mentioned) in them, 
 the said John Straclian. George Herchmer Markland, and Grant Powell, their heirs and 
 assigns forever as joint tenants ; but, nevertheless, upon the trusts and to and for the 
 several ends, intents and purposes mentioned, expressed and declared, of or concerning 
 the same, in and by the said in part recited Letter Patent ; and whereas by an order in 
 Council, bearing date the 16th day of Juij last, His Excellency, Sir John Colborne the 
 Lieutenant-Governor, and the said the Executive Council, were pleased to order and . rect 
 that the said remaining portion of the said school reserve, denominated as letter D on the 
 said plan, should be by the present Trustees conveyed to the Chancellor, President and 
 Scholars of King's College, in trust for Upper Canada College ; now this Indenture wit. 
 nesseth that in obedience to the said recited order in Council, <tc., &c., &c. 
 
 Extracts from Mimjtes of King's College Council. 
 
 ISth Dfcemhcr, IS-lf). 
 
 The matter of the District School House in Block D was again taken into considera- 
 tion, when the Council fixed the animal rent to be .£L'0, and agreed to include, in the 
 repairs they are about to make, the removal of the small cottage to another part of the 
 premises. 
 
 28//t January, 1840. 
 
 Read a lett"r from the Rev. H. J. Grasett, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the 
 Home District Grannnar School, r(^])resenting the dilapidated state of the School House 
 which belongs to the College, and applying for certain repairs not to exceed .£50. 
 
 Whereupon the Solicitor General moved that tlie sum be granted, which motion being 
 seconded by the Dean, the Vice-President proposed the following amendment : — 
 
 That as it appears that the Building used as the Home District School requires rej)airs, 
 the sum of £50 stated in che coniinnnication of tlie Chairman of the Trustees as sufficient 
 for the purjiose of effecting the repairs lie expended thereon, and that the yearly rent of 
 the building shall be £5, to be ]\iid by the Master. 
 
 The President and the Solicitor-Cieneral tlissenting. 
 
 18/A Felruary, 1846. 
 
 Read a letter from the Rev. H. J. Grasett, dated the IGth inst., on the subject of the 
 Home District Grammar School on Block D of this City. 
 
fuul or(l(!r, 
 ly of thoni, 
 )r (lecils of 
 i and upon 
 nor or \h'v- 
 w Council 
 point ; iuul 
 rtli (lay of 
 1 Colbonu', 
 ■ and direct 
 ilot cast of 
 i, 3. 4, and 
 Jhurch and 
 ! Parochial 
 little more 
 
 and other 
 5 date the 
 ndred and 
 chan of the 
 d William 
 ire, of the 
 
 remaining 
 id plan as 
 il) in them, 
 r heirs and 
 .nd for the 
 concerning 
 1 order in 
 borne the 
 
 and . rect 
 ir D on the 
 sident and 
 nture wit. 
 
 considera- 
 ide, in the 
 part of the 
 
 es for the 
 lool House 
 
 3tion being 
 
 es Hjpairs, 
 .s sufficient 
 rly rent of 
 
 ject of the 
 
 39 
 
 Wliereupon it was moved l)y the Solicitor-General, That as it appears from the letter of 
 the Chairman of the Trustees of the Home District Crrammar School that it is not within 
 their power or that of the Master to pay the rent fixed by the Council for the building on 
 the land the property of this Corporation and now occupied as the District (Grammar 
 School, the repairs be made which have been stated to he necessary provided tlioy do not 
 exceed ,£50. 
 
 Which motion beiug seconded by the Vice-President was put and carried.' — Dr. 
 Gwynne dissenting. 
 
 G//t March, 1847. 
 
 On the petition of the Head Master of the Home District Cramniar School, it was 
 moved by the Vice President that the sum of j£7G expended by the Head Master on tins 
 improvement of the Home District School House l)e paid to him on the production of 
 vouchers for items of expenditure and a certificate from the Architect that they were neces- 
 sary and the charges not unreasonable. 
 The above extracts are correct. 
 
