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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. [In Continuation of E.-1, 1884.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS. REPORT. Page Page School Attendance .. .. .. .. n Normal Schools .. .. .. .. xvni Age of Scholars .. .. .. .. v Education Reserves .. .. .. .. xix Subjects of Instruction.. .. .. .. V Colonial University Account .. .. .. xx jSTumber of Public Schools .. .. .. vi Native Schools .. .. .. .. xx Number of Teachers .. .. .. .. vn The Chatham Islands .. ... .. .. xxm Finances of Boards .. .. .. .. vin Deaf-and-Dumb Institution .. .. .. xxiv School Buildings, .. .. .. .. xn Industrial and Orphan Schools .. .. .. xxv School Committees .. .. .. .. xiii Higher Education .. .. .. .. xxxi Inspection of Schools .. .. .. .. xiv Gilchrist Scholarship .. .. .. .. xxxn . The Standards .. .. .. .. xvii Public Libraries .. .. .. .. xxxjit Scholarships .. .. .. .. .. xvni APPENDIX. Statistics — Statements of Accounts of Boards — continued. Income of Boards (Table No. i) .. .. 1 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. HI Expenditure of Boards (Table No. 2) .. 2 Marlborough .. .. .. .. 83 Management of Boards, Cost of (Table No. 3) 3 North Canterbury .. .. .. .. 85 Ages of Scholars (Table No. 4) .. .. 4 South Canterbury .. .. .. .. 87 Standards, Scholars classified according to Wostland .. .. .. .. 90 (Table No. 5) .. .. .. ' .. 5 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 93 School Committees' Accounts (Table No. 6) .. 6 Southland .. .. .. .. 96 Officers of Boards and Training Colleges (Table No. 7) .. . • .. .. .. 7 Normal School Reports— Education Department, Expenditure under Inspector-General's Report .. .. 97 (Table No. 8) .. .. .. 8 Principal's Report, Auckland .. .. 97 Secondary Schools, Income of (Table No. 9) .. 11 „ Wellington .. .. 98 Secondary Schools, Expenditure of (Table „ Canterbury .. .. 99 No. 10) .. .. .. .. 12 „ Otago .. .. 100 Schools, Expenditure on each, and Names and Salaries of Teachers (Table No. 11) .. 13 Drawing Master's Report, Otago .. .. 93 Schools, Area of each, Number of Residences, and Attendance (Table No. 12) .. 51 Reports and Accounts of School CommissionersAuckland .. .. .. .. .. 101 Reports of Boards— Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 103 Auckland.. .. .. .. .. 65 Wellington .. .. .. 104 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 69 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. 105 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 71 Marlborough .. .. .. .. 107 Wellington .. .. .. .. 74 Nelson .. .. .. .. 107 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. 76 Canterbury .. .. .. 108 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 80 Westland .. .. .. .. 110 "Marlborough .. .. .. .. 82 • Otago .. .. .. .. 11l North Canterbury .. .. .. .. 83 South Canterbury .. .. .. .. 86 Regulations — Westland.. .. .. .. .. 89 Standard Examinations .. .. .. 113 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 90 Class-books for Public Schools .. .. 113 Southland .. .. .. .. 94 Class-books for Public Schools .. .. 113 Examination of Teachers .. .. .. 113 Statements of Accounts of Boards— Inspection of Schools and Standards of EducaAuckland .. .. .. .. .. 68 tion .. .. .. .. 114 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 71 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 73 Circular — Wellington .. .. .. .. 76 Technical Education .. .. ~ 117 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. 79

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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Office of the Department of Education, Sie, — Wellington, Ist June, 1885. I have the honour, 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, 1884. I have, &c, Eobebt Stout. His Excellency Sir William F. Drummond Jervois, G.C.M.G., &c, Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. " The Education Act, 1877," requires that the Minister of Education shall annually report " upon the progress and condition of public education in New Zealand." There are certain departments of public education in the colony that do not come under the operation of the Act, and it has been found convenient to prepare separate parliamentary papers relating to them, and to give here only a brief summary of their work, devoting the greater part of this report to the state of the " public schools " established under the provisions of the Act for the purposes of primary education, and to the accounts of the School Commissioners, who manage the reserves appropriated to the partial maintenance of primary and secondary schools. The separate papers submitted by the Education Department for presentation during the present session of the General Assembly are— Eeports on the Native schools (E.-2), industrial schools and orphanages (E.-3), and the institution for deaf-mutes (E.-4), all of which (except some of the industrial schools and orphanages) are under the direct management of the Department; reports on the University of New Zealand (E.-5), the University of Otago (E.-6), the Canterbury College (E.-7), and the Auckland University College (E.-8), and on secondary schools (E.-9), nearly all of which are required by law to make annual reports to the Minister of Education; a report on the distribution of .£4,000 voted by the General Assembly for subsidising public libraries (E.-10); a return of the endowment reserves made by authority of law for secondary and for University education (E.-ll); and a return of the property of Education Boards (E.-12). The Inspector-General's report on the annual examination for teachers' certificates (E.-1a), the reports of the Education i—E. 1.

EDUCATION. EIGHTH ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE MINISTEE OF EDUCATION. [In Continuation of E.-l, 1884.]

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Boards' Inspectors of Schools (E.-1b), and papers relating to proposed changes in some of the regulations made under the Education Act (E.-lc), and to technical education (E.-1d), are also printed in separate papers. The annual reports of the several Education Boards, and the reports of the School Commissioners on their administration of the education reserves vested in them, are printed in the Appendix to this report. School Attendance. The Appendix to this report contains a list (pages 51-64, Table No. 12) of all the public schools in operation within the several education districts during the past year, together with an abstract of the enrolments and the average daily attendance at each school. The following table supplies the more important particulars of the year's attendance in each education district: —

TABLE A—School Attendance.

The following table shows the total number belonging to all the schools, the average daily attendance, and the increase in each year since 1877 :—

TABLE A2.—School Attendance and Yearly Increase for Seven Years.

The preceding tables show that the annual increase in the number of children attending the public schools was much greater in 1884 than in any former year since 1880. The increase in the average daily attendance in 1881 was only 1,501; the corresponding increase in 1884 reached 5,548.

On School Eolls. Average Daily Attendance. Year's Average Attendance as Percentage of Mean of the Roll Numbers for the Four Quarters. Strict Average. 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. S3 ti If si Q CD Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Males. Females Total. 1884. 1883. Auckland .. Paranaki iVanganui .. .. Wellington .. Hawke's Bay tfarlborough kelson Sforth Canterbury .. 3outh Canterbury.. iVestland .. Jtago Southland .. 15,365 1,514 5,103 6,168 3,480 1,424 4,117 16,506 3,752 2,932 18,978 5,544 11,537 1,623 2,756 4,546 2,289 669 2,303 8,765 1,897 893 9,149 2,888 8,513 1,024 2,232 3,319 1,659 600 1,612 6,939 1,582 720 6,713 2,047 18,389 2,113 5,627 7,395 4,110 1,493 4,808 18,332 4,067 3,105 21,414 6,385 14,353 1,447 4,142 5,413 3,159 1,063 3,542 13,626 3,112 2,318 17,742 4,733 14,000 1,399 4,127 5,454 3,076 1,091 3,479 13,127 3,003 2,209 17,296 4,336 7,696 831 2,251 3,039 1,756 595 1,863 7,516 1,689 1,195 9,376 2,578 6,990 717 2,027 2,639 1,525 511 1,778 6,094 1,531 1,178 8,539 2,318 14,686 1,548 4,278 5,678 3,281 1,106 3,641 14,210 3,220 2,373 17,915 4,896 14,446 1,536 4,262 5,651 3,217 1,136 3,598 13,929 3,122 2,340 17,551 4,603 78-1 73-0 75-7 76'6 78-9 75-2 75-8 76-4 77-0 76-2 82-2 74-4 77'6 70-4 75-2 76-8 77-2 73-7 73-0 73-0 75'0 70-9 81-3 75-7 Fotals for 1884 rotals for 1883 84,883 79,416 49,315 47,854 36,960 34,794 97,238 92,470 74,650 70,077 72,657 67,373 40,385 37,890 36,447 34,324 76,832 72,214 75,391 69,843 77-9 76'7 76-7 'norcaso in year .. 5,467 1,461 2,166 4,762 4,573 5,284 2,495 2,123 4,61i 5,548 1-2 totals for 1877 55,688 41,773 40,837 Increase in 7 years 41,550 35,059 34,554 Average yearly increase 5,936 5,008 4,936

School Attendance. Yearly Increase on Average Attendance. Averago Attendance. Yeab. Number belonging at Beginning of Year. Number belonging at End of Year. Strict Average. Working Average. belonging at Beginning of Year. belonging at End of Year. Strict Average. Working Average Fourth Whole Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 50,849 59,707 68,124 74,359 76,309 79,416 84,883 55,688 65,040 75,566 82,401 83,560 87,179 92,476 97,238 49,435 57,301 62,946 63,009 66,426 70,077 74,650 45,521 53,067 60,625 61,822 63,709 67,373 72,657 41,773 50,639 58,738 64,407 64,744 68,288 72,214 76,832 40,837 47,996 54,724 62,234 63,735 66,145 69,843 75,391 8,858 8,417 6,235 1,950 3,107 5,467 9,352 10,526 6,835 1,159 3,619 5,207 4,762 7.86G 5,645 63 3,417 3,651 4,573 7,546 7,558 1,197 1,887 3,664 5,284 8,866 8,099 5,669 337 3,544 3,926 4,618 7,159 6,728 7,510 1,501 2,410 3,698 5,548

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A comparison of Table Al with the corresponding table for 1883 shows that there was an increase last year in the attendance in all the education districts, the largest proportional increase being in the Hawke's Bay District, and the smallest in Westland. The increase per cent, on the previous year's attendances in the several districts was as follows: Hawke's Bay, 16-77 ; Nelson, 10-81; Auckland, 10-45; North Canterbury, 9-22 ; Wellington, 8-59; Wanganui, 7-44; Marlborough, 7-27; Taranaki, 6-22; South Canterbury, 5-65 ; Otago, 5-35 ; Southland, 4-61, and Westland, 0-9. The exceptional circumstances of the Westland schools last year may account for the very low rate of increase in that district. The largest numerical increase (1,367) was in the Auckland district, the smallest (21) was in Westland. There is reason to believe that the number of pupils on the roll at the end of a quarter fairly represents the number belonging to the school for the quarter, although its accuracy depends very much upon the care with which useless names are removed as soon as possible from the roll. The numbers returned as belonging to all the schools at the end of each of the four quarters of 1884 were 96,729, 96,539, 96,854, and 97,238 respectively, giving an average for the four quarters of 96,840, which may be taken as representing the roll number for the year. The average attendance (75,391) at all the schools in 1884 was thus at the rate of 77'9 per cent, of the roll number—96,B4o. This shows a higher rate of average attendance than in any previous year. In former years there was scarcely any change in the proportions between the average attendance and the roll numbers, which were as follows: 76-7 per cent, in 1883; 76-4 per cent, in 1882 and in 1881; 76-6 per cent, in 1880 and 76.1 per cent, in 1879. The last column of Table Al gives the proportions for each of the education districts in 1884 and 1883 respectively. The proportions for 1884 vary from 73 per cent, in Taranaki to 82-2 in Otago. The percentages were higher in 1884 than in 1883 in all the education districts except those of Southland, Westland, and Wellington. The falling-off in the Southland proportion may be attributed to the unfavourable weather, and to epidemics among the children, which have prevailed in that district to an unusual extent last year. The exceptional circumstances already referred to may account for the slight falling-off in the Westland District's proportion; the percentages in the Wellington District are almost the same in both years. The following are the percentages for the principal towns of the several education districts in 1884 and 1883 respectively, the figures for 1884 being placed first after the name of the town: Auckland, 81*18 and 82-05 ; New Plymouth, 75-02 and 70-67 ; Wanganui, 81-46 and 77-13 ; Wellington, 78-18 and 78-62 ; Napier, 80-7 and 78-66 ; Blenheim, 73-66 and 74-15 ; Nelson, 77-47 and 75-95; Christchurch, 76-49 and 73-45; Timaru, 80-61 and 77-74; Hokitika, 77-84 and 77-30 ; Greymouth, 73*29 and 75-25 ; Dunedin, 86-3 and 86*77 ; Invercargill, 75-78 and 77-70: average of the whole of these towns, 79-79 and 78-94. The collection of full and reliable information of a uniform character respecting school attendance is secured by means of the attendance registers and summaries which are supplied by the Department to all schools, the method of calculating the attendance prescribed by the regulations, and the quarterly returns required under them for each school. Almost all the grants made to Boards from the education votes are paid according to the average daily attendance in their respective districts, and it is therefore of extreme importance that the school registers and the returns should be perfectly trustworthy. In this matter there is reason to believe that, on the whole, the accuracy and good faith of the teachers may be depended upon, and that the Inspectors of Schools and the Chairmen of School Committees carefully perform the duty incumbent upon them in connection with the scrutiny of the registers and the examination of the returns forwarded to the Boards.*

♦ Tho following oxtraot is taken from the report of Mr. Vereker-Bindon, M.A., Inspector to the Wanganui Board: " I had to report one flagrant case of deliberate falsification of registers. The delinquent was, I am glad to say, only a few weeks in the service of this Board, and ho immediately resigned. In all other cases, so far as I know, the daily attendances were marked accurately, but in some few instances not at the proper time —in one school not until two days after tho time; while frequently I found tho daily registers very untidy, with tha columns not added, and dates, roll numbers, and such like not filled in to the day of my visit. The summary of attendance register, also, was often not posted." The person referred to had been only a short time in the colony, and holds no certificate of any kind from the Department,

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The quarterly returns, besides enabling Boards to report to the Department as to the numbers in attendance, should also prove of much value to them by affording periodical information respecting the state of the schools, in such a shape as to enable them to form a tolerably correct opinion concerning the sufficiency or otherwise of the staff employed in each school, and also to regulate the rates of salaries and other allowances. As prescribed by regulations under the Education Act, 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 taken separately) that the school has been at work during the period for which the computation is made. The result of this computation is termed the "strict average." In order, however, that the capitation allowance may not be unduly affected by bad weather, epidemics, 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 payments to Boards are based upon this second computation, which is termed the "working average." The "strict average" and the "working average " must both be shown in the quarterly returns made to the Boards and to the Department, and both are given for each education district in the foregoing summary (Table Al), and for each school in Table No. 12 of the Appendix, pages 51-64, the difference between them on all the schools being 2,182 for the fourth quarter, and 2,734 for the entire year. Wherever the average attendance is mentioned in other parts of this report it is the " working average " that is meant. Although the payments to Boards are necessarily regulated by the average daily attendance, yet the number of children really belonging to a school at any time, and not the bare number in average daily attendance, may be fairly taken as representing the children deriving benefit from the school. The attendance of a number of children, frequently owing to causes beyond their control, may be somewhat irregular, especially in the rural districts during winter, and yet they undoubtedly profit by their attendance at school, broken though it may sometimes be. As already stated, the number of children belonging to all the schools during the year may be regarded as 96,840, and this number is made use of in calculating the last line of Table G., which shows the average expenditure by Boards for each child belonging to the schools in 1884. The following table is interesting as showing the number of Maori and half-caste children, and children of mixed race, who were attending the public schools at the close of last year. These attendances are included in the column in Table Al headed " Number belonging at end of Year :"—

TABLE A3.—Maoris and Children of mixed Race attending Public Schools at the End of 1884.

The returns, as compared with those for the previous year, show a decrease from 213 to 163 in the number of pure Maoris attending the public schools, and a decrease in the number of children of mixed race from 548 to 540; making a decrease of 58 in the number of both classes of children. It is to be regretted

Education Distbicts. Pure Maoris. Of mixed Race. Total. No. of Schools in which were Maoris or mixed Kace. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland faranaki Wanganui Wellington Bawko's Bay .. Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury vVestland Dtago southland 31 4 17 17 14 3 6 8 28 6 6 6 1 3 7 4 1 59 4 23 23 19 1 6 18 12 1 2 130 9 23 2 46 8 2 8 125 3 15 47 7 4 10 4 2 33 6 255 12 38 2 93 15 C 18 4 7 73 17 161 13 40 19 60 8 5 14 8 5 42 11 153 3 21 6 52 8 7 17 8 3 33 6 314 16 61 25 112 1G 12 31 16 8 75 17 73 5 20 6 13 3 G 9 4 3 17 4 "2 5 40 11 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 102 141 61 72 163 213 284 305 256 243 540 548 386 466 317 315 703 761 163

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that so small a number of Maori children attend the ordinary public schools. There seems to be an unwillingness on the part of many parents of both races — European and Maori—to allow their children to be taught in schools equally open to them all. It is to be feared that in some Maori settlements, that are too small and too near to public schools to be regarded as entitled to have Native schools established in them, the children are growing up in ignorance, being either withheld or virtually excluded from the public schools on account of antipathy based on difference of race. It cannot be overlooked that the ideas, and the personal and domestic habits, of the Maoris, even when some little improvement has taken place, have not yet become so closely assimilated to those of the European population as to induce the families of the latter to consent readily to such close contact on the part of the two classes of children as attendance at the same school necessarily involves. The attendance of Maori children at the Native schools has increased during the year from 1,381 to 1,618. Ages of Scholaes. A detailed statement of the ages of the scholars at the end of the year is given in Table No. 4, Appendix, page 4. The following is a summary:—

TABLE B.—Ages of Scholars at the End of the Year.

The last five columns of the table show that the proportion of the scholars at the different ages specified remains much the same from year to year. As compared with former years there was a slight increase last year in the proportion of those between seven and ten years, and a corresponding decrease as regards the number between five and seven years. Subjects of Instruction. Section 84 of the Education Act prescribes the subjects of instruction to be taught in the public schools. The following table gives the number of scholars returned by the several Boards as receiving instruction in the several subjects at

TABLE. —Subjects of Instruction.

Ages. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentaj ;o for Fivi Years. five and under seven years .. leven and under ten years 'en and under thirteen years 'hirteen and under fifteen years )ver fifteen years 10,882 18,943 14,744 5,043 770 9,981 17,086 13,711 5,008 1,004 20,863 36,029 28,455 10,051 1,840 1884. 21-46 37-05 29-20 10-34 1-89 1883. 22-20 36-78 29-00 10-07 1-95 1882. 22-04 35-56 30-09 9-82 1-89 1881. 22-73 35-41 30-39 9-GO 1-87 :8$o. 22-33 35-99 30-25 9-06 1-77 Totals for 1884 .. Totals for 1883 50,388 47,704 46,850 44,772 46,850 44,772 97,238 92,470 Increase 2,684 2,078 4.7G2

Education Districts. a to aw a M fcb 3 I a III &8 o ffl O I a I! H CO a I n o S P 1 o M 12 'A si II Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 18,389 2,113 5,627 7,395 4,110 1,493 4,808 18,332 4,007 3,105 21,414 6,385 97,238 92,476 18,389 2,113 5,627 7,395 4,110 1,493 4,808 18,332 4,007 3,105 21,414 0,385 18,389 2,113 5,610 7,395 4,110 1,493 4,696 18,115 3,585 3,10a 21,414 0,153 18,389 2,005 5,538 7,154 4,110 1,416 4,562 17,916 3,749 3,105 21,414 6,142 9,052 701 2,349 4,031 1,611 592 2,385 0,903 1,575 1,392 9,041 2,456 11,803 1,156 3,232 4,376 2,339 863 2,930 9,2G0 2,137 1,824 11,779 3,420 G.904 692 2,183 3,100 1,555 509 2,272 0,352 1,525 1,205 8,300 2,252 5,100 140 1,036 1,440 575 367 1,426 2,820 797 259 5,153 1,158 15,661 1,454 2,977 5,188 1,726 885 638 13,484 2,593 515 11,152 2,793 16,486 1,576 4,583 5,450 2,437 954 2,680 15,174 2,689 2,015 15,955 4,051 15,615 1,421 3,340 5,658 2,559 790 059 14,400 3,135 1,081 17,350 4,137 70,157i 04,419 7,333 691 1,517 2,822 1,559 383 1,622 7,533 1,266 1,022 6,754 2,002 4,024 139 266 125 154 72 114 1,087 68 '252 161 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 97,238 92,476 96,178 91,076 95,560 90,591 42,748 40,190 55,128 52,439 2,G89 36,015;: 34,526: 2,389 ■20,331 19,641 59,066 54,996 74,050 71,000 |34,504 J32,275 6,462 5,954 Increase .. 4,702 4,762 4,502 4,909 2,558 ! 690 4,070 3,590 i 5,738 I 2,229 508

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The proportion of scholars learning drawing and singing was somewhat larger than in the previous year. The number of those on the roll not learning writing was 1,060; the number not engaged in arithmetic was 1,678. The corresponding figures for 1883 were 997 and 1,999. Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Westland, and Otago are the only districts in which all the children on the rolls are returned as being taught writing and arithmetic as well as reading. In Taranaki, Wellington, and Marlborough all attending the schools were receiving instruction in writing as well as in reading. The number of girls on the books was 46,850, or 48-18 per cent, of the whole attendance ; of these, 34,504, or 73*7 of the whole, were taught sewing. Number of Public Schools. The number of public schools returned as being in operation at the end of 1884 was 987, being an increase of 44 over that of the previous year. A return of the schools in the several education districts, including 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, is given in the Appendix, Table No. 11, pp. 13-50. The following table shows the distribution of large and small schools in the several districts, and supplies other information concerning them : —

TABLE D.—Number of Schools open at the End of 1884. (In this enumeration every two half-time schools are reckoned as one school, except in the column for number of such schools.)

The proportional increase in the number of schools during the year was somewhat less than the increase in the average attendance ; for, while in 1883 the mean average attendance at each school for the last quarter was 76*6, it had risen to 77-8 in 1884. The number of half-time schools is reduced by four. This class of school is maintained in Auckland and Otago only, all but six of them being in the former district. The sparseness of the population in many parts of the Auckland District has necessitated the establishment of half-time schools in order to afford the means of school instruction to the children in those localities. The report of the Auckland Board supplies interesting information as to its efforts on behalf of the settlers in the outlying districts. The number of schools aided under the provisions of section 88 of the Act has increased from 48 to 70 during the year. The increase in the number of such schools has been mainly in Marlborough, Nelson, South Canterbury, and Wanganui. Eleven small schools were closed in 1884, as compared with six in the previous year. The closing of small schools is usually owing to such causes as the following: A weak school has been closed, and a strong school established in another part of the district where a larger number can attend; two weak half-

Education Districts. O c3 en's id «-, a °H j| O CO O ft) -+a Is II ■§ s o i.s5i •S'oO0' Jill Numl 3^ 3 p. IS 3S >er o: Schools in whii Quartei <D . rC ED 8| I 81 0J . at* 61 ft ;h thi ■ waBI" §8 I" si 8 H Attc mdai ice foi I! 3 a •a | the a« wa « a o o IIS °o - S 4-J re o g &_■ •s|.s III I' I Auckland.. Caranaki vVanganui vVellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough kelson JTorth Canterbury.. south Canterbury.. Westland.. Dtago Southland 201 36 74 57 37 29 82 146 45 35 166 79 14,686 1,548 .4,278 5,678 3,281 1,106 3,641 14,210 3,220 2,373 17,915 4,896 76,832 72,214 73-0 43-0 57-8 99'6 88-7 38-2 44-4 97-3 71-5 67-8 108-3 620 13 2 7 3 1 6 13 4 5 6 20 5 10 6 4 6 12 12 3 4 8 23' 4 6 1 I 19 3 4 79 16 ■ 28 18 13 i 1 28 •> 50 i 22 : 10 I 64 'i 37 24 7 6 5 4 6 10 23 4 3 19 13 11 1 3 5 5 3 7 12 1 2 14 4 13 9 5 1 7i 1 4 46 G 1 8 1 1 11 18 3 15 4 5 7 6 4 4 14 3 2 12 3 6 3 Q 1 Q 9 2 o 10 4 5 1 2 11 1 I I 1 ■■ 1 5 1 i l 4 '. "8 1 6 2 4 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 987 943 77-8 76-G 64 55 93 86 ."•I 96 I I >! 369 i 350 124 126 68 56 68 75 51 52 35 28 i 20 1 19 52 56 70 48 n 6

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time schools have been closed and a full-time school erected in their stead in a central locality; or the weaker of two half-time schools has been discontinued and the stronger converted into a full-time school. The Taranaki Board reports the opening of a large central school in New Plymouth, and the closing of several small schools that were formerly scattered throughout that town. NUMBEE OF TEACHEES. The number of teachers employed in the public schools during the last quarter of 1884 is returned at 2,447, being 156 in excess of the number engaged during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The number of sewing teachers has increased during the year from 122 to 161. The sewing teachers' duties are confined to the giving of lessons in sewing, knitting, &c, to girls during a portion of the school hours. They are employed almost solely in the smaller schools that have not an attendance sufficient to warrant the employment of a fully-qualified schoolmistress in addition to a master. Table No. 11 of the Appendix, pp. 13-50, contains a nominal return of the teachers employed during the last quarter of 1884. The following table shows the number employed in the several Board districts during the same period; the classification has been made from the Board's returns :—

TABLE E.—Number of Teachers.

* Exclusive of seven Visiting Teachers. The apparent large increase in the number of head-mistresses, and decrease in that of assistant mistresses, must be accounted for by the circumstance that a reclassification has been made by the Auckland Board, which has returned 77 head-mistresses, and 75 assistant mistresses for 1884, the corresponding numbers for 1883 having been 36 and 98 respectively. Of the whole number of head-teachers and assistants (exclusive of pupil-teachers) there were 962 masters and 695 mistresses ; in 1881 —three years previously—the corresponding numbers were 843 and 607, the increases being 119 and 88 respectively. At the close of 1881 the number of male pupil-teachers in employment was 176 ; in 1883 —two years afterwards —the number had fallen to 159, being a decrease of 17 ; during the same two years the number of female pupil-teachers had increased from 461 to 571, or to the extent of 110. The increase in the numbers in 1884 over those in 1883 was nine male and 51 female pupil-teachers. The increase (39) in the number of teachers of sewing in 1884 has been very much larger than in any preceding year. The increase (156) in the total number of teachers has kept equal pace with that of the average attendance, the average number of pupils to each teacher over all the districts in 1884 having been 31*4: in 1883 the number

Number of Teachers, exclu during the isive of Teachers of S Last Quarter of 1884. towing, employed 8. 9. 10. Education Districts. Males. Females. Average Attendance for Last Quarter of 1884. Average Number of Pupils to each Teacher. Teachers of Sewing not included in preceding columns. 1. 2. a. Teachers. Assistants. 4. Teachers. 5. Assistants. 6. Pupilteachers. Totals. Auckland* Vanganui Vellington lawke's Bay .. ilarlborough .. kelson ■forth Canterbury iouth Canterbury Vestland )tago Southland 169 21 53 44 28 21 42 135 36 29 150 73 29 1 5 23 7 2 8 21 6 5 49 5 14 1 8 8 14 1 54 11 8 42 7 77 17 21 13 9 6 40 91 10 12 87 16 75 7 17 31 17 6 44 36 15 12 33 3 173 15 28 63 30 9 133 31 14 97 29 537 62 132 182 105 45 134 470 109 80 458 133 14,686 1,548 4,278 5,678 3,281 1,106 3,641 14,210 3,220 2,373 17,915 4,896 27-5 25-0 32-4 31-0 31-2 24-6 25-9 30-2 29-5 29-7 39-1 36-8 49 17 12 1 40 14 14 14 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 801 763 161 142 168 159 399 ■ 337 296 319 622 571 2,447 2,291 76,832 72,214 31-4 31-5 161 122 Increase or decrease 156 4,618 38 19 02 -23 51 39

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was 31-5; in 1882 it was 31*9; and in 1881 it was 31-0. The average number of pupils to a teacher varied considerably in the different districts: it ranged from 24'G in Marlborough to 89-l in Otago. As a rule the more sparsely-peopled districts, in which there is of necessity a larger proportion of small schools, show lower averages than the others. The greater the 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. The employment of several teachers in the same school admits of a satisfactory classification of the pupils, and the formation of large classes under separate teachers ; for 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, three, or more classes. It is satisfactory to note that the proportion of certificated teachers to the whole number employed in the schools is yearly increasing. Table 0 shows that 365 of the teachers in the public schools had attended, for longer or shorter periods, one or other of the training colleges in the colony. Income and Expenditure op the Boaeds. The General Assembly last session voted money for the following purposes in connection with the public schools :— 1. For grants to Boards at the rate of £3 15s. for every child in average daily attendance at the public schools, in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act. 2. For supplementary grants to Boards at the rate of ss. for each child in average daily attendance. 3. For grants to Boards, at the rate of Is. 6d. for each child in average daily attendance, for the support of scholarships established by them in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act. These are the only payments from the consolidated revenue that the Boards can make applicable to scholarships. 4. For distribution amongst Boards of the sum of £4,000 by way of subsidy, with the view to aid and encourage them to make sufficient provision for the thorough and efficient inspection of the public schools. 5. For grants to Boards for the training of teachers. The amount voted was .£B,OOO. 6. For special grants to Boards for school buildings. 7. For aiding Boards, in special cases, to acquire and improve grounds for recreation purposes. The amount voted was £1,200. 8. For enabling Boards to replace school buildings that had been destroyed by fire. The amount voted was £500. The capitation grants are paid to the Boards monthly, in strict accordance with the ascertained average daily attendance of the preceding three months, as shown by the summary statements of the quarterly attendance furnished by the Boards in terms of the Order in Council of 28th May, 1878. The reports of the several Boards for 1884 are printed in the Appendix ; and a statement in detail of each Board's income and expenditure follows its report. Summaries of the Boards' accounts for the year are given in Tables Nos. 1 and 2, Appendix, pp. 1 and 2. A statement of expenditure and recoveries in respect of the public schools, and of all other services under the control or supervision of the Minister of Education during the financial year ending 31st March, 1885, is given in Table No. 8, Appendix, pp. 8-10. Tables Fl and F2 contain summaries of the Boards' accounts for 1884 and for each of the seven previous years, so as to show at a glance the accounts of the eight years during which the schools have been maintained by grants from the colonial revenue:—

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TABLE F2.— Summary of Boards' Expenditure.

TABLE F1.— Summary of Boards' Income.

Principal Heads. Year 1877. Year 1878. Year 1879. Year 1880. Year 1881. Year 1882. Year 1883. Year 1884. _rj Balance, 1st January, 1877 Parliamentary grants, — I . Maintenance Buildings Education reserves .. Local receipts, — School fees, &c. .. For buildings Interest £ s. d. ! 32,490 7 6 ! 157,392 15 10 46,812 7 6 16,604 4 3 £ s. d. 216,666 4 0 101,257 2 11 8,862 3 9 £ s. d. 217,876 2 0 150,581 4 7 21,330 7 1 £ s. d. 241,555 14 0 104,436 16 8 19,749 0 4 £ S. d. 233,587 0 9 64,318 0 0 23,533 6 7 £ S. d. 250,853 10 9 45,205 10 9 21,258 13 4 £ s. d. 200,967 12 11 83,322 10 9 24,714 18 9 £ s. d. 287,503 17 5 50,475 0 0 29,511 1 4 •41,955 11 4 , 1,190 7 1 3,005 0 6 1,284 14 3 1,799 5 9 1,231 7 9 3,048 17 2 924 8 6 1,965 12 3 1,739 5 0 1,415 8 5 599 1 2 380 0 0 2,354 13 0 1,411 10 0 439 3 5 1,221 13 6 2,155 1 2 858 4 0 1,207 11 3 652 11 3 810 15 8 •• Ordinary income Deposits, refunds, &c. 296,445 13 6 2,798 10 11 331,075 5 5 6,361 1 4 395,867 4 4 2,708 13 10 370,370 16 9 2,893 9 5 323,832 16 11 2,269 8 11 321,583 1 9 5,425 11 9 379,240 1 1 2,880 13 5 370,160 16 11 1,388 2 10 Total receipts .. Add —Public libraries Secondary schools} .. Balances, 1st January 299,244 4 5 337,436 6 9 398,575 18 2 373,264 6 2 .6,179 2 1 4,945 8 0 326,102 5 10 453 10 9 327,008 13 6 258 13 5 382,126 14 6 230 10 9 371,548 19 9 9,025 7 5 23,323 0 9 58,173 3 11 42,437 1 6 32,419 10 9 37,400 15 9 11,532 15 4 13,007 11 8 Totals 308,269 11 10 300,759 7 6 402,928 4 2 420,646 15 8 358,975 7 4 364,668- 2 8 393,890 0 7 384,556 11 5 * Including sums raised by School Committees and expended on education without going through the Boards books, as follows: New Plymouth, £750 Is.; Hawke's Bay, £814 4s. 5d.; Otago, £20,S28 3s. 2d. t Including balances excluded from summaries of former years. . The Auckland College and Grammar School and the Otago High School were under the charge of the Education Boards during the year 1877.

Principal Heads. Year 1877. Year 1878. Year 1879. Year 1880. Year 1881. Year 1882. Year 1883. Year 1884. Management by Boards Inspection and examination .. Maintenance of schools'* School buildings £ s. d. 10,484 14 10 5,600 19 7 173,726 9 7 80,351 16 9 £ s. d. 10,225 12 2 6,142 14 5 192,736 19 7 89,255 3 7 £ s. d. 11,109 8 10 7,735 4 0 221,053 4 0 172,807 14 3 £ s. d. 10,037 17 6 8,273 13 9 247,121 3 5 117,410 1 10 £ s. d. 8,109 6 9 8,387 15 4 243,257 3 6 58,254 12 6 £ s. d. 8,458 16 10 9,115 16 7 258,683 3 0 71,852 4 9 £ s. d. 9,662 12 9 9,866 11 8 272,484 9 3 86,748 13 0 £ s. d. 9,447 14 3 10,441 4 0 293,748 3 1 49,079 1 4 Ordinary expenditure .. Bofunds and advances 270,170 0 9 3,610 8 4 298,360 9 9 4,225 13 10 412,765 11 1 1,651 11 0 382,842 16 6 726 7 0 318,008 18 1 2,011 15 10 348, ilO 1 2 5,001 4 9 370,762 6 8 2,077 9 9 303,310 2 8 1,080 10 6 Total expenditure Add —Public libraries* Secondary schools .. Balances, 31st December} 273,780 9 1 302,586 3 7 414,417 2 1 6,074 0 7 383,569 3 6 4,658 1 5 320,020 13 11 1,553 17 8 353,111 5 11 24 1 5 380,839 16 5 42 12 6 365,002 19 2 11,166 2 0 23,323 0 9 58,173 3 11 42,437 1 6 32,419 10 9 37,400 15 9 11,532 15 4 13,007 11 8 19,553 12 3 Totals 308,269 11 10 360,759 7 6 462,928 4 2 420,646 15 8 358,975 7 4 364,668 2 8 393,890 0 7 384,556 11 5 * Maintenance includes teachers' salaries and allowances, grants to Committees and schools, scholarships, training, tire insurance, &c. the Boards. + Deducting overdrafts. t The public libraries' subsidy is now distributed by the Department, not by

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Table No. 11, Appendix, pp. 13-50, shows the year's expenditure on each school, (1) for teachers' salaries and allowances, (2) for ordinary current expenses, and (3) for buildings, sites, furniture, apparatus, &c. An analysis of the expenditure of the several Boards on management, and on inspection and examination, is given in the Appendix, Table No. 3, p. 3. The following is a summary of the expenditure by all Boards under each of the heads specified in Table No. 3: Office staff, £5,845 9s. 4d.; allowances to members of Boards, £689 15s. 4d.; office rent, furniture, &c, £519 Is. 4d.; fuel, light, and cleaning, £211 15s. 6d.; law expenses, £96 19s. 6d.; printing, £752 17s. 3d.; advertising, £652 12s. Id.; stationery, £442 18s. lid.; sundries, unclassified, £236 55.: total, £9,447 14s. 3d. The figures in the column of Table No. 3 headed "Allowances to Members of Boards" show that the payments in the several districts are very far from bearing any proportion to their relative areas, or to the number of schools and the school attendance in them. The payments range from £13 10s., in the very large district of Auckland, to £214 45., in that of Otago; the second highest payment (£129 12s. 6d.) having been made in the comparatively small district of Wanganui. Taranaki, which ranks second lowest in school attendance, stands fourth highest, at £69, as regards the amount paid to the members of its Board. In proportion to their area, the number of their schools, and their school attendance by far the smallest payments were received by the members of the Auckland and North Canterbury Boards. The only Board that made no payment to its members was that of Marlborough. The aggregate amount paid to members of Boards was about £200 less than in the previous year, but this is wholly owing to there having been no Westland Board in 1884, the members of that Board having paid to themselves, in 1883, the sum of £237 9s. 6d. The law expenses amounted to £69 for six of the Boards, the other six Boards having incurred no expenditure under this head. In 1883 the law expenses amounted to £276 6s. 4d. The comparatively large sum (£ll7 13s. 4d.) paid for printing by the Wanganui Board is accounted for by an expenditure of £77 4s. 7d. incurred by the Inspector of Schools for the printing of his standard examination papers. The total cost of management by Boards last year was about £215 less than that of 1883, but this was owing to the much smaller cost of management in the Westland District in 1884. There was an increase of about £575 in the cost of inspection and examination for the year, the largest increase having been made by the Board of the Auckland District, where four Inspectors of Schools are now employed. Table G shows the average expenditure for each scholar, calculated on the daily average attendance in each of the education districts, under the several headings—Board's management, school inspection (including examination of pupil-teachers), current maintenance of schools, and school buildings. The gross expenditure under each of these four heads is shown in the first four lines of Table F2, and in columns 2, 3, 4, and sof Table No. 2of the Appendix. The refunds and advances (£1,686 16s. 6d.) shown in the sixth line of Table F2 are not included in the calculation, as these are not actual expenditure in the ordinary sense.

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TABLE G.—Expenditure per Scholar by Boards.

The average for all the districts shows a decrease under each head of expenditure, the total decrease on account of current expenditure being s|d. per scholar. The decrease (lls. 7fd.) in the expenditure on buildings is to be accounted for by the smaller amount of the special building grant made to Boards last year. The cost of the four training institutions is included in the maintenance account, and consequently the average cost per scholar in the Auckland, Wellington, North Canterbury, and Otago Districts appears a little higher than 'it would otherwise do. The Boards' receipts include not only the statutory capitation grant of £3 155., but also the special grant of 55., the grant of Is. 6d. for scholarships, the school-inspection subsidy, the grants for training of teachers, the special grants for buildings, and income derived from local sources: the last - named item amounted to about £1,860 in 1884. The expenses of the Education Department (Head Office) are not taken into account in the calculation of the average cost per scholar. These amounted to about ,£2,500, but a very large proportion of this sum is fairly chargeable against the Native and Industrial Schools and other work undertaken by the Department. The total amount of salaries and allowances paid to teachers at the rates in force during the last quarter of the year was £254,377 10s. 9d. This amount, distributed among 2,608 teachers, including 790 pupil-teachers and 161 teachers of sewing, gives them an average salary of about £98. The distribution of salary and allowances is as stated in Table H. The average is, of course, greatly lessened by the large number (951) of pupil-teachers and sewing teachers, whose salaries range from £10 to £50 a year. About 700 of the head-teachers have free residences, with gardens or glebes of greater or less value, and some teachers have rent allowances, which are not included in Table H. The second last column of Table No. 11, Appendix, pp. 13-50, shows the yearly rates of salary received by the several teachers at the close of 1884.

Education Districts. to OCD O 2a IS •^3> 03 r-t of jl Cost per Scholar for Current E: ihe Year 1884, calculated Attendance. cpenditure. in the Average Daily Total Current Expenditure and Buildings. School Buildings. Boards' Management. Inspection. Maintenance. Totals. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North CanterburySouth Canterbury Weatland Otago Southland 201 36 74 57 37 29 82 146 45 35 106 79 537 62 132 182 105 45 134 470 109 80 458 133 14,446 1,536 4,262 5,651 3,217 1,136 3,598 13,929 3,122 2,340 17,551 4,603 £ s. -d. 0 2 10J 0 3 10§ 0 4 Of 0 2 5} 0 2 4 0 3 3 0 2 11J 0 1 9J 0 3 8} 0 3 lOJ 0 1 9J 0 2 5j £ s. d. 0 3 2 0 4 7 0 2 6} 0 2 6 0 4 4 0 3 9} 0 3 2J 0 2 Of 0 3 0J 0 4 10J 0 2 3} 0 2 4 £ s. d. 3 17 10 3 8 0J 3 15 0J 4 2 5} 3 13 4 3 19 0J 3 18 5} 3 18 llj 3 15 llj 4 1 1} 3 18 4 3 16 0| £ s. d. 4 3 10J 3 16 61 4 1 8£ 4 7 54 4 0 0 4 6 1J 4 4 !j 4 2 9} 4 2 8} 4 9 10J 4 2 5J 4 0 10| £ s. d. 0 14 10 2 1 11J 0 7 6 0 9 M 0 8 ll| 0 5 6j 0 14 5J 0 14 9J 0 10 llj £ s. d. i 18 8J 5 18 6 4 9 2| 4 17 3 4 8 11J 4 11 7| 4 19 0} i 17 7J 4 13 8 4 9 10} 4 16 5J 4 12 8 0 U 0 0 11 9| Totals for 1884 .. Totals for 1883 .. 987 943 2,447 2,291 75,391 69,843 0 2 6 0 2 9J 0 2 9J 0 2 9f 3 17 11 3 18 0J 4 3 1\ 4 3 7J 0 13 2J 1 4 10 4 16 4£ 5 8 5J Totals for 1884, cal-\ culated on mean | of roll numbers at tend of four quarters—96,840 ) Similar totals for 1883 0 1 11J 0 2 If 3 0 8 3 4 9£ 0 10 3 3 15 0J 0 2 1J 0 2 2 2 19 10J 3 4 2 0 19 0| 4 3 2}

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TABLE H.—Salaries of Teachers. (The numbers show how many teachers in each district are paid at rates within the limits stated at the heads of the columns respectively.)

School Buildings. The sum of .£70,800 voted for school buildings by the General Assembly out of loan for the financial year 1883-4 was not distributed till the beginning of 1884, when it was apportioned as follows: Liabilities of previous year, £800; Education Boards, £51,500 ; Native Schools, £4,394 6s. 3d.; Industrial Schools, £402 15s. lid.; lapsed, £13,702 17s. lOd. The amounts paid to the several Boards were as follows : Auckland, £9,682; Taranaki, £1,542; Wanganui, £2,736 ; Wellington, £5,007 ; Hawke's Bay, £2,159 ; Marlborough, £846 ; Nelson, £2,307 ; North Canterbury, £9,439 ; South Canterbury, £2,230 ; Westland (held over till 1885), £1,824; Otago, £10,628; and Southland, £3,100: total, £51,500. The following payments were also made to Boards during the year out of other votes : Hawke's Bay Board, £100. for Tarawera school, out of vote for Native Schools, and £250 for Gisborne school out of vote for purchase of playgrounds ; Otago, £200 out of same vote for Forbury school site; Southland Board, £230 to replace building destroyed by fire. The total special payments to Boards on account of buildings for the year thus amounted to £50,475, as shown in Table Fl. The total amount of expenditure on buildings, sites, &c, was £49,679 Is. 4d., as stated in Table F2, or £796 below the receipts. In the year 1883 the excess of expenditure on buildings over the amount of the special building grants was £3,426 2s. 3d. None of the money voted by the General Assembly for school buildings for 1884-85 was distributed till after the close of the school year (December, 1884), and it is therefore not shown in the Boards' accounts. The following table, compiled from the Boards' statements of accounts, shows, under five different heads, the amounts expended on school buildings in the several Board districts :—'

TABLE J.—School-Buildings' Expenditure.

Education Distbict. Under £100. £100 and under £200. £200 and under £300. £300 and under £400. £400 and upwards (maximum, £486). Total of Teachers. Total Amount of Salaries paid in Last Quarter of 1884. Auckland Paranaki vVanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ilarlborough kelson Sforth Canterbury Jouth Canterbury /Vestland )tago Southland . 388 57 GO 100 G3 28 72 308 81 43 194 5G 162 21 57 G6 32 15 56 161 34 29 195 80 27 *12 21 8 2 5 30 6 8 61 9 7 1 8 7 2 1 7 2 2 1 58G . 79 132 194 106 45 134 510 123 80 472 147 £ s. a. 50,042 0 0 4,8G5 4 0 14,465 3 3 19,257 0 0 10,670 9 0 3,834 12 0 11,893 0 6 46,030 2 0 10,057 5 0 8,045 14 6 59,062 0 0 16,155 1 0 4 16 2 6 Totals 1,450 189 1G8 008 13 2,608 254,377 10 9

Education Distbicts. fl _ • _ o . OQ. o _. •gl . o O _ 0_ <_> O j Srr. _ _ ... o Ij _ o _ 0 _ o° Iff. °s o g s _ o Expe: School Furuituro and Appliances not included in the preceding. iditure in 1884 upon Plans, Supervision, and other Expenses. Total. New Buildings. Improvements, Enlargements, Bopairs, &c. Purchase of Bites. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland 201 36 74 57 37 29 82 146 45 35 166 79 109 i 21 55 30 24 15 35 137 31 16 167 66 34 3 4 5 5 7 10 6 2 2 6 4 £ s. d. 6,868 8 6 2,337 12 4 464 16 0 674 7 6 154 2 0 113 17 0 2,010 13 2 5,409 12 1 1,156 3 8 £ s. d. 1,676 4 5 498 0 9 1,019 3 5 1,527 0 5 410 5 4 157 19 5 495 9 0 3,319 4 5 204 8 8 £ s. d. 1,535 0 6 207 12 4 0 10 0 134 12 1 341 18 7 26 4 5 67 15 5 679 2 8 167 6 1 £ s. d. 192 0 5 91 15 7 250* 0 0 500 0 0 £ s. d. 444 19 5 87 0 0 106 12 2 181 14 0 27 7 0 10 4 0 £ s. d. 10,716 19 _ 3,222 1 C 1,597 1 7 2,767 14 C 1,439 13 5 314 5 i 2,596 7 7 10,299 18 8 1,713 11 2 22 10 0 157 15 6 23 19 7 674* 4 0 101 13 2 Otago Southland 8,573*12 5 1,748 14 0 2,108 13 0 674 15 8 438*18 0 139 18 11 448* 3 3 36 6 11 72416 11 117 10 3 12,294 3 7 2,717 5 9 Totals for 1884.. Totals for 1833.. 987 943 700 087 88 83 129,571 19 2i 48,330 0 5, 12,157 4 6; 23,218 0 11, 3,744 19 0 5,192 7 4 1,722 17 3 5,583 18 10 2,482 1 B 4,424 6 2 49,679 1 4 86,748 13 0 Increase Decrease 44 19 ' 5 18,758* 1 3j 11,060 16 5j 1,447* 8 4 3,861* 1 7 1,942* 4 9 37,069*11 8

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The preceding analysis shows that, while £29,571 was expended on new buildings, no less than =£12,157 was spent on improvements, enlargements, repairs, &c. ; that the Boards of Wanganui, Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Marlborough devoted larger amounts to improvements than to new buildings ; and that, out of a total expenditure of £1,439, the Hawke's Bay Board spent £500 on a site or sites, £416 on improvements, &c, £341 on furniture and appliances, and the comparatively small sum of £154 on new buildings. The cost of plans, supervision, &c, for all the Boards was at the rate of 5 per cent, on the total expenditure, but the rate varies to some extent in the different districts. A return showing the estimated value of the buildings, lands, and other property of the several Education Boards is contained in the Parliamentary Paper E.-12,1885. Several of the Boards have represented that larger amounts than those recently placed at their disposal are needed to provide adequate school accommodation for the scholars in their respective districts. With a view to restrict the appropriation of the special parliamentary grant as much as possible to expenditure on new school buildings and residences, and the enlargement of existing ones, a circular has been issued to the several Education Boards pointing out that it is in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Education Act that not only should a portion of the ordinary Board fund be devoted to the repairing and improvement of the school premises, but also that voluntary local effort should be evoked in aid of the Board and the school funds ; and the suggestion was made that a portion of the ordinary Board fund should be made available for repairs, fencing, painting, &c, and that it should be made a condition, on making a grant of money to a School Committee for such objects, that a certain proportion of the cost be defrayed by those interested in the welfare of the school. It is believed that, if the Boards were to give the recommendation a fair trial, they would receive the support generally of the residents in the several school districts throughout the colony.* School Committees. It was stated in last year's report that a change had been made in the regulations for auditing the accounts of the School Committees, and that each Board is now required to appoint an auditor or auditors to audit the school fund accounts within the district for which it is constituted. The reports and returns of the several Boards show that the change has been a satisfactory one, and that it has led to considerable improvement in the keeping of the school fund accounts. Abstracts of these accounts have been received from all the Boards, and are printed in Table No. 6, Appendix, p. 6. The following is a summary of the accounts:— Income. £ s. a. Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 ... ... ... 6,042 16 3i Eeceipts from Boards, general purposes £23,955 G 0 Eeceipts from Boards, special purposes 6,629 17 10 30,585 3 10 Local contributions, general purposes ... 1,856 2 0 Local contributions, special purposes ... 1,012 13 11 . 2,868 15 11 From other sources ... ... ... ... 2,859 0 2-J Debit balances on 31st December, 1884 ... ... 67 11 1 Total income ... ... ... •■• 2'i 2A__ 7__i_ * The following is a copy of the circular referred to : "I am to take this opportunity to press upon the Board's consideration the representations made by the Minister of Education in his Sixtli Annual Report, p. 9, E.-l, 18S3, with reference to the provisions of tho Act of 1877, section 43, to the effect that Boards shall, out of the ordinary Board fund, make payments for tho purchasing, or renting, or erecting, fitting up, and improving school buildings, just as much as for the payment of teachers' salaries and the Boards' departmental or other expenditure. As you are aware, Boards have been informed on sevoral occasions that the Government cannot undertake to defray out of the special vote the entire cost of providing and repairing school buildings ; and that it is incumbent on Boards, in conformity with what are clearly the spirit and letter of the Education Act, to devote as large a proportion as possible of their ordinary capitation grants to this object, and to regard the special vote out of loan as merely supplementary. 1 am, further, to refer the Board to section 42, subsection (5), and to section 80, subsection (2), of the Education Act, which clearly show that the Legislature contemplated the Board fund and the School Committee fund being made up to some extent from donations and subscriptions ; and also to point out the great advisability of effect being given to the practice that obtained very generally in former years, of the Board making it an essential condition of the obtaining of a grant by a School Committee, more especially for painting, fencing, or repairs, that the residents and those interested in the school should contribute a fixed proportion of the cost. The Government expect that the Board's contribution towards such expenditure, which, strictly speaking, is to be regarded as current expenditure, shall bo defrayed out of the Board's ordinary fund, and that the special grants out of loan shall be devoted solely to their legitimate purpose of providing new school buildings, and of enlarging existing ones."

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Expenditure. £ s. d. Cleaning, fuel, repairs, &c. ... ... ... ... 20,428 111 Books, maps, furniture, &c. ... ... ... ... 2,841 0 9 Contributions towards teachers'salaries ... ... 1,005 8 9 Committees'expenses ... ... ~. ... 1,604 17 5 Expenditure of special grants ... ... ... 6,260 2 6 Sundries, not classified ... ... ... ... 4,006 6 5 Credit balances on 31st December, 1884 ... ... 6,277 9 7 Total expenditure ... ~. ... £42,423 7 4 The local contributions for general purposes were in aid of the school fund; those for special purposes seem to have been chiefly for prizes, school fetes, and similar objects. The receipts from other sources were mainly derived from rents, and sales of school books and stationery. The " sundries, not classified " included expenditure on prizes, school fetes, school books, stationery, &c. The Boards, in their annual reports, bear testimony to the satisfactory manner in which the Committees generally have performed the duties intrusted to them by the Education Act. -The Auckland Board " gratefully acknowledges the assistance and co-operation afforded by School Committees during the past year. It has been the constant endeavour of the Board to allow the fullest freedom to Committees, and to give due consideration to their wishes and recommendations. The grants voted to Committees have, for the most part, been expended by them with care and discretion ; and due forbearance has been exercised by them in refraining from making claims upon the Board at a time when the funds of the Board were low." The Taranaki Board "is gratified to acknowledge increasing interest being taken by the Committees in performing the duties required of them by the Education Act. Several have shown this by the improvements about the school buildings, planting the sites with trees, fencing, and the erection of gymnastic apparatus." The Wanganui Board states that " great difficulty was experienced in getting in some of the summaries of the school fund account, and in some cases the returns were not forthcoming. Some of the .Committees have collected sums of money and judiciously expended it in improving grounds, erecting swings, and in school treats, and prizes." The Wellington Board reports that " in most instances the accounts have been accurately prepared and submitted for audit in a clear form, bank-book and vouchers being all in order, and the cash-book showing clearly every item of expenditure." The Board expresses the opinion that " it would greatly facilitate both the proper keeping and audit of school accounts if the Department were to furnish, for the use of School Committees, a suitable book-with printed headings for the purpose." The other Boards bear equally satisfactory testimony to the valuable services rendered by the School Committees. Inspection of Schools. The annual reports of the Inspectors of Schools, as presented to the Boards of the several districts, will be found in a separate paper (E.-1b). On the whole they are characterized by a judicious blending of generous commendation of all good work done and clear exposition of faults that need to be corrected. The suggestions they make as tp available means of improving the general quality of the instruction and culture afforded by the public schools are worthy of the most serious consideration on the part of a great number of the teachers, and constitute an evidence of the proper strictness of the Inspectors, and of their earnest desire to represent as accurately as possible the actual condition of the schools. At the same time, a comparison of these reports with those presented in former years leads to an assured conviction that beneficial changes are taking place throughout all the districts, and that substantial progress is being made, and so made as to justify the expectation of further improvement. Table K shows the number of children who passed a standard during the year, and the proportion of the number passed to the number presented, and also to the roll number ; —■

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TABLE K.—Numbers and Proportions of Passes in Standards.

It will be seen that in this table the numbers presented and passed are compared with the roll number for December. To be perfectly fair they ought rather to be compared with the sum of the roll numbers of the several schools at the several dates of their examination ; but this last-described number, which would certainly be smaller than the roll number for December, has not been ascertained. As the table stands it shows that more than half the scholars were examined in standards, and that between 39 and 40 per cent, of all the scholars passed a standard. This proportion is higher than any that has been obtained in previous years. A comparison of Table L with the corresponding tables in previous reports shows that the average ages of the pupils when they pass the several standards are subject to very little variation from year to year, the average age of passing the First Standard being 8-7, both in 1883 and 1884, and the average age of passing the Sixth being 14 in both years. ■

TABLE L.—Average Age of Pupils at Standard Examinations.

Passed Standards. Education Districts. Eoll (Dec., 1884). Presented. Passed. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Total. Per cent. 10-5 7-9 of Eoll Numbe: r. Ul 97,238 | 51-8 p.c. of roll number 76 p.o. of number presented 111-8 4-9 2-9 1-4 39-4 luckland.. ?aranaki .. Vanganui Wellington lawke's Bay .larlborough kelson Canterbury South Canterbury Vestland.. )tago Southland Per ci mt. of Number 76-8 64-3. 34-2 30-7 66-5 56-8 89-3 74-4 76-1 77-0 89'9 83'9 92-2 82-2 85-9 74'8 75-2 68-9 82-8 71-3 85-3 69-8 76-1 55-8 present ;ed in e£ I 60-3 27-3 I 51-0 84-5 55-4-81-4 85-5 67-7 71-5 75-3 708 43-5 .ch Stai 62-8 27-3 69-5 80-0 69-0 75-0 87-5 77-2 77-1 71-3 79-7 62-7 idard. 18,389 2,113 5,G27 7,395 4,110 1,493 4,808 18,332 4,067 3,105 21,414 6,385 9,454 978 3,243 3,919 2,499 798 2,524 9,132 2,258 1,682 10,963 2,899 6,915 472 1,953 3,440 1,903 688 2,099 7,437 1,670 1. 327 8,394 1,982 79-0 710 63-5 97-1 84-0 96-6 90-9 93-3 86-7 91-5 91-4 88-5 75-1 I 35-4 52-0 I i 91-2 I 64-4 66-3 : 57-3 I 70-1 59-8 70-8 56-4 51-1 j 73-1 48-3 60'2 87-8 76-2 86-2 83'1 81-4 73-9 78-9 76-6 68-4 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 97,238 92,476 50,349 46,439 38,280 34,566 86-4 86-5 80-8 78'2 68-6 64-8 64-6 64-7 68-3 66-7 75-1 79-4 76-0 74-4

Education Districts. Avi irage A| ;es (in Years) foi Standi urd. Mean if Ages. I. 9-0 8-5 8-5 8-8 8-8 8-7 8-3 8-6 8-5 8-4 9-1 II. 10-5 10-1 9-7 9-9 10-4 9-6 9-4 10-0 9-5 9-8 10-2 III. 12-0 11-2 ll-l 11-1 11-3 11-1 10-7 11-3 11-0 11-3 11-6 IV. 13-0 12-7 12-3 12-0 12-4 12-1 12-1 12-6 12-2 12-0 12-5 V. 14-0 134 13-2 13:4 13-1 13-1 13-0 13-3 12-9 12-1 13-1 VI. 14-5 13-6 14-0 14-5 14-1 14-0 14-1 14-3 13-4 13-7' 14-0 1884. 121 11-6 11-5 11-6 11-7 11-6 11-2 11-6 11-2 10-9 11-7 1883. 12-2 11-1 11-6 1882. 12-4 11-5 11-4 1881. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland ii-4 11-6 11-7 11-2 11-3 11-9 11-0 13-3 11-5 11-6 11-2 11-3 11-9 11-2 11-0 11-9 11-8 11-4 11-1 11-8 11-2 12-0 11-7 Mean of the eleven returns Bange (difference between highest and lowest) 8-7 9-9 11-3 12-3 13-1 14-0 11-5 11-5 11-5 11-5 0-8 1-1 1-3 1-0 1-9 1-1 1-2 2-3 1-4 0-9 1883— Mean of the ten returns Bange (difference between highest and lowest) .. .. i 8-7 9-7 11-2 12-3 13-2 140 1-6 1-1 1-6 1-2 1-4 2-0

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TABLE M.—Classification according to Standards in the Last Quarter of 1884.

As only about 52 per cent, of the children were presented in standards, some account may be demanded as to the children represented by the remaining 48 per cent. Table M may serve in some degree to show where these children are. At the end of the year 19"19 per cent, of the number then on the roll were reported as preparing for Standard 1., and 27*33 per cent, were reported as too young to be preparing for that standard ; so that, on the whole, it was estimated by the teachers that 46*52 per cent, were not ready to pass in any standard. This proportion probably corresponds pretty nearly to the number of children under the age of eight and a half years, since at the end of the year, as shown in Table B, the proportion of children between five and seven.years old was 21*46 per cent., and of children between seven and ten years, 37*05. It is, however, by no means certain that this view of the case is a fair one. Table M shows that 70*5 per cent, (that is to say, all except those who had passed Standard VI. and those who were too young to be preparing for Standard I.) were at the end of the year preparing for'examination in some standard, and, as the proportion was almost exactly the same at the end of 1883, it seems to follow that something like 70 per cent, of the children belonging to the schools at examination time ought to have been presented ; and 70 per cent, of the mean of the roll numbers at the beginning and end of the year respectively would be equal to 68 per cent, of the roll number at the end of the year, instead of the 52 per cent, actually presented. Here, then, is an indication of the operation of some influence tending to hinder the presentation of something like one-sixth of the whole number of pupils. There is reason to believe that this state of things is partly due to the use often'made of a formula not contemplated by the regulations, but which has sprung into existence under their operation, and is known as the " percentage of passes." It is evident that if the percentage of passes be calculated on the number presented, it can be augmented by not presenting the candidates who are most likely to fail. To some extent the policy of excluding backward candidates from the calculation of the percentage of passes has been recognized by Inspectors, and in one case at least by a Board, and rules have been formulated for throwing out of account the failures of children whose attendance has been very short or very irregular, or who are much below the age of their equals in standing. There has been no uniformity of method in this matter, though there have been some signs of a desire for it, such, for instance, as the suggestion often made that a minimum of attendances should be required as a pre-requisite to examination. The Order in Council issued last June was designed to put an end to the withholding of pupils from examination on any account whatever, and at the same time to put into the hands of the teacher the means of protecting himself against a diminution of his percentage on account of the irregular or short attendance of some pupils. That part of the Order in Council which required that all children should be presented has met with much approval, especially because it explicitly requires that the preparatory classes as well as the standard classes shall be examined ; but the plan of allowing a teacher to put a pupil back into a lower class has been the subject of much adverse comment, and it does not reappear in the regulations as recast by a new Order in Council to be issued this month. By the new regulations the expression "percentage of passes" is

Standards. Boys. Girls. Totals. Pcrce; itago. 'oo young for line next following 'roparing for Standard I. „ II. , III. , " , IV. „ V. , VI. 'assed Standard VI. .. 14,238 9,645 8,071 7,642 5,545 3,157 1,559 531 12,335 9,011 7,628 7,441 5,294 2,938 1,603 600 26,573 18,656 15,699 15,083 10,839 6,095 3,162 1,131 1R84. 27-33 19-19 16-14 15-51 11-15 6-27 3-25 1-16 1883. 27-02 19-10 1G-21 15-80 10-94 6-32 2-91 1-10 1882. 27-32 19-15 16-12 15-95 11-72 6-21 2-64 0-89 1881. 25-45 20-32 16-83 17-14 11-44 5-73 2-38 0-71 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 50,388 47,704 45,082 43,484 46,850 44,772 42,097 10,103 97,238 92,476 87,179 83,587

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formally recognised, but it is made to refer to the number on the school roll instead of to any less number presented in the standards ; so that, in future, whatever influence it may have will be rather to hasten than to hinder the presentation in standards. Another formula—the "percentage of failures " —has been introduced to express from a different point of view from that which has hitherto obtained the proportion subsisting between passes and failures. Pupils whose attendances during a certain period have not amounted to half-time will be allowed to pass if they can, but if they do not pass they will not be counted as failing; and the percentage of failures will express the proportion between the failures and the passes and failures taken together. On this plan irregular and short attendance will not affect the proportion of failures at all, and its effect upon the percentage of passes will be mitigated by being spread over the whole school roll. The Standards. The original programme of the examination in standards having been in use for six years, it seemed that the time had arrived for a full consideration of recommendations made for its improvement as the result of experience extending over a period equal to that of the full course described in the programme. Early in January a circular letter was addressed to all the Inspectors of Schools in the service of the several Education Boards, seeking their advice on certain proposals that had often been made, and inviting suggestions for the improvement of the syllabus. This letter and the Inspectors' replies appear in a separate paper (E.-lc), which also contains a copy of resolutions adopted by the New Zealand Educational Institute, and some other matter relating to the same question. A new Order in Council superseding the Order under which inspection has hitherto been carried on is to be issued at once.* The changes introduced by it will, it is believed, be found accordant with the general tenor of the recommendations and suggestions for which the Department is indebted to experienced Inspectors and teachers. Under the old programme the subject of examination fell into two divisions, .the first consisting of subjects in which any pupil must satisfy the Inspector in order to pass a standard, the other consisting of subjects respecting which the Inspector was to inquire, and, if necessary, to report, as to the kind and amount of instruction given to the several classes. It has become usual to distinguish the two groups of subjects as " pass-subjects " and " class-subjects." The usage is not a bad one, but it involves some danger of misunderstanding. Thus, it appears to have been sometimes understood that because a subject had come to be called a pass-subject the Inspector was not at liberty to ascertain individual proficiency by class examination; and, again, in making comparisons between class-subjects in the sense here referred to and class-subjects in the sense of the English code, it seems to have been forgotten that in England a class-subject is one on account of which a special grant of money may be earned by the school. In the new syllabus the usage which distinguishes " pass " and " class " subjects is adopted, and receives authoritative definition. The " class-subject," as defined, is, however, to be as necessary a part of every school course as a " pass-subject." Experience has shown that where the Inspector is only directed to inquire, and, if necessary, to report upon a subject, such a subject finds a place in the timetables of very few schools. In the new programme the work is arranged in three divisions—"pass-subjects," from which history and a part of geography are excluded ; " class-subjects," including the history and geography excluded from the pass-subjects, and including also the more important of what have generally been called class-subjects ; and " additional subjects," including the subjects which small schools will not be required to undertake. Drawing is to be a passsubject ; but for the first year it will be only a class-subject for standards above the first; the next year it will be a pass-subject in the first two standards, and so on, until in the sixth year it is required for a pass in every standard. Some alterations have been made in the definitions of the several subjects : these are, for the most part, in the direction of limiting the amount of work required, or of emphasizing limits which were not before expressed with sufficient clearness. In drafting the new regulations care has been taken to avoid con-

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ditions which might seem to require an unnecessary and troublesome division of a school into classes for instruction. Scholarships. Table N supplies information concerning the scholarships established by the Boards under the 41st section of the Act. The Boards' reports furnish additional information.

TABLE N.—Scholarships.

The information in Table N relates only to the holders of Boards' scholarships under the provisions of the Education Act; but a considerable number of pupils of both sexes from the primary schools receive free education at the secondary schools, and scholarships from the primary to the secondary schools in larger numbers are now being founded by private benefactors. Besides granting free education to the holders of the Boards' scholarships, the authorities of the Auckland College and Grammar School and of the Girls' High School also admit, without fee, those competitors who, although failing to obtain scholarships, acquit themselves so well as to receive " Certificates of Proficiency " from the examiners. Fourteen boys and seven girls holding these certificates availed themselves of the privilege last year. The Taranaki Board has now for the first time instituted scholarships. Nelson College, besides receiving Nelson and Marlborough Board scholars without payment of fees, grants free eduoation also to the two competitors among the boys from Nelson City schools who stand next to the successful competitors at the Board's scholarship examination. The Otago High Schools' Board grants free education to all the Education Board's scholarship holders, and also for three years to unsuccessful competitors who have made 50 per cent, or upwards of the attainable marks. The Waitaki High School Board has granted free education to four boys in the district who have greatly distinguished themselves in the primary schools they attended. Noemal Schools or Training Colleges. The more important particulars relating to the training colleges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin are given in the following table. The Appendix, pp. 97-101, contains the reports of the Principals, and also a report on the colleges by the Inspector-General.

Education Distbicts. Number held in Dec, 1884. Boys. Girls. Annual Value. Period of Tenure. Expended on Scholarships in 1884. .Remarks. Auckland 40 22 18 £ Years. 3 £ s. d. 1,050 7 2 Ten at £20; eighteen at £30; twelve at £40. None held till 1885. Seven at £20; three at £25 ; one at £30. Twelve at £20; six at £30. Four are now held, May, 1885. Taranaki Wanganui ii 8 3 1 262 12 9 Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 18 2 2 6 14 1 2 3 4 1 20 40 2 2 2 2 397 15 1 91 10 6 86 6 0 304 15 9 3 Two at £2; one at £6; one at £10; two at £52 10s. N. Canterbury .. 3. Canterbury 19 13 13 9 6 4 40 2 927 18 3 197 0 4 Eleven at £12; two at £37: six for one year; seven for two Wcstland .. Dtago 41* 29 12 1,249**7 11 years. Had lapsed; now renewed. Twenty-one at £20; twenty at £40: twenty-eight for three years ; thirteen for two years. Seven at £20 ; four at £40: three for two years ; eight for three years. Southland 11 10 1 314 18 8 Totals 103 111 52 4,995 2 5

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TABLE O.—Normal Schools.

On the application of the Hawke's Bay Board, six ex-pupil-teachers of that district, who had successfully and satisfactorily completed their term of apprenticeship, were granted scholarships to training colleges; four of them attended the Wellington institution, and two of them were permitted to enter the Christchurch Training School, with a view to their being enabled to attend classes in the Canterbury College. A similar scholarship was granted to a young teacher from Wanganui District, and another was conferred on a teacher from Nelson, in both cases on the recommendation of the Boards under which they had served. Education Beserves. Table P gives a summary of the accounts of the School Commissioners of the several provincial districts for 1884. The annual reports of the Commissioners, and general statements of their accounts, are printed in the Appendix, 101-112.

TABLE P.—Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts.

Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Duneain. The Four Schools. Date of opening 1881. 1880. 1877. 1876. Students in 1884— Remaining from 1883 Admitted in 1884 Left during 1884 On the books, December, 1884 .. M. F. Total. 7 19 26 4 9 13 2 6 8 9 22 31 M. P. Total. 2 18 20 16 7 2 8 10 1 1G 17 M. F. Total. 14 29 43 6 20 32 11 24 35 9 31 40 M. F. Total. 27 33 60 13 18 31 15 25 40 25 26 51 M. F. Total. 50 99 149 24 59 83 30 63 93 44 95 139 Left during 1884— Teaching in public schools Teaching in other schools Awaiting appointments Left the service Occupation not known On sick leave 1 1 6 7 1 1 8 9 10 1G 2G 12 3 .. 1 1 ..5 5 15 17 32 1 1 4 4 2 2 27 47 74 13 4 ..4 4 13 4 1 5 6 ..11 1 1 1 1 Totals .. 2 6 8 2 8 10 11 24 35 15 25 40 30 63 93 Left at any time— Teaching in public schools Teaching in other schools Awaiting appointments Left the service Occupation not known On sick leave Deceased 3 17 20 'i 'b i 7 27 34 2 .. 2 3 19 22 39 83 122 16 7 4 29 33 2 22 24 89 100 189 4 6 10 4 4 17 31 48 7 18 2 2 3 4 7 138 227 305 5 12 17 ..4 4 24 63 87 12 42 54 ..2 2 4 4 8 1 1 Totals 4 20 24 12 46 58 46 141 187 120 148 2G8 183 354 537 Expenditure in 1884 — Salaries Allowances to students.. Incidental expenses Training classes £ s. d. 750 0 0 1,282 0 6 75 3 5 200 11 8 £ b. d. 889 7 7 736 0 2 42 17 0 £ s. d. 1,433 10 0 G88 17 5 10 8 10 66 13 6 £ s. d. 1,315 8 11 1,211 7 G £ s. d. 4,338 6 G 3,918 5 7 128 9 3 267 5 2 Totals .. 2,307 15 7 1,018 4 9 2,199 9 9 2,526 1G 5 8,052 6 6 Government grants in 1884 2,000 0 0 1,618 4 9 2,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 7,618 4 9

Income for the Year 1884. Provinciai, Districts. Balance on 1st January, 1884. Receipts during Year. Arrears of Rent due on 31st December, 1884. Liabilities or Engagements on 31st December, 1884. Primary Reserves. Secondary Reserves. Total Income. mckland 'aranaki Vellington .. lawke's Bay Iarlborough ielson lanterbury .. V estland Itago £ s. d. 722 14 6 260 15 5 406 1 7 665 1 6 123 4 6 180 13 11 166 8 10 167 3 5 3,505 2 2 £ s. d. 1,881 3 4 773 13 8 620 17 0 1,846 6 7 94 11 6 546 12 11 12,672 17 1 60 10 4 31,771 14 2 £ s. d. 596 12 1 310 1 8 24 19 6 214 9 1 23 6 9 210 7 7 £ s. d. 3,200 9 11 1,344 10 9 1,051 18 1 2,725 17 2 241 2 9 937 14 5 12,839 5 11 1,772 10 3 35,855 13 10 £ s. d. 804 11 5 885 4 1 288 3 2 88 14 3 48 15 0 94 4 3 718 9 8 163 15 0 2,328 0 1 £ s. d. 33 8 0 14 12 6 230 0 0 17 2 0 6 5 0 200 8 0 45 0 0 1,542* 11 578 17 0 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 0,197 5 10 4,105 4 10 50,208 6 7 31,222 9 11 3,500 15 1 2,315 18 4 59,969 3 1 37,703 13 1 5,420 2 11 6,015 15 1 546 15 6 1,415 19 2

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* Including d£21,102 12s. 7d. invested. A return prepared by order of the House of Eepresentatives supplies very full information concerning the secondary education reserves vested in School Commissioners and other local governing bodies. It shows the localities in which the reserves are severally situated, and their areas and estimated capital value ; and, in regard to those that have been leased, the dates and terms of lease and the annual rents received are also given. The return shows also the net profits of the secondary education reserves since the abolition of the provinces, and the manner in which the profits of the reserves held by the School Commissioners have been distributed.* The receipts from primary education reserves were made up of ordinary current income (£31,786 145.), and the price of land (£18,481 12s. 7d.) sold by the Otago School Commissioners under the powers conferred by " The Land Act Amendment Act, 1882." As explained in last year's report, the sales were made in 1883, but the greater portion of the purchase-money was not paid till 1884. It is now invested as required by the Act. Fuller particulars concerning these land sales are given in the School Commissioners' report, Appendix, p. 112. The income of the Westland School Commissioners on account of secondary education includes moneys received for the sale of lands at Kumara authorised by " The Kumara Education Eeserves Act, 1879." These moneys, with accrued interest, have now been equally divided between the High School Boards at Hokitika and Greymouth, as authorised by the Acts under which they were constituted, each having received the sum of £634 11s. The amount paid to Education Boards last year out of the income derived from the primary education reserves was £29,052 13s. Id., or fully £5,000 more than the sum received by them for the previous year. Owing to the expiration of the original leases, the amount of annual income derived from the education reserves will undoubtedly show a considerable increase in the future. Whatever money is received from this source relieves the Treasury to a corresponding amount. " The Colonial Univeesity Account." Full information concerning the reserves set apart under " The University Endowment Act, 1868," is given on page 15 of the parliamentary return (E.-11, 1885) already referred to. The net proceeds of these lands now amount to £802 13s. 10d., made up as follows: Auckland reserves, £75; Canterbury, £671 Is. 4d.; and Westland, £56 12s. 6d. The money is at present held in trust by the Treasury Department, for appropriation as may be determined hereafter by the General Assembly. Native Schools. The interesting and exhaustive report of the Organizing Inspector (Mr. Pope), and very full statistical information concerning the Native schools, are printed in a separate parliamentary paper (E.-2, 1885). At the close of 1883 the number of Native schools of all kinds was 66 : there were 71 in operation during the whole or some portion of 1884. These may be classified as follows: 57 fully-equipped

• See Parliamentary Paper E.-11, 1885.

Pbovincial Districts. Office Expenses and Salaries. Expenses of Leasing: Auctioneers, Advertising, &a. Expended on Reserves: Surveys, Fencing, &c. Crown Grants and Law Exponses. Paid to Boards for Primary Education. Paid for Secondary Education. Sundries. Balances on 31st December, 1884. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Maryborough Nelson Canterbury .. Westland Otago £ s. d. 102 6 8 99 10 0 78 8 2 83 12 5 18 15 0 2G 10 0 546 4 4 66 7 3 642 11 8 £ s. d. 17 10 4 15 0 0 7 6 6 30 15 3 2 2 0 9 10 37 11 4 23 7 6 119 18 8 £ s. d. 88 5 1 59 3 9 41 9 11 93 10 11 £ s. d. 52 3 4 10 0 6 8 5 8 3 3 0 £ s. d. 1,575 16 6 610 0 0 450 0 0 1,500 0 0 £ s. d. 250 0 0 242 0 0 £ s. d. 30 5 4 46' 1 10 £ s. d. 1,084 2 8 308 16 6 426 6 0 664 15 7 220 5 9 202 2 8 150 18 6 2 6 6 •21,670 18 3 £ s. a. 3,200 9 11 1,344 10 9 1,051 18 1 2,725 17 2 24.1 2 9 937 14 5 12,839 5 11 1,772 10 3 35,855 13 10 350"0 0 13 G 1 93 18 11 0 5 2 10 12 10 55 17 0 45 10 8 503*11 3 12,000 0 0 182'18 3 25 i5 6 12,413' 5 4 1,624 12 0 544 3 6 393'lO 8 Totals, 1884 Totals, 1883 1,664 5 1 1,739 12 5 2G2 12 7 543 8 8 415 10 2 251 5 4 185 18 2 132 1 7 29,052 13 1 23,984 2 6 3,193 13 9 3,521 15 8 463 17 10 1,334 1 1 24,730 12 5 6,197 5 10 59,969 3 1 37,703 13 1

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village schools; 3 half-time schools; 5 subsidised schools; and 6 boardingschools. The subsidised schools are either undergoing a probation until it be seen whether the attendance and other circumstances will warrant the establishment of ordinary village schools in the localities in which they are situated, or they are village schools at which the attendance has fallen below the limit fixed by the Native Schools code. They are usually maintained at the expense of the Natives themselves, by whom the teachers are appointed; and they are subsidised to a limited extent by the Government, under certain prescribed conditions. The boarding-schools are maintained by religious denominations, and are in receipt of capitation grants from the Government. The children on account of whom grants are paid form only a small proportion of the Native children maintained and educated at some of these institutions. The subsidised schools and the boarding schools, in common with the village schools, are statedly visited and the scholars examined by the Organizing Inspector. During the past year a few new school buildings have been completed, and some are now in course of erection in suitable localities. On the recommendation of the Inspector numerous improvements and repairs have been made on school buildings and premises in the several districts. Applications for the establishment of schools have been made of late by Natives in various parts of the North Island, including the " King country," and negotiations are in progress having for their object the obtaining of suitable sites where schools have been asked for and are considered necessary. During the year the sum of £2,006 7s. 2d. was expended on buildings, sites, fencing, school furniture, &c. The Native schools in the North suffered severely from a fever epidemic during the past year, and this reduced the average attendance at some of the schools very materially. Notwithstanding this drawback, the total attendance at the schools has increased to a fairly satisfactory extent. For 1883 the number belonging to the schools at the close of the year, the strict average, and the working average for the whole year were 1,923, 1,505, and 1,583 respectively; while the corresponding numbers for 1884 were 2,226, 1,733, and 1,811: showing an increase of 303, 228, and 228. It is satisfactory to notice that the increased attendance has been made up to a very large extent of Maori quarter-castes and pure Maoris. About 85 Maori children were maintained wholly or partly at the expense of the Government in the boarding-schools already mentioned : the number of such boarders at the end of 1884 was 43 boys and 35 girls; total, 78. In addition to these, there were 87 Native children (62 boys and 25 girls) maintained and educated at these boarding institutions out of their own school endowments and other funds. The principles that regulate the admission of Government children to these boarding-schools were stated in the report for 1880. The following table contains a summary of the race of the children who were attending the village schools at the close of 1884. The same particulars concerning each of the schools are given in Table No. 5 of the Organizing Inspector's report:

TABLE Q. —Race of the Children Attending the Native Village Schools.

