TABLE VII.—REPORT ON THE INDUSTRIAL INDIAN SCHOOLS OF MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA.Brandon.Elkhorn Industrial, Church of England.Qu’Appelle Industrial, Roman Catholic.Regina Industrial School.Battleford Industrial, Church of England.High River Industrial.Calgary Industrial School.Red Deer Industrial School, Methodist.Material in building.Brick and frameBrickBrickBrickFrameBrick ven. (girls), frame (boys).Stone, not in good condition, floors mostly good.Stone and brick well constructed.HeatingFurnaceHot water boilers and some stoves.SteamFurnacesFurnace and stovesFurnace and stovesSmead Dowd in parts and stoves.WaterWells and windmills.Well and gasoline pumping engine, 1½ h.p.Lake Qu’Appelle and well.Wells unsatisfactory. No soft water.Wells pumped to tank.Well engine pumps to tanks.2 Pease combined hot air and water. Had to close up rooms. (Cold). Well (good).H. P. pump from wells to tank water to basins in kitchen.SewerageOutdoor earth closetsOutdoor earth closetsWater closets indoors, separate tank.Baths and sinks drain to cesspool. No indoor closets, outside box closets.Outdoor privy vaults.Baths and basins indoors, w. c. in dormitories, outdoor earth closets.W. C. sewer to river, protected against reflex in high water.Outdoor dry earth closets.VentilationSmead Dowd system on bluff.Most windows vented in central shaft in part.Very inadequate small vents in large dormitories.No special attempt at ventilation.Windows and openings in attic. Not good.Windows, 2 stoppers in chimneys closed very inadequate.No special means but windows. Air space adequate for number present.Smead Dowd in partial operation in many rooms very defective.LocationOverlooking Assiniboine at Brandon.Near Elkhorn townBeautiful location in Qu’Appelle valley.Fine site near creek.‘Beautiful’ on bluff over Battle river.In beautiful valley of High River.4 miles from Calgary in valley of Bow river.Beautiful location on banks of Red Deer.Land320 acres380 acres5 acres in valley, ¾ section on bluff.920 acres two miles from Regina.640 acres100 acres mostly in valley and balance of 1,550 is bluffs.275 acres640 acres for hay, plus 500 acres.Cultivation166 acres75 acres in addition to grounds.350 acres131About 100138 acresAbout ¼ cultivated. No school this year, all boys working.325 acres.ProductsSee annual report. Wheat, barley, oats, &c.1,200 bush. wheat, 640 oats, 300 barley, 350 potatoes, and vegetables.130 wheat, 125 oats, barley, potatoes.2,300 oats, 80 barley, 1,500 wheat, 300 potatoes.60 Acres, 6 acres of garden and potatoes.14 acres wheat, 1,000 tons hay, 20 acres turnips, 60 acres of oats, 34 acres barley and large garden.See annual report.2,000 wheat, 2,000 oats, 1,000 barley, 1,500 potatoes, 25 flax.GrantWholly by government.Fire-escapesPipe with hoseMcRobie’s, 2 babcocks hose to all floors.McRobie, extra escapes to verandahs.McRobie fire extinguishers.Tank fire hose, broad gallery. Good.Tanks, pipes and hose, babcock extinguisher.Standpipe and hose from tank, also fire extinguishers.None, except stairs and windows to balcony.Established188718881884189118841884, 1890 (boys)18961893FounderBy government. Staff (8).By government. Staff (10). Total salary, $5,818.By government. Staff (16).By government. Staff (8).Government. Staff (9).Government.Staff (10)By government. Staff (6).By government (cost $60,000). Staff (7).Accommodation251002301008012540 allowed, 45 in June, 1898.80Attendance9897235565945 (boys),38 (girls)19 boys78, July, 1906.School populationNot on reserveNot on reserveNear reserveNot on reserveNot on reserve 15 miles from nearest.Not on reserve. Difficult to get. Pupils rather decreasing in number.Not on reserve, nearest 13 miles.Not near any reserve.Age of pupils4 to 1812 to 187 to 1810–186–1814–1913–18Number entered, 1906–7.4Two or three44Three (3)None. Reduced from 27 to 16.Discharged, 1906–7.3 to leave for colony. 2 tubercular phthisis.7 discharged, none on account of sickness.5Number grown up and left last year.7 discharged11, 1 ran away, 1 stole horses.No. tuberculized2 with glands, 2 with eye trouble.Two (2)15 sick with scrofula and 1 consumptive.4 scrofulaNone noticed, 10 withimpetigo contagiosa.7 girls, 4 boysTwo (2), (1 one sent to Morley Sanatorium).Four with scrofulous glands (4).Deaths, 1906–7NoneOne (1)One (1)No deaths in last two years.One died (1).Six died (6).