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| 1877. | 1886. | 1896. | 1906.
Class of School. |----------+----------+----------+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+----------
| Building | Maint’nce| Building | Maint’nce | Building | Maint’nce | Building | Maint’nce
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| $ cts. | $ cts. | $ cts. | $ cts. | $ cts. | $ cts. | $ cts. | $ cts.
R. Catholic Schools | 150 00 | 568 45 | 2,897 62 | 30,815 20 | 4,938 15| 76,605 46| 10,828 59| 93,347 22
Church of England | | 274 50 | 455 97 | 18,488 50 | 7,430 00| 76,588 01| 1,503 30| 59,588 47
Methodist Church | | | | 2,404 12 | | 26,299 68| 4,916 03| 32,719 96
Presbyterian | | | 457 60 | 1,270 47 | | 24,350 11| | 22,007 97
Undenominational | | | | | | | | 600 00
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| 150 00 | 842 95 | 3,811 19 | 52,978 29 | 12,368 15| 206,843 26| 17,247 92|208,263 62
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Thus the connection of the Dominion government with the Indian
schools of the Northwest began in 1871, when on August 3, the first
treaty, extinguishing the Indians’ title to the lands within the
boundaries of southeastern Manitoba, was signed. The dates of the
several treaties were:--
I Southeastern Manitoba August 3, 1871.
II Lake Manitoba (south) August 21, 1871.
III Northwest Angle October 3, 1873.
IV Qu’Appelle District September 5, 1874.
V Lake Winnipeg September 24, 1875.
VI Fort Pitt September 9, 1876.
VII Blackfoot District September 22, 1877.
As the terms of all these treaties were much the same, some of the
particulars may be quoted;