In comparison with the corresponding period of 1883, the proportion of Maori scholars and those between Maori and half-caste had risen from 71"81 to 72-69 per cent., the proportion of half-castes had fallen from 10*3 to 9'7 per cent., and the percentage of European scholars and those between European and half-

'ercentage. Totals. Boys. ©iris. 1884. 1883. 1882. [aori and between Maori and half-caste falf-caste ... luropean and between European and half-caste 919 111 699 105 1,618 216 72-69 9-70 71-81 10-30 74-16 10-28 203 189 392 17-61 17-89 15-56 Totals for 1884 ... Totals for 1883 ... 1,233 1,052 993 871 2,226 1,923 100-00 100-00 100-00

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caste had fallen from 17-89 to 17-61. Table A3, p. iv. of this report, shows that 687 Maoris and children of mixed race attended the public schools at the close of 1884. The number of teachers employed in the village schools at the end of 1884 was as follows :— Schoolmasters ... ... ... ... ... 55 Schoolmistresses (in sole charge) ... ... ... ... 5 Schoolmistresses (where masters were also employed) ... ... 22 Assistant mistresses (where masters were also employed) ... ... 3 Sewing mistresses (where masters were also employed) ... ... 30 Total ... ... ... ... 115 The cost of the education of Native children and those of mixed race (exclusive of those that attended the public schools, as shoAvn on p. iv.) was, for the year 1884, as follows : —■ £ s. d. Village school salaries and allowances ... ... ... 9,477 13 7 Boarding-schools, apprenticeships, and higher education ... 1,924 911 Inspection (including travelling) ... ... ... 792 15 11 School requisites and contingencies ... ... ... 1,247 5 0 Total current expenditure ... ... £13,442 4 5 Building, furniture, fencing, &c. ... ... ... 2,006 7 2 Total ... ... ... £15,448 11 7 Of the above amount, £156 Is. Bd. was paid from Native reserve funds in the South Island, leaving a net expenditure by Government of £15,292 9s. lid. The Organizing Inspector reports that the work of introducing useful plants into Native districts, undertaken by the Education Department in conjunction with the Crown Lands and Native Depaitments and the Auckland City Council, is being steadily carried forward; that the mulberry and olive trees sent to Native schools are nearly all doing well; that black wattle seeds and arrowroot plants are being distributed this year; that a few date palms, ceratonias (carob bean), and cinchona plants will be sent out shortly; and that arrangements are being made to secure other suitable plants for future years. The management of the Auckland Domain has now been transferred to the City Council, and the Council recently forwarded memoranda by the Banger of the Domain (Mr. Goldie), supplying useful and interesting information concerning the cultivation of the plants that are being supplied to the Native school teachers in the North Island. These memoranda, supplemented by additional information prepared by an officer of the Education Department, will be distributed throughout the several localities into which the plants may be introduced. A copy of Mr. G-. E. Alderton's " Treatise and Handbook of Orange Culture in Auckland " has also been placed in the hands of every Native school teacher in the North Island. By such means it is hoped that in a few years most of the Native school glebes will contain trees and. plants that will eventually prove useful and profitable to both Natives and Europeans residing in the northern parts of the colony. Fully a year ago the extensive prevalence and the direful results of the fever epidemic already referred to attracted the attention of the Government, and, as such visitations were clearly attributable to the utter neglect of the ordinary sanitary rules on the part of the Maori race generally, the Organizing Inspector undertook to prepare a small manual, drawn up in a familiar and simple form, by means of which sound knowledge on sanitary subjects might be communicated to the Natives. The publication of the small volume "Health for the Maori " has been the result. This manual is now .used as a reading-book for boys and girls that have passed the Third Standard in the Native schools, and the teachers have been enjoined to give due prominence to the subjects treated of, not only in connection with the school work, but also in their intercourse with their Native neighbours. By direction of the Native Minister Mr. Pope's manual has been translated into Maori, and it will shortly be circulated widely amongst the Natives,

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who will thus possess the means of becoming well acquainted with the laws of health, and with the important advances that have been made by Europeans through the attention they have learnt to pay to such matters.* In the words of the Organizing Inspector, "A review of the year's work shows that the results are more favourable than those of any former year; had it not been for the fever in the North they would have been still more satisfactory. Discouragements have of course been numerous; schools that seemed certain to be permanently successful have temporarily broken down; settlements that appeared to be quite on the right track have been injuriously affected by sudden outbreaks of superstition or fanaticism. On the other hand, great improvement has been noticed in places where it was quite unexpected. On the whole the Natives appear to be growing more sober and more industrious, and to be gaining more knowledge of and respect for the better class of pakeha habits and customs. The changes which have been gradually taking place and differentiating the Maori settlements that have schools from those that have none are in many cases becoming so obvious that they attract the attention of even those who care for none of these things, while in some cases the change has caused considerable disgust to persons whose interests are not exactly forwarded by any improvement that takes place in the Maori race. . . . The balance this year is decidedly on the credit side, and the outlook for next year is favourable also." The Chatham Islands. Some years ago several of the inhabitants of the Chatham Islands represented to the Government that their children were growing up without the means of education, and expressed a desire for the establishment of a school amongst them. The Government promptly signified its willingness to make provision for the erection of the requisite school buildings and for the maintenance of a teacher or teachers as soon as the settlers should make the necessary arrangements for the obtaining of a suitable site. A sum of money was placed on the estimates and voted by the General Assembly for successive years to meet the requisite expenditure; but up to the present time it has been found impossible to secure such an amount of co-operation amongst the inhabitants themselves as to lead to any practical results. Finding there was no prospect of any hearty and united action being taken by the settlers to facilitate the establishment of a school, the Minister of Education resolved a few months ago to despatch a gentleman to the Islands to begin the work of school organization and teaching. The appointment was accepted by Mr. Andrew Eussell, a schoolmaster of large experience, proved ability, and sound judgment. That gentleman left Lyttelton for the Chatham Islands a few weeks ago ; and there is every reason to expect that much good will result from his mission.f * The health manual is likely to prove so useful to the members of the Native raeo that Mr. Pope suggests the preparation of another little work. He writes as follows : " It seems to me there is room for yet another little work of a somewhat similar kind. The object of this should be to give the Natives some idea of the more elementary principles of social economy, and of the nature of the laws and government under which we live. Such a book could not be made too simple, but it would also have to be fairly interesting. Any one that produced such a book would, I have no doubt, confer a very great benefit on the race. The Natives would certainly read the book (they read every Maori publication they can get hold of, except perhaps the Gazette), and it is impossible for any one to read about and study such subjects without becoming better fitted to discharge the duties of citizenship than he can be without some knowledge of the rudiments of tho science that underlies even the most ordinary social, economic, and political arrangements. Without a little of this kind of knowledge, the Maori, shrewd as he is, cannot properly discharge his simple political functions, such as voting at elections, or form any satisfactory idea of the why and the wherefore of any of tho institutions that he sees at work around him. In fact, tho Maori is in a plight somewhat similar to that of the totally illiterate pakeha, who is, by the nature of the case, actually obliged to give his vote at an election to the candidate who can most successfully appeal to his prejudices and to his ignorance." t The following is a copy of Mr. Russell's letter of appointment : " I am authorised by the Minister of Education to offer you the appointment of schoolmaster at the Chatham Islands, on the following terms : 1. Your appointment will be for one year from the date of your landing at the Islands, or for such longer period as may be mutually agreed upon hereafter. 2. Your salary will be at the rate of two hundred pounds (£200) a year, to date from the day on which you leavo New Zealand for the Islands. 3. You will receive a free passage from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands, and also back again at the expiration of your term of service, i. You will give effect, as far as practicable, to such instructions as you may receive from the Minister of Education in the fulfilment of your duties as public schoolmaster at the Chatham Islands. You will be expected to devise a line of action for yourself, and to recommend to the Minister such measures as in your judgment would be likely to promote the object desired by the Government—viz., to afford the means of a good school education to as many as possible of the youth of the Chatham Islands. 5. Until arrangements of a somewhat permanent character can be effected, you will render to the young, as regards their instruction, such services as you may find practicable under the circumstances. Without desiring to fetter your choice of action in this matter, I may suggest the possibility of your finding it advisable to collect the children for school purposes into several convenient centres for short periods by turns. 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Institution fob the Deaf-and-Dumb. Thirty-six pupils (twenty boys and sixteen girls) are now in attendance at the Stunner Deaf-and-Dumb Institution. Seven of them have been sent from Auckland Provincial District, one from Taranaki, four from Wellington, one from Hawke's Bay, ten from Canterbury, and twelve from Otago. The thirty-sixth pupil is a deaf-mute girl from Adelaide, South Australia. A year ago there were thirty-two pupils; two of them have left the institution, and six fresh pupils have been entered this year. The Director had the aid of two assistants last year; but, owing to the increased attendance, the various degrees of the pupils' attainments, and the peculiar difficulty and laboriousness of the work, it has been found necessary to engage the services of a third assistant. The method of instruction is that which is known as the " articulation method," by which deaf mutes are trained to the use of the organs of speech, and learn both to speak, in the ordinary sense of the word, and to understand from the motion of the lips the speech of others. No use is made of finger-signs or other means employed elsewhere as substitutes for speech. The course of instruction includes reading and writing in the first instance, followed by English composition, arithmetic, geography, history, drawing, elementary science, &c. The girls are also instructed in sewing, knitting, and other useful accomplishments. The pupils, who are all resident boarders under the watchful care of Mr. and Mrs. Van Asch and their assistants, occupy four separate dwellings, situated at convenient distances from one another. There is also a detached schoolhouse, with an ample playground and abundant facilities for recreation purposes. This arrangement is in several respects better adapted to the purposes of such an institution than one large building in which all the pupils could be accommodated. The separate residences afford abundant means of classifying the pupils according to sex and age. During the day all the pupils are assembled for meals and for school instruction, when they are under the supervision of the Director and his assistants. After school lessons and meals are over, the pupils separate and retire for the night to their several residences. One of these is under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Yan Asch; a second accommodates girls, who are under the care of the lady-assistant; and each of the other two residences is occupied by boys, in charge of an assistant master and a trustworthy matron. The locality is salubrious, as is attested by the general good health of the children. The institution is subject to medical inspection, and it is visited from time to time by officers of the Department. The ability and zeal of the Director are deserving of high commendation, and the results of his labours are surprising and gratifying. He has been well seconded in his efforts to promote the welfare and comfort of the pupils by Mrs. Van Asch and his assistants. The Appendix, Table No. 8, contains a statement of the expenditure on the institution for the financial year ending 31st March, 1885. The following is an abstract of the statement: — £ a. a. Director and assistants ... ... ... ... 859 19 2 Eent and repairs ... ... ... ... ... 300 0 0 Travelling expenses, medical attendance, furniture, school-room requisites, advertising, &c. ... ... ... ... 269 4 7 Maintenance of pupils ... ... £1,209 0 8 Less payments by parents ... ... 265 12 6 943 8 2 £2,372 11 11 action on the part of tho inhabitants in the furtherance of the work in which you are to be engaged. 7. You will report by-and-by to the Minister on the following matters and such others as your experience and circumstances may suggest: (1.) The advisability of establishing one fully-equipped school, at some centre that would prove on the whole suitable and generally acceptable. (2.) Tho best means of obtaining a suitable school site, with a good title; the description of buildings that it would be necessary and advisable to provide at the outset, the probable cost, &e. (3.) Or whether for some time to come the best course would be to provide for the school instruction of the young by means of an itinerant teacher or teachers, half-time schools, or otherwise. (4.) The number of children of school age who are (a) of pure European race, (b) of pure Maori race, (c) of pure Moriori race, (d) half-castes, (e) between half-caste and Native, and (/) between half-caste and European, and the practicability of educating all these classes of children by means of the same school machinery, or what plan it would be necessary to adopt to do equal justice to all. 8. Before you leave for the Islands you will be furnished with an ample supply of reading-books, stationery, and all necessary school appliances."

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The charge made by the Government for the board and education of each pupil is £40 a year; but in a number of instances pupils are admitted free, or at reduced rates, in order that no child capable of receiving benefit from the institution may be excluded. A separate parliamentary paper (E.-4) contains the reports of the Director and the medical attendant. Indtjstbial Schools and Orphanages. The following is a list of the industrial schools and orphanages maintained wholly or partly by the Government from votes of the General Assembly: In Auckland, the Auckland Industrial School (comprising Kohimarama and the Howe Street Home), St. Stephen's Orphan Home at Parnell, St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage at Ponsonby, and the Thames Orphanage ; in Wellington, St. Joseph's Providence Industrial School and Orphanage for Girls; in Nelson, the St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage, and the Motueka Orphanage; in Canterbury, the Burnham Industrial School and the Lyttelton Orphanage; and in Otago, the Caversham Industrial School. The institutions under the direct management of the Education Department are the Auckland (Kohimarama and Howe Street), the Burnham, and the Caversham Industrial Schools, and they are wholly maintained out of the vote administered by the Minister of Education. The other institutions are inspected by, and make returns to, the Education Department; but they are under local management of various kinds, and the money contributed by the Government towards their maintenance is defrayed out of the Charitable Aid vote, which is in charge of the Colonial Secretary. The St. Stephen's Orphanage at Parnell, maintained by a Church of England charity, is open for non-committed children only; the St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage at Ponsonby, under the control of the Eoman Catholic Church authorities, receives both committed and non-committed children. Each institution receives out of the Charitable Aid vote a subsidy at the rate of £1 for every =£1 contributed voluntarily, and a capitation grant of ,£lO for each child committed under the Act or placed in it by authority of the Government. The St. Joseph's Providence Industrial School and Orphanage at Wellington, and the St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage at Nelson, are under the control of the Eoman Catholic Church authorities. The former receives girls only, the latter both boys and girls. The payment for children committed to these institutions under the Act, and for non-committed children sent to them by authority of the Government, is at the rate of Is. a day for each. Other poor children besides those paid for by the Government are maintained in the denominational institutions at Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson. The Thames Orphanage and the Lyttelton Orphanage are maintained wholly out of the Charitable Aid vote. The former is managed by a local committee, and receives committed and non-committed children; the latter is under the direct control of the Christchurch Charitable Aid Board, and receives non-committed children only. The Motueka Orphanage is carried on by a private person, who charges at the rate of Bs. a week for each child sent by the Believing Officer at Nelson. The number at this institution is now reduced to sixteen children, who will probably be otherwise provided for in the course of a short time. The cost to the Government of all the public and of some of the private institutions "is reduced by the contributions paid in a number of cases by the parents and guardians of inmates. The amount received from this source last year was £1,438 os. 3d. A statement of the amount of public moneys expended on the several institutions is given in Table No. 8, p. 8, of the Appendix. The total amount expended, less recoveries, was as follows: Government industrial schools, £16,776 15s. 9d. ; all other institutions, £8,797 Bs. 2d.: total, £25,574 3s. lid. There are two classes of children maintained in the industrial schools and orphanages : (1) Children committed to proclaimed industrial schools under the provisions of " The Industrial Schools Act, 1882," and (2) orphan and destitute children not so committed/ The latter class comprises children admitted by the local governing body at its own instance, for whose maintenance payment from iv—E. 1.

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the public revenue is not always made ; and children admitted on the order of a Government relieving.officer, on whose account a capitation payment is made by the Government. Table E shows the number of committed and non-committed children belonging to the industrial schools and orphanages in 1884 who are maintained wholly or in part by the Government, and furnishes a variety of information concerning them: —

TABLE R.—Summary of Admissions, Withdrawals, etc., for 1884.

The committed children belonging to industrial schools may be separated into two classes —(1) those who are maintained at the public cost, and (2) those who have ceased to be chargeable to the colony. Those of the former class are either resident in the schools or are.boarded with foster-parents; the

Committ Boys. Girls. Committed. Boys. Girls. Total. Non-committed. Boys. Girls. Total. Totals. Total. 1. In the schools, 31st December, 1883 2. Boarded out, 31st December, 1883 511 95 288 111 799 206 91 1 111 3 202 4 602 96 399 114 1,001 210 3. Total number maintained, 31st December, 1883 4. At service, 31st December, 1883 5. With friends, 31st December, 1883 6. Absent without leave, 31st December, 1883 606 399 1,005 92 114 206 698 513 1,211 62 113 12 38 87 1 100 200 13 62 113 12 38 87 1 100 200 13 7. Total belonging to the schools, 31st December, 1883 8. Admitted during the year 1884 9. Transferred from other schools.. 793 525 1,318 92 114 206 885 639 1,524 175 1 138 1 313 2 17 11 28 192 1 149 1 341 2 10. To bo accounted for, 31st December, 1884 11. Discharged and died during 1884 969 112 664 75 1,633 187 109 22 125 45 234 67 1,078 134 789 120 1,867 254 12. Total belonging to the schools, 31st December, 1884 13. Increase during the year 1884 (line 12, less line 7) L4. Increase of number maintained (line 27, less line 3) 857 589 1,446 87 80 167 944 669 1,613 64 9 64 45 128 54 -5 -5 -34 -34 -39 -39 59 4 30 11 89 15 Particulars of commitments and admissions— 15. Destitute ... .6. Vagrant .7. Besiding in brothel or other disreputable place .8. Uncontrollable .9. Guilty of punishable offence .. iO. Agreement to pay for maintenance 95 9 10 20 33 8 100 2 13 7 4 12 195 11 23 27 37 20 17 11 28 112 9 10 20 33 8 111 2 13 7 4 12 123 11 23 27 37 20 Totals as in lino No. 8 175 138 313 17 11 28 192 149 341 Particulars of discharges— il. Discharged by warrant !2. Beturned to friends, &c. !3. Transferred to other industrial schools !4. Died 107 "l 4 68 "l 6 175 "a 10 '__ *44 *66 107 22 1 4 68 44 1 7 175 66 2 11 "l "l Totals as in line No. 11 .. 112 75 187 22 45 67 134 120 254 !5. In tho schools, 31st December, 1884 !6. Boarded out, 31st December, 1884 403 212 272 172 675 384 83 4 76 4 159 8 486 216 348 176 834 392 !7. Total number maintained, 31st December, 1884 !8. At service, 31st December, 1884 29. With friends, 31st December, 1884 10. In hospital, 31st December, 1884 11. Absent without leave, 31st December, 1884 615 444 1,059 87 80 167 702 524 1,226 121 101 2 18 80 62 2 1 201 103 4 19 121 101 2 18 80 62 2 1 201 163 4 19 Totals as in lino No. 12 857 589 1,446 87 80 167 944 669 1,613 Changes of status in 1884 of those still belonging to the schools — 12. Beturned from service .. )3. Beturned from friends 14. Beturned from boarding out .. 15. Beturned from absence without leave 16. Sent to service 17. Sent to friends )8. Sent to hospital 19. Boarded out 10. Absconded I I 6 4 5 1 71 54 6 1 5 12 5 10 1 117 75 1 193 11 6 •4 5 1 71 54 6 1 5 12 5 10 1 117 75 1 197 11 46 21 1 69 46 21 1 70 124 11 **3 "l 4 127 11

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other class is composed of those who are at service or with friends, or are absent without leave. The following were the numbers of both classes of children at the beginning and at the close of 1884 :— Maintained. Jan. 1,1884. Jan. 1, 1885. Decrease. Increase. Net increase. In the schools ... ... 799 675 124 With foster-parents ... 206 384 ... 178 Total maintained ... 1,005 1,059 124 178 54 Not maintained. At service ... ... 100 201 ... 101 With friends ... ... 200 163 37 In hospital ... ... ... 4. ... 4 Absent without leave ... 13 19 ... 6 Total not maintained 313 387 37 111 74 Total belonging to the schools ... 1,318 1,446 161 289 128 Notwithstanding the large number (313) of commitments during the year, the successful efforts of the Department and the managers in placing children out to service or with friends and foster-parents have effected a reduction of 124 in the number of committed children resident in the schools at the end of the year, while there has been an actual increase of only 54 in the number of them maintained at the public cost. The number of young persons recorded as being at service was doubled during the past year. This may be attributed partly to the greater efforts made to place out those who were of sufficient age and strength, and had reached the required " standard " of education, and to the provisions of " The Industrial Schools Act, 1882," that committed children shall remain under the legal guardianship of the manager until they reach the age of twenty-one years unless previously discharged, instead of their connection with the school ceasing at the expiration of a specified term. Owing to this provision, irrespective of any other cause, the number recorded as being at service will probably show a yearly increase for some time to come. The decrease in the number of children resident with friends is owing to very careful inquiry having been made in the course of the year regarding" the character and circumstances of all those so placed out, Avith the satisfactory result that the Minister, of Education felt warranted in recommending the absolute discharge of a very large number of them. Some of the children resident in the schools were absolutely restored to their parents, and a few young men and women were discharged because their good conduct warranted the severance of their connection with the schools. It was found necessary to discharge one young woman, whose conduct was of the worst possible description, and who proved utterly incorrigible. The total number discharged during the year was 175. . The returns relating to non-committed children maintained by the Government show that the number admitted to the several institutions during 1884 was 28, and that 67 had left during the same period; thus reducing the number of Government children from 206 at the beginning of the year to 167 at its close. Of the latter number 159 were resident, and 8 were boarded with fosterparents. Of the 67 non-committed children whose connection with the Government ceased in the course of 1884, 34 were restored to their friends, 32 were placed at service, and 1 died. Table E shows that 341' children (313 committed and 28 non-committed) were placed in the industrial schools and orphanages during 1884; that there was at the close of the year an increase of 54 in the number of committed children who were maintained at the public expense, and a decrease of 39 in the number of non-committed children; and that consequently the net increase for the year in the number of children actually a charge upon the colony was only 15.*

* Fresh admissions, 341; transferred from other industrial schools, 2 total, 343. Discharged by warrant, 175 ; non-committed children otherwise provided for, 66 ; transferred to other industrial schools, 2 ; died, 11 ; number still belonging to the schools who ceased to be maintained, 74; increase of number chargeable, 15 : total, 343.

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Under the Act of 1882, children are committed for detention in an industrial school till they attain the age of fifteen years, unless placed out under license or discharged; but they all continue under the legal guardianship of the manager, or the person to whom the guardianship may be transferred, until the age of twenty-one years is reached, unless previously discharged. The number over fifteen years under guardianship at the end of the year was as follows : — Total, Total, Males. Females. 1884. 1883. In service ... ... ... 42 32 74 48 With friends ... ... ... 7 6 13 34 On the school staffs ... ... ... ... ... 8 Waiting for situations, or incapacitated for service by sickness, &c. ... 1 16 17 34 Missing ... ... ... 4 1 5 9 Total... ... ... 54 55 109 133 Eeference has already been made to the causes that account for an increase in the number at service and for a decrease in the number placed with friends and awaiting situations. Experience has shown that it is not advisable, as a rule, to place any of these young people on the school staff, and that it is better to procure situations for them in suitable families. The particulars given in lines 15-20 of Table E, and the classification (in Table S) of the parents of the 313 committed children, supply information bearing on the causes of committal.

TABLE S.—Committed Children classified according to Parents' Circumstances and Character.

The fathers only of 70 children, and the mothers only of 58, were dead, and 10 had lost both parents by death ; the fathers only of 6 children, and the mothers only of 9, were sick, lunatic, or disabled, and in regard to 3 children both parents were entered under this head. The fathers only of 55 children, and the mothers only of 98, were of good character (or described simply as poor), and 26 had both parents well reported of. The fathers only of 8 children, and the mothers only of 18, were unknown to the authorities, and in regard to 5 children there was no information about either parent. The fathers only of 32 children, and the mothers only of 41, were of bad character, and in the cases of 19 children both parents were of evil reputation. The fathers only of 68 children, and the mothers only of 15, had deserted them, and 11 had been abandoned by both parents. Table S furnishes data for the following classification of the parents' character : — Character. Fathers only of Mothers only of Both Parents of 1. Presumably good ... ... 39 children 73 children 131 children 2. Undoubtedly bad ... ... 83 39 47 3. Not stated ... ... 8 18 5 The information given in Table T respecting the parents of the 28 children placed in orphanages without being committed is also suggestive:—■

Mothers described as Children of Dead. Sick, Lunatic, Disabled, &c. Of Good Character (or poor). Not known or not stated. Of Bad Character. Deserters. Total. 'athers described as— Dead Sick, lunatic, disabled, &o. .. Of good character (or poor) .. Not known or not described .. Of bad character Deserters 10 30 a 3 55 1 20 8 5 9 1 9 3 7 6 19 16 2 10 2 1 11 80 9 81 13 51 79 17 11 i 2 4 ' 38 Total 124 68 12 23 60 20 313

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TABLE T. —Parentage of Non-committed Children admitted to Orphanages in 1884.

From the information contained in this table the following classification may be made : — Character. Fathers only of Mothers only of Both parents of 1. Presumably good ... ... ... 6 children 5 children 15 children 2. Undoubtedly bad ... ... ... 3 „ 6 ■ „ 1 „ 3. Not stated ... ... ... 3 „ 1 „ 0 „ The following is a summary of the ages of the children maintained by the Government who were resident at all the schools at the close of 1884: —

TABLE U.—Ages of the Children in Industrial Schools and Orphanages.

About 750 of the resident children were receiving day-school instruction, the numbers at the several institutions being as follows: Auckland Industrial School (Howe Street and Kohimarama), 87; Burnham, 138; Caversham, 165; St. Mary's, Auckland, 45 ; St. Mary's, Nelson, 183; St. Stephen's, Parnell, 13; St. Joseph's Providence, Wellington, 25 ; Motuoka, 14 ; Lyttelton Orphanage, 80. Those at the Thames School, 28 in number, are included in the returns of "public school" attendance. Information as to the degree of education and the school previously attended is obtained, as far as practicable, in regard to every child committed to an industrial school. Table V furnishes information concerning the schools attended by those committed in 1884.

TABLE V.—Schools attended before Admission.

It is required by section 53 of the Act of 1882 that " the Governor, or any Judge or Resident Magistrate, shall, when ordering any child to be sent to a school, state to what religious persuasion, creed, or denomination such child in his opinion belongs, and shall order and direct that such child shall be brought up and educated in that persuasion, creed, or denomination." The following is a summary of the religious denominations of the children admitted to the industrial schools and orphanages in 1884 :—

others del icribed as Children of Total. Dead. Sick, Lunatic, Disabled, &a. Of Good Character (or poor). Not known or not stated. Of Bad Character. Dcsertors. 'ather described as— Dead Sick, lunatic, disabled, &c. Of good character (or poor) Not known or not described Of bad character Deserters 2 2 9 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 7 2 12 3 2 1 1 "i Total .. .... 13 5 28

Under 1 Year. 1 and under 2. 2 and unde 3. 3 aud under 4. 4 and under 5. 5 and under 7. 7 and under 10. 10 and under 13. 13 and under 15. Over 15 Years. Total. lommittod children .1 3 5 7 13 59 142 293 134 18 675 fon-eommitted children .. 1 1 3 8 50 69 21 6 159 Total 1 4 8 10 67 192 362 155 24 834

Classification of Schools. Committed Children. Non-Committed Children. Total. ioard schools 'rivate schools toman Catholic schools .ttcnded no school .. 138 2 44 129 18 i 9 156 2 45 138 Total 28 341 313

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TABLE W.—Religious Denominations of Children committed or admitted in 1884.

Last year's report contains very full information concerning the arrangements made for the boarding-out of the younger children with foster-parents under the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act.* Additional instructions issued to managers of industrial schools and official correspondents last year are printed in another parliamentary paper (B.-3). The reports both of the local visitors and of the -visiting officer of the Department continue to be, on the whole, of a very satisfactory and encouraging character, and give assurance that the boarding-out scheme is proving successful. It is due to the Official Correspondents and the Lady Visitors to acknowledge the great value of their'services, which, in the case of the latter, are gratuitously rendered. At the outset only children under seven years of age were boarded with foster-parents, but the age is now extended to ten years ; and, except in the case of very young infants, a uniform payment of 7s. a week is usually made. The following is a summary of information respecting the children boarded out on the 31st December, 1884 :—

TABLE X.—Information concerning Foster-children.

t The amount of payments obtained from parents for the maintenance of their children in the industrial schools and orphanages is larger than in any previous year. The amounts for the last three } rears are as follows :— £ s. a. Total for 1884 ... ... ... ... ... 1,438 0 3 Total for 1883 ... ... ... ... ... 1,335 16 7 Total for 1882 ... ... ... ... ... 1,130 13 4 The following is a summary of the children's wages accounts for the Government Industrial Schools for 1884 : — Amount in bank at close of year— £. s. d. £ s. d. On account of former inmates ... 1,451 11 3 „ • present inmates ... 1,290 17 1 2,742 8 4 Amount due by employers at close of year ... ... ... 421 9 9 Amount withdrawn in 1884 ... ... ... ... 190 2 3 It is -required by the Act that the earnings of the children when at service shall be placed in the Post Office Savings Bank, after defraying the cost of clothing and other necessaries. The payment of these moneys, with accrued interest, to the young people is contingent on good conduct. The boys usually receive theirs on reaching manhood and showing that the money will be properly disposed of by them. The girls' money is usually paid to them on their marriage. It is due to the Commissioner and the members of the police force, both at head-quarters and throughout the colony, to acknowledge the valuable assistance which they continue to render in the administration of the Industrial Schools Act. The nature of these services is more particularly described in last year's report (E.-l, 1884, pp. xxv. and xxvi.). The demands necessarily made by the Education Department upon the services of the police force are numerous and increasing, and its members have ever shown the utmost willingness to render all the assistance in their power. The clerks of Resident Magistrates'

* See Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, E.-l, 1884, pp, jcxiv.-xxvi., and E.-3,1884.

Denomination. Committed, Non-Committea. Total. 'hurch of England .. Joman Catholic 'resbyterian Vesleyan 130 130 37 16 21 4 3 151 134 40 16 Total 313 28 341

Number of Children. Schools. Official Correspondents. Local Visitors. In the City and In Country Suburbs. Localities. Total. .uckland lurnham Javersham .. 1 1 1 14 20 23 62 66 136 15 72 41 77 138 177 Total .. 57 264 128 392

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Courts are appointed receivers of maintenance money owing by parents, and it is due to a number of them to acknowledge the services they render. Additional information concerning the industrial schools and orphanages is given in a separate parliamentary paper (E.-3, 1885). Institutions foe Superioe Education. The annual reports of the Senate of the University of New Zealand, the Council of the University of Otago, the Canterbury College Board, and the Governors of the Auckland University College, with correspondence, statements of accounts, and other documents, are printed in separate parliamentary papers (E.-5, E.-6, E.-7, and E.-8, 1885, respectively). Several secondary schools are required by law to submit annual reports for presentation to the General Assembly. Some other schools have furnished reports, though not under obligation to do so. The names of all these schools and a variety of information concerning them are given in Table Y, and in the Appendix, Tables 9 and 10, pp. 11 and 12. The reports of the governing bodies of the several secondary schools, with reports of examiners and statements of accounts, are printed in a separate parliamentary paper (E.-9) :—

TABLE Y.—Staff, Attendance, Fees, and Salaries at certain Secondary Schools.

Sta! Attenc for Last or Qui of II Lance I Term irter 384. Ages for Quai Last ter ol Tern 11884. oiAnnual ;ates of Fees. o . __ B 1] Salaries paid in 1884. Schools. © _ s © o3 O i I « a -_ > _> B) 1 u _ CO _ _ s-t d S_ » o H For Ordinary Day-school Course. For Board, exclusive of Day-school Tuition. o K For Boys only. Auckland Grammar School New Plymouth High School Wanganui Endowed School Wellington College . .. Napier High School Nelson College Christ's College Grammar) School .. .. J 13 2 5 8 3 5 2 2 1 4 331 36 108 209 56 102 317 31 103 108 51 91 12 10 6 5 5 217 17 57 150 33 63 96 18 40 52 18 32 1 2 6 1 1 331 36 108 209 50 102 52 51 13 40 £ s. d.l f10 10 0 j 8 8 0 4 0 0 112 0 0 {900 13 4 0 1 10 12 0 8 8 0 12 10 0 f 15 15 0 1 12 12 0 ( 12 12 0 1 9 9 0 8 0 0 < 10 10 0 (880 10 0 0 (800 1 ) I J £ a. d. 42 0 0 50 0 0 35 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 4,313 19 9 421 11 0 995 5 0 2,419 1 8 1,036 9 0 1,089 16 3 8 205 198 104 ■ 87 12 205 87 ) I 2,998 11 10 2,799 16 4 Christchurch High School 7 102 94 2 54 45 1 102 Otago High School Waitaki High School 12 246 231 4 147 88 7 240 33 40 0 0 5,132 18 7 2 48 45 .29 19| 48 16 I 1 47 5 0 860 0 0 883 18 0 Southland High School .. 3 56 49 28 20: 2 50 Totals 1,378 46 899 521 33 1,499 292 23,551 7 5 68 19 1,499 Foe Giels only. Auckland High School .. Wellington High School .. 9 19 228 201 119 92 11 228 8 8 0 113 4 0 1 10 12 0 f 9 9 0 \ 8 8 0 12 12 0 | 12 12 0 (990 ] 10 0 0 (800 j 10 0 0 18 0 0 \ I J 40 0 0 2,314 7 7 1,164 11 8 5 109 95 5 66 35 l 3 109 Napier High School 3 42 38 6 21 18 42 7 * Nelson College Christchurch High School 5 102 83 2 47 42 11 102 17 50 0 0 1,332 3 6 5 105 94 10 58 88 45 68 2 105 170 i 1,243 18 7 1,857 18 11 Otago High School 6 170 166 Southland High School .. 3 44 39 24 20 44 640 8 0 I " Totals I i 31 36 53 800 716 291 423 3171 800 24! 8,553 8 3 Foe Boys and Giels. Whangareit 26 36 57 54 23 7 11 10 30 24 183 6 8 1 (6.'*26 ... 36 (6. 57 Iff- 5* tb. 23 ... 7 (.. 11 \g. 10 (b. 30 _______ (6. 147 (g- 131 (6.1646 \g. 931 25 34 54 50 21 6 9 10 27 21 1 2 2 8 20 23 32 20 16 4 4 6 23 18 5 11 21 22 7 3 5 2 5 5 8 8 0 5 5 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 8 8 0 10 10 0 8 8 0 6 6 0 0 6 0 I ) 1 J Thames High School 3 962 17 8 Timaru High School 6 "2 4 1,625 14 7 Bangiora 2 326 13 4 1 2 2 1 "l *2 352 3 0 Akaroa 2 Ashburton 3 554 6 9 Totals 17 3 136 121 0 13 95 71 43 48 8 4 147 13.1 2 4,005 2 0 Grand Totals 1,514 837 52 42 994 494 56. 361 36 35 11,646 931 294 24 J Total Boys and Girls . ■ 12l| 75 2,577| |2,351 94 1488 924| 711 _,577| 318! [86.108 17 8 * Included in Boys' High School accounts. f Closed at end of year.

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The following is a summary of the accounts of income and expenditure for 1884 furnished by the several governing bodies. An abstract of the accounts of each school is contained in the Appendix, Tables 9 and 10, pp. 11 and 12. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Cr. balances on Ist January, 1884 .. 4,611 C 9 By Liabilities on Ist January, 1884 .. 4,420 11 9 General Assembly's votes .. .. 2,100 0 0 Office management and expenses .. 2,151 7 3 Endowment reserves sold .. .. 19,674 4 5 Teachers' salaries .. .. .. 36,109 17 8 Eents of reserves .. £21,167 1 0 Boarding-school accounts .. .. 3,436 18 3 Interest on proceeds of Examination fees and expenses .. 729 10 6 endowments .. 3,690 3 2 Scholarships and prizes .. .. 1,098 2 2 Reserves Commissioners 873 6 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising'.. 2,050 11 4 25,730 10 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 1,014 13 0 School foes.. .. .. .. 22,050 17 7 Buildings, furniture, rent, insurance, Boarding-school fees .. .. 4,259 11 8 rates, &c. .. .. .. 19,401 18 1 Books, &c, sold, and refunds .. 694 18 7 Interest .. .. .. .. 1,749 13 8 Sundries not classified .. .. 1,278 8 8 Sundries not classified .. .. 3,156 6 5 Interest on current accounts .. 69 13 7 Proceeds of reserves sales invested .. 10,408 11 7 Dr. balances, 31st December, 1884 .. 9,799 3 0 Cr. balances, 31st December, 1884 .. 4,534 12 9 £90,808 14 5 £90,868 14 5 Expenditure, excluding balances and Receipts, excluding balances .. £76,458 4 8 reserves moneys invested .. £71,504 18 4 A circular letter (see Appendix, p. 117) was addressed some months ago to the governing bodies of the several secondary schools, inviting their attention to the great importance of including in the programme of school study as much instruction as possible in subjects having a direct bearing upon the technical arts of modern life. The recommendations thus made have been favourably entertained by the Boards generally: their replies to the circular are printed in a paper on technical education (E.-1d). (xilchrist Scholarship. The Grilchrist Scholarship, of the annual value of £100, tenable for three years, is offered once every two years by the Gilchrist Trustees to residents in New Zealand between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two. The examination of candidates for the scholarship is the same as that undergone by candidates for matriculation at the University of London, and is held at convenient places in New Zealand. The first examination for the scholarship was held in 1880, when there was one candidate, Mr. W. H. Herbert, M.A., of Canterbury College, who gained the scholarship with much credit. Mr. Herbert was compelled by ill health to resign the scholarship before its term had expired. He is now a master in Napier Boys' High School. The second competition was held in July, 1882, when three candidates offered themselves: one from the University of Otago, one from Canterbury College, and one from Nelson College. The successful competitor was Mr. John W. Salmond, M.A., of the University of Otago, who was placed by the London examiners " equal with the first candidate in the original honours list " of all that were examined for matriculation by the University of London in January, 1882. Mr. Salmond has attended the law classes in the University College, London, for two years, the second year having recently terminated. At the examination at the close of his first year's studies he took the first prize in the classes he attended. He passed the intermediate examination in Laws at London University in first-class honours (being first of two who gained this distinction among eighty competitors), and obtained the exhibition of £40 a year for two years. The third examination was held in July last year, when six candidates offered themselves: three.were from Canterbury College, one was from Auckland University College, and one, a lady, was from the University of Otago. The sixth candidate was ineligible, as he had competed in 1882 and on that occasion passed the matriculation examination of the London University. The successful candidate was Mr. Herbert M. Inglis, 8.A., of Canterbury College, who took a high place in the "honours division;" three competitors, including the lady candidate, took good places in the "first division," and one failed. Mr. Inglis is about to proceed to the Home-country to pursue his studies there. The next examination for the Grilchrist Scholarship will be held in January, 1887.

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Public Libraries Subsidy. The stun of ,£4,000, voted for public libraries, has been distributed in accordance with the resolution of the General Assembly, the maximum amount given to any library being limited to .£5O. A separate parliamentary paper (E.-10) contains a copy of the notification, showing the principles upon which the distribution of the vote is made, and a list, arranged according to the education districts, of all the libraries that participated in the grant, with their several incomes, and the amounts paid to them respectively. The only income recognised as entitling to subsidy was that derived from subscriptions and voluntary contributions; receipts from endowments and Borough or County Councils, rents of buildings or rooms, and moneys obtained for building purposes, beingexcluded from the calculation. The following is a summary of the distribution of the vote in the different education districts :—

TABLE Z. —Distribution of the Public Libraries Subsidy according to Education Districts.

EREATUM. Appendix, Paob 1, Tablb No. 1. In last oolumn, " Totals for 1884," /or " £399,504 135.," read £389,564 135." v—E. 1.

Education District. Number of Libraries. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Luckland Vanganui Vellington lawke's Bay .. _arlborough Jelson .orth Canterbury louth Canterbury Vestland )tago Southland 93 8 14 15 31 5 SO 78 9 16 61 25 £ s. d. 2,007 10 7 116 10 6 675 6 7 410 18 1 989 10 0 108 1 6 568 16 2 1,407 3 11 507 0 7 449 15 0 1,242 16 5 325 1 7 £ s. d. 904 15 6 71 7 3 231 3 7 177 4 1 387 16 1 52 10 11 297 7 6 715 0 9 153 17 0 191 11 10 601 13 1 214 4 4 Totals 385 8,808 10 11 3,998 11 11

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Table No. 1. Income of the several Education Boards for the Year 1884. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

APPENDIX.

From Government From Local Sources. Education Districts. on 1st January, 1881. Frnm Totes for Maintenance, Inspection, Training, and Scholarships. From Special Votes for School buildings and Playgrounds. District High School, Training, and other Fees. Donations, Sale of Old Subscrip- Sites and tions, and Buildings; Advances. Eents, &c. From Education Reserves. Interest. Refunds, Deposits, &c. Public Libraries. Contributions by Committees. Overdrafts on 31st December, 1884. Total. Total from Government. Total from Local Sources. £ 3. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ b. a. £ s. a. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Auckland 1,016 5 5: 58,646 O 5 9,682 0 0 68,328 0 5| 136 10 0 71 0 0 63 5 2 270 15 2 1,754 3 3 50 0 0 71,419 4 3 Taranaki 1,080 19 6 5,865 9 5 1,542 0 0 7,407 9 5 25 0 0 40 7 3; Go t 3 417 15 5 369 12 0 9,341 3 7 "Wanganui 17,190 14 11 2,736 0 0 19,926 14 11 18 15 01 100 8 0 25 0 ol 234 3 rjj 426 15 11 20,587 13 10 Wellington 24,136 10 10 5,016 0 0 29,152 10 10 83 5 0 83 5 OJ 287 18 3 172 5 0 ... 29,695 19 1 Hawke's Bay ... 12,086 9 9 2,519 0 0 14,605 9 9 110 0 0 157 5 6 267 5 6 1,571 11 3 I 16,444 6 6 Marlborougli 4,847 3 10 846 0 0 5,693 3 10 5,693 3 10 Nelson 2,188 2 11 14,324 13 1 2,307 0 0 16,631 13 1 382 8 7j 6 0 0 626 18 6 19,835 3 1 North Canterbury 9,246 10 3 48,661 2 1 9,439 0 0 58,100 2 1 25 0 0 35 0 0 2 10 Oj 62 10 0 9,683 0 9i 598 10 8 72 16 6 77,763 10 3 South Canterbury 94 5 6 10,722 2 3 2,230 0 0 12,952 2 3 57 10 0 18 6 0 106 13 4 182 9 4 2,327 3 7 21 8 0 15,577 8 8 Westland i 10,369 13 5 10,369 13 5 26 16 0, 26 16 0 I 123 9 11 777 15 7 11,297 14 11 Otago 3,308 14 0' 64,530 15 1 10,828 0 "0 75,358 15 1 336 17 3 220 14 U 557 11 3 10,029 19 2 206 5 0 75 2 10 89,536 7 4 Southland 16,123 2 4 3,330 0 0 19,453 2 4 ... I ioo o ol 10 0 0 110 0 0 2,506 15 3 303 0 1 22,372 17 8 I | I Totals for 1884 16,934 17 7 1 287,503 17 5: 50,475 0 0! 337,978 17 5; 657 17 3. 549 14 0 652 11 3 i 1,860 2 6, : 3,376 14 8 29,511 1 4| 810 15 8 1,388 2 10 1,080 15 8 399,564 13 Totals for 1883 20,354 5 Vj 266,967 12 11 83,322 10 9 350,290 3 8 686 8 6 535 5 0 2,155 1 2 24,714 18 9 858 4 0 2,886 13 5 230 10 9 10,070 0 3 412,781 11

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Table No. 2. Expenditure of the several Education Boards for the Year 1884. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Education Districts. Balances or Xiibilities, 1st January, 1881. Boards. Office, Staff, Members' Allowances, Printing, Advertising-, Stationery, law Costs, and other Office Expenditure. I Inspection of Schools, Examination of Pupilteachers. Teachers' Salaries and Allowances, Training of Teachers. Committees and Schools for Educational Purposes. Maint< manco of Sch( ioIs. Interest and Insurance of School Buildings. New Buildings, Enlargements, Repairs, Furniture, Sites, Fencing. sliool Buildings. Professional Services. Plans and Supervision, Conveyances, &c. Payments not classified, including Refunds, Advances, &c. Distributed among Public Libraries from Special Vote, and Committees' Contribiitions for Books. Credit Balances 31st December, 1881. Totals. Salaries anil Expenses. Scholarships. Total for Total for School Buildings. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.i £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 2,076 10 0 2,283 17 H 51,524 16 1 3,492 12 0 1,050 7 2 151 0 0 58,218 15 9 10,271 19 10 414 19 5 10,716 19 3 123 2 0 71,419 4 3 Taranaki 300 3 1 351 10 0 ' 4,591 10 4 633 7 11 5,227 18 3 3,135 1 0 87 0 0 3,222 1 0 28 10 6 211 0 9 9,341 3 7 Wanganui 457 16 2 -865 2 10 546 16 10| 14,386 11 7 1,338 11 2 262 12 9 10 12 6 15,998 8 0 1,490 9 5 106 12 2 1,597 1 7 800 0 0 322 8 5 20,587 13 10 "Wellington 58 18 6 700 2 8 709 12 5 20,654 12 3 2,243 0 0 397 15 1 1 3 S 23,301 11 0 2,586 0 0 181 14 0 2,767 14 H 202 5 0 1,955 15 6 29,695 19 1 Hawke's Bay 1,343 7 8 372 10 11 699 15 4 10,209 8 5 1,464 7 6 91 10 6 2S 7 6 11,793 13 11 1,412 5 11 27 7 6 1,439 13 5 795 5 3 16,444 6 6 llarlborough ... 244 19 3, 181 12 4 216 18 0 3,900 18 1 500 9 2 86 6 0 2 10 9 4,490 4 0 298 1 4 16 4 0 314 5 4| 242 4 11 5,693 3 10 Nelson 527 2 9 578 17 2 12,461 13 7 1,352 14 8 304 15 9 14,119 4 0 2,596 7 7! 2,596 7 7 492 10 10 1,521 0 9 19,835 3 1 North Canterbury 1,255 12 4 1,429 12 9 47,627 16 4 6,431 14 1 927 IS 3 54,9S7 8 8| 0,625 14 « 671 4 01 10,299 18 8 116 0 3 9,644 17 7 77,763 10 3 South Canterbury 578 4 0 4U 11 10 10.60G 8 4 1,053 3 6l 191 0 4i 1 18 p] 11,858 10 2 1,611 18 0 101 13 2 1,713 11 2 17 9 11 935 1 7' 15,57/ 8 8 Westland 777 15 7 458 2 7 570 0 0 8,766 6 3 613 0 6 112 10 0] 9,491 16 9j 1 11.297 14 11 Otago 1,564 13 2 2,039 13 11 61,644 13 10 5,860 3 9 1,249 7 11 68,754 5 6 11,569 6 S 724 16 11 12,294 3 7 4,883 11 2 89,536 7 4 Southland 1,044 8 9 531 17 7 3,927 5 11 9,117 14 3 8,821 10 3 9,662 12 9 533 18 6] 16,121 13 9 262,499 8 10 1,069 U 8 314 18 8, I 17,506 7 1 2,599 15 6 117 10 3 2,717 5 9 49,679 1 4 22,372 17 8 Totals for 1884 10,111 4 0 26,057 18 11 ! 4,995 2 5 195 12 11 293,743 3 1 47,196 19 11 2,482 1 5 1 1,686 16 6 1 20,634 7 llj 389,564 13 0 Totals for 1883 9,86G 11 8 242.9S8 10 3 24,409 0 9 4,871 18 0; 215 0 3; 272,484 9 3 82,324 6 10 4,424 6 2 86,748 13 0 2,077 9 9 42 12 61 23,077 11 11 412,781 11 1

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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 1884. (Compiled from the Detailed Statements of Expenditure forwarded by Boards.)

Management by Boards. Inspection of Schools and Examination of Pupil-teachers. I Education Districts. Staff. . -_ Allowances to Members of Boards. Office Rent, Furniture, Repairs, &c. Pupilteachers' Examinations. Total of Management, Inspection, and Examination. Secretary, Treasurer, Clerks, Messengers, Clerical Assistance, &c. Fuel, Light, and Cleaning. Law Expenses. Printing. Advertising. Stationery. Sundries, including Stamps. Totals as in Column 2, Table No. 2. Salaries of Inspectors. Inspectors' Travelling Expenses, _c. Totals as in Column 3, Table No. 2. £ s. d. 1,328 0 0 £ s. d. 13 10 0! £ s. d. 324 3 7 £ ?. d. 8 11 6; £ a. d. 7 ii o: £ s. d.i 120 9 7: £ _. d. 168 2 10; 1 £ s. d. 74 10 8 £ s. d 31 1 10: £ b. d.[ 2,076 10 o'. £ , d. 1,700 0 0 £ s. d. 519 19 2 £ s. d. 33 18 l|: £ s. d. 2,283 17 3 £ s. d. 4,360 7 3 Auckland Taranaki ... 166 16 S 69 0 0 17 10 0 15 14 6 19 11 0 10 18 11 0 11 0 300 3 1 300 0 0' 50 0 0 1 10 0 351 10 0 651 13 1 Wanganui 395 10 8: 129 12 6 19 8 5 19 12 4 I I |117 13 4 SO 16 9 : 33 1 10: 111 1 0| 865 2 10 400 0 0 100 0 0 46 16 10 546 16 10 1,411 19 8 Wellington 380 16 8i 24 5 0 36 0 ol I 76 11 0': 109 13 9 71 5 9 14 6 700 2 8 500 0 0 203 18 0 5 14 5 709 12 5 1,409 15 1 Hawke's Ba 250 0 0 29 16 0 1 13 0 56 9 6: : 23 4 2 11 8 3J 372 10 11 500 0 0 150 0 0 49 15 4 699 15 4 1,072 6 3 Marlborough 138 10 0 17 0 o| 15 4 7 13 17 0 184 12 4 125 0 0 88 15 0 3 3 0 216 18 0 401 10 4 Nelson ... 299 0 4 ! 79 16 10 0 2 6 18 0 0 50 38 8 i 49 3 9' 16 6 4 13 14 0; 527 2 9 572 1 8 * 6 15 6 578 17 2 1,105 19 11 North Canterbury 1,023 0 0 29 18 0 I 34 11 0 21 0 0 80 6 a J 25 4 6 29 7 2 12 5 0, 1,255 12 4 950 0 0 330 2 9 149 10 0 1,429 12 9 2,685 5 1 South Canterbury 252 0 0 60 13 6 ! 13 4 11 39 2 2 12 7 8 86 10 9! 1! 53 1 0 I I 61 4 0] I *" 578 4 0 431 4 7 ■ 43 7 3 474 11 10 1,052 15 10 Westland 332 13 0 * 41 0 11 28 14 0 12 15 0 1 14 9 6 18 5 8 10 4 Oj 458 2 7 430 0 0 140 0 0 570 0 0 1,028 2 7 Otago 973 15 0 i214 4 0 > 76 0 0 53 15 0 1 14 4 C8 10 2; : G8 15 0 77 19 8^ 1,504 13 2 1,450 0 0 570 0 5 19 13 6 ■2,039 13 11 3,604 7 1 Southland 305 1 0 38 19 6 > 27 13 0 25 11 0 19 17 0; I: 69 4 9 22 7 8 56 3 2 564 17 7j ' 400 0 0 130 0 0 9 18 6 ! 539 18 6 1,104 16 1 Totals for 1884 ... 5,845 9 4, 689 15 4 519 1 4; 211 15 6 96 19 6 752 17 '■652 12 l! 1676 3 Si 442 18 ll| 236 5 0| 9,447 14 3, '7,758 0 3 2,312 15 4 370 2 5' ■10,441 4 0 19,888 18 3 Totals for 1883 ... I 5,646 14 5| 883 7 9 397 7 OJ 230 5 5; [276 6 4 851 11 ':399 0 9 301 10 1 9,662 12 9, i,7,357 6 8 2,208 1 3 301 3 9i i,9,866 11 8 19,429 4 5 * Included in salary.

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Table No. 4. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1884.

5 and under 7 Years. 7 and under 10 Years. 10 and under 13 Years. 13 and under 15 Years. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education Districts. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. | Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. I Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. t | I I Auckland 2,016 1,888 3,904 3,562 3,094 6,656 2,80S 2,550 5,358 949 1,076 2,025 157 289 446 9,492 8,897 18,389 Taranaki ... 250 189 439 412 36S 780 333 300 633 125 101 226 13 22 35 1,133 980 2,113 Wanganui 663 580 1,243 1,088 994 2,082 789 790 1,579 313 284 627 40 56 96 2,923 2,704 5,627 Wellington 831 796 1,627 1,530 1,318 2,848 1,076 1,008 2,084 336 363 699 56 81 137 3,829 3,566 7,395 Hawke's Bay 519 470 989 858 732 1,590 601 542 1,146 168 169 337 24 24 48 2,173 1,937 4,110 Marlborough 177 147 324 309 270 579 229 204 433 56 76 132 , 7 18 25 778 715 1,493 Nelson 560 545 1,105 825 801 1,626 781 690 1,471 255 270 525 23 58 81 2,444 2,364 4,808 North Canterbury ... 2,194 2,002 4,196 3,597 3,277 6,874 2,770 2,537 5,307 892 800 1,692 118 145 263 9,571 8,761 18,332 South Canterbury ... 531 454 985 773 737 1,510 582 548 1,130 202 185 387 32 23 55 2,120 1,947 4,067 Westland 28G 272 558 563 526 1,089 461 551 1,012 189 193 382 36 28 64 1,535 1,570 3,105 Otsgo 2,231 2,058 4,289 4,126 3,818 7,944 3,318 3,107 6,425 1,205 1,118 2,323 194 239 433 11,071 10,340 21,414 Southland 624 580 1,204 1,300 1,151 2,451 993 88 1 1,877 323 373 I 696 76 81 157 3,316 3,069 G,3S5 Totals for 1884 I 10,882 9,981 20,863 , 18,943 17,086 36,029 14,744 13,711 28,455 5,043 5,008 10,051 776 1,064 1,810 50,388 46,850 97,238 Totals for 1883 110,791 9,735 20,526 17,814 16,202 34,016 13,750 13,060 26,810 4,629 4,685 9,314 720 1,090 1,810 47,704 44,772 92,476

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Table No. 5. Classification according to Standards in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1884.

u a o -I i s Number classified according to Standards. Preparing for Standard Total Number classified. Infants Too Young for Column next following. Passed Standard VI. Bdncation Districts. I. II. III. IV. V. TI. J3 C4J M. F. Total. K. F. I Total. M. F. Total. JI F. Total. St. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total Auckland 18,389 .9,492 8,897 18,389 2,745 2,299 5,044 2,049 1,896 j 3,945 1,677 1,580! | 3,257 1,488 1,471 2,959 897 837 1,734 464 494 958 148 265 413 2 55 Taranaki 2,113 1,133 980 2,113 125 J 189 418 365 783 233 210; 443 183 168 351 96 122 218 53 35 88 19 16 35 e Wanganui 5,627 2,923 2,704 5,627 723 617 1,340 673 564 1,237 434 457 891 466 427 893 316 339 655 203 177 380 79 90 169 29 33 6: "Wellington 7,395 3,829 3,566 7,395 1,069 957 2,026 592 627 1,219 661 625 1,286 557 548 1,105 385 329 714 309 269 578 179 160 339 77 51 12) Hawke's Bay 4,110 2,173 1,937 4,110 421 375 796 530 492 1,022 404 401 805 316 253 569| I 291 217 508 134 122 256 59 60 119 18 17 3! Marlborougb. 1,493 778 ■715, 1,493 379 349 728 130 117 247 111 102 213 63 61 124 55 57 112 M 22 56 6 7 IS NeUon 4,808 2,444 2,364 4,808 551 438 989 418 415 833 342 316 658 ( 378 424 802 370! 345 715 189 209 398 i« 155 302 40 62 n: North Canterbury 18,332 9,571 8,761 18,332 3,302 2,840 6,142 1,589 1,479 3,068 1,452 1,430 2,882 1,496 1,362 2,858 1,001 962 1,963 517 467 984 174 185 359 40 30; 7i South Canterbury 4,067 2,120 1,947 4,067 569 500 1,069 373 324 607 379; i 322 701 293 SOS 601 247 252 499 159 132 291 71 68 139 .9) 41 7< Westland 3,105 1,535 1,570 3,105 412 384 796 267 230 497 238 240 478 234 274 COS 169, 214 383 118 124 212 77 ' 69 146 30 35 6! Otago 21,414 11,074 ! 10,340 21,414 3,332 2,953 6,285 1,747 1,687 3,434 1,548. 1,471 3,019 1,68a 1,569 3,154 1,345 1,247 2,592 791 698 1,489 511 467 978 215 248 46: Southland 6,385 3,316 3,069 6,385 989 908 1,897 620 583 1,203 573; \ 459 1,032 535 535 1,070 365^ 369 734 165 154 319 61 46 107 1 15 2; Totals for 1884 ! I ! I I ! 97,238 50,388 46,850 97,238' 14,2381 12,335 26,573 9,655 9,011 18,666 8,071 7,628 15,699 7,642 7,441 15.083 5,545 5,294 10,839 3,157 I 2,938 6,095 1,559! 1,603 3,162 531 600 113: Totals for 1883 92,476 47,704 44,772 92,476 13,540 12,003 25,543 9,208; 8,458, 17,66(1 7,631 7,358 | 14,989 7,467, 7,138 14,605 5,126 4,995! 10,121 2,929 2,919 5,848 1,305 1,382 2,687 498 519 101'

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Table No. 6. SUMMARY OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES' ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

Receipts from Boards. Local Contributions. Districts. Balances, Jaa. 1,1884. For For General Special Purposes. Purposes. For For General Special Purposes. Purposes. From other Sources. Dr. Balances Dec. 31, 1884. Totals. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawko's B<iy Maiiborougii Kelson .. ISforth Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland £ s. d. 1,021 5 8 196 13 1 218 10 7 513 0 8 306 9 5 143 3 11 493 16 6 787 9 3 380 14 2 43 7 9 1,602 1 0 341 4 3 £ S. d. 3,181 15 0 47G 1 11 1,158 10 0 1,598 2 0 1,102 12 10 946 C 8 1,270 0 9 6,105 10 7 1,085 2 1 448 8 G 5,513 0 6 1,069 14 8 £ s. a. 722 17 4 10 1 0 135 2 71 42 18 0 318 17 0 25 19 6 2,133 13 11 £ s. d. 75 16 11 14 10 i 44 6 10 84 9 4 340 8 2 43 11 5 69 14 1 195 18 3 166 9 9 20 3 0 276 19 1 523 14 10 £ s. d. 88 2 10 159 9 8 168 11 7 104 15 10 £ s. d. 149 14 7 5 10 9 89 13 8 121 11 4 £ s. d. 15 19 0 0 2 5 4 14 28 15 9 £ s. d. 5,255 11 4 702 19 6 1,804 14 8 2,557 9 2 2,173 3 3 1,195 14 4 4,370 17 5 7,490 16 10 4,854 4 i) 739 4 0 9,025 18 8 2,240 13 5 2,712 16 7 61 18 Hi 465 13 0 32 8 6 186 14 1 36 12 10 407 10 1 375 10 3 322 8 1 148 15 3 895 13 8 305 19 8 2 *2 0 27211 5 16 10 7 Totals G,042 16 3 23,955 C 0 G.C29 17 10 1,856 2 0 1,012 13 11 2,859 0 2 G7 11 1 42,423 7 4

Districts. Cleaning, Fuel, Repairs, &c. Expenditure of Special Grants. Books, Maps, Furniture. P*L£2? i Committees' laCes Expenses. Sundries not Classified. Cr. Balances. Totals. Auckland 'aranaki Yanganui Wellington lawke's Bay.. .Tarlborough .. Jelson ■f. Canterbury 1. Canterbury Vestland )tago Southland £ s. d. 2,753 10 11 367 5 0 859 9 3 1,286 2 7 1,330 11 7 320 15 7 1,163 15 9 4,911 16 10 933 9 4 598 18 6 4,019 7 8 1,282 18 11 & s. d. 697 17 11 10 1 0 146 6 7 33 2 3 371 15 10 35 19 7 1,760 18 0 & s. d. 157 17 11 102 4 9 115 0 3 4G2 4 0 52 3 7 G54 11 5 785 14 10 225 9 10 3 10 6 171 16 6 110 7 2 £ s. d. 11 10 0 3 15 0 62 15 0 554"o 0 £ s. d. 81 3 2 27 5 7 132 9 11 109 6 1 121 7 10 45 14 6 184 10 11 387 15 8 69 11 9 33 11 10 223 10 11 188 3 3 £ s. d. 486 11 6 61 16 2 301 9 11 180 5 3 137 11 9 47 10 6 162 7 3 425 1 2 421 1 7 70 14 8 1,545 9 5 1G6 7 3j £ s. d. '1,078 9 11 122 17 0 246 3 9 423 14 0 211 10 8 139 10 7 450 8 1 984 15 0] 357 9 1! 32 8 el 1,856 7 l' I 373 10 4' £ a. a. 5,255 11 4 702 19 6 1,804 14 8 2,557 9 2 2,170 3 8 1,195 14 4 4,370 17 5 7,490 16 10 4,854 4 9 739 4 0 9,025 18 8 2,240 18 5 2,72g"7 3 1 13 4 120 15 11 477 14 1 131'l3 0 119 6 6 Totals 20,428 1 11 2,841 0 9 1,005 8 9 1,604: 17 5 4,006 6 S 6,277 9 7 6,200 2 G 42,423 7 4

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Table No. 7. Return of Salaries of Officers of Education Boards and Training Colleges, not included in Table No. 11, as at 31st December, 1884.

Officers. Salaries. Remarks. 1.UCKLAND : Secretary and Treasurer Clerk and Accountant Clerk £ s. d. 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 90 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 Also £10 for Girls' High School. H ••' •• • Junior Clerk Cadet Clerk Messenger Auditor of School Fund accounts Architect ... Also Provincial District Auditor. Z\ per cent, commission on plans, 2\ per cent, on supervision, and active travelling expenses. Inspector of Schools Assistant Inspector... 600 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 52 0 0 100 0 0 > Also allowance of £1 a day each when travelling. H ... Principal of Training College First Assistant Second Assistant Conductor of Classes at Thames Also Assistant Master at Girls' High School. Also Head Master of Kauaeranga School. Caranaki : —■ Secretary and Treasurer ... Inspector of Schools ... 150 0 0 300 0 0 Also £5t) (ravelling expenses. SVang ANUI: — Secretary ... Cadet Clerk Inspector of Schools 325 0 0 75 0 0 400 0 0 Also £100 Cor travelling expenses. Wellington : — Secretary ... ... ,,. Inspector ... Cadet Clerk Custodian... Messenger Training College : — Principal ... ... Teacher of Singing Teacher of Science Teacher of Modern Languages Teacher of Drawing 300 0 0 500 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 24 0 0 Also Auditor of School Ftmdi accounts. Also forage allowance 3s. a day, and £1 a day when travelling. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Also £150 for travelling expenses. (Iawke'8 Bay:— Secretary and Inspector Clerk and Treasurer Cadet and Messenger ' ... 500 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 HAKLIOROuan : — Secretary ... Messenger Inspector of Schools 100 0 0 12 10 0 125 0 0 Architect ... ... ... Also travelling expenses actually incurred ; also Inspector of Kelson District. 5 per cent, commission for plans and supervision. Selson : — Secretary ... Inspector of Schools Messenger 275 0 0 550 0 0 12 0 0 Including travelling expenses ; also Inspector of Marlborough District. Canterbury:— Secretary and Treasurer First Clerk Second Clerk Cadet Messenger I nspector of Schools 570 0 0 225 0 0 150 0 0 2G 0 0 90 0 0 475 O 0 475 0 0 , ♦ "j Also £ 15 each forage allowance, and travelling cx- ) penses actually incurred. , ... Training School: — Principal First Tutor Second Tutor Kindergarten Mistress Drill Instructor Architect ... Clerk of Works ... 570 0 0 431 10 0 332 0 0 100 0 0 292 10 0 350 0 0 Same forage and travelling allowance as Inspectors. 12s. a day, and actual travelling expenses. South Canterbury:— Secretary and Treasurer Inspector of Schools 250 0 0 450 0 0 Including travelling expenses.

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Table No. 8. Statement of Expenditure and Recoveries in respect of all Services under the Control or Supervision of the Minister of Education during the Year ending 31st March, 1885.

Officers. Salaries. Remarks. Westland : — Secretary ... Inspector of Schools £ s. d. 306 0 0 400 0 0 Also £140 for travelling expenses. Otago :— Secretary ... Clerk 500 0 0 250 0 0 160 0 0 75 0 0 550 0 0 450 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 240 0 0 416 0 0 75 0 0 40 0 0 570 0 0 208 0 0 360 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 Cadet Clerk Inspector ... ~\ Also travelling allowance 25s. a day when on duty J beyond Dunedm, and 25s. a -week for age allow- ) ance when engaged in office or around Dunedin. > Alao actual travelling expenses. 3 , ... •. • Architect ... Clerk of Works Drawing Master Assistant Drawing Master Pupil-teacher Normal Master Normal Mistress Normal Tutor Singing Master Gymnastic Master ... Southland : — Secretary ... Inspector ... Inspector of Works 300 0 0 400 0 0 Also £130 for travelling expenses. Per agreement, according to work done.

Head Office (Vote No. 42). £ s. d. 650 0 0 600 4 0 1,139 5 8 112 13 2 16 6 3 12 7 8 £ s. a. Secretary .Inspector-General.. Clerks and clerical assistance Travelling expenses Gilchrist scholarship examination Contingencies 2,530 16 9 Public Schools (not including special grants for buildings, shown below) — (Vote No. 43). Grants to Education Boards— Capitation allowance, at £4 per average attendance .. £298,289 15 6 Less revenue from reserves .. .. .. 25,63609 272,653 14 9 Less miscellaneous recoveries, Westland .. .. 215 19 8 Capitation allowance, at Is. 6d., for scholarships .. Subsidies for inspection Subsidies for training of teachers Grant for purchase and improvement of recreation-ground Grant for rebuilding school destroyed by fire Miscellaneous Expenditure— Westland Education District Educational Museum Examination of teachers 272,437 15 1 5,103 2 5 4,025 0 0 7,614 18 8 300 0 0 130 0 0 291,795 8 1 2,263 6 4 5 0 0 412 8 7 292,291 11 1 496 3 0 Less fees received from teachers for examination Native Schools (not including buildings, shown below) —(Vote No. 44). Salary of Inspector Salaries and allowances of teachers Boarding-school charges and apprenticing Books, school requisites, sewing material, &c. Travelling (including removals of teachers) Genoral contingencies 500 0 0 9,576 5 9 2,006 19 2 553 0 2 631 3 10 488 14 1 13,514 6 11 Less recoveries Total (£64 charged to Native Reserves Funds) 13,756 3 0 241 16 1 Carried forward 30' 81(

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£ s. d. £ s. d. 307,840 11 9 Brought forward Industrial Schools (not including buildings, shown below) —(Vote No. 45). Auckland (Howo Street and Kohimarama) — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. £683 7 0 General maintenance .. .. .. .. .. 2,201 8 0 Boarding out— Boarcl of children .. .. .. .. .. 1,308 10 3 Salary of Official Correspondent .. .. .. • 25 0 0 Medical attendance .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 4,221 1 3 Less recoveries—From parents £382 4 6 „ Sundries 27 9 10 — 409 14 4 3,811 6 11 Burnham — Salaries £943 11 4 General maintenance .. .. .. .. .. 2,984 5 6 Boarding out— Board of children .. .. .. .. .. 2,400 7 7 Salary of Official Correspondent .. .. .. 63 10 7 Medical attendance .. .. • • •. 13 0 0 0,410 1 0 Less recoveries—Prom parents £301 7 0 Farm, Ac. 142 6 6 443 13 6 Caversham— Salaries £1,180 17 3 General maintenance .. .. .. ■ ■ . ■ 2,693 8 9 Boarding out— Board of children .. .. .. .. .. 3,009 4 9 Salary of Official Correspondent .. .. .. 101 15 7 Medical attendance .. .. .. . • 17 7 0 Funeral .. .. .. .. •• •■ 400 5,972 7 0 7,000 13 10 Less recoveries—From parents £279 5 1 Sundries 7 13 9 286 18 10 General contingencies— Salary of Collector .. .. .. .. .. £169 2 0 Travelling expenses of Collector .. .. .. 85 16 0 Departmental travelling expenses .. .. .. 18 7 10 6,719 15 0 ! 273 6 4 16,776 15 9 Industrial and Obphan Schools maintained wiioixy ok fabtly by Grants from Vote for Chamtaju .:■: Aid. St. Mary's O.-phange and Industrial School, Auckland .. £955 17 9 Less recoveries .. .. . • .. • • 61 IS 0 893 19 3 1,060 5 3 St. Stephen's Orphan Home, Auckland .. .. .. - Thames Orphanage and Training School .. .. .. £611 10 1 Less recoveries .. . • .. • • • • 162 18 6 St. Joseph's Providence Orphanage, Wellington .. .. £422 i 0 Less recoveries .. .. .. .. • • 13 1 0 448 17 7 St. Mary's Orphanage and Industrial School, Nelson .. .. £3,177 2 0 Less recoveries .. .. . • • • • • 157 13 0 409 3 0 3,019 9 0 472 11 2 8,797 8 2 Motueka Orphanage Lyttelton Orphanage .. .. .. .. •• £2,566 15 7 Less recoveries .. .. • • . • • ■ 79 12 8 2,487 2 11 Deaf-and-Dumb Institution (Vote No. 46). Director Assistants (including board) Rent, rates, and repairs Furniture and household requisites School requisites Travelling Medical attendance and medicine Advertising .. .. .. .. • • ' Board of pupils Clothing of pupils COO 0 0 259 19 2 330 2 4 00 13 3 2 17 10 123 8 5 9 16 6 13 10 2 1,209 0 8 22 16 1 Less recoveries 2,038 4 5 265 12 6 2,372 11 11 Carried forward 335,787 7 7

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Table No. 8—continued. Statement of Expenditure and Recoveries— continued.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 335,787 7 7 Brought forward .. Higheb Education (Vote No. 47). Auckland Girls' High School New Plymouth High School Wellington College Wellington Girls' High School Nelson Girls' High School Ghristchurch Girls' High School .. .. • .. Timaru High School Waitaki High School 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 350 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 3,300 0 0 Miscellaneous Services (Vote No. iff). Subsidies to public libraries 3,970 18 1 School Buildings (Vote No. 111). Public schools, grants to Education Boards Native schools Industrial schools 63,513 0 0 1,560 17 3 994 18 0 66,068 15 3 Statutory Grants. Auckland University College University of New Zealand 4,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 Total expenditure out of appropriation for theoO services .. 416,127 0 11

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Table No. 9. Income of certain Secondary Schools for Year 1884.

Froi Endowment: l. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Cr. Balances on Jan. 1,1884. Voted by General Assembly. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Total Current Revenue from Endowments (viz., Columns 4, 5, and 6). School Fees. BoardingSchool Fees. Books Sold and Refunds. Sundries Unclassified. Interest on Current Account. Dr. Balances, Dec. 31,1884. Totals. Schools. Reserves sold. Eents of Reserves. Interest on Moneys invested. Paid by School Commissioners. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School Wanganni High School Wanganui Endowed School.. Napier High Schools Wellington College Wellington Girls' High School Nelson College (Boys') Nelson College (Girls') Christ's College and Grammar School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Eangiora High School Akaroa High School Ashhurton High School Timaru High School Waimate High School Hokitika High School Greymouth High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ s. d. 44 14 0 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. 4,066 12 10 £ s. a. £ s. d.l £ s. d. 4,066 12 10 £ s. d. 2,505 15 0 £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. 180 10 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. 3,285 3 2 & s. d. 10,082 15 C .. 960 15 8 885 9 11 261 6 2 126 9 1 105 16 4 1,000 0 0 200 'o 0 1,739 19 0 5 0 0 245 0 o! 18 0 0 .. .. 169 10 5 1,757 19 0 5 0 0 414 10 5 309 14 8 639 3 9 807 7 6 1,018 13 10 1,898 17 6 377 17 6 28 17 10 148 0 0j i " 5 'i 6 .. I 10 0 125 0 0 28 10 1 3,888 3 S 3,021 6 S 300 5 e 889 19 £ 547 7 1C 1,612 1 £ 5,827 7 C 3,831 12 S 1,864 10 7 5,018 13 6 5,589 18 £ 14,382 10 3 6'16 10 ! 30914 8 3,58517 3 639" 3 9, 457 7 6 1,018 13 10 * * 350 0 0 972 18 0: 441 5 6! 2,070 16 0 1,155 11 9 1,089 18 4. 1,403 18 0: 2,825 1 8 • ■ i J 1,697 17 8 1,131 14 0 15 0 0 11 10 0 15 1 4 86 13 9 30 0 0 94 0 0 •• 947 16 9 630 12 11 228 15 41 465 '2 2 737 14 3 424*15 0 886"4 2 1,310 19 2 150 0 0 3,536 0 7 95 10 6 .. 500*'o 0 150 '6 0 * ■ ■ 2,404 6 2 34 7 9 7,500 0 0 3,10716 11 428"3 81 I 376 6 1 110 14 2! ■• 116 19 6 2,473 0 4 2,473 0 4 1,280 9 6 3 12 6 258 7 11 4,132 9 S 148 8 2 232 0 6 295 17 0 527 17 6 1,269 19 6 2 10 0 41 3 6 1,989 18 e 9 8 11 211 19 5 335 13 8 268 17 0 415 12 3 750 2 1 231 6 6 12 0 0 14 8 0 90 0 0 53 17 1 53 17 2 335 13 8 334 14 1 483 17 5 840 2 1 231 6 6 256 4 0 205 9 0 168 0 0 686 18 0 i 17 3 0 18 2 7 0 16 8 146 11 6 88 3 3 836 1 4 769 5 e 1,095 0 £ 2,245 19 ] 270 0 6 634 11 C 634 11 C 2,026 13 4 16,796 11 6 2,581 0 £ 360 "o 0 65 "o 5 318 2 4 400"0 0 38'i4 0 213 17 9 634 11 0 634 11 0 490 0 0 6,046 19 4 775 9 0 559 0 5 3,619 4 6 577 14 111 60 "o 8 11,575 15 0 619 1 1 5,194 19 6 673 16 3 273 3 6 2,797 16 0: 788 1 0 1,430*0 0 44 14 9 39 3 7 59 2 10 110 0 0| 25 2 6l 275' 16 3 1,262 10 9 mm 284 11 5 96 I 4 ! • • .. .. • • Total !2,650 17 7! 4,259 11 8 1,278 8 8 4,611 6 9 '2,100 0 0 19,674 4 5 21,167 1 0 3,690 3 2 873 6 0 25,730 10 2 22,650 17 7 694 18 7 69 13 7 [9,799 3 0 '90,868 14

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Table No. 10. Expenditure of certain Secondary Schools for Year 1884.

Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1,1884. I Ex:>cnso of Boards' Tpichers' jmeSce and Salaries. Boarding- Exa F ™ers' School *ee, 3 Account. Exp a e n n d ses . Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes. Land, StatfonefV FurSl' Cleaning, q nn ari PB Endowments: Advertising, Insurance, Fuel^ lght> Interest- unclassified. f n ° est e e a Bates'. Cr. Balances, Dec. 31,1884. Totals. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School .. Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School Wanganui Endowed School Napier High Schools .. Wellington College Wellington Girls' High School Nelson College (Boys').. Nelson College (Girls') .. Christ's College Grammar School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Eangiora High School .. Akaroa High School Ashburton High School Timaru High School .. Waimate High School.. Hokitika High School .. Greymouth High School Waitaki High School .. Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ s. A. 705 19 4 £ s. d. 229 10 9 £ s. d. 4,313 19 9 £ s. a. £ s. d. 100 12 6 £ s. d. 57 18 0 £ s. d. 125 6 8 £ s. d. 2,786 18 1 £ s. d. 101 2 5 £ s. a. £ s. d. 1,661 7 6 £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. 10,082 15 0 40 o a 2,314 7 7, 52 7 6 60 7 6 207 8 6 814 2 4 108 6 0 291 3 10 3,888 3 3 38 17 8 962 17 8j 183 6 8 421 11 0 '* 46 9 6 10 14 0 22 7 0 14 4 10 2 8 5 331 17 5 48 8 0 29 15 6 37 2 0 4 2 0 13 12 6 0 12 3 26 16 6 2 19 7 2 2 0 1,543 12 5 47 4 5 43 17 3 3,021 6 5 300 5 6 889 19 6 325 0 0 46 10 4 5 0 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 56 5 0 995* 5 0 17 0 0 12 5 6 12 8 4 2 17 2 45 9 0 48**8 1 243 16 6 112 8 0 32 19 4 414 17 2 160 10 6 547 7 10 1,612 1 9 427 14 8 121 9 2 5 0 0 162 15 6 57 17 2 1,036 9 0: 2,419 1 8 1,164 11 8; • • 105**0 0 42 0 0 5 0 0 126 0 0 28 8 9 134 18 7 156 5 11 144 9 5 2,873 5 4 251 19 4 195 11 4 43 12 6 36 2 0 65 6 1 231 19 0 437 4 5 14 0 101 1 3 15 14 9 19 15 6 968 6 8 145**6 8 5,827 7 0 3,831 12 9 1,864 10 7 " 2,16610 1 270 15 7 140 0 0 380 15 7 1,689 16 3: 1,332 3 6 2,998 11 10 1,518 5 8 850 14 3 29 8 0 17 17 0 125 16 0 325 0 0 918 10 10 95 18 4 118 12 3 428 14 2 374 10 6 831 10 0 1,718 10 5 36**8 6 57 4 7 7516 4 107 9 10 • 96 2 7 178 10 6 7,500* 0 0 607 9 6 5,018 13 8 5,589 18 2 14,382 10 3 .. 80 0 0 2,799 16 4 I - 52 10 0 21 18 0 116 11 0 267 16 4 25 4 11 324 14 5 443 18 9 4,132 9 9 50 0 0 1,243 18 7 52 10 0 20 19 2 58 6 1 212 1 0 14 12 1 24 14 11 312 16 10 1,983 18 8 10 0 23 6 4 170 0 0 8 13 4 8 9 0 326 13 4! 352 3 (A 554 6 9 1,625 14 7 *' 39 5 11 24 8 9 57 8 2 66 12 3 6 11 0 414 7 0 47 6 2 295 11 5 53 11 6 27 15 5 15 7 0 35 10 6 16 19 6 18 14 10 9 4 10 5 10 6 9 13 0 49 6 9 25 9 5 32310 1 836 1 4 769 5 6 1,095 0 5 2,245 19 1 270 0 6 634 11 0 634 11 0 2,026 13 4 ,16,796 11 8 2,581 0 6 101 18 1 222 9 10 _ 6 10 6 30 2 6 10 0 0 1015 8 11 2 2 219**6 9 ■• i 626 2 0 634 11 0 379 11 11 ■• 349 10 7 18 10 9 308 0 3 50 0 0 860 0 0 6,990 17 6 1,524 6 0 1,067*18 4 .. 105 0 0j 54 12 11! 90 2 5 42 2 9 79 15 1 279 0 8 7,405 19 2 121 10 5 56 3 4l 19 14 5 73 19 2 293 11 6 98 14 5 15 8 49 5 0 i 176 1 4 i 5 14 7 0*7 9 300' 0 0 424 9 7 •• ... •• Total 729 10 61 4,420 11 9 2,151 7 3 36,109 17 8 3,436 18 3 jl, 698 2 2j 2,056 11 4 19,401 18 II 1,014 13 Oj 1,749 13 8 3,156 6 5 ,10,408 11 7: !4,534 12 9 90,868 14

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Table No. 11. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, with the Expenditure for the Year 1884, and the Names, Status, and Emoluments of the Teachers as in December, 1884. Note 1 —In the column for consecutive number of school two half-time schools associated are reckoned as one school. Note 2—In the column headed "Position in the School," "HM" means Head Master; "M" one Master only in school; "H F," Head Female Teacher; "F," one Female Teacher only in school; "AM," Assistant Male Teacher; "AF," Assistant Female Teacher; "MP," Male Pupil-teacher ; "FP" Female Pupil-teacher; and "S," Sewing Teacher.

