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APPENDIX. 45
SCHOOLS AND TEACHEKS.
Ladies' Seminary, George Square— English, writing, arithmetic,
music, French and German, drawing (pencil, water, and oil), and
dancing — ^Mrs Dryden and assistants.
Institution for the Education of Young Ladies, Eskgrove, 71, Union
Street- English, French, Italian, German, drawing (pencil, water, and
oil), music, and dancing— William Taylor,. Member of the General
Council of Edinburgh University, Master.
Gaelic Parish School, West Stewart Street — English reading,
grammar, history, writing, geography, arithmetic, composition. Scrip-
tural knowledge, drawing, &c. - H. M'Laughlan, master, with as-
sistants.
Avenue Park Collegiate School— Principal : John Graham, B.A.
Highlanders' Academy, Roxburgh Street— Commercial and English
Departments— William Bowie, head-master ; Robert Wilson, Donald
Mimro, and Alexander M'Dowell, second masters ; elocution mastei-,
Mr Moffat ; drawing master, Mr Yuill. Infant— Miss Law, Miss
Simpson, and assistants.
West Parish Sessional School, Nelson Street (West). Alexander
Fyfe, head-master.
Masons' Hall School, 13, East Shaw Street —English grammar, geo-
graphy, arithmetic, writing, history, composition, and Scriptural
knowledge— H. M. K. Melville, with assistants.
Middle Parish School, 11, Ann Street— English reading, book-keep-
ing, &c. — Andrew Young, with assistants.
St Mary's R. C. Parish School, East Shaw Street— General branches of
education. Archibald M 'Donald, head-master, and assistants. Miss
M'Donnell, mistress.
St Mary's R. C. Academy— Under the management of the Vei-y Rev.
W, Gordon.
St. Lawrence Roman Catholic School, 10, Stanners Street— English
reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, mensuration,
algebra, geometry, and Chiirch history. — J. Taylor.
Episcopal School (East), Under Crescent — English, grammar,
geograi^hy, writing, and arithmetic —James Scott.
St. John's Episcopal School (West), Union Street- -Miss Thomj)son,
teacher.
Belmont Academy, 9 Jamaica Street — English reading, grammar,
geography, Latin, Greek, writing, arithmetic, mathematics, book-
keeping, French, German, piano, sewing— George Millar and assis-
tants.
Kilblain Academy — English writing, arithmetic, book-keeping,
mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, drawing, paint-
ing, music, dancing, and sewing. Head masters— James Slater, jr.,
B.A., and David Wardrop, M.A.
Greenock Navigation School, Palmerston Buildings, Custom-house
Place. Branches taught —Navigation and naxitical astronomy, mathe-
matics, applied mechanics, civil engineering, and theory of the steam
engine — Thomas Cranston.
School of Art, held in Town Hall under the Science and Art
Department of the Committee of Council on Education. Chairman,
Thomas O. Hunter ; treasurer, Thomas Macmillan ; secretary, Alex-
ander Mackenzie ; teacher, Walter Yuille.
English Reading and Sewing — Miss Wallace, 2, East Blackball
Street.