TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 11

TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD.

•^■i^V^^y^ e^^V v ;, ...Technical. r EdUcabon:-.lioard1 l '.was'.'.'held'■' last /;;/evening,:^^J, ; presiding; ' / i Messrs.,W..'/H./Field,/M:P.,.;T.;Ballingcr,;ancl ■ ..D.-'EPbertspn. were /also .'present./',/ ''• ■ ' .' V- '■'.-'' • finahcial-.'sta;tem6nt,^^submitted '-showed a : i "^^ a lancßio f ' ; ' ,iEß7 . : ' 3s; '- :as ' compared''-■'• with' ./-,.. XWb ,Bs. lid./forf.the corresponding.month''of :;■ ilast'iyea'r;-/^/';••;//;/;• ;:''-',':/'J/;/://';/": -:-'/... ... ■ : ■"- h during Vthe/ year/ ./, ,tne/.total-enrolment;was:l69B.>; Of. this.number v :;908:_.wofe:males,';and' 788' females.' The .school ■ :had,feachFjK?Dme/1700'individual.:studonts duf- 1 , ■'.'■'^•■ , *B';#e.;l»*t. ! '.;-'A;.: largo proportion, -of-these .//students bttended right .through, 'and, ; of the /.. attended, only /dun.ng /part- of '.the.year,/the/gr'eab. majority.;: attended ■ regularly •■,;..^avuringi'the.'period ; .for;,which they, joined the ;;. : ;.6bhool.;|'.lnva v large'.pt)r;t''like Wellington,'-with /.//jonsiderable/;floating, population;,:it was hope- ,".- jess .to.eipectjth'a? nil'students/joining would ;•:;•'. .be-'able to .take' a. full year's. cbnrso, - and' a' con- / .:r=id,eraple.:percbntage,of the;students'.were birds' ;■',-'.'-■ ofijpassage, .'who '.took" advantage -of a':'tornporary /^,/;;osidence.,in;.WeUingt6n;.tprattend:;classes.-A^ -....., reniains o /i'vrerfdue-'ofvstudents'some, of/whom "attend l ' for . ,;/'nrie' l 'pr\twb quarters' year. 'after.; : year. ; These'.aro. •;-; lot satisfactory.' stadents/ and 'they/ could. niake .;<'.' ! ,.:«lubh : .i..Breater .prbgress/zif./they.,.uevpted:. more //."sineiOT'vtb'.thSirjwprk.ahd/atterideiMM ';:.V : V,-wholP;..sbssi6n.''<''''.Besidesi < ."these' there-arb, niaby, ';.;.;-. wiio>;attend /for Va',little,, while;;.and v ,then;:;for .'/ : ;.'.dti'presenting.'the quarterly'report/Tegarding : ;...?Dad;;; attenders;■.a't ; itradft..; .the':;-director //v iaverag;e,."attefi'dances/:n're; ;;;betterj thanV-they V were/ v in'' fprmer

years Tho director -was instructed to ranlie arrangements for tho necessary exhibition of work to close the term Tho sum of £30 was allotted for prizes"in cmwechon therewith.