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1880. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency.

INDEX. BEPOET. rAOB PAOJ* Education Districts and Boards ... ... 1 Inspection and Examination ... ... 12 Number of Schools ... ... ... 1 Scholarships ... ... ... 15 Number of Teachers ... ... ... 3 Training of Teachers ... ... ... 16 School Attendance ... ... ... 4 Public Libraries .... ... ... 16 Ages of Scholars ... ... ... 6 School Penny Banks ... ... ... 16 Subjects of Instruction ... ... ... 7 Higher Education ... ... ... 17 Finances of Boards ... ... ... 7 Education Eeserves ... ... ... 18 Finances of School Committees ... ... 10 Native Schools ... ... ... 20 School Buildings ... ... ... 10 Deaf and Dumb Institution ... ... 22 APPENDIX. • AtM PAGE Statistics — f Eeports of Boards— continued. Income of Boards (Table No. 1) ... ... 1 North Canterbury ... ... ... 67 Expenditure of Boards (Table No. 2) ... 2 South Canterbury ... ... ... 72 Management by Boards, cost of (Table No. 3) ... 3 Westland ... ... ... 73 Inspection, cost of (Table No. 3) ... ... 3 Otago ... ... ... 80 Examination of Pupil Teachers, cost of (Table Southland ... ... ... 84 No. 3) ... ... ... 3 Statements of Account of Boards— Salaries of Boards' officers (Table No. 4) (also Auckland ... ... ... 52 p. 48a) ... ... ... 4 Taranaki ... ... ... 55 Ages of Scholars (Table No. 5) ... ... 5 Wanganui ... ... ... 57 Standards, Scholars classified according to (Table Wellington ... ... ... 60 No. 6) ... ... ... 5 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 63Schools, Expenditure on each, and Names and Marlborough ... ... 64 Salaries of Teachers (Table No. 7) ... 6-33 Nelson ... ... ... qq Schools, Area of each, Number of Eesidences, North Canterbury ... ... ... 70 and Attendance (Table No. 8) ... ... 34-45 South Canterbury ... ... ... 73 School Buildings, Expenditure upon, &c. (Table Westland ... ... ... 79 No. 9) ... ... ... 46 Otago ... ... ~, 82 School Buildings: Summary of further require- Southland ... ... ... 86 ments, &c. (Table No. 10) ... ... 47 School Fund Accounts — Education Department, Statement of Expendi- Auckland ... ... ... 53 ture of tho ... ... ... 48 Wanganui ... ... ... 58 Officers of Education Boards, Nominal Eeturn of Wellington ... ... ... 61 (see also p. 4) ... ... ... 48a Marlborough ... ... ... 65 Teachers' Salaries, Summary of Expenditure on 48b Nelson ... ... ... 67 Beports of Boards— North Canterbury ... ... ... 71 Auckland ... ... ... 49 Westland ... ... ... 79 Taranaki ... ... ... 53 Otago ... ... ... 83 Wanganui ... ... ... 55 Southland ... ... ... 87 Wellington ... ... ... 58 Training Colleges— Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 61 Canterbury ... ... ... 87 Marlborough ... ... ... 64 Otago ... ... ... 87 Nelson ... ... ... 65 I

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APPENDlX— continued.

PABB PAffiß Drill Instructor's Eeport, Christchurch ... 71 Statements of Account of Secondary Schools— continued. Art Master's Eeport, Dunedin ... ... 83 Waitaki High School ... ... ... 105 Eeports of School Commissioners— Otago Boys' and Girls High Schools ... 105 Auckland ... ... ••• 89 Southland Boys and Oirls High Schools ... 105 Taranaki ... ... ••• 90 Eegulations— Hawke's Bay ... ... - 91 Class Books ... ... - 105 Wellington ... • • • ■ • • 93 Examination in Music ... ... 100 Marlborough ... ... ... 94 District High School Fees ... ... 106 35STelson ... ... ••• 9* Examination of Teachers ... ... 106 Canterbury ... ... - 96 Circulars— Westland ... ... - 97 Incorrect Eeturns (No. 34) ... ... 106 Otago ... ... ••■ 99 Closets (No. 36) ... ... ••• 10s Statements of Account of Secondary Schools— Hutton's Drawing Copies (No. 37) ... 108 Summary ... ••• I°l School Buildings Eeturns (No. 44) ... 10» Auckland College '.'.'. '.'.'. - 102 School Buildings Grants (No. 47) ... 109 Auckland Girls'High School ... ... 102 School Buildings Grants (No. 50) ... 103 Whangarei High School ... ... 102 School Commissioners, Arrears of Bents and Thames High School ... ... 102 Method of Account (No. 53) ... ... 10J Wanganui Endowed School ... ... 103 Examination of Teachers— Wellington College ... ... ••• I°3 1. Inßpector-General s Beport ... ... 109 Nelson College ... ... ■•• 103 2. Teachers passed Examination ... ... 112 Christchurch Girls' High Sohool ... ... 104 3. Examination Papers ... ... 115 Ashburton High School ... ... 104 List of Certificated Teachers ... ... A-t» Timaru High School ... ... ... 104

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1880. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OE EDUCATION. [In continuation of H.-2, Sess. 1., 1879.] Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency. Office of the Department of Education, Sib, — Wellington, sth June, 1880. I have the honor, in accordance with the provisions of " The Education Act, 1877," to submit to your Excellency the following report upon the progress and condition of public education in New Zealand during the year ending the 31st day of December, 1879. I have, &c, Wm. Rolleston, His Excellency Sir Hercules G. R. Robinson, Q-.C.M.G., &c, Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. The system of public-school education established by the Act of 1877 came into operation upon the Ist day of January, 1878, but as the Act rendered necessary several important changes in the constitution of the Education Boards and in the number and limits of the education districts in the course of the year 1878, this is the first report in which it has been possible to present in a complete form for an entire year the statistical and other information relating to the progress and condition of public-school education throughout the colony. Education Distbicts and Boards. The numerous changes made by the Act in the extent and boundaries of the education districts are fully described in last year's report. The following are the districts constituted by the Act: Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Westland, Otago, and Southland. The Education Boards constituted by the Act have been in operation during the whole of the past year, and their several reports and statements of accounts for the year are appended. These reports furnish much valuable and interesting information respecting the progress and condition of public-school education in the different districts, and merit careful consideration. Number oe Schools. The number of public schools reported as having been in operation during the whole or a portion of the year is 817. A return of the schools in the several education districts, with a statement of the expenditure on each for the year, and of the names, status, and rates of emolument of the teachers employed in them during the last quarter of the year, is appended (Table No. 7). The following summary furnishes information respecting the number of schools in the several education districts :— I—IL la.

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TABLE A.—Number of Schools, etc.

A comparison of the preceding table with the corresponding summary on page 3 of last year's report shows that, while the increase (8,099) in the total average attendance for 1879 has been somewhat less than that for the previous year, there has been an increase of 69 in the number of schools in operation. The additional schools established in 1878 were only 18 in number. In last year's report the very large increase (8,866) in the average attendance for 1878 was attributed not so much to the additional number of schools which had been opened as to the enlargement and the better filling-up of existing schools, caused by the coming into operation of the Education Act of 1877. The almost equally large increase in the attendance for 1879 has no doubt been partly owing to the same causes, and also, perhaps in a larger degree, to the opening of 69 additional schools. In the year 1878, the average attendances per school had risen from 57'2 to 67'7. The average for 1879 was 71'9, showing an increase of 4"2 per school as compared with 10-5 for 1878. The proportion of larger (more numerously attended) schools is still on the increase. The number with a less average attendance than 15 was reduced from 96 to 76 during 1878. It has been still further reduced from 76 to 73 during 1879. The number of schools with attendances of from 15 to 25 pupils has increased by 13. The largest increase (31) has been in the number of schools having attendances of from 25 to 50 pupils. The number of schools with attendances of 50 or upwards has increased by 30. The number of " half-time " schools in operation during the whole or a portion of the year was 47, but some of these have now been converted into " full-time " schools. The number of aided or subsidized schools during the same period was 39. The Auckland Board employs two itinerating teachers —one at Wairoa North, the other at Great Barrier Island. No other Board has as yet employed this agency. In a number of instances Boards have reported the conversion of half-time into full-time schools, and of aided schools into public schools. The closing of small schools has been owing to such causes as the following: Two weak halftime schools have been closed, and a full-time school erected in their stead in a central locality; or the weaker school has been discontinued, and the stronger converted into a full-time school: in other instances a weak school has been closed because a school has been opened in another part of the district which all the children, or the greater number of them, can attend. In not a few instances such changes are greatly promoted by the formation or the improvement of roads, and by the bridging of streams or rivers. As, from a purely financial point of view, it is to the advantage of an Educa-

Education Distbict. .9 a V ft (» £- o o © ! o © S o -H -S] 03) fee? -4 i o „ a S 2 .1 §| 12| rrS^r G O .£■9 <r o Nui r3 ft ft IO h d iber of o H OJ . am g ft •a & us Schools of 11 CJ ft © in which the A179, or when thi o m H o . S ft io 64 t> u o . S ft 1* © IO rerage sy wen 8, H , ra>—i s B* Ti ft § IO Utends closed, s fa r& ro 9 ft -5 ft 1 o o nee for last Qui was o o CO h rrt oj S ft 1* © »o 8 rQ «rj 3 Pr ■a ft g o © CO irter a ft ft © S o IO -ii §a M m g ii -a g w| ■s.g 8*S 11 si fc a _Q a) 02 ft 8-9 T3n3 ■si a*. «j S 2 £iaQ ,3 o ° h^. or cl _^ ir 3 a a ■gSr ""I! ll Auckland laranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago ... Southland 204 27 52 42 33 15 58 120 29 33 146 58 10,688 979 2,850 4,402 2,020 834 2,935 11,380 2,324 2,241 14,637 3,448 58,738 50,639 52*4 36*2 54-8 104-8 61-2 55-6 506 94-8 80-1 67-9 100-2 59-4 44 4 3 4 2 1 4 4 5 1 1 25 ' 4 5 6 2 6 13 4 3 4 5 28 2 7 5 6 5 6 10 3 3 11 4 57 10 20 12 7 8 20 37 10 13 56 29 14 6 3 3 7 3 15 19 3 2 23 9 12 3 3 4 "a 9 12 1 7 2 1 1 8 15 2 2 12 3 5 4 6 1 1 6 1 2 13 2 6 "5 2 1 2 6 2 1 i "5 1 29 4 2 2 2 8 2 5 5 4 6 "i 1 i 1 15 3 "5 "■4 4 "6 9 "4 3 Totals for 1879... Totals for 1878... 817 748 71-9 67-7 73 76 77 71 90 83 274 243 107 97 52 53 66 59 41 38 24 18 13 9 47 61 39 16 17 Increase 69 8,099 4-2 6 7 31 10 7 3 6 4 I 1! Decrease I I 1 1 3 1 ... ... !

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tion Board to maintain a comparatively large number of strong schools within its district, the existence of so many small schools throughout the colony cannot but be regarded as a very satisfactory feature in the administration of educational affairs, since it affords evidence of a desire on the part of the Boards to extend the benefits of school instruction to remote and sparsely-peopled localities. During the past year advantage seems to have been taken to a larger extent than formerly of the provision of section 88 of the Act which authorizes Boards to assist small schools " started by private enterprise in outlying districts, which it would be premature or inconvenient to constitute school districts." Most of these "aided schools " are " full-time," but some of them are " half-time " schools. As a rule, the latter class of schools are regarded with much disfavour by the parents, the feeling being that their children receive only half of what is their due. Some of the Boards in their reports refer to the efforts made by them on behalf of the children in the outlying districts, and the difficulties they have to contend with in making provision for them. Such efforts are deserving of encouragement; for, with the means at their disposal, Education Boards are naturally reluctant to multiply the number of small schools, and yet there is the strongest obligation under a national system to place the means of a good school education within the reach of the largest possible number of the youth of the colony. Number of Teachers. The number of teachers employed on the ordinary staff in the public schools during the last quarter of 1879 is returned at 1,773, being 162 in excess of the number engaged during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. They have been classified as follows : Masters, 659 ; assistant-masters, 113 ; male pupilteachers, 113; mistresses, 278; assistant-mistresses, 265; and female pupilteachers, 345. Besides the teachers on the literary staff there were 110 teachers of sewing, whose duties are confined to the giving of lessons in sewing and knitting to girls during a portion of the school time. They are employed almost solely in the smaller schools which have not an attendance sufficient to warrant the employment of a fully-qualified mistress in addition to a master. Table No. 7 of the Appendix contains a return of the teachers employed in the several schools during the last quarter of 1879. The following summary furnishes information respecting the number of teachers employed in the schools of the different education districts during the same period. The classification has been made from the Boards' returns : —

TABLE B— Number of Teachers. Number of Teachers employed in the Last Quarter of 1879.

8. 9. 10. Teachers of Sewing not included in the preceding columns. -Education District. Males. Females. Average Attendance for Last Quarter of 1879. Average 3S umber of Pupils per Teacher. l. Head Teachers. 2. Assistants. 3. PupilTeachers. 4. 6. TeS, Assistants. 6. PupilTeachers. 7. Totals. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington ... Hawke's Bay... Marlborough,,. Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 153 15 37 30 23 12 34 109 29 26 137 54 23 3 9 2 1 2 20 6 6 37 4 1 3 3 4 2 1 40 6 13 36 4 38 11 14 12 11 5 23 74 8 9 62 11 111 6 15 22 6 5 31 33 9 4 20 3 61 4 16 47 19 1 80 19 18 67 13 387 39 88 124 63 25 90 356 77 76 359 89 10,688 979 2,850 4,402 2,020 834 2,935 11,380 2,324 2,232 14,637 3,448 27*6 25*1 32*4 35-5 32-4 334 32-6 320 30-2 29-4 40-8 38*8 44 1 "l 5 "34 5 16 4 Totals for 1879 ... Totals for 1878 ... 659 625 113 82 113 118 278 219 265 235 345 331 1,773 1,611 58,729 50,639 331 31*4 110 80 Increase 162 8,090 1*7 30 84 31 -5 59 30 14 Totals for 1877 577 71 82 213 236 221 1,400 41,773 29-8 8:3

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Inclusive of the pupil-teachers, the male and female teachers at the close of 1879 were almost equal in number, there being 885 of the former and 888 of the latter. The proportion of female teachers employed by the Boards seems to be on the increase, the addition to their number during the past year having been 103, while only 60 additional teachers of the other sex were engaged. It is only in the case of assistants and pupil-teachers that the females preponderate, for the above summary shows 659 masters to 278 mistresses. The ranks of the assistant masters and mistresses in the larger schools, as well as of the head teachers in the smaller ones, are now recruited to some extent from the ranks of the pupil-teachers ; and, although the returns show only 9 pupil-teachers in excess of the number employed twelve months previously, yet a large number of the latter had been advanced to the positions of assistants or head teachers, and their places filled by others drawn from the head forms of the schools. Care will be taken in future reports to furnish information as to the number of boys and girls from the public schools who had entered on their apprenticeship as pupil-teachers within the year, and the number of pupil-teachers who had been promoted during the same period to the full position of school-teachers on the expiry of their several terms of service. Table B shows that the different Boards employ the services of pupil-teachers in somewhat unequal proportions, and that, out of the 113 male pupil-teachers at the close of last year, no fewer than 99 were employed under the five Boards comprised within the Provincial Districts of Canterbury, Westland, and Otago. This cannot be owing to any objection on tlie part of the other Boards to the employment of pupil-teachers, for the proportions between the northern and southern Boards in the case of female pupil-teachers are not far from equal. Perhaps the profession of the school-teacher is as yet less attractive to the young men of the North than it seems to be becoming to those of the South. A comparison of Table B with the corresponding summary on page 4 of last year's report will show that, while there had been a falling-off in 1879 to the extent of 5 in the total number of male pupil-teachers, the number employed in the five southern districts just referred to had increased from 84 to 99, and that the number in the other seven districts had fallen from 34 to 14. The average number of scholars per teacher over the whole of the schools at the close of the past year was about 33T, as compared with 01-4 twelve months previously, and Avith 29-8 two years ago. There is an increase in the average per teacher in almost every education district; and, as might be expected, the more sparsely-peopled districts, which have of necessity the larger number of small schools, show lower averages than the others; thus the lowest averages are in the Districts of Taranaki, Westland, and Auckland, and the highest are in Otago, Southland, and Wellington. It is possible that some of the Boards, such as those of North and South Canterbury, may be somewhat more liberal than others in their supply of teaching-power to the schools; but, as a rule, it may be taken for granted that the greater tie proportion of large schools in an education district, the smaller, within proper limits, is'the aggregate number of teachers needed in proportion to the school-attendance. In some districts, such as that of Otago, there are comparatively few very small schools, and many are large enough to admit of two or more teachers being employed in them, In these large schools the classes also are large, and it is evident that a given number of children equal in attainments can be more easily taught in one class than the same or even a smaller number of children of unequal attainments distributed into two or three classes. School Attendance. Although the regulations requiring stated and carefully-prepared returns of the school-attendance were for a time regarded by not a few of the teachers as unnecessarily burdensome and vexatious, yet the results have been in a high degree satisfactory. The uniform attendance-registers and summaries which are supplied to all the schools, the method of calculating the attendance prescribed by the regulations, and the quarterly returns required under them for each school, have greatly facilitated the collection of complete and reliable information of a uniform character respecting school-attendance throughout the entire colony. Much difficulty was experienced by some Boards in getting the forms of return properly

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filled up; but the very necessity of making these returns at stated periods has no doubt brought about a considerable degree of expertness on the part of those who make them, and the number of returns of an unsatisfactory character is consequently on the decrease. The quarterly returns prove of much value to Boards by enabling them to report to the department as to the numbers in attendance, and by affording periodical information to them respecting the state of the schools in such a shape as to enable them' to form a tolerably correct opinion as to the sufficiency or otherwise of the staff employed in each school. The circular of 6th June, 1878, printed on page 114 of the report for 1878, which was issued to Boards with the first supply of attendance-registers and return-forms, fully sets forth the objects contemplated by the regulations. It cannot be too much kept in mind that, as the parliamentary grants are paid to Education Boards and to schools almost wholly on the basis of the average daily attendance, it is of the utmost consequence that the school-registers and returns should be thoroughly trustworthy. Eor this the department and the Boards are almost entirely dependent upon the carefulness and good faith of the teachers, and the attention given to the matter by the School Committees. The Education Department, which is immediately responsible to Barliament for the proper disposal of the public grants for education, has no control whatever over the District Inspectors of Schools, who are the only persons, apart from the School Committees, that have an opportunity of examining the school registers and of checking any neglect or irregularity Avhich may occur. In the course of the past year three cases of falsification of the school register by teachers were detected by Inspectors of Schools. In all these instances the delinquents were dismissed by the Boards, and their names excluded by the department from the list of certificated teachers. A list of the whole of the schools in operation during the past year, with an abstract of the enrolments and the average daily attendance, is appended (Table No. 8). The following is a summary of the attendance-returns furnished by the several Boards for the year :—

TABLE C. —School Attendance.

The average daily attendance is ascertained by dividing the total number of morning and afternoon attendances taken together by the total number of times (morning and afternoon reckoned separately) that the school has been in operation during the period for which the computation is made. In order, however, that the capitation allowance may not be unduly affected by bad weather, epidemics,

.vej *«ge •ai: 'em Lance. Strict j .verage. Working Average. Education Districts. Number of Scholars belonging at beginning of Year. Number admitted during the Year. Number who left during the Year. Number belonging at end of Year. Whole Year. Fourth Quarter. Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Males. Females. Totals. Auckland raranaki Wanganui Wellington Efawke's Bay Harlborough kelson S Torth Canterbury South Canterbury Westland ... 11,672 948 2,525 4,189 1,519 910 3,305 11,886 2,668 2,424 14,511 3,150 10,625 972 2,897 4,695 2,236 588 1,717 10,433 2,029 1,418 9,394 2,788 8,338 618 1,677 3,251 1,058 419 1,285 7,089 1,494 989 6,121 1,594 13,959 1,302 3,745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,230 3/.303 2,853 17,784 4,344 9,740 810 2,539 3,828 1,713 781 2,725 10,098 1,948 2,154 14,654 3,077 10,390 915 2,805 4,350 1,937 817 2,842 11,065 2,169 2,194 14,449 3,368 10,167 860 2,577 3,944 1,807 808 2,815 10,449 2,056 2,194 13,879 3,168 5,711 511 1,531 2,456 1,103 445 1,524 6,083 1,241 1,139 7,732 1,786 4,977 468 1,319 1,946 917 389 1,411 5,297 1,083 1,102 6,905 1,662 10,688 979 2,850 4,402 2,020 834 2,935 11,380 2,324 2,241 14,637 3,448 Utago Southland Totals for 1879 ... Totals for 1878 ... 59,707 50,849 49,792 37,125 33,933 22,934 75,566 65,040 53,067 45,521 57,301 49,435 54,724 47,996 31,262 27,091 27,476 23,548 58,738 50,639 Increase... 8,858 12,667 10,999 10,526 7,546 7,866 6,728 4,171 3,928 8,099 Totals for 1877 ... 55,688 40,837 41,773 Increase in 2 years 19,878 13,887 16,965

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or any unusual occurrence, a second computation is made, throwing out of account the mornings and afternoons on which the attendance has been less than one-half of the children then belonging to the school. The result of this second computation is named the "working average," and upon it the payments to Boards are based. Both the " strict average " and the " working average " must be shown in the quarterly returns to the department, and both are given in the foregoing summary, the difference between them being 1,657 for the entire year, and 1,437 for the last quarter. It is the working average which is meant in other parts of this report where the average daily attendance is mentioned. The total number of scholars entered on the school rolls during the year 1879 was 109,496, being an increase of 21,525 on the previous year. The number belonging to the schools at the close of 1879 was 75,566, as compared with 65,040 twelve months previously, being an increase during the year of 10,526. The corresponding increase in 1878 was 9,351. The returns show an increase of 6,728 on the average daily attendance for the whole of the past year, and of 8,099 for the fourth quarter, as compared with the corresponding periods of 1878. The percentage of the average attendances to the total number of enrolments for the year is about 50. The percentage for the previous year was about 54"6. But no reliance can be placed on the number of recorded enrolments of scholars for an entire year as indicating the number of different children who were actually in attendance at school during the same period, because it is well known that many children, especially in towns, change from school to school at short intervals, and consequently their names may have been entered on two or more school registers within the space of a single year. The form of attendance-return now in use under the regulations renders necessary on the part of the teacher the frequent and very careful revision of his school roll, and the removal from it of all useless names. The roll-number at the end of each quarter may, therefore, be depended upon as fairly representing the number really belonging to the school. The aggregate average attendance for the last quarter of 1879 represents 77'7 per cent, of the number belonging to the schools at the end of the quarter. The corresponding percentages for the last quarters of 1878 and 1877 were respectively 77"9 and 75. The aggregate numbers belonging to the schools on the last day of each of the four quarters of the year respectively were 68,793, 70,465, 72,813, and 75,566; average for the four quarters, 71,909. The aggregate average attendance for the whole of the year represents about 76T per cent, of the aggregate average quarterly enrolments. Owing to the bad condition of the roads in the winter season or the want of them altogether, the average attendances in a number of the country schools are necessarily lower than the average for the colony; for example, the Auckland Board reports that, " In some country schools the average is less than 60 per cent.; in some town schools it is as high as 90 per cent." Although the payments to Boards and schools are necessarily regulated by the average attendances, yet, under the system of registration now in force, it is the number recorded as really belonging to the school at any time, and not the bare number in average daily attendance for the same period, which may be fairly taken as representing the number of children deriving benefit from the school. As already noticed, the attendance of a number of children, owing to causes beyond their control, may be somewhat irregular, especially in country districts, and yet they no doubt profit largely by their attendance at school, broken though it may sometimes be. The aggregate number of children returned as belonging to the public schools of the colony at the end of the last quarter of 1879 was 75,566, and this number may be fairly claimed as representing the children actually deriving benefit from attendance at the public schools at the close of the year. Ages oe Scholars. Table No. 5, on page 5 of the Appendix, shows the ages of the scholars of both sexes who belonged to the schools of the different education districts during the quarter ending 31st December, 1879. The following is a summary of the ages for the whole of the colony:—

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TABLE D.—Ages of Scholars.

Subjects oe Instruction. The following table shows the number of scholars returned by the different Boards as learning the several subjects of instruction specified in section 84 of the Act during the last quarter of 1879 :—

TABLE E.—Subjects of Instruction.

Income and Expenditure oe Education Boards. In addition to the statutory grant of £3 15s. per annum for every child in average daily attendance at the public schools, the General Assembly made provision for the following purposes : — (1.) Eor grants to Boards, at the rate of 10s. per annum for every child in average daily attendance, for distribution amongst the School Committees for local educational purposes. It is required by Order in Council that the whole amount of such grants shall be paid to the School Committees according to a predetermined scale, based upon the average daily attendance at the schools respectively under their charge, and shall form a portion of the school fund to be disbursed by the Committees in terms of the Act. (2.) Eor grants to Boards, at the rate of Is. 6d. for each child in average daily attendance, for the support of scholarships established by them under the provisions of the Act. These are the only payments from the consolidated revenue which Boards can make applicable to scholarships. (3.) Eor the distribution amongst Boards of the sum of £4,000 by way of subsidy, with a view to aid and encourage them to make sufficient provision for the efficient inspection of the public schools. (4.) Eor grants to Boards for the training of teachers. The amount voted for this purpose was £7,000. (5.) Eor a special grant of £175,000 for school-buildings. The ordinary grants are paid to the Boards monthly, in strict accordance with the ascertained average attendance of the preceding three months, as shown by the summary statements of the quarterly-attendance returns furnished by them in terms of the Order in Council of 28th May, 1878. In the Appendix, a general statement of the income and expenditure of each Board for the year 1879 follows its report. Tables Nos. 1 and 2in the Appendix contain summaries of the Boards' accounts.

ges. ioys. Br] ts. 'ercentage. Under five years Five and under seven years ... Seven and under ten years Ten and under thirteen years... Thirteen and under fifteen years Over fifteen years ... 1,387 8,642 14,006 11,373 3,453 566 1,393 7,789 12,659 10,341 3,324 623 2,780 16,431 26,665 21,714 6,777 1,189 3*68 21*75 35*29 28*74 897 1*57 Totals for 1879 Totals for 1878 39,427 34,149 36,129 31,217 75,556 65,366 100* Increase 5,278 4,912 10,190

Education Disthicts. a! 11 I a bJQ .9 © CD | ■5 § a g-g.2 ■a" s P| E3 O b o w 11 II Jin trij a I A fl o O s o 4 O b Q k-r .9 £ -sa or o a i 3 8 Auckland ... _ ... Taranaki Wanganui Wellington ... Hawke's Bay... Marlborough... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 13,959 1,302 3,745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,230 3,203 2,843 17,784 4,344 13,959 1,302 3,745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,229 3,203 2,842 17,784 4,344 13,596 1,288 3,641 5,412 2,697 924 3,232 14,712 2,667 2,750 14,996 4,024 13,300 1,178 3,565 5,000 2,697 1,021 3,094 14,238 2,567 2,667 15,114 4,010 7,014 551 1,523 2,689 951 436 1,642 5,852 1,155 1,172 7,953 1,812 8,692 708 1,967 3,167 1,263 649 1,733 7,335 1,503 1,302 8,990 2,192 4,777 327 1,127 2,246 694 390 1,323 4,795 969 827 5,332 1,340 4,358 246 501 1,242 381 242 582 2,627 ,558 181 3,231 658 7,910 1,086 1,377 3,462 1,382 379 530 8,763 1,736 140 8,272 1,962 36,999 11,359, 799 2,859 4,528 2,085 767 421 11,337 1,893 1,670 11,427 2,639 9,535 760 1,973 3,552 2,254 157 410 12,288 2,020 1,597 11,833 2,800 49,179 5,024 379 1,131 1,421 840 211 959 6,066 781 817 5,388 1,196 1,633 96 193 94 40 63 5 1,360 408 "717 67 Totals for 1879... 75,556 65,366 75,554 65,366 69,939 58,933 68,451 32,750 39,501 24,147 14,807 51,784 24,213 4,676 Totals for 1878... 58,681 31,803 34,864 16,736 7,895 20,027 36, 329 33,252 17,020 3,304

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TABLE E. —Summary of Boards' Income.

In the corresponding summary on page 8 of last year's report the bank interest on current accounts was placed under local receipts; and the grants for public libraries were excluded, as not properly belonging to the public-school fund, having been merely intrusted to Boards for distribution under " The Public Libraries Subsidies Act, 1877." Eor the purposes of account and audit it has now been found necessary to include the public libraries grants among the Boards' transactions. Line 7of the summary shows the net income of the Boards on account of the public schools. The other particulars are given to show agreement with the totals of the Boards' general statements of accounts. The amount of the ordinary grants from the colonial revenue for 1879 is shown to have been only £1,206 18s. in excess of that for the previous year, notwithstanding the large increase in the average daily attendance which had taken place. This was owing to two different causes: (1.) The receipts by Education Boards from the education reserves in the year 1879 were £12,468 more than those for the previous year, and consequently the demands upon the consolidated revenue were lessened by that amount. The very large apparent increase in the revenue derived from the reserves for last year is accounted for in this report under the head " Education Reserves." (2.) Under the regulations made by Order in Council, the capitation grants to Boards for each period of three months are now made upon the actually ascertained average daily-attendances of the quarter immediately preceding. The payments for the school year 1879 were therefore based, not upon the actual average attendance for the same period, but upon that for the four quarters beginning Ist October, 1878. But the last quarter of 1878 showed 8,099 fewer average attendances than the corresponding quarter of 1879, and consequently the aA rerage attendances upon which the grants for 1879 were calculated were fully 2,000 less than the actual number of attendances for the year itself. The sum of £175,000 was voted specially for school-buildings by the General Assembly in 1879, but the whole of the amount had not been paid to Boards at the close of the year. Nearly the whole of the balance has since been paid. The following is a summary of the chief heads of expenditure by Boards for the years 1879, 1878, and 1877 :—

TABLE E.—Summary of Boards' Expenditure.

Principal Heads. Year 1879. Year 1878. Year 1877. 1. Balances on 1st January 2. Parliamentary grants—Maintenance 3. ,, ,, Buildings 4. Education reserves 5. Local receipts—Arrears of rates, school fees, &c. 6. Interest on current accounts £ s. d. 62,034 7 1 217,873 2 0 150,581 4 7 21,330 7 1 5,739 7 4 3,048 17 2 £ a. d. 27,417 3 11 216,666 4 0 101,257 2 11 8,862 3 9 10,650 16 1 £ s. d 43,569 4 7 ] 204,205 3 4 16,604 4 3 45,944 9 4 7. Net income for year for public schools 8. Add—Public libraries for 1879 9. Auckland and Otago High Schools for 1877 .0. Overdrafts on 31st December 460,610 5 3 5,750 4 3 364,853 10 8 301,323 1 6 9,025 7 5 3,419 12 4 838 5 1 3,432 5 4 .1. Totals, agreeing with Boards' general statements") for the three years respectively J 467,198 14 7 368,285 16 0 322,768 1 3

Principal Heads. Year 1879. Year 1878. Year 1877. £ s. d. 1. Liabilities on 1st January ... ... .,,. 3,432 5 4 2. Expenses of management by Boards ... ... j 11,109 8 10 3. Cost of inspection and examinations ... ... 7,735 4 0 4. Maintenance —Teachers' salaries and allowances, grants to) „„, „-„ . „ committees, scholarships, training, insurance, &c. j j ' 5. School-buildings ... ... ... ... I 172,867 14 3 6. liefunds and sundry extraordinary payments ... ... 1,651 11 0 £ s. d. 4,065 14 11 10,225 12 2 6,142 14 5 £ s. d. 11,036 18 2 10,484 14 10 5,606 19 7 191,499 15 5 173,726 9 7 90,491 17 9 4,254 2 1 82,322 7 10 3,610 8 4 7. Total expenditure on public schools ... ... 417,849 7 5 8. Add—Public libraries for 1879 ... ...» 6,074 0 7 9. Otago and Auckland High Schools for 1877 ... i .0. Balances in hand, 31st December ... ... ' 43,275 6 7 306,679 16 9 286,787 18 ■ 11,166 2 i 24,814 0 i: 61,605 19 3 .1. Totals, agreeing with Boards'general statements.., 467,198 14 7 368,285 16 0 322,768 1

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The amount voted for public libraries last year was £5,000, The sum of £6,074 os. 7d. shown in the summary under this head includes moneys which had not been distributed before the close of the previous year, and also the value of books which had been procured from the Home-Country by the Boards of Otago and Southland, with funds contributed by library committees. It was chiefly these contributions which raised the receipts for public libraries to £5,750 4s. 3d., as shown in Table E. The following summary shows the cost per scholar in the different education districts for Boards' management, school inspection (including examination of pupil-teachers),'maintenance of schools, and school-buildings respectively for the year 1879, calculated on the average daily attendances for the year. The gross amount of expenditure under each of these heads is shown in lines 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Table E.

TABLE G.—Expenditure per Scholar.

Table No. 3 of the Appendix furnishes a detailed statement of the expenditure of the different Boards on management and on school inspection, including the examination of pupil-teachers. The moneys expended by Boards on management are classified as follows : Staff, £6,022 2s. 2d.; allowances to members of Boards, £462 18s. 3d.; office rent, furniture, and repairs, £922 3s. 3d.; law expenses, £818 10s. 6d.; printing, £80116s.; advertising, £1,067 15s. 9d.; stationery, £581 19s. 4d.; fuel, light, and cleaning, £171 Bs. Bd.; sundries, £260 14s. lid.: total, £11,109 Bs. lOd. The Boards of Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, and North Canterbury have made no payments to members. The payments under this head by the other districts range from £6, in Taranaki, to £144 7s. 3d., in Wanganui. No law expenses were incurred by the Boards of Marlborough and South Canterbury; the payments by the other Boards range from £2 25., in Taranaki, to £527 19s. Bd., in Wellington. The exceptionally large amount paid by the Wellington Board was due to the litigation which took place in the case of Mr. James Doherty. The figures in the columns headed " Printing," "Advertising," and "Stationery," in Table No. 3, show that the expenditure by Boards on these items respectively does not bear any strict proportion to the number of schools or teachers, or the average attendance in the several districts. It may be expected, as a rule, that the rate of expenditure per scholar on management, inspection, and some other purposes will be proportionally higher in the more sparsely-settled districts with a number of very small schools than in the more densely-peopled districts having a comparatively greater number of largely attended schools, but tho returns show that in some instances the rates of expenditure have not altogether followed any such rule, and that the business 2—H. la.

Education Districts. Number Nura^ er A^rage - of Daily cat,„~i„ Teachers, Attendfcsen.oo.ls, -r\ ' n ■ 1firq ' Decern- i ance ior | 10/y ' ber, 1879.! 1879. Cost per Scholar for the Year 1879, calculated on tne .verage Daily Attendance. School Suildings. Total. Current Expenditure. Management, Inspection. Maintenance. Total. Auckland Taranaki... Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 204 27 52 42 33 15 58 120 29 33 146 58 387 39 88 124 63 25 90 356 77 76 359 89 10,167 860 2,577 3,944 1,807 808 2,815 11,449 2,056 2,189 13,879 3,168 s. d. 5 64 4 104 5 94 6 84 6 10f 4 10-1 4 7 2 44 6 44 0 4 1 8| 4 04 s. d. 2 84 . 5 9f 3 104 2 14 4 54 4 8| 2 4 2 4J 4 04 5 34 2 0} 3 14 £ s. d. 4 2 7* 3 17 8 3 18 If 3 15 64 4 7 6| 4 4 1 3 19 3 3 16 91 4 0 4 4 10 51 3 17 Hi 3 15 94 £ s. d. 4 10 10J 4 8 4J 4 11 9-J 4 4 4i 4 18 10} 4 13 8i 4 6 2 4, 1 64 4 10 8| 5 2 1 4 19 4 2 Hi £ s. d. 2 16 64 3 19 10 4 3 9| 3 10 34 6 17 4i 2 18 9i 2 1 10| 2 13 7 12 llf 1 3 2| 3 4 2 2 16 44 £ s. d. 7 7 4f 8 8 24 8 15 74 7 14 74 11 16 3 7 12 54 6 8 0J 6 2 94 12 3 84 6 5 3f 7 5 11 6 19 34 Totals for 1879 ... . Totals for 1878 ... 817 748 1,773 1,611 54,724 48,212 4 OJ 4 2| 2 9f 2 6| 4 0 94 3 19 54 4 7 8 4 6 2| 3 3 2 1 17 64 7 10 10 6 3 9 Totals for 1879 cat-" lated on average of roll-numbers at \- ends of four quarters—71,909 ,_ ': I 3 1 2 1| 3 15! .8 6 8i 2 8 1 5 14 194

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of some Boards has apparently been less economically managed than that of others. In all probability the relative inequality of expenditure under particular heads may be in some measure owing to special circumstances. The fairest comparison would be upon the average of a number of years. Table No. 4 of the Appendix furnishes information as to the number, position, and emoluments of the officers, other than teachers, employed by the Boards at the present time (June, 1880). v.. School Committees' Accounts. In compliance with the terms of Circular No. 41, printed in the Appendix, the Boards have forwarded to the department copies of the School Committees' audited abstracts of the school-fund accounts for the past year. These accounts seem to be fairly kept on the whole, especially in those districts in which the Boards have been careful and clear in their directions to the Committees with regard to their duties in this matter. It is evident, however, that in a number of instances school Committees are in want of guidance as to their administration of the public moneys intrusted to their care. A thorough examination of the Committees' abstracts of accounts will enable the department to frame instructions and regulations with a view to secure the keeping of the school-fund accounts in a uniform and systematic manner. Summaries of the school-fund accounts accompany the annual reports of the following Boards: Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. The other Boards, although they have forwarded copies of committees' abstracts, have failed to furnish any summaries for their districts. The returns show that, in addition to the public moneys received from Education Boards, a number of the School Committees had raised, from donations, subscriptions, &c, the aggregate amount of £2,637 17s. Bd. for school purposes. As most of the Boards have positively enjoined that no portion of the public moneys shall be expended on prizes, school fetes or treats, the payments which are shown to have been made by Committees on account of such objects may be regarded as having been defrayed, in almost all instances, out of the funds raised locally. The following are the amounts of the donations, subscriptions, &o, received by the School Committees of different education districts for the past year : Auckland, £534 19s. 4d.; Wanganui, £285 9s. 3d.; Wellington, £315 10s. 3d.; Hawke's Bay, £11 3s. Id.; Marlborough, £16 lis. 5d.; Nelson, £26 55.; North Canterbury, £320 135.; South Canterbury, £34 19s. 2d.; Westland, £55 9s. 5d.; Otago, £550 7s. 4d.; Southland, £486 10s. 5d.: total, £2,637 17s. Bd. I ■ SCHOOL-BUILDINGS. Tables 1 and 2 of the Appendix furnish information respecting the grants received by the several Boards out of the special votes for school-buildings and the amounts expended by them during the year 1879. The total receipts within the year for school-buildings amounted to £150,581 4s. 7d., and the expenditure to £172,867 14s. 3d. The difference between these sums is owing to the circumstance that moneys advanced to Boards at the close of the previous year to meet liabilities on contracts had not been paid away within the year. The aggregate balances in the hands of Boards at Ist January, 1879, were £62,034 7s. Id., Avhich were reduced to £43,275 6s. 7d. at the end of the year. Besides, some of the Boards had expended portions of their ordinary Board funds on schoolbuildings. The following table, compiled from the Boards' statements of expenditure appended to their reports, shows, under several heads, the amounts expended on buildings in the several education districts during the year 1879 : —

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TABLE H.—School-Buildings Expenditure.

Table I shows that no less than £36,602 4s. sd. had been expended on the enlargement and improvement of existing school-buildings, and that the purchase of sites had absorbed the sum of £12,801 2s. 7d. The largest expenditure on sites was in the Wellington and the Otago Districts, caused mainly by the necessity of providing additional schools in the cities of Wellington and Dunedin. The foregoing table also furnishes information respecting the number of schools which were in operation during the year 1879, the number of residences connected with the schools, and the number of schools held in buildings not the property of the Boards. The returns show that, notwithstanding the comparat3ively large expenditure on school-buildings during the past three years, some of the education districts are still very inadequately provided, especially with teachers' residences. In the cities and larger towns it may not be necessary, or even advisable, for Boards to incur any outlay on account of residences; but it is evident that in most cases the want of an. official residence for the teacher in a country district cannot but injuriously affect the welfare of the school. The Education Boards, in their reports, enter with more or less fulness into the question of school-buildings, and their representations merit very careful consideration. They show the beneficial results which have followed the expenditure of the moneys granted to them during the past three years for buildings, and they also point out that much yet remains to be done, not only to place the existing school districts in a satisfactory position as regards buildings, but also to provide for numerous localities which, owing to the increase of the population or the extension of settlement, are demanding the establishment of new schools. The apportionment of the moneys specially voted by the General Assembly for school-buildings has received very careful consideration. Although the relative population and extent of the education districts have had to be taken into account, yet, in the administration of a colonial scheme of education, it has been considered indispensable that regard should be had in a very large measure to the absolute necessities of the several districts. The intimate knowledge which has now been acquired respecting the circumstances of the several education districts has shown that while some of them, more particularly those in the South Island, had been somewhat fairly provided with school-buildings at the date of the abolition of the provinces, there were others in which a large number of the schools were held in most unsuitable buildings, many of them being rooms, halls, churches, and other places not in the ownership of the Boards. This was more particularly the case in the cities and larger towns, such as Auckland, Wellington, Napier, and New Plymouth, although the same state of matters prevailed also to a greater or less extent in the country districts. In Hawke's Bay it might be said that when the Act of 1877 came into operation accommodation had to be provided for all the school children in the district, as at that time there were only seven small schools, of no great value, that properly belonged to the Board. In the city of Wellington no school-buildings had been erected at the public cost

,2 oo o ■-■ J a" o o 0Q'.£ BH « O H O fl SI O rf «■**■ S -a ..= * *3,o 00 &*£, |fcJ5,2 Expen rditure in 1879 u] pon Education Districts. Hew Buildings. Enlargements, Improvements, Eepairs, &e. Scliool Furniture and Appliances not included in preceding. Purchase of Sites. Plans, Supervision, &e. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 204 27 52 42 33 15 58 120 29 33 146 58 70 12 37 26 20 13 29 114 31 4 131 48 .55 2 3 8 "8 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 19,406 6 9 1 3,963 10 6 2,223 11 8i 582 8 3 5,113 9 l1 4,219 19 9 6,632 0 6J 1,591 8 10 9,397 1 6! 1,104 1 7 694 11 4 1,173 18 0 4,510 7 11! 604 6 3 7,935 19 6, 11,796 0 0 11,895 13 8 1 986 18 1 265 13 9 1,370 19 1 31,035 0 6! 8,087 9 0 7,211 19 6| 1,120 16 10 106,321 15 8' 36,602 4 5 I £ s. d. i 2,533 19 11 288 14 10 1,054 1 3 812 10 2 1,047 17 6 143 1 0 466 15 9 1,377 18 4 1,810 17 11 363 7 9 1,215 12 7 121 6 7 £ s. d. 1,602 7 8 279 5 2 216 10 0 4,600 0 0 476 0 0 275 4 2 180 0 0 1,132 10 4 474 5 3 193 0 0 3,150 0 0 222 0 0 £ s. d. i 1,242 7 5 : 59 2 3 193 8 11 221 1 3 385 10 9 94 3 3 137 11 9 1,378 3 9 559 19 3 349 2 5 1,034 4 3 251 12 9 £ s. d. 28,748 12 3 3,433 2 2 10,797 9 0 13,857 0 9 12,410 11 4 2,380 17 9 5,899 1 8 23,621 0 2 15,727 14 2 2,542 3 0 44,522 6 4 8,927 15 8 172,867 14 3 ! "6 5 i 3 Totals 817 l 535! [ , 94 11,236 3 7 12,801 2 7 5,906 8 0

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until the appropriations from the colonial revenue became available for the purpose ; and this has necessarily led to a very large expenditure not only on buildings, but also on the purchase of school sites. Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui, and other towns in the North Island were in almost the same position. With very few exceptions all of the school-buildings in Westland District that belong to the Board have been paid for out of the votes of the General Assembly, and the district is as yet inadequately provided with teachers' residences. In addition to the sum of £100 000 for school-buildings for the financial vear 1879-80, guaranteed to Boards by " The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1878," the General Assembly voted a sum of £75,000 specially for the purpose of enabling the Government to place the more necessitous education districts in circumstances of greater equality with the others as regards school-buildings. With a view to ascertain as accurately as possible the circumstances of the several districts, a circular, of which a copy is appended, was addressed to Boards inviting them to forward returns showing, as at Ist January, 1880, the state of their building accounts, their liabilities in respect of works under contract, and an estimate in detail of the new works considered necessary to meet their wants. Tables 9 and 10 of the Appendix contain summaries of the returns made by the Boards in reply to the circular. The returns show that at Ist January, 1880, the aggregate of the Boards' available balances and of their liabilities under contracts, amounted to £56,167 12s. sd. and £56,789 4s. respectively, and that the Boards' estimates of the cost of necessary works, in addition to those under contract and provided for by available balances, amounted to £163,896 4s. 7d. To meet this demand there was only an undistributed balance of £50,000 available, leaving an aggregate of unsatisfied claims to the extent of £114,000. Table No. 10 contains a summary of the number, size, and cost of the schools and teachers' residences represented by Boards as necessary at the beginning of the present year. The vote of £175,000 passed by the General Assembly last year for schoolbuildings has been apportioned as follows : Auckland, £40,000; Taranaki, £5,0C0; Wanganui, £10,000; Wellington, £16,000; Hawke's Bay, £11,500; Marlborough, £2,700: Nelson, £8,000; Westland, £10,700 ; North Canterbury, £24,500; South Canterbury, £9,250; Otago, £28,500; and Southland, £8,850. The grant for Wellington includes £2,500 for an Educational Museum and a Training College. Inspection and Examination oe Schools. The regulation which directs that each Inspector shall make an annual return of the number of children in each school subject to his inspection who pass from a lower to a higher standard during the year, is not strictly applicable to the circumstances of the schools in the year 1879. In some districts there had been no previous classification according to standards, and the standards which were in use in other districts were not those now prescribed by Order in Council. Most of the Inspectors, however, have made returns of the number classified by them in each school under each standard since the Ist of July, the day on which the Order in Council came into full operation. In some cases great additional value is given to the returns by including in them statements as to the ages at which children pass the standards, or are presented in them. Other things being equal, the best school in a district is the school which passes a larger proportion of children than any other in the district, and at a lower average age; aud a district is making progress if year by year the proportion of passes increases, and the average age of passing becomes lower. A comparison of this kind, however, cannot fairly be made between one education district and another without taking into account the possibility of a difference of judgment between the Inspectors of the two districts with regard to the interpretation and use of the standards. It is worthy of note that children of eleven years old have passed the Sixth Standard, and that boys and girls of more than fifteen years have been presented for the Eirst. It seems fair to conclude that the standards are not unreasonably high, and that some of the young people who have been lately brought under instruction were formerly in a deplorable condition. The average difference of age between the children who pass one standard and those who pass the next above it, ought to be a test of the fairness with which the standard work is divided

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into yearly portions. There is exactly one year's difference of average age between those who passed the Third and those who passed the Eourth in Southland. In North Canterbury the difference is also exactly a year; but for one part of this district the numbers given are of those presented, and not of those who passed. In Otago, where also the numbers stated are of children presented, the difference is greater by three or four months. It will not be safe, however, to draw any important conclusion from data of this kind until children who have been thoroughly taught in all the lower standards advance to the higher, when it will probably be found that the step from one standard to another will be taken with more rapidity and ease in the majority of cases than at present. It is frequently alleged that the standard programme is unduly severe, and more comprehensive than those of other countries. This is not the place for an exhaustive comparison of different standards; but a few facts may be stated which should have some weight in this connection. The " Course of School Instruction" for the "Eifth Class" in New South Wales (where there is no " Sixth ") is as follows : — " Beading : The ' Eifth Reading-book,' sanctioned by the Council. " Writing : On paper, plain and ornamental. " Arithmetic : Decimals, roots, mensuration. " Grammar: Syntax, prosody, analysis of sentences, composition. " Geography : The world, physical and descriptive. " Object-lessons: Arts and manufactures, laws of health, social economy, duties of a citizen, the laws, experimental physics. " Singing : Tonic Sol-fa method, established notation. " Drawing : Perspective, drawing from models. " Geometry : Euclid, Book I. " Algebra: To simple equations of two unknown quantities. " Latin : Smith's ' Principia Latina.' "Scripture Lessons: As in Eourth Class" [i. e., Old and New Testaments, No. 11. of the Irish Board of National Education.] This programme must be compared, not with the New Zealand Eifth Standard, but with the Sixth. The first five subjects are common to the two schemes, and the work required in them by both is so nearly alike that it is not worth while to discuss the minute differences. The same may be said with regard to the singing and drawing. The last four subjects, geometry, algebra, Latin, and Scripture, are required by the New South Wales programme, but have no place in the New Zealand standards. History is required in New Zealand, but not in New South Wales. Needlework and drill are not mentioned in the New South Wales list: but the schoolmistresses have to pass an examination in needlework, and it is taught in the schools; and it may be safely assumed that drill is not neglected. So far, then, it appears that the Sydney programme exceeds that of New Zealand by the inclusion of geometry, algebra, Latin, and Scripture; and that, as a partial set-off against these, the New Zealand programme includes English history. ■ The only other difference is rather apparent than real, and lies in the terms used to describe a certain kind of instruction, which is known here as " elementary science," but is given in New South Wales under the name of "objectlessons." It will be seen that some of the "'object-lessons" indicated in the Sydney list stand related to history, and in the New Zealand scheme are associated with history, and described by the term "social economy." The rest of the "object-lessons"—"laws of health," "experimental physics"—are practically identical with parts of what is here known as " elementary science," other parts of which are described in the New South Wales Eourth Class Course as "elementary mechanics," "science of common things," and "the mechanical powers." The fact is, that what is denoted in the New Zealand programme by the term "elementary science" has, for the last thirty or forty years, been taught in common schools, and has formed a considerable part of the matter of the reading-lessons in the higher classes of those schools. In England and Scotland the distribution of subjects of instruction under standards is affected by a principle which the New Zealand Education Act does

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not recognize—the principle of payment by results. The English code contains provisions—first, for grants-in-aid according to average attendance, with additions for singing and for good discipline; secondly, for grants-in-aid paid for individual passes in reading, in writing, and in arithmetic, according to standards; thirdly, for grants-in-aid according to average attendance if classes pass creditably in one or two of the following subjects—viz., grammar, history, elementary geography, and plain needlework; fourthly, for individual passes in two or three specific subjects selected from the following list—English literature, mathematics, Latin, Erench, German, mechanics, animal physiology, physical geography, botany, and domestic economy. The Scotch code is constructed on a similar basis, but includes in the list of specific subjects, in addition to the subjects of the English code, Greek, chemistry, light and heat, and magnetism and electricity. In this colony the payment is not made according to results, but takes the form of a capitation grant sufficiently liberal to pay a staff of teachers competent to give the children of New Zealand an education not inferior to that which can be obtained in the primary schools of England and Scotland. At the same time it will be observed that the following subjects, for which the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education make payments, are not required by the New Zealand standards: mathematics, Latin, Greek, Erench, German, and some branches of physical and natural science. Drawing is not included in the English and Scotch codes, but it is encouraged —as are also several other important subjects —by payments made through the Science and Art Department, to classes which are attended by many pupils of primary schools. On the whole, therefore, it seems that the standard programme is not more ambitious than the corresponding programmes in the mother-country, and in New South Wales taken as an example of the colonies. The reports of the Inspectors, who are officers of the several Boards, and do not receive direct instructions from the department, show that the definition of work in some parts of the programme is not sufficiently precise to secure uniformity of practice in examining according to the standards. On the next occasion of reprinting the programme, notes will be inserted for the purposes of elucidation and emphasis. Meanwhile, Inspectors should, in any case of doubt, lean to the side of strictness in the interpretation of the standards. On the one hand, the demands made by the standards should be rigorously exacted. They are to be taken "as representing the minimum of attainments of which the Inspector will expect evidence at each stage of a scholar's progress " (see Regulation 6) ; and they ought to be passed in such a way as to indicate that the candidate could, without much difficulty, do better work than is demanded of him at examination. On the other hand, the Inspector should keep his questions strictly within the limits prescribed. Eor example, in the case of geography for the Third Standard, a knowledge of the countries and capitals of Europe is required. The terms do not suggest that the children will be expected to answer questions as to the population, the standing army, or the political constitution of a country. They satisfy the demands of the standard if they can readily and correctly answer such questions as the following: What countries of Europe have a western sea-board ? What countries of Europe have no coast-line ? Name the capitals of those countries which are situated in the southern peninsulas of Europe. So, again, where " knowledge of places of political, historical, and commercial importance " is required, the pupil complies with the requirements of the standard if he can give a verbal description of the position of such places when they are named, and can point them out upon a blank map. It is not necessary that he be able also to say in every case what circumstances or events have rendered the place important. The standard regulations do not prescribe the manner in which geography shall be taught, but they are so framed as, if strictly observed, to discourage the learning of long lessons from books, and to encourage great familiarity with the relative positions of countries, chief towns, principal rivers, &c, as represented in maps, supplemented by such general knowledge of geography as is gained by constant reference to maps in connection with the reading of history, and with the oral lessons in the outlines of physical geography. The globe and the map, as the best available representations of the world regarded as the object of geographical knowledge, should be the immediate

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object of study, and the use of books should be made subordinate to objective teaching. Similarly, in the teaching of history in the Third Standard, if good pictures of historical scenes were used as the immediate objects of study, and the teacher gave oral instruction relating to the characters and events represented in the pictures, the children would acquire a definite knowledge and a vivid conception of a few leading persons and incidents; they would soon be able to pass a fair examination of limited range; and the few facts clearly known in this way would form points of reference and attachment for all future acquisitions in this sphere. When the standard regulations are reprinted, the additional notes will be of such a character as to show that the standards are designed to foster objective and oral teaching in general, and to discountenance burdensome tasks of bookwork. At the same time an effort will be made to obviate such misconceptions as that (contrary to Regulation 8) the subjects set forth in Regulation 9 must be treated as part of the standards in which the pupil must pass; and that, if a pupil has passed in one standard, the teacher must present him for the next standard at the next examination, whether he be fit for it or not. Scholarships. Ninety-six scholarships were held last year under the forty-first section of the Act, but, as the first examination of candidates in some districts did not take place till about the close of the year, several of the scholarships were enjoyed for a short period of the year only. As the schemes of some of the Boards are not yet in full operation, a larger number of scholarships will probably be held during the present and future years than have yet been awarded. The reports of the several Boards furnish information, more or less complete, respecting the scholarships established by them. The following summary shows the number of scholarships held during the year in the several education districts, their annual value, period of tenure, &c.: —

TABLE I.—Scholarships.

In addition to scholarships established by the Wellington Board under the Act, the governors of Wellington College, from funds placed at their disposal for the purpose, confer four scholarships on boys from the primary schools, of the age of twelve years and upwards : they are tenable to the age of sixteen years. The governors of Nelson College give free education at the college to the holders of scholarships from the Nelson and Marlborough Boards, and also to two boys from the Nelson City schools who have gained the privilege under the same conditions as those under which the scholarships are awarded. The authorities of Auckland College and Dunedin High Schools give free tuition to the holders of Board scholarships within their respective districts.

Open to Education Districts. Number held in Year 1870. Pupils of Board Schools. Annual Value. Period of Tenure, Expended on Scholarships in 1879. Remarks, Allcomers. Luckland 29 19 10 £ s. d. 30 0 0 Years. 2 £ s. d. 924 17 0 With free tuition at Auckland College and Grammar School. No scholarships instituted. Pour for one year; three for two 3aranaki "■7 "i 20 0 0 1 and 2 9o"o 0 /Vanganui Wellington 8 8 2 21 0 0 years. Three at £30; one at £20; two at £15 ; two at £10. Three at £30 ; one at £20; one at £15. With free tuition at Nelson College. With free tuition at Nelson College. lawke's Bay 5 4 1 1 and 2 103 10 8 rlarlborough 2 2 40 0 0 2 84 8 0 kelson ... 5 5 40 0 0 40 0 0 2 172 2 0 forth Canterbury louth Canterbury 17 5 "i 17 2 1 902 12 11 102 5 0 One at £20; two at £25 ; one at £30; one at £35. One at £40 ; one at £50. £20 if holder resides at homo. Junior tenable for two years ; senior for three years. £20 if holder resides at home. Vestland )tago 2 12 2 12 40 0 0 2 2 and 3 77 10 0 355 1 6 louthland 4 4 40 0 0 2 17 3 Totals 96 52 44 2,834 14 4

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The departmental regulations respecting scholarships are of a very general character, each Board being left to make its own rules, subject to the approval of the Minister. It is required, however, that the Boards' regulations shall set forth —" (1) Whether the scholarships are open to all children of school age, or are to be competed for by pupils attending public schools only; (2) any other conditions of candidature (for example, as to age); (3) the annual value of each scholarship, the term for which it is to be held, and the condition of tenure (as to good conduct and diligence); (4) the subjects of examination; and (5) the minimum proportion of marks in each subject, and of total possible marks, which will be necessary to qualify for a scholarship." Training of Teachers. Training-schools on a comparatively large scale have been established at Christchurch and Dunedin by the Education Boards. The Christchurch institution has been in full operation since the beginning of 1877; that of Dunedin was established in January, 1876. Information relating to these institutions is furnished by the Principals' reports, printed in the Appendix. The Auckland Board, in the absence of a training institution, has maintained classes or departments for the instruction and training of probationers. Information respecting these classes is contained in the Inspector's report. The Board has selected Wellesley Street school as the practising school to be employed in connection with the proposed training college, and an addition to the building is now in course of erection. The arrangements for the future management of the institution are not yet completed. The Board has been in communication with Mr. E. J. Gladman, 8.A., Principal of the Melbourne Training College, from whom valuable information and suggestions have been received. By an arrangement with the department, the Wellington Board has erected, on a site adjoining the Thorndon Public School, a building containing accommodation for a training department, a school of art, and a colonial educational museum. It is intended that the Thorndon Public School shall serve the purposes of a practising school in connection with the training institution. When the four training colleges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin are in full operation, they will undoubtedly prove of much service, not only to the districts in which they are respectively situated, but also tq the adjoining smaller districts, in which it would be impossible to establish fullyequipped institutions of this character at the present time. Public Libraries. Eor the first time claims have been made by municipalities for subsidies under " The Public Libraries Act, 1869." These have been made by the boroughs of Auckland, Masterton, and Palmerston North. The amount of the library rates levied by them is £414 6s. 9d., and a -sum equal to this has been necessarily taken out of the vote of £5,000 granted by the General Assembly last year. The balance has been distributed amongst the several Education Boards according to the population of their respective districts, as prescribed by " The Public Libraries Subsidies Act, 1877." The following are the payments out of the vote : Auckland Borough, £309 ; Palmerston North Borough, £30 Bs. 5c1.; Masterton Borough, £74 18s. 4d.; Auckland Education Board, £877 ss. 6d.; Taranaki, £81 15s. 6d.; Wanganui, £207 16s. 9d.; Wellington, £381 6s. 3d.; Hawke's Bay, £199 145.; Marlborough, £75 2s. 3d.; Nelson, £244 6s. 9d.; North Canterbury, £840 75.; South Canterbury, £193 135.; Westland, £215 Bs. 6d.; Otago, £1,008 16s. 9d ; Southland, £260 Is.: total, £5,000. The reports of the Boards furnish information respecting the public libraries in their respective districts. School Penny Banks. It was stated in last year's report that the several Education Boards had received a supply of rules for the management of school penny banks, and also sets of deposit books, ledgers, and journals for distribution free of charge amongst the School Committees of their respective districts. A copy of the rules was

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printed on page 155 of the Appendix to last year's report. The Boards were requested to include in their annual reports such information as they might be able to furnish respecting the number of banks which had been established, and the success which had attended their operations. The reports show that the Boards of Auckland and Nelson thoroughly disapproved of the proposed scheme, and declined even to distribute the documents forwarded to them by the department, and that the other Boards, although they circulated the regulations, have shown, in a greater or less degree, want ot sympathy with the proposal. The chief objection stated has almost invariably been that the extra work which the establishment and management of the proposed school savings banks would entail upon School Committees and teachers is such as to render the scheme impracticable. The Wellington Board reports that a savings bank has for some time been carried on in the Te Aro School, but that it has no connection with the Board. In North Canterbury two School Committees have applied for the necessary permission to open a penny bank, but in neither case had operations been begun at the close of 1879. The Westland Board reports that a penny bank has been established in connection with the No-Town School. A copy of the audited accounts of this bank is included in the Board's report. Institutions eor Secondary and Higher Education. Very full information respecting the institutions established for the promotion of the secondary and the higher education is contained in the reports of the lioyal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the operations of the University of New Zealand, and its relations to the secondary schools of the colony.* The information furnished by this report is therefore not so full as would otherwise have been necessary. The following public institutions have been in operation during the past year: The University of New Zealand, the University of Otago, Canterbury College, Auckland College and Grammar School, Auckland Girls' High School, Wellington College, Christchurch Girls' High School, Otago Boys' High School, Otago Girls' High School, and Southland Girls' High School. Nelson College, and Christ's College and Grammar School, Christchurch, wliich are incorporated by public Acts, may also be regarded as public schools. The following institutions of a more or less public character were also in operation during the year : St. John's College, Auckland; Church of England Grammar School, Auckland; Wesley College, Auckland ; Bishopdale Theological College, Nelson; Boys' Trust School, Napier; Wanganui Collegiate or Industrial School; and the Bishop's School, Nelson. The Thames Boys' and Girls' High School, and the Timaru High School, which were constituted by Acts of the General Assembly in 1878, have been opened since the close of last year.- The building for the Boys' High School, Christchurch, is in course of erection, and will be completed about the beginning of 1881. The Governors of the New Plymouth High School have secured a very ample and suitable site, and they purpose beginning the erection of a building very shortly. The governing bodies of the proposed high schools at Ashburton, Oamaru (Waitaki), Wanganui, and Whangarei have been constituted, but they have not yet taken any steps for the erection of buildings or the establishment of the schools. The governors of Wellington College, owing to the want of funds, have as yet been unable to establish the high school for girls authorized by the Act of 1878. The annual reports of the University of New Zealand, the University of Otago, and the Canterbury College, with correspondence and papers, are submitted independently. A summary of the income and expenditure for the year 1879 of the more public of the secondary schools, and the general statements of their respective accounts for the same period, are contained in the appendix. The following summary has been compiled from returns furnished by the governing bodies of secondary schools: —

* Appendix to Journals of House of Representatives, Sess. 1., 1879, H.-l; and 1880, H.-l.

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TABLE K.—Secondary Schools.

* Including 11 girls in special subjects, but exclusive of 9 evening students. f Approximate number. X Including 4 weekly boarders at £34.

Education Reserves. The reports of the School Commissioners of the several provincial districts, and the general statements of their accounts for the year 1879, are contained in. the appendix. The following is a summary of the Commissioners' accounts :—

TABLE L.—Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts.

* Westland sundries : Befunds, £18 4s. Bd.; rates, £33 lis. 6d.; interest on overdraft, £39 165.; repaid portion oi bank overdraft ,£266 3s. lOd. : total, £356 ss. 6d.

Sti iff. I J § is o Atteni lance. Agi rs Last Quarter or Ti rrm. a Annual Eees. Schools. fn" rrj (3 Erir O 5 03> bt a u -3 o 3 rO-rC 3 CO u i> O o EH O O Day School— Ordinary Course. For Board— Exclusive of Day-School. lor Boys— Auckland College and Grammar School £ s. d. £ S. <L 45 155 210 8 8 0 (10 4 0 1 8 12 6 (770 (660 8 8 0 7 2 8 210 193 10 0 0 Wellington College 4 2 5 *109 106 1 72 34 2 109 11 ] 53 11 0 Wanganui Endowed School ... 2 0 4 25 24 3 19 3 0 25 50 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 C 50 0 0 1 40 0 0 40 0 0 Napier Trust School 2 0 4 47 43 11 27 9 0 47 9 Nelson College 4 1 ? 134 tl30 134 9 12 10 0 Otago High School 6 4 8 188 183 7 123 58 0 188 21 8 10 0 Totals 21 9 713 679 713 'or Girls — Auckland Girls' High School ... 9 4 6 240 216 18 139 81 0 240 tie ( 8 0 0 i 6 0 0 (12 12 0 | 9 9 0 (10 0 0 i. 8 0 0 (12 0 0 (900 | 50 0 0 Christchurch Girls' High School 5 6 6 79 71 3 56 20 0 79 Otago High School 6 8 6 140 136 7 111 21 1 140 13 j 52 10 0 Southland High School 3 2 6 68 60 44 20 0 68 4 Totals 527 483 32 350 23 20 24 142 527

Income for the Year 1879. Liabilities or Engagements on 31st December, 1879. Pbovincial Distuiots. Balance on 1st January, 1879. Receipts during Year. Total Income. Arrears duo on 31st December, 1879. Primary Reserves. Secondary Reserves. Luokland 'aranaki ... Wellington lawke's Bay larlborough felson !ant erbury Vestland )tago £ s. d. 666 15 9 303 15 8 150 9 1 278 19 3 42 18 6 8 1 10 1,968 6 1 £ s. d. 1,178 14 7 525 9 9 481 1 9 637 4 7 195 12 6 540 0 4 6,917 11 10 60 19 6 10,678 19 8 £ s. d. 552 4 3 215 19 11 20 0 0 233 5 4 14 17 0 170 12 11 712 12 3 469 17 8 610 11 6 £ s. d. 2.397 14 7 1,045 5 4 651 10 10 1,149 9 2 253 8 0 718 15 1 9,598 10 2 530 17 2 19,454 18 5 £ s. d. 1,122 7 7 640 14 10 125 15 8 237 10 6 56 5 0 112 10 3 1,096 14 3 389 10 0 2,278 17 5 £ s. d. 8 3 0 34 17 6 60 0 0 27 12 8 7 0 0 190 0 0 250 3 2 8,165 7 3 Totals 3,000 0 10 35,800 8 9 6,060 5 6 577 16 4 11,584 13 5 21,215 14 6

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The Commissioners' reports and returns furnish information on several matters of interest respecting the education reserves and their administration. The statements of accounts show that the aggregate amount of arrears of rents due had increased from £3,565 9s. 10d., at the close of 1878, to £6,060 ss. 6d., on the 31st December, 1879. The attention of the School Commissioners has been called to this circumstance with a view to the early reduction of the amount of arrears. As a rule, the rents are payable half-yearly in advance, and when, as happens in numerous instances, the half-yearly term begins near the end of the school year, the unpaid rents are necessarily entered as arrears, although a very small portion of the period for which they are payable has elapsed. It is stated in the Auckland and Otago reports that in a number of such cases the rents have been paid since the close of the year. The Otago Commissioners make the following statement: " Another reason for the large sum outstanding has been the extreme difficulty experienced in collecting the current rents during the year. This was caused by the depressed state of the produce-market, and the consequent scarcity of money among the small farmers, to which class the majority of the tenants belong. The Commissioners are now taking summary steps for the recovery of arrears and the prompt payment of current rents, and they anticipate putting matters on a more satisfactory footing before the end of the present year." The quarterly returns of the Commissioners show that a large portion of the balances in hand at the close of 1879 was paid over to the Boards and secondary schools early in the present year. The apparently large increase in the receipts by Education Boards from the reserves last year is largely owing to the circumstance that the School Commissioners constituted under "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," could not be appointed and placed in charge of the reserves until July or August, 1878, and that it was not until the close of the year that a settlement could be made of the claims of a number of the different governing bodies entitled to a share of the proceeds of the reserves. This Avas more particularly the case in the Provincial District of Otago. It was owing to this circumstance also that the large aggregate balance of £11,584 13s. sd. remained in the Commissioners' hands on Ist January, 1879. The aggregate amount of rental received last year by the Commissioners on account of the secondary education reserves is only about one-seventh of that dem^cd from the reserves for primary education. This may be accounted for to a great extent by the circumstance that by far the larger number of the reserves set apart under "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," for the purposes of secondary education in the Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Otago have since been vested by Acts of the General Assembly in the governing bodies of particular secondary schools, and are no longer under the control of the Commissioners. In Canterbury the secondary education reserves have been apportioned as follows : — Christchurch Boys' High School, ten-twentieths of the total value. > Timaru High School, five-twentieths of the total value. Ashburton High School, two-twentieths of the total value. School Commissioners, three-twentieths of the total value. In Otago the following division of the secondary education reserves has been made under Acts of the General Assembly :• — £ s. d. Dunedin High Schools —annual value in 1879 ... ... ... 1,175 4 9 Waitaki High School ... ... ... ... ... 483 14 5 Southland High Schools ... .. ... ... ... 492 211 School Commissioners ... ... ... ... ... 587 9 3 Total annua! value in 1879 ... ... ...£2,738 11 4 "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," provided that three-fourths of the general education reserves in each provincial district should be set apart as an endoAvment for primary education, and the remaining fourth as an endowment for secondary education, within the district; but no specific rule was laid down by the Act as to the principle upon which the apportionment should be made, and the arbitrators were in a large measure left to their own judgment in making the division. The Education Reserves Return of last year, made in pursuance of a

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resolution of the Legislative Council on the motion of the Hon. Sir E. Dillon Bell, furnishes information respecting the area, the capital value, and the present rental of the two classes of reserves, according to the apportionment made by the arbitrators in each of the provincial districts. The following is a summary of the information furnished by the return : —

TABLE M.—Apportionment of Education Reserves Under "The Education Reserves Act, 1877." (Compiled from Parliamentary Paper C.-3, Sess. II., 1879.)

An examination of the preceding table shows that, as regards area, capital value, and present annual rental, the proportion of 3 to 1 as between the primary and the secondary reserves has been approximately maintained in the districts of Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago, and that in the other four districts the proportions differ to a greater or less extent. The present annual value of the Wellington and the Marlborough secondary reserves is strikingly small as compared Avith that of the primary reserves in the same districts. In the Westland District, on the other hand, the area and the estimated capital value of the two classes of reserves are somewhat near the proportion specified by the Act, but the Parliamentary return shows that the present annual value of the Westland primary reserves is only £75, and that of the secondary reserves £625, or as Ito BJ. As regards each of the three heads above referred to, the proportion betAveen the tAVO classes of reserves for all the provincial districts taken together is tolerably near that of 3 to 1. The Native Schools. Although the administration of the Native schools was formally transferred from the Native Department to the Education Department in July, 1879, yet several months elapsed before practical effect could be fully given to the decision of the Government. With a view to their becoming more fully acquainted, from personal observation, Avith the condition and requirements of the schools and with the circumstances of the Native population, the Secretary to the Department and the Inspector-General of Schools were directed to visit as many as possible of the Native districts in which schools had been established. The Secretary Avas occupied in this duty for a period of two months, in the course of which he visited a number of the Native settlements and schools in the Auckland Provincial District, including Bay of Islands, Hokianga, Mongonui, Whangaroa, and Tauranga. The Inspector-General was engaged for nearly an equal period in visiting the Native settlements and schools on the sea-board from Hawke's Bay to Tauranga, and in the inspection of some of the schools in the South Island. It soon became evident that anything like a satisfactory degree of efficiency and success in the administration of the Native schools could only be secured by the appointment of a highly competent organizing inspector, who should devote the whole of his time and attention to the supervision and direction of the teachers, and the inspection and organization of the schools. The services of a schoolmaster of considerable skill and experience were accordingly obtained, and he entered on his duties in the month of January last. The folloAving extract from a memorandum

Prii rary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Peovikcial Districts. Tola! Area. Estimated Capital Present Annual Value. Rental (1879). Total Area. Estimated Capital Present Annual Value. ■ Rental (1879). Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson ■Canterbury Westland Otago Ji. 11. P. 31,598 3 21 4,927 0 39 13.512 1 15 32,245 1 17 785 3 26 5,475 3 17 45,298 0 0 14,543 0 39 351,327 0 37 £ s. d. 39,394 5 0 1(3,755 19 9 15,103 0 0 32,938 5 0 4,509 0 0 10,385 10 0 193,245 0 0 19,237 0 0 641,264 10 0 £ s. d. 1,412 8 1 662 8 6 441 9 4 716 13 6 137 9 6 532 8 4 6,428 18 8 75 0 0 7,694 13 10 A. E. P. 10,376 2 17 2,756 1 23 11,161 2 0 10,695 3 16 264 3 22 1,888 0 6 16,587 0 0 4,339 2 28 120,760 1 2 £ s. d. 12,189 15 0 6,985 14 2 5,580 0 0 11,697 0 0 950 0 0 3,425 10 0 58,468 0 0 7,051 0 0 211,121 10 0 £ s. d. 492 6 2 266 7 4 18 0 0 276 11 6 10 3 6 177 5 5 2,146 0 2 625 0 0 2,738 11 4 Totals 499,714 0 11 972,832 9 9 18,101 9 9 178,930 0 34 317,468 9 8 6,750 5 5

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addressed to him by the Inspector-General sets forth, in brief outline, the views of the Government with regard to the duties proposed to be performed by the Organizing Inspector: " There are at present about sixty Native schools maintained by the Government, most of them in the North Island. Many of the teachers have no knowledge of the technicalities of teaching and school-management beyond that which they have acquired in the course of their experience in the positions which they now occupy. It will be necessary for you to advise and guide them in the performance of their duty, and, as far as possible, to train them in the use of right methods, as well as to inspect their schools and examine their pupils. You will be most usefully employed during the first few months in making a tour of observation. You will then be in a position to discuss with me the special characteristics of Maori schools, and the principles and methods peculiarly applicable to them. Among the most important questions which will have to be settled I may mention the following: The use and abuse of the Maori language in imparting instruction to Native children; the best kind of English reading-book for children who have very little knowledge of European customs and ideas ; and the policy of encouraging Maori children to attend the ordinary ' public schools.' On these points I am endeavouring to obtain the material for forming opinions by making personal visits to Native schools; but I should wish to confer with you before making any definite recommendations to the Minister, and I am of opinion that in this matter we ought to proceed with great care and deliberation. It is hoped you will find it possible to visit the schools twice in each year. The first visit should be for purposes of advice and direction. By observing the general plan pursued by the master, you will be able to show him where improvement can be made in his time-table, and what can be done to render his teaching more effective. You may find it necessary to spend two or three clays in one school and to show the teacher by your own example how you wish the work to be done. The second visit should be for the purpose of examination. There are several 'public institutions and some private schools and houses in which Maori children are maintained and taught at the expense of the Government. You will receive authority to make inquiry as to the welfare and progress of these children. You will be so good as to address to the Minister, through me as Inspector-General, a monthly report of your proceedings, with such information in detail with regard to each school, and such statements and suggestions of a general character, as you may think it desirable to communicate or the Minister may require, as well as an annual report on the condition of the schools. In the work you are about to undertake you will have a splendid opportunity of doing good to the Maori race — an opportunity which I feel assured you will value very highly, and use with enthusiasm as well as with tact and ability." A code of rules and regulations has been prepared for the guidance of Nativeschool teachers and of others concerned in the education of the Maori race.* A circular has been sent to the teachers, pointing out to them the manner and the spirit in which they are expected to perform the duties of their office. In the framing of the Native Schools Code it has been kept clearly in view that the efforts of the department should be mainly directed, for the present, to the establishment and maintenance of village-schools in the midst of the Maori families, under teachers who will not confine themselves to the mere instruction of the children, but who, by their kindness, and their good example and counsel, will exercise a beneficial influence on all around them. The experiment has already been tried of taking away Maori children from their villages and families, and educating them in boarding-schools, in the expectation that the few who would thus learn European habits and ideas would carry back civilizing influences into the pa; but experience has shown that this plan has been successful in only a few instances, and by no means in proportion to the expense and labour bestowed. Sufficient time has not yet been afforded for the settlement of the important question whether and to what extent special provision shall be made for carrying forward the education and training of those Native scholars who have passed

* Appendix to Journals of House of Eepresentatives, 1880, H.-l F.

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through the ordinary village-school course, and are desirous of obtaining instruction in the higher branches of knowledge. Already a number of applications have been made for the establishment of so-called high schools for Native youth; but this is a subject requiring very mature consideration. Perhaps the time is not far distant when the Native village-schools will so effectually accomplish their work that the Maori scholars avlio pass through them will be able to avail themselves of the ordinary secondary schools of the colony. In the consideration of this question mere class distinctions cannot be recognized —regard must be had only to talent and industry; and possibly the higher education of the more proficient of the Native youth may be most successfully effected by the establishment of a system of competitiA re scholarships from the village-school to the secondary school. The Native Schools Code fully recognizes the principle that the education of the Maori children shall be kept apart from the public-school system of the colony no longer than is necessary; and provision is made that, whenever in any locality the circumstances Avill admit of it, the Native school shall merge in the public school. Deaf and Dumb Institution. Eull information has already been laid before the General Assembly regarding the steps which were taken last year for the establishment of an Institution for the education and training of deaf-mutes.* Mr. Gerit Van Asch, Avho was appointed to the charge of the proposed Institution by the Commissioners in England, arrived in New Zealand last December, and in 'the course of a few weeks entered on his duties in two buildings rented for the purpose at Sumner, near Christchurch. A separate Parliamentary Paper t contains a copy of the prospectus of the Institution, prepared for public information and extensively circulated, and also reports on the school by Mr. Van Asch,' by the Visiting Medical Officer, and by a recent visitor to the Institution. The number of inmates at present (June, 1880) is ten. It is expected that several additional pupils will enter next month, when the half-yearly term begins.

* Appendix to Journals of House of Representatives, Sess. 1., 1879, H.-17; and Sess. 11., 1879, H.-l. t Appendix to Journals of House of Representatives, 1880, H.-l E.

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APPENDIX. Table No. 1. Income of the several Education Boards for the Year 1879. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

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Education Districts. on ist January, 1879. Special Vote for School Buildings. *rom Government. Arrears of Rates or Fees. District High School and other Fees. Fn im Local Sources. Donations or Subscriptions. Sundries not Classified. Total from Local Sources. Erom Education Reserves. Interest on Current Accounts. Special Vote Overdrafts for on Public 31st Dec, Libraries. r879. Totals. Votes for Maintenance. Total from Government. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 2,947 9 10 44.397 8 o 25,690 o o 70,087 8 o 1,619 8 4 579 12 o 248 3 8 2,447 4 o 1,084 5 9 956 10 6 77,522 18 1 Taranaki 632 5 1 3.338 2 4 3,600 o o 6,938 2 4 80 16 6 80 16 6 408 15 11 89 3 o 8,149 3 4 Wanganui 10,637 t-1 9 I I,000 o o 2i.'637 11 9 84 o o 5 5 ° 196 4 o 285 9 o 89 7 3 45 o o 226 12 o 460 1 6 22,744 7 6 Wellington 2,094 10 2 16,004 16 3 11,800 o o 27,804 16 3 156 17 o 250 4 6 407 1 6 4i5 '5 ° 378 3 7 31,100 6 6 Hawke's Bay 7,803 12 7 6,791 15 11 9,730 o o 16,521 15 11 79 o o 25 ° 7 104 o 7 795 '9 1 300 9 6J 217 14 6 25.743 12 2 Marlborough 872 9 o 3,691 16 6 2,594 3 7 6,286 o 1 50 o o 28 11 o^ 78 11 o 81 17 8 7.3i8 17 9 Nelson 4,426 16 9 11,920 o o 4,925 10 2 16,845 I0 2 I 292 12 3 138 14 9 266 8 3 21,970 2 2 North Canterbury ... 16,500 10 11 40,969 14 Or 25,000 o o 65,969 14 o 540 38 6 8 329 16 o 373 6 8 5,276 16 9 1,229 XI " 916 5 7 90,266 5 10 South Canterbury ... 4,928 4 5 7,346 2 6 13.33° o o 20,679 2 6 117 10 o 32 9 3 149 19 3 662 16 3 '59 ! 9 211 2 9 26,790 6 11 Westland ".572 17 3 6,000 o o I7.57 2 »7 3 415 17 10 415 17 10 38 14 10 235 o o 18,262 9 11 Otagor 20,267 6 7 50,857 2 6 27,546 IO IO 78,403 13 4 148 10 6 391 10 6 540 1 o 10,205 8 o; *3 6 1,812 15 3 112,318 17 8 Southland ... i>5 6' ! 3 1°. 345 9 ° 9.365 o o 19,710 9 o ... 147 o o 710 o o 857 o o 2,475 « o 86 5 9 320 19 9 25,011 6 9 Totals I 62,034 7 1 2,087 5 6 78i 7 o 2,708 13 10 5.3739 7 4 21.33° 7 1 3,048 17 2 5>75° 4 3 838 5 1 467,198 14 7 217,873 2 o i5°>58i 4 7 368,457 6 7 162 I o

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Table No. 2. Expenditure of the several Education Boards for the Year 1879. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

1. 2. 3. 4. s. 6. 7. 8. 9. Boards. Oflice Staff, Members' Expenses, Printing, Advertising, Stationery, Law Costs, and other Office Expenses. Inspection of Schools, and Examination of PupilTeachers. Salaries and other Expenses. Maintenance of Schools. School Buildings. Sundry Payments not Classified, including Refunds, Interest, &c. Balances 1 Liabilities, ist January, 18559. Distributed amongst • Public Libraries from Special Vote. Balances, 31st December, Totals. Education Districts. Teachers' Salaries and Allowances, including Training. Committees and Schools for Educational Purposes. Scholarships. Insurance of Buildings. Total Maintenance. New Buildings, Enlargement, Repairs, Furniture, Sites, Fencing, &c. Professional Services. Total Pl-rrrs for i-ians School Buildings, and J Supervision. £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ •■ d. 5,174 10 2 232 10 5 £ s. d. £ a. d. £ B. d. £ ». d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,242 7 5! 28,748 12 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s- d. 1,800 o 8 £ s. d. ( 74,751 '5 4 (.2,771 2 9 Auckland ... 2,816 1 8 1) i 1,357 8 o! 33.°" 3 7 924 '7 °r 176 15 o 39.287 5 9I 27,506 4 10 1 742 7 o Do., Girls' High School j . '" I 1 2,771 2 9; 59 2 3 3,433 2 2 193 8 11! 10,797 9 ° 221 1 3 13,857 o 9 Taranaki ... 210 o o 250 o o 3>°°7 2 9; 3,339 '3 2! 3.373 19 '« 89 3 o 827 5 o 8,M9 3 4 Wanganui ... 316 2 5 747 5 3 i 498 11 8 9,118 1 2 862 5 io! 90 o o 10,070 7 oj 10,604 o 1 191 8 9! 223 3 5 22,744 7 6 Wellington 1,323 4 7 412 6 4 12,957 3 1° 1,884 8 o 2100 37 "7 6 14,900 9 4 13.635 '9 6' 191 10 6 4'S J5 ° 3 1, 100 6 6 Hawke's Bay 624 12 8 400 6 5 6,909 16 1 842 7 5 103 1o 8 56 o o 7,911 14 2 12,025 o 7 j 385 10 9 12,410 11 4 94 3 3 2,380 17 9 137 " 9 5>899 « 8 i,378 3 9; 23,621 o 2 86 6 4! 217 14 6j 4,092 6 9 25,743 12 2 Marlborough 1 197 3 4 191 2 6 3,016 7 6J 296 3 2! 84 8 o 3,396 18 8 2,286 14 6: I 44 7 1 80 17 8 7,027 10 9 7>3'8 17 9 Nelson 645 2 2 1,353 9 1° 653 18 1 329 4 6; 9,306 8 1 1,676 4 4 172 2 o ",154 14 5 5,761 9 11 266 8 3 3,675 " 2 21,970 2 2 North Canterbury i,374 5 5 37,198 8 11 <S,8r<6 „ 8; 902 12 11 43.957 » 6 22,242 16 5 421 1 3 9l6 5 7 18,622 12 1 90,266 5 10 South Canterbury 414 8 7; 6,909 o 1 1,085 ° 2: 102 5 o 161 15 11 8,258 1 2 15,167 14 11 559 *9 3 15,727 '4 2 349 2 5; 2,542 3 o 1,034 4 3 44,522 6 4 251 12 9 8,927 15 8 i|5,9o6 8 0172,867 14 3 31 8 8 211 2 9 i,493 '3 6! 26,790 6 n Westland ... I 3,216 211 693 1 8 579 3 4 8,412 9 2 1,276 8 2 77 10 Or i35 7 2 9,901 14 6 2,193 ° 7 685 8 5 235 o o 409 16 11 18,362 9 n Otago j i,i99 8 8 A ,427 ° o 47,345 '6 1 6,404 10 5 355 1 6 54,105 8 o 43,488 2 it 2,386 5 11 8,678 8 9 112,318 17 8 Southland ... ., 646 on 3,432 5 4 11,109 8 10 i 501 7 3 IO-57 1 9 5 I 1.335 13 5 1 7 3 89 13 6 ".998 3 7 8,676 2 11 j 289 17 6 2,648 1 10 25,011 6 9 I I i ! Totals 26,926 11 22,834 14 4 657 9 1 ,221,053 4 o 166,961 6 3 11,651 II O 6,074 o 7 43,275 6 7 467,198 14 7 7,735 4 o 187,763 6 8:

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Table No. 3. Detailed Statement of the Expenditure of the several Education Boards on Management and on School Inspection (including Examination of Pupil-teachers) for the Year 1879. (Compiled from the Detailed Statements of Expenditure furnished by Boards).