 (Signed.) David Euchan, 
 
 Burmr. 
 BuiLSAu's Offick, I 
 Toronto, 'mh March, 185G. j" 
 
 BuRSAu's Office, 
 
 Toronto, Uh May, 18.54. 
 
 Sir, — I have the honor to inforn. you that I have this day instructed the Solicitor 
 for the University and Colleges to give to the (Irammar School Trustees the necessary 
 legal notice preparatory to obtaining for Upper Canada College repossession of the 
 premises now occupied by the Grammar Scliool at the comer of Stanley and Nelson 
 Streets, and forming part of Block D, on the plan of the City of Toronto. This step has 
 been taken in consequence of the claim preferred ])y you and others, representing the 
 Grammar School Trustees, at the sale in Mr. Wakefield's auction rooms yesterday ; and 
 in order to test the validity of that claim, the notice will be given as a preliminary 
 measure, and while it is intended to follow it up at the proper time, if necessary, tliere is 
 not on my part, or on the jiart of those with Avliose concurrence 1 act, any desire to do 
 anything either harshly or hastily. Quite the reverse ; and in order that, if possible, we 
 may be satisfied without having recourse to ulterior legal [jroceedings, I shall lie glad that 
 you favor me, as soon as possible, with such information as the Trusttes can furnish in 
 regard to the extent and grounds of the claim ; assuring you tliat tliere is not the slightest 
 intention, or even disposition, on my part to take advantage of any ai)parent admission or 
 concession whicli (as I understand) you fear might thus lie made to your prejudice. In 
 giving this assurance I have, of course, no reference to former communications or ad- 
 missions of title. 
 
 I have the honor to be. 
 Sir, 
 Your obedient servant, 
 (Signed.) 
 
 David Buchan, 
 
 J 1 II r stir. 
 
 The llf^y. John Barclay, 
 
 tVc, il'c, Toronto. 
 
 (Copy). 
 
 University and Collecks Biksar's Offick, 
 
 Toronto, '2m, March, 1850. 
 
 Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from your oflSce, 
 respecting a claim made by the Trustees of the Toronto County (Jraiiimar School to cer- 
 tain property fronting on Nelson Street, and on Stanley and Adelaide Streets, of this city. 
 
 The papers forwarded to me with that communication are now returned, and in com- 
 pliance with your instructions I have to submit the following remarks : — 
 
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 The lots claimed by the Orammar School Trustees are described on the books of this 
 office, and on tlie plan of Block D, City of Toronto, of which they fonn a part as lots 1 1 
 and 12, South of March Street, (now Stanley Street), and 1 and 2, North of Newgate 
 Street, (now Adelaide Street) ; of the former two lots the Trustees are in possession as 
 tenants of Upper Canada College, freo of rent ; of the latter two lots they never had 
 possession, except i small strip of the more northerly lot, which it was discover^ul had 
 been included within the lence. 
 
 There is not the slightest «loubt that these lots fonn part of the Endowment bestowed 
 upon Upper Canada College. Until the buildings near (ilovernnient House were erected, 
 the College met in the very premises now occuj)ied by and claimed for the Grammar 
 School ; and during the time the College property was managed by King's College Council, 
 that body, at the solicitation of the Grammar School Trustees, made some necessary ro 
 pairs, which, of course, they would not have been asked to do, had not the Trustees re 
 cognized the College as the proprietors. I enclose two or three extracts frf>m the Minutes 
 of Council on this subject. 
 
 I am not sufficiently acquainted with the history of the (Jrammar School to say how 
 the Trustees came tf» re-open it after it had been merged in Upper (\anada College, and 
 to re-occupy the premises when they were vacated by the College. I have not been able 
 to get any satisfactory information upon the question from an examination of the records 
 in my possession. Nor do the Trustees in their memorial to Lord Elgin, throw any light 
 upon it. They, however, make the important admission (at the foot of the first page), 
 that the title is in the College ; although they, at the same time, allege that it was from 
 inadvertence the property was not reconveyetl to their predecessors for the benefit of the 
 County Grammar School. 
 