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O . 6 __ 51 s.a E. II _m Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [Bj) in which situate. °. rj Expenditure for the Tear. tf — 9 9 i w Maintenance. Buildings, '■gjS Sites, 11 Teachers' Other "Pn"?_ t d ure ' | 6 Salaries and Ordinary A____at__ S 1 Allowances. Expenditure. ~~~*~* Maintenance. Expenditure for the Tear. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' "Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. © Annual 5 Salary and d . Allowance "1 o at the Rate .2 it Pai*l during to 3. the Last 8 Quarter of m the Year. _> H 1 Mongonui— Kaitaia 1 £ s. d. 115 0 0 £ s. d. 7 0 0 £ s. d. 12 6 0 Ephraim Shannon.. Mrs. Shannon J. B. E. Taylor, B.A. Mrs. Taylor James Paton Mrs. Thompson .. Arthur C. Ballance Christina Wyles .. Jane Nield B. W. Bowson, B.A. Kate Goulton Frederick Booth .. Sarah B. Jones HM S HM S HM S HM FP HF HM S HM FP £ s. d. 110 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 8 0 0 140 0 0 30 0 0 110 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 140 0 0 40 0 0 20 2 Oruru 2 140 0 0 7 10 0 17 16 6 33 3 Victoria Valley 3 87 13 4 7 0 0 4 10 0 13 4 Mongonui 4 169 3 4 11 0 0 378 15 6 41 5 0 Totara Kaeo 5 6 115 0 0 130 16 8 7 0 0 7 10 0 10 3 10 16 10 0 22 37 7 Whangaroa North 7 192 11 8 11 0 0 64 4 9 49 Hokianga— Hokianga 137 15 0 8 0 0 2 16 6 Alexander Anderson Mrs. Anderson Leonard Allen Isabella Gray HM S HM S 120 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 29 8 8 9 Kohukohu 9 139 3 4 8 0 0 7 16 34 Bay of Islands— Okaihau 134 8 6 7 10 0 6 15 3 George Nield Annie Nield Mrs. E. Hickton .. James Armstrong .. Sarah A. Donaldson Florence Taylor Evolyn Hastings .. Mrs. Hastings Vacant Ellen Gibbs Sarah Gibbs Mrs. Mary E. Brown HM S HF HM FP HF HM S HF HF AF HF 110 0 0 10 0 0 75 0 0 180 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 36 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 36 0 0 22 10 10 11 12 Waimate Kawakawa .. 11 12 75 0 0 315 0 0 7 0 0 18 15 0 6 12 9 12 9 7 24 83 13 Pakaru 13 139 3 4 8 0 0 4 17 6 39 14 To Wharau • .. Bussell 14 15 36 6 8 146 17 8 13**0 0 38* 2 4 43 Wahapu b Hobson— Arapohuo 16 17 33 0 0 135 16 8 8 0 0 0 13 6 308 1 9 Francis C. Leggett Mrs. Leggett ( James J. Potter .. John Stallworthy .. John McKenzio .. Mary Fraser John Lindley Elizabeth Seaborn.. Mrs. Lindley John Murray Lucy J. Harling .. HM S 110 0 0 10 0 0 15 22 16 Whakahara .. Tokatoka Aratapu 18 133 6 8 . 7 0 0 }. 7 0 0 17 10 0 ill 6 13 2 6 HM 120 0 0 84 17 19 269 7 8 HM MP FP HM AF S HM FP 180 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 140 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 140 0 0 40 0 0 18 Te Kopuru .. 20 180 0 0 11 0 0 5 14 10 43 19 Dargavillo 21 189 8 0 11 0 0 0 5 3 44 20 Matakoho Omaru c Paparoa } 22 114 12 8 (7 0 0 1.7 0 0 11 0 0 •• 3 8 13 6 L. T. Hippesley Thomas W. Wilson Elizabeth Davis William M. Flower Mrs. Jane Gloyn ., Mrs. Mary Stone .. Arabella Byan HM 100 0 0 39 21 23 188 6 8 HM AF HM S H F HF 130 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 22 Maungaturoto 24 140 0 0 8 0 0 31 23 24 Kaiwaka Mangawai Whangarei— Kamo 25 26 88 6 8 66 13 4 7 0 0 7 0 0 9 15 25 27 470 0 5 25 0 0 41 19 3 Balph D. Stewart .. Francis Higginson.. Ellen Ann Swain .. Patilina Holman .. Elizabeth J. Meldrum Clifford A. Stevens.. Mrs. Clotworthy .. George Calvert Annie Calvert l Howard J. S. Ellis ) Alexander Bust ■ .. James Collier, B.A. Mary A. Braithwaite Edith Mair HM AM AF AF AF HM S HM S 200 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 113 Whareora d .. 50 17 4 7 0 0 9 8 4 20 28 16 27 Kaurihohore .. 29 145 0 0 8 0 0 29 Hikurangi Otonga Otonga Upper e Whangarei .. J 30 133 14 9 (7 0 0 (7 0 0 12 0 90 0 0 72 17 6 18 6 6 HM .14 1.18 28 31 32 12 10 0 410 16 11 HM HM HF FP 60 0 0 190 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 29 25-'o 0 95 » Aided. Closed 31st July, med 13th October. t> Clot led from 1st Jul te to 30th Sepi iember. oCl ised September quarter. d Reopened 15th April. Opt

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Table No. 11.—List of the Public Schools, the Expenditure, Staff, &c.— continued. AUCKLAND— continued.

sS _ 0 en •j_3 go 1 O ii | o C (fl O Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. 4 _> a >__ .3 _> i 2 i I ° £ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Namos, including- all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. '_ _ Annual &>£ Salary and S J Allowance t> £ at the Bate paid during 9^ I he Last gj Quarter of fe]| the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 30 Whangarei— continued. Parua Bay No. 1 ) Parua Bay No. 2 j Whangarei Heads 33 £ s. d. 140 0 0 £ s. d. 14 0 0 £ s. d. ( •• . 3 6 5 Bobert C. Whitham Mrs. Macdonald .. Frederick W. Kysh Mary McLeod [ William Munro .. HM S HM S £ s. d. 130 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 10 18 81 34 115 10 8 7 0 0 32 33 Maunu' ) Otaika .. I Maungatapereb I Kaitara c .. J Buatangata East i Buatangata West f Mangapai No. 1 I Mangapai No. 2 J Maungakaramea 85 36 37 82 10 0 99 3 4 130 0 0 j 7 0 0 J700 J 7 0 0 13 10 0 j 7 0 0 17 0 0 j 7 0 0 (700 11 0 0 I I 131 18 6 8 15 0 69 15 0 16 14 6 3 10 0 Vacant (A. McNaughton .. \ Mrs. Lilley William H. Worsley HM HM HM S 120 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 fig 118 (14 110 19 10 fl 43 34 38 108 13 9 HM 100 0 0 35 89 180 0 0 William J. Connell Isabella Wilson HM FP 140 0 0 40 0 0 36 37 38 39 Waikiekie East I Waikiekie West J Buakaka .. ) Waipu Cave .. f Waipu Cove 40 41 127 10 0 100 0 0 J 7 0 0 17 0 0 (700 (700 7 10 0 i 24 10 10 James Willis Bichard Fleet HM HM 130 0 0 100 0 0 (_ 25 42 134 3 4 3 16 Thomas H. Chapman Annie McGregor .. William B. Fosbroke John W. Channon .. John Fisher Mrs. E. Fisher HM S HM HM HM HF 120 0 0 10 0 0 120 0 0 110 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 40 41 42 Waipu North Biver .. Waipu Central Waipu Upper 43 44 45 125 10 8 124 3 4 203 0 8 7 0 0 7 0 0 11 0 0 23 19 0 25 22 43 1618 0 43 44 45 46 Bodney— Te Pahi Albortland North Te Arai Komokoriki No. 1 1 Komokoriki No. 2 j Port Albert 46 47 48 78 13 4 110 0 0 110 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 14 0 10 0 0 0 10 6 Amelia Fisher Bobert Kinross James N. Marsdon.. HF HM HM 88 0 0 110 0 0 110 0 0 22 24 21 !_ 42 49 70 13 4 14 0 0 0 13 9 John Marmont HM 76 0 0 47 50 177 18 8 9 10 0 14 3 Benjamin M. Gubb Jane A. Cameron .. Susan Becroft Mrs. L. Bushbrook John Price Gradwell Mrs. Stott T. DA. Hamilton .. Mrs. Hamilton Mrs. Wilson William McKee Annie M. Shannon Lawrence Gilshenan David W. Jones HM FP S HF HM S HM S S HM FP HM HM 140 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 00 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 80 0 0 48 49 Wellsford Wharehino 51 52 64 13 4 125 16 8 7 0 0 7 0 0 2 8 4 15 23 50 51 52 Tauhoa .. ] Hotco North .. j Omaha Little 53 148 6 8 (7 0 0 {7 0 0 9 10 0 46 8 6 3 2 6 15 18 40 54 185 0 0 53 54 Matakana Upper ] Big Omaha .. / Matakana Lower ! Mullet Point.. J Mahurangi Heads Warkworth 55 56 149 3 4 140 0 0 (700 17 0 0 (700 1 7 10 0 30 0 0 11 0 0 1 J 8 15 0 5 14 3 James E. Waygood HM 140 0 0 19 12 fie \30 13 57 57 58 81 6 8 190 0 0 Ada Blackman Alexander Campbell Annie Southgate .. Mrs. Cutler Francis C. Crookes Nelly Horsley George A. Worsley.. Michael F. Daly .. Walter Ovens Thomas Frethy Mrs. E. Faithfull .. Thomas B. Tanner.. Alfred J. Osborne .. HF HM FP S HM S HM HM AM HM HF HM HM 60 0 0 150 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 72 0 0 100 0 0 00 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 100 0 0 72 0 0 55 56 Dome Valley.. 59 139 3 4 8 0 0 2 19 8 35 57 58 Kaipara Flats Puhoi 60 61 81 0 0 215 0 0 7 0 0 11 0 0 0 7 6 10 9 18 46 59 60 61 Wainui d Waiwera Great Barrier e TryphenaJ .. Waitemata — Kaukapakapa 62 63 64 65 29 3 4 130 0 0 107 11 10 33 6 8 7 0 0 7 10 0 7*0 0 439 17 9 10 1 0 13 6 168 2 4 15 37 16 18 62 66 182 1 11 11 0 0 1 13 6 George W. Murray.. Elizabeth Tristram Daniel D. Metgo .. May Bapson Emily Nobbs Thomas A. Jones .. HM HF HM HF AF HM 130 0 0 50 0 0 170 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 36 63 Helonsville 67 280 9 2 22 10 0 5 6 0 77 64 65 66 67 68 Woodhill Kumou .. ' Hobsonville .. j Wade b Pukeatua 11 .. Lucas Creek Northeoto 68 69 70 71 72 44 10 0 130 0 0 114 8 6 76 3 4 70 13 4 265 8 1 7 0 0 (700 (700 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 14 5 0 ) 32 8 5 0 17 3 Jack H. Broughton Vacant Margaret Henry Joseph Glonny Frances Mackin Augusta Hammond Luther Hames Mrs. Hames HM HM HF HM HF FP HM S 130 0 0 80 0 0 68 0 0 160 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 17 (16 121 16 12 15 68 2* 3 4 7 14 6 Lake 138 6 8 7 10 0 2 4 6 31 69 73 a Opened 21st April. b Closi with Wade. • Itinerant; t ictober. id dm lidod. ■ing December ' Openei quarter. c Opened 21st Api d 16th June. g Half time .-il, and closed during Decembi with Wainui. Closed June qi sr quarter, larter. h Halfllosed :ime .1st!

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h « o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) iu which situate. O .-H ii Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stag at the End of the Year. A 0 ■ a I Annual Salary and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. 0 a I Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 70 Waitemata — continued. Devonport 74 £ s. d. G49 12 0 £ B. d. 70 0 0 £ a. d. 79 18 1 Alfred Benge Elizabeth Martin .. Margaret A. Smith Annie C. Jackson .. Harriett Burgess .. E. E. Patterson Alice Brown Charlotte E. Mann Kate Williams Alfred J. Litten Mrs. Litten HM HF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP HM S £ s. a. 270 0 0 90 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 29: Henderson's Mill 71 75 140 0 0 7 10 0 1 17 3 8i 72 Titirangi .. } Muddy Creek ) Waikomiti 76 102 3 4 7 0 0 11 12 0 Thomas S. Armstrong HM 110 0 0 2 1 73 74 Avondale 77 78 96 4 8 308 3 4 7 0 0 25 0 0 7 2 9 Edgar Partington .. Mrs. Bendall John Lyon Scott .. Jessie French Charles T. Edwards Kate Duncan HM S HM HF MP FP 80 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 10) 75 Onehunga [B] — Onehunga Boys' 1 Onehunga Girls' J 79 I 387 9 10 ( 443 4 6 30 0 0 30 0 0 83 3 4 William H. Arnold Helen B. Maeky .. Denis E. Plavell .. Mrs. Jane Grant .. Eosanna Bowen Constance Frost Alexandrina Tinling Selina Mulgan Jessie Mathieson .. HM AF AM HF AF AF AF FP FP 200 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 210 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 14: 1* Parnell [BJ — Pamell 76 80 1,049 17 5 80 0 0 41 9 6 Peter Leonard Alfred S. Webber .. Eliza Jane Holder.. Annie Henry Constance Bobertson Mary S. Slator Susan B. Mclntyre Mabel Eoskruge Catherine D. Grant Amy S. Carmichael Lydia M. Hill :. Amy E. Moss Amy L. Moore Caroline V. Stevens Eachel Fraser Harriett Peachey .. HM AM HF AF FP FP FP AF AF FP FP AF FP FP FP FP 324 0 0 200 0 0 90 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 43: 77 Auckland [B] — Wellosley Street 81 2,3G2 8 7 120 0 0 135 2 4 Henry Worthington James C. Dickinson F. W. Sanderson .. Edgar M. Eollason Eliza L. Dunning .. Annie Jerram Margaret McArthur Leonora Kilfoyle .. Patience Young Maud Nicholson Clara B. Westwood Eosina Thompson .. Clara Edmiston Jessie Weston Katherine McKay .. Nora Mulvaney Annie E. Hooker .. Jessie Evans Elizabeth Byrne .. Minnie Slator Jane E. McLeod .. Mary A. Barry Esther Bloom Ellen Spragg Jessie F. P. Davis .. Alice Gordon Louisa E. Prince .. Barbara McQuarrie Helena Shortt Clara M. Lorrigan .. Louisa Caddy HM A M AM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP AF FP AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP 451 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 130 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 88;

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mjt O . o w to 3 « _g h _> o II Schools, and the Counties or Borougha (the latter marked [Bj) in which situate. °7« Expenditure for the I. o u > w Maintenance. .£ <u o-g ■ $ % Teachers' Other a g* Salaries and Ordinary U w Allowances. Expenditure. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, a Annual m , , xt 5 Salary and Teachers Kames, «j Allowance including all teachers B - t th Eate and 1 tipil-teachers g o _ -,, ,„.,:„„ on the Staff at the End |j . "t"". of the Year. ft £££& .. the Year. _ . a _"C _ 1 -. 3 trO* S.fi °_3 Eurniture, and Apparatus. Auckland [B] — contd. Beresford Street £ s. d. 1,785 17 1 £ s. d.! 115 o o; £ s. d. 84 15 t E. M. C. Harrison .. Charles M. Carter .. Julian Brook Francos Longmore Mary C. P. Taylor .. Mary C. Howard .. Jane Flett Sinclair Margaret Honry .. Mary A. Lumsden .. E. H. McKerras .. Mrs. Flora McLean Jane A. Morieo Kate Calvert Annie C. Thomson .. F. M. Greatbatch .. Elizabeth Quinn .. Edith Shortt Asenath L. Morrin Mary E. Edwards .. Clara M. Burgess .. Ada B. E. Coldicutt Edwin Thomas Hart George Thwaites .. Edward N. Ormiston Helen A. Hossack .. Amy Eliza Bottrill May E. M. Bell .. Annie Bugg Maria Edwards Lilly P. J. Grico .. Eva P. Cato Amy B. Gilbert Boso Bloom Isabella Baird £ s. d. 402 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 90 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 275 0 0 160 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 690 82 HM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP HM AM AM AF HF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP Nelson Street 83 929 11 8 60 0 0 99 5 7 301 High Street".. Franklin Boad b 85 84 85 167 10 0 90 0 0 67 0 0 44 18 0 0 7 6 14 16 10 Marianne Wann .. Sarah E. Harris Eleanor Airey Emily Coldicutt Benjamin Bailey .. Bobert Coates Dyer Charles W. Dowden Annie Barton Mrs. Jane Simpson Mrs. M. Caldwell .. Marion Dunning .. Jessie Edmiston H. W. Thompson .. Isabella Coleman .. Andelia Dewar Mary S. Gilmer .. Bertha Greatbatch Margaret A. Clarke Charlotte Wallnutt Flora Mclnnis Margaret Whitolaw Isabella Johnston .. Elizabeth Tring Sarah Kennedy Mrs. Emma Kooney Louisa McElwain .. Euphemia Simpson George Hoalcy, B.A. Kenneth Campbell Eleanor Bridson Mary Ellen Hopper Celia E. Hobbs Florence Nicholson Millicont E. Fisher Alice E. Hobbs M. A. Fellowes Helen A. McGregor Bose Anne Smith .. Maria Kilfoyle Eliza Beid Annie Newbegin .. Agnes Hawkins Elizabeth Latimer HF FP FP FP HM AM MP HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP AF FP FP HF FP FP HM AM HF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP _P FP FP FP 180 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 384 0 0 235 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 170 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 318 0 0 100 0 0 120 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 78 Ponsonby 80 1,755 9 4 90 0 0 12 0 0 635 Bichmond Boad ° 75 87 248 6 8 38 10 0 81 7 4 Grafton Boad 1,100 19 0 80 0 0 52 6 4 414 79 88 a Clot ted 3( )th June. b Opened 7th fuly. o Opened 20th January,

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o . | . _ t o 2 _) . g_ » O II c_, Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [Bj) in which situate. *_>__4 M 0) o £ CG *-£ _> £ „ a ft o I 3* Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. fl <d Annual sptf 5 Salary nnd £ d . Allowance > ;j '21 at the Kate **4 3 oj paid during £1 «*«*. a o Quarter of %£ Ch the Year. £B Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Auckland [B] — eontd. Newton East.. £ s. d. 1,931 12 2 £ s. a. 98 10 0 £ s. d. 176 6 9 £ s. d. 366 0 0 200 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 275 0 0 160 0 0 60 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 80 89 Bev. B. Coates, B.A. Francis Warren Walter Kerr John La Prello Henry W. C. Philips Mrs. Jane Skeen .. Jessie McGlashan .. E. Hungerford Elizabeth Stewart.. Charlotte A. Hopper Emily A. B. Wallis Lydia Wright Maria Viatte Catherine Boyd Sarah B. Arey Mary Courtayne .. Mary Honan Ada K. Warner Ellen A. Mackay .. Teresa Coffey Susan Ormiston Kathleen M. Brown Nora Kenny Bose Anna Starrat Herbert Mason Joseph Calvert Andrew J. Booney.. Sarah Jane Fisher.. Maria Walker Mrs. Mary Johnson Emma Fielder Mary L. Phillips .. Helena Gilbert Marianno Cummings HM AM AM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP AF FP FP FP FP FP FP HM AM AM HF AF AF FP FP FP FP 570 659 1 7 49 2 0 Newton West ... 90 40 0 301 Eden— Mount Albert 81 82 83 Mount Eden Newmarket Branch . .. Mount Hobson Boys' .. 91 02 93 94 367 12 4 573 5 5 83 6 8 575 13 7 25 0 40 0 20 10 0 40 0 0 2 7 10 329 18 5 81 1 11 23 8 1 A. French, M.A. .. Margaret J. Allely.. Sarah J. Moginie .. Ida Colobrook Alfred Hosking Mary Lovatt Hessie Craig Lucy E. Anderson.. Emily J. Spence .. K. Schnackenberg.. Annie E. Udy Agnes G. Steel Jane Wallis Kate Vialoux Janet Ballantino .. Charles A. Bruford.. George A. Davidson Annie Harkis Mary S. Taite Frances J. Davis .. Margaret Kelly Margaret B. Gordon Mabel A. Bowden .. Mrs. M. S. Harden Emily Frances Bobb Jane A. Smart Marion Kidd Mrs. Alice Mayhew Bev. George Brown Mrs. Louisa James Sophia Larritt Bichard B. Horiot.. Maria Bridson Thomas L. May .. Isabella F. Kells .. Janet McGee Frederick Gush Jemima Bobb Mrs. Gush HM HF AF FP HM HF AF FP AF AF FP FP FP HF FP HM MP HF FP FP FP FP FP HF FP FP AF AF HM HF FP HM S HM HF FP HM FP S 200 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 250 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 30 0 0 240 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 220 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 170 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 117 226 52 219 Mount Hobson Girls' .. 05 388 15 1 30 0 0 27 14 8 150 Ellerslie 289 10 4 17 10 0 11 8 3 S4 96 63 85 Tamaki West 97 130 0 0 7 10 0 8 4 0 36 86 Panmure 98 287 14 2 17 10 0 7 4 0 73 87 Mount Boskill 99 192 5 3 11 0 0 6 8 0 61 Manukau — Manukau Heads b 73 6 8 7 0 0 18 13 3 Henry L. Murray .. HM 80 0 0 100 12 a Opened 1st June. b Aided. Eeopened in January.

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o . IB J _> OT 11 a o m.3 H _ C GG o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. . d Expenditure for the Year. g| , . "J Maintenance. Buildings, So Sites, v __ mi • I ___._. Furniture, 8 J3 Teachers' | Other aud g £ Salaries and Ordinary _4p paratuS . Q oo Allowances, j Expenditure. r* Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. I fl_; il _ o •Sffl O Annual Salary and Allowance at the Kate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. _ * -. a J". J 88 Manukau— continued. Howick 101 £ s. d. 192 10 0 £ s. d. 11 0 0 £ s. d. 180 17 6 Thomas Brown Helen G. Brown .. William N. Mcintosh Thomas Halliwell .. Jessie Weston Isabel M. Boberts .. Isabella Elkin Tom B. Blandford .. John W. Sumner .. Sarah Hall Kate Bowden Janet Wyllie James Mellsop Ada Paseoe Mrs. E. L. Mellsop Ella Wills James B. Carter .. Mrs. Eliza Carter .. Alexander English.. Euphemia Macky .. 0. A. Bobertson Esther Maroella Gill Jessie M. H. Wallace Charles B. Davis .. Mrs. Davis .. James Muir Mrs. Muir Charles Cooper Ella Steadman Thomas Day Lockhart D. Easton Edith Manley James L. Sinclair .. Helen Watson H. N. Le Gallais .. Jane C. Spenoe John Hutton George B. Bcid Mrs. Beid Charles Gribble James B. Murray .. Arthur Home Augustus N. Scott., Bichard Crowe Harriett Cossey Mrs. Toomey Frederick Forde Mrs. C. A. Forde .. Henry B. Wilson .. Anthony Mactier .. Barbara C. Anderson George W. Bradshaw Mrs. I. L. Bradshaw Mary H. Currie Elizabeth Escott .. Alfred Goldsbury .. Mrs. Chandler T. W. H. Coulter .. Mrs. Coulter Matilda Taylor William H. Draffin Elizabeth M. Byan j Walter W. Madaen James Hogwooa William Collins Emma Baynes Kenneth MoDonaia John Gurr W. E. Lockwooa .. Ella Burton Mrs. Cecilia Sharp.. M. J. McLarnon .. Margaret Griffin .. Neil W. Kenneay .. Annie C. Kempt .. B. Cronin, B.A. Emma Bevell HM FP HM HM HF FP S HM AM FP FP FP HM HF AF FP HM HF HM FP HM FP FP HM S HM S HM HF MP HM AF HM S HM HF HM HM S HM HM HM MP HM FP S HM HF HM HM HF HM HF FP HF HM S HM S HF HM HF £ s. d. 140 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 180 0 0 70 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 210 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 160 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 130 0 0 40 0 0 180 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 160 0 0 70 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 00 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 130 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 170 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 170 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 45 89 90 Waiheke Islana Pakuranga .. 102 103 85 0 0 256 13 4 7 0 0 17 10 0 5 16 5 14 0 14 84 91 Otahuhu 104 447 2 0 30 0 0 41 15 3 147 92 Mangere 105 263 2 11 17 10 0 7 17 2 09 Woodsido 153 6 8 8 0 0 201 1 8 28 93 100 94 Tamaki East a 107 125 11 2 8 0 0 10 14 2 35 95 Otara 108 £70 13 4 17 10 0 799 12 3 86 90 Turanga Creek 109 128 6 8 7 0 0 2 11 3 21 97 Papakura Valley 110 140 0 0 8 0 0 13 15 9 33 98 Papakura 111 274 3 4 17 10 0 6 17 6 68 Drury 112 194 17 11 11 0 0 10 6 36 99 Ardmore 113 122 2 0 7 0 0 17 15 9 25 .00 Wairoa South 114 248 6 8 17 10 0 23 13 6 63 Ness Valley .. Hunua 115 110 105 16 8 128 6 8 7 0 0 14 10 0 5 12 3 267 1 11 19 24 .01 .02 .03 Maraetai Ararimu Old .. Ararimu New 117 118 119 105 0 0 158 0 0 99 3 4 7 0 0 8 0 0 11 0 0 3 10 0 0 15 0 24 14 8 20 33 45 Maketu 120 200 0 0 16 0 0 11 4 4 52 .04 .05 Bombay 121 255 16 8 17 10 0 407 14 0 71 .06 .07 .08 .09 Paparata Awhitu Pollock Waiuku 122 123 124 125 93 6 8 61 6 8 125 16 1 283 8 4 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 17 5 0 6 11 11 1*17 11 15 0 25 14 18 77 Brooksido Kariaotahi .. 126 127 112 10 5 60 9 8 7 0 0 7 10 0 7 5 0 8 5 6 21 36 Kohekoho 128 129 3 4 7 0 0 7 4 0 23 Maioro Waipipi 129 130 113 6 8 196 18 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 13 0 118 15 3 21 41 Waitangi Mauku West.. Patumahoo .. } 131 138 14 0 (7 0 0 (7 0 0 14 5 0 2* 4 0 HM 140 0 0 j 25 50 .10 HM MP FP HM HM MP HF HF FP FP HM FP HM HF 150 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 130 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 132 215 11 2 .11 .12 Puni Pukekohe West 133 134 130 0 0 336 18 9 8 0 0 25 0 0 50 3 6 2 14 9 33 106 .13 Pukekohe East 135 205 3 10 11 0 0 2 11 0 52 Harris ville .. 130 209 3 4 11 0 0 390 4 0 49 114 Tuakau 137 232 10 0 14 5 0 0 15 0 56 » Late Flat Bush.

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"o . . -fc» __ S fe _S s Schools, and the •- S Counties or Boroughs 12 (the latter marked [B]) £ g in which situate. CO-. a o g* °_; II il £ a> 1*3 o __ £ 9 B ft O _. 6^ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and fupil'toaO— __ on the Stall' at the End of the Year. S_; _1 _l o Annual Salary and Allowance at the Bate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. h _ 5 ___• IS Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Manukau— continued. 115 Pokeno Hill £ s. d. 130 0 0 £ s. d. 7 0 0 £ s. d. John F. Mackinlay Mrs. Maekinlay William C. Castleton Minnie Collins Harriett Longdill .. Bichard Williams .. HM S HM FP HF HM £ s. d. 120 0 0 10 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 25 115 138 116 Pokeno Valley 116 139 188 6 8 11 0 0 10 0 0 40 Queen's Bedoubt Maungatawhiri Valley Coromandel— 117 Coromandel 140 141 100 0 0 98 2 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 22 16 142 238 12 6 18 0 0 15 4 3 Edward W. Browne Emma De Carteret John H. Gillies Joseph B. BocklifE.. Christina Harrower Lewis W. Edwards Mary S. Clymo HM HF HM HM H F HM FP 150 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 170 0 0 50 0 0 140 0 0 20 0 0 56 117 118 Whangapoua » 119 Driving Creek 118 119 143 144 74 17 2 287 18 1 7 0 0 17 10 0 24 13 6 9 9 7 13 78 120 Mercury Bay.. 120 145 160 0 0 11 0 0 425 1 1 46 121 Thames [B] — 121 Tararu 146 492 11 2 30 0 0 5 7 4 Andrew Colhoun .. William H. V. Hall Sarah Gott Minnie Lamb Bosabel Wolff Emma Ashman Denis O'Donoghue.. David Schofield John S. Burns Sarah M. Marsh .. Bose L. Haverfield Charlotte Murrish .. Elizabeth Hill Elizabeth Greenslade James La Trobe Joseph B. Whitaker William J. Bea Agnes Hamilton .. Thomas Fulljames.. Horatio Phillips Albert Gerring Francis E. Lowe .. James W. Bennick Cordelia Crowther .. Mrs. Mary Phillips.. Mary J. H. Harris .. Elizabeth Keary .. Annie Davies Emma Skudder Lucy E. Wight Margaret E. Ashman Frances Haselden .. Mary Murrish Adelaide Bisehoff .. Mrs. F. Macky Elizabeth Akers Kate Truseott Margarita Trimnell Eliza Davies Mary A. Heigh way.. Margaret Akers John P. Bestell .. Mrs. H. Osboldstone Kate A. Fletcher .. Evelina F. Bestell.. HM A M H F FP FP FP HM AM MP HF FP FP FP FP HM MP MP HF HM HM AM MP MP HF AF FP FP FP FP AF FP HF AF AF AF FP FP FP AF FP FP HM HF FP AF 220 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 240 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 337 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 260 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 210 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 151 122 Waiokaraka .. 625 0 0 31 13 0 147 50 0 0 219 122 Waiotahi Creek 328 9 11 148 35 0 0 13 6 0 109 Thames Orphanage .. 123 Kauaeranga Boys' 149 150 80 6 8 1,031 17 9 60**0 0 4418 8 20 380 123 Kauaeranga Girls' 151 718 1 1 60 0 0 33 18 0 257 124 Parawai 27 10 0 152 386 14 6 10 4 8 138 124 125 126 127 128 Thames — 125 Hastings 126 Tairua 127 Turua .. ) 128 Hikutaia .. J Puriri 153 154 119 3 4 108 11 6 7 10 0 8 0 0 (7 0 0 17 0 0 11 0 0 10 12 6 0 12 6 Thomas W. Scott .. Charles T. Smyth .. [ George B. Horgan W. H. Nicholson .. Mrs. May Nicholson John Bitchie Anna S. Horgan .. [ James Christie .. W. De B. Turner .. William H. Hawkins W. H. B. Marsdon Mrs. A. M. Marsdon Kate P. Cleave HM HM 110 0 0 120 0 0 21 28 ds 44 155 117 10 0 1*12 0 158 0 3 HM 120 0 0 129 Paeroa 156 157 209 19 8 212 10 0 14 5 0 465 19 6 HM HF HM FP 140 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 59 129 Owharoa .. I Mackaytown .. J Waitekauri 130 TeArohaWesf 131 Te Aroha Goldfield 158 125 0 0 f 7 0 0 125 4 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 18 15 0 1 17 6 HM 130 0 0 118 117 22 25 82 159 160 161 114 3 4 112 4 6 409 6 8 312 0 HM HM HM HF FP 110 0 0 120 0 0 180 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 130 131 511 0 « Reopened 30th January. & Half-time with Waihou.

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o _ 0> _ £3 5 2 il jg CD Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. °r-T 4 p»o5 is _ & o . Expenditure for the Year. — Teachers' Names, Maintenance. Buildings, ".pSS* — i__i(*__. on th°staff at the End Teachers' Other "_ of the Year. Salaries and Ordinary Apparatus Allowances. Expenditure. Fx ' ' Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. o Annual js 3 Salary and 2.2 A . Allowance . „ '"_ at the Kate <o II paid during %<f S3 the Last ;jj_3 q Quarter of fc2 S the Year. gin Thames— continued. Waiorongomai 162 £ s. d. 190 5 5 £ s. d. 36 0 0 £ s. d. 563 2 11 Edmund C. Purdie Peter G. Steel George Blackett Mrs. Taylor HM AM HM S £ s. d. 150 0 0 00 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 52 Ohineroa 103 123 2 2 18 8 0 31 17 6 25 132 133 Baglan— Baglan 120 0 0 7 0 0 79 15 6 Georgo F. S. Horsey Mrs. Horsey Catherine S. Spence Alfred J. McCracken Mrs. Jerome Julia Bartleman Charles K. Cornforth Mrs. Cornforth HM S HF HM S H F HM S 110 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 32 0 0 130 0 0 5 0 0 22 104 134 135 Waitetuna Te Mata 165 166 80 0 0 97 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 6* 2 3 19 22 136 To Kirikiri» .. Harapepe b .. 167 168 24 0 0 132 10 0 7 "o 0 8 17 137 Waikato— Mercer 130 0 0 7 10 0 William Hutchinson Mary Hutchinson .. T. F. Nowcombe .. Bobert Dickson, M. A. Jane Kinnaird F. S. M. Hankin .. Francis Murphy Elizabeth Findlay .. Alice Blaokman Neville Boss Jessie McLeod Mary C. Tregear .. Mary A. Stanton .. Thomas Isomonger Edith Ewen Charles W. Clark .. Bobert Maolaurin .. Mrs. Maelaurin W. S. Stewart, B.A. Bobert J. Parry Martha Alford Linda Young Hannah J. Priestly Evoleen S. Dillon .. HM S HM HM S HM MP S HF HM AF HF HF HM S HM HM S HM AM HF AF AF FP 120 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 160 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 300 0 0 60 0 0 120 0 0 80 0 0 00 0 0 30 0 0 28 169 138 139 140 141 Churchill11 .. Bangiriri .. I Wairanga .. f Miranda .. 1 Kaiawai .. ) 170 171 54 5 4 140 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 8 3 0 16 18 3 15 18 18 15 7 172 111 5 0 1 3 8 6 142 Ohinewai Huntly 173 174 80 0 0 197 3 4 7 0 0 11 0 0 13 0 6 14 18 61 143 144 145 Taupiri Kirikiriroa Tamahere * .. 175 176 177 129 3 4 105 16 8 81 10 4 7 10 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 7 19 0 2 16 3 481 17 10 33 19 35 146 147 Tawhare • Hautapu 178 179 8 3 9 130 0 0 7**0 0 356 6 8 10 13 0 27 148 Cambridge District High School 180 643 5 11 30 0 0 25 14 1 174 149 Hamilton [B] — Hamilton East District High School 181 546 5 0 25 0 0 20 3 1 Percy E. Stevens .. J. V. Bindon, M.A. Elizabeth Biggs Ada M. Tristram .. Leonora Salmon John M. Murray .. Mrs. G. H. D. Murray Susan Napier Murray Emily Krippner Elizabeth B. Murray Annie E. Morgan .. Elizabeth M. Scott HM AM FP FP FP HM HF FP FP FP FP FP 200 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 230 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 115 150 Hamilton West 182 498 4 6 30 0 0 16 15 2 180 Waipa— Ngaruawahia 14 5 0 75 151 Pukete 183 184 261 13 4 118 6 4 7.0 0 12 13 3 James Chappell Mary E. Hould Elizabeth Davis Harriott Smith John T. Giffney .. Mrs. Giffney Charles A. Walter .. Mrs. Walter Isabella Goble HM FP FP FP HM S HM S HF 170 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 24 0 0 23 152 153 Whatawhata 185 122 10 0 7 0 0 2 11 3 22 154 155 156 Ngahinepouri Te Bore' Alexandra 186 187 31 13 4 256 19 6 7 0 0 7 0 0 11 0 0 4 16 6 99* 0 2 Edward Millington Elizabeth M. Fielder Annie Mandeno Mrs. Ellen Trobe .. Kate Macky Bernard Bedford .. Harriett M. Judd .. Arthur Short Mrs. Short Mrs. Mary Bruce .. Henry B. Hyatt Janet S. Brown Wynne C. S. Gray .. Julia Bartle HM FP AF HF FP HM FP HM S HF HM FP HM FP 160 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 140 0 0 00 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 6 16 62 157 Patorangi 177 10 0 8 0 0 5 15 0 37 188 158 Ohaupo 189 195 0 0 11 0 0 19 0 0 47 159 Te Bahu 190 130 0 0 7 0 0 13 2 29 160 161 Pukerimu Cambridge West 191 192 93 6 8 192 1 0 7 0 0 11 0 0 2 14 10 19 52 162 Bangiaohia 193 167 14 2 9 10 0 4 3 5 47 » Aided. Opened 4th March, tovember. ' Half-time with Hi b Half-time witl irapepe. Te Eore. c Eeopened !nd April. a Opem id 1st (ay. ipened its

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TARANAKI.

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13 o O a) o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. 4 II* Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stuff at the End of the Year o Annual tp ■$ Salary and g 2 e) . Allowance > 'a "3 at the Rate •"! a oS paid during <* II the Last 8 -%1 g Quarter of %3 the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 163 164 165 Waipa— continued. Te Awamutu Mangapiko Kihikihi 194 £ s. a. 233 6 8 86 13 4 229 9 6 £ s. d. 17 10 0 7 15 0 14 5 0 £ s. a. 22 1 3 5 7 3 686 3 1 Thomas H. Smith .. Annie Devin Mary Lewis Robert Ormsby Richard T. Ta'lbot .. Herbert Bates HM FP PP HM HM AM £, s, a. HM 160 0 0 61 PP 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 HM 80 0 0 17 HM 180 0 0 80 AM 50 0 0 195 196 I 1 81 166' 167 Piako— Waitoa Waihou * Tauranga— Katikati No. 1 b Katikati No. 2 197 124 3 4 7 0 0 7 0 0 3 11 3 William Green HM HM 110 0 0 23 •4 rt 12 2: 1! 198 199 10 6 8 181 13 4 7 0 0 11 0 0 14 0 0 10 6 3 Vacant Mrs. Maria Gallaher Eleanor Wilson Thomas Beattie George Maberly Joseph B. Black Eliza Anne Allely .. Agnes Wrigley Walter Sullivan .. Mabel Fortune Elizabeth Sinclair ,. HM HP PP HM HM AM AP PP HM HP HP HM 20 0 0 H P 140 0 0 41 PP 50 0 0 HM 50 0 0 14 HM 210 0 0 131 AM 100 0 0 AP 60 0 0 FP 30 0 0 HM 120 0 0 26 HP 68 0 0 17 HP 80 0 0 20 4: 168 169 Katikati No. 3 Tauranga 200 201 79 2 3 390 16 8 7 0 0 33 18 9 1 11 5 10 14 0 13: 170 171 Te Puke Greerton Maketu • Whakatane— Opotiki 202 203 204 127 10 0 61 10 9 48 18 4 8 0 0 7 0 0 4 17 9 2e 17 2C 21 5 0 172 205 392 3 2 30 0 0 5 18 6 Thomas E. Wyatt .. Thomas Eochf ord .. Aimee Bright HM AM HP HM 210 0 0 126 AM 100 0 0 HP 80 0 0 UK Orongo Pakiri Euapuke Expenditun on Schools not opened ii . 1884. 713 4 16 16 6 6 10 0 3 10 0 215 0 Singing, Auckland Singing, Auckland Singing, Thames Singing, Waikato Drill, Auckland Drill, Thames Drawing, Auckland 322 3 8 81 12 10 152 2 0 257 0 1 240 9 8 120 0 0 192 6 8 Visiting Ti eachers. Tliomas Oranwell .. •John Young John Grigg Thomas A. Bell Owen Mahon William J. Barlow.. Walter I. Robinson 310 0 0 .. 100 0 0 .. 150 0 0 .. 250 0 0 .. 200 0 0 .. 120 0 0 .. 225 0 0 .. Furniture, &c. Plana and Supervision .. Ex lenditure no it classified. 17 14 2 444 19 5 4 0 0 49,217 13 0 3,425 8 9 10,716 19 3 50,042 0 0 14023

1 2 Taranaki— Okato Tataraimaka.. Oakura Koru Omata 1 2 8 4 5 96 5 10 72 0 0 130 4 0 76 2 0 134 3 0 ] 27 2 8 ■ 51 14 6 f 4 7 0 I 0 17 6 | 4316 6 [ 0 17 6 Arthur Henry Good Lorens Henderson.. William Biohards .. Joseph Holditch .. Albert Henry Evans Ella Jury M M M M M FP 102 4 0 70 18 0 112 4 0 60 8 0 110 12 0 15 0 0 22 20 30 18 37 New Plymouth _B] — West Infant a Central 6 33 0 0 759 2 0 30 12 0 7 19 11 1,54312 3 Bobert Foulis George O'Connell .. Isabella Blair Eleanor F. Ellis .. Mary Soott Maude Barnes . Beatrice Cliff Bobert G. Surrey .. Sarah Eliza Petty .. Mary Brooking Fannie M. Smith .. Emily Jackson HM AM HF AF AF FP FP MP FP HF FP FP 324 0 0 160 0 0 125 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 135 16 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 330 Courtenay Street 189 14 0 3 0 9 84 Kawau Pa " East d 119 15 0 15*12 0 « Half-time with Te Aroha West, led 1st July, 188*. 6 Closed 30th June. c Aided. Opened 1st May. 'I Closed 31st December, 18Jj, Cloi

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WANGANUI.

2-3 Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. °|, Expel *AA '—■ >m JMainter gn I » 9 Teachers' fl g1 Salaries and § <o Allowances. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. 3 ar. j> Teachers' Names, "^ ■cji^j ™ including all Teachers •".-; Buildings, and Pu 8 pi i. teacllers g g Fu^ftare, on the Staff at the End |J and 01 the Year. g<« Apparatus. Annual SaUry and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. 6 It < 3 •S'g I* Other Ordinary Ixpenditure. • N. Plymouth [B] —contd. West' Taranaki— Fitzroy Frankloy Road Mangorei Lower Mangorei Upper Kent Road Lower Kent Road Upper Albert Road h Egmont Village 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 s, s. a. 70 10 0 133 3 0 77 7 0 54 14 0 64 12 0 77 18 0 56 10 0 33 16 8 110 17 0 £ s. d. 134 7 0 ] 13 8 9 £ s. d. 421 19 1 , 23 17 6 \ " I 8 3 11 Lydia E. Shaw Mary McLauchlan Alice Ford Catherine Hogarth Lily Corbett William Collis Clara Goodman Annis E. Hamerton Mary Jane Ellis .. E. McLauchlan Mary Ann Jackes .. William I. Grayling Claudia Grayling .. HF AF FP HF FP M F F F F F M FP £ 3. d. 147 0 0 40 0 0 15 0 0 117 12 0 15 0 0 88 12 0 54 8 0 65 4 0 83 8 0 59 4 0 58 0 0 124 4 0 15 0 0 73 46 28 13 22 31 16 15 44 4 6 I 42 9 8 Smart Road ° Egmont Road Upland Road Bell Block Waitara West 17 18 19 20 46 10 0 61 0 0 58 12 0 167 19 0 151 10 0 ■ 44 1 2 ! 9 15 0 Rose McGonnell William K. Collins George W. Potts .. A. Josephine Colesby Minnie Joll Florence A. Tyrer .. Louisa Cleary Bessie Jonas James Hall Kate Hall Ada Manutahi Roby Jane Andrews Richard Morgan Emily Stockman .. Frederick Furze .. John Armstrong Hill Annie E. Drake Alice Pearn Robert Stevens Louisa C. Dymond Bessie Dymond Marianne Surrey .. Robert A. N. Earl .. Kate Earl Edward Evans Rose Johnson Ferdinand Tegner .. Clara Tegner Ada Tatton Andrew L. Warner George N. Phillips F M M HF AF M AF FP M AF HF FP M AF M M H F FP M HF FP F M FP M FP M F F M M 64 0 0 59 4 0 144 0 0 130 16 0 40 0 0 118 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 141 0 0 45 0 0 185 12 0 20 0 0 146 8 0 45 0 0 75 2 0 79 16 0 111 0 0 15 0 0 159 0 0 83 8 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 124 8 0 15 0 0 135 0 0 20 0 0 141 0 0 45 0 0 82 4 0 72 12 0 104 0 0 9 17 15 39 52 0 0 6 Waitara East 21 197 15 0 51 15 8 398 11 5 70 Manutahi 22 182 8 0 I 38 4 6 (■ 378 1 5 ( 7 17 6 49 Huirangi 23 128 18 0 38 9 Tikorangi 24 193 10 0 21 7 5 36 7 2 49 10 11 Urenui Wortley Eoad Inglewood Girls' 25 26 27 59 18 6 96 19 8 128 8 0 11 10 9 - 72 15 5 617 8 -j 14 0 0 21 30 54 Inglewood Boys' Norfolk Road 28 29 108 2 0 99 6 0 30 26 Waipuku Midhirst 30 31 69 6 0 151 9 0 19 35 12 0 5 3 Stratford 32 166 11 0 1 14 2 42 13 Opunake 33 141 10 0 2 0 5 5 4 6 52 14 15 16 Pukearuhe * .. Rahotu e Warea * Unclassified Architect 34 35 36 84 0 0 5 4 8 6 0 0 4**5 1 205 19 7 30 19 18'io 6 10 3 6 87 0 0 4,594 10 4 633 7 11 3,222 1 0 4,865 4 0 1,525

1 2 Hawera— Okaiawa Manaia 1 2 135 0 0 312 0 0 11 6 3 32 0 5 7 4 0 14 3 George H. Maunder George Wilks Jano Wilks .. George Everiss John Harre Alice McKay Margaret McKay .. Alexander Mair Julia Horneman E. W. Tompkins .. Ambler Woodhead.. Ann Hobbs Agnes McLeod Mary Duirs M HM AF M HM FP FP HM AF MP MP FP FP F 135 0 0 228 0 0 84 0 0 175 10 0 217 15 0 58 16 0 23 12 6 300 5 0 110 5 0 56 14 0 47 5 0 47 5 0 28 7 0 36 0 0 29 108 8 4 Ngaire Normanby 3 4 176 15 0 285 11 1 15 18 6 27 8 ft i'l. o 37 89 Hawera [B] .. 571 15 6 47 18 '8 62 9 0 177 Whakamara .. Patea — Manutahi Woodvillo Kakaramea .. 34 17 6 6 6 3 8 0 8 7 8 9 7 8 9 123 8 9 109 5 0 150 10 0 11 5 3 8 4 0 15 15 6 Taliesin Thomas .. Bobert Willis Bobert T. Brown .. M M M 135 0 0 105 0 0 150 0 0 31 16 38 6' 4 5 a Opened 1st July. 8th December. b Closed till 1st April. 0 Closed 30th Soptember. d Subsidized, e Opened 1st September,

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o . O _ _> Eg 1 5 0*0 9 o 9 o 6 rJi Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. m 0 £ a. RII <y ■ 9 9 fl 9 § B 1 I* • Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. o> Annual £p tj 6 Salary and g jj pi . Allowance > 9 "I'o at the Rate *^i o2 paid during £?__* 11 *•*■*, Il o Quarter of g Z in the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 10 11 Patoa — continued. Otakoho » Patea [B] .. 10 11 £ s. d. 47 18 10 515 9 11 £ s. d. 2 17 0 35 13 1 £ s. d. 359 16 10 3 7 0 F. J. Steuart A. W. Williamson .. Ann Gowland Martha Ussher May Black Annie Teresa Verdon Jessie Watt Thomas Ellis Kate Williams Margaret McLean .. Isabella McDonald Alexander Wood .. H. A. Parkinson .. M HM AF FP FP F F HM AF FP FP M M £ s. d. 135 0 0 298 15 0 84 0 0 37 16 0 37 16 0 111 12 6 102 0 0 244 0 0 102 15 0 47 5 0 37 16 0 48 0 0 130 0 0 26 135 12 13 14 Whenuakura.. Kohi Waverley 12 13 14 109 12 9 100 18 9 418 0 1 15 12 6 9 10 0 36 11 10 19 16 9 3* 6 0 36 23 135 Momahaki b .. Waitotara 15 10 43 19 4 112 19 2 13**3 3 4* 8 0 13 36 15 16 17 18 Wanganui— Maxwell Brunswick Goat Valley Southern Grove Upokongaro Maramara Totara c Aramoho 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 110 0 0 166 5 0 135 0 0 25 10 0 124 1 3 16 0 0 353 18 0 12 4 6 11 16 3 10 11 9 818 0 5 15 3 li'io o H. L. Twisleton .. James McEwen J. M. Beechey Mary Blair John M. Nelson .. Nellie Clark C. H. W. Lock Florence Crawford.. Maud Feild Frederick Parkes .. Florence E. Caldwell M M M F M F HM AF FP M F 140 0 0 170 0 0 135 0 0 32 0 0 93 10 0 48 0 0 238 15 0 102 15 0 23 12 6 126 0 0 20 0 0 30 29 29 8 20 12 134 19 20 3410 7 2714 6 Mosstown Bird Grove c Wanganui [B] — Wanganui Boys' 126 0 0 6 13 4 16 18 9 0 3 6 43 5 21 24 25 22 26 977 0 7 186 6 3 '17 7 5 55 13 11 Bichard J. Fenn .. Herbert Woodham.. David C. Strachan.. Herbert Sanson Samuel Strachan .. Sarah F. B. Blyth .. Harriett Stedman .. Elizabeth A. McNeill Maggie Hoey Mary McWilliam .. Emma Laird Jemima N. Hoey .. Mary Hoey Lizzie Verdon Marion Feild Ellen Cullum Jane Bett Sarah Evans HM A M AM AM MP HF AF AF AF AF FP HF AF FP FP FP FP FP 325 0 0 170 0 0 170 0 0 150 0 0 50 14 0 239 6 3 145 5 0 84 0 0 84 0 0 84 0 0 28 7 0 150 0 0 106 10 0 58 16 0 28 7 0 28 7 0 23 12 6 20 0 0 188 Wanganui Girls' 27 036 8 9 12 6 6 193 Wanganui Infants' 480 10 2 25 0 0 33 10 5 28 316 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 Wanganui — Okoia Mars Hill Kaitoki Matarawa Denlair Biverton Wangaehu Warrengate Bangitikei— Turakina 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 170 0 0 81 9 2 79 13 9 135 0 0 100 18 9 94 19 2 104 12 11 138 0 8 12 4 6 8 12 6 8 10 0 11 0 0 9 17 0 6 12 0 9 5 0 12 2 3 8 18 2 2 5 6 6 10 1 10 3 3 7 0 John C. Hill David W. Low Flora MePhee H. von Blaremberg Kate Verdon George Thorburn .. William G. Martin George Grant M M F M F M M M 170 0 0 85 0 0 80 15 0 • 135 0 0 102 0 0 80 0 0 89 5 0 150 0 0 32 22 18 26 22 12 18 30 1 17 0 1 19 0 31 32 33 34 35 30 37 Glen Nevis Upper Tutaenui Porewa Turakina Valley Western Bangitikei' .. _______ [B] .. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 227 5 0 51 6 3 204 8 6 145 6 4 55 16 6 46 15 0 386 11 9 104 5 0 129 18 4 115 0 0 112 10 0 460 13 6 22 1 2 4 18 0 21 6 8 11 3 9 5 2 0 0 4 0 34 7 0 10 17 6 14 15 6 12 7 6 12 17 0 38 8 1 dl 15 9 1 16 0 2 5 6 11 7 6 1 13 6 2 19 6 3 15 0 2 12 6 Frederick T. Parkes Boberta Thomson .. Annie McDougall .. John J. Pilkington.. Sarah C. Gray Walter Sercombe .. D. Gelling Vacant Simon L. Brown .. Belinda Billing Edward Hunt James D. Innes Bichard Delaney .. Johan J. McDonald George H. Espiner.. Andrew Thomson .. Alice McDonald Nelly Thomson Jessie Begg Naomi H. Billett .. Kate Fraser HM FP F HM FP M M M HM AF M P M M F M HM AF FP FP F F 192 0 0 28 7 0 48 0 0 207 0 0 58 16 0 140 0 0 55 5 0 63 15 0 218 10 0 106 10 0 47 5 0 105 0 0 150 10 0 117 10 0 110 0 0 274 5 0 84 0 0 58 16 0 23 12 6 117 15 0 32 0 0 72 12 67 28 12 18 110 32 33 34 28 137 38 39 40 41 42 Mount View Crof ton Greatford .. ■ .. South Makirikiri Bull's 41 45 46 47 48 0 11 6 0 12 6 27 15 6 Parawanui Sandridge 110 18 9 35 18 9 9 13 9 5 14 0 43 49 50 23 8 o For four months. b For ten months. c For four months. & For truant inspection. ■ For nine months,

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HAWKE'S BAY.

o . si fa 8-3 o> a n o OX Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (ths latter marked [B]i in which situate. °.*£ ! Expenditure for the t :/1 Maintenance. §+? ») U Teachers' Other a £ Salaries and I Ordinary U * ! Allowances. | Expenditure. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, ! itss, Furniture, and Apparatus. o Annual $p£ Teachers'Names, = %$%£$ «! rach^allTc.ohcrs -3-3 i ' to $1 and I'upil-tenehors g o ( ji ,1,,,.;,,,, to© 1 on the Staff a* the End r3 l™« ml» a^ of the Year. fl &£& fl ft ! the Tear. : g.F ii JIanawatu— £ s. d. Haleombe .. .. 51 306 5 0 51 £ s. el. 306 5 0 £ s. a. 28 13 8 £ s. a. 30 17 4 David H. Gutlirio .. Mari,on Scliofieia .. 6 7 3 John Slipper 2 15 0 Joseph Guyleo Elizabeth Diamond 473 6 0 Eichard C. Dowling D. H. Jenkins Mary Lightbown .. Hannah Roach Ellen Prendergast.. 4 2 6 Arthur W. Rule .. Alfred Gower 6 16 6 Arthur England .. Sarah P. Phillips .. 4 16 Charles Bowator .. 3 3 0 Vacant .. 2 14 9 Sarah Boddy 8 11 0 Ann Astbury 147 7 6 James McDonald .. 8 16 Jacob Honore 11 8 9 Henry Coventry 5 8 0 Francis E. Watson Frank H. Smith .. Sarah Patterson Henry Astbury Emma Relf Hannah Dillon Elizabeth Keeble .. II. Templor 46 14 1 M. A. Harvey Alexander Mathoson Enid Astbury 2 2 0 George S. Harper .. Thomas A. Flood .. Lucy Randolph 10 4 0 Alexander Matheson A. Biss 1 19 0 Samuel Forsyth .. Elizabeth Gibbs George Lauronson.. Ellen Howan 1 14 6 George S. Evans .. 8 17 6 Clement W. Lee .: E. H. Eogers £ s. a. 30 17 4 s s. a. HM 207 15 0 API 102 15 0 M 166 0 0 M 171 0 0 FP 20 0 0 HM 260 10 0 A M[ 1G5 0 0 AF 84 0 0 FP 58 16 0 FP 28 7 0 M 105 0 0 M 131 0 0 HM 217 15 0 AF 106 10 0 M 120 10 0 140 0 0 F 102 0 0 F 125 7 G M 105 0 0 M 136 10 0 M 105 0 0 HM 317 0 0 AM 140 0 0 AF 106 10 0 M P 47 5 0 FP 58 16 0 FP 58 16 0 FP 23 12 6 M 44 0 0 F 126 0 0 M P 35 0 0 FP 23 12 6 M 122 0 0 HM 192 0 0 FP 28 7 0 M 110 0 0 F 56 0 0 HM 189 0 0 AF 102 15 0 MP 47 5 0 FP 58 16 0 M 83 15 0 HM 171 0 0 M P 56 14 0 89 45 4G Bunnythorpe .. 52 156 5 10 Makino Eoad .. 53 182 13 1 52 53 156 5 10 182 13 1 18 1G 2 19 1G 2 6 7 3 2 15 0 55 50 47 Feilding [B] .. .. 54 613 3 0 54 613 3 0 52 G 9 473 6 0 193 48 49 50 Stan-way .. ..55 105 0 0 Ashurst .. ..56 163 0 0 Sanson .. ..57 310 17 G 55 56 57 105 0 0 163 0 0 310 17 G 11 13 3 16 13 6 27 1 10 4 2 6 28 49 93 616 6 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Campbelltown ..58 118 0 0 Awahuri .. .. 59 129 18 8 Manchester .. .. 60 100 12 6 Taonui .. ..61 J2a 9 6 Upper Taonui • .. 62 31 5 0 Stoney Creek .. 63 133 17 6 Beaconsfiold .. .. 64 124 8 10 Palmerston North [B] 65 821 6 4 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 118 0 0 129 18 8 100 12 6 J2a 9 6 31 5 0 133 17 6 124 8 10 821 6 4 10 12 9 14 0 0 11 0 0 16 3 0 4 16 3 3 0 2 14 9 8 11 0 147 7 6 8 16 11 8 9 5 8 0 43 36 27 41 20 3 8 10 10 9 84 0 0 55 24 225 Kimbolton Road .. 66 Terrace End .. .. 67 131 5 5 11 83 GG 67 4 15 0 59 60 Carnarvon .. .. 68 123 16 3 Karere .. .. 69 217 12 0 68 69 9 13 0 21 0 0 24 66 61 Jackeytown .. .. 70 110 0 0 Oroua Bridge .. 71 52 5 0 Foxton .. .. 72 418 15 4 70 71 72 12 0 0 29 15 136 G2 36 5 7 G3 Gi Moutoa .. .. 73 85 0 0 Otaki .. ..74 229 3 2 73 74 5 18 0 17 0 3 14 42 Et lenditure iu >t classified. Plans and supervision .... Furniture .. .... 14,344 18 3 106 12 2 6 10 0 1,597 17 ■.. 14465 3 3 1,338 11 2 4,166

1 Cook— Ormond 1 194 2 6 23 14 0! Henry Higgins Helen Murphy Harry Walter Wells Ernest H. Ingpen .. William H. Harris Sophie Harris Mary A. Baty Emily E. Baty Edwin C. Bolton .. Thomas Morgan John Henry Bull .. Mary Mcintosh Sarah Dawson John E. Chenhall .. Eva Oatridge James Haughey Mary Hall Frederick T. Faram James Matthews .. M FP M M M AF FP FP M HM AM AF AF AM FP MP FP MP MP 171 0 0 20 0 0 134 10 0 148 0 0 216 13 0 82 12 0 41 0 0 26 0 0 125 10 0 332 11 0 253 18 0 142 4 0 130 14 0 105 0 0 41 0 0 53 0 0 34 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 53 2 3 4 Patutahi Waerangahika Matawhero .. 2 3 4 107 6 0 125 15 0 375 4 3 I 9 12 61 12 5 O 1 47 10 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 33 31 113 5 6 Te Arai Gisborne [B] 5 0 60 13 4 1,118 11 0 6 5 0 94 4 1 559* 2 0 29 357 • » For three months.

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° 2 11 So Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B j) in which situate. il si II 8$ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teaohers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. a> Annual £P g Salary and K S pi . Allowance t* a ■"■3 at the Rate <? o % paid during tf» || the Last -~t g M Quarter of %A P^ the 1'car. gP Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Cook— continued. Frazertown .. Wairoa — Wairoa £ s. d. 150 5 0 & s. d. 18 5 0 £ s. d. 7 10 0 Elizabeth L. Hallett F & s. d. 135 0 0 81 7 7 8 8 262 15 C 33 9 0 Louisa Gosnell George C. Gosnell .. Harriett Lambert .. Valentine Hatton .. F AM FP F 182 19 0 78 8 0 20 0 0 98 0 0 7' 9 10 Mohaka Hawke's Bay— Tarawera Petane Puketapu Port Ahuriri .. 9 10 11 12 13 89 9 10 105 0 0 113 0 0 108 10 0 387 3 2 9 15 0 8 12 6 12 17 6 11 12 6 ' 47 3 9 139 0 0 9 5 10 18 0 0 7 0 0 Carrie Davis Augustus Hamilton Fanny Oliver Richard Goulding .. Mary Murray Abigal Murray Anne Stanley John Heslin A. B. Thomson James Smith Harriet F. Gilroy .. Emily Eobottom .. Frederick Wake Florence Reed Jane Monteith Charles Heslin Louisa Burden Minnie Spriggs John Williamson .. Priscilla Burtton .. Mary Miller Mabel Brown Annie Chegwidden.. John Naylor Catherine C. Naylor Perceval Bear Marie Alexander .. Alice Baldwin Kate Harrison Edward Bissell Jenny G. Ward Isaac Jeffares Jessie Young John Bissell Alice Smith John Alfred Smith.. Hannah J. Percy .. Charles Laws Fanny Wood Maggie Newton William Reynolds .. Robert Boyd Holmes George Harvey Mary Cooper John Percy F. J. Popplewell C. J. Popplewell William White Felicia Broberg W. G. Williamson .. H. M. G. Hameling Amy Witheron Arrow Helen J. Grant Constance Bibby .. Jano Doar Ada Teychcnnio Laura Smith William F. Howlett Charles Morton John Stewart John Poole Emma Poolo Helen Palmer Annetta Warden .. William L. Weiss .. Charles A. Rogers .. Wilhelmina J. Rosic Albert E. Jarman .. F. W. Thompson .. M. E. A. Bodingfield David S. Bedingfield Anthony S. Webb .. F M F M AF FP FP MP HM AM F AF AM AF AF AM FP FP M P FP FP FP FP M AF M AF FP FP M AF M P FP MP FP M AF A M FP FP MP M MP FP M M AF MP FP M AF FP FP FP F FP F M M M M S FP F M M AF MP M AF MP MP 100 0 0 122 0 0 120 0 0 220 0 0 93 12 0 41 0 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 469 14 0 328 18 0 194 14 0 169 2 0 186 8 0 99 2 0 84 2 0 125 0 0 34 0 0 34 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 26 0 0 26 0 0 26 0 0 166 10 0 55 0 0 195 1 0 93 0 0 40 0 0 43 0 0 229 4 0 105 8 0 42 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 259 8 0 119 12 0 159 0 0 41 0 0 41 0 0 20 0 0 175 13 0 40 0 0 38 0 0 114 0 0 213 15 0 85 4 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 207 8 0 94 15 0 41 0 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 1G5 10 0 41 0 0 72 10 0 141 0 0 145 0 0 150 0 0 169 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 86 0 0 8G 0 0 182 0 0 87 4 0 20 0 0 189 14 0 88 8 0 42 0 0 40 0 0 2: li 21 2i 14: 11 12 13 Napier [B"j .. 14 1,808 1G 11 150 0 0 3G 12 C 63: ♦ Mcanee 15 31 7 6 14 225 13 6 10 18 0 6' 15 Taradale 16 365 16 5 43 10 0 11 6 4 li; 16 Clive 17 431 8 4 52 16 3 20 0 0 15: Hastings 577 18 10 17 18 60 18 0 19! I Havelock 244 17 5 32 14 6 18 19 19 20 Waipawa— Patangata Kaikora 20 21 113 0 0 336 7 5 12 7 6 41 11 0 58' 0 0 2' 10 21 Waipawa 22 377 17 7 51 17 6 14: Hampdon 206 17 6 28 14 0 10 0 0 22 23 6! 23 24 To Ongaonga Makaretu Ashley-Clinton Takapau Waipukurau .. 24 25 26 27 28 68 0 0 139 2 6 146 15 0 157 2 6 202 14 9 6 7 6 13 17 6 15 0 0 18 10 6 30 6 0 8 0 0 li 3! 31 3: 6! 25 26 28 0 0 27 28 29 Wallingford .. Porongahau .. Ormondvillo .. 29 30 31 73 12 G 73 7 6 282 7 10 6 15 0 7 0 0 34 2 0 3 0 0 18 18 8G 30 Norsowood .. 82 331 8 9 40 11 6 15 0 0 92

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WELLINGTON.

®4i 6 '-> & a Go 5 ° Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. II S3 IS I1 Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, including- all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. o Annual £ Salary and a . Allowance '^'o at tlie Hate o 2 i>aid during 13 the Last § Quarter of P< tlie Year. o Isp Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 31 Waipawa— continued. Makatoku 33 £ s. cT. 189 0 0 £ s. a. 19 9 0 & s. d. Marie Evers Annie Priberg Rev. E. Bobertshaw Sarah Anne Mills .. John S. Ballantine John T. Campbell .. Annie Frame Agnes Crawford Joseph H. Warboys Norman G. Hall P PP M PP M M AP PP IIP M & s. d. 1G1 10 0 2G 0 0 156 10 0 20 0 0 72 10 0 208 0 0 98 4 0 84 0 0 53 0 0 99 0 0 44 32 Dancvirk 34 154 2 G 19 4 G 44 33 84 Heretannga Woodvillo 35 36 59 1 8 374 1G 9 3 10 0 42 7 S i'lB o 15 116 Gl 1G 8 i 10 0 S 17 8 22 35 Kumcroa 37 m widiture nc >t classified. Apparatus, architect's fee, supervision, &c. 369 6 1 !10,209 3 5 1,102 12 10 1,439 13 5 10,670 9 0 3,180

Wairarapa East — Te Nui 99 13 10 339 16 5 Samuel Turkington Ellen Blading E. Thynne Beid John A. Magrath .. Christian McKenzie M S F M F 100 0 0 5 0 0 20 1 14 1 3 2 3 4 5 Kaiwhata a .. Taueru Wangaehu .. Te Whiti Gladstone 2 3 4 170* 0 0 84 15 0 11 0 f>. 12 10 0 9 7 6 34* 8 6 170 "o 0 100 0 0 11 17 17 10 6 7 8 9 Eekctahuna .. Mauricevillc .. Opaki Fernridge Masterton [B] '10 *5 6 7 8 9 157* 1 8 87 17 3 248 12 2 120 0 0 263 10 0 1,251 4 0 23**5 0 17 3 9 28 2 0 17 3 9 30 0 0 97 10 0 255*12 0 6 5 8 0 9 6 15 3 2 9 0 James Leete Mary Leete A. George Shelton .. Alice Shelton Laurence Johnstone Kate Sullivan Elizabeth Sait Frederick Gover Lois Feist Adolphus Feist William T. Grundy William Waite John Kay William F. Ford .. Finlay Bethune Laura Keeling E. Beimensehneider Elizabeth Marshall Isabella Munro Grace Walton Alfred Feist M S M S M AF F M FP MP HM AM AM AM AM AF AF FP FP FP MP 150 0 0 5 0 0 160 0 0 5 0 0 190 0 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 35 0 0 16 0 0 345 0 0 230 0 0 140 0 0 160 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 *34 20 59 29 61 388 *. Wairarapa West — Waingawa 10 11 12 13 14 Clareville Park Vale Carterton Belvedere Waihakeke .. 11 12 13 14 121 13 4 355 0 0 112 10 0 736 17 0 30 2 7 157 10 0 12 10 0 35 12 6 17 3 9 01 17 o: 13 0 0 245 7 0 Edmund Jupp Susanna Jupp John H. Brann F. E. Chatwin Clara Francis Hester Hansen Edward Samuell .. Walter N. Dempsey Elizabeth Jones Mary Bobins Eliza Stuart-Forbes Arthur Moore John M. Fraser F. W. Connell May Braithwaite .. Gordon Ponsonby .. Mary Ponsonby Thomas Porritt Hugh P. Ward Charlotte F. Scale .. Mary Yorke Agnus Haigh Tom Wakelin Isabella Campbell .. M S M AF FP F HM AM AF AF FP MP M M S M S HM AM AF FP FP M S 100 0 0 20 0 0 220 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 112 10 0 290 0 0 160 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 100 0 0 170 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 270 0 0 100 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 170 0 0 5 0 0 76 31 186 27 15 16 15 16 18 15 0 17 Matarawa 17 148 15 0 18 15 0 1 18 0 28 r18 Greytown 18 057 10 0 52 10 0 105 0 0 157 Kaitara 175 0 0 171 0 0 35 19 18 15 0 19 a Aided.

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M °^ Is 11 Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. I Expenditure for the Year. >^^ _—, _—_— ' —— ' Teachers 1 Names, |j Maintenance. ftdMlng.. fi^^ 55"T" ™r ■•'Aftt*' a §■ Salaries and Ordinary , ' ha g S Allowances. Expenditure, apparatus. Maintenance. Expenditure for tlie Year. I il I Annual Salary and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. f| P 20 Wairarapa West — contd. Waihenga 20 £ s. a. 165 0 0 £ s. d. 18 15 0 £ s. a. 5 8 0 John Badland Elizabeth Harris :. Matilda Fugle Henry Bunting Henry McFarlano .. Laura Medley Esther Craig Henry C. Amner .. William Singer George L. Vincent.. Eliza H. Evans .. Henry C. Mcssiter .. Jeremiah Hurley .. Henrietta Boulcott Annie Milne M S F HM A M AF FP M M M F M M AF AF £ s. d. 160 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 230 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 170 0 0 140 0 0 115 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 80 0 0 ' 80 0 0 35 21 22 Tauherenikau Peatherston 21 22 100 0 0 509 3 4 12 10 0 46 17 6 918 0 11 136 23 24 25 26 Cross Creek Kaiwaiwai Kaitoke Mungaroa Whitcman's Upper Hutt 23 24 25 26 27 28 100 0 0 170 0 0 140 0 0 115 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 12 10 0 17 3 9 17 3 9 18 15 0 12 10 0 37 10 0 12 10 9 i' 0 0 10 29 22 29 20 81 17 6 14 0 0 Hutt— Wallace 90 9 9 15 12 6 5 11 3 George C. Heenan .. Maud Heenan Robert Johnston .. Nita Johnston Laura Welch Charles A. Eichards John N. Matthews.. Annie Richards Alice Trcthy Clara Speedy H. Erskinc-Smyth.. Charles R. Joplin .. Emma Archer Annie Boulcott Charles F. Gulliver Dorothea Hamilton George Flux Mary Flux Charles J. Hansard Livinia Stuart E. O'H. Canavan .. James Home Kate Taylor Thomas E. Boyes .. Alice Boyes Nina Boyes Francis Bennett Kathleen Bastin Alice Hobbs David Barry Clara Jane Levy .. Clara Storey James Prenderville E. Robinson William Price Henry H. Dyer Annie Bouleott Mona Dyer 100 0 0 5 0 0 230 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 250 0 0 160 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 120 0 0 230 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 140 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 5 0 0 170 0 0 20 0 0 170 0 0 210 0 0 20 0 0 120 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 220 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 270 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 170 0 0 5 0 0 170 0 0 230 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 26 26 28 M S M ' FP FP HM AM FP FP FP M M ' AF AF M F M S M FP M M FP M S FP M AF FP M FP AF M S M M FP FP 27 Taita 29 307 10 0 30 0 0 3 2 6 67 2S Hutt 30 547 10 0 52 10 0 146 29 30 Wainuiomata Petono 31 32 113 6 8 332 10 0 14 1 3 37 10 0 9 .8 0 59 13 9 25 99 31 32 38 Korokoro Horokiwi Judgeford 33 34 35 140 0 0 100 0 0 139 17 2 12 10 0 12 10 0 18 15 0 0 2 3 16*10 6 14 17 • 31 34 Pahautanui 36 195 8 4 22 10 0 23 5 0 43 35 36 Porirua Tawa Flat 37 38 134 3 4 253 15 0 20 0 0 22 10 0 1 11 6 41 54 37 Ohariu 39 100 0 0 21 11 3 13 1 6 46 38 Johnsonvillo 40 335 0 0 43 15 0 45 16 0 80 39 Kaiwara 41 353 1 8 31 17 6 13 10 0 78 Makara 42 181 5 0 18 15 0 1 10 0 35 40 41 42 Wadestown Karori 43 44 176 13 4 292 16 8 15 12 6 33 15 0 15* 0 0 25 74 43 Wellington [B] — Thorndon 45 1,148 8 4 84 7 6 66 2 6 William Mowbray .. j William H. Lewis .. Charles Hulke Annie Davies Sarah Dimant Phoebe Myers Matilda Bannister.. Nellie Barnard Emma Buckeridge Lydia M. Devereux Henrietta Lawson .. Emma Davies Lucy Leighton George Macmorran Robert Morton F. Fairbrother Olivia Payne Caroline Letham .. Phcebe Watson Ella H. Mills HM !am AM AF AF FP FP AF AF HF FP FP FP HM AM AM AF FP FP FP 370 0 0 230 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 150 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 360 0 0 230 0 0 120 0 0 70 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 50 0 0 332 Thorndon Infants' 40 272 10 0 84 0 0 157 2 0 118 983 6 8 116 12 6 83 8 3 222 44 Terrace 47

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Table No. 11.—List of the Public Schools, the Expenditure, Staff, &c. — continued. WELLINGTON— continued.

It qj"S Schools, and the S 3 Counties or Boroughs ■%* (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. w si °^ Expenditure for tile *& A Maintenance. a % Teachers' Otaer o Salaries and Ordinary U m Allowances. Expenditure. .Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. HV. « Teachers' Names, D_fl«-_ incliuHiiff all Tenchers -S~ Buildings, md pupiuauker, a g tMea, on tke stafl at the End .S A Furniture, o£ the Year. §i Apparatus. Annual Salary and AUownnce at the lin.te paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. Ij II SV P 45 40 Wellington [B] — contd. Te Aro Tc Aro Infants' Mount Cook Boys' Mount Cook Girls' » 48 • 49 50 51 £ s. d. 1,415 1 9 554 11 8 1,240 18 7 839 11 8 £ s. d. 256 17 6 129 7 C 82 10 0 88 2 6i 45 10 0 459 2 3 £ s. d. 72 13 0 58 15 6 Clement Watson .. William P. Cole .. James C. Ward Duncan M. Yeats .. Mary Grady Annie Whitehouse.. Amy Davis Margaret Page Caroline M. Brown Mary Bowie Ellen Beck Elizabeth Robinson George Robinson .. Elizabeth Batt William H. Holmes Paulina Watson Annie Bowie Dora Stanford Annie Tonks Alexander MeBain.. Charles J. Hardy .. William H. Jackson Edward D. Beck .. T. A. Cox Maggie Craig M. J. do Wrey James Melntyre Francis Mason George W. Chatwin Lewis W. Dakin Maude Ryder Jane Wallace Katherino H. Tarn.. Elizabeth Helyer .. Harriet McGowan .. Emma D. Maunder Louisa Pinny Kate Wallis Mary A. Bacon Fanny E. Booth .. Annie Rothenburg.. Catherine O. Francis Sarah Wilkinson .. Fanny Garratt Frances Redward .. Mary Page Louisa Hall Caroline Watson .. Sophia L. Reeves .. Mary A. Stevenson Sara Fraser Catherine Spence .. Lizzie McKeegan .. Kate Madden Mary A. Seamer Sarah B. Booth Elizabeth McGowan Elizabeth Page Clara Wilkinson Priscilla Hudson .. Evan R. Lillington John K. Manning .. Charles Bary Mary E. Jordan Alice Bright Jessie Cherrett Emma Barnard Catherine Tait Ada R. Warren Georgina E. Chatwin Lizzie Ferguson HM AM AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP M P FP HM AF FP FP FP MP HM AM AM A M AF AM MP M P MP MP FP FP HF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP HF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP HF FP FP FP HM AM AM AF AF AF FP FP F HF FP £ a. d. 360 0 0 230 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 360 0 0 230 . 0 0 140 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 52 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 255 0 0 112 10 0 110 0 0 110 0 0 110 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 240 0 0 150 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 120 0 Q 30 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 360 0 0 230 0 0 120 0 0 110 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 120 0 0 157 10 0 25 0 0 227 349 330 485 Mount Cook Infants' .. 52 680 6 11 106 17 6 153 8 6 395 129 Courtenay Place 53 190 16 8 73 2 6 Newtown 54 1,097 9 10 86 5 0 40 17 0 315 Vogoltown Kilbirnie 122 0 0 169 15 10 23 52 55 56 9 7 6 16 17 6 30 2 0 48 18 6 Normal Dalefield 36 15 8 83 0 0 19257 0 0 5,398 19,291 0 6 2,244 0 0 2,767 14 0

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NELSON.

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O O a 3 OGO Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. i 'a ■ Expenditure for the Year. |l >m Maintenance. Buildings, 11 S Sites, I 1 | Teachers- Otter Furniture, n g< Salaries and Ordinary Am*rr»+i,« $% Allowances. Expenditure. APPa™tus. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. s Teachers* Names, "" including all Teachers -2 -^ and Pupil-teachers g o on the Staff at the End -2-g of the Year. "fflcQ Annual Salary and Allowance at the Kate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. II I! Blenheim [B] — Boys' Upper Boys' Lower Girls' Infants' 1 2 3 £ s. a. 989 12 6 £ s. a, 136 6 6 £ s. d. 79 15 6 John P. Lucas Frederick Mayhew Robert McCallum .. Elizabeth J. Harding Maude Lucas Mary Linton Mary Crawford Mary Bary .'. Edythe Stratford .. Mary Wrigley Charles Simson HM AM AM HF AF FP AF FP FP FP MP £ s. d. 264 0 0 140 0 0 90 0 0 162 0 0 84 0 0 16 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 82 0 0 20 0 0 42 85 96 166 Picton [B] — Senior 62 Junior 5 6 411 0 0 50 1 0 19 7 0 Hiram W. Harris .. Marion Robertson .. Alice Jones .. Jane Harris HM AF HF FP 200 0 0 110 0 0 85 0 0 16 0 0 48 Marlborough— Havelook 299 10 0 38 14 0 56 10 8 Jacob H. Reynolds Georgina Baloombe Mary J. Matthews .. William Tissiman .. Elizabeth Bird John Squire Charles Peake Mrs. Poake Ann Collins Francis Severne John Irwin Hart .. M AF FP M AF M M AF F M M 190 0 0 80 0 0 24 0 0 190 0 0 60 0 0 130 0 0 170 0 0 61 12 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 79 4 Renwick 8 260 0 0 30 0 10 55 5 6 Spring Creek.. Tua Marina 9 10 130 0 0 231 12 0 15 15 0 26 8 9 30 58 7 8 9 Marlboroughtown Kaituna Canvas Town Upper Pelorus a Grove Town 11 12 18 14 15 80 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 14 5 0 163 17 9 9 10 0 8 7 6 9 5 0 2 7 6 25 18 1 13 0 0 24 15 18 10 11 12 13 •14 Waitohi Wairau Valley Kekerangu Fairhall 16 17 18 19 173 19 2 70 10 0 86 15 0 147 16 8 19 5 0 11 15 0 9 7 6 22 15 0 30 0 1 11 6 6 0 0 Frederick 0. Parker Gladys Prichard .. James Murray Mary Morrin Mary T. Sumner .. Walter Andrews Arthur B. Clare Laura Jcffms Henry L. Severne .. James B. Marshall A. P. Houghton F. H. Bakewell George Robertson .. Richard Budge M FP M FP F M M FP M M M M M M 140 0 0 40 0 0 140 0 0 32 0 0 63 0 0 45 0 0 140 0 0 16 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 57 0 0 24 0 0 54 0 0 15 0 0 *48 47 21 14 45 15 16 17 18 19 20 Havelock Suburban .. Okaramio Onamalutu Starborough Deep Creek Boulder Bank Sounds— Kenepuru Kaiuma Manaroa Anakiwa Te Awaite 20 21 22 23 24 25 120 0 0 125 0 0 59 5 0 24 0 0 55 10 0 18 15 0 9 15 0 15 7 6 9 17 6 4 0 0 9 5 0 3 2 6 11911 3 20 28 19 8 18 5 21 2G 27 28 29 30 56 5 0 55 10 0 18 0 0 29 5 0 40 10 0 9 7 6 9 5 0 3 0 0 4 17 6 6 15 0 Antonio D. Vannini Annie Alexander .. Thomas Lamb Harriett Beauchamp Clark Rarnpling M F M F M 51 0 0 54 0 0 21 0 0 30 0 0 48 0 0 17 18 8 9 10 22 Not chargeable to any particular school El lenditure no it classified. 15 9 5 3,900 18 1 500 9 2 314 5 4 3,834 12 0 1,119

Nelson [B] — Bridge Street 608 13 4 C. J. H. Chepmell .. Frederick Worley .. Joseph Caldwell Sophia Snart Jane Bond Ada M. Haynes Ellen Cother Bosa C. Scott Mary Anne Dement Lucy H. Kitching .. Elizabeth Leach .. Isabella Sheppard .. James Lee Hodgson James T. Veysey .. Mary Kitching Priscilla E. Bolton HM AM AM HF AF AF F HF AF AF AF AF HM AM AF AF 300 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 110 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 110 0 0 175 0 0 100 0 0 84 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 250 0 0 125 0 0 42 0 0 18 0 0 121 Bridge Street Junior .. 163 19 4 107 Brook Street Hardy Street Girls' .. 3 4 114 3 4 516 12 4 58 205 Haven Boad Boys' 515 10 0 29310 7 22 10 0 144 * Closed at end of June quarter.

