CIRCULAR OF INSTRUCTIONS

1.--There are only two classes of Primary Schools in Ontario:—Public Schools and Separate Schools; but, for convenience of reference, the term English-French is applied to those schools of each class annually designated by the Minister for inspection 4s provided in 5 below and in which French is a language of instruction and communication as limited in 3 (1) below.

2.—The Regulations and Courses of Study prescribed for the Public Schools, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this circular, shall hereafter be in force in the English-French Schooïls—Public and Separate — with the following modifications: The provisions for reli- #ious instruction and exercises in Public Schools shall not apply to Separate Schools, and Separate School Boards may substitute the Canadian Catholic Readers for the Ontario Public School Readers.

3.—Subject, in the case of each schocl, to the direction and approval of the Chief Inspector, the following modifications shall also be made in the course of study of the Public and Separate Schools :