 I first had occasion to examine into the state of these lots early in 1853, when the 
 late Board of Endowment, appointed under Mr. Baldwin's Act, anxious to increase the 
 income of the College, were looking out such portions of the property as could imme- 
 diately be made productive or more productive. We had disposed of several lots in 
 Block D. An examination relating to the lots in dispute showed that the Qrmmon School 
 Trustees occupied the pii-mises forming lots 1 and 2, North of Adelaide Street, at the 
 almost nominal rent of £20 per annum, as one of their District Schools ; while, as already 
 stated, the Grammar School Trustees were in possession of the other two lots, free of rent. 
 Having made my report to the Board, it was ordered, on 28th February, 18.'J3, (the parties 
 present being the Hon. J. H. Cameron, Dr. Hayes, and myself as Chairman), " 'That notice 
 to quit be served upon the proper parties, so that possession be ol)tained as soon as possible 
 with a view to a sale." 
 
 The necessary notices were given. The Grammar School Trustees claimed to have 
 the right to hold the property occupied by them. The Common School Trustees proposed 
 to give immediate possession (on payment of a sum of £10) of the premises they occupied, 
 viz., Nos. 1 and 2, North of Adelaide Street. Their proposition was agreed to, and I have 
 had possession -jf these lots ever since. 
 
 The present Act cam'^ into operation on 30tli Aprii a few days after I had closed 
 with the Common School Trustees. Under the circumstances, I did not feel myself justi- 
 fied in taking any ulterior measures to dispossess tlie (irainmar School Trustees, until I 
 had some authority upon which to fall back for advice. The present Board of Endowment 
 was not appointed until February, 1854. At our first meeting it was ordered that the 
 City lots, the property of Upper Canada College, should be offered for sale by auction on 
 a convenient day. In the consequent advertisement, Lots 1 and 2 were included, but the 
 Grammar School Trustees not having been dispossessed of Lots 11 and 12, — these were 
 omitted. 
 
 Just previous to the sale, I discovered that the Trustees also held possession of about 
 18 feet in width along the northern side of Lot No. 1, and I gave instructions to the Auc- 
 tioneer to omit that also from the sale and to .sell at so much per foot on Nelson Street. 
 When the remainder of Lots 1 and 2 Avere put up, certain of the Grammar School Trustees 
 appeared and protested against a sale on the ground that the property was theirs — that 
 by some document, which they referred to but did not produce, the whole' four lots had 
 been appropriated to them, and that they were then in communication with the Govern- 
 
 
SI 
 
 )oks of this 
 ; as lots 1 1 
 )f Newgate 
 sscBsioii as 
 ' never had 
 )ver^Ml liad 
 
 it bestowed 
 ire erected, 
 3 Grammar 
 ge Council, 
 cessary le 
 'rustees re 
 he Minutes 
 
 to say how 
 i)llege. and 
 J been able 
 ;he records 
 1^ any light 
 first page), 
 was from 
 efit of the 
 
 1, when the 
 ncrease the 
 )uld imme- 
 eral lots in 
 mon School 
 
 et, at the 
 
 as already 
 ree of rent. 
 
 the parties 
 lat notice 
 
 as possible 
 
 to have 
 
 1 proposed 
 
 occupied, 
 
 and I hava 
 
 ad closed 
 self justi- 
 s, until I 
 lowment 
 that the 
 uction on 
 d, but the 
 lese were 
 
 of about 
 the Auc- 
 )n Street. 
 1 Trustees 
 iirs — that 
 lots had 
 Govern- 
 
 i( 
 
 ment on the subject. Having replied to their statement, I withdrew the lots for the time 
 and intimated that, with the consent of the proper authority, 1 would test their claim to 
 the property, by instituting legal proceedings tf» have them ejected from the whole 
 premises. 
 
