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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt:...aie forty-eight children of school agi on this reserve, and there are two schools, one at Lower Fairford and one at Upper Fairford. The average attendance is twenty-four, and it would I e better but for the stale of the river. As a rule the clothing is good owing to the free distribution of clothes by the Church Missionary Society. The teacher are competent and discharge the:r duties satisfactorily. The programme of studios prescribed by the department is followed as far as standard IV at the lower school, and standard V at the upper school. Progress is good. Both schools are under the. auspices of the Church of England. Tho school-houses are supplied with the requisite number of books, material, Ac. The discipline in both schools is good. The parent, having received the benefit of a primary school established about forty years ago by the Church of England, are alive to the advantages of education, and take great interest in the education of their children. Religion--Of the inhabitants one hundred and forty belong to the Church of England denomination, thirty-two are Baptists and two are Roman Catholics. At Upper Fairford there is a fine church and parsonage, with a cemetery, under the charge of the Rev. George Bruce. Ti e mission, which has and is still accomplishing much good, has been established for over forty years, and to it in a great, measure is attributable the marked civilization of this band. The Baptists have built a new church and parsonage since last year. Sandy Bay Reserve--Treaty No. 2. Location and Area--This reserve is located on the west shore of Lake St. Martin. It has an area of three thousand t«o hundred acres. Tribe.--The members of this band mostly belong to the Ojibway tribe. Vital Statistics.--The population consists of twenty...