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*S . 6.2 2 __ n> O s _> CM O Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the hitter marked [B]) in which situate. 0_; o » i. __ t£ _> 1*3 15 ° £ o ■ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, includin;. all Teachers and Fupil-telichers on the Stall' at the End of the Year. o Annual to^ 5 Salary and £.£ a ■ Allowance t> £ Z % at the Rate *^1 o 3 paid during W~ S| * the Last flj q Quart or of f- a 8n the Year. g H W Teachers' Salaries and Allowances. Other Ordinary Ixpenditure. Nelson [B] — continued. Hampden Street Toitoi Valley Girls', 1st and Junior Toitoi Valley Girls', 2nd division Toitoi Valley Girls', 3rd Division Port Waimea— Maitai a Burnside b Clifton Terrace Hillside Happy Valley Stoke 7 £ s. d. 382 14 8 254 6 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. James Barton Sadd Georgiana Sunley .. Fanny Marris Mary C. Gascoigne Mary Bright Ellen Sunley Marion Hood Kato Newton HM AF AF HF AF HF AF F £ s. a. 250 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 200 0 0 00 0 0 100 0 0 24 0 0 72 0 0 97 101 8 143 10 2 59 9 09 0 0 43 10 65 17 0 Minnie S. Cooke .. F 60 0 0 33 11 12 13 14 15 16 81 12 0 54 13 0 81 12 0 210 15 0 1 2713 0 27 "i 9 05* 7 0 Herbert B. Brown .. Elizabeth S. Stanley Jane C. Manson Fanny Anderson A. MoM. Kavanagh Jane Allport Edward Cowles Grace Croucher Sarah Spencer Edith O'Loughlen .. Annie Wray Frederick V. Knapp Annie Bryant Atarah Colo Mrs. Maude Tosswill Amelia Newth J. W. Humphreys .. Eleanor Knapp Ellen Hill Walter Ladley Kate Bird.. F. E. Whitohorn .. Annie Hoult John Moore Edward Edridge Selina Tunnicliffe .. Harry Ladley Jane Duncan Harrison Evans Frederick B. Peart Hester Stanley Ada Annette Cole .. Harriet E. Parkes .. Evan Forsyth Leila Sheppard Bobert J. Bake well Eliza Thorn Bobert E. Satehell Bichard Sutcliffo .. John Boby Herbert Langford .. William Cook Annie Cook Henry George Hill.. J. George Deck Alice May Dock Charles James Deck Frederick Bisley .. William H. Boyes .. Janet Dewar Elizabeth Alexander George G. Jennings Emily Grey Francos E. Grey .. Mary Drummond .. Jane Beeves Kate Corrigan M F F F HM AF HM AF HF AF F M HF AF HF AF HM AF AF HM AF AF F M HM AF HM AF M M F F F M F M F M M M M HM AF M HM AF M HM AM HF AF HM AF HF AF F F 28 0 0 00 0 0 44 0 0 60 0 0 150 0 0 42 0 0 150 0 0 24 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 105 0 0 30 0 0 120 0 0 24 0 0 130 0 0 00 0 0 24 0 0 150 0 0 00 0 0 18 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 24 0 0 130 0 0 18 0 0 16 0 0 100 0 0 112 0 0 00 0 0 44 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 112 0 0 08 0 0 08 0 0 120 0 0 180 0 0 180 0 0 140 0 0 00 0 0 130 0 0 150 0 0 00 0 0 120 0 0 170 0 0 30 0 0 112 0 0 42 0 0 130 0 0 00 0 0 112 0 0 18 0 0 48 0 0 48 0 0 3 7 17 11 13 86 3 4 Bichmond Boys' 17 207 3 6 [ 45 5 2 j- 32 19 4 . 59**3 10 f •■ ] j- 43 12 7 11 *8 5 17 12 8 56 Bichmond Girls' 18 216 3 4 64 Banzau Hope Biver Terrace 19 20 21 83 18 8 128 8 8 146 4 0 20 0 0 37 37 38 5 6 19 7 6 Brightwatcr 22 157 3 0 34 Spring Grove 23 240 19 8 65 Lower Wakefield Boys' and Junior 24 258 8 0 14 0 0 79 Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley .. Upper Wakefield 25 26 27 118 0 8 113 0 8 162 9 8 32 21 40 8 9 10 Foxhill 28 165 9 8 24 11 0 13 0 0 59 11 12 13 14 Blue Glenc .. Motupiko Tadmor Sherry c Baton c Stanley Brook Woodstock c .. Do v cdale Churchill • .'. Pokororo c .. Ngatimoti Appleby Waimea West Sarau 29 30 31 32 38 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 13 0 0 90 10 8 126 18 8 61 0 0 58 0 0 90 10 8 44 0 0 114 0 8 02 0 0 77 0 0 130 0 0 130 16 8 128 8 8 220 13 4 14 "o 11 10 14 11 10 17 8 11 18 11 3 19 0 7* 0 0 5 27 34 16 14 21 11 24 18 18 30 36 37 48 15 16 17 18 13 19 0 14 6 0 17 1 11 41 3 0 60 0 0 300 0 0 297 18 0 6 0 0 Neudorf Lower Moutere 43 44 130 10 8 224 8 0 [ 37**6 11 21 12 8 34 57 19 20 21 Pangatotara Motueka Boys' 45 46 115 0 0 220 13 4 14 14 1 [ 29 11 10 I 39 12 0 32 50 Motueka Girls' 47 154 0 8 25 0 0 57 22 Biwaka 48 217 7 0 10 0 0 65 Brooklyn 49 130 10 8 41 Marahau c .. Sandy Bay d .. Collingwood— Lower Takaka 50 51 70 0 0 15 23 52 110 2 S 18 9 0 8 2 0 Mary Haldane Alice Page Juliana Hunter Sophia S. Stothard Eliza F. Barnett .. Jane C. Windle H F AF F HF AF F 100 0 0 12 0 0 72 0 0 100 0 0 12 0 0 80 0 0 42 24 25 Long Plain East Takaka 53 54 81 12 0 101 17 10 11 13 8 18 10 2 10 0 0 25 40 Waingaro c .. 55 70 0 0 8 11 4 19 i Aided. Now closed. b 3d. d Aided. The toachc Aide ;r's si d. The subsidy ilary was not pi ■ was not paid lid last year al until after thi the rate showi j examination, which toi i, but was becoming due <W pli _+atiia ace in February, 1885, _ rate. Aid.

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NORTH CANTERBURY.

Schools, and tho Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. 4 eqq IS Maintenance. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Other Fm-nitare, Salaries and Ordinary imSShu Allowances. Expenditure. -appaiatus. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including: all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of tlio Year. p Annual Salary and Allowance at the Kate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. h u ■< 3 Collingwood— continued. Upper Takaka a .. 5C Motupipi .. 57 £ s. d. 32 0 0 125 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 52 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 84 0 0 52 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 26 27 28 Collingwood .. .. 5E Rockville .. .. 5C Kaituna b .. 6C Pern Town .. .. 61 Pakawau .. C£ Westport [B] — Boys' .. .. 68 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 84 0 8 91 14 0 15'ii 0 14 14 0 12 14 8 718 0 15 0 0 37 10 0 Sarah Handcock .. Eliza A. J. Manson Jane Winter Samuel Anderson .. Marie Bradley Sarah Miles Henry S. Porteous.. James Mackintosh.. F HF AF M F F M M 13 31 29 27 29 30 9610 8 96 10 8 11 10 3 10 17 2 56' 0 0 18 20 31 63 444 11 10 271 15 0 I 63 7 10 4 8 9 Arthur Brown William H. Bryant Katharine Gillespie Elizabeth Ross Annie Falla Mary Virtue Annie Martin HM AM AF AF H F AF AF 225 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 84 0 0 20 0 0 116 92 Girls' .. ..64 64 Buller— Denniston .. .. 60 198 18 8 26 18 0 120 5 2 Martin Sheard Mary Stevens Jane Emanuel Wilhelm H. Dencker John Beirne Nellie Falla Sarah Freeman Robert Ray James Macfadyean Daniel Hogan John Kennedy George Laing Jessie Anderson Laura J. Suisted .. Helen O'Connor Margaret Scott F. G. Rotton HM AF F HM AM F F M M HM A M HM AF H F AF F M 170 0 0 72 0 0 44 0 0 140 0 0 20 0 0 76 0 0 60 0 0 130 0 0 64 0 0 175 0 0 20 0 0 180 0 0 20 0 0 160 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 140 0 0 83 32 65 Fairdown" .. .. 6C Waiinangaroa .. 67 66 67 61 4 0 182 10 8 1710 3 5 10 12 1 0 14 41 33 34 Rochfort Terrace a .. Of Granity Creek» .. & Kararnea .. 7C Promised Land a .. 71 Addison's Mat .. 75 68 69 70 71 72 71 4 0 08 4 0 124 0 4 51 3 3 223 15 10 716 11 3 10 0 25 1 0 46 6 2 16 16 16 18 43 35 19* 19 5 36 Charleston Boys' .. 7£ Charleston Girls' .. 74 73 74 218 18 2 233 14 8 • 51 5 5 64 07 37 38 39 Brighton .. .. 7C Lyell .. ..It Inangahua— Fern Flat .. .. 77 Murchison" .. .. 7E Matakitaki " .. . ■ 78 Capleston .. .. 8C 75 76 77 78 79 80 110 8 8 159 5 4 57 19 0 64 0 10 5 14 16 0 2 10 4 11 30 0 0 Ada Landon Lano .. H. B. Huddlestone Francis Hodgson .. Andrew Russell Annie McRae Arthur Burnham .. Samuel Hopkins .. Catharine Anderson Louisa A. Mb'ller .. Hannah Prentice .. Robert E. Green .. Mary A. Sunderland Johanna McLean .. Eleanor Paterson .. F M M IIM AF HM A M AF AF AF HM AF AF F 78 0 0 72 0 0 32 0 0 150 0 0 72 0 0 250 0 0 1C0 0 0 100 0 0 84 0 0 40 0 0 175 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 104 0 0 12 27 20 17 40 23(5 5 0 24 12 8 131 11 6 68 41 Recfton .. ..81 81 580 16 2 53 1 5 474 2 9 190 Black's Point .. 82 270 2 4 28 9 0 415 4 0 82 42 82 43 Little Grey*.. .. 83 83 8 15 2 225 17 0 School appliances not chargeable to particular schools Ea cpenditure nc 4 classified. 52 12 11 3,613 12,442 3 7 1,263 7 8 2,596 7 7

1 Kaikoura— Kaikoura Suburban .. 1 210 4 3 28 6 0 167 17 8 Bobert Haswell Mary Haswell Henry H. Knowlcs Eliza M. A. Sandford J. G. McLauehlin .. M F M F FP 142 2 0 07 18 0 106 4 0 89 5 0 24 0 0 52 2 Kaikoura Town 2 271 14 9 42 5 0 9 18 11 91 3 4 Amuri - Waiau Botherham " .. Ashley— Hurunui Mason's Flat.. 8 4 174 13 9 88 10 0 17 2 0 12 14 4 Donald Davidson .. Thomas G. Compton M M 151 12 0 90 0 0 21 15 4 5 5 6 105 10 0 138 7 0 27 17 2 23 8 0 2 6 9 Henry Cox Thomas Brownleo .. Elizabeth Brownleo Thomas Brownleo .. M M S M 158 0 0 124 13 0 12 0 0 60 0 0 18 35 Manuka Town * 7 09 10 10 15 » Aided. t December. b The teacher's salary was not paid last year at the rate shown, but was becoming due at that -ate, Opened in 1st

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|J II fl Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. si II JI Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teacbcrs' Names, including all Teachers and t'upil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. h o Annual Salary and Allowance at the Kate paid during the Last Quarter of the Y ear. II 11 Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 6 Ashley— continued. Waikari 8 £ s. d. 158 0 0 £ s. a. 18 3 1 & s. d. 29 8 3 James B. Chisholra Jane McLean Samuel P. Guiney .. Eev. W. McGregor.. Margaret McGregor Harold Purchas Jane McNaught Annie Dalziel Charles D. Husband Hannah B. Prosser W. H. L. Foster .. Francis Bartrum .. Georgina Eoberts .. H. W. Hammond .. Vacant Vacant Eliza M. Willis Maria Douds William de Troy Mary Wells William Brook Eliza Ewing Thomas G. Smith .. Margaret Whiteside Emily Hayman Hugh D. Densham Ellen E. Mathias .. Egbert Mayo Margaretta Field .. James B. Harbridge Bose E. Harbridge.. John McGillivray .. Edith Luers Mary M. Beston .. Henry Wilson Buth Seymour Eliza Blackmore .. Henry J. Byde Fanny L. Sheldon .. Samuel McGullough Sophia Dohrmann.. Richard Meredith .. Martha Douds Robert Frizzell Mary Meredith John Marshall Minnie Wotherspoon Richard J. Twose .. Vacant James B. Connor .. Betsy Webster Ruth M. Connor James B. Mayne .. Margaret S. Wilson Alice Bayley James D. Harper .. Kate E. Bayley Edward J. Jennings Elizabeth Jennings Henry E. Goodeve., Ann Kitchingman .. Sarah Kitchingman Lilla Hannibell Jane Barlow Henry C. Wilson ..' Thomas Keir F. J. Cumberworfch J. B. Cumberworth William D. Bean .. Elizabeth P. Ross .. George Wilmot Jane Wilmot Avis Todd Elizabeth Dawson .. Vacant John Powell Charles H. Morriss Elizabeth Powell .. M S M M V IP FP FP M F M F FP M F M F FP M F M F M F FP M S M F M F IIP FP F M F FP IP FP M F M F M P FP M S M F M FP S M F FP M F M S M HF AF FP FP IP M P M F MP FP M F FP FP F M MP S £ s. d. 146 0 0 12 0 0 121 12 0 235 18 0 107 10 0 40 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 136 19 0 64 18 0 174 6 0 90 10 0 16 0 0 194 15 0 89 4 0 198 16 0 87 4 0 16 0 0 131 4 0 69 17 0 160 2 0 74 3 0 195 15 0 89 4 0 24 0 0 123 8 0 12 0 0 151 1 0 79 1 0 209 12 0 102 2 0 50 0 0 16 0 0 75 13 0 251 3 0 114 13 0 32 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 141 9 0 76 18 0 218 12 0 107 10 0 50 0 0 24 0 0 123 8 0 12 0 0 169 2 0 73 6 0 138 0 0 24 0 0 12 0 0 208 17 0 92 13 0 16 0 0 133 2 0 70 3 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 281 11 0 155 0 0 102 2 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 207 1 0 94 11 0 50 0 0 24 0 0 202 18 0 102 2 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 86 0 0 139 6 0 30 0 0 12 0 0 2i 7 8 Broomfield Amberley 9 10 122 7 3 403 5 2 20 9 7 59 6 2 3 9 6 141 5 1 2' 13: Balcairn 196 16 3 25 8 1 12 5 0 9 11 4< 10 Leithfield 12 300 10 11 37 11 11 24 9 9 8; 11 Sefton 13 15 13 5 10 17 7 994 7 11 13 Mount Grey Downs .. 14 292 7 2 41 16 3 i 10 0 13 Loburn North 15 199 9 2 22 11 8 29 7 0 3; u Loburn 16 238 11 1 26 18 10 39 2 6 a 15 Ashley 17 298 5 8 39 8 3 39 13 10 81 16 Saltwater Creek 18 134 8 5 33 11 11 8i 17 View Hill 19 231 18 9 35 18 5 15 13 1 61 18 Oxford West (main) .. 20 371 10 0 G3 0 0 10! 19 Oxford West (side) Oxford East 21 22 75 13 0 443 4 11 64*19 7 19* 0 3 31 16( Carleton 232 19 1 27 3 7 20 23 5: 21 Oust 24 385 16 3 49 1 1 1 16 0 10! Summerhill 128 17 10 26 7 0 369 4 10 22 25 3! 23 Eyreton West 26 240 8 3 28 19 0 10 13 5 5: 24 Stoke 27 177 1 6 39 9 1 2 6 6 2! 25 Femside ., 28 304 9 4 40 13 2 22 11 9 26 Mandeville Plains 29 172 19 6 23 16 11 23 18 0 31 27 Eyreton 30 140 0 0 19 12 5 3( 28 Bangiora [B] 31 663 9 5 89 6 6 22Southbrook .. ,. 29 32 367 4 2 49 13 7 23 12 2 10? 30 Flaxton (main) 33 387 1 11 58 14 2 185 0 9 li: Flaxton (side) Waikuku 34 35 80 4 11 179 6 5 20 5 10 31 2( 3i

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II 8s Schools, and the Counti.-s or Boroughs (tlie latter marked [B]J in which situate. ° Expenditure for the o x _» s >rJJ Maintenance. E 4§ , . 0 «_ <g 9 Teachers' Other 1 g1 . Salaries and Ordinary q » Allowances. Expenditure. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. _> Teachers' Names, *" including all Teachers -5^ and Pupil-teachers g o on the Staff at the End -r, % of the Year. %& Annual Salary mid Allowance at the Rate paid daring the Last Quarter of the Year. _ l\ ""A i _ fl 32 Ashley— continued. Woodend 36 .. s. d. 363 3 8 £ s. d. 49 3 9 £ s. d. Edwin Mossman .. Lucy E. Thompson Bebocca Norton Margaret J. Little .. Bobert J. Alexander Henry Kitchingman Mary Veysey Mary Hiatt Emily Johnson Frederick W. Young Sara Hiatt Horace Neeve Kate Lynskey Fanny Hiatt Michael Lynskey .. George W. E. Budd Annie H. Budd Alfred I. Gillman .. Emma Gillman M F FP FP HM AM HF AF AF MP FP MP FP FP MP M S M S £ s. d. 231 14 0 107 10 0 40 0 0 16 0 0 314 17 0 151 18 0 155 14 0 115 8 0 66 7 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 117 33 Kaiapoi [B] 37 976 5 1 150 2 2 56 0 6 390 34 Kaiapoi Island North.. 38 139 0 0 19 4 4 3 13 6 30 35 Kaiapoi Island 39 133 12 0 18 0 0 2 17 7 25 Akaroa — Lyttelton [B] 1,602 0 7 235 0 9 James Dawe John Boss Sophia Haughton .. Florence Ockford .. Thomas L. P. Pole B. F. Kennedy Ellen Shepheard .. Mary Maule William Taylor Emily Macey Elizabeth Norris .. Annie M. Jenkins .. C. Aschman John Hutchinson .. Mary E. Olliver A. W. Wesstell Mary Wallace Matilda Dohrmann Edwin F. Barnett .. Sarah McMain Arthur Cooper Charles F. Bowley .. James Stewart Frances Stewart Julia Alldridge Ella S. Cooke Albert Proudlock .. Elizabeth Proudlock George Pitcaithly .. Minnie McGregor .. Thomas Stout Pressy E. Granger .. Leonora Granger .. Henry Jaggar Hephzibah Jaggar.. Dominick Browne .. William N. Taylor.. Isabella Bennett .. Henry A. Easther .. Emily E. Easther .. Joseph Hutt Mary Hutt John W. McGregor Jane D'Authrcau .. Bosny M. Spurr Louisa Spurr Alexander Boulston Ernest J. Watkins.. Annio Roulston Vacant Mary Jones Alfred Nicholls Beatrice M. Harband BanjaminPenlington Gilbert Dalglish .. HM AM HF AF A M AF AF FP MP FP FP FP MP MP FP MP FP FP M S M M M S F F M F M S M M S M S M M S M F M F M F M S M MP S M S M F MP MP 401 0 0 285 10 0 195 15 0 138 5 0 140 17 0 98 2 0 66 7 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 151 12 0 128 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 66 10 0 36 0 0 142 15 0 68 6 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 160 11 0 112 13 0 12 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 155 0 0 125 17 0 12 0 0 125 5 0 66 16 0 132 10 0 70 15 0 124 13 0 09 17 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 141 4 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 112 13 0 12 0 0 223 15 0 107 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 627 36 40 18 18 0 37 Governor's Bay 41 140 0 0 17 11 0 22 38 Chartoris Bay Gebbie's Pass Boad .. Gebbie's Valley 42 43 44 30 19 7 151 9 5 140 12 4 24 2 1 28 1 2 18 26 30 39 2019 4 40 Port Levy Little Port Cooper ° .. Little River 45 46 47 00 10 0 39 0 0 219 0 0 10 19 7 31**8 7 4* 3 9 5 9 53 41 42 Pigeon Bay (main) 48 130 11 2 28 19 0 16 10 4 25 Pigeon Bay (side) Barry's Bay 49 50 125 12 8 125 1 3 20**5 5 3713 2 34 24 43 44 French Farm 51 142 0 0 17 11 0 2 15 0 23 45 46 Wainui Little Akaloa 52 53 149 4 4 135 17 6 18 4 7 22 3 8 27 10 0 21 1 5 17 37 47 Duvaucholle's Bay 54 192 17 9 24 2 11 130 0 1 36 48 Okain's Bay 55 206 7 0 23 10 4 5 10 0 87 49 Le Bon's Bay 56 187 16 2 21 0 7 13 9 4 85 50 Robinson's Bay 57 141 5 0 17 10 5 43 11 11 27 51 German Bay (main) .. 58 180 17 9 29 17 10 38 5 2 35 German Bay (side) 59 130 1 2 21 52 Akaroa _B] .. 60 383 12 2 52 7 2 35 0 8 119 Solwyn— Kowai Bush 95 15 9 18 5 5 5 7 0 53 61 Thomas Donnelly .. M 150 10 0 21 a Aided.

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h o B II p -n Schools, ami the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) iu winch situate. EM \d u Expenditure for the Year. jjg - — Teachers' Names, ., . . — .,,. including all Teachers — ~ Maintenance. Buildings, and Punil-tcacbers go . BWM, on tlie stn({ nt t]l0 End .9. A Teachers" Other ™a o£ the Year. |« Salaries and Ordinary Aumratus " Allowances. Expenditure. | -"PPaiauis. | Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Annual Salary and Allowance at the Kate paid during the Lust Quarter of the Year. fcD |JJ II 54 Sclwyn— continued. Kowai Pass .. 62 ,-e s. d. 391 16 10 £ s. d. 4G 3 5 £ s. d. 36 10 2 James B. Borthwick Margaret W. Ryan.. James Gillanders .. Julia O'Shaughnossy George Quartermain Ellen Craighead .. Elizabeth Wallace.. James Victor Jane Eastwood Alfred G. Maxwell .. Henry A. Grant Jane B. Grant Eichard P. Pole .. Elizabeth Kilgour .. C. H. A. T. Opie .. Louisa Opie Samuel Garleton .. Annie King Alfred C. Augur Annie Wilson Vacant Jeannie E. Malcolm John Hook Emily Jenkins John Murdoch Alice Boe.. Frederick N. Foster Emma Foster Peter Gheyne Hester H. Choyno .. John H. Baird M. J. Y. Smith Martin Bourke Marion K. Gibson .. Harry Peat Cecilia E. Ross John J. Mahood Kate Woodfoid Annie Humm George Silvester Mary Elmsly Henry Bussell Kate Bussell William McClure .. Mary A. McCluro .. Thomas Mulligan .. Georgina Somerset Edward Morgan Annie Finnoy William Taylor Annie E. Hookham Leonora Phillips .. Frederick Alley Eliza Friar Kate A. Baker William Ward Jessie T. Coney Jane Durey Elizabeth Watson .. Samuel Bullock Catherine Tulley .. W. H. Comerford .. Christina Prcbble .. Helen V. Williams William A. Banks .. Caroline S. Staples Eleanor Harrison .. Cecilia Callaghan .. Thomas A. Gates .. C. K. Henderson .. William J. Smith .. Agnes Mathews George Crockett .. Annie Caddoll James Speight Susan Barrett Johann Voss M. L. Rainey William E. Foster.. Frances Foster M F MP FP M FP S M F MP M S M F M F M F M S M F M F M F M S M F M S M F M F M F FP M F M S M S M F M F M HF AF MP FP FP M F FP FP M F M H F AF M F FP FP M F MP FP M F M F MP FP M F £ s. d. 207 19 0 91 14 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 152 3 0 32 0 0 12 0 0 167 4 0 83 11 0 20 0 0 171 10 0 12 0 0 134 8 0 72 0 0 173 11 0 80 4 0 161 7 0 81 1 0 159 10 0 12 0 0 131 4 0 69 17 0 141 14 0 77 16 0 139 11 0 71 13 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 136 7 0 73 6 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 142 2 0 73 6 0 167 4 0 72 18 0 165 13 0 82 G 0 32 0 0 133 15 0 71 12 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 138 18 0 71 G 0 172 19 0 79 15 0 285 4 0 144 7 0 91 18 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 238 7 0 107 10 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 175 10 0 77 8 0 1C5 8 0 117 G 0 48 10 0 221 6 0 107 10 0 40 0 0 24 0 0 189 11 0 117 19 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 177 8 0 78 13 0 182 8 0 93 19 0 50 0 0 16 0 0 181 13 0 85 16 0 97 Russell's Flat 181 14 6 20 19 4 31 55 63 Malvern (main) 64 277 14 5 84 19 6 207 12 2 77 56 Malvorn (side) 142 6 11 37 65 South Malvern 66 18G 0 9 23 8 0 12 10 1 40 57 58 Glentunnel .. G7 236 14 3 33 15 9 1 18 0 59 59 Hororata 68 225 14 10 34 2 2 48 4 1 Cl 60 Darficld 69 173 18 0 18 0 0 5 4 0 22 61 Kimberley 70 178 5 3 23 2 7 92 16 3 35 62 Greendale 71 234 14 1 30 9 9 20 11 4 G3 63 Kirweo 72 202 6 7 28 19 0 14 6 8 48 64 Courtenay 73 133 12 0 17 19 3 19 3 23 65 Halkett 74 209 12 9 25 1 4 0 11 8 43 66 Aylesbury 75 127 15 8 17 19 3 23 67 West Melton.. 76 207 17 0 26 1G 5 44 11 11 52 68 Yaldhurst 77 250 8 2 24 18 7 42 69 Tompleton .. 78 301 1 11 3G 12 7 74 70 Weedon 200 7 G 24 14 0 0 7 4 39 79 71 Bumhain 80 71 13 10 21 7 0 6C9 2 3 17 72 Broadfield 81 140 0 0 34 7 2 2 8 5 28 73 Harewood Road 82 20G 18 0 2G 1G 6 15 10 0 47 74 North Road .. 83 252 3 2 32 5 1 2 13 6 58 75 Papanui 84 623 6 11 73 3 4 56 18 6 186 Ricearton 372 5 0 7 4 6 130 76 85 54 G 5 Fendalton 250 18 9 34 10 5 11 5 6 62 77 8G 78 Prebblcton 87 330 11 G 44 10 OJ 17 17 6 93 Lincoln 88 385 G 2 57 2 11 5 4 0 123 79 Springston .. 329 7 11 47 10 7 25 19 0 105 80 89 Grecnpark 248 8 0 33 15 11 21 0 0 65 81 90 82 Tai Tapu 91 347 8 9 44 11 5 34 8 4 91 Halswoll 259 19 0 35 1G 2 13 16 0 72 83 92

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c . if 11 II Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs [the latter marked [Bl .Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Tenchers and Hupil-teiichers on the Stall at the End of the Year Annual 5 Salary and a . Allowance '2 "o at the Kate o 2 paid during | « the Last g m Quarter of ft the Year. 6 |J <3 g I:. in which situate. i<5" Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 84 Selwyn— continued. Spreydon Christchurcli West (side) 93 £ s. d. 406 18 8 295 4 3 £ s. d. 58 18 1 £ s. d. 33 1 0 William Cutlibert .. Mary M. Stephens.. William Sinclair .. Catherine Shannon Ina Dewsbury Laura M. Allison .. Amy Taylor David Jack Fanny Hepworth .. M P MP PP PP HF AF M P PP .e s. a. M 235 18 0 F 107 10 0 MP 30 0 0 FP 32 0 0 FP 24 0 0 H F 155 12 0 AP 8G 16 0 M P 30 0 0 PP 1G 0 0 131 85 94 161 Christchurch [B] — Christehurch West (main) 2,411 19 0 382 17 7 1,199 11 0 Thomas S. Foster .. Charles Chilton Emily S. Poster Janet R. Currie Thomas W. Ambrose Bethia Jack Eliza Callender George Petrie Rose Seager Margaret Menzies .. Ernest Clarke John H. Malcolm .. Albert W. Andrew .. William A. Kennedy Alice Pickoring Edith Stanton Elizabeth Beck Emily Mclnman .. Agnes Tindol Harriot Starkiss Rose Morland William M. West .. Charles Hall Marion Campbell .. Jcannio B. Menzies Margaret Morland .. Andrina Stewart .. Ada Burnell Henrietta Guise Edwin Rayner James Grant Eliza J. Strudwick Charles R. Bossence Charles D. Hardie .. P. W. Hannibcll .. Julia W. Barlow .. Eliza Kitchingman Ada E. Foster Mary de R. Bain .. Mary S. Alexander Thomas M. M. Laing Jane R. Ashwin Margaret Lo Deakin Mary K. Banks Grace Lawrence J. M. H. Meadows .. William Stout Emily Chaplin Sarah A. Mill Ella L. Wood Jane A. Collier John G. L. Scott .. Emilie U. Just Ada Grosham Emma B. Rowley .. Walter Tipler Annie W. Spence .. George Gilling Annie Barker Annie E. McCormack Jane D. McCormack Annie M. Craddock Edith Guise Emily Guise Charles E. Craddock Mary A. Sutherland Alice Button Kate Hamilton J ulia Gilling HM 425 0 0 A M 335 0 0 H P 2G5 17 0 AP 158 15 0 A M 162 12 0 AP 149 17 0 AP 107 10 0 A M 112 0 0 AP 102 2 0 AP 92 15 0 MP 50 0 0 M P 50 0 0 MP 50 0 0 M P 50 0 0 PP 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 PP 32 0 0 FP 32 0 0 PP 24 0 0 M P 20 0 0 M P 20 0 0 PP 16 0 0 PP 16 0 0 PP 10 0 0 PP 16 0 0 PP 16 0 0 PP 1G 0 9 HM 428 0 0 A M 258 15 0 AP 250 0 0 A M 2G2 10 0 A M 175 10 0 A M 90 0 0 AP 158 15 0 AF 165 5 0 AP 117 15 0 AP 96 15 0 AP 96 15 0 M P 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 PP 32 0 0 PP 32 0 0 FP 32 0 0 FP 32 0 0 M P 30 0 0 FP 24 0 0 FP 16 0 0 FP 10 0 0 PP 10 0 0 IIM 437 0 0 A M 299 0 0 H P 2G6 17 0 AF 156 14 0 A M 204 2 0 AP 145 7 0 A M 130 0 0 AF 120 2 0 AF 95 0 0 AP 69 17 0 FP 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 PP 40 0 0 M P 40 0 0 PP 32 0 0 PP 32 0 0 PP 32 0 0 PP 32 0 0 HM AM HP AP AM AP AF AM AP AF MP M P MP M P FP FP FP PP PP FP PP MP MP PP PP FP FP PP PP HM AM AP AM A M AM AP AP AF AP AF M P FP FP PP FP FP M P PP FP PP PP mi A M HP AF A M AP AM AF AF AP FP PP PP M P PP PP PP PP 95 1,01! Normal School 96 2,289 13 7 365 17 9 54 9 4 791 Gloucester Street 8G 97 2,397 4 11 421 14 3 490 14 8 92,

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h t 2 Schools, rmrl the Counties or .Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. si j! g a O «* Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Kites, Furniture, and Apparatus. » Annual _..,-_ S Salary and Teachers Names, ~ Allowance inolud}ng all lenchers •- - t t]le Eate and Pup, .teachers go id duri on the Stall at the End fl ■§ the Last of the Year. |M Quar , oi : of the Year. I is" Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Christchurch [B] — contd. Gloucester Street— ctd. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 141 1 0 107 10 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 16 0 0 South Town Belt Francis Evans Hugh Thomson George Schneider .. Jessie W. Spence .. Annie Judge Fanny Guise Hilda Johnston George Pilkington .. Ellen Mably Fanny Cooper G. M. Glanville .. Ada Mackett Jane Roberts Mary Spence Mary Shirtcliffe .. Eliza Carey Kate Boswell MP MP M P FP FP FP FP MP FP FP FP HF AF FP FP FP FP 98 372 14 2 220 Selwyn— Phillipstown Edith S. Dunnage .. Alice M. Wilcox Eleanor Cross Clara Ayers John Baldwin Archibald Binnie .. Jessie Bowmaker .. Mary Hall John J. Elliott Mary Taylor Martha Dynes Abel Webber Minnie Cole Alexander G. Blake Annie O'Callahan .. Thomas McGallan.. Francis Rowley Elizabeth Forrester Ellen Ewing Florence Dewber .. Marion Johnston .. Catherine Martin .. Mary Maginness .. Alice M. Shailcr .. Elizabeth Taylor .. Agnes Malcolm Ada Baldwin Jane McGallan Rachael Rudd Janet Russell Flora Lezzard HF AF FP FP HM A M HF AF A M AF AF AM AF A M FP MP MP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP 169 2 0 86 16 0 40 0 0 24 0 0 391 0 0 305 10 0 236 17 0 154 13 0 153 12 0 122 17 0 107 10 0 96 15 0 76 11 0 69 17 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 169 99 328 4 6 Sydenham [B] 2,199 12 4 400 16 9 1,989 0 1 894 87 100 88 St. Albans [B] — St. Albans (main) St. Albans (side) 101 853 8 5 204 13 1 10 0 9 Richard P. Soundy Miriam A. Roberts.. Mary A. Campbell .. Martha Weir Ellen Smith George H. Pope Benjamin Bull Isabella Crummy .. Caroline Hirst Annie MorrowSarah Fee Aimee J. Hunte Robert Bowbyes .. M H F AF AF FP M P MP FP FP FP F FP MP 289 19 0 149 6 0 105 1 0 86 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 16 0 0 102 2 0 32 0 0 20 0 0 305 101 102 151 4 3 89 Selwyn—• Richmond 103 808 15 6 112 9 0 66 4 11 Charles S. Howard Sibella E. Ross Eliza Woodford Joseph Thomas Sarah E. Chapman Minnie McBratney Charles W. Garrard Maud Budden Mary E. Flesher .. Peter Murray Elizabeth Wray John J. Patterson .. William C. Armitage Edith J. Jaggar HM HF AF AM FP FP MP FP FP M F HM AM F 306 13 0 153 16 0 105 1 0 104 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 138 5 0 70 17 0 322 12 0 156 13 0 102 2 0 294 New Brighton 46 90 104 206 4 6 25 3 5 253 4 8 91 Heathcote Lower 105 755 16 7 127 1 11 333 4 6 266

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o § »3 go Q O II Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which siluate. I* Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, SiteB, Furniture, and Apparatus. Toachers' Names, including all Tenchers and i Jupil-te*chers on the Stall at the End of the Year. o Annual fcp^; ■5 Salary and 2" a . Allowance > Jj '""o at the Kate "13 o,g paid during t£f |3 the Last fli g™ Quarter of I %'3 »•. the Year. ' t? H Teachers' Other Salines and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Selwyn— continutd. Heathcote Lower— ctd. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Robina Duncan Oncar Johnson Mary Hepworth .. Mary Hayward Agnes Duncan Charles Merton Alice Buxton William Stephons .. Alice Thorno .. Thomas Ritchie Georgina Thomson Fanny Dick John S. Kennedy .. Jane Hayward Charles C. McCarthy Elizabeth Gardiner Jane Menzies Rev. L. L. Brown .. Charlotte E. Kay .. Donald Stewart Barbara Stewart .. John Simpson M. E. Simpson Annie Sawle Joseph Thompson .. Florence E. Blake.. William McKay John Mclntyre Martha Crothers .. Sarah McGee Edward J. B. Collins Mary J. Collins .. William B. Maokay Matilda J. Thomas .. Lancelot Watson .. Kate Durant Annie Smith Elizabeth H. Calvert Mary Crcc FP M P FP FP FP M F M P FP M F FP MP FP M F FP M S M S M F FP M F M P M F FP M S M F M P FP FP F FP M HF AF FP M P FP FP M F M S M £ s. a. 40 0 0 40 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 176 15 0 89 4 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 249 10 0 107 10 0 32 0 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 165 3 0 86 4 0 16 0 0 146 0 0 12 0 0 164 0 0 12 0 0 184 4 0 87 19 0 40 0 0 195 15 0 89 4 0 20 0 0 168 5 0 84 7 0 16 0 0 131 17 0 12 0 0 273 14 0 114 13 0 50 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 86 0 0 16 0 0 270 15 0 121 17 0 91 18 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 135 1 0 68 17 0 146 0 0 12 0 0 140 8 0 Bromley 101 303 1 2 46 2 0 26 16 6 80 92 93 Opawa 107 436 17 11 62 16 5 3 17 3 140 Heathcote Valley 278 16 9 38 4 6 49 17 1 94 108 73 Sumner 109 172 8 10 19 4 10 7 10 6 18 95 96 Selwyn 110 177 5 0 18 18 11 27 16 0 27 97 Dunsandel 111 310 14 9 37 7 3 77 98 Brookside 112 891 16 4 38 4 6 29 4 6 80 99 Killinchy 113 258 2 4 87 8 10 1 19 0 79 100 Irwell 140 12 3 22 1 0 15 19 0 36 114 101 Lecston main) 115 474 19 7 77 19 6 38 1 11 149 Loeston (side) 104 15 4 55 116 102 Southbridge 117 584 10 6 83 6 8 20 3 0 208 Lakeside (main) Alice E. Henderson Clara C. Perkins .. Eva Henderson George W. Bishop .. Margaret Thompson Rosina Edwards William H. Gorton Isabel 0. Campbell John C. Allan Mary E. Allan John A. Newell 103 118 203 6 0 35 6 4 41 8 2 41 Lakeside (side) 119 153 12 9 26 104 Eakaia (Little) Ashburton— Mount Somers 120 127 8 4 31 2 5 4 12 2 33 105 106 107 108 109 110 Alford Forest Springburo Barr Hill Lauriston Methven 121 122 123 124 125 126 130 2 1 162 6 0 163 14 2 133 10 3 121 17 8 210 2 3 16 4 0i 21 15 0 21 16 8 16 4 0 16 4 0 28 14 4 90 7 6 17 16 1 35 8 5 17 3 10 46 0 4 John B. Williams .. Mary Armstrong John T. Allsop Margaret Muirhead Elizabeth M, Allsop T. E. Tomlinson .. Alice E. Tomlinson William Dickie Katherino Dickie .. William J. Sloano .. William N. Scay .. Isabella Connal William Dixon Margaret Young .. Kate Doherty Rosina Bruce David Todd Jane Todd John H. Newlyn .. Robert McCandless Mary Lowe Gideon Scott Margaret Scott M S M FP S M F M S M M F M F FP FP M S M M S M S 121 12 0 12 0 0 138 13 0 1G 0 0 12 0 0 133 2 0 62 12 0 150 10 0 12 0 0 128 0 0 140 16 0 76 6 0 220 15 0 107 10 0 40 0 0 24 0 0 150 10 0 12 0 0 164 0 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 17 31 38 18 16 50 111 Rakaia South 127 394 11 7 54 7 2 122 Chertsey 103 15 0 18 0 0 4 3 8 23 112 128 113 114 Pendarves Kyle 129 130 161 17 4 137 17 4 18 4 4 17 15 4 15 0 2 0 0 21 22 115 Ashburton Porks 131 133 12 0 20 16 9 26 17 0 29 Ashburton [B] — Ashburton (main) 997 7 7 150 17 10 727 17 6 Hector Dempsey .. Amy J. Harband .. Margaret Clarko HM HF AF 350 17 0 175 2 0 116 14 0 385 116 132

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SOUTH CANTERBURY.

' S ° * 5| Schools, and tho '-■ X Counties or Boroughs w (the latter marked [BJ) in which ssituaf". 5^ ■ H» Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. aar. © Teachers' Names, "*j Bnildlnn lnoludlng all Teaoh*r« -2 .3 Fu'iTHure on the StalJ at the End §& and °' of the Year. <g* Apparatus. &h Annual Salary Rnd Allowa7)Ce at the Rate paid during the Last Quart er of the Year. h p II Teachers' Other Sal tries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Ashburton [BJ — contd. Ashburtoii (main) — ctd. £ S. d. £ S. d £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 107 10 0 66 4 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 96 15 0 William Stirling .. James M. Gilboy .. Constance Andrews Emma Bean Isabella Williamson Harry Priston B. Williamson Alexander Jamieson Helen Barratt Jessie Stewart AM AM PP PP PP MP M P MP FP F Ashburton (side) .. 13c Ashburton— 117 Newland .. ..134 118 Seafield .. ..IK 133 6 7 3 117 118 134 135 89 3 7 125 17 11 1G 4 0 16 13 0 3 14 6 Mary Dixon George Culverhouse Anna Culverhouse .. 11 16 5 Arthur Cookson Edith M. Williamson Henry K. Wilkinson 39 15 3 Walter J. King Sophia Mclntyre .. 4 14 0 William G. Wallace Annie J. Wake David T. Todd 16 G 1 P. T. W. Batson .. Elizabeth Batson .. 9 19 11 Benjamin Low Sabine Low 9 8 G Henry C.Williamson Jessie Fcchnoy H. C. Williamson .. 30 7 1 Andrew Malcolm .. Maud M. Dawkins Arthur Bramley Mary Harding 10 6 ' 4 Thomas P. Brace .. Mary Norrish 13 13 0 E. P. Welchman .. F M S M P M ■M P M P M P M S M F M PP S M P M S M S M 66 10 0 159 10 0 12 0 0 148 11 0 75 9 0 142 0 0 137 12 0 74 3 0 205 7 0 93 10 0 30 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 136 6 0 73 6 0 152 2 0 24 0 0 12 0 0 141 9 0 72 18 0 131 4 0 12 0 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 112 13 0 12 18 119 119 Wakanui (main) .. 136 136 222 2 0 35 8 7 48 120 Wakanui (side) .. 13 1/ 120 Elgin .. ... 13E 137 138 140 3 1 192 9 1 23*14 4 21 45 121 121 Tinwald .. .. 13E 139 313 2 7 40 15 2 90 122 122 Winslow .. .. 14C 140 140 0 0 18 2 9 22 123 123 Willowby .. ..141 141 207 10 3 24 4 H 43 124 124 Plemington .. .. IAS 142 190 10 3 29 8 6 52 125 125 Longbeach (main) .. Hi 143 22G 16 11 39 13 0 51 Longboach (side) .. 144 144 132 14 2 35 12G 120 Hinds .. ..tit 145 133 2 7 22 13 4J 16 127 127 Lismoro .. .. 14C 146 112 13 0 16 4 0; 15 Auditing School Com- .. mittoes' accounts not included in the abovo Maps of New Zealand purchased from Government not included in the above Supervision not included j .. in the above Et zpenditure nc >t classified. 52 10 0 20 10 0 417 19 6 10,299 18 8 46,030 2 0 13602 •14,727 17 4 6,431 14 1 10,299 18 8

1 2 3 Geraldine — Scotsburn .. ■ Mackenzie — Bourke's Pass * Fairlic Creek.. 1 2 3 134 0 9 64 8 6 168 15 2 16 6 0 8 12 6 20 18 0 9 9 9 12* 0 0 Alexander G. Allan Mary P. Fergusson James A. Auld James Milne Mary J. Binney John Maddison M F M MP S M 130 0 0 71 5 0 135 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 78 15 0 30 19 40 Albury• Geraldine — Opihia Mount Gay a .. Bangitata Island ° Orari North*.. Orari South .. 4 148 9 3 14 4 7 15 0 0 21 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 47 6 5 54 10 6 90 0 0 39 9 0 196 5 4 6 5 4 7 9 2 11 11 C 5 1 4 21 14 0 5 0 0 i' o o 10 5 0 C. Worthington R. W. Champncy .. Charles G. Boskruge Hugh Hamilton Frederick J. Fraser John _IcLeod Anno Harrison foseph Greaves Charlotte F. Murray William Glanville .. F M M M M MP S M AF M P 03 15 0 48 15 0 75 0 0 48 15 0 135 0 0 35 0 0 12 0 0 156 0 0 70 0 0 35 0 0 17 13 20 17 48 Woodbury 273 8 2 28 3 i 11 10 .11 78 10 10 a Aided.

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o . <V c_ is a. o II Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. [fej t> CO ifi i _§ si Maintenance. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Other ***&"• Salaries and Ordinary Appa , ratll8 . Allowances. | Expenditure. lx Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stall' at the End of the Year. o Annual. _: u 5 Sa _rr and Cy o . Al.owance i t- 3 a"! at (he Rate I ■< i. oj paid during i J^ SS the Last -~T, g Quarter or £,_i h the Year. £& 11 12 13 11 15 16 17 18 19 Geraldine — continued. Orari Bridge .. Geraldine Gapes Valley " Kakahu Pleasant Valley Geraldine Flat Waitohi Flat Winchester .. Milford 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 ;£ s. d. 174 14 6 503 14 4 '103 14 9 214 7 8 192 .4 0 215 4 10 197 12 7 203 9 0 168 14 0 £ s. d. 20 2 8 48 13 4 13 18 0 22 14 0 22 4 8 20 0 8 21 2 8 25 1 4 20 4 0 £ s. d. 7 14 0 9 0 4 19 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 88 1 9. 8 0 0 5 2 0 George W. Wostropp Elizabeth Helem .. Thomas Hughes Isabella Hamilton .. Albert Erskine Mary McLean James Kalaugher .. Henry Smith Sarah A. Buck Charles John Cooke Mrs. Cooke Alfred K. Harlock .. Georgo C. Manning Louisa Manning .. Mrs. Manning Alexander Penney.. William J. -Lewis .. b _ _ Joseph Watson Sarah Watson George Anderson .. John Lake Cooke .. Mia Owen Pearson F. W. Smith-Ansted Mrs. Smith-Ansted Agnes Brown John Wood Edwin W. Gurr .. Helen M. Ladbrooke Bertha Brown Mary Bussell Florence Brown Gertrude Bowe James Thompson .. Amy Haskell Helen C. Strong .. Margaret McLeod .. George B. McAlpine John Watson James Gillespie Annie Watson Mina Kissel Alexander Macintosh Annie Wilkinson .. Ada Macintosh Thomas A. Walker Eliza M. Rowley .. Agnes Bonn Marion E. Fisher .. M S HM AF MP FP MP MP F M S AM M FP S M M P S M S M P M AF M S FP HM A M AF FP FP FP FP M AF FP FP M M MP S F M AF FP M AF FP FP £ s. d. 160 0 0 12 0 0 228 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 90 0 0 135 0 0 12 0 0 60 0 0 135 0 0 30 0 0 12 0 0 165 0 0 35 0 0 12 0 0 135 0 0 12 0 0 35 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 287 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 207 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 160 0 0 130 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 48 15 0 156 0 0 70 0 0 20 0 0 247 0 0 90 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 56 35 37 168 28 44 48 43 40 Tcmuka 879 6 4 07 12 7 67 15 8 255 20 20 Pleasant Point 410 19 5 42 13 8 21 21 8 15 10 130 22 23 Sutherland's .. Washdj'ke 22 23 169 14 3 173 2 11 IS 7 4 19 10 0 311 16 4 33 39 24 25 Claremont" .. Wai-iti 24 25 55 7 9 241 4 0 7 9 2 27 1 4 7 10 0 13 77 26 Waimataitai 26 434 1 9 42 0 0 534 10 0 133 Timaru [B] — Timaru (main) 2,047 14 0 154 5 8 27 27 70 9 9 James Scott, M.A... P. B. Ligertwood .. Mary G. Grahame .. Nicholas Muller .. Lizzie Kippenberger Emma F. Gooder .. Andrew Cuthbert .. Dolce A. Cabot Agnes Pearson Alice Knight Louisa Cameron .. Mary McGowan Eliza Hooper Jane G. Bowlcy Annie Peters Emma Webb Mary Mahan Ida Gardner Annie L. Nelson Isabella Bennett .. Harriet G riffin Jane Mcllroy HM AM HF AM AF AF AM AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP 11 F FP FP FP 342 0 0 230 0 0 235 0 0 160 0 0 140 0 0 120 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 732 Timaru (side) 28 258 0 8 40 1 4 19 6 119 Geraldine — Soaview 151 14 3 18 8 S 5 0 0 M S M M S FP 130 0 0 12 0 0 90 0 0 135 0 0 12 0 0 40 0 0 28 29 30 Kingsdown a .. Pareora 29 30 31 102 14 3 202 0 7 13 3 6 22 6 0 4 0 0 William Wollstein.. Elizabeth Wollstain William Brown Archibald Mahan .. Mrs. Mahan Helen Jefcoate 34 24 49 » Aided. b Sewing Mistress left before end of year.

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Note.—The salaries herein rated have been further augmented by the Board by a percentage of 5 per cent, on all incomes over _150 per annum, and by a percentage of 7_ on those under that amount, excepting pupil-teachers and sewing mistresses ; and, in the case of Waimate and Temuka, the high school fees, with _1 for _1 added, divided between first and second masters (head master, 60 per cent.; second master, 40 por cent.).

WESTLAND.

o . o o fc_ _ _) is go _> o II 0 3, Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. i *r j o 2 fc,S a>,9 g-s __ % 6s Maintenance. . Expenditure for the Ye&l. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Te_o_ers and Kupil-t«_chors on the _t__ at the End of the Year. . _; 'el .2 J _ 3 %m o !. Annual _____ «nd Allowance at the Kate paid during the Last Quar! er of the Year. < s _©■ a .B Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. ] Expenditure. 31 Waimate— St. Andrews .. 32 £ s. d. 157 3 5 £ s. d. 17 6 0 £ s. d. David Bone Mrs. Bone Florence N. Bone .. Jane C. Fergusson.. Donald Munro Alfred McClure George Greenfield .. Edward Bannerman Samuel Andrews .. Jessie Miller G. Mitford-Taylor .. Christina Strong .. Marv J. Bruce A. Grant, M.A. George B. Barclay .. Mary A. Grant Sarah Bruce Ellen Dash Eliza Bruce Isabella Miller Caroline Hunt Annie Finn David Grant Andrew Dawson A. Maclintock M S FP F M M M M M P S M S FP HM AM AF AF AF FP FP FP FP MP M M £ s. d. 130 0 0 18 0 0 20 0 0 48 15 0 110 0 0 90 0 0 90 0 0 110 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 115 0 0 12 0 0 30 0 0 305 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 80 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 35 0 0 110 0 0 140 0 0 36 32 33 34 35 36 Upper Otaio " Otaio Makikihi» Hunter « Hook 33 34 35 36 37 63 9 0 132 15 9 83 11 9 83 12 3 149 16 2 8 10 0 15 15 4 11 7 2 11 4 11 19 8 8 8 19 6 13 3 2 0 0 10 1 9 13 26 25 24 37 37 Waituna Creek 38 165 7 1 20 11 4 8 10 0 44 88 Waimate [B] 39 1,046 9 2 78 10 9 42 0 10 359 27 26 39 40 41 42 Waihao Bedcliff Waihao Forks" Mackenzie— Silverstream " Geraldine — Kakahu Bush " Belfield " Waimate — Hakateramoa * 40 41 42 43 111 17 3 159 18 5 37 5 5 14 1 0 14 2 0 0 6 8 53 3 7 Henrietta Smith .. F 63 15 0 17 43 44 44 45 32 5 0 54 14 6 3 4 0 3 14 8 85 1 9 259 4 3 Marion Meredith .. Vilant Graham F M 90 0 0 140 0 0 28 30 45 46 13 1 9 1 14 8 16 3 8 Mary Emmett F 48 15 0 13 10,600 8 4 1,053 3 6 1,713 11 2 10,057 5 0

1 2 3 4 5 Grey— Kynncrsloy .. Totara Flat .. Orwell Creek Ahaura Hatters 1 2 3 4 5 162 13 9 162 10 0 114 7 4 108 0 8 241 13 9 7 10 3 7 10 0 7 10 3 27 10 3 10 0 6 Charles Hicks F. W. Campbell .. James G. Morris .. Edward Porter John Henry Balton Ada Porter Duncan Corbett Edward A. Scott .. James Malcolm Maria North William Malcolm .. Elizabeth Scott James A. Bromley.. Thomas F. O'Day .. Mrs. O'Day F. H. Bobertson .. James P. Malcolm.. Ellen Brown Robert Thornton .. Bobert L. Clements Alexander Malcolm Catherine Brown .. Elizabeth Batcholor Elizabeth Bobinson Marion Taylor Mary Pelling Jane Lotheson Henry D. Thomas .. Catherine Gilroy .. William A Pt__.nl M M M M HM AF M M HM AF MP FP M HM AF M HM AF HM AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP HM AF 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 165 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 201 18 0 90 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 165 15 0 80 0 0 295 6 6 210 0 0 140 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 158 5 0 80 0 0 inn n n 27 33 25 18 50 6 7 Q Bed Jack's .. No Town Brunnerton .. 6 7 a 108 0 8 162 10 0 436 7 7 7 16 3 7 16 3 23 17 2 14 29 ir_i 9 10 Maori Gully .. Dunganville .. 9 10 103 0 0 227 10 0 7 16 3 18 17 8 21 38 11 12 Marsdon Cobden 11 12 108 6 8 271 16 4 7 16 3 11 16 3 14 51 1.Q Greymouth [B] -is 1,004 0 5 90 11 1 Q_.1 Paroa 14 257 18 9 19 8 0 14 41 1 . V_-__t llVA...1 K i nc _ Q 7 Ifi _ on _ Al___ b "Mot nnened

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OTAGO.

■3j, o g 'A "~ ~3 81 0) O II t o • og Expenditure for the Year. ■ u -1. O 'fl «! o N Annual Salary- and £ £ Allowance > a at the Elite -4 3 paid during 5f~^ the Last || Quarter of fc 3 the Year. ! Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter maricd [B]) in which situate. z; m ■- Maintenance. I s I § Teachers' Other n gji Salaries and Ordinary £ * Allowances. Expenditure. Maintenance. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, inc!u4ij)»? all Teachers and i'upil-t«acli«rs on the EtaJf at the End ol the Year. Furniture, and Apparatus. Grey— continued. Greenstone .. Kumara [BJ .. 16 17 £ s. d. 108 6 8 672 2 7 £ s. d. 7 16 3 33 19 4 £ s. d. Charles J. Patrick .. James Woodward .. Robert Wylde Sophia Williams .. William Voysey Mary Forster Ada Nicol Mary Hosting Ellen KeUy M HM AM AF M P FP FP FP F £ s. d. 100 0 0 238 4 6 150 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 54 0 0 II 21: 16 Rangiriri Westland — Goldsborough 18 41 5 5 3 2 6 i: 17 18 19 20 20 Stafford Arahura Road Hokitika [B] South Spit .. Kanieri •21 22 19 20 23 24 325 15 10 423 10 5 238 0 6 992 12 8 61 2 6 339 14 10 17 2 1 21 19 6 9 11 8 95 2 10 7 16 3 17 16 10 James Mulhearn .. Nancy Martin Henry Smith Trevethan Burns .. Susan Hogg Andrew Stevenson .. Craulord Glover Alfred Bveriss Margaret Oliver Ezra Brook Dixon .. Robert T. Elcoate .. Annie Batten Jane Andrews Jessie Ralfe Eva Ecclesfield Laura Howe Esther Ward Ida Sofia Mrs. Cameron Charles J. Sale Mary Sale Henry Williams William C. Kelsey.. Richard N. Gill .. Jane Staines Jane Milner Alexander Meharry Lorenzo Tindall William Winchester William D. McKay Mrs. McKay Leopold Do Bakker Gertrude Hirter Winnifred Jones Thomas Brunton .. Coralie De Bakker.. Margaret Murphy .. James 0. Wilson .. William J. Andrews Margaret Macf arlane HM AF MP HM AF MP MP M AF HM AM AF AF AF FP FP FP FP F HM AF M P M M HF AF M M HM A M AF MP FP FP M P F F M M F 185 16 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 204 18 0 90 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 283 17 6 200 0 0 135 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 54 0 0 187 4 0 80 0 0 36 0 0 153 15 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 217 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 162 15 0 58 10 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 40 10 0 63 0 0 10! 4< 32! 7! 1! 8: 21 Bluespur Upper Crossing Woodstock .. 25 26 27 167 13 9 108 6 8 249 3 4 8 0 9 15 16 3 13 7 5 3l 2: 5! 22 23 Lower Kokatahi Upper Kokatahi Ross [B] 28 29 30 98 18 4 108 6 8 640 8 10 7 16 3 7 10 3 29 10 0 r 17! 24 25 Donoghue's .. Waitangi Okarito Gillespie's Arawata Arawata Flat 31 32 33 34 35 36 174 10 0 62 5 0 108 6 8 157 10 0 50 5 0 19 9 11 7 16 3 7 16 3 7 16 3 7 16 3 1 11 3 4' l; I 1 3/ 26 27 8,766 6 3 613 0 6 8,045 14 6 2,201

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Waitaki— Kurow" .. ) Wharekuri» .. J Otiake Livingstone .. Maerewhenua b Duntroon Awamoko Papakaio Pukeuri 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 82 3 4 124 0 0 127 13 4 166 15 0 100 15 0 182 5 0 398 3 10 11 5 0 20 5 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 20 5 0 44 0 0 98 2 8 8 11 6 380 0 0 Francis Hilgendorf Abraham M. Barnett David Sinclair Ebenezer Piper C. F. Schmedes William Darley William H. Kneen.. Margaret Watson ,. Alexander Goodall.. M M M M M M M F MP 143 0 0 124 0 0 152 0 0 108 0 0 107 0 0 178 0 0 254 0 0 119 0 0 35 0 0 14 22 38 31 42 34 109 415 0 Oamaru [B] — Oamaru District High 1,186 2 4 81 5 0 19 17 9 Bobert Peattie Margaret Sangster.. John MacDonald .. HM HF AM 396 0 0 149 0 0 230 0 0 289 a Opened 1st October. b Not open 31st December.

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6 " !i 3* Schools, and the Comities or Boroughs (the latter marked [D]? in which situate. o • ,°3 T- CD li Mainte! Expei iditure for the lance. 'cur. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Te.'chers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. $ gl ■■-■ji £ Annual Salary mfl u£ Allowance > Sj at the Rate < f> paid during |j c~f the Last •;- % Quart or of "E3 the Year. 'lers' Sn os and Allowances. OtTier Ordinary Expenditure. Oamaru [B] — continued. Oamaru District High — continued. £ s. d. $ s . a. £ s. d. Mary McK. Crawford j Mary King .. ! Alicia M. Thompson Jane Brownlio Annie Eivors Frederick Hastie .. James Lindsay Selina Amy Spedding Frank J. Forbes Mary Nicol Jane Goulding Robert Thompson .. Margaret Waddoll .. Grace McNaught <. Lily Mainland John Harkness Rice Jean Laird Cooke .. William McDonald Eva B. Cunninghamo Richard J. Barrett.. "Margaret B. Hastio Thomas McNaught Elizabeth Symons .. Augusta Bicknell .. Elizabeth McGregor A. P. Drummond .. Francis Golding William F. Johnson Minnie Tregoning .. David Pearson J. G. M. MacLymont K. MacLymont David Gossgrovo Edith Attwood G. W. Macdonald .. Mary McWilliam .. Oscar Flamank Arthur W. Tindall.. Margaret Caldwell.. John Watt Margaret Watt William H. Walker Wynter Blathwayt.. Mary Gilles S, s. d. 115 0 0 105 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 325 0 0 134 0 0 181 0 0 100 0 0 115 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 311 0 0 134 0 0 181 0 0 100 0 0 124 0 0 45 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 177 0 0 182 0 0 209 0 0 105 0 0 158 0 0 215 0 0 125 0 0 '221 0 0 105 0 0 236 0 0 129 0 0 50 0 0 1G2 0 0 20 0 0 241 0 0 125 0 0 148 0 0 190 0 0 70 0 0 Oamaru North Oamaru South 10 11 1,059 13 2 970 19 4 88 0 0 90 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 0 AF !AF FP FP FP M P OHM HF AM AF AF MP FP FP FP HM H F AM AF AM FP MP FP FP FP M M M F M M FM F M F M P M 8 M F M M F 327 41 4,8 95 340 10 11 12 Ngapara Teaneraki Waiareka 12 13 14 156 13 4 184 0 0 313 10 0 20 5 0 24 0 0 41 0 0 13 5 11 19 13 1 13 14 Totara Kakanui .15 16 150 15 0 340 10 0 15 0 0 41 0 0 8 7 G 33 81 15 Maheno 17 289 15 0 38 5 0 143 5 3 100 . 10 Otepopo 18 401 2 6 43 0 0 2G 0 0 120 17 Waianakarua 19 1G5 15 0 22 0 0 37 18 Hampden 20 3G2 5 0 38 5 0 48 0 0 100 19 20 Moeraki Pakeiviti 21 22 138 G 9 288 1 8 16 0 0 38 5 0 7 *4 6 GOO 33 59 21 Waihenio— Palmerston 23 727 0 0 G3 0 0 55 15 0 William Porteous .. Priscilla A. Lowry.. Charles G. Smeaton Donald Ross James Grant Rosetta King John B. Grant Windsor G. Frascr.. Robert Stewart John Mills C. R. Richardson .. Margaret Trotter .. IIM F A M MP M P FP M M M M M F 308 0 0 124 0 0 158 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 30 0 0 148 0 0 143 0 0 143 0 0 152 0 0 143 0 0 187 0 0 2G2 22 23 24 25 20 27 Inch Valley Dunbaek Waihemo Macrae's Moonlight Goodwood Waikouaiti — Flag Swamp 21 25 26 27 28 29 14G 15. 0 153 1 2 • 175 8 4 131 0 0 132 1 8 187 0 0 10 15 0 IS 0 0 11 5 0 20 5 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 17 18 0 29 9 0 34 28 27 38 26 42 21 12 6 2 18 0 11 18 0 30 2G7 0 0 30 0 0 4 0 0 James R. Pollok .. Mary Stuart Samuel Moore Harriett Darton William Maulo Mary Fell Louisa Heckler John Whyte William Millar Christina Kirby Franklin Hollow .. M. McLintock Richard H. Ferguson Sarah Cross Alexander M. Ross.. H. Alexander Stewart Laurence B. Wood.. Mary Sinclair Walter Turpin James H. Gray .. | James Coutts ,. j M F HM F AM FP FP M M F M S M F' M M HM HF AM |AMi |A M202 0 0 70 0 0 277 0 0 134 0 0 134 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 158 0 0 176 0 0 70 0 0 157 0 0 20 0 0 219 0 0 115 0 0 157 0 0 162 0 0 433 0 0 178 0 0 287 0 0 215 0 0 133 0 0 70 28 20 Waikouaiti 31 591 13 8 GO 0 0 19 1G 0 217 Merton Seacliff 159 0 0 251 0 0 1G 15 0 30 0 0 33 52 30 31 32 33 32 Evansdalo 34 ISO 15 0 22 0 0 41 33 Blueskin 35. 328 0 0 41 0 0 40 0 0 94 34 35 36 Parakanui Lower Harbour Port Chalmers [B] 3G 37 38 150 10 0 162 5 0 1,579 18 1 24 0 0 20 5 0 112 5 0 17 1 4 18 0 0 Gl 12 6 41 36 546

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. _ fc_ Is go ft) o a -j Schools, and .the Counties or Boroiurhs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. _ i ».__ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teach __ on the Stall at the End of the Year. <d Annual "S Salary and a . Allowance "2 _ at the Kate o 2 paid during B » the Last o Quarter of *n the Year. t_r « _ £_ _ s Jy S'.S ¥ ' Teachers' Other Furniture, Salaries and Ordinary A J£? t __ Allowances. Expenditure. Appaiatus. Waikouaiti — continued. Port Chambers [B] — ctd.' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sarah Moore Amelia Bott Margaret Harland.. Jane Duncan Mary Strachan Margaret Johnstone Isabella Melntyro .. Louisa Eichards Joseph Southwick .. Mrs. Southwick George Foster Jane Dunlop Hooper Hannah Murray Thomas Johnston .. Mrs. Johnston James Aitken Eliza Derham Mary A. Gibson John Henderson .. Marion Burnside .. John Macfarlane .. Agnes Short Bobert Fergus _ .. Frances Hawkes .. Emma Hayes Jane Bethune Emma Godso Andrew Spcnce Bobert S. Gardner.. Christina Gardner .. James Bobertson .. AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP M S M F FP M S M HF AF M P FP HM HF AM IAF FP FP FP MP M S M £ s. d. 115 0 0 60 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 187 0 0 20 0 0 231 0 0 105 0 0 45 0 0 182 0 0 20 0 0 255 0 0 129 0 0 95 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 320 0 0 134 0 0 182 00 105 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 35 0 0 182 0 0 20 0 0 134 0 0 Mount Cargill 208 5 0 15 0 0 37 89 22 0 0 42 38 Sawyer's Bay 40 381 0 0 41 0 0 49 2 11 98 39 St. Leonards.. 41 201 15 0 24 0 0 5 10 0 45 40 Eavensbourno [B] 42 543 2 0 54 0 0 52 8 0 175 41 North-East Valley [B] 43 890 16 8 78 10 0 11 6 3 ' 297 Bine Hill 36 42 44 204 10 0 22 0 0 43 Leith Valley" DunedinCity [B] — William Street 45 30 0 0 3 15 0 440 1 0 44 ■15 Stafford Street Arthur Street . 47 48 46 1,434 0 0 95 0 0 1,893 15 4 123 10 0 20 15 0, 151 0 6: 1 15 0 48 0 0 252 8 4 John Brown Park .. Annie Anderson Walter Hislop James W. Smith .. Lillio Thomson Leonard A. Line Selina J. Dale Isabella Davies Margaret McGrogan James Hislop Jessie Lowe Isabella Smythe Elizabeth Stewart.. Isabella Dow Abraham Barrett .. Isabella B. Hay John H. Chapman.. Peter McGregor Christina Miller Bobert Cowan Mary Montgomery.. George D. Braik .. Henry P. Kclk James M. Beattio .. Dora S. Lawrence .-. Isabella Sutherland Helen Bolt Isabella Macarthur M. W. Anderson William Gray Elizabeth Beveridge John L. Ferguson .. Mary Grace Nichols James Mahoney James Hendry Lillias A. Fowler .. Catherine Haig William Thomson .. James Fleming James Garrow Mary McMillan .. Jane Campbell Jane Maekie Christina Bobertson Cordelia Collins Alexander Crawford HM HF AM AM AF AM FP FP FP MP FP FP FP F HM HF AM AM AF AM AF AM MP MP FP FP FP FP FP MP FP HM li F AM AM AF AF AM MP MP FP FP FP FP FP MP 381 0 0 163 0 0 277 0 0 195 0 0 100 0 0 114 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 30' 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 95 0 0 409 0 0 163 0 0 261 0 0 234 0 0 119 0 0 148 0 0 115 0 0 114 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 ( 30 0 ( 30 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 C 400 0 C 183 0 ( 261 0 0 244 0 C 119 0 0 125 0 0 114 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 539 41 659 1,912 3 1 46 Albany Street 19 152 10 69 11 0 665 * a Open three months.

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. . o _ JBtj o _ 11 I* Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. . j Expenditure for the Year. [z; J — — Teachers' Names, _..> ., . , _, .,,. including all Teachers |« Maintenance. Buildings, and Pupil-tcachcrs 13 _ h™s- on the Staff at the End §1 Teachers' Other tWC£$ n' of the Year. | ft Salaries and Ordinary Apparatus Q i Allowances. Expenditure. *' Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. fl. ffi Annual <_. u £ Salary and 5.2 a . Allowance > Ss '"o attheltate <* o 2 paid during gFj || the Last §| g Quarter o£ S3 Ph the Year. gin 47 48 Dunedin City [B] — contd. Union Street.. George Street 50 51 £ s. d. 1,780 2 9 1,744 13 4 £ s. d. 159 2 0 162 11 0 162 14 4 £ s. d. 11 2 5 Alexander Stewart.. Christina White David White George Balsille Mary A. Boberts .. James Fitzgerald .. Ellen Adams Grace Thomson Bobert Church Agnes Bodger Annie Alexander .. William Burnside .. Alexander Biach .. Eva Pogson Peter Stewart David A. McNiooll.. Jane Spratt George H. Smith .. Alexander McLean Janet W. Paterson William Fitzgerald Isabella M. Fraser.. Alfred Matthews .. Isabella Hitchcock Peter Anderson Agnes G. Donald .. Annabella Broome.. Eva Campbell Kate Dormer Elizabeth Harlow .. A. Montgomery Emma Stevens T. C. Farnie Marjory Huie Samuel P. Seymour Charles B. Smith .. Jane Dow Hugh Mclntyro John Gunn John A. Fitzgerald.. Mary McCarthy .. Kate Forguson Kate Fraser James Hutchinson.. James Pinder Alexander Marshall Edwin T. Earl C. Livingstone HM HF AM AM AF AM AF FP MP FP FP MP MP FP MP HM HF AM AM AF AM AF MP FP MP FP FP FP FP FP HM HF AM AF AM AM AF AM MP MP FP FP FP MP MP M P HM FP £ s. d. 395 0 0 163 0 0 301 0 0 224 0 0 125 0 0 163 0 0 95 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 396 0 0 173 0 0 261 0 0 214 0 0 119 0 0 158 0 0 95 0 0 55 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 486 0 0 183 0 0 271 0 0 144 0 0 182 0 0 158 0 0 95 0 0 114 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 270 0 0 40 0 0 600 667 Normal 1,887 0 10 49 52 223 13 1 206 9 0 680 Model 305 0 0 33 PeninsulaAnderson's Bay [B] .. 323 10 0 41 0 0 14 15 7 George Hume Isabella Begg Alexander Pirie Elizabeth Pirie William 0. Duthie.. E. Farquharson John Henry Wilson James Barton Jane Mitchell William P. Marris.. John Beid Margaret Alves Annie P. Neish M F M S M F M M F M M F F 219 0 0 105 0 0 187 0 0 20 0 0 182 0 0 70 0 0 143 0 0 190 0 0 70 0 0 118 0 0 225 0 0 105 0 0 .70 0 0 93 50 53 51 North-East Harbour .. 54 189 6 8 20 5 0 363 5 0 41 52 Highcliff 55 242 3 4 30 0 0 68 0 0 70 63 54 Broad Bay Portobello 56 57 145 10 0 264 8 7 15 0 0 SO 0 0 7* 0 0 27 55 55 56 Hooper's Inlet Sandymount 58 59 161 15 0 321 2 3 15 0 0 38 5 0 267 18 0 395 15 0 30 77 67 Taiaroa Heads » Taieri — Waikari 60 73 13 4 11 5 0 10 0 0 17 68 59 Kaikorai [B] 61 62 311 10 0 1,074 10 2 41 0 0 90 0 0 45 0 0 3,080 7 0 William A. Paterson Thyrza Davies David McLauchlan Isabella Turnbull .. Alexander Stott Jane Wilson Arthur E. A. Palmer Eliza Sheriff Mary Bussell Eodney Moir Mary Christie M F HM HF A M AF AM FP FP FP FP 197 0 0 115 0 0 334 0 0 154 0 0 221 0 0 110 0 0 114 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 84 343 Caversham [B] — Caversham .. HM 384 0 0 116 0 0 7 9 2 William Milne 526 60 63 1,394 17 4 » Aided.

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o .. 6 o IB_ _> 0_ g. _> o a o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. j IH | . d Expenditure for the Year. 4 a. 9 g m Maintenance. Buildings, f£ Sites, || Teachers' Other Pn^S W a* Salaries and Ordinary , mn , , |1 Allowances. Expenditure. APl*™tus. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teacherf on the Staff at the End of the Year © Annual 5 Salary and a . Allowance "1 . at the Kate o paid during ■I " the Last o Quarter of fn the Year. © S B .j _.«■ Caversham [B] — contd. Caversham— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Elizabeth L. Donald James Bonnie Thomas H. Gill .. Mary McEwen Janet D. Mill E. M. Harrison John A. McPhoe .. Mary Hegarty Elizabeth Faulks .. John Butherford .. Elsie Bremner Sophia Ferens HF A M AM AF AF FP MP FP FP MP FP F £ s. d. 153 0 0 257 0 0 205 0 0 110 0 0 95 0 0 45 0 0 55 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 95 0 0 Benevolent Institution Taieri— Kensington [B] 64 95 0 0 35 61 62 63 04 Forbury [B] .. Macandrow Boad [BJ .. Mornington [B] 65 66 67 68 1,272 5 0 1,230 12 10 959 7 8 869 4 2 101 10 0 76 15 0 99 15 0 86 5 0 8 10 6 34 11 7 83 7 8 78 7 0 William J. Moore .. Jessie D. Kinvig .. Walter Eudey Caroline Little Jessie Henderson .. Oliver Crowden Margaret Gow Henrietta Hilgendorf George Beid Elizabeth K. Hay .. Bichard G. Whotter Helen Alexander .. John A. Johnson .. Jane Sim James Hardie Jessie Maxwell Isabella Hutton Eliza Jack William Bennett .. Agnes Forsyth John B. Don Mary F. Simpson .. William Spencer .. James King Mary Renfrew Kate Nimmo Flora Faulks Alexander Kylo Janet Mcintosh James Jeffrey George L. Stewart.. Mary A. Robertson G. A. Williamson .. Ethel Smith Agnes Rankin William J. Strong .. Isabella McLeod .. Isabella Dick William Duncan ., Helen J. Home Henry L. Darton .. Mary W. Mills John Mathieson Catherine Faulds .. Isabella Mason John Blair Jessie Mills Joseph Stewart Michael H. Scott .. Mary A. P. Garry .. John Menzies C. F. Menzies Edgar de Vils Ivens Elizabeth McKay .. James Waddell Annie G. Shand Margaret P. Purvis Donald McLeod Mary Algie Peter Chisholm Elizabeth L. Shand George B. Anderson Jane L. Couper Jane Anderson Charles C. Hubbard Matthew Kinnaird.. HM HF AM AF FP MP FP FP HM HI AM AF AM AF MI FP FP FP HM HI AM AF AM Ml FP FP FP HJ HI AS A J AF A _ FP FP M 1 FP FP HM HI il AF M I FP FP M F M M F M F M F M F FP M F M I FP M F FP M 300 0 0 124 0 0 182 0 0 95 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 354 0 0 164 0 0 228 0 0 125 0 0 134 0 0 105 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 332 0 0 139 0 0 204 0 0 105 0 0 114 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 345 0 0 144 0 0 228 0 0 152 0 0 105 0 0 134 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 311 0 0 134 0 0 162 0 0 95 0 0 55 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 204 0 0 119 0 0 158 0 0 124 0 0 85 0 0 224 0 0 70 0 0 197 0 0 115 0 0 240 0 0 119 0 0 25 0 0 255 0 0 119 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 247 0 0 125 0 0 45 0 0 124 0 0 289 440 387 430 Green Island [B] 278 65 69 787 5 0 73 5 0 45 13 0 Walton [B] .. 43 0 0 112 66 70 839 10 0 67 68 69 70 Saddle Hill Brighton Kuri Bush OtoMa 71 72 73 74 103 10 0 128 12 9 85 0 0 293 0 0 20 5 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 450*18 5 12 16 0 34 24 24 62 71 Groytown 75 320 5 0 38 5 0 4 10 0 90 72 East Taieri 76 383 10 0 45 0 0 139 7 9 137 73 Mosgiel 77 425 1 8 52 0 0 286 3 0 170 North Taieri 78 414 15 0 41 0 0 90 75 Mulloeky Gully T&hora 79 80 124 0 0 113 13 4 6 10 8 22

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o . 6"© *5 _§s o. O a-a 6'"_ Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. ° . Expe ,2 o o ° > * Mainte _ © © _ _, , , © Z Teachers a Salaries and Q rJi Allowances. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. nditure for the Year. j Teacher,. Names, Building ■-;;:; m*X.T _„.. ;..,_ on tli» Sta. at the E_d Other Fiunlnte, of fie Year. _^_:?'__!- _^§>" 3- © © Annual w£ ■$. Salary and 8 J a . Allowance i> & _ o 1 at the Kate' ■< S, 1,1 . paldduiing J?0 Sj? ! <he i.net J t _" I Quarter of V;3 the i'ear. t':^ 1 77 78 79 Taieri— Strath-Taieri Whare Flat Outram West Taieri £ s. d. 81 128 0 0 82 154 5 0 83 445 2 10 84 280 0 0 81 82 83 £ s. d. £ s. d. 115 0 .. Abel Warburton .. 15 0 0 194 15 0 A. Sutherland 52 0 0 22 1 4 David Murray Jessie C. Brown Eliza Weir James Kirkland 30 0 0 109 3 6 Thomas C. Fraser .. Mary Mcintosh 24 0 0 226 17 0 Henry Henderson .. Mary A. Matheson.. 22 0 0 53 10 0 William Ferguson.. M M M F FP MP M F M F M £ s. d. M 124 0 0 20 M 153 0 0 29 M 259 0 0 151 F 129 0 0 FP 25 0 0 MP 35 0 0 M 206 0 0 54 F 70 0 0 M 186 0 0 51 F 70 0 0 M 172 0 0 48 20 29 151 80 81 54 81 Maungatua 85 193 8 4 85 51 82 Lako Waipori Bruce— Taieri Ferry 86 107 0 0 86 48 83 84 85 86 87 88 Waihola Taiori Beach ' .. Waihola Gorge Circle Hill Tokomairiro [B] Fairfax 87 271 0 0 88 318 0 0 89 188 5 0 90 321 0 0 91 143 11 3 92 1,417 10 3 87 88 89 90 91 92 30 0 0 17 6 8 Charles H. Morgan Harriet Morgan Robert Bell 35 10 0 .. John L. Bonnin .. Jane Watson 22 0 0 13 15 0 G. W. Carrington .. Christina Carrington 41 0 0 .. James Dunbar Emilia Menzies 15 0 0 .. Thomas A. Finlay .. 80 0 0 4 15 0 James Beid Mary McLaren Cornelius Mahoney William McElrea .. Elizabeth Bolton .. Fanny Matheson .. Sarah Albert Walter Graham Grace Ferguson Henry Murray 41 0 0 14 9 2 George Menzies Catherine Buick 15 0 0 198 17 0 Ellen Laing 15 0 0 .. Jessie Grant 15 0 0 .. Robert Blair 15 0 ft[ 0 7 8 John A. Gray 18 10 0' .. Robert M. Beattie .. 15 0 0 .. Jauo White 22 0 0 187 0 0 James G. Glos3 Alice Irwin 15 0 0 .. John A. Bobertson.. 7 10 0 .. Margaret McQueen 00 0 0 9 4 6 John Nicholson Helen Galloway John B. Hawse Annie R. Hope Elizabeth Johnston 15 0 0 GOO Maria E. Thompson 20 5 0 .. Alexander Drain .. 1 Elizabeth McGown M S MP M F M S M F M HM HF AM AM AF AF FP M P FP MP M F F F M M M F M S M F HM F AM FP FP F M S M 196 0 0 51 S 20 0 0 M P 55 0 0 M 202 0 0 73 F 115 0 0 M 107 0 0 44 S 20 0 0 M 217 0 0 83 F 105 0 0 M 143 0 0 25 HM 407 0 0 346 HF 149 0 0 A M 252 0 0 AM 216 0 0 AF 95 0 0 AF 105 0 0 FP 45 0 0 MP 40 0 0 FP 30 0 0 M P 35 0 0 M 215 0 0 77 F 105 0 0 F 85 0 0 21 F 124 0 0 24 M 134 0 0 23 M 153 0 0 28 M 168 0 0 33 F 85 0 0 21 M 172 0 0 il S 20 0 0 M 143 0 0 27 F 85 0 0 2C HM 280 0 0 224 F 124 0 0 AM 124 0 0 FP 40 0 0 FP 25 0 0 F 85 0 0 25 M 162 0 0 36 S 20 0 0 73 44 83 25 346 51 89 93 £20 10 0 41 0 0 14 9 2 77 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Akatore Glenledi Southbridge Glonore Manuka Creek Adams Flat Lovell's Flat 94 95 90 97 98 99 100 85 0 0 133 10 0 126 10 4 153 0 0 150 13 4 85 0 0 188 5 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 ft 18 10 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 198 17 0 6' 7 8 21 24 23 28 33 21 47 187* 0 0 97 98 99 Rtonv Creek Hillend Kaitangata 101 102 103 143 10 8 67 18 4 598 13 8 15 0 0 7 10 0 00 0 0 9* 4 0 27 20 224 .00 .01 Wangaloa Tuapeka Mouth 104 105 85 0 0 182 0 0 15 0 0 20 5 0 GOO 25 38 Clutha— Stirling 325 0 0 43 0 0 .. James McNeur Anstiss D. Silk GO 0 0 13 2 6 Alexander Grigor .. Mary Kinloch Allan James Robertson .. Edith Brewer Margaret Campbell 15 0 0 13 6 9 William Benton .. 20 5 0 14 0 0 John Porteous 43 0 0 M F HM F AM FP FP M M M 214 0 0 114 F 119 0 0 HM 271 0 0 191 F 124 0 0 AM 124 0 0 FP 30 0 0 FP 30 0 0 M 134 0 0 IE M 172 0 0 3_ 114 .02 100 .03 Balclutha [B] 107 594 17 0 00 0 0 13 2 6 191 104 105 100 107 108 109 110 111 112 Te Houka Waitepeka Waitepeka Township * Warepa Kaihiku Waiwera Township Waiwera Puerua Port Molyneux 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 110 140 0 0 173 10 0 142 5 0 166 10 0 118 5 0 127 5 0 103 5 0 228 5 0 1 17 0 20 5 0 .. Robert Hnie 10 15 0 .. Plenry Mitchell 14 15 0 10 0 0 Charles Roseveare .. 16 15 0 .. Isabella Cameron .. 22 0 0 .. James A. Bix 22 0 0 .. William Waddell .. Annie Geggio 11 5 0 .. George H. Querini.. 32 15 0 0 0 0 Jamos T. Bryant .. Mary A. Ferguson .. 15 0 0 85 3 0 Alexander M. Nieol 15 0 0 20 5 0 20 5 0 16 15 0 14 15 0 16 15 0 22 0 0 22 0 0 13 6 9 14 0 0 1 17 0 M M M F M M S M M F M M 152 0 0 3_ M 163 0 0 2. M 167 0 0 4. F 85 0 0 1. M 162 0 0 37 M 207 0 0 41S 20 0 0 M 124 0 0 IS M 176 0 0 51 F 70 0 0 M 124 0 0 22 19 38 38 29 44 19 37 42 10* 0 0 113 114 Ahuriri Owake 117| 118 109 0 0 259 3 2 11 5 0 32 15 0 0 0 0 19 51 115 116 117 Tahatika Purekiroki ■ .. Clinton 119 120 1211 130 13 4 15 0 0 85 3 0 70 0 0 35 0 0 22 405* 2 0 70 0 0 43 0 0 35 0 0 John Campbell Christina Darling .. Lionel Ellison 43 0 0 M F MP M 229 0 0 97 F 115 0 0 MP 35 0 0 97 a Not open 31st December.