 At next meeting of the Board, 1 made my report, and was authorized to place the 
 matter in the Solicitor's hands. The result has been the action of ejectment now jiending, 
 the trial of which has been postponed at your instance. 
 
 It maybe proper to state that at the time of placing the case in the Solicitor's hands, 
 I addressed to l3r. Barclay the letter of which I enclose a copy; and that, while I have 
 endeavoured to protect tlit! interests of the College against an adverse claim, I have In-en 
 very far from intending, or (iven wishing to out the Trustetvs to inconvenience, or to injure 
 the School. On the contrary, I have said repeatedly, when apparently pushing the case, 
 that my only object was to get the dispute brought to an end; and tliat if I obtained 
 judgment against the Trustees, I would not go further than wa.s necessary to establish tht; 
 title of the College and save it from a claim of 20 years adverse possession, until, at any 
 rate, the Trustees had obtained an answer to their Memorial to His Excellency. 
 
 I do not know that I can add anything further of any consequence bearing upon the 
 question. 
 
 I have the honor to be, sir. 
 
 Your most obedient servant, 
 
 (Signed,) David Buchan, 
 
 The Hon. John A. Macdonald, Attorney-General, Bursar. 
 
 Toronto. 
 
 (Copy.) U. C. C. 
 
 Copy of a Repoi-t of a Committee of the Honourable theExreutive Council, dated Gih SejA., 1858, 
 approved by His Excelltncy the Governor General in Council, on the lOth Sej)t., 1858. 
 
 On letters on behalf of the Tnistees of the Toronto Grammar School, upon the sub- 
 ject of that portion of Block D., in the City of Toronto, which is in dispute between Upper 
 Canada College and thai. Grammiir School. 
 
 From an Extract from the Minutes of the proceedings of the University of Toronto, 
 at a meeting held on the 3rd December, 1857, it appears that tlie Seutate are advised that 
 their title to the land as Trustees for Upper Canada College, is undoubted ; but that they 
 are of opinion it would not be detrimental to the interests of the College, if the reinaining 
 l)ortion of Block D., not otherwise disposed of by the Board of Endowment, were conveyed 
 to the Trustees of the Grammar School. 
 
 The Hon. the Attorney-General for Upper Canada, in a Report dated 23rd March, 
 1858, recommends that, in accordance witb the above resolution of the Senate, the remain- 
 der of Block D. be granted to the Grammar School in Toronto, for the purposes of such 
 School. 
 
 The Attorney-General adds that the Trustees must pay any costs incurred in the 
 litigation between the University or Her Majesty and them. 
 
 Tiie Committee respectfully recommend that the suggestion of the Senate be approved 
 of and carried into effect. 
 
 Certified. 
 
 (Signed,) W. H. Lee, 
 
 C.E.C. 
 
 APPENDIX III., No. 1. 
 
 Office op the Bursar of the University and Colleges, 
 
 Toronto, 29th September, 1868. 
 
 My Dear Sir, — I have to state in reply to your note of this date that neither from 
 the University Permanent Fund nor from its Income Fund has any grant been made to 
 
32 
 
 Upper Canada College Hiiice I took charge of the Eudowiuoiit of both institutions in June, 
 1851, and I feel assured that Avithout examining the acoomits, 1 may make a similar 
 assertion in reference to the period between the ])a8sing of the Bahhvin Act and June, 
 1851. But from a fiiixl created l)y 10 Vict., c. H9, section 54, Upper Canada College diil 
 receive £1,000 by Order in Council in 18G0, when the annual grant of that amtuint was 
 withdrawn. 
 
 I am, my dear sii-, 
 
 Yours very tnily, 
 
 Georcjk K. K. Cockbuun, Esq., 
 
 Principal, iVc, iV'c, ^V'c, V. C. CoUegi". 
 
