Report of Public Schools of Newfoundland
under Church of England Boards
for the year ended December 31, 1906
District of Random
Random extends from Centre Cove to Hatcher’s Cove.
Board of Education: Rev. M.K. Gardner, Chairman; John Vey, Simon Smith, Samuel Green, Stephen Smith, William Balsom, James Dodge
Population 591; Grant $360.76
Visitation and Inspection:
Five schools under three teachers, two of them taking each two settlements, had an attendance of 165. These teachers are competent, painstaking, and are doing a useful work under circumstances peculiar to this District.
General Statistics for year ended June 30, 1906
| Community | Teacher | Pupils under 5 | Pupils between 5 and 15 | Pupils over 15 | Number of boys | Number of girls | Total pupils | Times the school has been opened. | Average attendance |
| Heart’s Ease | Edith White | 2 | 37 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 420 | 25 |
| Hodge’s Cove | Edith White | 27 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 58 | 21 | ||
| Long Beach | Mary J Oldford | 31 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 472 | 18 | ||
| Island Cove | Emma Miller | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 318 | 8 | ||
| St. Jones Without | Emma Miller |
Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014
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