EDUCATION. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. [In continuation of H.-1a, 1880.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881 Session I, E-01

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EDUCATION. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. [In continuation of H.-1a, 1880.]

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

CONTENTS. BEPOBT. TAGS PiSB Education Boards ... ... ... 1 Besults, as ascertained by Inspection [,.. ... 15 Number of Schools ... ... .... 1 Scholarships ... ... ... ... 19 Number of Teachers ... ... ... 2 Training of Teachers ... ... ... 20 School Attendance ... ... ... 4 School Penny Banks ... ... ... 21 Ages of Scholars ... ... ... 7 Education Beteives ... ... ... 21 Subjects of Instruction ... ... ... 7 Native Schools . ... ... ... 23 Finances of Boards ... ... ... 7 Deaf and Dumb Institution ... ... 24 Retrenchment by Boards ... ... ... 11 Industrial and Orphan Schools ... ... 25 Finances of School Committees ... ... 12 Naval Training School ... ... ... 29 School-Buildings ... ... ... 13 Higher Education ... ... ... 30 Departmental Expenditure... ... ... 15 APPENDIX.

Statistics — Income of Boards (Table No. 1) ... ... 1 Expenditure of Boards (Table No. 2) ... 2 Management by Boards, cost of (Table No. 3)... 3 In sped ion, cost of (Table No. 3) ... ... 3 School-Buildings (Table No. 4) ... ... 4 Ages of Scholars (Table No. 5) ... ... 5 Standards, Scholars classified according to (Table No. 6) ... ... ... ... 5 Officers of Boards, Nominal Beturn of (Table No. 7) ... ... _ ... ... 6 Education Department, Expenditure under (Table No. 8) ... ... ... 8 Schools, Expenditure on each, and Names and Salaries of Teachers (Table No. 9) ... 9-38 Schools, Area of each, Number of Eesidences, and Attendance (Table No. 10) ... ... 39-51 School Committees' Accounts (Table No. 11) ... 52 Reports of Boards — Auckland ... ... ... 53 Taranaki ... ... ... 56 Wanganui ... ... ... 57 Wellington ... ... ... 60 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 61 Marlborough ... ... ... 65 Nelson ... ... ... 66 North Canterbury ... ... ... 67 South Canterbury ... ... ... 71 Westland ... ... ... 73 Olago ... ... ... 77 Southland ... ... ... 80 Statements of Accounts of Boards — Auckland ... ... ... 56 Taranaki ... ... ... 57 Wanganui ... ... ... 59 Wellington ... ... ... 61 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 65 Marlborough ... ... ... 66 Nelson ... ... ... ... 67 North Canterbury ... ... ... 70 South Canterbury ... ... ... 73 Westland ... ~. ... 76 I—E. 1.

Statements of Accounts of Boards — continued. Otago ... ... ... 79 Southland ... ... ... 82 Training Colleges—Reports and Begulations— Auckland ... ... ... 83 Wellington ... ... ... 84 Canterbury ... ... ... 86 Olago ... ... ... 89 Art Master's Beport, Dunedin ... ... 92 Beports and Accounts of School Commissioners— Auckland ... ... ... 92 Taranaki ... ... ... 93 Wellington ... ... ... 95 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 96 Marlborough ... ... ... 97 Nelson ... ... ... 98 Canterbury ... ... ... 99 Westland ... ... ... 100 Otago ... ... ... 102 Begulations — Class-Books ... ... ... 104 District High School Eees ... ... 104 District Licenses to Teach ... ... 104 Examination of Pupil-teachers in Drawing ... 104 Circulars— Life Insurance (No. 56) ... ... 104 Reduction of Education Vote (Telegram) ... 104 Reduction of Education Vote (No. 58) ... 105 Services of Inspectors for Teachers' Examinations (No. 59) ... ... ... 105 School-Buildings Grants (No. 60) ... 105 Preliminary Certificates to Candidates for Examination (No. 61) ... ... 105 School-Buildings Beturns (No. 65) ... 105 Sir W. Box's Prizes (No. 69) ... ... 106 Damage to Telegraph Insulators (No. 72) ... 106 Penny Postage Stamps Deposits (No. 73) ... 106 Cancellation of Teachers' Certificates (No. 75) 107 Children under School Age (No. 79) ... 107 School Sites reserved by School Commissioners (No 80) ... ... ... 107 Sir W. Box's Prizes (No. 81) ... ... 107

