Corporal Punishment.

In August, 1896, the Committee of Management, by invitation, conferred with Boards' Committee on Corporal Punishment regulations, and soon after were issued the regulations at present in existence. While there are admittedly defective, it must be remembered that they differ materially from what the Conference agreed to, and are less harassing than if the Executive had not been consulted. The Committee, feeling that some slight amendments were necessary, have recently asked the Board to require neither the registration of minor punishments, nor the presence of head-teacher while an assistant is administering a major punishment.—This question is to come before the Board's meeting in June.