Management by Boards. Inspection of Schools and Examination of Pupil-teachers. Staff. | Education Boards. Allowances to Members of Boards. Secretary, Treasurer, Clerks, Messengers, Clerical Assistance. Office Rent, Furniture, and Repairs. Law Expenses. Printing. Advertising. Stationery. Fuel, Light, and Cleaning. Sundries. Totals as in Column 2, Table 2. Salaries of Inspectors. Inspectors' Travelling Expenses. Pupilteachers' Examinations. Totals as in Column 3, Table 2. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ",£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 1,304 17 61 600 8 1 193 2 6 167 7 o 312 7 o 123 4 8 3° 7 9 84 7 2 2,816 1 8 941 13 4 299 10 oj 116 4 8 i,357 8 c Taranaki 182 15 6 600 o 10 8 220 5 10 o 10 9 o o 19 6 1 13 4 210 o o 250 o o 250 o c Wanganui 308 6 8 144 17 3 58 17 4 5 10 o 40 12 6 102 4 9 70 211 16 13 10 747 5 3 4°° o oi 50 o o 48 11 8 498 11 S Wellington , ... 520 o o 17 10 o 25 7 o 527 19 8 74 18 6 112 4 9 45 4 8 1,323 4 7 250 o o 162 6 4 412 6 Hawke's Bay ... 468 6 8 17 IO o 20 17 oj 60 4 o 42 o o 10 19 4 4 15 8 624 12 8| 233 6 8 15° o oj 16 19 9! I 4°° 6 5 Marlborough ... 115 12 6 38 13 6 3i 3 4 n 14 o 197 3 4 125 o oi 66 2 6; 191 2 i Nelson 287 10 o 53 o o 23 3 9 19 3 10 58 15 6 158 6 3 14 10 2 I 30 12 8 645 2 2' 187 10 0 j 141 14 6 329 4 £ North Canterbury 1,124 o o 2100 79 16 6 29 1 6 £8 7 3 3° '4 7 10 10 o 1,353 9 1° 1,000 o oi 264 12 6 109 12 11 i>374 5 South Canterbury 3i8 13 4 46 17 o 60 15 8 82 12 6 33 ° i| I 50 14 6 23 17 o 37 8 o 653 18 1 300 o O! 96 4 7 18 4 o] 414 8 j Westland 343 15 o 86 n 6 n 1 2 6126 46 13 gj j 31 5 2 38 710 74 4 9 693 1 8 404 3 4 175 ° o 579 3 4 Otago 743 IS o 100 15 6 16 5 o 12 17 6 84 3 6 81 2 3 147 10 5 12 19 6. I ... I 1,199 8 8| 1,000 o o 413 18 6 13 1 6 1,427 o c Southland 304 10 o 7 7 o **9 5 9 4 16 10 48 o o icg 3 1 17 6 9 13 12 6 21 19 Oi 646 o n 500 o Or 1 7 3 5°! 7 i ! 1 I i ! Totals 6,022 2 2 462 18 3 581 19 4 1,109 8 10 5,591 13 4 1,819 8 n 324 1 9J ! 7,735 4 c 922 3 3 818 IO 6 801 16 ol 1,067 15 91 171 8 8 260 14 11 11,109 10

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Table No. 4. Annual Salaries paid to Education Board Officers, May, 1880.

In the Districts of Hawke's Bay, Wellington, and South Canterbury respectively the offices of Secretary and Inspector are held by the same officer. In the above table the full salary of each is divided equally between the two offices. The South Canterbury Board has resolved to divide the two offices, and to give the Secretary £300 and the Inspector £400. In all the districts, excepting Auckland and Hawke's Bay, the Secretary is also the Treasurer. In Hawke's Bay the Clerk is Treasurer. Auckland. —The second Clerk gives partial service only, and receives salary varying from £100 to £150, according to time employed. The Inspectors receive £1 each per day for travelling allowance, when on duty. Architect receives a salary of £250 a year, with actual travelling expenses, and i\ percent, commission on all works executed under his supervision, he defraying whole cost of plans and supervision. For City Schools another Architect is employed, at a commission of 5 per cent, on cost of buildings. Taranaki. —Inspector's travelling allowance is included in salary. Architect receives a salary of £75 a year, and £5 extra for travelling expenses. Salary includes plans, specifications, and supervision. Wanganui. —Inspector receives fixed allowance of £50 a year for travelling expenses. Architect's commission, from 2§ to 5 per cent, on work done. Wellington. —Inspector receives fixed allowance of £54 15s. for forage, and £1 per day when on duty beyond Wellington. Hawke's Bay. —Inspector receives a fixed allowance of £150 for travelling expenses. Architect, for plans, specifications, and supervision, a commission on works executed under him according to the following scale : For buildings within Borough of Napier, 2^ per cent.; within a radius of 40 miles from Napier, 4 per cent. ; beyond 40 miles, 6 per cent. Marlborough. —The Inspector of Nelson District is employed by the Board. In addition to fixed salary, he receives for travelling expenses £1 per day, and actual cost of transport by sea and land. Architect receives 5 per cent, for plans, specifications, and supervision. Nelson. —The Inspector receives actual travelling expenses. Architect receives 5 per cent, for plans, specifications, and supervision ; sometimes 2§ per cent, for plans and specifications only. North Canterbury. —Each Inspector receives £$0 a year for forage and actual travelling expenses. The Architect receives 4 per cent, on amount of contract, with a fee of £2 2s. in addition if amount of contract less than £150, and travelling expenses. South Canterbury. —Inspector receives actual travelling expenses. Architect receives 2§ per cent, on amount of contract for plans, specifications, and supervision, and actual travelling expenses. Westland. —Inspector receives £60 a year for forage and actual travelling expenses. Architect receives from 2 to 3^ per cent, on amount of contract. Otago. —Each Inspector receives £1 ss. per day when beyond reach of Dunedin, and £1 ss. per week for forage when engaged in office. Instead of paying a percentage on buildings, the Board employs its own Architect, Draughtsman, and Clerk of Works at salaries respectively of £350, £225, and £240 a year. All plans and specifications of new buildings, enlargements, improvements, &c, are prepared in the office, and all works are carried out under supervision of the Board's officers. Southland. —Inspector's fixed salary includes travelling allowance. The Architect receives 2J per cent, on amount of contract, and travelling allowance.

Number Number Average Office Staff. —Fixed Annu; d Salaries. Inspection Staff. Education Districts. December, 1879. December, 1859. December, 1859. Secretary. Treasurer. Clerk. Clerk. Clerk. Messenger. TotalforOffice. Inspector. Inspector. Inspector. Inspection. £ s. d. £ *. d- £ B. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... 204 387 10,688 45° o ° 35° o ° 250 O O 125 o o 100 o oj 1 40 o o 1,315 ° ° 500 o o 35° ° oj 200 o o 1,050 o o Taranaki ... 27 39 979 150 o o IO 12 3 160 12 3 200 o o 200 o o Wanganui... 52 88 2,850 300 o o 300 o o 400 o o 400 o o Wellington... 42 124 4,402 250 o o 250 o o 20 O O 520 o o 250 o o 250 o o Hawke's Bay 33 63 2,020 250 o o 200 o o; 50 o o 500 o o 250 o o 250 o o Marlborough IS 25 834 100 00 12 IO O 112 IO O 120 00 120 o o Nelson 58 90 2,935 250 o o ... 250 o o 375 o o 375 o ° North Canterbury 120 35 6 11,380 j 60O O O: 300 o o '75 o o 65 O o 1,140 o o 500 o o 500 o o 1,000 o o South Canterbury 29 77 2,324 250 O Oj 150 o o 400 o o 250 o o 250 o o Westland ... XX 76 2,232 340 o o 34° o o 400 o o 400 o o Otago 146 359 14,637 j 500 o o i 225 o o 120 o o 50 o o ! 895 o oj j 55° ° ° 45° ° ° 1,000 o o Southland ... 58 89 3,448 300 o o ... 300 o o' 500 o o 500 o o Totals ! I I ' j. j I 8.7 i,773 58,729 3,740 o o 1,385 12 3 470 o o 150 o o I 137 i° o 6,233 2 3 4,295 o o! 1,300 o oj 200 o o 5,795 ° ° 35° o o

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Table No. 5. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts for the last Quarter of 1879.

Table No. 6. Classification according to Standards in the several Districts for the last Quarter of 1879.

Under 5 Years. $ and under 7 Years. jai id under 10 Years. 10 and under 13 Years. 13 and under 15 Years. Over 13 Years. Totals of all Ages. r.uucauon uismcis. Females. Total. 17 5° 43 77 106 212 i 6 7 36 S no 218 3i 58 48 74 344 699 67 138 128 235 222 435 no 219 i,393 2,780 j Total. Males. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males, j Males. Females, j Total. Males. Females. Total. Males, j j Females. [ Females. Total. I . ' I. ! , i. i ! 7,334 680 1,968 -3,056 i,438 560 1,894 7>972 1,674 1,413 9,194 2,244 6,625 13,959 622 1,302 i,777 3,745 2,577 5, 633 1,259 2,697 519 i,°79 1,843 3,737 7,258 15,230 1,529 3,203 1,430 2,843 8,59° 17,784 2,100 4,344 Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury ... South Canterbury ... Westland ... Otago Southland 3X 34 106 198 108 27 26 3S5 7i 107 213 109 1,693 139 397 657 328 99 416 1,829 387 328 1,942 427 1,464 106 376 583 284 120 3>IS7 245 773 1,240 612 219 845 3,372 774 672 3,7i6 806 2,699 261 710 1,096 484 217 678 2,813 603 483 3,200 762 14,006 2,383 220 610 864 423 177 636 2,579 524 483 3,049 711 5,082 481 1,320 1,960 907 394 i,3i4 5,392 1,127 966 6,249 i,473 26,665 2,187 I 186 543 852 380 iSi 592 2,221 1,982 181 48S 716 332 151 5" 2,093 365 360 2,547 618 4,169 367 1,028 1,568 712 302 1,103 767 734 5,378 1,272 620 5° 172 227 116 57 161 655 188 99 870 238 63O 64 166 204 98 33 181 601 169 92 849 237 1,250 114 338 431 214 90 342 1,256 357 191 1,719 475 6,777 102 1 IO ' 40 26 22 9 21 149 8 34 43 12 7 38 98 17 23 149 45 251 18 74 69 34 16 59 197 40 45 287 99 429 i,543 387 344 i,774 379 402 374 2,831 654 99 23 22 138 54 566 Totals 1,387 8,642 7,789 j 16,431 ii,373 i°,34i 21,714 3,453 3,324 623 1,189 39,427 36,129 75,556 75,556 12,659 — *7. I

Number Classified according to Standards. Education Districts. 5*2 mSS z S.SS3S Total Number Classified. Infants too Young for Column next following. for Preparing for Standard Passed Itandard VI. I. II. ill. IV. V. VI. O M. FTotal. I M. F * Total. M. FTotal, j M. j F. I F. Total. M. F. j Total. M. F. j Total. M. F * Total. M. I F * Total. j M. F * Total 1 j ' , 1 ! . I t i I. j I i I Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 13.959 1,302 3.745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,230 3,203 2,843 17,784 4,344 75,556 7,334 680 1,968 3,056 i,438 560 1,894 7,972 1,674 1,413 9,194 2,115 6,625 622 i,777 2,577 i,2S9 5i9 1,843 7,258 1,529 i.43° 8,590 1,948 13,959 1,302 3,745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,230 3,203 2,843 17,784 4,°6.3 1,770 87 438 775 37° "3 357 2,310 SS 2 373 2,55° 398 1,529 i°3 402 650 304 129 386 i,949 502 384 2,347 366 3,299 190 840 1,425 674 242 743 4,259 1,054 757 4,897 764 2,036 236 54° S50 376 133 445 1,819 325 35 ! 1,852 556 1,790 195 465 45° 341 103 413 1,781 325 371 I,8iS 498 3,826 431 i,°°5 1,000 7i7 236 858 3,600 650 722 3,667 1,054 i,337 1,25° 1312 144 413 442 505 466 276 260 115 lig 1 358 330I i,3 8° ',3031 357 296 214 240J i,447! i,286: 0l2j 364J 6,846 6,500! 276 855 971 536 234 688 2,683 653 454 j 2,733 676 1,086 122 298 5°9 242 102 322 1,265 ■73 189 1,398! 395 1.059 no 254 415 221 102 3'7 i,i79 198 187 i,33i j 344 2,145 232 552 924 463 204 639 2,444 37i 376 2,729 739j i 795 82 189 412 13° 54 221 732 155 151 ; 1,034 255 726 58 153 336 108 34 221 720 144 1,521 140 342 748 238 88 442 i,4S2 299 295 2,035 497 270 19 61 132 42 28 149 344 87 83 620 148 236 10 50 16s 25 15 142 276 54 79 547 91 1,690 506 29 III 297 67 43 291 620 141 162 1,167 239 3,673 40 j 2 ! 17 131 2 8 25 113 25 45 218 SO 35 2 10 7i 14 32 42 10 75 4 27 202 2 22 57 ■55 35 67 419 93 ... 12! 42 j 7 17 9 •■ 124 3 2 8 13 66 10 19 17 144 1,001 242 22 j 201 j 7 75 1 3 62 10 137 1 I 43 Totals ;— 676 — — 39,298 35,977 75,275 10,093 9,°5i 19,144 9,219 8,547 17,766 13,346 6,101 |5,7i7 11,818 4,210 3,887 8,097 1,983 I 482 I 1,158 170 j 103 273

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Table No. 7. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, with the Expenditure for the Year 1879, and the Names, Status, and Emoluments of the Teachers as in December, 1879. In the second last column, "Position in the School," "H," means Head Teacher; "HF," Head Female Teacher; "M," Male Teacher "F," Female Teacher; "AM," Assistant Male Teacher; "AF," Assistant Female Teacher; "MP," Male Pupil-teacher; "FP," Female Pupil, teacher; and "S," Sewing Teacher. AUCKLAND.

„ '%£§:? 6 0 A'^a^ -£m *- i.* Go£-3rq!r, -fl h rr, fc. y w ." -,^r Schools. o „5 00 21 "in la cr a. o w O » Maintei Ex] nance. renditure for 1879. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. u Annual rS Salary and c _■ Allowances - § at the rate o-~ paid during 2 tfi the last o Onarter of CL' 1859. Salaries. 1 )tber Ordinary Expenditure. rongonui... Ahipara (1) Kaitaia (1) Maungatete (1) Oruru Upper (1) Oruru Lower (1) Mongonui I £ s. d. 86 i-j 4 63 6 8 54 3 4 £ s. d. 34 9 6 38 12 6 21 13 o £ s. d. 220 0106 496 J. B. Simpson Ephraim Shannon ... J. Williamson M M M £ s. d. 80 o o 60 o o 2 2 3 4 5 6 [ 120 8 4I 35 12 6 26 17 6 1 4 o R. F. Watkins M 50 o o 105 o o 3 151 1.3 4 33 19 11 R. Hogwood Edith Campbell Mrs. Prosser Mrs. Johnson William Bramley ... Miss Wardle F. W. Kysh E. J. Magee Barbara Anderson ... Mrs. Hickton James Armstrong ... Mrs. A. Wilson William Edwards ... Mrs. Edwards Mrs. J. Cains Wm. H. Blyth Mrs, Hanson Thomas Campbell... Edward Richards ... G. S. F. Horsey Mrs. Wrigley John Lindley Mrs. Lindley J. Willmott Mrs. Willmott J. H. Wilson Mrs. A. Jarvie T.W.Wilson Amy E. Bottrill William M. Flower Mrs. [. Gloyn O-Iar'ry Wells ( Margaret Ross Francis F. McLean.,. Mrs.Francis F. McLean George Fraser Richard Coates Miss P. Holman Miss Edith Mair ... C O. Moller Mrs. Moller Robert Baird W. J. Connell Artliur R. Miller ... Mrs. Macdonald Frederick Goertz Mrs. Goertz F. R. Blair Edward Millington ... H FP S F M S M M F F H AF H s F II S M M H AF II S H S M F H AF H S H S H S M H AF FP II AF H AM II S H S M M 120 0 O 3° O O 1000 60 o o 72 o o 1000 4 5 Totara Kaeo (2) ... 7 8 61 13 4 79 6 8 27 2 6 31 18 9 3 4 6 9 18 o Hokianga... Bay of Islands 6 7 8 Whangaroa North ... Hokianga Okaihau ... Waimate ... Kawakawa 9 10 11 r;o o o 97 6 8 80 16 8 75 o o 231 13 4 11 5 o 31 17 6 28 o o 33 o o 20 4 7 34 14 6 48 5 o 1220 296 562 12 3 IOO o o IOO O O 60 o o 75 o o 140 o o 80 o o 100 o o 9 10 12 13 11 Pakaru ... 14 126 13 4 24 7 6 321 1 4 Te Wharau (3) Russell (4) 15 16 16 13 4 89 12 2 13 17 6 273 13 6 1000 40 o o 100 o o 12 32 15 o 10 o o dobson 13 14 15 Arapohue... Wairoa North (5) ... Aratapu ... 17 18 '9 116 13 4 112 00 179 3 4 31 13 6 29 1 6 21 8 0 121 18 6 481 13 1 100 o o 112 O O 150 O o 30 o o 120 O O 1000 16 Te Kopuru 20 132 10 o 25 7 6 20 3 2 '7 Dargaville 21 166 o o 25 17 6 9 16 o 120 o o 1000 80 o o 30 o o 120 o o 50 o o 120 o o 18 Matakohe (1) Omaru Paparoa ... 22 23 24 80 3 3 30 16 8 186 5 o 31 6 3 1213 9 22 16 4 199 9 6 800 19 20 Maungaturoto 25 128 6 8 19 17 6 > 126 13 4 10 o o 21 Kaiwaka (1) Hakaru (1) Kaipara Heads (6) ... 26 27 28 32 5 o 258 o o 120 O O 1000 95 o o 17 19 o IOO o o Whangarei 2: Whareora Kamo 29 3° 96 13 4 186 5 o 24 11 3 34 IS o 316 385 5 3 1000 80 o o 140 o o 40 o o 15 o o 120 O O Kaurihohore 170 o o 2296 12 o 10 23 31 40 O O 160 o o 80 o o 150 o o 1000 120 O O 24 Whangarei 32 244 11 8 1908 37 14 10 25 Parua Bay No. 1(1) No. 2 (1) Whangarei Heads ... 33 34 35 ] 139 7 6 26 16 6 ( 34 6 o (. 8 14 6 61 5 o 26 128 6 8 28 10 4 27 28 Maungatapere Ruatangata East (1) ,, West (1) Mangapai No. 1 (1) No. 2 (1) Maungakaramea No. 1 Maungakaramea No. 2 (1) Waikiekie East (1)... West (1)... Ruakaka ... Waipu Cave „ Cove „ North 36 37 38 39 40 4i 55 o ° 23 3 9 ( 8 11 6 i 7 10 o C 233 o o i ... 1000 60 o o 120 O O 29 30 j 126 13 4 j 113 6 8 > 103 6 10 j 104 8 7 33 3 9 35 10 o 3i 15 o 313 14 6 ,, > Daniel Metge Alfred Pratt M IOO o o 100 o o 42 M 3i 43 44 45 46 47 48 33 3 9 Alfred Freeman M 100 0 o 32 33 34 35 74 13 4 45' 16 8 100 o o 33 o o 28 o o 27 IO o 28 7 6 400 on 6 458 18 o Richard Fleet Elizabeth Lewis James Glanfield Thomas W. Scott ... Mary McMillan M F M H S 80 o o 50 o o 100 o o 100 o o 1000 100 o o Half-time school. (2) Reopened in Jun, 33) Aided ; opened in July. (4) Reopened ist May. (rj) Itinerant, (6) Aided; opened.

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hh I i t; u _ " 2 E P a fc 5 vT* ■" s.s M '5 S " 2 w « *-j Schools. o c"o u ro w rt C & O <U I Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 18*79. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers itenance. Buildings, and Pupil-teachers Sites, on the Staff at the end r>i.u r\ j- Furniture, ana of the Year. Other Ordinary A t ' us> Expenditure. rr Expenditure for 1879. o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate pairl during tlie last Ouarter cf 1859. Vhangarei — contd. 36 Waipu Central 49 £ s. d. 165 o o £ s. d. 20 5 o £ s. d. 28 6 o Henry Matthews ... Mary McKenzie Annie McKenzie Horace Rowlands ... Jessie McKenzie Amelia Fisher Mrs. Haszard William Tunks Vacant E. M. Gravatt B. M. Gubb Mrs. Heffard Mrs. Rushbrook Alfred Steventon Mrs. Dent Mrs. Sharpe W. C. Clarke I-I FP S H AF F F M M M H S F M F F M £ s. d. 120 o o 20 o o 37 Waipu Upper 5° 200 O O 21 13 10 24 1 o 1000 140 o o 45 o o 64 o o 1200 60 o o 80 o o lodney ,.. 38 TePahi Otamatea (i) Albertland North ... TeArai(2) Pakiri Port Albert 51 52 53 54 55 56 58 6 8 1700 66 13 4 16 13 4 57 10 o 145 o o 26 12 6 39 40 41 42 39 2 6 1426 26 17 6 25 10 o 526 100 o o 43 44 45 46 47 48 Wellsford Wharehine Tauhoa (3) Hoteo North Omaha (Little) Matakana Upper (4) Big Omaha (4) Matakana Lower (4) Mullet Point (4) Mahurangi Heads ... Warkworth 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 56 13 4 61 13 4 55 o ° 55 o o 100 o o 3i 6 3 27 1 3 10 18 7 39 1 3 29 10 o o 14 o 40 12 o 204 o 2 294 o 3 O II o 50 o o 120 O O IOOO 60 O O 60 O o 100 o o 60 o o 100 o o I 90 o o > 100 o oi 39 12 6 L. Gilshenan M IOO o o 49 32 4 6 6 16 o C. W. Greenwood ... M 100 o o 5o 90 o o 155 ° ° 43 1 9 13 14 6 1 18 o 28 5 6 Peter Greenhill A. Campbell Annie Southgate ... Mrs. Cutler R. W. Craig Nellie Horsley A. McNaughton Martin Krippner Mrs. Krippner Mrs. Carroll May Rapson Mrs. Faithfull Robert Kinross Thomas Broun Mrs. Broun G. W. Murray ... Edith Marks Mrs. Marks Martha L. Munro ... Samuel Croker Mrs. Croker M H FP S H S M H AF S F F M H S H FP S F H S IOO o o 120 O O 15 O o 1000 100 o o IOOO 80 o o 120 o o 40 o o 10 o o 80 o o 100 o o 100 o o 80 o o 10 o o 140 o o 20 o o 10 o o 100 o o Dome Valley 68 no o o 23 7 6 6 10 6 51 52 Kaipara Flats Puhoi 69 7° J8 6 8 184 3 4 26 o 0 23 11 6 3 iS 6 S3! 54 Wainui Waiwera (5) Great Barrier (6) Kawau (7) 7i 72 73 74 in 13 4 11 13 4 27 10 o SS 16 8 38 17 6 10 17 0 261 7 8 112 o 18 18 8 55 1276 raitemata 56 Kaukapakapa 75 170 o o 49 7 6 13 8 o 57 Helensville Woodhill 7f> 77 83 6 8 152 1 8 25 IS o 21 17 6 304 14 o 3 7° IOO o o IOOO 58 59 fro 61 62 6.3 Kumeu(4) Hobsonville (4) Riverhead Wade (8) Pukeatua(4) Lucas Creek (4) Stokes Point 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 I 120 o o 101 13 4 47 10 o 42 6 3 29 11 3 22 8 9 44 15 10 1 2 o 3 8 10 C. B. Davis Alfred McCracken ... Annie Rapson M M F 120 O O IOO o o 70 o o ] 96 13 4 168 6 8 34 6 3 31 o o 19 15 ° 688 4 o Elon Bond S. F. Mayhew Mrs. Mayhew Annie Tizard Susan Seaman Thomas H. Smith ... Edith M. Smith Mary C. Tregear ... Margaret McKay ... Emma Kelsher Helen B. Hanson ... H. Holloway Henry Worthington Martin J. Meagher... Annie Jerram Elizabeth Dunning... Jeannie Burnett Arundel M. Beale ... Lenora Kilfoyle Margaret Henry Ellen A. Swain Caroline White Margaret Clark Patience Young Frances M. George... Charlotte Hopper ... Catherine Kilfoyle ... Alice Pettitt Josepfi Brabazon ... Mrs. Brabazon M H S FP F II AF AF AF AF F M H AM AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP AF AF FP FP I-I AF 100 o o 160 o o IOOO 20 O O 80 o o 190 o o So o o 100 o o 60 o o €4 65 Lake ... Devonport «S 86 80 o o 429 1 8 34 1° o 20 15 8 488 5 6 508 1 o 66 67 08 Henderson's Mill ... Titirangi Wellesley Street 87 88 89 75 o o 121 13 4 1,220 11 1 3° 11 3 31 2 6 56 8 9 159 o o 105 o o 1,175 16 IO 44 o o 80 o o 100 o o 395 o o 60 o o 80 o o 70 o o 70 o o 70 o o 50 o o 40 o o 60 o o 60 o o .uckland [B] 20 O O 3° o o 60 o o 56 12 30 o o 35 o o 30 o o 285 o o 5° o o [B] Nelson Street 90 725 18 4 465 19 8 (i) Aided. .st September. (23 (7) Closed 31st March. 0 Opened ist May. (8) Cl 1) Op, losed ened ist July, from ist Februar (4) Half-time school, to 3rst May. (S) Opened ist November. (6) Itinerant; opened

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c , is **"? •j *i; c »j o ° £jz - c O =Q a, .2 >- - H M£*~ c (0 O U Schools. o OQ (U *-> u d V w rt c a, o u ] Main' Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers -itenance. Buildings, and Pupil-teachers Sites, on the Staff at the end rwu r\ j- Furniture, ana of the Year. ■ Other Ordinary A t ' us . ; Expenditure. rr Expenditure for 1879. Q 2 o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Onarter of " 1879. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 150 o o 80 o o 70 o o 50 o o 45 o o 40 o o 20 O O .uckland [B] — contd. Nelson Street— contd. Henry T. Pycroft ... E. G. Wallace Lydia Carr Marion Dunning ... Annie Harkis Lydia Wright Mary Ballantine Catherine Smith E. M. C. Harrison ... G. W. Bradshaw ... R. J. Dilke R. G. Boler Mary T.Taylor ... Elizabeth Sinclair ... Frances Longmore ... Annie H. Currie Sarah Howard Kate Allan Mary A. Lumsden ... Mary S. Mclver Elizabeth H. McKerras Linda Young Miss Barton Annie Revell Kate Hungerford ... C. H. Nicholson Robert Corbett Nevile Morris Annie Drought Mary C. Howard ... Janet Ferguson Harriett Longdill ... Miss M. Wann Florence Taylor Jane F. Sinclair Arabella Ryan Peter Leonard Annie Henry Eliza J. Holder Jessie McColl Annie Maxwell Alexander Grant Herbert Mason Mrs. Grant Eliza F. Young Catherine Hart Isabella Bissett Augusta Gillman ... Esther M. Gill James Glenny Mrs. Burns Benjamin Bailey W. J. Brown Sarah Good Rosanna Bowen Jessie Edmiston Mrs. J. Simpson Andelia Dewar Ellen Gaze Kate B. Lloyd John Edwards J. L. Sinclair Jane Edwards Louisa Lecky Elizabeth Fielder ... Maria Walker W. H. V. Bindon ... John W. Channon ... G. A. Reid Francis Warren Clifford A. Stevens ... Mrs. Jane Skeen Matilda Taylor Elizabeth Hungerford Mary A. Braithwaite Clara Binney Margaret J. Dickson AM AF AF AF AF FP FP FP H AM AM AM AF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP HF AF AF H AM AM AF AF AF FP HF AF AF AF H AF AF FP AF H AM HF AF AF AF FP FP H AF H AM AF AF AF AF FP FP AF H AM AF AF FP FP H AM AM AM AM AF AF AF FP FP PF Beresford Street [B] [B] [B] [B] Howe Street Choral Hall High Street 9 1 92 93 94! 1,040 5 ioi 212 10 o 456 6 8 298 11 8 24 19 6 106 11 n 85 '5 8| 37 14 8 3,7°8 IS 154 15 ° 2 20 3 6 7 5 9 1\ 20 O O 305 o o 135 o o 70 o o 60 o o 70 o o 70 o o 70 o o 55 o o 50 o o 60 o o 40 o o 30 o o 3° o o 3° ° ° IOO o o 70 o o 40 o o 215 o o 60 o o 60 o o 50 o o 40 o o 5° o o 40 o o 170 o o 5° o o 50 o o 48 o o 185 o o 60 o o 70 o o 30 o o 40 o o 155 ° o 120 o o 170 o o 80 o o 70 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 150 o o 60 o o 27S o o 135 o o 70 o o 70 o o 45 o o 70 o o 25 o o 30 o o 40 o o 200 o o Parnell [B] 69 Parnell 95 402 18 4 86 5 6 616 o o Onehunga [B] Onehunga Boys' 294 11 8 30 7 6 o 10 o 70 96 Onehunga Girls' 97 426 13 4 35 19 6 200 Whau ... Vaitemata 71 98 205 o o 18 12 9 Iden 72 Ponsonby 99 SS 6 2 11 53 1 9 1,267 19 8 Newton West 380 16 8 73 IOO 46 o o 10 8 6 Newton East 101 1,028 15 8 65 '5 5 ■ 722 15 6 no o o 70 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 305 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o IOO o o 130 o o 80 o o 70 o o 50 o o 45 o o 25 o 0

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a „ & t ■= 0 A ,J5 > £- *^ .J Xglr-A jj jl" 5 g S **■; a .S sj — u •- h "" ft, DoSr: g Schools. c o z s Sen 35 % rt c a, O (Ll Maintenance. Expenditure for 1S79. ■ Teachers' Names, including all Teachers Buildings, and Pupil-teachers Sites," on the Staff at the end Furniture, ana of the Year. Apparatus. I .j Annual ■5 Salary and a _• Allowances "™ § at the rate d-^ paid during !5t/3 ihe last o Ouarter of A* 1879. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. I j Manukau ... Eden— co«<rf. 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 Newton East— could. Mount Albert Mount Eden Grafton Road Mount Hobson Boys' Mount Hobson Girls' Ellerslie ... Tamaki West Panmure ... Mount Roskill (1) ... Manukau Heads (2) Whatipu Saw-mills(2) Howick ... Pakuranga Otahuhu ... 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 no in 112 "3 114 "5 £ s. d. 258 6 8 279 3 4 560 8 4 3" '3 4 262 18 4; 121 6 8 116 13 4 217 10 o 78 6 8^ 40 6 8 51 16 8 130 o o 230 o o 1 260 o o £ & d. 21 5 o 16 9 5 12 16 3 23 2 6 13 13 5 9 14 o 14 15 o 16 11 8 19 8 10! 16 4 o 18 14 5 70 6 3 £ s. d. Harriett W.Thompson Emily WalKs Mary Allen Jessie McGlas'nan ... 10 13 o Alexander French ... Eva Dickson Jessie French 43 3 o Percy Smallfrelci Clara Sykes Agnes Can132 11 4 James Martin Mary E. MoppetEmily J. Kemp Elizabeth Archibald Elizabeth Martin ... Agnese O'Brien Emma de Carteret ... Clara Westwood 946 Isaac Coburn Jolm Stallworthy ... Agnes N. Grice 910 Mrs. Harden Eleanor P. Baber ... Rose H. Moss 3 13 o Robert M. Mitchell... Mrs. Mitchell 378 17 o Miss E. Bridson 515 6 John H. Seward JaneF. Kells 374 18 10 Miss A. Burns F. G. Griffiths 20 o o Frances Douglas 013 o Mrs. Irvine Mrs. Mclnness 500 William Woodward Mrs. Woodward ... 213 W. B. Wannop Ella Gould Agnes M. Goodwill... 21 9 o W. H. Airey ... i Jessie C. Hart ... | 153 14 7 William McKee ... 2 0 0 Minnie Crago ... '■ 55 11 6 Herbert Woodham ... i Matilda C. Young ... Helen B. Macky ... 10 2 6 George Melrose 120 James Muir Mrs. Muir 293 19 9 George Revell Susan Cole 15 18 o Charles Cooper Oliver Stanton 532 18 o R. D. Stewart Jane C. Spence 10 o o Watkin J. Edwards 16 o o W. C. Castleton 260 John Riordan 557 18 o Francis Leggett Mrs. Leggett ... I 4 o Frederick Forde ... j Mrs. Forde ... ! 10 o o A. Mactier Alfred Palmer 096 Thomas Brownlee ... 388 13 8 George Healey Mrs. Healey Rebecca May John T. Spargo 226 Emma Wily 460 Miss Houghton 315 0 o William Gregory ... Mrs. Evitts 39 19 4 Miss A. Beechc 76 16 6 James Chappell Mary A. Tierney 9 4 6 9 1 o 3 13 o 378 17 o 5 15 6 374 18 10 20 o o 013 o 5 ° o 2 1 3 £ s. d. F P 30 o o F P 30 o o AF 50 o o AF 40 o o H 160 o o A F 60 o o FP FP AF AF H AF FP H AF AF H AF AF AF FP AF AF FP H AM FP HF AF AF H S F H FP F M F HF S II AF H AF FP H FP M F H AF FP M H S H AF M M H AF M M M H S H AF M M M H S AF MP F F H S F II FP F P 40 o o II 175 00 A F 60 o o AF 55 o o II 245 o o AF 80 o o AF 70 o o A F 40 o o F P 40 o o AF 35 o o A F 60 o o F P 30 o o H 175 o o AM 100 0 o F P 40 o o HF ifco o o AF 30 o o AF 45 o o H 118 4 o S 10 o o F 100 o o H 160 o o F P 50 o o F 140 o o M 44 o o F 56 o o HF 120 o o S 10 o o II 160 o o AF 80 o o H 160 o o AF 70 o o F P 30 o o H 140 o o FP 35 o o M. 120 o o F 100 o o II 160 o o AF 80 o o F P 25 o o M 120 o o H 120 o o Mangere ... 116 175 o Oj 2176 2190 85 86 87 88 Woodside Flat Bush Otara 117 118 119 118 6 8 IOO o o 264 3 4 26 5 o 29 15 o: 16 13 9' 153 14 7 200 55 11 6 89 90 Turanga Creek Papakura Valley ... 120 121 13 4 128 6 8, 21 2 6, 26 2 6 10 2 6 121 120 91 Papakura,.. Drury Ardmore ... Wairoa South 122 123 124 125 235 o °| 120 o o 1 80 O 0 247 1 8j 15 16 8 16 5 o 34 12 6 35 o 7 293 19 9 15 18 o S 10 o o H 160 o o A F 80 o o M 120 o o M 80 o o II 150 o o AF 80 o o M 100 o o M 120 o o 92 93 532 18 o 94 95 Ness Valley Hunua Ararimu Maketu ... 126 127 128 129 IOO o o 123 6 8 105 o o 130 o o 22 12 6 44 11 4 23 17 6 39 2 6 10 o o 1600 260 557 18 o M 100 00 H 120 0 o S 10 o o H 160 o o AF 80 o o M 40 o o M 32 o o M 30 o o H 160 o o S 10 o o AF 45 o o MP 40 o o F 60 o o F 60 0 o H 100 0 o S 10 o o F 100 o o 96 Bombay 130 240 o o 22 10 o 1 4 o 97 98 99 Awhitu No. 1 Awhitu No. 2 (3) ... Pollock (3) Waiuku 131 132 133 134 44 3 4 36 15 2j 30 16 8 252 1 8 13 18 9 22 10 o 33 6 3 51 2 6 1000 096 388 13 8 Brookside (4) Kariaotahi (5) Kohekohe I3S 136 137 5° o o 20 o 0! 103 6 8 16 12 6 6 n 3 i? 5 *-> 226 460 315 0 o Maioro Waipipi 138 139 100 o o 155 2 7 18 10 o 15 12 6 39 19 4 76 16 6 II 140 o o F P 30 o o New Sd 2 >ol; I -I ipened ist May* [. Ia. (2) Aided school, (3) Half-time school. (4) Reopened Ist February. (5) New school; opened 4th August,

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■5 §,s J 1 d o U Schools. C A j c s '"5 a Maintenance. Expenditure for il ■79. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. .9-3 c 2 o — o a. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of i8Y9U rt a a. •5« Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Vlanukau — contd. Waitangi Puni 140 £ s. d. IOO o o £ «■ d21 15 o 18 o o £ s. d. 22 5 6 Annie Bischoff John Chilman Miss Gooch James Hogwood Annie Murray Sarah Eker John F. McKinlay ... Margaret A. Smith... Mrs. Cummings Mrs. C B. Sharpe ... Minnie Collins Miss L. Black D. O'Donoghue Emma Revell W. DeR. Turner ... George Calvert Marie Austin Not intended to reopen school R. J. Pearce Alfred Litten Henry Thomas Gibson Mrs. Caldwell J. B. Rockliff Miss L. De Carteret Sarah Coupland Sarah E. Marshall ... Josiah Box L. W. Edwards Thos Halliwell (4) ... Wynne C. S. Gray (5) T. G. Compton Frederick Chillcott ... Sarah Gott Minnie Lamb Ellen Steedman Kate Truscott Mrs. McManus G. N. Phillips Charles Gribble J. Lyon Scott William Smith Miss A. Horgan Mrs. Tregonning ... Janet Williams Mary J. Mcllhone ... Jessie J. Whyte Eliza J. McNiece ... Mary A. McDonald Jessie W. Paterson ... Rosabel Wolff Andrew Calhoun (5) Mary A. Stanton ... Agnes Hamilton Mrs. Osboldstone ... George B. Horgan ... Mrs. Horgan Horatio Phillips Albert Gerring C. H. Otway Mrs. Phillips Miss C. Crowther ... Emily E. Day Priscilla Greenville ... Mary M. J. Harris... Louisa J. Joslin Mrs. Macky Miss F. Haselden ... Emelia A. Boon Mary Lovatt Nellie Jones Mary Murrish Sarah J. Fisher Eliza Davies Charlotte Joynt Mrs. Floyd F H S H FP S H FP AF HF FP F II AF M H AF £ s.d. IOO o o 120 O O 100 141 122 IO O 101 102 Patumahoe Pukekohe West Pukekohe East 142 143 144 184 II 8 235 IS o 129 11 8 21 5 O 22 2 7 24 I O 13 10 9 14 o o 3 7 4 IO O O 140 o o 35 o o IOOO 160 O o 30 o o 40 o o 120 O O 25 o o 120 O O 160 O o 70 o o 100 o o 120 O O 55 o 0 103 Harrisville Tuakau 145 146 120 O O 229 3 4 14 IO O 25 2 6 19 o o 104 i°5 Pokeno Hill Pokeno Valley (1) ... i47 148 123 6 8 "9 3 4 19 11 3 22 13 9 28 o o 42 2 3 Queen's Redoubt (2) 149 97 10 0 14 o o 11 5 9 Maungatawhiri Valley Miranda (3) Coromandel 15° 151 IS 2 IOO o o 38 4 4 277 IO o 20 I o o 7 15 6 13 14 o 396 2 6 IOO O O Thames [B] 'oromandel [B] 106 107 108 109 no in Driving Creek Whangapoua Mercury Bay Tararu Eureka ... Waio Karaka (6) ... 153 154 155 156 i57 158 312 IO o 71 13 4 116 13 4 503 18 4 97 IO 0 717 18 4 44 3 o 25 19 7 29 15 o 24 12 6 43 o 9 5 n 6 57 i° " 2,689 8 7 40 12 8 14 7 6 1900 M M II AF H AF FP FP M M H H AM AM AF FP F P FP F II AM AM AM FP S AF FP FP FP FP FP FP H AF AF AF H S H AM AM AF AF AF AF FP AF AF HF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP S 120 O O 180 O o IOO o o 160 o o 100 o o 20 o o 20 O O 80 o o IOO o o 211 OO 181 O O 120 O O 60 O O 80 O O 30 O O 20 O O 25 o o 90 o o 331 o o 135 ° ° 60 o o 60 o o 30 o o 20 o o 50 o o 25 o o 25 o o 25 o o 25 o o 20 o o [B] Waiotahi Creek 159 f 433 6 8 63 2 9 82 4 2 20 o o 100 o o 100 o o [B] Punga Flat no o o 22 16 3 SO o o 60 o o 100 o o 160 [B] 112, Kauaeranga Boys' ... Kauaeranga Girls' ... l6l 828 6 8 56 11 n 179 14 6 10 o o 31S o o 150 o o 60 o o 80 o o 120 o o 70 o o 25 o o 3° o o 35 o o 45 o o 200 O O 80 O O 70 o o 45 o o 45 o a 25 o o 20 o o 15 o o 20 o o [B] 162 49i '3 4 53 4 i 1,100 10 o * (i) New sc! yiouslv known hool; as Th; ripened ist January, ones School. (2) Closed 30th September. (3) Aided; opened in September. (4) On leave. (J) Act): Ig, (6) Pre.

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c i — ° a 3 z s a >■ jr." r. £'- 5 E £*3« ~ uta ___,:£ u--jz z "e. -to H .5 0 Z . 11 ij o O Schools, £- £1 S3 P CU o V Mainter Expenditure for 1S79. nance- Buildings, Sites, ,-.., r\ )• Furniture, ana Other Ordinary A tlls , expenditure. rr iance. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at tlie end of the Year. c — ... o c ° 'Bin o a. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. Salaries. 'hames iaglan ... »raikato lamilton [B] faikato ... faipa IlS 119 I20 121 122 123 124 I2.S 126 127 128 129 130 "3 114 "5 116 117 Hastings Tairua(i) Parawai Turua Puriri Hikutaia (2) Paeroa Mackaytown (3) Waitekauri Raglan Waitetuna Ruapuke (4) Te Mata Harapipi Mercer Rangiriri Huntly( 5 ) Taupiri Hamilton East Hautapu Cambridge Ngaruawahia 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 .78 179 180 181 182 183 184 £ s. d. 167 18 4 75 16 8 206 5 o 83 6 8 IOO o 0 58 6 8 127 10 o 65 o o 88 12 4 103 6 8 68 6 8 ri3S°o 100 o o 128 13 4 69 16 8 96 13 4 73 6 8 260 o o 128 6 8 245 8 4 218 6 8 £ s. d. £ s. d, 16 10 o 090 23 S o 13 6 6 020 28 18 9 21 12 6 76 1 o 12 17 0 21 6 6 19 o 3 16 5 o 17 9 3 13 6 6 22 6 3 35 o o 32 O O 200 O O 26 17 6 129 12 6 49 8 9 219 18 6 31 2 6 3 3 9 27 2 6 3 11 6 27 6 3 15 o o 18 10 o 16 8 2 31 63 0199 21 13 9 15 2 6 29 2 6: 23 o 6 22 6 3 406 13 5 17 o o 32 o 6 John Murray Mary Murray Miss R. M. O'Brien W. J. B. Crawford ... Mrs. Davis William Johnson ... Ellen Bennett William B. Graham C. K. Cornforth ... H R.Hyatt John Ritchie Mrs. Ritchie Thomas M. Minchin Thomas Murphy John N. Pegler Mrs. Pegler James La Trobe ( William Johnstone . \ Mrs. Falwasser 1 William Johnstone (.Mrs. Oldham Robert Ormsby Joseph Calvert Henry R. Reid G. K. Mulligan Mrs. Reddy Arthur O. Field Mrs. Field Henrietta Allen Robert Maclaurin ... Catherine Maclaurin C. J. Ashwell Martha Alf ord Elizabeth Tristram... Colonel C. C. Rookes Mrs. Rookes John T. Giffney John M. Murray ... Mrs. Murray Susan Murray Edith Nicholson H. N. Le Gallais ... Miss L. Dawson Archibald Douglas ... J. R. Carter Mrs. Carter Mrs. Ellen Trobe ... George Thwaites ... Emily Krippner T. W. H. Coulter ... Mrs. Coulter B. Bedford Mrs. Bedford W. R. Fosbroke Mrs. Fosbroke Alfred Benge Mrs. Driller Norman Matheson... Mrs. Tristram William II. Pooley ... F.W.Stoddard Mrs. Gallaher Mrs. Morton Percy E. Stevens Maud Nicholson Eliza Allely Margaret J. Allely ... Alfred Pinker R. O. Stewart Thomas E. Wyatt ... Miss Parkinson Alexandrian Tinling H AF S H s H AF M M M I-I S M M II S M H S H S M M M M F H AF FP H S H AF AF H AF M H AF FP AF H S M H AF F H F P H S H AF II S H S H S M M HF AF H AF FP F M M H AF AF £ s. d1 ?o o o 40 o o 10 o o 120 O O IOOO 140 o o 55 o o 60 o o 100 o o 100 o o 120 O O IOOO IOO o o 80 o o 100 o o IOOO 60 o o 120 o o IOOO 1000 IOO o o IOO o o 66 10 o 100 o o 80 o o 175 o o 70 o o 20 o o 120 o o 1000 160 o 0 70 o o 30 o o 175 o o 60 o o 100 o o 190 o o So o o 20 o o 105 o o 120 O O lamilton [B] 131 132 Pukete (6) Hamilton West 185 186 50 o o 277 15 ° 11 10 o 236 8 8 24 9 7 499 o 3 ?aipa Whatawhata no o o 22 10 o 339 o o 133 187 134 135 Ngahinepouri (7) ... Alexandra 188 189 35 16 8 215 o o 500 16 18 3 87 15 6 IOOO 60 o o 140 o o 60 o o 136 137 Paterangi... Ohaupo ... 190 191 IOO o o 144 3 4 33 15 o 22 5 o 6 14 6 32 15 o 836 120 O O 120 00 25 o o 120 O O IOOO 138 Te Rahu ... 192 115 o o 139 Pukerimu 193 160 o o 19 17 6 2 12 2 120 o o 40 o o 120 o o 140 Rangiaohia 194 i°9 3 4 3i 10 oi 5 5 6 141 Te Awamutu 195 154 10 o 62 5 o IOOO 120 O O IOOO 120 O O 142 Kihikihi ... 196 155 16 8 27 17 6, 252 16 o 'iako 143 144 Waitoa ... Katikati No. 1 (8) ... Katikati No. 2 (9) ... 197 198 199 73 6 8 31 13 4; 60 o o. 28 3 9 ! 23 3 9 3 19 1 8 12 6 402 o 8 IOOO 60 O O 80 O O 'auranga ■45 Tauranga 200 272 1 8| 23 16 3 13 10 6 120 O O 40 O O 175 o o 80 o o 30 o o 52 o o IOOO Greerton ... Maketu (Native) (10) Whakatane „ (10) Opotiki ... 61 13 4 IOOO 30 1 3j o 18 6 146 201 'hakatane 202 203 204 IOOO 240 o o I ! I 25 12 6; 40 9 o IOOO 160 o o 50 o o 3° o ° 147 (1) Re-opei 5) Opened is 9) Opened in ned is it jam May. Bt June. (2) Opened ist May. uary. (6) Opened ist June, "(io) Aided, (3) Opened ist February. (4) Half-timi iff) Closed from February to 30th Septen school with Te Mata; 01 iber. (8) Closed from J pened ist January. iune to September,

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TARANAKI.

la I? ° .= Ir t. o j* a j*! '3 jj M o 6 Z^ a .^ I s c (3 Schools. O „; do *| £ M u rt m rt 0 s=u o <u Maintenance. Expenditure for i; '79. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers* Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. £0' p 2 .2 "8 ,5<n o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure, Visiting Teachers. £ s. d. 260 o o 150 o o 275 o o 150 o o IOO o o [ n and Singing, Auckland ... ,, Thames ... „ Waikato ... Drill, Auckland ,, Thames Science Lectures 1 repaid to Board Fund £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.| 256 13 4 153 6 o 95 16 8 42 3 8 27 15 6 14 16 3 ... j 29 3 4 Expenditure on Schools not opened in 1879. 19 13 2! 676 i960 Thomas Cranwell ... John Grigg Thomas A. Bell(i)... Owen Mahon (2) William J. Barlow (3) boil f**i *- ba2 'heques dra■n ani Mangawhare and Kaitangi Tara wera Lake Victoria Valley JEa-j 3 6 8 219 16 o Repaid to Board Fund Furniture Insurance Plans and supervision Rates of unoccupied site in Napier Street Expenditure on Buildings not classified. ... I ... ... 3,974 2 4 ... j ... ... 193 12 4 ... i ... ... 176 15 o ... ; ... ... 1,242 7 5 ... j ... ... 3 17 6 32,678 9 6 5,174 10 2 32,899 9 7 32,678 9 6 I 5,174 10 2

'aranaki... 1 2 Okato Tataraimaka Oakura ... 1 2 3 72 8 n 62 19 7 117 8 6 on 6 2318 o 4 7 6 18 2 o R. J. Cattley F. S. Roebuck William Richards ... Alice Mace M F M FP in o o 60 12 o 129 8 o 800 Koru (4) ... Omata 129 14 o 204 184 13 o 4 9° G. W. Potts M. Grayling A. Newsham W. J. McKee Jane Cock Mary Brooking Mary Leatbam L. E. Shaw Mary St. George Mary Pratt George O'Connell ... Mary Scott John Hill E. McLauchlan B. Billing A. M. Swanston R. A. N. Earl W. I. GraylingM S M P M AF F AF F AF A!F M AF M F F F M M 4 124 4 o 15 00 800 168 o o 25 o o 153 o o 25 o o 143 o o 30 o o 25 o o 178 o o 25 o o 119 14 o 78 o o 89 14 o 79 o o III 18 o 70 16 o -lew Plymouth [B] [B] West 223 13 8 461 990 3 5 Gill Street 6 215 6 o 5 10 4 21 8 6 [B] Kawau 7 218 17 6 4 19 o 133 3 o [B] East 8 188 19 8 411 2 220 Frankley Road Mangorei Lower (5) Mangorei Upper (6) Kent Road Albert Road (7) Egmont Village Upper Kent Road (8) Smart Road (9) Lower Egmont (9) ... Bell Block Boys' ... 9 IO 123 18 6 92 5 3 90 4 9 119 -3 o 17 13 8 93 1 11 1 12 9 020 10 15 6 13 8 7 13 19 6 580 4 5° 1 15 6 93 7 o 18 18 10 94 18 3 4 17 6 4 II 060 5 12 I3 '4 1 14 o 264 15 16 17 61 12 o 61 5 6 126 10 6 O 12 O O76 William Collis T. B. Bennett Samuel Bell Catherine Hogarth ... Ada Putt J. Colesby W. II. Tobin Minnie Joll James Hall Alfred Hunt M. M. Sutherland ... M M M M P F FP F M FP M M P F 62 5 o 6l 12 0 133 6 o 800 Bell Block Girls' ... 18 186 8 o o 19 O 4 17 6 97 10 o 800 98 16 o 150 4 o "8 o o 135 18 o 800 72 10 o Waitara West Waitara East 19 20 110 20 154 11 o 1 14 o I 2 13 o 26 8 o 286 8 o 8 Manutahi 21 133 14 o 7 5 o 98 o 2 Huirangi (10) Wortley Road (8) ... Tikorangi 22 99 2 6 in 4 1 15 o 96 8 6 156 6 6 460 17 o 9 23 15° 6 5 R. Morgan Mary Mace M.J. Fuller Robert Stevens A. E. Drake H. Kerr A. G. Oldfield M AP&S F M F FP M 158 o o 40 o o 96 4 o 126 16 o 127 16 o 800 10 Urenui Inglewood Boys' Inglewood Girls' 24 25 26 66 6 o 91 11 o 129 16 7 2 II 8 21 2 10 o 16 o 11 14 3 o 17 3 o 188 10 2 Norfolk Road (11) ... Waipuku (4) Unclassified expendit. 27 40 17 2 10 2 551 19 1 574 19 6 91 8 3 125 10 o 138 16 5 ''3.097 17 7 2321O 5 3)217 7 4 (1) From is' [6) Closed from |ro) Closed fron luilding fund fo: it June n 16th rn 1st rr rent 2, (2) .From 1st August. (3) From ist Septen 1 January to 31st March. (7) Closed from i$tl October to 16th November. (11) New; openec allowances to teachers. iber. (4) Ne' 1 January to K ist Septembei w; notopened. 3th November. * This aim (<0 Closed from ist Janu; (8) Not finished. (1 runt includes £215 14s, K rry to ] }) Hali rd. pair 14C11 February, f-time schools, d from school

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= ii i-> 'J3 Ji O rrr 1- . V1 "5 *3 tr ° A =3 A * — £ V - 1° j5 S « SO H Mr.S o d t,r—. o U Schools. o o'o Maintenance. Expenditure for II i79. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers* Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teacbers on the Staff at the end of the Year. c ° o — o 0. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. s 2 o a Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Patea 1 Normanby Hawera ... I £ ■■ d157 15 6 295 12 o £ : <118 5 7 26 6 9 £ s. d. 44 5 6 83 13 1 J. C. Hill... A. Mair ... Rebecca Williams ... E.J. Hay R. T. Brown H. H.Dyer Thomas Lloyd Kate Williams W. L. Weiss Ethel Hall D. Scott ... Ellen Jordan D. Low ... Sara Cameron R.J.Moore D. H. Pattie D. H. Guthrie J. Nelson... John Shipper James Dawson Rosa Dawson E. Cooper... Sarah Blyth Mary Hoey Helen West Maggy Hoey Isabella Sim E. Brown (4) M. Fearnley Charles Steedman ... C. H. W. Lock ... Frank Parkes George Perry Mrs. Hoey Agnes McDonald ... Sarah Patterson Minnie Harding Isabella BlahAnnie E. Buckthought M II AP F M H AM AF M F H FP MP F M M M M M H AF F HF AF FP FP FP AP H AM AM MP MP HF AF FP PP FP FP M F M M F M H AF £ a- a. 165 o o 223 8 o 75 o o 92 o o 175 1° ° 235 IO o 140 o o 75 o o IOO o o 76 o o 252 12 O 25 o o 30 o o 7200 175 10 o 80 o o 123 00 130 o o 32 o o 197 o o 105 o o 120 5 o 290 o o 75 o o 40 o o 30 o o 25 ° o 18 o o 500 o o 320 o o 150 o o 40 o o 30 o o 150 o o 75 o o 30 o o 25 O Q 25 o O 25 o o 145 o o 76 o o 88 o o 2 2 3 4 S Manutahi (1) Kakaramea Carlyle District High 3 4 5 74 o o 172 4 o 367 1 8 10 17 6 17 o o 32 o 6 43 7 o 89 9 11 79 3 o 6 7 8 Whenuakura Kohi (2) ... Waverley... 6 7 8 99 o o 62 6 8 276 17 3 13 o o 8 15 o 3° 14 3 41 1 c 387 11 4 344 19 0 Wanganui 9 10 11 12 Waitotara Maxwelltown Brunswick (3) Goat Valley Upokongaro Brownlee (1) Aramoho... 9 10 n 12 85 13 4 173 9 2 45 7 9 123 17 6 116 2 6 45 4 5 272 9 o 9 iS ° 17 10 o 5 12 6 14 2 6 14 12 6 4 17 6 21 1 o 6 30 3 6 278 12 o 22 17 o 78 12 5 324 9 8 rJ4 18 0 803 5 6 13 14 •5 13 14 IS Wanganui m 16 17 Mosstown Wanganui Girls' District High 16 17 105 14 6 418 10 10 14 5 ° 96 8 9 92 6 6 497 6 o [B] Wanganui Boys' District High 18 922 2 6 538 13 1 [B] Wanganui Infants'... 26 4 o 19 241 13 4 Wanganui 18 19 20 Okoia(5)... Mars Hill (1) Kaitoki ... Matarawa Denlair ... Wangaehu Turakina... 119 19 2 75 8 o in 1 8 8700 55 o ° 116 00 276 19 8 14 12 6 IOOO II 26 "7 '3 9 106 6 3 20 Rangitikei 21 22 21 22 23 24 2 5 26 1200 526 11 17 6 23 14 1 141 4 2 i43 9 "j 223 18 8 270 o 6| M. Lock ... J. Magrath J. H. Reynolds Eliza Ellis C. W. Lee A. W. Williamson ... Mrs. Boddy IOO o o 80 o o 116 00 204 7 6 50 o o 23 24 25 26 Kaiwangaroa (6) ... Glen Nevis Upper Tutaenui 27 28 46 o o 211 s 8 600 24 8 10 159 9 6[ IOOO G. Milson W. Cole ... Ella Stevens ... D. Quinlan Annie Astbury A. Stevens J. W. Gillett , ... Harriet Stedman Mary Roache E. Stevens Mary Campion A. P. Burnham J. McDonald Henry Steward T. W. Postans Mary Tyerman Jane Tait... M H AF M v F H AF F? F PP M F M H AF F 40 o o 192 12 O 25 o o IOO o o 80 o o 88 o o 278 5 o 93 15 ° 25 o o 144 5 o 30 0 o 112 40 IOO O O 72 0 0 208 7 O 75 o o III 12 6 293 3 O 27 28 29 3° Porewa (7) Turakina Valley W. Rangitikei (2) ... Marton ... 29 3° 31 32 86 10 o 79 o o 72 13 4 407 3 3 6 12 6 9 17 6 5 17 6 30 3 9 316 9 6 120 14 0 75 4 10 406 12 io, Marton [B] Rangitikei Mount View 155 8 1 14 1 7 114 18 6 31 33 32 33 34 35 Crofton ... Greatford... South Makirikiri ... Bull's ... 34 35 36 37 129 19 4 97 o o 92 o o 304 12 II 16 o o 11 12 6 9 12 6 32 12 9 29 10 4 1606 34 4 0 6 12 4 t 36 37 38 Parawanui (8) Lower Rangitikei (9) Halcombe 38 39 4° 120 9 8 347 3 3 6 10 o 426 29 15 o 247 8 7 646 13 5 W. H. Harris Mrs. Harris S. C. Gray Joseph Dinsdale H AF PP M 241 IO o 75 o o 30 o o 108 18 o Manawatu 39 Bunnythorpe (10) ... Makino Road (6) ... Feilding ... 4i 18 3 o 308 6 3 125 o o 732 6 1 40 42 34i 14 3 32 4 o P. C. Dowling Mrs. Dowling S. R. Nathan Hannah Roache H af: FP; FP 259 7 6 75 o o 25 o o 25 o o (1) For elr 6) Not yet in < rrven rperal nonths. (2) For ten 11 ion. ■ (7) For nine mouth; ronths. (3) For ei r. (8) Formerly halfight months, -time. (9) Clr (4) Teaches singing only, rsed. (10J For two month's. C<) For ten mi rnthsr, closed.

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WELLINGTON.

EUr*^ ° I* si 2 2 6 °A'-vZ2m z„trJ) . j.'. y V C) — 3 oi - r3 > '£ 5 0S' 3CQj '& In o °i3.= - a 5t j5 mt o g <-> a 0 Schools. o oj o"o <* si >(/) P ■§ u ni « rt B Cu O u CJ « Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. itenance. Buildings, Sites, r .,, ,-, ,. Furniture, ana Txpendfnne' 7 *»«"»■ , Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. C —' — o B ? .Sen o Pa Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter 0." 1879. ianawatu— continued. 41 Sandon 43 £ ■• d. 309 5 9 £ »• d*i 27 6 o. £ s. d. 39 12 o A. England Ann Sanson S. Phillips H AF F £ ■■ d 225 11 c 75 o c 48 o c 42 Waitohi ... Campbelltown (i) ... Awahuri ... Taonui Stoney Creek Palmerston North ... 44 55 6 8 700 8 12 6 'almerston [B] 43 44 45 46 Carnarvon Karere Foxton 45 4 6 47 48 89 12 6 134 7 6 88 19 o 372 4 o 89 16 8 143 1 3 339 19 8 12 o o 17 7 6 13 12 6' 32 16 3 11 00 18 8 6 27 3 9 2100 168 o 9 288 3 6 10 3 6 233 1 o 38 5 6 352 18 o 686 9 11 E. M. Menzies A. J. S. Seaton J. Stewart F. E. Watson A. Watson Mary Goodison Emma Relf G. S. Harper A. Gower... C. Hulke... Flora McPhee E. A. Nash E. Grace ... M M M H AF FP PP M M II AF FP F 88 o c 146 10 c 94 10 c 262 12 ( 75 o c 30 o c 25 o c 88 o c 150 o c 225 15 c 93 15 c 40 o c 96 O C lanawatu 47 48 49 49 5° 51 5° Motoa Otaki (2)... New Offices Plans, inspection, and tracings 52 89 15 o 11 17 6 1 5 o 36 o o 251 18 o 193 8 11 9,118 1 2 862 5 10 10,797 9 o

rairarapa East rairarapa West 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tinui Bideford (3) Gladstone (3) Waihenga Eketahuna (4) Mauriceville Opaki Fern Ridge Masterton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 105 o oj 28 17 6 42 o o 166 13 4 25 o o 160 o o 123 15 o 163 6 8 65S 6 9 12 IO O 4 2 6, 60O 25 O O 27 10 o 12 IO O 25 O O 77 10 o 14 I o 334 7 ° 49 11 10 106 17 6 246 2 o 28 o o H. Hansen Miss Wilkinson Dorothea Hamilton... J. Badland R. Williams L. Johnstone E. Mathews Frederick Gover j. J. Pilkington W. Waite L. Keeling M. Robins C. McKenzie M. J. Baillie J. Berry I3)avid Barry Mrs. Palmer F F F M M M F M H AM AF FP FP FP M H AF 105 o 100 o 100 o 160 o 100 o 160 o 127 10 150 o 290 o 160 o 80 o 45 ° 40 o 35 o 100 o 3asterton [B] 7 8 rairarapa West Waingawa Clareville ... no o o 258 11 8 264 15 o 9 10 o 9 IO IO II 12 10 0] 35 o 0' 200 o II Park Vale (5) Carterton 12 190 10 6 451 12 o 100 o 12 13 407 15 o 67 10 o C. A. Richards Mrs. Jones — Kay F. Fairbrother James Leete Rev. T. Porritt C. F. Scale Emily Burcle Agnes Haigh T. Wakelin Mrs. Fugle John Gurr F. McFarlane E. W. Gurr C. A. Cox H. Gurr E. Samuel E. Evans Jeremiah Hurley ... M. E. Jordan E. Barber Euphemia Bowie R. Johnston Anna Milne Henry Willis Mrs. Willis Anna Boulcott Alice Frethey Eliza Speedy J. Paterson H AF AM MP M H AF FP FP M F H AM MP FP FP M F H AF FP FP M FP H AF FP FP FP F 2-jO O 80 o 100 o 40 o 120 O 250 O no o 13 14 Matarawa Greytown... 14 15 120 o o 457 18 4 18 15 o 57 1° o 16 14 o 537 5 6 i5 16 Kaitara ... Tauherinikau Featherston 16 '7 18 132 10 o 70 16 8 533 6 8 18 15 o 12 10 o 65 o o 169 3 0 30 o 3° o 170 o 100 o 25° ° 140 o 60 o I? !utt 18 ■9 Kaiwaiwai Mungaroa (6) Upper Hutt '9 20 21 129 13 9 58 6 8 437 o o 12 10 o 6 5 o[ 55 o o 14 14 o 319 17 6 860 10 3 50 o 35 ° 140 o IOO o 250 o 112 IO 20 21 Taita Hutt 22 23 262 10 o 461 13 4 30 o o 62 10 o 174 14 ° 169 18 6 35 ° 35 ° 210 o 45 ° 240 o no o 45 o 40 o 30 o 100 o Wainuiomata 91 13 4 12 10 o 17 10 6 22 24 (i) 3District not yet formed, but site ;rante< V schor (2) Not yet n operation. (; ilj not open. (6) New schoi i) Aided school. (4) New school; open three months. )1; open seven months.

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0 A'-v 3Ais o ° iS-c - c £3 mt: a 6 2 j 53 a o u Schools. o o"o Sot o H or ii C cr. O IT O ro Maintenance. Expenditure for 1 179. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stalf at the end of the Year. u a ~ c 2 c t; 35 OJ o fc Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarier of 1879. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. utt— contd. 23 24 25 Korokoro Horokiwi ... Judgeford (1) Pahautanui 25 26 27 28 £ S. d. 120 o o 120 00 25 o o 206 o o £ s. d. 650 25 o o £ s. <iC. R. Joplin F. W. Connell Miss Chatwin W. Singer Miss C. L. Singer ... Edmund Jupp Mrs. Jupp J. Home ... Annie Duncan Alice Nott Arthur Clare George S. Evans Clara Storey Alice Mullins J. S. Prendeville W. Marten Mrs. Marten W. Mowbray W. H. Lewis J. K. Manning J. McGowan Annie Davis Sarah Dimant Laura Medley Tellira Watson Alice Bright Ada Dowdeswell L. M. Devereux Ethleen Scott — Rutter... M M F M FP M S M FP F M M FP FP M II AF I-I AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP FP HF AF FP £ s. d, 120 O C 120 O C 273 17 6 14 11 o IOO o c 170 o c 3° ° « IOO o c 30 o o 26 Porirua 29 103 6 8 25 o o 400 27 Tawa Flat 30 262 10 o 32 10 o 784 1 6 20 O t 210 O c 28 29 30 Ohariu Johnsonville Kaiwara ... Makara ... Karori 3i 32 33 120 o o 116 13 4 247 10 o 190 o o 260 o o 25 o o 18 1.5 o 40 o o 22 10 O 40 o o iS 15 o 84 12 o 921 8 7 31 10 o 50 o c 120 o c 140 o c 190 o c 40 o c 35 o < 190 o c 180 o < 80 o < 37° o <■ 200 O < 160 o t 31 32 34 35 'ellington .33 Thorndon 36 I 1,154 11 8 117 10 o 101 4 11 Thorndon Infants' ... no o ( 80 O ( 50 o c 45 o t 40 o < 40 o c 35 o - I50 O c 80 o < [B] 37 164 11 8 25 o .0 72 3 2 [B] [B] [B] Sydney Street (2) ... Flobson Street (3) ... Terrace ... 2,000 o o 4,010 14 10 137 6 4 45 o < 38 83516 8 92 10 o J. Young C. Watson Mrs. Young Ellen Young Grace Lindsay Grace Osborne Olivia Payne W. H. Holmes E.W.Austin M. Richmond P. Watson N. Barnard J. M. Steele Amy Davis N. Redward II AM AF FP FP FP FP H AM AF AF FP FP FP FP 330 o c 200 o c 112 IO C 34 Te Aro ... 45 o < 40 o c 30 o c 30 o c 33° o c 200 o c [B] 35 39 964 3 4 IOO o 0 49 o 1 Upper Willis Street (4) Mount Cook Boys' ... no o c 100 o c 50 o c 40 o c 40 o c 35 ° < [B] [B] 1.345 12 6 130 o o 76 7 10 195 19 3 C. J. Hardy, B.A. ... E. R. Lillington A. E. Robertson E. McGowan E. Gooder F. Bennett E. A. McNeill N. S. Jones W. N. Dempsey A. Whitehouse M. Macdonald M. Massey George Robinson K. H. Tarn E. Helyer H. McGowan E. Maunder Kathleen Bastin S. E. Wallis A. R. Warren Emily Brown Mary Cook C. A. Francis J. Wilkinson B. Huntley N. Craig Grace Sutherland ... H AM AF AF AF AM FP FP MP FP FP FP MP HF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP HF AF AF FP FP 35° ° « 200 o c no o c 36 40 100 o c 80 o c IOO o c 50 o c 5° o c 60 o c 787 18 4 50 o c 35 o < 35 ° « 40 o c 247 10 c 112 10 C [B] Mount Cook Girls' ... 41 97 10 o 378 1 1 no o c 80 o c 80 o c Mount Cook Infants' 5° ° « 50 o c 40 o c 35 ° t 240 o c 150 o c 100 o c 45 ° « 45 o c [B] 42 707 10 o 132 10 o ,)8 10 o (1) New school; ope: 3 months. (J) Site. (3) Site, ,£'2.$00. (.() Not open,

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HAWKE'S BAY.

rp y o id 0 A > 3 A X-iPA-; J3 rrr o " Tl -Q ir S r- ~ 11 -I O ° iS-=" C A 5 H 1Q H *■»■§.= o" '- 4 Schools. o OT - o" c tin Maintenance. Expenditure for i 179. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, Including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. U •S-3 c S C -rj .Bi/i G fc Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Ouarter of ~ 1879. 1 § g- Salaries. U O " Other OrdinaryExpenditure. lutt— contd. £ s. d. Mount Cook Infants' — contd. £ s. d. £ s. d. Eleanor Gal way Emma Archer K. Watkins — Page ... T. F. Reeve Emma Barnard FP FP FP FP M FP £ s. d. 40 o o 35 o o 35 o o 30 o o 150 o o 35 o o 37 Newtown (i) ... 43 [ 147 18 4 IO o o 42 16 6 37 Newtown (2) Furniture, &c. 800 o 0 125 11 6 12,880 17 2 1,626 7 6 I4.I.3.3 S I'

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MARLBOROUGH.

NELSON.

a *.. z-~> o^ **■§ sLS.3 X jjp m J?; £ U CQ v .E2 - J3 as M C d |s s o u Schools. o d o U to in cd C a, o u Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 18-79. ; Teachers' Names, ! including all Teachers nenance. Buildings, and Pupil-teachers —j Sites, on the Staff at the end L-i,, r. t Furniture, ana : of the Year. Other Ordinary A t ' Expenditure. ri \ .2-3 a ? °u 35trO o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. 'aipawa—■ contd. 21 Waipukurau 26 212 2 I £ 8. d 27 8 2 £ s. d. 73 10 o J. Poole Mrs. Poole E. Doria C. Morton M AF F M M F F M M AF £ s. d. 173 5 o 40 o o no o o 22 23 2-1 2 5 26 Porangahau Ashley Clinton Takapau Ormondville Norsewood Danevirk Woodville 27 28 29 30 3i 32 33 124 13 4 104 3 4 7o 15 o 121 12 6 17 15 o 1 6 1 o oj 15 5 o 49 5 o 26 15 4} 32 o o 84 17 o 676 26 7 o ... IOO o o 346 5 °! no o o 757 4 3 F. Gundrie E. Thomson A. P. Tennent G. W. Crawford A. Keenan 100 o o 123 00 151 13 4 152 7 o 162 o o 178 11 6 50 o o 27 28 135 19 3 157 11 3 206 15 4 Blackburn Makaretu Advertising, School Committees 7" 8 9 i>3i5 6 1 11 00 26 o o 6,202 7 6 i°.977 3 1 (1)

llenheim [B] 'icton [B] larlborough 3 4 High School Lower Boys' Girls' Infants' ... Picton Havelock Renwiek ... 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 850 IO o 398 3 4 260 o o 225 10 o 57 16 6 34 14 o 27 10 o 24 15 o 920 19 3 89 19 n "7 7 8 209 15 8 H. P. Macklin J. W. Alloway Kate Macklin Anne Macklin Kate Macklin Mary Macklin H.W.Harris Alice Jones Marian Robertson ... Sarah Mowat F. Severne Caroline Severne W. Tissiman Charles Bary John Squire Charles Peake Mrs. Peake Celia E. Cheesman... James R. Martin John I. Hart Walter Andrews Andrew Everiss Elizabeth Flower ... M. J. Smith H. C. Amner M AM HF AF HF AF M AF AF FP M F M MP M M AF F M M M M F M M 300 o o 180 o o 60 o o 75 o o 105 o o 45 o o 160 o o no o o 85 o o 30 o o 170 o o 90 o o 180 o o 30 o o 150 o o 170 o o 40 o o 65 o o 120 o o 5 6 Spring Creek Tua Marina 8 147 o o 210 O O 18 II o 26 11 8 18 4 5 608 14 2 9 7 8 9 10 Marlborough Town Kaituna (2) Canvas Town (3) ... Grove Town Waitohi ... Wairau Valley Kekerangu Fairhall ... Omaka (4) Sundries ... 10 11 12 13 14 '5 16 17 18 65 o 0 100 o o 75 o o 140 o o 136 13 4 56 17 6: 81 13 4; 120 o o; n 8 9 12 3 9 6.3 9 23 2 o 20 2 4 7100 1063 15 8 *2 4 IS o 43 6 4 o 11 8 o n 8 267 19 10 120 o o 160 o o 140 o o 90 o o 80 o o 11 12 13 H 15 90 11 8 120 0 0 20 o o 8 10 6 2,886 7 6 296 3 H 2,381 7 9

felson [B] Town Boys', ist divn. Bridge Street, ist and 2nd division Bridge Street Boys', 3rd divison Hardy Street Girls', ist division Ditto, 2nd division ... 1 2 300 o o 344 IO ° 146 3 4 150 o o 935 7 8 C. J. H. Chepmell ... J. B. Sadd F. Worley Miss Snart Miss Kitching Mrs. Sait H H AM HF AF HF 300 o o 224 10 o 120 o o 100 o o 60 o o 3 4 149 o o 149 o o Ditto, 3rd division ... 5 6 149 o o 138 o o Miss Dement Miss Hoult Miss Cother Miss Leach J. L. Hodgson J. Veysey Miss Frank R. Sunley Miss Buckeridge Miss G. Sunley Miss Witney (tempor.) Miss Sunley Miss Rose Miss Blyth Miss Blackmore HF AF HF AF H AM AF H AF AF HF AF AF AF HF 79 6 8 69 13 A 90 o c 48 o o 240 IO o 120 o o 60 o o Haven Road Boys' ... 1 420 10 o Hampden Street 336 o o 234 o o 60 o o 48 o o 200 O O 84 o o 60 o o 48 o o 88 15 o Toitoi Valley Girls'... 346 o o Port 88 15 o JO (1) This d3—E >es not include furniture and apparatus. :. ia. (2) Ten months. (3) Seven months, (4) Closed 30th September, 1879.