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

Office of the Department of Education, Sib,— Wellington, 25th June, 1881. I have the honor, in accordance with the provisions of "The Education Act, 1877," to submit to your Excellency the following report upon the progress and condition of public education in New Zealand during the year ending the 31st day of December, 1880. I have, &c, Thomas Dick. His Excellency the Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, G.C.M.G., &c, Governor of New Zealand.

EEPOET. The Education Department was organised in the beginning of the year 1878 for the administration of the Education Act and the Education Reserves Act of 1877 ; but since then the charge of other branches of the public service has been added to its duties from time to time. The department is now intrusted with the management of the Native schools, formerly under the Native Department; the Industrial" and Reformatory Schools, transferred from the Department of Justice; the Kohimarama Naval Training School, till recently in charge of the Marine Department; and the Deaf-and-Dumb Institution ; besides being the medium of communication between the Government and the governing bodies of the several institutions established for the higher and the secondary education. The main purpose of this report is, however, to furnish full information respecting the public schools established and maintained under the provisions of the Education Act; the other matters being dealt with in separate Parliamentary papers. Education Boards. The reports of the twelve Education Boards constituted under the Act, and their general statements of accounts for the year, are appended. These reports contain particulars of the progress and condition of public-school education in the different districts, and merit careful perusal. Number of Public Schools. The number of public schools reported as being in operation during the last quarter of 1880 is 836. There were 44 half-time schools in charge of 22 teachers which have been reckoned as 22 schools, otherwise the total number of schools would have been shown to be 858. The numbers for the last quarter of 1879 were 807, reckoning every two half-time schools as one school, and 831 if the half-time schools be regarded as separate schools. I—E. 1.

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A return of the schools in the several education districts, with a statement of the expenditure on each for the year, and of the names, status, and rates of emolument of the teachers employed in them during the last quarter of the year, is appended (Appendix, Table No. 9). The following is a summary of the number of schools in the several education districts :—

TABLE A.—Number of Schools open during the Last Quarter of 1880. (In this enumeration every two half-time schools are reckoned as one school.)

Section 88 of the Act authorises Boards to assist small schools " started by private enterprise in outlying districts, which it would be premature or inconvenient to constitute school districts." At the close of 1879 there were 39 such schools, and the number had increased to 59 in the last quarter of 1880. The largest proportion of aided schools is in the Education District of Westland, where 18 out of the 34 schools are of this description. The Board in its annual report states the reasons which have led to this state of matters. The number of half-time schools in 1880 was about the same as in the previous year. This class of schools is generally regarded with disfavour by parents, from a feeling that the children attending them do not receive their due share of a teacher's time and attention. The Taranaki Board states in its report, " Halftime schools are very unpopular ; but the Board has found it necessary, owing to diminished funds, to revert to them again." It is only by means of half-time and aided schools that Boards can, Avith the means at their disposal, fairly overtake the educational wants of the children resident in sparsely-peopled localities, many of which are to be found in the Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Westland, and Southland Districts. Section 88 of the Act also authorises the employment by Boards of " itinerant teachers " for outlying districts. The Auckland Board is the only one that has employed this agency; there being one itinerant teacher in the Wairoa North district, and another on Great Barrier Island. Eight small schools were permanently closed during 1880, as compared with 16 during the previous year. Number of Teachers. The number of teachers employed in the public schools during the last quarter of 1880 is returned at 1,971, being 198 in excess of the number engaged during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. They have been classified as follows: Masters, 687; assistant-masters, 130; male pupil-teachers, 139; mistresses, 373 ; assistant-mistresses, 209 ; and female pupil-teachers, 433. In addition to the teachers above enumerated there were 127 work-mistresses, whose 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 which have not an attendance sufficient to warrant the employment of a

