MORAVIAN FEMALE TRAINING SCHOOL, BETHLEHEM.

THIS School for the training of Female Teachers for service in the Day Schools belonging to the Moravian Church was opened at Bethabara, in 1861, by the Rev. J. J. Seiler. It is now also made use of for the higher education of the daughters of the Native Jamaican Ministers and Missionaries of the Church. In 1885 the School was placed on the Government List of Voluntary Training Colleges, in consequence of which the number of Students was increased and the premises at Bethabara found to be quite inadequate. New buildings were therefore erected by the Moravian Church at Bethlehem in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the School meanwhile being temporarily removed to Salem. The new School, opened in February, 1889, has accommodation for 15 Students. In addition to the work required by the Government free and regular lessons are given in the following subjects: Euclid, Algebra, French and Harmonium-playing. The Government granted thirteen maintenance scholarships to the School for the current year

Principal-Rev. S. Negus, Bethlehem, Malvern.
Assistants-Miss M. L. Klesel.

Miss E. B. Doran.

Miss T. C. Baker.

MORAVIAN MALE TRAINING COLLEGE, FAIRFIELD.

THIS Institution was commenced in the year 1840, and with one short intermission has been continued ever since. It has done good work in supplying Male Teachers for the Day Schools in connection with the Church of the Brethren, not only in Jamaica but also on the Mosquito Coast and elsewhere. Nearly the whole of the cost of the establishment up to the close of 1885 was borne by the Moravian Mission Board in Germany, but at present the Government pays maintenance allowance and bonus for twenty-six Students. During the year 1890, 10 more Students were, at the request of the Inspector of Schools, admitted from the Government Training College at Spanish Town. There are now 30 Students in training.

Principal-Rev. P. A. Herman-Smith, Fairfield, Spur Tree P.O.

CALABAR INSTITUTION OR JAMAICA BAPTIST COLLEGE. THIS Institution was projected immediately after the abolition of slavery, but was not opened until the month of October, 1843. It was commenced at Calabar, near Rio Bueno. The buildings were erected by funds supplied by the Baptist Missionary Society in England, in which the entire premises were vested in trust. The objects of the Institution, as set forth in the trust deed, are the education of Ministers of the Gospel and Day School Teachers for Jamaica, the neighbouring islands, and for Africa. For the first ten or twelve years it was conducted as a Theological Institution only, although a large proportion of those who were admitted as Theological Students, not being found eligible for the Ministry, became Schoolmasters.

The first President of the College was the Rev. Joshua Tinson, who conducted it till the time of his death, 1850. The Rev. D. J. East was appointed by the Baptist Missionary Society as Mr. Tinson's successor and took charge of the Institution in January, 1852. In 1843 it had been opened with ten Students, but on Mr. East's arrival there were only four. His attention was immediately turned to the extension of its usefulness, and in 1854 arrangements were made for uniting with the Theological Department a Normal School for the education and training of Day School Teachers. To this was added an Elementary Day School as a training ground for Schoolmasters. Subsequently, also, a department was opened for the admission of lay pupils.

Eventually the locality of Rio Bueno was deemed unsuitable for the Institution on its enlarged basis and it was agreed, by the joint action of the Committee in England and that in Jamaica, to remove it to Kingston, the spacious premises of the Baptist Missionary Society in East Queen Street having become available for the purpose. Accordingly the removal was effected in 1869. Buildings then standing, which

could be utilized, were repaired and old ones were pulled down. A Student's hall and a residence for the Normal School Tutor were erected. To these a residence for the Classical Tutor was subsequently added and the Students' Hall was enlarged by the addition of ten dormitories and three rooms for study. The Student's Hall comprises sleeping accommodation for 36 young men, a dining room, rooms for study, three class rooms, a science room with gallery and a library containing about 8,000 volumes. There are extensive playgrounds both for Students and Scholars, Since the Institution was begun in 1843 fifty-three Students have graduated for the Ministry, and eight are now in training; one hundred and eighteen Schoolmasters have been trained, and twenty-six are now in the College. The number of Students in residence is thirty-four. Of those who have left the College one hundred and eighteen are, or have been Schoolmasters in Jamaica or the Turks Islands, Santo Domingo, Africa, and Central America, and fifty-three are, or have been, Ministers in this island, or in Hayti, Turks Islands, Cuba, United States of America or elsewhere. The Theological Students pass Examinations annually under Examiners in England. The Schoolmaster Students are all sent to the Government Examinations a fair proportion passing in the upper divisions.

The Rev. S. Hodges, Dr. Dick, now of the Glasgow College, Scotland, and Mr. A. Gunning successively held the position of Normal School Tutor till the arrival of the Rev. J. Seed Roberts in October, 1864.