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8 A SS j.,fi & £. M A ; jj 5 g s*goa£ r_j CQ u .— j3 '5 11 tn Ur tnti a O n — '8 d o _j o"o Expenditure for 1879, v •So* of; SOT o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. o Schools. Sot Mainl Salaries. Maintenance. iterance. Buildings, _ __ Sjtes, f-.., ,-, j. Furniture, ana Other Ordinary Apparatus Expenditure. " Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. u rd o 11 £ s- d. 7200 7200 72 o o 203 o o £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, 720 c 72 o c 720 c 135 6 8 67 13 4 150 10 0 48 o c 130 5 c 60 o c 128 5 c 129 o c 99 15 c 60 o c 141 16 8 70 18 4 138 10 c 60 o c 86 5 c 100 o 0 123 10 a 49 5 0 134 o 0 120 o 0 120 10 0 raimea ... 3 4 5 6 Clifton Terrace Hillside ... Happy Valley Stoke Richmond Boys' Richmond Girls' Ranzau ... Hope River Terrace 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 '9 198 10 o 190 5 o } 257 5 o 159 15 ° 24 o o 1000 20 o o 1800 600 337 3 ° 35° 13 6 263 1 1 Miss Robb Miss Alborough Miss Gill... J. Naylor Miss Neale James Robson Miss Bell... Miss Spencer Miss O'Loughlin (E. Cowles \ G. Thorburn Mrs. Bryant Miss Bryant W. N. Franklyn ... Miss Knapp E. Desaunais Mrs. Desaunais Miss Leach J. Humphreys W. Ladley Miss Desaunais H. Ladley J. Moore R. Edmunds F F F H AF II AF HF AF .M M HF AF H AF H AF F M H AF M M M Spring Grove ... 20 212 15 o 20 O O 498 11 4 Lower Wakefield Boys' 21 198 18 o 8 Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley Upper Wakefield 22 23 24 86 5 o 86 o o 172 15 o 24 O O 800 10 o o 54 10 o 28 4 o 19 14 o 9 10 11 12 Foxhill ... Motupiko ... Waimea West (North division) Waimea West (village) Sarau 25 26 27 134 o o 120 o o 120 10 o 10 o o 800 23 12 1 28 29 126 10 o 193 15 o 20 o o o 16 6 James Robson, jun. William Cook Miss Cook H. G. Hill Miss Tarrant G. Deck ... Miss Leach F. Bisley... Miss Guy Miss Pinny R. Sutcliffe E. Burrell... N. Jennings C G. Ponsonby \ Miss E. Guy (Miss F. Guy Miss Stanley Miss Gill T. Hume Miss Haldane Mrs. S. G. Robinson Miss Manson E. O'H. Canavan ... J. Roby ... H. O. Ledger A. Brown Miss Blaxall Miss E. Blaxall ... Miss Falla Miss O'Keeffe A. D. Cumming Mrs. Maher fR. Delany I Miss Quinn -{ Miss Folckmann ... Miss Dike IJVIrs. Murphy R. Ray ... Mrs. Carroll fR. Chattock j Miss Chattock -j Miss Crumpton ... I Mrs. Parry [E. Edridge Mrs. Rogers M H AF I-I AF H AF H AF AF M M M M AF F F F M F F F M M M H AF AF HF AF M F H AF II F AF F M F H AF AF AF M F 126 10 a 133 15 c 60 o a 120 o 0 48 o c 127 3 4 63 11 8 205 10 c 60 o c 48 o 0 121 10 a 126 10 a 13 ... Neudorf ... 30 168 o o 22 O O 504 18 6 14 Lower Moutere 31 190 15 o IOOO 11 10 o 15 Motueka ... 32 313 10 o l8 O Or 271 18 o 16 17 18 19 Ngatimote Dovedale ... Pangatotara Riwaka ... 33 34 35 36 97 10 o 126 10 o 800 800 800 10 2 6 150 10 o 600 105 o o 100 o a i47 5 0 48 o a 48 o 0 40 o a 60 13 c 126 5 0 72 o 0 96 10 a 72 15 0 130 15 c 149 o 0 72 18 9 178 19 0 84 o 0 67 16 c 146 10 a 68 15 0 180 o c 106 10 0 201 16 8 70 18 4 133 10 0 78 10 a 104 10 c 151 10 a 47 16 3 265 8 4 99 15 « 79 13 c 76 13 c 180 o c 93 3 9 Brooklyn ... Upper Motueka Tadmor ... Lower Takaka Long Plain Motupipi ... East Takaka Collingwood Ferntown Pakawau (i) Westport Boys' and Junior I 287 8 o 2100 201 18 o Collingwood 20 21 22 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 40 o o 60 13 o 126 5 0 7200 96 10 o 72 15 o 130 15 o 149 o o 72 18 9 ... - 800 8 o oi 800! 8 o oj 10 o o! 800 20 o o 8 11 o 20 o oj 4 o 0] 23 24 25 ... 1200 Vestport [B] 26 iuller Westport Girls' 48 546 o o^ 40 o o 37 o o 27 28 29 Waimongaroa Addison's Flat Charleston Boys' 49 50 51 S3 10 o 1 106 10 o 10 o o 10 o o 27 17 3 414 18 3 1 Charleston Girls' 5« <■ 569 14 °j 30 o o 240 o o 3° Brighton ... Karamea Lyell (2) ... Reefton ... 53 54 55 56 J 151 10 o 47 16 3 10 o o 13 19 o Inangaliua 31 1 Black's Point Capleston (1) Brightwater Stanley Brook Rockville ... Central Buller }- 721 10 o .ss ° °; I i-5°4 7 ° 57 58 J 93 3 9 few Schools not opened at the close of 1879 4.0 o 400 610 o o 65 o 0 9.493 5 1 6,042 2 8 Aid, ;d. Aided; 0] ren onl; three q [uarters,

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o A I >,3 A g g s-3ca.fi 6 9-55^* - rrr U «> u .2 u ■- H WA3 O d o __/, 0*0 Expenditure for I 179. Teachers' Names, , including all Teachers -S o and Pupil-teachers gj on the Stall' at the end ■£<£ of the Year. 'g Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. rj rj ■s -*"j OJ Mainter ranee. fl o U Schools. d rr! G Q. O U Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Salaries. )ther Ordinary Expenditure. Kaikoura... Kaikoura Suburban £ - d, 202 o o £ s. d. 33 13 4 £ s. d. 97 1° 3 Alfred Sayers May Sayers Henry H. Knowles ... Emma J. Knowles ... William A. Crawford Thomas Piper Ellen Piper Rosny M. SpunMary M. Stephens ... Annie Freeman Elizabeth Stanton ... Charles D. Flusband Dorothy Husband ... Morean Amy Alice B. May William P. Betson ... Joseph Thompson ... Elizabeth Hessell ... John Baird M F M F M M S M F AF F M S M F MP M F MP £ s. d. 150 o o 50 o o 186 4 o 60 o o no 10 o 130 o o 1200 182 o o 84 o o 50 o o 80 o o 140 o o 1200 190 o o 80 o o 20 o o 172 o o 87 o o 30 o o 1 1 Amuri Ashley 2 Kaikoura Town 2 247 8 8 64 14 6 59 6 11 Waiau (1) Hurunui (2) 3 4 88 o 1 121 13 9 26 3 o 11 8 o 25 1 4 3 4 Kowai North 5 295 10 3 54 4 10 431 6 6 Kowai North (side)... Balcairn ... 6 1 78 6 8 i7S 4 11 25 17 o 43 1 S 5 6 Leithfield,.. 8 289 12 11 38 -8 s 29 12 8 Mount Grey Downs 275 18 1 44 14 6 55 6 10 8 Loburn North (3) ... Loburn io 208 o o 13 14 9 43 4 9 65 4 6 3 9 9 Harry Peat Eunice Peat Ada Hodgson James Thompson ... Margaret Whiteside Lucy ITawcett William Brock Margaret Brock John Mclntyre Janet Mclntyre Thomas Ritchie Sophia Dohrmann ... Vacant John H. Newlyn Susan Fee Thomas Stout George Petrie Thomas A. Hamilton Martha Ansley Richard Meredith ... Alice Chapman Arthur Cookson Henry Cooper Helen Ladbrooke Richard J. Twose ... Ellen Twose George P. Kay Charlotte Kay John Hook Mary Calvert Margaret Chapman William McClure ... Jane Patterson Thomas May Eliza M. Sealey Sarah May John G. L. Scott ... Agnes Scott Edward I. Jennings Eliza Kitchingman... Ellen Hurrell Frederick Hunnibell Daisy Shrimpton Wallace E. Haworth Fredk. Cumberworth Julia Pashby Thomas A. Scott ... Henry E. Goodeve ... Mary A. Goodeve ... Jessie Duffull Frances Molyneux ... John M. Fraser Ellen E. Mathias ... Charles S. Howard... Lucy E. Thompson... Selina Norton Arthur Bramley M S FP M F FP M F M S M F AF M F MP MP M F M F MP MP F M S M S M F FP M AF M FP s H HF AM AF FP MP FP M P M F MP M F FP F M F M F FP M P 180 o o 1200 24 o o 190 o o 75 o o 24 o o 150 o o 60 o o 153 o o 1200 216 o o 96 o o 50 o o 217 o o IOO o o 30 O O 30 o o 170 00 63 o o 255 13 4 104 13 4 40 o o 30 o o 70 o o 165 o o 12 OO 136 O O 1200 160 o o 85 o o 16 o o 155 o o 30 o o 195 o o 40 o o 12 O O 332 O O 150 O O 80 o o 108 o o 40 o o 30 o o 1600 20 o o 175 o o 80 o o 3° ° ° 211 OO 60 O o 40 o o 50 o o 155 o o 50 o o 251 o o IOO o o 40 o o 20 O O 9 10 Ashley Bank 11 325 15 10 4i 7 6 50 4 6 Saltwater Creek 172 6 o 32 4 9 16 2 5 11 12 12 View Hill... 13 162 o o 26 o o 18 14 7j 13 Oxford West 14 328 10 o 50 6 3 1 5 ° 14 Oxford East iS 371 16 8 68 15 S 94 17 4 Carleton ... 199 1 3 29 13 5 69 4 7 I 15 16 16 Cust 17 425 9 9 75 12 o 456 14 8 Cust (side) (4) Eyreton West 18 35 12 9 144 4 9 24 4 o 37 2 3 17 19 18 Stoke 20 143 10 o 47 15 1 245 9 3 19 Fernside ... 21 222 6 2 48 14 9 883 6 6 Mandeville Plains ... 177 8 6 28 1 11 24 10 II 20 22 21 Eyreton ... 23 241 1 n 39 9 S 7 3 6 Rangiora,.. 728 18 5 in 2 o 28 2 o Rangiora [B] 22 24 Southbrook Ashley 23 2 5 282 i 8 42 14 o 304 4 2 24 Flaxton ... 26 312 o 4 62 II o 14 6 9 Flaxton (side) Waikuku... 27 28 65 13 ° 196 18 4 27 l8 2 107 o 5 25 26 Woodend ... 29 402 3 4 56 4 O 33 S 2 ( M) Aided school. (2) School closed for two months, (3) School not yet built. (4) School opened 2nd June,

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>*. 5-p ■-.e - y H Mi: a c d v y U Q u Schools. o d o Sw g| & rt G a. O U U rrr Maintei Expenditure for 1879. nance- Buildings, Sites, r\i.u r\ i- Furniture, ana Other Ordinary A • Expenditure. " lance. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupii-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. CD ■So' c c ° "5 13 OT o Oh Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Ouarter of 1859. Salaries. Kaiapoi ... £ s. d. 922 13 1 £ s. d. £ s. d 139 9 6 933 5 < £ B. d. 933 5 9 £ s. d. 290 o o 130 o o 164 o o 115 o o 70 o o 40 o o 32 o o 20 o o 1600 135 o o 12 OO 135 o o 1200 424 o o 300 o o 170 o o 100 o o 60 o o 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 24 o o 1600 1600 20 o O 1600 130 o o 12 OO Ashley— contd. [B] Lyttelton [B] 2; 28 29 30 Kaiapoi Island North Kaiapoi Island ,,, Lyttelton ... 33° 31 32 33 154 6 2 142 2 5 I 1,369 8 6; 2140 31 17 4 225 12 2 1 10 o 59 7 1° 243 10 2 Robert J. Alexander James Grant Jane E. Meakes Martha H. Kaufmann Elizabeth Monk Mary Veysey Amy Taylor Martin Todd Elizabeth Unwin Charles Nicholls Julia Nicholls Thomas G. Smith ... Alice Merrin James Dawe John Ross Agnes Stout ... Louis Suckling Celia Hobbs Jessie Chambers John E. Dyer Margaret Milsom ... Emily Jenkins James R. Taylor ... Annie Keand Jane D'Authreau ... Isabella Connal George Pitcaithly .., Alice Hobbs Edwin F. Barnett ... Sarah McMain H AM IIF AF AF FP FP MP F P M S M S H AM HF AM AF AF MP FP FP MP FP FP FP MP FP M S Governor's Bay 20 l8 0 Akaroa ... 3' 34 142 o o. 12 24 32 Charteris Bay (i) ... Gebbie's Pass Road (i) Gebbie's Valley 35 36 37 ] 143 9 11 35 3 1 133 7 6 James Willis M 146 o o 33 127 3 4 20 8 o 280 9 o James D. Harper ,,, Grace Harper Henry Jaggar Vacant Christina Pitcaithly Henrietta Seager George W. Westropp Annie Penlington ... Pearce Phillips Vacant Basil Church Kate M. Lowe Charlotte McKay ... Richard Willis Alice Willis Martin Sheard Eva Rowe Joseph Hutt Mary Hutt Thomas Macmillan Catherine Macmillan James Victor Harriet Victor Alexander Roulston Annie Roulston Vacant Alfred Nicholls Matilda Thomas John McGregor Bateman Missen George Jefferson Charlotte Pope Peter Murray Vacant Richard P. Pole Alice Pole John Blythen Charlotte Blythen ... Charles H. Opie Louisa Bartrum John R. B. Digby ... Frances Bartrum ... M S M M S F M F M S M F FP M S M F M F M F M F M s M M F MP MP M S M F M S M F M F M F 135 o o 1200 130 o o 130 o o 12 OO 85 o o 144 o o 50 o o 130 o o 12 OO 130 o o 136 10 o 1600 130 o o 1200 150 o o 65 o o 151 o o 60 o o 142 o o 50 o o 130 o o 12 OO 130 O o 1200 58 10 o 244 o o 105 o o 20 o o 20 O O 130 o O 12 OO 139 10 O 50 o o 141 o o 1200 34 35 Port Levy Pigeon Bay 38 39 130 o o; 137 3 4! 13 10 o 32 1 10 18 7 6 11 17 10 36 Pigeon Bay (side) ... Little River 40 41 I 79 13 9: 185 2 5 27 6 3 15 18 9 37 Barry's Bay 42 125 15 8 20 12 7 30 2 o 38 39 French Farm (2) ... Wainui ... 43 44 92 7 4 105 10 2 23 10 o 2200 6 6 o 40 Little Akaloa 45 145 o o 23 19 7 30 o o 41 Duvauchelle's Bay ... 46 136 8 o 25 12 10 44 1 6 42 Okain's Bay 47 214 o o 28 2 o 2 17 6 43 Le Bon's Bay 48 198 o o 27 19 4 55 8 6 44 Robinson's Bay 49 142 o o 19 10 o 14 13 o 45 German Bay 50 128 7 9 26 7 10 1 19 10 [B] 46 German Bay (side) (3) Akaroa ... 5i 52 51 4 7 392 7 i° 57 8 o 538 16 3 Selwyn Kowai Bush 142 o o 1800 72 3 9 47 53 48 Kowai Pass 54 132 8 7 29 2 11 425 14 10 49 Russell's Flat SS 153 10 o 24 10 o 106 14 7 5° Malvern ... 56 200 o o 41 o 6 475 16 9 150 o o 50 o o 150 o o 75 o o 150 o o 75 o o 51 Malvern South (4) ... 5 7 iS5 7 9 43 17 4 480 o 8 52 Hororata ... 58 223 8 1 34 14 11 88 11 10 (i) Half-time schools. (2) School closed 3$ months. (3) Aided school. (4) School opened Sth March,

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m . -"-S-3 "53 5 £ £S"gCQ J5 cjf^ aj.2 u-~ 6 UQ C o U Schools. o „j d o Sot If ur rt o 11 u " Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. 3-i ;2ot d Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. 1 Selwyn— contd. Kimberley £ »• d-| 129 3 4 £ s. d. 21 I O £ s.d. 160 6 11 £ s. d. 130 o o 12 O O 137 5 o 52 O O 130 o o 12 OO 150 o o 55 o o 53 54 55 Greendale Courtenay 59 60 61 169 12 7 142 o o 32 10 7 19 o o 33 19 10 John J. Mahood ... Annie Mahood William Taylor Janet Dewar Frederick JVI. Foster Emma Foster Peter Cbeyne Hester Cheyne M S M F M S M F 56 Halkett ... 62 207 o o 28 14 o 986 57 58 Aylesbury (1) West Melton 63 12 2 26 13 I 703 14 o James Murray Ellen Watson Henry Hookham Jane Hookham Lewis G. Wright Elizabeth Wright ... Florence Blake Albert Proudlock Johanna Gow George Manning Sarah V. Manning,.. Thomas Mulligan ... Georgina Somerset.,. Henry Wilson Elizabeth S. Wilson Edward Morgan Jane Jennings Maria Derritt Annie Lowe George W. Williamson Annie E. Hookham... Edith Jaggar George Culverhouse Catherine Tulley W. H. Comerford ... Christina White Helen V. Williams ... George Bishop Mary A. Gordon Agnes Pannett Louisa Bishop Thomas A. Gates ... Sarah E. Derry Henry Grant James McLaughlin Anne McLaughlin ... James Speight Mary Zweibruck Celia Champion William E. Foster ... Frances Foster Elizabeth Gardiner ... William G. Wray ... Mary A. Colclough... Julia Langbridge ... Rev. Jas. Gumming Thomas S. Foster ... David Todd Emily S. Brittan Jessie Patrick Amy Harband Eliza Callender Arthur Mayne Thomas Pole Richard Irvine Ada Pike Harriet Hunt Jane Eastwood Janet Currie W. A. Robinson Margaret Clarke Henrietta Kelly Margaret Menzies ... Catherine Alexander Susan Currie Alice Pickering M F M F M F FP M F M S M F M S M HF AF FP M F AF M F M HF AF M HF AF FP M F MP M F M F FP M F FP M HF AF H AM AM HF AF AF AF MP MP MP FP FP FP FP MP FP FP FP FP FP FP 149 o o 50 o o 180 o o 60 o o 185 o o 60 o o 202 IO O 59 Yaldhurst... 64 240 O O 32 16 5 252 3 4 60 Templeton 65 301 IO O 44 1 1 6[ Weedon ... 66 198 O O 26 12 8 22 8 7 40 o o iSS ° o 50 o o 137 o o 1200 62 Broadneld 67 154 11 8 39 15 7 1 5 4 63 Harewood Road 68 200 O O 30 11 10 11 5 o 150 o o 50 o o 163 o o 12 OO 225 o o 150 o o 60 o o 1600 189 o o 120 o o 50 o o 175 ° o 50 o o 182 o o 117 o o 50 o o 233 ° ° IOO o o 64 North Road 69 156 o o 23 18 o 24 6 6 65 Papanui 7o 434 ° o 62 18 7 36 o 2 66 Riccarton... 372 9 9 •IS 2 3 106 o o 71 Riccarton (side) 225 o o 72 67 Prebbleton .,, 73 320 14 3 49 6 o 53 7 5 68 Lincoln ,,, 74 379 13 8 57 8 o 76 16 5 Springston 294 15 4 49 i7 ° 37 13 10 50 o o 1600 176 o o 86 o o 6 9 75 Greenpark 76 223 6 8 39 16 1 •832 7 10 30 o o 205 o o 60 o o 177 00 82 o o 1600 180 o o 60 o o 7° 7i Tai Tapu 77 263 12 11 44 7 9 21 411 72 Halswell ... 78 269 s o 42 13 ° 89 9 10 73 Heathcote Upper 79 44i 13 7 50 19 11 24 8 3 32 o o 230 o o 125 o o So o o 426 o o 295 o o 210 O O 322 o o 155 o o 140 o o 60 o o 50 o o 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 24 o o 24 o o 1600 1600 1600 1600 Christchurch West ,., 2,048 13 2 317 2 0 943 7 1 Christchurch [B] 74 80 (1) School not yet opened.

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a L £0 '■O ~ 2 12 >-*.y•- j2~ y C O " "3 M £ r- S- 4-j iy hH -^ 0« «-S3 t--S ui bO+S a v — d Z u u 3.2 G O U Schools. o 00 El >OT '"£ v 3 rt % u G D. O v Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 1S79. rtenance. Buildings, Sites, ,-,,, r. ,. Furniture, ana Txp'end^ 7 Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. v Annual rrj Salary and a _• Allowances -J3 § at the rate c-g paid during .'S en the last o Quarter of "* 1859. Normal School £ s. d. 1,998 7 7 £ s. d. 35° 15 9, £ 2,821 s. d. 3 ° £ s. d. 440 o o 285 o o 230 o o 160 o o 280 o o 160 o o 120 o o Christchurch — contd. [B] 81 Edwin Rayner James R. Thornton John J. Patterson ... James B. Mayne Annie M. Patterson... Eliza Kitchingman... Eleanor S. Collins ... Margaret A. Kelly ... Ada E. Foster Florence R. Williams Mary Hall Ellen Maude Leach,.. Alfreda Radcliffe ... Minnie Cole Eleanor Edwards ... Harriet Smith H JAM JAM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP. FP FP FP FP 120 O O IOO O O 80 o 0 80 o o 40 o o 40 o o 32 o o 32 o o 24 o o Selwyn Christchurch [B] 75 Christchurch East — Bingsland Gloucester Street... 82 83 445 5 o 2,335 2 9 SS2 15 o 618 9 4 James B. E. Taylor John Reid Eliza Woodford Margaret Young Kate Woodford John Curnow Charles Wykesmith Walter Tipler Albert J. Morton ... George Gilling Sopliia Haughton ... Margaretta Field ... Elizabeth Innes Jane Roberts Katharine Ford Charles F. Bowley ,,. Thomas M. Marr ... Charles Francis William H. L. Foster William Glanville ... William Templeton Caroline Jones Elizabeth Lamont ... Annie Spence Martha J. Blyth ... Annie BarkerMary B. Harband ... Sarah Robinson Mary Wells Margaret Blyth Annie Craddock Elizabeth Kissell Mary E. Page Mary E. Elmsly ... Elizabeth Hooper ... Ada Mackett Alice Williams Cecilia Harvey Mary Spence Lockhart D. Easton Archibald Binnie John J. Elliott Jessie Bowmaker ... Emma B. Rowley ... Mary Taylor Katharine Thorton ... Jane E. Watts James Taylor Charles D. Hardie ... Abel Webber Arthur Cooper Albert Ward Martha Dymes Rachael Dutton Emily Sadler Annie D. King Emily Howard Thora Petersen Eltenton Mitchell ... H AM F FP FP H AM AM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF MP MP MP MP MP MP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP F FP FP F FP FP FP H AM AM I-I F AF AF AF AF MP MP MP MP MP FP FP FP FP FP FP M 258 o o 70 o o 65 o o 32 o o 24 o o 500 o o 360 o o 180 o o 105 o o IOO o o 258 o o 157 ° ° 105 o o 65 o o 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 30 o o 20 o o 20 o o 20 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 32 o o 24 o o 24 o o 24 o o 1600 1600 1600 123 o o 24 o o 1600 160 o o 24 o o 1600 1600 408 o o 200 o o 145 ° o 253 o o 120 O O 90 O o 60 o o 50 o o 50 o o 50 o o 50 o o 3° o ° 20 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 32 o o 1600 1600 302 o p Selwyn Phillipstown 84 121 5 8 Christchurch [B] South Town Belt ,,, 85 199 7 1 Sydenham [B] Colombo Road i,573 6 1 256 13 1° 148 2 4 76 86 *■ * 652 9 5 179 3 5 40 7 6 Selwyn 77 St. Albans 87

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S £sura M oortj:: - OCQ h -= J: p Si m d 2 .J §Q 0 o O Schools. O yj 6 o z% >OT 5 rt V> rt G a. o u U « Maintenance. Expenditure for 1; I79. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachcrs* Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. ■So" .2-2 .Sot o pAnnual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. Salaries. Other Ordinar; Expenditure. £ s.d. £ s. d, £ •■ d. £ s.d. 100 o o IOO o o So o o 40 o o 32 o o 1600 1600 75 o o 24 o o 24 o o 138 o o 12 O O 305 10 o 120 OO 70 O O 24 O O 160O 160O 232 O O 100 O o 55 o o 1600 155 o o 80 o o 20 O O 13S 0 o 1200 154 10 o 75 o o 146 s o 64 o o 303 o o 82 o o 30 o o 30 o o 170 o o 80 o o 1600 130 o o 1200 258 13 4 101 6 8 30 o o 20 O O l6 0 0 80 o o 273 6 8 60 o o 120 6 8 24 o o 16 o o 1600 1600 130 o o 1200 130 o o 1200 130 o o 130 o o 1200 80 o o 40 o o 130 o o 141 15 ° 58 o o 130 o o 12 OO Selwyn— contd. 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 78 79 St. Albans— contd. St. Albans (side) ... New Brighton Heathcotc Lower ... Hillsborough Heath cote Valley ... Sumner ... Selwyn Dunsandel (1) Brookside... Killinchy ... Irwell (2) 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 91 13 7 151 10 o 573 14 5 401 4 S 234 1 4 145 IS o 191 6 10 29 o 9 449 11 7 226 13 10 35 5 1 56 2 o 44 5 7 18 o o 37 12 5 IOOO 45 S 9 39 4 6 1268 25 14 o 94 17 o 24 16 9 1,061 8 3 366 18 7 20 3 7 26 8 4 1,033 13 3 23 12 6 265 9 1 941 12 6 Sarah Fee Mary A. Bennetts ... John Newell John R. Nicolle Mary A. Alexander... Janet Reeve Ellen Hooper Clara C. Edwards ... Annie Finney Jessie Morton William De Troy ... Ellen De Troy Rev. George Wilks ... William C. Armitage Annie McCormick ... Annie E. McHarg ... Ellen Shepheard Janet Dick - ... William Souter Georgina Thomson Mary Dixon Mary Duncan William Wollstein ... Janet Sinclair Dennis R. Flavell ... Walter B. Camfield Alice Camfield Alexander G. Graham Vacant John Simpson Mary E. Simpson .,. John Baldwin Rosa M. Johnston ... William Stirling Percy Kime Duncan M. Yeats ... Sarah Bunker Mary McKee William D. McClure Agnes McClure William F. Ford ... Martha Ford John Woodward David McVinnie Sarah Pearce Henrietta Smith James J. Elwin George Andrews Caroline A. Edwards Jane McKay Anne J. Carr Mary Waby Elizabeth Elwin William H. Gorton Charlotte Gorton Philip H. Cannon ... Jane McCormick ... Thomas E. Tomlinson Henry Knight Flora E. Knight ... Ellen J. B. Somerset Mary J. Might Thomas Walke William Hale Bethia Jack James B. Borthwick Sarah Borthwick Vacant Vacant Gideon Scott Margaret Scott William J. Davison Alexander Stott Egbert Mayo Jessie Stewart AF AF MP MP FP FP FP F FP FP! M : s H I AM F ! FP FP FP M F AF FP M F MP M S M F M F M F MP MP M F FP M S M F MP MP FP F H A M F FP F? FP FP M S M S M M s F F M M F M S M S M S M H AM F 87 98 88 Leeston ... 99 432 18 7 95 16 o 597 18 o Leeston (side) Southbridge 80 o o 513 12 7 101 n 6 126 17 8 100 89 101 f Lakeside ... 90 102 143 10 o 22 15 7 105 o 2 9i Rakaia (Little) I03 141 o o 28 17 3 80 4 2 Ashburton 92 93 Mount Somers Alf ord Forest IO4 i°5 92 14 5 "3 4 6 19 2 7 26 7 8 15 5 8 143 17 3 Alf ord Forest (side)... Broughton (3) Barr Hill ... Rakaia South 106 107 108 55 4 4 28 10 o 38 S 9 72 11 11 94 95 130 o o 179 14 2 109 96 Chertsey (4) no 122 4 5. 24 12 7 160 18 2 97 Kyle in 97 18 10; 2127 698 o 3 130 o o 1200 130 o o 1200 98 Ashburton Forks ... 112 139 19 10 1900 Westerfield (5) Ashburton "3 114 J 102 7 6; 745 4 o: 133 12 1 752 5 3 9100 324 10 o 130 o o 120 O O Ashburton [B] 99 ;i) Opened lit] Novr rmber. (2) Opened 1st O' :tober. (3) Aided ; recently opened no salary yet p; rid. (4) Opened 19th Feb] 'uary. C<) Aided.

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SOUTH CANTERBURY.

fl ., "~> ~Z i: o en *-> . <s5 -■- -1 0 j3 =5 ■>£ m -G fl a bo tH MS G C d Z j £q c o CJ Schools. o m * do Z 2 Is S) rt C DO l> CJ *» Maintenance. Expenditure for i, '79Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including ail Teachers anrl Pupil-teachers on the Stall' at the end of the Year. ■So' = c 5 *y Hot o CL* Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 18J9. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Vshburton — contd. [B] Ashburton— contd. £ s. c £ s. dd. £ s. d. £ s. d. Frederic W. Wake ... Alice Henderson Christina Henderson Kate McDonnell ... Eva Henderson MP FP FP FP FP £ s. d. 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o 24 o o 1600 \shburton 100 Cambridge (i) Seafield (2) Wakanui.., 115 116 108 6 8 163 2 6 15 4 21 28 10 o 44 5 7 521 8 3 723 4 6 633 11 o Isaac Atkinson Samuel P. Guiney ... John Maddison Sarah Guiney John P. Allsop Elizabeth Allsop Benjamin Low Sabina Low Henry Collins Mary A. Collins ... William H. Wake ... Annie J. Wake M M AM S M F M F M S M S 101 102 103 Tinwald (3) 117 147 o 11 43 1° 91 648 19 o 130 o o 150 o o 55 o o 1200 155 o o 50 o o 150 o o 50 o o 140 o o 12 OO 104 Willoughby 118 198 o o 4° 17 9. 22 3 6 '°5 Longbeach 119 152 o o 47 4 io' 27 17 6 Longbeach (side) ... 120 140 o o 130 o o 1200 Glentui, balance of salary for December, 1878 Plans of school buildings and sites Purchase of new site, Irwell Flemington, preliminary 1 6 3 105 o o 57 13 4 34.417 14 6 6 13 4; J 5.856 9 8| , 23,621 o 2

:eraldine... 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 8 Scotsburn Burke's Pass Fairlie Creek Opihi Mount Gay Rangitata Island ... North Orari South Orari Waihi Bush I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 124 3 4 23 6 8 S° o o IOO o o 60 o o 138 11 8 20 o o 19 8 10 201 18 4 2100 16 7 9 13 12 2 21 14 o 11 5 6 22 10 o 788 7 14 8 31 10 o 44 18 o 1,015 1° 3 1,091 15 1 691 9 4 681 19 9 5° 3 4 93 1 12 1 932 17 10 1,194 4 6 ]. Murdoch W. Taylor W. Culhbert W. A. Crawford J. Bellemin J. M. Beechey G. Barclay G. S. Sumner J. Palmer Mrs. Murray T. Hughes T. Kernahan M. Mein ... F. Bethune R. Sutherland J- King ... Mrs. King K. Bennett A. Mahan Mrs. Mahan A. Mahan A. Dunnett A. Young W. Austin D. B. Craig A. Craig ... C. Craig ... A. Mcintosh E. Smith Mrs. Rowe E. Young H. Klee ... B. Brown,.. H. Henri... Mrs. Henri E. Young J. Kirby ... Mrs. Kirby J. Goldie ... J. Greaves T. Walker Mrs. Walker M M M M M M M M M F H AM HF MP M M S FP M S MP M HF MP M S FP H AM HF AF FP FP M HF FP M S MP M M AF 140 o o 140 o o 140 o o 120 o o 140 o o 140 o o 140 o o 140 o o 150 o o 50 o o 227 o o 93 8 o 93 8 o 35 o o 140 o o 146 o o 1200 9 9 10 Geraldine 10 44i 5 8 66 5 7 261 3 7 1 1 Kakahu ... Pleasant Valley r 1 138 8 4 194 3 4 24 14 8 32 6 o 170 1 2 39i 16 1 12 12 '3 3 Waitoi Flat 13 168 13 4 28 10 o 33 18 3 30 o o 140 o o 1200 25 o o 168 o o 810 o 35 o o 148 o o 1200 '4 Winchester 14 284 15 8 36 7 6 91 7 5 15 Milford ... '5 191 n 8 29 5 o 60 16 o 16 Temuka ... 16 560 14 5 7i 3 6 323 3 5 24 o o 259 o o 107 o o 107 o o 71 12 O 40 o o 30 o o 214 o o 90 16 o 20 o o Pleasant Point 3" 3 8 34i 5 o <<- 17 5i 3 o 18 Washdyke 18 182 2 6 26 ii o 81 5 10 140 o o 1200 25 ° o 140 o o 150 o o 5° o o >9 20 Claremont Wai-iti ... '9 20 121 19 2 68 5 o 25 3 1 20 I 6 94 8 8 I.73 1 19 4 (1) Not yet opened. (2) Opened ist March. (3) Opened nth March,

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WESTLAND.

i.i4*J '•' ■z£2 2 6 Srftl^ll 2 ~* O I- *J 4) ■*-*< — tn o °i2x:33: d Sn 0 is « w u *s i-J jS PS M 2 H M? G o Schools. O O zj - is rrr d rrr a, O U y rn ] Main Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. Teachers' Names, . including all Teachers mnance. Buildings, and Pupil-teachers Sites, on the Stall' at the end Other Ordinary of the Year. Expenditure;' APP"ams. Expenditure for 1879. v a -,' 0 I °-*j Sen o Hr Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter or 1879. 'imaru [B] 21 Timaru ... 21 £ s. a: £ s. d. 2,13 2 19 11 312 I I o £ s. d.| 748 9 6 J. Scott, M.A. 1'. Ligertwood N. Muller F. Cramond L. Hibbard E. Allen ... E. Fisher... A. Cuthbert M. Forbes F. W. Gillon M. Griffin M. Craigie A. Pearson E. Melton L. Cameron A. L. Ouinlan K. J. Kesteven A. L. Cox M. Mahan A. Knight M. Shepherd M. McGowan J. Stewart Mrs. Stewart H. Jefcoats J. Southwick G. Crockett J. Reeve R. Mackenzie J. Sercombe W. Ward O. W. Exall M. Bowles E. Bannerman M. A. Lillie M. A. Grant S. Bruce ... E. Dash ... M. Bowles T. Thomson H AM AM AF I FP FP FP M P ;hf Iaf AF AF FP FP FP F AF AF FP FP M P FP M S FP M' M M M M H AM II F AM AF FP FP FP FP M £ s. d. 418 o o 246 o o 144 o o 96 o o 5° o o 50 o o 40 o o 35 o o 251 o o 144 o o 96 o o 64 o o 40 o o 3° o ° 30 o o 145 o o 96 13 4 64 9 o 30 o o 3° o o 25 0 o 20 o o Geraldine... Waimate ,.. .'.2 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pareora ... Upper Otaio Otaio H unter Hook Waituna Creek Waimate ... 22 23 24 i 25 j 26 27 j 28 I I 158 1 8 20 o o 1'7 13 4 124 3 4 70 16 8 63 13 4, 75° 1° 3; 27 15 o 310 12 4 12 4 6 A, °52 7 o 23 6 ii| 43 12 7 22 6 8 104 3 9 14 16 6 899 3 7 13 12 2 965 18 9 102 5 6 612 16 5 140 o o 1200 IOOO 140 O o 140 o o 120 o o 120 00 140 o o 277 16 o 125 16 o 125 16 o 83 17 4 55 18 2 50 o o 40 o o 20 O O Waimate [B] Waihao ... Gape's Valley 7° io ° '3 12 2 936 11 3 064; 6,908 O I 1,107 O 2, 15,889 IO I 20 O O 140 O O 'aimate ... 29 29

'estland.., i Arawata Town (i) ... Arawata Flat (i) .., 2 Gillespie's Beach 3 Okarito ... r Waitangi (2) 4 I Donoghue's 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 138 ,8 3: 1 2° '9 ,0 j ° °j 20 o o 161 o io, 23 13 3 [ 100 o o 17 17 6 -> 132 8 4! 30 o 0 730 12 10 86 2 9 } 56 1 o 65 6 6 { ... l J. O'Neil ... C. M. Neilsen .]. O. Wilson Mrs. Murphy Mrs. Murphy Lucy Thiele J. Woodward W. D. McKay Miss Kildahl C. de Bakker Jane Andrews Eliza Roberts |ane Staines C. J. Sale Mrs. Sale Jane Milner W. C. Kelsey R. Beck ... G. B. McAlpine M M M F F FP H AM AF M P FP FP FP M F FP M M P M 138 15 0 160 o o IOO o o 30 o O no o o 20 o o 260 o o 150 o o 120 O 0 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 50 o o 200 o o 120 o o I loss [B] ... Ross 7 29 10 7 5 Woodstock (3) Kanieri 8 9 122 19 10 21 7 6 376 10 o 66 50 209 16 8 Blue Spur 10 203 10 5 o 2 2/ 5 o 30 o o 150 o o 30 o o 67 10 I) 1 _ II 81 11 3 21 7 6 Upper Crossing (4) ., Kokotahi (5) Rangiriri... 6 Hokitika ... 5 12 9 [okitika [B] 12 13 140 00 1.3 13 4 4 134 9 6 6162 M. Robertson E. B. Dixon J. McLeod W. Wilkin M H AM AM 120 O O 320 o o 220 O O 150 o o (i) Half-tir 4) Under 88th ne schools under 88th clause. Clause.' (0 School not yet bui -H. Ia. (2) Under 88th clause; opened ist July, 1879. (3) Side-school to Kanieri; from ist July, 1879.

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(i) Closed 30th June, 1879. (2) To be opened under 88th clause, January, 1880. (3) Half-time schools to 30th June, 1879; since that date separate schools under the 88th clause. (4) Closed December, 1879. (5) Half-time schools to 31st August, 1879; since that date separate schools under 88th clause. (6) Half-time schools to 30th September, 1879 ; then closed. (7) Amount expended in repairs to Board's office, and furniture for same; also shelves, &c, for book store. (8) Maps, diagrams, apparatus, blackboards, desks, forms, &c, for stock, to supply schools when required, rfaio l|9, 9d.; travelling expenses in connection with buildings, £43 15s. 6d.; hells for schools, and carriage of same, £67 135.; advertising, printing, and other incidental expenses in connection with buildings, rt'39 3s. 6d. Note.--In all cases where schools are placed under the 88th clause, the teachers receive from the Board only the capitation allowance of £3 ijs, rer head.

Z fl B ta o d Sj v rj t3.!r2 S o U Schools. o _£ °"s ><n »3 U 1m ct c Cm O U Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. Huildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Karnes, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. g — .- O CS c •£ Sen o tt. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. Salaries*. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Hokitika [B] — contd. Hokitika— continued. £ *, d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Miss Batten Miss Cowan M. Willberg Elizabeth Jones Margaret Oliver Margaret Turnbull... Jessie Ralfe R. McLean Arthur Banks G. L. Vincent James Kirk Emil U. Just Miss Cox... Susan Hogg Frederick Robinson,.. J. Mulhearn Jane Hogg Nancy Martin AF AF FP FP FP FP FP MP M P M M P M F FP MP M F j FP! £ s. d. 144 o o 144 o o 25 o o 25 o o 25 o o 20 O O Arahura Road '75 18 4 1 l| 20 O O 30 O O 3° o o 150 o o 20 o o 220 O O 120 O O 14 2 7 O O; 27 18 6 Westland,., Stafford ... 15 412 4 1 56 o o 344 2 3 Goldsborough 16 304 4 10 ) 48 o o 65 14 o 30 O O 25 O O 160 O O 96 O O 3° o o Kumara [B] Greeks (1) Callaghan's (1) Kumara ... 17 18 19 9i o ° | 693 1i 10 I I 16 10 6 16 10 6 107 10 6 94 17 11 T. M. Wilson Frederick .]. Cato ... Mrs. Horneman Mary Halmer Janet Cornfoot H AM F AF FP 260 o o 150 o o 137 o o IOO o o Westland... Westbrook (2) Greenstone Marsden (3) Dunganville (3) Paroa 20 21 22 23 24 120 10 oj 92 4 " 99 4ii 160 9 6 J I 20 o o. 1800 18 I 0 IS 2 5 45 8 6 115 8 10 7 i7 6 7 5 ° 7 17 o H. Bussell" M. Keenan D. Corbett J. Malcolm, jun. Alexander Malcolm R. Goulding R. L. Clements J. Barclay Vacant Miss Stanley Harriet Gilroy E. Brown... S. Perkins Eliza Ewing H. Batchelor C. Brown... Maria North C. Gilroy ... C. A. Bruford H. Thompson Emma Thompson ... James Malcolm Mary Elliott J. A. Bromley M | M M M MP H A M AM AF AF FP MP MP FP M P M Pi FP M P M M P FP M FP M 30 o o 142 10 o 90 o o 135 o o 150 o o 25 o o 320 o o 220 O O 150 O O 144 o o 144 o o 35 o o 30 o o 30 o o 25 O O 25 O O 25 O O 20 O o 20 o o 9 10 Greymouth [B] Greymouth 25 1.337 7 6 159 8 o 118 5 10 Westland... Cobden 26 266 8 5 60 4 o 28 11 6 200 O O 20 O O 20 O O 180 O O 15 o o 150 o o Brunnerton 2i4 '7 6 25 8 3 503 15 S 11 27 Maori Gully Wallsend (4) No Town.., Hatter's Terrace 28 29 30 3i 15 1 i o o 172 10 o 179 13 o; 17 00 21 5 o 3i 9 o 26 6 7 35 1.3 4 42 19 8 38 7 3 Thomas F. O'Day ... J. H. Ralton Annie Prince R. E. Green F. N. Campbell ... H. M. Millar M M F M M M r 2 13 '4 Ahaura ... Totara Flat (5) Orwell Creek (5) Granville (6) Waipuna (6) 32 33 34 35 36 146 3 3; 74 1 3 79 1,3 9 [ I 20 o o 49 o o 38 18 o 27 18 o 14 o o j 14 o o 150 o o 150 o o 15 o o 145 o o 56 S o 78 15 o 32 1 2 l33 18 9 (7) 47 7 7 (8)363 7 9 8,392 9 2 1,276 8 2 2,542 7 3

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0 JS '•$ > £ M £» g> u j5 : Jj c o "-fl ro fc U» „.2 u.S c 2 . S3 G 0 y Schools. •S rO OJ o _/ 6 0 Maintenance. Expenditure for 1 i79Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers anrl Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. u — -3 c 2 o Or Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 18-79. C to U a a* O V U 35 Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Waitaki ... £ •■ d. 155 o o £ «• d. 25 o o £ •. d. 20 o 01 £ s. d. 150 o o 1 Livingstone and Maere whenua Duntroon (i) Ngapara ... Awamoko Papakaio I James Ouseley M [B] [B] [B] 8 9 10 n 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pukeuri ... Oamaru District High Oamaru North Oamaru South Waireka ... Teaneraki Kakanui ... Maheno ... Otepopo ... 10 11 12 13 14 2 3 4 5 6 7 123 15 o 121 5 O 132 I 8; 152 8ll 311 5 o '•374 9 6 58° 13 4 S3i 5 0 159 17 3 148 6 8 29' 3 4 230 o o 404 o 0 15 o o 25 o o 20 O O 27 10 o SS o o 125 00 82 10 0 80 o o 37 10 o 30 o o 55 o 0 37 10 o 60 o o 55 ° oj 416 7 0 10 o o 13 6 8 600 136 17 8 40 18 o 119 10 3 135 (> 9 13 3 11 260 3 9 978 10 8 T. H. Meek ing W. H. Walker A. Anderson W. H. Grigg Mrs. Grigg W. G. Wallace Margaret Watson ... Robert Peattie Louisa Cleary William Fidler Ebenezer Hewat Mary Crawford Ellen Adams Mary King Mary J. Welding ... Sophia Ferens James Bee Victor L. McLymont James Lindsay Marion Kernahan ... Alexander Forbes ... Mary Nicol John H. Rice Jane Cook Thomas Flood Mary E. Crawford ... James Hendry Mrs. Hill ... William McDonald James McLymont ... Katharine McLymont Peter McGregor Mary McGregor Augusta Gordon Alexander Pirie Annie P. Neish Jane O. Henderson... John Watt Margaret Watt Thomas Tily Henry Easther Henry Henderson ... Charles W. G. Selby G. Sydney Pope Patrick Keating William Porteous ... Jane Black T. D. Hamilton Foster Patrick Clarke Janet Fleming Margaret Trotter ... William Bennett Mrs. Bennett Samuel Moore Harriet Darton William Maule Janet Mill Charles Bassett Philip Bremner Martin Bourke Mrs. Bourke Francis Hollow Donald Stewart Sarah Cross James Fairlie Morris C. F. Schmedes William B. Mackay Mary Sinclair John Macfarlane ... William S. Patrick ... Sarah Moore Mary Lean Isabella Manson M M M M S M F H HF AM AM AF AF FP FP FP MP MP H F AM FP H F AM FP M S M M F M S FP M F FP M F M M M M M M H F AM MP FP F M S H F AM FP MP M M S M M F M M H HF AM AM AF FP FP 175 o o 140 o o 185 o o 165 o o 20 o o 230 o o no 00 400 16 8 170 o o 275 o o 155 o o "5 o o IOO o o 40 o o 25 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 287 16 8 120 OO 145 o o 60 o o 278 o o 135 o o 130 o o 25 o o 180 o o 20 O O 160 O o 236 13 4 135 o o 200 O O 20 O O 40 o o 261 o o 115 o o 50 o o 239 o o 11000 190 o o 135 o o 130 o o 130 o o ■SS o o 160 o o Hampden 313 10 o 147 10 o 13 15 14 15 16 17 18 Moeraki ... Puki-iviti Dunback ... Inch Valley (1) Macrae's ... Shag Valley Palmerston l6 17 18 151 5 o 120 11 8 130 o o 9° 17 3 134 3 4 134 16 6 611 o o 27 10 o 20 o o. 20 o o 20 O O 27 IO O 25 o o 80 o 0 81 18 1 424 14 6 440 o 6 416 10 o Waikouaiti '9 20 21 [B] •9 20 357 2 6 [B] 21 22 23 Goodwood (2) Flag Swamp Waikouaiti 22 23 24 25 1 145 8 4 195 1 8 616 o o 25 0 0 40 o o 85 o o 24 10 o 241 15 o 299 o o 135 o o 145 o o 50 o o 25 o o 200 O O 183 o o 20 o o 286 o o 135 o o 130 o o 40 o o 40 o o 160 o o 190 o o 20 o o Merton ... Seacliff ... 26 27 145 o o 170 1 8 27 10 o 40 o o 24 25 251 15 o 26 27 Evansdale Blueskin ... 28 140 4 2 315 o o 25 o o 55 o o 155 o o 230 o o 125 o o 100 o o 29 28 29 30 Purakanui (3) Lower Harbour Port Chalmers 30 31 32 106 16 6 130 o o 1,245 I6 8 1500 20 o o 125 o o 222 18 o 070 416 10 3 130 o o 401 13 4 185 o o 310 o o 160 o o 100 o o 40 o o 30 o o [B] -1) Opr :n nim months. (2) Open ten months. (3) Subsidized.

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a £0 ■=£22 ° .a -a >,£ a &tfe*2« i i o j-. £ lEiifi-"* o 9 £ J3 - __. oca^.2 h *= M MtJ g C. n — o d Z j £Q B o u Schooli. °.i d o <z o u -J ll or rf C O, O U u » Maintei ipenditure for 1879. nance. Buildings, Sites, rt ,, r. ,. Furniture, ana Other Ordinary A ratus . Lxpenditure. rr ranee. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the StatF at the end of the Year, •So' .2 "8 ,2<Z3 o 0Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate pairl during the last Ouarter of " 18J9. Salaries. 1 £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amelia Bott Margaret Donald ... Margaret Paton William Wells Kenneth Sutherland Elizabeth Brophy ... F. J. Fraser Alexander Kyle Elizabeth Donald ... Margaret Aitken James Reid Agnes Short William Worsop Susan Tunnicliff Barbara Grey David M. Mason Mary Duncan Rebecca Gordon Robert Fergus Mrs. Fergus John B. Park Ida Spedding David White Alfred Webber Annie Anderson Bankeilor Stewart ,., Eleanor Coull Mary Flamank Mary Owen Margaret Russell ... Susan Cohen Elizabeth Burn Abraham Barrett ... Isabella Hay lobn II. Chapman ,., William Millar Mary McLaren J. H. Smith Sarah Halliwell Thomas McKay Alexander Lindsay ... George Williamson.,. Frances Hawkes James Barrett Abel Warburton Jane Wilson Annie Stansfield Eliza A. Mason Kate Odell Alexander Stewart ... Elizabeth Kerr Hay William Henry Arnold George Balsille Jane Spratt Walter Hislop Christina White Janet W. Paterson ... John Dagger Hugh Mclntyre William Spencer Mary Gibson Mary Robertson Mary Powell Mary White John L. Ferguson ... Mary Grace Nichols John Lake Cooke ... Lillias A. Fowler ... James A. Rix Elizabeth Gillies Alexander Sutherland Jane D. Hooper Jane Smith Selina A. Spedding... George Stewart James Robertson ... FP FP FP M M F M M F FP ; H HF !AM AF FP M P FP FP M S H II F AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP H HF A M AM AF AM AF AM MP MP FP MP MP FP FP FP FP H HF AM AM AF AM AF AF MP MP MP FP FP FP FP H HF AM AF AM AF AM FP FP FP MP MP £ s. d. 25 o o 25 o o 25 o o 150 o o 206 0 o Waikouaiti — contd. Port Chalmers — contd. Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay 129 3 4 296 5 o 22 10 o 5' 5 o 20 L 2 O 28 6 O [B] 31 32 33 34 [B] 33 34 35 St. Leonards Ravensbourne North-East Valley ... Pine Hill... 35 36 37 128 15 o 361 5 ° 851 2 10; ,'. 20 o o 60 o o 100 o o 2 28 12 9 2f>7 l8 O; ... 110 o o 165 o o 255 0 o 130 o o 25 o o 340 1 8 1.35 o 0 185 o o IOO o o 50 0 o 50 o o 40 o o 25 o o 165 o o 20 O O 396 O o 135 o o 285 o o 195 ° o 120 O O 36 38 162 IO oj 27 IO o I 37 William Street 39 1,371 16 II 149 o o; 426 6 3 Dunedin [B] Arthur Street 40 1.834 17 8 183 10 oj 1,096 I II IOO o o 60 o o 50 o o 25 o o 25 00 25 o o 25 o 0 441 o o 150 o o 2'75 o o 220 o o 130 o o 145 o o 125 o o 120 0 O 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 25 o o 435 10 o 195 o o 250 o o 245 0 0 125 o o 155 o o 115 o o IOO o o Union Street 1,798 1 IOj I? 6 15 o 6,116 o 3 4' Albany Street 42 1,592 IO oj 181 10 oj 5° 5 7 5° o o 5° ° o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 436 15 o 195 o o 250 o o 135 o o 155 o o 105 o o 120 o o 5° ° ° 5° o 0 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o *

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•- . m-5 = v ■a-*-?--: Jj 0« u.2 u •= H Mg.S 6 o"o ZA 2° I'S Schools. 5*2 %— ur rrj □ cr a. o o rr U U " Maintenance. Expenditure for 1 <3>9Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers ami Pupil.teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. a, Annual ~ Salary and a —' Allowances ■33 o at the rate o ~ paid during 35 in the last o Quarter of <*■* ~ 1879. Salaries. Other Ordinary! Expenditure, j Dunedin [B] — contd. Albany Street— contd. j £ s. d. . £ s. d. £ B. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3° o o o o 25 o o IOO o o Stafford Street ... 43 Bath Street ... 44 160 o o 145 o o 1. 40 I o o 1 44 3 6 40 10 o 44 3 6 2 5 2 36 o 0 Mary Ellery Mary Johnston Margaret McDougall 1 Jane Dow 1 Jane Whitman Jane Todd FP FP FP F F FP 43 44 IOO o o 50 o o George Street (1) Normal School ... 45 1,622 12 3 ; 242 16 111 242 16 II 6,876 13 2 2,466 17 2 ; Alex. Montgomery ... . Emma Stevens W. I-I. Kneen I Ebenezer Piper I Marjory Huie ! W.J. L. Closs W. J.Cattan George Davidson ... Thomas C. Farnie ... William Fitzgerald... James Fitzgerald ... John Knox Alex. Nichol Helen Martin Louisa Wicks Helen Harper John A. Johnston ... George Hume M. A. Murray Maggie Somerville... George P. Bell William O. Duthie ... Ill enry J. Wilson ... James Barton Rosalie McGeorge ... David Cossgrove ... Jessie Brunton John D. Yorston William A. Paterson Catherine Falconer... David McLauchlan... Isabella Turnbull ... William Anderson ... Elizabeth Kippenberger Mary Stuart Jessie Ross Georgina Blair Minnie McLauchlan William Milne JeanieAlexander Finlay Thomas Brown Margaret McLosky... Mary McEwen Mary Bennett Maria Anderson Margaret Finlay James Methven Maria E. Thompson Jane Wilson William J. Moore ... Agnes Mci^aughton Alexander McLean ... Bessie U'Ren George Reid Helen Gourley Richard Whetter Mary Walker Mary Montgomery... Charles Young John C. Brown James Couper Richard H. Draper,., Andrew Russell Janet Mcintosh Hugh D. Densham... Jessie Coneys Julia Kerr Annie Wilkinson H HF AM AM AF AM AM AM AM MP MP MP MP FP FP FP MP M F FP M M M M F M F M M F H HF AM AF FP FP FP FP H HF AM AF A F FP FP FT MP FP F H F AM FP H H F AM AF AF MP MP MP MP H HF AM AF FP FP 45 470 o o 175 o o 275 o o 175 o o 150 o o I IO o o IOO o o I 10 o o no o o Peninsula.., 38 Anderson's Bay North-East Harbour Highcliff ... Broad Bay Portobello 46 357 10 0 55 o O: 37 5 o 70 o o 70 o o 50 o o 50 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 246 o o 125 o o 25 o o 205 o o 179 o o 155 o o 194 o o I 10 o o 198 o o 100 o o I 10 o o 210 OO 39 40 41 42 47 48 49 50 190 o o 160 15 o 140 o o 271 5 o 3° o oj 35 o o| 20 o o 288 19 3 60 o o 25- o o 40 o o 43 Sandymount 5.1 225 8 4 40 o o 291 1 6 Taieri 44 45 Taiaroa Heads Waikari ... 52 53 no 00 289 5 o 20 o o 1 55 o o 6 10 o 337 2 o [B] 46 Kaikorai ... Caversham 54 891 o o 100 o oj 58 9 3 1 10 O o 322 3 4 120 O O 19; o o 115 o o 60 o o 60 o o 30 o o 25 o o 384 o o 145 o o 260 o o [B] 47 55 I.I43 17 o 127 10 o! 387 17 m Benevolent Asylum (2) Kensington 5* 57 33 6 8 49i 5 o| •1 65 o ol 3 .148 4 4 1 10 00 IOO o o 50 o o 40 o o 25 o o 40 o o 25 o o 100 o o 258 10 o 115 o o 130 o o 25 o o 363 10 o 105 o o 21000 I 10 o o 48 [B] Forbury ... 1,011 4 2 115 o o 393 15 3 49 58 Mornington 100 o o 70 00 60 o o [B] 50 59 721 18 8 87 10 o 49 2 4 40 o o 40 o o 292 o o 135 o o 155 ° o IOO o o 50 o o 5° ° o (i) Not yet opened. (2) Open four months,

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•S»oj ° A " 3 A xj-oA'. -j £ S Sllf0.a 5 ° 2^ "■ a u" v s -•= c d 2 . ru rj S3 C O U Schools. o o"o >m v. S 6 a. O <U Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. iterance. Buildings, Sites, Other Ordinary F"™'"" '>**» Expenditure. Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stall at the end of the Year, .si' 0 2 0 "u o CU Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. "aieri — contd. 51 Green Island 60 £ s. d. 602 3 4 £ s. , 602 3 d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4 75 o ° William Duncan ... Helen Home ... George B. Clarke ... Mary Mills Maria Mills John Blair Jessie Mills John McBryde Esau Fisher Peter Leitch ... John Menzies C. F. Menzies William W. Browne Mrs. Browne James Waddell Annie G. Shand James A. Wa-ldell ... Donald Macleod Mary Algie M. Hendry George Blyth Anderson Christina Winder ... Henry Mitchell David A. McNicoll... Eliza Derham John Grant George Foster Mrs.'Foster Thomas Halliwell ... Mary B. Davies William Macandrew Mrs. Ross Charles H. Morgan... Mrs. Morgan Wynter lilathwayt ... Jeannie Watson David Pearson Frank Joseph Archibald Joseph ... John Christie William Malcolm ... Margaret Ritchie ... James K. Menzies ... John Macan Forestina E. Grant... Jane Malcolm Robina Todd Arthur A. Palmer ... John Lyttle Annie Stevenson Neil Macleod Jessie Grant Alexander Ayson J. A. Grey Alexander McDuff ... Jonathan Golding ... John Youngson William Christie ... James Wilson George Steven Helen Galloway George Hislop Henry S. McOoll ... George W. Carrington James McNeur Catherine McCurdy... Alexander Grigor ... Mary K. Allan William P. Marris ... Maude M. Blakeley... William Renton John Porteous Mrs. Porteous William Waddell ... A. C. Augur H F AM FP FP M F M M M M JT&S M F M F MP M F MP M F M M F MP M S M F M S M S M F M M MP M H III A M AM AF FP FP MP M F M F M M M M M M M M F M P M M M S H F AM F M M S M M £ s. d. 288 o o 115 00 145 o o 50 o o 25 o o 219 00 no 00 Walton ,,. 300 o o 300 o o 56 5 o 32 o 0 52 61 53 54 55 56 Saddle Hill Brighton ... KuriBush (l) Otokia 62 63 64 65 148 15 o 125 0 0 88 16 3 198 4 10 148 15 125 o 88 16 198 4 1 o 27 IO o 0 20 o o 35 o o 3 500 20 o o 10 37 10 0 239 7 3 170 o o 150 o o 130 0 o 242 o o 60 o o 178 o o 90 o o 255 o o 115 o o 40 o o 249 10 o US o o 40 o o 256 o o 110 o o 57 Greytown... 66 254 15 o 254 15 o 56 5 o 185 10 6 58 East Taieri 67 396 10 o 396 10 o 57 10 o 59 Mosgiel ... 68 327 10 o 327 10 o 56 5 c 12 10 o 60 North Taieri 69 349 15 o 349 15 o 55 o o 35 13 o 61 62 Whare Flat Outram ... 70 -7i 131 5 o 403 o o 131 5 403 o o 20 o o o 60 o o 1,844 13 3 130 o o 267 o o 130 o o 50 o o 170 o o 20 o o 214 o o I 10 o o 195 o o 20 O O 190 o o 20 O O 216 00 I 10 o o 160 o o 63 West Taieri 145 16 8 145 16 8 30 o o 455 1 6 72 64 Maungatua 73 260 6 o 260 6 o 43 15 o 26 o o 65 Lake Waipori 74 163 6 8 163 6 8 30 o o 31 9 o Iruce 66 Taieri Ferry 75 181 15 o 181 15 o 40 o o 424 17 6 67 Waihola ... 76 293 15 o 293 15 o 47 10 o 68 69 Taieri Beach Waihola Gorge 77 78 137 10 o 253 16 1 137 10 253 16 0 30 o o 252 6 8 1 43 IS o [B] 70 7i Circle Hill (2) Tokomairiro Dis. High 79 80 54 9 8 1,072 13 2 54 9 072 13 8 10 o o 450 o o 2 136 5 o 1,335 6 5 212 13 4 40 o o 1.55 o o 395 o o 175 o o 200 O O 120 O O IOO O O 25 O o 25 o o 40 o o 206 o o 72 Fairfax ... .,, 81 285 5 o 130 o o 44 5 10 157 10 o 143 15 o 123 IS 0 7i 3 9 145 o o 127 10 o 69 8 10 362 5 o 63 o o 18 10 o Akatore ... Glenledi(3) Southbridge Glenore ... Manuka Creek Adam's Flat (4) Lovell's Flat Stony Creek Hillend (5) Kaitangata 82 8,3 84 «5 86 87 88 89 90 91 1100 o 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 20 O O 20 O O 22 IO 0 25 O O 13 6 8 IOOO 239 o o 130 o o 100 o o .85 o o 165 o o 135 o o IOO o o 160 o o 30 o o 20 O O IOOO 11 5 ■ 4 12 O 150 o o IOO o o 247 o o 115 o o 40 o o 110 o o 165 o o 179 o o 20 o o 263 o o 115 o o 130 o o 100 o o 58 15 o 31 16 0 S3 84 85 Wangaloa Tuapeka Mouth (6) Inch Clutha 92 93 94 110 o o 15710 o 169 15 o 20 O O 25 O O 35 o o 259 13 10 2108 6 388 15 o llutha [B] 86 Balclutha 95 482 16 4 75 o o 214 4 o 88 Balclutha, North (7) Te Houka Waitepeka 96 97 98 S 6 2 3 126 13 4 190 5 o 22 10 o 1 18 11 150 o o 200 O O 20 o o 40 o o 30 o o 89 90 Warepa ... Kaihiku ... 99 100 197 10 o 167 10 o 32 10 o 30 o o 220 o o 190 o o (1) Subsidi Subsidized ized luring portion of year. 6) Open 11 months. {2) Open £ months, pen 7 months, (3) Subsidized; open 8 iponths. (4) Subsidized : opei 11 months.

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Is is o A — o z> o o rt^; o« Z* ■_■- a 0 « m c d j, c c U Schools. O __/{ d "o 's ° Seo u rrr rrr ii G D. O n Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. itenance. Buildings, — Sites., L-,,, r~* t Furniture, ana Other Ordinary A Expenditure. F Teachers' Names, including all Teachers ana Pupil-teachers on the Stall' at the end of the Year. V C —* — o C C O ~ 2 'i. o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during rhe last Quarter of 1879. Clutha— contd. 91 92 93 94 95 Waiwera ... East Clutha Port Molyneux Ahuriri Owake .0. 102 '03 104 'OS £ •• d-| 130 o o 168 5 o: 122 10 o 121 18 9 155 o °j £ s. d. 20 o o 35 o ° 25 o o 20 o o £ s. d. 20 o o IOOO Windsor G. Fraser ... James McEwen Andrew Purves George H. Querini ... William R. Speid ... Mrs. Speid Francis Goulding ... Fanny Matheson Thomas Harrison ... Annie Harrison Walter Eudey Vilant Graham M M M M M S M F M S M M £ •• d. 130 o o 205 o o 135 o o 130 o o 140 o o 20 o o 198 o o IOO o o 185 o o 20 O O 150 o o 155 o o 35 o o 233 16 0 96 Clinton 106 223 15 o 37 10 o 223 10 4 97 Wairuna ... 107 160 16 81 30 o o 192 2 o 98 99 Waipahi ... Glenkenich Waikoikoi (1) Waitahuna 108 109 136 S o 127 18 4 20 o o 20 o o 60 o o 13 o o IOOO 404 o 0 141 10 o John Stables Christina Miller Leonard A. Line Arthur W. Stables ... Andrew Anderson ... Ellen Anderson James Rix Langley Pope Sarah Blewitt John Stenhouse Jane Fowler Thomas Johnstone... Henry Darton Elizabeth Morrison ... Sarah Ponsonby Anstice D. Silk Bessie Bushell Robert Neill Jessie Pope Jane White Walter A. Reilly ... Mrs. Reilly Ewen Pilling William Ferguson ... Alexander Drain Robert P. Smith ... James T. Bryant J. U. Murray James Guthrie John T. Campbell ... Catherine Laurence... Charles Richardson... Janet B. Edie James Jeffrey Richard B. Heriot ... Selina Bennett Sarah E. Bowden ... Mary McQueen William Johnston ... James Mahoney Mary Mahoney Jane Goulding John Anderson Susan Graham Samuel A. Potter .., John E. Stevens Dora Stevens Fred. S. Aldred Annie Goulding Mungo Allison John Simpson Neil Kennedy C. C. Hubbard John Botting Richard C. Darling.., Michael William Stack James Graham ... j David Fleming ... j Annie Clark ... j Fred. Blair John Wright Thomas H. Giles ... M F MP MP M F M M F H F AM MP FP FP FP FP M F FP M S MP M M M M M M M F MP F M M F FP FP M M F F M S M M F M F M M M M M M M M M F MP M M 275 o o 130 o o 40 o o 40 o o 212 OO 125 o o '55 o o 213 o o no o o 405 o o 175 o o 215 o o 60 o o 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 25 o o 245 o o 140 o o 25 o o 195 o o 20 O O S° o 0 I 10 o o Tuapeka ... 100 no 44o 13 4 Waitahuna Gully ... 290 10 oj 51 5 o 149 10 o 101 in 102 103 Clark's Flat Wetherstone : 112 "3 136 S °j 292 o o 20 o o 55 ° o 500 416 15 o [B] 104 Lawrence "4 968 7 6j 95 o o 635 7 5 Bluespur ... '05 "5 35o o o 67 10 0 259 10 o 106 Waipori ... 116 242 o 0 37 10 o 61 19 2 107 I08 IO9 no 111 112 Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Evans Flat Beaumont Heriot Moa Flat Roxburgh "7 Il8 119 120 121 no 0 o '35 o o I5S o oj 121 5 O 142 IO O 157 10 o 353 3 4 20 o o 20 O O 30 O O 20 o o 22 IO O 35 o o 5 6 5 o 10 o o 20 o o 14 19 o 5 o o 290 12 o 320 o o 1.50 O o 180 o o 135 o o 165 o o 170 00 245 o o I 10 o o 40 o o IOO o o 150 O O 260 o o 130 o o 40 o o 25 o o 100 o o 195 o o no o o 165 o o 208 o o 20 O O 122 123 "3 "4 I'5 116 Crookston (2) Swift Creek Tapanui ... 124 '25 126 j 76 10 3 136 5 o, 396 15 o; 20 o o 60 o o 408 o o 3 8 6 145 9 o Vincent ... [B] Bendigo (3) Cromwell... 59 17 *4 272 10 o SS o o 20 o 0 568 o o "7 118 127 128 119 120 Kawarau... Bannockburn 129 130 138 15 o 180 13 4 20 o o 40 o 0 121 Nevis Clyde 131 I.?2 no o ol 306 15 o 20 o o 55 o ° 20 o 0 65 o o I IO O O 243 o O 135 o o 210 O O [B] 122 [B] 123 Alexandra 133 292 5 o 55 o ° 408 19 o 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 Drybread Blacks ... Ida Valley (2) Bald Hill Flat E web urn (4) St. Bathans Cambrian Blackstone (2) Naseby '34 135 136 '37 138 139 140 152 IO o 118 15 o 73 11 3 99 15 o 60 15 10 130 o o 136 5 o 7i 3 9 39i 15 o 30 o o 20 O 0 5O0 5 0 0 20 O O 20 O O 60 O O 24 7 6 526 12 10 IOOO 60 o o 354 o o I 10 00 185 o o 135 o o IOO o o Maniototo.,, 141 142 375 10 o no 00 I 10 o o 130 o o 155 o o 100 o o 257 o o 130 o o 5° o o 165 o o 160 o o 133 134 Kyeburn ... Hamilton and Sowburn (5) Hyde '... 143 144 147 IO O 150 o 01 3° ° o 30 O O 295 o o 31° 17 3 135 145 '44 3 4 35 o 9 559 '5 o Theo. H. Ritchey ... Elizabeth Gordon ... M S 150 o o 20 o o (1) Not yet open. (2) Subsidized. (3) Subsidi/,' rd ; open 10 moiths, (4) Open 7 mouths. (J) Hall-time.

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Sii'1-7 ■ °2 Ex tr; rr 2 2 o 00 oA-iZaA z„- zj S>-. "-D >_ r-'- '-J y u u <J ... ■t's S~: rf >•- c >i/) Maintei cou^cq^ • - £ Schools. xi u (5SS? g If Salaries. c d Z j 93 d o U Schools. *.S — il u Is - u rt S!S i c n. 5 u V *-> Maim Salaries. Maintenance: Expenditure for 1879. __ _ L eacner-i inames, ifpn-mrc- 1 including all Teachers uenance. Buildings, and Pupil-teachers Sites, ! on the Staff at the end Other Ordinary 1-trrr.iture ana of the Year. Expenditure/ AVV^tu S . v .S "3 c 2 °~u Sen o Oh Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. I _l 1 I £ a. d. Drill instruction (salary of Instructor) ... 18 5 o school buildings—Supervision of erection Preparing plans, spccifica- i tions, &c. Not chargeable to any particular school, repairs, &c. school appliances Totals ... ... ... 44,220 15 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. 475 17 7 558 6.8 301 14 10; £ s. d. 710 2 6 6.386 5 5 44.522 6 4:

iouthland [B] [B] [B] [B] 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 Lumsden (1) Dipton Limehills... Winton ... North Forest Hill ... Elderslie ... South Forest Hill (2) Ryal Bush (3) Waianiwa Waikiwi ... Gladstone (4) North Invercargill ... Invercargill District High School 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 51 '3 9 126 14 2 147 6 8 285 5 8 180 18 10 143 11 8 18 5 10 111 16 8 165 10 4 282 10 9 121 18 4 328 5 3 1,478 10 0 22 15 o 17 16 3 3 6 2 3: I 27 II '; I '7 3 4; 16 10 o 27 o 0^ 28 2 6 650 3° o O; 239 i? nl 473 15 ° 45 o ° 68 10 o 50 o o 233 1 o 437 o o 223 1 o 49 19 9 ,1 90 12 6 799 ° °| 6 5 o| 412 2 6 Walter W. Madden... Charles Kerr Atherton L. Fuller ... Frederick J. Popplewell Sarah H. Cameron ... Thomas Horan Janet Henderson John Robertson William F. Johnson George Adams William Darley William A. Rowe ... Eliza Murray Andrew McDonald ... Margaret Bain Alexander Ross George Hardie Wilhelmina S. Bain Angus Macgregor ... George McLeod Thomas B. Bennet... Herbert A. Wild ... Charlotte Mclvor ... Christian M. Bain ... Edith Ayling Jane Fairweather ... Alice Bailey Florence Muggleton James Orr Catharine McKenzie Jane Graham Smith Fanny Bethune Agnes McNeilage ... Grace Brydone William G. Mehaffey Mary Anne Smith ... Margaret Sangster ... Lucy Joyce Jane Colyer Margaret Hamilton Wilson Lowe James Murdoch Sarah A. Birchall ... Thomas Merrie Eric K. F. Mackay ... John Bennet M M M H HF II S MP M M M H FP H HF M H HF H AM AM AM HF AF FP FP FP FP H HF AF FP FP FP H HF AF FP FP FP M H S MP H H 132 o o 131 o o '53 o o 191 6 o IOO o o iS7 o o 20 o o 20 O O ■S3 O O 73 o o 141 o o 160 2 O 15 o o 216 10 o IOO o o 184 o o 245 5 o IOO o o 402 10 o 251 10 o 221 IO O 150 o o 168 o o 135 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 3° o o 308 12 O 145 o o 105 o o 30 o o 25 o o IS o o 293 12 O 130 o o I 10 00 25 o o 25 o o 25 o o 82 10 o •SS o o 20 o o North Public School 14 626 19 8 70 S o South Public School 15 578 7 4 827 5 o * Otatara Bush (2) ... Clifton ... .6 17 25 12 6 180 n o 14 15 20 6 3; Campbelltown Athol Waikaia Flat Switzers ... Waikaia ... Knapdale (5) Otaria Pinnacle (6) Gore 167 14 8 117 14 7 38 8 9 IOOO I [B] 16 18 17 7 6, 15 5 o 40 o o 14 8 9 650 390 16 11 505 1 7 22 10 o 227 10 o 22 10 o 26 o o 19 11 3 61 6 o 20 o o 170 0 0 131 o o 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 45 6 8 129 12 i 129 1 8 158 17 8 20 o o E. Wright John Steele Robert Haswell James Milne Isabella Ross M M M H S 134 o o 133 o o 140 o o 157 '6 o 20 o o 25 26 Chatton ... Mataura ... 26 191 o 3 9' 13 4 126 8 4 114 18 4 123 13 4 107 3 11 445 o o 28 13 9 272 0 o Alexander W. White Annie Thomson William J. Williams Andrew Murray Thomas Monteath ... James Lumsden H HF M M M M '97 '5 o 100 o o 27 28 29 30 Tuturau ... Wyndham Edendale ... Mimihau ... 27 28 29 30 22 8 o 20 .19 3! 17 12 6 9 10 o 23 3 6 130 o o 159 o o 150 o o 64 I o (4) Open 8 months. ($) I Open 5 months. (6) Op nonths. >en moi nths. W oi .en 3 mouths, ren 10 montl is. (■ ren 11

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u f ■£ ° g c *' =3 t a m o°^szt c Ufa ZS n<4J o 6 Z^ 53 a U Schools. o 6 o Z£ '■9 a Maintenance. Expenditure for 1879. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, ana Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. ■So* a 2 2w o Ph Annual Salary and Allowanees at the rate paid during the last Quarter of 1879. 515 — 0 Cl, ■ O OJ Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Southland— contd. 3i 32 33 34 35 South Wyndham (1) Fortrose ... Hedgehope (2) Grove Bush Woodlands 3i 32 33 34 35 £ s. d.j 105 11 8j 137 18 4! 36 17 6| 128 16 8 160 9 4 £ s. d. 16 11 o 17 2 9 £ s. d. 18 14 o 1000 A. B. Tuson David Wassell David McCurdy Dugald Cameron ... Richard Toms Louisa Toms Samuel R. Girle Kenneth McDonald Thomas Warncck ... Colin Stevens Andrew Young Joseph Andrews Edmund Webber ... Jane Doar Cornelius Mahoney... Henry P. Young Annette Smith Emily G. Cassells ... Henry Elwell Reginald H. Vincent Thomas Jolly John McLeod John Macrae Henry Bull C. A. Strack M M M M H S M M M M M M H HF AM MP FP FP M M M M M H MP £ s. d. 60 o o 136 o o 7i 5 o 165 o o 164 16 o 20 O O 147 O O 149 O O 138 O o 75 o o 132 O O 130 O O 269 O O 135 o o 130 O O 70 O O 25 o o 15 00 82 10 o 136 o o 147 o o 142 o o 131 o o 159 16 o 40 o o 2310 o 20 2 6 35 15 o 24 19 o 36 37 38 .39 4° 41 42 Longbush Roslin Bush Myross Bush Oteramika One-Tree Point Orepuki (3) Riverton ... 36 37 38 39 40 4i 42 "9 5 o 146 6 10 135 11 8 83 6 8 137 13 4 112 10 o 622 9 o 18 1 6 24 7 4 17 12 6 20 o o 2rj IO 0 31 9 8 59 o 0 1600 137 5 o rallace ... [B] 10 15 1 900 1,130 o o 4.3 44 45 46 47 48 Wild Bush (4) Gummie's Bush Groper's Bush Flint's Bush Limestone Plains .,, Wallacetown 43 44 45 46 47 48 116 17 6 138 o o 143 8 4 138 6 8 132 o o 181 9 4 23 10 o 24 2 6 17 13 6 22 15 o 23 18 9 25 3 o 600 308 10 o 275 o o 15 ° o 30 o o ike 49 5° 51 52 53 54 55 56 Pembroke Cardrona ... Macetown (4) Upper Shotover^) ... Millar's Flat (6) ... Moke Creek Lower Shotover Arrowtown 49 50 51 52 118 17 6 62 2 8 49 n 8 83 2 6 17 1 6 18 12 6 982 22 6 3 37i o o 12 0 0 49 7 6 32 9 6 150 o o 40 o o George Hassing George Gazzard Charles A. Anderson Joseph Kilburn M M M M 132 o o 64 I o 82 10 o 130 o o [B] S3 54 152 3 4 307 3 3 23 1 0 26 3 9 John Neill William McHutchison Sarah McHutchison John Mehaffey Beatrice E. Mehaffey M H F H F 151 o o 190 8 o 100 o o 193 17 o IOO o o [B] 57 Queenstown 55 264 19 8 26 1 10 100 o o Stewart Isld. 58 59 60 Kingston (1) Fairlight (2) Halfmoon Bay 56 57 53 75 16 8 23 18 2 175 7 6 500 24 12 4 Christina Wraytt ... William Peterson ... F M 48 15 o 152 o o looo School appliai 'lans, Inspect 8,554 16 4 121 6 7 251 12 9 • nces ion, ire. 10,489 16 1,301 1 l 8,927 15 8] (1) Closed. (2) Open £ months. (3) Open 9 months. (4) Open n months. (5) 0] ren 6 months. (6) Open 10 months. 5—H. Ia. f

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Table No. 8. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, with the Number of Teachers' and Custodians' Houses, the Area of each School, and the Attendance of the Pupils, for the Year 1879. Note.—In column 3, dimensions of buildings not belonging to Boards are entered within brackets, thus [ ]. AUCKLAND.

si 613 lis Z33 c v "~ ro '% "i. S School Roll. Average Attendance. Schools. All Which belong to one School District connected by bracket. rrr rd J3 *_, a, o a u- o f °*3 2 "rn En ™c , m « rt 2>_ I Strict Average. £-;rr -3 cr n ?roi lis t'%i S> 1-g . ■£•&! J^£ *2 -JSS .■ u SM ZS §5 o.S i£= £h Z.S Z-i Z ° n . Fourth Quarter. 1 j-3 *|M Boys. Girls. Total. Working Average. Whole ( Ahipara ... i Kaitaia (half-time)... (.Maungatete „ ( Oruru Upper „ ( Oruru Lower ,, Mongonui Totara Kaeo Whangaroa North (closed) ... Hokianga Okaihau ... Waimate.., Kawakawa Pakaru ... Te Wharau (aided) Russell (closed) Arapohue... Wairoa North (itinerant) Aratapu ... Te Kopuru Dargaville (Matakohe ( Omaru (half-time) ... Paparoa ... .Maungaturoto ( Kaiwaka (half-time) ( Hakaru „ Kaipara Pleads (aided) f Whareora (Kamo Kaurihohore Whangarei ( ParuaBayNo. 1 (§-time, closed) \ Parua Bay No. 2 „ „ Whangarei Heads Maungatapere ( Ruatangata East (half-time) I Ruatangata West ,, Mangapai No. 1 „ Mangapai No. 2 „ ( Maungakaramea No. 1 ,, Maungakaramea No. 2 ( Waikiekie East ,, ( Waikiekie West „ Ruakaka... Waipu Cave Waipu Cove Waipu North Waipu Central Waipu Upper TePahi ... Otamatea (Native, aided) Albertland North ... Te Arai (closed) Pakiri Port Albert Wellsford... Wharehine Tauhoa ... Hoteo North Omaha Little (Matakana Upper (half-time)... (Big Omaha ,, ? Matakana Lower ,, 5 Mullet Point „ (.Mahurangi Heads ... (Warkworth ... (Dome Valley Kaipara Flats Puhoi [340] [280] 249 300 330 640 480 600 [600] 483 384 [300] 1, 100 263 480 600 384 19 H 25 12 i3 35 21 24 3 15 9 8 7 22 3 16 40 12 6 16 12 17 21 12 15 14 21 11 11 5 9 ii 7 8 8 8 13 17 22 11 9 6 20 28 16 iS 51 22 26 35 27 20 11 6 5 22 1 1 1 1 1 25 19 30 83 31 9 6 63 28 15 47 14 6 39 65 49 14 10 4 5 6 2 14 5 10 8 13 45 17 3 10 23 101 42 12 37 31 26 91 So 43 23 10 60 13 41 12 16 24 24 12 13 72 25 10 34 13 14 23 22 12 14 61 24 10 2.3 8 ii 17 14 5 7 40 20 7 15 i7 9 39 25 i8 7 5 26 16 5 7 8 11 8 7 34 7 3 10 8 13 34 14 11 8 3 12 16 13 13 45 13 18 25 25 13 14 74 27 10 25 25 22 73 39 29 15 8 38 32 19 8 3' ii 6. 2 ii 1 1 1 ,100 [900] [1,800] 600 216 680 680 600 600 [800] [336] [900] 800 1,600 448 300 432 T462] 455 45S [456] [456] [700] [700] [280] 242 [384] 192 375 640 800 756 [1.350] 36 27 64 40 45 23 7 57 32 25 n 19 22 4 4 36 3 57 10 41 5° 20 17 2 19 7 12 55 5i 14 7 16 25 20 22 72 39 28 13 7 35 30 14 6 24 21 24 68 32 23 13 8 37 29 i7 7 24 18 49 36 80 39 32 21 o 2, 21 2, 6. 3 2. 11 1 9 5 6 45 24 9 23 23 89 45 116 35 13 32 14 20 18 i5 20 9 2 10 6 13 5 35 19 44 15 7 20 3 16 8 18 24 22 18 59 39 76 24 14 18 13 •5 15 8 9 5 9 10 10 13 9 27 21 35 IS 9 7 7 9 7 S 6 4 S 2 7 8 6 23 19 62 39 8,3 28 14 21 14 17 iS 10 11 6 9 25 1 1 1 ■ 25 67 54 119 35 iS 22 17 18 14 9 iS 19 27 3° 6 5 13 3 10 32 36 24 18 1 25 IS '9 14 11 14 9 11 11 16 10 11 16 10 35 18 48 13 5 14 7 8 8 S 5 2 6 8 5 8 5 12 15 23 28 19 52 37 86 28 16 20 14 ■5 15 11 13 25 9 16 24 20 12 26 13 13 21 12 12 11 10 20 11 1 1 1 10. 12 19 14 32 45 55 94 14 5 21 12 iS S3 20 22 3 4 n 5 13 28 48 37 8 3 9 17 5 31 17 6 29 49 43 81 24 3 21 11 iS 11 22 25 34 52 12 3 14 12 21 24 37 Si 13 4 13 n 10 32 14 10 21 10 1 7 10 14 14 25 6 2 8 12 16 11 22 29 37 53 16 3 15 12 17 12 22 27 38 61 15 1 [320] [150] 3°o 600 600 45 6 456 [360] 5°4 480 480 480 330 448 484 600 483 648 21 33 10 28 11 19 23 57 26 9 S 4 22 20 18 28 5 5 10 6 3 4 3 28 IS 9 iS 1 4 9 5 13 1 6 14 44 23 34 27 22 29 15 21 13 17 21 59 31 22 64 10 29 13 17 20 13 19 10 13 22 10 i? 8 14 18 37 18 15 42 3 15 6 n 8 5 12 7 6 7 17 10 n 13 9 9 4 n 8 6 10 32 16 22 21 14 21 15 II II 35 16 15 22 15 23 11 17 11 11 18 1 5 26 10 6 15 10 10 16 39 17 13 44 3 6 9 19 10 9 22 10 6 28 12 18 4i 20 17 48 15 19 40 20 18 46 1 19 5» 11 20 7

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Schools, All which helong to one School District connected by bracket. en v 2 . <-> t a <U« In £%t IcS.2 SS ra cr 00 c/) r • t_ £ ogcE . S rt o 5^ J, £ ■Su-3 £ 00 Z £(/) fa 11° c S . ■5.3S S A So 0 g rt o S to za School 1 to rt '1- j- ,_ 3 ci f|3 loll. 2 rt £> a £ -j g.s 1*3 br> §0 *a**3 Oj +. ru _n rrf>r g g> 2 Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Averai ;e. 5 rt &0> Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls, j Total. Wainui ... Waiwera ... Great Barrier (itinerant) Kawau ... Kaukapakapa ( Helensville (Woodhill... ( Kumeu (half-time) (Hobsonville ,, Riverhead Wade (closed) Pukeatua (half-time, closed)... Lucas Creek (half-time, closed) Stokes Point Lake Devonport Henderson's Mill ... Titirangi 'Auckland —Wellesley Street ... Auckland —Nelson Street Auckland —Beresford Street ... " Auckland —Howe Street Auckland —Choral Hall —High Street Parnell f Onehunga Boys' ... ( Onehunga Girls' ... Whau ... Ponsonby ( Newton West i[Newton East Mount Albert Mount Eden Grafton Road ( Mount Hobson Boys' 3( Mount Hobson Girls' Ellerslie ... Tamaki West Panmure Mount Roskill Manukau Heads (aided) Whatipu Saw-mills (aided) ... Howick ... Pakuranga Otahuhu... Mangere ... Woodside Flat Bush Otara Turanga Creek Papakura Valley ... ( Papakura (Drury Ardmore ... (Wairoa South (Ness Valley Hunua (Ararimu (Maketu ... Bombay ... (Awhitu No. 1 (Awhitu No. 2 (half-time) Pollock (half-time) ("Waiuku ... Brookside (closed) ... I Kariotahi... -{ Kohekohe Maioro I Waipipi ... (^Waitangi... (Puni Patumahoe Pukekohe West Pukekohe East {Harrisville Tuakau ... 1 1 455 45o 30 22 32 20 21 3i 32 20 23 28 17 28 13 16 10 11 13 10 9 17 15 7 S 7 5 12 7 2 20 24 29 20 20 37 35 20 19 29 [468] [54o] 600 600 [54o] [S4o] [299] 455 455 600 880 840 1,221 [300] 540 5,010 3.3i6 6,776 [900] [2,569] [1,860] [1,820] 3,680 [ [960] 4,186 1.750 3.696 94o 1,296 2,986 1,701 2,070 600 700 1,840 600 [100] [450] 680 640 1,296 [525] 550 600 20 19 35 34 19 10 18 20 17 35 25 24 10 18 20 18 Si 17 47 14 19 25 21 25 44 6 30 17 19 6 6 28 21 46 44 34 10 11 20 20 38 27 25 11 M 2 7 23 32 19 20 20 20 28 13 5 11 7 6 10 18 12 18 18 4 4 io 10 i7 10 14 14 12 16 15 1 41 25 145 2S 24 526 354 452 104 258 126 189 164 177 82 178 213 464 97 "5 254 109 IOO 48 46 98 37 10 75 20 6 5i7 506 537 34 35° 241 20 6 40 18 5 388 404 45° 45 306 205 140 106 108 89 205 159 492 40 7i 2S« 68 68 38 36 93 2 iS 10 58 29 180 27 25 655 456 539 93 302 162 198 161 179 66 412 249 478 139 137 356 125 112 55 23 no 63 13 17 45 119 129 60 9 44 21 127 23 20 616 34i 378 85 242 134 153 124 125 43 320 182 383 90 109 287 IOO 87 33 20 11 40 18 4 7 26 8 82 11 9 46 22 128 23 22 617 342 381 85 242 135 153 124 126 13 11 44 21 1 124 21 19 587 294 33° 80 14 46 10 125 21 1 13 15 339 177 211 59 149 78 87 119 7 278 165 170 26 93 57 66 5 126 21 589 299 334 82 214 1 149 103 no 73 439 195 506 82 93 353 84 80 45 '3 i°5 65 10 212 125 148 no 127 46 270 177 379 76 91 272 97 77 24 25 6i 43 11 24 179 97 218 54 64 162 100 20 142 86 165 38 46 126 44 321 183 383 92 no 288 IOO 88 35 20 72 48 12 i7 33 76 95 56 32 26 94 31 31 67 39 22 69 20 28 126 150 in 130 50 273 179 384 78 93 274 98 79 26 71 46 12 16 32 67 92 55 31 25 92 31 28 66 39 20 69 19 25 29 24 87 13 8 iS 16 14 29 i7 6 9 11 73 19 6 43 3i 6 8 22 26 65 45 11 iS 33 74 83 52 31 23 76 32 32 65 13 15 43 120 102 60 4 30 27 168 28 16 10 2 28 28 141 28 12 32 68 78 5' 30 22 74 31 28 61 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 [1,220 600 600 i,375 600 300 1,100 [384] [600] [448] 840 828 400 [440] [448] i,340 400 [220] 375 400 435 400 600 800 39 35 92 28 45 82 40 25 105 28 38 34 43 H7 15 10 12 89 9 io 40 20 9 34 5 13 10 25 39 15 12 6 46 17 17 14 12 11 16 6.3 6 n 26 9 5 43 10 13 9 4° '9 10 44 31 118 3i 44 96 51 29 96 23 38 35 28 137 20 33 19 66 45 5i 30 16 11 47 14 13 37 20 8 32 10 i7 i5 9 44 5 3 3 33 4 10 31 44 26 16 IS 47 17 18 30 19 14 37 10 35 20 68 21 1 1 20 23 26 26 7o 10 8 9 7o 12 14 21 n iS 16 44 9 6 6 30 25 88 14 9 9 72 12 16 28 28 27 76 12 8 10 75 13 16 11 99 10 6 46 3 12 11 99 14 17 3° 24 45 37 52 89 156 56 5° 107 9 69 12 14 21 39 8 6 8 1 1 1 25 29 29 32 53 68 148 48 45 97 40 20 23 64 84 14 16 9 i7 24 IS 24 43 76 6 19 39 24 37 5i 93 45 35 74 20 40 19 35 43 74 43 32 68 14 9 21 12 23 21 11 19 IS 16 33 46 20 21 36 22 20 40 27 39 54 100 22 21 41 21 37 47 80 1 1,400 [504] 600 800 54 25 16 45 37 76 44 33 7i 1 11 19 40 29

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TARANAKI.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. (A tn fi fc a . •° ° V w T* .— *i! r- a rj 5 2 rt i2 rrr i, S 3 a §O.S Z r.3 J^ m ffl 111 * ,. — rt o tj|rr.rO •A° S 00 Jin* 30 spe "5.S S g rt o P bO za School Roll. •O.S . i. 2 rt •g-o** S " " o u o ° &* "fc*2 . > \* « ti rt bO J3 $P* g.g S M a a ►?"■* Strict Lverage. Average Attendance. Working Averagi s fa fcC* rr « Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Pokeno Hill r*~ Pokeno Valley < Queen's Redoubt (closed) (, Maungatawhiri Valley Miranda (aided) Coromandel Driving Creek Whangapoua Mercury Bay Tararu /*" Eureka ... \ Waiokaraka 1 Waiotahi Creek (.Punga Flat ( Kauaeranga Boys'... ( Kauaeranga Girls' ... Hastings... Tairua (closed) Parawai ... Turua 'Puriri Hikutaia... 4 Paeroa Mackay Town (JWaitekauri Raglan ... Waitetuna ... Ruapuke (half-time) Te Mata „ Harapipi... , Mercer Rangiriri... Huntly ... Taupiri ... Hamilton East Hautapu ... Cambridge Ngaruawahia Pukete Hamilton West Whatawhata Ngahinepouri (closed) Alexandra Paterangi Ohaupo ... Te Rahu ... Pukerimu Rangiaohia Te Awamutu Kihikihi ... Waitoa ... (Katikati No. 1 3( Katikati No. 2 Tauranga Greerton ... Maketu (Native, aided) Whakatane (Native, aided) ... Opotiki ... 1 600 600 [420] 600 [...] 1,296 1,301 [450] [352] 3,105 300 4,400 1,872 400 3,105 1,674 600 ■ [560] 1, 200 [325] 480 [260] 600 [264] 480 [493] 485 600 480 600 760 [281] 600 600 1,150 600 1.265 870 456 i.95° 680 [600] 868 [800] 720 600 600 [1,152] 1,456 680 600 455 600 1,024 336 51 34 64 3i 5 5i io5 62 19 27 57 IS 579 95 4 407 205 7 63 116 9 iS 32 22 32 3 23 18 29 13 60 6 2 56 Si 37 39 29 36 37 18 i7 21 22 39 40 3i 37 37 19 35 83 98 14 1 29 22 19 J5 31 78 98 10 10 22 40 57 7 14 70 18 220 "6 16 37 78 98 13 25 1.33 20 39i 97 iS 38s 207 25 36 61 1 21 1 1 89 1 OS 15 35 225 35 254 166 i7 429 270 38 99 44 i7 29 109 23 338 145 5 376 209 14 12 128 9 7 13 31 9 9 25 12 49 95 123 17 33 173 27 495 116 16 460 266 24 132 20 31 82 96 12 23 151 22 316 106 iS 345 211 30 36 55 13 23 19 31 13 11 21 12 15 38 41 6 11 63 10 171 57 8 134 161 25 iSS 22 318 109 16 347 214 30 39 55 13 24 1 1 '"87 18 25 31 51 75 18 33 19 45 23 14 23 22 18 28 26 47 21 48 28 167 30 153 88 391 97 15 384 207 25 36 60 12 2S 17 34 19 10 21 40 7 251 46 13 17 36 5 18 12 19 25 8 8 8 1 10 13 26 18 35 19 n 20 33 15 12 22 14 54 20 10 7 14 6 15 9 4 7 8 5 7 9 16 7 17 10 58 12 46 24 15 84 16 6 i 20 25 16 1 21 1 1 19 20 30 8 47 13 54 16 21 11 14 17 18 13 18 i7 27 11 27 18 9 11 11 14 6 14 14 18 14 1 1 1 28 2 10 4i 16 6 7 98 36 54 44 1 61 20 3° 13 39 23 110 19 19 28 1 1 1 41 24 19 138 36 114 80 127 30 93 52 33 99 29 24 27 32 38 14 7 iS 35 25 13 12 74 107 12 30 12 38 22 i°5 19 104 41 23 146 29 16 100 28 94 51 23 124 30 16 45 30 36 26 22 13 52 12 58 28 9 63 '5 11 27 iS 20 14 16 i7 15 24 8 3 27 65 8 24 104 52 24 147 .V 17 44 34 42 27 3i 31 36 37 13 n 14 28 18 109 30 96 56 23 127 1 1 1 1 1 1 ISO 38 7i 35 43 33 42 40 30 39 22 24 20 "36 i7 28 14 11 32 188 47 24 62 5° S3 33 38 42 44 Si 16 16 72 142 24 6 4i 3' 40 26 29 30 33 37 13 10 48 102 17 6 10 74 31 29 24 37 11 17 19 22 13 15 14 21 13 5 8 25 38 10 3 6 32 17 48 32 38 28 32 29 26 1 13 21 1 1 13 19 20 37 12 13 40 85 15 1 1 97 24 8 19 117 62 12 10 28 83 14 5 9 72 52 103 18 6 10 75 980 6 49 2 11 59 14 107 3 4 43 1 32 7 70 11,672 10,625 8,338 13.959 10,390 9.740 5./H 4.977 10,688 10,16

Okato Tataraimaka Oakura ... Koru (new, not opened) Omata West Gill Street Kawau ... East Frankley Road Mangorei Lower Mangorei Upper Kent Road 1 294 294 325 395 485 . 796 [800] 674 691 484 280 280 294 26 15 3i 12 3 29 II 4 iS 27 14 45 17 12 19 11 26 14 4 21 6 8 17 20 12 38 21 12 28 37 1 1 1 39 64 71 79 65 31 13 22 26 19 7i 81 116 6 49 68 45 59 15 6 i5 7 52 86 84 150 78 28 12 22 33 64 57 106 63 1 ~7 10 19 29 3° 59 66 87 59 22 iS 64 37 64 7 7 9 11 20 "66 72 35 64 66 109 64 19 10 19 30 32 59 69 9° 60 72 12 5 15 25 11 12 3 10 23 11 iS 24 15 22 44 ■9

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WANGANUI.