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. _. c © ©M _ - © _ c_ Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter-marked [B]) in which situate. _■! «s_ © So! _ © i-i S" Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, .Sites, Furniture, and .Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including r.ll Teachers and. i'upil-t.achcrs on the Bt_t at the End of the Year. fil _ © 'SOB o _l Annual Salary and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter o£ the Year. © it _ « J? a. 11 Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowance-. Expenditure. Clutha — continued. Wairuna £ s. d. 209 10 0 £ s. d. 22 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 187 0 0 20 0 0 177 0 0 20 0 0 152 0 0 143 0 0 118 119 Waipahi 122 123 184 11 0 22 0 0 Thomas C. Harrison Mrs. Harrison Charles Young Mrs. Cawthorne Archibald F. Joseph John Saylo Dalby .. SI S M S M M 43 44 120 121 Waikoikoi Glenkenich .. Tuapeka— Tapanui [B] 124 125 149 0 0 138 5 0 16 15 0 15 0 0 8* 4 9 35 27 122 126 504 15 7 52 0 0 65 16 0 James K. Menzies .. Selina M. Bennett.. David S. Mason Jessie C. Howat Ewon Pilling Maria Anderson James Warburton .. James V. Murray .. John H. Patrick .. William Macandrew Jane Kelly Mary Ann Wall Andrew Anderson .. Helen Anderson Bobertina Milno .. Langley Pope Annie Darton John Stenhouse Jane B. Fowler William C. Allnutt Bessie Bushell Jane Bobertson Lillian E. Fowler .. John A. McNicklc .. Agnes McLean Bobert Neill Jessie Pope Goorgina Blair A. G. Thomson Mary Ann Morgan.. Charles K. Kerr Mary Knight Charles W. G. Selby Mrs. Michael Alexander McDuft.. Philip Bremner Margaret F. Donald George Adams Mrs. Adams James Guthrie Agnes Ballantvne .. William A. Bellly .. Frances Oudaille .. Gerald Morris HM F AM FP M F M M M M F FP M F F M F HM HF A M AF FP' FP MP FP M HF AF MP FP M F M F M M F M S M F M F M 244 0 0 119 0 0 134 0 0 25 0 0 143 0 0 85 0 0 167 0 0 153 0 0 148 0 0 238 0 0 119 0 0 30 0 0 212 0 0 70 0 0 85 0 0 205 0 0 105 0 0 411 0 0 159 0 0 240 0 0 95 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 242 0 0 129 0 0 105 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 186 0 0 70 0 0 176 0 0 70 0 0 148 0 0 153 0 0 70 0 0 177 0.0 20 0 0 180 0 0 70 0 0 231 0 0 105 0 0 107 0 0 157 Heriot Crookston Kelso Dunrobin Mount Stuart Waitahuna .. 109 19 11 85 0 0 175 15 3 153 0 0 148 0 0 381 10 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 24 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 45 0 0 3 0 0 .23 .24 .25 .26 .27 .28 127 128 129 130 131 132 0* 0 0 30 0 6 0 0 26 22 40 27 32 126 Waitahuna Gully 133 301 0 0 30 0 0 70 129 130 131 Clarke's Flat.. Wetherstones 134 135 98 0 0 302 3 4 15 0 0 41 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 9 23 77 132 ___,m_j_i [B] 136 1,061 15 10 G8 0 0 577 12 1 242 Bluespur 167 .38 137 553 3 4 54 0 0 20 0 0 Waipori 201 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 .34 138 53 .35 Evans Flat .. 139 252 0 0 30 0 0 16 19 11 51 .36 .37 .38 .39 Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Bae's Junction " Beaumont 140 141 142 143 158 G 8 138 5 0 27 0 0 213 14 1 15 0 0 16 15 0 16 3 0 0 7 0 32 26 14 44 28 "o 0 20* 0 0 .40 Moa Flat 144 248 0 0 30 0 0 57 .41 Boxburgh [B] 145 333 5 0 42 0 0 73 4 11 104 .42 Coal Creek .. Vincent — Bald Hill Alexandra [Bj 146 135 18 4 20 5 0 40 147 .43 .44 .45 .46 Clyde Cromwell [B] Bannockburn 147 146 149 150 151 158 0 0 310 10 0 353 10 0 403 0 0 269 0 0 15 0 0 38 5 0 41 9 0 41 0 0 30 0 0 21*15 0 56 4 6 24 5 0 2 12 0 Alfred Howorth Frederick S. Aldred Sarah E. Bowden .. Joseph E. Stevens.. Dora Stevens William Davidson .. Christina Scott Ellen Fleming George B. Clark Agnes Chalmer Mary J. Hay Charles Colville William S. Saunders John Bobertson Mungo Allison John N. Stewsrt .. John Menzies M M F M F M F FP M F F M M M M M M 143 0 0 215 0 0 105 0 0 229 0 0 125 0 0 '229 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0 208 0 0 70 0 0 85 0 0 143 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 0 144 0 0 1G2 0 0 172 0 0 20 77 97 94 65 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 Kawarau Lowburn Bendigo Nevis Hawea Black's Matakanui .. Maniototo — f Ida Valley 1' .. | Poolburn St. Batha|j| .. Cambriarr .. Blackstone .. Gimmerburn .. f Eweburn ( Kyeburn 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 85 0 0 87 0 0 113 10 0 104 0 0 144 0 0 165 10 0 175 0 0 15 0 0 7 10 0 15 0 0 3 15 0 15 0 0 24 0 0 28 17 0 15 0 0 523 8 0 6 7 2 11 5 0 318 19 0 21 29 20 17 19 46 47 155 159 35 15 0 38 2 3 John F. Botting .. James F. Morris .. John Bcattie Margaret McDougall William W. Fallows M 143 0 0 150 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 124 0 0 175 15 0 92 10 0 104 0 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 8 5 2 21 16 3 90 0 M M F M 124 0 0 157 0 0 100 0 0 124 0 0 21 40 26 21 32 160 164 134 4 0 15 0 0 23 6 6 Beginald EC. Draper M 148 0 0 a Aided. ii Opened 1st October,

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it m Co fl"© r ~. ■'■' Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. 4 Bg Is Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and l Jupil-teaohers on the Stuff it the End of the Year. a ■ r Annual Salary and Allowance at the Bute paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. .61 Maniototo— continued. Naseby [B] .. 165 £ s. d. £ s. d. 522 18 7 46 15 0 £ s. a. 19 15 0 William H. Worsop Annie Clarke Jessie Cairns Annie Bohning William McLaren .. Mary Flamank William Ridland .. Henry Bishop M HP AF PP M F M M £ s. d. 236 0 0 129 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 148 0 0 143 0 0 152 0 0 167 0 0 125 .62 .63 .64 .65 Kyebnrn Diggings Hamilton's Patearoa Hyde 106 167 168 169 145 10 0 15 0 0 138 5 0 15 0 0 147 15 0 16 15 0 175 11 8 20 5 0 10 0 0 26 16 0 15 14 0 34 25 35 U Salary of Drill Instructor School Buildings— Supervision of erection Preparing plans, &c. .. , Not chargeable to any particular school School appliances Expenditure m 18 6 Oj )J classified. 374 16 11 350 0 0 123 14 5 299 4 0 58,531 11 2 5,860 3 9 12,294 3 7 59,062 0 0

Southland — Lurnsden 200 18 4 13 8 0 0 19 0 Eichard O'Farrell .. Jeannotto Fraser .. Jeannette Fraser .. Eobert Dalrymple .. William H. Clark .. Agnes Christie Agnes Christie Christina Wraytt .. George Gazzard Atherton L. Fullar Clara Shand James Eobson Nelly Christie Isabella Sutherland Thomas Horan Eobert Nesbitt Duncan McKenzic Quintin Campbell .. John Smyth Herbert A. Wild .. Samuel E. Girle Neil Sutherland William Macalister William Alfred Eowe Mrs. Eowe Alfred E. Featherston Jessie S. Morton .. John S. Andrews .. George H. Macan .. Eric K. F. Mackay Alice G. Lucas Thomas Jolly Mrs. Jolly Kenneth Sutherland Jano Fairwoather .. John Kelly George Hardie Margaret O'ltourko Mary Hardie M S FP M M S FP F M M FP M F FP 31 HP M M M M M M M M S MP F M M M F M S M F M M F FP 142 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 112 0 0 165 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 141 0 0 156 0 0 162 8 0 30 0 0 213 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 155 0 0 45 0 0 100 0 0 132 0 0 141 0 0 143 0 0 132 0 0 140 0 0 142 0 0 181 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 124 0 0 .158 0 0 148 10 0 191 10 0 102 6 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 237 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 212 10 0 110 0 0 45 0 0 49 2 3 Garston Dipton 2 3 116 0 0 191 10 6 10 0 0 14 3 0 20' 0 0 22 63 Fernhills Hillend Limeliills 152 5 0 20 0 0 200 8 10 11 8 0 158' 0 0 3G 4 5 6 i 5 6 18 *7 3 '53 7 Winton [B] .. 7 360 6 8 22 16 3 12 8 6 126 North Forest Hill 207 8 4 12 4 5 45 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 South Forest Hill East Forest Hill Elderslio Ryal Bush Heddon Bush Wrey's Bush Wairio Waianiwa 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 104 5 0 80 10 0 201 6 8 182 5 0 133 15 0 134 8 4 122 17 4 263 8 0 12 10 0 2 11 3 12 2 11 11 11 11 7 17 10 10 12 0 11 7 6 15 6 4 5 0 0 401 9 0 5 0 0 21 27 36 33 27 35 37 70 14 0 17 18 19 20 Spar Bush Nightcaps Wallacetown Waikiwi 17 18 19 20 1,275 0 0 79 18 4 146 16 8 280 19 4 10 2 6 2 11 10 11 17 9 14 12 7 154 0 0 24 28 41 44 21 West Plain 21 172 3 4 12 4 4 19 19 0 40 22 Gladstone [B] 22 327 3 0 18 10 7 6 5 4 96 23 24 Otatara Bush North Invercargill [B] 23 24 121 15 0 368 0 10 10 0 0 21 5 5 25 115 Invercargill [B] — North School 527 13 6 157 6 6 91 0 1 James Orr Jeannie G. Smith .. Grace Bryden William G. Mehaffey Mary A. Smith Thomas B. Bennett Alexander Lindsay Elizabeth M. Bain Annie Thomson Margaret Hamilton Caroline McLeod .. M F FP HM H F AM A M AF AF FP FP 272 10 0 115 0 0 40 0 0 339 12 0 150 0 0 * 250 0 0 195 0 0 107 10 0 102 6 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 145 25 25 Central School 1,403 16 4 535 26

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"o . © __ *l 0 __ 1 _ © o _^a 5 a G_ Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. °^ Expenditure for the is > & Maintenance. "+j _> S § Teachers' Other « g- Salaries and Ordinary £ on Allowances. Expenditure. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. _ Annual 9C ■2 Salary and 6 2 a . Allowance 5 3 a . at the Hate §,§ paid during S£ S3 the Last •_;.. g ra Quarter of j ■£'£ P-t the Year. t>^ Furniture, and ApparatuB. Invercargill [B] — contd. Central School— contd. South School 27 £ s. d. 1,254 16 4 £ s. d. £ B. d. Joanna M. Melvor.. Annie E. M. Jaggers Isabella Dryburgh.. Martha Hamilton .. Edmund Webber .. Catherine McKenzie James Hain William Sobo Lucy Joyce Ellen C. Cumming Nelly Birss Eliza Cumming Margaret Bamsay .. Fanny Bout FP FP FP FP HM HF AM AM AF FP FP FP FP FP £ s. d. 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 321 8 0 145 0 0 230 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 422 Southland— Clifton 58 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40" 41 Campbelltown [B] Athol Waikaia Knapdale Pukerau Otama Waikaka Croydon Otaraia Slopedown Chatton Pinnacle Biversdale Gore Mataura Tuturau Ferndalo Wyndham 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 249 12 8 243 14 8 130 5 0 176 18 8 114 10 0 157 0 5 204 2 0 113 17 4 130 6 8 89 1 8 76 10 0 143 16 8 150 16 8 133 6 8 363 2 1 396 7 6 138 3 4 22 0 0 200 17 5 14 9 11 14 8 8 7 11 3 14 17 10 11 13 2 11 18 2 13 14 8 10 1 3 10 15 6 10 1 3 2 10 6 14 15 7 12 0 1 10 12 10 28 9 1 25 0 9 11 0 3 110 4 6 26 10 0 18 0 3 230* 0 0 6'18 6 8 0 0 18 0 0 44 16 0 40 0 0 22 12 6 2 9 0 James Murdoch Mrs. Murdoch Thomas Morrio Andrew Young Mary A. McDonald Edith M. Townsend Mary Service James Milne William D. MoLure Thomas Gazzard .. James McLauchlan Mrs. McLauchlan .. A. M. McLauchlan John W. McLeod .. Joseph Kilburn William M. Overton Arthur J. Millard .. John Officer Henry Collins James H. McLuro .. John Neill Margaret Buchanan Flora Boss John Anderson Mary Milne James E. Sullivan .. Isabella Shanks W. J. Williams M. J. Orchiston .. Jonathan Golding .. Janet McLeod Jessie Forsyth Frederic C. McLure Ella G. Macdonell.. Thomas Monteath .. Mrs. Monteath Bobert Stevenson .. Esau Fisher Thomas Carsowoll .. David Wassell William Hay Andrew McDonald.. Sarah Cameron P. W. Culligan J. von Tunzelmann Mrs. V. Tunzelmann Jessie Carnahan John L. Field Agnes Carnahan .. Ellen Todd Colin Stevens George T. Booth .. M S MP M S FP F M M M M S FP M M M M M M M M F FP M F MP FP M F M S FP M F M S MP M M M M M F M M S FP M S FP M M 162 18 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 173 16 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 126 6 0 195 19 0 140 10 0 141 0 0 179 12 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 137 0 0 124 0 0 131 0 0 146 0 0 145 0 0 134 0 0 214 10 0 115 0 0 30 0 0 231 4 0 112 10 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 140 0 0 00 0 0 106 4 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 130 0 0 82 10 0 161 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 112 0 0 138 0 0 143 0 0 70 0 0 143 0 0 142 0 0 145 0 0 167 10 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 102 8 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 68 0 0 142 0 0 Gl 24 73 38 36 62 20 32 24 26 41 35 29 139 153 35 42 43 44 44 45 46 14 9 3 2111 3 64 Mimihau Bedan Edendale 128 10 0 10 2 0 145 0 0 25 45 46 47 47 48 49 235*17 0 10 17 5 51 South Wyndham Pine Bush Portroso Hedgehope Grovebush Boslyn Myross Woodlands 126 10 0 135 10 0 148 17 3 79 6 8 142 12 8 139 16 8 148 10 0 224 17 8 10 3 9 12 10 0 12 7 9 2 10 0 9 4 0 10 13 2 11 11 5 14 13 5 15 0 0 21 23 38 19 28 32 34 63 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 5 0 0 2* 5 0 5 7 0 56 Longbush 58 224 10 9 13 6 4 06 0 0 53 57 58 59 Oteramika One-Tree Point Kennington".. Wallace — Orepuki 59 60 61 69 0 0 139 3 4 12 10 0 11 17 G 17 37 158 0 0 60 62 231 9 6 15 11 2 207 0 0 Henry P. Young .. Emily M. Young .. Elizabeth E. Scott J. C. Adams Martha E. Ingram Charles A. Strack .. George Bobortson .. Edwin Tall Emily Bobinson .. M S FP HM F AM MP MP FP 107 10 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 205 0 0 115 0 0 145 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 65 Eiverton [B] 669 3 4 38 0 5 32 10 0 250 61 63 a Not OJ icn.

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6 tj Is go <P O r. -j oco School©, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [l: ] 1 in which situate. °-g Expenditure for tlic Year. s Annual '^^ £M Teachers'Names, f ' 5fc™* II |l Maintenance. Building U \ tiLaX *l S | Teachers' Other F™e" of the Tear. \ft | • H. gg- Saanesand Ordinary Apmi , ltus , \° ttai'eax. |2P £ «■ Allowances. Expenditure. 1* IS Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. 62 Wallace — continued. Limestone Plains 64 £ s. d. 1C1 1 2 £ s. d. 12 19 0 £ s. d. 40 0 0 John Macrao Abbie Macrae John Gray Alexander L. Wyllie Jessie Greensladc .. Jessie Gieenslade .. John Williamson .. John M. Dark John MoLeod M S M M S FP M M M £ s. d. 163 0 0 20 0 0 143 0 0 168 2 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 159 0 0 118 0 0 140 0 0 48 63 64 Gummie's Bush Otautau 65 66 144 5 0 175 19 0 11 14 5 13 14 9 1G 5 0 38 57 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Thornbury Groper's Bush Flint's Bush Lake — Pembroke Cardrona Macetown Upper Shotover Frankton Millar's Flat Moke Greek Arrowtown [B] 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 160 0 0 124 11 8 158 13 6 137 1G 8 132 G 8 121 5 0 133 16 8 153 3 4 88 5 0 79 0 0 288 14 0 12 10 1 10 2 6 11 8 5 10 14 4 10 4 11 10 0 0 10 2 6 13 19 1 7 10 0 10 0 0 17 15 4 1 14 0 20 0 0 George H. Bennett George Hassing Joseph Needham .. Andrew Murray Daniel McPherson William Gilchrist .. William McMonagle John F. Sutherland Mrs. Sutherland .. John Mehaffey Mrs. Mehaficy W. W. Browno M M M M M M M M F M F M 137 0 0 130 0 0 112 0 0 136 0 0 142 10 0 100 0 0 68 0 0 195 16 0 100 0 0 195 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 44 23 35 32 25 22 2G 34 20 12 85 11 10 G 97 11 3 35 0 0 76 Queenstown [B] 78 299 5 0 18 12 10 95 77 78 Kinlooh Stewart Island Halfmoon Bay 79 80 12 10 0 1G6 7 6 7 13 0 147 0 0 William Peterson .. M 154 10 0 27 16,116 5 2 1,069 14 8 2,423 9 8 16,155 1 0 Furniture, appliances .. Sites .. Plans, supervision .. Expenditure n< ot classified. 139 18 11 36 6 11 117 10 3 2,717 5 9

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Table No. 12. 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 Year 1884. Note I.—In column 3 dimensions of buildings not belonging to Boards are entered within parentheses, thus ( ). Note 2.—In the case of a school not open during all the four quarters of the year, the figures in the " Whole Year " average column represent the average attendance for the period within the year during which the school was actually open, and consequently the exact average of the four quarters' attendance for the whole of an education district in which all the schools were not open during the entire year is less than the sum of the "Whole Year " average column. In the total of each education district both results are shown, the upper line giving the sum of the column, the under line representing the exact total avera of the four

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Schools. ill which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■6.1"' ill III c V '" i « u 2 CTPhJ <** o"S s o a n o m S o s E rt ° Z.I 1 fc 3 H at School Roll. Is K £> -S-S . II 3 1 Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. Is |s Fourth Quarter. Whole j j Year. Boys. Girls. I Total. Kaitaia Oruru Victoria Valley Mongonui Totara Kaeo Whangaroa North Hokianga Kohukohu .. Okaihau Waimate Kawakawa Pakaru .. Te Wharau (Russell .. | Wahapu .. Arapohue (Whakaliara (Tokatoka Aratapu Te Kopnru Dargavillo | Matakohe } Omaru Paparoa .. Maungaturoto Kaiwaka Mangawai Kamo Whareora f Kauriliohore I Hikurangi (Otonga .. (Otonga Upper Whangarei (Parua Bay No. 1 .. (ParuaBay No. 2 .. Whangarei Heads /Maunu .. J Otaika 1 Maungatapere iKaitara .. JRuatangata East.. I Ruatangata West (MangaplK No. 1 .. JMangapai No. 2 .. Maungakaramea .. (Waikiekie Bast (Waikiekie West .. Ruakaka Waipu Cave Waipu Cove Waipu North River Waipu Central Waipu Upper Te Pahi Albertland North.. Te Arai .. (Komokoriki No. 1 (Komokoriki No. 2 Port Albert Wellsf ord Wharehine Tauhoa Hoteo North Omaha (Little) "l "l 1 1 1 (280) 330 455 640 480 600 (600) 840 600 384 (300) 1,100 2<*S 480 600 (144) 800 455 375 1,100 840 840 600 216 967 680 600 455 1,680 (336) 800 (336) 455 300 1,600 448 300 432 450 280 455 375 455 455 455 (45($ 840 375 245 (384) 192 600 640 800 756 (1,350) (320) 455 (180) 216 600 600 456 456 600 504 22 32 24 48 29 38 40 38 39 24 31 94 45 19 41 12 42 10 18 96 55 67 20 8 66 36 22 21 169 8 6 4 16 9 31 71 8 14 27 7 81 14 3 5 11 13 9 21 58 12 12 18 6 55 7 19 19 12 28 36 15 7 28 45 12 1 10 12 12 9 71 1 5 6 15 27 33 17 51 29 48 53 34 41 33 32 120 52 19 31 12 39 22 32 48 25 81 25 18 91 41 19-25 32 13 40-25 21-5 31-25 51-5 28 34-25 24 18-5 78-25 34-75 8-5 41-75 9 28-5 11-5 18-25 82-25 39-75 44-75 18-5 7-33 42-75 26-25 10-75 15-25 115-25 16-33 26 14-75 17-75 16 94-25 24-75 9-75 15-5 10-60 16-5 13-33 8-5 19-5 9-75 9-75 9 41-75 17-5 12-25 *-25 9 26 23-75 22 45-75 20 22-75 21-75 7-25 9-5 40 15-25 22-25 14-25 19-25 36-25 11 13 3 26 14 18 21 18 18 14 10 45 23 9 19 10 15 9 17 27 9 15 12 10 47 19 20 32 13 41 sa 35 48 27 33 26 20 92 42 20 33-25 14-75" 42-25 22-75 35 52 29-5 35-25 25-75 21-5 81-25 38 9 42-5 9 30-5 13-25 20-75 83 43-25 45-5 20-25 7-66 46-25 32-25 12-5 16-5 117-5 17-33 29-75 15-25 18-75 17 96-75 25-25 9-75 19-5 11-33 18-5 14 9-5 20 10-25 10-5 9-5 45-25 20-5 12-75 7-25 9-25 27 25-25 22-75 46-75 20-75 23-25 22-5 7-75 10-25 41 15-75 24 16-25 20-25 39 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 "l 37 13 26 26 10 30 32 30 6 24 40 18 1 28 13 3 8 56 20 8 9 10 17 88 13 3 9 15 6 3 12 6 5 3 3 14 10 2 7 48 10 44 12 33 95 51 62 26 8 84 37 13 20 154 19 40 16 21 17 133 32 11 26 12 21 40 10 30 9 17 76 42 47 15 7 51 21 7 13 106 16 23 14 15 16 92 25 11 15 11 15 21 3 15 4 9 45 26 28 8 3 33 17 5 8 66 10 13 6 7 12 60 13 3 10 5 7 20 7 17 5 12 31 17 20 11 5 20 14 4 6 42 7 13 8 9 5 34 12 8 8 7 9 41 10 32 9 21 70 43 48 19 8 53 31 9 14 108 17 20 14 16 17 94 25 11 18 12 16 "l 110 24 9 25 65 5 1 8 3 6 16 12 3 1 3 2 10 3 1 3 1 5 8 14 18 6 7 2 2 1 "21 13 1 1 ' 1 1 1 20 11 12 9 55 21 12 4 11 28 35 21 67 24 31 24 9 12 57 19 38 20 34 47 5 10 19 14 8 4 8 1 1 9 8 7 8 9 4 23 15 12 10 59 28 13 8 10 28 37 £ 2fe df 8 13 59 19 40 19 27 43 21 11 9 9 41 20 12 7 8 23 23 21 49 21 20 25 8 10 40 12 23 11 18 35 11 6 8 7 21 9 5 5 4 16 12 12 23 13 8 10 3 5 22 5 12 6 10 17 10 5 3 3 22 12 8 2 3 9 12 10 26 9 12 16 5 6 18 8 13 8 9 19 21 11 11 10 43 21 13 7 7 25 24 22 49 22 20 26 8 11 40 13 25 14 19 36 "l "l 7 8 5 9 16 8 "l

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Table No. 12.—List of the Public Schools, Attendance, &c .— continued. AUCKLAND— continued.

SchooU. .11 which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■ 01 \ii as 15.3 c ill c 3 CS O fcEj. g §°l SE «$ S o a * '5> a a So 2.1 to c 4" School Roll. a S S> s-g | O Z'" Strict Average. vV-erage Attendance. Working Averagt 1% 5> Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Matakana Upper .. Big Omaha Matakana Lower • Mullet Point Mahurangi Heads Warkworth Dome Valley Kaipara Plats Puhoi Wainui Waiwera Great Barrier Tryphena Kaukapakapa f Holensville IWoodhill I Kumeu .. \ Hobsonville Wade .. Pukoatua Lucas Crock Northcote Lake Devonport Henderson's Mill .. f Titirangi { Muddy Greek Waikomiti Avondale | Onehunga Boys' .. ( Onehunga Girls' .. Parnell Wellesley Street .. ■fBeresford Street .. J Nelson Street 1 High Street (Franklin Road f Ponsonby \ Eiclimond Road .. Grafton Road (Newton East \ Newton West Mount Albert Mount Eden (■Newmarket Branch ■j Mount Hobson Boys' [Mount Hobson Girls' Elleralie... Tamaki West Panmure Mount Roskill Manukau Heads .. Howick Waihoke Island .. Pakuranga Otahuhu Mangere Woodside Tamaki East Otara Turanga Creek Papakura Valley .. f Papakura | Drury Ardmore (Wairoa South (Ness Valley Hunua Maractai J Ararimu Old JArarimuNew Maketu Bombay .. Paparata Awhitu Pollock .. fWaiuku .. Brookside 1 1 1 1 1 480 480 480 330 448 1,084 600 483 648 455 450 28 13 16 35 14 71 42 24 59 19 37 17 12 4 4 4 7 27 18 9 6 11 24 3 18 25 39 15 3 19 24 7 5 78 29 284 17 8 8 2 2 6 5 15 5 9 10 10 15 4 2 15 21 2 6 7 22 24 6 58 17 176 15 6 2 7 57 144 127 338 494 601 431 136 66 372 80 325 531 230 71 125 29 229 80 60 14 49 30 6 21 8 20 55 25 24 6 20 11 15 42 14 6 34 1 8 32 15 18 33 16 83 55 24 55 20 46 16 16 60 110 28 22 34 24 23 13 17 28 13 50 41 18 43 16 36 16 16 45 86 22 17 23 16 19-75 11-75 15-5 30-25 12-75 51-5 35-75 19 42-5 15-25 33-25 13-5 16-33 89-26 78-25 15 17 21-75 16 14-33 16 75-5 30 288 28 11-5 7-25 21-25 110 145-75 152 428-5 893 095-75 327-75 63 103 050-25 78-5 433 586-5 291-5 118-75 210-25 50-66 222-25 153-75 73-75 35-75 73-75 55-5 11-5 42-25 14-75 76 150-5 67-25 28 33-75 81-5 22-25 32 73-25 39-5 27 66-25 18-5 23-5 19 36-75 45 52-5 72-5 25-25 12 18-75 72 20-5 13 7 8 17 5 32 25 6 27 0 18 9 8 26 44 12 10 10 13 11 6 10 12 8 26 20 12 17 10 19 7 8 21 43 11 9 15 5 24 13 18 29 13 58 45 18 44 16 37 16 16 47 87 23 19 25 18 21-25 12 16 31 15 56-5 39 19-75 46-25 16-25 34-75 13-75 16-66 42-25 79-5 16-25 18-75 23-25 17-66 16-66 16-5 80-25 31-5 288-75 32-5 13-25 7-25 23 113 147-5 153-5 431-25 903-5 698-75 331 66-5 104 654-5 80-75 439-5 587-5 293-25 121-5 220-25 51-33 224 156-75 76 36-25 76 56-25 11-75 44-5 18 81-5 151 68-25 31 35-75 83 25-25 33-75 75 41-25 27-5 69-5 19 25 20-25 37 46 54 75-75 26 14-5 19-5 76-75 21-75 "l 1 "l 350 840 1,200 600 (540) (540) 455 455 600 880 840 2,530 600 540 (140) 455 1,200 50 92 15 25 22 22 17 20 81 35 277 38 14 8 17 122 157 185 430 880 633 329 81 19 101 47 385 40 16 6 38 165 197 217 481 1,037 756 411 17 70 33 295 ♦ 31 12 6 30 122 141 141 429 919 708 372 7 39 19 178 14 4 4 16 66 142 10 34 15 117 19 9 2 16 56 17 73 34 295 33 13 6 82 122 142 141 430 928 709 375 1 1 1 1 1 I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3,080 | 7,040 10,510 6,776 3,310 (1,840) (1,869) 5,800 (720) 4,746 6,336 3,350 2,100 3,150 (551) 2,500 2,070 1,200 700 1,840 600 375 680 600 1,150 1,926 1,150 550 600 1,680 600 600 1,375 600 300 1,100 (38* (600) 455. (448) 840 840 1,260 455 400 455 1,340 400 650 414 648 254 116 175 292 149 90 37 91 57 54 24 84 171 06 46 26 88 31 40 95 55 29 84 21 33 19 37 45 73 91 27 13 25 98 26 28 100 184 159 389 651 724 513 55 213 526 178 472 640 378 152 241 102 210 135 71 22 65 56 20 35 10 36 75 38 15 49 49 14 17 51 14 14 35 4 9 4 17 12 23 26 19 15 8 26 14 147 804 98 561 757 402 197 291 73 273 204 101 45 107 83 14 68 26 100 191 79 37 69 117 34 42 104 55 37 85 24 34 23 45 46 72 105 42 20 22 95 31 123 679 80 461 582 330 146 202 57 193 156 74 34 78 61 11 41 18 72 156 70 28 44 91 24 34 73 42 27 66 19 24 20 38 44 53 74 30 9 18 59 20 228 465 398 208 32 351 37 254 316 178 84 119 33 108 65 40 21 41 33 9 21 8 40 87 42 13 19 43 12 15 43 18 13 36 8 16 10 23 20 29 32 19 8 7 36 13 141 202 463 311 167 91 328 45 212 266 153 62 86 24 87 92 34 13 37 29 3 23 11 37 70 29 16 25 49 13 21 31 25 14 33 11 9 11 15 25 25 42 12 3 11 30 8 123 079 82 406 582 331 146 205 57 195 157 74 34 78 62 12 44 19 77 157 71 29 44 92 25 36 U 43 27 69 19 25 21 38 45 54 74 31 11 18 66 21 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 "l 1 "l 1 9 11 24 12 4 8 6 29 9 1

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Table No. 12. —List of the Public Schools, Attendance, &c.— continued. AUCKLAND—continued.

B—E. 1.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. III I—I 1.1 'n E = a * 5 a n o 2 *ji* a 0 c a o fcfcj. S i_ ° I|l 2 B</5 O £ 5 d a Z.3 sis |> e^> Zv 51 Jj S » School Roll. H |o n p i~" i: a'" Strict Average. vVerage Attendance. Working Arer&j Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. | Girls. Total. I Kariaotahi • Kohekolie Maioro Waipipi Waitangi Mauku West Patuinahoo Puni Pukekolic West .. Pukekohe East f Harrisvillo JTnakau Pokeno Hill fPokcno Valley I Queen's Eedoubt .. (Maungatawhiri Valley Coroinandcl Whangapoua Driving Creek Mercury Bay Tararu .. (Waiokaraka I Waiotahi Creek .. (Thames Orphanage (Kauacranga Boys' ( Kauacranga Girls' Parawai Hastings Tairua Turua (Hikutaia ( Puriri /Paeroa .. jOwharoa.. 1 Mackaytown (Waitekauri Te Aroha West .. (To Aroha Gold Field { Waiorongomai Ohinoroa Baglan Waitotuna Te Mata Te Kirikiri Harapepo Mercer Churchill Eangiriri Wairanga f Miranda .. I Kaiawai .. I Ohinewai I Huntly Taupiri Kirikiriroa Tamahere Tawharo Hautapu Cambridge Hamilton East Hamilton West .. Ngaruawahia Pukete .. Whatawhata Ngahinepouri Te Bore Alexandra Paterangi Ohaupo Te Balm Pukerimu Cambridge West .. Eangiaohia Te Awamutu Mangapiko Kihikihi .. f Waitoa 1 Waihou "l "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 680 847 400 1,481 400 000 800 600 1,400 840 600 800 600 600 (600) 600 1,290 (450) 1,301 770 3,105 4,400 1,872 (650) 3,105 3,520 1,200 600 (500) (325) 600 800 1,200 (420) (264) 480 600 1,575 840 (400) 455 485 480 (140) 600 760 455 (280) 455 (150) (142) (340) 600 GOO 455 800 600 600 2,065 2,185 1,950 870 456 680 600 600 868 840 720 600 600 000 600 840 455 1,400 458 (G80) 30 28 30 47 23 31 70 43 143 5G 05 78 31 60 33 21 78 104 48 194 232 113 20 398 327 135 38 3G 7 13 48 65 20 13 28 25 103 64 39 26 28 25 17 6 6 16 18 9 52 24 92 18 26 ■31 15 8 4 G 37 29 41 30 79 182 86 9 235 199 129 10 2G 6 11 23 53 7 12 9 6 88 60 16 4 14 17 16 9 23 31 8 1 9 5 3 5 10 14 20 21 21 69 4 13 19 9 10 8 7 40 12 41 10 68 141 52 9 182 152 73 11 2G 5 3 20 31 7 0 10 4 83 43 22 5 10 13 8 3 20 11 1 1 9 1 G 19 15 9 17 42 31 53 27 20 101 46 166 70 78 90 37 58 29 20 G9 17 104 62 205 273 147 20 451 374 191 37 3G 8 21 51 87 20 19 27 27 108 81 33 25 32 29 8 20 45 20 22 19 14 7 19 79 40 . 21 42 30 31 236 162 180 102 29 32 8 17 75 47 67 42 27 75 53 79 20 107 37 12 33 31-75 22 22-5 22 21 34 35-75 24 20-25 1G 19-25 65 5C-75 26 29-75 116 107-25 52 49 60 52-75 70 57-75 20 24-25 40 43 25 24-75 1G 17-5 50 5G-25 13 14-25 84 82-5 43 42-75 147 155 219 203-75 103 108-75 20 20-5 390 388-75 288 28G 142 133 13 19 20 30-25 7 7-75 19 1G-25 45 39-5 59 55 15 1G-25 17 14-75 20 22 22 24-25 88 83-75 57 51-5 23 28 12 13 20 17-25 22 25 8 8 17 1G 27 27-75 17 15-66 19 16-25 19 18-25 12 ' 13 7 7-25 17 18 64 58 31 31 18 19-25 3G 34 28 28 26 24 178 177 123 124-25 1G9 172-25 69 70 19 20-75 17 20-25 6 6-25 15 14 54 56-5 38 35 43 42-5 28 27-75 19 19-75 55 51-75 43 44-5 64 62-5 10 15 74 75-75 29 26-5 10 10-5 21 18 8 22 13 10 2G 18 Cl 28 2S 33 9 21 11 10 34 8 38 30 8G 122 50 11 232 99 SI 10 17 1 11 27 38 8 7 15 11 40 26 14 ie 10 15 3 8 14 9 7 12 6 3 10 32 17 8 22 15 14 94 07 82 37 10 11 5 9 27 15 23 16 10 31 24 35 8 40 17 7 13 9 15 16 13 8 40 15 50 2G 34 37 14 20 14 G 17 6 47 15 62 98 54 9 161 189 63 12 10 6 8 19 23 8 10 8 12 50 34 10 G 12 8 5 9 14 9 13 7 7 4 7 32 1G 11 15 14 13 88 59 92 33 15 6 2 7 32 24 21 13 10 2G 21 31 9 37 12 4 34 22 23 38 26 18 66 33 117 54 62 70 23 41 25 16 51 14 85 45 148 220 104 20 393 288 144 22 27 7 19 46 Gl 16 17 23 23 90 60 24 22 22 23 8 17 28 18 20 19 13 7 17 64 33 19 37 29 27 182 120 174 70 25 17 7 16 59 39 44 29 20 57 45 66 17 77 29 11 32-75 23-75 22-75 40-75 22-5 20-75 59 34-25 113-75 52 55 61 26-25 44-5 25-25 18 58-75 14-5 85-25 44-75 156 205-25 110-75 20-75 391-75 289 135-25 23 32 8 17 42 Gl 18-25 15-25 23-75 25 88-75 54-75 29-25 22-75 20'25 26-75 8 16-75 28-5 16-66 17-5 18-75 13'5 7'25 18-25 60 33 20 35-66 29 2G-75 180-75 127 177-25 71-5 23-25 21-75 7 15-25 61 36-75 46 29 20-5 55-25 40 64 10 78 27-75 U-75 1 1 1 "l 1 '"l4 42 15 19 14 8 21 59 35 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 202 1G4 187 58 21 29 12 16 81 45 61 31 25 66 45 72 19 58 34 12 4 39 20 7 59 30 15 131 83 72 47 13 25 1 4 31 12 20 18 G 19 21 33 3 83 17 7 12 97 85 79 3 5 22 5 3 37 10 14 7 4 10 13 26 34 14 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1

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TARANAKI.

WANGANUI.

Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■p re- 1 ° = « 3 c .c v- -r o iff |jj E rt o S u Z.S -a --3 £•" School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. II l| Fourth Quarter. Whole 1 Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Katikati No. 1 Katikati No. 2 Katikati No. 3 Tauranga Te Puke .. Greerton.. Maketu .. Opotiki .. "l 1 455 600 600 1,024 600 456 (221) 980 5 40 23 140 42 14 41 3 79 40 14 23 47 5 38 9 44 48 4 3 49 49 17 175 34 24 20 151 32 12 132 23 18 18 117 5 33-75 14 124-25 25 15-5 18-33 123-5 20 7 75 13 10 9 G8 17 7 CO 14 9 9 53 37 14 135 27 19 18 121 5 40-5 16-25 130-25 30-25 16-5 19 129-25 "l "l53 Totals 109 15,305 11,537 8,513 18,389 '14,353 14184-46 13999-75 7,696 '6,990 14,686 14,037-45 14,4455

Okato .. Tataraimaka Oakura .. Koru Omata Central .. Courtenay Street .. Kawau Pa West Fitzroy .. JFrankley Road Mangorei Lower .. Mangorci Upper .. Kent Road Lower Kent Road Upper Albert Road ' ,. .Egmont Village .. SVnart Road Egmont Road Upland Road Boll Block Waitara West Waitara East Manutahi Huirangi Tikorangi Urenui Wortley Road Inglewood Girls' .. Inglewood Boys' .. Norfolk Road .Waipuku Midhirst Stratford Opunake Pukearuhe Rahotu Warea 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 294 294 882 395 495 4,680 1,980 674 1,100 (600) 484 280 280 294 395 294 441 280 395 395 781 700 1,100 500 574 900 280 395 679 588 520 520 441 697 1,560 (288) 441 (240) 36 31 46 20 01 "98 100 68 44 15 21 31 16 51 15 19 22 58 46 68 62 49 72 24 47 75 38 45 24 59 47 73 33 19 18 13 11 36 59Y 71 86 136 21 8 2 6 12 9 22 18 2 20 2 20 66 63 29 17 20 8 13 44 26 13 24 25 40 53 7 34 12 20 16 16 6 38 197 91 186 23 20 9 2 3 4 3 4 18 17 10 3 15 37 36 18 12 17 13 13 42 16 8 6 26 17 57 6 4 35 33 43 25 59 400 78 113 69 43 15 24 39 22 18 56 29 21 63 75 95 73 54 75 19 47 77 48 50 42 58 70 G9 34 30 12 28 19 29 16 31 314 58 70 44 22 11 18 32 15 15 35 20 10 38 52 61 49 35 42 17 27 53 34 30 20 29 47 54 31 22 7 27 18-5 31-25 16-75 36 274 83-25 90 74 44 23-5 11-75 19-5 27-5 12-75 14-66 35-5 10-33 17 15-5 30-75 40-5 65-5 46 32-5 44-75 20 26 54-5 28-75 23-75 16 30-25 35-75 53 32-5 20-5 7 22 13 18 8 17 211 42 23 10 8 10 10 9 7 24 9 12 26 22 39 30 19 23 9 13 15 35 19 11 17 23 28 16 17 4 ! 9 9 13 9 21 107 59 37 25 12 4 11 16 7 8 17 11 4 19 37 24 25 19 24 9 16 40 31 22 31 17 38 318 59 79 48 28 12 21 32 16 15 41 20 16 45 59 63 55 38 47 18 29 55 35 32 25 37 50 55 31 23 7 29-25 22-5 33-5 17-75 42 299-25 85-5 91-5 76 47 28-75 12-25 20-5 29-75 13-75 15 43-25 10-33 17-5 15-5 43-5 51-25 70-75 52 35-25 48-75 21 31-75 57-25 30-5 30-25 20-25 39-75 41-75 55-75 32-5 21 7 "l "i i i i i i i i i i i i 13 14 20 27 27 15 6 3 Totals .. 717 1,548 1,641-08 21 1,514 1,023 1,024 2,113 1,447 1,502-74 831

Okaiawa .. Otakelio .. Manaia .. Ngaire Normanby Hawera .. Whakamara Manutahi Wood villa Kakaramea Patoa Wlienuakura Kohi Waverley 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 554 640 2,080 1,201 1,209 2,285 (120) 459 (168) 459 2,712 459 324 1,420 35 127 47 115 220 10 33 28 42 168 40 28 175 8 39 51 44 82 143 8 30 20 21 92 12 4 60 3 1 47 32 53 150 7 13 17 18 71 10 5 50 40 38 131 59 144 219 11 50 31 45 189 42 27 185 29 28 102 40 100 179 8 33 12 34 133 37 22 135 28 27 101-25 30-75 92 181-75 8 30-25 18 36 127-25 35-5 22-25 131-25 21 12 55 20 55 104 1 10 9 19 73 23 11 70 9 17 50 22 46 79 7 IS 8 15 68 18 12 73 30 29 105 42 101 183 8 34 17 34 141 41 23 143 28-75 27-5 104-75 40-25 94-75 187-75 8-75 30-75 19-25 37 132 38-25 23-5 139 1 1 1 1 1

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HAWKE'S BAY.

Schools. AK which belong to one School Distilct connected by bracket. ■g ° if m Ill SEj. S S3 .5 -ss if zr II School Roll. in fa Strict Average. .vcrage Attendance. Working Averaj Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Waitotara Momaliaki Maxwell Brunswick Goat Valley Southern Grovo .. Upokongaro . Aramoho Mosstown I Wanganui Boys' .. J Wanganui Girls' .. 1 Wanganui Infants' 1 1 1 408 w 414 432 1,001 2,118 400 3,198 3,402 3,300 (477) 569 480 484 400 500 408 384 608 ( ) ( ) 1,282 216 419 475 361 237 2,359 648 400 857 420 2,089 708 (100) 1,689 531 1,070 3,000 000 531 1,833 800 800 493 680 640 806 493 3,675 (1,125) 1,122 476 ( ) (168) 493 2,557 354 1,070 28 11 46 33 29 4 30 139 65 251 281 24 9 10 14 13 5 4 103 8 65 58 11 13 10 5 11 62 12 110 96 41 20 43 37 37 9 23 180 01 200 243 35 15 29 28 26 9 10 132 39 190 194 33 13 29 29 26-25 8-5 19-75 129-5 43-5 199-75 207-25 24 10 13 15 12 5 10 70 21 192 12 5 18 14 15 4 03 19 36 15 31 29 27 9 17 133 40 192 194 34-25 13 81 29-5 27-5 8-5 20-25 131-5 44-5 200-75 207-5 1 1 1 1 194 ■■{ 1 1 1 1 1 322 246 146 422 337 307 179 101 340 312-5 Okoia Mars Hill Kaitoki .. Matarawa Denlair Eiverton Wangaehu Warrengate Bird Grove Maramara Totara Turakina Glen Nevis Upper Tutaenui .. Porowa Turakina Valley .. Western Bangitikei Marton Mount View Crofton Grcatford South Makirikiri .. Bull's Parawanui f Sandridgo (Halcornbo Bunnythorpe Makino Road Fcilding .. Stanway Asliurst Sanson Campbelltown Awahuri Manchester Taonui Upper Taonui Stoney Creek Beaconsfield (Palmerston North { Terrace End Karere Carnarvon Kimbolton Road .. Oroua Bridge Jackcytown Foxton Moutoa Otaki 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 24 21 29 25 21 22 88 93 17 79 88 14 15 171 27 42 36 38 175 25 8 111 57 69 274 28 52 115 68 41 34 48 19 24 5 0 7 9 10 18 5 19 33 8 15 17 3 10 01 24 23 18 13 109 19 2 48 33 35 95 18 33 47 38 23 12 14 41 32 5 233 200 28 20 17 8 5 92 2 26 20 18 3 0 7 7 8 15 1 53 3 22 15 2 21 77 9 24 9 18 74 10 3 34 13 29 108 8 13 41 22 20 8 11 2 17 4 904 79 22 13 34 30 23 29 25 23 24 39 5 18 73 17 72 38 15 10 155 42 41 45 38 210 34 7 125 77 75 261 43 72 121 84 44 38 51 39 86 29 310 121 85 42 17 20 37 191 16 03 27 IS 13 20 22 18 20 37 5 15 00 11 55 25 13 16 118 30 34 35 22 147 22 8 87 50 51 194 29 46 89 41 31 28 35 28 57 23 218 81 63 20 11 15 28 130 11 37 28-75 20-25 16-5 23-5 21-5 15-25 20 31-5 5 13-5 08 11 03-25 23-75 18 15-25 117 28-75 35 32-75 28-5 145-25 22-75 8 90-5 51-75 53-75 198-75 27-25 45 87-5 38 31-5 20-5 39-75 28 57-25 24-5 233-5 94-75 01 21-25 11 14 29-75 135-25 12-75 42 10 11 10 17 8 10 13 21 4 8 35 7 30 18 9 10 68 13 21 17 17 79 10 1 48 31 27 97 10 29 50 23 20 22 19 13 27 7 122 39 29 15 4 7 10 08 5 24 11 8 8 11 16 8 8 10 1 8 27 4 26 8 4 7 53 37 13 19 10 73 13 7 40 20 26 97 14 19 42 24 13 11 10 16 31 10 99 43 37 9 7 8 13 70 7 19 27 19 18 28 24 18 21 37 5 10 02 11 50 20 13 17 121 30 84 30 27 152 23 8 88 61 53 194 30 48 92 47 33 33 35 29 58 23 221 82 66 24 11 15 29 138 12 43 30-25 21-5 18-5 25-75 24 15-5 21-25 31-5 5 14 70 11-75 04-5 20-25 13 16-5 119-25 29 35-5 33-5 30 150-25 23-75 8 92 53-25 55-5 200-75 28-75 40-5 89-75 45-25 35-25 28-75 40 29 59 24-5 238-5 95 G3-5 24-25 11 14 30 139-75 13-75 45-75 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 71 28 381 1 79 35 1 1 1 1 13 37 175 19 60 1 5 76 5 29 Totals 55 5,103 2,750 2,232 5,027 4,142 4179 4127 2,251 2,027 4,278 4315-25 4262

Ormond .. Patutabi Waerangahika Matawhero Te Arai .. Gisbome.. Frazortown Wairoa .. "l 400 (200) 200 1,000 (200) 5,000 400 1,000 07 20 23 145 19 10 24 6 24 17 59 59 60 ; 6 283 184 8 10 45 39 76 44 40 145 54 475 39 105 59 32 31 120 31 406 26 64 52-25 23-25 27-25 121-75 28 303-50 33 72-75 30 18 12 68 20 220 18 35 31 16 20 53 15 186 16 46 61 34 32 121 35 406 34 81 55-75 26-75 30-25 125 32 383-50 36 83 1 1 1 376 41 99

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WELLINGTON.

Schools. Ul which belong to one School District connected by bracket. •3 °s 8*1 *i* Us G ■sill 1*1 %s 9 Is hi |{J Is 4_, ■— ? tz v % to £«= 2-|fi go School Roll. go ■JJ-TJ . Strict Average. ivcragc Attendance. K Working Averagi e. II Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Mohaka .. Tarawera Petane .. Puketapu Port Almriri Napier .. Meanee .. Taradalc Clive Hastings Havel ock Patangata Kaikora .. Waipawa Hampden To Onga Onga Makaretu Ashley Clinton Takapau Waipukurau Wallingford Porangahau Ormondville Norscwood Makatoku Dancvirke Heretavmga Woodville Kumeroa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (200) 220 800 400 1,500 0,400 400 1,500 1,450 1,600 1,200 340 1,200 1,400 700 (150) 400 400 (400) 600 300 300 750 1,140 360 360 300 1,100 360 16 10 3 13 21 18 29 7 5 26 11 I 8 153 84 44 G9G 477 399 82 38 45 129 103 90 182 78 C7 197 160 95 72 50 30 27 12 0 118 48 47 160 71 29 C8 32 15 17 11 10 43 23 19 36 11 3 46 S3 34 65 56 31 9 11 1 21 15 11 108 40 38 . 136 144 158 49 26 25 44 53 32 17 2 .. 144 86 01 38 4 23 16 31 29 193 774 75 142 193 2G2 92 33 119 202 85 18 47 44 51 90 19 25 110 122 50 G5 19 1G9 34 19 19-50 13 17-25 26 26-25 2G 23-75 142 130 G07 G2325 Gl 67 109 108-50 141 150 199 189-75 7G 75 28 20-25 87 97-75 1G4 151-50 03 61*25 14 13-75 25 27 32 31 34 86 69 G9 16 15-25 16 15 86 78-25 89 95 45 40 43 42-25 14 13-75 122 109-25 24 20 8 C 17 11 79 313 32 58 81 123 44 22 40 94 34 4 20 20 18 3G 10 9 54 47 27 28 11 71 12 12 7 10 15 65 299 30 50 G9 89 33 7 44 75 31 11 10 14 20 35 7 9 3G 43 22 18 4 57 14 20 13 27 26 144 612 62 114 150 212 77 29 90 169 65 15 30 34 38 71 17 18 90 90 49 46 15 128 26 20-50 17-50 27 24-50 132 C33-75 71 114-25 156 198 77 27-50 101 156 03-50 15-25 32 33-25 38 71 16 16-75 84-75 99 44-50 45 14-50 114 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 24 34,090 3,480 2,289 1,659 4,110 3,159 3092 25 3075-5 1,756 1,525 3,281 3237-75 S21G-25

(To Nui .. (Kaiwhata Taueru .. Wangaehu Gladstone Ekotahuna Mauriceville Opaki Femridge Masterton Waingawa Clareville Park Vale Carterton Belvedere Waihakcko Matarawa Greytown Kaitara .. Wailienga Tauhcrenikau Feathers ton Cross Creek Kaiwaiwai Jtaitoke .. Upper Hutt Wallace .. Mungaroa Whiteman's Taita Hutt _ .. Wainuiomata Petone .. Korokoro Horokiwi Judgeford Pahautanui Porirua .. Tawa Flat Ohariu ,, 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 252 396 510 480 450 657 480 1,192 3,992 578 1,060 374 2,319 50G 374 437 2,090 003 442 339 1,958 294 437 496 1.3G8 396 3G0 320 1,317 1,819 391 1,294 300 396 658 1,536 342 1,160 616 32 "22 43 39 62 31 99 497 11 94 35 214 39 36 193 38 37 16 150 12 28 29 115 22 43 21 93 192 24 102 21 17 30 4.8 33 70 87 23 12 7 22 22 35 55 26 36 290 15 50 20 155 3G 6 13 74 24 26 8 87 9 10 28 43 27 10 4 ■18 92 24 56 8 15 16 33 37 40 33 20 5 3 18 31 30 11 37 301 4 39 12 123 9 7 07 12 10 3 39 8 5 24 38 5 11 3 31 68 19 17 11 8 10 27 11 30 11 35 12 24 19 47 43 87 46 98 48G 22 105 43 24G 36 3G 42 200 50 53 21 198 13 33 33 120 44 42 22 110 216 29 141 18 24 3G 54 59 80 59 28 11 18 18 31 33 66 20 63 386 18 82 29 192 24 28 27 143 33 42 10 133 10 27 23 80 23 33 15 59 132 22 92 13 11 28 36 42 49 40 23-75 11 16-5 17-75 32 28-5 62-25 25-25 63 379-5 15-25 80-25 29-25 197-75 24 27-5 2G 157-5 32-25 35 10-25 135-25 10 28-5 24 89-5 23-5 34 18-25 G4-25 140-75 205 93-75 12-75 12 30-25 39-5 38 50-75 41-5 22 C 10 8 17 10 34 12 31 228 10 50 11 95 18 14 15 76 18 28 5 87 5 18 13 48 15 18 8 33 08 13 50 4 7 16 13 27 30 24 7 5 9 10 17 17 .34 1G 36 166 8 33 19 102 8 14 15 69 17 14 7 CO 6 10 10 41 12 17 8 37 78 11 52 11 8 13 27 19 23 16 29 11 19 18 34 33 68 28 67 394 18 83 30 197 26 28 30 145 35 42 12 147 11 28 23 89 27 35 16 70 146 24 102 15 15 29 40 46 53 24-7J 11 16-7; 17-7,' 34-5 29 64-71 28-2! 67-5 395 16 81 30-7,' 205-5 26 28-2J 28-7/ 159-2,' 34-7.' 35-2! 11-5 139 10-7.' 29-2,' 25 95-5 26-2J 35 19 71-71 147-5 22-2; 97-5 15-2J 14-5 30-5 42-7.' 42 53 "l

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MARLBOROUGH.

NELSON.

Schools. Jl which belong to one School District coiuirctcd by bracket. lii as 2 3 C! a rf 5 0 - rt o 2 efii Efa o c "u c is If-0** a to 23 to B K-|| •3 School Roll. I ill E SB" Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Average. 5 3 £5, Fourth Quarter. ■3 5 Whole year. ISoys. Girls. 1 Total. ] I Jolmsonvillo Kaiwara Makara Karori Wadestown Thorndon Thorndon Infants' Terrace .. Te Aro .. Te Aro Infants' Mount Cook Boys' Mount Cook Girls' Mount Cook Infants' Courtenay Vogoltown New town Kilbcrnie 1 1 437 1,240 480 1,323 340 5,632 (1,450) 2,350 5,872 2,560 5,328 4,000 3,909 1,390 498 3,232 660 90 93 40 96 31 300 133 245 475 271 351 366 455 135 20 376 51 59 12 48 17 288 182 9S 427 256 311 296 443 155 20 220 88 40 30 11 45 18 227 182 73 288 198 205 174 350 120 8 201 19 101 116 47 99 30 421 133 270 014 329 457 488 542 170 32 395 69 72 76 29 74 23 340 105 199 404 205 362 364 385 133 22 330 54 75-25 77-75 33 74 23-5 340-5 115-5 215-5 463-5 229-75 345-75 347-5 410-75 130-25 22 317-75 53 38 44 18 38 14 180 64 151 231 138 373 40 35 14 40 10 158 49 65 240 82 78 : 79 82 78'! 24 344 118 216 471 220 375 304 419 144 24 338 56 78 79 34-5 79 24 342 121-5 222-25 466-25 244-25 354-25 347-5 434-75 135-5 22-75 331-25 53-75 222 74 18 187 25 364 197 70 11 151 31 Totals .. 6,108 4,546 8,819 7,395 5,413 5,476-75 5,453-25 3,039 2,G39 5,678 5,070-5 5,G51'5

Blenheim Boys', Upper Blenheim Boys', Lower Blenheim Girls' .. Blenheim Infants' Picton Senior Picton Junior Havclock Eenwick.. ■ Spring Creek Tua Marina Marlboroughtown.. Kaituna .. j Canvas Town I Upper Polorus Grove Town Waitohi .. Wairau Valley Kekerangu Fairball Kenepuru Kaiuma .. Manaroa.. Havelock Suburban Okaramio Anakiwa.. Te Awaito Onamalutu Starborough Boulder Bank Deep Creek 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8C4 1,008 1,116 1,151 1,818 2,000 632 4S0 1,000 75G 416 304 (200) 600 600 320 280 252 (180) (200) (200) 600 240 (180) 320 2G0 (180) (200) 300 38 95 117 227 83 76 117 84 40 66 24 22 24 5 87 52 25 18 49 17 16 35 09 130 43 43 23 37 13 27 27 31 36 59 10G 54 48 33 EG g 17 9 4 9 7 42 21 5 8 8 14 4 4 9 9 2 42 9G 127 251 72 71 107 85 44 7G 42 18 22 3G 79 84 1G4 55 48 82 51 29 53 22 11 15 43 76-25 90-25 160-75 04-25 52-00 82 57 30-50 51-75 20-50 14-50 1G-25 G 48-50 39 21-75 14-25 4G-25 37 17 7-25 18-25 29-50 9-50 13-50 18 8 4-75 17-75 37 80 96 22 30 41 30 17 30 9 6 9 87 74 34 20 41 23 13 27 13 5 8 37 80 87 170 5G 50 82 53 30 57 22 11 17 46 78 93-25 169-50 G5 53-75 83-50 58-50 31-25 54-75 20-50 15 18 G 49-50 43-50 23 14-25 48-25 17-75 18-25 8 19-75 30-50 9-75 14-75 19-25 8-25 5 18 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 26 48 7 5 17 13 5 11 10 17 3 4 7 1 71 79 27 15 58 1G 17 7 25 44 11 1G 24 9 5 1G 44 52 23 15 4G 14 15 7 20 29 9 14 17 8 5 10 29 31 13 9 25 9 2 3 8 15 6 9 11 C 4 8 17 24 10 6 27 5 16 4 13 15 4 7 6 1 9 4G 55 23 15 52 14 18 7 21. 30 10 1G 17 5 17 1 24 36 10 12 26 8 5 21 9 2 "7 Totals .. 15 1,424 C69 600 1,493 1,063 1,095-25 l,O'J0'50 595 511 1,106 1,14075 1,135-75

Bridge Street Bridge Street, Junior Brook Street Hardy Street Haven Eoad Hampden Street Toitoi Valley Girls', 1st division and Juniors Toitoi Valley Girls', 2nd division Toitoi Valley Girls', 3rd division Port 2,080 900 720 2,232 2,280 1,332 1,384 95 131 52 229 148 119 03 177 69 42 126 96 58 150 95 98 29 95 71 53 83 177 102 65 260 173 124 130 140 83 49 183 134 92 107 127-75 92-25 49-25 190-25 137-25 98-50 90 141 83 28 135 72 21 184 141 83 49 184 135 92 107 130-7,' 93 51-2; 198-2,' 138-7; 98-51 97-2; '20 107 1,440 C8 109 69 108 83 68-25 85 85 69-7; 600 34 04 48 50 33 41 30 30 43 (1,200) 29 29 19 39 29 30-50 14 15 29 31

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Schools. which belong to one School District connected by bracket. a! b c 11.2 d ill "= ? a § *- £ ■ ° ill fa c .5 o c "C e !~ s to 55 J 2 Is .a - 3 i " B"%> --5 £22 S-j -a s 3 School Roll. 2 " Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Averagi ■5 S ii "■6> ■3 5 Fourth Quarter. Whole Vtar. Boys. Girls. Total. j I Maitai Bnrnside.. ("Clifton Terrace J Hillside (Happy Valley Stoko Richmond Boys' .. Richmond Girls' .. Ranzau Hope River Terrace Brightwater Spring Grove (Lower Wakefield .. | Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Vlalley Upper Wakened .. Foxhill .. Blue Glen Motupiko Tadmor Sherry Baton Stanley Brook Woodstock Dovedale Churchill Pokororo Ngatimote Applehy Waimea West j Sarau { Neudorf Lower Moutere Parigatotara f Motueka Boys' 1 Motueka Girls' (Riwaka (Brooklyn Marahau Sandy Bay Takaka Lower Long Plain Takaka East Waingaro Upper Takaka Motupipi Collingwood Eockvillo Kaituna Femtown Pakawau f Weatport Boys' (Wcstport Girls' Denniston Fairdown Waimangaroa Rochfort Terrace .. Granity Creek Karamea Promised Land Addison's Flat J Charleston Boys' .. (Charleston Girls' .. Brighton Fern Flat Murchison Matakitaki Lyell Caplcston Reefton Black's Point Little Grey 1 1 1 1 1 (100) (ICO) 576 228 294 1,518 924 760 578 720 752 720 987 1,134 600 GOO 720 600 (1G0) 480 466 384 320 240 320 320 (500) 320 560 600 420 1,100 648 1,265 330 825 825 640 340 (240) (240) 768 390 640 450 320 £40 720 320 336 1,000 600 1,800 900 720 240 720 240 360 594 (240) 1,200 1,200 720 600 280 (720) (240) 720 720 2,760 1,420 468 3 7 22 20 10 82 58 64 46 43 46 51 83 100 32 30 50 74 5 32 43 18 10 27 14 32 18 21 41 35 46 61 54 65 39 57 69 G9 50 21 17 8 8 39 16 24 26 16 20 8 23 44 14 5 17 18 3 15 15 C 23 8 13 21 7 16 23 15 28 5 6 15 24 7 24 13 18 98 60 75 51 52 50 36 91 116 41 29 52 68 5 34 35 20 15 32 15 30 27 18 42 53 50 72 52 80 45 69 75 86 50 17 13 59 81 57 23 15 43 35 88 10 26 30 172 122 124 10 60 23 13 2G 21 54 83 85 22 23 28 8 43 77 263 115 12 7 10 11 11 71 55 62 81 40 40 29 59 85 33 17 35 49 4 27 34 15 11 22 9 21 17 14 28 41 43 51 33 53 24 40 47 50 41 12 12 36 22 35 20 18 34 28 24 13 20 18 118 85 87 11 37 19 15 17 14 44 68 73 10 19 17 8 30 G5 204 91 12 3 7 17 11-50 11-50 70 51-50 59-75 34-50 35-50 38-50 33-75 58 78-50 29-75 17*75 37-75 54-75 4-50 26 33-75 15-25 13 21 9-75 22-50 15-50 17-75 27 28-75 35-25 47 30-75 46-75 26-50 41-50 45-75 50-50 40-25 16-75 12 41 21-50 37-25 18-75 12 28-50 28 23-50 18 20-50 19-75 124-25 87-50 78 14 38-50 17-75 17-50 18-25 15-50 44-50 G3-25 71-50 12-75 17-25 16-25 8 30-75 63-25 196-50 87-75 12 4 11 6 G 37 55 3 6 5 6 35 7 17 11 12 72 55 G4 34 41 40 29 60 86 33 19 37 49 4 27 30 15 11 22 10 22 17 17 28 41 45 52 36 54 27 41 48 55 41 12 12 39 30 42 20 13 37 28 24 13 20 20 127 90 88 11 39 19 15 19 16 45 70 74 16 19 18 8 30 65 207 93 12 3 7 17-50 11-50 12-50 70-50 52 61 36-50 36 39 35-25 61-25 80 30-50 20-75 39-25 57-25 4-50 27 33-75 15-25 13 21-25 11 23 16-25 19 28-75 30-25 38 48-75 34-25 50-25 29 43-25 52-25 56-25 41 16-75 12 42-75 24-75 42-50 19 12 33-50 28 25-25 13 20-50 20-75 127-25 92-25 80-25 14 39-25 17-75 17-50 19 16-75 45-50 64-25 7250 13-25 19 17-50 8 ■ 31 63-75 197-75 8850 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2 2 5 7 1 14 11 2 10 21 29 16 3 26 8 27 27 30 G 3 13 20 5 24 9 12 15 15 9 16 11 8 90 59 62 10 41 4 8 51 28 11 41 43 26 15 g 8 4 25 76 41 12 7 10 14 21 17 9 41 G5 13 23 25 2 20 16 9 5 10 4 9 8 9 11 20 23 32 18 20 13 41 64 20 20 23 20 19 21 33 G 14 24 2 7 14 6 G 12 6 13 9 8 17 21 22 20 18 28 14 "e 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 5 9 3 19 5 5 11 2 15 21 13 G 7 1 1 1 1 57 29 61 15 9 46 28 31 18 3 28 1 6 18 8 7 25 19 4 8 22 7 22 11 G 18 18 12 <J 12 10 127 48 30 22 8 4 17 23 20 9 7 19 10 12 4 8 10 1 "l 1 1 "l 27 25 134 106 83 16 48 22 14 12 3 52 43 21 16 29 3 9 25 7 23 19 80. 22 12 5 43 6 16 14 7 10 5 18 70 90 45 5 23 5 8 9 11 27 1 1 1 1 66 61 72 18 20 24 9 8 9 4 17 34 111 53 3 74 7 11 9 4 13 31 9G 40 9 "l 1 52 75 250 100 13 23 63 26 Totals .. 35 4,117 2,303 1,012 4,808 3,542 1,803 1,778 3,641 3,51:1-50 3,470 3,632 3,507-50

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Schools. ,11 which belong to one School District connected by bracket. l5.s a III ° o a o — o |" a 3 « <3 Z.S « £<S School Roll. go ii a" Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Average. fill J.|J II M Fourth Quarter. Whole Boys. Girls. Total. 'ear. Kaikoura Suburban Kaikoura Town .. Waiau Rotherham (aided) Hurunui Mason's Plat Manuka Town (aided) Waikari Broomficld Amberley Baleairn Leithfield Sefton .. Mount Grey Downs Loburn North Loburn Ashley Saltwater Creek View Hill /Oxford West (main) I Oxford West (side) Oxford East Carleton Oust Summerhill Eyreton West Stoko Fernside Mandeville Plains Eyreton .. Bangiora Southbrook f Flaxton (main) \ Plaxton (side) 'Waikuku Woodend 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 918 1,616 672 672 630 850 (120) 600 820 1,873 800 1,200 1,512 1,080 630 1,010 1,500 880 1,200 1,545 630 2,190 600 2,238 600 540 973 1,420 672 050 4,970 1,540 1,770 990 540 1,820 4,730 (442) 620 380 9,840 (1,148) 420 66 112 24 17 20 45 16 28 30 174 47 100 108 44 GO 124 41 84 143 44 220 6Y 123 39 74 39 109 43 38 291 135 151 32 37 150 23 51 10 16 10 8 2 33 5 71 37 39 80 33 17 13 32 21 23 54 10 50 13 57 11 14 10 21 17 13 99 68 32 17 6 43 20 44 9 9 6 18 2 18 2 56 24 24 1 86 12 27 39 10 16 44 5 58 20 29 10 17 15 22 14 8 93 57 39 24 9 45 69 119 25 24 24 35 16 43 33 189 60 115 85 55 49 52 117 52 91 153 49 218 60 151 34 71 34 108 40 43 297 146 144 25 34 148 47 86 21 15 18 24 15 32 26 134 42 73 68 66 35 42 71 32 5G 103 40 145 39 113 25 51 20 81 33 30 214 110 106 21 25 105 44 84-50 19-50 14-75 17-75 29 15-50 25-75 25-75 131-25 41-50 69-25 68 70 32-75 43 65-75 28-50 60-50 102-50 36-75 148 42-50 102 27-25 47 25-25 80-50 34-25 26-50 215-25 104 106 20-75 28 106-50 33 42 10 10 15 12 4 13 14 70 24 42 38 41 24 20 48 19 29 65 24 86 20 04 16 31 9 45 ■20 15 112 54 03 11 11 55 17 48 11 5 3 16 11 20 12 68 18 34 30 36 12 19 31 15 36 55 16 69 22 52 11 23 19 38 13 15 107 57 40 10 15 54 50 90 21 15 18 28 15 33 20 138 42 76 68 77 36 45 79 34 65 120 40 155 42 116 27 54 28 83 33 30 219 111 109 21 26 109 49-25 87 19-50 ■ 14-75 18 33-75 15-50 26-75 25-75 134-75 44-25 73-75 68 78-50 35 46-75 75-50 30-50 6G-75 113-25 37 166 46-25 105-50 29-50 51 27-25 82-25 36 28 220-50 105-75 110-50 21-50 28-75 109 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 J 1 •I Kaiapoi I J 467 122 91 498 400 383-25 228 172 400 387-25 Kaiapoi Island North Kaiapoi Island Lyttelton Governor's Baj' Governor's Bay South — Charteris Bay Gebbie's Pass Eoad Gebbie's Valley Port Levy Little Port Cooper (aided) .. Little Biver (Pigeon Bay (main) { Pigeon Bay (side) Barry's Bay French Farm Wainui Little Akaloa Duvauchelle's Bay Okain's Bay Le Bon's Bay Robinson's Bay f German Bay (main) 1 German Bay (side) Akaroa Kowai Bush Kowai Pass Russell's Flat f Malvern (main) (Malvern (side) South Malvern Glentunnel Hororata Darfield .. Kimberley Greendalo Kirwee Courtenay Halkett .. • Aylesbury 29 30 20 13 9 9 40 34 31 28 28-50 24-25 16 15 15 13 31 28 28-50 24-75 I 672 243 158 757 632 624-50 329 313 642 632-50 23 18 6 35 22 19 14 11 25 22-50 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 600 480 540 (252) 1,338 540 400 520 660 600 560 540 ■ 520 600 600 540 724 2,070 540 1,348 550 1,600 (840) 1,122 1,230 1,250 902 540 990 900 540 770 600 24 24 41 7 9 86 25 30 42 25 34 35 37 47 41 31 37 30 135 30 135 38 128 30 42 09 88 35 47 69 68 34 56 26 3 19 7 5 2 37 22 17 9 14 4 15 25 10 14 12 12 0 79 5 45 29 54 54 40 71 15 28 10 27 32 13 8 17 5 3 8 2 2 26 16 4 20 4 15 8 11 11 9 11 12 21 52 8 51 23 70 22 24 54 15 22 11 15 33 10 7 14 22 40 40 10 9 97 31 43 31 35 23 42 51 40 46 32 37 15 162 27 129 44 112 62 58 80 88 41 46 81 67 37 57 29 18 31 29 6 9 44 24 27 22 26 19 31 29 37 31 21 16 10 101 21 98 32 85 43 40 65 60 20 33 56 46 22 38 23 17 25 27-75 5-75 9-75 50-50 22-50 27 22-50 22-75 21-25 32 30-75 37-25 27-25 20-50 22 15-75 104-50 20-75 86-75 23-25 76-75 32-25 38-50 03-50 59-50 20-75 31-75 53'25 43 19-75 37 21-25 8 21 13 3 4 30 13 16 16 14 6 15 21 20 20 16 14 6 54 10 53 14 48 23 21 26 34 14 20 34 30 17 27 12 11 10 17 3 5 25 11 15 7 12 13 21 12 17 18 9 11 7 57 12 55 20 44 21 19 40 32 11 15 28 18 G 18 12 19 31 30 0 9 55 24 31 23 26 19 36 33 37 38 25 25 13 111 22 108 34 92 44 40 06 66 25 35 62 48 23 45 24 18-25 25-50 30-50 5-75 9-75 56 23-75 29 24-25 22-75 22-25 35 35-50 38 31 24-25 29 19-25 112 21-25 95-25 30 85-25 34-50 38-50 63-75 64-50 23-50 34-75 57-25 46 21-75 42-50 21-75 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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> 3 Schools. J"»I — Z §Q .11 which belong to one School District o £ A connected by bracket. £ o a rt u ■" 3 rt ™ «*■■ O E S c o rt a 1*1 School Roll. Average Attendance. c — O S , 2 US £ rt o 0 M £.2 *h to rt SB'S t'o n if 2"" Strict Average. <6 S ° % la Fourth Ouarter. Whole j Year. Boys. Girls. | Total. Working Average. West Melton Yaldhurst Weedon Templeton Burnham Broadfiold Harewood Road North Road Papanui .. ' .. Kiccarton Fendalton Prcbbloton Lincoln .. Springston Greenpark Tai Tapu Halswcll Spreydon (Christcliurch West (main).. \ Christclmrch West (side) .. (Normal School 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 1,120 895 940 1,490 672 520 G50 1,140 2,540 1,571 778 1,600 1,834 1,430 1,360 1,520 1,540 2,010 13,702 ! 1,804 12,424 GO 06 54 102 3G 03 77 240 15G 08 130 179 127 82 119 80 105 1,068 186 978 16 27 26 47 32 8 30 2S 93 65 49 37 39 48 20 27 01 49 754 129 638 9 21 22 42 4 10 23 1G 73 49 20 49 34 32 9 27 43 42 560 81 583 73 72 58 107 28 34 70 89 206 172 97 118 184 143 93 119 98 172 1,259 234 1,033 4S 48 37 64 14 25 52 G2 197 127 72 80 126 101 G3 85 75 125 1,034 181 783 45 41-23 35-50 64-5J 14 26 46-75 50-25 177-75 114-50 63-75 83-50 119-75 90 57-50 86-25 68-50 128-75 1,002-50 168-75 802 30 23 25 31 10 16 30 33 105 77 36 49 73 54 37 52 43 69 558 97 407 23 27 15 41 8 9 24 36 100 GO 8S 40 62 55 33 36 35 64 495 88 389 53 50 40 72 18 25 54 09 211 137 74 89 135 109 70 88 78 133 1,053 185 796 49-25 45 38-75 70-25 1G 26-50 48 61-50 187-50 123-25 65 89-75 128-75 102-25 63-25 89 71-50 134-50 1,020-75 174-25 814-50 Christclmrch East — (■Gloucester Street 1 South Town Belt (Pliillipstown Sydenham f St. Albans (main) \ St. Albans (side) Richmond Now Brighton Heathcote Lower Bromley .. Opawa Heathcote Valley.. Sumnor Solwyn Dunsandel Brookside ... Killinchy Irwell (Leeston (main) (Loeston (side) Southbridge (Lakeside (main) .. j Lakeside (side) Rakaia Little Mount Somers Alford Forest Springbum Barr Hill Lauriston Methven Rakaia South Chertsoy Pendarves Kyle Ashburton Forks (Ashburton (main) { Ashburton (side) .. Newland Scafield j Wakanui (main) .. \ Wakanui (side) Elgin Tinwald Winslow Willowby Flemington (Longbeach (main) { Longbeach (side) Hinds Lismore 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16,720 2,990 2,312 12,3G9 5,194 (1,800) 4,520 1,140 4,194 1,190 1,901 1,350 600 1,070 1,440 1,395 1,310 GOO 2,150 568 3,734 540 672 540 540 575 991 GOO 030 902 1,288 600 902 600 600 4,792 968 030 600 1,080 600 G30 1,440 072 700 900 800 600 900 902 1,001 255 184 1,000 400 97 387 50 320 123 161 91 33 35 94 95 106 39 107 53 276 52 25 37 19 34 48 1G 10 63 146 25 22 26 38 478 940 208 190 714 185 91 20G 23 214 44 111 44 24 11 23 18 29 27 100 29 75 31 19 24 5 10 25 15 G 53 65 11 10 11 20 272 Gl 15 19 28 8 24 72 6 15 31 29 16 11 11 774 195 147 022 131 41 180 18 132 54 72 38 33 10 24 17 20 20 40 25 78 16 10 4 1 15 9 11 5 42 35 10 4 5 15 294 1,227 328 227 1,158 454 147 413 00 408 113 200 97 24 3G 93 90 115 46 221 57 273 07 34 57 23 35 C4 20 17 74 17G 26 28 32 43 456 01 23 20 72 20 59 121 32 53 09 76 49 24 17 950 .228 174 934 322 102 306 47 300 82 156 75 16 23 03 07 07 33 164 52 200 40 27 38 18 21 37 17 14 50 122 20 22 19 24 376 44 20 19 53 21 45 91 23 30 44 49 33 15 13 923-25 219-75 165-25 924 308-50 94-75 293-75 43 278-75 87-25 144 75 18-75 23-75 64-25 68-25 70 29 146-50 50 201-25 39-75 26 31 16-50 24-25 37 18 13-50 51-75 112 20-50 19 18-25 25 369-75 45 13 18-50 44 19-50 39 85 22-50 37-25 44-50 45-75 31-25 18 12-50 558 127 88 512 165 50 157 21 1G5 54 89 34 13 10 41 33 40 17 90 21 111 24 15 15 7 15 20 13 9 31 73 13 10 14 12 210 25 8 12 28 11 28 47 9 18 23 28 18 0 7 414 108 91 434 173 59 155 27 144 31 76 41 4 11 30 39 33 20 74 33 95 24 13 25 12 11 22 4 6 27 55 9 13 6 15 193 20 13 7 28 10 18 46 16 21 27 25 15 10 7 972 235 179 946 338 109 312 48 309 85 165 75 17 27 71 72 73 37 164 54 206 48 28 40 19 26 42 17 15 58 128 22 23 20 27 403 45 21 19 56 21 46 93 25 39 50 53 33 16 14 940 220-50 171-75 935-75 318-75 99 303-25 44-50 286-25 90-50 151-75 75-50 19-75 26 73 74-50 73 33-25 147-75 50-50 206-25 40-75 26-50 32-25 18 29 40-50 18-25 14-25 53-50 120-50 22-25 20-50 18-75 27-75 396-25 45 14-50 18-75 48 20-50 41 86-50 24-25 40-50 51 48-75 31-75 18-50 13-25 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 25 03 26 51 90 32 51 70 60 43 30 13 12 18 19 8 16 41 6 13 32 13 10 17 7 Totals 137 ;232658 16,500 8,765 6,939 18,332 13,626 13,215 13,127 7,516 6,094 14,210 13,768 13,029

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>8 i- in Us a t'Z A rt 'J 3 fill fcEj. S School Roll. iverage Attendance. Schools. -11 which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ¥M .5 " Jj I ifl S •is* III If h I n go ill I! 2 Strict Average. ti Fourth Quarter. Whole j 1 Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Working Average. II Seotsburn Burke'S Pass Fairlia Creek Albnry Opihi 3fount Gay Rancjitata Island .. Orari North Orari South Woodbury Orari Bridge Geraldine Gape's Valley Kakalm Pleasant Valley .. Geraldine Plat Waitohi Flat Winchester Milford .. Temuka Pleasant Point Sutherland's Washdyke Olaremont Wai-iti .. Waimataifcai Timaru (main) Timaru (side) Seaviow .. Kingsdown Pareora St. Andrews Upper Otaio Otaio Makikilji Hunter Hook Waituna Creek Waimate Wailiao .. .. Redcliff .. Rilverstream Kakahu Bush Belfield .. Hakateramea 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 600 COO 500 400 400 600 600 600 1,200 600 1,900 500 884 840 480 884 1,280 884 4,016 1,240 500 520 600 1,200 1,701 9,530 1,870 500 500 864 600 600 600 500 600 600 600 5,847 600 500 (150) 260 500 (150) 30 14 40 32 15 27 68 97 40 20G 34 64 66 42 63 66 38 326 168 38 44 17 75 153 904 162 39 38 55 33 17 29 22 29 49 41 495 33 31 13 15 22 17 28 4 2 22 14 30 26 96 19 21 17 22 18 42 15 106 59 11 26 1 44 109 540 77 6 9 29 36 11 14 21 14 14 16 161 16 11 19 30 58 16 8 4 12 13 7 4 10 3 16 29 16 85 10 28 10 15 12 35 11 95 50 4 18 3 21 80 532 112 0 14 13 25 8 15 11 4 17 6 185 6 7 3 41 25 56 36 21 15 19 19 66 98 50 217 37 57 73 49 69 73 42 337 177 45 52 15 98 182 912 127 39 33 71 44 20 28 32 89 46 51 471 42 35 10 36 40 14 32 19 42 24 17 14 19 12 43 82 36 170 26 42 44 40 46 59 33 247 131 34 38 11 69 140 741 115 32 25 53 36 14 22 26 22 31 41 350 27 27 15 28 24 13 31-50 18 37-25 23-50 17-33 13-50 19 12-66 41-25 73 42-25 165 24-50 45 42-75 37-50 39-25 54-25 32-75 250-25 123-25 31 36 12-25 09 130-75 731 114 31-25 23-25 42 75 88'26 L-i-75 24-23 22-75 19 33-25 40-25 309 25-25 24-25 10 27-50 26-50 13 16 9 21 11 9 6 7 7 24 40 24 98 11 27 23 27 24 36 17 147 73 18 22 4 43 75 390 56 21 10 27 20 7 14 13 11 15 19 194 20 13 8 16 11 5 17 10 23 14 8 7 13 7 31 42 15 77 20 16 25 15 24 23 17 105 64 17 17 8 29 70 363 62 11 15 29 17 7 8 13 13 17 24 172 9 14 7 13 15 8 33 19 44 25 17 13 20 14 55 82 39 175 31 43 48 42 48 59 34 252 137 35 39 12 72 145 753 118 32 25 56 37 14 22 20 24 32 43 366 29 27 15 29 26 13 31-75 18 39-25 24-75 17-33 13-25 20 14 48-75 76-25 3050 171-25 28-25 40-50 47-50 40 42-75 50-25 35 256-50 132-25 32-25 38-50 13-25 71-75 134-25 746-25 118-75 32 24-50 40 34 15-25 25-75 23 22 35-50 42 379-25 26-75 25-75 16 28-50" 28 13 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 2 1,531 3,220 8,188-85 3,121-50 31 49,500 3,752 1,897 1,582 4,067 3,112 3,053-09 8,002-60 1,689

Kynnersley Totara Plat Orwoll Creek Aliaura Hatter's Terraco .. Red Jack's Notown Brunnerton Maori Gully Dunganvillo Marsden Cobdcn Greymouth Paroa Westbrook Greenstone Kumara .. Rangiriri Goldsborough Stafford Arahura Road Hokitika.. South Spit Kanicri .. .; 1 1 "l "2 600 560 500 (300) 1,008 300 798 2,030 500 555 585 1,490 6,965 800 200 240 4,050 200 1,560 1,009 500 6,965 120 1,612 30 40 32 22 59 18 39 191 37 54 23 72 44(5 60 21 19 2'J5 18 107 128 60 428 15 119 16 7 10 11 25 1 10 01 4 13 3 14 231 18 13 9 71 6 21 23 9 172 3 12 0 10 13 3 14 3 8 70 11 9 9 12 141 18 7 4 55 5 14 23 13 114 2 26 40 37 29 30 70 16 41 182 30 58 17 74 530 55 27 24 311 19 114 128 56 480 16 105 30 34 23 21 56 14 25 114 24 42 14 01 404 44 24 19 220 16 84 109 38 380 14 67 28-75 33-25 27-25 19-25 51-75 14-50 28-25 114 23-25 39-50 15 58 380-25 38-75 20 17 223 13 83-50 113-75 39 353-50 13-25 76'25 15 21 10 12 27 0 16 59 10 23 8 27 202 24 12 11 116 9 46 62 15 197 4 45 15 13 13 9 29 8 10 60 15 20 6 34 209 21 12 8 109 7 38 48 24 186 10 34 30 34 23 21 56 14 20 119 25 48 14 61 411 45 24 19 225 16 84 110 39 383 14 79 29 34 27-25 19-50 51-75 14-50 30-75 122 24-75 40-50 15-50 58-75 388-25 43-25 20 17-25 229 H 84 115-25 40-25 359-25 13-25 84-75 1 1 1 1 1 1

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OTAGO.