 Davik Buc'han, 
 
 Jlnrsiir. 
 
 APPENDIX III., No. 
 
 Copy / a Report of a CommUU:e of the HonoumUe the Executive Coimcii upprovml hi/ Hi>t 
 J'J.rcfllenaj the Governor-Geneml in Cmincil on the '2'2nd Maij, 18G0, 
 
 The Committee have had before them a uieuKjrandum, dated 18th May, iSfiO, from 
 the Hon. the Solicitor-General U. C, stating that the annual Legislative Grant to Upi)er 
 Canada College of S-l,444^''j/jy has this sc^ason been discontinued, that no provision has been 
 made in vL.^w of so large a deduction from its income. That conse(iuently the funds at the 
 disposal of the Institution are not sufficient to meet the current expenses of the present 
 year, — tixpensos incuiTed upon the faitii of receiving the usual annual appropriation — and 
 unless relief is attbrded, great embarrassment will result. That a large amount is standing 
 to the credit of the University Surplus Inconu'. Fund, which Fund, undcT the University 
 Act, is applicable to Academical Education in Ui)per Canada. That he Avould therefore 
 recommend that an amount equal to the former nnual appropriation, viz., $4,444 jYo 1>e 
 granted from such surplus fund to Upper Canada College, io enable it to meet the 
 expenses of the current year. That he would also furthm- suggest that as the Income Finid 
 of the College will hereafter, in all probability, be insufficient to meet the annual exi^en- 
 diture under the present system and management, and as it is considered i)racticable to 
 reduce the expenses of the Institutif)n without imparing its effieiency, the subject be 
 brought before the Chancellor of the University, and it be intimated to liim for the infor- 
 mation of the Senate, that the (Tovernment cainiot hold out any enoouragenumt, that any 
 further appropriation will be made by Parliament in aid of Upper Canada College, and 
 that the College after this year must depend \\\w\\ its endowment and tuition fees for 
 support. 
 
 The C(nnmittce advise that the above suggestions of the Solicitor-General be approved 
 and acted on. 
 
 Certified. 
 
 (Signed) \\y\. H. Lke, 
 
 C. E. 0. 
 
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 i and June, 
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 Ilursor. 
 
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 inds at the 
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 5ubject be 
 
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 )]lege, and 
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 ' approved 
 
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 C. E. 0. 
 
 APPENDIX NO. IV. 
 
 Taken from " Gfohf" of October 14, 1868. 
 
 I'NIVKK.SITY t)F TOKftNTO. 
 
 The following Clus.s Lists of Matrieidunts in Honours has lately been issued. Wp 
 attach the name of the Institution at which each Student ha> Hoen educated duriuL' thw 
 two preyious years, so far as we are able to learn them : — 
 
 MATKICULATION IN AltTS— (.JUNIOR). 
 fLASSU-'S. 
 
 .. n^ll Class.-!. Fletcher, U. C. College ; 2. White, U. C. College ; 3. Clarkson, U. 
 !'• ^''H'?; '^V- Cr^'i-ar, U. C. College; .'). Gibson J., Clinton Grammar School ; (I. 
 McUermid D., Gait CJrammar School. 
 
 2ndClass.~1. MacClelland, U. C. College-Kei<l W. G., Toronto G. School ; ;i. 
 Uurton, Hellmuth College ; Goldie, (Juelph (i. School ; .5. Straith, Clinton G. School • f. 
 McMichael, Gait G. School ; 7. St»!wart, Guelph (i. School ; 8. Smellie, Fer<'us (! Sch(')ol • 
 {). Black, Guelph G. School : 10. liickle, U. C. College ; 11. McKee, Braatlord G. School.' 
 
 MATHEMATICS. 
 