Schools. .11 which belong to one School District connected by bracket. a) p . 33 .A . *0 — W HI U IS.a z * « "*' :. is u it. rt u e, er- DO W A . u. r- -rrr 2 2 rt o Slsrj, g •3= r« c goo Z 33(73) L ■ ti « fi .1 ! |Pg 1 M u rf j c"'- Strict Average. Working Average, .2'=,- 1| s * g£ =° %Z> ■A'" s* ' a'-o _ai a . Fourth Quarter. IS'a l*8| -S&° I 1^ SS ii? Whole Z.S a £^ 2 *°' -.r B°.vs. Gins, i total. School Roll. Average Attendance. Working Average, I Albert Road Egmont Village Upper Kent Road (not finished) Smart Road Lower Egmont Bell Block Boys' ... Bell Block Girls' ... Waitara West Waitara East Manutahi Huirangi... Wortley Road (not finished) ... Tikorangi Urenui Inglewood Boys' Inglewood Girls' Norfolk Road Waipuku (new, not open) 1 1 1 294 3Si 395 28o 395 487 294 [700] 672 692 ■ 574 395 900 280 588 679 520 520 9 15 9 IS j 13 '° 9 4 13 10 19 14 9 24 16 14 9 7 16 15 19 6 3 22 14 13 10 5 15 14 26 5 21 12 12 7 7 14 14 43 15 11 47 37 29 41 ... 41 34 35 19 13 41 23 25 2 24 26 28 54 33 47 4° 23 30 8 18 26 32 36 60 18 78 S 53 41 33 22 55 43 61 31 29 63 38 34 21 22 43 39 32 17 19 30 25 24 14 12 26 26 9 i 9 19 43 35 54 36 61 32 1 55 4i 11 85 59 50 34 33 67 53 19 23 13 29 24 20 12 12 24 20 44 62 47 59 35 30 36 ... 36 33 40 104 84 (to 46 42 6 50 56 46 46 ••■ 46 33 29 16 19 35 31 55 19 44 40 1 1 1 1 12 15,108 948 972 618 1,3°2 915 810 511 468 979 860

Normanby Hawera ... Manutahi Kakaramea Carlyle ... Whenuakura Kohi Waverley Waitotara Maxwell ... Brunswick Goat Valley Upokongaro Brownlee ... Aramoho Wanganui Boys' Wanganui Girls' ... Wanganui Infants' Mosston ... Okoia Mars Hill Kaitoke ... Matarawa Denlair ... Wangaehu Turakina Glen Nevis Upper Tutaenui Porewa ... Turakina Valley West Rangitikei Marton Mount View Crofton ... Greatford South Makirikiri ... Bull's Parawanui Lower Rangitikei (closed) Halcombe Feilding ... Bunnythorpe Sandon ... Waitohi ... Awahuri ... Taon ui Stony Creek Palmerston Carnarvon Karere Foxton Motoa ... 589 1,221 459 459 1,120 459 324 i,S9 6 468 393 4H 432 258 234 2,128 3,198 2,730 1,645 400 569 480 600 400 5°o 384 1,200 216 419 475 361 237 4,668 648 400 266 39 97 18 38 no 32 22 43 no 26 27 85 16 55 122 28 43 91 20 40 79 22 29 5i 13 20 14 40 8 43 9i 21 4i 79 23 34 93 27 18 101 18 36 19 27 31 10 87 147 136 '65 28 30 20 21 26 35 92 10 8 3° 78 10 6 35 18 16 6 43 124 32 24 147 24 47 28 33 94 25 19 119 16 36 21 26 31 14 IOI 169 iS3 215 28 31 21 34 9i 26 18 54 16 8 6S 7 17 9 14 21 8 52 169 13 41 10 11 33 95 26 19 "9 18 38 22 26 9i 27 37 91 • S 26 100 17 35 18 2 7 30 10 87 147 134 162 28 54 n 21 36 27 13 34 6 24 H 177 205 194 297 20 i? 15 11 23 28 19 48 6 12 9 n 3° A 2 l6 I28 209 igO 296 39 39 27 20 35 28 29 87 12 13 1 2 n 6 48 32 14 100 169 153 216 1 158 142 136 37 33 25 23 27 49 154 146 137 18 11 104 17 22 153 112 12 1 29 3i 21 iS 30 22 26 63 8 63 27 20 24 114 34 34 31 19 104 36 1 1 1.3 14 15 15 29 22 26 63 7 62 3° 20 20 26 10 11 9 11 4 11 1 19 12 16 32 7 38 16 1 1 1 19 72 13 59 9 33 7 13 14 8 8 90 18 19 12 21 26 57 9 58 27 20 10 10 3i 21 26 58 10 1 1 3i 45 15 17 92 67 30 25 18 77 31 25 28 i47 49 41 40 23 154 41 25 n 59 27 20 1 18 19 MS 27 20 23 112 22 "5 35 33 25 18 10 10 69 18 21 12 10 14 45 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 420 902 768 30 27 26 "3 10 93 32 3 121 208 44 5i 19 52 1 26 82 93 1 34 34 30 18 102 35 93 15 16 IO 52 13 13 19 9 S 2 23 22 117 •35 33 26 18 95 16 16 123 138 36 80 1 3.430 2,262 531 1,008 260 400 400 386 1.S26 476 762 2,460 354 23 125 90 164 205 43 US 12 36 58 52 210 122 144 36 72 10 25 40 28 iS7 25 55 106 122 137 36 74 12 71 77 19 46 2 16 26 15 78 13 28 S8 10 52 68 17 38 8 123 145 36 84 10 26 4i 3° 157 27 55 108 1 1 1 88 i7 36 40 40 148 26 4 44 27 32 180 26 38 67 13 24 9 24 9 20 118 8 23 37 27 143 23 43 107 23 10 15 15 79 14 27 50 12 12 23 37 28 144 24 43 109 24 1 1 1 43 106 7 31 6 44 74 142 31 1 24 20 22 37 2,525 2,897 1,677 3,745 2,805 2,539 i,53i i,3i9 2,850 2,577

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HAWKE'S BAY.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. •in " I 3 . S5 . s«! G o ri u ri' -g.2 ri Bjrl rt *'£ 1,3? SO rrj- C/} r/r . o 2 ! o ri o ..-g-g Stoig S2 « 5^0 | u-5 z?^ z g fe ■ W) co c . fi oil u a£> ■^ £ ri o 3 M Z.5 . SP 2 S ! £•- -Is S* 1-S If* 1| ! |f School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. "Sb Srt 5 rt f-< <u £<§■ £<* I Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. ys. Girls. Total. Boys. Tenui Bideford ... Gladstone Waihenga Eketahuna Mauriceville Opaki Fern Ridge Masterton Waingawa Clareville Carterton Matarawa Greytown Kaitara ... Tauherenikau Featherston Kaiwaiwai Mungaroa Upper Hutt Taita Hutt Wainuiomata Korokoro Horokiwi Judgef ord Pahautanui Porirua ... Tawa Flat Ohariu ... Johnsonville TCaiwara Makara North Karori Thorndon Thorndon Infants' ... Terrace ... TeAro ... Mount Cook Boys' ... Mount Cook Girls' ... Mount Cook Infants' Newtown 1 288 [500] 480 486 45° 656 494 560 1,800 586 848 984 480 1,656 480 320 1,840 44o 420 1,000 816 1,344 392 296 400 391 680 20 18 20 13 3 8 25 17 26 31 18 18 iS 15 27 17 38 22 34 240 21 80 176 22 192 29 15 I48 24 39 112 56 162 17 13 15 28 17 37 22 30 213 21 6S 147 23 138 25 16 136 22 II 6 12 i7 n 23 >3 i6 139 i7 42 101 13 109 14 8 76 18 21 52 32 9i 12 7 9 4 10 6 18 IS 16 27 17 38 23 37 243 23 81 178 24 193 29 17 150 24 40 in 56 164 21 19 26 32 41 31 59 37 40 95 38 70 364 i37 245 326 433 327 4Si 86 17 14 34 8 22 37 9 48 266 16 29 34 11 4 36 7 24 177 5 33 78 14 104 11 16 74 13 6 52 48 90 17 15 9 17 S3 29 37 251 26 64 160 54 31 61 15 10 37 23 32 218 340 31 108 251 43 245 38 24 192 31 48 134 84 210 30 25 37 37 55 41 81 47 49 134 44 88 477 163 272 407 5i4 415 518 iS7 21 104 6 10 77 169 26 218 26 16 39 77 11 84 iS 9 74 6 22 67 1 S3 26 141 26 31 131 23 24 144 29 18 142 22 1 1 1 320 1,160 656 480 816 480 640 3,o8o [1,421] 2,35° 2,560 S.328 2,720 3,232 [45°] 126 81 154 24 19 32 59 30 62 48 33 77 27 72 477 122 iS 54 60 Si 146 23 21 14 37 31 19 30 25 40 87 33 30 449 351 136 33i 423 380 579 204 35 8 11 26 21 18 25 32 39 28 58 37 40 95 37 70 364 131 245 321 433 327 45i 76 31 107 53 144 19 17 24 32 42 26 54 34 32 72 32 63 359 101 9 16 13 15 20 38 19 18 56 19 37 215 81 19 59 24 73 9 10 10 19 26 11 21 18 32 109 54 150 19 18 25 32 44 28 57 35 34 73 32 65 1 1 24 30 16 22 1 14 449 188 116 297 366 267 489 47 39 19 33 149 56 93 142 359 107 255 300 402 286 252 373 457 302 428 249 291 399 284 410 7i 152 184 433 327 220 231 46 438 79 40 26 4,189 4.695 3.251 5,633 4.350 3.828 2,456 1,946 4.402 3.94

i Tologa Bay Gisborne ... Matawhero Ormond ... Te Arai ... Patutahi ... Frasertown Wairoa ... Tarawera Petane Puketapu Port Ahuriri Napier Meanee ... Taradale ... Clive Hastings Havelock Te Aute ... Patangata Kaikoura Tamumu Hampden Waipawa Waipukurau Porongahau 1 1 2,95° 1.300 432 [480] [i44] 500 ■ 800 [120] 200 8 196 81 64 184 35 24 89 16 "8s 52 42 6 3 295 83 62 83 14 24 76 12 27 29 129 657 40 109 131 72 77 39 21 66 2 216 62 23 46 8 21 60 4 183 59 25 48 8 2 119 32 9 34 5 11 36 9 10 7 54 282 1 102 3° 15 13 3 11 26 3 221 62 24 47 8 22 62 S 192 59 34 49 9 21 62 9 21 1 3 26 21 58 9 19 22 66 4i7 30 85 86 1 31 94 10 24 28 21 40 5 7 15 123 935 17 38 106 43 2 12 21 3 13 15 48 227 18 48 42 22 28 15 S 33 4 18 28 19 11 12 23 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 400 1,300 5,ooo 400 1,300 1,300 500 75° [500] 525 525 [210] 480 1,800 75° 480 39 45 112 78 57 82 54 46 22 4 11 28 278 18 38 53 35 5° 11 27 34 9 13 56 22 21 99 488 30 88 80 5° 57 25 18 60 47 62 18 14 40 43 31 32 10 102 509 32 88 85 53 60 23 67 430 32 85 90 49 65 19 20 48 12 1 34 22 30 64 2 19 48 10 13 27 6 25 18 60 1 [1] 1 1 4i 20 42 49 49 35 23 8.5 38 15 15 5° 88 68 4i 9 41 74 55 19 41 61 So 21 24 47 38 11 10 42 75 57 22 43 65 50 25 1 1 12

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NELSON.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. v 3 . S S rt i!.s S S S ,~ rt^J « t. 2 rt o SE ■ S •A ° £ <= S Z i3cfi fa 1 bo O P . — 3X -J £ rt o D tO Z.5 ■ S? 2 S 3f - •e.3 v , 30 1. z rt A , v2 . S-5 £ £« I * g tr -=_A >.£ I Jj£g S2S .S to £rt_* a* ii 11 Z-o I Z School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. rgS 3 ri o 3 la 01 v £rt Fourth Quarter. Whole Boys. Girls. Total. Onga Onga Ashley Clinton Takapau Norsewood Danevirk Ormondville Woodville 1 1 1 ['50] 290 [540] 500 300 [190] 1,500 15 35 '"84 30 49 6S 11 11 46 26 22 7 12 10 34 10 21 34 36 89 42 5° "4 15 21 24 55 33 34 70 15 22 23 45 31 29 55 6 14 19 39 19 20 40 13 10 7 24 14 16 35 19 24 26 63 33 36 75 17 25 24 58 33 31 61 10 76 4 23 20 1,519 2,236 1,058 2,697 1,937 i,7i3 1,103 917 2,020 i,8o7 I

Blenheim Picton Havelock... Renwiek ... Spring Creek Tua Marina Marlborough Town Kaituna ... Canvas Town Grove Town Waitohi ... Wairau Valley Kekerangu Fairhall ... Omaka (closed) 4.302 1,818 976 632 480 1,000 756 416 340 600 600 320 280 292 145 79 67 39 74 22 22 20 190 78 41 44 10 25 18 20 13 7° 43 20 5 11 132 49 34 42 7 17 12 12 15 38 29 10 3 13 6 35° i74 86 69 42 82 28 30 18 65 56 26 22 275 124 67 59 33 59 21 22 13 45 37 19 20 252 116 67 60 31 60 20 24 n 42 36 14 19 27 5 161 62 30 26 25 36 10 9 8 25 23 8 9 13 "5 62 37 31 iS 23 n 13 6 22 276 124 67 57 40 59 21 22 14 47 42 21 263 117 67 60 36 61 20 24 11 33 42 16 20 19 13 11 43 39 iS 19 28 6 1 252 33 6 31 23 11 20 24 13 910 588 419 1,079 817 781 445 389 834 808

"Town Boys' (ist division) Bridge Street Boys' (ist and 2nd division) Bridge Street Boys' (3rd divis.) Hardy Street Girls' (ist divis.) „ (2nd divis.) ,, (3rd divis.) Haven Road Boys' Hampden Street Toitoi Valley Girls' Port Clifton Terrace Hillside ... Happy Valley Stoke Richmond Boys', ... ,, Girls' Ranzau ... Hope River Terrace Spring Grove Lower Wakefield Boys' and Jun. Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley Upper Wakefield ... Foxhill ... Motupiko Waimea West (north division) Waimea West (village) Sarau Neudorf ... Lower Moutere Motueka ... Ngatimote Dovedale Pangatatara Riwaka ... Brooklyn... Upper Motueka 600 1,240 900 864 720 648 1,512 i,332 2,040 [720] 576 228 294 1,518 741 741 578 720 S12 720 858 600 356 720 540 480 54o 420 1,100 648 665 1,650 336 640 330 640 284 [240] 20 114 128 67 88 "4 101 128 183 53 22 24 22 76 63 59 40 42 57 90 7i 35 27 48 46 16 63 77 24 33 90 130 121 74 3° 8 11 10 27 23 12 21 12 31 32 29 7 14 28 20 38 6 7 19 14 33 29 16 8 7 14 13 2 4 52 75 32 28 55 58 69 63 17 4 9 11 16 22 11 11 8 iS 18 10 5 5 14 16 5 2 9 9 15 19 39 8 6 32 125 130 59 93 149 173 180 194 66 26 26 21 87 64 60 5° 46 73 104 9° 37 36 62 50 33 3° 46 76 56 79 127 36 43 28 81 29 IOO 107 47 66 109 143 131 147 56 19 19 17 6S So 51 33 35 55 80 68 3° 105 106 49 68 97 133 124 146 53 18 18 16 60 50 49 32 3i 52 72 58 27 2S 45 36 iS 25 27 53 3S 48 96 25 25 17 63 28 29 100 107 145 9° 33 11 9 8 35 So "18 iS 32 39 45 12 47 67 113 44 149 24 9 10 9 32 5i 16 20 32 41 23 29 15 26 18 9 12 11 33 19 28 55 17 20 9 37 13 8 29 100 107 47 67 "3 145 134 149 57 20 19 i7 67 50 5i 34 35 64 80 68 29 27 49 51 22 26 33 57 42 54 106 30 105 108 49 69 99 136 128 149 53 19 19 17 63 50 50 33 34 55 72 58 27 26 46 40 16 26 30 54 40 5i 98 26 31 18 67 29 n 26 48 66 57 65 137 28 29 26 49 40 21 25 31 55 41 S3 i°5 25 22 16 7o 30 11 23 33 13 14 22 24 23 26 5i 10 41 30 77 32 10 9 10 1 14 7 37 18 4 27 34 16 74 31 12 1 44 12 IO

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NORTH CANTERBURY.

Schools. l11 which belong to one School District connected by bracket. "(fl I oj d . •^ ° ti rt ™" £ £sq °*3^ S2rt fi UI OJ 'I3.S 2S 0 ial eg 8T W . ° § 5 s _ .2 rt o Sfa ■ o X —> *- •£00 Z uW fa O G . fi tn cj e rf ° P to za , M rt "P r-' «-§! te z-r School Roll. 1 rf g-V. '. I Strict Average. te U £Ct,' ja ao rt>n t: -s OS C C g hf) S rt pB 2 |3 .g- ho , Average Attendance. Working Averagr Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Tadmore... Lower Takaka Long Plain Motupipi... East Takaka Collingwood Ferntown... Pakawau Westport Boys' and Junior ... Westport Girls' Waimangaroa Addison's Flat Charleston Boys' ... Charleston Girls' ... Brighton ... Karamea Lyell Reefton ... Black's Point Capleston I I I I I 260 768 39 6 54o 640 800 1,000 200 1,800 900 [400] 600 [860] [840] 600 220 [640] 2,040 [500] [600] 20 40 34 34 33 41 24 20 183 108 5 16 3 8 n •3 6 6 53 36 38 3 25 103 6 36 4 107 88 1 8 17 11 9 5 24 6 109 48 2 6 36 22 17 39 26 33 39 30 24 26 127 96 36 4i 74 81 42 33 31 17 23 20 30 20 21 95 67 29 31 64 57 26 27 15 29 20 23 22 31 22 19 102 7i 14 35 65 42 28 26 i.S 124 30 24 7 20 6 13 11 18 11 13 97 15 12 65 8 12 12 12 12 12 9 9 "67 14 19 iS 32 18 25 23 30 20 22 97 67 29 3« 65 63 30 27 iS 3' 21 25 25 31 22 20 104 74 14 35 67 I 44 85 38 35 19 188 "63 16 47 29 26 I 2 38 23 143 14 14 16 11 152 74 23 in 60 "62 55 28 6 117 59 22 12 129 31 16 31 24 24 22 29 3,305 i,7i7 1,285 3,737 2,842 2,725 i,524 1,4" 2,935 2,81

Kaikoura Suburban Kaikoura Town Waiau (aided) " Flurunui ... ( Kowai North (main) ( Kowai North (side) Balcairn ... Leithfield Mount Grey Downs Loburn Ashley Bank Saltwater Creek View Hill Oxford West Oxford East Carleton ... j Cust (main) (Cust (side) Eyreton West Stoke Fernside ... Mandeville Plains ... Eyreton ... Rangiora Southbrook ( Flaxton (main) | Flaxton (side) Waikuku Woodend Kaiapoi ... Kaiapoi Island North Kaiapoi Island Lyttelton ... Governor's Bay Charteris Bay Gebbie's Pass Road Gebbie's Valley Port Levy ( Pigeon Bay (main) \ Pigeon Bay (side) ... Little River Barry's Bay French Farm Wainui ... Little Akaloa Duvauchelle's Bay ... Okain's Bay Le Bon's Bay 1 918 684 [308] 600 1,580 820 800 828 1,080 1,010 1,500 880 600 1,140 1,35° 600 1,638 600 54o 480 1,420 540 650 4,97o i,540 1,55° 99° 540 1,600 4,73o 620 380 9,840 420 600 600 480 54o 54° 400 54o 520 660 600 560 54o 520 600 48 7o 12 18 104 19 48 69 91 72 88 41 49 124 96 66 153 39 30 94 61 54 289 100 97 32 5i 140 348 30 7 537 33 ) 4i 42 8 10 5i IO 30 82 67 31 bi 64 S2 82 165 21 72 42 28 20 49 12 18 212 66 67 16 17 30 222 9 26 264 11 37 32 13 3 53 7 31 25 12 44" 5 39 13 SO 18 18 1 8 35 11 21 47 35 12 44 37 36 66 97 16 6S 4 12 7 43 1.3 11 138 45 39 17 12 31 151 6 7i 94 19 20 120 18 57 104 123 91 105 68 65 140 164 7i 160 38 55 43 100 60 61 363 121 45 68 17 13 92 IS 37 7o 90 65 54 51 36 88 112 50 123 30 41 30 84 40 44 274 86 76 18 47 63 17 13 81 12 36 64 78 55 58 48 36 84 106 47 119 28 31 27 7i 41 42 262 3i 40 10 7 60 10 23 35 56 33 29 29 21 58 72 27 65 IS 20 20 46 2.5 28 i47 52 40 9 18 63 167 10 9 268 14 12 6 17 31 7 6 34 5 17 39 39 34 33 23 18 42 48 23 64 15 23 14 4i 18 19 131 38 45 12 2S 47 135 18 48 7i ■7 13 94 15 40 74 95 67 62 52 39 100 120 5° 129 30 43 34 87 43 47 278 90 85 21 SO 65 17 13 84 13 37 68 81 59 65 48 38 94 "3 47 124 28 34 30 74 43 46 268 125 3i 56 139 419 33 24 6.37 37 30 20 28 17 20 20 62 39 19 38 32 68 77 71 21 79 78 22 42 109 280 28 22 478 27 21 9 164 7 7 12 41 no 302 28 19 533 24 19 16 19 14 20 iS 42 22 14 34 13 46 40 38 40 105 278 28 22 475 25 20 43 no 302 28 19 533 26 10 265 12 25 15 5 24 Si 26 10 1 38 11 20 19 18 14 17 >7 40 20 7 7 12 6 21 10 11 12 7 9 10 21 7 8 22 17 19 14 21 16 19 18 14 19 42 26 IS 34 18 47 40 43 17 42 21 12 19 7 15 8 26 20 19 7 45 37 SO 42 12 13 18 8 11 >3 31 20 19 10 21 14 31 25 52 63 40 42 35 20 41 42 42 29 22 21

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•sis' II - In SIS gSrt £3^ rj^J — Z 1"J — ,", rrj w <" 3 rt2 do W f Ar* c 2 3 £ . 2 rt o £ -3 ** £00 z i> A En School toll. Average Attendance. Schools. j dl which belong to one School District connected by bracket. o's . "5-r rf fi A -u *- a> <U fi "^ fi „<+* B rf ° 2.5 , M t3 3 "•"5 A r- 2 $ li-s Is £> £« £ M £•£ z*§ o ° -- v <$ fi rt>H Iff Z" Strict Average. 5 rt o 3 faQ* Fourth Quarter. Working Averagr 2 rf Whole Year. P* Boys. Girls. Total. Robinson's Bay ( German Bay (main) ( German Bay (side) Akaroa ... Kowai Bush Kowai Pass Russell's Flat Malvern ... Malvern South Hororata ... Kimberley Greendale Courtenay Halkett ... West Melton Yaldhurst Templeton Weedon ... Broadfield Harewood Road North Road Papanui ... (Riccarton (main) ... (Riccarton (side) Prebbleton Lincoln ... Springston Greenpark Tai Tapu Halswell ... Heathcote Upper ... Christchurch West ... Normal School Christchurch East:— Bingsland Gloucester Street... Phillipstow-n South Town Belt Colombo Road (St. Albans (main) ... ( St. Albans (side) ... New Brighton Heathcote Lower ... Hillsborough Heathcote Valley ... Sumner ... Selwyn ... Dunsandel Brookside Killinchy... Irwell ( Leeston (main) ( Leeston (side) Southbridge Lakeside ... Rakaia Little Mount Somers ( Alford Forest (main) { Alford Forest (side) Broughton (aided) ... Barr Hill... Rakaia South Chertsey ... Kyle Ashburton Forks ... Westerfield (aided) ... Ashburton Seafield Wakanui,.. Tinwald ... Willoughby ( Longbeach (main) ... ( Longbeach (side) ... 600 540 132 2,070 54° i,348 550 1,200 1,230 1,250 540 59° 540 770 54o 895 1,490 940 520 650 600 26 33 12 21 27 90 6 17 12 9 76 7 22 10 37 44 28 18 26 18 20 38 31 65 14 9 24 6 30 48 8 167 21 75 62 127 83 58 49 7° 34 68 56 66 112 58 46 68 47 219 130 61 22 33 7 "5 15 41 35 79 47 48 32 44 23 4i 41 54 7' 37 30 48 32 145 106 49 104 "7 96 59 100 70 103 837 754 23 29 9 106 16 18 3 69 7 23 16 7 16 4 47 8 18 24 37 29 24 15 18 10 18 18 31 41 iS 16 26 23 34 7 116 15 41 40 86 51 5° 36 44 24 47 44 55 74 40 33 48 32 148 106 23 30 9 no 153 22 63 48 53 54 24 11 1 14 44 29 64 Si 51 29 38 20 38 37 52 69 3° 31 47 32 123 101 45 91 109 81 52 86 76 96 77i 719 15 44 34 66 54 53 30 4i 21 66 38 52 32 63 47 63 105 42 43 64 36 147 117 60 127 20 49 22 26 29 44 20 25 47 34 72 3° 12 28 17 116 58 24 49 Si 61 21 26 14 29 26 2,45° i,57i 778 1,660 1,460 i,43o 1,360 1,520 i,54o 2,110 11,032 9,770 44 45 23 19 31 39 1 24 33 25 17 22 18 78 S3 25 56 68 52 34 62 14 70 53 24 49 52 Si 33 40 31 52 387 353 49 105 120 42 40 53 72 37 32 48 33 129 103 46 96 ii5 9i 59 88 78 97 792 7i9 110 134 123 54 88 79 112 862 821 30 53 83 84 892 708 12 68 60 688 584 140 154 145 83 129 94 136 1,066 94S 103 67 102 72 103 856 754 4i 51 469 401 2,100 16,720 1,410 2,992 8,926 4,690 [i,44o] 54o 2,260 1,901 720 600 1,070 630 i,395 1,310 600 204 1,004 124 139 803 315 59 42 264 128 82 112 89 917 96 185 953 213 52 22 227 1,236 148 252 948 420 102 56 333 157 96 22 168 iS4 874 96 i54 653 258 64 34 222 107 67 17 54 92 S23 53 94 =580 148 37 22 76 418 57 99 346 139 43 13 107 5° 32 7 30 37 45 28 18 168 94i no 154 882 99 154 662 263 66 1,149 120 298 1,098 318 95 36 190 81 43 20 36 102 941 no 193 726 282 193 726 287 80 23 62 99 79 178 37 223 38 38 . 39 40 54 83 40 in 121 52 29 21 3 3i 29 3 80 17 53 18 95 102 107 9° 51 181 60 281 79 34 236 120 73 20 55 76 81 67 37 122 36 190 34 27 17 26 17 8 16 60 "76 62 i'i 8 129 72 4i 13 31 47 40 40 20 67 16 109 18 35 236 122 73 20 61 84 85 68 38 126 38 194 37 30 17 27 18 8 16 7i 21 35 226 113 68 •7 61 81 66 126 36 i79 28 27 14 25 16 2,150 568 2,080 54o 540 540 575 380 Ci44] 600 3i 17 27 15 23 12 12 n 3 4 1 51 44 24 40 22 12 20 34 172 25 24 14 25 13 i'3 9 14 12 3 6 46 12 14 11 59 22 85 19 17 8 29 13 6 5 10 25 9 10 900 600 600 600 [400] 3,690 600 600 600 700 800 600 19 97 112 11 88 10 9 8 12 201 121 "16 55 18 21 16 64 18 23 20 iS 306 18 48 45 43 39 26 35 45 9 11 326 32 38 118 45 31 35 25 36 28 21 23 21 24 21 15 332 20 58 55 53 40 28 27 22 328 21 45 3 28 79 80 79 62 46 14 310 20 19 15 291 18 12 166 10 3 166 7 23 26 '66 4 2S 38 16 21 20 53 52 46 35 26 4i 43 39 30 24 13 35 29 22 5° S 2 31 21 14 31 19 14 ii4 n,886 io,433 7.o8g 15,230 11,065 10,098 6,083 5,297 ■i.38o j 0,449 6—H. Ia.

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. IB fi ° tl 6"|3 lis £53 Z >- o 3 t> J, b » m rt u Ir 3 riiS to F w . rt TT W u 2 rt o ill 1 M MC , M r,'c **"> G . ■S 3 >-" d 'C S JJ.3 ri 1- 3 ri *- II ->r SI S* »r .3 ■* 3 **?, ,, .O 3 U II £«o 3.S^ 3 M * £ Z.S School Roll. IS I OJ= U-3 . ==.3 *° S S _q M .O ri>r 3 3 I C bo S C ' 3 3 z-g I z" Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. rSs ' 3 S o 3 fc-0> v . is Fourth Quarter. Whole Boys. Girls. Total. Scotsburn Burke's Pass Fairlie Creek Opihi Mount Gay Rangitata Island ... Orari North Orari South Waihi Bush Geraldine Kakahu ... Pleasant Valley Waitohi Flat Winchester Milford ... Temuka ... Pleasant Point Washdyke Claremont Wai-iti ... Timaru ... Pareora ... Otaio Upper Otaio Hunter Hook Waituna Creek Waimate Waihao ... 600 600 600 400 400 600 600 600 28 10 11 27 20 29 17 17 38 20 i6 14 21 16 14 21 II 8 7 6 18 18 22 29 17 19 14 20 2 14 21 11 14 30 17 20 7i 138 28 47 42 67 49 210 14 9 13 29 17 15 6.5 129 23 40 39 65 43 '8S 113 38 17 60 767 36 10 II 12 6 6 14 10 8 40 84 9 S 8 16 7 12 31 54 14 .24 17 36 22 96 53 17 6 2S 384 17 9 12 21 12 14 2 14 28 17 15 57 120 27 47 36 62 41 17 29 34 82 101 32 16 28 54 23 200 96 47 10 34 99 185 54 59 66 104 63 346 152 46 20 89 1,019 58 15 38 22 17 20 1,200 1,960 560 840 520 1,280 560 2,33° 1,240 520 600 58 197 45 64 60 97 66 41 113 23 21 59 128 29 49 4i 66 46 190 109 37 20 1,200 9.530 864 600 600 600 600 600 5.120 600 3" 125 46 29 1.003 50 91 660 22 47 26 165 69 47 19 2 644 6 41 166 104 37 19 54 755 36 10 29 14 19 28 251 20 14 23 25 31 27 114 67 23 12 38 412 23 3 19 5 12 16 169 9 120 40 18 63 796 40 12 56 773 40 12 30 16 20 37 14 15 23 36 36 56 206 38 22 14 3 8 166 7 29 14 21 32 288 13 17 142 13 31 16 25 33 3" 22 411 33 48 4SI 31 28 270 16 21 3,203 2,169 1,948 31 2,668 2,029 1,494 1,241 1,083 2,324 2,05'

( Arawata Town \ Arawata Flat Gillespie's Beach ... (Okarito ... ), Waitangi (Donoghue's (Ross /-Woodstock \ Kanieri ... 1 Blue Spur (.Upper Crossing ( Hokitika ... i_ Arahura Road S Stafford ... Goldsborough Greeks (closed) Callaghan's (closed) ( Kumara ... i Westbrook (not opened) (.Greenstone ( Marsden ... \ Dunganville ( Paroa 1 Greymouth (.Cobden ... ( Brunnerton (Maori Gully No Town Hatter's Terrace 'Ahaura ... Totara Flat - Orwell Creek Granville (closed) ... Rangiriri 1 288 288 210 150 [150] 800 2,400 500 1,012 500 4So 6,965 500 1,309 1,128 140 288 2,900 14 26 25 12 49 220 49 100 52 25 411 47 no 95 11 10 256 26 34 10 13 11 62 16 61 9 24 296 21 46 42 1 19 21 10 4 5 52 33 36 10 25 196 13 20 21 39 25 55 230 32 125 5i 24 5" 55 136 128 20 35 23 17 8 35 194 23 85 42 17 400 49 99 96 16 27 26 iS 8 37 199 28 82 39 20 9 21 9 9 3 14 102 IS 47 iS io 218 21 11 iS 15 9 5 27 92 9 43 24 10 190 28 48 47 20 36 24 18 8 41 194 24 90 42 20 408 49 101 16 28 26 16 8 40 197 29 85 39 22 399 47 107 88 10 395 47 ! 106 84 10 53 54 9 12 10 121 IOI 1 180 315 220 9 210 122 103 9 217 225 140 585 [140] 288 6,965 720 55° 500 [400] [400] [300] [250] 336 25 26 29 10 18 23 274 22 12 6 42 30 42 53 489 65 in 40 26 37 42 374 56 68 33 26 "36 24 30 39 374 58 62 2.3 II 19 19 192 28 33 15 13 18 18 16 41 27 38 42 375 56 68 33 27 45 25 16 37 24 3° 40 379 58 63 32 29 39 25 16 26 10 7 iS i 27 41 44i 62 82 37 27 25 32 16 26 19 10 16 41 11 3i 37 24 10 28 3 11 226 19 12 5 16 S 23 8 43 42 57 33 18 4i 31 28 39 25 16 19 23 183 28 35 18 14 27 14 8 17 45 24 16 11 8 16 13 20 11 31 25 9 7 15 33 200 1 1 6 8 "6 1 3 19 13 14 2,424 1,418 989 2,853 2,194 2,154 i,i39 1,102 2,241 2,194

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- T. a £ w u ■- i fc S • %?>% fi ° V a « rt %X'S ri £*3 His ■sill U T>« St, . o SSS -a° .3 rfl V SoO E = a i B~-g 3-^- z Bco O School Roll. Average Attendance. Schools, til which belong to one School District connected by bracket. JS 9 t* rt 'C ■-' %■-% u, 3 rf fi ba tu u -O v SA>- -g-rA ,c37A b u n 3 to <• £ Z.S Is £>• te « •* fi a -a 3 3 Z-o to §0 J3 3rt£ S-sr z'~ Strict Average. 3 rt rr" v OS >bu Fourth Quarter. Working Average. Whole Boys. Girls. Total. Livingstone and Maerewhenua Duntroon... Ngapara ... Awamoko Papakaio Pukeuri ... ( Oamaru District High i Oamaru North (.Oamaru South Waiareka Teaneraki Kakanui ... Maheno ... Otepopo ... Hampden Moeraki ... Puki-iviti Dunback Inch Valley Macrae's ... Shag Valley Palmerston Goodwood Flag Swamp Waikouaiti Merton Seacliff Evansdale Blueskin ... Purakanui Lower Harbour Port'Chalmers District High... Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay St. Leonards Ravensbourne North-East Valley ... Pine Hill ... ■"Dunedin, William Street Dunedin, Arthur Street Dunedin, Union Street ■-j Dunedin, Albany Street Dunedin, Stafford Street Dunedin, Bath Street Normal ... Anderson's Bay North-East Harbour Highcliffe Broad Bay Portobello Sandymount Taiaroa Heads Waikari ... Kaikorai ... Caversham Kensington Forbury ... Mornington Green Island Walton ... Saddle Hill Brighton ... Kuri Bush Otakaia ... Greytown ... ... East Taieri Mosgiel ... North Taieri Whare Flat Outram ... West Taieri Maungatua Lake Waipori Taieri Ferry Waihola ... Taieri Beach 54° 600 540 346 700 920 5.704 2.396 1,940 350 600 38 8 35 35 18 37 37 33o 279 223 30 16 36 31 55 52 26 76 25 36 28 3 2 12 19 iS 35 281 151 137 24 14 25 25 18 27 11 35 20 43 33 53 3i 58 i°3 457 328 287 61 48 96 62 185 122 60 69 38 39 52 40 286 47 79 281 53 80 40 122 34 28 33 28 35 27 33 82 385 235 208 48 36 78 46 136 93 39 35 22 20 17 21 14 13 20 34 30 4i 25 44 84 374 293 22-; 46 33 80 51 136 103 45 51 29 32 35 36 238 40 62 34 28 35 28 37 84 392 239 214 48 37 81 750 600 I,000 1,113 555 600 600 600 800 375 2,297 600 560 2,682 576 391 630 1,239 600 .SO 32 36 IOI 408 200 201 55 46 85 56 148 97 45 28 41 24 40 82 366 290 218 46 31 76 44 132 102 44 50 29 3i 35 35 238 40 59 218 42 53 31 82 20 II 23 47 212 157 no 29 17 40 31 77 52 30 29 18 14 21 37 162 136 »3 17 16 40 20 59 5' iS 22 5° 138 95 40 37 24 27 37 33 222 38 59 217 38 55 32 85 23 22 387 29 9° 26 122 33 18 36 33 223 36 78 269 46 65 40 "3 28 15 12 35 123 42 33 76 18 8 23 44 18 14 173 20 42 9 73 118 H 174 337 337 286 48 54 236 84 13 n 12 24 36 32 222 37 56 214 36 54 32 81 21 15 21 11 17 14 16 42 186 S3 34 88 25 23 23 S3 24 19 238 25 56 24 92 201 20 134 ■9 31 120 104 21 31 100 18 28 19 39 n 15 177 18 36 13 56 149 26 274 300 343 325 33 28 373 41 iS 16 20 29 28 8 36 147 205 69 201 120 220 I-I 39° 3,000 600 960 355 1,440 2,500 567 4.79° 7.739 9,600 4.5 °° [65°] [560] 7,052 i,596 648 404 600 1,093 97o 418 75° 3,320 3,474 3,344 3,206 2,330 1,400 1,093 681 29 413 35 108 24 159 306 37 480 701 687 573 66 54 560 99 5° 49 37 67 75 24 100 315 481 175 345 242 210 101 46 34 14 56 9i 148 123 102 37 151 33 76 54 63 80 S3 34 34 478 40 122 39 178 389 64 586 780 845 746 77 79 848 134 61 70 42 81 22 348 29 83 26 129 309 52 526 708 721 673 66 58 735 88 43 58 29 60 64 20 81 308 445 156 409 249 190 in 20 381 28 88 22 119 290 45 486 690 666 648 67 57 699 97 39 54 29 56 64 22 77 291 4i7 148 377 243 177 98 32 21 20 62 85 no 25 27 12 46 13 10 187 13 49 13 75 166 27 252 408 378 348 33 30 362 43 55 31 85 24 25 364 31 85 26 131 315 S3 526 708 721 673 66 58 735 90 44 59 34 60 69 20 84 310 445 156 409 249 194 in i-i i-i i-i 4i 280 416 49S 459 59 79 524 119 24 32 17 23 26 294 46 487 692 667 648 67 57 700 99 40 55 32 57 66 9 9 5 40 117 153 124 106 142 93 62 14 8 8 92 22 49 29 43 14 3i 4i 12 48 163 240 87 208 22 83 293 419 148 378 243 182 98 37 26 20 62 87 113 "3 94 26 3 60 182 120 380 530 203 481 3°4 256 139 46 31 26 80' 99 156 155 122 36 174 57 70 65 67 "7 46 202 399 392 600 152 242 204 139 100 14 5 20 33 30 69 77 31 6 35 23 22 70 89 126 Il8 129 100 57 24 17 12 94 54 15 9 10 31 39 73 54 49 12 63 21 39 26 22 70 9i 129 118 103 27 ISO 44 57 53 53 98 29 53i 1,280 1,336 1,428 312 960 i,i5S 480 648 600 9 22 61 45 11 7 36 17 18 103 26 15° 44 57 53 S 2 98 25 112 94 25 134 44 61 47 54 80 35 39 52 56 64 S4 15 87 23 27 28 59 41 12 31 36 65 15 20 32 28 22 30 25 23 49 9 134 45 62 47 55 80 38 994 600 30 49 20

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List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, &c. — continued. OTAGO— continued.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. fi is p j Ha: I , T3fi 1J.2 a 11 -— .-. S V r£ 3* rt2 flf** 3 . "St.!. £ "3 <— *° 3 O C Z uCO 1 bo Mc 3 .- O 3 . v 3 H •&£> .□333^- £ ri o 3 M Z.£ School Roll. . m S S c0^. Strict Average. £->> CS ■- " S r, tf «J lis £1* £*>, -g I =j S II |- fco. >* Average Attendance. Working Average. Is Fourth Quarter. Whole £h Boys. Girls. Total. Year. Waihola Gorge Circle Hill Tokomairiro ... Tokomairiro Infant Fairfax Akatore ... Glenledi ... Southbridge Glenore ... Manuka Creek Adams Flat Lovell's Flat Stony Creek Hillend ... Kaitangata Wangaloa Tuapeka Mouth Inch Clutha (Balclutha ( Balclutha North ... Te Houka Waitepeka Warepa ... Kaihiku ... Waiwera ... East Clutha Port Molyneux Ahuriri Owaki Clinton ... . Wairuna ... Waipahi ... Glenkenich Waitahuna Waitahuna Gully ... Clarke's Flat Weatherstone Lawrence District High Bluespur ... Waipori ... Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Evans Flat Beaumont Heriot Moa Flat Roxburgh Crookston Swift Creek Tapanui ... Bendigo ... Cromwell Kawarau Bannockburn Nevis Clyde Alexandra Drybread Black's ... Ida Valley Bald Hill Flat Eweburn ... St. Bathans Cambrian Blackstone Naseby ... Kyeburn ... Hamilton and Sowburn Hyde Benevolent Asylum 600 600 3.417 1.314 348 35° 540 600 77 201 120 89 27 40 35 84 86 62 30 26 20 28 29 1 76 7° 4i 19 10 22 88 34 209 136 no 38 24 46 36 41 32 43 3i 24 156 27 42 65 188 47 37 59 56 53 43 64 47 30 77 95 56 37 41 174 106 7i 28 178 131 89 21 iS 37 27 33 19 32 25 17 128 7i 28 186 121 80 20 38 12 97 66 51 9 9 19 11 23 9 14 13 7 63 12 20 37 74 16 18 33 17 81 65 38 iS 9 19 16 71 29 178 131 89 24 18 38 27 33 20 72 30 186 121 80 22 IS 36 30 42 20 42 35 18 134 26 38 35. 182 13 29 31 32 18 30 31 33 18 392 45o 675 400 280 1,306 529 600 600 1,859 [320] 320 452 600 631 352 5'° 57° 600 600 1,140 600 600 1.35° 1,222 640 34o 1,100 3.972 1,460 9°S 600 405 717 600 600 600 1,167 [2081 6co" 1,512 240 1,316 300 810 600 21 14 13 8 9 103 19 8 53 101 22 10 2 12 11 12 3 8t 18 33 26 17 121 19 12 33 25 17 128 25 38 58 149 38 30 52 44 4i 36 56 36 22 35 27 10 6S 13 18 21 75 22 19 4 23 95 25 38 58 149 '38 3° So 42 40 36 53 35 22 46 76 48 27 28 154 85 29 94 274 177 52 29 24 42 41 38 56 103 19 33 154 17 95 28 2S 35 48 154 34 29 48 4i 40 32 5° 35 23 43 64 46 27 28 140 76 23 90 261 121 25 36 S3 156 34 29 37 64 52 57 38 60 37 27 7i 53 5i 30 37 147 90 30 108 289 i,S3 66 47 9 15 21 12 23 15 15 6 62 75 27 60 9 20 17 16 18 11 5 3 56 33 22 30 22 23 20 33 19 11 12 22 22 18 16 23 17 11 20 55 49 41 33 52 36 24 45 64 15 55 31 14 46 113 95 34 10 17 26 24 IS 36 57 4 7 86 13 44 21 20 6 56 38 16 S3 11 28 15 9 41 106 30 45 28 iS ■9 7i 48 13 51 146 89 23 12 31 22 12 10 83 37 16 5° 76 5o 27 29 154 85 29 94 274 177 54 29 25 42 4i 39 60 106 19 33 154 20 95 28 59 21 48 28 29 141 77 26 35 113 296 203 68 43 128 88 90 263 iS9 53 26 30 37 44 37 43 57 139 23 36 143 17 87 32 73 27 98 104 46 33 15 23 45 32 5 IS 15 12 35 39 55 49 48 77 i39 23 38 185 25 108 35 81 24 129 107 62 42 14 31 36 26 34 19 172 55 5i 57 27 159 49 26 22 3i 17 12 23 19 21 3° 48 n 20 83 8 44 18 10 16 57 4 5 44 5 23 18 42 35 29 49 102 18 28 136 17 82 13 19 22 18 3° 58 8 26 43 36 32 53 10,5 18 30 136 18 82 13 7i 12 1,250 970 511 424 340 [252] 405 625 300 724 1,083 432 1,100 600 31 S 11 45 13 10 19 92 17 19 14 31 12 9 25 35 22 6 59 21 99 89 43 32 8 26 20 27 61 22 93 88 35 30 10 24 21 5i 10 36 12 51 44 27 18 6 15 9 14 14 7 88 16 23 9 48 45 19 14 3 11 12 99 89 46 32 9 26 26 61 24 93 88 39 3i 11 24 3 9 12 21 22 25 27 21 3 21 33 6 23 28 14 144 43 45 48 23 22 27 ■5 125 39 43 49 23 9 14 9 57 28 24 21 23 28 16 23 26 16 113 44 43 58 11 iS 4 25 27 9 145 44 49 48 23 125 4i 44 49 23 14 131 I4,SII 9.394 6,121 17,784 H,449 13,654 7.732 6,905 M.637 13.879

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List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, &c. — continued. SOUTHLAND.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. *«, S I £ ■Sis I 3S| \2%Q I o g 5 s o a _ 1 . 5 rt o 5 S rt ■§_ O Si rrr a, £ c O ■ u -5 Z S3 in Zg fc O Q . 2-ls i£> £ rt o 3 M Z.E School Roll. r m -°.£ . IS f to go Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. .. 3 rt J- „ *<"*•■ $*$ l& i -SSs BTU |S, ! £%£ Jz.~- 3 £ ' £ m z £ S3 l*s z-3 ; z ■a S Si . S b S rt 3 rt ;? u Fourth Quarter. Whole Boys. Girls. Total. Athol Switzers ... Knapdale Otaraia ... Pinnacle ... Gore Mataura ... Tuturau ... Wyndham Edendale ... Mimihau... South Wyndham ... Fortrose ... Hedgehope Grove Bush Boslin Myross ... Woodlands Long Bush Oteramika One-Tree Point Lumsden Dipton Limehills... Limestone Plains ... Winton ... North Forest Hill ... Elderslie ... South Forest Hill ... Ryal Bush Waianiwa Waikiwi ... Waihooai North invercargill ... Invercargill :■ —■ District High School North Public School South Public School Otatara Bush Clifton ... Campbelltown Waikaia Flat Orepuki ... Riverton ... Wild Bush Gummie's Bush Groper's Bush Flint's Bush Wallacetown Cardrona... Macetown Upper Shotover Millar's Flat Lower Shotover Arrowtown Queenstown Kingston... Fairlight ... Half-Moon Bay 1 400 400 600 600 20 40 50 36 9i 30 23 43 23 29 49 33 36 54 19 44 84 74 12 18 36 1 15 30 50 27 9 18 35 53 44 64 7° 138 33 46 5° 32 8 38 26 55 5i 46 90 51 33 48 40 4i 56 36 126 61 63 23 66 72 124 55 119 27 43 25 44 59 109 26 37 32 20 5 25 16 44 38 3i 60 4i 25 29 27 30 44 28 26 37 26 35 59 99 26 15 "26 10 21 27 SS 13 23 16 10 4 16 13 17 17 24 3S 54 15 14 21 28 43 27 45 62 27 37 28 38 60 1,232 1,200 465 800 391 336 500 480 400 420 525 600 1,200 684 375 600 600 600 600 432 1,314 600 600 600 600 648 1,200 1,200 [720] 5i 33 40 46 45 24 38 41 29 21 3 14 26 22 25 H 6 9 i6 11 33 46 44 30 25 72 19 26 23 33 3i 123 81 22 12 24 25 "18 7 8 25 10 2 23 6 27 17 18 25 14 8 29 38 19 17 27 17 39 36 30 55 39 21 26 23 26 37 25 82 48 45 20 38 55 92 47 96 11 22 18 iS 36 21 16 10 1 13 7 22 20 21 24 20 9 18 109 28 37 37 20 5 29 18 44 38 36 60 4i 25 3i 27 30 49 3° 95 53 S3 20 5° 58 90 49 101 99 27 30 40 21 17 30 19 40 37 32 55 39 22 24 43 29 79 56 45 13 14 19 25 17 46 27 27 13 22 13 11 24 13 49 26 26 32 24 27 42 27 85 52 46 20 38 55 93 48 96 40 64 64 7 23 63 26 64 92 49 52 19 50 57 9° 48 101 7 28 130 25 53 30 49 33 37 19 52 S3 4,472 2,500 2,500 [300] 576 1,200 300 400 2,400 360 432 39i 600 400 560 400 288 725 600 1,080 2,211 320 [240] 480 398 233 268 322 216 224 27 52 42 221 155 123 499 294 369 27 73 68 43° 235 295 21 47 47 415 218 261 22 217 "4 174 11 23 27 213 124 127 10 29 20 43o 238 301 21 52 47 4.6 222 266 22 58 53 25 59 220 32 46 48 40 52 21 18 37 27 25 13 53 16 13 10 "64 307 25 53 67 48 66 3° 21 28 36 57 99 156 57 239 19 32 48 39 56 26 5° 45 20 43 220 31 "7 10 20 27 22 30 16 "26 122 57 239 19 34 49 4i 56 27 16 54 46 21 43 223 24 33 42 35 55 27 17 24 26 44 77 100 140 9 20 23 32 40 33 55 26 16 9 14 22 21 24 20 29 28 33 •7 4 11 36 32 56 134 1 20 19 8 4 7 20 14 22 27 48 78 "9 22 25 43 73 94 15 16 27 11 12 18 18 19 26 11 5 13 10 30 40 49 2S 28 48 82 119 35 90 68 10 47 46 22 42 7o 21 19 27 10 11 19 32 15 16 24 27 4 16 20 44 9 21 33 29 48 3.15° 2,788 1.594 4,344 3,368 3,o77 1,786 1,662 3.448 3,l68

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Table No. 9. Summary of School Buildings Accounts (compiled from Boards' Returns), to which is added Information relating to Boards' Receipts and Expenditure.

1. Buildings Accounts as at ist January, 18S0. Estimated Cost of Fresh Works Needed, as set down by Boards. Boards' Receipts and Expenditure for last Three Years. Population Statistics. Average Attendance Statistics. Education Districts. Expended during the Year 1879. 2. 3. 4. B. 6. 7. Amount in i preceding column with Surplus subtracted and Deiicit added. 8. 9. * 10. 11. Shillings j received for j Buildings- per: Head of j Population in; Three Years. ! 12. Average Attendance last Quarter of 1859. 13. Pounds received for Buildings during Three Years per Scholar in average Attendance as per preceding column. Available Balance from all Sources. Liabilities on Contracts with Extras. Balance. Balance. Deficit. Fresh Works Needed. Received from Special Buildings Votes, 1857-78, 1878-79, 1879-80, Expended on Buildings during 1877, 1S78, and' 1879. Population last Census. Surplus. Auckland £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ S' d. £ s. d. £ a- d £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. £ 28,748 12 3 9,778 10 1 ",533 10 10 ... 1.755 o 9 36,635 o o 38,390 o 9 69.000 o o 62,960 16 n 79,140 i?"4 10,688 64 Taranaki 3.433 2 2 1,986 3 2 442 7 o , 1,543 16 2 1 4,380 o o 2,836 3 10 8,300 o oj S.383 7 3 7.376 22-5 979 8-4 Wanganui 10,797 9 o 355 18 8 3,771 16 o 3,415 17 4 6,597 o ° 10,012 17 4 20,000 o o 17.587 7 2 18,748 21*3 2,850 7-0 Wellington 13.857 o 9 4,479 13 3| 4,315 10 o 164 3 3 12,900 0 o 12,735 I6 9 29,000 o o 31,936 2 4 34,398 169 4,402 6-6 Hawke's Bay 12,410 11 4 3,302 1 1 8 4,231 3 1 928 11 5 7,149 IO o 8,078 1 5 22,000 O O 13.452 17 11 18,014 24-4 2,020 10-9 Marlborough 2,380 17 9 1,654 o ° 1,771 11 6 117 11 6 No return 117 1 1 6 6,350 O O 5,805 4 10 6,775 ,8-7 834 7-6 Nelson 5,899 1 8 4,743 13 6 3,6.53 7 o 1,090 6 6 6,091 13 o 5,001 6 6 15,400 O O 10,978 8 o 22,042 140 2,935 5'2 North Canterbury23,621 o 2 16,099 1 8 9,627 13 8 6,471 8 o 36,691 o o 30,219 12 o 47,834 O O 63.015 i? o 75,8io I2'6 11,380 4' 2 South Canterbury 15.727 14 2 750 o o 750 o o 8,614 o o 7,864 o o 16,916 O O 27,756 16 10 17,469 i9'3 2,324 7'2 Westland 2,542 3 o 3,117 II o 3,903 1 o 1 785 10 o 7,812 10 o 8,598 o o 20,800 O o 19,508 6 11 19,433 21*4 2,241 8-7 Otago 44,522 6 4 5,720 18 10 9,288 4 7 3,567 5 9 34,084 o ol 37,65i 5 9 55,500 o o 68,275 12 o 91,010 12*2 14,637 3-8 Southland 8,927 15 8 4,i79 10 7 4,250 19 4 7i 8 9 2,320 o o 2,39i 8 9 15,850 o o 17,021 2 8 23,459 I3'S 3.448 4-6 Totals ... 56,789 4 o 10,019 13 ii 163,274 13 o 163,896 4 7 326,950 o o 345,681 19 10 172,867 14 3 56,l67 12 5 10,641 5 6 413,684 15-8 58,738 5'S * The amounts in Columns 8 and 9 are not covered exactly by the same periods. The moneys in Column 8 are those received during the last three financial periods —viz., year 1877-78, £51,950; year 1878-79, £100,000; nine months 1879-80, r£i75r°° 0: total as above, £326,950. A large proportion of the grants for 1879-80 was not expended until after the close of 1879, and is not included in Column 9. The expenditure in Coiumn 9 is for the three school years specified, and includes othei moneys than those specially voted for buildings. These consisted of balances in hand, payments out of ordinary Board fund, and, in the case of North and South Canterbury, of the sum of £15,000 out of the Land Fund.

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Table No. 10. Summary of Returns by Boards specifying their Requirements in regard to School Buildings as at the 1st January, 1880. (The accommodation has been calculated at 10 feet of floor space per scholar. Some of the Boards allow only 8 superficial feet per scholar.)

New Schools and Additions to rid School Buildings. New Residences and Additions to old ones. Education Districts. Description of Buildini Number of Average Cost per ■ Number of Sepamses. rate Rooms. Estimated Cost. Average Cost per House. Roon Works not Classified Plans, Supervision, and Costs not charged to particular Schools. Total as per Column 6, Table No. 9. Buildings. Classrooms. Feet of Floor Space. Scholars I mated to be ! Cost. Accommo-j dated. Class-room. .Scholar. Foot of Floor Space. Houses. Room. columns. Auckland Wood —additions ... 7 25 32 108,010 16,210 801 1,621 £ 3.84s 9,060 £ 8. d. 384 IO O 302 O O £ 8. d. 4 16 o 5 11 i°l £ s. d. o 9 7 o 11 ij 3 59 62 5 288 293 £ «> d.i 490 O Oj 19,920 0 o| 20,410 o ol £ s. d. 163 6 8 337 ]2 6| 329 3 io| £ s. d. 98 o o 69 3 4 69 12 5! £ s. d.i £ s. d.i £ s. d. ,, new ... 30 40 , ... Taranaki Total 322 12 6 5 6 7 l; P 'O ?l i 470 g 2,850 o oj 36,635 24,220 2,422 12,905 Wood —additions 3 6_ 9_ 3 6 9_ 2, 5OO 4.085 250 409 45° 1,920 150 o o 320 o o 1160 4 13 102 3 11 11 o 3 7i o 9 4j o 7 2J; 1 6_ 7_ 3 24 27 140 o o 1,500 o o 140 o o 250 o o 46 13 4 62 10 o „ newTotal 6.585 1,640 o o 228 II 60 14 9! 4,380 o Wanganui 659 2.37° 263 300 o o 70 o ol Wood —additions ... 10 10 5.238 1,900 S 24 190 1,752 800 i75 4 o 226 13 4 3 610^ 4 4 2^ o 6 8J o 8 5 8_ 8_ ,, new ... 2 12 3_ 13 32 32 2,060 o o 25710 o 64 I 6 ... Wellington Total 7,138 7i4 2,552 196 6 1 3 ' 1 5 j 0 7 -j 2,060 o 257 IO o I I i I 64 7 6 I i I 1,095 o o 890 o o 6,597 Wood —additions ... ,, new ... 3 6_ 9_ 6 22 2,700 I I3,600 j 270 j 1,360 I 1,850 9, 200 308 6 8 4-8 3 Ih 6 17 oM 6 15 m 1° 13 8i |q 13 H "8 I 8 650 o o 650 o o 325 o o '325 o o 81 "5 o 81 5 o ... I 2! : 2 j 1,200 o o ... ... Total ... I 28 16,300 ■.630 11,050 394 12 6 I I 6 15 7 6 15 P 13 6j| 12,900 o Hawke's Bay Wood —additions 4 4_ 8^ 4 9_ 13 1,57° 4,740 6,310 iS7 474 631 892 2,005 2,897 223 o o 222 15 6j 222 16 o j 5 13 7i 1 4 4 7 i 4 11 9f on 4j 092 272 14 j>| '272 14 6i 65 4 4 „ new ... J Total 11 11 I "46 46_ 3,000 o o 3,000 o o 1 65 4 4 ... 834 10 418 7.149 10 Nelson Wood —additions ... 1 720 8,720 9.440 72 872 944 340 4,270 4, 610 34° o o 328 9 2J 329 5 8^ 4 14 hi 4 17 "I o 9 54 o 9 9i 0 9 9 ... "26 I 26 1 46 8 2j ... ,, new Total 10 1 1 L3 4_! 4 I 1 1,200 13 o 300 3 3 ... 281 o o 6,091 13 North Canterbury 14 4 17 8 1,200 13 o! — 3°° 3 3_ 46 8 2jr ... Wood —additions 10 12 6,759 16,660 676 1,666 4,IOO 12,095 34i 13 4 377 '9 7j I368 1 4 g 6 . 3i 7 5 2jr 6 18 4j o 12 i§ o 14 6 3 23 26^ 13 116 ■29 670 o o 12,711 o o 223 6 8 552 13 oi 43 16 11 109 11 6| 103 14 6J ... ... „ « new ... 22 32 32 44 6,433 o o 682 o o South Canterbury Total 23,419 2,342 ■6,195 I368 P 13 9* 13-381 o o 514 13 oj 36,691 o Wood —new Stone —new 6 6 3,600 2,000 360 200 2,650 2,000 44i 13 4 500 o o 465 o o 7 7 2J IOOO 8 6 oj o 14 7i [ o o o 16 7J 5 3° 2,000 O Or 400 o o 66 13 4 Total 2 8 4_ 10 5,600 560 4.650 - 1 5_l ! 30 1 ... ... 66 13 4 1,964 o ol I ... 8,614 Westland Wood —new I,700 j 170 I,600 ; 1533 6 8 9 8 2j o 18 9 | 22 j 80 2,000 o o 400 o o 56 5 o 7,812 10 3_ 3_ 1 4,50000 204 IO lojj 1,340 o oj 372 10 o Otago Wood —additions „ new Stone orbrick —additns. 16 2. I 16 23 4 16 7,080 14,800 1,800 I 2,4OO 708 1,480 180 1,240 2.635 5.9io 1.850 11.250 164 13 9 256 19 ii 462 5 o 7°3 2 6 3 14 5 3 19 i°f ■o 5 6f 9 1 5i o 7 5* 0 7 "I 1 o 6j o 18 ij 1° 11 n|j 3° 168 10,000 o o 333 6 8 59 10 53c 3 i 6 I ■- „ new... Total 21,645 5 !9 "I 30 I 1 ... 10,000 o o 333 6 8 59 10 5? 34,084 o 46 ! S9_] i 36,080 3,608 366 17 3J j 168 1,340 o o! 1,099 o o Southland .., j Wood —new 4_! t 4_ 200 1,120 280 o o 5120 Oil nil 4_l 20 1,100 o oj 275 o o 55 o o IOO o o 2,320 o 2,000 Totals ... 174 273 138,792 1.3,880 8i,594 344 5 6f 5 i7 6| o 11 9 f 181I 859 33i 3 4! 69 15 ji\ 16,762 10 o 163,274 13 59.941 13 o 14,920 10 o| Note. —There are no returns from the Marlborough Education District.

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EDUCATION. Statement of Expenditure during the Financial Period of Nine Months ending 31st March, 1880.

Vote. Item. Service. Amr runt. J £ ». d. 3,000 o o New Zealand University 27 Liabilities of 1878-79. Education—Grants to Boards —Scholarships ,, ,, Training of teachers... „ Examination of teachers ,, Deaf and Dumb Institution „ Royal Commission on Higher Education 20 o o 26 6 8 100 6 5 18 14 2 412 10 6 29 Native Schools—Salaries of masters ,, Travelling expenses ,, Education, capitation, &c „ Books and appliances ,, Buildings and repairs 263 5 1 150 12 8 1,430 16 1 132 17 5 1,209 19 o 577 17 9 3,187 10 3 Nine Months, July, iftyq-March, 1880. Education Department. 45 1 2 3.4. 5 6 8 9 Secretary Inspector-General Clerks ... ... ... ... ... ... Travelling expenses Contingencies Grants to Boards, at £3 15s. per average £i5S.I99 9 i° attendance Less revenue from reserves ... ... 14.051 16 o 487 10 o 487 IO o 405 o O 30 9 9 20 18 IO 10 141.147 13 10 11 12 13 Grants to Boards for School Committees, at 10s. per average attendance ... Grants to Boards for scholarships Grants to Boards towards cost of inspection Grants to Boards for training of teachers 20,695 i° o 1,313 4 1 2,868 15 o 5.013 1 1 172,469 12 7 I, 2, 3,4.) 5, and 9 ) 6 and 9 7,8,9 Native Schools. 47 Salaries of clerks and district officers 237 14 o 9 9 Salaries and allowances of teachers ... ... Capitation allowances, boarding-school charges, food, apprenticeship, and contingencies ... ... ... ... Books and school requisites ... ... ... ... Travelling expenses 5,882 16 7 2,818 11 1 234 9 2 378 11 7 19 Deaf and Dumb Institution. 9.S52 2 5 45 Director Rent Preliminary expenses (passages from England, &c.) ... Appliances Advertising 141 18 8 26 5 o 421 1 3 45 9 10 24 14 o 659 8 9 Miscellaneous Services. 45 14 15 20 Auckland Girls' High School Wellington College Thames High School ... Otago Boys' and Girls' High School School of Mines, Otago... 1,200 o o 2,000 o o 1,500 o o 1,500 o o 500 o o 6,700 o o 22 17 18 Royal Commission on Higher Education ... I.3I.3 14 1 8 Preparation of illustrations for school books 146 o o 46 1 Public libraries 2,891 15 6 108 1 School Buildings. Public schools Native schools (buildings, repairs, and furniture) 120,968 2 2 2,108 3 2 123,076 5 4 2 Total ... ... ... ... £323.574 6 8

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Nominal Return of Officers of the several Education Boards, and of the Training Colleges, not included in Table No. 9; as at the 30th June, 1880.

Position. I I Name. | Annual Salary. I I I Remarks. Auckland : — Secretary Treasurer Clerk Vincent Edward Rice Edward Lister Green Richard Felton Henry Nelson Garland £ s. d. 450 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 125 0 0 » 100 0 0 40 0 0 500 0 0 350 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 Also Secretary to School Commissioners. Gives part of his time to Board, and receives from £100 to £150 a year, according to time employed. Clerk Messenger Inspector Assistant ditto ... Clerk to ditto ... Architect Thomas Horace Ellis William Wheatcroft Richard J. O'Sullivan John S. Goodwin Ponsonby J. R. Peaeocke ... Henry Allwright ( Travelling allowance of £1 per day when on duty C beyond reach of home. Also 24 per cent, commission. £2,615 0 0 riEANAKI :— Secretary Inspector Architect William Northcroft William Morgan Crompton Henry Taylor 150 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 £430 0 0 IVanoanui : — Secretary Inspector A. A. Browne Robert Foulis 300 0 0 400 0 0 Travelling allowance, £50. £700 0 0 WELLINGTON : — Secretary and Inspector Clerk Messenger Robert Lee Arthur Dorset William Archer 500 0 0 250 0 0 20 0 0 Forage allowance, £54 15s., and £1 per day travelling allowance when on duty beyond Wellington. Hawke's Bat :— Secretary and Inspector Clerk Cadet Henry Hill £770 0 0 500 0 0 Travelling allowance, £150. G. T. Fannin William Motley 200 0 0 50 0 0 tfABLBOBOUGH :— Secretary Inspector John T. Robinson W. C. Hodgson 100 0 0 120 0 0 £750 0 0 Also Inspector for Nelson at £375; travelling allowance, £1 per day when on duty, and cost of conveyance. Messenger William Compton 12 10 0 £232 10 0 Kelson : — Secretary Inspector Slead Ellis W. C. Hodgson 250 0 0 375 0 0 Also Inspector for Marlborough at £120; actual travelling expenses. Westland : — Secretary Inspector £625 0 0 E. T. Robinson John Smith 310 0 0 400 0 0 Actual travelling expenses, and £60 a year for forago £740 0 0 Roeth CantekBUKY : — Secretary Clerk Joseph Colborne-Veel Edward C. Wallace Charles Allard George Burnley John P. Rcstel'l William L. Edge James Q. Walker William Malcolm Edwin Watkins Alfred Newton Amelia Crowley ) Forage allowance £50 a year, and actual travelling V expenses. Messenger Inspector 600 0 0 300 0 0 175 0 0 65 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 460 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 Drill Instructor... Normal Master... „ Tutor ... „ ,» Normal Mistress £4,100 0 0

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Nominal Return of Officers of Education Boards, &u. — continued.

■. , . : ; ; __ i , , i ■ ■ ■; Position. Name. Annual Salary. Remarks South Canteu- £ s. d. buby :— Secretary and In- Henry Hammond ... 500 0 0 [ Actual travelling expenses. ■.■.:.;'■■< 1: spector Temporary Assist- ,T. Kirbv ... 156 0 0 Hilt in office ; £656 0 0! OTAGO :— Secretary ... j Patrick Gt. Pryde ... 500 0 0 Clerk ... Fredeiick Odell ... 225 0 0 ... Samuel M. Park ... 120 0 0 Cadet, ... Leonard P. Nicholson ... 50 0 0 T t^ ,it> . ■ «r, t ~„ „ n ~) Travelling allowance £1 ss. a day when on dutr Inspestor ... j Donald Petvie, M.A. ... 50 0 0 beyond reach of Dunedin ; when engaged in ... | William Taylor ... 450 00 j office, £1 ss. a week forage allowance. Architect, ... I John Somerville ... I 350 0 0 Draughtsman ... j James Paterson ... ! 225 0 0 >.With actual travelling expenses. , ■; Clerk of Works... I Alexander Eiach ... 240 0 0 J ; Drawing Master David O. Hutton ... 450 0 0 Assistant ditto ... l Eobert Butter ... 250 0 0; ;.:.. „ „ ...Alfred Walsh ... P>" 0 0 1 Pupil-teacher. ~ ~ ... I Louisa Burnside ... 45 0 0.1 ~ „ „ ... Charles Smith ... 50 0 0,, Normal Master... William S. Fitzgerald ... 600 0 0 „ Mistress Miss Lucy A. Fitzgerald ... 225 0 0; French Arthur Beuchler ... 30 0 0 j Visiting Master. ; Teacher NormalGymnas- : Oscar David ... i 150 0 0 ~ ~ tic Master Normal Drill Mas- ! Michael. Stevens ... 18 15 0 „ „ 7: £4,588 15 0 j Southland .— Secretary ... John Ch Smith ... 300 0 0 Inspector ... P. Gt-oyen ...I 500 0 0 Travelling allowance included. . i . £800 0 0 ] I i [_■ _I____J

Total Amount of Teachers' Annual Salaries and Allowances in the different Education Districts, at the Rates paid them during the last Quarter of 1879. £ a. d. Auckland Education District ... ... ... ... ... 34,598 14 0 Taranaki „ „ ... ... ... ... ... 3,303 13 0 Wanganui „ „ ... ... ... ... ... 9,786 12 0 Wellington „ „ ... ... ... ... ... 13,302 10 0 Hawke's Bay „ „ ... ... .... ... ... 6,531 17 6 Marlborough „ „ ... ... ... ... ... 2,875 0 0 Nelson „ „ ... ... ... ... ... 9,673 11 9 North Canterbury Education District ... ... ... ... 36,346 19 0 South Canterbury „ „ ... ... ... ... 8,084 9 10 Weslland „ „ ... ... ... ... 7,527 15 0 Otago „ „ ... ... ... ... 49,198 13 4 Southland „ „ ... ... ... ... 11,186 17 O Total ... ... ... £192,416 12 J5

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REPORTS OF EDUCATION BOARDS EOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 18T9.

[Note. —It has been deemed unadvisable to swell the dimensions of the reports by including in them matters of purely local interest where such can be conveniently omitted, but most of the tables and papers which accompanied the Board's reports are either printed as received, or the information they furnish is embodied in the tables and summaries.]

AUCEL.AND. In accordance with section 102 of the Act, the Board presents the following report of its proceedings during the year :— Board. —Thirty-one meetings have been held during the year, with an average attendance of seven members. The members chosen to retire on 31st March, 1879, were Colonel Haultain, Mr. Luckie, and Mr. O'Rorke. Of these the two last named did not offer themselves as candidates for re-election. Colonel Haultain, Mr. J. M. Clark, and His Worship Mr. Thomas Peacock, were elected out of six candidates to fill the vacancies. In April Dr. Campbell resigned his position as Chairman of the Board, and Mr. J. M. Clark was elected Chairman in his stead. The three members chosen to retire in March, 1880, namely, Dr. Campbell, Mr. Samuel Luke, and Mr. F. L. Prime, have been re-elected. The other three members, Mr. Dargaville, Mr. May, and Mr. Moat, hold office until March, 1881. Public Schools. —The number of primary schools in operation during the whole or any part of the year was 204. Of this number twenty-nine (29) were conducted as half-time schools, eight (8) were schools " aided " under section 88 of the Act, and two (2) schools were conducted by itinerant teachers. The " aided" schools newly established since last year's report, are those at Miranda (Thames), and Te Wharau (Bay of Islands). The itinerant teachers are employed—one at Wairoa North, the other at the Great Barrier Island. Six schools were closed and fifteen new schools were opened during the year. The schools closed are Mangawhare, Kaitangi, Otaika, Pukepoto, Queen's Redoubt, and Te Arai (since re-opened). The new schools opened are: Great Barrier, Hikutaia, Huntley, Karioataki, Kati-Kati No. 2, Kawau, Mackaytown, Miranda, Mount Roskill, Pokeno Yalley, Pukete, Tauhoa, Te Mata, Te Wharau, and Waiwera. At the 31st December, 1879, the number of schools actually in operation was 202. Teachers. —The following table shows the number of teachers in the service of the Board during the last quarter of the year :— Male. Female. Total. Head teachers ... ... ... ... ... 153 38 191 Assistant teachers ... ... ... ... ... 23 111 134 Pupil teachers ... ... ... ... ... 1 61 62 Sewing teachers ... ... ... ... ... 0 44 44 Visiting teachers ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 5 182 254 436 Seventy-eight male and fifty female teachers hold certificates, or are classified, under the Governmentregulations. The nature of their classification (according to the latest information) in the Board'spossession is as follows :— Male. Female. Total. Class B 5 0 5 „C3 0 3 „ D ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 6 28 „ E ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 43 90 Licensed ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 2 78 50 128 The Board has notified all uncertificated teachers that, in accordance with section 45 of the Act, their appointments are held temporarily in each case until a certificated teacher can be obtained. An examination of pupil teachers was held in March, 1879, at Auckland, the Thames, Hamilton, and Whangarei. One hundred and three candidates attended. The results are as follows : — Male. Female. Total. Candidates in Board's employment: Passed ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 '26 27 Failed to qualify ... ... ... ... ... 0 14 14 Candidates not in Board's employment: Passed ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 22 *25 Failed to qualify ... ... ... ... . ... 4 23 27 8 95 103

* Most of these have since obtained employment under the Board.

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Attendances. —The table appended to this report exhibits full information as to the number of scholars in attendance during the year. The attendances for the December quarter of 1879, compared with those for the corresponding quarter of 1878, are as follows : — No. of Numbers on Roll. Average Attendance. Schools. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. December quarter, 1879 ... 202 7,334 6,625 13,959 5,711 4,977 10,688 1878 ... 193 6,424 5,504 11,928 5,020 4,075 9,095 Increase ... ... 9 910 1,121 2,031 691 902 1,593 The increase is mainly due to the increased accommodation which the Board has been enabled to provide in the schools in Auckland and at the Thames. The aggregate average attendances represent 76^- per cent, of the numbers on roll. Iu some country schools the average is less than 60 per cent; in some town schools it is as high as 90 per oent. Ages.—The number of scholars above the statutory age of fifteen was 251 as compared with 385 for 1878. The Board adhered to its rule of not allowing teachers to include in their returns the attendance of children under five years of age. Standards. —The report of the Inspector of Schools contains the information required in regard to •examinations for standards. The first examination was held in August. The Board desires to call special attention to the remarks of the Inspector as to the value of standards. Subjects of Instruction. —The table attached shows the numbers receiving instruction in the different subjects specified in section 84 of the Act. During the past year the teachers of singing at Auckland and at the Thames have been continuously employed; and a third teacher has been appointed to visit the schools in the Waikato District. Singing is taught on the Tonic Sol Fa (Curwen's) method. Teachers of military drill and gymnastics have also been employed for the schools in and near Auckland and at the Thames ; and gymnastic apparatus of a simple kind has been supplied to these schools. The Board hopes in time to supply the means of physical training to all the schools. The Board has engaged the services of a drawing master for the Auckland schools and for the teachers' training class. Further information as to the degree in which the course of instruction prescribed in section 84 of the Act has been followed, is furnished in the Inspector's report. Evening Schools. —The following is a summary of a report already forwarded iu answer to Circular No. 42: —Nineteen evening schools were in operation during the year, having an average attendance of pupils ranging from three (3) to twenty-six (26). The aggregate average attendance for the year was 171. The Board has no special information as to the manner in which these schools are conducted. The subjects taught are generally reading, writing, and arithmetic; but in some schools instruction is also given in the other subjects prescribed in section 84 of the Act. The classes are generally held on three evenings in the week, and are attended by male students only. The teacher generally charges a weekly fee of one shilling to each student, and the Board includes the average attendance in calculating the teacher's salary, but no capitation allowance is received from the Education Department in respect of it. All incidental expenses, lighting, &c, are defrayed by the teacher. It is believed that a grant in aid would encourage many teachers to open evening schools in country settlements where they are often much needed. In the City of Auckland the want has to some extent been supplied by the establishment of evening classes in special subjects, under the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School. Finance and Accounts. —The statement of accounts and the statement of assets and liabilities at the 31st December, 1879, are appended. Details and explanations of various items are furnished in compliance with Circular No. 43. The accounts show that the Board has managed, by strict economy, to keep its ordinary expenditure within the limit of its income, and to apply a small balance towards buildings/ 5 The increase in the expenditure under the head of "Departmental Expenses," is due to the large outlay incurred in alterations, fittings, and furniture for the Board's offices, which before were in a most dingy and unfurnished state. The items printing, advertising, and legal expenses, include all charges under these heads, both on ordinary account and in respect of buildings. In the report for 1878, reference was made to the exceptional position in which the Board is placed in regard to the maintenance of small schools. It is evident that so long as payments to Boards are regulated uniformly according to average attendance, a district like that of Auckland, having a large proportion of small schools, is placed at a ve'ry serious disadvantage. The Board took occasion in July last to represent this matter to the Government. It was shown that the annual deficiency in the cost of salaries alone amounted to a large sum. It was also shown that the proportion of large or " paying" schools is not sufficient to meet the deficiency, and that to adopt the principle of aiding such small schools to the extent of the capitation allowance only, would be to inflict serious injustice on the residents in many of the country settlements of this district. The Board suggested that the capitation allowance for such schools might be so increased as to provide funds for paying the teachers a minimum salary of (say) £120, and for defraying a share of the expenses of inspection and administration. At present the Board is unable to raise the scale of salaries to a standard corresponding with that existing in other districts of the colony; but a new scale has been adopted for the salaries of head teachers, to come into force from Ist January, 1880, which will to some extent reduce the present inequality of pay. The Board desires to urge this matter on the attention of Government, in the hope that action may be taken to provide more efficiently for the maintenance of small schools. The' question is one of very great importance in its effect on the Board's finances. A summary of the school fund accounts is forwarded herewith. The form of account differs slightly from that issued by the department, which did not exactly correspond with the instructions issued by the Board regarding the administration of this fund.

* The sum of £3,974 2s. 4d. is entered as a refund from Building Fund Account, in repayment of amounts advanced in previous years from the ordinary fund for school furniture, and chargeable against Building Fund. The rfet balance actually applied to buildings during the year 1879 was therefore (£4,500 —£3,974 2s. 4d.)—£525 17s. Bd. For the sake of •convenience separate accounts are kept of " Maintenance " and " Buildings."

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These instructions prohibited the expenditure of any portion of the fund on other objects than " for the purposes of the Act." Prizes, school feasts, &c, were specially excluded. Tho primary objects of expenditure were defined to be the cleaning of the school and outbuildings, and the supply of fuel for use in winter; and committees were empowered, with the sanction of the Board, to expend any unappropriated balance in improving the school property. In the case of certain small schools, the committees were authorised to supplement the teacher's salary by a small payment from the fund, and the amount so paid to teachers during the year was £608 17s. lOd. The Board is obliged to report that the administration of this fund has not been entirely satisfactory. In more than one instance money has been expended on unauthorised objects, and in one district, within the Board's knowledge, the fund has been taken to pay for the stationery used by the children attending the school, while the cleaning of the school has been neglected, or at least inadequately provided for. With these exceptions, however, the fund has been, for the most part, judiciously expended, and many small improvements to school property have been effected by its aid, thereby relieving to some extent the strain on the Board fund. At the end of the year, the unexpended balances amounted to £1,928 12s. 4d., which will provide a considerable fund for future requirements of this kind. Buildings.—The expenditure on buildings during the year was £32,899 9s. 7d. In addition to a large number of additions and improvements to existing buildings, thirty-one (31) new schools and thirteen (13) teachers' dwellings were erected or contracted for during the year. Towards the close of the year 1878, the Board received notice that its share of the £100,000 grant voted by the Assembly for school buildings for the current year was £18,000. The amount was considerably less than the Board had expected to receive, and the contracts and liabilities entered upon at the 31st December, 1878, exceeded by nearly £7000 the amount of grant which was intended to provide for all requirements up to that date, and for the next six months. Authority had been given to the Board to incur further liabilities in anticipation of the division of the second £100,000 grant voted by the Assembly for the succeeding year (1879-80), but the distribution of this grant was not made known until August. At the 30th June, the Board's liabilities in respect of buildings (over and above the expenditure of the first grant), amounted to upwards of £20,000; and a representation was made to the Government, accompanied by a list of further buildings still required —namely, forty schools and sixty teachers' dwellings, estimated to cost £38,000. It was pointed out by the Board that the distribution of the grant on the basis of population did not fairly meet the claims of this district, and that Auckland was entitled to special consideration until placed upon an equal footing with the other districts of the colony. An additional sum of £25,000 was placed on the estimates, and out of the £125,000 so voted by the Assembly for the financial year (1879-80), Auckland received £25,000. Although the proportion allotted to Auckland was greater than in the distribution of the previous grant, the Board was obliged to remonstrate against this allocation, which left little or nothing available for further works after providing for existing contracts ; and a statement was submitted to the department showing the comparative position of Auckland with that of other districts in regard to school buildings. The Board was now obliged to decline many urgent requests for buildings, and to postpone others, at a. season the most convenient for building. At the second session of the Assembly in October, a further application was made to the Government, setting forth in detail a list of requirements to the amount of £37,790, including £20,000 for teachers' dwellings, and showing by means of certain statistics, taken from last year's report, the reasonableness of the Board's request for a special grant to the Auckland district. The Government promised to propose a vote " to meet the special circumstances of some districts including Auckland." A sum of £50,000 was accordingly voted ; out of which Auckland is to receive £15,000, a sum which, though proportionately larger than previous grants, is considerably less than onehalf of the amount returned as being actually needed to meet present requirements, altogether exclusive pf prospective wants. The Board has entered at this length into the subject in order to represent in the clearest possible light its actual position in regard to the want of buildings. It only remains to repeat briefly the reasons which prompt the Board again to ask for a special grant which will give to Auckland the advantages enjoyed by other districts, and enable the Board to administer the system efficiently:— (1). While in other districts nearly all the schools are provided with dwellings for the teachers, in Auckland there are 120 schools which are not so provided. (2). Forty-five (45) schools in this district are now held in hired rooms, churches, and other unsuitable buildings. (3). Many buildings which were originally erected by private enterprise, aided by a small grant from the Board, are mere shells, requiring such improvements as lining, chimney, porch accommodation, fencing, &c. (4). There is a demand for increased accommodation in the town and suburban schools. The Board, has been obliged for want of sufficient accommodation to reduce the number of scholars at some of these schools. (5). At the 31st December 1879, the Board had no unexpended balance of funds in hand. Every available pound was spent on buildings. Reserves.—The income received by the Board during the year from reserves for primary education was £978 12s. sd. In the month of July, upon learning of the proposals for the transfer of the valuable endowment known as the "Albert Barrack Reserve" to the City Corporation, the Board addressed a petition to both Houses of the Legislature, setting forth the declaration of the trust, and praying that in any dealing with the reserve no action might be taken which would be detrimental to the interests of education. "While acknowledging the provision made in the Act to secure to the Board for its own property the site of the Wellesley Street School, the Board cannot but regret the failure of the negotiations for preserving this property as an educational endowment. Scholarships.—Lists of the scholarships held during the year, and full particulars regarding the examination for scholarships held in December last, are appended. At this examination girls competed for the first time, and won two scholarships out of eight. The expenditure on scholarships has exceeded.