Schools. Al which belong to one School District connected by bracket. iii BO ill ill „ S , School Roll. E atm •sill fid sis %> \\, E=l |*S Us l» 2£ M fe l_ Ij 2' S School Roll. Strict Average. f| II Average Attendance. Fourth Quarter. Whole ; Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Working Average. Bluespur Upper Crossing .. Woodstock Lower Kokatahi .. Upper Kokatahi .. Ross Donoghue's Waitangi Okarito Gillespie's Arawata Arawata Plat 1 1 1 500 42 7 6 43 (450) 28 10 10 28 500 96 22 25 93 240 18 6 1 23 240 29 6 5 30 3,400 238 52 58 232 800 60 16 10 66 200 14 2 3 13 150 26 3 6 23 210 35 7 2 40 288 13 4 4 13 500 (450) 500 240 240 3,400 800 200 150 210 288 288 36 20 51 11 21 179 47 12 17 37 10 35-50 18-75 57-75 12-50 21 183-75 46-50 12-75 18-25 34-75 11 21 10 26 2 12 92 21 4 11 14 5 18 36 13 23 32 ' 58 11 ! 13 10 i 22 88 I 180 28 I 49 8 j 12 7 I 18 aa : 37 5 ! 10 36-2! 22 63-7.' 15-2! 22-51 185-2! 48-2! 12-7i 19-71 34-7i 10 1 1 288 .. | .. Totals .. 2,318 2,275'5 2,209 16 2,932 893 720 3,105 1,195 1,178 2,373 2,84728 2,3iO25

I Kurow (Wharekuri Otiako Livingstone Duntroon Awamoko Papakaio Pukouri I Oamaru Distriot High i Oamaru North (Oamaru South Ngapara .. Teaneraki Waiaroka .Totara Kakanui Maheno Otepopo Waianakarua Hampden Mooraki Pukeiviti Palmevston Inch Valley Dunback Waihemo Macrae's.. Moonlight Goodwood Flag Swamp Waikouaiti Merton Seacliff Evansdale Blueskin.. Purakanui Lower Harbour .. ' .. Port Chalmers Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay St. Leonards Kavensbourne North-East Valley Pine Hill Leith Valley Duncdin, William Street .. Dunedin, Stafford Street .. Dunedin, Arthur Street Dunedin, Albany Street Dunedin, Union Street Dunedin, George Street Dunedin, Normal.. Anderson's Bay North-East Harbour Highcliff Broad Bay Portobello 1 600 300 600 600 600 600 648 1,200 5,796 2,724 3,900 1,140 600 1,208 608 750 1,360 1,584 008 1,188 640 1,200 3,132 600 600 600 612 600 600 1,248 2,694 648 1,200 600 1,584 600 512 4,937 600 1,200 525 2,320 3,960 880 608 4,560 (650) 6,306 5,740 9,324 8,096 7,297 1,556 720 916 600 1,056 21 14 22 22 19 8 14 15 41 200 212 243 24 21 42 24 22 36 56 13 49 14 28 118 10 15 23 14 14 20 52 28 43 17 36 46 27 26 256 14 42 31 92 232 42 55 154 42 335 376 330 493 649 50 25 20 13 24 21 14 22 25 48 44 52 54 138 425 449 456 49 61 120 43 103 129 157 46 124 40 70 304 39 38 39 44 30 54 84 249 56 71 60 111 67 53 658 54 122 62 217 392 51 55 605 52 759 780 689 869 825 123 53 84 40 71 12 16 19 32 28 42 34 110 345 376 371 39 46 92 29 81 100 129 38 106 31 60 262 33 29 32 35 24 43 69 207 39 60 44 92 43 37 541 41 101 46 182 304 43 37 567 35 670 685 607 737 724 92 47 71 26 63 13-25 16 17-5 34-5 26 38-75 32-25 109-5 314 343-5 374-5 34-75 49 90 29 77-25 91-5 114-75 37-75 93 27-75 74-25 201-5 32-25 29 22-75 35-25 22-25 41-75 64-5 209-5 33-5 53-25 42-75 90-75 43-75 37-25 540 42-5 100-5 45-75 181-25 315 39-25 37 553 34 698-25 685 613-5 702 735-5 93-75 38-75 66-5 23-75 60-25 7 11 15 15 18 22 18 69 170 186 192 19 23 50 19 45 63 67 17 57 19 34 149 14 21 20 19 12 24 34 91 21 29 16 51 33 23 282 21 55 23 100 171 25 21 253 23 360 376 315 396 344 49 25 44 14 34 6 6 5 18 11 21 21 45 175 190 179 22 26 45 12 38 37 62 23 50 14 26 113 19 9 13 17 14 20 36 116 20 31 29 42 17 17 264 20 48 25 82 133 18 16 315 17 310 309 292 341 380 43 23 27 13 29 12 17 20 33 29 '43 39 114 345 376 371 41 49 95 31 83 100 129 40 107 33 60 262 33 30 33 36 26 44 70 207 41 60 45 93 50 40 546 41 103 48 182 304 43 37 5G8 40 670 685 607 737 724 92 48 71 27 63 14 17 18-75 35-25 27-75 40 36-25 114-25 332 367-25 378-25 39-25 50-5 94-75 30-75 81 94-75 116-25 39-5 93-75 30 74-25 261-5 32-5 29-5 25-75 36 23-5 42-5 66-25 211-25 34-25 56 44-5 91-75 47-75 40 549-75 42-75 101-75 47-5 181-75 315 40 37 553-25 37 698-25 685 613-5 702 735-5 93-75 40-5 07 28-5 60-25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 20 39 41 51 49 131 367 308 429 45 58 118 30 104 103 125 53 99 29 126 277 33 34 23 42 23 49 79 263 41 63 58 103 54 40 591 46 115 51 207 329 38 17 10 5 13 10 34 142 131 216 20 18 40 11 23 10 24 20 24 3 84 91 4 11 7 12 7 15 47 42 28 9 34 38 14 13 189 6 35 20 82 169 29 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 598 34 700 691 686 704 660 106 35 79 36 60 147 24 282 287 327 328 490 33 7 15 9 13

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Schools. ih which belong to one School District connected by bracket. 15.5 Z5 c **s o c H ° o n 5 SEj.2 •°— 2 w'c c 1 f S c 1- Strict Average fas IfJ jf if |s Ij School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Averagi Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. I Girls. Total. Hooper's Inlet Sandymount Taiaroa Heads Waikari Kaikorai Caversham Benevolent Asylum Kensington Macandrew Road.. Forbury Mornington Green Island Walton Saddle Hill Brighton.. Kuri Bush Otakia Greytown East Taieri Mosgicl North Taieri Mullocky Gully Tahora Strath Taieri Whare Flat Outram West Taieri Miumgatua Lake Waipori Taieri Ferry Waihola Taieri Beach Waihola Gorgo Circle Hill Tokomairiro District High Fairfax .. Alcatoro Glenlodi Southbridgo Glonore .. Manuka Adams Flat Lovell's Flat Stony Creek Hillend .. Kaitangata Wangaloa Tuapoka Mouth Stirling Balclutha Te Houka Waitepeka Warepa Kaihiku .. Waiwera.. Waiwcra Township Puerua Port Molyneux Ahuriri .. Owako Tahatika Clinton .. Wairuna .. Waipahi Waikoikoi Glenkenich Tapanui Heriot Crookston Kelso Duntroon Mount Stuart Waitahuna Waitahuna Gully.. Clark's Flat Weatherstone Lawrence Bluespur 1 1 1 1 1 1 451 1,125 392 1,565 3,960 4,706 (300) 3,296 4,324 3,206 3,420 3,496 1,095 681 456 456 600 1,140 1,371 1,336 1,442 (432) 600 600 456 1,708 1,155 924 648 600 1,400 600 1,176 600 3,784 1,248 456 600 600 600 392 600 608 245 280 2,002 525 600 1,200 1,896 330 680 600 600 600 600 782 504 600 1,200 336 1,140 600 600 600 600 1,700 600 600 600 600 600 1,700 1,200 600 1,120 4,010 2,037 33 85 21 85 391 540 34 332 355 405 477 311 116 50 27 22 75 84 158 178 122 22 9 29 1 76 187 240 7 195 401 301 216 138 55 16 17 10 15 41 61 72 30 12 37 20 3 52 22 34 25 11 33 15 21 2 122 41 7 11 9 7 21 4 28 10 6 50 15 15 49 115 6 ■ 17 21 16 16 62 16 24 17 42 6 45 7 14 18 19 53 27 9 23 11 4 35 14 9 29 81 44 8 28 34 86 22 122 453 633 38 338 541 564 545 352 133 44 33 28 73 122 163 212 120 25 34 32 33 171 74 72 61 58 104 50 97 32 383 93 29 38 27 37 40 26 58 28 22 270 29 46 126 256 23 53 55 47 28 59 51 53 27 93 31 134 51 43 47 40 203 38 25 56 40 35 136 77 2S 93 285 197 29 76 19 95 375 560 38 304 447 469 461 301 114 33 25 23 63 81 123 174 96 18 23 19 26 155 59 57 49 49 77 40 79 23 342 81 19 26 23 32 30 21 48 26 19 224 24 36 115 205 21 43 38 37 21 51 41 45 23 64 22 107 42 43 30 32 182 30 21 43 27 31 127 0G 18 77 250 170 30-25 72-75 19 84-75 377 559-75 34-75 310-5 398-25 451 457-5 285 111 34-75 23-25 21-75 60-25 81-5 130-25 169 89 20-25 20 17-75 27-5 156 54-5 48-25 42-75 49-75 73-75 42 77-75 25 352-25 77 19 23 22-75 29 32-25 20-75 43 24-75 18 219 23-5 38 111 195-25 18-75 34 35-5 29 20-75 41-66 37 41-5 19-25 59-75 21-5 109-25 41 43 33-5 27 167-25 23-75 21 42-75 24-25 30-75 126 68-5 19-75 78-5 249-75 170-75 17 45 11 52 208 299 16 149 245 241 237 156 57 19 17 6 32 46 63 90 49 11 14 11 12 103 32 30 27 31 37 23 34 10 179 37 7 17 15 18 13 12 18 17 5 128 11 17 67 113 11 20 18 18 8 31 17 31 10 36 12 67 23 21 19 22 85 16 9 23 16 16 58 38 7 44 130 74 12 31 8 44 167 261 22 156 203 228 224 146 58 17 8 17 31 41 61 84 47 7 10 8 15 52 27 21 23 20 45 18 45 14 163 45 14 10 9 14 20 10 31 10 14 98 13 20 48 92 10 23 22 20 14 20 25 16 14 31 11 41 19 22 18 11 98 14 12 20 12 15 69 28 11 34 120 97 29 76 19 96 375 560 38 305 448 409 461 302 115 36 25 23 63 87 124 174 96 18 24 19 27 155 59 57 50 51 82 41 79 24 342 82 21 27 24 32 33 22 49 27 19 220 24 37 115 205 21 43 40 38 22 51 42 47 24 67 23 108 42 43 37 33 183 30 21 43 28 31 127 66 18 78 250 171 30-25 74-5 19 89 377-75 559-75 35 310-75 398-75 451-25 457-5 285-75 111-5 36-75 23-5 22-5 60-25 84 131 169 90 20-5 22-5 19-5 28-75 156 56 49-25 44-25 51 75*5 43 78'5 25-75 352-5 77-5 21-75 24-25 23-75 29 33-5 21-5 44 25-75 18-5 220-25 24 39 111 195-25 20-25 37 36-5 30-75 22-75 4433 38-25 43-5 20-23 61-75 22-25 109-5 42-75 43 34-25 28 167-75 25-5 21-25 44 27-5 31-25 126-25 68-5 20-5 79 249 75 171 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 34 169 77 57 48 60 99 45 89 30 354 85 29 34 29 31 39 27 48 24 20 235 25 47 115 202 32 51 43 40 45 39 125 153 3 189 215 142 148 97 38 22 11 4 17 3 56 38 32 9 3 10 4 50 25 19 12 13 28 10 13 G 93 33 7 7 11 1 1-1 5 18 6 4 15 11 16 38 61 15 15 9 9 33 3 12 23 18 39 2 39 12 14 8 11 39 16 10 26 12 3 33 16 6 28 95 60 47 52 28 90 27 128 56 43 37 32 189 27 26 59 41 34 134 79 25 92 299 213

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Schools. ill which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■g »5 c v '~ & rt u "3 3 nl ™ **5 O C B ° • rt o SEj.£ m If I II I* School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. II u Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. | Total. Waipori Evans Plat Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Beaumont Rae's Junction Moa Plat Roxburgh Goal Creole Bald Hill Alexandra Clyde Cromwell Bannockburn Kawarau Lowburn Bendigo Nevis Hawea Black's (Ida Valley \ Poolburn Matakanui St. Bathan's Cambrian Blackstone Gimmbcrburn I Eweburn { Kyeburn.. Naseby Kyeburn Diggings Hamilton Patcaroa Hyde 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 905 1,200 COO 405 600 (216) 900 1,167 COO COO 1,170 1,250 1,250 960 300 456 580 504 COO 840 000 200 600 540 432 364 600 504 (210) 2,058 540 (891) 600 COO 77 62 41 29 52 "73 127 35 84 102 111 89 24 26 16 28 48 29 11 8 12 21 21 22 25 52 8 33 35 38 22 10 33 14 8 13 29 25 23 12 11 11 13 8 7 3 29 2C 11 5 19 28 12 10 13 22 3 19 22 8 10 34 30 47 20 5 2 10 2 7 17 2 1 20 1 7 2 7 2 6 30 23 7 1 27 78 61 39 28 51 18 76 130 44 33 83 107 102 91 29 31 30 22 34 CO 23 22 64 37 50 34 36 29 11 200 44 33 38 56 58 53 28 22 42 16 CO 109 40 22 58 93 92 72 22 29 1C 18 19 41 17 15 43 21 39 18 18 21 9 139 31 25 28 45 57 51-5 30-25 24-5 41-75 15 53-75 104-25 38-25 25-5 72-75 90 97 07 21-5 28-33 21-25 16-75 16-5 41-75 17 15 44 20-5 39-75 21-75 16-25 20-5 8-5 127-5 28-75 23-75 31-25 43-5 33 31 8 12 24 8 34 59 22 11 32 4C 47 42 13 19 8 9 12 20 8 7 25 12 21 13 10 13 6 88 16 16 13 24 25 23 20 10 18 9 26 50 18 12 35 47 46 30 9 11 9 10 9 25 10 9 22 11 19 8 11 9 3 53 1C 9 15 24 58 54 28 22 42 17 60 109 40 23 67 93 93 72 22 30 17 19 21 45 18 16 4.7 23 40 21 21 22 9 141 32 25 28 48 57-25 51-75 30-5 24-75 41-75 15-25 55 105-5 38-5 25-75 75-25 91-75 97-25 68 21-5 29 21-75 17-75 20 43-5 18 16 49-25 22-5 41 23-75 20-5 21 9-5 134-25 31 -5 25 31-25 44-25 1 1 1 1 1 1 72 27 40 23 35 24 14 201 41 29 34 64 1 1 1 1 1 Totals .. 17,742 17377-24 17280 8,539 17,915 17,G34'58 17,550-25 167 18,978 9,149 6,713 21,414 9,376

Lumsden Garston Dipton Pcrnhills Hillend .. Limehills Winton Forest Hill, North Forest Hill, South Forest Hill, East .. ElderKlie Ryal Bush Hedclon Bush Wrey'a Bush Wairio .. Waianiwa Spar Bush Nightcaps Wallacetown Waikiwi West Plains Waihopai Ofcatara Bush North Invercargill Inveroargill— (Central School .. i North School .. (South School Clifton .. Campbclltown Athol Waikaia .. Knapdale Pukerau .. 1 1 1 1 600 400 600 400 400 600 2,114 600 400 400 600 600 400 400 400 700 400 400 400 1,200 GOO 1,200 400 1,200 75 30 59 46 51 17 50 5 34 32 80 16 8 45 8 27 14 16 21 28 12 46 11 14 13 101 11 07 42 18 24 G 84 34 85 45 34 77 180 52 26 40 4G 55 48 40 45 88 33 45 47 88 53 139 31 162 57 23 62 39 27 58 178 45 21 23 46 32 29 22 26 69 28 29 41 37 35 96 23 123 50-75 23-5 63-5 34 27 51 139-25 39 19-75 23 38-5 31-75 21-5 22 29-25 64-5 24-75 28 39-5 43-25 39-25 90 23 116-25 33 11 29 20 14 34 76 25 12 16 18 22 12 21 21 39 16 15 17 25 22 53 13 58 25 13 35 20 14 27 66 22 9 11 20 16 20 10 13 32 12 15 24 23 18 43 12 65 58 24 64 40 28 Gl 142 47 21 27 38 38 32 31 34 71 28 30 41 48 40 96 25 123 53 22-75 65-5 36-5 14 37-25 131-25 43 20-5 20 37-5 37-25 27-25 30-75 34-75 68 25-75 31 40 5G-75 41-5 94 24-75 117 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 55 150 55 25 46 51 45 41 70 80 30 1.0 50 19 7 5 8 23 11 17 46 20 9 1 6 17 20 60 6 53 1 1 42 91 60 98 26 148 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5,742 2,500 5,000 GOO 1,200 400 800 400 400 COO 567 197 505 79 84 27 89 46 57 56 372 111 233 71 44 8 31 4 13 17 244 114 179 56 28 8 13 4 25 2 695 194 564 94 100 27 107 46 45 71 550 150 432 60 70 24 78 34 38 66 511-25 141-75 413-5 50-75 62-25 23 66 35 36-75 58 279 84 242 29 40 11 44 16 19 30 279 68 193 33 30 14 36 19 20 36 558 152 435 62 70 25 80 35 39 66 527-75 148-75 423-25 61-25 G3 24-75 G9-75 38 38-5 59-25 1 1 1 Otama ..

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Schools. ill wblctl belong to one School District connected by bracket. I5.s 2S c Kg I cr &.-J ■Kj «- o a £ - w o ill Eh ill isi si Is ■§ ■ a School Roll. & §° ill P bo § S z Strict Average. average Attendance. Working Average. b-5 " Fourth Quarter. Whole i j Y<=". Boys. Girls. Total. Waikaka.. Croydon Otaraia Slopedown Chatton Pinnacle.. Riversdalo Gore Mataura.. Tuturau Ferndale Wyndhani Mimihau Redan Edendale South Wyndham .. Pino Bush Portrose Hedgehope Grove Bush Roslyn Bush Myross Bn sh Woodlands Long Bush Oteramika One-Tree Point .. Orepuki Riverton Limestone Plains.. Gummie's Bush .. Otautau Thornbury Groper's iiush Flint's Bnah Pembroke Cardrona Macetown Shotover, tipper .. Shotover, Lower .. Millar's Flat Moke Creek Arrowtown Queenstown Kinloch Half-Moon Bay .. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 400 400 600 (400) 600 GOO 600 1,840 2,000 400 (400) 800 400 400 040 400 (400) 600 400 GOO 425 GOO 1,200 700 375 000 1,000 15,000 432 400 800 800 400 600 GOO 5G0 400 800 GOO 725 240 1,080 2,211 (300) 480 28 34 36 46 54 44 187 174 45 "79 33 58 33 26 67 25 51 34 52 79 70 26 59 85 287 60 52 63 55 32 42 41 33 29 31 44 28 15 125 118 14 19 7 31 6 6 38 91 70 20 20 47 11 15 27 5 13 3 13 63 14 24 43 40 12 44 29 170 27 12 28 30 4 16 17 14 3 10 21 16 1 50 62 16 18 8 4 11 11 17 37 54 36 *29 8 19 12 7 11 13 48 14 21 33 37 4 47 20 124 21 18 21 18 10 13 10 9 12 7 16 8 2 48 46 34 49 32 31 41 43 45 224 208 57 20 97 36 15 66 26 32 59 25 66 34 55 89 79 34 56 94 339 72 46 70 67 26 45 48 38 20 34 49 36 14 127 134 16 37 24 30 23 24 35 26 28 156 150 44 15 74 20 13 56 19 23 37 12 35 30 33 59 56 20 33 79 275 43 37 54 52 23 34 28 32 17 24 38 23 12 98 106 13 30 22-5 29-75 21-25 24 37-5 24-75 24-75 136-25 152-25 34-5 15 63 24-25 13 50-25 24-75 21 33-25 15 30-5 28-75 31-25 57-25 50-75 15 34 69-75 251-25 42 36-25 54-75 43-5 22 32-75 26 26-25 19-75 21-25 30 15-75 12-75 82-25 93-75 13 27 13 18 12 15 16 19 17 81 82 30 9 41 11 7 31 13 12 19 7 20 22 19 34 30 12 20 39 160 28 19 25 19 12 16 15 17 12 12 22 14 4 44 65 6 13 12 15 13 11 20 19 12 78 74 16 6 33 15 6 26 7 13 21 7 19 8 17 26 30 10 18 40 119 19 18 30 23 11 19 17 15 6 14 18 10 8 55 45 8 18 25 33 25 26 36 38 29 159 156 46 15 74 26 13 57 20 25 40 14 39 30 36 60 60 22 38 79 279 47 37 55 52 23 35 32 32 18 26 40 24 12 99 110 14 31 23-25 81-5 24-75 26-25 39 38-75 29-25 142-25 152-75 37-25 15 63-75 25-75 13 52-25 23-25 24-5 43-25 17-5 37-25 30-5 36 60-25 46-5 18-25 38-75 71-25 257-75 48-25 37-25 56-25 46-25 23-75 34-25 31 28 21-5 24-25 33-75 20-25 13-5 89-5 98-75 14 27-25 "l 1 "28 "9 Totals .. 6G 5,544 2,888 2,047 0,385 4,733 4,421 4,33575 2,578 2,318 4,89G 4,64675 4,60225

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REPORTS OF EDUCATION BOARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1884.

[Note. —Minute details relating to school districts are in some cases omitted. Tables are not all reprinted, the substance of most of them being embodied in the tables in or attached to the report of the Minister.]

AUCKLAND. Auckland, March, 18S5. In accordance with section 102 of "The Education Act, 1877," the Board forwards this report of its proceedings during the year 1884. Board. —The Board held forty-nine meetings, with an average attendance of six members. The average duration of each meeting was two and a half hours; and the average number of subjects dealt with at each meeting was sixty. Mr. James William Carr was elected a member of the Board in January. At the annual election in March, 1884, Mr. Theophilus Cooper and Mr. Eichard Hobbs were re-elected, and Mr. William Pollock Moat, after an absence of twelve months, was elected a member in place of Mr. W. F. Buckland. Mr. Hobbs was re-elected Chairman. In September Professor Tucker was elected a member in place of Mr. D. H. McKenzie, resigned. Mr. Hobbs also resigned his office as Chairman and member. Mr. Samuel Luke was elected Chairman in his stead, and the vacant seat was filled by the election .of Professor Aldis. The members who retire in March, 1885, are Mr. Carr, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Moss. Mr. Moss retires, after having been connected with the Board for twelve years. Mr. Carr and Mr. Clark have been re-elected, and Mr. John Henry Upton has been elected as the third member. The last two elections have not been contested. The representatives of the Board on the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School are Mr. J. M. Dargaville, Mr. J. M. Clark, and Mr. S. Luke; Mr. Clark and Mr. Moat represent the Board as Commissioners of Education Reserves. Public Schools. —The number of schools in operation during the whole or any part of the year was 230, or, reckoning two half-time schools as one school, 205. The number of school districts has increased from 175 to 183. The schools at Pakiri and Euapuke were closed during the year: the last-named school has since been reopened. New schools were opened at Richmond Road. (Ponsonby), Newmarket (branch school), Churchill, Tamahere, Tawhare, Te Kirikiri (aided), Kaitara, Maunu, Upper Otonga, Whareora, Maketu (East Coast), and Tryphena (Great Barrier Island). The schools of Waihou and Te Aroha West, Maungatapere and Kaitara, Maunu and Otaika, Wade and Wainui were respectively combined together as half-time schools ; and the halftime schools previously existing at Brookside and Kariaotahi, and Ararimu New and Old, were placed under separate teachers. The proportion of small country schools is 27'8 per cent, on the whole number in this district. This percentage represents the schools which have an average attendance under twenty-five, and for which the cost of maintenance and inspection largely exceeds the capitation grant earned by. average attendances. The Board is obliged to continue these small schools. The " half-time " system is adopted as far as possible, and the results are fairly satisfactory. Great caution is exercised in dealing with applications for the establishment of new schools. The issue of free railway tickets to school children will, in one or two instances, obviate the want of a separate school; but most cases arise far away from any railway communication, and where the distance to the nearest school is too great to be travelled on foot over roads which are unformed and at times almost impassable. Teachees. —The staff of teachers has increased from 529 to 593. A statement of their classification is subjoined: — Male. Female. Total. Head teachers ... ... ... 169 ... ' 77 ... 246 Assistant teachers ... ... ... 29 ... 75 ... 104 Pupil-teachers ... ... ... 14 ... 173 ... 187 Sewing-teachers ... ... ... 49 ... 49 Visiting teachers ... • ... ... 7 ... ... ... 7 219 374 593 Under the head " assistant teachers " are included forty-six probationers, or teachers in training. A register of teachers has been compiled, from which it appears that, of the 350 head teachers and assistants, 198 are certificated or licensed, fifty-three are " classified " for certificates, and ninety-nine are uncertificated. The Board gives a preference of employment to certificated teachers; and 10—E. 1.

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uncertificated teachers are gradually being replaced by those who hold certificates; but it is manifestly impossible to secure the services of certificated teachers for every small school. The Board is glad to learn that the time for holding the annual examination of teachers will be changed to the month of December. It is hoped that the change will diminish the unavoidable interruption of school-work. Pupil-teachees.—The number of pupil-teachers has increased from 170 to 187. There has been no appreciable increase in the proportion of male pupil-teachers, the number of males being 14, as compared with 173 females. The supply of qualified pupil-teachers is adequate to but not in excess of the demand. Candidates are required to pass the Sixth Standard, or an equivalent examination, and to produce satisfactory certificates of character, health, and general fitness. The minimum age at which pupil-teachers are employed is sixteen years. Every pupil-teacher is required to undergo a probation of three months' service (with salary), before being formally indentured for the term of three years' service. The annual examination of pupil-teachers and candidates was held in July, and resulted as follows : —

The examination of third-year pupil-teachers was optional. Those first-year pupil-teachers who had lately passed the entrance examination were not required to come up again, except in one or two special subjects, such as needlework. Attendances.—The following table shows a comparison of the numbers of schools and attendances for the December quarters of 1883 and 1884: —

The average attendance during the year was 78 per cent, of the roll-number. This is the highest percentage ever reached in this district. It is mainly due to voluntary, not compulsory, attendance. The attendances of 314 Maori and half-caste children at Board schools are included in the returns. Ages.—There were 446 scholars over school age admitted by leave of the Committees. The Board has issued a strict prohibition against the admission of children under five years of age, and teachers are instructed to procure a written certificate of age in case of any doubt. Inspection and Standards. —The work of inspection and examination in standards is carried on by the four Inspectors. Provision is made, as far as possible, that every school shall be visited by an Inspector at least twice in the year, and that the inspection and examination in standards shall not be conducted consecutively by the same Inspector in the same portion of the district. Subjects op Instruction. — Visiting teachers are specially employed to give and to direct instruction in singing, drawing, drill, and gymnastics. At the same time, teachers are expected, where possible, to qualify themselves to teach these subjects, and special classes are held every Saturday for their instruction. The work of the singing-teachers was tested by an examiner specially employed for the purpose, and was reported by-him to be, on the whole, satisfactory. The Kindergarten system, introduced a year ago into the junior classes of the Wellesley Street School, has not been extended. Accounts and Finance.—The audited accounts of income and expenditure are subjoined to this report. Except as regards the moneys available for building purposes, the items throughout are in excess of those for 1883. The income was as follows :— £ s. a. Statutory capitation grant ... ... ... ... 53,193 14 0 Special capitation grant ... ... ... ... 3,527 15 0 Grants for special purposes ... ... ... ... 3,428 14 8 Grants for buildings (1883-84) ... ... ... 9,682 0 0 District high schools ... ... ... ... 386 10 0 Miscellaneous receipts ... ... ... ... 184 5 2 Total ... ... ... £70,402 18 10

Grade. ixami: ted. Passi id. Fail >a. pupil-teachers ... !econd-year pupil-teachers ?hird-year pupil-teachers... Jandidates for employment M. 4 10 F. 68 34 2 6 Total. 72 44 2 7 M. 3 9 F. 44 33 2 3 Total. 47 42 2 4 M. 1 1 F. 24 1 Total. 25 2 "i "i 3 3 Totals 15 110 125 13 82 95 28 30

Number of Schools. loll-Number. Aven tge Attendance. •ecember quarter, 1884 ... December quarter, 1883 ... 224 217 Male. 9,492 8,785 Female. 8,897 8,335 Total. 18,389 17,120 Male. 7,696 6,941 Fomale. Total. 6,990 14,686 6,407 13,348 Increase for 1884 ... 707 562 1,269 755 583 1,338

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The disposal of the total capitation grant of £4 is classified as follows :— £ s. a. Teachers' salaries and allowances, per head ... ... ... 391 Grants to Committees, including rents ... ... ... 0 411 Inspection and examination ... ... ... ... 032 Cost of Board's administration ... ... ... ... 0 210 £4 0 0 The increased expenditure on office staff and inspection* was occasioned by the increase in the number of schools. A charge of £151 os. 6d. was incurred for interest on bank overdraft, owing to the delay in the allocation and payment of the building grant for the financial year ending in March, 1885. The proposal to withdraw the extra capitation of ss. is viewed by the Board with alarm. It would be quite impossible in this district to meet the ordinary cost of maintenance without this special grant. The cost is to a large extent regulated by the number of schools. The income of the Board is regulated solely by the number of scholars in attendance. It follows, therefore, that a district like Auckland, having a greater number of schools and a smaller aggregate attendance of scholars, is more severely taxed than a district like Otago, which has fewer schools and a larger aggregate number of scholars. Buildings.—The following valuation was made of the schools, dwellinghouses, fittings, and other property owned by the Board on the Ist September, 1884 : — £ s. a. School-buildings... ... ... ... ... 83,932 2 6 Furniture and fittings ... ... ... ... 10,763 0 8 Dwellinghouses ... ... ... ... ... 28,289 2 0 School sites (1,089a. 3r. 18p.) ... ■ ... ... 45,348 17 0 Total value of buildings and land ... £168,333 2 2 In April, 1884, the building operations of the Board were brought to a standstill owing to the want of funds, and to the refusal of the Government to promise any further grantfor buildings. The Board was compelled to decline all applications for grants, and to abstain from incurring any further liabilities beyond those already contracted. Even the most necessary works had to be postponed. Temporary school accommodation was, in one or two instances, obtained by renting buildings for the purpose. After a delay of nine months, the Board at length received notice of the allocation of a grant of £9,682 (since supplemented by an extra grant of £1,000) for the financial year ending in March, 1885. Of this grant, £5,000 remained available for appropriation after meeting the liabilities previously incurred. The immediate requirements amounted to more than £32,000. Considering that this Board has to depend entirely upon the grants annually voted by Parliament for building purposes, it is reasonable to urge that, in the distribution of these grants, due regard should be paid to the requirements of each district. The distribution is made, however, riot according to actual requirements, not in proportion to the number of schools in each district, but on the simple basis of population. No consideration is given to the fact that all districts have not been equally supplied with buildings. In the southern districts of the colony — e. g., Otago and Canterbury—nearly every school has its proper building, and a separate residence for the teacher In the Auckland District thirty-seven schools are housed in buildings not belonging to the Board, many of them being out of repair, ill-ventilated, and generally unsuitable. In the Auckland District, also, no fewer than ninety schools are still unprovided with teachers' dwellings. Schoolbuildings are required for new districts, and to take the place of sheds, whares, and other buildings, which are now made to serve as school-rooms. Eesidences are also urgently required for the location of teachers, and to prevent the frequent changes which are occasioned: through the want of such accommodation. The Board repeats the assertion, made in previous reports, that a special grant is required in order to place Auckland on a more equal footing with the other districts of the colony. New wants are constantly arising through the growth of population. These include the enlargement of one city school and the building of another in the thickly - peopled district of Freeman's Bay. Children are being daily turned away from the school doors for want of room. Additional accommodation is needed at Ponsonby, Newmarket, and Devonport. New schoolbuildings are also, wanted in the important townships of Tauranga and Opotiki, and in other country places. In view of these many urgent requirements, it is hoped there will bo no delay on the part of Government in making known the amount to be placed at the Board's disposal for the financial year beginning in April, 1(385. [Note. —The amount (£18,000) said to have been expended in Otago on the building of one school alone (the Dunedin High School) very nearly equals the whole amount of two years' building grants to the Auckland District.]! Playgrounds.—The accounts show an unexpended balance of £1,500 on " Playgrounds Account." This amount represents £l;000 reserved for the purchase, not yet completed, of a playground at Ponsonby, and £500 appropriated for the formation of a playground at the Wellesley Street School, which is now being carried out by the municipal authorities under agreement with the Board. Training- College.—Thirty-throe students were maintained during the year; two of them left before the end of their term. There is a gradual increase in the number of male students. Arrangements are made for students to attend the lectures of the Auckland University College, and several have distinguished themselves at the annual examinations. The work of training is not limited to the students of the Training Collage. Classes for the instruction of all teachers and pupil-teachers within reach are regularly conducted by the Principal, assisted by the staff of

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visiting teachers. Uncertificated teachers in the country are also instructed and guided in their studies by means of correspondence. Separate classes for teachers are held at the Thames. Disteict High Schools.—The district high school at Cambridge was closed for six months during the year. The school at Hamilton was continued without interruption. The number of pupils in the higher subjects was—at Hamilton, fourteen, and at Cambridge, twelve. A grant of £250 was voted by the Commissioners of reserves for secondary education in aid of the cost of maintenance. The number of pupils has fallen very far short of the promises made by the residents previous to the establishment of these schools. Scholabships.—Forty scholarships were held during the year. Of this number eighteen were held by girls. The reports on the conduct and progress of the holders have been very satisfactory. At the annual examination held in August twelve scholarships were awarded, and certificates of proficiency were gained by twenty-nine candidates. The examination is very much the same as that prescribed for the Sixth Standard; but candidates are required to gain at least half marks in each subject in order to qualify for a scholarship or certificate. The Board has recently adopted a new scheme, under which it is proposed : (1) To offer junior scholarships, tenable for three years, to be competed for by pupils of primary schools of the age of thirteen and a half years and under ; (2) to offer senior scholarships of a higher value, tenable for two years, and open to all comers of the age of sixteen and a half years and under. The examination for junior scholarships will be limited to the subjects taught in the primary schools; that for senior scholarships will be selected from the subjects prescribed for the entrance examination of the University. It is also proposed that the number of senior scholarships shall not exceed one-half the number of junior scholarships to be offered for competition in the same year. These proposals have yet to be submitted for the Minister's approval and validation. School Committees.—The Board gratefully acknowledges the assistance and co-operation afforded by School Committees during the past year. It has been the constant endeavour of the Board to allow the fullest freedom to Committees in the exercise, of their functions, and to give due consideration to their wishes and recommendations. The grants voted to Committees have for the most part been expended by them with care and discretion; and due forbearance has been exercised by them in refraining from making claims upon the Board at a time when the funds of the Board were low. The grants paid to Committees during the year were: (1) incidental expenses, £3,425 Bs. 9d.; and (2) for special objects, £1,676 4s. 5d.; making a total of £5,101 13s. 2d. The total income of Committees from all sources was £5,255 11s. 4d., and the total expenditure was £4,177 Is. 5d., leaving a balance of £1,078 9s. lid. unexpended at the end of the year. Eeference was made in last year's report to the frequent disputes arising at the elections of School Committees, owing to the imperfect definition of the term "householder" in the Act. It is satisfactory to report that very few disputes of the kind arose at the elections held in January last, and that in no single instance has the Board found it necessary to order a fresh election. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Samuel Luke, Chairman.

Genebal Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1883*— By Balance of account on 31st December, Building Account.. .. .. 1,500 0 0 1883 .. .. .. .. 3,535 6 2 General Account .. .. .. 3,051 11 7 Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 1,255 0 0 Government grant for buildings .. 9,682 0 0 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 23 0 0 Subscriptions and donations for bilild- Departmental contingencies .. .. 748 10 0 ings .. .. .. .. 71 0 0 Inspectors' salaries .. .. .. 1,700 0 0 Price of buildings sold .. .. 7 5 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. 549 19 2 Government statutory capitation (£3 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 33 18 1 155.) .. .. .. .. 51,089 10 9 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inSpecial capitation (55.) .. .. 3,527 15 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 49,217 13 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 905 17 3 Incidental expenses of schools .. 3,425 8 9 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 500 0 0 Audit of School Committees' accounts 50 0 0 Grant for training of teachers .. 2,022 17 5 Training of teachers .. .. 2,307 3 1 Payments by School Commissioners— District high school —stationery .. 12 3 9 For primary education .. .. 1,504 3 3 Scholarships— For secondary education ~ .. 250 0 0 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 993 13 i Fees for district high schools.. .. 136 10 0 Examination expenses .. .. 56 13 10 Bents of buildings .. .. .. 56 0 2 School libraries .. .. .. 54 19 6 Deposit—Flavell .. .. .. 50 0 0 School-buildings— Balance of account on 31st December, New buildings .. .. .. 6,868 8 6 1884 —Buildings Account .. 4,492 0 5 Improvements of buildings.. .. 1,676 4 5 Furniture and appliances .. .. 1,535 0 6 Sites .. .. .. .. 192 6 5 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 444 19 5 Bank interest .. .. .. 151 0 6 , Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1884 — Playgrounds Account .. .. 1,500 0 0 Flavell's Deposit Account .. .. 50 0 0 General Account .. .. .. 3,065 2 5 £79,446 10 10 £79,446 10 10 Samuel Luke, Chairman. Vincent E. Rice, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the Education Board of the District of Auckland for the year ended 31st December, 1884, and that I find them to be correct, and the expenditure according to law.—L. A. Dukrieu, Auditor. 25th February, 1885.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive, of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, £ s. d. Due tc teachers .. .. .. 4,208 8 3 31st December, 1884 .. 3,115 2 5 Due to Flavoll .. .. .. 50 0 0 Less prepayment by School Due to school libraries .. .. .. 15 0 0 Commissioners to be de- Duo for printing .. .. .. 26 1 8 ducted from capitation Due for advertising .. .. .. 17 15 9 allowance for 1885 .. 589 8 9 Due for rents .. .. .. .. 45 14 0 2,525 13 8 Due for stationery .. .. .. 25 8 3 Due from scholarships .. .. .. 435 14 2 Due for sundries .. .. .. 8 18 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,435 1 9 £4,396 9 7 £4,936 9 7 B. Building Fund only. . £ s. d. £ s. a. Cash in bank on Playgrounds Account, 31st Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 4,492 0 5 December, 1884 .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 Balance of amounts due or to fall due under Due from'grant, 1884-85 .. .. 10,682 0 0 contracts .. .. .. .. 216 0 0 Due on account of furniture .. .. 30 0 0 Duo on account of playgrounds .. .. 1,500 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 5,943 19 7 £12,182_0_0 £12,182 0 0 Vincent E. Eice, Secretary.

TAEANAKI. Sik,— New Plymouth, 7th March, 1885. In compliance with the provisions of clause 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," I have the honour to submit the following report of the Taranaki Education Board for the year ending 31st December, 1884. Boaed.—The vacancies caused by the retirement, in March, of Messrs J. Kelly, W. M. Syme, and E. Veale, were filled by Messrs. E. G. Bauchope, F. Bluck, and E. Voale. About the same time an extraordinary vacancy was caused by the resignation of the Chairman, the Venerable Archdeacon Govett, who was about to visit the Home-country. This vacancy was filled by the election of Dr. O'Carroll to the Board. Mr. E. Veale was elected chairman. The Board held twenty-four ordinary meetings and one special during the year. The following are the attendances given by each member : J. Andrews, 23; J. Elliot, 22 ; H. Faull, 23 ; H. Govett, 2 ; B. C. Lawrence, 22; E. Veale, 22; J. Wade, 23; E. G. Bauchope, 18; F. Bluck, 18; and P. J. O'Carroll, 17. The three last-named gentlemen held office for nine inonths only. Standing orders were framed, which have greatly facilitated the transaction of business. The Board regrets to record the resignation, through advancing years, of Mr. William Northcroft, who has filled the position of Secretary since the origin of the Education Board in Taranaki, and wishes to express their appreciation of his long and faithful services. Schools. —The number of schools open during the year was thirty-seven, but this number was reduced by one owing to the closing of the Smart Eoad School, the attendance having fallen below the minimum. Teachehs. — The number of teachers on the staff at the end of the year was sixty-two; their classification being as follows : — Males. Females. Total. Head teachers... ..-. ... ... 21 17 38 Assistant teachers ... ... ...1 7 8 Pupil-teachers ... ... ... 1 15 16 23 39 62 Of the above number, sixteen hold certificates, two are provisionally certificated, three " partial success," two "license to teach," twenty-throe are uncertificated; four pupil-teachers are in their second year, and twelve in their first. Great difficulty is experienced in obtaining suitable certificated teachers and assistants. The pressing necessity of providing accommodation diverts a very large portion of the General Fund, so that the Board is not in a position to offer sufficient to induce properly qualified persons to apply for vacancies as they occur. The sum of £758 2s. has been granted to the Building Fund during the year. The Board is, however, desirous to remedy this state of matters as soon as the wants of the district can be fairly met by the subsidy to the Building Fund. During the month of May a circular was forwarded to all uncertificated teachers in the district, intimating that, unless they obtained "partial success" or a "license to teach" from the department at its annual examination in January, they would receive notice that their services would be dispensed with. In accordance with the new regulations, the examination of pupil-teachers was held in July: of the fourteen who were examined, five passed the requirements of the first year. The papers of three were so unsatisfactory that the Board determined their engagements. Attendances.—The attendance for the year under review showed a slight increase over 1883. The number of scholars on the rolls at the end of December, 1884, was 2,113. The working average also shows a slight increase, the average for the last quarter of 1884 being 1,548, against 1,458 for the corresponding quarter of 1883. The irregularity and want of punctuality in the attendance of

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the scholars is far from creditable to the parents. Every teacher complains that pupils are detained from school on the most frivolous pretexts. It may be necessary for the Board to consider the advisability of closing any school where the attendance, through these causes, has fallen so low as materially to affect the revenue. Inspection. — Mr. "W. M. Crompton's term of office having expired on the 31st December, 1883, his position was filled by Mr. W. Murray, who entered on his duties on the Ist January. From his first memorandum on the condition of the -schools the Board was made aware of the unsatisfactory state of the instruction, and urged to take the necessary steps to provide a remedy. One great cause of the state of the schools was that the teachers generally neglected the standard requirements, and taught their pupils advanced subjects before they were thoroughly grounded in the elementary ones. To some extent this was pointed out by the former Inspector, as will be seen from the following quotation from his report for 1882: " I have had occasion to advise some of your teachers not to hurry their pupils on beyond the requirements of the standards. It has been the cause of disappointment to the pupils and myself." He, however, did not take any steps to provide a remedy, neither was it brought prominently before the Board. The Board, feeling that they were not altogether blameless in the matter, took decided action on Mr. Murray's representations, and issued the circular already referred to. When his reports on the schools were presented they were referred to a committee of the Board, who went carefully through them, together with the examination papers; and the action taken on their report will, it is to be hoped, tend materially to improve the character of the instruction imparted in the schools. With the bad classification of the scholars only indifferent results could be expected. This is seen in the low percentage of passes made in the subjects of examination. Grammar and geography were weakest, each with 40 per cent. only. Arithmetic, 57-2 per cent.; spelling, 59'2 per cent.; writing, 78-1 per cent.; and reading, with a more satisfactory result, 92 per cent. The greatest number of passes were made in the First Standard. In the higher standards the failures were chiefly the result of the indifferent teaching of grammar and geography. The percentage of passes in each standard is: In the First, 79-3; Second, 37-8; Third, bi-2; Fourth, 38-1; Fifth, 28-1; Sixth, 30. The percentage in all subjects is 53'4. Accounts. —The accounts of income and expenditure have been duly audited, and are appended to this report. The necessity of finding funds to provide sufficient accommodation, caused by the extension of the district, has seriously hampered the Board in its desire to give effect to the suggestion of its Inspector to increase the remuneration of its teachers. It is feared that this yearly drain upon the General Fund to assist the inadequate allowance to the Building Fund will, to a considerable extent, tell against the character of the instruction given in our schools. As will be seen from the detailed statement of accounts, the amount actually expended on new buildings during the year has been £3,221 Is.; while the amount received from the Government as the district's share of the vote for building purposes was only £1,542. The difference of £1,680 Is. not only absorbed the balance brought from 1883, but also the sum of £758 2s. previously referred to. Indeed, it was found necessary to withhold, for a short time, the usual payments to Committees, in order that the Board might meet its monetary engagements. New Buildings.—During the year five new schools were completed and finished—namely, a large central school and an infant school at New Plymouth, and district schools at Waitara East, Lepperton, and Eahotu. The success of the New Plymouth Central School has encouraged the Board to amalgamate the smaller schools in the more populous districts as occasion offers. Many of the school buildings are in a sad condition, owing to the Board's inability to undertake the necessary repairs. These, however, must be undertaken during the current year, and the expense borne by the General Fund. Thirteen teachers' residences are urgently wanted, as in the bush districts suitable accommodation is difficult to obtain. A large number of the school sites are not fenced. Scholakships.—ln the course of the year the Board resolved to institute scholarships. Eegulations were framed and approved by the department. Five scholarships were offered by the Board, and two by the Hon. H. Scotland. . The examination was held early in December, when twenty candidates competed. The following are the names of the successful competitors in order of merit: J. W. Downes, J. Hirst, W. Noble, J. Noble, W. Eennoll, C. Lever, and G. Watkins. Sewing.—No examination of sewing having hitherto been held in the district, the Inspector suggested that one should be held, and that the Board appoint a committee of ladies to judge the work. The following ladies consented to act on the committee : Mesdames Humphries, Bauchope, and Murray. The examination was held in October; and it is satisfactory to note that the result showed that the work, on the whole, was of a creditable nature, many of the failures to pass being attributable not so much to inferior work as to the requirements of the standards not being met. School Committees. —Owing to the extension of settlement, it was found advisable to increase the number of the school districts: five new districts have been formed, and, instead of being distinguished by numbers, as formerly, they are now known by the names of the districts in which the schools are situated. The Board is gratified to acknowledge increasing interest being taken by the Committees in performing the duties required of them by the Education Act. Several have shown this by the improvements about the school buildings, planting the sites with trees, fencing, and the erection of gymnastic apparatus. In many districts visiting committees have been formed, and visit the schools at regular intervals. The Board hopes that this example will be followed by all the Committees in the district. To prevent friction between the Board and Committees in the appointment of teachers, regulations have been framed defining the duties of each, which have been found to work satisfactorily, considering that the respective duties are not clearly defined by the Act. The increased interest taken in educational matters has not been confined to the Committees, but has extended to the public, The meetings for the election of members to the

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Committees have been more numerously attended, and a larger number of candidates have come forward for seats on the Committees and on the Board. This healthy state .of matters is principally caused by the prominent place assigned to the education question at the general election, and partly by more vigorous action on the part of the Board. Whatever may be the cause, there is no doubt that the more intelligent criticism is brought to bear on the actions of Boards and Committees, the more the cause of education will progress. I have, &c, Eobeet G. Bauchope, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. S, s. d. To Balance on December 31st, 1883— By Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 150 0 0 On Building Account .. .. 846 8 3 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 16 16 8 On General Account .. .. 234 11 3 Departmental contingencies .. .. 133 6 5 Government grant for buildings .. 1,542 0 0 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 300 0 0 Subscriptions and donations for build- Inspector's travelling expenses .. 50 0 0 ings .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 1 10 0 Sale of schools and furniture .. 40 7 3 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inGovernment statutory capitation (£3 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. .. 4,594 10 4 155.) .. .. 5,287 8 2 Incidental expenses of schools .. 633 711 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 378 1 3 School-buildings— Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 200 0 0 Now buildings ... .. .. 2,337 12 4 Payments by School Commissioners —For Improvements of buildings .. .. 498 0 9 primary education .. .. 417 15 5 Furnituro and appliances .. .. 207 12 4 Management of high school .. 34 5 4 Sites .. ' .. .. .. 91 15 7 Advances to high school repaid .. 325 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. .. 87 0 0 Store Account .. .. .. 10 6 8 Store Account .. .. .. 27 10 6 Balance of account on 31st December, Transfer fee, paid in 1883, refunded .. 10 0 1884—Building Account * .. 758 2 0 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884—Goneral Account .. .. 969 2 9 £10,099 8 7 £10,099 5 7 Eobt. G. Bauchope, Chairman. W. Noethceoft, Secretary. Examined and passed.—O. Eennell, Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st Decem- Duo to teachers .. .. ... 194 11 6 ber, 1884 .. .. .. . ■ 211 0 9 Due to unpaid accounts .. .. .. 19 7 7 Due from vote for buildings .. .. 758 2 0 Due to Committees .. .. .. 126 17 1 Due from store .. .. .. 68 G 0 £1,037 8 9 £340 16 2 B. Building Fund only. Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 758 2 0 Nil. £758 2 0 E. Veale, Chairman. W. Nobthceoft, Secretary.

WANGANUI. Sie,— Wanganui, 20th March, 1885. In compliance with the provisions of "The Education Act, 1877," I have the honour to submit the annual report of this Board for the year ending the 31st December, 1884. Boabd.—The members who retired in December, 1883, were Mr. W. H. Watt, Mr. G. S. Bridge, and Mr. James W. Baker. Mr. W. H. Watt and Mr. G.' S. Bridge were re-elected, and Mr. G. V. Bate, of Hawera, was elected in the place of Mr. James W. Baker, who did not then seek re-election. During the year Sir William Fox, K.C.M.G., of Eangitikei, and Mr. G. M. Snelson, of Manawatu, resigned. The former was replaced by Mr. James W. Baker, of Warrengate, and the latter by Mr. J. H. Fry, of Makino Eoad, Manawatu. Mr. W. H. Watt was re-elected Chairman. Up to the present time the elections have resulted in an equitable distribution of members for the several counties. Schools. —At the close of 1883 the Board had sixty-seven schools in operation. There are now seventy-four at work, although two were temporarily closed at the end of the year during a change of teachers. Of these schools eight are aided, and are officered by teachers appointed by the settlers, but subject to the Inspector's examination. The Board formerly made an allowance of £4 ss. capitation to aided schools, but has lately found it necessary to limit the amount to £4,

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the sum received from Government. New schools have been opened at Upper Taonui, Terrace End (Palmerston North), Otakeho, Momahaki, Bird Grove, Maramara Totara, and Kimbolton Eoad. Alteration op Names op Schools.—At the suggestion of the Committees, it has been found desirable to alter the names of the following schools, and -they will in future be found in the returns accordingly: Bunnythorpe will be called Upper Taonui, Manchester will be called Bunnythorpe, and Upper Taonui will be called Mangaone. The alterations will take effect from January, 1885. Attendances.—The increase in the attendance has not been so satisfactory as in former years. In December, 1883, the average weekly roll-number, which represents the actual number of children attending the schools, was 5,504, with a working average of 4,155, or a proportion of 75-5 per cent, of attendances to the roll-number. At the close of 1884 the average weekly roll-number was 5,708, with a working average of 4,278, or nearly 75 per cent, of attendances to the roll-number. The unworkable compulsory clauses of the Act are perhaps responsible for some of the absences. Teacheks. —The Board has now 132 teachers, including pupil-teachers, in its employ, as against 126 in 1883. Of these, iifty-three are head male teachers, five are male assistants, eight are male pupil-teachers, twenty-one are female head teachers, seventeen are female assistants, and twenty-eight are female pupil-teachers. In filling vacancies the Board is fully alive to the necessity of complying with the Act and the Government instructions, by appointing certificated teachers. It will, however, be seen by Table No. 1* that, of those who are at present unclassified, eight belong to aided schools, where the emolument is too small to admit of the possibility of enlisting the services of classified teachers. • School Buildings and Sites.—The work undertaken by the Board during the year has been of a very limited nature, owing to the want of funds; whilst applications have been received from all sides for new schools, additions, repairs, and improvements. In consequence of no building grant being forthcoming, the Board was obliged in April last to suspend the whole of its building operations, and to return the deposits upon all contracts which had not been actually accepted. This unavoidable step naturally caused much disappointment and vexation to those interested. A combined school and residence has been completed at Otakeho ; a new school at Upper Taonui (to be called Mangaone); the school at Terrace End (Palmerston North), which is held in a temporary building, has been completely furnished; Feilding School has been raised, enlarged, and improved; and other repairs and improvements have been effected" as far as the limited means would admit. A necessary addition of two acres has been made to the Bulls playground, at a cost of £70. Some of the school grounds are in very bad order, and are a positive disgrace to the district. It is thought that in many cases, considering the advantages derived from the present liberal system of education, parents might assist, through the Committees, in. transforming these wastes into suitable recreation grounds for their children. Owing to the very limited means at its disposal, the Board is quite unable to do anything further in this direction. District High Schools.—ln connection with the working of the district high schools, referred to in last year's report, the Board subsequently disrated them as from the 30th June last, the teachers with fixed salaries having previously received three months' notice that they would in future be paid upon average attendance according to scale. The extra time thus placed at the disposal of the teachers will enable them to devote proper attention to the general supervision of their schools and to the more useful work of teaching the standards. Scholarships.—New regulations were framed by the Inspector, and subsequently passed by the Board and the department. There were two classes (A and B), and five scholarships in each class, of the annual value of £30 and £20 respectively, with an addition of £10 per annum to any successful competitor who. was compelled to live away from home for the purpose of attending a superior school. This was taken advantage of by three boys. The competitive examination took place in Wanganui on the sth and 6th of August. Truant Inspection.—The Board considered it advisable to cancel the appointment of one Truant Inspector for the whole district, and has adopted regulations and a scale of payments by which School Committees are allowed to appoint Truant Inspectors for their several districts. Only two Committees have as yet taken advantage of the privilege, and the rest still appear to refrain from enforcing the compulsory clauses of the Act. The Board undertook to defray the cost of a test case for the late Wanganui School Committee, but, although the charge was made and duly paid, the result was nil. The following are the regulations for Truant Inspectors referred to: 1. That Committees wishing to employ Truant Inspectors shall apply to the Board for permission to do so. 2. That a monthly return shall be sent to the office of the Board from each school where a Truant Inspector is employed. (3.) That the increase shall be calculated upon the monthly return as from the Ist to the 31st of each month. (4.) That payments to Truant Inspectors shall be made according to scale, and shall be computed upon the increased average attendance as follows— namely : In schools of 150 and over, upon an increase of not less than fifteen monthly, and upon no intermediate number; in schools of seventy-five and under 150, upon an increase of ten, and upon no intermediate number; in schools under seventy-five, upon an increase of five, and upon no intermediate number. (5.) The scale of payments shall be as follows: (a) Upon an increase of the first five, ten, or fifteen pupils, 7d. each ; (b) upon an increase of the second five, ten, or fifteen pupils, lOd. each; (c) upon an increase of the third five, ten, or fifteen pupils, Is. 3d. each; (d) upon an increase of the fourth five, ten, or fifteen pupils, 2s. each; (e) 2s. 6d. each for every additional scholar, with a bonus of £1 per month for schools of 150 and over, and 10s. per month for schools under 150, provided the attendance of the previous month is maintained, in addition to the payment according to scale for any further increase. New Eegulations.—During the year the Board has made some additions to its regulations, and has adopted a complete new pupil-teachers' programme, which was framed by the Inspector and passed by the department.

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Pupil-teachees' Examination.—The usual pupil-teachers' examination took place in July, and an exhaustive report by the Inspector gives full particulars thereof. The result was very disappointing ; but the Board hopes that the next examination will be more encouraging. Audit of School Committees' Accounts.—ln compliance with the Order in Council, the Board appointed gentlemen nominated by the Committees to audit their accounts where they would be done free of charge ; and in cases where this could not be done the Secretary of the Board was appointed auditor. Great difficulty was experienced in getting in some of the summaries of the School Fund Account, and in some cases the returns were not forthcoming. Some of the Committee have collected sums of money, and judiciously expended it in improving grounds, erecting swings, and in school treats and prizes, a proceeding which is worthy of all praise. Inspectoe.—Mr. W. H. Vereker-Bindon, M.A., who was appointed Inspector of Schools in December last, was unable to commence duty until March, owing to severe illness. He has since made a full inspection of the district schools, and has reported thereon. Scale op Salaeies.—The Board's scale of salaries remains as heretofore, except that an allowance of £20 per annum is now made to all country school teachers who are not provided with a residence. Bequest of the late De. Eees.—The £800 which was shown in last year's balance-sheet as awaiting investment has been lent for five years at 7i per cent, on the mortgage of freehold lands. The interest of this bequest was formerly devoted towards paying the salary of the head master of the Wanganui Boys' District High School, but upon the latter being disrated the Board resolved to allow the fund to accumulate for the present. Classes foe Teachees. —Up to December last the Board made an allowance of £50 per annum towards the maintenance of a class in Wanganui for the instruction of teachers. The class was conducted by the second master of the Wanganui Boys' School, but has been discontinued in consequence of that gentleman having been transferred to Marton School. Finance.—The returns give a full statement of the Board's receipts and expenditure during the year, the totals amounting to £24,537 18s. 9d. In the General Account a credit balance of £1,939 16s. is shown, with liabilities amounting to £547 45., leaving a net credit balance of £1,392 12s. The liabilities are principally for school fund and bonus due to teachers, since paid, and accumulated interest on the Eees bequest, above referred to. The Building Account shows an overdraft of £1,617 7s. 7d., with liabilities of £12 2s. 6d., being a total of £1,629 10s. Id. This, however, has been wiped out by the Government grant of £2,736 since allocated, leaving the Board a credit balance of £1,106 10s. for the wants of the whole district. It is hardly necessary to state that this sum is totally inadequate for the growing requirements of the district, and that the Board has already anticipated it twice over without meeting the demands made upon it. I have not thought it necessary here to enter into minute details, as the Inspector's report, to which I have the honour to refer you, contains a comprehensive account of the state of education in this district, and the several returns required by the department are attached hereto. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. W. H. Watt, Chairman.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1883—General By Balance of account on 31st December, Account* .. .. .. 2,332 17 4 1883—Building Account*.. .. 2,790 13 6 Government grant for buildings .. 2,736 0 0 Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 395 16 8 Price of old buildings at Parowanui .. 20 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. .. 469 6 2 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 15,528 12 7 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 400 0 0 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 1,057 10 3 Inspector's travelling expenses.. .. 100 0 0 Scholarship grant (Is. Cd.) .. .. 262 12 9 Examination of pupil-teachers.. .. 4G 16 10 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inGrant for training of teachers .. .. 41 13 4 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. .. 14,344 18 3 Payments by School Commissioners— Incidental expenses of schools.. .. 1,338 11 2 For primary education .. .. 354 6 4 Training of teachers .. .. .. 41 13 4 For secondary education .. .. 72 9 7 Scholarships—• Fees for district high schools .. .. 18 15 0 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 245 16 8 School site .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Examination expenses .. .. 16 16 1 Eees bequest) Interest Account .. 170 8 0 School-buildings— Balance of account on 31st December, New buildings .. .. .. 464 16 0 1884—Building Account* .. .. 1,617 7 7 Improvements of buildings .. ... 1,019 3 5 Furniture and appliances .. .. 610 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. .. 106 12 2 Balance of Eees bequest, reinvested .. 800 0 0 Interest overdrawn Building Account .. 10 12 6 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884—General Account* .. .. 1,939 16 0 £24,537 18 9 £24,537 18 9 W. H. Watt, Chairman. A. A. Beowne, Secretary. Examined and passed.—E. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st Deceni- Due to teachers .. .. .. .. 147 7 0 ber, 1884 .. .. .. .. 1,939 16 0 Due to Committees .. .. 323 0 0 Due to legal expenses .. .. .. 313 0 Duo to stationery .. .. .. 8 0 0 Due to Recs bequest, accumulated funds .. 65 4 0 Not balanca .. .. .. .. 1,392 12 0 £1,939 16 0 £1,939 16 0 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balanco .. .. .. .. 1,629 10 1 Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 1,617 7 7 Due on account of Otaki school site .. 12 2 6 £1,629 10 1 £1,629 10 1 A. A. Beowne, Secretary.

WELLINGTON. Sm,— Wellington, 31st March, 1885. In accordance with the provisions of "The Education Act, 1877," I have the honour to transmit the report of the Education Board of the District of Wellington for the year ending the 31st December, 1884. The Boabd.—At the annual election of three members in March, Messrs. H. Bunnyj W. C. Buchanan, and W. Hutchison, the retiring members, were re-elected. In the month of August Mr. W. Hutchison, one of the oldest members of the Education Board created under " The Education Act, 1877," and for a number of years a member of the Education Board created under the Provincial Education Act, on account of his removal to Dunedin, was compelled to vacate his seat. The Board, when dealing with Mr. Hutchison's resignation, unanimously passed the following resolution : " That this Board regrets that Mr. Hutchison's business arrangements necessitate his departure from Wellington, and that the Board is deeply sensible of the services Mr. Hutchison has rendered the cause of education in this provincial district." The extraordinary vacancy was filled by the election of Mr. G. V. Shannon. The Board then consisted of Messrs. J. E. Blair (Chairman), George Beetham, M.H.E., W. C. Buchanan, M.H.E., H. Bunny, the Hon. G. Eandall Johnson, M.L.C., Thomas Mason, Dr. Newman, M.H.E., the Eev. James Paterson, and G. V. Shannon. During the year the Board held twelve ordinary and four special meetings, with an average attendance of 6-19. Number op Schools.—At the close 0f.1883 there were fifty-three schools open in this district, and one built and ready for opening. During the year new schoolrooms have been erected at Te Nui and Belvedere; and considerable improvements effected in the schools at Greytown, Kaitara, Kilbirnie, Thorndon, Terrace, Te Aro, Taranaki Street, Tory Street, and Buckle Street. The building erected for a Normal School has been converted into a school for younger children of the Thorndon District. A house suitable for a residence, together with five acres of land, has been secured at Gladstone ; and contracts have been let for a new training college and practising school, on the site of the Terrace School, and for new schools at Dalefield and Pahiatua. Plans for new schools at Eketahuna, Dryerton, and Te Whiti, and additions to the Masterton School, have been prepared, and the works will be in hand almost immediately. The want of residence accommodation in connection with these country schools very often necessitates the appointment of such a teacher as can be accommodated by one of the settlers, as houses cannot be obtained. The number of schools open at the end of the year was fifty-seven, the schools opened during the year being Kilbirnie, Belvedere, Wangaehu, and Kaiwhata. The latter is an aided school. Attendance. —The attendance at the end of the year shows 7,395 on the roll, as against 6,840 for last year; and 5,678 in average attendance, as against 5,344. Increase in average attendance, 334. Of the 7,395 children in this district twenty-three are Maoris and two are half-castes. New Districts.—During the year new districts have been formed at Pahiatua, Belvedere, Dryerton, and Dalefield ; and the Terrace District has been merged partly into Thorndon and partly into Te Aro. Teaching Staff.—The Board has now in its service 183 teachers, of whom seventy-five are males and 108 females. Of the fifty-seven schools, thirteen have attendances under twenty-five; but, as these schools have been in existence for a considerable period, and in some instances the money for the erection of the buildings was raised voluntarily by the settlers, the Board is not at present prepared to reduce them to aided schools, as to do so would inflict greater hardships on the outlying settlers than on those living in more populous centres, when probably the outlying settlers are in a worse position to bear a strain. Finance.—From the balance-sheet, which has been duly audited and passed by the Provincial District Auditor, it will be seen that the year's working shows a credit to the Building Account of £2,433 19s. 9d., against which must be placed the sum of £2,969 18s. required for works in hand. The overdraft on the Maintenance Account, shown to be £478 4s. 3d., is reducible by the sum of £301 4s. 6d. due at the end of the year but not actually received until a few days later. From the

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expenditure shown against each school in Eeturn No. 7,* it will be seen that a large sum has been devoted to improvements at the city schools. This expenditure was necessary to complete the sanitary and drainage works, enabling those in charge of the schools to flush all drains and outhouses readily and effectively, full advantage being taken of the ample water-supply now available. In consequence of the inability of the Board to acquire sufficient school buildings within the city, the Maintenance Account has to bear a heavy annual charge for rent of rooms, which cannot be deemed satisfactory except as a temporary expedient. The amount so expended during the past year is £329 10s., the money being apportioned as follows :Te Aro, £150; Ghuznee Street, £60; Courtenay Place, £30; Thorndon, £39; Terrace, £36; Johnsonville, £10; and Gladstone, £4 10s. Taking into account the fact that many of the country schools cannot show an average attendance sufficient to earn the cost of carrying on, and yet in mere justice should still be maintained for the reasons above stated, this charge bears heavily on the moneys available. Office Staff.—The only increase during the year in the office staff has been the appointment of a clerk at a salary of £50 per annum. The extra work thrown on the Secretary in the audit of School Committees' accounts rendered this assistance absolutely necessary. The appointment of the Board's Secretary to audit the accounts of School Committees has shown that in past years the Committees in some districts did not seem to realize the fact that in dealing with public moneys it was necessary that a strict record should be kept. Considerable difficulty was experienced in dealing with accounts submitted by several District Committees from the fact that books and papers in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act had not been carefully kept. In most instances, however, the accounts have been accurately prepared and submitted for audit in a clear form, bank-book and vouchers being all in order, and the cash-book showing clearly every item of expenditure and receipt. It would nevertheless greatly facilitate both the proper keeping and audit of school accounts if the department were to furnish for the use of-School Committees a suitable book, with printed headings, for the purpose, which should remain the property of the Board. Scholarships.—A competitive examination for scholarships was held on the 26th November last, and, in accordance with the examiners' report, scholarships tenable for two years from the Ist January, 1885, were awarded as follows : Philip Mason, £30; Edward Geisen, £20; Henry Booth, £30; Jessie Nairn, £30; Charles Archibald, £20; Arthur Burgess, £20; Albert Bright, £20; Jessie Galloway, £20; Eosa Smythe, £20. District High School. —The Masterton District High School, which was opened in the early part of the year, has an attendance of nine pupils for the higher work, which embraces Latin, algebra, Euclid, -and French, each subject being taken by a competent teacher, whose remuneration is derived from the fees received. The fact of this school being available for scholarship-holders had the effect of inducing a greater number of candidates to come forward from the Wairarapa schools for these prizes, and has been the means of three promising pupils taking full advantage of the opportunity offered them to carry their education beyond the limits of the Board School course. No additional expense has been incurred in the working of this brarjch of the ordinary public school. Inspection.'—From the Inspector's Annual Eeport it will be seen that the number of Standard passes has increased from 2,774 last year to 3,918 this year, the percentage for the whole district being 88. The report gives full and valuable information on this subject. Tuition and Training of Pupil-teachebs.—The Board, feeling that young persons of the age of thirteen, and who had only passed Standard V., were hardly qualified to undertake the management of a class of children, decided to appoint only those who had reached the age of fifteen and who had passed the Sixth Standard. Experience has shown that the change was desirable, as at the present time candidates for appointment under the pupil-teacher regulations of this Board are mostly well qualified to undertake the work required of them, and no difficulty is experienced in obtaining applicants. The system of massing the pupil-teachers, within the city, and appointing instructors who may be considered to have special qualifications to impart an accurate knowledge of the subject assigned to them, each instructor being responsible for the work done in his particular branch of study, has proved satisfactory. Care is taken that each instructor is selected according to his position and fitness for the post. One set of papers for the examination of all pupilteachers in the colony would, it is believed, prove of great advantage to the pupil-teachers, as well as to the whole system of training from the admission of the pupil-teachers until the expiration of the apprenticeship. Of course this cannot be brought about unless the pupil-teacher regulations of all the Boards in the colony are made uniform. In this district the real term of apprenticeship is not considered to have expired until the pupil-teacher has completed two years of what might be termed " special training "in the Training College. The Beard holds out no hope of good appointments to those who take advantage of the clause enabling them to obtain a district licence instead of pushing on for the certificate. Training College.—The.report of the principal of the Training College gives full particulars of this year's work. The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. E. Blair, Chairman.