Education Dis-bicts. .2 3 H3 3 i1 . ft u O 01 _i5 ft O 3 o CO ffi _ a 3 _ .g <_> o B -a £ B g 3© eg h 5 o t, .5 s2 __ O 2^ on" <»B _ _ « b _ °s _ _ a £h < a_ *P* ft & 3 O ft (M 3 nd 1= s Number of Schools in wl ft ft 3 3 ft ft io I O ?q ' io u _, v - *3 I T_ fl ! fl 3 ! 3 a I A _ I ~ o IO lieh the Attendance for the Quarter was ft ft >o u <a ts 3 3 •n 3 © IO ft 3 ft O © u 3 3 -O ft ft O to <a ra s a -d p. e_ o © ft 3 ft 5 co 4i a p nS 3 oS o IO ft 3 ft © © r-i <u t3 fl t3 n cS o o so ieS !* ft 3 13 a c_ 'ft 3 © O IO o CO Jh 0 3 9 o 3 jz. _2 fIs si. *S u 13 *- <. a O os co o ' Is? ._: on o-H cf _.~ «>s °g ll 1 3 Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury _ South Canterbury Westland Otago... Southland 193 31 55 43 36 16 65 122 29 34 152 CO 11,839 1,147 3,403 4,685 2,334 883 3,008 12,233 2,616 2,447 16,047 3,765 64,407 61-3 37'0 62-0 109-0 64-8 55-2 463 100-2 90-2 72-0 105-5 62-7 17 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 4 26 5 6 4 4 3 11 4 3 4 7 3 24 2 5 6 4 2 9 12 2 3 14 7 75 16 24 13 11 5 21 44 11 12 57 32 13 5 5 2 5 3 13 17 4 3 20 6 13 1 4 5 3 10 2 2 14 4 10 1 8 2 3 1 6 16 1 2 11 4 8 4 5 1 1 5 2 2 16 2 5 i 6 i 5 1 2 7 2 2 1 6 1 30 8 2 12 10 6 2 4 "i 2 "i "<3 "•4 18 1 10 Totals 836 77-0 34 80 90 321 96 58 65 46 30 16 44 59 8

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fully-qualified schoolmistress in addition to a master. Table No. 9 of the Appendix contains a nominal return of the teachers employed in the several schools during the last quarter of 1880. The following summary shows the number of teachers employed in the several education districts during the same period. The classification has been made from the Boards' returns ; —-

TABLE B.—Number of Teachers.

The average number of scholars to each teacher over the whole of the schools at the close of the year was 32-7. The corresponding average for 1879 was 331, showing that the increase in the number of teachers and of scholars for the twelve months had been in about equal proportions. As might be expected, the more sparsely-peopled districts, in which there is of necessity a larger proportion of small schools, show lower averages than the others. As was the case in 1879, the lowest averages last year were in the Districts of Taranaki, Auckland, and Westland; and the highest were in Otago, Southland, and Wellington. The lowest average to each teacher (26*1) was in the Taranaki District; the highest (39) was in Otago. The corresponding numbers for these two districts in 1879 were 25-l and 408. This result is only what might be expected, for, as a rule, 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. In some districts a considerable number of the schools are large enough to admit of the employment in them of two or more teachers. In large schools the classes also are large, and it is evident that a given number of children equal in attainments can be more easily taught in one class than the same or even a smaller number of children of unequal attainments distributed into two, three, or more classes. The decrease in the number returned as female assistants is due to the fact that many of those formerly ranked as assistants are now classed as full teachers. There is in consequence a large increase in the number entered as teachers in column 4 of the table. The Auckland Board showed 62 pupil-teachers in its return for 1879, but in last year's return 90 "junior assistants" (4 males and 86 females), who under the former practice would have been ranked as pupil-teachers, Avere entered as "assistants." The following is the Board's explanation with reference to this change of classification: " The term ' assistant teachers' includes 90 junior assistants under nineteen years of age, all of whom have been classified upon examinations held by the Board for the purpose of testing their qualifications. The ' pupil-teacher' system, as defined by the Act and Government regulations, is^tiot in operation in this district." Since this explanation was written, however, such regulations for the employment of pupil-teachers have been adopted as