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the income derived from the capitation allowance, but the Board is unwilling to reduce the number of scholarships, as the reduction would, it is feared, have the effect of checking the wholesome spirit of competition which they encourage among the pupils of the public schools, besides operating injuriously upon the interests of secondary education. Training of Teachers.-—The report of the Inspector of Schools contains a full statement of the work of the training class. Since the last report the Board has selected the Wellesley Street School as the practising school to be established in connection with the training college ; and an addition to the building is now iu course of erection. The arrangements for the future management of the institution are not yet completed. The Board has received from Mr. F.J. Gladman, 8.A., Superintendent of the Melbourne Training College, a most valuable report on the subject. District High Schools.—None have been established under the Act. The Board had resolved to establish one in the Whangarei district, but this intention was superseded by the passing of the Whangarei High School Act. School and Public Libraries. —A list showing the distribution of the grant for 1879 has already been furnished. Sixty-five public libraries and four school libraries participated in the grant for 1879. The public library returns are forwarded herewith. Forty-three libraries have become incorporated under the Public Libraries Powers Act, 1875. As yet only a few school libraries have been established. Of these the Inspector reports " there can be no doubt that their influence will be good if due care is used in the choice of books. For some years some of the public libraries have added to their catalogues books suitable for young people, and have thus in some measure supplied the want of school libraries. There can, I think, be little doubt that these libraries have, on the whole, done good by diffusing knowledge and helping to sweeten the settler's life." Penny Savings Banks.—The Board has strenuously disapproved any proposal to establish Penny Savings Banks in the public schools of this district, and the printed regulations and other forms issued by the Department were accordingly not distributed. On this subject the Board quotes the following extract from the Inspector's report for last year. "To Penny Savings Banks it appears to me graver objections exist than that of their taking up the teacher's time. They will tend to generate habits of hoarding, which are very different from habits of thrift. They will tend to produce a love of money for itself alone, and, as I believe, a feeling that it must be got, no matter how." Miscellaneous.—lnformation on the matters referred to in Circular No. 43 will be found contained in the Inspector's report. The rules and regulations of the Board have been carefully revised and reprinted, and copies are forwarded herewith, together with copies of the instructions adopted by the Board, and published separately, for the guidance of Teachers. The Board has also prepared and submitted regulations for the employment and examination of pupil teachers, which it was intended to bring into force at the beginning of the present year, but they have not yet received the approval of the Minister of Education. J. M. Clark, Chairman. Auckland, 19th March, 1880.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balances Ist January, 1879.— By Office and Board — Maintenance Account 684 19 8 Office staff, salaries .. .. 1,110 16 8 Special Building Grants 2,262 10 2 Clerical assistance " .. .. 194 0 10 Grants from Government.— Departmental Contingencies .. 1,511 4 2 Statutory Capitation, (£3 155.) .. 36,219 1 0 School Inspection—Salaries .... 941 13 4 Grants to Committees (10s) .. 4,906 2 6 Travelling expenses .. 299 10 0 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 772 4 6 Examination of pupil teachers.. 116 4 8 Inspection subsidy 500 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 29,751 3 0 Training Institution .. .. 2.000 0 0 School Committees for educational Special for Buildings 25,690 0 0 purposes .. .. .. 5,174 10 2 Payments by School Commissioners Scholarships— from Education Eeserves .. .. 1,084 5 9 Paid to holders _.. .. 805 0 0 Subscriptions and Donations for Build- Expenses of examinations .. 119 17 0 ings 579 12 0 Girls* High School .. .. 2,771 2 9 From Public Libraries Vote .. .. 956 10 6 Training of teachers .. .. 332 14 1 Girls'High School Fees .. .. 1,599 8 4 Insurance of Buildings (Schools) .. 176 15 0 Training Class Fees .... 20 5 0 School Buildings— Befunds .. .. .... 97 3 5 New Buildings .. .. 19,406 6 9 Bents and Sites .. .. 133 12 6 Enlargements and Improvements 3,963 10 6 Books and Stationery .. .. 137 7 9 School Furniture and appliances not included in preceding .. 2,533 19 11 Purchase of sites .. .. 1,602 7 8 Plans, supervision, &c. .. .. 1,242 7 5 Library Committees out of Public Libraries vote .. .. 742 7 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand .. 1,800 0 8 £77,522 18 1 £77,522 18 1 J. M. Clark, Chairman. Vincent E. Rice, Secretary. Ist March, 1880. I hereby certify that I have examined this statements of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Education Board, of the District of Auckland during the year ended 31st December, 1879, that I have compared it with the books and vouchers of the Board., and that I find it to be correct, and that the expenditure has been in accordance with law. L. A. Durrieu, Auditor.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1879. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d Board Fund—Balance in hand .. .. 1,339 7 1 Board Fund—Teachers' Salaries for DeScholarship allowances 204 9 0 cember .. .. .. 2,978 1 2 Girls' High School fees, in arrear .. .. 29 6 8 Grants to Committees .. .. 1,174 15 8 Teachers' Book Account .. .. .. 23 9 10 Training Classes .. .. .. 28 15 0 To balance .. . i .. .. 2,693 8 3 Scholarships ..... .. 108 9 0 £4,290 0 10 £4,290 0 10 Statement of Building Fund and Liabilities at 31st December, 1879. Assets. Liabilities. Building Fund— £ s. d. Building Fund-— £ s. d. Balance of Grant (£25,000) .. 9,500 0 0 Bank Overdraft .. .. 46 9 11 ~ Special for Victoria Valley .. 75 0 0 Liabilities under contract .. 10,663 10 10 Contractors' deposits .. .. 141 10 0 Contractors' deposits .. .. 141 10 0 Balance .. .. .. 1,135 0 9 £10,851 10 9 £10,851 10 9 Statement of Public Libraries Account and Liabilities at 31st December, 1879. Assets. Liabilities. Public Libraries Account— Public Liekakies Account— Balance in Bank 507 3 6 Grants 507 3 6 Balances Dr. Board Fund 2,693 8 3 Building Fund .. 1,135 0 9 £3,828 9 0 J. M. Clark, Chairman. Vincent E. Rice, Secretary. Summary of School Fund Account for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Balances in Bank and in hand, Ist January, Cleaning schools and outbuildings .. 988 12 5 1879 .. .. .. 771 7 0 Fuel for school use .. .. .. 164 13 4 Grants from Board Fund— Water supply and apparatus .. .. 187 5 11 (1) Capitation Allowance .. .. 4,576 13 0 Bepairs to buildings or furniture .. .. 989 13 8 (2) Special grants .. .. 1,349 4 1 Furniture (including carriage of furniture) .. 330 10 9 Donations and Subscriptions— Expenditure of special grants and subscrip(l) For gereral purposes .. .. 5 6 2 tions .. .. .. .. 1,714 611 (2) For special objects .. .. 529 13 2 Contributions towards salaries of teachers .. 608 17 10 Eeceipts from other sources .. .. 150 5 0 Salaries of clerks or treasurers .. .. 100 0 0 Balances due to Treasurers .. .. 53 1 1 Printing and advertising .. ~ 35 8 8 Stationery.. .. .. .. 83 11 1 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 303 6 1 Total expenditure .. .. 5,506 17 2 Balances in Bank and in hand on 31st December, 1879 .. .. 1,928 12 4 £7,435 9*; 6 £7,435 9~6

TARANAKI. Sir,— New Plymouth, March 27, 1880. The Taranaki Education Board in compliance with the directions of the 102nd section of the Education Act, 1877, and in terms of the circular letter, No. 43, of the Bth December, 1879, has the honor of presenting to you a report of its proceedings, and of the state of its district for the year ended 31st December, 1879. The Board.—The Board has held twelve ordinary and one special meeting. The attendance of members has been very regular, and in no instance has a meeting lapsed for want of a quorum. In accordance with the Act, the three retiring members were determined by ballot, and three members were elected in lieu of those who retired in accordance with the ballot of the previous year. The members residing in New Plymouth performed their duties gratuitously, but to those who resided in the country the sum of 10s. per sitting as travelling expenses was allowed during the latter part of the year. School Attendance. —There was an increase in the attendance of children at the schools as will be shown by the following statement :• —The working average of 1878 was 752, and of 1879, 970 ; the increase in 1879 being 227 ; the number on the rolls in 187*8 was 1001, and in 1879, 1264 ; the increase in 1879 being 263. There was also an improvement as regards punctuality,of attendance at the hour of opening the schools, but there is still room for improvement in this particular. The number of children residing in this education district of an educational age, that is between the ages of 5 and 15, was at the

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last census 2,022 ; there are, perhaps, 200 children attending private and denominational schools. The Board deplores that over 500 children in the district are growing up in ignorance. Some of these children, owing to the extreme remoteness of their dwellings, it is impossible to reach, but others live within easy distances of the schools. Educationally, the district is subject to great disadvantages in having a scattered population, and in being subdivided into a number of long and narrow portions by the physical features of the country. This peculiarity renders a number of small schools necessary, and as small schools cannot be so economically administered as large ones, the result is that, under the present mode of State support, districts in open country furnished with good roads and extensive lines of railway by means of which children can be brought from considerable distances to central schools, are enjoying educational luxuries, while in districts like Taranaki the school buildings are homely, the teachers inadequately paid, and the greatest parsimony is needed in order to keep out of debt. Half-Time Schools.—Half-time schools are very unpopular, and the people in the district in which they are established are constantly chafing under the idea that they are denied a fair share of their educational privileges. The progress of children in these schools is also very small, They have generally been conducted by men, women being unequal to the task of travelling on the miry forest roads in winter. In some instances the Board has found it more economical to place small schools on full time under the superintendence of female teachers. The Albert Road School was re-opened in November last as a half-time school in connection with the Lower Kent Road School, and it is now a half-time school in connection with the Upper Kent Road School, and the Lower Kent Road School is a full-time school under a female teacher. The Albert Road and Upper Kent Road Schools, and the Lower Egmont and Smart Road Schools are now the only half-time schools in this district. Number oe Schools. —The number of schools in 1878 was 25, and in 1879, 31 ; the increase for the year being six. The new schools are situated at Lower Egmont Road, Koru, Wortley Road, Norfolk Road, Waipuku, and Upper Kent Road. A school building is now in course of erection at Tarurutangi, and, when finished, a school will be immediately established in it. Schools will be shortly needed at Stratford, Midhurst, Opunake, and Sentry Hill. At the latter place workshops in connection with the railway are being erected, and a village of workmen's cottages will probably spring up around them. Alterations and Improvements.—A new schoolhouse has been erected at Tikorangi to accommodate 100 children, and the old schoolhouse has been converted into a teacher's residence. The Kawau schoolhouse has been enlarged, and an infants' gallery erected within it. At Manutahi a teacher's residence has been built, and an infants' gallery added to the schoolhouse. At Nuerangi general repairs have been executed on the school building. Water tanks and eaves troughing have been supplied to such schools as needed. Closets and screens have been supplied to most of the schools in accordance with the instructions contained in Circular No. 36, and the school sites are being fenced in as far as funds will permit. School Sites.—ln country districts the school sites are in no instance less than one acre in extent, and in most instances they contain several acres. On these sites, the teacher, when he chooses, has a garden, and there is sufficient pasturage for the horses of the children who come from far. Works in Progress.—-At Inglewood the teacher's house is being enlarged. At Egmont Village a new schoolhouse is being built, and the old building is being converted into a teacher's house. At Oakura a new schoolhouse is in course of erection, and the old schoolhouse is being used for the enlargement of the teacher's house. At West Waitara a new building is in course of erection in lieu of a hired schoolhouse. In New Plymouth the East School teacher's residence is being enlarged. Works Needed.—ln New Plymouth a girls' schoolhouse is urgently required, the present schoolhouse being a hired building and unsuited for school purposes. The boys' schoolhouses also need enlargement, and a teacher's residence is much needed at the West School. Teaching Staff. —The Board's staff of teachers consists of 16 male teachers, 11 female teachers, 6 assistant female teachers, one of whom is a sewing mistress, 1 female pupil teacher, and 3 male pupil teachers, and 2 sewing mistresses. Mixed and Unmixed Schools.—The rule which the Board has generally followed with respect to the sexes, is to have separate schools for the sexes in large districts, and mixed schools in small districts, and to have the mixed schools under the charge of a female teacher. School Regulations.—The provisions of the 84th section of the Act have been strictly carried out, excepting as regards music, drawing, and elementary science. The Board, however, is making attempts to introduce these subjects of instruction into the schools. The dual desk has been introduced and gives very great satisfaction. Sewing is taught in the girls' and mixed schools, either by the teacher or by a sewing mistress. The Board, however, regrets to find that its efforts in this respect are not seconded hy the children's parents. School Committees. —The experience of the Board with regard to School Committees has not been satisfactory, they having been either apathetic, or hostile, or extravagant. As a rule the committees of this district are apathetic, while those which are active require curbing, as regards prerogative, and especially as regards expenditure. High School. —The Board has obtained from the School Commissioners a very healthy, commodious, and beautiful site for a High School on the southern boundary of the town of New Plymouth, and within a very short distance of a railway station, and plans have been prepared for a building to accommodate 50 children, and will be submitted to the Government. A property situated near to the centre of the town, and granted to the Board for High School purposes by the New Plymouth High School Act, 1878, has been set apart for a master's residence. The Board has a revenue of £200 per annum arising from reserves set apart for secondary education, which it purposes to devote to the salary of the master. In addition to this it is entitled to 10,000 acres of land by the 4th section of the above recited Act, but owing to some technical difficulty this land has not yet been allocated. The Board has the sum of £750 in hand for building purposes, besides which a grant of £1,000 by way of advance was voted for this purpose during last session, the payment of which has not yet received the sanction of the Government. I have, &c., The Hon. the Minister of Education. Benjamin Wells, Chairman.

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balances, Ist January, 1879 — By Office and Board — Maintenance Account .. .. 613 14 3 Office staff, salaries .. .. 172 10 0 Special Buildings Grant .. .. 18 11 4 Clerical assistance .. .. 10 5 6 Grants from Government— Departmental contingencies .. 27 4 6 Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 2,655 14 10 School Inspection—Salaries .. .. 250 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) .. 402 7 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 2,882 2 9 Inspection subsidy .. .. 100 0 0 School Committees for educational purSpecial for Buildings .. .. 3,600 0 0 poses .. .. .. 232 10 5 Organizing master .. .. 100 0 0 Training of teachers .. .. 100 0 0 In aid to train teachers .. .. 80 0 0 School Buildings— Payments hy School Commissioners New buildings .. .. .. 2,223 11 8 from Education Eeserves .. .. 408 15 11 Bents, £40; and rent allowances, £215 Public Libraries vote .. .. 89 3 0 14s. lOd. .. .. .. 255 14 10 Bents of cottages .. .. .. 14 011 Enlargement, improvements, and repairs 326 13 5 Advance repaid .. -. .. 66 1 7 School furniture and appliances not inProceeds of sale of old materials .. 014 0 included in preceding .. .. 288 14 10 Purchase of sites .. .. 279 5 2 Total for Public Schools .. 8,149 3 4 Advertisements .. .. 25 3 0 District High School Account— Plans, supervision. &c. .. .. 33 19 3 Grant from Government .. 500 0 0 Library Committees out of Public Libraries Payments by School Commissioners vote .. .. .. 89 3 0 from secondary reserves .. 269 14 1 Organizing master .. .. 125 0 0 Total for Public Schools— 8,149 3 4 Balance of Education Fund account .. 827 5 0 ~ District High School account .. 769 14 1 £8,918 17 5 £8,918 17 5 Benjamin Wells, Chairman. Wm. Northcroft, Secretary. Examined and passed. R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1879. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash —Education Fund .. .. .. 641 1 10 Education Fund— „ School Building Account .. .. 186 3 2 Sundry unpaid accounts .. .. 20 15 9 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 70 12 4 School Buildings— Works in hand and under contract .. 460 2 0 Commission on plans and specifications .. 21 14 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 254 11 0 £827 5 0 £827 5 0 W. Northcroft, Secretary.

WANGANUI. Sir, — Wanganui, 25th February, 1880. I have the honour to present to you the annual report of the Education Board of the District of Wanganui, for the year ending 31st December, 1879, together with the various tables required by Circular No. 43, of Bth December last. This Board's ordinary meetings are held on the last Wednesday in each month, and the Board has met regularly on the proper days during the year. Besides the usual routine work performed at these meetings, the Board has been much assisted by two committees, termed the Finance and Building Committees, formed from amongst its members for the purpose of facilitating the work and examining more minutely into details than could otherwise be done ; and in July last another committee, styled the Appointment Committee, was formed, to which all correspondence and questions relating to the appointment and removal of teachers are referred. This committee meets on the evening prior to the Board's regular meeting day, and has also proved of much service. Schools and Attendance.—At the close of the year 1878, there were 47 schools under the Board in operation, with an average attendance of 2,141 scholars. There are now, at the close of the year 1879, 51 schools, with a working average of 2,850, being an increase of 709, or a fraction over 33 per cent, for the year. The increased and improved accommodation provided, and the activity displayed by the committees, have had much to do in bringing about this satisfactory result. School Districts. —During the year new school districts have been formed at Makino Road and Ashhurst, and the committees of Lower Rangitikei and Parawanui having previously charge of half-time schools, amalgamated, and formed one committee from amongst their numbers, and opened a full-time school at Parawanui. New Buildings.—The rapid growth of the Board's schools has taxed its resources to the utmost, and rendered the task of apportioning the grants no easy matter. New schools have been erected at Porewa, Kaiwangaroa, Bunnythorpe, Aramoho, and Upokongaro ; others are in course of completion at Otaki, Ashhurst, and Makino Road, whilst old buildings have been replaced at Karere, Parawanui, and Upper Tutaenui, and a commodious new building for a Girl's District High School is in course of erection

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in Wanganui. Very extensive additions have also been made to the schoolhouses at Kohi, Waverley, Hawera, Kakaramea, Foxton, Halcombe, Marton, Mount View, Palmerston North, Feilding, Carnarvon, Turakina, Turakina Valley, Denlair, and the Wanganui girls (old) school. The important works comprised in these extensions have in many instances entailed a greater outlay than at the new schools. New residences have been erected at Kohi, Maxwelltown, Halcombe, Taonui, Feilding, Wangaehu, Denlair, Aramoho, and Mosstown, and others are in course of completion at Stoney Creek and Upper Tutaenui, whilst repairs and additions have been made to the residences at Mars Hill, Turakina, and Matarawa. In addition to the above, works of a miscellaneous character have been performed at every school throughout the educational district. With regard to suitable retiring places, owing to the want of funds, the Board has not always been able to carry out its views in this respect. The plan it has lately adopted in mixed schools is to have the conveniences for each sex in separate parts of the school ground, screened by a fence, each compartment being private and closed by a door. New Offices. —The Board has lately commenced the building of new and convenient offices on a site adjoining the Customhouse, granted by Government for the purpose. The building contains three rooms—namely, a board room and secretary's and inspector's rooms. The two rooms hitherto rented by the Board were inconveniently small, and totally unsuited for the increasing duties of the office. As a matter of economy in the saving of rent the new building will also prove beneficial. Wanganui District High Schools.—The Wanganui District High Schools were opened in April last by competent teachers, whom the Board has been at some considerable trouble and expense to select from a large number of applicants, and it has every reason to be satisfied with the result. The new building, mentioned in last year's report as being in course of construction for the boys, has met their requirements, and the Board is now erecting a commodious school for girls, on a site of two acres in the centre of the town, reserved by Government from what is known as the Queen's Gardens. The plan from which the Girls' District High School is being built, has been slightly altered from that of the Middle School, Dunedin, and is arranged in such a way as to admit of enlargement when necessary, without interfering with the general design. It comprises four large rooms, with hat and cloak lobbies and lavatories. The roof is open, and the system of ventilation adopted is that known as Tobin's. The rapid increase in the attendance of the Wanganui town schools in general, and this one in particular, has exceeded the Board's most sanguine expectations, and it is only now checked by the want of additional accommodation for the girls and infants. In order to meet the pressing demands made by the influx of a large number of fresh pupils to the girls' school, on the appointment of the new teacher, the Board enlarged the old school as a temporary measure. This is now, however, much overcrowded, and it is known that the new building above referred to will be filled as soon as it can be opened, which will probably be during the month of March. Referring to a request contained in Circular No. 43, that a special report should be made upon the upper department of each District High School, the Board has to report that no examination of this branch has been held. The fees charged for extra subjects at the Wanganui District High Schools are 10s. per quarter for the first two subjects, and ss. per quarter for each additional subject. The extra subjects for boys were commenced in April, and those for girls in July. The attendances were as follows: —First quarter, boys 23 ; second quarter, boys 29, girls 22 ; third quarter, boys 20, girls 25. The attendance of girls is on the increase. Singing is taught in the girls' school as an extra subject by a competent visiting mistress, and has proved a popular class amongst the pupils, besides having been taken advantage of by nearly all the pupil teachers. The fees generally are appropriated towards paying the head master's salary, but the singing mistress receives a small stipend from those which are paid by the pupils who learn singing. Whether the Wanganui District High Schools, as such only, are a success is very doubtful, and the Board will, therefore, initiate inquiries with a view of ascertaining whether the Wanganui High School Act, 1878, cannot now be taken advantage of with profit to the Board and benefit to the district generally. It is probable that the endowments granted to the Board for the purpose may now be profitably employed in establishing a high school proper, which would be better appreciated throughout the district than the so-called mixed system. Carlyle.—ln the month of August a District High School was opened at Carlyle, Patea. Beyond appointing an assistant master no extra expense was incurred on this account. The fees charged are 15s. por quarter for all subjects, and these are appropriated towards paying the salary of the assistant master. The number of pupils learning extra subjects were: —During the first half-quarter, boys 17, girls 5 ; during the second quarter, boys 15, girls 2. The small attendance during the second quarter is probably due to the fact of the assistant master having left, but this vacancy has since been filled up. Infant School. —In January last the Board opened an Infant School in the town of Wanganui, and placed it under the charge of a competent mistress, whose success has been very satisfactory. This school has not only been a relief, but a feeder, to the other town schools. Up to the present time the old and dilapidated building, formerly used for the boys, has served the purpose of an Infant School, although at a considerable inconvenience ; but on completion of the Girls' new school, above referred to, the Board purposes converting the present Girls' school into an Infant school, with such additions and improvements as may be necessary. The working average of this school, for the first quarter of the year, was 125 scholars. It is now, at the close of the year, 216, after sending 30 boys up to the District High School, and the attendance is rapidly on the increase. Scholarships.—A list of the Scholarships held during the year, with such particulars as are required is forwarded. They are all of the annual value of £20. No competitive examination for scholarships for the year 1880 has as yet been held. The expenditure connected with the examination being small, no separate charge was made upon the fund. Public Libraries. —These institutions the Board believes are exercising a beneficial influence in many respects. The returns furnished will supply you with the required information. Teachers. —The Board has now 87 teachers in its employ, and of these 42 are males and 45 females. The same difficulty in the payment of teachers of small schools, which was pointed out by the Board in last year's report, still exists, and the state of the Board's finances does not admit of any alteration. In order to bring the rules of the Board into harmony with the new scale of teachers' certificates issued by Government, the Board adopted a graduated scale of payments for bonuses on certificates. It being

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evidently the intention of the framer of the scale of comparative values of these Certificates, that the teachers should advance as well as the pupils—in fact, that one is contingent upon the other, the Board adjusted the Scale to meet such an idea. Quabtebly Beturns.—ln consequence of the incorrect manner in which some of the quarterly returns were sent in by teachers, the Board issued a set of instructions for their guidance in making up these important documents. These instructions were drawn, not only with a view of insuring accuracy on behalf of teachers now in the employ of the Board, but also as a guide to new teachers who may hereafter enter the service, and who are not acquainted with the forms. The Board is of opinion that if they are carefully followed, the returns should be rendered as nearly perfect as possible, and it will impress upon teachers the necessity of strict attention to this matter. School Penny Banks.- —There are not any School Penny Banks in this district. Area or School Sites. —The Board passed a resolution last year that no school shall be erected upon a site of less than one acre, but in a great many histances the sites comprise double that area. Wherever it has been possible the school grounds have been fenced down the centre, as well as round the sides, for the purpose of separating the sexes during play hours. Ventilation and Lighting op School Booms.—ln the generality of schoolrooms under the Board, ventilation has been secured by means of syphon ventilators in the roof, the roofs being open or unlined. Ordinary double-hung sashes admit the light, and these, where possible, are so placed as to direct the rays from a side angle. The windows, in most cases, are fitted with inside green blinds. School Furniture.'—The Board at first adopted a dual desk, but finding it very expensive, and the benefits derived far from commensurate with the extra cost, as compared with the long desk, it has since adopted the latter kind. These have generally fixed seats, although the Board has a pattern with a loose form, which some of the committees prefer. For further information respecting maps and school furniture the Board would refer you to the Inspector's report. Finance.'—The financial position of the Board is not in such a flourishing condition as could be desired, the causes for which were fully pointed out in last year's report, and need not here be recapitulated. The Board has apportioned the grants to the best of its ability, and believes that the division has been beneficial to the district, and given general satisfaction. The general account shows an overdraft of £816 Os. 2d., with liabilities besides amounting to £438 7s. 10d., whilst the building account shows a credit balance of £355 18s. Bd., with liabilities amounting to £2,770 16s. 4d., which will probably be wiped out by a vote from the supplementary grant on account of school buildings. Whilst the Board has been most anxious to reduce the overdraft on the general account, it regrets to say that it shows a considerable increase. The Board has already referred to this matter so often, and to the special claim which it believes it has upon the consideration of the Government, that it now refrains from further comment, although it is still of opinion that when the causes which led to it are investigated, it will meet with that relief which the justice of the case demands. The Board is of opinion that the amount of clerical work required to be performed by the Secretary cannot be much longer continued without assistance, and whilst wishing to observe every care and economy in the departmental expenditure, it feels that this matter must receive early consideration. In the several tables accompanying the report, are shown the returns required by Government, to which the Board would direct your attention for statistical information. Bespecting educational matters generally, the state of the schools throughout the district, and such further information as is required by Circular No. 43, the Board respectfully begs to refer you to the Inspector's report, and trusts that the information therein set forth will accord with your wishes. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. W. H. Watt, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £. s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1879, By Overdrafts Ist January, 1879. Special Buildings Grant .. .. 4,000 0 0 Buildings .. .. .. 3,633 3 0 Grants from Government — General Account .. .. 582 19 5 Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 8,972 19 3 Office and BoardGrants to Committees (10s.) .. 1,199 12 6 Office staff, salaries .. .. 308 6 8 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 90 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. 438 18 7 Inspection Subsidy .. .. 300 0""0 School Inspection— Special for Buildings .. .. 11,000 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. 400 0 0 Payments by School Commissioners Travelling expenses .. .. 50 0 0 from Education Eeserves.. .. 89 7 3 Examination of pupil teachers .. 48 11 8 Subscriptions and donations, for ordinary Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 9,118 1 2 purposes .. .. .. 5 5 0 School Committees, for educational purFees for District High Schools .. 84 0 0 poses .. .. .. 862 5 10 From Public Libraries vote .. .. 226 12 0 Scholarships—Paid to holders .. 90 0 0 Interest on investments in the Eees' School Buildings— Bequest Account .. .. .. 196 4 0 New buildings .. .. 5,113 9 1 Government Grant, refund of the amount Enlargement, improvement, and repaid to the late Patea Board .. 75 6 0 pairs .. .. .. 4,219 19 9 Bank interest received for amount on School furniture and appliances not fixed deposit .. .. .. 45 0 0 included in preceding .. .. 1,054 1 3 Bank overdraft on General Account .. 816 0 2 Purchase of sites .. .. 216 10 0 Plans, supervision, &c. .. .. 193 8 11 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 223 3 5 Sundries, as per details of expenditure .. 191 8 9 Bank balance (building account) .. 355 18 8 £27,100 6 2 £27,100 6 2 W. H. Watt, Chairman. A. A. Browne, Secretary. Note.—Owing to the mode in which the Board keeps its accounts, it has been necessary in compiling Tables 1 and 2 of the Appendix to throw out an excess balance of £4,355 18s. Bd. on each side of the general statement, so as to show the •exact amount of income and expenditure. This reduces the totals as given in Tables 1 and 2to £22,744 7s. 6d. 2

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Assets and Liabilities for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. general account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. 1.154 8 0 By School Fund due for quarter ending 31st December .. .. .. 261 4 6 Library Grant, balance .. .. 3 8 7 Scholarships, balance due on awards, 1879 50 0 O Departmental expenses, sundry accounts .. 23 14 9 , Bank overdraft .. .. .. 816 0 2 £1,154 8 0 £1,154 8 0 BUILDING ACCOUNT. £ S. d. £ S. d. To Bank Balance .. .. •• 355 18 8 By Balance due on sundry contracts .. 2,634 16 0 Balance .. .. .. 2,414 17 8 Sundry outstanding accounts.. .. 136 0 4 £2,770 16 4 £2,770 16 4

Summary of the School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure £ s. d To Balances in Bank and in hand on Ist Jan., By Bonuses to teachers out of Board's grants 18 79 .. .. .. 147 19 1 to Committees .. .. .. 14 19 4 Eeceipts trom Education Board— Bonuses to teachers out of donations, subOrdinary grants .. .. 862 5 10 scriptions, &o. .. .. .. 60 10 0 Donations, subscriptions, Seo., from others Cleaning (allowances and requisites) .. 284 15 9 than Education Board .. .. 285 9 3 Fuel .. .. .. .. 94 8 3 Balances due to Committees .. .. 215 4 Books, maps, stationery, and furniture for general school use .. .. 203 16 8 Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 223 8 1 Clerks' salaries, and office expenses .. 26 6 7 Prizes .. .. .. 85 8 5 School Fetes or treats .. .. 20 12 9 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. ... .. 160 Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to scholars .. .. .. .. 45 2 0 Gymnastic apparatus .. .. 16 18 3 Advertising and postages .. .. 27 15 2 Drill instruction .. .. .. 4 0 0 Ground rent .. .. .. 5 0 0 Expenditure not accounted for by three committees .. .. .. 29 4 1 Balances .. .. .. 163 8 2 £1,316 19 6 £1,31(5 19 6

WELLINGTON. Sir,— ' Wellington, 31st March, 1880. I have the honor to lay before you the report of the proceedings of the Education Board for the District of Wellington for the year ending 31st December, 1879. Constitution. —At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of the following members :—Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, Chairman ; Hon. W. Gisborne, H. Bunny, Esq., M.H.R., G. Beetham, Esq., M.H.R., W. Hutchison. Esq., M,H.R., Ed. Toomath, Esq., Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Rev. James Paterson, and Charles Pharazyn, Esq. In terms of clause 15 of the Education Act three members were balloted out at the end of March. They were the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, Ven. Archdeacon Stock, and the Rev. James Paterson ; but, as all three after a contest were re-elected, the constitution of the Board remained unchanged. In the month of September the Hon. W. Gisborne having resigned, six candidates were nominated by the School Committees for the vacancy, and the election resulted in the return of Dr. Newman, who took his seat for the rest of the year. Meetings.—lncluding the ordinary meetings held on the last Wednesday of every month, the Board met on twenty-one occasions, exclusive of regular meetings of the standing committee, now held a fortnight after each ordinary Board meeting. Schools and School Districts Established.—Table No. 1 attached gives a list of 43 schools established at the end of the year, with the particulars asked for, as to teaching staff and expenditure. The return shows an increase of six schools in operation on last year's return, caused by the opening of seven new ones, and the amalgamation, on the Ist July, of the two half-time schools at Makara into one full time school. The whole of the Board District is subdivided into school districts. The only school districts with more than one school established in each are Mount Cook, which for the year included Newton, and three separate schools for boys, girls, and infants ; the Thorndon, which includes one mixed school and one Infant's school ; the Upper Hutt, which includes the Mungaroa ; and the Pahautanui, which includes Judgeford. Attendance. —Table 2 gives the attendances at the several schools, the boundaries of which are

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•defined; and shews that there were 4,189 children on the rolls at the beinning of the year, and 5,633 at the end, the average weekly roll for the last quarter being 2,941 boys and 2,418 girls—altogether 5,359. The working average attendance of the four quarters was 4,053, and for the last quarter alone 4,402, being an increase of 1,028 on the corresponding quarter last year. Accounts. —Appendix No 3 is the balance sheet shewing the Board's revenue and expenditure ; and Appendix No. 4 is a statement of Assets and Liabilities on Maintenance Account and on the Building Account. On the Maintenance Account there is a deficiency of £605 9s. 4d. ; but the Board hope to reduce this deficit by the end of the financial year. On the Building Account there is an unexpended, though not an unappropriated balance of £4,700. The Board have a small accumulated sum of £516 invested with the Trust, Loan, and Investment Company as an insurance fund. Details of departmental expenditure accompany the balance sheet. Ages and Subjects op Instruction.—Table No. 4 shows that of 5,633 children on the books 1,615 are under 7 years of age, and 500 are over 13, the number under 5 being 365, and the number over 15 being 69. 3,056 are boys, and 2,577 are girls. At the end of the year there were 66 pupils attending school, who had passed Standard VI., the Inspector's examination of the large schools being then just completed. School Buildings and Sites.—The city of Wellington being in the past altogether unendowed with sites for public schools, now that land has become valuable, the Board have experienced great difficulty in acquiring suitable sites, and the cost has been a heavy drain upon their resources. They have, however, been very fortunate during the past year in purchasing a site for the Normal School and for a large Practising School at the Thorndon end of the city for the sum of £2,500. The Practising School is a two-storey building containing two school rooms, eight class rooms, a committee room, and a headmaster's room. It is fitted throughout with dual desks of wood, six deep, of an improved plan, placed on platforms with four inches rise. The desks have backs. The lighting and ventilating are good ; there are large lobbies with cap rooms and lavatories. The play grounds for boys and girls are distinct, asphalted and convenient ; and the general arrangements for out-houses and appliances are suitable. The school will seat 576 children, and accommodate 600. The buildings are approaching completion. At the Te Aro end of the city they have also secured the right to purchase for a similar sum a large and suitable site in Upper Willis-street ; and on this they are about to erect a school for 600 children to replace the old Te Aro School now quite unfit for the purpose. The sale at some future time of the two sections granted by Government on the reclaimed land will enable this Board to complete the purchase, convenient arrangements having been made with the vendor. The Board have also purchased for a like sum of £2,500 a site for a large infant school in Sydney-street, which they hope to erect during the present year. A school on an acre of land acquired from the Government, with infant room and class rooms to accommodate 350 children, has been erected and opened during the year at Newton. In the country districts new schools have been erected at Mungaroa, Park Vale, Eketahuna, and Judgeford, and additions made to Featherston. Scholarships.—The first examination for scholarships given by this Board was held in the month ■pf August, and was conducted by Mr. Gammell, of the Wellington College, and the Rev. W. H. West. The scholarships were open to all competitors, and forty candidates presented themselves, thirty-two boys and eight girls. The scholarships were awarded as follows, the successful competitors all being pupils in the Board schools :—City, £30, A. Whitehouse ; Wairarapa, £30, R. Fairbrother; Country Districts, £30, A. M'Kenny; Whole Districts—£2o, Phcebe Myers; £15, F. G. Bolton and G. M'Gregor ; £10, C. Richardson and W. Toomath. These pupils are now attending the Wellington College, in terms of the conditions under which the scholarships were awarded. Appended are regulations as to scholarships and particidars as to then* tenure; also copies of examination papers and the report of the examiners. Public Libraries.—The sum of £415 15s. handed to this Board for distribution among the Public Libraries within the Education District, was apportioned in proportion to the amount of voluntary subscriptions received, to all libraries which claimed to participate in the grant, and which were entitled to do so in terms of the Public Libraries Subsidies Act, 1877. No school or public libraries are established in connection with the Board. These libraries appear to exercise a very beneficial influence, more especially .among the country districts; and the grant apportioned enables them to provide a supply of standard, works and periodicals for the use of members. Returns from each of these libraries have been forwarded to the Education Department. School Commissioner.—During the year the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn was appointed School Commissioner in place of the Hon. W. Gisborne, resigned. School Fund Account.—A summary of the accounts of the school committees within the district is, in accordance with your instructions, given in the appendix. This summary has been made out from the audited balance sheets of the school committees sent into the Board, in terms of clause 103 of the Education Act. Pupil Teachers' Examination.—The annual examination of pupil teachers was held in the first week of July, and conducted by the Principal of the College and the Inspector of Schools. A copy of their report is attached as appendix. Aided Schools. —In the supply of schools throughout the country, the wants of the outlying districts, which are least able to provide schools, have been well considered. No settlement more than two miles from an existing school is uncared for. Indeed, as a whole, the country has received more consideration than the city of Wellington. Assistance amounting to £4 a head on the average attendance is offered in aid to any school giving an education which is reported on by the Inspector as satisfactory under the circumstances ; and it is clearly in the power of a few settlers to provide tuition for their children by supplementing this grant. Only two aided schools at present exist; seven other schools are maintained which are small enough to rank as such, but, as these have been established some time, the Board continue indulgent towards them, hoping that in a short time their attendance will increase so as to give them an average attendance of at least 25, that being the lowest number for which this Board think a separate school should be fully maintained by them.

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Penny Banks.—The circulars issued by the Department in reference to Penny Banks called forth no response from the school committees. The Te Aro Penny Bank, long established, and entirely independent of the Board, is the only one in operation. District High School. —Applications made to the Department for constituting the Terrace and Featherston Schools District High Schools, have been met with the reply that the matter should stand over for the report of the Commission on higher education. Normal School. —The new Normal School containing students' lecture room, school of art, class room, and laboratory is nearly ready for opening ; and the room built as an educational museum for the colony is now available for the purpose. The Board are about to draw up rules and regulations for the conduct of the Normal School, and they are are desirous of knowing specifically what amount of grant will be available during the current year for salaries and maintenance. Buildings Required.—Particulars as to the building grant required have already been forwarded to you. Inspector's Report.—Touching matters indicated in your letter of the Bth December, information will be found in the report of the Inspector attached as appendix. School of Art.—A school of art class for teachers has been opened in one of the rooms of the Wellington Athenaeum during the present year, and instruction was given by the late Mrs. Holmes, a lady well qualified for the work. Her loss was a public one. The Board have continued the classes under the direction of her daughters ; but it is now found that only the pupil teachers and a few female teachers in charge of schools voluntarily attend. The new school of art room in the Normal School will give better facilities for the instruction of the classes. The cost of £100 per annum for salary has been allowed by the Department, to become a charge upon the vote for Normal training. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. C. J. Pharazyn, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances Ist January, 1879. Office and BoardMaintenance Account .. .. 132 11 6 Office staff, salaries .. .. 270 0 0 Special Buildings Grant .. .. 1,961 18 8 Departmental contingencies .. 803 4 7 Grants from Government — School Inspection— Statutory capitation (£3 155.) .. 13,857 3 9 Salaries .. .. .. 500 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) .. 1,847 12 6 Travelling expenses .. .. 162 6 4 Inspection subsidy .. .. 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 12,880 17 2 Specially for buildings .. .. 11,800 0 0 School committees for educational purArrears of rates collected .. .. 150 0 0 poses _ .. .. .. 1,626 7 6 From Public Libraries vote .. .. 415 10 0 Scholarships, expenses of examinations .. 21 0 0 Arrears of school fees .. .. 6 17 0 Training of teachers .. .. 76 6 8 Eefund overpayment, teachers' salaries .. 0 10 0 Insurance of school buildings.. .. 37 17 6 Eents of school sites .. .. 66 16 6 School BuildingsSale of old building .. .. 34 4 0 New buildings.. .. .. 6,632 0 6 Deposits on contracts .. .. 148 14 0 Enlargement, improvements, and reOverdraft .. ... •• 378 3 7 pairs .. .. .. 1,591 810 School furniture and appliances not included in preceding .. .. 812 10 2 Purchase of sites .. .. 4,600 0 0 Plans, supervision, &c. .. .. 221 1 3 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 415 15 0 Eents of school sites and buildings .. 238 7 8 Deposits on contracts .. .. 98 14 0 Standard prizes .. .. .. 19 12 10 Education reserves (moiety of fencing) .. 92 8 6 Commission on school fees collected .. 0 8 0 £31,100 _6 6 £31,100 6 6 C. J. Pharazyn, Chairman. Robert Lee, Secretary. Note. This Balance Sheet, with accounts, &0., duly passed examination by Mr. E. Macalister. Owing to absence on sick leave, his signature cannot now be obtained.—For Provincial District Auditor, P. W. Teli-okd.

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BUILDING ACCOUNT. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Balance of grant to 30th June, 1880 .. 4,700 0 0 Overdraft .. .. .. 220 6 0 Balance due on contracts in hand .. 2,929 7 0 Amount authorised for repairs, &c, to existing schools .. .. .. 119 10 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,430 17 0 £4,700 0 0 £4,700 0 0 Summary of School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances in Bank and in hand on Ist Jan., By Bonuses to teachers out of Board's grants 1879 .. .. 100 3 7 to Committees .. .. .. 122 10 0 Eeceipts from Education Board — Bonuses to teachers out of donations, subOrdinary grants .. .. 1,613 17 6 scriptions, &c. .. .. .. 32 17 6 Special grants .. .. .. 835 13 7 Cleaning (allowances and requisites) .. 526 6 5 Donations, subscriptions, &c, from others Fuel .. .. .. .. 105 10 8 than Education Board .. .. 315 10 3 Books, maps, stationery, and furniture for Sale of books .. .. .. 26 16 1 general school use .. .. 378 14 11 Sale of old buildings .. .. 11 4 0 Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 318 14 7 Use of rooms .. .. .. 210 0 Clerks' salaries £17 10s.; office expenses Befunds .. .. .. 32 16 8 £27 15s. Bd. .. .. .. 45 5 8 Deposits .. .. .. 5 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 176 10 8 Overdrafts .. .. .. 17 6 2 School fetes or treats .. .. 73 10 1 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 3 5 6 Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 60 7 10 Eoads to schools .. .. .. 4 5 0 Fencing .. .. .. 127 19 8 Alterations, additions, and improvements 743 14 8 Sundries .. .. .. 16 11 Befunds .. .. .. 17 10 0 Overdrafts .. .. .. 10 12 11 Balances .. .. .. 197 0 8 £2^3oltTo £2' 960 17 1°

HAWKE'S BAY. Sir, — Napier, December 31st, 1879. In accordance with the requirements of the Education Act, the Board of this District has the honor to present a summary of its work during the year ending December 31st, 1879. No resignations of members have taken place. At the ballotting for the retirement for three members in December 1878, it was determined that Miss Harriet Herbert, F. Sutton, Esq., and J. N. Williams, Esq., should retire. Miss Herbert declined to stand for re-election. The voting in March ended in the return of F. Sutton, Esq., T. Tanner, Esq., and J. N. Williams, Esq. The attendance at each meeting averaged 5*7. School Districts. —No new school districts have been constituted, although schools have been opened at Takapau, Te Arai, and Patutahi, but these schools are in districts already formed. There are now under the Board 28 school districts with 33 departments, and a teaching staff of 28 males and 36 females. Five sewing mistresses are also engaged. The average attendance in all the district schools for the year was 1,807, which shows an increase of 283, or 18-5 per cent, on that of 1878. Judging from the large increase attending the district schools for the December quarter, there can be little doubt that the average attendance would have been much larger, but for the extreme number of wet days, which for several months made the roads in the bush and. outlying districts quite impassable. The following Table gives a comparative view t>f the numbers attending the district schools for the December quarters of 1878 and 1879.

During the year, the operations of the Board have been mainly directed to supplying deficiencies of school accommodation, and to the improvement of the teachers employed in the schools. School Buildings.-—When the Board came into existence at the beginning of 1878, it might be said that accommodation had to be provided for all the school children in this education district, as at that time there were only seven small school-houses that properly belonged to the Board. Eleven large and commodious school-houses, viz., Napier, Port Ahuriri, Taradale, Clive, Matawhero, Gisborne, Woodville, Waipawa, Takapau, Meanee, and Danevirk ; and seven teachers' residences, viz : Port Ahuriri, Taradale, Clive, Wairoa, Matawhero, Norsewood, and Woodville, have been completed during the year.

Average Weekly No. on Roll. Strict Average. Avei ■age Attendi mce. Average Attendance. M. F. Total. Total. M. F. Total. lecember 31st, 1878 ... lecember 81st, 1879 ... 1,066 1,425 919 1,251 1,985 2,076 1,604 1,937 896 1,153 753 917 1,649 2,020

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School-houses are also in course of erection at Hastings, Blackburn, Makaretu, Ormondvillo, and Fribcrg's Road ; teachers' residences at Hastings, Danevirk, and Ormondville ; and enlargements at Norsewood and Kaikora; all of which will be completed in the course of a few weeks. The aim of the Board in providing the necessary accommodation, has been to supply neat and substantial school buildings, useful rather than ornamental. Light, ventilation, and internal arrangements have received careful attention, and everything has been done which experience has shown to be necessary for the wants of both teachers and pupils. In all the schools the Board has adopted the mixed or Scotch system, where boys and girls are taught together. In the school ground the sexes are separated, but for the purpose of instruction, the children—infants, and adults alike—are classified and taught irrespective of sex. No objection has been raised to the system as adopted by the Board, and there can be no doubt that the advantages of the mixed system, where the supervision is complete, far outweighs any objections that might be used against it. At the commencement of the Board's building operations, samples of school desks, black-boards, and other school requirements, were made under the direction of the Inspector, and having been approved of by the Board, tenders were called for supplying them in all the district schools. The desks are arranged in four tiers, running the full length of the schools, each tier having a rise of 5 inches, so that the children sitting in the back desks, are 20 inches above the floor space in front of the desks. The Board is pleased'to notice that a similar arrangement has just been adopted by the London School Board in all the schools under its control. The average cost per head for providing school accommodation in the several districts is £5 os. 3£d., whilst in the large towns of England where school boards have been established, the average cost per head of providing accommodation is as follows :—ln Birmingham, £14 6s. lid.; Liverpool, £15 7s. 3d. ; Leeds, £15 10s. 5d.; Sheffield, £16 6s. 9d ; London, £18 lis. 4d. ; Bradford, £20 15s. Bd. ; Manchester, £12 2s. 7d., and in Leicester, £8 19s. For further information under the head of school buildings see architect's report appended herewith. Training of Teachers.'—The second important work of the Board during the year was the training of the teachers. The Board felt it was of little use providing school accommodation if nothing could be done to aid the teachers in obtaining technical knowledge of school work. The grant of £80 by the Department, though far from sufficient in carrying out a scheme of training proposed by the Board's Inspector, proved of material assistance. In the month of June, all the teachers were invited to assemble at the Napier District School to undergo a course of technical training. The school which had only been opened a few months previously under the management of a competent teaching staff, afforded an excellent example to the visiting teachers of the value of organisation. During the fortnight the teachers were in Napier, they were occupied each school day from 9 a.m. till 8.30 p.m., either in teaching and criticism, lectures on school management, drawing, singing, or the preparation of notes. The Inspector's report upon the training will be found in the appendix. Examinations.—The first examination under the Government Standards has been held. The following table shows the numbers who have passed in each Standard.

The results are not encouraging, but a great advance has been made in the general management of the schools ; and now that more adequate school accommodation is provided, it is hoped the progress will be much more real. A scholarship examination was held in July, when the Board decided to grant scholarships to J. Cowell, C. Laws, F. Steel, C. L. Gallien, and Miss A. Downs, a half-caste from the Missionary School, Napier. The latter would not accept of the scholarship granted, preferring to be appointed as a pupil teacher in the school where she attended. All the scholarship holders are attending the district schools under the Board, where they would attend if they were not scholarship holders. It is apparent, therefore that no advantage from an educational point of view will be obtained for the district by the granting of scholarships until a recognised High School is established at Napier, or the number of the Standards increased whereby extra subjects can be taught in the district schools. In the meantime the money will continue to be spent without obtaining for the district that benefit which is evidently intended by the clause in the Act referring to the establishment of scholarships. At the pupil teachers' examination held at the same time with the scholarships', the Inspector reported the work of the Ist and 2nd year pupil teachers as very satisfactory. Twenty pupil teachers are now engaged in the district schools under the Board. Salaries of Teachers.—Several modifications have been made during the year in the payment of the teachers' salaries. First. —The regulation as to payment in schools with an average attendance below twenty has been altered from three pounds ten shillings per head to five pounds per head on the average attendance. Second. —Teachers classed in DI, except the head teachers in the Napier and Gisborne District Schools, receive a bonus of £25 per annum. Third. —ln all schools where certificated teachers are employed, a bonus on the results of the school examination was paid according to the following scale ; (a). To teachers whose children obtained 75 per cent, of the total marks in the standard examination, a bonus of £30. (b). To teachers whose children obtained between 65 and 75 percent, of the total marks in -the standard examination, a bonus of £20. (c.) To teachers whose children obtained between 50 and 65 per cent, of the total marks in the standard examination, a bonus of £10. Pupil teachers and assistants engaged in the schools where the marks obtained were not less than 65 per cent, received a proportionate bonus. The Board has reason to believe that the bonus has acted as a great incentive to teachers in their school work, and it hopes to be able to offer a similar bonus during the coming year.

St; mdan I. St; mdan II. Sta: idard III. Sta: idard IV. St; idan V. Standard VI. M. F. Tl. M. F. Tl. M. F. Tl. M. F. Tl. M. F. Tl. M. F. Tl. 228 201 429 224 166 390 95 94 189 43 22 65 Nil. Nil.

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Penny Banks.—No penny banks have been established in the district. The cumherousness of the machinery, and the extra work which their introduction would entail upon school committees and teachers, have debarred the possibility of their introduction into any of the district schools. A number of the committees seemed favourable to the proposal, but when they found the formidable system of book-keeping required from them and their teachers without payment, they in every instance gave up the scheme as unworkable. The opinion of the Board is, that Penny Banks in connection with the Post Offices would greatly simplify the work and facilitate their introduction into the schools. Library Grants.—The library subsidy was distributed amongst the various libraries in proportion to the amount of subscriptions received by them. The Board regrets that the smallness of the subsidy was not sufficient to make a grant of £ for £as was expected by the library committees. Other information in connection with the libraries will be found in the appendix. Income and Expenditure.—The income for the year on account of the school fund was £6,988 10s. 6d., which added to the balance on December 31st, 1878, of £2,948 18s. lid., gives a total income of £9,937 9s. sd. The expenditure for the same period was £7,381 10s. 3d., leaving a balance to the credit of the school fund on December 31st, 1879, of £2,555 19s. 2d. A detailed statement of income and expenditure for the year, together with the assets and liabilities of the Board on December 31st, 1879, will be found in the appendix. Signed by order and on behalf of the Board, The Hon. the Minister of Education. H. Hill, Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances Ist January, 1879 — By Office and Board— Maintenance Account .. .. 2,948 18 11 Office staff and salaries .. .. 235 0 0 Special Building Grant .. .. 4,854 13 8 Departmental contingencies .. 156 6 0 Grants from Government— School Inspection— Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 5,449 11 11 Salaries .. .. .. 466 13 4 Grants to Committees (10s.) .. 857 0 0 Travelling expenses .. .. 150 0 0 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 92 14 0 Examination of pupil teachers .. 16 19 9 Inspection Subsidy .. .. 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 6,202 7 6 Special for buildings .. .. 9,730 0 0 School committees for educational purposes 842 7 5 Grant in aid for Te Arai School .. 12 10 0 Scholarships— Training of teachers .. .. 80 0 0 Paid to holders .. .. 69 11 & Payments by School Commissioners from Expenses of examinations.. .. 33 19 0 Education Eeserves .. .. 795 19 1 Training of teachers .. .. 154 4 3 Subscriptions and donations — Insurance of school buildings .. 56 0 0 For ordinary purposes .. .. 50 0 0 School Buildings— Specially for buildings .. .. 29 0 0 New buildings .. .. .. 9,397 1 6 From Public Libraries Vote .. .. 217 14 6 Enlargements, improvements, and re- . Other receipts— pairs .. .. .. 1,104 1 7 Interest on current account .. 300 9 6 School furniture and appliances not inEefunds, deposits, &c. .. .. 25 0 7 eluded in preceding .. .. 1,047 17 6 Purchase of sites .. .. 476 0 0 Plans, supervision, &o .. 269 2 6 Library committees, out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 217 16 6 Advertising for tenders, &c. .. .. 116 8 3 Miscellaneous—• Travelling allowance, teachers .. 80 5 8 Petty cash, interest, &c. .. .. 616 4 Deposits with tenders .. .. 25 0 0 Eents, allowance to teachers.. .. 472 18 8 Balance in Bank on December 31st, 1879.. 4,092 6 9 £25,743 12 2 £25,743 12 2 sk Assets and Liabilities for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. <J I. School Fund— I. School Fund .. .. .. Nil. By Balance in hand on December 31st 2,255 9 8 11. Building Fund—December 31st .. 3,819 3 l Amount due from Education De- 111. School Committee Fund .. .. Nil. partment on account of TeArai IV. Scholarship Fund.. .. .. 10 l(j 8 School .. .. .. 12 10 0 Interest on Current Account, year ending December 31st, 1879 .. 300 9 6 11. Building Fund— By Balance in Bank .. .. 1,582 11 8 Due from Education Department.. 1,770 0 0 111. School Committee Fund— By Balance December 31st .. 14 12 7 IV. Scholarship Fund — By Amount due from Education Department .. .. .. 23 6 8 £5,909 0 1 ' £3,829 19 9

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MARLBOROUGH. Sir,— Blenheim, 7th April, 1880. I have the honor to forward you a report of the proceedings of the Board of Education for the District of Marlborough for the year ended December 31, 1879, together with Tables 1 to 4, a balance sheet of revenue and expenditure, a list of scholarships held during the year 1879, and the Examiners' papers and report thereon, and the report on the public schools by the Inspector. Attendance. —The number of scholars on the rolls at the end of 1878 was 1,014 ; at the end of 1879 1,079. The working average at the same dates was 776 and 834 respectively. Grants to School Committees. —The vote of ten shillings for each scholar in average attendance has been paid over by the Board to the various school committees, according to a scale determined upon by the Board to meet as nearly as may be the requirements of each school committee respectively. Building Grant. —Out of this grant the Board has completed new school houses in Blenheim and Tua Marina, teachers' residences at Waitohi and Canvas Town, besides providing school furniture and many repairs to existing buildings. New school houses and teachers' residences are wanted at Picton, Spring Creek, Havelock suburban, Kekerangu, and in the Pelorus. Libraries.—The grant for libraries forwarded to the Board for distribution has been paid to the Libraries of Blenheim, Picton, and Havelock, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Libraries Subsidies Act. Training of Teachers.—Four of the teachers in the service of the Board took advantage of the grant of £80 for the above purpose. Three of them went to the Normal School, Christchurch, and one to that in Dunedin. Expenditure.—The balance in hand to the credit of Maintenance Account at the beginning of the year was £680 ss. 3d., and at the close of it, £622 lis. 2d., leaving a deficit of £57 14s. ld. To this, however, must be added one quarter's payment to the school committees, amounting to £104 3s. 10d., less £36 due to the Board on account of inspection subsidy, making a total deficit on Maintenance Account of £125 17s. lid. This deficiency is far less than at the close of last year, and the improvement is due partly to the closing of some of the schools during a portion of the year, but chiefly because more money has been received by the Board under the head of " statutory capitation " owing to the increased average attendance of pupils, whilst at the same time the- Board has exercised the utmost economy in the administration of its funds. The Board, however, desires to point out that at present the teaching power in some schools is insufficient, and ought to be increased, and that new schools are required in some of the outlying districts where the expenditure is certain to exceed the receipts on account of the small number of scholars attending such schools. The Board expends on teachers' salaries the largest possible proportion of its funds, reducing the departmental and other expenditure in order to secure the most effective teaching power, but it has still respectfully to urge, that whilst the population of its district is so scattered, and the proportion of small schools under its charge so great, the statutory capitation per head is not sufficient to afford the teaching power which is required. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. A. P. Seymour, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts- £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance Ist January, 1879— By Office and Board — Maintenance Account .. .. 680 5 3 Office staff, salaries .. .. 115 12 6 Special Buildings Grant .. .. 192 3 S Departmental contingencies .. 81 10 10 Grants from Government— School Inspection— Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 2,973 15 0 Salaries .. .. .. 125 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) .. 396 10 0 Travelling expenses .. .. 66 2 6 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 86 9 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 2,886 7 6 Inspection subsidy .. .. 155 2 6 School Committees, for educational purSpecially for buildings .. .. 2,594 3 7 poses .. .. .. 296 3 2 Training of Teachers .. .. 80 0 0 Scholarships— Fees for District High Schools .. 50 0 0 Paid to holders .. .. 80 4 0 From Public Libraries vote .. .. 81 17 8 Expenses of examinations .. 4 4 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 28 11 0 Training of teachers .. .. 80 0 0 School Buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 694 11 4 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs .. .. .. 1,173 18 0 School furniture and appliances, not included in preceding .. .. 143 1 0 Purchase of sites .. .. 275 4 2 Plans, supervision, &c. .. .. 94 3 3 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 80 17 8 High School fees .. .. .. 50 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 44 7 1 Balance on 31st December, 1879 .. 1,027 10 9 £7,318 17 9 £7,318 17 9 John Robinson, Secretary and Treasurer.

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Summary of the School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances in Bank and in hand on Ist Jan., Bj Bonuses to teachers out of Board's grants 1879.. .. .. .. 124 17 10 to Committees .. .. .. 56 0 0 Eeceipts from Education Board — Cleaning (allowances and requisites) .. 84 12 0 Ordinary grants .. .. 309 3 5 Fuel .. .. .. .. 53 1 0 Special grants .. .. .. 50 0 0 Books, maps, stationery, and furniture for Donations, subscriptions, &c, from others general school use .. .. 102 18 7 than Education Board .. .. 16 11 5 Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 19 6 6 Books .. .. .. .. 2 18 Clerks' salaries, £6 16s. 3d.; office expenses, Fees .. .. .. .. 12 10 11 £2 19s. 3d. .. .. .. 915 6 Sales .. .. .. .. 714 9 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 5 7 School fetes or treats .. .. 6 119 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 0 7 6 Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 9 12 0 Advertising and printing .. .. 3 113 Law .. .. .. .. 318 8 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 25 18 4 Balances in hand .. .. .. 142 1 4 £523 0 0 £523 0 0

NELSON. Sir,— Nelson, 10th March, 1880. I have the honour to lay before you a report of the proceedings of the Education Board of the District of Nelson for the year 1879. The Board has met thirteen times during the year, the average number of members present at' each meeting being seven. The number of schools at work at the close of 1879 was 57, three new schools having been opened during the year, and one being closed temporarily. Four new schools were also ready to be opened at the beginning of 1880. The number of scholars on the rolls at the end of 1878 was 3,525 ; at the end of 1879, 3,737. The working average at the same dates was 2,770 and 2,935 respectively. Although two sums of £5,000 and £6,000 each have been placed at the disposal of the Board during 1878 and 1879, for new buildings and enlargement of existing buildings, a further sum of £4,353 will be required to provide the whole of the district with proper school accommodation. At present several schools, both in town and country school districts, are overcrowded, and although the Board has endeavoured to supply the deficiency of school room by renting buildings intended for other purposes, and illadapted for school work, many scholars have been unavoidably excluded during the past year. The Board has also endeavoured, so far as its means would permit, to supply every country school' with a teacher's house, as it has been found, especially in the remoter places, that the want of a dwellinghouse has practically restricted competition to candidates living near the school. Several country schools, however, are still without houses, and none have been built in the town of Nelson. The school rooms lately completed, though they will be found, it is hoped, neither ill-contrived nor unsightly, have been built on the simplest and cheapest pattern, all superfluous ornamentation having been rigidly excluded from the designs adopted by the Board. Pains have been taken to secure sufficiently lofty walls, good light and ventilation, and a floor space of at least ten square feet for each scholar. The dearth of competent applicants, or, indeed, of applicants of any kind, for assistant teacherships, ■or teacherships of country schools, still constitutes one of the most serious difficulties with which the Board has to contend. It is true that no less than 37 candidates have signified their intention to take part in the annual examination of teachers to be held in March, 1880, but 33 of these are already in the service of the Board, and have entered their names with the view of completing their examination, or of obtaining a higher grade of certificate than that which they at present hold. Only four qualified teachers therefore, assuming that all pass, will be available from this source for the supply of vacancies that sometimes occur at the rate of four in a month. To meet this difficulty the Board has reverted to its former practice, and again issues provisional certificates to candidates who have passed an examination conducted by a Committee of the Board and the Inspector. The papers set, though easier than those given to candidates for Class E at the general examination, are yet found quite hard enough to test the relative literary qualifications of candidates, and to afford a guarantee that no grossly incompetent persons are admitted to teacherships. In accordance with its traditions for many years, the Board continues to regard very favourably the claims of remote and thinly-peopled districts, and has availed itself of the powers given in section 88 of -the Education Act to make an allowance of £4 ss. for every scholar in daily attendance and efficiently taught, even in cases where the numbers are very small. It is obvious, however, that a system which devotes the whole proceeds of the capitation allowance to defraying the cost of teaching only, leaving no margin for expenses of general management, must be limited in its application, and that it can only be regarded as a temporary expedient, to be discontinued as soon as the increased attendance warrants the Board in constituting a new school district, and building or hiring a schoolhouse. A re-statement of the well-known arguments in favour of the separation of the sexes in primary schools would be out of place in this report. It will suffice to say that, after carefully weighing the considerations on both sides, the Board has adopted a compromise. Separate schools for boys and girls have been opened in such centres of population as admitted of this being done, without largely adding to the total expense of the schools so divided, or without seriously impairing the efficiency of the teaching staff. There are now eight girls' schools within the Nelson district. The Board has reason to believe that in following this course it is largely supported by public opinion in Nelson. With regard to Public Libraries, the Board can only express its regret that the grant available for 3

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the assistance of these valuable institutions should be so small. It is difficult to over estimate the good done by Public Libraries, especially in the remoter districts, when no other means exist of supplementing the work of the elementary school, or of gratifying whatever literary tastes may have been formed there. The Board has nothing to report on the subject of Penny Banks, beyond stating that it has noreason for rescinding its former resolution, to take no steps towards introducing these institutions intothe schools under its control. No District High Schools have as yet been established in Nelson, although an application from the' Board for permission to open two High Schools in the City of Nelson, for boys and girls respectively, has been for some time in the hands of the Minister of Education, who has deferred his reply until the report of the Commission on higher education has been received. Full information as to scholarships will be found in Appendix No. 5. Although the Board has found it inexpedient to adhere strictly to any rule as to " the number and quality of teachers in proportion to the size of a school, " the teaching staff in the larger schools in towns where the division of labour can be carried out effectually, is usually on a scale of one teacher to every 45 scholars in average attendance. Thus a school with a daily attendance of 130 would be allowed a head teacher and two assistants. In the country schools, where the classes assigned to each teacher are necessarily more numerous, an assistant is generally allowed when the number in daily attendance reaches 40. Although such a staff, when compared with that allowed in town schools, seems disproportionately large, the work of an assistant, in the absence of a Normal School or Training College, affords, at present, the only available means of training young teachers in school duties, and thus justifies, to some extent, their employment in cases where the numbers to be taught are comparatively small. The difficulty experienced in getting boys to enter themselves as pupil teachers, or to complete their course of training after entering, induced the Board to discontinue the system some years ago, but it is in contemplation to make a second attempt to supply the deficiency of masters who have had any experience in school work, by training a few pupil teachers under new regulations. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. W. Barnicoat, Chairman.

List of members of the Nelson Education Board for 1879 : —J. W. Barnicoat, Esq., (Chairman) ; J. Shephard, Esq., W. Rout, Esq., 0. Dencker, Esq., M. Campbell, Esq., E. Malcolm, Esq., W. Wastney, Esq., H. D. Jackson, Esq., (resigned June, 1879) ; the Bishop of Nelson.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances Ist January, 1879— By Office and BoardMaintenance Account .. .. 2,278 19 7 Salaries .. .. .. 100 0 0 Special Buildings Grants .. .. 2,147 17 2 Departmental contingencies .. 357 12 2 Grants from Government. — School Inspection— Statutory Capitation, (£3 155.) .. 10,101 7 0 Salaries .. .. .. 375 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s) .. 1,385 7 6 Travelling expenses .. .. 14] 14 6 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 133 5 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 9,306 8 1 Inspection subsidy .. .. 300 0 0 School Committees for educational Specially for Buildings .. .. 4,925 10 2 purposes .. .. .. 610 0 0 Payments by School Commissioners from Scholarships— Education Eeserves .. .. 292 12 3 Paid to holders.. .. .. 170 0 0 From Public Libraries vote .. .. 266 8 3 Expenses of examinations.. .. 2 2 0 Bank interest .. .. .. 138 14 9 School Buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 4,510 711 Enlargement, improvements and repairs 604 6 3 School furniture and appliances not included in preceding .. .. 466 15 9 Purchase of sites .. .. 180 0 0 Plans, supervision, &o. .. .. 137 11 9 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 266 8 3 Eents of buildings .. .. 143 1 0 School material .. .. .. 923 3 4 Balances to next year— Building .. .. .. 1,174 5 8 Maintenance .. .. .. 2,501 5 6 £21,970 2 2 £21,970 2 2 J. W. Barnicoat, Chairman. W. C. Hodgson, Secretary. The above accounts examined and found correct. H. E. Curtis, Auditor.

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Summary of School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances in Bank and in hand on"l st Jan., By Cleaning (allowances and requisites) .. 101 10 4 1879.. .. .. .. 107 3 0 Fuel .. .. .. .. 87 5 2 Eeceipts from Education Board— Books, maps, stationery, and furniture for Ordinary grants .. .. 566 0 0 general school use .. .. 33 15 7 Donations, subscriptions, &c, from others Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 106 13 9 than Education Board .. .. 40 1 6 Clerks' salaries and office expenses .. 16 14 11 Prizes.. .. .. .. 132 1 9 School fetes or treats .. ... 1470 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 3 16 Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to schools .. .. .. 61 5 11 Sundries .. .. .. 38 15 10 Balances .. .. .. 117 12 9 £713 4 6 £713 4 6

NORTH CANTERBURY. Sir,— Christchurch, March 31, 1880. I have the honor, in accordance with section 102 of the Education Act, to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Education Board of the district of North Canterbury during the year ended December 31, 1879. The Board. —The constitution of the Board has undergone no change during the year. No extraordinary vacancy occurred, and the three members who retired on March 31—Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Bowen —were re-elected by a unanimous vote, no one else being nominated. The Board held twenty-two ordinary and three special meetings. The smallest number of members who attended any meeting was four, and the average attendance throughout the year very nearly six (5*96). At a meeting held on December 18, it was determined by ballot that Mr. Tancred, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Saunders should be the members to retire on March 31, 1880. New Districts and School Buildings.—During the year 1879 only one new district, that of Cambridge, near Ashburton, was formed. The preliminary steps were taken towards the establishment of Flemington, Kirwee, Elgin, and Mason's Flat: but as in each case some part of an adjoining district was included, the actual formation of the new district had to be deferred till the beginning of the next school year. The limited funds at the disposal of the Board have been applied rather to the completion of school buildings in the districts formed in the previous year, and to providing increased accommodation, either by the erection of new school buildings or by the enlargement of the old, in the many localities in which the existing accommodation was found insufficient. Ten schools were opened during tfie year in the districts of Chertsey, Governor's Bay South, Malvern South, Tinwald, Cust, Kyle, Irwell, Dunsandel; an entirely new school room was built at Fernside ; new school rooms and masters' houses were contracted for at Aylesbury, Cambridge, Heathcote Lower, and Wakanui, (all of which are finished, and the schools, with the exception of Aylesbury, in operation, at the date of this report) ; and in fifteen other districts substantial additions were made to the school buildings. The total expenditure on buildings during the year was £24,034 10s. sd. A detailed account, shewing the exact sum spent in each school district, is given in table No. 1. But much remains to be done. Thirteen proposals for new districts are now before the Board, besides numerous applications for the enlargement of school rooms, all of which call for immediate attention. It is evident that, great as has been the expenditure on school buildings for the last seven years, the requirements of the public have far outstripped the supply, and that, in addition to the large outlay now demanded, there will be a very considerable annual sum needed for buildings, if anything like adequate provision is to be made for the wants of the growing population. Maintenance of Schools. —The expenditure on the maintenance of schools, including all incidental expenses, but not departmental expenditure or the cost of inspection, was £40,274 4s. 2d. ; on salaries alone it was £34,417 14s. 6d. The following table shows the amount expended in the North Canterbury District during the years 1878 and 1879 respectively on salaries and incidental expenses : — Salaries. Incidental. Total. 1878 ... £31,916 os. Od. ... £6,276 6s. 9d. ... £38,195 6s. 9d. 1879 ... £34,417 14s. 6d. ... £5,856 9s. Bd. ... £40,274 4s. 2d. Under the head of salaries are included the bonuses paid to teachers according to the value of their certificates, and the allowances for the instruction of pupil teachers, and for teaching music. The average attendance for the year 1879 was 10,568. The schools were thus maintained at a cost of £3 16s. 2|-d. per child, and the cost of instruction only was at the rate of £3 ss. lid. These figures show in each case an improvement on those for the year 1878, for which the rate of the cost of maintenance was nearly £3 19s. 3d., and of instruction only nearly £3 6s. 3d. Table No. 1 appended to the report gives the exact amount spent in each school district for salaries and for incidental expenses, and also the names of the teachers employed in each school, with the salaries and allowances paid to them. The number of teachers employed at the close of the December quarter was 351 (230 adults and 121 pupil teachers), besides 33 sewing mistresses ; giving an average of 32.42 children to each teacher. A new scale, regulating the number of teachers to be employed in each school, and their salaries in proportion to the average attendance, has been adopted, and is being brought into force throughout the district. It is modelled on the scale prepared in 1877, from which it differs chiefly in making special provision for mistresses of infant schools, and in allowing a higher rate of salary to female teachers in schools with an average of less than 70. The scheme of augmentation allowances has also been revised so as to adapt it to the present system of classification.

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Attendance.—The number of school districts in North Canterbury at the close of 1879 was 102 r and the number of separate schools, including the practising department of the Normal School, was 120. Four of these, viz., Broughton, German Bay Side, Waiau, and Westerfield, are aided schools. The total number on the rolls was 15,230, and the average attendance for the quarter 11,381. The following table shows the number of schools maintained or aided by the Board, with the number of children and the average attendance for the two years since the present Act came into operation :—

At the end of March, 1878, the number of children in the schools of the whole Provincial District of Canterbury was 15,107, with an average attendance of 10,964. The above figures show that the numerical loss sustained through the division of the district has already been repaired, and that the number of children attending the schools of North Canterbury alone is equal to the number which, less, than two years ago, belonged to the schools of both North and. South Canterbury. Moreover, it should be observed that this remarkable increase owes nothing to the effect of any new or suddenly applied stimulus. It is not here as in some parts of the colony, where the free education offered by the Educacation Act of 1877 brought into the schools crowds of children who had previously been left almost or altogether uneducated. In Canterbury, the system introduced in 1877 was no novelty. The financial provisions of the Act of the General Assembly were founded on the principles that governed the Provincial Ordinance of 1873, and in this part of New Zealand its application did but continue a state of things which had been fully established four years before. The steady increase in the attendance in the Canterbury schools during the last two years is, therefore, not at all attributable to any favourable change of circumstances, but is solely the result of ordinary causes, the growth of settlement and population. The following table, which has been prepared for the purpose of comparison, exhibits the progress made in the number of schools, and the attendance, in North Canterbury, for successive years from 1863, when the Board of Education was first established, to 1879. It includes only so much of the Provincial District as lies north of the Rangitata, and now forms part of the education district of North Conterbury, omitting on the one hand all the schools of the South Canterbury District, and on the other, the three schools at Kaikoura and Waiau : —

* Aid to denominational schools ceased on 30th September, 1873. Normal School. —Mr. Howard's engagement as Principal of the Normal School terminated in the beginning of July. The Board invited applications for the appointment, by advertisement, throughout New Zealand and the Australian Colonies, and from among sixteen applicants, selected Mr. W. Malcolm, head master of the Tokomairiro District High School, Otago. Mr. Malcolm's engagement dates from the Ist January, 1880. During the second half of the year 1879, the Normal School was under the charge of the senior tutor, Mr. E. Watkins, whose report for that period is given in the appendix. In August a tender was accepted for the additions to the building referred to in former reports as a work of urgent necessity, which will be ready for occupation in about two months from the date of this report. The Kindergarten and infant schools will then be capable of receiving their full development, and it will be possible to carry into effect several considerable improvements, which it is hoped will add in a marked degree to the efficiency and usefulness of the institution. Inspection—-The annual reports of the Inspectors are given in the appendix. During the year 1879, 12,018 children were examined ; 7,260 being presented in standards. Of this number 6,450 passed; an average of 88*84. The average age at which each standard was passed, is as follows:—■ VI, age, 13*6 ;V, 13*1 ; IV, 12*6 ; 111, 11-6; 11, 10-4; I, B*9. These examinations were the first under the new standards, and in estimating their results, allowance must be made, as explained by the

Quarter ended 31st December. District Schools. Aided Schools. Total of Schools. On Roll. Average ■„ Attendance. Percentage. 1878 1879 106 116 4 4 110 120 13,647 15,230 10,076 11,381 73*83 74*72

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Inspectors, for the unusual leniency of the conditions. The next year's examinations will be a more searching test. But on the whole the reports are satisfactory. They show that the schools are, as a rule, in an effective state, and that the teachers are applying themselves zealously, and with fair promise of success, to carrying out the programme of instruction prescribed by the new regulations. Scholarships.—The examinations for scholarships were held in June, and were conducted by Professor Cook and J. V. Colborne-Veel, Esq. Tho number of candidates examined was 61—viz., in class A, 15 (under 11 years of age), 11 boys and 4 girls; in class B, 22 (under twelve), 13 boys and 9 girls; in class C, 14 (under 13), 8 boys and 6 girls ;in class D, 10 (under fourteen), 8 boys and 2 girls. The successful candidates were :—ln class A, John Smith, Emily Burgess, Charles Hall, and Thomas Crosswell; in class B, Robert Speight, Joseph Turner (who resigned the scholarship he gained in 1878), and Edward Cohen ; in class C, Ellen Pithcaithly (who resigned the scholarship she gained in 1878), William Hayward, and William Marshall; in class D, William Craddock. High Schools. —There are no district high schools in North Canterbury. No school answering that description was founded under the Provincial Ordinance, and none of the existing schools have been converted into high schools in the manner provided by the Education Act. The Board received an application on the subject from the school committee of Akaroa ; but as yet the applicants have done no more than make enquiry as to the effect of such a change upon the status and working of their school, and the conditions upon which it might be authorised. Libraries.—A list of the public libraries which shared in the distribution of the sum granted under the Public Libraries Subsidies Act, with the amount of annual subscriptions received by each, and the proportionate sum allotted, will be found in the appendix. None of these libraries is under the control of the Board. The public library of Christchurch, by very far the largest, is managed by the Board of Governors of Canterbury College ; others, as their names denote, are attached to literary institutes or similar institutions ; and the rest are conducted by committees elected by the subscribers. In country districts, however, it is sometimes the case that the room used for the library stands in the school ground, or even forms part of the building, and more frequently that the books are kept in the school room. In one or two instances the school committee is also the library committee. Full information as to the libraries is given in the returns supplied by the managers under direction of the Education Department, copies of which will be forwarded. Penny Savings Banks.—The proposal to establish Penny Savings Banks in connection with the schools has not in this district met with much success. The great majority of school committees have not thought it advisable at present to take any steps in the matter, and only two have applied for the necessary permission to open a penny bank. In neither of these cases had operations been begun on the 81st December last. The Compulsory Clauses.—The enforcement of the compulsory provisions of the Education Act is left entirely to the discretion of the committees, and they are being brought into operation-very gradually. So far as the Board has any official information, only a few committees—about eight in all—have determined to enforce the clauses. These, however, include the important schools of Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, and Rangiora. In several cases the committee allege want of sufficient school accommodation and funds, as reasons for leaving these clauses in abeyance. General Remarks. —The following particulars are added in compliance with the wish of the Government that such information should be supplied in the Boards' reports : —The minimum size of school rooms recently erected by the Board is 30 x 20 feet ; but for the future it has been resolved, unless under exceptional circumstances, to build the room 41 x 22 feet, so as to avoid the necessity of enlargement. The former size affords sitting room for 54 children, and the latter for 72. The desks, nine feet in length, and of graduated heights, are arranged along one side of the room in sets of three, a space of eighteen inches being left between each set, and the vacant floor space allows room for the children to stand out in class when required for reading lessons, &c. On the opposite side is the fireplace, (or two, as the length of the room may require), and the blank wall space is utilised for hanging maps and diagrams. The windows are on the side on which the desks are placed, so that the light falls from behind. The Board has given much attention, with more or less success, to ventilation, a point on which the old schoolrooms are found very deficient. The walls of all new school buildings are not less than twelve feet high. The windows, sash, open at top and bottom ; ventilators are placed in different parts of the room, provided with trunks built into the walls and communicating with air gates below ; and the vitiated air is carried off by a turret fixed at the outside and in the centre of the roof, communicating with trunks ascending from the ceiling, a shaft leading into air chimney shaft, or connected with louvres at the gables. The roof is boarded and covered with galvanised iron, with all necessary eaves, gutters, &c. ; and where water is scarce, provision is made for conducting the rain water by iron pipes into an iron or concrete tank. When the number of children is so large as to need another room, the second is fitted up with a gallery, built on the plan adopted by the London School Board. In still larger schools other rooms and class rooms are added, and in the largest the infant school is conducted in a separate building specially constructed and fitted for the purpose. Nearly all the schools are mixed,. i.e., boys and girls are taught in the same classes. The only exceptions are in the case of Kaiapoi, where, in deference to local feeling, the separate system is allowed for the present; and in the large schools of Christchurch, where the number of children in average attendance is so great as to allow of the boys aud the girls being taught in separate departments without sacrifice of teaching power. But this mixing of the sexes takes place only when the children are in class, in the immediate presence of the teacher. In play hours they are entirely distinct. The boys and girls have each their own play ground, generally divided by a fence. For this purpose, and with the view of affording sufficient space for recreation, the Board requires a school site to be of not less than two or preferably three acres. In the larger schools arrangements are made for keeping the children under supervision of one of the teachers during play time. Of course separate closets are provided for the sexes. They are placed as far apart as practicable, and generally effectually screened from view by paling or iron fences. Considerable attention is paid to drill and physical exercise. A gymnastic apparatus is provided in every play ground. The drill instructor, employed by the Board, holds classes for the instruction of teachers and pupil

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teachers, and visits the schools periodically to superintend and assist their practice. The students in the Normal school are now required to go through a regular course of training in drill aud in gymnastic and calisthenic exercises. The Board has drawn up a scheme of staff and salaries, which it is introducing throughout the district as rapidly as circumstances permit. The principle of the scheme is that a teacher shall be allowed for every thirty-five children in average attendance. A school with an average of less than 35 has one teacher, a master. When the attendance exceeds 35, a mistress is allowed. At 71 a pupil teacher is added, at 105 another, and so on; every addition of 35 children to the attendance involving an addition to the teaching staff. Every third such additional teacher is an adult, and the two intervening appointments are filled by pupil teachers. When the attendance exceeds 175, an infant mistress is appointed. In small schools taught by a master only a sewing mistress is employed, who instructs the girls in needlework for at least two afternoons in the week ; but when there is a mistress, she is expected to teach sewing. The minimum salary of a master is £130, and of a mistress, £65 ; rising in each case in proportion to the attendance to a maximum of £350 for a master and £200 for a mistress. A certificate of any class above the lowest entitles the holder to a bonus (in addition to his salary) of from £10 to £80, according to its value. The pupil teacher system, established in 1871, has been brought extensively into use, and, on the whole, works very satisfactorily. The principal teachers of schools in which pupil teachers are employed are required to give them an hour's instruction on four days in the week before or after school hours, for which they receive payment. The term of a pupil teacher's agreement is four years, and the salary from £20 to £50 for males, and from £16 to £40 for females, according as they are in the first, second, third, or fourth year. The increase depends on their marking satisfactory progress as tested by annual examination. Arrangements are contemplated by which pupil teachers who have completed their term will be encouraged to spend the interval before sitting for the certificate examination in attending a course of technical training in the Normal School. The only instance of half-time schools occurs in Governor's Bay South. To suit the peculiar requirements of this district, two school rooms have been built, which are under the charge of one master, who teaches in them alternately for half the week. With this exception, there are no half-time schools in North Canterbury, and no occasion has arisen for the employment of itinerant teachers, as provided by section 88 of the Education Act. In four places, already named, where the number of children is not enough to warrant the formation of a school district, the Board contributes to the support of a school established by local efforts ; the rate of contribution being £6 10s. per head of the average attendance when the school is in charge of a certificated master, or £5 if it is conducted by a mistress. Such schools are subject to inspection, and the course of instruction is as prescribed by the standards. Evening classes, it is understood, have been for some time established in connection with the Kaiapoi school, and during last winter similar classes were held at Colombo Road. There may be some other instances. But such extra work is entirely voluntary on the part of the teachers, and is not assisted by, nor comes under the official cognizance of, the Board. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. John Inglis, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances, Ist January, 1879— By Office and Board— Maintenance Account .. .. 9,053 19 10 Office staff, salaries .. .. 1,124 0 0 Special Buildings Grant .. .. 7,446 11 1 Departmental contingencies .. 229 910 Grants from Government— School Inspection— Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 32,66114 6 Salaries .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) .. 5,058 17 6 Travelling expenses and forage allowScholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 746 2 0 ances .. .. .. 264 12 6 Inspection subsidy .. .. 500 0 0 Examination of pupil teachers .. 109 12 11 Training .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 34,417 14 6 Specially for Buildings .. .. 25,000 0 0 School Committees for educational purPayments by School Commissioners from poses .. .. .. 5,856 9 8 Education Eeserves .. .. 5,276 16 9 Scholarships— Arrears of rates collected .. .. 5 4 0 Paid to holders.. .. .. 770 0 0 Public Libraries vote .. .. 916'::'5 7 Expenses of examinations .. 132 12 11 Training fees .. .. .. 38Ji 8 Training of teachers .. .. 2,292 10 4 Bent of school site Mandeville Plains .. 2 10 0 School Buildings— Sales of school sites .. .. 78 2 0 New buildings .. .. .. 7,935 19 6 Deposits on contracts ' .. 249 4 0 Enlargement, improvements, and repairs 11,796 8 3 Interest .. .. .. 1,229 11 11 School furniture and appliances not included in preceding .. .. 1,877 18 4 Purchase of sites .. .. 1,132 10 4 Plans, supervision. <fcc. .. .. 1,378 3 9 Library Committees out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 916 5 7 Drill instructor .. .. .. 488 4 1 Solicitor's expenses on reserves .. 7 11 0 Eefund of deposits on contracts .. 413 10 3 Balance ... .. .. 18,622 12 1 £90,266 5 10 £90,266 5 10 John Inglis, Chairman. J. V. Colborne-Veel, Secretary. I have audited this account and have compared the vouchers and accounts relating thereto with the several items of income and expenditure, and find the same correct. The balance at the Bank on the 31st December, 1879, amounted to the sum of £18,622 12s. Id., as shown by the Bank Account and the cash book. 17th March, 1880. J. Ollivier, Provincial District Auditor.

