Maps, Charts, and Diagrams of Physical Geography 46 47 47 48 48 49 .... 52 53 54 DEPARTMENTAL NOTICES. PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES. "Township and County Libraries are becoming the crown and glory of the Institu tions of the Province."-Lord Elgin at the Upper Canada Provincial Exhibition, September, 1854. The Chief Superintendent of Education is prepared to apportion one hundred per cent. upon all sums which shall be raised from local sources by Municipal Councils and School Corporations, for the establishment or increase of Public Libraries in Upper Canada, under the regulations provided according to law. Prison Libraries, and Teachers' County Association Libraries, may, under these regulations, be established by County Councils, as branch libraries. SCHOOL MAPS AND APPARATUS. The Chief Superintendent will add one hundred per cent. to any sum or sums, not less than five dollars, transmitted to the Department by Municipal and School Corporations on behalf of Grammar and Common Schools; and forward Maps, Apparatus, Charts, and Diagrams to the value of the amount thus augmented, upon receiving a list of the articles required. In all cases it will be necessary for any person, acting on behalf of the Municipality or Trustees, to enclose or present a written authority to do so, verified by the corporate seal of the Corporation. A selection of articles to be sent can always be made by the Department, when so desired. PRIZES IN SCHOOLS. The Chief Superintendent will grant one hundred per cent. upon all sums not less than five dollars transmitted to him by Municipalities or Boards of School Trustees for the purchase of books or reward cards for prizes in Grammar and Common Schools. Catalogues and Forms forwarded upon application. (CANADIAN MANUFACTURE.) I. MAP STANDS AND CASES. The following addition to the last edition of the Descriptive Catalogue, contains illustrations of various kinds of School Apparatus which have been recently manufactured in Toronto, under the direction of the Educational Department. They are supplied to the Schools at the prices annexed, and upon the terms stated in the Departmental Notice relating |