Number of Teachers, exclusive of Sewing Teachers, employed during the last Quarter of 18S0. s. Average Attendance for last Quarter of 1880. 9. 10. Sewing Teachers not included in preceding columns. Males. Females. Average Number of Pupils per Teacher. Education .Districts. 6. . Totals. PupilTeachers. 1. Teachers. 2. Assistants. 3. PupilTeachers. 4. Teachers. 5. Assistants. Auckland Daranaki 160 17 39 30 26 13 34 111 29 26 142 60 26 4 1 5 4 4 1 68 15 10 25 14 5 34 88 9 17 69 13 69 6 15 11 7 6 27 27 6 4 28 3 86 5 24 52 23 413 44 102 136 78 27 97 391 78 86 411 108 11,839 1,147 3,403 4,685 2,334 883 3,008 12,233 2,616 2,447 16,047 3,765 287 261 33-3 34-5 300 32-7 310 31-3 33-5 28-4 390 350 53 tVanganui .Velliiigton ... Hawke's Bay... Harlborougli... kelson STorth Canterbury iouth Canterbury tVestland Dtago Southland 3 14 4 2 2 21 8 4 41 5 "40 7 12 54 7 104 19 23 77 20 1 7 33 5 19 9 Totals for 1880 ... Totals for 1879 ... 687 659 130 113 139 113 373 278 209 265 433 345 1,971 1,773 64,407 58,738 32-7 [ 331 j 127 110 Increase or decrease 28 17 26 95 —56 88 198 5,669 —■4 ! 17

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to render it unnecessary to call them junior assistants, and they are therefore here classified as pupil-teachers as before. The proportion of female teachers employed in the public schools is still on the increase ; the addition to their number during the past year having been 127, while only 71 additional teachers of the other sex were engaged. During the three years 1878, 1879, and 1880, the increase was 345 female and 226 male teachers. The relative numbers at the close of 1880 were 956 males and 1,015 females, including 139 male and 433 female pupil-teachers. The increase in the number of male pupil-teachers may be regarded as satisfactory, because it gives promise that eventually the public schools will be to a large extent in charge of skilled and experienced masters, educated and trained in the colony. Experience has proved, however, that a similar expectation need not be entertained as to the permanent retention of the young women who begin their course as public-school teachers, because their services are frequently lost to the schools when they are beginning to prove of the highest value. The number of certificated teachers is increasing. Since the publication of the official list at the end of June, 1880, new certificates to the number of 75 have been issued. The number of certificated teachers is now 1,005, and there are also 71 persons holding the " license to teach," and 10 to whom the " district license " has been granted. School Attendance. A list of the whole of the schools in operation during the past year, with an abstract of the enrolments and the average daily attendance at each, is appended, (Appendix, page 39, Table No. 10). The following is a summary of the attendance returns furnished by the several Boards for the year: —

TABLE C. —School Attendance.

The uniform attendance registers and summaries which the department supplies to all the schools,, the method of calculating the attendance prescribed by the regulations, and the quarterly returns required under them for each school, greatly facilitate the collection of full and reliable information of a uniform character respecting school attendance throughout the entire colony. As the grants made to Boards out of the annual appropriation by the General Assembly