The Tutorial Staff now consists of the Rev. W. Pratt, as President, Theological Tutor and Treasurer; the Rev. James Balfour, M.A., Classical and Mathematical Tutor; Rev. L. Tucker, M.A., Normal School Tutor; and Mr. T. B. Stephenson, Master of the Model School.

At present the numbers in the Institution are 110 Theological, 26 Normal, and 250 Day Scholars.

The Students of the several departments attend some classes in each, except that the Scholars of the General Day School are kept entirely apart. The course of the Theological Students is spread over five years; that of the Normal School over three years.

The Institution is maintained in the following way: (1) The Baptist Missionary Society in England appoints and provides for the Tutors, and for the cost of the erection of buildings and of structural repairs. (2) The Baptist Churches and the friends of education in Jamaica provide for the board and residence of the Students, as also for the general current expenses, aided by donations from some few friends in England and the Government grants-in-aid. Five Students are sustained on the foundation of the "Taylor's Trust Fund" and sixteen in part by the Government maintenance scheme.

The local management of the Institution is vested in a Committee representing contributing Churches in the island. But while the education of Ministers is confined to the Baptist Body, it is distinctly provided that the other departments of the Institution-the Normal School for the training of Teachers, and the Model Day School-are open to members of any Christian denomination, and that in these the teaching shall be strictly UNSECTARIAN.

RECTORY SCHOOL, PORT MARIA.

In this School is given a thorough English Education, together with the Elements of the Classics and Mathematics, and boys are fitted for the Jamaica Civil Service Competitive Examination and for the Cambridge Local Examination.

The course of study consists of (1) the English Language, History and Geography; (2) Writing and Penmanship; (3) Natural Science and Chemistry; (4) Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry; (5) Latin, Greek and French; (6) Singing and Instrumental

Music.

There are three Terms in the year. The first begins on the third Monday in January; the second eight days after Easter, and the third on the first Monday in September. There are five weeks holiday at Christmas, one week at Easter and six weeks at Midsummer.

The charges are:-For boys from 7 to 12 years old £2 per Term.

Boarders pay £10 per Term for Board and Lodging if they remain the whole Term. If they are able to come in residence on Mondays and return home on Fridays £8 is charged.

PRINCIPAL.-Rev. John H. H. Graham.

MASTER-Mr. G. S. Grange, B.A., London University.

ST. GEORGE'S COLLEGE.

SINCE 1852 there has been attached to the Catholic Clergy House a School of higher education. It has been conducted by one or more of the Fathers, with the assistance of Lay Teachers, as occasion required. Many now in different parts of the island received their education in this School during the first thirteen years of its existence, when it was under the management of Father Simon. On his returning to New Orleans in 1865 the School ceased to exist; it was resuscitated in 1868 by Father Jones in the premises which it now occupies, 26 North Street. He took boarders; most of them came from Haiti, some from Central America, and a few from different parts of Jamaica; day scholars were also admitted. Finally, in 1872, after a few months of abeyance, there was a re-opening of the School for day scholars only, under the management of the Rev. F. X. Jaeckel. He was succeeded by Father George Huggins in 1877, who in 1878 handed over his pupils to Father J. Ryan, B.A. He was succeeded in May, 1885, by Father W. J. Burns, then by Father H. Martyn Parker, M.A., who in his turn has recently been succeeded by Father William Hudson. The Superior of the College at present is the Right Rev. Dr. Gordon and the masters are Fathers Spillman and Hudson.

The course of studies comprehends in 24 hours weekly

1. Latin, English, French.

2. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra.

3. History, Geography.

4. Caligraphy, Drawing.

5. Declamation, Extempore speaking.
6. Vocal Music.

7. Religion.

The Terms are £2 per quarter paid in advance. Books and stationery, extra. The vacations are about three weeks at Christmas, four in June, and one week at Easter.

THE KINGSTON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.

PROVISION has been made for giving a sound English and Commercial Education and for preparing pupils for the Cambridge Local Examinations, the Medical and Legal Professions, and for Matriculation at English and Colonial Universities.

The curriculum embraces the subjects included in a good English and Commercial Education, namely, English Grammar, Composition, History, Geography, English Language and Literature, Book-keeping, Précis Writing, etc.

Languages-Greek, Latin, French and German.

Mathematics-Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science, Trigonometry, Conic Sections, etc.

Arrangements have been made for the education of a Junior Class of Pupils in preparation for entrance into the Upper Forms of the School.

Mrs. Morrison continues to conduct her Elementary Class at the same premises. The School Year consists of forty-two weeks of actual tuition and is divided into four Terms; two of ten and two of eleven weeks each.