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Summary of the School Fund Incidental Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ a. d To Balances in Bank and in hand Ist January, By Bonuses to teachers out of Board's grants 1879 .. .. 905 8 8 to Committees.. .. .. 5 6 8 Eeceipts from Education Board— Cleaning (allowances and requisites) .. 2,396 12 7 Ordinary grants .. .. 4,998 12 2 Euel .. .. .. .. 886 12 4 Special grants .. .. .. 636 8 1 Books and stationery, for general school Donations, subscriptions, &c, from others use.. .. .. .. 708 2 3 than Education Board .. .. 320 13 0 Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 898 11 2 Sale of books .. .. .. 187 17 9 Clerks' salaries, £172 12s. 2d; office exSale of old furniture, fencing, &e., .. 7 13 6 penses, £181 Os. lOd. .. .. 353 13 0 Eent of school rooms .. .. 42 5 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 354 15 11 School fetes or treats .. .. 138 19 2 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 4 8 1 Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 167 9 11 Advertising .. .. .. 228 9 0 Grass and clover seed and sowing .. 2 14 8 Insurance of school furniture .. .. 912 4 Travelling expenses of members of Committees .. .. .. 19 3 Gas .. .. .. .. 0 16 0 Balances .. .. .. 1,141 510 £7,098 18 2 £7,098 18 2

DEILL INSTEUCTOR'S EEPOET. Sir,— . Christchurch, April 12, 1880. I have the honor to submit, for the information of the Board, the following general report referring to the teaching of military drill and gymnastics, &c, at public schools, for the year ending December 31st, 1879:— Instruction Classes. —During the year 970 squads have been present for instruction. I have continued the ordinary course, including —for boys ; military drill, gymnastics on fixed apparatus, fencing, boxing, and Indian clubs : for girls ; drill, calisthenics, and deportment. In many cases I have been assisted by lady and gentlemen teachers. Boys. —The boys at the various schools continue to evidence satisfactory interest in military drill, and in the practice of gymnastics, in which many excel. Amongst the most expert are several boys at the Ashburton school. " Girls.- —ln a number of schools the girls shew very satisfactory improvement in drill and deportment, but the number of cases are not quite in keeping with the simplicity of the exercises to be taught, and the advantages that have been offered to lady teachers to qualify themselves to carry on the work successfully between my visits. Gymnastic Competition. —The yearly competition for prizes given by the Board took place in the Gymnasium on February 28th, and March 7th. In any future competition I would respectfully ask the Board to defray the travelling expenses of those wishing to compete from country schools, but only in cases where the head master can vouch for the intending competitor being above the average in proficiency and smartness. Classes for Lady Teachers and Lady Students. —These classes have not been very well attended during the last part of the year generally. Those who have the most imperfect knowledge of drill, and who physically would be greatly benefited by the training offered, have been amongst the absentees. I think young lady teachers would be greatly benefited (and the children through them) by attendance at these classes when practicable. Classes for Male Assistants and Pupil Teacfiers..—The same thing may be said of these as of the ladies' classes. Some have attended very regularly during the year, and shew correspondingly good work, while others specially needing physical training and knowledge of drill are amongst those who have not attended. I beg respectfully to recommend that when practicable the attendance at these classes for drill and gymnastics should be compulsory in the case of assistants and pupil teachers. Gymnastic Apparatus.- —Several sets have required some slight repairs during the year, in each case the apparatus had been in use for a very longtime. With few exceptions (including Colombo Road and Lyttelton) the apparatus at the different schools are in fair order. Ninety schools are now supplied with apparatus. The Gymnasium. —The gymnasium is still found to be very useful. Classes are held as follows :— Tuesdays, lady teachers and lady students ; Fridays, male students and pupil teachers ;in addition, classes of senior boys from different schools are occasionally invited to spend an hour in the gymnasium. This privilege is highly prized, and is an encouragement to the practice of gymnastics. By the kind permission of the Board, I have, during part of the year, held private gymnastic classes during two evenings of the week ; all teachers are considered members of these classes without payment. All the apparatus in the gymnasium is in excellent repair, excepting the boxing gloves. I have, &c, James Q. Walker, Gymnastic and Drill Instructor to Public Schools. The Chairman of the Board of Education.

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SOUTH CANTERBURY. Sir,— Timaru, March, 1880. As required by Clause 102 of the Education Act, I have the honor to submit the general report of the Education Board, of South Canterbury for the year ending 1879. At the commencement of the year the Board consisted of Messrs. H. Belfield (Chairman), S. W. Goldsmith, J. Granger, W. B. Howell, D. L. Inwood, W. Postlethwaite, E. H. Tate, Rev. G. Barclay, and Rev. W. Gillies. By the balloting in December, 1878, it was decided that the three members to retire in the following March were Messrs. Belfield and Tate, and Rev. G. Barclay. At the election in March, Messrs. H. Belfield, C. W. Tancred, and Rev. G. Barclay were returned. During the year Rev. W. Gillies and Messrs..Granger, Inwood, and Tancred, resigned their seats on the Board, and Messrs. E. Wakefield, G F. Lovegrove, M. Gray, and R. A. Barker have been elected. At the end of the year the Board consisted of—Herbert Belfield, Esq. (Chairman), Rev. George Barclay, Richard A. Barker, Esq., Samuel W. Goldsmith, Esq., Melville Gray, Esq., William B. Howell, Esq., George F. Lovegrove, Esq., William Postlethwaite, Esq., and Edward Wakefield, Esq., M.H.R. During the year, 18 (12 ordinary and 6 special) meetings of the Board were held, with an average attendance of 6.27 members present. New School Districts.—The only new districts proclaimed are Gapes Valley and St. Andrew's. New districts will shortly be proclaimed at Makikihi Township, Albury, and Orari Bridge ; but in the absence of any present possibility of erecting buildings, the proclamation of these districts has not been made. New Buildings.—During the past year new school buildings, consisting of school and master's house, in the new districts of Hunter, Makikihi (now Hook), Upper Otaio, Totara (now Mount Gay), Opihi, Waihao, Waituna Creek, Burke's Pass, Fairlie Creek, North Orari, South Orari, and Wai-iti, have been completed, and the schools are now in operation. New buildings—school and master's house —on a more central site have been built at Waihi Bush, and are now occupied with a considerably increased attendance. The schools at Pleasant Point, Geraldine, Temuka, and Pareora have been enlarged and otherwise improved. The Pleasant Valley school buildings, which were in considerable danger from encroachment of the river, have been shifted to a new site, and have been enlarged and improved. The master's house at Kakahu has been enlarged, and a new janitor's cottage has been built for the Waimate school. Minor improvements and repairs have been made to every school in the district. The total amount expended on buildings, sites, furniture, apparatus, &c, during the year is £16,132 Is. 6d. This amount is, however, made up of almost the entire Government grant for two years, and unexpended votes made by the old Canterbury Board of Education. The Board have exercised their best discretion in the allocation and expenditure of this money, and believe that the results justify every expenditure. With a full view to economy, care has been taken to make the new buildings so suitable and complete that very few calls on the funds of the Board, for repairs and improvements, should be made for a considerable time. Large sums have been expended in improving the existing buildings at Timaru, Geraldine, Temuka, and Waimate. These buildings are now fairly complete, though the Board has not been able to make such expenditure as their size and sanitary requirements would, justify. Maintenance. —The statutory grant for maintenance has proved sufficient for the requirements of the district, and this account shows a credit balance of £457 18s 9d. It is, however, anticipated that the maintenance balance will be considerably less at the end of the current year, as the Board have suspended the regulation hitherto in force of requiring schools of less than forty in attendance to contribute a small sum annually towards the teacher's salary. The Board will now pay a uniform minimum salary of £140 per annnm to every certificated master in charge of a school, and provide a residence. The Board's expenditure will also be considerably increased by the larger number of small schools now brought into operation, and by the employment of additional assistance in the Education Office, rendered necessary by the great extension of the work of the Board. The Board's scale of payments to teachers has been in operation since May, and has worked very well. There has been no difficulty in obtaining the services of efficient teachers, and the competition for some of the recent vacancies has been quite beyond what might reasonably have been expected. The ten shillings grant to committees for incidental expenditure has been distributed in accordance with the scale adopted by the Board, but is still found quite inadequate for the requirements of committees, and the Board have from time to time been compelled to supplement the Government grant. The Board again desires to express a hope that the Government may be able to increase the grant to fifteen shillings per head on the average attendance. The amount granted is barely sufficient to meet the cost of fuel and cleaning, and committees are powerless to expend small sums on other necessaries or petty repairs without a special vote from the Board. Attendance.- —I am able to record a marked increase in the general attendance. The greater number of schools in operation would naturally lead to this result; but a considerable increase is shown in the attendance at schools that have been for some years in operation. Examinations. —The results of the scholarship and pupil teachers' examinations of March, 1879, were given in last year's report, and as the results of the same examinations held in March, 1880, are ready, they have been appended to this report. The scholarships are tenable for one year only. Schedules, Regulations, and Reports.—The schedules appended give full details of the names, status, and emoluments of the teachers, the accommodation provided in the various schools, the attendance of pupils, with their ages and particulars of the instruction given, and of the Board's income and expenditure for the year. The regulations adopted by the Board for the employment of teachers, for the employment and instruction of pupil teachers, for the distribution of the incidental grant to committees, and for the examinations for scholarships, are also appended. The Inspector's report also given shows that the schools generally are well officered and in a satisfactory state of efficiency, and that the results of the year's work shows steady improvement. Compulsory Attendance. —Committees have in many cases assented to the necessity of bringing the compulsory clauses of the Act into force, and the action generally taken of issuing circulars and bringing

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the matter prominently before the parents has had a salutary effect; but it does not appear probable that any committee will take upon itself the unpleasant task of summoning negligent parents. The Board strongly urges the neeessity of placing this duty in the hands of a paid official. Public Libraries.—The grant for 1879, under " The Public Libraries Subsidies Act," was not received before the end of the year, but has since been allocated as follows : —Timaru, £76 os. Bd.; Temuka, £34 Bs. lid.; Waimate, £30 25.; Geraldine, £29 12s. 5d.; Winchester, £9 18s. lOd.; Pleasant Point, £5 16s. ld.; Waitohi Flat, £3 19s. 6d.; Hilton, £3 14s. 7d.; total, £193 13s. The Board has invited the managers of the various libraries to receive the value cf their grants in books to be obtained from England by the Board. Penny Banks. —The question of establishing school penny banks was introduced to the notice of committees as directed by the Education Department, but no further action was taken by the Board. Committees have duly considered the question, but, in almost all cases, their decisions have been more or less adverse to the adoption of the system. Wherever a feeling favourable to the introduction of the banks existed, it appeared altogether undesirable to accept the plan adopted by the Government. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Herbert Belfield, Chairman.

■» General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year ending 13st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. dTo balance, Ist January, 1878— By Office and Board— Maintenance Account .. .. 1,451 10 2 Office Staff, Salaries .. .. 316 13 4 Special Buildings Grant .. .. 3,476 14 3 Clerical Assistance .. .. 2 0 0 Grants from Government— Departmental Contingencies .. 335 4 9 Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 6,079 14 2 School InspectionGrants to Committees (10s.) .. 969 8 4 Salaries .. .. 300 0 0 Inspection Subsidy .. .. 300 0 0 Travelling expenses .. .. 96 4 7 Specially for Buildings .. .. 13,330 0 0 Examination of Pupil Teachers .. 18 4 0 Payments by School Commissioners, from Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 6,909 0 1 Education Eeserves .. .. 662 16 3 School Committees, for educational purSubscriptions and Donations specially for poses .. .. 1,085 0 2 Buildings .. .. 117 10 0 Scholarships— From Public Libraries Vote .. .. 211 2 9 Paid to holders .. .. 93 10 0 Interest on Current Account at National Expenses of examinations .. 8 15 0 Bank of New Zealand .. .. 159 1 9 Insurance of school buildings .. 161 15 11 Balance from Bank of New Zealand to School Buildings— Special Building Grant .. 7 7 3 New Buildings .. .. 11,895 13 8 Part Proceeds of Sale of Building .. 25 2 0 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs .. .. 986 18 1 School furniture and appliances not included in preceding .. 1,810 17 11 Purchase of sites .. .. 474 5 3 Plans, supervision, &c. .. .. 559 19 3 Library Committees out of Public Libraries vote .. .. 211 2 9 Office furniture, from special building grant .. .. 81 8 8 Balance maintenance account .. 457 18 9 Special building grant .. .. 1,035 14 9 £26,790 6 11 £26,790 6 11 Herbert Belfield, Chairman. Henry W. Hammond, Secretary. I have audited this account, I have compared the items with the vouchers, and find it correct, and the balance at the bank is accurately stated. J. Ollivier, Provincial District Auditor.

WESTLAND. Sir,-— Hokitika, 25th March, 1880. In compliance with the provisions of clause 102 of the " Education Act, 1877," and with the request contained in Circular No. 43 of December Bth, 1879, I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Board during the past year :■— The following gentlemen were members of the Board at the beginning of the year :—G. Mueller, Esq., (Chairman), W. H. Eevell, Esq., J. Greenwood, Esq., E. Patten, Esq., R. C. Reid, Esq., R. J. Seddon, Esq., J. Plaisted, Esq., F. Morgan, Esq., and G. A. Paterson, Esq. On the 31st day of March, 1879, the following members retired: —J. Greenwood, Esq., R. J. Seddon, Esq., and F. Morgan, Esq. R. J. Seddon, Esq., was re-elected, and J. Grimmond, Esq., and C. Parfitt, Esq., were elected to be members in place of the other two retiring members. The following members resigned during the year:-—W. H. Eevell, Esq., and J. Plaisted, Esq. C. Broad, Esq., and W. H. Perkins, Esq , were elected to fill the respective vacancies. Owing to the first named gentleman's sudden decease, he did not take his seat upon the Board. G. Mueller, Esq., having only accepted the chairmanship of the Board for one year, resigned the position in May, but was unanimously re-elected. Including adjourned meetings, the number of meetings held by the Board during the year was twenty. E. Patten, Esq., having resigned as one of the School Commissioners for the Westland Provincial District, the Board appointed G. Mueller, Esq., to represent them in his stead. Schools and Teachers.—On January Ist, 1879, the number of schools carried on under the Board's control, was thirty-five, and the number of teachers employed was seventy-eight. Of these fifty-one were 4

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adult teachers, and twenty-seven pupil teachers. On December 31st, 1879, the number of schools in operation was thirty, and the number of teachers employed amounted to seventy-six, viz., thirty-two male and twelve female adult teachers, and thirty-two pupil teachers. In their report for the year 1878, the Board drew attention to the fact that, owing to insufficiency of funds, they had been obliged to make very considerable reductions in the salaries of the teachers ; and that, owing to the same cause, they had found it necessary to close several schools, and make others half-time schools. The effect of these changes is clearly shown in the Inspector's report, and though the Inspector expresses satisfaction with the general progress made during the year, it is evident that the sweeping alterations the Board were compelled to make, have operated most detrimentally to the progress of education in the district. The changes which came into operation on February Ist, 1879, are as follows :■ —Ist, three schools closed; 2nd, two brought under the 88th clause of the Act; 3rd, eight made half-time instead of full-time schools. As stated in the Inspector's report, the half-time schools were found to work most unsatisfactorily ; and the Board therefore decided to convert all such schools into full-time schools, under the 88th clause of the Act. The following are the schools which were carried on at the end of the year under the 88th clause :—Totara Flat, Orwell Creek, Dunganville, Marsden, Greenstone, Upper Crossing, Waitangi, (opened Ist July, 1879,) Arawata Town and ArawataFlat, (Jackson'sßay.) These last two are still half-time schools. In each case the teacher receives from the Board as salary only the amount of capitation allowance of £3 15s. accruing to the schools ; and at one school only of those enumerated is the attendance sufficient to give the teacher fair remuneration for his labor. The effect is therefore to cause changes of teachers to be of constant occurrence in these schools, and to make it almost a matter of impossibility to procure the services of persons qualified for the position. In addition to the schools mentioned as being closed on February Ist, the Board found it necessary, during the year, to close the following : —Greek's Gully, Callaghan's, Granville, and Waipuna. The Board had also decided to close the schools at Bangiriri and Okarito, but have been induced by the strong representations made by the school committees and inhabitants of these places to keep them open, subject to an additional grant being obtained from the Government. The Board have so often brought under the notice of the Government, in previous reports and correspondence, the exceptional position of the district under the Act, that to go fully into the matter in this report would amount to unnecessary reiteration of a very self-evident fact. Moreover the Government are evidently aware, of the disadvantages under which the smaller educational districts labor, as compared with the larger districts, since they have expressed their intention of assisting those districts as far as lies in their power. The Board therefore have every reason to hope, that such an amount of additional grant will be allotted to them as will enable them to pay their teachers fair salaries, and provide the outside districts with the educational advantages the Act is supposed to furnish them, thereby preventing those continual changes of teachers, which have such a prejudicial effect upon the progress of a school. In schools other than those under the 88th clause the teachers are paid a fixed salary and capitation allowance, which latter varies according to average attendance. The amount of fixed salary is decided by resolution of the Board. Capitation allowance is paid according to a graduated scale. From the Ist day of January, 1879, teachers in the employ of the Board were paid at the annual rates decided upon, such payment consisting of fixed salary and of capitation allowance. Previous to the reductions in expenditure, the Board had in operation a scale fixing the number of teachers for schools according to attendance. This they were then compelled to abolish, and decide the question of what number of teachers should be employed in any particular school in accordance with the funds at their disposal. Standards. —The Board would recommend that the suggestion made by the Inspector in his report, with reference to promotion in standards, receive consideration. There is no doubt that the teaching of a large number of children of unequal capacities in one class, is one of the greatest difficulties a teacher has to contend with under the present system; and though the difficulty is one which in a uniform system of education must always exist, yet it is desirable to reduce it as far as possible to a minimum. Mixed System of Teaching.-—The greater number of the schools in the district being small schools, under the charge of one adult teacher, it is evident that, even if the Board disapproved of the sexes being taught together they cannot receive separate instruction. Neither in the large schools does the staff the Board are able to employ render such division possible. As far as the Board are aware no evil has resulted from the system of mixed teaching carried on in their schools, and they are inclined to believe that, supposing strict supervision be kept, and as far as possible the thorough teaching of needlework, &c, be provided for, the system is the one best adapted to elementary schools. As far as the progress of the scholars is concerned, it is quite possible that a greater feeling of emulation exists than if the boys and girls were taught separately. Programme of Instruction.—With reference to the extent to which the programme in clause 84 of the Act has been observed during the past year, it is quite evident (more especially after the very sweeping changes the Board were compelled to make at the beginning of the year) that it would be absurd to insist upon the adoption and carrying out of the whole of the programme. The Board therefore issued the following instructions, intending at the same time to secure closer adherence to the programme whenever practicable :—" The compulsory subjects shall be those contained in regulations (No. 7 and 9 (omitting singing and drawing), and in regulation 10, as published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 92, September 26th, 1878. The adoption of the remainder of the programme, as contained in the abovenamed Gazette, to be left to the discretion of teachers, at present. In half-time schools, the following shall be compulsory subjects, viz., reading, writing, grammar, spelling and arithmetic. The teaching of other subjects to be optional with teachers of half-time schools." Supervision of Scholars in Playground.—ln connection with the supervision of the scholars in the playground, the Board would direct attention to the remarks made by the Inspector in his report. The Board's bye-laws contain the following clause relating to this matter :■ —" Teachers will be expected to see that the children are neat and clean in their appearance, and not suffering from any apparent illness. All healthy bodily exercises and play should be strongly encouraged by the teachers outside school hours." Though it is not stated in so many words, the meaning of this clause is practically that some one of the teachers should exercise supervision over the children, not only whilst in school, but also during play hours. The reason for its not being strictly observed is not however far to seek ; and the

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same thing may be said to apply to all rules and regulations relating to teachers which may be adopted by the Board. It arises from the very indefinite and vague manner in which the powers and duties of Boards and committees are defined in the Act. At present if a committee neglects or refuses to see that the bye-laws relating to schools are carried out, it is open to question as to how far the Board have the power to enforce their observance. General Progress of Education during the Year.—With reference to the progress of education in the district during the year, it has already been pointed out that the changes made had operated prejudicially ; and it is quite clear that such an amount of progress could not be expected as if no such changes had occurred. The reductions in the staffs of several schools, the placing of schools under the 88th clause, and the constituting others half-time schools, with the additional alterations found necessary during the year, all contributed to retard and obstruct the progress of education. Taking all things however into consideration, the result of the year's teaching may still be considered satisfactory, and in some cases surprising, considering the difficulties experienced. The Board desire to express their appreciation of the zeal and energy displayed by the teachers in the performance of their duties, notwithstanding a considerable amount of discouragement. No effect has been given during the year to the compulsory clauses of the Act. The reasons for this will be referred to in remarks concerning school committees. School Buildings, &c.—Though in making a comparison between the condition of the district with reference to school buildings and furniture, at the present time, and when the Board commenced operations in 1876, it is evident that very considerable improvement has been effected, still a greal deal remains to be done before the district can be considered to be in an entirely satisfactory condition. Contracts were let during the year for new school-houses at Hatter's Terrace, No Town, and Totara Flat, and for enlarging the school-houses at Kanieri, Stafford, Cobden and Taylorville. Buildings were purchased at Orwell Creek, Greenstone, and Westbrook, and were altered to suit requirements. Contracts were let for repairs to several schools, and for clearing, fencing, and draining the school reserves at Hatter's Terrace, Totara Flat, Orwell Creek, and Taylorville. In all cases where such a course has been possible, the Board have purchased buildings for conversion to school purposes, in preference to erecting new buildings; and have been able, in several cases, to effect a considerable saving thereby. When the buildings for which contracts were let during the year are finished, the number of new schoolhouses erected by the Board will be twenty-four. The number of buildings purchased by the Board up to December 31st, 1879, is nine. Four new school-houses are still urgently required, and twenty-four teachers' residences. Special reference was made to the latter in the Board's report for 1878 ; and until either residences be provided, or some allowance be made for house rent, the Board cannot hope to retain the services of good teachers for any length of time. In the erection of new buildings, the main objects kept in view by the Board have been to secure as large a floor space as possible ; to obtain all the light available ; and so to arrange the rooms (in the larger schools) that whilst preventing one class interfering with another, they shall be easy of access to the head teacher, for purposes of supervision. Perfect ventilation has also, as far as possible, been secured, Tobin's ventilators being used. During the year 1878, and previously, the Board employed an architect, but during the past year the Chairman of the Board and the Inspector of Works have prepared all plans and specifications required. The Board's experience in connection with building has been that the amount expended in securing strict supervision of works has been money well laid out. Four schools were, at the end of the year, carried on in buildings not belonging to the Board, and the Board may at any time receive notice that these buildings can no longer be used for the purpose. School Sites, &c.—The usual area of a school site in the district is one acre, though a few are larger. The land being heavily timbered, and the general cost of clearing, draining, &c, ranging from £50 to £150 per acre, the Board cannot, in aU cases, make such provision for playgrounds as they consider desirable. Most of the larger schools are, however, well furnished in this respect, and provision has been made, as far as possible, for separating the sexes during play hours, although this cannot be effectually carried out until stricter supervision be exercised. Provision for retiring places has been one of the matters to which the Board have given considerable attention, and, wherever possible, the greatest care has been exercised with reference to the number of places furnished, and their position in the school grounds. Scholarships.—The Board have established four scholarships, tenable for two years, two of the value of £50, and two of £40 per annum, one of each being competed for annually. An examination was held at Hokitika on January 7th, 1879, at which eight competitors presented themselves. The successful competitors were Robert Acheson and Herbert Perkins, for the first and second respectively, they being both scholars belonging to the Greymouth school. Robert Acheson is attending the Christchurch College, and Herbert Perkins the Dunedin High School. These scholarships will lapse on December 31st, 1880. The district was fairly represented at the contest, there being two competitors from Greymouth school, three from Hokitika school, and one each from Kanieri, Kumara, and Goldsborough schools. No expenses were incurred in connection with the examination. There is no doubt that the possibility of securing a prize in the shape of a scholarship acts as an inducement to diligence in study, and therefore, apart from the advantages enjoyed by the successful competitors, the results are beneficial. It is, however, questionable whether the amounts offered are sufficient to induce the accceptance of the scholarships by successful competitors, whose parents are unable to supplement the sums received from the Board. Seeing that no high school exists in the district, the gainers of scholarships must prosecute their studies in some one of the other districts, and therefore it is evident that the amounts offered are insufficient to defray all expenses, unless the successful competitor may have some friends or relations living in one or other of the cities where high schools or colleges exist. As with the capitation allowance for general expenditure, so it is with the allowance for scholarships (Is. 6d. per head of average attendance), the amount is quite insufficient to meet the special requirements of the district. As there is no probability whatever of the Board receiving special grants, as provided by clause 52 of the Act, they would respectfully suggest that portions of land (which would at once be available for purposes of revenue) should be set aside in various parts of the

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colony as endowents "for scholarships, the revenues from these lands to he distributed amongst those districts where no endowments for this purpose at present exist. Seeing that the revenue from primary reserves is now colonial revenue, the objection which might at one time have been urged against the adoption of this course would no longer be valid. Pupil Teachers.—As shown in the Inspector's report, the number of pupil teachers examined in December last was thirty-two. As suggested by the Inspector in his report, the Board will, most probably, consider the advisability of remodelling the regulations relating to pupil teachers during the current year. High School and Training- School. —The remarks made by the Inspector concerning pupil teachers bring the Board to the consideration of the questions of establishing a Normal or training school. The Government placed at the disposal of the Board during the year the sum of £80, to be expended in connection with training of teachers. The Board proposed sending four of the teachers of small schools to a Normal or training school in one of the other districts, with a view of their receiving instruction in school management and the art of teaching. The sum of £20 was to be allowed to each teacher sent, to cover expenses. The scheme resulted, however, in one teacher only being sent, who remained but a short time in the district after his return. The Board, therefore, decided not to send any more teachers, fearing the same result. The arrangement also involved the closing of the schools during the absence of the teachers, and to this the Committees strongly objected. It is therefore quite clear that if anything is to be done in this direction, a Normal or training school must be established within the district. The following are some of the principal reasons why such a school should be established : —lt would secure to pupil teachers who have served their full time the opportunity of prosecuting their studies without going outside the district, and would furnish the means whereby the teachers of small country schools could receive lessons (often so much needed) in the art of imparting instruction in organization and school management. Without some such institutions where the teachers of small schools could also receive instruction in the extra subjects, such as singing, drawing, and elementary science, it cannot he expected that, for some time to come, the whole programme as given in clause 84 of the Act will be strictly observed in any other than a few of the larger schools. It is questionable whether matters are sufficiently advanced in this district to justify the Board, even if they had the funds, in establishing a High School pure and simple. If, however, a Normal or Training School were established, matters could, no doubt, be so arranged that those few scholars who are sufficiently advanced could receive instruction in some of the higher branches. No doubt can exist as to the advantages which would accrue from the establishment of such a school in the district. It would furnish a centre from which fresh impulses would constantly be given to educational matters throughout the district. The periodical visits of an Inspector are no doubt of great service as far as testing the work done, pointing out imperfections, and indicating methods by which improvement may be effected, are concerned; but something to supplement this is required ; something which will furnish to teachers of small schools actual practice in the most approved methods of instruction; and at the same time means of acquiring additional knowledge to teachers, pupil teachers, and the scholars most advanced in the elementary programme. The most serious difficulty in the matter is that of expense, though that need not necessarily be great. The appointment of an additional assistant teacher to one of the large schools, and some small expenditure in connection with apparatus, fitting up of lecture room, &c, would represent all the outlay required at the commencement. The Board have already recommended that the Inspecting Staff should be placed under the immediate supervision of the Inspector-General; and if this be done, and the Board relieved of all charges in connection with inspection, the amount saved to the Board, with some additional grant from Government, as provided by sub-section 3 of clause 8 of the Act, would defray the expense. Inspection op Schools.—The Board would respectfully recommend to the .consideration of the Government the following extract from the Inspector's report, bearing upon this subject:—" The result examinations, for obvious reasons, should be arranged to terminate as nearly as possible at the end of the year. A set of ' pattern' papers, for each subject and every standard, should be prepared annually at the department and forwarded to the Inspectors. The patterns should show the number and nature of the questions to be framed by the Inspector, together with the number of marks to be awarded for each correct answer, and some scale of reduced marks for answers not strictly correct, hut showing more or less knowledge of the subject under treatment. The percentage of marks necessary to constitute a pass should also be strictly defined, and in every case the average percentage of marks gained in each class should he recorded, as well as the percentage of passes ; the latter alone, as I have frequently had occasion to point out, being very misleading and utterly untrustworthy as a criterion of the relative merits of schools. For assuming that 50 per cent, of the possible marks (or where marks are not at present recorded, that four correct answers out of seven) constitute a 'pass;' two schools might be credited with the same number of 'passes,' and the inference would be that they were equally efficient. Yet in one case a little over the 50 per cent, of marks (or four correct answers) might have been recorded, and in the other 90 per cent, of marks (or six or seven correct answers)." Finance. —The receipts from all sources during the year amounted to £18,262 9s. lid., and the expenditure to £17,852 13s. 10d., leaving a credit balance of £409 16s. Id. At the commencement of the year the debit balance amounted to £3,216 2s. lid., being £1,996 12s. 3d. on building account, and £1,219 10s. Bd. on general account. At the same period, the amount of the Board's liabilities was £2,391 18s. Id., being, building account, £671 Is. 2d, and general account £1,720 16s. lid., divided as follows: School material, £539 12s. 7d.; capitation allowance for committees for December quarter, £206 15s. Id.; balance of teachers' salaries for 1878, £135 ss. Bd.; payments for results for 1878, £472 95.; payments for instructing pupil teachers for 1878, £213 ; sundry accounts, £153 14s. 7d. The total of the Board's liabilities on the general account, at the end of the year 1878, was £2,940 7s. 7d.; and they received during the year the sum of £2,000, as a special grant to meet liabilities. The debit balance at the termination of the past year amounted to £970 4s. 10d., showing that the Board had added to their liability to the extent of £29 17s. 3d. In addition to this amount, however, there was a liability existing at the close of 1879 amounting to £244, being amount due for instructing pupil teachers. It therefore follows that the Board have exceeded their income during the past year to the extent of £273 17s. 3d. The causes of this are to be found under the headings of both receipts and expenditure, and are as

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follows: Ist. The Board's estimate of receipts and expenditure prepared at the commencement of the past year, allowed for an increase of attendance for the last two quarters of the year. Instead of this, the quarters ended 30th June, 1879, and 30th September, 1879, showed a decrease, owing to various causes, and, consequently, the Board's revenue suffered a reduction. 2nd. The Board had to continue all payments at the old rates until Ist February, 1879, the reductions made not taking effect until that date. 3rd. The Board found it necessary to make special grants to several school committees, to meet liabilities incurred by those committees previous to the introduction of the capitation allowance of 10s. It is quite evident that, after such a thorough reduction in expenditure as that made by the Board, it is as much as they can be expected to effect if they keep their annual expenditure within the limits of their income; and that the probability of their being able to liquidate an old debt of about £1,000 is very remote. The Board, having given such practical evidence of their desire to retrench, have every confidence that they will not be continually saddled with a debt which it is beyond their power to pay off; but that, in addition to the extra grant for current expenditure which the Government propose to make, they will also make the Board a special grant of £1,000, thereby enabling them to start fairly. School Committees.—The Board are glad to be able to bear testimony to the great interest taken by the school committees in education matters, and to the valuable assistance received from them. No difficulty of consequence has occurred with any of the committees, though the 'absence in the Act of a strict definition of the relative powers and duties of Boards and Committees might easily lead to such a result. Some trouble has been experienced during the year in getting returns which pass through the hands of committees sent in punctually and in a state of correctness. Strict attention to this matter would prevent much inconvenience, and also delay in forwarding returns to the Central Department. One of the duties appertaining to the committees, and one which, if properly carried out, would be of very great service to the Board, viz., the putting in operation of the compulsory clauses of the Act, there is reason to fear is somewhat neglected. The majority of committees have brought these clauses into operation as required by clause 95 of the Act, but, beyond issuing a few notices under clause 91, nothing appears to have been done to give effect to their provisions. There is no doubt that this arises not so not so much from the indifference of the committees on the subject, as from a feeling on their part that the clauses of the Act relating to compulsory attendance are practically inoperative. Other reasons also exist; one being that the funds placed at the disposal of the committees are not sufficient to allow of extra expenditure in connection with the taking of proceedings against parents or guardians who neglect to send their children to school. The other reason is to be found in the very natural disinclination to become obnoxious to one's neighbours. Suggestions for amendments in the clauses relating to compulsory attendance are appended hereto. Difficulty has been experienced, in most cases, in getting from committees correct statements of school fund accounts for the past year, consequently the preparation of this report has been considerably delayed. The Board would suggest that a form should be issued by the Department for the yearly reports of school committees, embodying the information likely to be of most practical use, as at present the committees seem to feel the want of some such guide in maki ng their reports. The reports of committees should supply much useful information, which could with advantage be embodied in the Board's yearly report. As with all other grants under the Act, the amount allowed for school committees in this district is insufficient to enable them to perform efficiently the duties imposed upon them. In consequence of this the Board are constantly receiving requests from school committees for special grants, which requests they are quite unable to comply with, owing to the limited funds also at their disposal. The Board would suggest that committees be requested to furnish annually statements of assets and liabilities, with their statement of school fund account. The sums contributed to the " school fund" under the Board's scale, are intended to meet the cost of cleaning school buildings and premises; providing fuel for school rooms and school requisites ; making all necessary repairs on school buildings, premises, furniture, and fences ; improving the furniture, appliances, and grounds of the schools ; and for defraying the expenses incurred in connection with the committees' meetings and correspondence. The Board do not undertake to make any further allowances for the above purposes. No portion of the Board's contribution to the " school fund " is to be spent on prizes, or school fetes and entertainments. School Penny Banks.—Only one bank is in operation in the district—namely, at No Town. Below is a copy of the audited accounts. The general feeling with committees seems to be that, if teachers do thoroughly what is required of them at present under the Act, very little time will be at their disposal for the extra work required in connection with Penny Banks. The Board are inclined to agree with the committees, feeling that it would be unwise to impose duties upon teachers which could in the slightest degree interfere with the proper discharge of their ordinary work. No Town State School Penny Bank. Opened 2nd August, 1879. Number of depositors to 31st December, 1879, 25 Amount deposited .. .. .. .. .. £20 1 1 Average per depositor .. .. .. . ■ .. 0 16 0J Average weekly receipts .. .. .. .. 1 0 0J PENNY BANK GENERAL ACCOUNT. Deposits received from 2nd August to 31st Decern- £ s.d. £ s. d. ber, 1879 .. .. .. 20 1 1 Balance due to depositors on 31st December, 1879 20 1 1 20 1 1 20 1 1 Balance-sheet. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Deposits due to depositors on 31st December, Cash in Post Office Savings Bank, including in--1879 .. .. .. .. 20 1 1 terest, to 31st December, 1879 .. .. 19 2 7 Cash in hand ~ .. ..0186 20 1 1 20 1 1

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School Books and Material.—With reference to school books, &c, the Board, when they first commenced operations, adopted the system of keeping a depot, from which all books and material are supplied to schools. Though this system involves occasionally a heavy draft on the Board's resources for the purpose of supplying the necessary stock, and for the introduction of new books, &c, the Board feel that it is the only satisfactory manner in which the schools can be supplied. The Board charge only a sum in excess of cost price sufficient to cover the cost of carriage of parcels and incidental expenses. It is obvious that the system which places the necessary books in the hands of the scholars at the lowest possible price, is the one which assists most effectively the efforts of the teachers, as nothing tends so much to obstruct the progress of a class as a number of scholars being without books. Previous to the introduction of the payment of capitation allowance to Committees, the Board supplied school requisites, such as pens, ink, &c, to scholars free of charge. The value of these articles is now deducted quarterly from the payments made to Committees. A copy of the Board's regulations relating to books, &c, is affixed to this report, also copies of forms used for quarterly returns. The Board would suggest the desirability of a depot being kept in connection with the department, from which all books, &c, required by Boards could be procured. Public Libraries. —A list of public libraries in the district is hereto attached, containing the items of information asked for in the forms issued by the department. There appears to be a concurrence of opinion on the part of committees of public libraries that these institutions are working beneficially. The only suggestions the Board have to make on this subject are, that the grant be, if possible, increased, and that a certain proportion of the books purchased by the various societies yearly, be chosen by the Board, or by some person or persor.s appointed by them. Amendments in the Act. —The Board would respectfully suggest that the following amendments be made in the Act: — Clause 13.—That the system of election of Boards be altered, it not working satisfactorily. Clause 15, Sub-sections 2 and 3.—From the wording of these sections it may be inferred that the members who retire in 1880 shall be determined by ballot in December 1878. Clause 30.—The Board are of opinion that the Inspectors should be appointed by the Government, and be under the direct control of the Inspector-General. They are also of opinion that they should not be resident officers, but that they should be changed from district to district at certain intervals. The Board desire to express then* very strong conviction that the adoption of the foregoing recommendations, with reference to Inspectors, would be conducive to the best interests of education, not only in this district, but throughout the Colony. Clause 33.—That the time for which the Chairman of the Board is elected should be specified. Clauses 35 to 38 and 74 to 78. —That the powers and duties of Boards and committees should be more strictly defined. That clause 45 be amended to allow of teachers being appointed by the Boards, without the committees having the power of interference. With reference to this suggestion, not only has it been found that the committees often make an insuitable choice, but that the Board are debarred from promoting good and deserving teachers. If, when vacancies have occurred in the schools, the Board had been possessed of the power of appointing some one of their other teachers, who deserved promotion, several good teachers might have been retained in the district. In several cases the Committees concerned could find no valid objection to the appointment (and thereby promotion) of the teachers recommended by the Board; but felt that having a power conferred by the Act, they should exercise it, and therefore declined to recommend the person proposed by the Board. The Board feel that the difficulty caused by the provisions of clause 45, in the promotion of teachers, is a serious evil, and one that should be remedied without delay. Clauses 60 and 61.—1n case of a division of a school district into two or more districts, and a dispute occurring between the old committee and the committee of the newly-formed district relative to the appropriation of any balance of funds in hand at the time the division took place, provision should be made for the Board having the power to finally settle the matter. Clause 66, second sub-section, and clause 67. —That power should be given to the Board to appoint a Commissioner, if they see fit, after the failure of the householders to elect a committee at the first meeting, or if no such meeting be held. Clause 71. —The appointment of a clerk or treasurer should be made subject to the approval of the Board. Clause 88.—If the Board are to continue making use of the above clause, as extensively as hitherto, some alteration will be required both in clause 88 and the Interpretation Clause, to legalise their action. In clause 88 the alteration might be made by the insertion of the following words, after the word " districts," in the fifth line : —" or sparsely populated parts of the country." Clause 89.-—ln this clause, instead of providing only that children shall attend for six months during the year, the Board would suggest that they should be compelled to attend for two school weeks in every month. Clause 91 to 95.—That other means be found for giving effect to the compulsory clauses in place of entrusting their working to committees. That the compulsory clauses be declared to be in operation throughout the colony without reference to school committees. By order of the Board, The Hon. the Minister of Education. E. T. Robinson, Secretary.

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General Statement o Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £. a. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Grants from Government— By Overdrafts Ist January, 1879 .. 3,216 2 4 Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 8,080 6 5 Office and BoardGrants to Committees (10s.) .. 1,082 10 10 Office staff, salaries .. .. 343 15 0 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 90 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. 349 6 8 Inspection Subsidy .. .. 300 0 0 School Inspection— Special for Buildings .. .. 6,000 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. 404 3 4 Payments by School Commissioners from Travelling expenses .. .. 175 0 0 Education Eeserves .. .. 38 14 10 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 8,392 9 2 From Public Libraries vote .. .. 235 0 0 School Committees, for educational purSpecial grant to meet liabilities .. 2,000 0 0 poses .. .. .. 1,276 8 2 Grant for training of teachers .. 20 0 0 Scholarships—Paid to holders .. 77 10 0 Sundry receipts, refunds, &c, .. 37 8 6 Training of teachers .. .. 20 0 0 School books and material sold .. 378 9 4 Insurance of school buildings .. 135 7 2 School Buildings— New buildings .. .. 265 13 9 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs .. .. .. 1,370 19 1 School furniture and appliances not' included in preceding .. .. 363 7 9 Purchase of sites .. .. 193 0 0 Plans, supervision, &o. (two years) .. 349 2 5 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 235 0 0 School books and material .. .. 560 11 4 Interest on overdraft .. .. 81 3 10 Befunds .. .. .. 33 4 3 Preparing plans and descriptions of school districts .. .. .. 10 9 0 Balance .. .. .. 409 16 1 £18,262 9 11 £18,262 9 11 Gerhard Mueller, Chairman. E. T. Robinson, Secretray. I hereby certify that I have examined the above accounts, compared the same with the vouchers, cash book, ledger, Bank pass-book, and other documents connected therewith, and find them correct and according to law. Hokitika, 3rd March, 1880. Edward Patten, Auditor. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on Building Account, 31st December, 1879. Assets. £ a. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. To Balance in hand, 31st December, 1879 .. 1,380 011 By Amount due upon contracts, 31st DecemBalance of Grant of £8,500 .. .. 2,500 0 0 ber, 1879 .. .. .. 3,648 1 0 Balance .. .. .. 23 0 1 Plans, supervision, &a. .. .. 255 0 0 £3,903 1 0 £3,903 1 0 Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon General Account, 31st December, 1879. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. 1,214 410 By Debit balance, 31st December, 1879 ~ 970 410 Payments for instructing pupil teachers .. 244 0 0 £1,214 4 10 £1,214 4 10 Summary of the School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure £ s.-d. To Balances in Bank or in hand on Ist Jan., By Bank overdrafts, 31st December, 1878 .. 718 0 1879 .. .. .. 39 4 5 Cleaning (allowances and requisites), &c... 417 0 6 Eeceipts trom Education Board— Fuel .. .. .. .. 130 8 3 Ordinary grants .. .. 1,398 0 0 Books, maps, stationery, and furniture for Special grants .. .. .. 60 5 0 general school use .. .. 206 3 6 Donations, subscriptions, &«., from others Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 215 17 9 than Education Board .. .. 55 9 5 Clerks' salaries .. .. .. 61 15 0 Other sources .. .. .. 13 3 8 Office expenses .. .. .. 72 9 6 Debit balance, 31st December, 1879 .. 20 16 4 Prizes .. .. .. 49 14 6 School Fetes or treats .. .. 3 5 0 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. .. .. 110* Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to scholars .. .. .. .. 57 14 7 Sundries .. .. .. 37 4 10 Bank credit balances .. .. 298 4 7 Cash in hand .. .. .. 28 1 7 £1,586 18 10 £1,586 18 10

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Sir,— Dunedin, 31st March, 1880. In accordance with the provisions of section 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," the Board of the Education District of Otago has the honour to submit the following report for the year 1879. At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of the following members : —Messrs. Donald Reid, James Green, Horace Bastings, John Shand, James Fulton, Henry Clark, Michael Fraer, William Elder, and Alexander Campbell Begg. As intimated in the Board's report for last year, Messrs. Reid, Green, and Fraer, were ballotted as the retiring members for the year 1879, and on the 31st day of March they ceased to be members of the Board. The election by the school committees of the district of three members in the room of those who retired, resulted in the appointment of Messrs. Michael Fraer, Keith Ramsay, and James Green. At the first meeting of the Board, as-newly constituted, Mr. James Fulton was appointed chairman. During Mr. Fulton's period of attendance at the General Assembly, Mr. Green acted as chairman. There were held during the year 14 meetings of the Board, and 12 meetings of the Finance Committee. At the regular meeting held on the 18th December it was determined by ballot that Messrs. Clark, Fulton, and Bastings should be the retiring members for the year 1880. Number of Schools. —At the close of the year 1878 there were 134 schools in operation under the Board, employing, on the 31st December, 334 teachers, viz.:—l6l schoolmasters, 72 schoolmistresses, 8 teachers of sewing, 32 male pupil teachers, and 61 female pupil teachers. During the year new schools were established and opened at Duntroon, Bendigo, Bald Hill Flat, Eweburn, Goodwood, Circle Hill, Glenledi, Swift Creek, Waipahi, Tuapeka West, Balclutha North, and the Benevolent Institution (Caversham). At the close of the year 1879 there were in operation 145 schools, employing 375 teachers, viz. : —174 schoolmasters, 82 schoolmistresses, 16 teachers of sewing, 36 male pupil teachers, and 67 female pupil teachers. This shows an increase for the year of 11 schools and 41 teachers. In addition to the schools opened during the year, the Board has sanctioned the establishment of schools at Waihemo, Moonlight Flat, and Strath-Taieri. The new buildings at Waikoikoi and George Street, Dunedin, (sanctioned last year) are now almost completed, and will be available at an early date. A number of applications for the establishment of new schools are still under consideration. School Attendance.-—Tables showing the attendance at the different schools, the amount expended upon each school, and the name, status and emoluments, of each of the teachers are hereunto appended. The numbers for the year show an increase in the average attendance of 1,260 on that of last year. The increase in the number of children who attended at all was 2,370. As usual, the average attendance declined very considerably during the June and September quarters, but for the December quarter it rose to 14,637, a number greatly in excess of that for any previous quarter. The marked difference in the average attendance for the various quarters was due to the prevailing inclemency of the weather during the winter and spring seasons. The rural and village schools were most conspicuously affected by it. The schools situated in Dunedin and the other large centres of population showed great regularity in the attendance throughout all the quarters. In their case the difference between the average attendances for the last quarter and the preceding ones has been mainly due to increase in the number of children in attendance. Ages of Pupils.—The following is an abstract of the ages of the pupils who attended during the last quarter of 1879 : —- Ages. Boys. Girls. Totals. Under 5 years 213 222 435 5 and under 7 1,942 1,774 3,716 7 and under 10 3,200 3,049 6,249 10 and under 13 2,831 2,547 5,378 13 and under 15 870 849 1,719 Above 15 years 138 149 287 Totals 9,194 8,590 17,784 These figures show that of the pupils in attendance for the last quarter, 2£ per cent, were under 5 years of age; 21 per cent, between 5 and 7; 35 per cent, between 7 and 10; 30 per cent, between 10 and 13 ; 9f per cent, between 13 and 15 ; and If percent, over 15. Finance.—An abstract of the income and expenditure of the Board for the year 1879, certified by the auditor appointed by the Governor, is appended hereto. A statement of the amounts contributed by the Board to each school for teachers' salaries including bonuses, for allowances to committees in aid of the school fund, and for the erection and improvement of school buildings is also given. The sum paid for teachers' salaries, including the practising department of the Normal School, was £44,220 15s. Id., inclusive of bonuses to the amount of £2,109 14s. 4d. During the year some important changes were made in the Board's fixed financial arrangements. The minimum average attendance of schools wholly provided for by the Board was reduced from 25 to 20. A slight increase was made in the fixed salary paid to the head masters and mistresses of all schools below 200 in average attendance. The average attendance entitling a school to the services of a sewing mistress was reduced from 50 to 40. The Board's provisional scheme for the payment of bonuses on classification had to be reconsidered, and adapted to the classification made under Regulations in Council. In dealing with this subject, the Board had to consider its financial position, present and prospective, with a view to making the remuneration of its teachers as liberal as circumstances would allow. It was found that under the arrangements of last year, the teachers were, on the whole, paid less liberally than in other colonies, and even than in several districts of New Zealand. To do away with this grievance, which was likely to lead to the gradual removal to other districts of some of the Board's best teachers, and in order to encourage the more general attainment of a high classification, a more liberal scheme of bonuses on classification was finally adopted. As now fixed, the remuneration of teachers is nearly equal to that paid in any part of New Zealand or Australia. All the changes made during the year in the Board's permanent

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financial arrangements have been directed solely to two objects : —first, to making the schools better equipped and more widely accessible to the people ; and secondly, to increasing the remuneration and comfort of the teachers. Inspection.—The reports of Messrs. Petrie and Taylor, the Board's Inspectors, are given in full in the Appendix. From these itwill be seen that the schools in the district maintain the improvement in efficiency recorded in the report of last year. The work of inspection has been carried out in full accordance with the regulations made by the Department, and the Inspectors are of opinion that the teachers, in the management of their schools, have made an honest and not unsuccessful attempt to carry out the programme of instruction laid down for their guidance. The work of examining in the standards has proved more laborious than under the Board's former regulations, and in consequence, the Inspectors have not been able to examine some 54 schools located in the interior and the southern part of the district. In connection with this subject the Board desires to bring under your notice its opinion that the work required to be taught in the smaller schools is of too elaborate a character.- It is very geuerally felt in this district that, in the case of such schools, considerable curtailment of the number of subjects to be taught as separate lessons would tend strongly to improve the efficiency of the education imparted. The following statement shows the number of pupils examined in each standard, the number and the percentage of passes, and the average age for each standard.

Had the Inspectors been able to examine all the schools in the district, the numbers in the above table would have been much greater. Normal School. —The report of the Rector of the Normal School is appended. Four small rooms have been erected to serve as model schools, and they appear to have proved of great use in connection with the training of the students. A spacious, lofty, and well-appointed gymnasium has also been provided, and the services of a competent instructor secured. As every facility is provided for a complete physical training, the Board insists upon all the students in training being taught gymnastic exercises, with a view to their giving instruction therein in the schools to which they may be appointed. As in former years the Normal School has supplied for the Board's service a considerable number of trained teachers, most of whom give entire satisfaction in the districts where they are employed, and reflect no small credit on the management of the training department. During the year maintenance allowance has been paid only to such new students as had been pupil teachers, and to some male candidates who gave promise of becoming efficient teachers. Scholarships.—Last year 12 scholarships—6 junior and 6 senior—were awarded, and the holders have complied with the rules for attendance. At the end of the present year, 12 more scholarships were awarded—6 junior and 6 senior. As the scholarships are tenable for two and three years respectively, when the scheme is fully carried out there will be a maximum number of 30 held every year—l2 junior and 18 senior. As this number is likely to be somewhat diminished by resignation, it is believed that the sum at the Board's disposal for this purpose will be sufficient to allow 12 to* be offered for competition every year. The appendix contains the examination papers, the report of the examiners, and the names of those holding scholarships, together with other supplementary information connected with the subject. School Buildings.—The amount expended on school buildings during the year was £44,522 6s. 4d. Of this sum a considerable part was spent on school residences and re-furnishing existing schools ; but by far the greater part was expended on the erection of new buildings. This great outlay has been rendered necessary, partly by the establishment of schools in newly settled districts, and to meet the increased requirements of the larger centres of population, but mainly by the urgent occasion that existed for replacing many of the older schools in consequence of their unsuitability or dilapidation. In the erection of new buildings, the Board has aimed at making them of a substantial character. Wherever brick or stone could be procured these materials were preferred to wood, although the immediate cost was somewhat greater. Special care has been taken to have the buildings adapted to the requirements of school work, and the furniture provided, though plain, is substantial and suitable. In addition to making the rooms lofty, commodious, and well lighted, convenience of movement and of superintendence has been specially studied. It is believed that the large amount expended on buildings during the year is well represented in value by the substantial schools and residences erected in all parts of the district. Except in the smallest sized schools, separate entrances for girls and boys have been provided. In the arrano-e--ment and division of play grounds and offices, every legard has been had to the effectual separation of the boys and girls. Although much has been done towards placing the school buildings on a satisfactory footing, a great deal still remains to be accomplished, and this work will in all likelihood occupy a number of years. Drawing Master's Department.—The report of the head master of the drawing department is given in the appendix. The number that received instruction in drawing during the year was 6,038, being an increase on that of the previous year of 2,328. The classes were attended by 396 students—viz., 170 teachers and pupil teachers ; 54 lady students at the afternoon classes, and 172 artisans and other students in the evening. The. sum received from fees (ladies' classes) was £105 Bs. The total expenditure amounted to £883 12s. 5

Standard. Presented. Passed. Percentage. Average Age. I. II. III. IY. V. VI. 1,913 1,880 1,489 933 439 133 1,512 1,630 1,099 638 324 118 79 87 74 68 74 89 Years. 9 10 11 12 13 14 Months. 0 5 6 9 7 5 Total 6,787 5,321 78*4

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Public Libraries.—The usual supply of books for the public libraries, to the value of £2,386 ss. lid., was received and distributed during the year. The public libraries, so far as the Board can ascertain, are very generally used by the people resident in the districts where they are established. Many of the volumes bear marks of repeated perusal, and the local subscriptions for the establishment and enlargement of the libraries come forward freely. As might be expected, they are in most places more patronised in the winter than during any other season. Works of fiction of the better class are much in demand, but works of travel, biographies, and histories, are largely inquired for. A good number of Library Committees make out a list of the books they desire, and it is to be hoped that this practice will become more general, as the importation of unsuitable works will thereby be avoided. Formerly it was the practice of the Board to give an amount equal to that raised by local subscriptions, but the sum now allotted to this education district by the department does not allow of the continuance of so liberal a subsidy. For the year, the Board has not been able to give more than 14s. ld. for every £ raised locally by the committees, but this has led to considerable complaints on the part of the local subscribers. School Penny Banks.—The proposal to establish School Penny Banks has not been received with much favour in this district. There has been a general feeling that the work of the teachers was already sufficiently laborious, and a decided reluctance to add this burden to their existing duties. The Board, has in this matter stood neutral, and allowed committees and teachers to act as they thought desirable. Only in two small schools have Penny Banks been initiated, and the Board is not aware of the measure of success that has so far attended their operation. School Arrangements.—ln the Board's schools no attempt has been made to separate the sexes during instruction. All experience appears to prove conclusively that both for elementary and higher education the simultaneous teaching of boys and girls in the same class or room can be carried on with results which are in every respect satisfactory. There can be little doubt that in a well-managed school the presence of both sexes exerts on each a wholesome and refining tendency. Outside the walls of the class-room the separation in all the Board's larger schools is complete, and due provision for this is all that has been aimed at or is deemed necessary. In most of the larger schools provision is made for supervision of the play-ground by a teacher during the mid-day interval, and separate shelter or playsheds are in these cases also provided for boys and girls. As regards the character of the school furniture now provided by the Board, it will be sufficient to say that all the smaller schools are provided with seats and desks arranged in a gallery, that in the larger schools the seats and desks are arranged along the length of the room, that the desks are always fixed and the seats moveable, that ample space for moving out and in is allowed, and that as liberal space for class drill and floor exercises is provided as considerations of cost permit. Particular attention has been paid to ventilation in all the newly-built schools. The windows can be lowered at the top, and ventilators in the walls allow fresh air to enter considerably above the level of the pupils' heads, while the impure air is carried off by one or more Archimedean-screw outlets. In the older schools ventilation had been greatly neglected, and this is one of the many matters which the Board is doing its utmost to remedy as far as the funds at its disposal will permit. No evening schools are conducted by the Board; but in Dunedin, during the winter season, evening classes are conducted in one of the Board's schools very efficiently, and with great success, by the Caledonian Society of Otago. In some other districts the teachers have conducted evening classes, but their efforts have not been stimulated or aided in any way by the Board. The Compulsory Clauses. —The enforcement of the compulsory clauses is, by the Education Act, entrusted to school committees. It is not necessary for them to account to the Board for their performance of this duty. It appears manifest that the provisions of the Act on this subject have hitherto practically remained a dead letter. The Board, however, understands that efforts to bring them into operation are about to be made by the Dunedin and some other school committees. By order of the Board. The Hon. the Minister of Education. P. G. Pryde, Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Income. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1879 .. .. 20,267 67 „ nffi . B , Expenditure. £ a. d. Grants from Government- offi°e„f nd ?° ard A . „. ~ A Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 41,367 18 4 Office staff salaries .. .. 743 15 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) •• 6,796 4 2 Departmental contingencies .. 455 13 8 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) .. .. 193 0 0 School InspectionInspection subsidy .. .. 500 0 0 planes •■ ■■ •• 1.000-0 » Training Institution .. .. 2,000 0 0 Travelling expenses .. 413 18 6 Specially for Buildings .. .. 27,546 10 10 Examination of pupil teaohers .. 8 6 Payments by School Commissioners from Teachers salaries and allowances .. 44,220 15 1 Education Eeserves .. .. 10,205 8 0 School Committees, for educational purFees for District High Schools .. 43 7 6 „ ,pf es, , * * • • * * b' 4o4 10 5 From Public Libraries Vote .. .. 1,130 0 0 bclioiarsmps- „,„ ,„ „ School of Art Fees .. .. 105 3 0 Paid to holders •■ •• 312 10 0 Sale of School Sites (net proceeds) .. 385 12 6 Expenses of examinations .. 42 11 6 School Books sold .. .. 518 0 Training of teachers .. .. 2,241 9 0 Public Library Deposits .. .. 682 15 3 School Bui dingsInterest on Credit Balances .. .. 1,089 13 6 New buildings ... 31,035 0 6 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs .. .. .. 7,426 12 8 School furniture and appliances .. 1,215 12 7 Purchase of sites .. .. 3,150 0 0 Bent allowances .. .. 660 16 4 Plans, supervision, &c. .. .. 1,034 4 3. Public libraries .. .. 2,386 5 11 Drawing Master's Department— Salaries and expenses .. .. 883 12 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand .. 8,678 8 9 £112,318 17 8 £112,318 17 8P. G. Pryde, Secretary and Treasurer Otago Education Board. I have examined the above abstract and compared it with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and with the Bank pass-book, and I declare it to be correct. F. Livingston, Auditor.

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Summary of the School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balances from last year brought forward 1,204 16 8 By Fuel and cleaning .. .. 2,043 17 10 Grants from Education Board, Ist quarter 1,565 4 3 Bepairs to school property .. .. 4,846 17 4 Do. do. 2nd do. 1,600 1110 Stationery, stamps, school books, &c. .. 312 11 3 Do. do. 3rd do. 1,563 2 6 Clerks' salaries .. .. .. 259 18 6 Do. do. 4th do. 1,55111 0 Prizes (raised locally) .. .. 160 9 2 Do. do. for repairs, &c. 1,305 8 6 Incidentals, insurance, &a. .. .. 397 18 7 Bents of buildings or glebes .. .. 199 15 8 Bonuses to teachers (raised locally) .. 562 19 11 Voluntary subscriptions or donations .. 550 7 4 Balances to credit of committees .. 1,841 9 8 Bevenue from all other sources .. 885 4 6 £10,426 2 3 £10,426 2 3

Art Master's Department. Sir, —I have the honor to submit my annual report for 1879 on the School of Art, and the work •done in the various public schools in which drawing is taught in connection with it. The total number that received instruction in or through the agency of the school during the year 1879 was 6,038, being an increase of 2,328 over that of the previous year. This total includes 5,642 pupils of public schools, 67 students in training, 103 teachers and pupil teachers, 54 students who attended the afternoon class, and 172 students who attended the evening classes. The teachers and pupil teachers' class was open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5.45 to 6.45 p.m., and the students' class on Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 to 12, for the study of free-hand outline drawing, practical geometry, perspective and model drawing. The same arrangements have been adhered to as in previous years. With the extra assistants, granted by the Education Board, I have been able to devote more of my time to model drawing and general supervision. The students have given ample proof of their steadiness and disposition to acquire a knowledge of the subjects recommended by the Minister of Education for teachers' certificates for drawing. The ladies' class was open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 1.30 to 4 p.m., for the study of free-hand drawing from copies and from the round, shading from copies and from the round, painting from copies and in monochrome from the round, painting in water and oil colours from nature. The condition of this class was satisfactory. The number of students increased, and the work done was above the average in excellence. Nineteen paintings from nature—the work of the students—-were exhibited in the Otago Art Society's Gallery. The evening classes for artisans were open on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., for freehand drawing and shading from copies and from the round, modelling in clay, painting in monochrome, &c, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays for practical and solid geometry, mechanical and architectural drawing, &c. The attendance at these classes was greater than in any previous year, the rooms being sometimes inconveniently crowded. The alterations lately made have given extra room, and made the school more accessible and convenient. The work done was, as usual, of the most useful kind connected with or relating to the students' usual trades. Near the end of the session the Builders' Association intimated through their Secretary, Mr. U'Ren, that they were prepared to give a prize for the best architectural drawing, and would probably give the same annually. The prospect of this prize had a very beneficial effect on the members of one class, who entered upon the competition with great spirit and industry, and produced very satisfactory work. The subject chosen was the Post Office stair, drawn from actual measurement. If kindred societies were to come forward in the same manner as the above, and offer prizes in the various stages, a great advance might reasonably be expected both in the execution and the excellence of the work produced. Public Schools.—The instruction given in these schools consisted of freehand outline drawing from blackboard exercises, drawing from copies, drawing from solid models, practical geometry aad perspective drawing, according to the regulations issued by the Minister of Education. Each class received one hour's instruction per week. In the girls' and the boys' high schools the senior divisions received two hour's instruction each week. As no provision is made for the examination of these classes by the Education Board, and as drawing is one of the recognised branches of instruction, I would suggest that at the annual examination of the public schools drawing be included as one of the ordinary subjects, and certificates granted to the successful pupils. The trouble and expense would be trifling when compared with the good this would do. By this means the Board would also be enabled to see the result of what was being done to instruct the pupils in one of the most useful branches of education. During the past year the field of operation has been extended, the number of classes considerably increased, and the progress made satisfactory. I have supplied the following schools with copies :-=-Anderson's Bay —Box of solid models, Dyce's •outlines, 1 set flowers, 1 set De La Rue objects. Forbury—Box solid models, Dyce's outlines. Mornington—Box solid models. Kaikorai—Box solid models. Kakanui—Dyce's outlines, 1 set flowers, 1 set De La Rue objects. Otepopo—Dyce's outlines, 1 set De La Rue, 1 set flowers. Caversham—Box of solid models. Ravensbourne—Dyce's outlines, 1 set De La Rue. North-East Valley—Box solid models. Oamaru—Mr. Lindsay—Box of models. Milton High School—Box of solid models. At the close of the session an exhibition of the works executed by the students was open to the public three days, and was largely attended by all classes of the citizens. I have, &c. The Secretary to the Education Board. David C. Hutton, Art Master.

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SOUTHLAND. . Sir, — Invercargill, 31st March, 1880. In accordance with section 102 of the Education Act I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Education Board of the District of Southland for the year ending 31st December, 1879 :— The Board.—At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of Thomas M. Macdonald, Esq. (Chairman), the Hon. Dr. Menzies, George Lumsden, Esq., E. C. Sproull, Esq., Thos. Denniston, Esq., Alfred Baldey, Esq., James S. Shanks, Esq., John Morrison, Esq., and John O. McArdell, Esq. The retiring members for the next year, as decided by ballot, are Messrs. Macdonald, Denniston, and Sproull. The Board holds its meetings on the first Friday in each month. It has, therefore, held twelve meetings during the year, the average attendance at which was 6.25, an average by no means small when it is taken into account that two members were necessarily absent during the whole of the Parliamentary session. Schools.—During the year ten new schools have been opened, namely, South School, Invercargill, North Invercargill, Gladstone, South Forest. Hill, Ryal Bush, Lumsden, Fail-light, Knapdale, Hedgehope, and Otatara Bush. Schools have also been erected at Chatton, Waikaia, and Pembroke, which are now completed and will be in operation early in the year. New school districts have, on the petition of the residents, been constituted at Heddon Bush and Pukerau, but the Board has not yet seen its way to erect schools in these localities. Applications for the defining of new districts and the erection of schools have been received from Waikaka, Waimea Plains, Otamea, Oreti Plains, and Wrey's Bush, all of which are under the consideration of the Board. The schools at Kingston and Waikaia Flat have been closed on account of the small attendance and the unwillingness of the residents to subsidize the teacher's salary. Owing to the removal of almost all the inhabitants at Switzers to the adjacent plains, the school there has been closed, and as, has already been stated, a new school has been erected at the township of Waikaia, where there is now a large settled population. The schools at Riverton, Woodlands, Limehills, and Groper's Bush, having been found on inspection to be so dilapidated as to be incapable of repair, new buildings were found to be necessary. At Riverton, after the closing of the South School, the accommodation at the old school was found to be quite inadequate and ill-adapted to the educational requirements of this rising town. The erection of a new school capable of accommodating 300 pupils was therefore resolved on; it was completed some months ago at a cost of £1,130. Several important alterations on the furniture, and arrangement of the classrooms, in order to improve the organization and distribute more equally the work of the staff, are being made at the District High School. The over-crowded state of the South School has rendered necessary an extension capable of accommodating 100 pupils. The works at both schools are hi satisfactory progress, and it is expected that the rooms will be ready for occupation at the close of the holidays. Some of the older schools of the district are rapidly falling into decay, and to execute extensive permanent repairs on them would be spending money to no good purpose. Next year it will, no doubt, be found necessary to replace the oldest and most dilapidated of them by new erections. The numerous and urgent demands made upon the Board have exhausted the means at its disposal, and many applications have been left to be dealt with during the next financial year. It is evident that a large expenditure will annually be required to make satisfactory provision for the wants of the increasing population. The total amount expended on school buildings during the year was £8,927 15s. BcL, of which a detailed statement of the exact amount speirt in each school district is shown in Table I. School Statistics. —A complete abstract of the school statistics of the district is presented in table 11, appended to this report, in which are shown the area of each school, the number of children at the beginning and end of the year, the number on the roll, and the strict and working average attendance for each quarter. The following comparative table of school statistics shows the numbers on the roll and the average attendance at the end of 1878 and 1879.

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The increase in the number on the roll and in average attendance at the schools in boroughs is 56 and 50.8 per cent, respectively ; and that in the number on the roll, and in average attendance at all the other schools is 59 and 27 per cent, respectively. The increase in the number of children in attendance is chiefly in the junior division of the schools, the per centage under and above 10 years of age, being 48 and 33 respectively., The increase in the three lower standards of education, including infants, is 57 per cent., while that in the three upper standards is only 13 per cent. In all the subjects of instruction, with the exception of domestic economy, the increase of scholars is very marked. From reading to history inclusive, the increase is 40*5 per cent, while in all the other subjects the increase is no less than 204 per cent. From the great increase in the number of children learning the last six subjects prescribed by section 84 of the Act, (viz., science, drawing, object lessons, vocal music, needlework, and domestic economy) it may be inferred that the teachers are now alive to>

Schools in Boroughs. All other Schools. On Roll. Average. On Roll. Average. 1878 ... 1879 ... 1,338 2,092 1,128 1,701 1,562 2,087 1,379 1,747 Increase 754 573 515 368

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the fact that these are not left to he dealt with at their discretion, but that science, and the following branches are prescribed by the Act, and that instruction in them is as obligatory as in those winch are commonly called the three E.'s. Two of these subjects, vocal music, and elementary science, have been specially dealt with by the Board. Vocal Music.—ln the course of the Inspector's visits to the schools, it was found that a large number of the teachers required to be instructed in vocal music, and, in order to their improvement, the Board proposed to establish a class in Invercargill on Saturday afternoons, and to employ a competent music master to give the necessary instruction. A circular was sent to all the teachers, inquiring whether, in the event of such a class being opened, they would take advantage of it. A response in the affirmation was given by nearly all who could travel to town by train in the morning and return in the afternoon. The Eailway Department, however, though they had granted to the teachers of Otago for a similar purpose the privilege of travelling by rail to and from their capital at a reduced rate, refused to allow the same privilege to the teachers of Southland. The scheme was consequently abandoned, to the very great regret of all concerned. Another scheme was suggested—viz., the employment of itinerating teachers ; but the adoption of this was met with the objection that the instruction imparted would necessarily be of a fragmentary nature, and that its value would be disproportionate to the cost of its maintenance, even for a part of the year. This subject, which is undoubtedly a most important factor in securing good discipline, is generally taught by the headmasters and mistresses of the various schools. At the District High School a visiting master attends on certain days of the week, and is remunerated for his services by payment of a moderate fee for each pupil. Elementary Science. —There seems to exist among certain classes of the community a misconception as to the meaning and scope of elementary science, and an objection to their children being crammed, as they call it, with dry scientific facts and technical terms. The truth is that science-teaching in primary schools simply means a knowledge of the objects and common phenomena of external nature, whether animate or inanimate, whether plants and animals, or motion and chemical change. In this sense science can be taught at an early stage, and will be found to be most conducive to the exercise of the observing faculties. In order to enable teachers to enter on the study of elementary science, Professor Black, of Duiiedin, with characteristic disinterestedness aud enthusiasm, delivered in Invercargill a course of lectures on chemistry aud physics, of which advantage was taken by a large number of teachers. Mr. Thomson, science master in the Boys' High School, Dunedin, has promised to give a course of lectures on botany early in January. Every encouragement was given to the lectures by the Board, who, however, had the same difficulty to encounter as on the occasion of establishing a vocal music class. The Bailway Department again declined to grant passes to the teachers at a reduced rate; and, had the Education Department not come to the rescue, the lectures, if delivered at all, could have been attended only by the teachers in the town and its vicinity. In connection with this, it may be mentioned that the Board some time ago ordered from England several cabinets of chemicals and apparatus, as arranged by Professor Boscoe, of Queen's College, Manchester, whose Science Primer they are designed to illustrate. These have now arrived, and will in due course be entrusted to those teachers who have signalized themselves by their competency to teach the science and conduct the experiments. Examinations. —Examinations for pupil teachers and for scholarships were conducted simultaneously in the District High School on the 16th December and following days. The number of pupil teachers who sat for examination was 33, and for scholarships 24. For results and examination papers see appendix. Public Libkabies. —The grant to Southland, under the Public Libraries Subsidies Act, for 1877-78, having been included in that to Otago, it was considered expedient that its distribution should be made by the Education Board of that district. The grant for 1878-79 was transmitted directly to this Board, and will, when the books arrive, be distributed among the various library committees who have sent in a claim for participation. Although the course of procedure was made known both by circular and advertisement, the mistakes which were made by the committees, in consequence of their being called on to select books for both grants simultaneously, caused so much delay that the first consignment of books could not be ordered till the month of September. As the books have not yet arrived, lam under the necessity of deferring a full report till next year. As to the usefulness of the libraries, and the influence which they exercise on the community, reference may be made to the returns from library committees recently sent in. Penny Banks.—The expediency of establishing Penny Banks in connection with the schools of the district was brought under the consideration of the Board at an early period of the year, and a resolution was passed permitting their establishment, but declining to make the adoption of the scheme by school committees compulsory. It was felt that the management of Penny Banks in the schools would be adding another weight to the heavy burdens already imposed on the teachers, and that the benefits resulting from their establishment would be questionable. It may be inferred that school committees coincide with the Board, as no application has been made by any of them for permission to introduce Penny Banks int<j> the schools, The Bible in Schools. —This question was brought before the Board, at a meeting held on the 6th June, and, after considerable discussion, a motion was carried almost unanimously declaring it to be the opinion of the Board that the Bible should be read daily in the public schools without comment. Copies of this motion were forwarded to the Government, and also to all the school committees, accompanied in the latter case by a request that they should give an expression of their opinion on the subject. Of the 55 committees then existing, 37 expressed themselves in favor of the resolution, and 8 against it. The remaining 10 were either neutral or failed to make any return. Bonuses to Teachers. —After June 30th, when the first classification of teachers was made in accordance with regulations issued under the authority of the Governor, the Board adopted the following scale for payment'of bonuses ;—Bank 1,£60; 2, £50 ;3, £40; 4, £30; 5, £20; 6, £10; 7, 8, and 9, £5. This scale, as compared with that adopted by some of the other Education Boards, is very low ; but the large number of weak schools, and the few self-supporting or strong schools in the district rendered it necessary to have a due regard to economy in its construction. The number of teachers

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entitled to bonuses will increase every year, and, small as they are, they will be a great drain on the Maintenance Fund. As the classification of the teachers is made under Government regulations, it is suggested that bonuses should not form a charge against the Maintenance Fund, but that they should be provided for by a special Parliamentary vote, and that a uniform scale, on a liberal basis, should be prescribed and sanctioned by the Governor for all the education districts. At present, when great inequality exists in the amount of bonuses paid by the different Boards, there is every inducement for the best teachers in those districts where the bonuses are low, to remove and seek employment under those Boards by whom a more liberal scale has been adopted. If the inequality in the bonus scales is allowed to continue, the consequence will be that the weaker districts will lose their best teachers, their places will necessarily be supplied by those of an inferior grade, and the standard of education will be gradually lowered. School Grounds.—The new school buildings erected in this district from plans furnished by the architect to the Board, while combining neatness with economy, are a very great improvement on the barn-like structures of the old schools, which not only disfigured the landscape, but were repulsive in their appearance. Tourists in Southland are beginning to mark the change, and speak in high terms of the neat and cheerful-looking school buildings which are rising in many directions. This remark, however, does not extend to the school grounds, which with few exceptions have the same "bleak, cheerless, and untidy" appearance as they had on Mr. Hislop's visit in 1875. "With few exceptions," says that gentleman in his report for that year, "no attempt has been made to enclose the school grounds with live fencing, or to plant any portion of them with trees and shrubs. There are few school gardens worthy of the name, and a tidily kept one is quite a rarity The school committees and settlers, who have a more permanent interest than the teachers can be expected to take, might do much to encourage and substantially assist the teachers in improving the appearance of the school grounds by the planting of trees, shrubs, and live fences for shelter and ornament." However desirable the ornamenting of the school grounds may be, its accomplishment is not unattended with difficulties. No funds for the special purpose are at the disposal of the Board or school committees, and it can scarcely be expected that teachers can afford to expend sums from their narrow incomes in order to ornament any property the tenure of which is only by sufferance. These remarks are made solely with the view of drawing attention to the subject, and of some scheme being devised by which committees may be encouraged and assisted in ornamenting the school grounds, so as to render them what they ought to be, "things of beauty, and the sources of good influences." I have, &c, John G. Smith, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances, Ist January, 1879— By Office and BoardMaintenance Account .. .. 369 8 3 Office staff, salaries .. .. 300 0 0 Special Buildings Grant .. .. 1,191 13 0 Clerical assistance .. .. 410 0 Grants from Government — Departmental contingencies .. 341 10 11 Statutory Capitation (£3 155.) .. 18,519 0 0 School Inspection— Grants to Committees (10s.) .. 1,466 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. 500 0 0 Inspection subsidy .. .. 300 0 0 Examination of pupil teachers .. 17 3 Specially for Buildings .. .. 9,365 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 10,489 16 1 Payments by School Commissioners from School Committees for educational purEducation Eeserves .. .. 2,475 11 0 poses .. .. .. 1,301 1 5 Fees for District High Schools .. 147 0 0 Scholarships—-Expenses of examinations.. 17 3 From Public Libraries vote .. .. 283 10 9 Training of teachers .. .. 60 0 0 Deposits, libraries .. .. .. 37 9 0 Insurance of school buildings.. .. 89 13 6 Bent of school reserves .. .. 10 0 0 School Buildings— Bank Interest .. .. .. 86 5 9 New buildings .. .. .. 7,21119 6 Insurance Policies —Amount received .. 700 0 0 Enlargement, improvements, and repairs 1,120 16 10 Grant for training .. .. .. 60 0 0 School furniture and appliances not included in preceding .. .. 121 6 7 Purchase of sites .. .. 222 0 0 Plans, supervision. &c. .. .. 251 12 9 Library Committees out of Public Libraries vote .. .. .. 289 17 6 Drill instructor .. .. .. 2113 4 Bents of schoolhouses .. .. 34 12 0 Balance—Board fund .. .. 2,610 12 10 In deposits—Libraries .. .. 37 9 0 £25,011 6 9 £25,011 6 9 Thomas M. Macdonald, Chairman. John G. Smith, Secretary. I certify this statement to be correct. H. Livingston, Auditor.

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Summary of the School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balances in Bank and in hand on Ist Jan., By Cleaning (allowances, &a.) .. .. 377 7 7 1879.. .. .. .. 514 9 6 Fuel .. .. .. 238 15 3 From Education Board— Books, maps, &c, for general school use .. 72 16 11 Ordinary grants .. .. 1,301 1 5 Bepairs not paid directly by Board .. 1,023 12 5 Special grants .. .. .. 708 6 4 Office expenses .. .. .. 204 14 5 Donations, subscriptions, &c, from others Prizes.. .. .. .. 25 2 10 than Education Board .. .. 486 10 5 School fetes .. .. .. 15 2 Balances .. .. .. 1,066 6 1 £3,010 7 8 £3,010 7 8

REPORTS ON THE TRAINING COLLEGES. CANTERBURY. Sir,— Christchurch, March 31st, 1880. I have the honour to submit the following report on the Normal School, for the period from July to December 1879 : — We commenced work after the midwinter vacation with 40 students, of whom 31 were females and 9 males. Three new students were r admitted between July and December, and a few other candidates applied for admission, but were unable to comply with the required conditions. In order to prepare the students for the examination in science and drawing, instruction has been given in science, geometrical drawing and perspective, by Mr. Newton, and in freehand and model drawing by Mr. Rayner. Many of the students had received no previous instruction in these subjects, and consequently although reasonable progress has been made, the results obtained this year cai«not be very great. I regret that vocal music, now a compulsory subject, is not taken up more heartily by the students. A large number of them received little or no instruction in music before coming to the Normal School, and manifest great apathy in the study of this subject. They appear to think that no one but a born musical genius can learn to sing a psalm tune, and that total ignorance of music is quite pardonable, if not indeed commendable. During the past year several students have been sent out in cases of emergency to take temporary charge of schools. In every case this has proved so detrimental to the student's studies, that I would advise the discontinuance of this practice. . I would advise that provision should be made for exercising some restraint on the liberty of students to go up for examination. At present, any student who is over nineteen years of age may go up for examination in any class he chooses, although he may be quite unprepared to pass in even the lowest. The students have spent nearly one-third of their time in teaching in the Practising Department under the supervision of the regular staff, and I find, from the Inspector's report, that some classes which have been taught almost entirely by students, have passed 100 per cent, in the examination, and have been commended for their work. The staff of the boys' school has been increased by the appointment to the head mastership of Mr. E. Rayner, a trained teacher of long experience. Facilities have thereby been afforded for a more effectual supervision of the student teachers than it was possible to have while Mr. Thornton had to discharge the duties of both head master and second master. I have, &c, Edwin Watkins, The Chairman Education Board. (Acting Principal). List of Students.-—Allison, Laura; Barrett, Susan; Barrett, Emma; Bartrum, Fanny (appointed to Hororata); Buxton, Alice; Calvert, Elizabeth; Crawford, Margaret; Dunnage, Edith; Dobson,. Emily (withdrew on account of ill-health); Dewar, Janet (withdrew on account of ill-health); Hiatt, Mary; Hall, Mary; Jenkins, Mary; Kitchingman, Eliza (appointed assistant in Normal School); Knight, Henrietta; Mannering, A. E.; Mannering, Maud; Mills, Mary; Moore, Jane; Ockford, Florence; Reese, Maria; Ross, Sibella; Rowley, E. M.; Smith, Lucy (withdrew on account of ill-health); Spensley, Isabella ; Seager, Henrietta (appointed to Pigeon Bay side school); Seay, Agnes ; Washbourne, Fanny (withdrew on account of ill-health); Wroughton, Mabel; Weir, Martha; Willis, Eliza. Allan, John C.; Banks, William; Dixon, William; Kitchingman, Henry; Prudhoe, William (withdrew on account of deafness); Thomas, John; Watson, John; Watson, Joseph; Whitham, Robert. Admitted since July; Bain, Mary; Peach, Emily; Weavers, Edith. Total number on roll, 43. Average attendance : Males, 6*5 ; females, 26*5 ; toal, 33.