Education Districts. Number of Scholars belonging at beginning of Year. Number N«m^" admitted w, ho .leit during *"?»« the Year. T ™ On School Roll. Number belonging at end of the Year. Strict j .verage. 'erage Daily Attendance. Working Average. -12. i _ _ "8 ■9 '■3_| «^ C M W A Fourth Quarter, Whole Year. Foi irth Quarter. Whole Tear. Females. Total. Males. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson... North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago ... Southland 12,315 1,176 3,510 5,015 2,383 967 3,416 13,430 3,035 2,676 16,020 4,176 11,374 1,082 2,796 4,215 2,037 712 1,807 10,413 865 1,186 10,196 2,611 8,750 699 1,912 3,148 1,340 467 1,273 7,406 394 719 7,013 1,896 14,939 1,559 4,394 6,082 3,085 1,212 3,950 16,437 3,506 3,143 19,203 4,891 11,508 1,089 3,319 4,585 2,245 841 2,917 11,903 2,539 2,404 15,917 3,679 11,069 1,019 3,178 4,569 2,161 844 2,922 11,228 2,408 2,306 15,411 3,510 6,245 614 1,791 2,564 1,247 468 1,545 6,456 1,381 1,231 8,348 1,990 5,594 533 1,612 2,121 1,087 415 1,463 5,777 1,235 1,216 7,699 1,775 11,839 1,147 3,403 4,685 2,334 883 3,008 12,233 2,616 2,447 16,047 3,765 11,441 1,069 3,258 4,700 2,251 874 3,004 11,558 2,489 2,365 15.594 3,631 62,234 54,724 77-4 720 75-1 760 74-4 74-0 76-8 72-1 72-7 76-8 81-8 76-4 Totals for 1880 ... Totals for 1879 ... 68,124 59,707 49,294 49,792 35,017 33,933 82,401 75,566 62,946 57,301 60,625 53,067 33,880 31,262 2,018 30,527 27,476 3,051 64,407 58,738 766 76-1 Increase in year ... 8,417 7,558 5,669 7,510 40,837 5 -498 1,081 6,835 5,645 Totals for 1877 ... 41,773 55,688 Increase in 3 years 26,713 22,634 21,397 Average yearly increase ... 8,904 7,545 7,132

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arc paid almost wholly according to the average daily attendance in the several education districts, it is of the utmost consequence that the school-registers and the returns should be thoroughly trustworthy. In this respect the department is entirely dependent on the carefulness and good faith of the teachers, except in so far as the Boards direct the Inspectors to scrutinize the attendance-registers, and the Chairmen of School Committees follow the practice of comparing the returns with the registers before attaching their signatures. 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 respecting the sufficiency or otherwise of the staff employed in each school. The average daily attendance is ascertained by dividing the total number of morning and afternoon attendances taken together by the total number of times (morning and afternoon reckoned separately) that the school has been at work during the period for which the computation is made. In order, however, that the capitation allowance may not be unduly affected by bad weather, epidemics, or any unusual occurrence, a second computation is made, throwing out of account the mornings and afternoons on which the attendance has been less than one-half of the children then belonging to the school. The result of this second computation is named the " working average," and upon it the payments to Boards are based. Both the " strict average " and the " working average " must be shown in the quarterly returns to the Boards and to the department, and both are given in the foregoing summary (Table C) and in Table No. 10 of the Appendix, the difference between them being 1,609 for the entire year, and 1,461 for the last quarter. The differences in former years were as follows: In 1879, for the entire year 1,657, for the last quarter 1,437 ; in 1878, for the entire year 2,47-3, for the last quarter 1,204. The figures for the entire years show that the difference between the "strict average" and the "working average" is diminishing. The difference in 1880 was at the rate of 2-58 per cent, on the total strict average attendance for the colony, as compared with 313 per cent, in 1579, and 5-43 per cent, in 1878. It is the working average which is referred to in other parts of this report where the average daily attendance is mentioned. The total number of different entries on the school rolls during the year 1880 was 117,418, as compared with 109,499 during the previous year. The number of scholars returned as belonging to the schools at the close of 1880 was 82,401. At the close of 1879 and 1878 the numbers were respectively 75,566 and 65,040. The returns for 1880 give 62,234 and 64,407 as the average attendances for the whole year and the last quarter respectively, as compared with 54,724 and 58,738 for the corresponding periods of the previous year, being an increase of 7,510 for the year, and of 5,669 for the fourth quarter. The average attendance for the past year was about 53 per cent, of the total number of enrolments; for the previous year it was' about 50. But no reliance whatever can be placed on the number of recorded enrolments of scholars for an entire year as indicating the number of different children who were actually in attendance during the same period, for it is well known that many children change from school to school at short intervals, and their names may consequently be entered in two or more school-registers within the space of a year, and sometimes even of a single quarter. There is reason to believe that the number on the roll at the end of the quarter fairly represents the actual number belonging to the school, but its accuracy depends very much upon the care with which useless names are removed as soon as possible from the roll. The form of quarterly attendance return requires the teacher to remove at the end of a quarter, if he has not done so before, the names of children who were on the roll at the end of the preceding quarter, but have not attended since. The number of cases of children whose names are on the roll at the end of one quarter and who do not attend during the next is very great, such breaks apparently occurring most frequently at the end of the year, as is natural. In the four quarters of lhßo the number of such cases was 20,372, distributed as follows : First quarter, 7,442 of the former scholars did not return; second quarter, 4,320; third quarter, 5,072; fourth quarter, 3,538.