 1st Class.— 1. Punshon, England, (private study) ; 2. Nichols, Whitby G. School- 
 3. Crerar, U. C. College. ' y 
 
 2nd Class.— 1. Reid, Toronto (h-ammar School; 2. Fletcher, V. C. College" ?, 
 McDerinid, (Jalt G. School ; 4. Clarkson, U. C. College; 5. Hamilton, Brantford and U.' 
 C. College ; McKee, Brantford f J. School 
 
 HISTOIIY. 
 
 1st Class.— 1. Fletcher, U. C. College ; 2. White, U. C. College ; .3. Punshon. 
 I'lngland ; 4. Filley, Whitby G. School ; Ti. Black, Guelph G. School. 
 
 2nd Class.— 1. Crerar, U. C. College ; 2. Burton, Helhnuth C(dl.!ge ; 3. Jiuior, St 
 Mary's G. School ; 4. (libson, Clinton G. School ; o. Snu-llie, Fergus G. School • 6 
 Stewart, Guelph G. School ; 7. Clarkson, U. C. College ; 8. Nichols, Whitby ( !. School 
 
 KNGMSII. 
 
 l.ST Class.— 1. Fletcher, V. C. Ccdlege ; 2. Punshon, En-land ; 3. Tilley, Whitby 
 (;. School ; 4. Clarkson, U. C. College ; 5. McDermid, Gait t!. School ; G. Crerar, U. C. 
 College ; Flint, U. C. College and private study. 
 
 2nd Class.— 1. Hamilton, Brantford G. School, aiul U. C. College; 2. Smellie, Fergus 
 (4. School ; 3. Black, Guelph Vr. School ; lieid, Toronto G. School ; 5. Junor, St. Mary's 
 O. School ; 6. Panton, Whitby G. School ; 7. Stewart, Guelph G. School ; 8. Gibson, 
 Clinton G. School ; 9. White, U. C. College ; 10. McClelland, U. C. College ; 11. Straj^h, 
 Clinton G. School; 12. McMichael, Gait G. School ; 13. Smyth, Uxbridge G. School; 14. 
 Burton, Hellmuth College ; 15. McKee, Brantford G. School. 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 1st Class.—!. Fletcher, U. C. College; 2. Tilley, Whitby Grammar School. 
 2nd Class.— White, U. C. College ; CI -kson, U. C. College. 
 
H 
 
 \ 
 
 «rHOI,AR,SHIPS. 
 
 Classics— 1. Flotcher, V. C. College ; 2. White, U. C. College. 
 
 Mather:atioh.— 1. I'miBhon, Kiiglaiul ; 2. Nicols, Whitby (iramiiiar School. 
 
 General Proficiency. 1. FK'tcher, U. C. College ^ 2. Punshon, Euglandj 3. 
 Crorar, U. C. Colleg** ; Clarkson, U. C. College. ' 
 
 MATRICULATION IN ARTS (SENIOR). 
 
 No students passed in honours. 
 
 MATRICULATION IN MEDICINK. 
 
 CLASSKJS. 
 
 1st Class.— 1. Zinniierrium, U. C, College ; 2. Grassett, llellriiuth College ; 3. Peter- 
 son, Berlin G. School. 
 
 2no Class, — Groves, Fergus (i. School. 
 
 MATHEMATICS. 
 
 1st Class.— !. Zimmennan, U. ('. College; 2. McLaren, Ottawa G. School. 
 2nd Class.— Peterson, Berlin G. School. 
 
 HISTORY. 
 1st Class.— Zimmennan, U. ('. College. 
 
 2ni) Class.— 1. Grassett, Hellmuth College; 2. Groves, Fergus G. School; 3. 
 McLaren, Ottawa G. School ; Peterson, Berlin G. School. 
 
 EN<5LISH. 
 
 1st Class.— I. Zimmoi-man, U. C. College. 
 
 2nd Class.-!. McClellan, Pvockwood ; 2. Jackes, U. C. College; 3. McClure 
 Brampton G. School ; 4. McLaren, Ottawa G. School. 
 
 chemistry. 
 