DUNEDIN. Sir,— I have the honor, in accordance with your instructions, to submit my report of the Dunedin Normal School for the year ending December 31st, 1879. The attendance of students during the year has been 16 males and 43 females. Of these, 4 males and 20 females were already classified, and entered on the second year's course with a view either to acquire greater skill in the art of teaching by some months' continuous practice, or to qualify themselves for a higher certificate. A considerable number of these have been required for service in the public

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schools, but for the first time since the foundation of the school have the majority of the second-year students been allowed to complete their course. Pupil-teachers who had completed their term of service were allowed to join the senior class, and the majority of them took high positions in it, but a few, though apparently studying diligently, made little or no improvement. Hitherto few candidates, if any, passing the entrance examination, have failed to take their certificate and pass into the service of the Board. The supply of female teachers seems now to be at least equal to the demand, and it might be.well to make the first three months' attendance a period of strict probation, at the end of which all who are not well adapted to the profession should be advised to relinquish it. There is still a difficulty in obtaining a sufficient supply of male students. Our students have availed themselves to a greater extent than formerly of the advantages offered by the University of Otago, the classes attended being—junior and senior Latin, French, junior and senior mathematics, chemistry, and mental science. I have watched with considerable interest the progress of this experiment, and am convinced that the results will ere long be most valuable. At present, Dunedin and the suburbs are reaping the benefits, as, with scarcely an exception, our students prefer the lower salaries of junior assistants in the large schools with the opportunity of continuing their University course, to the higher salaries to be obtained in more responsible situations in the country; but once they have graduated, their services will be at the disposal of the committees of country schools, and thus fit preparation for the High Schools and University be within reach of all classes. Although the higher certificate and larger bonus attached to the possession of the University degree are not without their influence, I am pleased to observe a keen appreciation of, and earnest desire for, the higher culture afforded by University training. Considering the severity of the final examinations for pass certificates, our students have as a rule taken good positions. The first place in junior Latin, and the first, second, and third places in junior mathematics, were taken by Normal School students, while the others were not far below them. In the other classes the places taken, though not so high, were on the whole creditable. The result of our students' work during last session of the Otago University shows conclusively that pupil-teachers of fair ability, who have been faithfully taught during their apprenticeship, may with profit enter on their University course while attending the Normal School. Were this fact generally known and appreciated there should be no difficulty in obtaining male candidates for the pupilteachership. Our arrangements for the literary classes have been similar to those of last year. It will be necessary, however, at the commencement of May, to grant another assistant, as the additional subjects prescribed by the syllabus have borne rather heavily on the present staff. The facilities for practice afforded by the new rooms opened in May last have been of great advantage to us. The experience on school management gained in them will be most valuable, especially to students having no previous experience in teaching. Room No. 11 contained five classes preparing for and in the Ist standard ; No. 14, five classes in these and the 2nd standard ; No. 12, four classes in the first four standards ; and No. 13, three classes in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th standards. While in charge of these rooms students had the responsibility of independent teachers, apparently acting on their own authority in matters of discipline, but really under careful supervision and advice. If the success of the work may be judged by the results of the Inspector's examination it was all that could be desired, these rooms having contributed equally with the others to the high percentage passed by the whole of the Practising School. - During the latter part of the year the gymnasium has been open to the Normal School students, and to all teachers and pupil-teachers of public schools, and during that time the health of the students taking part in the exercises has been exceptionally good. I regret that a considerable proportion of the female students found themselves physically unfit for these exercises, and will in consequence be precluded from conducting them in the schools to which they are appointed. Very few of the pupilteachers have availed themselves of the class opened for them on Saturdays. I have, &c, The Secretary, Education Board, Dunedin. W. S. Fitzgerald, Rector. Staff. Rector: Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald. Matron: Miss L. A. Fitzgerald. Head Master of Practising School: Mr. A. Montgomery. Training Department. —Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald : Theory and practice of school management, arithmetic, mathematics, history. Mr. A. Montgemery : English language. Mr. J. Lindsay, succeeded by Mr. W. H. Kneen : Geography. Mr. Beuchler : German. Messrs. Piper and Cattail : Science. Mr. W. Millar, succeeded by Mr. W. H. Kneen: Music. Mr. D. Hutton and Miss "Wright: Drawing. Mr. 0. David : Gymnastics. Sergeant-Major Stevens : Military drill. Miss L. A. Fitzgerald : General Superintendent of female students, and needlework. Practising Department. —Class Teachers: Messrs. Kneen, Piper, Closs, Cattan, Farnie, Davidson, Misses Fitzgerald, Stevens, and Huie. 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EEPOETS OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. AUCKLAND. Sir, — School Commissioners' Office, Auckland, 10th March 1880. I have the honor to forward the following brief report of the administration of Education Reserves in this district, by the School Commissioners, during the year ended 31st December, 1879, and also the general statement of income and expenditure for the same period. The Commissioners have held thirteen meetings during the year. The number of village and country allotments offered for lease was 90, of which 19 were let for terms varying from 3to 21 years. The income derivable from these will be —per annum :— £ s. d. From primary Reserves ... ... ... ... ... ... 114 0 0 ~ secondary ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 10 0 ~ unappropriated ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 0 0 In addition to the above rental, the sum of £349 has been received as premium or foregift for the right to cut timber from five allotments of bush land. The Commissioners have distributed from time to time, moneys accrued from primary reserves in the manner prescribed by section 21 sub-section 1 of the Act as follows, viz. : — £ a. d. To the Auckland Education Board ... ... ... ... 978 12 5 ~ Hawke's Bay ~ „ ... ... ... ... 43 19 5 With regard to revenues derived from secondary reserves, no fixed scale of distribution has been adopted. The moneys accruing to the Auckland Education District have been, so far, divided equally between the four secondary schools in the district, viz. : — £ s. d. To the Auckland College College and Grammar School ... ... 105 13 4 The Auckland Girls'High School ... ... ... ... 105 13 4 The Thames High School. ... ... ... ... .. 105 13 4 The Whangarei High School ... ... ... ... ... 105 13 4 A copy of the bye-laws adopted by the Commissioners is enclosed herewith. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. Logan Campbell, Chairman. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditube for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts.

Primary Eduea- Secondary Education Beserves. tion Eeserves. Total. £ s. d, £ s. d. \ £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 666 15 9 Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1879 — Rents, profits, or receipts of Reserves ... ... 214 10 0 132 2 6 346 12 6 Moneys payable and collected within year 1879 — Rents, &c, of Reserves ... ... ... 804 13 10 366 18 2 1,171 12 0 Moneys collected as rent of lands and not apportioned 212 14 4 Total Receipts ... £ 1,019 310 499 0 8 2,397 14 7 Expenditure. 1 Total. £ s. d. By Office —Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 0 Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 9 7 Expenses of leasing—Advertising, and other expenses ... ... ... 39 4 3 Expenditure on reserves—Surveying ... ... ... ... ... 866 ~ ~ Fencing, and other expenditure ... ... ... 45 iy o Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 79 6 0 Payments to Auckland Education Board ... ... ... ... ... 978 12 5 ~ Hawke's Bay „ ... ... ... ... ... 43 19 g ~ Auckland College and Grammar School ... ... ... ... 105 13 4 ~ Auckland Girls'High School ... ... ... ... ... 105 13 4 ~ Thames High School ... ... ... ... ... 105 13 4 Whangarei High School ... ... ... ... ... 105 13 4 Crown Grant Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 19 0 Payment to arbitrators ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Total expenditure ... ... ... ... 1,773 $ Q Balance in Bank ... ... ... . ... ... ... 624 6 1 £2,397 14 7 "IT

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Arrears due on 31st December, 1879 — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (1.) Arrears at 31st Dec, 1878, still unpaid ... 51 10 0 0 10 0 52 0 0 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 47112 6 84 17 6 556 10 0 Arrears of rent of unapportioned lands ... ... ... ... 513177 Total Arrears ... £ 523 2 6 85 7 6 1,122 7 7 Liabilities or Engagements. £ s. d. Expenses of leasing and advertising ... ... ... ... ... ... 706 Rates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 6 Total liabilities ... ... ... ... £8 3 0 Memorandum : 1. Arrears of rents at 31st December, 1879, £11,22 7s. 7d. —Under the leases granted by the Commissioners rents are charged in advance. The above sum contains £468 thus charged. Up to date over £200 have been received of these arrears. 2. Legal Expenses, £79 6s.—This sum includes (A), charges arising in 1878 (nothing having been paid under that head during that year). (B). a retaining fee of £20 per annum is therein paid up to September 1880. I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the School Commissioners of the Provincial District of Auckland, for the year ended 31st December, 1879, and that I find the same to be correct. L. A. Durrieu, 19th February, 1880. Auditor.

TARANAKI. Sib, — School Commissioner's Office, New Plymouth, April 17th, 1880. I have the honor to report, for the information of the Government, the following transactions of the School Commissioners of the Taranaki Provincial District, during the year ended on 31st December, 1879. Lands Let. —The following lands were let, namely, 142 acres of rural land, at an average annual rental of 3s. per acre; 8 acres of rough, town-belt land, at an average annual rental of ss. 3d. per acre; and 4 acres of town land at an average annual rental of £6 2s. per acre. Early in the year, a block of land of about 14 acres in extent, situated outside the reduced boundary line of the town of New Plymouth was cleared with a view to its re-survey, and to its being let on building leases, but owing to the great depression of trade which has existed, the Commissioners were reluctantly compelled to defer their project, and to let the block temporarily as a cattle run at a yearly rental of £18. Owing to several lessees becoming defaulters, some allotments were re-entered and re-let. School Sites Granted. —Under the 15th section of the Education Reserves Act, 1877, several school sites were granted to the Education Board for primary and secondary educational purposes. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Benjamin Wells, Chairman. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts.

Primary Eduoa- Secondary Edution Eeserves. cation Eeserves. m , , lotal. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 179 14 5 124 1 3 303 15 8 Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1878— Rents, profits, or receipts of reserves ... ... | 286 8 3 122 14 4 409 2 7 Moneys payable and collected within year 1879 — (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 237 16 93 5 7 330 7 1 (2.) Other receipts—viz., Transfer fee ... ... ... ... 10 0 ... 1 0 0 Moneys payable in 1880, collected in 1879 — Rents and reserves ... ... t ... 10 0 ... 1 0 0 Total receipts ... ... ... ... £705 4 2 £340 1 2 £1,045 5 4

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By Office— £ s. d. Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... ... ... ... 104 9 0 Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 334 Safe 31 2 5 Expenses of leasing, advertising, and other expenses ... ... ... 27 17 0 Expenditure on reserves—surveying ... ... ... ... ... 22 3 0 ~ fencing, and other expenditure ... ... ... ... 9 6 0 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... 20 5 4 Payments to Taranaki Education Board (Primary, £408 15 11—Secondary, £269 14 1) 678 10 0 Wanganui „ „ ( „ 67 10 0— „ 21 17 3) 89 7 3 Balance in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 2 0 Total expenditure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £1,045 5 4 Arrears. -. Arrears due on 31st December, 1879 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878, still unpaid ... 81 4 2 22 9 7 103 13 9 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 364 18 0 172 3 1 537 1 1 Total arrears ... ... ... ... £446 2 2 £194 12 8 £640 14 10 Liabilities or Engagements. £ s. d. By expenses of leasing—Advertising ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 18 0 „ reserves—Surveying, furze cutting ... ... ... ... 31 19 6 Total liabilities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £34 17 6

Examined and passed. Benjamin Wells, Chairman. R. MacAlister, Provincial District Auditor. W. Northcroft, Secretary.

HAWKE'S BAY. Sir, — Office of the School Commissioners, Napier, 2nd April, 1880. As requested by your Circular, No. 45, of 19th December last, I have the honor to report as follows, for the year ending 31st December, 1879 : — Out of the different classes of reserves vested in the Commissioners, areas as under were leased during the year—town lands, 6a. 2r. 38p., at rentals amounting to £25 6s. per annum ; suburban lands, 11a. Ir. 32p. at rentals amounting to £11 13s. per annum; rural and pastoral lands, 14,427a. 2r. 25p. at rentals amounting to £331 16s. It will thus be seen that reserves of a total area of 14,445a. 3r. 15p. have been leased, and that the annual revenue from endowments for primary and secondary education is thereby increased by £368 15s. These lands have all been leased for a period of 21 years, and the rentals therefrom will, under the conditions of leasing, rise 50 per cent, every seven years. Two town allotments, being endowments for primary education—one at Napier and the other at Hampden—were set apart during the year as sites for public schools. Enclosed herewith is a copy of the bye-laws as amended, also of the regulations and conditions for, leasing the reserves under the administration of the Commissioners. The revenue from endowments for primary education is, less the charges on same, handed over to the Hawke's Bay Education Board, from time to time, as it reaches £100 or thereabouts. The amount at credit of the Secondary Education Endowments Account on the 31st December last was £237 12s. 6d. So soon as each £100 has accrued it has been lodged on fixed deposit at the Union Bank of Australia here at current rates of interest. The Commissioners have not yet distributed any of the funds arising from these endowments, neither have they made any regulations with respect thereto. The general statement of accounts has been made up according to the prescribed form, and the accounts are ready for auditing, though the Auditor has not yet communicated with the Secretary on the subject. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education. Horace Baker, Chairman.

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. Primary Educa- Secondary Educa- m , , tion Eeserves. tion Eeserves. ° a ' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 254 7 11 24 11 4 278 19 3 Arrears due Ist January, 1879, collected in year 1879—Rents . ... ... ... ... 48 5 11 4 10 1 52 16 0 Moneys payable and collected in year 1879—Rents 583 18 3 225 13 3 809 11 6 Other receipts, being interest on overdue rents and fixed deposits ... ... ... ... 5 3 2 0 3 2 5 Moneys payable in 1880, collected in year 1879 — Rents ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 ... 5 0 0 Total receipts ... ... ... £891 12 6 £257 16 8 £1,149 9 2 Expenditure. . , Total. By Office— £ s. d. Secretary's salary to 30th September ... ... ... ... ... 47 18 4 Printing and stationery, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 400 Petty cash ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 5 Expenses of Leasing— Advertising ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 7 6 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 330 Expenditure on Reserves —■ Borough rates on unleased reserves ... ... ... ... ... 2 12 7 Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board (primary education) ... ... 751 19 8 Fixed deposits (secondary education) ... ... ... ... ... ; 200 0 0 Balance in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 118 5 8 Total expenditure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £1,149 9 2 Arrears. i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Arrears due on 31st December, 1879 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878, still unpaid 240 0 10 0 2 14 0 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 180 18 3 53 18 3 234 10 6 Total arrears ... ... ... ... £183 2 3 £54 8 3 £237 10 6 Liabilities or Engagements. Total. £ S. d. By Secretary's salary for December quarter ... ... ... ... ... 12 10 0 Printing and stationery ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 16 0 Legal expenses ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 4154 Travelling expenses of Commissioners ... ... ... ... • •• 090 Rent paid in advance ... ... ... ... ... ... ■••' 500 Borough rates on unleased reserves ... ... ... ••• •. •- 224 Total liabilities ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• I £27 12 8 W. Parker, Secretary to Commissioners. Examined and found correct. W. B. Yaldwyn, Provincial District Auditor. Ist May, 1880.

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WELLINGTON. Sir, — Office of School Commissioners, Wellington, 25th February, 1880. I have the honor to inform you, in reply to your circular, No. 45, of 19th December last, that with the exception of certain matters dealt with in my letters, as in the margin,* the Commissioners have nothing to report specially as to their administration of the Education Reserves Act, 1877, during the year 1879. I have further the honor to inform you that the bye-laws framed last year are still in force, subject to the points raised as referred to in my letter of the 23rd December, 1879, and amended by the resolution of 29th January, 1880, having reference to the Committee appointed at a full meeting of the Commissioners held on the above date. A copy of this resolution was transmitted you with my letter of 23rd instant. A copy of the bye-laws referred to above was sent you on the sth May, 1879, with my letter of that day numbered 114/79. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education. W. H. Warren, Secretary to the Commissioners. * 23rd December, 1879, and 23rd February, 1880. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. Primary Educa- Secondary Edution Eeserves. cation Eeserves. lotal. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879— 133 14 7 16 14 6 150 9 1 Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1879 — (1.) Rents, profits or receipts of reserves ... 121 8 5 ... ) 19 „ 1Q r (2.) Other receipts ... " ... ... ... 210 0 ... j' iAa iH ° Monevs payable and collected within year 1879 — (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 356 13 10 20 0 0 376 13 10 (2.) Other receipts ... ... ... ... 0 9 6 ... 0 9 6 Secondary education —Expenditure charged in 1878, transferred to debit of Primary Education ... ... 176 176 Primary Education —Expenditure charged in 1878, transferred to debit of Secondary Education ... 020 ... 020 Total receipts ... ... ... ... £614 18 4 £38 2 0 £653 0 4 Expenditure. Total. £ s. d By Office—Salaries and allowances to Officers ... ... ... ... ... 62 10 0 Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 990 Office seats ... ... ... ... ... 2 12 6 Expenses of leasing—Auctioneer's commission, advertising, and other expenses ... 67 11 0 Arrears 1878 —amount written off ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 0 Primary Education, per contra ... ... ... ... ... ... 020 Secondary Education, per contra ... .$> ... ... ... ... 17 6 Balance in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 506 18 4 Total expenditure ... ... ... ... ... ... .. £653 0 4 Arrears. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Arrears due on 31st December 1879 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878, still unpaid ... 44 0 2 ... 44 0 2 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 78 15 6 3 0 0 81 15 6 Total arrears ... ... ... ... £122 15 8 £3 0 0 £125 15 8 Liabilities or Engagements. £ s. d. Fencing, and other expenses ... ... ... ... ... ..,. £60 0 0 Total liabilities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £60 0 0

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MARLBOROUGH. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts, Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- _ . tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. J.oral. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 35 10 0 2 15 0 38 5 0 Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1879 ... 58 10 0 9 7 0 67 17 0 Moneys payable and collected within year 1879 — Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 137 2 6 10 3 6 147 6 0 Total receipts ... ... ... £ 231 2 6 22 5 6 253 8 0 Expenditure. Total. £ a. d. By Office —Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 ~ Allowances to Commissioners ... ... ... ... ... 440 ~ Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... . ... ... ... ... 119 8 Advertising and other expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 0150 Expenditure on reserves, surveying, fencing, and other expenditure ... ... 2 2 0 Balance in hand or in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... 219 7 4 Total expenditure .... ... ... ... ... £ 253 8 0 Arrears. Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- _ tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. lotal. £ s. d. £ s. a. Arrears due on 31st December, 1879— (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878, still unpaid... 16 10 0 ... 16 10 0 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 39 15 0 ... 39 15 0 Total arrears ... ... ... £ 56 5 0 ... 56 5 0 John Robinson, Secretary. NELSON. The School Commissioners, in forwarding the annual statement of their accounts for the year ended "31st December, 1879, have only to report the leasing of 1 rood 36 perches of town and 555 acres of ■country land, summarised thus : — Primary. Secondary. Annual Eental. A. R. P. A. B. P. £ S. d. Town land ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 36 ... 4 0 0 Country land ... ... ... ... ... 555 0 0 190 0 0 20 0 0 Totals ... ... ... ... ... £555 136 190 0 0 24 0 0 They may again repeat here the remark made in their last report, " That the leases already issued include the more immediately available reservations." The rents received during the year, accruing for purposes of primary education, were paid or are awaiting pavment to the several Education Boards within the Nelson Provincial District, as follows : Nelson, £454 Is. lid.; Westland, £58 17s. 10d.; North Canterbury, £14 ss. lid.; total, £527 ss. Bd.

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The amount which has been received, accruing under the head of " Secondary Purposes," has been added to that specified in the last year's report (£150) as having been set apart for the establishment of a superior school for girls, and, together with that, now amounts to £384, which sum is lodged in the Union Bank of Australia on fixed deposit. Alfred Greenfield, Chahman. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. Primary Educa- Secondary Educa- „ , , tion Eeserves. tion Eeserves. , £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 5 7 11 2 13 11 8 1 10 Arrears due Ist January, 1879, collected in year 1879— Rents, leases, profits or receipts of reserves 88 09 800 96 09 Moneys payable and collected within year, 1879 — (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 447 19 7 152 12 11 600 12 6 (2.) Other receipts (fees) ... ... ... 4 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 Interest on fixed deposits ... ... ... ... 900 900 Total receipts ... ... ... ... £545 8 3 £173 610 £718 15 1 Expenditure. Total. By Office— £ s. d. Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... ... ... ... 18 15 0 Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 3 6 Nelson Education Board ... ... ... ... ... ... 288 19 3 Westland „ „ ... ... ... ... ... 38 14 10 North Canterbury ~ ... ... ... ... ... 715 6 Towards secondary education ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 0 0 Balance in hand or in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 7 0 Total expenditure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £718 15 1 Arrears. - . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Arrears due on 31st December, 1879 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878, still unpaid 8 8 0 ... 8 8 0 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879... 89 9 9 14 12 6 104 2 3 Total ariears ... ... ... ... £97 17 9 £14 12 6 £112 10 3 Liabilities or Engagements. £ s. d. By Accruing to Education Boards ... ... ... ... ... ... 191 16 1 Salaries, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 0 0 Total liabilities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £198 16 1 Alfred Greenfield, Chairman. Examined and found correct. H. E. Curtis, Auditor.

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CANTERBURY. Within the year sixteen new leases have been granted of reserves applicable to primary education, comprising 5,636 acres. The total area now under lease of this class of reserves is 36,343^ acres, aud the present rental is £8,045 7s. lOd. per annum. There are unlet —nine reserves containing 2,870 acres which are not yet surveyed, and eighteen reserves containing 5,957 acres, the survey of which has been lately completed, and which will be offered for tender in about two months. These lands consist for the most part of either hill country or stony plains, and are generally of little value except as sheep-walks. The leases of reserves Nos. 1113 and 1139 have become vacated. In the former case the lessee absconded, and in the latter case he became insolvent; the lease had not been signed, and the trustees of the insolvent's estate declined to take it up; half-a-year's rent then due on each holding was lost. These two reserves, comprising 743 acres, are included amongst those mentioned above as unlet. The drain referred to in last year's report as being in progress in connection with reserve at Orari has been completed and the laud let. The area is 1,404 acres, and the present annual rental £680 14s. 6d. The claim by the Road Board, Temuka, for part of the cost of the drain has not yet been presented. In the early part of the year portions of the reserves constituting the secondary, education estate, amounting together to seventeen-twentieths of the whole, were, pursuant to statute, allocated as under:— One half in value to the Canterbury College for the Christchurch Boys' High School; one-fourth to the Timaru High School; and one-tenth to the Ashburton High School. The remaining three-twentieths are held by the School Commissioners. The Board distributed amongst the governing bodies of those establishments the sum then at the credit of the secondary estate, in the proportion in which the estate itself had been divided amongst them. The accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1879, show a balance at the credit of the secondary estate of £824 ss. 4d. This sum is by law directed to be allocated to the several education districts within the provincial district, on the basis of population ; and the sum so allocated to each education district is divisible among the secondary schools (if any) existing within the district. Within North Canterbury there are no schools that are entitled to participate in the distribution of these moneys, other than the Boys' High School and the Girls' High School, Christchurch; and, in South Canterbury, the High School at Timaru. Both the high schools at Christchurch possess a liberal land endowment, and are, presumably, not in need of assistance. The Timaru High School has but a comparatively moderate endowment, but it has scarcely got into working order. Upon the question of the appropriation of the funds now in hand the Board were of opinion that, possibly at a future time, opportunity might offer for using those funds with better effect, and so as to produce a larger total of useful results than could be obtained by any application of them that could be made now — e.g., in aiding the high school at Ashburton, if it should be established ; and, as to South Canterbury, a grant to the Timaru High School when it shall have got into working, or in assisting any other school of a similar character within the respective education districts if any such should be hereafter established. Of the secondary estate remaining to the Commissioners 1,722 \ acres are leased, yielding a present annual rental of £491 Os. 6d., and there are unlet about 70 acres. Arrears (supplementary) on cash account, £29 Is. Certain persons were bidders at auction in September, 1878, for township lots at Opawa, Timaru District. Up to the end. of 1878 they had not paid rent or taken up the leases, and it was not at that time known whether they would do so. Referring to the funds in hand on account of the secondary estate, the Board decided not to make any distribution of them at present, aud directed the treasurer to place £750 with their bankers on fixed deposit for twelve months. This has been done. The cash account shows the following amounts written off as not recoverable : — 1. 17s. 6d., twice. The reserve referred to was actually unlet, and was included in the rental in error. 2. 9s. 9d. The land has passed to the Canterbury College, and the lessee holds a receipt from them for rent subsequently paid. 8. £59 Bs. 3d. Reserves 1113 and 1139. (See above.) For the School Commissioners, John Maeshman, Christchurch, sth January, 1880. Chairman. Genebal Statement of the Receipts and Expenditube of the School Commissionebs for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- „ , , tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down from 31st December, 1878— 572 15 9 1,895 10 4 1,968 6 1 Arrears due in 1878 collected in 1879 ... ... 288 1 8 232 1 9 460 3 5 Moneys payable within the year 1879, and collected —viz. On account of half-year's rent, payable in advance, on the Ist May, 1879 ... ... ... ... 8,519 8 9 I 285 0 8 3,754 9 0 On account of half-year's rent payable in advance on the Ist November, 1879— 3,169 6 8 245 10 3 3,414 16 11 Moneys not payable until 1880 — On account of half-year's rent becoming payable on the Ist May, 1880, consisting of sundry small sums remitted by lessees in excess of amounts due for November rent; 1879 ... ... ... 0 14 9 ... 0 14 9 Total receipts ... ... ... ... 7,490 7 7 2,108 2 7 9,598 10 2

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WESTLAND. Sir,— Hokitika, 27th March, 1880. In accordance with the request contained in Circular No. 45, the Commissioners have the honor to make the following report of their administration during the past year. At the beginning of the year the following gentlemen were members of the Board of Commissioners, —The Hon. J. ABonar (Chairman), Dr. Giles, E. Patten, Esq., and H. L. Robinson, Esq. M. Price, Esq., having resigned in December, 1878, andE. Patten,Esq., one of the members appointed by the Board of Education, having resigned during the year, G. Mueller, Esq., was appointed by the Board to succeed him, and W. Duncan, Esq., has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of M. Price, Esq. Six meetings have been held during the year, inclusive of one special meeting. The only reserve from which any revenue is derived is that at Kumara. No payments have yet been made to the Board of Education ; as reference to the statement of receipts and expenditure will shew that the overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand is not yet covered. Considerable difficulty has been experienced during the past year in collecting rents from tenants upon the Kumara reserve, and it was found necessary, in many cases, to take legal proceedings for recovery of the same. The solicitor to the Commissioners took out during the year forty-four summonses, and attended the Magistrate's Court at Kumara five times. The effect of this has been to considerably increase the expenses, and to hinder the Commissioners in their efforts to liquidate the overdraft. The revenue received during the year amounted to £530 17s. 2d., and the expenditure to £731 7

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Os. 4d., including an overdraft of £464 16s. 6d., existing at the end of the year 1878. The actual expenditure during the year has amounted to £266 3s. 10d., exclusive of the sum of £264 13s. 4d., being the amount by which the overdraft has been reduced. The sum of £266 3s. lOd. mentioned above, is divided as follows : —£9B 15s. lid., legal expenses ; £39 165., interest on overdraft; £33 lis. 6d., rates; £18 4s. Bd., refunds; £62 6s. 6d., salary and travelling allowance; £13 9s. 3d., printing, &c. The greater portion of the legal charges having been principally connected with the reserves for secondary education, have been accordingly charged against those reserves. By order of the Commissioners, E. T. Robinson, Secretary. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditube for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. Primary Educa- Secondary Edution Eeserves. cation Eeserves. lotal. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1879 — Rents, profits, or receipts of reserves ... ... 12 2 0 152 10 0 164 12 0 Moneys pavable and collected within year 1879 — (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 45 0 0 313 3 2 358 3 2 (2.) Other receipts ... ... ... ... 317 6 4 4 6 8 2 0 Total receipts ... ... £ 60 19 6 469 17 8 j 530 17 2 Expenditure. Total. £ s. d. By Office —Salaries and allowances to officers ~. ... ... ... ... 62 6 6 ~ Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ! 13 9 3 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 98 15 11 Refunds, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 4 8 Rates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 11 6 Interest on overdraft ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 16 0 Bank overdraft repaid ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 264 18 4 Total expenditure ... ... ... £ 530 17 2 Arrears. Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- m, , tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. Arrears on 31st December, 1879 —- £ s. d. £ s. u. £ s. d. (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878 still unpaid ... 130 0 0 34 10 0 164 10 0 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 25 0 0 200 0 0 225 0 0 Total arrears ... £ 155 0 0 234 10 0 389 10 0 Liabilities or Engagements £ s. d. Overdraft, Bank of New Zealand... ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 3 2 Law expenses, and sundries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Total liabilities... ...£250 3 2 I hereby certify that I have examined the above account, compared the same with the vouchers, <jash book, ledger, bank pass book, and other documents connected therewith, and find it correct. Edwabd Patten, Auditor.

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In pursuance of Order in Council, of date 17th December, 1878, and in accordance with Circular No. 45, dated Wellington, 19th December, 1879, I have the honor to forward Report of the School Commissioners of the Provincial District of Otago, for the year ended 31st December, 1879. At the commencement of the year the Commissioners appointed a Factor to take the management of the reserves, and act as Secretary to the Board; they also procured offices in which to transact their business. During the year they held nine regular and one special meeting, at which in addition to the usual routine business they adjusted claims from the Boards of Governors of the Otago, Southland, and Waitaki High Schools, for rents collected by the Commissioners from secondary reserves belonging to those bodies prior to their taking the management thereof themselves. The Commissioners have now only the management of the primary and those secondary reserves unallocated to any particular body. During the year the Commissioners have, in addition to the above settlements, paid over the following sums, namely:—From primary reserves, Otago Education Board, £9,602 19s. 2d.; Southland, £2,475 lis. From secondary reserves, Otago High School, £1,644 12s. 5d.; Southland High School, £423 18s. 4d. During the year they have leased eleven town, thirty-one suburban, and seventeen country sections in various parts of the provincial district, at an annual rental of £962 19s. lOd. In March, 1879, they surveyed Run 88, Wyndham, into fourteen farms, of from 191 to 809 acres, with a view to leasing them. They regret to say, however, that only one section has been taken up, notwithstanding the fact that they were submitted for lease by auction on two occasions after being well advertised. The Commissioners intend to lease the whole of the run in one lot for pastoral purposes on short lease. The Commissioners beg to call your attention to the following facts in explanation of the large amount shown in the annexed balance sheet as arrears outstanding on 31st December, 1879 : — When they entered on the administration of the reserves, they found that in a number of cases (principally in connection with township sections) the tenants were some years in arrear, they have since succeeded in collecting part of those arrears, but in not a few cases the lessees have either become insolvent or have abandoned the land, leaving no recourse for recovery of rent. In these cases the rent has continued to be debited to the tenants year by year, thus increasing to a considerable extent the total amount shown as in arrears. The Commissioners calculate that of the sum of £2,278 17s. sd. shown in the balance-sheet as in arrear, £445 ss. is thus absolutely irrecoverable, and they are now taking active steps to deal with the land in question anew. The latter amount will be written off their books at the close of the present year. Another reason for the large sum outstanding has been the extreme difficulty experienced in collecting the current rents during the year ; this was caused by the depressed state of the produce market, and the consequent scarcity of money among the small farmers, to which class the majority of the tenants belong. A considerable number of the rents fell due towards the end of the year, and have been paid since then, namely—the sum of £345 15s. 10d., which amount, added to the £445 ss. before mentioned, reduces the outstanding arrears to £1,487 16s. 7d. The Commissioners are now taking summary steps for the recovery of arrears, and the prompt payment of current rents, and they anticipate putting matters on a more satisfactory footing before the end of the present year. Annexed hereto is the balance-sheet, duly audited, showing the receipts and expenditure of the Commissioners during the year, and also copy of the Commissioners' Bye-laws. The School Commissioners beg to draw your attention to the difficulty experienced in leasing large blocks of land, and they would impress on the Government the advisability of introducing a Bill during the next session of Parliament empowering them to sell reserves from time to time as may be considered expedient, the income arising from the investment of the proceeds thereof to be devoted to the purposes for which the reserves were originally made. At the present time the Commissioners have Run 88 still unlet, and during the next two years the leases of several reserve runs will fall in, and they believe that though great difficulty might be experienced in leasing those lands, they would bring good prices if cut up and sold. The following resolution has been passed by the Commissioners on the subject:—" That the Commissioners are of opinion that Run 88, as well as other reserves, should, from time to time be offered for sale, and that the Chairman request the Government to bring in a Bill during next session of Parliament to effect this object; also that provision be made in the Bill for the vesting of the proceeds of any lands so sold in the School Commissioners for the purposes for which the reserves were originally set aside." The Commissioners are also of opinion that a reasonable fee should be paid to members for their attendance at the monthly meetings of the Board of School Commissioners. Most of the members are business men, and their time is valuable. The meetings take up from two to three hours or the best part of a day, and they consider that some compensation should be made for the time so spent. No provision has been made in the " Education Reserves Act, 1877," for any such payment, and the Commissioners would (in the event of a Bill being introduced dealing with education reserves) be glad if a clause could be inserted giving the necessary authority. The following resolution in connection with the matter was passed by the Board of Commissioners : —" That in the opinion of the Commissioners, provision should be made in the same Bill (Bill empowering Commissioners to sell reserves) for payment for their services, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Minister of Education." The Hon. the Minister for Education. J. P. Maitland, Chairman. Dunedin, 28th April 1880.

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Genebal Statement of Receipts and Expenditube for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- _ tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. iotal. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 5,844 7 2 2,321 0 1 8,165 7 3 Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1879 — (1.) Rents, profits, or receipts of reserves ... 459 13 1 145 12 7 605 5 8 (2.) Other receipts ... ... ... ... 3,749 2 9 72 11 0 3,82113 9 (3.) High Schools reserves rents ... ... ... 35 5 6 35 5 6 Moneys payable and collected within year 1879 — Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 6,241 18 8 327 11 7 6,569 10 3 Interest allowed by Bank on Cr. balances ... 228 5 2 29 10 10 257 16 0 Total receipts ... £ 16,523 610 2,931 11 7 19,454 18 5 Expenditure. Total. £ s. d. By Office—Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... ... ... ... 376 6 0 ~ Printing, stationery, and office rent ... ... ... ... ... 210 11 7 Expenses of leasing—Auctioneer's commission ... ... ... ... 17 17 0 ~ Advertising and other expenses ... ... ... ... 73 2 6 Expenditure on reserves —Surveying ... ... ... ... ... 426 2 0 ~ Fencing, and other expenditure ... ... ... 20 0 0 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 13 6 Payments to Otago Education Board ... ... ... ... ... 9,602 19 2 ~ Southland Education Board ... ... ... ... ... 2,475 11 0 ~ Board of Governors Otago High School ... ... ... ... 2,016 18 5 Southland „ ... ... ... ... 508 18 5 Waitaki „ ... ... ... ... 83 2 4 Balance in hand and in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,640 1 6 Total expenditure ... ... £ 19,454 18 5 Arrears. Primary Educa- Secondary Edution Eeserves. cation Eeserves. lotal. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Arrears on 31st December, 1879 ... ... ... 1,893 10 3 385 7 2 2,278 17 5 Total arrears £ 1,893 10 3 385 7 2 2,278 17 5 Liabilities or Engagements. £ s. d. Apportionment of Primary Reserve rents for quarter ended 31st December, 1879 — Otago Education Board ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,789 18 6 Southland „ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 705 19 10 Total liabilities ... ... £3,445 18 4 I certify the above statement to be a correct abstract of the Commissioners' transactions for the period stated. H. Livingston, Auditor.

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In. ;ome. Schools. Balances on Jan. 1,1879. From Public Vote. Interest, Rents, and Proceeds of Endowments. From School Cornmiss'ers. Day School and Boarding Fees. Sundries. Deficit, Dec. 31,1879. Total. 1 Luekland College* Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School .. [hames High Seh. Whangarei High School Jew Plymouth High School Vanganui Endow'd School Vellington College Jelson College .. Jhristchurch Girls' High School .. Lshburton High School ?imaru High Schl. Vaitaki High Schl. )tago Boys' and Girls' High Schl. louthland Boys' & Girls' High Schl. £ s. d. 16 0 £ s. d. I 5,000 0 0 £ s. d. 1,858 4 9 £ s. d. 105 13 4 £ s. d. 1,665 4 9 £ s. d. 1,050 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 9,680 18 10 886 2 6 105 13 4 1,599 3 4 179 13 7 2,770 12 9 18 10 0 105 13 4 105 13 4 124 3 4 105 13 4 500 0 0 269 0 0 769 0 0 657 1 5 120 0 0 795 17 3 1,572 18 8 908*11 11 47 2 9 750 0 0 909 6 8 1,389 12 2 1,310 10 7 3,330 0 0 1,277 6 2 62 10 0 93 14 2 241 18 6 1,554 10 1 146 16 5 4,586 16 4 5,721 18 3 2,338 3 10 625 "0 0 109 9 11 185 0 0 294 9 11 5,255 5 1 3,098 19 4 798 7 4 192 17 0 1,221 10 3 228'l4 10 3,295' 6 10 5 0 0 6,058 12 5 192 17 0 7,844 11 3 568 15 0 508 18 5 953 17 0 71 18 7 2,103 9 0 £ 9,311 5 1 7,136 2 6 7,723 13 6 2,239 6 7 13,551 8 8 1,453 12 8 2,748 15 11 44,164 4 11

Office and other Expenses. Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1,1879. Office Salaries and Expenses. Advertising, Printing, Stationery, Insurance, Bents. Petty repairs, &c. School Salaries, Evening Classes, Boarding Expenses. School Buildings and Furniture. Sundries. Scholarships, Interest, &c. Balances, Dec. 31, 1879. Total. aickland College & Grammar School aickland Girls' High School .. [hames High Sch. Whangarei High School Jew Plymouth High School VanganuiEndow'd School Wellington College Jelson College .. Jhristchurch Girls' High School .. Lshburton High School [imaru High Sehl. Vaitaki High Schl. Hago Boys' and Girls' High Schl. louthland Boys' & Girls' High Schl. £ s. d. 219 1 6 £ s. d.. 152 13 1 £ s. d. 358 11 10 £ s. d. 2,906 17 7 £ s. d. 4,565 8 5 £ s. d. 1,008 8 9 £ s. d. 470 7 8 £ s. d. 9,680 18 10 441 14 3 1,573 12 10 755 5 8 2,770 12 9 4 3 4 16 12 10 103 7 2 105 13 4 124 3 4 105 13 4 769 0 0 769 0 0 37 17 0 63 1 10 433 6 8 772 15 8 265 17 6 1,572 18 8 657 0 2 91 4 3 225 0 0 377 0 6 229 14 3 246 12 6 2,806 0 5 3,805 13 0 1,896 8 8 887' 4 11 595 11 0 497 19 5 195 2 8 76 "6 8 4,586 16 4 5,721 18 3 2,338 3 10 3 3 0 291 6 11 294 9 11 1,045"7 8 35 0 0 14*-8 6 401 9 8 5,771' 7 7 4,872 7 9 3431' 6 10 193 1 7 199 U 0 958 8 1 177 18 6 85 5 6 6,058 12 5 192 17 0 7,844 11 3 36 1 0 214 5 6 1,025 19 0 754 18 8 72 4 10 2,103 9 0 1,921 9 4 581 18 8 2,366 14 8| 20,279 5 9 12,949 7 11 3,027 19 9 3,037 8 10 44,164 4 11

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AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Statement of Income and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Disbursements. £ s. d. Balance in hand of Treasurer, Jan. Ist, 1879 16 0 Bank of New Zealand —overdraft.. .. 219 1 6 Eents and Interest.. .. .. 1,858 4 9 Eents and interest—refund .. .. 2 12 6 School fees .. .. .. 1,600 4 0 School salaries .. .. .. 2,739 11 8 School Eeserves Commissioners .. 105 13 4 School repairs .. .. .. 915 5 Evening class fees .. .. .. 65 0 9 School rent ■.. .. .. 56 0 0 Insurance —refund.. .. .. 0 10 0 Books, prizes and stationery .. .. 131 6 8 Securities .. .. .. 850 0 0 Advertising and printing .. .. 60 2 6 Deposits .. .. .. 200 0 0 Insurance .. .. .. 40 18 9 General Government Grant for New Gram- City rates .. .. .. 30 8 6 mar School .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 Eepairs to property .. .. 60 8 5 Contingencies .. .. .. 205 16 3 Examinations .. .. .. 30 0 0 Evening classes .. .. .. 166 15 11 Office salaries and expenses .. .. 152 13 1 Securities .. .. .. 700 0 0 Deposits repaid .. .. .. 100 0 0 New Grammar School Buildings .. 4,505 0 0 Bank of New Zealand, balance Dec. 31st.. 463 13 9 Petty cash—balance in hand of treasurer .. 6 13 11 £9,680 18 10 £9,680 18 10 Auckland, 19th January, 1880. John James, Treasurer. I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School, for the year 1879, and that I find the same to be correct. 21st January, 1880. L. A. Durrieu, Auditor. AUCKLAND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Income and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Fees .. .. .. .. 1,599 3 4 By Salaries .. .. .. 1,573 12 10 Erom reserves for secondary education .. 105 13 4 Eent of premises .. .. .. 200 0 0 Capitation allowance, £1 Is. 3d. per quarter 886 2 6 Building and furniture .. .. 755 5 8 Examination .. .. .. 40 0 0 Miscellaneous, including stationery for school use, cleaning school, and all other incidental expenses.. .. .. 201 14 3 £2,590 19 2 £2,770 12 9 The deficiency in the income was supplied out of the ordinary funds of the Education Board. J. M. Clark, Chairman of Education Board. March, 1880. THAMES BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Balance Sheet for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Income. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Grants from Education Commissioners .. 105 13 4 By Insurance .. .. .. 410 0 Eents .. .. .. .. 18 10 0 Printing and advertising .. .. 4 3 6 Seal .. .. .. ..400 Stationery and telegrams .. .. 2 14 Bates .. .. .. .. 1 18 0 Secretary (salary) .. .. .. 4 3 4 Balance, cash in hand .. .. 103 7 2 £124 3 4 £124 3 4 L. Ehrenfried, Chairman. R. A. Heald, Secretary. Examined and found correct. L. A. Durrieu, Auditor. Ist April, 1880. WHANGAREI HIGH SCHOOL. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Period ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £. s. d. Expenditure. —Nil. From School Commissioners, Auckland .. 61 4 3 44 9 1 £105 13 4 Robert Reyburn, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above statement, and that I find the same to be correct. 19th March, 1880. L. A. Durrieu, Auditor.

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WANGANUI INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Account of the Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1879. Dr. Receipts. £ s. d. Cb. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Eents .. .. .. .. 657 1 5 By Contracts for schoolhouse .. .. 560 0 0 School fees .. .. 120 0 0 Salaries of masters .. .. 433 6 8 Architect and surveyor .. .. 60 13 1 Insurance .. .. .. 10 7 10 Bates .. .. .. .. 19 1 6 Contribution towards cricket ground .. 10 0 0 Printing, &e. .. .. .. 9 12 6 Clay and gravel for schoolhouse .. 33 5 0 Desks for school .. .. .. 64 2 7 Eepairs of master's house .. .. 54 15 0 School porter .. .. .. 14 0 0 Henson, on account purchase of lease .. 162 10 0 Commission and advertising sale of section (Jackson's account) .. .. 43 9 3 Sundries .. .. .. 22 19 1 E. Churton's commission, at 5 per cent, on £777 .. .. .. 37 17 0 Interest.. .. .. .. 36 19 2 £777 1 5 £1,572 18 8 E. W. Churton, 25th February, 1880. Agent. WELLINGTON COLLEGE. Balance Sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. De. Receipts. £ s. d. [Expenditure. £ s. d. To Tuition fees .. .. .. 804 14 3 By Masters' salaries .. ' .. .. 2,270 14 5 Boarding fees .. .. .. 442 5 4 Secretary, salary and commission .. 91 4 3 Eents of reserves .. .. .. 909 5 8 Janitor .. .. .. .. 50 10 0 Fees for evening classes .. .. 63 11 0 Examiners .. .. .. .. 31 10 0 Eefund from Turnbull Fund .. .. 62 10 0 Prizes—Turnbull .. .. .. 25 0 0 Government grant .. .. .. 750 0 0 ~ Levin .. .. .. 10 0 0 Balance due .. .. .. 1,554 10 1 ~ ordinary .. .. .. 811 6 Bhodes' scholarship .. .. 40 0 0 Printing, advertising, and stationery .. 196 10 3 Eepairs, insurance, and sundries .. 95 2 4 Boarding fees, and fees for evening scholars paid to masters .. .. .. 595 6 0 Balance of account Fitzherbert Terrace, paid to Hospital Trustees .. .. 50 17 5 Fencing, &c, Fitzherbert Terrace .. 16 12 0 Bates on land .. .. .. 3 7 11 Eoads in College Eeserve .. .. 64 10 0 Interest.. .. .. 380 0 1 £3,929 16 2 Balance brought forward from 1878 .. 657 0 2 £4,586 16 4 £4,586 16 4 Chas. P. Powles, Wellington, 4th March, 1880. Secretary. NELSON COLLEGE. Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending December 31st, 1879. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. nterest on Loans .. .. 957 7 2 Board expenses .. .. 2,214 8 0 Eents from Endowments .. 432 5 0 Principal and Masters —salaries 1,389 12 2 and fees .. .. 1,571 0 0 Boarding— Drill Instructor .. .. 20 5 0 Ist Quarter —Boarders, 48 .. .. Books and stationery .. 98 19 5 Do Day do., 11.. .. Additional College Buildings.. 64119 3 2nd Quarter —Boarders, 52 .. .. Bepairs and up-keep of College 245 5 8 Do. Day do., 11 .. .. 887 4 11 3rd Quarter —Boarders, 54 .. .. General and Incidental — Do Day do., 5.. .. Insurance .. .. 56 0 0 4th Quarter —Boarders, 51 .. .. Do. temporary and Andrews .. 25 10 0 Do Day do., 5 .. 2,235 0 0 Do. Sigglekow .. .. 5 10 0 Tuition Fees— Auditors' Fees .. .. 6 6 0 Ist Quarter —120 Pupils .. .. Advertising and Printing .. 27 5 9 2nd Do 114 „ .. .. Secretary .. ..225 0 0 3rd Do 119 ~ .. .. City rates, general, water, & gas 44 15 0 4th Do 1*22 „ .. .. 1,095 0 0 College sports and cricket club 10 0 0 N.B.—ln addition to the above there are Sundries, stamps, cartage, &c.. 16 13 6 12 free scholars, of whom 7 are boarders. Office stove .. .. 4 110 Books and stationery .. .. 45 6 6 Fire Brigade *.. .. 3 3 0 Interest on Simmons' Prize Office rent (2 years) .. 30 0 0 Fund .. .. 6 0 0 154 14 3 Do Governors' Fees, (Bank) 21 15 2 Scholarships— Interest .. .. 16 10 0 44 5 2 Foundation .. 70 0 0 ■ Endowed .. .. 84 0 0 Eefund by J. Sigglekow, (Insurance) 4 2 6 Exhibition .. .. 195 0 0 Governors' .. .. 50 0 0 £4,813 6 4 399 0 0 £5,645 11 7 Amount to credit Dec. 31, 1878 .. .. 908 1111 Balance to credit Dec. 31, 1879 .. 76 6 8 £5,721 18 3 £5,721 18 3

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Estimated Assets and Liabilities for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Suspense AccountLoans on Mortgage— Balance of Governors' Fees to General Endowment .. 12,904 17 6 December, 1878 .. 375 17 6 Scholarship Endowments .. 1,000 0 0 Governors' Fees for Year endGovernor's Fees .. 800 0 0 ing December, 1879 .. 72 0 0 Simmons'Prize .. .. 100 0 0 447 17 6 Balance to Cr. of Loan Acct. 61 2 6 Depreciation of College Buildings for 1879, Amount on Deposit .. 6 10 3 say £10,394 18s. 4d., at 2J per cent. .. 259 17 6 14,872 10 3 Difference in estimated value of College BuildFreehold Property, estimated at .. .. 6,500 0 0 ings from 1864 to 1868 .. .. 2,420 13 9 College Buildings, estimated at 9,507 13 5 Difference in value of furniture and first cost 924 12 3 „ Additions, repairs, and Balance represented by estimated value of En-up-keep, 1879 .. 887 4 11 dowment Property .. .. .. 30,949 4 0 10,394 18 4 College furniture, books, &0., &o. .. .. 720 5 2 Interest due on Mortgages to 31st Dec, 1879.. 1,199 19 1 Eents due from Endowments .. .. 304 5 0 Arrears of Boarding and Tuition Fees .. 932 13 0 Balance of Insurance due by J. Sigglekow .. 17 6 Balance to credit 31st December, 1879 .. 76 6 8 £35,002 5 0 £35,002 5 0 We hereby certify that we have examined the above accounts and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and found them correct. Oswald Curtis, H. C. Daniell, | AuditorsSecretary. J. T. Catley. J CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Income and Expenditube for the Year 1879. Income. £ s. d. [ Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in hand, Ist January, 1879 .. 47 2 9j By Salaries, extra fees, inspection, &o. .. 1,896 8 8 School and extra fees .. .. 1,277 6 2 j Printing and advertising .. .. 25 2 0 Grant from School Commissioners from Books and stationery .. .. 13 12 3 reserves for secondary education .. 625 0 0 Eepairs, furniture, and fittings .. 28 7 3 Interest.. .. .. .. 241 18 6 Bent, insurance, rates, taxes .. .. 156 0 0 Fuel .. .. .. .. 23 11 0 Exhibitions .. .. .. 80 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. 115 2 8 £2,191 7 5 £2,338 3 10 Note. —Interest amounting to £150 was due within the year and not paid. ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. Absteact of Accounts for Year ended 31st December, 1879. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To School Commissioners of Canterbury .. 185 0 0 By amount invested .. .. .. 225 0 0 Eents of reserves .. .. .. 106 C 9 Inspection and report on reserves .. 3 3 0 Interest on deposits .. .. 3 9 2 Balance in Bank .. .. .. 66 6 4 £294 9 11 £294 9 11 TIMARU HIGH SCHOOL. Statement op Receipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. i Expenditure. £ s. d. From Grants .. .. .. 5.255 51j By Building .. .. .. 4,872 7 9 Eents .. .. .. .. 643 7 2 Planting and incidental .. .. 193 1 7 Interest.. .. .. 155 0 2 Salaries .. .. .. 35 0 0 Incidental .. .. .. 5 0 0 Balance in hand at 31st December, 1879 .. 958 3 1 £6,058 12 5 £6,058 12 5 ~ I ' ~ Audited and found correct. 17th April, 1880. J. Ollivier, Provincial District Auditor.

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WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure to 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Amount received from Otago School Commis- By amount deposited at Colonial Bank of New sioners .. .. .. 83 2 4 Zealand .. .. 158 2 4 Amount of rents collected .. .. 109 14 8 Paid cost of books and stationery .. 14 17 6 Exchange paid Bank .. .. 0 10 Cash in Colonial Bank of New Zealand, open account .. .. .. 116 2 „ in hand .. .. .. 810 0 £192 17 0 £192 17 0 George Sumpter, Hon. Secretary. OTAGO BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Income. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Boys' High School Fees .. .. 1,164 15 0 By Balance overdraft .. .. .. 1,045 7 8 Girls' „ „ .. .. 1,155 610 Boys' High School Salaries .. .. 3,448 0 3 Eectory Boarding „ .. .. 975 5 0 Girls' „ „ A. .. 1,374 16 2 Col. Government refund reserves rents .. 1,046 14 1 Janitors, &c. .. .. .. 180 0 0 Eents of High School reserves .. 1,221 10 3 Incidental expenses .. .. 378 2 8 Education Board and School Commissioners School buildings .. .. .. 232 13 7 refund rents .. .. .. 2,052 5 3 Eectory „ .. .. .. 68 17 0 Grants from School Commissioners, Se- ~ furnishings .. .. 39 16 3 condary Eeserves rents .. .. 228 14 10 ~ supplies .. .. .. 768 11 2 Insurance .. .. .. 23 7 0 Surveying reserves .. .. 169 15 0 Interest on Dr. balances .. .. 29 19 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand .. 85 5 6 £7,844 11 3 £7,844 11 3 I certify this statement to be correct. H. Livingston, Auditor. SOUTHLAND BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS. Receipts and Expenditube from 23rd October, 1878, to 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To School Fees .. .. .. 953 17 0 To books and stationery .. .. 11 5 0 ; Eents of reserves .. .. 453 10 0 Printing and advertising .. .. 29 17 6 Subsidy from School Commissioners .. 508 18 5 Teachers' salaries .. .. 913 10 0 Arrears of reserves rents .. .. 115 5 0 Music teachers, do .. .. .. 112 9 0 Balance carried down .. .. 71 18 7 School furniture .. .. .. 53 5 0 Fuel .. .. .. .. 1 12 6 Cleaning .. .. .. 31 2 0 Eent .. .. .. 127 10 0 Gas .. .. .. 7 6 3 School fittings .. .. .. 42 0 0 Additions and internal improvements to School Buildings .. .. 4 11 8 Sundries .. .. .. 5 12 3 Fees paid, J. Hamilton for examining and reporting upon rural reserves .. 37 18 O Purchase money paid for site of proposed new girls' school .. .. 650 0 0 Cost of conveyance of same .. .. 5 2 0 Interest to Bank of New Zealand on overdraft .. .. .. 34 6 10 Secretary's salary, one year from 17th September, 1878, to September, 1879 .. 30 0 0 Do. from 17 Sept., to 31st Dec. 1879. .. 6 10 £2,103 9 0 £2,103 9 0 I certify this abstract to be correct. H. Livingston, Auditor. F. Nutteb, Secretary.

EEGULATIONS OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVEENOE IN COUNCIL. I. Class Book for Public Schools. Dated 16th September, 1879. [Yide New Zealand Gazette, No. 97, 18th September, 1879.] 1. The book entitled " Elementary Science, arranged for the use of Primary Schools in New Zealand," by J. Curnow and W. E. W. Morrison (Robertson, Melbourne), may be used in any public 8

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school as if it had been described and included in the list of works sot forth in the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. 2. This regulation shall come into force upon the date hereof.

ll.— Examination of Teachers in Music. Dated 23rd September, 1879. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 100, 25th September, 1879.] 1. At any examination held under the authority of the Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, further examination in vocal music shall not be required in, the case of any candidate who holds the "Intermediate Certificate" of the Tonic Sol-Fa College, provided that such "Intermediate Certificate" bear the letters "0.N." [Old Notation] duly attested. 2. This regulation shall come into force upon the date hereof.

lll.— Fees for Higher Education, Wanganui. Dated 9th March, 1880. [Vide New Zealand Gazette, No. 24, 11th March, 1880.] 1. In the district high school at Wanganui the fees for higher education within the meaning of section 56 of " The Education Act, 1877," shall be ten shillings a quarter for not more than two subjects, and five shillings a quarter for each subject in excess of two. 2. This regulation shall come into force upon the date hereof.

IV.— Examination of Teachers. Da.te.cl 7th July, 1880. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 70, 16th July, 1880.] 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in an Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the annual examination of candidates for teachers' certificates shall be held in the last week in January of every year, and not in the month of March, and candidates for any class must give written notice, accompanied by all necessary testimonials and declarations, not later than the first day of November immediately before the examination. 2. Every candidate for examination, with the exception of candidates who apply to be examined in elementary science or domestic economy only, and of candidates who having been partially successful at a former examination present themselves for examination in those subjects only in which they were at that former examination unsuccessful, shall at the time of giving notice of intention to be present at the examination, pay to the credit of the Public Account at any branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the sum of one pound sterling as a contribution towards defraying the expenses of the examination, and shall forward the bank receipt to the Minister of Education, with the notice of intention to sit at the examination. 3. No application for examination will be received unless it be accompanied by a certificate, signed hy a public school inspector, and setting forth that the candidate has passed before such inspector a satisfactory examination in reading, spelling, dictation, and writing ; but this regulation shall not apply to candidates who already hold certificates granted to them by the Minister of Education, nor to candidates who present themselves in those subjects only in which at a former examination they were unsuccessful. 4. These regulations shall come into force upon the date hereof.

CIECULAES. (Cibculab No. 34.) Education Department Wellington, 20th August, 1879. The Secretary to the Education Board, — From a careful examination of the summaries which the secretaries of Education Boards compile from the quarterly returns of school attendance prepared by the teachers, it is evident that in many schools sufficient attention is not paid to the eighth question in the quarterly return, —"What is the average weekly number on the roll during the quarter ?" It is therefore very necessary that the attention of teachers should be expressly drawn to paragraph 11 of the "Instructions" printed on the back of the "Public School Register of Daily Attendance," and to the bottom of each page of the register, where a place is provided for the " Weekly Roll Number." The importance of the matter is, perhaps, not sufficiently understood, though it has been explained in former papers issued from this office. The Government ought to be able to ascertain, by a simple reference to the quarterly returns, how many children actually belong to the schools. If, as is usually the case, the number which is accepted as correctly representing the children so belonging is higher than the ascertainable facts would justify, the Government and the country are misled as to the number of children whose education is neglected; and, further, the average attendance being compared with a roll number in excess of the truth, the attendance of those who do belong to the schools is made to appear more irregular and fluctuating than it really is. That the return of the number on the books at the end of a quarter does not fairly represent the number actually belonging, seems to be proved by the fact that a very large proportion of the pupils included in that return do not attend at all during the following quarter. Thus, the number on the books at December 31, 1878, was 65,334 ; but 4,500 of these pupils had practically left the schools at that date, and the returns show that they did not attend during the March quarter. There is reason to believe that the returns are not accurate on this point, and that the number of scholars on the books in December, who did not attend during the following quarter, was nearly 5,500. It is not likely that all these pupils left exactly at the end of the quarter. Many of them probably had retired from the schools before that time, though they were still reckoned as belonging. The inaccuracies which arise from this source will be reduced to a minimum if teachers will always follow the instruction (11) above referred to, and make the proper entry every week in the appropriate place.

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The following cases taken from the summaries for June, 1879, will show the character of the mistakes that are frequently made in the returns which are sent in to the department:—

In case A, the average weekly number on the roll could not have been so greatly in excess of the numbers at the beginning and end of the quarter, unless there had been an extraordinary addition of new pupils early in the quarter, and an extraordinary subtraction of pupils leaving a little before the end of the quarter. The same remark applies to case F, where it is also to be noticed that, if the average roll is stated correctly, the attendance of the girls is seriously irregular ; that, in fact, 99 out of 199 are absent on an average every day, Case B represents an error of an altogether different kind. If the number on the books at the beginning of the quarter was 359 (reduced from 400, as appears by the return of the previous quarter) and the number at the end of the quarter was 370, it is impossible to suppose that during the quarter so many left as to reduce the number on the roll below 277 to such a degree that, though the number on the roll afterwards rose to 370, the average number belonging was only 277. Besides, the average attendance for the quarter is stated at 280, and it is impossible that the attendance should be in excess of the roll. It is possible that the teacher in such a case (and there are many such cases) has not read the instructions, and supposes that the " weekly roll number " means the number of children who have attended at all during a given week. Case Gis of the same kind as case B, with this difference: that it shows an average roll lower than even the strict average attendance. Case D, so far as it is stated in the table given above, is of the same kind as cases B and G. In case C, the teacher seems to have simply copied the figures for working average, instead of ascertaining the weekly roll number according to the instructions. In case E, the average weekly number is certainly too low, and it professes that the girls belonging to the school are less in number than those attending. Case H presents no new feature, except that it shows such a difference between the strict average and the working average as ought to be very fully explained by the school authorities to the Board. A more minute examination of the returns which have been furnished with regard to case A shows that it is possible that the average weekly roll number may be as stated, since a very large number of pupils entered during the quarter, and a very large number left. There were 1,052 pupils on the books at the end of March quarter; 38 of these did not attend during the June quarter; during the lastmentioned quarter 193 new pupils entered; and, of those who attended at some time during the quarter, 159 left before the end of it: that is to say, more than one-eighth of the whole school during the June quarter consisted of new pupils, and yet the school was smaller at the end of the quarter than at the beginning. If one-eighth of the pupils of a school pass through it in a quarter, the average time of each pupil at the school is only two years; so that there must be very frequent migrations from one school to another, to the great detriment of the schools and of the scholars. The more frequent such changes are, the more necessary it becomes for teachers to keep the roll number as close as possible to the actual facts of the case, in order that the real number of children under instruction may be known. The standardcertificates, if strictly used according to Regulation 4 of the Order in Council relating to standards, may he made to constitute a check upon undue migration from school to school. The last part of that regulation is as follows : "Every scholar transferred from one public school to another shall be required to exhibit his last certificate to the head teacher of the school." Case lis an example of a kind of mistake which might have been thought impossible. The working average is made to appear less than the strict average. Another mistake, which often occurs in the returns, consists in stating the number belonging at the beginning of a quarter (line 111., after deducting line 11. from line I.) as actually higher than the number belonging at the end of the previous quarter (which number should be copied in line I. from line VII. of the return of the preceding quarter). But hy far the larger number of the errors which can be detected by inspection, are such as relate to the weekly roll number. Unfortunately, so many mistakes that can be detected throw doubt upon the accuracy of the returns in general. The Education Department is primarily charged with the administration of a very large amount of the Public Revenue annually voted by Parliament for education, and it feels very strongly the necessity of being enabled to furnish very full and trustworthy information as to the number of the youth of the colony who are receiving the benefit of such education. The department therefore feels constrained to appeal to Education Boards, School Committees, and Public-School Teachers for their hearty co-operation

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in this important matter. Now that the registers and forms of returns have been in use for more than a year, it is not unreasonable to expect that the teachers will prove themselves both willing and competent to furnish the required information with the utmost care and accuracy, and that the Secretaries of Boards will assist the department by carefully examining the school returns as they are received, and by referring back to Committees any of them which are manifestly inaccurate, or respecting which an explanation may be deemed necessary. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 36.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, . 25th August, 1879. In connection with the distribution of the current vote for school buildings, I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to bring under the notice of Education Boards the desirableness of securing in all cases a proper degree of privacy for the boys' and girls' closets in the school grounds. It is within the knowledge of the department that in some districts the rule is to have separate playgrounds for the sexes, that the closets are so situated in the grounds that at least their doors are screened from observation, and that in many cases the plans leave nothing to be desired. But it is also known that the same attention to decency is not shown in other places, and that even unnecessarily costly structures have been provided without securing the requisite privacy. I am, therefore, to request Boards to be good enough to take such steps as they may consider best to secure that separate closets of a suitable description are provided for every school, that these are placed in proper positions, and that at least the doors are screened from public observation. It is suggested that suitable closet arrangements should form an essential part of the plans of all new schools ; that in regard to existing school buildings the Inspector of Schools should be directed to point out what may be necessary in this respect; and that in the case of large schools suitable urinals should be provided if at all possible. I may further state that in all probability Boards will be asked to furnish in their next annual report information on the subject referred to, and to state the general principle on which the arrangements are made. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 37.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, . 17th September, 1879. I am directed by the Minister of Education to inform you that you will be supplied with — copies each of parts 1 and 2 of a book of Elementary Linear Drawing copies, adapted for collective teaching in public schools, prepared by Mr. D. C. Hutton, of the Dunedin School of Art. These books are intended to be distributed among the schools in the following proportions, namely:—l copy of each part to every school having —to 100 pupils ; 2 copies to every school having 100 to 300 pupils; 3 copies to every school having 300 to 500 pupils ; 4 copies to every school having 500 to 700 pupils. A second series of a more advanced character is in preparation. E. O. Gibbes, For the Secretary.

(Circular No. 44.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, . 10th December, 1879. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to inform your Board that Government are desirous to obtain very full and accurate information respecting the present wants of the population in the several educational districts as regards school building accommodation. With a view to facilitate the furnishing of this information by the Boards in a systematic manner, I am to ask that the three forms of return herewith enclosed may be filled up with the utmost possible care and correctness, and forwarded to this office not later than 20th January next. Return No.l. —This return is intended to include school buildings and works actually under contract, and not completed and paid for on Ist January, 1880. But it will also include any slight extras which may be wanted to render the buildings complete. You will be careful, however, to show the particulars of such extras and their cost in a separate line, as directed by the note to the return. Return No. 2.—This return is intended for buildings and works not included in Return No. 1, and in respect of which the Board has not contracted any liability. You will be careful to enter first of all and to distinguish works in school districts already constituted, which are considered absolutely necessary to meet the present wants of the district. You will then enter and distinguish the school buildings and works considered necessary in school districts which the Board has resolved to constitute. Return No. 3.—This return needs no explanation. It will be seen that the several heads of expenditure are to correspond with the totals in Returns 1 and 2, and that a heading is provided for such expenditure as cannot be charged against any particular school or schools. It is believed that these returns, if properly made out, will show somewhat clearly the circumstances which appear to the Board to justify its estimated requirements in respect of school buildings. But as the estimate of requirements will, in a number of instances, be based upon an expectation of increased school attendance, you are requested to furnish, in the form of notes to the return, any statistical information which can be adduced in support of such expectation. In the case of a proposed new school or new school district you will please furnish in a separate note particulars respecting the distance of the proposed site from the nearest existing school; the character of the population, whether settled or otherwise ; and the number of children of school age who cannot attend at schools already in operation. ' ' Your Board will please note that Return No. 2 is not to include prospective wants such as may hereafter arise from new settlements or other causes. In estimating the cost of the works it is of the utmost importance to keep in mind that the greatest possible economy, compatible with efficiency, should be exercised in the expenditure of the moneys placed at the Board's disposal for school buildings. The definition of the term " school buildings" is given in the last paragraph of Circular No. 15 of date 2nd November, 1878. John Hislop.

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(Circular No. 47.) . Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, . 7th February, 1880. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to state that the claims on the sum at the disposal of the Government for school buildings being very largely in excess of that sum, it is indispensable that Education Boards do not incur fresh liabilities, on account of school buildings, in excess of the amount of available balance in their hands, the balance, if any, of last building grant still to be received by them from the Government, and the moneys available out of their own ordinary Board fund, until the returns recently called for have been fully considered by the Government, and a decision has been arrived at. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 50.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, . 27th February, 1880. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to inform you that, after careful consideration of the relative circumstances and necessities of the several Education Districts in regard to the existing provision for schools and teachers' residences, the Government has apportioned the additional school buildings vote of £50,000 passed by the General Assembly for the current financial period, and that the amount granted to your Board is £ * You will therefore be good enough to forward the usual certificates (up to the above-mentioned amount) from time to time, as the money may be wanted for the payment of work performed. I am further directed to impress upon Boards the necessity which exists for their carefully refraining from anticipating the votes of the General Assembly for school buildings, and from incurring any liabilities beyond those which can be covered by the moneys already authorized. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 53.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the School Commissioners. 4th June, 1880. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to state that an examination of the accounts of the School Commissioners of the several Provincial Districts shows that the aggregate amount of arrears of rent due by the lessees of the Education Beserves had increased from £3,565 9s. 10d., at the close of 1878, to £6,060 ss. 6d. on 31st December, 1879; being an increase of £2,494 15s. Bd. during the year. I am, therefore, to request the School Commissioners to be good enough to report, for the information of the Government, what steps they are taking, or propose to take, for reducing to the greatest possible extent the amount of the arrears due by their tenants, and for securing that, in future, arrears shall not be allowed to accumulate to an undue degree. I am to take this opportunity to recommend to the School Commissioners that, in making the quarterly adjustment of accounts between the primary and secondary reserves, all expenditure which cannot be clearly separated should be charged against the two classes of reserves in exact proportion to the amount of the revenue derived from them respectively for the quarter. This is clearly the fairest course to pursue, and it is rendered all the more necessary, because last year's returns show that in several Provincial Districts the receipts from the two classes of reserves do not bear the same proportion to each other which was at first contemplated—viz., in the proportion of 3 to 1. John Hislop.

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, MAECH, 1880. REPORT OF INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF SCHOOLS. Sir, — Education Department, Wellington, Bth June, 1880. I have the honor to submit the following statement as supplementary to the information which you had before you yesterday when you were determinining the final position of candidates in the second annual examination for certificates. The number of candidates entered for Class D was 157, of whom 124 presented themselves for examination, and 34 passed; the corresponding numbers for Class E being 265, 227, and 20, respectively, besides two who entered for Class D and passed in E. Of candidates who were partially successful at last year's examination, and who entered to complete the examination this year, the number was 175, of whom 146 presented themselves, and 122 passed; and 23 others who, having been only partially successful last year attempted to pass in Class D this year but failed, have succeeded in completing their examination for Class E. The whole number of candidates examined this year is, therefore, 497 (out of 597 entered), and of these 201 are successful, (34 for Class D, 22 for Class E, and 145 for completion of examination), and 41 are partly successful, (14 for Class D, and 27 for Class E). Those who are partly successful will receive credit for the subjects in which they have passed well, and be required to pass at a future examination in the subjects in which they have failed, which in every case constitute a small part of the whole work demanded for a full pass. The numerical results of the examination are set forth with fuller details in the following table: —

* Auckland, £15,000; Taranald, £1,500; Wanganui, £4,000; Wellington, £4,500; Hawkes' Bay, £3,000; Marlborough, £200; Nelson, £2,000 ; North Canterbury, £7,000 ; South Canterbury, £2,000 ; Westland, £2,200; Otago, £7,000; Southland, £1,600.

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Of the candidates who came up to complete their examination, that is to say, to pass in some one or more subjects postponed from last year, a very large number is returned as successful (122 out of 146). Many of them were teachers who had passed in all the subjects with the exception of " elementary science." The examiner in that subject reports that the work done this year is of very good quality indeed, and that most of the candidates show that they have understood what is required of them, and have carefully prepared themselves for the examination. In this year's list of teachers, which is now being prepared, the asterisk (denoting that a certificate is " provisional ") will occur much less frequently than in last year's list; a result which is due partly to the diligence with which many teachers availed themselves of Professor Black's course of scientific lectures, and the examination which followed it, and partly to the good work done at the examination now under review. I am of opinion that many of the candidates who have failed for class D. might have passed well in class E, if they had been content to secure the lower classification before aiming at the higher. By the concentration of their attention upon the smaller group of subjects, they might have attained to proficiency in them, so as not only to pass in class E, but to be prepared also for a more thorough treatment of these subjects as part of the work of a future examination for class D. In some cases the failure for class D was not in the optional subjects, but in those which are common to all the classes, and the failure was generally so bad as to disqualify the candidate even for the lower class (E). [The large number of failures for class E is owing, in great measure, to the fact that many persons offer themselves for examination who have nothing whatever to justify them in supposing that they are fit to become teachers. A preliminary examination in reading, spelling, and dictation would probably have the effect of greatly reducing the number of candidates. I select the following illustrations of bad spelling from exercises written by candidates for class D. : —kaitif and catif, nautious, flymn andphelem, (for phlegm), verdigrease and ver-de-grees, vittles, retio se natione and rhatosonation (for ratiocination). One candidate (for class E) in writing a letter as an exercise in composition says : "I should like you to continue your studies as regularally as possable." It is like breaking a fly on a wheel to employ all the machinery of examiners, supervisors, printed papers, &c, for the purpose of detecting ignorance of this kind iu those who aspire to the work of teaching. I shall submit, in a few days, a proposal for dealing in a more simple way with some of the candidates. In the examination in the outlines of English history it is expected that a candidate shall show sufficient knowledge of the subject to enable him to preside intelligently over a class engaged in reading a lesson from a text-book, and to turn to larger books for matter which may illustrate the lesson. Minute and accurate acquaintance with such a large subject is not looked for, and a liberal value is assigned to all intelligent answers. But it is found that the examination in practice becomes to a great extent a test of common sense. Candidates, who might pass if they knew enough to know their ignorance of historical facts, and if they left many questions unanswered, exhibit a recklessness and a habit of confused thinking that justify their rejection. The candidates for class E were asked to "name and characterize the great English statesmen of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?" Some of the answers illus-

Entered. Present. luccessful. Pai Sucr rtially jessful. District. Class D. Class K. To com-j plete. Class D. Class E. To complete. Class D. Class E. Completed former Examination. Class D. Class E. .uckland 34 129 25 7 4 5 1 14 48 120 45 '8 34 1 'aranaki "4 7 "4 "s "6 5) * * 6 5 0 5 "i 0 4 lawke's Bay 5 2 2 1 Vanganui h 14 "4 9 o 14 14 '6 Wellington h 6 12 1 9 12 *6 6 i j) • * *7 6 1 ■larlborough i '4 i 2 o '6 ») * • 3 3 i i 1 )» • * lelson 16 9 0 '2 19 i i-i io Vestland "i 4 o )» * * "i 3 '6 i forth Canterbury 37 27 '9 2 7 "s 7 "i i 4 32 44 29 41 i> 38 3 South Canterbury '4 9 '3 9 0 '6 3)> 55 2 46 i i 3 >tago 30 26 is I 3 i 4 n * • 16 12 io l )> • ■ Southland 6 ■3 "4 4 2 4 i i jj • • i jj • • Totals 157 265 175 124 227 146 34 22 145 14 27 597 497 201

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trate the want of common sense to which I have referred. (1.) "Pitt, one of the best primers England has seen; Gladstone, Disraeli, Fox, and Sheridan." (2.) " Sir G. Grey, W. Fox, Pilchard, Carl Crombie, Murray Fisher." (3.) " Shakespeare, Chaucer, Wm. Spenser (Faerie Queane), and Dickens." (4.) "From his earliest years Pitt was inflicted with the gout." (5.) "Pitt led a chequered life; he was troubled with rheumatics." (6.) "Laud, better known as Stafford." The following are portions of answers given to a ■question which afforded an opportunity of showing any knowledge the candidates possessed with regard to Milton, the Septennial Act, Glencoe, Laud, the Rump, and the South Sea Bubble. "Milton was a poet, under William the Fourth. A very good poet, and was liked very much by his friends." " Milton, a great poet, translated the Bible." "Milton was a philosopher, who did much to increase our knowledge of the laws of nature, notably gravitation." " Milton also wrote Agonistes and Samson; was married twice and was not loveable to either of his wives." "The Septennial Act was passed once in seven years;" " elected members every five years;" " was that parliament should be closed seven years;" "was an Act drawn up to prevent any sovereign from keeping the meanest subject in prison without bringing them to a fair trial. No more beautiful and perhaps useful lives would be allowed to pine and waste away in damp dungeons," and so on. " Glencoe, a Scottish chieftain who rose in rebellion against the Protestants, and wanted to have Presbyterianism established in Scotland." " They rose up in the middle of the Knight, and begain their work of Blood." " Archbishop Laud, Minister of St. Andrews, and who was murdered by Balfour Burleigh"—"a Royalist general"—"an archbishop. He did much good in promoting Puritanism." " The Rump, so called from the Whigs and Tories having had quarrels"—" so called from one cf its members." " The (South) Sea Bubble is spoken of in history as being similar to a waterspout. . . . Ships have been known to meet this strange sea-bubble, and of course journeys upward with it unless it is foreseen ; and, if so, the seamen discharge fire-arms into it to break or burst. . . . Ships have been carried many miles overland by it. In fact, everything is, as it were, sucked into it." It would be easy to multiply instances not less absurd. I have quoted these, because I think they show—first, the necessity of having children taught history so far as to render them incapable of making such blunders ; and, secondly, the value of an examination in history, for the purpose of preventing those who can make them from becoming school-teachers. It is, perhaps, necessary to add that many of the successful candidates passed well m history, as they did also in other subjects, and gave evidence of great ability and considerable attainments. The examiner in arithmetic reports that " the greater number of the candidates for class D did their work ... in fairly good style, and the results show an improvement on those obtained last year;" hut that of the candidates for class E "a large proportion . . . possess so very meagre an acquaintance with the commonest rules of arithmetic as to make it clear that they ought not to have presented themselves at an examination for the classification of teachers." The examiner in geography says : "It appears to me that candidates come up in large numbers for class E, who can never have the smallest hope of passing." The same examiner complains of the "lamentable ignorance" of most of the candidates for class D, with respect to such matters as the variations of the length of the day, the changes in the seasons, the theories of the tides, currents, and winds, and the construction of maps. I agree with him in thinking that it is not too much to expect that candidates for class D will be able to answer questions which are treated with sufficient fulness in a shilling text-book (Grove's Geography, in Macmillan's Science Primer series). The great importance of the subject must be my excuse for making a long extract from the report of the examiner in school-management and the art of teaching:— " The results of the examination are on the whole comparatively low, only fourteen candidates taking over 70 per cent. But for the time wasted on unnecessary work, in connection with registration and time-tables, in many cases the results would have been higher. Instead of simply completing the extract from the register and giving the results required, some candidates made out a new form, copied all the attendances, and put on paper the calculations, which might have been done mentally with greater accuracy; while others added to these the directions given in the registers for finding averages, &c. In connection with time-tables, junior assistants in large schools attempted, from a partial knowledge of the organization, to give the time-table of the whole school in which they are engaged; and other candidates, taking the alternatives offered, wasted their time in drawing and filling up separate forms for each class. Many candidates with considerable experience in teaching and fairly read in the subject were placed at considerable disadvantage evidently from want of practice in committing their thoughts to paper. "In some districts the range of reading on school management is very limited. It would not be too much to expect, and it would certainly be of great advantage to teachers and their schools, were three or four of the best works on this subject not only read, but freely used as books of reference. To our young teachers in isolated country schools this is absolutely necessary, and many candidates apparently in charge of such schools would have been saved from failure by the practice. " It may be worthy of note that, in answering the section on registration, while many were nearly correct, only 70 were absolutely so. Taking the average of the weekly averages was an error common to many who shewed the method of finding results. "In the time-tables for the schools with the teacher unassisted, arithmetic was frequently left untaught, being set down for desk work, while the teacher was engaged at some other subject demanding his whole attention." I desire to call attention to the fact that one hundred persons who sent in their names for examination failed to present themselves, and thus caused a great deal of useless trouble and expense. The setting of papers, the printing, the clerical work, the arrangement of the time-table, and the choice of rooms for examination, are matters affected by the numbers of the candidates entered. Perhaps it would be well to exact a fee from every person giving notice of intention to come up for examination. In conclusion, I venture to recommend that in future the examination be held in January instead of in March. There were good reasons for believing that the later date would be found most suitable ; but as the result of two years' experience, I am now of opinion that, having regard to the times of opening and closing the sessions of colleges and normal schools, the month of January is the best time for the annual examination. I append a file of the examination papers. I have, &c, Wm. 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List of Passes. The following lists contain statements of the principal results of the examination held at the end of March, 1880. It must be understood that the granting of a certificate depends only in part upon the result of an examination, and that candidates who have not had the experience required by the regulations, or who do not receive the necessary marks from a School Inspector, have no claim to a certificate. The first list contains the names of the successful candidates at the examination for Class D. The second supplies similar information with regard to Class E. The third and fourth lists give the names of candidates who will be allowed to qualify for Classes D and E respectively, by passing at the next examination in those subjects only in which they have this year been unsuccessful. The fifth is the list of candidates whose status before the examination was "provisional," and who have now passed in the additional subjects necessary for a full certificate. Every candidate will receive a private intimation of his success or failure, and those whose names are in the third and fourth lists will be advised as to the subj ects in which they will require to be examined again. An asterisk against a name signifies that the candidate is too young to hold a full certificate. I. Passed the Examination for Class D. * Christina Kirk Henderson. Auckland — John James Mahood. Walter Airey. * Annie Emily Mannering. * Alfred McCracken. Egbert John Mayo. Edward Millington. Florence Ockford. Richard John Pearce. * Robert Curer Whitham. Percy Scott Smallfield. Otago— . Ralph Duncan Stewart. * Louis Williamson Adams. * Eliza Gilchrist Wallace. * Harriet Isabella Bett. Wellington— * Jane Kelly. Edward Samuel. James Robertson. Nelson — Southland — Edward Cowles. Arthur Frederic Elwell. North Canterbury jjj_ Partial Success recorded towards Class D. William Dixon. Auckland— * Edith Sydney Dunnage. George William Bradshaw. William Hale. * Marion Dunning. * Charles Dorey Hardy. Wynne Charles Stewart Gray. Henry Kitchingman. Frederick William Kysh. Emily Peach. Edward Watkins. * Sibella Euphemia Ross. North Canterbury— * Isabella Spensley. * William Alexander Banks. * Joseph Thomas. Bethia Jack. Otago Ann Kitchingman. * Helen Alexander. * Frederick William Wake. * Bethia Brmgans. Otago— * Margaret Buchanan. Jessie Christina Brown. William Christie. . * ga rah Lizzie Crump. * Jane Leighton Couper, HeEry n^dale. * James Fitzgerald. Southland— * William Fitzgerald. Walter Wilmot Madden. * Catherine McAra Graham. Cornelius Mahoney. Forrestina Elizabeth Grant. * Catherine Haig. jy. Partial Success recobded towards Class E. * Helen Alexandnna Hossack. ah a «• Edith Jane Emma Little. AucManct— William Macandrew. -et Jane Allely. Mary Milne (Caversham). . | I±red 6John Youngson. * Agnes Carr. q ~ 1 -, Lydia De Carteret. 0U Thomas Bradley Bennett. £™ a Elizabeth Drought. Eobert Coates Dyer. H. Passed the Examination for Class E. * Mary Catherine Howard. Auckland— j ess i e McGlashan. James Armstrong. Alexander McNaughton. Bethia Blades. Jane Simpson. * Amy Eliza Bottnll. * Jane Hett Sinclair. Annie Harkis Jaue Catherine Spence. * Eliza Jane Holder. Harry Walter Wells. Evan Richards. Caroline Ellen White. * Ellen Ann Swam. * L ydia Wright. * Janet Williams. Wellington North Canterbury— Frederick William Connell. * John Charles Allan. Westland Alice Buxton. * Harriet Florence Gilroy. * Alice Eleanor Henderson.

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North Canterbury— Emma Cooper. * Laura Malbon Allison. Henry Hardwicke Dyer. * Susan Barrett. Arthur Andrew Pearce England. Harry Vernon Chichester. William Henry Harris. * Helen Ladbrooke. Clement William Lee. * Mary Mills. Charles Henry Wilson Lock. Otago— Alexander Mair. * John Collins Browne. Thomas Whaley Postans. James Gunning Closs. Denis Quinlan. * Ellen Elizabeth Harper. Francis Edward Watson. * Elizabeth Morrison. Wellington ■ * Sarah Ponsonby. Georgina Elizabeth Chatwin. George Samuel Evans. V. Passed in the Subjects bequieed to complete Robert Johnston. fobmeb Examination. Charles Reesby Joplin. Auckland— John Katterns Manning. Martha Alford. John Sweeney Prendeville. Kate Allan. Clement Watson. Benjamin Bailey. Marlborough— Lucy Bluck. Andrew Everiss. Thomas Campbell. Charles Peake. Lydia Carr. NelsonJohn Chilman. Sophia Sarah Blackmore. Isaac Coburn. Elizabeth Anne Buckendge. Susan Cole. George Deck. Amelia Fisher. Mary Anne Dement. Frederick Ford. Mary Catherine Helen Gascoigne. Sarah Good. Eleanor Gertrude Guy. Ellen Julia Gould. George Clifford Pease Jennings. Jane Walker Grant. Lucy Harriette Kitching. Charles Gribble. Harry Ladley. * Katherine Mary Evers Hart. Sarah Leach. Annie Hewitt. Barbara Macleay Robb. Henry Rushton Hyatt. Westland— Frances Longmore. Robert Leonard Clements. Mary Lovatt. Richard Gouldir.g. * Mary McElwain. George Benjamin McAlpine. Margaret Mackay. North Canterbury— Herbert Mason. James Thompson Allsop. George William Murray. Isaac Atkinson. John Murray. Archibald Binnie, John Mitchell Murray. Jessie Bowmaker. Mary Phillips. William Brock. Henry Thomas Pycroft. Alice Eliza Chapman. Annie Elizabeth Eevell. James Baird Chisholm. Mary Emma Revell. Eleanor Sarah Collins. Joseph Bullen Rockliff. Frederick John Cumberworth. Elizabeth Sinclair. Sarah Elizabeth Derry. John Stallworthy. Caroline Ada Edwards. Mary Ann Stanton. Ada Emily Foster. Marianne Wann. Thomas Adkisson Gates. William Blundell Wannop. * George Gilling. Herbert Woodham. Mary Anderson Gordon. Eliza Forsaith Young. James Grant. Taranaki — * Mary Hall. Mary Brooking. Martha Gibb Hamilton. Robert James Cattley. Amy Harband. Richard Morgan. Annie Emma Hookham. George O'Connell. Charles David Husband. Marianne Surrey. * Mary Elizabeth Jenkins. Hawke's Bay — Edward Ivory Jennings. Charles James Hansard. Martha Hortensia Kaufmann. Peter McOwan Wilson. Margaret Ann Kelly. Wanganui— William David McClure. Sarah Frances Roberta Blyth. Alice Blanche May. Robert Temple Brown. James Boxer Mayne. Arthur Palmerston Burnham. Elizabeth Monk. 9

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EXAMINATION PAPERS.-—MARCH, 1880. Class D. —English Grammar and Composition. Monday, March 22nd. — Morning, 10 to 1. 1. What various forms and uses does the present tense assume in English ? Distinguish the following uses of the present: (a) The boat sails to-morrow; (b) Till thou speak, thou shalt not pass from hence; (c) Then Cassar crosses the Rubicon and marches on Rome; (d) Jealousy is cruel as the grave; (e) He walks night after night; (f) The mountains look on Marathon; (g) Pines grow well on this soil; (K) As lam a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night. 2. Point out the various functions a noun may perform in a sentence, and give instances of a numeral, a pronoun, an infinitive, a gerund, a sentence, an infinitive clause, used as a noun. 3. Distinguish adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions, and classify, where you think it possible, the italicized words with reference to your distinction; (a) Noio that we are alone; (b) Before we met we did so ; (c) Before that we met we did so ; (d) Out of the clouds ; (e) As for him ; (/) To walk two and two ; (g) By and by ; (A) Four o'clock; (?) Early to bed ; (J) All this to do; (k) Tomorrow; (I) Go to, now. 4. State and exemplify five or more exceptions to the rule that the noun precedes its verb, five or more exceptions to the rule that proper names do not admit the article before them, and three or more seeming exceptions to the rule that personal pronouns agree with the nouns they represent in gender, number, and person. 5. Distinguish the following pairs, and write sentences to bring out the exact force of each word; confide in and confide to; differ from and differ with; modest and bashful; almost and nearly; contest and conflict; recovery and restoration. 6. Parse fully the underlined words ; (a) I could find it in my heart to do so ; (5) To be sure, that is the case ; (c) They loved each other; (d) Had we but known before ; (e) It is hard to say ; (f) If you think other; (g) There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue; (h) He sat him down; (i) Pray begone ; (j) Out upon you ! I have loved. 7. Explain the force of the italicized parts of the following words : gainsay, forgive, awake, thou urt, enough, sweetheart, whom, fir*;, weither, what, yeomanry, riches. 8. Correct or justify, with reasons for your decision— (a) He was as obstinate, nay, more obstinate than his son; (b) He was the founder and the patron of the institution; (c) I heard of him coming here; (d) A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both; (e) He aimed at nothing less than the throne; (f) Let us embark into the feature on which the question hinges; (g) The dead are only happy, and the dying; (h) He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin; (i) Like the butterfly our brilliant life is short. 9. Translate into ordinary English, without regard to the sources of the words you use —" It was against such harshness of hard unlike breath-pennings that Celtic speech took its markworthy wordmouldiug." " There can be shown to any writer two hundred thing-names, known to every man and woman of our own village, for things of the body and dress of a labourer without any mark-words, or time-words, or others, and without leaving the man for his house or garden or the field or his work." "There is yet another causo of error not always easily surmounted, though more dangerous to the veracity of itinerary narratives than imperfect mensuration." 10. Spell the words dictated by the Supervisor. 11. Write the passage dictated by the Supervisor. 12. Give a full description of any eccentric character you have met, either in life or in fiction.