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The corresponding number for the first quarter of this year is 8,108. It is impossible to know how many of these names were removed by careful teachers before the end of the quarter so as to keep the weekly roll-number down to its true place. Eor those who are not careful the requirement of the form of return is, probably, a sufficient check. The returns seem to prove on the whole that the teachers are careful in this matter; for last year the number of names of children removed from the roll before the end of a quarter during which they had been in attendance was larger than the number of the cases described above, and amounted to 22,087. The average attendance (64,407) at all the schools for the fourth quarter of 1880 is at the rate of 78*1 per cent, of the number (82,401) returned as belonging to the schools at the end of the quarter. The corresponding rates for the fourth quarters of 1879, 1878, and 1877 were respectively 77"7, 779, and 75, The numbers returned as belonging to all the schools at the end of each of the four quarters of 1880 were respectively 79,981, 80,919, 81,689, and 82,401; giving an average for the four quarters of 81,248. The average attendance (62,234) for the whole of the year was therefore at the rate of about 766 per cent, of the average number (81,248) belonging to the schools during the same period; the corresponding proportion for 1879 being 76-l. The last column of Table C gives the same information with regard to each of the education districts. The rates vary from 72 per cent, in the Taranaki District to 81-8 per cent, in Otago. The following are the corresponding percentages for the principal towns of the several education districts : Auckland, 82*9; New Plymouth, 73-9; Wanganui, 73-2; Wellington, 779; Napier, 787; Blenheim, 76-8; Nelson, 80; Christchurch, 731; Timaru, 79; Hokitika, 74; Dunedin, 865; and Invercargill, 77 : average for the whole of these towns, 79- l. The payments to Boards are necessarily regulated by the average daily attendance, but 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, owing to causes frequently beyond their control, may be somewhat irregular, especially in the rural districts, and yet they undoubtedly profit largely by their attendance at school, broken though it may sometimes be. The number of scholars returned as belonging to the public schools of the colony at the end of the last quarter of 1880 was 82,401. As already shown, the corresponding number for the whole year {i.e., the average of the four quarters) was 81,248, and this number has been made use of in calculating the last line of Table J, page 10. The following is a summary of the Boards' returns of the Maori children and those of mixed race attending the public schools at the close of 1880. These attendances are of course included in the column in Table C, headed "Number belonging at end of the year " : —

TABLE D.—Maoris and Children of Mixed Race attending Schools at the Close of 1880.