The Holidays are four weeks at Christmas, a week at Easter, and five weeks at Midsummer. The fees for tuition, payable in advance, are as follows :—

66 66 "Repair of pupil's clothing

PRINCIPAL.-W. Morrison, M.A., University and King's College, Aberdeen.

MASTERS.-A. H. Hendriks and other Masters.
The School is situated at No. 135 Orange Street.

ST. MARY'S COLLEGE.

THE St. Mary's College is situated on the borders of Manchester, close to St. Paul's Church, which serves as its Chapel; and is 2 miles from the post town of Balaclava in St. Elizabeth, where a station on the new Railway extension is to be located. It is designed as a High School for Girls in which is formed a class for preparing for the University Examinations and for any who desire to qualify themselves as Teachers in private families or High Schools.

The Institution is in connection with the Church of England in Jamaica, and is under the supervision of the Rev. E. Bassett Key. The quarterly terms are

There is in addition an entrance fee of £5 which must be paid on enrolling. The ages are from 8 to 16.

Application for prospectus and further information should be addressed to the Rev. E. Bassett Key, Balaclava P.O.

JAMAICA CHURCH THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE.

THIS Institution is situated at Bishop's Lodge (until lately the residence of His Lordship the Bishop) and the erection of a suitable and substantial pile of college buildings in another part of the grounds has been commenced. The object of the College is to train students for ordination in the Church of England and to maintain a general supervision over the work and studies of the Catechists and Lay Readers (numbering about 150) of the Diocese. Under its present management it was established in January, 1883, since which time 33 Students have been partially or entirely prepared for ordination. The Institution possesses a small Endowment Fund amounting to £3,000, contributed by Lady Howard de Walden, but is supported by voluntary donations and subscriptions. The Rev. H. Seymour Isaacs, M.A., of Cavendish and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, is Warden, and the Rev. J. B. Ellis, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, is Tutor. The Special Lecturers are the Bishop of Jamaica, the Assistant Bishop of Jamaica, the Rev. H. H. Isaacs, M.A., the Rev. H. M. F McDermott, the Rev. H, H. Kilburn and Dr. G. C. Henderson.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

THE object for which this School is founded, is to provide a sound and liberal education, the religious element of which shall be distinctly based upon the teaching of the Church of England.

The School year is divided into three terms each of about 3 months in duration. The fees are For boys under 12, £6 per annum

over

"£8 66

which in all cases must be payable terminally and in advance.

The subject taught include-English, French, Latin and Mathematics.

Provision has also been made for instruction in Greek, Music, Drawing and Shorthand.

There is an Athletic Club in connection with the School, where ample opportunities are provided for manly exercise.

Arrangements on a moderate scale for Boarding in Kingston, could be made for boys coming from the country. Address-Rev. M. C. Clare, The Rectory, Kingston. Patron-The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Jamaica.

Warden-Rev. G. W. Downer, Rector of Kingston.

Head Master-Rev. M. C. Clare, T.C.D., (certificated South Kensington Science and Art in Geometry, Perspective and Freehand). Assistant Master and Bursar-Rev. G. H. Thompson.

THE HEBREW NATIONAL INSTITUTION.

FORMERLY there existed in the City of Kingston two public Jewish Schools supported respectively by the members of the two congregations established there. It was however determined to amalgamate them under the above designation and to depend for support upon the general community. It is fast approaching fifty years since this object was successfully accomplished, when the first Principal elected to direct the internal management was the late Henry Vendryes, Esq. The mode of government, well suited to the period when the Hebrew National Institution was established, was found to be unsuited to the present day; it was therefore determined to reorganize the School and to reform its management. This was successfully done and the School now has an average daily attendance of 25 children.

The Institution has the sum of £1,000 invested in island debentures.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Sr. Mary's Orphanage was established by the late Very Reverend Thomas Porter. It is managed on the principle of a Farm Industrial School. There are about 40 children in it at present who earn about half of what is necessary for their maintenance. It is the only Orphanage in the island, is exceedingly well managed and well worthy of public support.

Within the grounds of Alpha Cottage are also two Denominational Industrial Schools. One is licensed by Government for 50 Girls, the other for 53 Boys. The inmates of all these Schools are taught what is usual in Elementary Schools, and the Girls strawplaiting, straw hat-making, house cleaning, cooking, washing and the general duties of domestic service, and in addition the cultivation of plants useful on small holdings, as are also the Boys. When the Boys are sufficiently grounded in Elementary Education, it is proposed to transfer them to a Farm School in the country where they will be taught practical agriculture, and the trades more immediately connected with it or apprentice them to trades before their time of committal expires.

These Schools are under the charge of Sisters of Mercy most of whom have come over recently from London for the purpose.