Class D. —Exercise in- Dictation and Spelling. (Part of Paper on English Grammar and Composition ) Monday, March 22nd. — Morning. 10. Spelling Exercise: Victuals, coigne of vantage, exchequer, obeisance, nauseous, ratiocination, caitiff, phlegm, puisne judge, sieve, verdigris, employee. 11. Dictation Exercise: " For anything I can tell, Miss Brooke may be happier with him than she would be with any other man." " Humphrey ! I have no patience with you. You know you would rather dine under the hedge than with Casaubon alone. You have nothing to say to each other." " What has that to do with Miss Brooke's marrying him I She does not do it for my amusement." " He has got no good red blood in his body," said Sir James. " No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses," said Mrs. Cadwallader. "Why does he not bring out his book, instead of marrying?" said Sir James, with a disgust which he held warranted by the sound feeling of an English layman. . " Oh, he dreams footnotes, and they run away with all his brains. They say, when he was a little boy, he made an abstract of ' Hop o' my Thumb:' and he has been making abstracts ever since. Ugh ! And that is the man Humphrey goes on saying that a woman may be happy with." " Well, he is what Miss Brooke likes," said the Rector. " I don't profess to understand every young lady's taste." 10

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Class D. —Arithmetic. Tuesday, March 23.— Morning 10 to 1. 1. Divide seven thousand and eight millions ninety-four thousand and six by two hundred and thirty-one in three factors. Explain the method of finding the correct remainder. 2. Show why it is that, if a number is an exact divisor of two other numbers, it also divides exactly their sum or difference. 3. Multiply 27 acres 3 roods 15 poles 18 yards by 235. 4. Find, by Practice, the value of 24 tons 10 cwt. 1 qr. 11 lb. at £2 13s. 4d. per cwt. 5. A dealer buys 14 barrels of tobacco, each containing 2 cwt. 36 lb., at £15 Bs. Bd. per cwt. He paid for freight and charges 16s. 9d. per barrel, and 6s. per lb. duty. How much did he gain by retailing it at 6d. per oz. ? 6. Explain carefully the rule for the addition of vulgar fractions, taking for illustration the fractions —f, f, -£-, oi s_nfrH e;A qi a ~f 171 7. Simplify ♦ofsl + 4ir of *i -*0t % and also-?-? £ "M-^-r 1 -* * J 3* 3| 5i +31 fof 3f. 8. One of two partners owns T \ of a farm, and the other the remainder, the difference between their shares being 39 acres 3 roods 20 poles. If the land be worth £1-h per acre, find the value of the farm. 9. A and B together can do a piece of work in 3\ days, which A alone could have done in 5 days. Show that A works twice as fast as B. 10.' Divide 35*7 by -00224, and multiply 25-6 by 1*127. 11. Express the difference between 1~ of ss. and -016 of £4, 10s. as the decimal of 1*44 of 3s. lOd. 12. If the carriage of 24f tons for 7 T V miles cost 5 guineas, what weight will be carried 4|- miles for £6 12s. ? 13. A rectangular block, whose length is twice its breadth, contains 2,420 acres. Find the expense of putting a fence round it, at 16s. per chain. 14. Explain the meaning of the terms interest and rate per cent. If £1,160 amounts in 7 months to £1,210 155., find the rato per cent, per annum. 15. A person sells out £4,000 New Zealand 5 per cent, stock at 102-J. He lends £1,500 of the proceeds on mortgage at 8 per cent., and invests the remainder in 3 per cent. Consols at 97-J. To what extent will his income be affected bv these transactions? 16. A person embarked the whole of his capital, which was originally £1,275, in three successive speculations. In the first he gained 55 per cent., and in each of the others he lost 20 per cent. Find his whole gain or loss.

Class D.—Geography. Tuesday, March 23. — Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. 1. Explain the means which are taken to represent with sufficient accuracy the spherical surface of the earth, or portions of it, on a flat map. Explain the nature of Mercator's Projection, and show the advantages and disadvantages which that mode of constructing a map possesses. 2. Which has the longer winter days, Dunedin or Auckland? And.which the longer summer days? Give fully the reasons for your answer. , 3. What are the causes of curreuts in the ocean ? Trace the course,of the great Equatorial Current. 4. Trace the course of the groat European watershed, and enumerate in order, beginning from the east, the rivers which flow north or west from it. 5. Draw an outline map of Asia, insert the naines of the capes, and mark the positions of the capital towns of the various countries in it. 6. Give the position of the following towns in the British Isles, and state anything for which each is remarkable: —Winchester, Drogheda, Stornoway, Cardiff, Shrewsbury, Cork, Coventry, Carnarvon, Yarmouth, Paisley, St. Albans, Maidstone, Perth, Limerick. 7. Draw a map of the South Island of New 3Zs.a'and, and mark its more important physical features. 8. Give an account of the more important British possessions, their situation, principal town, and any other facts which you think worthy of note. 9. Give the political divisions of South America, and the chief towns of each division. 10. Write a brief account of the Eauna and Flora of Australia.

Class D.—English History. Monday, March 22nd. — Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. [Note. —Candidates may omit tliree questions.] 1. Compare briefly the influence of Latin peoples with that of Teutonic peoples on England and its history before the Norman Conquest. 2. Describe the inroads of the Danes, and the political confusion in England arising therefrom. 3. Give a brief history of the attitude of the Church and the Throne towards each Other between the Norman Conquest and the reign of Elizabeth. 4. How did feudalism and national spirit affect each other in England ? 5. Give an outline of Magna Charta, and point out anticipations of it. 6. Narrate briefly England's connection with the Crusades. 7. What caused the growth of parliamentary government during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ? 8. Explain the difference between the posture of Ireland and that of Wales towards the English Government, and discuss the historical reasons for the difference. 9. Was the position of the English labourer with regard to remuneration, education, and freedom better in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries than it is in the present day P Discuss the question.

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10. Name and characterize the great English statesmen of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 11. Estimate Cromwell's home and foreign policy, and compare it with that of Charles I.

Class D. —Gbeek (optional). Tuesday, March 30.— Morning, 10 io 1. 1. Give the genitives and datives singular and plural of /Jao-i/Ws, yvvy, -uid-r, toioCtos, o -x-jto's. 2. Write out in full the present indicative and present imperative of dyi, eT/u, tryu. Give the first person singular of the principal tenses of cpxog.o.i, OvyuKoi, ftaivw, Xay.pd.voi, cjyipw, **ra-a>, 3. Explain the principal uses of the article. When should it be used with proper names ? What is the difference between o-fi/xa Ovrp-ov lypyxv and ro o-Giia Bvgrov exoptv, and between avros eirotgo-e and 6 ourj*o; cTTolgcrc ? 4. The genitive, dative, and accusative arc all used to express relations of time. How are they severally used ? Translate into Greek " I have not seen him for three years." 5. What is the distinctive meaning of the aorist tense ? Illustrate this in the sentence xaXeirbv to iroieiv to Se KeXevcrai paSiov, aud distinguish between pit) irolei and pit) iroigcngs. 6. Translate into Greek — (1.) Those who manage their own households well will also conduct well the public affairs of the State. (2,) Troy was besieged ten years \>y the Greeks. (3.) Everything necessary has been done by me. (4.) These opinions, though they seem to be just, are in reality most unjust. (5.) The enemy are approaching, in order that they may set free the prisoners. (6.) Philip increased his kingdom more by means of gold than by means of arms. (7.) All these things are in your own power. 7. Translate into English — 1. AXXa yap rfig, i(f>y, IkXuttuv pot r^olverox y ij/vXV <>9evTrep, is eoiKe, irao-iv apteral a-rroXe'iTrovtra. a, Tig ovv ipu>v y Septus fSovXerai -njs c/ujs aij/ao-Oai y oppa Tovpbv en TrpoaiSav i&iXu, 7TjoocrtTO*. brav o eyu> tyKaXv^/oipat, aiTOvpai vpas, w 7raio€9, pyStlg ir avOponrorv rovpbv croyptx iSerai pys avrol ipa,<;. 2. 'ii ixVSpes o-rpaTioyrai, ryv piv ■n-opua.v, ws eoiKC, OirjXov oti irtl/fj Trotyreov ov yap itni -nvWa* avayicij oe iropevtcrvai yor}' ov yap 'iari ptvcvcri to. hrnyocia. H/xets ovv, ecfry, Qvo-opeOa' vpag Se Sec -iTapa<jK€va.Q£(j9o.i a>s paxovyevovs, et 7roTe Kai aXXore' ol yap 7roXep.ioi avareOo-pp^Kaaiv. Notes. — iKXd-n-eiv, 1 , ~ -, , , , ' >to fail. arroAenreiv, ) aTTTeo-Bai (genit), to touch. ... iyKaXv-n-Tco-dai, to cover one's head. dvadappeiv, to recover courage.

Class D.—Latin (optional). Monday, March 29. — Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. 1. Give the genitives singular and plural of mare, grex, bos, ordo, domus, and the ablative singular of turpis, amans, melior. 2. Give the comparatives and superlatives of tener, facilis, benevolus, plus, multus, frugi. 3. Express in Latin 16, 18, 25, 144, 10 a-piece, 21 times. 4. Give the perfects, infinitives, and supines (where they exist) of veto, sto, texo, pario, peto, qiimro, vineio, ordior, patior. 5. Express in Latin— at Corinth, at Athens, at home, in the evening. Translate into Latin—"He set out from Rome and came to Brundisium, aud, having stayed there a few days, on the 22nd of April he crossed over to Achaia." 6. Translate into English — Hue cum legati Romanorum venissent,ac multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent, puer ab janua prospiciens Hannibali dixit plures praeter consuetudinem annatos apparere. Qui imperavit ei ut omnes fores aedificii circumiret, ac propere sibi nuntiaret num eodem modo undique obsidcretur. Puer cum celeriter quid esset renuntiasset, omnesque exitus occupatos ostendisset, sensit id non fortuito factum, sed se peti neque sibi diutius vitam esse retinendatn. Quam ne alieno arbitrio dimitterot, inetnor pristinarum virtutum venenum quod semper, secum habere consueverat sumpsit.—Corn. Nep.: Hannibal, cap. xii. 7. Translate into Latin— (1.) Both my father and mother are dead. (2.) Anger and avarice are more powerful than authority. (3.) Not a day passes without my writing to you. (4.) Do not be angry on my account, my friends; we must all undergo death. (5.) Pylades said that he was Orestes, in order that he might be put to death in his stead. (6.) I am afraid you will not bo able to bear this great burden. (7.) What trouble [negotiuni] is it to restrain others, if only you restrain yourself?

Class D. —Algebra (optional). Saturday, March 27.— Morning, 10 to 1. 1. Explain the meaning of the expression .fx 2 +y 1 + f -f (x +y) (x + y — 2z), and calculate its value when x = 4, y *= 2, and z = 3. 2. A man rides a miles by coach, at the rate of x miles an hour, and then b miles by train, at the rate of y miles per hour: if he walks back at the rate of z miles per hour, how many hours will have elapsed since he set out?

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3. Multiply 5x + 2y — 7e by 8* — 2y — z, and divide the product by x + By + sz. 4. Simplify (1.) a - (b-c) -i b - .(a -c)]-ta'-j2l - (a - 0) ] 1 (2.) (ax + by) (ay + bx) — (ax — by) (ay — bx). 5. Resolve into elementary factors a* — -r 4, a 6 + x 6, a 4 + aPx 2 + «*. Hence find their lowest common multiple. 6. Simplify •> + *H2a ZB-j* - J (a - -ib) (8a - 2b) - i (i» - £*) ] . 7. Prove that i+* (- 1 -\) + I±£ (- 1 -X) = a-±±( l - I). ab bt be vo 0' ac \a ct 8. Find the value of ax +by when x = JL.I ;y ■= £. aq — bp aq — bp 9. Solve the equations— iV (3* + |) - * (4* - 6|) = $£,p- 6 . (a +b) \x— a — b i + (b + c) \ x — b — c > = (c + a) < x — c — a i ■ 10. A boy, being asked to divide one half of a certain number by 4 and the other half by 6, and to add together the two quotients, attempted to obtain the result at one step by dividing the whole number by 5 ; but his answer was 2 too small. What was the number ?

Class D. —Euclid (optional). Saturday, March 27th.—Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. 1. Distinguish between a problem and a theorem. Point out the part of a proposition in which use may be made of preceding problems. 2. The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another ; and, if the equal sides be produced, the angles on the other side of the base shall be equal to one another. 3. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. Show that the difference between two sides of a triangle is less than the third side. 4. If a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another, and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite angle on the same side, and also the two interior angles on the same side together equal to two right angles. 5. Triangles on equal bases and between the same parallels are equal to one another. Show that equal triangles, which are between the same parallels, are on equal bases. 9, If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the squares on the two parts together with twice the rectangle contained by the two parts. 7. To describe a square that shall be equal to.a given rectilineal figure.

Class D.—Chemistky (optional). Wednesday, March 31st. — Morning, 10 to 1. 1. Explain fully how oxygen may be made and collected for experiments. 2. Write down the names, symbols, and atomic weiyhts often of tlie non-metallic elements. 3. Describe all the kinds of carbon, stating how they differ from and resemble each other. 4. Describe as many experiments as you can for showing the properties of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbonic acid. 5. What substances are formed when carbon, hydrogen, sulphur, and phosphorus, respectively, are burnt ? 6. Describe an experiment to show that there is no loss of substance when a candle is burnt. 7. How do (a) living animals and (b) living plants affect the composition of the atmospheric air? 8. Write down the chemical symbols for water, ammonia, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, chloride of lime, black oxide of manganese, chlorate of potash, chloride of sodium. 9. Explain the process for making either nitric acid or hydrochloric acid, giving the symbols and equations. 10. Give two equations for the manufacture of hydrogen for class experiments. 11. Explain fully the process for the manufacture of one of the following:— Sulphuric acid, chloride oj lime, phosphorus. 12. From what sources does carbonic acid come into the atmosphere? And how is any excess of it removed ?

Class D.—Electbicity (optional). Saturday, March 27th. — Morning, 10 to 1. [Note. —Candidates are not to attempt more than ten questions.] 1. Give a general account of terrestrial magnetism. 2. How would you make experiments to illustrate magnetic induction before a class ? 3. How may experiments bo made to show electrical attraction and repulsion, conduction and insulation, with very simple apparatus —such in fact as may be found in almost any house ? 4. Give an account of experiments which prove electricity to be on the surface of bodies. 5. Describe how to determine the kind of electricity with which a body is charged. 6. Leyden jars are frequently made with movable" covers. What experiments may be made with them ? Give details of the experiment which proves the charge to reside on the surface of tho glass, and not on the covers. 7. Give an account of various simple ways of producing an electric current

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Class D.—Sound and Light (optional). Wednesday, March 31st.—Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. [Note. —Candidates are not to attempt more than ten questions.] 1. How is it proved that sound is due to a movement of the air ? What kind of movement is it ? 2. In a pianoforte, some of the strings are long and heavy, and some are short and thick: what is the object of this arrangement ? Two strings alike in all respects produce notes the one an octave above the other: what is the ratio of their tensions ? 3. How is a musical note produced in an organ-pipe ? Draw a sectional diagram through one, and state the difference in the pitch produced by closing the open end. 4. Explain the meanings of the following terms: Timbre, pitch, intensity, chord, and discord. 5. How are the intensities of two lights compared ? 0. Draw a diagram to show the mode in which an image is produced in a concave lens. 7. A concave lens is placed between a point of light and a white wall: state exactly the appearance presented on the wall. 8. What are the laws of the refraction of light ? Illustrate your answer by a diagram. 9. Explain the principle of any form of telescope. 10. Explain exactly how7 to throw a clear spectrum on a screen by means of sunlight. 11. Give a general account of spectrum analysis. 12. Give a clear account of how a photograph is taken.

Class D.—Heat (optional). Tuesday, March 30th—Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.80. [Note. —Candidates are not to attempt more than ten questions.] 1. Give six examples of essentially different kinds of "potential energy." What is the kind of energy possessed by (a) gunpowder, (b) a moving cannon-ball, (c) a red-hot poker ? 2. Explain how it is that a fire produces a draught in a chimney. Draw a section through a good fireplace. 8. Describe experiments which prove water to be a very bad conductor of heat. 4. Describe the production of clouds, rain, snow, and hail. 5. What is supposed to be the cause of the light of meteors and shooting stars ? 6. How does heat travel from ihe sun to the earth ? What becomes of it on the earth ? And how does it escape the earth again ? 7. What is meant by the1 term "latent heat"? Is the term a satisfactory one? If one pound of ice at O°C. and two pounds of water at 100° C. be mixed, what will he the result on the temperature ? 8. Explain the action of " freezing mixtures." How may mercury be frozen ? 9. Describe three kinds of thermometers. What do you know of absolute zero ? .10. Give an account of all the circumstances which influence the boiling point of liquids. 11. Give a clear account of any form of steam-engine. What is meant by the term " the mechanical equivalent of heat " ? How many units of wqrk must be employed to raise 10 lb. of water 5°C. ?

Class D. —Botany (optional). Tuesday, March 30th. — -Morning, 10 to 1. 1. Describe the plans of venation in Dicotyledons and in Monocotyledons. 2. What part of the floral whorl is the pappus of a thistle-seed ? 3. In what part of the plant is the pollen developed ? 4. Explain the difference between the terms "fruit" and "seed." 5. What is bast ? For what purposes is it used in the arts ? 6. From whence is the sap in plants derived ? 7. Explain the difference in function betweea the cotyledons of the bean and those of the radish. 8. Why can fungi live and grow in the dark, while light is necessary for other plants ?

Class D.—Zoology (optional). Tuesday, March 30th—Morning, 10 to 1. 1. State what j^ou know as to the structure of the Foraminifera. 2. What are the differences between a sea-anemone and a coral? 3. Describe the development of a tape-worm, from the egg to the sexually mature individual. 4. To what class of animals does the cheese-mite belong ? State the reasons for your opinion. 5. Contrast the nervous system of the mollusca with that of the annulose animals. 6. What is the swim-bladder of a fish, and what does it correspond to in other vertebrates ? 7. Describe the structure of a complete feather. 8. What are the four different kinds of teeth in man, and how are they situated with regard to each other ?

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Class D.—Geology (optional). Thursday, April Ist. — Morning, 10 "to 1. 1. What are the principal agencies by which rocks are weathered ? State how they act. 2. Explain the origin of surface springs in hilly districts. 3. Explain the origin of the terminal moraine of a glacier. 4. What are the reasons for supposing that the interior of the earth is intensely hot ? 5. Give an account, of the action of subaerial denudation. 6. Of what minerals is granite composed, and how are they distinguished from each other? 7. Fossil shells are often found in the middle of a mass of sandstone. How did they get there ? 8. Explain the origin of volcanic tuff. Class D.—French (optional). Monday, March 29th, — Morning, 10 to 1. [Note. —Of the twenty questions in grammar, candidates need not answer more than fifteen.] 1. There are about twenty substantives in French which form their feminine in esse: give ten of these. 2. Account for the fact that some substantives ending in al take an s in the plural, while others change al into aux. 3. From the following substantives form other substantives: Plume, marquis, bouche, pomme, colonne. 4. Give the feminine of the following adjectives: Sot, aiders, replet, faux, bref, sec, frais, caduc, grec, favori. 5. From the following words form adjectives : Courage, mensonge, fourche, age, gris, vieil, maigre, penser, comparer, piller. 6. What change takes place before a mute syllable in verbs having an e mute in the penultimate, such as mener, lever, &c. ? 7. Explain the difference between beni and benit, also between fleurissant and florissant. 8. Give the first person singular of the present indicative of the following verbs: Acquerir, bouillir, courir, mentir, mourir, asseoir, mouvoir, savoir, boire, croitre. 9. Erom the following adjectives what verbs may be formed: Jaime, bleu, gris, grand, maigre? 10. II est doux de voir les enfants aimant leur mere. Les enfants sont aimants. Explain why aimant in the above sentences has no s in the one case, and is written with an s in the other case. 11. When do proper names take the mark of the plural, and under what circumstances do they not do so ? 12. Translate into French — Both of them. None of them. Either one or the other. Neither one nor the other. 13. Translate into French — What I do not like is this great delay. What a charming person ! . ■ What are you thinking of? What do you think of our new master ? What is the matter with you? 14. Give the several meanings in English of the word quelque, and explain its inflections. 15. Explain the difference between apres and d'apres, de travers and en travers, de suite and tout da suite, toutefois and toutcs lesfois, a midi and au midi de. 16. Of what gender are the following words : Enfant, Pdques, chose, osuvre, orye ? 17. Which article is used in French before names of measure, weight, and number? Give au example of each of these in French. 18. Translate into French—A glass of water, a dining-room, a coal-merchant, a summer-dress, a water-bottle. 19. Write some French feminine nouns before which grand' is used instead of grande. State the origin of this anomaly. 20. Translate the following French words into English, and English words into French :— Un holier, untuieur, la lecture, un plat, une ride; a scholar, a tutor, the lecture, a plate, a ride. 21. Translate into English— Moliere. C'est une opinionc recue que les comedies de Moliere surpassent les meilleurs ouvrages de . ce genre chez les angiens, et Voltaire le nomine le meilleur poete comique qui ait jamais existe. La fertilite de son penie est etonnante; il passa la plus grande partie do sa vie a ecrire des comedies, tant en rose qu'en vers, qui furent tres-applaudies. II est a regretter qu'il ait tant neglige les inoe urs dans ses productions, et qu'il n'ait pas enseigne ce qu'il pratiquait dans sa vie privee. Les qualites de son cceur etaient vraiment estimables; il etait doux, sensible, genereux, et jouissait d'une estime universelle. Ses talents n'etaient pas bornes ala composition, car il etait aussi excellent acteur. Sa derniere comedie fut le Malacle imaginaire; pendant que Moliere jouait le role principal de cette piece, et qu'il contrefaisait le mort, il fut saisi d'une indisposition, dont il niourut le jour suivant. Ce poete illustre, l'une de nos plus belles gloires litteraires, ne fut pas de l'Academie Franfaise ; mais pres de cent ans apres sa mort, en 1778, les academiciens, jaloux de reparer, autant qu'il etait en eux, I'injuste oubli ou le ridicule dedain de leurs devanciers, firent placer dans le lieu des seances de l'academie le buste de Moliere, au bas duquel ils inscrivirent ce vers aussi juste que delicat: Eien ne manque il ea gloire ; il manquait a la n6tre.

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Freude hat mir Gott gegeben ! Die ihren Schopfer wandelnd loberl Sehet! wie ein goldner Stern, Und fiihren das bekriinzte Jahr. Aus der Hiilse blank und eben Nur ew i gen un a ernsten Dingen Scbalt sich der metallne Kern. Sei ihr me tallner Mund geweiht, Von dem Helm zum Kranz *U ud st findlich mit den schnellen Schwingen Spielt's wie Sonnenglanz; Beriihr' im Fluge sie die Zeit. Auch des Wappens nette Schilder Dera gchicksal leihe sie die Zunge ; Loben den erfahrnen Bilder. Sdhst herzlos, ohne Mitgefiihl, Herein, herein, Begleite sie mit ihrem Schwunge Gesellen alle, schliesst den Reihen, Des Lebens wechselvolles Spiel. Dass wir die Glocke taufend weihen, Und wie der Klang im Ohr vergehet, Concordia soil ihr Name sein. Der miiehtig tonend ihr entschallt, Zur Eintracht, zu herzinnigem Vereine So lehre sie, dass nichts bestehet, Versammle sie die liebeude Gemeine. Dass alles Irdische verhallt. Und dies sei fortan ihr Beruf, Jetzo mit der Kraft des Stranges Wozu der Meister sie erschuf! Wiegt die Glock' mir aus der Gruft, Hoch iiber'm niedern Erdenleben Dass sie in das Reich des Klanges Soil sie im blauen Himmelzelt, Steige, in die Himmelsluft! Die Nachbariu des Donners, schweben Ziehet, ziehet, hebt! Und grenzen an die Sternenwelt, Sie bewegt sich, schwebt! Soil eine Sthnine sein von Oben, Freud dieeser Stadt bedeute, Wie der Gestirne helle Schaar, Friecle sei ihr erst Geliiute. Classes D and E.—Elementaky Science. Wednesday, March 2Uh. — Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. [Note. —Candidates are not to attempt more than sixteen questions. Female candidates, if proficient in needlework, may substitute for this paper the paper on Laws of Health and Domestic Economy, but passing in Science will not exempt them from passing in Needlework also.] A.—Physics. 1. What is meant by the terms " force " and "energy"? Classify the different kinds of force, or the varieties of energy. 2. Ely-wheels are frequently used with engines and other machinery : explain their use. 3. Sketch a diagram showing the mode of construction of a common water-fountain. 4. A well axle with a long handle will enable a man to lift a very heavy weight at the end of a rope: how is this ? 5. Draw a section through a common pump, and explain why the water flows up after the plunger. 6. How r is an echo produced ? How far away is a gun when the report is heard three seconds after the flash is seen? 7. Air when heated expands. How would you experimentally prove the fact ? State some of the natural phenomena to which it gives rise. 8. Describe various experiments to prove that heat is motion of some kind, aud not a material substance. 9. If a beam of sunlight be allowed to fall upon a triangular prism of glass, the light is broken up, and a rainbow-coloured patch is seen on the wall. Show by a diagram the course of the rays through such a prism, and show how the colours are arranged. 10. If a common burning lens be held at a certain place in a room between the window and a white wall, an inverted picture of the window is seen : show by a diagram how this occurs. 11. Describe some of the experiments that may be made with two magnetized sewing needles. 12. Describe how to make some simple electric experiments without any special apparatus : or, give an account of any form of telegraph with which you are acquainted. B.—Chemistky. 13. What do you understand by the term " chemical affinity "? Give examples of the action of the principle. 14. Divide the following into two lists—one containing the elements, and the other the compounds— and name the elements contained in any one of the compounds: —Table salt, chlorine, sand, sugar, carbon, water, chalk, oxygen, flour, sulphur, glass, hydrogen, sodium, wood, iron, gold. 15. What are the differences in the properties and composition of hard and soft water ? 16. If I breathe into lime-water, it turns white: explain this. How is lime-water made ? 17. How can water be proved to consist of oxygen and hydrogen ? What are the most distinctive properties of each of these gases. 18. A piece of wood is burnt in a jar of air: what chemical changes occur ? C.—Biology. 19. What purposes does breathing serve ? 20. How do bones, muscles, and nerves stand related to each other ? 21. What are the most striking differences between animals aud plants ? 22. What are the uses of the leaves of plants ? 23. What are the chief differences between endogens and exogens ? 24. What is the cause of the beating of the pulse ?

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Classes D and E. —Laws or Health and Domestic Economy. Wednesday, March 2<lth—Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. [Note. —This paper is for female candidates who are proficient in needlework, and, in consideration of this, are allowed, if they prefer it, to be examined in Domestic Economy and tho Laws of Health, instead of in the general subjoot of Elementary Science. See the note on the Elementary Science paper.] 1. Discuss fully all tho advantages of a morning bath. 2. Why is ventilation necessary ? What are some of the best modes of ventilating a room ? 3. How is it that milk is all that is necessary for an infant's food ? 4. Foods are sometimes divided into nitrogenous and carbonaceous: give examples of each, and state their functions. 5. What different methods would you adopt in stewing beef, and in making beef tea ? Give reasons 6. Describe the several modes of cooking an egg, and give the advantages and uses of each method 7. Describe the Norwegian cooking oven. What special advantages does it possess over the ordinal* mode of cooking ? 8. State fully the advantages of systematic cleanliness in all cooking operations. 9. The temperature of a human being's blood is a little over 98° F. How is this temperature kept up in cold countries, and prevented from becoming too high in hot countries ? 10. Why is it necessary that drinking water should be pure? What is an easy test of the purity of water ? Is it safe to drink water at all times ? If not, when is it unsafe ? 11. State what you know of the action and use of disinfectants. 12. Give a general account of the process of digestion. Classes D and E. —School Managemeot. Wednesday, March 2ith. — Morning, 10 to 1. [Note. —Candidates may select one question from each of tlie first four sections, but not more than one. Sections Vi. and VII. are compulsory, and candidates are advised cither to deal with these first, or to reserve at least one hour for them.] Section I. 1. What apparatus do you consider necessary for a mixed school of 40 pupils ? State briefly the principal uses you would make of the different articles. 2. What attention would you give to light, ventilation, and temperature, were you in chargo of a schoolroom? '3. If you are in charge of a school, describe its organization. Section 11. 1. By what considerations should a teacher be guided in the use of praise or censure ? 2. What is your opinion of the system of imposing extra tasks as punishment for failure in duty, and on what grounds have you formed it ? If you approve of it, what impositions would you employ ? 3. What are the more common faults found in the younger pupils, and how would you endeavour to eradicate them ? Section 111. 1. Describe the method by which you would teach reading in Standard I. Name the other methods, and give the reasons for your preference. 2. What advantages and disadvantages attend the use, in writing, of engraved head-lines, engraved movable slips, head-lines written by the teacher, and models written on the black-board ? 3. Describe the method by which you would teach geographical definitions. Section IV. 1. For male candidates. —Tour Committee requests you to report on a complaint that your pupils' time in the evening is taken up with preparation of lessons. Write a report calculated f;o convince your Committee that home preparation is necessary and advantageous, and to win the co-operation of parents. 2. Eor female candidates. —Tour Committee requests you to report on a complaint that fancy needlework is not taught by you. Write a report showing the requirements of the Standards in needlework, and give your reasons' why fancy needlework should not be taught till these are fulfilled. Section V. Write notes of an object-lesson on wheat, or an apple, or coal, or glass, for a class in Standard 11. Specify the time to be occupied by the lesson, and, iu showing your method, be careful to include the use to be made of the object selected. Section VI. Construct a time-table for one of the following schools :— (a.) Tour own school ; and specify any peculiar circumstances you have taken into consideration. (b.) A mixed country school of 40 pupils, with teacher- unassisted. (c.) An infant school of 40 pupils, the mistress being unassisted, and having charge of ther-ecdle-work of the girls in the master's department. 11

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Class E. —English Geammae and Composition. Monday, March 22nd. — Morning, 10 to 1. 1. State the feminine of stag, sire, tailor, gentleman, hart, steer, moorcock, prior, hunter, fox, czar; and give three masculine nouns formed from femininos. 2. What various meanings attach to each of the following words ? Form sentences to bring out each meaning : — Train, kind, sense, hold, ground, mean. 3. Give six nouns that are formed from verbs or other nouns by internal change of the vowel, six by change of final consonant, and six by change of both vowel and consonant. 4. Punctuate the following passage:—Tho death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity men started at the intelligence and turned pale as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend an object of our admiration and affection of our pride and of our hopes was suddenly taken from us and it seemed as if we had never till then known how deeply we loved and reverenced him what the country had lost in its great naval hero the greatest of our own and of all former times was scarcely taken into the account of grief. 5. What are the past tense, indicative mood, and the perfect participle, of bid, tread, fly, lie, lay, shrive, bet, beat, lend, strew, ache, sweat, hang, work, raise? 6. Explain and-exemplify the force of the following prefixes and affixes, and name the language to which each originally belongs : —se-, apo-, un-, and-, -eo, -art, -brum, -en, -ric, -esque, -esce, -oid. 7. What pure Saxon words correspond to abnormal, acephalous, aggregate, amicable, conglobate, empyreumatic, bilateral, emporium, palpitate, perverse, salubrious ? 8. Correct, or justify, with reasons for your decision — (a) There's only three of us to-day; (J) They were all younger than her ; (c) Which is best, thine or mine ? (d) It is the only one of the sects that have never persecuted ; (e) Thou, Nature, partial Nature, I arraign ; (/') This man may claim a place in the temple of glory which he has not filled ; (g) The mechanism of watches and clocks were totally unknown ; (h) Through tho good government of Henry VIE, in which reign commerce flourished greatly. 9. Parse fully the following words in the passage dictated: four, it, out, last, rest, right, stand, I (in " I for the Prince of Orange "), will prince, both. 10. Spell the words read by the Supervisor. 11. Write the passage dictated by the Supervisor. 12. Write a letter as to a pupil on his or her leaving school.

Class E. —Exeecise in Dictation and Spelling. (Part of Paper on English Grammar and Composition.) Monday, March 22nd. — Morning. 10. Spelling Exercise: Separate, decease, intrigue, league, reprieve, maggotty, benefited, ingenuous, characteristics, corollary, fulsome, venison, preferred, sybarite, satellite, mistletoe. 11. Dictation Exercise : The Irish were four to one: but Campbell re-solved to fight it out to the last. With a handful of resolute men he took his stand in tlie road. The rest of his soldiers lined the hedges which overhung the highway on the right and on-the left. The enemy came up. "Stand," cried Campboil: " for whom are you ?" "I am for King James," answered the leader of the other party. " And I for the Prince of Orange," cried Campbell. "We will prince you," answered the Irishman with a curse. "Fire!" exclaimed Campbell; and a sharp fire was instantly poured in from both the hedges.

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Class E.—Arithmetic. Tuesday, March 23rd. — Morning, 10 to 1. 1. Divide £1,927 16s. 10|d- by 27A. 2. A district, containing 8,400 acres, is rated on an annual value of £10,575. If a rate of 9d. iu the pound be raised, what is the average charge per acre ? 3. A postman has to walk 25 miles on Tuesdays and Fridays, and 14 miles on every other day except Sundays. How far will he walk in the year 1880, which commenced on a Thursday ? 4. Find, by Practice, the value of 36ac. 3ro. 16po. at £5 lis. Bd. per acre. 5. A schoolroom is to be built to accommodate 70 children, so as to allow 8} square feet of floor and 1.10 1 cubic feet of space for each child :if the room be 34 feet long, what must be its breadth and height ? 6. A bankrupt's debts amount to £8,018 2s. His assets consist of goods to the value of £2,237 10s. 5d., and book-debts to the amount of £1,260 12s. Bd., of which 17s. Od. in the pound can be recovered. What dividend in the pound can he pay ? 7. What do the numerator and denominator of a fraction respectively denote? Explain how the value of a fraction will be affected, if its denominator be increased in value. 8. Simplify 2\ of - y " ■ and find the difference in value between ■& of a ton and 2f of 1\ of o3r —l 1 cwt. 2 qr. 9. If £1 be equal to 25 francs 20 centimes (100 centimes=l franc), express a franc as the fraction of a shilling. 10. Write down in words 5200601 0307. Show the effect produced on the-value of the number by removing the decimal point one place to the right or loft. 11. Reduce the difference between '16 of £2 10s. and '227 of 4s. 2d. to the decimal of £4 7s. 6d. 12. Find the interest on £860 from July 7th to September 30th, at 8 per cent. Give a full explanation of the process. 13. If 6:} bushels be the yield from 816J square yards, find the yield from 14825 acres. 14. On the sale of a section of laud for £105 there was a loss of 16 por cent. What would the selling price have been if 16 per cent, had been gained ?

Class E.—Geogeapiiy. Tuesday, March 23rd. — Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. 1. Explain the meaning of the terms —Meridian, tropic, solstice, peninsula, volcano, delta, river, basin, glacier. 2. Explain fully the reasons which induce us to believe that the earth is nearly spherical in shape. 3. Explain the cause of the lides and of the variation iu their height. Why,are there two tides at a giveii place every twenty-four hours ? 4. Sketch an outline map of England, and mark the positions of its more important towns. 5. Write a brief accouut of the river system of North America. 6. Enumerate the political divisions of South America, aud give the chief towns of each division. 7. A traveller comes to New Zealand by tho Suez mail, and returns to Europe by the San Francisco mail. Trace his course. 8. What and where are tho following places —Shiraz, Como, Kosciusko, Heidelberg, Anglesea, Cambodia, Guardafui, Celebes, Euapehu, Lima, Bremen, Sorata ? 9. Draw a map of one of the islauds of New Zealand, insert tho names of the principal capes, and mark the positions of at least six of the principal towns in it. 10. Characterize the chief races of men, aud give their distribution.

Class E.—English History. Monday, March 22nd.—Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. [Note. —Candidates are expected to atteoipt questions 9 and 10 and four others.) 1. In what various ways and at what'times have*religious questions been brought to bear directly and prominently on English politics between the reign of James I. and that of Victoria ? 2. Give a brief account of Horace Walpole, and his influence on English administration. 3. Is the reign of James 11. rightly called a tyranny ? Give historical reasons for your answer. 4. Describe the main characteristics of the Cavalier party, and narrate in outline its fortunes. 5. How did France affect England between the Commonwealth and tho French Revolution? 6. Briefly tell the story of America's connection with England. 7. Give a short account of the Ministries that held office during the reigns of George 111., George IV., and William IV., and of the questions which led to their fall. 8. Compare Marlborough's success and tactics with Wellington's. 9. Name the great wars England engaged in between the Conquest and 1603. 10. What is the importance of Milton, Septennial Act, Glencoe, Laud, the Rump, the South Sea Bubble, in English history ?

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TEACHERS HOLDING CERTIFICATES OR LICENSES UNDER "THE EDUCATION ACT, 1877." SECOND ANNUAL LIST OF TEACHERS. Note.—In the column setting forth the reason of the promotion of certain teachers, the letter M stands for Inspector's marks, the letter S for length of service, the letter E for examination, and the letter F for further evidence of qualifications or further consideration of the same. An asterisk denotes that a certificate is provisional, or that the issue of the certificate is deferred.

Name. Education District. 2 a3*s w 6 ° a A2 AND Bl. Bowtlen, Thomas Adolphus, B.A. , Fearnley, Manasseh, M.A. ... Wanganui ... Hill, Henry Thomas, B.A. ... Hawke's Bay Macklin, Hubert Patrick, M.A. ... Marlborough Montgomery, Alexander ... Otago Beattie, Robert, M.A. ... ... Otago Scott, James, M.A. ... ... S. Canterbury Wutkins, Edwin ... ... N. Canterbury Williamson, Alexander Watt, B.A. Wanganui ,., Bl A2 Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl M B2 AND Cl. M,S Anderson, George Blyth ... Otago Brittan, Emily Sophia (Miss) ... N. Canterbury Cumming, Rev. James... ... N. Canterbury Dawe, J.imes, B.A. ... ... N. Canterbury Dixon, Ezra Brook ... ... Westland Everiss, George ... ... Wellington ... Ferguson, John Lindsay ... Otago French, Alexander, M.A. ... Auckland Grant, Alexander, M.A. ... Auckland Gurr, John ... ... Soul bland ... Healey, George, B.A. ... ... Auckland Macgrcgor, Angus ... ... Southland ... McHutchison, Rev. William ... Southland ... Macfarlane, John ... ... Otago McLauchlan, David ... ... Otago "Mair, Alexander ... ... Wanganui ... Malcolm, William Alexander Otago McDonald Marl in, James ... ... Auckland Menzies, John ... ... Otago Milne, William, M.A. ... ... Otago Mowbray, William ... ... Wellington ... Newton, Alfred Coombs, B.A. ... N. Canterbury Bark, John Brown ... ... Otago Forteous, William ... ... Otago Rayner, Edwin ... ... N.Canterbury Reid, George ... ... Otago Reid, James ... ... Otago R03S, John ... ... N. Canterbury Scott, Jolm George Lawrence ... N. Canterbury Stenhouse, John ... ... Otago Stewart, Alexander ... ... Otago Thornton, James Ronaldson, B.A. N. Canterbury Waddell, William, M.A. ... Otago Watt, John ... ... Otago Wilks, Rev. George ... ... ST. Canterbury WortUington, Henry ... ... Auckland Wykesmith, Charles ... ... N. Canterbury Cl B2 Cl B2 Cl Cl Cl B2 B2 01 B2 B2 B2 Cl Cl (.31 Cl B2 B2 B2 Cl B2 Cl 01 Cl Cl Cl Cl 01 Cl Cl B2 B2 01 01 01 B2 F,S F F M S S F F, M E E F,M B3, 02, and DI. 13)1*1 DI ! 02 02 DI 02 B3* B3* 02 02 C2 C2 02 02 DI 02 DI 02 DI C2 B3 Amy, Morean ... ... N. Canterbury Baldwin, John ... ... N. Canterbury Barrett, Abraham ... ... Otago Bell, George Boole ... ... Otago Bishop, George ... ... N. Canterbury Campbell, Rev. John ... ... Hawke's Bay Clark, William Cantrell, B.A. ... Auckland Coates, Rev. Richard, B.A. ... Auckland Duncan, William ... ... Otago Dyer, Henry Hardwicke ... Wanganui ... Easton, Lockhart Dobbie ... N. Canterbury Elwin, James Jeken ... ... N. Canterbury England, Arthur Andrew Pearce Wanganui ... Fidler, William ... ... Otago Fitzgerald, Lucy Anne (Miss) ... Otago Foster, Thomas Scholfield ... N. Canterbury Freeman, Caroline (Miss) ... Otago Gillett, John William ... ... Wanganui ... Goulding, Richard ... ... Westland Grigor, Alexander ... ... Otago Hardy, Charles James, B.A. ... Wellington ... F F,M E M M

Name. Education Distrist. -a o s M 3 rrr O w a-si B3, C2, and Dl- — continued. Haughton, Sophia (Mrs.) Hawkes, John Henry ... Hay, Elizabeth Kerr (Miss) Hill, Emily (Mrs.) Hodgson, James Lee Howard, Charles Smith Hughes Thomas Hurley, Jeremiah Jennings, Jane Minor (Mrs.) Johnston, Robert Lindsay, James Macbii-nie, John, M.A. McEwen, James Mcintosh, Alexander ... Mackay, William Bruce MacKenzie, Katharine (Miss) McLaughlin, James, B.A. McLeod, George, MA. McNicoli, David Alexander May, Thomas Meiiaffey, William Graham Meredith, Richard Mitchell, Eltenton Murray, David Murray, William Nicholls, Alfred Nichols, Mary Grace (Miss) Patterson, Annie Maria (Mrs.) ... Patterson, John James Phillips, Horatio Richards, Charles Alfred Ritchie, Thomas Russell, Andrew Scott, David Singer, William Smith, Aaron Young ... Stables, John Stevens, Emma (Miss)... Stevens, Joseph Edward Stout, Agnes'Watson (Miss) Taylor, John Bruce Easton, B.A. Thompson, James, jun.... Waite, William Wakelin, Tom, B.A. Watson, Clement Webber, Edmund White, David Woodward, James \ N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Hawke's Bay Nelson N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Wellington ... N. Canterbury Wellington ... Otago 0 tago Otago S. Canterbury Otago Southland N. Canterbury Southland Otago N. Canterbury Southland ... N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Hawke's Bay N. Canterbury Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Wellington ... N. Canterbury Otago Wanganui ... Wellington ... Otago Otago Otago Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Wellington ... Wellington ... Wellington ... Southland ... Otago Westland DI 02 DI DI DI DI DI DI DI 02 DI B3 l C2 DI C2 DI B3 B3 DI DL DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI 02 DI DI DI C2 DI DI C2 02 DI DI DI* C2 DI C2 B3 02 02 C2 DI M M F M M M F,M F,M F,M S,M S,M M Bl, C3, 1)2, AND El. Alexander, Robert James Alloway, Rev. J. William, B.A. ... Anderson, Alexander ... Anderson, Andrew Ayson, Alexander Baird, Robert Bennett, William Bindon, William Henry Vereker, B.A. Bisley, Frederick Blyth, Sarah Frances Roberta (Miss) Brabazon, Joseph Bowmaker, Jessie (Mrs.) Bridson, Eleanor (Miss) Brown, Arthur Brown, Thomas Buxton, Jane (Miss) ... Cameron, Dugald Camfield, Walter Bathe Campbell, John Taylor Carrick, Michael Beattie Cheyne, Hester Holland (Mrs.) ... N. Canterbury Marlborough Otago Otago Otago Auckland Otago Auckland D2 C3 1)2 D2 D2 D2 D2 B4 Nelson Wanganui Auckland N. Canterbury Auckland Nelson Otago N. Canterbury Southland N. Canterbury Otago Auckland N. Canterbury D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2* D2 El 1)2 D2 El M S S,M M

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Namo. Education District. 4 lii Bl, C3, D2, and E Sadd, James Barton Sait, Elizabeth (Mrs.) ... Scott, Agnes (Mrs.) ... Simpson, John Smith, James Soundy, Richard Philip Souter, William Speight, James Stanley, Janet Mitchell Muter (Mrs) Steedtnan, Charles Stewart, Donald Stothard, Sophia Sarah (Miss) ... Sunley, Robert Maxwell Taylor, William Thompson, James Thomson, Andrew Thomson, Archibald Bruce Tissiman, William Tobin, William Henry John Todd, David Trotter, Margaret (Mrs.) Turnbull, Isabella (Miss) Waddell, James ... ' Wallace, William Greig Wa-d, William Watson, Francis Edward Wilkinson, James Reeve Willis, Henry Wilson, Thomas Martyn Wilson, Thomas Walker Wray, William Gcofge Wyatt, Thomas Edward 11— continued. Nelson Nelson N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Nelson Nelson N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Wanganui ... Hawke's Bay Marlborough Taranaki N. Canterbury Otago Otago Otago Otago S. Canterbury Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Wellington ... Westland Auckland N. Canterbury Auckland D E2. Auckland Otago Otago Otago Otago Otago Wellington ... Auckland Otago Wellington ... Westland D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 El D2 El El D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 El D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 03 D2 D2 03 D2 El D2 D2 D2 F M E,M M M M C4-, D3, an Airey, Walter Henry ... Aldred, Frederick Scott Allison, Mungo Anderson, John Anderson, William Augur, Alfred Charles... Badland, James Bailey, Benjamin Balsille, George Barry, David Batten, Annie Elizabeth Blair (Miss) Bennett, Thomas Baynton Bennetts, Mary Ann (Miss) Binnie, Archibald Bissell, Edward Blathwayt, Wynter Blythen, John Brock, William Brooking, Mary Brown, Robert Temple Browne, Dominick Bruford, Charles Augustus Brunt on, William Pringle Bryant, Annie Mary (Mrs.) Bull, John Henry Cameron, Sarah Johanna (Mr?.)... Canavan, Edward O'Hara Chapman, John Hiddlestone Chattock, Richard ... Collins, Eleanor Sarah (Miss) Collis, William Compton, Thomas Gillctt "Cook, William Cooper, Charles Cother, Ellen (Miss) ... Cowles, Edward Crowther, Cordelia (Miss) Darton, Harriet (Miss) Deck, James George (jun.) Delany, Richard Densham, Hugh Davy ... Dowling, Richard Compere Earl, Robert Albert Nicholson ... Edwards, John Edwards, Lewis Williams Edwards, Watkin Jones Farnie, Thomas Cheyne Fee, Sarah (Miss) Field, Margaretta (Mrs.) Field, Octavius Adolphus Fitzgerald, William Foster, Ada Emily (Miss) D3 D3* E2* D3 D3 D3 E2* D3 E2 D3* E2* E, S M ; M Taranaki N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Hawke's Bav Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Taranaki Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Otago i Nelson Hawke's Bay Southland Nelson Otago Nelson N. Canterbury Taranaki Auckland Nelson Auckland Nelson Nelson Auckland Otago Nelson Nelson Otago Wanganui ... Taranaki Auckland Auckland Aucklaud Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago N. Canterbury |E2 i E2* D3 E2 E2 E2* E2 E2 E2 04 D3* D3* E2 E2* E2 E2 D3* E2 E2 E2 Cl E2 D3 E2 D3 E2 E2 D3 E2 D3* E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 C4 E2* E2* E2 D3* E2 M M S S M M S S E M S,M E,M M

Name. I Education District. A a" 1 |l| W O ° g B4, C3, D2, and : 31 — continued. Cheyne, Peter, Ben. Clements, Robert Leonard Oolclough, Marv Anson (Mrs.) ... Colo, William Plunkett Comerford, William Henry Craig, Dugald Bannatync Crockett, George Culverhouse, George ... Outlibert, William Culler, Alice (Mrs.) ... Dawson, Rosa (Mrs.) ... Dr5saunais, Eugene Doar, Jane (Mrs.) . - Doherty, James Donnelly, Thomas Douglas, William Bookless Edmunds, Robert Fleming, David Ford, William Florington Forde, Frederick Fraser, Thomas Campbell, M.A.... Glenny, Joseph Goodeve, Iienry Edward Goodwin, John Sanderson Grundy, William Thomas Gubb, Benjamin Martin Hale, William Halliwell, Thomas Hamilton, Thomas Albert Hardie, George Harris, William Henry Harrison, Clementine Emily Margaret (Miss) Heriot, Richard Brinsley Hill, John Daniel Coeudoz Holmes, William Howard Hookham, Henry Home, James nuio, Marjory Seaton (Miss) Hulke, Charles Hume, George Kelly, Margaret Anne (Miss) Kitchingman, Eliza (Miss) Kneen, William Howard Kyle, Alexander Ladley, Walter Leonard, Peter Lewis, William Henry ... Lillington, Evan Richards Lysnar, William Dean ... Macandrew, William ... Macdonald, Andrew Mackay, Eric Kenneth Findlater Macklin, Kate (Mrs.) ... McLeod, Donald MacLeod, John MacLymont, James Gilbert Murray Matthews, Henry Ma.yne, Jame3 Boxer ... Mayo, Gilbert Meagher, Martin Joseph Meeking, Thomas Henry Menzies, George Montgomery, George, B.A. Moore, Richard John ... Moore, Samuel Moore, William John ... Morgan, 3Edward Nay lor, John O'Oonnell, George O'Connor, Edward O'Donoghue, Denis Orr, James Balmer, John Peat, Harry Phillips, Pearce Pilkinglon, John James Pirie, Alexander Porritt, Rev. Thomas ... Price, William Ray, Robert Revcll, George Rice, John Harkoess ... Robertson, Charles Alexander ... Robson, James Rowe, Mary Louisa (Mrs.) ,,, N. Canterbury Westland ... N. Canterbury Wanganui ... N. Canterbury S. Canterbury S. Canterbury N. Canterbury S. Canterbury N. Canterbury Wanganui ... Nelson Southland Marlborough Taranaki N. Canterbury Nelson Otago N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Auckland N. Canterbury Auckland Wellington ... Auckland N. Canterbury Otago N. Canterbury Southland ... Wanganui ... Auckland El D2 1)2 D2 El C3 D2 D2 D2 El D2* D2 D2 1)2 D2 C3 D2 D2 D2 D2 Bl D2* D2 1)2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 El D2 M M M E E,M M S Otago Wanganui ... Wellington ... N. Canterbury Wellington ... Otago Wanganui ... Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Otago Nelson Auckland Wellington ... Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Otago Southland Southland Marlborough 0 t.ago Westland Otago Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Otago Otago Auckland Otago Otago N. Canterbury Nelson Taranaki N. Canterbury Auckland Southland S. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Wellington ... Otago Wellington ... D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 151 D2 D2 1)2 1)2 1)2 D2 D3 El El D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 1)2 D2 1)2 Di 1)3 D2 1)2 D2 Bl D2 D2 1)2 1)2 D2 D2 El D2 D2 1)2* 03 D2 03* 1)2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 El M S, M M M S,M M E,M M M S E S, M M E,M Nelson Auckland Otago Auckland Nelson S. Canterbury

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Name. Educatiou District. •a 1 s§ 04, D3, and E2 Milne, Mary (Miss) ... Monk, Elizabeth (Miss) Morgan, Richard Mulhearn, John Midler, Nicolaus Ludwig Friedrich Mulligan, Thomas Murray, Andrew Murray, James Neill, John Ncisli, Annie Paul (Mrs.) Opie, Charles Henry Adolphus Trusscott Patrick, Jessie Henrietta (Miss) ... Peake, Charles Phillips, George Newell Piper, Ebenezer Ponsonby, Gordon Poole, John Pope, Jessie (Miss) Popplewell, Frederick Joseph Porteous, John Postans, Thomas Whaley Prebble, Christina (Mrs.) Pyoroft, Henry Thomas Quinlan, Denis Reeve, Anne (Miss) Reynolds, James Richards, William Riordan, John Ritchie, John Ritchie, Maggie (Miss)... Rix, James .,, Robinson, Emily (Mrs.) Rowe, William, Alfred Rowlands, Horace Sale, Charles James Sale, Mary (Mrs.) Samuel, Edward Sangslcr, Margaret Mary (Miss)... Seaton, Arthur James Stuart Severne, Francis Seward, John Harvey ... Shannon, Ephraim Sharp, Cecilia Brown (Mrs.) Shaw, Lydia Elizabeth (Miss) Simpson, Margaret Emma (Mrs.) Sinclair, Elizabeth (Miss) Sinclair, Mary (Miss) ... Skeen, Jane (Mrs.) Smallfield, Percy Scott... Smith, Henrietta Letitia (Mrs.)... Smith, John Alfred Smith, Mary Ann (Miss) Smith, Thomas George Smith, Thomas Hardwiek Snart, Sophia (Miss) Spencer, Sara (Miss) Spratt, Jane (Miss) Spun*, Rosny Metcalfe... Squire, John Stack, Michael William Stanley, Elizabeth Mary (Miss) ... Steven, George Stevens, Dora Susanna (Mrs.) Stevens, Ellen Tremorran (Miss) Stewart, Jessie (Miss) ... Straker, Harriette (Mrs.) Sutcliffe, Richard Tarn, Katharine Hooper (Mrs.) ... Taylor, Mary (Mrs.) ... Thompson, Frederick William ... Thompson, William Tily, Thomas Trobe, Ellen (Mrs.) Turpin, Walter Twose, Richard James Victor, James Wake, Ann Jane (Mrs.) Wake, William Henry... Walker, Thomas Alexander Wanhopp, William Blundell, B.A. Watson, John West, William Westropp, George William Wilson, Henry ... ,., Wilson, Joseph Han-is ,,, ,,, — continued. Otago N. Canterbury Taranaki Westland ... S. Canterbury N. Canterbury Southland N. Canterbury Southland Otago N. Canterbury Westland Marlborough Auckland Otago Nelson Hawke's Bay Otago Southland Otago Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Auckland Wanganui ... Taranaki Hawke's Bay Taranaki Auckland Auckland Otago Otago Nelson Southland Auckland Westland Westland ... Wellington ... Southland Wellington ... Marlborough Auckland Auckland Auckland Taranaki N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Southland N. Canterbury Auckland snelson Nelson Otago N Canterbury Marlborough Otago Westland Otago Otago Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Otago Nelson Wellington ... N. Canterbury 1ST. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Otago Auckland Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury S. Canterbury D3 E2 E2 E2 E3* E2* D3 E2 E2 E2 E2* E2* E2 D3* E2 D3 E2 E2 E2 E2 D3 D3 1)3 E2 1)3 D3 E2 E2 D3 E2 E2 E2 D3 E2 E2 E2 D3 1)3* 1)3* E2 E3 E2 E2 E2 E2 D3 E2 D3 D3 E2 D3 E2 E2* 1)3 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2* D3 E2 E2* E2* D3 E2 E2 E2* E2 E2 E2 E2 D3 D3* E2 E2 E2 D3 C4 D3* D3 E2 D3 C4* M S, M S S S S,M M S M M M M M E,M M M S s M M M M S, M M M N. Canterbury Wanganui ... N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland S

Name, Education District. -a . . M of*., o Sa,; tt iS o I 04, D3, and E2 Foster, Frederick Nathaniel Foster, William Edmund Fowler, Jane Beatrice (Miss) Francis, Catherine Augusta (Mrs.) Franklyn, William Norris Fraser, John Marchant Freeman, Alfred George, Emily (Miss) ... G-illon, Florence Woodhead (Miss) Glanfield, James Gordon, Donald Campbell Maekey Gover, Frederick ... Grady, Mary (Mrs.) ... Grahame, Mary Ginevra (Mrs.) ... Grant, James Grant, Jane Walker (Mrs.) Greenhill, Peter Greenway, Maria Anne (Miss) ... Guthrie, David Henry... Haig, Catherine (Miss).., Hall, Mary (Miss) Hamill, Benjamin Hamilton, Martha Gibb (Miss) ... Harband, Amy Jane (Miss) Harden, Mary Sabin (Mrs.) Hardy, Samuel Whitaker Harre, John ... Harris, Hiram William Harrison, Edward Marmaduke Clarke Harrison, Thomas Has well, Robert Helyer, Elizabeth (Miss) Hendry, James Higgins, Henry Hodge, Owen James ... Hogarth, Catherine (Mrs.) Hookham, Annie Emma (Miss) ... Hookham, Marian Ada (Miss) ... Horneman, Julia Sophia (Mrs.) ... Hutt, Joseph ... Hutt, Mary (Mrs.) Jack, Bethia (Miss) ... Jaggar, Henry .r. Johnson, William Frederick Johnston, Thomas Joseph, Francis Antonio Just, Entile U. Kenny, Henrietta Quinlan (Mrs.) Kernahan, Marian (Miss) Kerr, Charles Kieranus Kildahl, Ida Octavia (Miss) Kirby, James... Kitchingman, Sarah (Miss) Knowles, Henry Hamilton LeGallais, Horatio Nason Lindley, John Lock, Charles Henry Wilson Low, Benjamin Lowe, Kate Maria (Mrs.) Maberly, George MeCracken, Alfred Joseph McElwain, Mary Anno (Miss) ... McGowan, Jessie (Miss) McGregor, Peter, A.A.... Mclntyre, John McKee, William Maekctt, Ada (Miss) ... McLaren, Mary (Miss) McLaurin, Rev. Robert Campbell MacLeod, John MacLymont, Katharine Murray (Mrs.) Macpherson, Jame3 Magoffin, Margaret Annie (Mrs.) Magrath, John Andrew Nicholson Mahan, Archibald Malcolm, James Mann, Julia (Mrs.) Manning, George Clarke Manning, John Katterns Mason, Herbert Mathews, Ellen (Miss) May, Alice Blancho (Miss) Meakes, Jane Elizabeth (Miss) ... Mehaifey, John —continued. N. Canterbury N Canterbury Otago Wellington ... Nelson N. Canterbury Auckland Taranaki S. Canterbury Auckland Wellington ... Wellington ... Wellington ... Otago N. Canterbury Auckland Auckland Auckland Wanganui ... Otago N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Hawke's Bay Westland Marlborough Auckland Otago Southland ... Wellington ... Otago Hawke's Bay Otago Taranaki N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Westland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Southland ... Otago 0 tago Westland Westland ... Otago Southland Westland ... S. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Auckland Wanganui ... N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Auckland Auckland Wellington ... Otago N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury Otago Auckland Southland Otago E2* D.5 E2 E2 D3* E3* E2 E2* 1)3 E2 Cl E2* K3 D3 D3 E3 E2 1)3 E2 D3* E2* E2 D3 D3 D3 1)3 D3 E2 1)3* m E2 E2* C4 E2 1)3* E2* D3 1)3* E2 E2 E2 E2 E3 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2* D3* Ki* m E2* E2* E-3 D3 E2 E2* E2 1)3 D3* 1)3* D3* D3 E3 E2* E2* E3* 01 E2 E2 E M M M M M E M M M >., M M M ■ ■ S S, M S, M S F Otago Westland Wanganui ... S. Canterbury Westland Hawke's Bay N. Canterbury Wellington ... Auckland Wellington ... N. Canterbury N. Canter-bury Southland ... D3* E2 D3* E2 E2* E2 E2 D3 D3 E2* E2 E2 E2* M M s M S,M S

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Name. J Education District. § i<s-.s rS £<~ O 04, D3, and E2—continued. N Canterbury N. Canterbury Southland Otago Wollstein, William Wright, Lewis Garner ... Young, Andrew Youngson, John E2* D3 E2 D3 E,M Co, D4, AN ) E3. M E Adams, George Alexander, Helen (Miss) Alford, Martha (Miss) Anderson, Annie Creswick (Miss) Anderson, Helen (Mrs.) Andrews, George Ansley, Martha (Miss) ... Astbury, Annie (Mrs.).., Austin, Edward Walter Bain, Christian Middlemass (Miss) Bain, Minnie Sheriff (Miss) Barnett, Edwin Frederick Barton, Annie (Miss) ... Barton, James Bennett, Mary (Miss) ... Bennett, Thomas Bradley Black, Jane Ann Stuart (Miss) ... Blades, Bithiah (Miss) ... Blair, John ... Bluck, Lucy (Miss) Bourke, Martin Bowles, Minnie Ellen Goldsmith (Miss) Box, Josiah ... Bridge, Marian (Mrs.) ... Broun, Capt. Thomas ... Browne, Mary Annette (Mrs.) Burnett, Jane (Miss) ... Caldwell, Margaret (Mrs.) Callender, Eliza (Miss) Campbell, Alexander ... Cannon, Philip Henry ... Can-, Lydia (Miss) Carrington, George William Cato, Frederick John ... Cattan, William James Cattloy, Robert Chambers, Jessie Mary (Miss) ... Chapman, Alice (Miss) Chappell, James Chatwin, Georgiana Elizabeth (Miss) Chilman, John Chisholm, James Baird Christie, William, jun.... Clark, George Bentinck Clark, Samuel Marshall Clarke, Annie (Mrs.) ... Cleary, Louisa Castle (Miss) Climie, Maggie (Mrs.) ... Closs, William John Leech Cobum, Isaac Cole, Susan (Miss) Collins, Henry Cooke, Jean Laird (Miss) Cooper, Emma (Mrs.) ... Cossgrove, David Couper, Jane Leighton (Miss) ... Cox, William Cramond, Florence (Miss) Crawford, Mary McKenzie (Mrs.) Crawford, William Gibb Cross, Sarah (Miss) Darling, Ralph Complon Davidson, George Daw-son, James Macadam Day, Emily Esther (Miss) Dement, Mary Anno (Miss) Derham, Eliza (Miss) ... Derry, Sarah Elizabeth (Miss) ... Desaunais, Elizabeth Mary (Mrs.) Devereux, Lydia Myrtle (Miss) ... Digby, John Richard Bickerton ... Dohrmann, Sophia (Miss) Dolamore, Emma Amelia (Miss) Don, Alexander Donald, Elizabeth Lindsay (Miss) Drain, Alexander Dunnett, Andrew ... ... Punning, Eliza Louisa (Mies) ,,. Southland ... Otago Auckland Otago Otago N. Oanterbury N. Canterbury Wanganui ... Wellington ... Southland Southland ... N. Canterbury' Auckland Otago Otago Southland Otago Auckland Otago Auckland Otago S. Canterbury Auckland S. Canterbury Auckland Otago Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Southland ... Otago Taranaki N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Wellington ... E8* DI* E3 E3 E8 E3* E3* E3 1)4* E3* E3 E3 E3 E3 E3* D4 E3* E3 E3 E3 E3 E3» E3 E3* E3 E3 E3* E3* E3 E3 E3* E3 E3* E3* E3 E3 E3* E3 E3 E3 F E M S S M Auckland N. Canterbury Otago Otago Otago Otago Otago Wanganui ... Otago Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury Otago Wanganui ... Otago S. Canterbury N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Otago Hawke's Bay Otago Otago Otago Wanganui ... Auckland Nelson Otago N. Canterbury Nelson Wellington ... N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Marlborough E3 D4 DI E3 E3 E3 E3 ESSES E3 E3 E3* E3 E3 E3 Di* E3 E3* E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3* E3* E3 E3* E3 E3 E3* F3 E3* ESSES* E3 E3 E3* E3* E M M M S M S s Otago Otago S. Canterbury Auckland M M

Name. Education District. ! . t3 JL fl \ # 2 °a e3 C " O 1 m 05, D4, and E3—continued. Edridge, Edward Edwards, Caroline Ada (Miss) ... Edwards, Jane (Miss) ... Eil wards, William Elliott, John James Eudey, Walter Evans, George Samuel... Everiss, Andrew Exall, Charles Francis ... Exall, Oswald Walters... Faithfull, Emily Mary (Mrs.) ... Falconer, Catherine Louisa (Miss) Fee, Susan (Miss) Field, John Loney Finlay, Jeannie Alexander (Miss) Fitzgerald, James Ford, Martha Rebecca (Miss) Foster, George Foster, Thomas Davey Hamilton Fowler, Lillias Amelia (Miss) Fraser, Frederick John Fuller, Atherlon Landbrooke Gallahcr, Maria (Mrs.)... Garrett, Thomas Lindsay Gascoigne, Mary Catherine Helen (Miss) Gaskin, Caroline (Mrs.) Gates, Thomas Adkisson Gerring, Albert Gilling, George Golding, Francis Good, Sarah (Miss) Gordon, Mary Anderson (Miss) ... Gorton, William Henry Gosnell, Louisa (Mrs,) Gould, Ellen Julia (Miss) Goulding, Annie (Mies) Goulding, Jane Elizabeth (Miss) Gower, Alfred Grant, Forrestina Elizabeth (Miss) Gray, John Anderson ... Gush, Frederick Guy, Eleanor Gertrude (Miss) ... Hall, James ... Halliwell, Elizabeth Sarah (Miss) Hamilton, Augustus Hansard, Charles James Hansen, Hester (Mrs.)... Hardcastle, John Hardie, Charles Dorcy... Harper, James Davidson Haseldcn, Frances Isabella (Miss) Hoy, Isabella Eennie (Miss) Henderson, Henry Henri, Henry Hewat, Ebcnezcr Hight, Mary Jane (Mrs.) Hill, Henry George Hislop, Walter Hobbs, Celia Elizabeth (Miss) ... Holder, Eliza Jane (Miss) Hookham, Jane (Miss)... Horan, Thomas Home, Ellen Jane (Miss) Hume, Thomas Husband, Charles David Hyatt, Henry Rushton Innes, Elizabeth (Miss) Jennings, Edward Ivory Johnstone, William Jolly, Thomas Jordan, Mary Emily (Mrs.) Kells, John Murray Kclsey, William Charles Kemp, Emily Jane (Miss) Kendrick, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.) Kesteven, Katherine Jessie (Miss) King, Waller Junius ... Kinvig, Jessie Dalrymple (Miss)... Kippenberger, Lizzie (Miss) Kitchingman, Ann (Miss) Ladley, Harry La Trobe, James Leach, Surah (Miss) Lee, Clement William ... Leech, Annie (Miss) .,, Nelson N. Canterbury Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury Otago Wellington ... Marlborough N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Auckland Otago N. Canterbury Southland ... Otago Otago N. Canterbury Otago Otago Otago Otago Southland Auckland ES* E3 E3* E3* E3* D4 ES E3 E3* ES* es* E3 E3* D4 E3 D4* E3* E3 D4* E3 E3* E3* E3 E3* E3 S S M E E S, M Nelson M Westland N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury Otago Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Auckland Otago Otago Wanganui ... Otago Otago Hawke's Bay Nelson Taranaki Otago Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Nelson S. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Otago Otago N. Canterbury Nelson Otago N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury Southland ... Otago Nelson N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Southland ... Wanganui ... Wanganui ... Westland Auckland N. Canterbury S. Canterbury S. Canterbury Otago Otago N. Canterbury Nelson Auckland Nelson Wanganui ... Nelson E3* E3 E3 E3* E3 E3 E3 E3 ES* ES E3* E3* E3* D4 E3 ES* E3 E3* E3* ES E3 ES* E3* D4* E3 DI* ES* E3 E3* E3 ES* E3 D4 E3* E3* ESSES E3 ESSES ES E3* E3 E3 ES E3* E3* ES* E3* D4* ES E3* E3* E3* E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3* S M E M S M S M M S,M M S,M M

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Name. Education District. *35 o a' -^ fl ii o P an,--a °333 o « rjog Co, D4, and E3 Ligertwood, Patrick Beaton Longmore, Frances (Miss) Lovatt, Mary (Miss) ... Lucas, W. S. ... Lumsden, James Lusk, Mary Sloan (Miss) ■ ... Lyttle, John McAlpine, George Benjamin McBrydo, John McCaw, Isabella Hafton (Mrs.) ... McClure, William McClure, William David Macdonald, Kenneth ... McFarlane, Henry McGowan, Harriet (Miss) McGregor, Rev. W. Mcintosh, Janet (Miss) Mclvor, Charlotte Elizabeth (Mrs.) Mackinlay, John Fortune Macleod, Neil McLeod, William Owen McLoskey, Margaret (Miss) McNeur, James McPhee, Flora (Miss) ... Mahoney, James Mansfield, Frederick William Martin, Helen Kelly (Miss) Matheson, Norman Maunder, George Iienry Mayo, Egbert John Mayo, Mary Ann (Mrs.) Melrose, George Menzies, James Kerr ... Miller, Christina (Miss) Millington, Edward Monteath, Thomas Montgomery, Mary (Miss) Morgan, Charles Hackett Morton, Albert James ... Muir, James Murdoch, James Mui*phy,ElizabethMai*garet(Mi*s.) Murphy, Mary Anne (Mrs.) Murray, George William Murray, James Hre Murray, John Murray, John Mitchell Weill, Robert Nelson, John Middleton Newlyn, John Heath ... Nicholson, Charles Henry Oliver, Fanny (Mrs.) ... O'Loughlen, Edith Eliza (Miss) ... Opie, Louisa (Mrs.) Ormsby, Robert Pashby, Ellen (Miss) ... Pashby, Julia (Miss) ... Paterson, William Aird Pearce, Richard John ... Peterson, William Phillips, Mary (Mrs.) ... Pitcaithley, Margaret (Miss) Pole, Richard Potts Pope, George Sidney ... Pope, Langley Proudlock, Albert Quinlan, Adelaide (Miss) Ralton, John Iienry Reeve, Rev. Thomas Fifield Reilly, William Andrew Revell, Annie Elizabeth (Miss) ... Robertson, Annie Elizabeth (Miss) Robertson, Malcolm Roby, John RocklifF, Joseph Bullen Roseveare, Charles Roulston, Alexander ... Rowley, Emma Bannister (Miss) Sandford, Eliza Mary Anderson (Mrs.) gtroombe, Walter Severne, Caroline Bingham (Mrs.) Severne, Henry Leigh ... Short, Agnes Ewart (Miss) Silvester, George Simms, James ,., .... — continued. S. Canterbury Auckland Auckland Otago Southland N. Canterbury Otago Westland Otago Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Wellington ... Wellington ... N. Canterbury Otago Southland Auckland Otago Hawke's Bay Otago Otago Wanganui ... Otago S. Canterbury Otago Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Otago Otago Auckland Southland Otago Otago N. Canterbury Auckland Southland Nelson Westland Auckland Otago Auckland Auckland Otago Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Auckland Hawke's Bay Nelson N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Auckland Southland ... Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Otago N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Westland Wellington ... Otago Auckland Wellington ... Wesllaud Nelson Auckland Otago N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury D4 E3 E3 ES* ES* E3* E3 D4 E3* E3* ES E3 ES E3 E3* D4* E3 ES 1)1 ES ES E3 E3 E3* E3 ESSES* E3 E3* ES E3 ES D4 E3 D4 ES D4* E3 ESSES* E3 E3 E3* E3 ES ES E3 E3 ES* E3* D4 E3* E3* E3* E3 E3* E3* ES 1)4 E3 E3 E3* ES* E3* E3 E3 E3* E3* D4* DI E3 E3* E3* E3* E3 ES* E3* E3* E3* S,M M Is, S,M M E S,M E M ■S,M S, M M S s S,M S. Canterbury Marlborough Marlborough Otago N. Canterbury Auckland E3 ES ESSES ES* E3*

Name. Education District. M fl M rJOS fl u o Ofk'n 5° a 05, DI., and E3 Sinclair, Janet (Miss) ... Slipper, John Smith, Amy (Mrs.) Smith, Janet (Mrs.) Smith, Jeannie Graham (Miss) ...\ Smith, Bev. Robert Primrose ..." Sopp, John Cox Southwick, Joseph Spensley, Isabella (Miss) Stanton, Mary Anne (Miss) Stevens, Clifford Arthur Stevens, Percy Edward Stevens, Robert Stewart, Ralph Duncan Suckling, Louis Arthur Sunley, Ellen (Miss) ... Sutherland, James Robert Kenneth Swain, Ellen Ann (Miss) Tait, Jane Ninian (Miss) Taylor, Mary (Miss) ... Taylor, Mary Crawford Paul (Miss) Thomas, Matilda Jane (Miss) Thompson, Joseph Thompson, Lucy Eleanor (Miss) Thompson, Maria (Miss) Thorburn, George Thwaitcs, George Tipler, Walter Toms, Richard Newberry Turner, Elizabeth Langley (Miss) Vincent, Frederick Janvrin Wallace, Eliza Gilchrist (Miss) ... Wann, Marianne (Miss) Warnock, Thomas Watson, George Watt, Margaret (Mrs.) Webber, Alfred Septimus Whetter, Richard Gill... White, Alexander Wylie White, Christina (Miss) Wild, Herbert Arthur ... Wilkin, William Will, James Alexander Willis, Effio (Mrs.) ... Winder, Christina (Miss) Woodham, Herbert Woodward, Laura (Mrs.) Worlcy, Susan (Mrs,) ... Worsop, William Hurnall Arthur Wright, Elizabeth (Miss) Young, Eliza Forsaith (Miss) —continued. N. Canterbury Wanganui ... Auckland Auckland Southland ... Otago N. Canterbury Southland ... N. Canterbury Auckland Auckland Auckland Taranaki Auckland N. Canterbury Nelson S. Canterbury Auckland Wanganui ... N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Nelson Auckland N. Canterbury Southland Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Auckland Auckland Southland N. Canterbury Otago Otago Otago Southland ... Otago Southland ... Westland Otago Wellington ... Otago Auckland Auckland Nelson Otago N. Canterbury Auckland ESSES* D4 ES E3 1)4* E3 ES 1) 1* E3 1)4 E3* E3* D4 E3* ES* E3 E3* E3* E3 ESSES E3 ES* ES E3* E3 E3 ES* ES* 1)4* E3 E3 D4 E3* D4 E3* E3 E3 D4* E3* D4 E3* E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 F S E S M E S D5 AND ; E4. E4* E4* E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4* E4* E4 E4* E4 El* E4* E4 E4 E4 E4« E4 E4* E4* E4 E4* E4* El El* E4 E4* E4* E4* E4* Algie, Mary Anne (Miss) Allan, John Charles Allan, Kate (Miss) Allsop, James Thompson Amner, Henry Charles Atkinson, Isaac Barclay, George Baker... Beale, Arundel Mary (Miss) Bedford, Bernard Beechey, James Mansfield Begg, Isabella (Miss) ... Bellemin, Albert Blackmore, Sophia Sarah (Miss)... Blaxall, Emily Martha (Miss) ... Bottrill, Amy Eliza (Miss) ' ... Bremner, Philip Bropby, Lizzie Bernice (Miss) ... Brown, Jessie Christina (Miss) ... Bryant, Emma Claypole (Miss) ... Burnham, Arthur Palmerston .., Burrell, Edward Fearon Calvert, George Campbell, Thomas Cape-Williamson, Henry Chattock, Fanny (Miss) Closs, James Gunning ... Collins, Edward James Bruges ... Coneys, Jessie Teresa (Miss) Cook, Annie (Miss) Davis, Mary Buhner (Miss) Dent, Eleanor (Mrs.) .., Dorja, Elizabeth (Mrs.) Otago N. Canterbury Auckland N. Canterbury Marlborough N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Auckland Auckland S. Canterbury Otago S. Canterbury Nelson Nelson Auckland Otago Otago Otago Nelson Wanganui ... Nelson Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury Nelson Otago S. Canterbury Otago Nelson Otago Auckland Hawke's Bay

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Name. Education District. A s D5 and E4—i continued. Dunnase, Florence (Miss) Eiby, Ellen Elizabeth (Mrs.) Falia, Annie (Miss) Fisher, Amelia (Miss) ... Fisher, Esau Foster, Frances (Mrs.) Frank, Annie Christine (Miss) .:. Galloway, Helen (Miss) Gaskell, Frances (Miss) Gill, Fanny Emma (Miss) Gillies, Elizabeth (Miss) Gillies, Isabella Lillie (Miss) Gooder, Emma (Miss) ... Gow, Christina Campbell (Miss) Graham, Catherine McAra (Miss) Gribble, Charles Guthrie, James Guy, Francis Eliza (Miss) Harkis, Annie (Miss) ... Hart, KatherineMary Evers (Miss) Henderson, Alice Eleanor (Miss) Henderson, Christina Kirk (Miss) Hewitt, Annie (Miss) ... Hough, Emily Eva (Miss) Hoult, Annie (Miss) Hungerford, Elizabeth (Miss) ... Jenkins, Mary Elizabeth (Miss)... Jennings, George Clifford Pease ... Jerram, Annie Galloway (Miss) ... Jones, Elizabeth Charlotte (Miss) •Topiin, CharlesReesby ... Kaufmann, Martha Hortensia (Miss) Etching, Lucy Harriette (Miss)... Leggett, Francis Charles Low, Sabina (Mrs.) Lowry, Priscilla Anna (Miss) Macau, George Hunter McDonald Jolian Johnston (Miss) McEvvan, Mary (Miss)... MacGeorge, Rosalie (Miss) McTutosh, Mary (Miss) Mackay, Margaret (Miss) McManus, Honoria (Mrs.) Macmillan, Thomas Hamilton ... Manson, Elizabeth Anne Jefford (Miss) Marris, William Percival Martin, James Ranald... Mein, Mary (Miss) Merton, George Henry... Mitchell, Henry Moore, Sara (Miss) Murdoch, John Murray, Mary Anne Jane (Miss) Murray, Peter Nicholson, Maud (Miss) Nielsen, Charles Marius Noakes, Edward Tborby Ockford, Florence (Mrs.) Osborne, Amy (Miss) Paterson, Janet Whithead (Miss) Pearson, David Phillips, Sarah (Miss) ... Pinny, Louisa (Miss) ... Piper, Thomas Dyke ... Powell, Henry Prendeville, John Sweeney Eevell, Mary Emma (Miss) Richards, Evan Rix, James Arthur Robb, Barbara (Mi*s) ... Robottom, Emily Dorcas (Miss)... Roberts, Jane (Miss) ... Eobson, James, jun. Rookes, Colonel Charles Cecil ... Russell, Jessie (Miss) ... Seaman, Susan (Miss) ... N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Nelson Auckland Otago N. Canterbury Nelson Otago Nelson Nelson Otago Otago Wellington ... Otago Otago Auckland Otago Nelson Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury N. Canterbury Auckland Nelson Nelson Auckland N. Canterbury Nelson Auckland Otago Wellington ... N. Canterbury Nelson Auckland N. Canterbury Otago Otago Wanganui ... Otago Otago Otago Auckland Auckland N. Canterbury Nelson E4* E4* E4* E4 E4 E4* E4* E4* E4 E4* E4 El E4* E4* Do* E4 E4* E4* E4 El* E4* 134* E4 E4* E4* El* El* E4 E4 El* E4 E4 E4 Et* E4* E4* E4* E4* El El F,4* E4 E4 E4* E4* Otago Marlborough . S. Canterbury N. Canterbury Otago Otago S. Canterbury Otago N. Canterbury Auckland Westland Otago N. Canterbury Otago Otago Otago Wanganui ... Nelson N. Canterbury Et* El* El* El* KI Et El El El E4* El* E4 K4 El E4 El* E4* E4* El El* 1)5 E4 El Et Et E4* El* El* El* Et E4 ■ | Wellington ... Auckland Auckland Otago Nelson Hawke's Bay N. Canterbury Nelson Auckland Otago Auckland

Name. Education District. ■a 111 D5 and El— continued. Selby, Charles William Glass ... Otago ... E4 Shand, Annie Gray (Miss) ... Otago ... E4 Sheard, Martin ... ... N. Canterbury Et Simpson, Mary Ford (Miss) ... Otago ... E4* Sinclair, James Leask ... ... Auckland ... E4 Sinclair, Mary Ada (Miss) ... Otago ... E4 Smith, James Waddell... ... Southland ... E4* Stallworthy, Jolm ... ... Auckland ... E4 Steadman, Ella (Miss)... ... Auckland ... E4* Stevenson, Annie (Miss) ... Otago ... E4 Steventon, Alfred ... ... Auckland ... E4 Stewart, James ... ... S. Canterbury E4 Surrey, Marianne (Mrs.) ... Taranaki ... E4 Symes, Eliza Palmer (Mrs.) ... Nelson ... E4* Taylor, Matilda Janet (Miss) ... Auckland ... E4 Tennent, Arthur Philip ... Hawke's Bay E4* Thomas, Jane Elison (Miss) ... Otago ... E4* Thomson, Annie (Miss) ... Southland ... E4* Thomson, Georgiana (Miss) ... N. Canterbury E4* Vincent, George Louis... ... Southland ... E4* Walker, Mary Maria (Miss) ... Otago ... E4 Watson, Jeannie (Miss) ... Otago ... E4 Watson, Margaret (Miss) ... Otago ... E4* Whiteside, Margaret (Mrs.) ... N. Canterbury E4 Williams, Janet (Miss) ... Auckland ... E4 Willis, Robert ... ... N.Canterbury E4* Wilson, Peter McOwan ... Hawke's Bay E4 Worley, William Frederick ... Nelson ... E4* Young, Iienry Paterson ... Southland ... E4* Zweibruck, Mary (Miss) ... N. Canterbury E4* E5 Buckeridge, Elizabeth Anne (Miss) Nelson ... E5 McLeod, Alexander ... ... Hawke's Bay E5 Neal, Florence (Miss) ... ... Nelson ... E5* Reid, John ... ... N.Canterbury E5* Solomon, Amy (Miss) ... ... Otago ... E5 Thompson, Hugh James ... Nelson ... E5* Young, Charles ... ... Otago ... E5* License to Teach. Name. Education District. Benge, Alfred ... Bennett, Francis Bischoff, Adelaide (Miss) Blaxall, Lucy Maria (Miss) Blewett, Sarah Ann (Miss) Bolton, Edwin Claude Chattock, Hannah (Mrs.) Coveney, Alice Lowther (Miss) Dilke, Robert Joseph Dinsdale, Joseph Hoey, Jemima Nena (Mrs.) Humphreys, Joseph William Jefferson, George Jeffery, James ... Jones, Alice (Mrs.) Knight, Henry ... Laing, George ,.. Leefe, James Maberly, Mary Helen (Mrs.) McDonald, William McKay, William Donald Mehaffey, Beatrice Elizabeth (Mrs.) Norie, Katherine Elizabeth (Miss) Robertson, Marion Rosa (Mrs.) Ross, Catharine (Miss) ... Smith, William Steward, Henry Warner, Emma (Miss) ... Woodford, Eliza (Mrs.) ... Auckland Wellington Auckland Nelson Otago Hawke's Bay Nelson Nelson Auckland Wanganui Wanganui Nelson N. Canterbury Otago Marlborough N. Canterbury Otago Wellington Hawke's Bay Otago Westland Southland Wellington Marlborough Auckland Auckland Wanganui Wellington N. Canterbury

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EDUCATION. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, H-01a

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EDUCATION. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, H-01a

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