'ure Maoris Mixed Race. Total. Education Disteictk. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls, Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago ... ■ Southland 69 ... I 29 5 10 2 1 2 1 48 9 6 6 7 117 38 11 16 9 1 4 1 1 6 58 3 11 4 19 2 1 1 4 1 7 4 57 6 6 1 20 2 "i 11 12 115 9 17 5 39 4 1 2 i 15 1 19 4 127 3 40 9 29 4 2 3 5 1 11 4 1.05 6 15 7 26 9 ! 232 9 55 16 55 13 2 6 16 2 25 4 2 3 11 1 14 4 i 2 Total ... 123 81 204 115 116 231 238 197 435

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Aces of Scholars. The school age according to section 83 of the Education Act is between five and fifteen years, but, as the payment of capitation grants was not limited by the Act to the average attendance of children within the years mentioned, the Boards were informed in 1878 that Government would pay capitation grants on account of all bond fide scholars attending public schools, although of ages outside the limits of the school age mentioned in section 83. It has now been resolved that no grants will be paid after the 30th of June, 1881, in respect of the attendance of children under five years, and an intimation to that effect has been given to the Boards. Table No. 5 of the Appendix shows the ages of the scholars of both sexes who belonged to the schools of the different education districts during the quarter ending 31st December, 1880. The following is a summary of the ages for the whole of the schools :—

TABLE E.—Ages of Scholars.

Last year the proportion of scholars under five years of age to the total number of scholars was 3-18 per cent., as compared with 3"68 in 1879. By the positive direction of the Board no children under five years of age were admitted to the Auckland schools last year. Taking the attendance for all the schools, the proportion of scholars over ten years of age has slightly increased, while the proportion of those under that age is somewhat less. Subjects of Instruction. The following table shows the number of scholars returned by the different Boards as learning the several subjects of instruction specified in section 84 of the Act during the last quarter of 1880 :—

TABLE F.—Subjects of Instruction.

Income and Expenditure of Education Boards. In addition to the statutory grant of £3 15s. for every child in average daily attendance at the public schools, the General Assembly last session made provision for the following purposes : —

Ages. Boys. Girls. Total. Percei itage. [Jnder five years ... B'ive and under seven years ... .even and under ten years ... Cen and under thirteen years thirteen and under fifteen years _>ver fifteen years ... 1,312 9,302 14,998 12,516 3,924 682 1,309 8,513 13,716 11,620 3,783 726 2,621 17,815 28,714 24,136 7,707 1,408 1880. 318 21-62 34-84 29-30 9-35 1-71 1879. 3-68 21-75 35-29 28-74 897 1-57 Totals for 1880 ... Totals for 1879 ... 42,734 39,427 39,667 36,129 82,401 75,566 10000 100-00 Increase 3,307 3,538 6,835

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(1.) Eor grants to Boards, at the rate of Is. 6d. for each child in average daily attendance, for the support of scholarships established by them under the provisions of the Act. These are the only payments from the consolidated revenue which Boards can make applicable to scholarships. (2.) Eor the distribution amongst Boards of the sum of £4,000, by way of subsidy, with a view to aid and encourage them to make sufficient provision for the efficient inspection of the public schools. (3.) Eor grants to Boards for the training of teachers. The amount voted for this purpose was £7,500. (4.) Eor special grants to Boards for school-buildings. Provision was formerly made for the payment of grants to Boards at the rate of 10s. per annum for every child in average daily attendance, for distribution among the School Committees for local educational purposes; but owing to the discontinuance of the vote no special payments have been made to Boards for this purpose since 31st July, 1880. The amount received by Boards out of this special vote for the first eight months of the past year was £18,276 17s. 6d. The ordinary 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. In the Appendix, a general statement of the income and expenditure of each Board for the year 1880 follows its report. Summaries of the accounts of the different Boards are contained in Tables Nos. 1 and 2 of the Appendix. The following is a summary of the chief sources of income of Boards for the past year and the three preceding years : —

TABLE G.—Summary of Boards' Income.