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government grant for buildings .. 4,007 00 By Balance of account on 31st December, Other receipts for buildings— ' 1883 .. .. .. .. 58 18 6 Special grant, training school .. 1,000 0.0 Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 369 16 8 Sale of furniture .. .. .. 2 0 0 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 11 0 0 Kefund .. .. .. .. 7 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. .. 319 6 0 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 20,610 16 9 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 500 0 0 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 1,393 6 0 Inspector's travelling expenses .. 203 18 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 508 18 2 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 514 5 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inGrant for training of teachers .. 1,323 10 11 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 19,366 10 6 Payments by School Commissioners— Incidental expenses of schools .. 1,918 10 0 For primary education .. .. 287 18 3 Incidental expenses of schools, rents .. 329 10 0 Fees for district high schools.. .. 82 5 0 Training of teachers .. .. 1,205 16 9 Examination of teachers .. .. 10 0 Scholarships— Deposits .. .. .. .. 172 5 0 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 340 0 0 Examination expenses .. .. 57 15 1 School-buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 674 7 6 Improvements of buildings.. .. 1,527 0 5 Furniture and appliances .. .. 134 12 1 Sites .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 181 14 0 Deposits .. .. .. .. 202 5 0 District high school.. .. .. 82 5 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 13 8 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884 .. .. .. .. 1,955 15 6 £29,695 19 1 £29,695 19 1 J. R. Blaie, Chairman. A. Dobset, Secretary. Examined and passed.—R. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ e. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Due from Government for training college Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 478 4 3 grant, December quarter .. .. 301 4 6 Due to Committees .. .. .. 361 4 3 Balance.. .. .. .. .. 538 4 0 £839 8 6 £839 8 6 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Balance of amounts due or to fall due under 1884 .. .. .. .. 2,433 19 9 contracts .. .. .. .. 2,600 10 0 Due from Government forg grant for yearj Deposits on contracts .. .. .. 11 3 0 ending 31st March, 1885 .. .. 4,007 0 0 Due on account of repairs .. .. 358 5 0 Works authorized but not contracted for .. 2,509 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 962 1 9 £6,440 19 9 £6,440 19 9

HAWKE'S BAY. Sie,— Napier, 17th February, 1885.' As required under clause 102 of the Education Act, the Board of the Hawke's Bay District has the honour to forward a report of its proceedings for the year ended the 31st December, 1884. The constitution of the Board has undergone no change during the year, as the three members who retired by effluxion of time, under section 13 of the Act, were re-elected in March last. The Board hold twelve ordinary meetings for the transaction of business. The attendances made by each member were as follows: Mr.-J. D. Ormond, M.H.R. (Chairman), 7;* Captain Eussell, M.H.R., 6;* Rev. D. Sidey, 9 ; Mr. Duncan Guy, 8 ; Mr. Rechab Harding, 10 ; Mr. Samuel Locke, M.H.R., 2* ; Mr. Frederick Sutton, 7 ; Mr. William White, 5 ; Mr. J. N. Williams, 7. School Disthicts. —One new district, called the Tologa Bay School District, has been constituted, and two new schools—viz., Kumeroa, in the Seventy-mile Bush, and Te Arai, in the Poverty Bay District —have been opened during the year. The number of school districts is now thirtyfive, and the number of schools in active operation at the close of the December quarter was thirtyseven. The teaching staff employed by the Board consists of thirty-seven male and female head teachers, twenty-four male and female assistant teachers, and forty-four pupil-teachers : total, 105. School Attendance, Napier.—The past year has been marked by a large increase in the number of children attending Board schools, and the increase would have been still larger had it been possible to provide more accommodation for the children seeking admittance to the schools in

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rapidly-increasing districts like Hastings, Makaretu, Danevirke, Makotoko, Woodville, and Waipukurau. For the December quarter the average weekly number of names on the school-rolls was 4,170, and the average attendance was 3,281. Compared with the attendance returns for the year 1883, the year just closed shows an increase of nearly 15 per cent, in the number attending school, and of nearly 17 per cent, in the average attendance. As was the case last year, the average attendance has increased in a greater proportion than the number attending school. For the year the average attendance amounted to 78-7 per cent, of the roll-number. This is 2 per cent, higher than the average for tho colony in 1883, and exceeds that of England and Scotland by 5'7 and 2'7 per cent, respectively, the average attendance in England being 73 per cent., and in Scotland 76 per cent, of the roll-number. During the past six years the average attendance in the schools under the Board has increased 112'8 per cent., and the number on the school-roll 128'8 per cent. In the first three years of the Board's work the number of children attending school increased in a greater proportion than the average attendance, but since 1882 the average attendance shows the greater increase. The following table gives the average weekly roll-number and the average attendance in the schools under the Board for each quarter since March, 1878 :—

Inspection Eesults. —The report of the Board's Inspector testifies to the steady progress that is being made in the work of education in the schools throughout the district. The teachers in the majority of the schools are doing satisfactory work, and, though the percentage of passes in the standards is slightly lower than was the case last year, this is to be accounted for, first, by the large increase in the school attendance which took place during the year, and, second, by the inadequacy of accommodation in all the larger centres of population. Tho following table gives the number of children who have passed the standard examination for each year since 1878 :—

The simultaneous examination of Standards V. and VI., which was attempted for the first time last year, is doing great good in promoting the thorough preparation of the children in the two highest standards. In the early part of the year the Board passed a resolution dispensing with the special examination for scholarships, and it was decided to grant them in future to those pupils who stand highest in the list in Standard VI., and who are of " school age" as recognized by the Act, Under this resolution scholarships were awarded in November last to Eose Chegwiddjen and Harry Fannin, of the Napier District School; Alice Collinge, of the Hastings School; and Albert Lewis and Maud Farmer, of the Gisborne School; the scholarships to be for two years, and tenable from the beginning of January, 1885. Of those who have held scholarships under the Board, two have distinguished themselves during^he past year, Harold Large passing ninth on the list in the highergrade Civil Service Examination, and Mary Grubb standing dux at the Napier High School for Girls. Pupil-teachers.—The examination for pupil-teachers was held in July by the Board's Inspector, and the results will be found appended hereto in a special report on the subject. Altogether forty-four pupil-teachers are now employed in the Board schools, forming an important branch of the teaching staff. It has been suggested that Saturday classes shouM be formed at Napier and Gisborne as centres for the special training of the pupil-teachers in subjects like school-management, singing, and drawing.. > The Inspector of Schools is of the opinion that a scheme to include these objects could be successfully carried out were a small grant to be made by tho Government for the purpose of meeting necessary expenses. The candidates holding scholarships at the Wellington and

AvEitAaii] Week: jY Numbeb on Roll, Average At: JENDANCE. Year. March. Juno. Sept. PcrAvorago contago Dec. for Pour Increase Quarters. Previous Yoar. March. June. Sept. Doc. Average for Four Quarters. Percentage Increase o: Previous Year. .878 .879 .880 .881 .882 .883 .884 1,520 2,0191 2,893 3,224' 3,351j 3,467' 3,995 1,797 2,082 2,979 3,172 3,184 3,505 4,109 1,854 2,510 3,003 3,092 3,243 3,609 4,102 1,985 2,676 3,046 3,170 3,320 3,697 4,170 1,789 2,322 2,980 3,164-5 3,274-9 3,569-5 4,094 29-9 28-8 6-1 3-22 9-0 14-7 1,259 1,689 2,244 2,481 2,459 2,649 3,228 1,612 1,650 2,220 2,386 2,239 2,603 3,176 1,580 1,871 2,204 2,326 2,4,57 2,826 3,180 1,649 2,020 2,334 2,199 2,633 2,940 3,281 1,525 1,807 2,250-5 2,348 2,447 2,754-5 3,216-25 18-4 24-5 4-3 4-3 12-5 16-8

St. .nda: id I. Standab: II. Sta: [DABI III. Sta: ida: ID IV. St. .nda: id V. Sta: [da: ID VI. ear. Total Passes. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Totl. 1878 1879! 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 272 228 199 225 213 298 396 277 201 174 161 177 264 360 549 429 373 386 390' 562 754 61 224 176 202 184 225 234 39 166 158 172 166 196 215 100 390 334 374 350 421 451 57 95 104 154 171 159 200 45 94 103 117 156 140 175 102 189 207 271 327 299 375 7 43 53 69 86 121 94 4 22 40 66 70 89? 98 11 65 93 135 156 210 192 19 22 44 44 49 6 15 26 28 49 25 37 70 72 ■ 98 10 12 22 17 9 13 14 10 21 35 31 762 1,073 1,032 1,213 1,314 1,599 1,903

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Christchurch training colleges for teachers appear to have given great satisfaction to the principals of these institutions. At Wellington, Miss Morgan, formerly pupil-teacher at Gisborne, is at the head of the college list, and Miss Gorbyn, formerly belonging to the Napier School, obtained her Class D certificate at the last examination. Both Miss Morgan and Miss Corbyn, with Messrs. Alpers and Eydor, students in training from this district at the Christchurch Training College, have taken their papers for the Class D certificate, and all have passed the matriculation examination in connection with the University during the past year. The benefits arising from the granting of training-college scholarships to ex-pupil-teachers will, it is hoped, prove of great advantage to thia district in obtaining thoroughly-trained teachers for the schools ; and the Board hopes that the plan which the Government has adopted in this matter will be continued. School-buildings.—The Board has to express its great disappointment at the treatment of this district in the matter of school supply. Bach report sent by the Board to the Minister of Education for several years past has pointed out the insufficiency of school accommodation for the number of children attending schools. It is estimated that there are about six thousand children of school age in the district, and, if due allowance is made for those attending private or other schools, at least 5,300 remain who ought to be found on the registers of the Board schools. The actual number on the school-rolls on the 31st December was 4,110, or an increase of about 15 per cent, compared with last year's attendance. The school accommodation remains tho same as it was a year ago, when the Board pointed out that there was a deficiency of school supply in the district. Estimated upon the present school attendance, there are only eighty-one seats provided for every hundred pupils attending school; but, as the actual accommodation available is not evenly distributed throughout the district—that is, there are school districts which are provided with accommodation somewhat in excess of their present requirements—those districts which are undersupplied contain only sixty-eight seats for every hundred children in attendance. Some of the districts have no accommodation whatever, but the work of teaching is carried on in buildings altogether unsuitable for school purposes. With the money that has been annually placed at the Board's disposal during the past few years no needful works of importance could bo undertaken, and the year just closed has been worse than others in this respect. Applications have been received for the erection of schoolhouses at Patutahi, Te Arai, Waerenga-a-hika, Tologa Bay, Manutahi, all in the Cook County; and at Mangatua and Te Onga Onga, in the Waipawa County ; and for additions at Hastings, Clive, Waipukurau, Waipawa, Makaretu, Woodville, Danevirke, Matawhero, Makatoku, Ormond, and Ormondville : but the Board, though recognizing tho need for providing necessary accommodation in each of the above-mentioned districts, besides many works of lesser though of pressing importance in a number of other districts, has been powerless, through lack of funds, to promote and carry out one of the most important duties, as defined in section 35 of the Education Act. Sewing.—The Board is pleased to report that sewing continues to receive special attention in the majority of tho schools. At the annual examination in November more than eight hundred specimens were forwarded' to Napier for examination, and the reports of the examiners show that tho subject has reached a high standard of efficiency in most of tho district schools. Captain Eussell's prizes, which now constitute such an important feature in this examination, were awarded to Nancy Eenouf, of the Napier District School; and to Maud Farmer and Mary Baker, of the Gisborne School. Tho reports of tho examiners will be found appended. School Committees.—The majority of tho School Committees continue to show much interest and activity in promoting the welfare of the children in their several districts. Latterly, however, great complaints have been made by them of the uselessness of trying to carry out their duties when, now that their schools are overcrowded, nothing is done to relieve the pressure by providing the requisite accommodation. Nearly £500 has been subscribed by Committees for special purposes during the year, and in two districts the Committees themselves have provided funds for tho erection of school-buildings, the Board being unable to grant any assistance, though recognizing the requirements as urgent. In most of the districts teachers and Committees continue to promote the establishment of school libraries; but the Board regrets that the library established.at the Napier School has been closed ; but whether by the Committee or the teachers the Board has not yet been informed. The accounts 'of the several School Committees have been duly audited in accordance with the Order in Council. Tho receipts amounted to £2,173 3s. 3d., and the expenditure to £1,961 75.; leaving a balance in hand at the end of the year of £211 16s. 3d. Board's Income and Expenditure . —The income received by the Board as capitation allowance, inspection subsidy, and revenue from primary education reserves, was £13,212 2s. 4d., which, added to £260 13s. 5d., the balance available to the School Fund Account on the 31st December, 1884, gives a total income of £13,472 for school maintenance. The expenditure during the same period for salaries, payments to School Committees, &c, amounted to £12,486 Is. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of £986 14s. 3d. at the close of the school year. A detailed statement of income and expenditure, together with supplementary reports relating to the progress of education, is appended herewith. The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. D. Ormond, Chairman. -"* ~.

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Geneeal Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on December 31st, 1883 —Build- By Balance of account on 31st December, ing and General Account* .. 274 10 10 1883* .... .. .. 1,617 18 6 Government grant for buildings .. 2,519 0 0 Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 250 0 0 Subscriptions and donations for build- Departmental contingencies .. .. 122 10 11 ings from Gisborne .. .. 100 0 0 Inspector's salary, also Secretary .. 500 0 0 Salo of school-site, Gisborno .. .. 157 5 6 Inspector's travelling expenses .. .. 150 0 0 Loan from School Fund ... .. 100 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers .. .. 49 15 4 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 10,557 16 1 Teachers' salaries and allowances (includSpecial capitation (55.) .. .. 782 15 0 ding rent, bonuses, &o.) .. .. 10,209 8 5 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 95 18 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 1,102 12 10 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Training of teachers .. .. 351 4 8 Grant for training of teachers .. .. 350 0 8 Scholarships— Payments by School Commissioners— Paid to scholars .. .. .. 65 0 0 For primary education .. .. 1,57111 3 Examination expenses .. .. 26 10 6 Tarawera School donation towards pay- School-buildings— ment of teachor's salary .. .. 10 0 0 New buildings .. .. .. 154 2 0 Balanco of account on 31st December, Improvements of buildings .. 416 5 4 1884* .. .. .. .. 209 13 11 Furniture and appliances .. .. 341 18 7 Sites .. .. .. 500 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 27 7 6 Other expenses— Rates .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 28 7 6 Contra loan School Fund .. .. 100 0 0 Balanco of account on 31st December, 1884—General Account* .. .. 1,004 19 2 £17,028 11 3 £17,028 11 3 J. D. Oemond, Chairman. H. Hill, Secretary. Examined and passed.—E. Macalisteb, Provincial District Auditor. Bth January, 1885.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. & s. d. Liabilities. Cash in bank on this account at 31st December, 1884 .. .. .. 1,004 19 2 Rent of reserves payable by School Commissioners .. .. .. .. 121 17 5 Nil. Rent of reserves in arrear .. .. 60 9 9 £1,187 6 4 B. Building Fund only. £ s. a. Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 209 3 11 Due on account of grant-in-aid, Kumeroa Nil. School .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 £234 3 11

Sewing.—Ebpoet of Examinees. Standards I. and VI. The examiners are well pleased on the whole with the specimens of work exhibited, particularly those from some of the country districts. The work in Standard I. is, in a great many instances, beyond what is required, only plain hemming being specified in the rules ; and it is requested that particular attention be drawn to this fact, as the pinafores and other garments sent in, although well made and deserving of praise, cannot be taken into consideration under the rule of Standard I. The material also in very many cases is quite unsuitable, rendering it very difficult to judge fairly of the sewing. In Standard VI. the work from Gisborne, Wairoa, and Hampden ranks first, and is to be very highly commended. The specimens from Clive and Hastings are also very good. Those from Napier are all faulty in the cutting-out, and far below the others in general merit. Standards V. and 11. The examiners of needlework in Standards V. and 11. are pleased to see an improvement in the specimens forwarded from last year. Among some of the best specimens were those sent from the following schools:— Standard V. —Matawhero: Jane Pardoe, full marks, 100; Ettie Wright lost one mark for poor finishing. Gisborne : Though very good, there is a slight falling-off in this standard frem last year. Meanee: Lottie Taylor gets full marks, but is put out of competition for Captain Eussell's prize on account of the front of the night-shirt being too short. Napier : Does not show such good specimens as the above schools, but there is a decided improvement from last year in this standard. One great omission in the specimens is the absence 'of button-holes, which is one of the most important requirements for Standard V. in needlework. Wairoa: The work of Florence Gosnell is highly commended.

* On all the Board's accounts the year 1884 began with a debit balance of £1,343 7s. Bd., and closed with a credit bftlanoe of £795 ss. 3d. (See Appendix, Tables 1 and 2).

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Standard lI. —A number of specimens were in advance of this standard, and we would here draw attention to the necessity of only sending in what is required in the syllabus. The whole year's work should be duly practised, .but only one specimen of the same need be presented for examination. Standards 111. and IV. The work of the pupils in these standards is on the whole " very fair," although it is scarcely of equal merit to that of the other standards. Gisborne, Wairoa, and Waipukurau deserve special mention for the general excellence of their work. The specimens from Clive do not show sufficient stitching. A similar remark applies to the work from Mohaka and several other of the smaller schools, where stitching and gathering do not appear to receive sufficient attention. The examiners are pleased to notice an improvement in the specimens sent from the Napier School, although the work from this school is hardly such as could be desired. In the sewing-on of tapes and buttons the specimens sent from the latter school were not well done.

Captain Eussell's Sewing Peizes. The examination of the specimens of sewing for the annual prize competition instituted by Captain Eussell took place at Napier on Friday, the 7th November, 1884. The prizes are three in number, and are offered for competition to all girls attending the schools under the Board. The first prize is a sewing-machine. This is offered for the best specimen of " patching the knees and re-seating a pair of old and well-worn trousers." The second prize is a lady's workbox. This is offered for " the best-made night-shirt." The third prize is a lady's companion. This is offered for the best specimen of darning shown on " old and well-worn stocking or socks." Five competitors entered for the first prize, seven for the second, and four for the third. The examiners were Mesdames Ormond, Spencer, and Hill, who have awarded the prizes as follows: First prize, Nancy Eenouf, aged fifteen, Napier District School ; second prize, Maud Farmer, aged thirteen, Gisborne District School; third prize, Mary Baker, aged thirteen, Gisborne District School. The following is the report of the examiners upon the general character of the specimens : The examiners for Captain Eussell's prizes are very pleased to see an increase from last year in the number of specimens sent for examination. Those from Gisborne in the number and general quality are by far the best. 1. Patching and Seating Trousers (First Prize, Seiving-machine). —Awarded to Nancy Eenouf, Napier. Only two schools competed for this prize, Gisborne and Napier. The specimens, on the whole, in this particular branch of needlework were hardly as well finished as those of last year. Five specimens were sent for examination. In reference to the patching, two or three remarks are necessary. (1.) Where it is possible, cloth of the same colour as the trousers should be procured; and, if not of the same colour, the texture should be considered. It is scarcely practicable to place a patch of thin waterproof cloth upon trousers made of thick ribbed cloth, as in one instance was adopted. Of course there are cases where a choice of cloth cannot be adhered to, as perhaps in the bush, for example, but it is rarely impossible in even small towns to obtain something like a proper kind of cloth. (2.) The warp should run the same way in the patch as the trousers patched, taking care that the cross way of the material comes into the back seam of the trousers. (3.) Wherever seams are near the patch it is best always to carry the latter into the same. 2. Night-shirt (Man's) (Second Prize, Lady's Workbox). —There were seven specimens sent for competition. Gisborne shows the best work, Maud Farmer gaining the prize. Her work was excellent. Annie McHardy, Hampden; Eva Burden, Napier; Maria Gosnell, Wairoa, are to be highly commended for the general excellence of their work. 3. Darning a Pair of Socks or Stockings (Third Prize, Lady's Companion). —Out of four specimens sent, Mary Baker, Gisborne, obtained the prize. Only Gisborne competed for this prize. The specimens sent for examination were excellent, but rather impracticable for wear. The examiners would advise in future that a little attention should be given to the plainer kind of darning, specimens of which should be forwarded. They also think that all schools should compete for these prizes, and not only two or three.

NELSON. Sib,— Nelson, sth March, 1885. I have the honour to lay before you a report of the Board's proceedings during the year ending the 31st December, 1884. Meetings of the Boaed.—The Board has held thirteen ordinary and three special meetings during the year, seven members, on the average, being present at each meeting. Members op the Boaed.- —The Board was constituted as follows after the election of three new members on the 14th March: Mr. Barnicoat (Chairman), the Bishop of Nelson, Eev. J. C. Andrew, Messrs. Shephard, Dencker, Wastney, Tarrant, Clayden, and the Eev. J. Beckenham. The resignation of the Eev. J. Beckenham caused a vacancy, which was filled up on the 31st May by the election of Mr. William Henry Phillips, junior. Numbee of Schools.—Eighty-three schools have been on the roll within the year, eighty-two of these being at work during the December quarter. Aided Schools.—The number of aided schools has increased from twelve to sixteen during the year, the Board continuing to allow these establishments the full capitation allowance of £4 for every scholar in daily attendance, in addition to a contribution of one-half to the cost of schoolbuildings when the site has been previously secured to the Board. Household Schools. —Two only of|this class of schools were in existence at the end of the year.

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Teaching Staff.—The teajhing staff of the Board consisted of 134 teachers of all grades at the end of 1884. Fifty of these were male and eighty-four female teachers. They were again subdivided into forty-two male and forty female head teachers, and eight male and forty-four female assistant teachers. Attendance of Scholars.—The number of scholars on the roll at the close of 1884 was 4,808, the working average being 3,641. At the close of the corresponding quarter of 1883 the roll-number was 4,550, the working average 3,424, the increase to the number on the roll being 258, the working average being increased by 217. Peobationebs. —The number of teachers of this class, which four years ago was only two, has increased to twenty-six. Several of these, having completed their three years'term of service, have gone up for the teachers' examination, with what success cannot yet be ascertained. The question of providing probationers with systematic instruction is still in a very unsettled state, as it has not been formally decided what, if any, assistance in their studies head teachers are bound to give to the probationers in their schools. The result is a great diversity of practice, some probationers getting large gratuitous help from the head teachers, others paying for what help they get, and not a few struggling on quite unaided. Having an opportunity of testing the attainments of the probationers by half-yearly examinations, the Inspector reports that, as might be expected, those who pursue their studies unaided are by far the most backward of the class. A danger seems to be arising, however, from the very popularity of the probationer system. Probationers are becoming so numerous that difficulties in placing them suitably when their three years' engagement has expired are likely to arise, especially if any considerable addition be made to their present numbers. This difficulty has been already felt both in England and some of the colonies with regard to pupilteachers, who have been trained in such numbers that the teaching profession is beginning to be seriously overcrowded. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. W. Baenicoat, Chairman.

Geneeal Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1883— By Office staff salaries .. .. .. 299 0 4 On Building Account .. .. 716 19 0 Departmental contingencies .. .. 228 2 5 On General Account .. .. 1,471 '3 11 Inspector's salary and travelling exGovcrnment grant for buildings .. 2,307 0 0 penses .. .. .. .. 572 1 8 Bank interest .. .. .. 6 0 0 Examination of probationers and young Refund exchange .. .. .. 114 6 assistants .. .. .. 615 0 Government statutory capitation (£3 155.) 12,892 16 4 Teachers'salaries and allowances, includSpecial capitation (55.) .. .. 886 11 3 ing rent, bonus, &c. .. .. 12,442 3 7 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 225 15 6 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 1,263 7 8 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Rents of schools .. .. .. 89 7 0 Grant for training of teachers .. .. 19 10 0 Training of teachers .. .. .. 19 10 0 • Payments by School Commissioners — Scholarships— For primary education .. .. 369 18 7 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 270 15 0 For secondary education .. .. 12 10 0 Examination expenses .. .. 34 0 9 Sale of school-books .. .. .. 615 12 8 School-buildings— Refunds, exchange, &c. .. .. 911 4 New buildings .. .. .. 2,010 13 2 Improvements of buildings .. .. 495 9 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 67 15 5 Sites .. .. .. .. 22 10 0 Purchase of school-books, &c, .. .. 492 10 10 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884— On Building Account .. ■ .. 435 5 11 On General Account .. .. 1,085 14 10 £19,835 3 1 £19,835 3 1 J. W. Baenicoat, Chairman. Stead Ellis, Secretary. The above accounts examined and found correct.—H. E. Cuetis, Provincial District Auditor. 24th March, 1885.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st Decem- Due to Government on reserves revenue .. 177 16 3 ber, 1884 .. .. .. .. 1,085 14 10 Due for rent of Port School .. .. 5 0 0 Due from department for scholarships .. 51 7 C Credit balance to next year .. >. 060 11 1 Due from School Commissioners .. .. 0 5 0 £1,143 7 4 £1,143 7 4 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ R . d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st Decem- Due on account of votes to Commissioners.. 343 7 0 ber, 1884 .. .. .. .. 435 511 Balance of purchase-money for site of Haven Balance to next year .. .. .. 360 1 1 Road School, and interest .. .. 452 0 0 £795 7 0 £795 7 0

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MABLBOBOUGH. Sib,— Blenheim, 7th April, 1885. I have the honour to forward you the report of the Education Board of the District of Marlborough for the year ending the 31st December, 1881. The Board.—The three members who retired in March were re-elected, and the names of those constituting the Board were A. P. Seymour (Chairman), Hon. Major Baillie, and Messrs. Dive, Henderson, McHutcheson, Parker, Paul, Sinclair, and Ward. Towards the close of the year W. B. Dive, Esq., resigned his seat in consequence of his leaving the district, and the vacancy was filled by the election of John Allison Lambert, Esq. The Board held twelve meetings, with an average attendance of 6-J- members. Schools. —As last year there were twenty-six schools open, fifteen of these being wholly supported by the Board, the remainder being aided schools. During the year one school which was on the list of fully-kept Board schools was changed into an aided school, one aided school has been closed, and a new one opened, leaving fourteen Board schools and twelve aided at the close of the year. Attendance.—ln 1883 the number of scholars on the roll was 1,453, and the working average for the year was 1,098; the working average of the last quarter was 1,141. At the end of 1884 the average weekly roll stood at 1,450, and the working average for the whole year at 1,140-75, showing that the attendance has just maintained the working average of the December quarter of the previous year, with the same number of schools at work. Teachers.—The teaching staff consisted of males 21, assistants 2, pupil-teacher 1; females 6, assistants 6, pupil-teachers 9—total, 45; being an increase of 3 on the previous year— namely, 1 male teacher, 1 male pupil-teacher, 1 female pupil-teacher. Scholarships.—The examination for the scholarship of the Nelson College resulted in its being awarded to Laura Mathews'; but as she preferred remaining where she was and accepting a pupilteacher's place, the Board conferred the scholarship on John McCallum, who stood second in the examination. Buildings.—Last year's report showed that the completion of the school-house at Picton and the erection of a new one at Havelock, both comparatively large w Torks, together with the repairs which were most urgently needed to other buildings, had not only absorbed our building grant but also the balance to the credit of the Maintenance Account, so that during this year the expenditure on buildings has been necessarily of the most meagre character, amounting to about £314, and of this sum only £114 could be used for new buildings. The consequences of this miserable economy are most umnistakeably making themselves felt. We are compelled to repair buildings on which our architect urges us to waste no more money. We are forced to ask School Committees to try to procure rented houses for their head-teachers —a most unthrifty proceeding, if we are to pay £30 to £40 a year for dwellings, which could be far better supplied at a prime cost of from £200 to £250 each at most. Out of a long list of buildings which should all be painted, we are compelled to ask our architect to select a few of the very worst, and to these only can we do scanty justice. All our buildings being of wood, it seems scarcely needful to point out to you how unwise it is for the colony to neglect that protection to its buildings which no thrifty person would omit. The portion allotted to us out of the last Parliamentary vote for buildings was £846, a sum which scarcely equals one-half of our most urgent requirements ; and although we have during the past month of March very thankfully received an additional sum of £300, with which we shall be able a little to extend our list of most needful works, yet it is certain that in this district, in consequence of the population being thinly scattered over a large area, with an ever-pressing demand for small schools in country places, and there being so few schools large enough to pay their own cost, leaving a balance towards the support of the smaller ones, we are quite unable out of our ordinary grant to keep pace with the demands on us for increased accommodation, and for the same reason nothing can be spared out of the maintenance-money, for, after exorcising the utmost care, we find that the ordinary grant is quite exhausted by the current expenditure on the maintenance of our schools. Expenditure.^—Last year's deficit on the Building Account, amounting as then reported to £748 6s. lOd. more than the sum granted for that purpose, was met partly by the balance which stood to credit of maintenance and partly by an overdraft, which at the end of the year reached £244 19s. 3d. The sum therefore we have been able to expend on buildings was necessarily very small, amounting only to £314 ss. 4d. On maintenance during the year, £4,847 3s. 10a. was received, and £4,889 3s. 7d. was spent, omitting a small charge for interest of £2 10s. 9d. fairly chargeable to Building Account. The result then is much the same as last year ; that is, our current expenditure on the maintenance of our schools has again slightly exceeded the income furnished, the difference being £41 19s. 9d., and we began the year 1885 with a credit balance, of £242 4s. lid. on the whole account. I have, &c, A. P. Seymour, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Chairman.

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Geneeal Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ b. d. To Government grant for buildings .. 846 0 0 By Balance of account on 31st December, Government statutory capitation (£3 1883 .. .. .. .. 244 19 3 155.) .. .. .. .. 4,299 7 6 Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 112 10 0 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 286 12 6 Augmentation of Secretary's salary .. 26 0 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 61 310 Departmental contingencies .. .. 46 2 4 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 200 0 0 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 125 0 0 Inspector's travelling expenses .. 88 15 0 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 3 3 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (including rent, bonus, &c).. .. 3,900 18 1 Incidental expenses of schools .. 500 9 2 Scholarships— Paid to scholars .. .. .. 80 0 0 Examination expenses .. .. 6 6 0 School buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 113 17 6 Improvements of buildings .. .. 157 19 5 Furniture and appliances .. .. 26 4 5 Plans, supervision, and fees .. .. 16 4 0 Interest to 31st March, 1884 .. .. 210 9 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884—General Account .. .. 242 4 11 £5^693 3 10 £5,693 3 10 A. P. Seymoub, Chairman. John T. Eobinson, Secretary. Examined and passed.—E. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. & s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st Decem- Due to Committees .. .. .. 115 4 6 ber, 1884 .. .. .. .. 242 411 Due to scholarships .. .. .. 20 0 0 Due from Government for scholarships .. 65 6 8 £307 11 7 £135 i 6 B. Building Fund only. Due from Government .. .. .. 846 0 0 Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 261 211 £840 0 0 £261 2 11

NOBTH CANTEEBUEY. Sie,— Christchurch, 31st March, 1885. I have the honour to present the following report of the proceedings of the Education Board of North Canterbury for the year ended the 31st December, 1884 : — The Boaed.-—The three members who retired by rotation were Mr. John Inglis, Mr. H. W. Peryman, and the Eev. C. Eraser. At an election held on the 6th March, Mr. J. Inglis, Mr. H. W. Peryman, and Mr. W. Chrystall were elected to fill the ordinary vacancies, and Mr. Alfred Saunders to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused at the close of the previous year by the death of Mr. Edward Lee. On the 3rd April Mr. Inglis was re-elected Chairman, but a failure of health obliged him to accept leave of absence, and on the 3rd July he found himself compelled to resign his seat on the Board. The following resolution, which was passed unanimously at a full meeting, shows how greatly the loss of Mr. Inglis's services on the Board were felt by all the members : "The Board accepts Mr. Inglis's resignation of the Chairmanship and of his seat with extreme reluctance, and only on his assurance that the state of his health renders it a matter of necessity. On thus closing for the time an official relation extending over a period of nearly thirteen years, for nine and a half of which he has been Chairman, the Board desires to place on record the high regard and esteem in which Mr. Inglis is held by his colleagues, its acknowledgment of the eminent ability and unremitting attention with which he has discharged the duties of Chairman, and its sense of the inestimable services he has rendered to the cause of education in Canterbury. It earnestly hopes that Mr. Inglis's health will so improve as to allow of his resuming his place on the Board, his retirement from which it feels, and is confident will be felt throughout the district, as a great public loss." Unfortunately the hopes thus expressed were not fulfilled. Shortly afterwards Mr. Inglis went Home for medical advice, and towards the end of October the Board was grieved to receive the melancholy news of his death. It is impossible to speak too highly of the loss sustained by the district through the untimely removal of so indefatigable a worker in the cause of primary education. Mr. Inglis was indeed—to use the words in which the Board expressed its feelings on the occasion— " a consistent, laborious, and unselfish public servant, and a man who habitually discharged with distinguished efficiency and fidelity every public duty that he was ever induced to undertake." Mr. H. E. Webb was elected Chairman, and Mr. T. S. Weston for the seat on the Board vacated by the death of Mr. Inglis. The Board held twenty-three meetings during the year, at which the average attendance of members was 7. New Districts and Buildings.—No new districts were formed in the year 1884, but the preliminary steps were taken for the division of Longbeach into two districts, to be called

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respectively Longbeach and Ashton ; of Lakeside into two, to be called Lakeside and Sedgemore; and for the formation of a new district called Annat, between and including parts of Malvern and Kowai Pass, the boundaries of the latter districts being altered accordingly. As provided by section 36 of the Education Act, these alterations took effect on the Ist January, 1885. The expenditure on school buildings was less than usual, on account of the comparative sniallness of the funds at the Board's disposal. New schools were built at Burnham, Sefton, and Trevorton (a suburb of Ashburton); a large addition was made to the school buildings at Sydenham, and additions on a smaller scale at Flaxton, Heathcote Lower, Kaikoura Suburban, and Malvern; and considerable improvements to the buildings or grounds at Christchurch East, Barry's Bay, Duvauchelle's Bay, Mount Somers, and Kimberley. The total expenditure was £10,299 18s. Bd. A detailed return showing the amount spent during the year in each school district is given in Table No. VII.* The Board desires to point out that the amounts granted for building purposes for the last two years have been quite inadequate to the requirements of the district, and that there still remain many applications for new schools and for large additions, the justice of which the Board recognizes, but for which it is unable to make any provision. Maintenance of Schools.—The total expenditure for the maintenance of schools during the year 1884 (including, besides teachers' salaries, allowances to Committees, and all other incidental expenses) was £51,159 lls. 5d.; on teachers' salaries and allowances (the term allowances including bonuses on certificates, payment for instruction of pupil-teachers, and lodging-monev, when granted), was £44,727 17s. 4d. The average attendance for the year was 13,679. The cost per head of maintenance of schools was thus £3 14s. 9^d., and the cost per head for instruction only, £3 ss. 4f d. These figures show a slight reduction on those of last year, for which the cost per head was £3 15s. 9^d. for maintenance generally, and £3 6s. 2fd. for instruction. The following table shows the total expenditure for salaries and incidental allowances each year from 1878, inclusive :— Salaries. Incidental. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1878 ... 31,909 0 0 ... 6,276 6 9 ... 38,195 6 9 1879 ... 34,417 14 6 ... 5,856 9 8 ... 40,274 4 2 1880 ... 38,136 17 8 ... 5,856 2 1 ... 43,992 19 9 1881 ... 36,683 4 11 ... 5,591 15 6 ... 42,275 0 5 1882 ... 39,418 13 11 ... 5,901 18 1 ... 45,320 12 0 1883 ... 42,240 19 10 ... 6,090 15 9 ... 48,331 15 7 1884 ... 44,727 17 4 ... 6,431 14 1 ... 51,159 11 5 Table No. VII.* gives the amount spent in each school district for salaries and incidental expenses, and also the names of all teachers employed in the respective schools at the close of the year, with the amount of salary, Ac, then payable to each. The number of teachers was 463, besides 40 teachers of sewing. Of that number, 131 were masters, 88 mistresses, 57 (21 males and 36 females) assistants, and 187 (54 males and 133 females) pupil-teachers. Attendance.—At the close of 1884, there were 127 separate school districts and 146 schools in North Canterbury, including the practising department of the normal school. Three of these were aided schools, and eight side schools, intended only for infants and children not above the Third Standard. There are no longer any half-time schools, as the two schools in Governor's Bay South, which used to be conducted by one master on the half-time principle, have, since the 15th September last, been placed on the ordinary footing, each with a master of its own. A general return of the ages of the children, and of the number receiving instruction in each standard and in each subject, is forwarded ; and particulars as regards each school in the tables appended to the Inspector's report. The following table, in continuation of one presented in former reports, shows the number of schools in the district, the number of children on the rolls and in average attendance, and the proportion of the attendance to the roll number for each year since the present Education Act came into operation : —

Inspection.—The work of inspection was carried on under some difficulty during the latter half of the year, in consequence of the illness of one of the Inspectors —the Eev. J. Cumming—an illness which, the Board regrets to add, terminated fatally shortly before the date of this report. However, all the schools, with three exceptions, were examined, and on the whole with fairly satisfactory results. The following table gives the number of childrea presented and passed in each standard, the average age at which each standard was passed, the percentage of passes, and the number of schools at which children were presented in each standard: —

* Ante, pp. 31-38.

Quarter ended District Schools. Aided Schools. Total of Schools. On Eoll. Average Attendance. Percentage. 'ecember 31, 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 106 116 121 128 133 139 143 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 110 120 123 129 135 143 146 13,647 15,230 16,437 16,051 16,907 17,797 18,332 10,076 11,381 12,233 11,760 12,747 13,462 14,210 73-83 74-72 74-42 73-26 75-39 75-64 77-51

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As compared with 1883, this return shows a considerable increase in the number of children presented in the Sixth Standard, and a marked reduction in the age at which the First Standard is passed; the average falling from 9 years 6 months to 8 years 7 months. In other respects, and in the general average of passes, the results (except in Standard V., in which there is a falling-off) do not differ materially from those arrived at in the preceding year. Normal School.—As was stated in the last report, the lady who was brought out from England to take charge of the girls' department of the practising school resigned in December, 1883, on account of her marriage. The Board engaged another English teacher—Miss Strudwich —to fill the position. She arrived in September last, and has since performed her duties as mistress to the Board's entire satisfaction. The improvements in the organization of the practising school, mentioned in the last report, have answered well and contributed much to its harmonious and efficient working. The following is a return of the number of students who entered or left during the year, and of their present employment: Students in 1884 — Males. Females. Total. Eemaining from 1883 ... ... 14 ... 29 ... 43 Admitted in 1884... ... ... 6 ... 26 ... 32 Left during 1884 ... ... ... 11 ... 24 ... 35 On the books, December, 1884 ... 9 ... 31 ... 40 Left during 1884— Teaching in public schools ... ... 10 ... 16 ... 26 Teaching in other schools ... ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Left the service ... ... ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 Occupation not known ... ... 0 ... 5 ... 5 Scholaeships.—The usual examinations were held in June. The number of competitors was 51. Of these 9(6 boys and 3 girls) were in Class A, 17 (9 boys and 8 girls) in Class B, 20 (12 boys and 8 girls) in Class C, 3 (all boys) in Class D, 2(1 boy and 1 girl) in Class E. Scholarships were awarded to Hilda Lewis and Arthur Flower in Class A, Harriet Fricker and Eobert M'llroy in Class B, Thomas Clarkson and Stella Henderson in Class C, Edwin Norris in Class D, and Janet Prosser in Class E. The two remaining scholarships were divided between William Joyce and Cyril Williams in Class A, and Frank Flower and Thomas Gibson in Class B. As Arthur and Frank Flower were unable to comply with the regulation as to attendance at a secondary school, they resigned the scholarships awarded to them, which the Board then divided between W. Joyce, C. Williams, and T. Gibson, so as to make the half-scholarships held by them into full ones. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. H. E. Webb, Chairman.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1883— By Office staff, salaries .. .. 1,023 0 0 Building Account .. .. .. 1,509 11 9 Departmental contingencies .. .. 232 12 4 General Account .. .. .. 7,73d 18 6 Inspectors' salaries .. .. .. 950 0 0 Government grant for buildings .. 9,439 0 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. 330 2 9 Contractors' deposits .. .. 72 1G 0 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 149 10 0 Government statutory capitation (£3 Teachers' salaries and allowances (in--155.) .. .. .. .. 41,878 5 5 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 44,727 17 4 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 3,373 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 6,431 14 1 Scholarship grant (Is Gd.) .. .. 909 1G 8 Training of teachers .. .. 2,199 9 9 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 500 0 0 ScholarshipsGrant for training of teachers .. 2,000 0 0 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 780 0 0 Payments by School Commissioners — Examination expenses .. .. 147 18 3 For primary education .. .. 9,683 0 9 School buildings— Other receipts— New buildings .. .. .. 5,469 12 1 Rent of school site, Mandovillo Improvements of buildings.. .. 3,319 4 5 Plains .. .. .. .. 210 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 679 2 8 Interest .. .. .. .. 598 10 8 Sites .. .. .. .. 157 15 6 Training fees .. .. .. 25 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. G74 4 0 Canterbury College on account of Refund of deposits on contracts .. 139 G 6 drill instruction .. .. 35 0 0 Drill instruction .. .. .. 398 11 7 School of Art .. .. .. 301 17 8 Public libraries refund to Government G 13 9 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884— Building Acount .. .. .. 552 3 1 General Account .. .. .. 9,062 14 6 £77,7G3 10 3 £77,763 10 3 H. E. Webb, Chairman. ~~ J. V. Colborne-Veel, Secretary.

Number presented. Number passed. Average Age. Percentage of Passes. No. of Schools at which Scholars wero presented. Standard I. itandard II. itandard III. Itandard IV. Itandard V. itandard VI. ... 2,482 2,301 2,147 1,378 587 237 2,317 1,977 1,606 956 398 183 Yrs. mos. 8 7 10 0 11 4 12 7 13 4 14 3 93 86 75 69 68 77 133 133 120 103 70 43 Totals ... 9,132 7,437 81

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I have audited this account, and have compared the items with the vouchers, and find it correct. The balance at the bank is accurately stated. —J. Olliviee, Provincial District Auditor. February 24, 1885.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d Cash in bank on this account, 31st De- Duo to teachers .. .. .. 26 4 10 comber, 1884 .... .. .. 9,0G2 14 6 Due to General Government .. .. 4,841 6 6 Due from scholarships grant .. .. 190 0 0 ' Due to fund for Board's scholarships, training scholarships, and ex-pupil-teachers' allowances .. .. .. 4,000 0 0 Due to scholarships outstanding .. .. 21 5 4 Duo to printing and advertising .. .. 32 1 3 Duo to incidental expenses unpaid .. 162 18 10 Balance .. .. .. .. 108 17 9 £9,252 14 6 i £9,252 14 0 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. a. Cash in bank on this account, 31st De- Balance of amounts due or to fall due cember, 1884 .. .. .. .. 582 3 1 under contracts .. .. .. 854 17 0 Balance .. ~ .. .. 833 15 11 Due on account of sundry repairs and improvements to be expended by School Committees .. .. .. 561 2 0 £1,415 19 0 £1,415 19 0

SOUTH CANTERBURY. Sib,— Timaru, 31st March, 1885. I have the honour to submit the general report of the Education Board of the District of South Canterbury for the year ending 31st December, 1884. The Boaed. —At the annual election for three members, in March, Messrs. Steward, Barker, and Walcot were the retiring members. Messrs. Steward and Barker were re-elected, and Mr. George Gray Russell was elected in the place of Mr. Robson B. Walcot. The Board then consisted of the Rev. George Barclay, Messrs. Edward Wakefield, M.H.R., Richard A. Barker, Samuel W. Goldsmith, John Talbot, William Jukes Steward, M.H.R., Melville Gray, George Gray Russell, and Dr. Charles J. Foster. On the 3rd day of April the Rev. George Barclay was re-elected Chairman of the Board. During the year twelve ordinary and three special meetings were held, the average attendance being 6-06. Schools. —New schools have been opened at Kakahu Bush, Hakatoramea, Belfield, Silverstream ; the North Orari School reopened under the name of South Rangitata, and the Opihi School restarted under better auspices, making an increase altogether of six schools during the year added to the Board's establishment. Applications for the establishment of schools have been received from the inhabitants of Waitaki North, Cannington, and Upper Waitohi Flat. The two latter districts have been constituted ; but, as no building fit for school purposes could be obtained in Waitaki North, and the residents were unwilling to promise sufficient material aid towards the construction of a building for that purpose, the question of establishment still remains in abeyance. At the close of the year there were 45 schools in operation, and these schools were classified according to attendance, as follows : Under 25 pupils in average attendance, 11 schools ; between 25 and 50 pupils, 22 schools ; between 50 and 100 pupils, 5 schools ; between 100 and 300 pupils, 5 schools ; between 300 and 500 pupils, 1 school; and above 500 pupils, 1 school: total, 45 schools. Of these 45 schools there were 15 at the close of the year working under the Board's Aided Schools Regulations, five of which were entitled to be taken over by the Board, and applications on behalf of three have been since received. Attendance. —The attendance of scholars shows a steadily increasing ratio, the average for the year being 175 above that of 1883, and 266 above that of 1882. The number of children attending school at the end of the year was 4,067, while the average attendance for that number was 3,220, or 78"8 per cent., a slight improveir.ent even here on former years. The average attendance, as compared with the roll-number, may be deemed not unsatisfactory, though, of course, it is considerably modified by circumstances not at all peculiar to this district— such as occasional severity of the weather, distance from site of school, age of the children, urgency of domestic or other claims. No doubt the average attendance could be considerably raised by greater energy on the part of the Committees in putting forth the compulsory clauses of the Act. The Board might also venture tho opinion that, so long as no part of the cost of education is directly felt, a largo number of parents will be content to allow their children to play the truant. The following table shows the attendance of the district for the last quarter of each year since the Board was established :—

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Buildings.—The principal work undertaken by the Board during the past year has been the erection of schoolhouses at Belfield and Kakahu Bush. In addition to the foregoing, minor works have been carried out at Waitohi Flat, Timaru, Temuka, Silverstream, Waimate, &c, in the shape of enlargements, repairs, porches, gymnastic apparatus, fencing, and planting. New funiture has been provided for Silverstream, Belfield, Kakahu Bush, &c.; and so much has been expended on these necessary works, in order to enable the Board to do its duty by education, that very important matters, such as painting and reroofing old schools, have been left undone for want of funds. One of the most pressing claims on the Board's attention is the erection of residences for the masters of schools, who in many instances find it very difficult to get accommodation in the rural districts, and in some cases are several miles distant from their schools. Out of the year's grant the Board contemplates erecting four residences, besides building three schools ; but to do all that is required in this way would need an extraordinary grant of at least £5,000 to make good all the wear and tear some of the oldest structures have sustained; the erection of a new building at Geraldine on a new site, which is much wanted; remodelling the school at Pleasant Point; as well as enlarging, fencing, and planting many rising and important schools. Many of the buildings which were handed over by the North Canterbury Board on the division of the district are very old, and require (or will at a very early date) to be replaced by entirely new erections. And in reviewing the general wants of the country, as represented through the medium of the various Education Boards, it is to be hoped that Government will be able to see its way to enable this Board to fully meet the exigencies of the situation. The balance-sheet, duly certified by the Provincial Auditor, is appended. The Building Account shows receipts to £2,347 19s. 4d., and an expenditure of £1,713 11s. 2d., still owing the Maintenance Account what it did at the end of last year—namely, £1,633 14s. lOd. The Maintenance Account shows a balance at the end of the year of £934, from which the sum of £872 must be deducted on account of money received from the School Commissioners, which will be balanced by the amount less in the monthly capitation grant paid by the Treasury in the month of February. The Board desires to place on record its grateful appreciation for the continuance of the extra ss. capitation grant, which, as heretofore, has been mainly utilized in increasing the amount paid in salaries and incidentals. Scholarships.—The annual scholarship examination was- held as usual, commencing on Tuesday, the 3rd March, and terminating on the following Friday. The gentlemen who gratuitously undertook the examination were—the Eev. George Barclay, Mr. Melville Gray, the Ven. Archdeacon Harper, and Dr. Anderson. Thirty-four candidates presented themselves, as follows : 9 for Class A, 10 for Class B, 13 for Class C, and 2 for Class D. The increase in Class Cis gratifying, but Classes A and B are not so well represented as last year, when the numbers were as follows : 13 in Class A, 18 in Class B, sin Class C, and lin Class D. The result of the examination, with the report of the several examiners, is appended,* as well as a table showing the actual holders of the Board's scholarships from the commencement to the present time. District High Schools. —The two District High Schools of Temuka and Waimate continue to give secondary education to a number of pupils. In the case of the latter, the Board of Governors of the Waimate High School have generously supplemented the funds of the Board by an annual sum of £75, enabling the Board to make an important addition to the staff, and thus providing for more efficient instruction in secondary subjects. It is to be regretted that so much opposition, in certain quarters, is given to district high schools. It arises partly from a lack of a just appreciation of the benefits designed to be diffused, partly from the failure to realize that such schools are as clearly contemplated and provided for by the Education Act as well as are the primary schools, partly from the grudge entertained by some that any public money should be spent on any secondary education whatever, and partly from jealousy in favour of other and rival institutions. The experience of many persons—having had no little to do for a number of years both with primary and secondary schools—leads to the conviction that, what is the case in some instances —namely, one Board in each district to deal with both primary and secondary schools of all kinds—were better extended to all. Unity of government in this important matter should be the rule, providing for a harmonious management of both sets of institutions, and guarding against a temptation, sometimes yielded to, on the part of the larger and wealthier establishments to disparage and weaken those which occupy smaller centres, and are less highly endowed than themselves. With respect to the distribution of moneys designed for repairs, improvements, incidentals of all kinds, the Board would gladly have some principle, laid down by law, which would have the effect of restraining, in some localities, the never-ceasing and vehement demands for increased expenditure,

* Not reprinted here.

Ave: •age Attcndi ice. Year. Number of Schools. . Number of Teachers. Number on llolls. Male. Female. Total. .878 .879 .880 .881 882 .883 884 17 29 29 35 39 39 45 56 77 80 84 89 95 109 2,666 3,203 3,506 3,531 3,853 3,920 4,067 1,005 1,241 1,381 1,364 1,532 1,589 1,G89 872 1,083 1,235 1,249 1,412 1,456 1,531 1,877 2,324 2,616 2,613 2,944 3,045 3,220

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thus leading to economy, and also to the relief of the Board from incessant pressure. In the case of some localities, the people willingly come forward with considerable sums; but a principle is wanted, such as the necessary contribution of a certain proportion in all cases, which would somewhat control the importunity of some, and secure fair and equitable grants to all. Staff. —During the past year, Mr. H. W. Hammond was replaced as Inspector by Mr. W. J. Anderson, M.A., LL.D. The Inspector's report gives full particulars of the work of inspection; and by the results as set forth in the tables, demonstrate that the standard of education in South Canterbury will not compare unfavourably with that in any other district. The annual pi;pil-teachers' examination was held in June last, the report of which is hereto appended,* as well as the several schedules giving information concerning the Board's income and expenditure, the names, status, and emoluments of the teachers, the amount of school accommodation provided, the attendance of pupils, with their ages, standards, and the number receiving instruction in each subject as prescribed by the Act, and a table showing the state of accounts of the various schools as audited by the Board's officers. There are also attached the Board's Eegulations for the Employment of Teachers, Begulations for Pupil-teachers, School Fund Begulations, Aided School Eegulations, Scholarship Eegulations, as well as the scholarship examination papers for the current year.* I have, &c, Geo. Barclay, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Chairman.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1883— By Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 250 0 0 General Account .. .. .. 94 5 6 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 2 0 0 Government grant for buildings .. 2,230 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. 326 4 0 Other receipts for buildings (sale of old Inspectors' salaries and travelling exsite, Waimate) .. .. .. 106 13 4 ponsos .. .. .. .. 431 4 7 Government statutory capitation (£3 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 43 7 3 155.) .. .. .. .. 9,447 3 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inSpecial capitation (55.) .. .. 769 8 9 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 10,606 8 4 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 205 10 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 1,053 3 6 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 ScholarshipsPayments by School Commissioners — Paid to scholars .. .. .. 178 0 0 For primary education .. .. 2,288 6 3 Examination expenses .. .. 19 0 4 For secondary education .. .. 38 17 4 School buildings— Fees for district high schools.. .. 57 10 0 New buildings .. .. .. 1,156 3 8 Other receipts .. .. .. 18 0 Improvements of buildings .. 264 8 8 Temuka refund .. .. .. 20 0 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 167 6 1 Orari contribution .. .. .. 18 6 0 Sites .. .. .. .. 23 19 7 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 101 13 2 Transfer .. .. .. .. 217 0 Depot cheques .. .. .. 14 12 11 Interest .. .. .. .. 1 18 0 Balance of account on 31st December, 1884—General Account .. .. 935 1 7 £15,577 8 8 £15,577 8 8 Geo. Barclay, Chairman. J. H. Bamfield, Secretary. I have audited this account, and have examined the items with the vouchers and find the same correct. The item, incidental expenses of schools, £1,053 3s. 6d., has been passed to the credit of the School Committees, but no evidence is afforded to me of its legal expenditure, in consequence of the very absurd regulations for the audit of these accounts issued by the Board of Education, and against which I have constantly protested. —J. Olliviee, Provincial District Auditor. Timaru, 31st March, 1885.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. a. Liabilities. & s. dCash in bank on this account, 31st December, Overpaid on account of reserves revenue to 1884 .. .. .. 935 1 7 31st December, 1884 .. .. 872 13 3 Due from building fund .. .. .. 1,633 14 10 Due to depot .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 Due from depot.. .. .. .. 328 i i Credit on this account .. .. .. 1,994 7 6 £2,897 0 9 £2,897 0 9 B. Building Fund only. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December Balance of account, 31st December, 1883, 1884 .. .. .. .. G6l 8 2 and carried on .. .. .. 1,633 14 10 Due from Waimate Library .. .. 89 16 0 Amounts due under contract .. .. 1,200 0 0 Due from Waimate Library .. .. 92 1 5 Amounts due Waimataitai .. .. 500 0 0 Building grant for year .. .. .. 2,830 0 0 Credit on this account .. .. .. 339 10 9 £3,673 5 7 £3,673 5 7 J. H. Bamfield, Secretary. Timaru, 31st March, 1885.

* Not reprinted here.

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WE STL AND. Memorandum by the Secbetary for Education. As explained in last year's report, there was no legally-constituted authority at the beginning of 1884 to take charge of the public schools in the District of Westland, and it therefore became necessary, in the interest of the district, that the Government should undertake the maintenance of the public schools until the General Assembly should make legal provision for the administration of educational affairs within the district. The services of the Board's Secretary and Inspector of Schools were retained, and officers cf the Government at Hokitika and Greymouth respectively were appointed to aid the Education Department in distributing the necessary payments on account of the public schools. Owing to the late period of the year at which the Westland Education District Subdivision Act was passed, the care of the schools devolved upon the department during the whole of 1884. An investigation of the former Board's accounts showed that the scale of its ordinary current expenditure at the close of 1883 exceeded the rate of its legitimate income by a very considerable amount. As the Government had no other funds at its disposal than the amount voted by the General Assembly for the maintenance of the Westland schools, it became absolutely necessary to equalize the income and expenditure. After very full consideration it was resolved that no reduction should be made in the ordinary salaries of the teachers and pupil-teachers, and that the indispensably necessary reductions should be effected by paying only one-half of the moneys that the Board had undertaken to pay on account of the School Committees' grants, and teachers' and pupil-teachers' bonuses. A circular letter explaining the determination of the Government was sent to the several School Committees early in the year. By a rigid adherence to this resolution the Education Department, during its term of administration, has succeeded in limiting the expenditure on public-school purposes to the ordinary legitimate income, as shown by the General Statements of accounts for thirteen months appended hereto. No expenditure on school buildings was incurred; the usual grant for buildings that, in other circumstances, would have been available for the Westland District for last year, has been disposed of in meeting the liabilities of the former Board for the year 1883. It is due to Messrs. M. F. South, of Hokitika, and H. Calders, of Greymouth, to place upon record the department's appreciation of the value of the services zealously and gratuitously rendered by them during the whole of the year 1884 in connection with the monthly distribution of the moneys payable to teachers and others. In other ways those gentlemen greatly aided the department in the administration of school affairs in their respective localities. In accordance with the provisions of " The Westland Education District Subdivision Act, 1884," the original Education District of Westland has now been divided into the Education District of Westland and the Education District of Grey. The members of the Westland Education Board are Messrs. E. J. Seddon, M.H.E. (Chairman), Mr. M. W. Jack, J. McWhirter, and C. Boss, elected by the School Committees, and Messrs. G. Mueller, H. E. Eae, and J. Grimmond, nominated by His Excellency the Governor. The administration of school affairs in the Grey Education District 'is committed to three Commissioners appointed by His Excellency the Governor; they are Major Keddoll, E.M. (Chairman), and Messrs. E. Nancarrow and T. Eonayne. It is due to the gentlemen who have undertaken the management of educational affairs in Westland and Grey to state that their administration is proving successful and generally satisfactory. As the Act in virtue of which the existing arrangements have been made remains in force only until the termination of the next session of the General Assembly, it will be necessary to obtain further legislation in order to provide for the future administration of educational affairs in the Westland and the Grey Districts. The Secretary for Education was appointed a Commissioner under the Subdivision Act to ascertain the debts, &c, of the late Education Board of Westland, and that officer spent some time in the district for the purpose of obtaining all necessary information relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board. His report and awards were published in the New Zealand Gazette of date 29th January, 1885, pages 174-176. The following is a summary of the liabilities of the late Board, as set forth in the Commissioner's report :■ — Westland Division. £ s. cl. £ s. d. School buildings... ... ... ... ...1,08013 1 Current school purposes ... ... ... ... 186 14 10 Proportion of joint liabilities ... ... ... 686 8 2 Balances due to teachers ... ... ... 244 2 0 2,197 18 1 Grey Division. School buildings... ... ... ... ... 1,367 15 6 Current school purposes ... ... ... ... 112 16 1 Proportion of joint liabilities ... ... ... 514 16 1 Balances due to teachers ... ... ... 254 9 8 2,249 17 4 Total ... ... ... ... ... 4,447 15 5 From information subsequently received by the Commissioner he has admitted a few additional claims. The settlement of three other claims for small amounts awaits further investigation. The liabilities in respect of school buildings have been defrayed out of the usual special grants from the school-buildings votes for 1883-84 and 1884-85. The other liabilities have been paid from the vote of £2,350 passed by the General Assembly last session. The expenditure under this vote has been as follows :— 13—E. 1.

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£ s. d. Under Commissioner's original award ... ... ... ... 1,999 6 10 Arrears of School Committee's grants... ... ... ... 99 9 1 Arrears of teachers' salaries ... ... ... ... ... 32 2 4 Board's Secretary—Salary for one month ... ... ... 25 10 0 Board's Inspector of Schools—Salary for eight days ... ... 11 12 3 Half cost of railway fare, Wallsend School teacher ... ... 5 5 0 Commissioner's expenses ... ... ... ... ... • 43 3 0 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 17 10 Unexpended ... ... ... ... ... ... 86 13 8 Total vote ... ... ... ... 2,350 0 0

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the thirteen months ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government statutory capitation (£3 By Office staff, salaries .. .. S2S 19 0 155.) .. .. .. .. 9,303 13 10 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 314 0 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 628 9 7 Departmental contingencies .. .. 125 9 7 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 112 10 0 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 430 0 0 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 325 0 0 Inspector's travelling expenses .. 140 0 0 Payments by School Commissioners— Teachers' salaries and allowances (inFor primary education .. .. 123 911 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 8,766 6 3 Bent .. .. .. .. 26 16 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 613 0 6 Scholarships: Paid to scholars .. 112 10 0 £10,51919^ £10,519 19 4 E. T. Robinson, Secretary.

OTAGO. Sm, — Dunedin, 31st March, 1885. In accordance with section 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," the Board of the Education District of Otago has the honour to present the following report on the state of the educational affairs of the district under its control for the year 1884. Boabd.—At the commencement of the year the Board was composed of the following members : Professor John Shand, Messrs. Alexander C. Begg, William Elder, Michael Fraer, Keith Eamsay, James Green, Henry Clark, John McKenzie, and Thomas Fergus. Professor Shand and Messrs. Begg and Elder retired in terms of section 15 of the Education Act. Seven candidates were nominated for the vacancies, and the voting resulted in the return of Professor Shand, the Eev. James McGregor, D.D., and Mr. Begg; Professor Shand and Mr. Begg being re-elected. Mr. Fergus resigned his position as a member in May; five candidates were nominated for the vacancy, and Mr. William Elder was elected to the vacant seat. At the first meeting of the Board in April, Professor Shand was re-elected Chairman. Fifteen meetings of the Board have been held, twelve meetings of the Finance Committee, and twelve meetings of the Appointments Committee. Numbee op Schools.—On the 31st of December, 1883, there were 159 schools in operation. In the course of the year new schools were opened at Tahora, Coal Creek Flat, Lowburn, Waiwera Township, and Leith Valley. The school at Ida Valley was reopened, and worked as a half-time school in conjunction with a school in the Poolburn District. A temporary school building was provided at Whare Kuri, which has also been worked as a half-time school with the Kurow school. A subsidized school was established at Rae's Junction. There were consequently 166 (or 169, if half-time schools are counted separately) schools in operation at the end of the year, being an increase of seven. New buildings were in course of erection at Maerewhenua, Purekereki, and Waitepeka Township, when the year closed. At the present time there are several applications for the establishment of schools under consideration, all from newly-settled districts. The greatest caution is exercised by the Board in establishing small schools, but, owing to the rapid settlement of the lands in the interior, the demands of the settlers for the means of education for their children are numerous. Teachers. —There were employed on the 31st December 472 teachers, being an increase of twenty-six teachers for the year—viz., ten male teachers, seven female teachers, and nine pupilteachers. The following table shows the classification of the teachers:—

Partially Classified. Total in Class. Al ... 1 131 ... 3 Cl ...14 Dl ...11 El ... 6 Licensed to) teach \ Unclassified A2 ... 0 B2 ... 3 C2 ... 5 D2 ...35 E2 ...43 A3 ... 0 B3 ... 4 C3 ... 4 D3 ...28 E3 ...53 A4 ... 0 B4 ... 0 C4 ... 1 D4 ...12 E4 ...22 A5 ... 0 B5 ... 0 C5 ... 0 D5 ... 0 E5 ... 1 1 3 8 29 2 13 24 94 159 13 13 318

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School Attendance.—The following is an abstract of the attendance at the public schools of this district from the institution of the Otago education scheme, in the year 1856, to the present time :—

The numbers for the year show an increase in the average attendance of 821 on that of the previous year. The attendance was considerably affected during the June and September quarters by the prevalence of measles, whooping cough, and other diseases incidental to childhood ; indeed throughout the whole year the attendance and results have been prejudicially affected by sickness. The number of Maori and half-caste children attending the schools in this district is small. The number in attendance at the end of the year was as. follows : Maoris, 2; half-castes or other children of mixed race living as members of a Native tribe, 27; half-castes or other children of mixed race living among Europeans, 46 : total, 75. Number of schools in which there were Maoris or half-caste scholars or those of mixed race, 17. Finance. —Appended hereto is an abstract of the income and expenditure of the Board for the year 1884. The sum paid for teachers' salaries, inclusive of bonuses on classification, and bonuses for teaching pupil-teachers, amounted to £58,531 11s. 2d. A statement of the amounts contributed by the Board to each school for teachers' salaries and for allowances to Committees in aid of school fund, and of the sums paid for the erection and improvement of school buildings, will be found in the Appendix.* The following table shows the average salary paid to the various classes of teachers in the district. Head-teachers have besides a free residence, and in most cases a glebe of some size :— £ s. d. Head-teachers, male ... ... ... ... 206 13 9 Head-teachers, female ... ... ... ... 114 5 Of Male assistants ... ... ... ... ~, 188 18 9-J-Female assistants ... ... ... ... 104 5 5-J-Male pupil-teachers ... ... ... ~. 45 0 0 Female pupil-teachers ... ... .... ... 35 0 0 Teachers of sewing ... ~. ... ~. 20 0 0 School Committees' Accounts.—An abstract of the income and expenditure of the various School Committes will be found in the Appendix.! The Board's contributions for the year amounted to £5,978 13s. 6d., while the districts raised locally £1,445 4s. 2d. As in the previous year the Board, appointed its chief clerk auditor, and arranged that the account books, &c, of the various Committees should be forwarded to the office to be audited. This plan has been found to work well, no difficulty whatever having been experienced in carrying out the arrangements. The Auditor's report shows that the Committees' accounts are, with few exceptions, properly kept; and a perusal of the detailed statement of accounts will show that the Committees, as a whole, are expending their funds in a judicious manner. The total balance to the credit of the Committees was £1,856 7s. Id., being £251 6s. Id. in excess of the balance for the previous year. Inspection.—With one exception, all the schools were examined and visited. Of the 164 schools examined, 15 gained a gross percentage of 90 and upwards; 73 between 80 and 90; 42 between 60 and 70; 3 between 50 and 60; and 7 less than 50. During the year, 11,698 pupils were presented for examination in the standards, of which 10,963 were examined, and 8,394 passed. The number of absentees amounted to 735, about 6-J- per cent, of the number presented, being nearly double the percentage for last year. The increase of absentees was caused by the prevalence of measles in some parts of the district when the examination of the schools fell due. The percentage of passes in standards has this year risen to 77, as against 72 in 1883, and 73 in 1882. The Board has been highly gratified by the increased efficiency indicated by the results for the year. The following table contains a summary of the examination results for the year : — Table I.—Showing the number of pupils presented for examination, the number passed, the number absent from examination, the percentage of passes gained in standards, the number of schools in which each standard was represented, and the average age at which the pupils were presented in each standard : —

* See ante, pp. 41-18, t See ante, p. 6.

Year. to 'o o A o in o 6 A CD © "3 d A Numbe attenc coursi :r of Pupi ded at all e of the Y ils who in the ear. Average Daily Attend) for the Yea ance ir. at t] .ttendanoi le close of Year. the Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. All Dunedin. other Schools. Totals. Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. 1856-57 .866 .. :877 .. .883 .. .884 .. 5 51 173 159 166 7 71 356 446 472 1,193 3,191 6,722 6,464 2,754 16,422 21,086 21,663 3,947 19,613 27,808 28,217 115 888 2,176 4,000 4,025 121 1,680 9,573 12,814 13,610 236 2,568 11,749 16,814 17,635 934 2,585 4,534 4,579 2,136 11,943 10,011 16,835 3,070 14,528 20,545 21,414

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Pupil Teachers. —There were 139 pupil teachers employed at the end of the year. The annual examination was held on the 17th December and following days. The results of the examination show that, with a very few exceptions, the instruction they are receiving is of a satisfactory character, and that they are rendering efficient service. Judging, however, by the number who resign or withdraw before the expiry of their apprenticeship, it is to be feared that many enter who have no serious intention of following up the teaching profession. There is an adequate supply of female applicants for the position of pupil-teacher ; but some difficulty is still experienced in getting suitable lads. The following figures show the number that was present, the number that passed, and the number that failed in each class : First Class, presented 29, failed 7 ; Second Class, presented 24, failed 0; Third Class, presented 34, failed 2 ; Fourth Class, presented 52, failed 3. One pupil-teacher was removed on account of twice failing to pass the examination for promotion to a higher class. Normal School. —The report of the Eector of the Normal School will be found in Appendix K.* The attendance of students during the year was: Juniors, males 9, females 14—total 23 ; Seniors, males 21, females 17—total 38. The number of young men now qualifying for the profession of teaching is considerably on the increase, and the Board hopes that the Normal School will shortly be able to turn out sufficient male teachers to meet the demand in this district, and also to supply the wants of some of the other districts in the colony in which there is no Normal School. The total cost for the year was: Salaries, £1,315 Bs. lid.; allowances to students, £1,211 7s. 6d.: total, £2,526 16s. sd. The following are particulars respecting the number of students who attended the school during the year:— Students in 1884. Males. Females. Total. Eemaining from 1883... ... ... 27 ... 33 ... 60 Admitted in 1884 ... ... ... 13 ... 18 ... 31 Left during 1884 ... ... ... 15 ... 25 ... 40 On the books, December, 1884 ... ... 25 ... 26 ... 51 Compulsoey Attendance. —An effort was made by several School Committees during the year to enforce the compulsory clauses of the Education Act, and the Board regrets that, after repeated trials, these clauses have been found to be inoperative. The following case is an illustration :In the early part of the year one of the School Committees in the City of Dunedin, finding that a large number of children of school age in the district were not attending any school, decided to enforce the compulsory clauses of the Act. To effect this the police issued the necessary notices and summonses, and a number of parents were summoned before the City Police Court. On the cases being gone into, the Committee found themselves confronted with so many difficulties in the way of proving their case, that it was hopeless to secure a conviction, and they therefore withdrew the informations. One of the difficulties met with in large towns divided into two or more school districts arises from the fact that though a child lives in a particular school district, the child may attend another school, and such attendance may be unknown to the Committee till the case comes on for hearing. It seems to the Board that the onus of proving compliance with the Act should lie with the parent, who should furnish the Committee, if served with notice, with a certificate like that required under subsection of clause 90. But the principal difficulty springs from the loose wording of clause 89. As the clause now stands it has been found impossible to obtain a conviction in the case of any child known to have been absent from school during the first half of the year. So long as it attends " for at least one-half of the period in each year during which the school is usually open," which may be during July and the five following months, it will be held that the Act is complied with. It does not require to be stated how much of the most important teaching may be missed during the other part of the year, or how the work of a school may be hindered if a number of untrained children are brought into it during the latter half of the year, A minimum attendance in each quarter should be fixed—say thirty days. It is plain, as matters now stand, that the whole of the clauses bearing upon this subject need to be altered, and that Boards, or the department, should provide officers charged with the duty of carrying out the compulsory clauses, and proving failure to comply with them. Scholarships.—Seventeen scholarships—eleven senior and six junior—were awarded during the year. Thirty-five candidates entered for the senior and seventy-six for the junior. In addition to the scholarships awarded by the Board, the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls'

* See infra, p. 100,

Number Present. Number Passed. Number Absent. Percentage of Passes. Number of Schools. Average Age. Itandard I. Standard II. itandard III. Standard IV. Standard V. Standard VI. 2,414 2,563 2,472 1,818 1,158 538 2,206 2,187 1,726 1,026 820 429 157 187 182 122 69 18 91 85 68 51 71 79 157 160 163 155 129 93 Years. Months. 9 1 10 2 11 7 12 6 13 1 14 0 Totals... 10,963 8,394 735 77

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High Schools granted free education for three years at the High School, to thirteen competitors who made 50 per cent, and over of the attainable marks. The Board has pleasure in referring to the liberality of the Board of Governors in this matter. There are at present fifty-two pupils receiving free education at the high schools under the scholarship scheme. Drawing Department.—The report of the headmaster of the Drawing Department will be found below. The classes were attended by 384 students—viz., 93 teachers and pupil-teachers, 59 students in training, 57 students at the afternoon classes, 175 artisans and other students in the evening. The total expenditure on the department amounted to £586 6s. 3d., and the sum of £232 2s. 3d. was received for fees. By order of the Board, P. G. Pryde, Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1883 .. 3,308 14 0 By Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 973 15 0 Government grant for buildings .. 10,028 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. .. 590 18 2 Statutory capitation at £3 15s. .. 50,432 19 5 Inspectors' salaries .. .. .. 1,450 0 0 Special capitation at ss. .. .. 4,334 15 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. 570 0 5 Scholarship grant, at Is. 6d. .. 1,203 0 8 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 19 13 6 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 500 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inGrant for training of teachers .. 2,000 0 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. .. 58,531 11 2 Grants for other purposes .. .. 200 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 5,8G0 3 9 School Commissioners — Training of teachers .. .. 2,520 16 5 For primary education .. .. 9,608 13 8 Scholarships .. .. .. 1,249 711 For secondary education .. .. 421 5 6 School buildings— District High School fees .. .. 104 15 0 New buildings .. .. .. 8,573 12 5 Drawing department fees .. .. 232 2 3 Improvements of buildings .. 2,108 13 0 Sale of school sites .. .. .. 182 9 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 438 18 0 Sales of school buildings .. .. 36 0 0 Sites .. .. .. .. 448 3 3 Kent of glebe .. .. .. 2 5 0 Plans, specifications, and fees .. 724 16 11 Sale of library books .. .. 66 12 10 Drawing department .. ~ 586 6 3 Deposit forfeited .. .. .. 810 0 Balance on 31st December, 1884— Interest .. .. .. .. 206 5 0 On General Account .. .. 4,883 11 2 £89,536 7 4 £89,536 7 4 I have compared the above abstract with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and I certify it to be correct.—H. Livingston, Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fwtd. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account on 31st De- Credit balance .. .. .. .. 5,189 710 cember, 1884 .. .. .. 4,883 11 2 Due from Government for scholarships .. 305 16 8 £5,189_7_10 £5,189 7 10 B. Building Fund only. £ s d. £ s. d. Cash in bank on deposit account 31st De- Balance of account 31st December, 1884 .. 1,043 11 i cember, 1884 .. .. .. 239 9 6 Balance of amounts due, or to fall due, Balance .. .. .. .. 2,133 10 4 under contracts .. .. .. 343 5 0 Deposits on contracts .. .. .. 230 9 6 Duo on account of school sites .. .. 750 0 0 £2,307 5 10 £2,867 510

Drawing-Master's Eepoet. Sib,— School of Art, Dunedin, 31st March, 1885. I have the honour to submit my annual report on the School of Art for the year 1884. The total number that received instruction in the school during the year was 384. This total includes 93 teachers and pupil-teachers [this includes 17 students, not pupil-teachers, who have paid a fee of ss. per quarter], 59 students in training, 57 students who attended the day class, and 175 students who attended the evening classes. Day Classes. —The same course of instruction has been pursued as heretofore, added to which there has been established a class for drawing and painting from the living model, which meets every morning at eight o'clock. Several of the students studied modelling in clay from the antique. The advanced students who qualified were every Saturday, weather permitting, taken out for a day's practice in sketching from nature. The studies from life and the models were exhibited, and were highly spoken of as reflecting great credit upon the students. The class for teachers and pupil-teachers was open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5.45 to 6.45 p.m.; and that for the students in training every day except Friday, from 11 to 12 a.m. Subjects of instruction : Freehand and model drawing, practical geometry and perspective ; those of the teachers who have obtained a certificate drawing and painting from the round and from copies. The

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senior students were engaged one of their hours preparing blackboard exercises and drawing from solid models, so that when called upon to give instruction they will always be prepared with a good stock of exercises to choose from; the other hour was spent in teaching drawing in the Normal School. At the annual examination for teachers' certificates, fifty-six passed in freehand, forty in model drawing, thirty-five in practical geometry, and six in perspective. The evening classes were open every night from 7to 9 o'clock; Monday and Wednesday for freehand and model drawing, drawing and shading from the antique, painting, modelling in clay, &c.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, practical plane and solid geometry, mechanical and architectural drawing, &c.; and Friday, for advanced students, drawing and painting from the living model. The number of ladies who study in the evening has greatly increased, and additional accommodation is necessary. During the second and third quarters the rooms were inconveniently crowded. The diligence with which the students apply themselves to their studies is beyond all praise. The Boys' and Girls' High Schools received our attention. The subjects of instruction were, for the boys, freehand drawing from blackboard exercise; freehand drawing, first and second grade, from fiat examples ; drawing from solid models, practical geometry, orthographic projection and mechanical drawing. The same course was followed in the girls' department, substituting perspective, and drawing, and shading from the round for geometrical and mechanical drawing. I have every reason to be satisfied with the year's work. At the close of the session an exhibition of the works by the students was open for three days, and was largely attended. I may here be allowed to add the following remarks in regard to the works exhibited, the number of which was as follows: Freehand outline, 60; mechanical drawings, 92 ; architectural drawings, 89 ; chalk drawings from the flat, 120; from the cast, including figure from the antique, 113; oil and water colour paintings, 120 ; paintings from nature, 25; modelling from the antique busts, 5 ; hand, 1; ornament, 6. When it is considered that nearly all were the work of young men or apprentices engaged dur'r.g the day, that the instruction is given in large classes, the time very short, the hands of the students sometimes ill-fitted for delicate work, I think those who examined the work will agree with me in saying it was far abdve the average in excellence, and reflected great credit upon the students. With a view to encourage the students to increased exertion, the following gentlemen offer prizes for competition at our next exhibition : David Graham, Esq., for the best architectural drawing of a Gothic window; W. Wright, Esq., for the best study of the figure from the antique; a gentleman who did not leave his name, but left £2, for the study of fruit or flowers from nature. If other gentlemen were to follow the example thus set, or were the Education Board to offer for competition a few prizes, I am sure it would have a beneficial effect. I have, &c, David C. Hutton, Art Master.

SOUTHLAND. Sib,— Invercargill, 31st March, 1885. In compliance with the provisions of clause 103 of " The Education Act, 1877," I have the honour to submit the following report of the Southland Education Board, for the year ending 31st December, 1884 :— The Boakd. —At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of Messrs. Macdonald (Chairman), Lumsden, Mori'son, Mclntosh, McLeod, Baldey, Turnbull, Matheson, and Feldwick. The three retiring members were Messrs. Baldey, McLeod, and Feldwick. At the annual election in March, the two former gentlemen were re-elected, and Mr. James S. Shanks, Mataura, was elected in the place of Mr. Feldwick, who did not seek re-election. The Board held twelve ordinary and three special meetings, the number of attendances of each member being as follows: Mr. Macdonald 15, Mr. Lumsden 15, Mr. Morison 15, Mr. Baldey 15, Mr. McLeod 14, Mr. Matheson 14, Mr. Turnbull 12, Mr. Mclntosh 6, and Mr. Shanks (nine months) 7 ; the average attendance was 7-5. The Executive Committee, consisting of seven members, held twenty-four meetings, the number of attendances of each member being as follows : Mr. Macdonald 24, Mr. Baldey 23, Mr. Lumsden 22, Mr. Matheson 19, Mr. McLeod 15, Mr. Turnbull 14, and Mr. Shanks 7; the average attendance was 5-2. The statutory meetings of the Board are held on the first Friday of every month, and the meetings of the Executive are, as a rule, held on every alternate Wednesday. As the eleven returns prepared by the Board for the Education Department, which are printed in the shape of an appendix to this report, are replete with definite and exhaustive information regarding the educational statistics of the district, such as school attendance for each quarter of the year, age of the scholars and their classification according to the standards, the number of schools and their classification, the number and names of the teachers, their classification, status, and salaries, &c, there is little left for the Board to report on, except to draw attention to the progress made in the educational concerns of the district for the last year as compared with those of former years. Attendance. —The attendance at the schools has been affected by the weather, and by the prevalence of diseases incidental to childhood to a very considerable extent. The attendance during the last quarter of 1884 shows a large increase over the three previous quarters. The total number of pupils at the beginning and end of the year was 6,198 and 6,385 respectively, being an increase of 187. The working average for last quarter of 1883 and 1884 respectively, was 4,538 and 4,896, being an increase of 358. The progress as regards attendance for the last quarter of 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884 is shown in the following table :—

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Roll. Strict Average. Working Average. 1881 ... ... ... 5,033 ... 3,616 ... 3,776 1882 ... ... ... 5,488 ... 4,174 4,284 1883 ... ... ... 5,975 ... 4,359 ... 4,538 1884 ... ... ... 6,385 ... 4,733 ... 4,896 The increase of children on the roll for the four years is 1,352, of the strict average 1,117, and of the working average 1,120. Number and Status of Teachers.—The number of teachers of all classes at the end of 1884 was 133 as against 127 at the end of 1883. Of these 73 were male and 16 female head-teachers; 5 were male and 16 were female assistants; and 7 were male and 29 were female pupil-teachers. In addition to these there were 14 teachers of sewing. As compared with 1883 there was an increase of 5 head-teachers, of 3 pupil-teachers, and of 3 teachers of sewing. Number and Classification of Schools.—There were 79 schools in operation at the end of the year as against 72 of the previous year. Of these, 16 had an average attendance of less than 25 ; 37 between 25 and 50; 17 between 50 and 100, and 8 between 100 and 500. The Central School, Invercargill, is the only one in the district which had an average attendance of over 600. The large proportion of small schools forms the chief difficulty with which the Board has to contend in the administration of the provisions of the Education Act. The scale of salaries must be adjusted in such a way as to provide that the surplus arising from the larger schools shall cover the deficiencies which accrue from the expenditure on the smaller ones. Ages of Children.—Of the number of children attending the schools during the last quarter of the year, 19 per cent, were between five and seven; 39 per cent, between seven and ten; 29 per cent, between ten and thirteen; 11 per cent, between thirteen and fifteen; and 2 per cent, above fifteen years of age. Pupil Teachers.—The number of pupil-teachers in the employment of the Board for the last quarters of 1883 and 1884 was 33 and 36 respectively, the latter number consisting of 7 males and 29 females. The following table shows the result of the annual examination of pupil-teachers held in December last:—

Scholarships.—There were at the end of the year eleven holders of scholarships, all of whom remain on the books till the 31st December, 1885. The Board seeing that after making provision for these for a whole year, the balance of the grant allowed by the Education Department—namely, Is. 6d. a year for every pupil in average attendance, would be insufficient to maintain even one additional scholarship, resolved not to hold the usual examination at the end of 1884, and to defer it till the end of 1885, when the vacancies which will then take place will be filled up. School Buildings.—During the year new schoolhouses wore erected at Nightcaps, South Hillend, Eedan Valley, Halfmoon Bay, and Kennington. The schoolhouse at Waihuri has been removed to a more central position in the adjacent Township of Makarewa. Owing to the insufficiency of the building grant the Board has not been in a position to erect teachers' residences, the want of which is very detrimental to the interests of education, especially in the rural districts of the country, where, without the comforts and inducements of a permanent home, the services of young and inexperienced teachers only can be secured and permanently retained. The following schooldistricts are still without teachers' residences: Waihopai, South Hillend, Nightcaps, Slopedown, Pine Bush, Eedan Valley, Ferndale, Halfmoon Bay, Waikaia, and West Plains. The older schoolhouses in the district, which at the time of their erection afforded ample accommodation for all the children in the locality, are much too small for the increased population, and extensions to the schoolhouses at Mataura, Campbelltown, Dipton, Wyndham, and Waikaia are urgently required. New school districts have been constituted and the erection of schools applied for at Colac Bay, Pahia, Charlton, Longridge, and which will probably be erected next year should sufficient funds be placed at the Board's disposal. Several applications for the constitution of new school districts are under the consideration of the Board. Appointment op Teachees. —Up to the beginning of 1884 it was the practice of the Board in appointing teachers to send down to School Committees all applications for schools along with the testimonials of the candidates, requesting them to select one of the number whom they considered the most eligible, and recommend him or her to the Board for appointment. This mode of procedure did not always secure the services of the best teacher, and, after full and careful consideration, 'the Board resolved that all applications for appointment to the office of teacher shall in the first instance be considered by the Board, and thereafter the names of the most eligible candidates, with their testimonials, be forwarded to the school requiring the appointment, for their consideration, before the appointment is completed by the Board. This mode of procedure secures the appointment

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of eligible teachers only, and carries out the provisions of the Education Act relative to the consulting of School Committees before appointments are made. Financial.—The returns contain details of the Board's income and expenditure, and generally of its financial position for the year 1884. On referring to the statement of accounts it will be seen that at the end of 1883 the overdraft in the Building Fund amounted to £1,673 14s. 6d., and that at the end of 1884 it had been reduced to £961 os. 3d., while the credit balance ou the Maintenance Fund is much the same in both years. The following is a statement of the accounts of the various School Committees, as audited by competent persons appointed by the Board : —■ Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balances .. .. .. 341 4 3 Cleaning schools and fuel .. .. 961 911 From the Education Board .. .. 1,069 14 8 Repairs to buildings, fences, &c. .. 321 9 0 From donations, subscriptions, &c. .. 523 14 10 Books, maps, and furniture .. .. 110 7 2 From other sources .. .. 305 19 8 Towards teachers' salaries .. .. 119 6 6 Committees' expenses, stationery, &c. .. 188 3 3 Sundries .. .. .. 166 7 3 Balances .. .. .. 373 10 4 £2,240 13 5 £2,240 13 5 The audit has been very carefully and satisfactorily made, and the books in general were correctly kept, only four Committees having been reported to the Board as keeping their accounts in a loose and unbusinesslike manner. As regards compulsory attendance, Savings Bank, and Life Insurance, there is little to report. Only one School Committee —viz., Arrowtown —has put in force the compulsory clauses of the Act during the year. The Teachers' Insurance scheme, under which their premiums are deducted from their salaries every month, is not taken advantage of to any great extent. At the beginning of the year 14 and at the end of the year 10 teachers were insured under this scheme, the total amount of premiums paid during the year being £127 7s. I have &c, John G. Smith, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Secretary.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government grant for buildings .. 3,100 0 0 By Balance of account on 31st December, Government grant for Knapdale School 1883 .. .. .. .. 1,044 8 9 residence .. .. .. 230 0 0 Office staff, salaries .. .. .. 300 0 0 Subscriptions and donations for build- Clerical assistance .. .. .. 5 10 ings .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. .. 259 16 7 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 14,584 17 1 Inspectors'salary .. .. .. 400 0 0 Special capitation (55.) .. .. 972 6 6 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. 130 0 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) .. .. 260 10 2 Examination of pupil teachers .. 918 6 Inspection subsidy .. ' .. .. 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inGrant for training of teachers .. .. 5 8 7 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 16,116 5 2 Payments by School Commissioners — Incidental expenses of schools .. 1,069 14 8 For primary education .. .. 2,506 15 3 Training of teachers.. .. .. 5 8 7 Rents .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Scholarships— Dr. balance of account on 31st December, Paid to scholars .. .. .. 280 16 8 1884 .. .. • • .. 303 0 1 Examination expenses .. .. 34 2 0 School buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 1,748 14 0 Improvements of buildings .. 674 15 8 Furniture and appliances .. .. 139 18 11 Sites .. .. .. .. 36 611 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 117 10 3 £22,372 17 8 £22,372 17 8 Thos. M. Macdonald, Chairman. John G. Smith, Secretary. I have compared this abstract with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and I certify it to be correct.—H. Livingston, Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1884. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Duo to teachers .. .. .. .. 57 9 10 1884 .. .. .. 658 0 2 Due to committees .. ... .. 289 6 8 Balance .. .. .. 311 3 8 £658 0 2 £658 0 2 B. Building Fund only. Balance of account, 31st December, 1884 .. 769 15 6 Balance of amounts due, or to fall due, under contracts .. .. .. 534 14 9 Nil. £1,495 15 0

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EXTRACT FROM REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL. Sib, — Wellington, December, 1884. I have the honour to report that since the 14th September I have inspected the Training Colleges at Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington, and most of the high schools throughout the colony. It is unnecessary to encumber this report with details as to the staff and attendance at each school, since the annual reports of the several institutions which are to be made at the end of this year will supply full statistics. The same reports will show with sufficient clearness the general character of each institution with respect to the scope of the instruction imparted, and the completeness or necessary imperfection of the organization. The smaller and poorer schools in the lesser towns are evidently placed at a disadvantage in comparison with those that have a large attendance and a competent income. Bearing in mind this necessary difference, I find very little occasion for adverse criticism on the conduct of the institutions I have inspected. The local authorities generally exercise a very careful supervision of the affairs of the schools, and have intrusted the charge of them to very competent principals, who in their turn efficiently direct and inspect the work of their subordinates. As a rule the subjects of instruction are properly adapted to the wants of the pupils, the instruction in those subjects is adequate to the pupils' present requirements, the distribution of the school-time as among the several subjects is judicious, and the hours prescribed in the time-tables are punctually observed. Further, in most of the schools there is an alacrity of movement that may be taken to indicate habitual energy on the part of the teachers, and habitual attention to their work on the part of the majority of the pupils. *"..4 # * * * On the 15th September I inspected the Training College at Dunedin. Since my last visit Mr. Wilkinson, a graduate in honours of the New Zealand University, has been appointed to assist the Principal in the instruction of the students, and very satisfactory arrangements are being made for the teaching of elementary science. The more advanced students attend lectures at the University of Otago. I visited the Christchurch Training College on the 26th September. The two tutors here—Mr. Newton and Mr. Watkins —devote part of their time to the teaching of the children in the practising school in English, drawing, and music. The senior students attend lectures at Canterbury College. I inspected the Auckland Training College on two separate days in October. I was especially interested in the largo classes held on Saturday morning for the instruction of teachers in the Board's service. The work done in these classes, including, among other subjects, music, drawing, and calisthenic drill, cannot fail to exercise a wide-spread and beneficial influence on the schools of the district. The more advanced students attend lectures at Auckland University College. I visited the Wellington Training College on the 16th instant. There is a promising group of students working diligently under careful instruction. The arrangements for the practice of teaching are, I fear, not quite satisfactory; the relations between the college and the practising school will, I have no doubt, be on a better footing when the new school on the Terrace is occupied. Drawing, music, French, and science are taught by visiting masters. The Principal alone undertakes all the other subjects, and, as the students naturally fall into two classes, it appears to me that he requires an assistant. At all these training colleges the students devote a considerable part of their time—a much larger part than is commonly so spent in English training colleges —to the actual practice of classteaching in the large schools attached to the colleges, and their teaching is subject to the guidance and criticism of the Principal in each college. The arrangements for such practice are different in the different colleges, but are satisfactory in all, and are likely to be of great benefit to the students and to the cause of education. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wm. Jas. Habens.