 1st Class.— 1. Zimmerman, U. 0. College ; 2. McClure, Brampton G. School. 
 
 2nd Class.— 1. Peterson, Berlin G. School ; 2. Jackes, U. C. College ; 3. Grassett, 
 Hellmuth College ; 4. Groves, Fergus G. School ; 5. McClellan, Rockwood. 
 
 ! ! 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 1st Class. — 1. Zimmerman, U. C. College. 
 
 * i 
 
 SCHOLARSHIP IN MEDICINE. 
 
 , Zimmerman, Upper Canada College. 
 
 :matriculation in civil engineering. 
 
 mathematics, 
 
 1st Class.— I. Brough, (fonnerly U. C. College); 2. Leonard, U. C. College. 
 2nd Class.— Peters, Hellmuth College. 
 
SB 
 
 hool. 
 England ; 3. 
 
 ; 3. Peter- 
 
 )0l. 
 
 School; 3. 
 
 EN<iI,ISH. 
 
 1st Clash. — 
 
 2ki) Class.— Lcoimrd, U. C. College. 
 
 HISTORY AND (iKOiJKAI'HY. 
 
 1st Class.— 
 
 2nu Clash.— Leonard, U, C. College. 
 
 1st Class. — 
 2ni) Class.— 
 
 1»UA\VIN(!. 
 
 matriculation FN AfiRICULTUJlK. 
 ENdLISlI. 
 
 1st Class. — 
 
 2nd Class.— 1. Collins. 
 
 MATHEMATICS. 
 1st Class.— 1. Collins. 
 2nd Class.— 
 
 history ANn (JEO(}flAWFY 
 
 1st Class.— 1. Collins. 
 2nd Class.— 
 
 ACiRICULTURE. 
 
 1st Class.— 1. Collins. 
 
 2nd Class.— 1. Palmer, Woodstock Institute. 
 
 McClure 
 
 lool. 
 Grassett, 
 
 ge. 
 
 APPENDIX No. V. 
 
 Exliad from hftcr of the Bnrmi- to the. Prinripal of U. 0. CoUaje, dated 2Bth, Sept., 1808. 
 
 Soon aft!T this toi)k place (viz.: an increa.so in the, expenditui-o of the Bursar's Office 
 by order in Council, after it had been I'educed l)y a previous (Tovernnient), the ninmiistrau- 
 ees of the Senate, as I luive reason to beheve, became very energetic ; and, in July, 186.5, 
 the Provincial Board of Audit issued temporary instruction.s to me, which effectually pre- 
 vented over-expenditure either on University or IT. C. Colhige account. These instruc- 
 tion.s were followed in Decfuuber of that year by the orders in Council now in force. 
 I had asked for such directions as were given in these onh-rs, just six years prtiviously, and 
 had never lost an oi)portunity of urging their being issued. 
 
 One portion of thest; orders relates to the management and exi)euditure of this office. 
 What I asked in ri'gard to the management has lieen accorded to me ; but the sum 
 allowed for expenditure has Wen put lower than I considered reasonable. Be that as it 
 may, I have kept within the limit during the two years and half the sy.stem has been in 
 operation. 
 
 During that period the average cost to Upper Canada College, of managing its endo 
 ment, selling its 3and, receiving and investing, or reinvesting its capital, receiving ?: 
 paying out its income — including tuition fees and board dues— has been at the rate of 
 $990.19 per annum; an average of $2.45 per cent, on all the money passing through my 
 hands— principal and interest— or of $3.54 per cent, on the amount of income received in 
 the same period. Under the existing orders in Council the cha 
 not exceed £250 per annum. 
 
 ow- 
 nd 
 
 charge for management can- 
 

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 Page 16.-10th line from bottom, for " ii^l,250.88 " read - $1010 88 " al^o 
 for "$1,204.52" read "S904.52." ', ' 
 
 21.— 18th line from bottom, for '■ 403 " read " 41.3 " 
 
 in same line. 
 
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in same line.