AUCKLAND. Peincipal's Ebpokt. Sie,— Training College, March 1885. I have the honour to submit my report on the Training College for the year 1884. At the beginning of the year there were 10 male and 23 female students—total 33; while at the end the numbers were 9 male and 22 female students—total 31. During the session the second-year students attended lectures at the Auckland University College, and with very great success. Of four scholarships given by the University College Council, the Training College students obtained three—namely, the two entrance scholarships and one of the two senior scholarships. Six students passed the annual examination of the University College, and were accredited with having kept the terms of the year; of these, two gained a first-class both in Latin and English, while all the others, with one exception, passed in either the first or second class in the subjects in which they were examined. At the matriculation examination held in December, eleven presented, of whom nine passed, and one student also passed the first section of the B.A. degree. During the four years the Training College has been in existence every student who presented for the teachers' examination has been either successful or partially so. The work of the students throughout the year has been very satisfactory, but the health of some who were admitted at the beginning of 1884 has been very indifferent, and consequently some have worked at great disadvantage. I think that every care should be taken to admit to the 14—E. 1.

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training college only such as are without doubt physically capable of undertaking the work of teaching, and I respectfully suggest that the Principal be associated with those who have the selection of the candidates for admission. lam pleased to learn that the examination of teachers will henceforth be held immediately before Christmas. This will enable those who require to be examined to enjoy their holidays and begin the work of the new year with fresh vigour, and not wearied out and jaded as formerly. This change I thoroughly recommended in my last annual report. No less than twenty-one students have gone forth from the college this year as trained teachers, and I trust they will show in their work a result worthy of two years' study of their profession. I take this opportunity of thanking the various head masters for the kind spirit they have always shown towards the students when practising. The attendance at the Saturday classes has been somewhat less than in the previous year, when the average was 195 against 184 in 1884. This decrease is owing to the fact that several of the certificated teachers have secured exemption from attendance by qualifying themselves to teach singing, drawing, and drill in the schools. I anticipate a still further decrease during 1885 from the same cause. In order to work the Saturday classes most efficiently with the present staff, the number should not exceed 150, which number is easily made up from pupil-teachers, uncertificated teachers, and a small number of certificated teachers. The pupil-teachers continue to attend classes held for them on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at which the roll number for the last term was 114, and the average attendance 109. These I look upon as the hope of the profession, and therefore view with regret the small number of male candidates for pupil-teachers. Are all the Auckland head teachers of the future to be selected from outsiders, or from those who have not studied the science and art of their profession ? It is a grave matter, and, as in my last report, I again respectfully direct the earnest attention of the Board to the fact. The correspondence with uncertificated country teachers who are unable to attend the Saturday classes was continued throughout the year with varying success. At the beginning of the year there were 66 teachers on the list, and at the end 64. These may be divided into three classes: First, those who take the advice and answer the papers under compulsion, and consequently derive no benefit; second, those who do the papers cheerfully enough, but let the matter end there, thinking that doing papers is the way to prepare for examination; and third, those who really study the work and let the paper be the test, and who alone thus derive some considerable benefit. Yet, after four years' experience, I think that the correspondence is fully worth the time it takes. I conclude this report with expressing my thanks to the various colleagues who have so ably assisted me in the work of the year. I have, &c, The Chairman, Education Board. A. McAethuk, M.A., LL.B., Principal.

WELLINGTON. Peincipal's Eepout. Sm, — Training College, March, 1885. My fifth annual report, which I have now the honour to submit, deals with a year of difficulty and anxiety. We had fortunately several students remaining from 1883 and taking the " D " course of study, otherwise our roll number would have been very small indeed, as only five new students entered at the beginning of the year, and of these only two were from our own district. Five students left for active service in the course of the year, and late in the year two others were admitted, bringing the total on the 31st December to seventeen, of whom sixteen were females. The first six months of the year were a time of general unsettlement consequent on reorganization. This naturally told on the work to some extent. Lack of the regular assistance I had hitherto enjoyed rendered it necessary for me to hold frequent evening classes throughout the year, in order to give each division the amount of direct teaching it urgently required. Whether our students are few or many they fall into the same number of classes, and there is just the same amount of class-teaching to be done. It is possible, however, to do more individual work with small numbers, and the results of the test-examination in October seemed to show that the students had derived much benefit from the work of the first half year. The Board's Inspector arrived at the same conclusion, and expressed himself as better pleased even than heretofore with the results of his examination ; while the Inspector-General of Schools, who paid us his first official visit late in the year, congratulated the students on the thorough grounding they had evidently received in the principles of their work. For the first time in the history of the college we this year presented some candidates for matriculation. Of the five who went up three passed, and the failure of one is to be ascribed to serious ill-health at examination time. Having been more closely tied to the lecture-room this year I have had less opportunity of visiting the practising school. lam glad to know that under the new arrangements for 1885 it will be possible to secure that essential harmony between the theoretical and practical departments, which under the inherently defective arrangements hitherto existing has been unattainable. But for the cordiality of the relations between Mr. Mowbray and myself the results would have been more disappointing. Happily, I continue to hear cheering reports of our ex-students. I believe they are all trying to do true work in an unassuming way, and their evident attachment to their college and their teachers is very gratifying to witness. The students of 1884 have given me supreme satisfaction by their enthusiasm and hard work. Some staff changes remain to be noticed. Mrs. Griffin's place was not filled up, and some branches of work were necessarily discontinued, however regretfully. Dr. Cahill's vacated position was filled in July by the appointment of Mr. Alexander Purdie, M.A., as science master. The

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students retain pleasant memories of Dr. Cahill's connection with the college, and Mr. Purdie has by his lectures on botany awakened an interest in natural science from which many indirect benefits will be reaped in due course. Mr. Parker, M. Merlet, and Mr. and Miss Holmes, my old colleagues, have worked no less energetically and successfully than heretofore. In conclusion, I would ask the Board to consider what steps, if any, can be taken to increase the supply of male students, and also to weigh the advisability of giving a diploma of some kind—a formal certificate of training—to students on the completion of their course. It is done in other institutions of the kind, and the term training " college " seems to imply some recognition of this sort. I shall be happy to offer suggestions on these points, if desired. I have, <fee., The Chairman, Education Board. Charles C. Howard, Principal.

CHEISTCHUECH. Peincipal's Eeport. Sir, — Normal School, 3rd February, 1885. I have the honour to submit my report for the year ended 31st December, 1884. At the beginning of the year the number of students in attendance was 9 males and 30 females— total 39; and at the close it was 9 males and 31 females—total 40. Seven presented themselves for the matriculation examination in December; while in January of this year 18 presented themselves for the E certificate, 14 for the D certificate, 4 for the C certificate, 1 for the B.A. degree, and 2to complete their certificates. As in former years, every advantage has been taken of the lectures at Canterbury College, and several of the students have taken good positions in more than one of the classes. Every year's experience convinces me the more of the advisability of enabling the students to attend the lectures there. Many of our former students continue to pursue their studies at Canterbury College ; some, who are in positions in or near the city, attend the evening classes, while others at a distance are very regular in attendance at the Saturday classes. The attendance of teachers at the college classes cannot but have a good effect upon the schools in which they teach, and the wisdom of the Government in granting cheap fares to such teachers cannot, I think, be questioned. The attendance of the students has been very good, and their attention to study and punctuality highly satisfactory. Whether they will all be successful in obtaining certificates remains to be seen, but they certainly deserve success. During the present session more pupil-teachers have attended than formerly, no doubt owing to the Board's granting maintenance allowance to all who chose to attend and comply with the conditions ; and, as it is possible that every year will increase their number, a few remarks on their condition generally when they enter may not be out of place. In these remarks Ido not desire to cast any reflections on the teachers by whom they have been instructed, for I am convinced that as a body no class of men and women seek to perform their several duties more faithfully than they do. Still I may be permitted to call attention to certain points which seem to me defective in their training. It is quite possible that the faults are due rather to the amount of work demanded of our pupil-teachers, and to the syllabus of examination, than that they show any want of care on the part of their instructors. And first I would refer to the training they receive in the art of teaching. It. is of the utmost importance that this training should be methodical and thorough. There is no necessity for the study of works on method and school management, at least during the first two years of their apprenticeship. What is required is that the pupil-teachers know the methods adopted in the school, and practice them regularly. I am frequently told by them when they enter the training department that, during the four years they have spent in learning the art of their profession, they have been employed in the infant school only, or in some other division of the school only. Surely such a course cannot be called training I These young persons are apprentices, and should therefore have experience in every department of the work, beginning with what is simple and ending with the more difficult. To tell them to teach is not enough ; they must be shown how to teach. The teacher would find it to be advantageous to all concerned were he frequently to give model lessons in the presence of his pupil-teachers, and to arrange that they in their turn taught certain subjects before him and their fellow pupil-teachers. In other words criticism lessons should be given at regular periods, when the head-master would be able to point out defects and to show how these could be avoided. To leave pupil-teachers without careful instruction and guidance in the art of teaching is a fatal mistake. The able teaching of some of those who studied with us during this and former years, showed that their masters were alive to the importance of the duties with which they were intrusted ; but more than one ex-pupil-teacher seemed to have acquired the knowledge possessed rather from a desire on his or her part to overcome difficulties met with, than from the example set or direct instruction received. When speaking to some teachers on this point, I have been told that if they so trained their pupil-teachers there would bo nothing left for myself to do. lam not afraid of that. After we have all done everything we can do, much still remains to be done. The wide field of education has not yet been fully explored. Child nature is not yet thoroughly known, and the order of the development of our faculties and the best method to secure full development can still be made the subject of careful and arduous study. Again, the subjects these young teachers study, and the manner of study, require some notice. I fail to see why so much time is spent in the study of grammar, history, and geography from textbooks. Before the pupil-teacher can be appointed he must have passed the Fifth Standard, and in our large schools candidates enough are coming forward for employment who have passed with credit the Sixth Standard. 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in getting up text-books to enable them to pass the examination at the end of each year. In English a change has been made in the nature of the examination which formerly obtained, by demanding the careful study of some portion of English literature. This is a wise course ; and, provided that the papers set are suitable, much good may be expected as the result. The thoughtful study of some of the best poetical and prose works in our language ought to obviate, to a great degree, the necessity of constantly preparing sot lessons on accidence and syntax, and should give the pupil-teachers a taste for reading. I often hear it said that our young teachers are not acquainted with the best works of fiction and other literature. It cannot be wondered at when they are kept constantly employed in poring over books which they have read again and again ad nauseam. The wonder is that they read at all under the circumstances. Encourage them, by all means, to study even portions of the works of some of our best writers, and give them systematic lessons on style and English composition generally, and it will be found that they will take more interest in their work, and that they will give a better return for the labour of the teacher. If one of the five hours during which they are now engaged in teaching were spent in study, their duties, irksome at most times, would appear less so, and they would certainly attain to a higher degree of culture. It is becoming a general practice among pupil-teachers to sit for the E certificate before or about the time that they complete their apprenticeship. To one who can pass the fourth year's examination with credit it is easy to obtain this certificate fully or partially, especially so long as the examination in some subjects—grammar, for example—is so elementary as it is; but I question whether the plan is in many cases a wise one. By the regulations of the Board, pupil-teachers are expected to enter the training department of the Normal School for at least one year after the term of their engagement expires. It is doubtful, however, whether one year's course of study is sufficient to prepare for the D certificate. Between the E certificate and the D certificate examinations there is a wide gulf; and no one with ordinary abilities, who has merely obtained the lowest grade, can possibly expect to succeed in gaining the higher. And yet ex-pupil-teachers, who are weak in several subjects but have succeeded in passing the examination which confers upon them the E certificate, enter as students, and we are almost compelled to admit them to the senior class. The work is too great a strain upon them, and disastrous consequences are apt to ensue. Teachers who know well the capabilities of their apprentices would assuredly only be doing their duty in discouraging those whom they consider imperfectly educated from adopting such a course. I am afraid that any more experience in attempting to prepare such students in one year for the D certificate will compel me to refuse to admit them to the senior class. They cannot be much benefited by the studies in which they take part, and they are a very decided hindrance to those who can take full advantage of the lectures. Were the examination in grammar of as high an order as that in arithmetic and geography, for example, no one could find fault; but, for the last three years, persons have passed in grammar who did not know enough of the subject to educate pupils preparing for the Sixth Standard. I have again to thank the teachers of the practising department for the ready and willing assistance they gave in supervising and directing the work of the students while engaged in teaching. All have been eager to meet my wishes in every respect, and, as a consequence, my duties have been more agreeable than during any former year. To Messrs. Eaynor and Bossence, and Misses Strudwick, Kitchinginan, and Barlow, my thanks are specially due. Miss Kitchingman had charge of the girls' department from the commencement of the session to the end of August, and during these months the girls were well superintended and taught. As she was only acting-head-mistress, I had occasion to visit the part of the school under her charge more frequently than usual, and I was always pleased with the tone and discipline displayed. She was ever on the alert, teaching here, directing there, and discharging the duties of the office she was called upon temporarily to fill to my entire satisfaction. Since September, the girls' division has been under the superintendence of Miss Strudwick, who was selected at Home to be head-mistress of the school. I may say of her what, in my last year's report, I said of her predecessor, that, " having been trained in one of the best training colleges for mistresses in England, she is intimately acquainted with the necessities of such institutions, and is ever willing to act up to any instructions she receives." The girls under her charge are carefully taught, and the tone of the school is everything to be desired. The model school continues to do good work in training the students. Drill and gymnastics are being carefully attended to, and, as a consequence, performances on the bars and other apparatus are improving. Messrs. Watkins and Newton continue to render the same valuable assistance they have done heretofore. I have, &c, The Chairman, Education Board. W. Malcolm, Principal.

DQNEDIN. Peincipal's Eepoet. Sib,— 31st March, 1885. I have the honour to submit my report of the training department of the Normal School for session 1884. The following was the attendance at the classes : Junior class : Males, 9; females, 14—total, 23. Senior class : Males, 21; females, 17 —total, 38. The predominance of females over males in the junior class is to be accounted for by the superiority of a few of the male pupil-teachers warranting their being classed with the seniors on entrance, and by the disinclination of male students to take appointments before completing their second-year course. The general health of the students has not been so good as in former years, and, although the average attendance has

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been satisfactory, there have been several cases of irregularity because of sickness, such as materially interfered with progress. It is desirable that our young teachers, while in the habit of study, should connect themselves with the University, and special attention has again been given to preparation for matriculation examination. The most of the students who can maintain themselves seem desirous of continuing their studies at the University, and many of those who now matriculate, but cannot afford to remain in Dunedin, will do good work for a time in the country schools, keep up their studies, and return to Dunedin to graduate, and so obtain the higher certificates of classification. Of the twenty-one senior male students, seven who had matriculated and secured the D certificate, having given satisfactory evidence in the practising school of ability to teach, received permission to attend the University of Otago, and all completed with credit their first year's term. Messrs. Bee and Campbell, the holders of the £60 Normal School University Scholarships, were among the number. Mr. Bee took a first-class in junior mathematics, second in physics, and third in junior Latin; Mr. Campbell a first in physics, second in junior mathematics, and third in junior Latin. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Simmers, the holder of an open Normal School scholarship, were equal in physics, and were each awarded first prize. During the latter part of the University session the whole of these students were set free from Normal School work. Though in all cases this may not be warranted, in theirs it might have been done with advantage at the beginning of the session. On their return to the Normal School they were placed in partial charge of large classes in Standards IV., V., and VI., and of small classes preparing for examination for the Board's junior and senior scholarships, and with these they did very good work. The arrangements for study and for practice in teaching and school management have been much the same as previously reported, except that the practice in teaching was more extensive than formerly. The course of study was somewhat disturbed by absence on leave of Mr. Montgomery. During the first period his duties were discharged by Mr. Wilkinson and myself, and during the second Mr. Farnie took Mr. "Wilkinson's place. I have to thank both gentlemen for the help so cordially given during these emergencies, and the whole staff of the practising school for their endeavours, as far as possible, to lighten my work of superintendence. Good work has been done by the students in science-teaching, notwithstanding the poor accommodation and want of apparatus. The new science-room is now ready, amply furnished with apparatus and chemicals, and fitted with desks, seats, and experimenting tables for eight small practising classes, as well as for students' classes. 1 have no doubt but the work done in this room will before long tell in improved science-teaching throughout the education district. The want of apparatus is doubtless a hindrance at present; but were the Board to provide a few inexpensive materials and tools, with a few lessons from a skilful tradesman in their use, the students might make for themselves much of the simple apparatus that they need in country schools. It seems to be the intention of the Government to promote the study of science by a liberal offer of scholarships. As the details of their scheme are not yet worked out, I would suggest that a number of the scholarships at present intended for Fourth Standard pupils should be offered for competition to teachers who have obtained by examination the D certificate, and proved themselves possessed of special aptitude for scientific study. Some of the best of our young teachers might thus be enabled to proceed to their B. Sc, and thus science-teachers of guaranteed ability would be secured for the principal centres of population. Should the Board approve of the suggestion, I would respectfully request it to bring it under the notice of the Minister of Education. I have, &c, The Secretary, Education Board. W. S. Fitzgerald, Eector.

EEPOETS OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONED. AUCKLAND. Sib,— Auckland, 10th March, 1885. I have the honour to forward the following statement of the administration of Education Eeserves in this district during the year 1884 : — Pbimaey Beseeves.—The number of new leases granted was nine, comprising 686 acres of agricultural and rural lands, and 3,056 acres of pastoral land, and yielding an aggregate rental of £95 13s. a year. By an Act of last session of the Assembly several valuable allotments at Devonport, giving a rental of £70 a year, passed from the control of the Commissioners. The revenue suffered also a reduction of £140 a year by the surrender of the lease of an allotment in the City of Auckland. The buildings on this reserve have been sold for removal, and the surface is now being cut down to a permanent level as part of certain improvements for the benefit of the neighbourhood. The loss of income in this direction will be only temporary. Secondary Besekves. —The Commissioners have appropriated during the year £250 only of the revenues from secondary reserves —viz., £125 each to the Cambridge and Hamilton District High Schools. They deem it the better course to expend this money in aiding the efforts of country settlers to maintain district high schools, rather than in contributing to the funds of the olderestablished secondary schools of the towns. A considerable sum therefore remained on hand at the end of the year, which has been placed on fixed deposit at interest. The sum deposited for appropriation to a secondary school in Gisborne District has now reached £139 7s. Bd. Referring to the return of reserves for secondary education lately furnished to the department, the Commissioners desire to point out that the capital value, set down by the Assessors at £17,529 is, in their opinion, considerably over-estimated. The revenue derived from the whole is only £536 16s. lOd. a year, or a trifle more than 3 per cent, on the estimate, and there is no prospect of increase from the lands unlet, which are of little or no value for leasing purposes. Aekeabs of Eent. —Of the sum of £1,162 7s. 7d. outstanding at Ist January, 1884, £925 2s. 7d.

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has been collected, £87 13s. Bd. has been written off as unrecoverable on an unsatisfied judgment of the Courts, and £149 11s. 4d. is still outstanding. The defaulters are chiefly in the Gisborne District, where tenants have possibly undertaken to pay too much for their farms. The statement of the accounts for the past year, duly audited, is enclosed herewith. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wm. P. Moat, (for Chairman.)

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

Assets.

Liabilities.

Joseph May, Chairman. H. N. Gabland, Secretary. 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, 1884, and that I find them %o be correct.—L. A. Duebieu, Auditor. 23rd February, 1885,

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Beserves. Total. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 722 14 6 925 2 7 1,445 19 4 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 Arrears of revenue for previous years Eents for current year Other receipts for current year — Sale of buildings ... Savings Bank interest Lease deposits 738 17 0 1,042 11 10 71 19 6 186 5 403 7 4 14 2 5 7 6 0 0 71 19 6 4 14 0 30 0 0 27 15 0 Total receipts 1,881 3 4 596 12 1 3,200 9 11

iy Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing—Advertising, &c. ... Expenditure on reserves— Boad rates ... Fencing, &c. Crown grants Legal expenses Payments to Auckland Education Board Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board Payments towards secondary education— Cambridge District High School Hamilton District High School Deposits refunded Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884 £ s. 75 0 1 15 13 15 a. 0 0 3 £ s. a. 25 0 0 0 11 8 3 15 1 £ 8. 100 0 2 6 17 10 a. o 8 4 66 7 1 0 7 14 36 12 1,504 3 71 13 5 0 6 4 3 3 20 17 8 87 5 1 0 10 6 41 17 1,504 3 71 13 1 0 0 4 3 3 2 11 6 5 5 0 28 "l6 6 125 0 0 125 0 0 1 8 10 I i 250 0 0 30 5 1,084 2 4 8 Total expenditure ... 3,200 9 11

Salance of cash on 31st December, 1884 .rrears due on 31st December, 1884— Arrears of years prior to 1882 ... Arrears of year 1882 ... Arrears of year 1883 ... Arrears of year 1884 ... £ s. 1 10 5 19 133 15 498 0 d. 0 9 7 3 £ s. a. £ s. 1,084 2 1 10 5 19 142 1 655 0 d 6 8"6 0 156 19 10 Total assets 639 5 7 165 5 10 1,888 14

32 s. 8 a. 6 £ s. 0 19 d. 6 £ 33 s. a 8 0 lease deposits ... Total liabilities 32 8 6 0 19 6 33 8

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TAEANAKI. Sie,— New Plymouth, 26th March, 1885. In compliance with Circular No. 84/17, dated 3rd January, 1885, I have the honour to report that very few new leases have been granted, and some have had to be cancelled on account of the failure of the lessees. The sections 40 and 42, at Patea, divided into building allotments as stated in my last report, are still in an unsatisfactory state The operations during the year have been chiefly confined to transfers and the renewal of leases. The arrears at the end of the year will always be large, so many of the rents becoming due in December and not being paid until the following January. T. King, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education. W. Nobthcboet, Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

Assets.

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 Balance of Land Fund Arrears of revenue for previous years Rents for current year Other receipts for current year— Transfer-fees Bents of reserves for 1885 ... Land Fund— Proceeds of land taken for railway purposes Interest ... £ s. 32 7 22 0 336 16 374 5 a. 9 0 8 0 & s. 0 19 205 8 123 0 174 0 a. 3 3 3 3 £ s. a. 33 7 C 227 8 £ 459 16 11 548 5 £ 5 0 13 11 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 C 13 11 C 41 13 2 7 7 5 12 1 2 ( 56 2 2 Total receipts 828 1 5 516 9 4 1,344 10

>y Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing — Advertising, &c. Expenditure on reserves— Surveying Fencing, &c. Rates Legal expenses Payments to Taranaki Education Board Payments to Wanganui Education Board Payments towards secondary education— Taranaki High School Wanganui Education Board Land Fund— Valuation of land for railway purposes Balance of Land Fund Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884 £ s. 69 19 0 15 a. 0 0 £ s. 29 11 0 5 a. 0 0 £ s. a. 99 10 0 10 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 7 6 7 8 24 7 8 15' 417 15 192 4 8 6 0 6 5 7 3 0 11 16 1 5 0 7 0 1 j 53 18 9 10 0 6 } 610 0 0 169 10 72 9 5 7 ! 242 0 0 5 5 60 16 18 8 0 0 9 217' "9 11 2 7 2 5 5 0 278 5 7 29 10 11 Total expenditure ... 828 1 5 516 9 4 1,344 10 9

ialance of cash on account of Land Fund .., ialance of cash on 31st December, 1884 .rrears due on 31st December, 1884—■ Arrears of the year 1882 Arrears of the year 1883 Arrears of the year 1884 lertificates of exchange of town sections £ s. 60 16 11 6 a. 0 2 £ s. 217 9 5 19 d. 7 9 s s. a. 278 5 7 17 5 11 17 12 113 13 454 15 7 2 9 0 5 7 8 3 57 1 204 7 5 2 9 3 0 5 25 16 6 170 14 3 659 2 5 12 5 0 Total assets 665 5 11 498 3 9 1,163 9 8 Vritten off as bad debts 274 14 9 145 14 1 129 0 8

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Liabilities.

T. King, Chairman. Examined and passed.—C. Bennell, Auditor. W. Nobthceoft, Secretary.

WELLINGTON. Sib, — . Wellington, 20th February, 1885. In reply to your Circular Memorandum, No. 84/17, dated 3rd January, 1885, in which you request the School Commissioners for the Wellington Provincial District to report, for the information of the Government and the General Assembly, as to their administration of '' The Education Beserves Act, 1877," for the year ended the 31st December, 1884, I have the honour to inform you that, at a meeting of the Commissioners held yesterday (19th February), I was directed to report as follows,- namely : — 1. The Commissioners having observed the efforts made to secure reserves for school sites in private townships, desire to thank the Government for acting on the suggestion of the Commissioners made in their report of the 31st January, 1884. 2. The Commissioners having been requested by the Wellington Waste Lands Board to sell certain of their reserves, desire to place on record their unwillingness to sell, believing this to be contrary to the intention for which the reserves are made. 3. The Commissioners in their endeavours to lease their reserves, met with at least two very grave difficulties—viz., (a) the want of roads giving easy access to the reserves, (b), the want of power to let on application. As regards the latter, (b), the Commissioners, after advertising for the period specified in- section 14 of " The Education Eeserves Act, 1877," are prevented from entertaining any application which may be received after the expiration of this period, or until further advertised, as required by the section of the Act referred to ; and they not only lose opportunities of letting, but are put to trouble and expense, which the Commissioners wish to avoid, and they will feel obliged if the Government will assist them in the matter. 4. The Commissioners regret to report the death of their late Chairman, Mr. J. G. Holdsworth, on the 16th August last. 5. The Commissioners desire to point out that formerly the late Chairman was accustomed to frank the correspondence of the School Commissioners, and the business of the Commissioners was greatly facilitated thereby; in December, 1883, this frank was discontinued under instructions from the Crown Lands Department, Mr. Holdsworth continuing to frank the correspondence of that department in his capacity of Commissioner of Crown Lands. Since the withdrawal of the franking power, the School Commissioners have been put to very great inconvenience on several occasions; and as they have observed that the correspondence of similar bodies is franked by officers holding the power to frank in another capacity, they would like the same privilege extended to their Secretary, who is already authorized to frank on the business of another department. Under this privilege their administration of " The Education Eeserves Act, 1877," will be greatly assisted. The Commissioners will therefore feel obliged if the Hon. the Minister of Education will secure the authority to frank for their officer referred to. The Commissioners have made no alterations in their regulations. I have, &c, Secretary, Education Department, Wellington. J. E. Blaib, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Ilerical assistance I "' L £ s. 10 19 a. 4 £ s. 3 13 a. 2 £ s. 14 12 a Total liabilities 10 19 4 3 13 3 13 2j 2j 14 12

Primary Education Eeserves. Secondary Education Eeserves. Total. 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 Arrears of revenue for previous years ... Eents for current year Transfer from secondary receipts in adjustment ... V £ s. 344 14 88 6 492 16 39 14 a. 6 3 2 7 £ s. d. 61 7 1 24 19 6 £ s. 406 1 88 6 517 15 39 14 d. 7 3 8 7 Total receipts 965 11 6 86 6 7 1,051 18 1

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Expenditure.

Assets.

Liabilities.

J. E. Blaie, Chairman. W. H. Waeben, Secretary. Examined and passed.—E. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor. sth March, 1885.

HAWKE'S BAY. Bm,— Napier, 2nd April, 1885. In accordance with your Circular No. 84/17, of 3rd January last, I have the honour to forward the report of the School Commissioners for the Hawke's. Bay Provincial District for the year ended 31st December last. During the year the leases of two valuable reserves expired. One of these reserves, a really good business site in the Town of Napier, was subdivided into two lots and offered for lease for forty-one years; the other, a block of pastoral country of 7,760 acres, was offered in one lot for twenty-one years. On being submitted to auction very satisfactory rentals were obtained, and at present exceed by £739 17s. the annual revenue from these lands under the former leases. Under each lease the rents increase according to the scale fixed by the Commissioners in such cases. Since the last report the Commissioners recommended that a reserve of 9,700 acres of bush land should be sold subject to the provisions of " The Land Act, 1877." A portion of this block is now under survey and roading, and will be offered for sale about the month of June next. During the year the sum of £350, derived from reserves for secondary education, was paid to the Governors of the Napier High School towards the advancement of secondary education. The Commissioners desire to draw the attention of Government to their opinion, expressed in previous reports, that they should have power to lease rural bush lands for a longer period than twenty-one years. There are several large reserves of the class referred to in this district which are still lying in their natural state and have not been dealt with. 15—B. 1.

& s. a. 0 7 3 47 19 0 8 5 6 7 6 6 £, s. d. £ s. a. 0 7 3 50 0 0 8 5 6 7 6 6 39 14 7 iy Debtor balances on 1st January, 1884 ... Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing—Advertising, &c. ... Transfer to primary receipts ... Expenditure on reserves — Surveying Fencing, &c. Destruction of rabbits Payments to Wellington Education Board Payments to Wanganui Education Board Bates Land transfer fees .Postage, &c. Office rent, 1883 Bank exchange Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884 5 5 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 287 18 3 162 1 9 5 4 11 8 5 8 10 1 8 9 11 9 0 10 402 3 3 2 1 39 14 20 "O 0 7 0 5 5 0 24 0 0 7 0 0 287 18 3 162 1 9 5 4 11 8 5 8 10 1 8 10 0 0 0 10 426 6 0 0 "8 3 24"2 9 Total expenditure ... 965 11 6 86 6 7 1,051 18 1

•alance of cash on 31st December, 1884 .rrears due on 31st Decembeer, 1884 — Arrears of year 1882 ... Arrears of year 1883 ... Arrears of year 1884 ... £ s. 402 3 a. 3 £ s. 24 2 a. 9 £ s. 426 6 a. 0 30 10 33 10 220 3 0 0 8 30 10 33 10 224 3 0 0 2 3 19 6 Total assets 686 6 11 28 2 3 714 9 2

'encing secondary reserves fader " The Eabbit Nuisance Act, 1882 " £ s. a. £ s. 180 0 50 0 a. o o £ 3. 180 0 50 0 a. o o Total liabilities 230 0 0 230 0 0

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The general statement of the accounts has been prepared, and a copy thereof is forwarded herewith. L I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Hokace Baker, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

Assets.

Liabilities.

Horace Bakeb, Chairman. W. Pabkee, Jun., Secretary. Examined and passed.—E. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor." 12th January, 1885.

Primary Education Eeserves. Secondary Education Eeserves. Total. 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 Arrears of revenue for previous years Rents for current year Interest on fixed deposits From sale of buildings Eates recovered from lessees ... £ s. d. 463 12 4 166 9 6 1,592 19 5 22 10 0 ■62 10 0 1 17 8 & s. d. 201 9 2 62 12 3 150 16 0 £ s. d. 665 1 6 229 1 9 1,743 15 5 22 10 0 62 10 0 2 18 6 l"*0 10 Total receipts 2,309 18 11 415 18 3 2,725 17 2

ly Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing— Auctioneers' commission Advertising, &c. Expenditure on reservesSurveying Bates to local bodies Legal expenses Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board Payments to Napier High School Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884 £ s. a. 67 3 11 7 14 6 £ s. a. 7 16 1 0 17 11 £ s. d. 75 0 0 8 12 5 8 18 6 21 16 9 8 18 6 21 16 9 3 10 6 69 8 4 3 3 0 1,500 0 0 20"l2 1 3 10 6 90 0 5 3 3 0 1,500 0 0 350 0 0 664 15 7 628' "3 5 350 0 0 36 12 2 Total expenditure ... 2,309 18 11 415 18 3 2,725 17 2

ialance of cash on 31st December, 1884 .rrears due on 31st December, 1884— Arrears of the year 1884 £ 628 s. a. 3 5 £ s. a. 36 12 2 £ s. a. 664 15 7 60 9 9 28 4 6 88 14 3 Total assets 688 13 2 64 16 8 753 9 10

jegal expenses ... ... ... • iates on reserves ... ... • .waiting appropriation in purchase of land .ccrued for secondary education ... £ s. a. 16 4 6 0 17 6 506 6 0 s s. a. £ s. a. 16 4 6 0 17 6 506 6 0 3|6 12 2 36 12 2 Total liabilities 523 8 0 36 12 2 560 0 2

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MARLBOROUGH. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

Assets.

Liabilities.

A. P. Seymour, Chairman. John T. Robinson, Secretary. Examined and passed.—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor. 8th May, 1885.

NELSON. Slß.— Nelson, 11th March, 1885. I have the honour to forward herewith the duly-audited statement of accounts of this department for the year ended the 31st December, 188„. I have, &c, The Secretary, Education Department. Alfred Greenfield, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Primary Education Beserves. Secondary Education Eeserves. Total. 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 Arrears of revenue for previous years Rents, &c, for current year £ s. d. 114 0 6 £ a. d. 9 4 0 11 0 0 12 6 9 £ s. a. 123 4 6 11 0 0 106 18 3 94*11 6 Total receipts 208 12 0 32 10 9 241 2 9

iy Salaries and allowances to officers Expenses of leasing—Advertising, &c. ... Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884 £ s. a 16 8 0 1 17 0 190 7 0 £ s. a. 2 7 0 0 5 0 29 18 9 £ s. a. 18 15 0 2 2 0 220 5 9 Total expenditure ... 208 12 0 32 10 9 241 2 9

jrears due on 31st December, 1884— Arrears of years prior to 1882 ... Arrears of year 1882 ... Arrears of year 1883 ... Arrears of year 1884 ... £ s. a. 2 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 38 15 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. 2 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 44 5 0 5*10 0 Total assets 43 5 0 5 10 0 48 15 0

£ s. d. 5 15 0 £ s. d. 0 10 0 £ 6 s. a. 5 0 lecretary to 31st December, 1884 ... Total liabilities 5 15 0 0 10 0 6 5 0

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Eeserves. Total. !o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 ... Arrears of revenue from previous years ... Eents, &c, for current year Interest on deposits ... ... ... Amount charged in last year's accounts as " Allowances to Commissioners" (£30) —Balance repaid £ s. 106 13 39 4 490 1 1 10 a. 2 9 6 0 £ s. 74 0 19 5 178 4 5 0 d. 9 0 3 0 £ a. d. 180 13 11 58 9 9 668 5 9 6 10 0 15 16 8 7 18 4 23 15 0 Total receipts 653 6 1 284 8 4 937 14 5

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Expenditure.

Assets.

Liabilities.

Oswald Cuetis, Chairman pro tern. H. C. Danibll, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above account, with the several books and vouchers relating thereto, and find the same correct. —H. E. Cuetis, Provincial District Auditor. sth February, 1885.

CANTBRBUEY. Sib, — Christchurch, sth January, 1885. The total area of the primary estate under lease on the 31st December, 1884, is 44,006 acres, producing an annual rental of £12,838 9s. Some I,llß} acres of the primary estate are still unlet, but it consists of very poor shingly land, and when tenders were invited for leasing same no offers were received. The fixed deposit of £100 which matured on the 22nd of December, 1884, has been redeposited for one year at 5 per cent., it being deemed inexpedient at present to purchase land, for which purpose only is this sum available. The interest when received will be credited to the primary estate as revenue. On the 17th of October, 1884, a sum of £14 was received from the Geraldine Eoad Board for land taken under its statutory powers, and this, with the £100 on deposit and one or two other small sums, makes a total of £118 11s. sd. available for the purchase of land only. The following amounts, part of the half-year's rent, payable Ist November, 1883, have been written off as irrecoverable. (See Statement of Accounts). James Moore, £100. Moore, the lessee of Eeserve No. 1327, was adjudicated a bankrupt, and no dividend was paid in his estate ; the rent he was paying was an excessive one, and the Public Trustee did not take up bankrupt's interest in same ; the reserve has been relet to a good tenant. Aubrey Eoscoe, £89 10s. Eoscoe, the lessee of Reserve No. 1550, became a lunatic, and was for some months confined in the Sunnyside Asylum. The rent he was paying was an excessive one, and it was quite beyond his power to carry out

ly Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing— Stamps ... ' Advertising, &c. Expenditure on reserves— ■ Plans on leases Incidentals, &c. Legal expenses Payments to Nelson Education Board ... Payments to Westland Education Board Payments to North Canterbury Education Board Scholarships and expenses College Governors towards tuition, Girls' College Town and country rates Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1884 £ s. a. 16 13 4 10 0 £ s. 8 6 0 10 a. 8 0 £ s. a. 25 0 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 4 7 4 1 0 2 3 0 8 2 10 0 6 11 0 14 6 0 16 5 0 5 2 369 18 7 123 9 11 10 2 9 0 10 0 8 0 2 1 14 6 14 7 0 5 2 369 18 7 123 9 11 10 2 9 32 18 3 150 0 0 10 7 0 202 2 8 6'16 9 117 1 4 32 18 150 0 3 10 85 1 3 0 3 4 Total expenditure ... 653 6 1 284 8 4 937 14 5

ialance of cash on 31st December, 1884 .rrears due on 31st December, 1884— Arrears of year 1882 ... Arrears of year 1883 ... Arrears of year 1884 ... £ s. 117 1 d. 4 £ B. 85 1 d. 4 £ s. 202 2 a. 8 1 15 3 0 68 16 0 0 9 4"'O 16 12 0 6 1 15 7 0 85 9 0 0 3 Total assets 190 13 1 105 13 10 296 6 11

.alary Secretary, December quarter for purchase of land Lccruing to Boards Scholarships to be provided for ivailable for secondary education... £ a. 4 3 30 0 82 18 a. 4 0 0 £ s. 2 1 a. 8 £ 5. 6 5 30 0 82 18 81 5 1 14 d. 0 0 0 0 8 8l'"5 1 14 0 8 Total liabilities 117 1 i 85 1 4 202 2 8

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his lease. So soon as he was released from the asylum a surrender of his lease was obtained, and the reserve relet to a good tenant. _ _ . In my report of last year I prognosticated that upon six reserves which fell m during 1884 being relet, there would be a gain to the rental of about £1,400 per annum ; the actual gain from the reletting of these reserves has been £1,362 19s. lOd. per annum. On Ist May, 1885, the leases of three reserves fall in, which will be re-let, and six reserves run into their second period of seven years on Ist November, 1885, upon which an increased rental becomes payable; from these two sources I expect an increase to the rental of fully £400 per annum. The Hon. the Minister of Education. H. E. Webb, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

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Primary Education" Estate. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. 166 8 10 'o Balance brought down from 31st December, 1883 Arrears due 1st November, 1883, from last account ... Less written off as irrecoverable (see report) 1,183 7 8 189 10 0 On account of half-year's rent, payable in advance on the 1st May, 1884 Same payable on the 1st November, 1884... Other receipts—■ Bank of New Zealand—Interest on £100 placed on deposit for one year (see Statement of 31st December, 1883) Geraldine Eoad Board, payment for two acres of land, at £7 per acre, taken under statutory powers for gravel pit out of Eeserve No. 1191 993 17 8 5,792 1 7 5,866 17 10 11,658 19 5 6 0 0 14 0 0 Total receipts 12,839 5 11

!y Office expenses and management — Salary of steward Stationery and postage Expenses of leasing— Advertising and printing Christchurch Survey Office, subdivision of reserves... Law costs Special expenditure— Contribution towards bringing water-race through Eeserve No. 1115 ... Payments to Education Boards— North Canterbury South Canterbury £ s. d. & s. 540 6 0 0 4 4 546 4 4 37 11 4 87 18 11 10 12 10 136 3 1 6 0 0 9,672 18 2,327 2 0 0 12,000 0 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand, 31st December, 1884— At credit of current account... On fixed deposit... 50 18 100 0 6 0 150 18 6 Total expenditure ... 12,839 5 11

iash in bank as above ients payable 1st May, 1884 : proportion uncollected tents payable 1st November, 1884 : proportion uncollected £ s. a. 158 10 9 7 12 3 552 6 8 £ s. d. 718 9 8 Total assets 718 9 8

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sth January, 1885. H. E. Webb, Chairman. I certify that I have audited this account and find it to be correct, and that the balance in the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, on the 31st December, 1884, was as herein stated. —J. Ollivieb, Provincial District Auditor. 7th January, 1855.

WESTLAND. Sib,— . Greymouth, 6th May, 1885. I have the honour, by direction of the Commissioners, to report upon their management of reserves during the past year. A second sale of sections held under lease took place at Kumara in April, 1884, and, with a few exceptions, this disposed of the sections so held. The periods for which leases were originally granted by the Westland Education Board having expired in July and August of the past year, very little revenue is now payable direct to the Commissioners, and the greater portion of that receivable will consist of arrears and revenue collected by the Beceiver of Gold Eevenue, Kumara, under "The Kumara Education Eeserve Act, 1879." The revenue at present derived from other reserves is merely nominal. The Commissioners would recommend that the provisions of the Kumara Eeserve Act rray be so amended as to allow of sections being sold at auction without restriction as to their being held under lease or otherwise. At present a person desirous of purchasing a section is put to unnecessary trouble and expense. By the provisions of the Act referred to he is compelled: Eirst, to take out a business license. Second, the Warden, having approved of the improvements made, may recommend the Governor to grant a lease; Third, having procured his lease, he can apply to the Commissioners to allow him to purchase. Erom Ist April, 1884, the payment of the Secretary was fixed at 10 per cent, upon receipts, instead of a fixed salary of £50 per annum. I have, &c, E. T. Eobinson, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

Expenditure.

£ s. d. & s. a, Liabilities— Steward's salary for December, 1884 45 0 C T&tal liabilities 45 0

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884— Eent account Purchase account ... Error, 1883 ■ ... Arrears of revenue for previous years Rents, &c, of reserves for current year ... Proportion of outstanding cheques written off Sale of sections, 1884 Bank of New Zealand, deposit account ... Interest on fixed deposit from July, 1883, to July, 1884 Balances of account on 31st December, 1884— Eent account & s. d. 3 5 0 27 16 6 1 8 10 28 0 0 £ s. d. 75 0 8 86 15 0 8 3 4 13 17 9 2 17 8 186 10 0 1,263 0 0 & s. d. 75 0 8 86 15 0 8 3 4 17 2 9 27 16 6 4 6 6 214 10 0 1,263 0 0 75 15 6 75 15 6 43 8 8 8 5 9 51 14 5 Total receipts 103 19 0 1,720 5 8 1,824 4 8

!y Debtor balances on 1st January, 1884 ... Error, 1883... Salaries and allowances to officers Stationery, &c. Sundries Expenses of leasing — Auctioneer's commission Advertising, &e. Travelling expenses at sale ... .-£ s. d. 45 13 3 8 3 4 19 3 1 1 11 4 18 0 & s. a. 38 6 2 3 2 8 2 16 0 £ s. a. 45 13 3 8 3 4 57 9 3 4 14 0 4 4 0 10 6 1 15 3 0 11 2 6 2 6 10 11 3 3 6 10 7 3 0 12 6 6 3 18 0

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Jas. A. Bonab, Chairman. E. T. Eobinson, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above statement, compared it with vouchers, cashbook, bank pass-book, and other documents, and to the best of my belief find the same to be correct and according to law.—W. A. Spence, District Auditor. 4th May, 1885.

OTAGO. Sib,— Dunedin, 6th May, 1885. In pursuance of Order in Council of date 17th December, 1878, and in accordance with Circular No. 84/17, dated the 3rd January, 1885, I have the honour to forward report of the School Commissioners of the Provincial District of Otago for the year ended 31st December, 1884. During the year the Crown Lands Department, on behalf of the School Commissioners, sold 458 acres of land for cash, and 1,258 acres on deferred payment, averaging 545. sfd. and 555. 9d. per acre respectively. It also leased for the Commissioners 3,423 acres on perpetual lease in terms of " The Land Act, 1882," at an annual rental of £377 2s. Bd., or at an average of 2s. 2Jd. per acre During the year the Commissioners received from sales of land the sum of £18,481 12s. 7d., which, with £3,505 2s. 2d. received on account of sales during the previous year, amounted to £21,986 14s. 9d. Of this sum they have lent £21,102 12s. 7d. on freehold securities, as provided for by section 57 of "The Land Act, 1882," at rates of interest ranging from 6 per cent, to 8 per cent, per annum. They also leased during the year under " The Education Eeserves Act, 1877," 16 town, 16 suburban, 5 pastoral and 15 agricultural sections, in various parts of the provincial district, at an annual rental of £470 12s. 6d. A considerable number of the new leases were entered into in the latter end of the month of June, and the rents were made payable in advance in December and June in each year; except in a few cases the rents due in December are not paid until after the close of the year, and consequently appear in the balance-sheet as outstanding on the 31st December. Of the amount, £2,328 6s. Id., shown in the statement under the heading of " total assets " on the 31st December, 1884, £644 12s. 2d. has been paid during the first quarter of the present year. A large portion of the interest on mortgages only becomes due on the 21st December, and as a rule is not paid until after the close of that month. The Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure, duly audited, was forwarded to the Education Department on the 29th ultimo. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. ■ J. P. Maitland, Chairman.

!y Legal expenses Payments towards secondary education— Hokitika High School Board Greymouth High School Board Deposit account, Bank of New Zealand Interest on fixed deposit for 1883-84 debited last year but added to deposit account ... Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884—Purchase account ... ... £ s. a. & s. a. 55 17 0 £ s. a. 55 17 0 634 11 0 634 11 0 200 0 0 634 11 0 634 11 0 200 0 0 60 10 0 60 10 0 24 13 1 .70 11 3 95 4 4 Total expenditure... 103 19 0 1,720 5 8 1,824 4 8

£ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. ialance of cash on 31st December, 1884— Purchase account xrears on 31st December, 1884—■ Arrears of years prior to 1882 ... Arrears of year 1882 ... Arrears of year 1883 ... Arrears of year 1884 ... 24 13 1 14 0 0 70 11 3 68 15 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 95 4 4 82 15 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 275 12 5 230 12 5 Total assets 269 5 6 220 6 3 489 11 9

>ebit balance rent account, 31st December, 1884 'wing to secondary account ialance £ s. d. 43 8 8 225 16 10 £ s. a. 8 5 9 £ s. a. 51 14 5 225 16 10 212 0 6 212- "0 6 Total liabilities ... 269 5 6 220 6 3 489 11 9

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1884. Receipts.

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Liabilities. —Nil. J. P. Maitland, Chairman. C. Macandbew, Secretary. I have compared this abstract with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and I certify it to be correct. —H. Livingston, Auditor.

Primary Education Reserves. SecondaryEducation Eeserves. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1884 Arrears of revenue for previous years ... Bents, &c, of reserves for current year... Net proceeds of land sales from Crown Lands Department Deposits on account of legal charges ... 3,505 2 2 1,205 1 3 12,065 7 4 106 16 0 472 1 6 3,505 2 S 1,311 17 £ 12,537 8 1C 18,481 12 7 18,481 12 7 19 13 0 Total receipts ... 35,257 . 3 i 578 17 G 35,855 13 10

iy Salaries ana allowances to officers — £ s. a. £ s. a £ s. a. £ s. a. Secretary ... ... ... 300 0 0") Clerk ... ... ... 47 10 0 [• Commission to Southlana agent ... 104 16 9 ) Allowances to Commissioners for travelling Office rent, cleaning, &c. ... Printing, stationery, &c. ... Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission Advertising ... Incidentals ... Expenditure on reserves—Reporting ... Interest on current account, Bank of New Zealand Legal expenses Allowance to Eedan Schoolhouse Payments to Otago Education Board... Payments to Southland Education Board Payments towards secondary education— Otago Education Board for District High Schools Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools Board Payments on account of capitalAmount invested on mortgage Expenses of land sales, advertising, Crown grant fees, &c. ... Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1884 857 5 1 34 14 0 452 6 9 52 4 6 128 9 6 9 10 6 13 1 8 61 6 0 45 11 0 25 15 6 8 3 0 45 10 8 50 0 0 9,608 13 2,804 11 8 8 12,413 5 4 421 5 122 18 6 0 544 3 6 21,102 12 7 21,102 12 7 335 7 568. 5 8 8 335 7 8 568 5 8 Total expenditure 35,276 16 4 578 17 6 35,855 13 10

.rrears due on 31st December, 1884— £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a Arrears of years prior to 1882 Arrears of the year 1882 ... Arrears of the year 1883 ... Arrears of the year 1884 I e, nts "' J \ Interest 70 18 6 116 4 1 281 9 11 1,330 9 5 274 2 8 2 0 0 10 0 0 53 12 6 189 9 0 72 18 i 126 4 1 335 2 i 1,519 18 t 274 2 £ Total assets 2,073 4 7 255 1 6 2,328 6

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Qnv^The Eeceiver of Land Eevenue informed me on 31st December that he was about to pay in £20 18s. 6d., but paid in only £20 16s. Bd. Before the mistake was discovered I had apportioned the first sum, thus taking Is. lOd. from capital to primary. The bank balance will therefore stand thus :— £ s. d. Land sales, not yet invested ... ... ... ... 548 14 6 Deposit in hand ... ... ... ... ... 19 13 0 £568 7 6 Less Is. lOd. overpaid to primary ... ... ... 0 1 10 Balance as per statement ... ... ... ... £568 5 8 Correct.—H. L. C. Macandebw, Treasurer. Note. —A sum of £17 6s. Bd. has been credited to land sales instead of to rents. This would be best corrected by a cross entry in 1885 accounts. I have taken no exception in the certificate to two items of expenditure, namely—a payment of £50 for construction of a school at Eedan, and the travelling expenses of a member. It is doubtful whether they are authorised by the Act. I observe that there is a line for the second in the printed form of accounts supplied from Wellington.—H. L.

BEGULATIONS OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVEBNOB IN COUNCIL.

I. Standard Examinations. — Dated 17th June, 1884. 1. Eegulation 2 under Order in Council dated the 24th September, 1878, for defining the standards of education and for inspection of schools is hereby repealed. 2. At every standard examination of a public school the whole school shall be examined. Pupils not sufficiently advanced to be in a class that has been prepared for examination in Standard I, shall be examined in such manner as the Inspector may deem fit, but all the other pupils must be presented for examination according to the standards. Every pupil who has already passed any standard must be presented for a higher standard; provided that at any time, not being less than three months before the examination, the teacher may, if he see fit, place any pupil in the class preparing for the standard which he last passed, and such pupil shall be examined with such class, But shall not be deemed a candidate for a pass, and shall not in any case be reckoned as passing again in the standard for which he is so examined. The teacher shall formally present for examination all the pupils on the school-roll, by giving to the Inspector a list or lists of the pupils that are not prepared for Standard 1., or a memorandum of the number of such pupils, and for each standard a separate list of the pupils presented to pass the standard, together with a list of those presented to be re-examined in the standard. The teacher shall at the same time hand to the Inspector a summary of the numbers presented, the total of which summary must correspond to the number of pupils on the roll of the school.

11. Class-books for Public Schools. — Dated 9th September, 1884. The book entitled "A Geography of New Zealand and Australia," by J. J. Patterson, B.A. (Whitcombe and Tombs, Limited, Christchurch), may be used in any public school as if it had been described and included in the list of works set forth in the Order in Council dated the 24th day of September, 1878.

111. Glass-boohs for Public Schools. — Dated 17th January, 1885. The books entitled "Physiography," by T, H. Huxley, F.E.S. (Macmillan and Co., London), " Geography adapted to Standards 11., 111., and IV." by Henry Hill, B.A. (Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurc'h), and " Stories from English History: Historical Eeader No. 1," and "Modern England : Historical Eeader No. 4" (George Gill and Sons, London), may be used in any public school as if they had been described and included in the list of works set forth in the Order in Council dated the 24th day of September, 1878.

IV. Examination of Teachers. — Dated sth May, 1885. 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Orders in Council of the twentyfourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the annual examination of candidates for teachers' certificates shall be held between the fourteenth and the twenty-fourth days of December of every year, and not in the month of January or March, and candidates for any class must give written notice, accompanied by all necessary testimonials and declarations, not later than the fifteenth day of September 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. 16—E. 1.

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3. No application for examination will be received unless it be accompanied by a certificate, signed by 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 certifiates 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.

V. Inspection of Schools and Standards of Education. — Dated 16th June, 1885.

1. Once in every year every public school shall be both inspected and examined by a Public School Inspector. If possible, there shall be an interval of time between the inspection and the examination. As soon as possible after the inspection the Inspector shall present an "inspection report," and as soon as possible after the examination an •' examination report." In these regulations a year means a year counted from the Ist of January. 2. The inspection report shall relate to such topics as the following:— I. List of standard classes and teachers ; 11. Remarks on the organization, as shown under Topic I.; 111. Suitability of time-tables ; IV. Remarks on the methods and quality of the instruction in general or in detail; V. Order and discipline, and the tone of the school with respect to diligence, alacrity, and obedience; VI. Supervision in recess; VII. Manners and general behaviour of the pupils; VIII. State of buildings, ground, and fences; IX. Sufficiency of school accommodation; X. Cleanliness and tidiness of rooms and premises, including outside offices ; ventilation and warming; XL, &c. Other topics. The report shall be divided into sections, and the section relating to any topic in the foregoing list shall bear the number assigned to that topic in the list. The omission of any number shall be sufficient to indicate that the Inspector does not deem it necessary to report on the topic corresponding to that number. Section I. shall in no case be omitted from the report: it shall show what " standard classes" within the meaning of Regulation 4 there are in the school, whether the standard classes are grouped in classes for instruction, and, if so, how they are grouped, and by what teacher each class is taught, describing each teacher by his position in the school as " sole teacher," " head master," " first assistant," " third-year pupil-teacher," or as the case may be. Any section except Section I. may, if the Inspector so choose, consist of the appropriate number and of a single word, such as " satisfactory." 3. The examination report shall show the number of pupils presented in each standard class, the number of " passes " in each standard, of failures in each class, of " exceptions" in each class, and. of pupils absent from each class, the "percentage of passes," the "percentage on class-subjects," the ■" additional marks," and the character of the work done in classes P and S7. The terms used in this regulation shall be used in the examination report in the sense in which they are used in these regulations. 4. For the purposes of inspection and examination, but not necessarily for purposes of instruction, the pupils of every public school shall be divided into standard classes, as follows: The preparatory class shall include all pupils below Class 1., and may be called class P. Class I. shall include all the children preparing for or presented for Standard 1., and may be called SI ; Class 11. shall include all the children preparing for or presented for Standard 11., and may be called S2; and so on to Class VI. Class VII. shall include all pupils that have passed the Sixth Standard, and may be called S7. If necessary, Class P may be divided, the lower part being called PI, and the next P2. Every pupil in the school must be considered to belong to one of the classes as here defined. 5. At every standard examination the head-teacher shall present all the pupils on the school roll, by giving the Inspector a list for each standard class, containing the names of all the pupils belonging to the class, and a schedule showing that the sum of the numbers of names in all the lists is identical with the number of the pupils on the school roll. Against the name of every pupil who has already passed a standard the head-teacher shall enter in the class list,the number of the highest standard which the pupil has passed. 6. Against the name of any pupil who, during the three quarters preceding the quarter in which the examination takes place, has been present at the school less than half the number of times of assembling of the school, the headteacher may write the number of the attendances of such pupil during the three quarters; and, if such pupil do not pass for the standard for which he is presented, the pupil ■shall not be deemed to have failed, but shall be considered " excepted," and shall be included by the Inspector in the number of " exceptions " reported.

7. In order to obtain a pass, a pupil must be present in class during the examination in the class-subjects for a standard which he has not already passed, and must satisfy the Inspector in all the pass-subjects for the same standard ; except that failure in one subject (unless very serious) may be overlooked if in the judgment of the Inspector it is due to some individual peculiarity, and is not the result of the pupil's negligence or of ineffective teaching. 8. As soon as possible after the examination of a school the head-teacher shall be furnished with the names of the pupils who have passed the several standards, and shall record the passes in the Admission Register, and issue to every pupil who has passed a standard a certificate of pass in that standard ; and every pupil removing from one public school to another shall be required on entering to exhibit his latest certificate to the head-teacher, who shall make a record of the certificate in the Admission Register, and shall not present such pupil for examination for the standard to which such certificate relates. 9. The " percentage of passes " at every examination shall be ascertained by dividing the total number of passes by the number of pupils on the school roll, and multiplying by 100. 10. The " percentage of failures " at every examination shall be ascertained by dividing the number of failures by the number of passes and failures taken together and multiplying by 100. 11. The Inspector shall ascertain " the percentage on class-subjects " by assigning marks for each class-subject, according to a scale ranging from 0 to 100, to express his judgment upon the quality of work done in that subject, and then calculating for all the class-subjects the mean of the marks so assigned. For the purpose of this regulation, elementary science, together with object-lessons and lessons in natural history, manufactures, and common things, shall be counted as one subject; history as one subject; geography, so far as it is a class-subject, as one subject; and drawing, so far and so long as it is a classsubject, as one. In assigning marks for any class-subject, the Inspector shall consider whether the subject is attended to in all the classes for which it is prescribed, and also whether it is efficiently treated. 12. The " additional marks" shall be ascertained by the Inspector, by assigning marks on a scale ranging from 0 to 20, to express his judgment of the value of the work done by the school in each of the " additional subjects," and in needlework and drill, and then adding together the marks so assigned. For the purposes of this regulation, repetition and recitation shall be reckoned as one subject, disciplinary exercises and drill as one, singing as one, needlework as one, knowledge of the subject-matter of readingbooks as one, and extra drawing as one. In assigning marks for any " additional subject" the Inspector shall consider whether the subject is attended to in all the classes for which it is prescribed, and also whether it is efficiently treated. 13. Each Inspector shall make an annual return, showing with respect to each public school subject to his inspection the number of pupils presented, the number passed, the percentage of passes, the percentage of failures, the percentage on class-subjects, and the additional marks, and stating in brief, with respect to each school, its condition as to order and discipline, and as to the manners of the pupils. The Inspector shall at the same time make a return relating to the same schools and the same pupils, showing the total number of pupils presented in each of the standard classes as defined in Regulation 4, the total number passed in each standard, the total number of failures in each standard, and the total number of exceptions for each standard. If possible, the return shall include a statement of the average age of the pupils on passing each standard. 14. The standard syllabus shall not be understood to prescribe to the teacher the precise order in which the different parts of any subject shall be taught, nor to prohibit the teacher from giving instruction not prescribed by the syllabus, but shall be taken to represent only the attainments of which the Inspector may expect full proof at the several stagos of a pupil's progress; also it is to be understood that the examination report and inspection report, taken together,

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and not either of them alone, will express the Inspector's full judgment on the character and efficiency of the school. 15. In judging of the work both of individual pupils and of classes, the Inspectors shall consider the degree of intelligence displayed in the performance of the work. No reading that is not intelligent shall be allowed to count towards a pass. Knowledge of arithmetic shall be tested both by set gums and by problems, set sums being employed as a test of skill in manipulating figures, and problems as a test of the power of applying arithmetical rules to practical uses ; but, except in the two highest standards, the problems must be such as to require the application of only one principle and involve only short processes. And generally Inspectors shall, in assigning marks, in awarding praise or blame, and in giving advice to teachers, bear always in mind the importance of discouraging what is merely mechanical and superficial, and fostering all that shows enthusiasm for real education and tends to the increase of mental activity. 16. The syllabus of pass-subjects, class-subjects, and additional subjects for each of the standards shall be the following : — STANDARD I. 1. Pass-subjects. Reading. —Sentences composed of words of one syllable, and common words of two syllables, to be read intelligently. Spelling. —Easy words of one syllable. Writing. —The small letters and the ten figures, on slate, at dictation. Arithmetic. —Counting, and oral addition by twos, threes, fours, and fives, up to 100; numeration and notation to 999 ; addition sums of not more than three columns ; multiplication of numbers not exceeding 999 by 2, 3, 4, and 5; relative values and chief aliquot parts of current English coins ; and relative lengths of the yard, foot, and inch. [Note. —The numeration must be applied to the addition and multiplication, and the multiplication known to be a compendious method of addition.] Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18. 2. Class-subjects. Object and Natural History Lessons. —A syllabus of the yearls work dono to be given to the Inspector, who will examine the class upon some object selected from the syllabus. 3. Additional Subjects. Knotoledge of the Subject-matter of the Reading Lessons. Repetition of Easy Verses. —Syllabus and test as for object-lessons. Singing. —A sufficient number of easy and suitable songs in correct time and tune, and at a proper pitch. Needleivork and Drill. —See Regulations 22 and 12. STANDARD 11. 1. Pass-subjects. Reading. —Sentences containing words of two syllables, and easy words of more than two syllables, to be read intelligently, and the meanings (not necessarily strict definitions) of the words to be known. Spelling. —Easy words of two syllables. Writing. —Short words, in copy-books, not larger than round-hand. On slate : Capital letters and transcription from reading book of Standard 11. Arithmetic. —Numeration and notation of not more than six figures; addition of not more than six lines, with six figures in a line ; short multiplication, and multiplication by factors not greater than 12; subtraction; division by numbers not exceeding 12, by the method of long division, and by the method of short division ; mental problems adapted to this stage of progress; multiplication tables to 12 times 12; relative values and chief aliquot parts of the ton, hundredweight, quarter, stone, and pound; relative lengths of the mile, furlong, chain, and rod. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be required before the Ist January, 1887. 2. Class-subjects. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be a class-subject after the 31st December, 1886. Geography. —Knowledge of the meaning of a map ; of the principal geographical terms ; and of the positions of the continents, oceans, and larger seas. Object-lessons, and Lessons in Natural History and on Manufactures. —A syllabus, as in Standard I. 3. Additional subjects. Knoioledge of Subject-matter of Reading Lessons. Repetition of Verses. —Syllabus showing progress. Singing. —Songs as before ; the places of the notes on the stave, or the symbol used for each note in the notation adopted ; to sing the major diatonic scale and the successive notes of the common chord in all keys. Needlework and Drill. —See Regulations 22 and 12.

STANDARD 111. 1. Pass-subjects. Reading. —Easy reading book, to be read fluently and intelligently, with knowledge of the meanings of the words, and with due regard to the distinction of paragraphs as well as of sentences. Spelling, —From the same book; knowledge of words having the same or nearly the same sound, but differing in meaning; dictation of easy sentences from the reading-book of a lower standard. Writing. —Longer words and sentences, not larger than round-hand; transcription from the reading-book of Standard 111., with due regard to punctuation and quotation marks. Arithmetic. —Numeration and notation generally (one billion being taken as the second power of one million, one trillion the third power, and so on); long multiplication and long division; the four money rules, excepting long multiplication of money; tables of money, avoirdupois weight, and long measure; and easy money problems in mental arithmetic. Grammar and Composition. —The distinguishing of the nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, and pronouns in easy sentences ; and very simple exercises in composition, to tost the pupil's power of putting his own thoughts on familiar subjects into words. The more difficult pronouns (as the indefinite and distributive) are not to be used as tests of knowledge in this standard, but the children should be able to recognise as a pronoun any personal, possessive, or demonstrative pronoun, whether used as a substantive or as an adjective. Geography. —The names and positions of the chief towns of New Zealand; the principal features of the district in which the school is situated; names and positions of Australian Colonies and their capitals; of the countries and capitals of Europe ; of mountains forming the water-sheds of continental areas ; and of celebrated rivers. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be required before the Ist January, 1888. 2. Class-subjects. Drawing. —As denned in Regulation 18, but not to be a class-subject after the 31st December, 1887. English History. —Knowledge of the chronological order in which the following periods stand: Roman, Saxon, Norman, Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, Brunswick; and of a few of the most striking facts and incidents illustrating the life of the several periods. The selection of facts and incidents will be left to the teacher; and the Inspector will adapt the examination as far as possible to the teacher's programme of lessons or other indication of the work done. Knowledge of Common Things. —A syllabus as for objectlessons in the former standards. 3. Additional Subjects. The Subject-matter of the Beading Lessons. Repetition of Verses. —Syllabus showing progress. Singing. —Easy exercises on the common chord and the interval of a second, in common time and in J time, not involving the use of dotted notes ; use of the signs p., /., cres., dim., rail., and their equivalents ; songs as before, or in common with the upper part of the school. Needlework and Drill. —See Regulations 22 and 12. STANDARD IV. 1. Pass-subjects. Reading and Definition. —An easy book of prose and verse. Spelling and Dictation suited to this stage, as represented by the reading book in use; the dictation to exhibit a knowledge of the use of capitals and of punctuation, but (at inspection) to be confined to prose. Writing. —Good copies in a hand not larger than roundhand, and transcription of poetry. Arithmetic. —Long multiplication of money; reduction of money, weights, and measures; the compound rules applied to problems in weights and measures ; practice, and the making out of bills of accounts and receipts; tables of money, weights, and measures ; mental arithmetic to correspond. The weights and measures for this standard are: avoirdupois weight, troy weight, long measure, square measure, measures of capacity and time, and angular measure. Grammar and Composition. —The distinguishing of all the parts of speech in easy sentences; the inflexions of the noun, adjective, and pronoun; letter-writing on prescribed subjects ; the addressing of letters and envelopes. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be required before the Ist January, 1889. 2. Class-subjects. Drawing.. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be a class-subject after the 31st December, 1888. Geography. —Names and positions of the countries of the world, with their capitals, and of the principal seas, gulfs, mountains, rivers, lakes, capes, straits, islands, and penin-

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sulas on the map of the world ; geography of Australia in outline; and the drawing of rough maps of New Zealand, with such one set of principal features (as capes, or towns, or rivers) as the Inspector may require. [In this and the subsequent standards, scholars will bo expected to know the situation of places mentioned in their reading books.] English History. —The succession of Houses and Sovereigns from 1066 a.d. to 1485 a.d., and the leading events of tho period known in connection with the reigns and centuries to which they belong, and in their own character. [Precise dates will not be required, though a knowledge of them may assist in referring each event to the proper reign.] Elementary Science. —As prescribed in Regulation 19. 3. Additional Subjects. Recitation. —A list of pieces learnt, and one piece (or more) specially prepared for the examination. Singing. —Easy exercise on the chords of the dominant and sub-dominant, and in the intervals prescribed for Standard III.; exercises in triple time ; use of dotted notes ; melodies, rounds, and part songs in common with tho higher standards. [Note. —It will suffice if this class take the air of tho songs, while the other parts are sung by the more advanced classes, and it may bo useful to let older scholars load the parts in a round.] Needlework and Drill. —See Regulations 22 and 12. Extra Draining. —See Regulation 18. STANDARD V. 1. Pass-subjects. Beading and Definition. —A book of general information, not necessarily excluding matter such as that prescribed for Standard IV. Spelling and Dictation suited to this stage. Writing. —Small-hand copies in a strict formal style, and text-hand; transcription of verse in complicated metres, and of prose exhibiting the niceties of punctuation. Arithmetic. —Proportion ; simple interest; the easier cases of vulgar fractions, and problems involving them ; mental arithmetic. Grammar and Composition. —lnflexions of the verb; the parsing (with inflexions) of all the words in any easy sentence ; a short essay or letter on a familiar subject, or the rendering of the sense of a passage of easy verse into good prose ; analysis of a simple sentence. Geography. —Names and positions of places of political, historical, and commercial importance in New Zealand, in Great Britain, and on the European Continent; and the drawing of outline maps of New Zealand, Great Britain, and Ireland. Physical Geography: Distribution of land and water; mountain and river systems. Mathematical Geography : The form of the earth, day and night, the seasons, the zones, meridians, and parallels, and climate in this connection. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be required before the Ist January, 1890. 2. Class-subjects. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be a olass-subject after the 31st December, 1889. English History. —The period from 1485 a.d. to 1714 a.d. treated as the former period is treated in Standard IV. Elementary Science. —See Regulation 19. 3. Additional Subjects. Recitation. —Of a higher order than for Standard IV. Singing. —More difficult exercises in time and tune ; strict attention to expression marks. Needlework and Drill. —See Regulations 22 and 12. Extra Drawing. —See Regulation 19. STANDARD VI. 1. Pass-subjects. Beading. —A hook containing extracts from general literature. Spelling and Dictation suited to this stage. Writing. —The copying of tabulated matter, showing bold head-lines, and marking distinctions such as in letterpress require varieties of type (e.g., the copying of these printed standards, or of a catalogue showing division into groups). Arithmetic. —Vulgar and decimal fractions ; interest and other commercial rules, such as discount, stocks, partnership, and exchange ; the metric system of weights and measures, and calculations with pound, florin, cent, and mil; square root, and simple cases of mensuration of surfaces; mental arithmetic generally. Grammar and Composition. —Complete parsing (including syntax) of simple and compound sentences ; prefixes and affixes, and a few of the more important Latin and Greek roots, illustrated by a part of the reading book; essay or letter ; analysis of easy complex sentences. Geography. —Names and positions of places of political, historical, and commercial importance in Asia, North America, and the British possessions. Physical Geography :

Atmospheric phenomena, winds, rain, ice; climate as affected by mountain, plain, and sea; distribution of the animals and plants of greatest value to man. Draxoing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be required before the Ist January, 1891. 2. Class-subjects. Drawing. —As defined in Regulation 18, but not to be a class-subject after the 31st December, 1890. English History. —The succession of Houses and Sovereigns, and the leading evonts of each reign, from 1485 a.d. to the present (precise dates not required) ; also the elements of social economy, that is to say, very elementary knowledge of such subjects as government, law, citizenship, labour, capital, money, and banking. Elementary Science. —See Regulation 19. 3. Additional Subjects. Recitation. —As for Standard V. Singing. —As for Standard V. Needlework and Drill. —See Regulations 22 and 12. Extra Drawing. —See Regulation 18. 17. In any one year Glasses S4 and S5 may be taught and examined together in the history prescribed for Standard V., but, in that case, in the next year S4 and S5 must be taught and examined in the history prescribed for Standard IV. Similarly in any year S4 may be taught and examined with S5 in the geography prescribed for Standard V., except that S4 will not have to pass in mathematical and physical geography, nor to draw other maps than those prescribed for Standard IV.; but, in that case, in the next year S5 must substitute, for geography of New Zealand, Great Britain, and the European Continent, the genera] geography of the world and Australia prescribed for Standard IV. 18. The drawing required as a pass-subject or temporarily as a class-subject for the several standards shall be as follows: — Standard I. Straight lines of different lengths and in different positions, such lines joined at different angles, and connected to form simple figures and designs. This work is to be done without ruler. Standard 11. Similar work of a more advanced character. Standard 111. Freehand drawing of regular forms and curved figures from the flat. Standard IV. Freehand drawing from the flat, and from simple rectangular and circular models. Drawing to scale. Simple geometrical figures with rulers and instruments. Standard V. The same as IV., with the addition of easy common objects. Plans and elevations of piano figures and rectangular solids in simple positions. Simple scales. Standard VI. The same as V., but of greater difficulty and including sections. These definitions will be clearly illustrated by a series of drawing-books to be issued by authority of the Minister of Education, and any drawing-book issued by such authority shall be an authoritative example of the kind of work required by this regulation. [Note. —The pupils should be taught as early as possib e to draw from actual objects, such as the doors, windows, furniture, and apparatus of the schoolroom.] Drawing may be taught as an "additional subject" for any standard higher than Standard 111. Such drawing for any standard may be the drawing prescribed for a higher standard, or some drawing not prescribed as a pass-subject. 19. The instruction in elementary science for Standards IV., V., and VI. shall bo based on a programme, which shall be prepared by the head-toachor, to show the distribution of the subject over a three-years' course of lessons. The programme must include such elementary knowledge of physics, and such a conception of chemical action as may be imparted by the proper use of Professor Bickerton's " Materials for Lessons in Elementary Science," and must also include instruction in elementary mechanics, or in such elementary physiology as may be learnt from Mrs. Buekton's " Health in the House," or in botany, or some other subject recognised by the Inspector as equivalent to one of these ; provided, however, that, if agricultural chemistry be efficiently taught, no other elementary science shall be required for these standards. 20. The object-lessons, and lessons on natural history, manufactures, and common things, for Standards 1., 11., and 111., are intended as an introduction to the elementaryscience lessons for the higher standards. Classes SI and S2, or SI, S2, and S3, may be taught and examined together in these subjects if the programme of lessons is varied from year to year so that on the whole the work prescribed for two or three classes shall be done in two or three years as the case may be; or S3 may be instructed in elementary science with any higher class, and even SI and S2 may, instead of receiving lessons on objects, &c, be instructed in the elementary science prescribed for the higher standards, if the instruction in elementary science is oral, illustrative, and experimental, and is, in tho teacher's judgment, adapted to the capacity of

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the lower classes and fitted to promote the development of their faculties. 21. Any order of instruction in singing other than that prescribed in the standards will be recognised as of equivalent value if the result be good singing, sufficient theoretical knowledge, and careful training of the lower classes, as well as the higher. 22. All the girls in any public school in which there is a mistress or assistant mistress shall learn needlework, and, if tho Inspector is satisfied that the instruction in this subject is thoroughly systematic and efficient, he may judge all other work done by the girls more leniently than that done by the boys in such a degree as would be implied in reducing by 10 per cent, the minimum marks required for any examination pass. To secure full approval, the needlework of the several classes must ho according to tho following programme : — 51. Threading needles and hemming. (Illustration of work : Strips of calico or a plain pockot-handorchief.) 52. The foregoing, and felling, and fixing a hem. (Illustration : A child's pinafore.) 53. The foregoing and stitching, sewing on strings, and fixing all work up to this stage. (A pillow-case, or woman's plain shift, without bands or gathers.) 54. Tho foregoing, and button-holing, sewing on but-

tons, stroking, setting in gathers, plain darning and fixing. (A plain day- or night-shirt.) 55. The foregoing, and whipping, a tuck run, sewing on frill, and gathering. (A night-dress with frills.) 56. Gutting out any plain garment and fixing it for a junior class ; darning stockings (fine and coarse) in worsted or cotton ; grafting ; darning fine linen or calico ; patching the same ; darning and patching fine diaper. If Knitting is learnt it shall be in the following order : A strip of plain knitting ; knitted mufiatees, ribbed ; a plainknitted child's sock ; a long-ribbed stocking. 23. In case of any misunderstanding arising as to the meaning of any part of these regulations, the Minister of Education may declare what is to be taken as the meaning, and his interpretation shall be binding upon all persons to whom it is communicated, and shall, if declared by publication in the New Zealand Gazette, have equal force with these regulations. 24. Standard IV. as defined in these regulations shall be tho standard of education prescribed under " Tho Education Act, 1877," section 90, subsection 4. 25. These regulations shall come into force on the Ist day of January, 1886, and shall supersede all former regulations relating to the inspection and examination of schools.

CIEOULAE. The Secbbtaey for Education to Managers of Secondary Schools. Sib, — Education Department, Wellington, 19th January, 1885. I have the honour, by direction of the Minister of Education, to invite your attention to the great importance of including in the programme of the secondary schools as much instruction as possible in subjects that have a direct bearing upon the technical arts of modern life. Endowments and other public aid have been bestowed on grammar and high schools to enable them to supply to all classes, and not to the professional classes only, a course of study preparatory to the more direct and immediate training for special careers. The secondary schools should therefore be prepared to supplement the primary schools, and to carry on pupils trained in them to higher studies. The State also expects the managers of the secondary schools to bear in mind that the professions are likely to become overcrowded unless something is done to create a bias towards industries, and that our manufacturing industries will not be followed by our brighter and more intelligent youths if they are merely drilled in the ordinary subjects of a grammar school education. In other countries increasing attention is now being paid to geometrical and mechanical drawing and the handling of tools, as useful subjects of school instruction. The schools of this colony might do good service by taking up these subjects as well as physics and chemistry. Good work might also be done by holding for a few months in each year evening classes, in which apprentices and others might have an opportunity of getting sound instruction in drawing and other subjects connected with their businesses or trades. In some towns voluntary effort has to a certain extent supplied what is wanted in the way of evening classes, but the schools could in some instances afford scientific instruction more thoroughly. It should be remembered that some schools hold their endowments under trusts requiring them to keep up evening classes. If the secondary schools have become in any respect unpopular in any parts of the colony, it may be because the people have not seen direct practical results flow from them. Were attention paid, to technical education as well as to ordinary studies in secondary schools, the objections now urged against the endowing of high and grammar schools would probably not be heard. The Minister hopes you will be able, as far as the revenue of your school permits, to give this subject your early attention and support. I have, &c, The Chairman, Board of Governors . John Hislop.

By Authority: Geobge Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBs. 17—E. 1.

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