It has been found necessary, for the purposes of account and audit, to include in the Boards' balance-sheets the moneys granted in aid of public libraries, but these sums should not be regarded as belonging to the Public School Eund, as they have merely been intrusted to Boards for distribution under " The Public Libraries Subsidies Act, 1877." The net income of Boards on account of the public schools is shown in. line No. Bof the foregoing summary. The other particulars are given to show agreement with the totals of the Boards' general statements which accompany their annual reports. No vote for public libraries was passed by the General Assembly last year. The moneys appearing in the Boards' accounts for this purpose for the school year 1880 are the proceeds of the vote passed near the close of 1879 for the financial period 1879-80, and not paid over till the beginning of 1880. The moneys granted to Boards out of the special vote for school-buildings are handed over to them in progress-payments as actually needed for contracts in hand, and consequently it is usually long after the passing of a vote before the whole of the amount voted has been expended. The sum of £175,000 was voted for schoolbuildings in 1879, but for the reason now stated a very large proportion of the money was not paid to Boards till long after the beginning of the school year 1880. When the financial period 1879-80 expired on 31st March, 1880, a balance of £54,031 17s. lOd. promised to Boards remained unpaid, and had to be revoted, so that, while the sum of £104,031 17s. lOd. was apparently voted last year for

Principal Heads. Year 1880. Year 1879. Year 1878. Year 1877. 1. Balance on 1st January, 1877 ... 2. Parliamentary grants —Maintenance 3. „ „ Buildings 4. Education reserves ... ... ... ... 5. Local Receipts—School fees, contributions, &c, 6. Interest on current accounts 7. Overdrafts on 31st December ... £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d 43,569 4 li 241,555 14 0 104,436 16 8 19,749 0 4 5,783 10 2 1,739 5 0 2,693 15 3 217,873 2 0 150,584 4 7 21,330 7 1 5,739 7 4 3,048 17 2 838 5 1 216,666 4 0 101,257 2 11 8,862 3, 9 10,650 16 1 j 204,205 3 4 16,604 4 i 45,944 9 4 3,432" 5 4 3,419 12 4 8. Total income for year for public schools 9. Add—Public libraries for 1880, 1879 .0. Auckland and Otago High Schools, 1877 .1. Balances on 1st January 375,958 1 5 4,945 8 0 399,414 3 3 5,750 4 3 340,868 12 1 313,742 13 h 9,025 7 43,677"l5 2 62,034" 7 1 27,417' 3 11 .2. Totals, agreeing with Boards' general state- "^ ments for the four years respectively ) 424,581 4 7 467,198 14 7 368,285 16 0 322,768 1

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school-buildings, the amount available for fresh grants was only £50,000. The Boards' accounts are made up to the end of the school year (December 31st), and consequently do not agree with the Treasury accounts, which close on the 31st March. At the end of the school year the sum of £30,725 granted to the Boards out of last year's new vote remained unpaid; but the whole of this amount with the exception of £1,200 had been claimed when the financial period expired on March 31st, 1881. This sum of £1,200 has uoav been paid, and must be provided for out of the current financial year's vote. The following is a summary of the chief heads of expenditure by Boards for the years 1880, 1879, 1878, and i 877 :—

TABLE H.—Summary of Boards' Expenditure.

The Boards' total expenditure on school-buildings Avithin the year exceeded the amount received from the special vote for that purpose to the extent of £12,973 ss. 2d. This excess was provided for partly out of the balances in hand at the beginning of the year, and partly by payments from their ordinary income by one or two of the Boards. The aggregate balances in hand had been reduced from £43,677 15s. 2d., at the beginning of the year, to £35,113 6s. at its close. Table No. 3 of the Appendix furnishes a detailed statement of the expenditure by the different Boards on management and on school inspection, including the examination of pupil-teachers. The moneys expended by the Boards on management and school inspection are classified as folloAvs :—Office staff, £5,934 9s. Id.; alloAvances to members of Boards, £636 7s. 9d; office rent, furniture, repairs, &c, £716 10s. 6d.; fuel, light, and cleaning, £202 Bs. Id.; IaAV expenses, £164 3s. 9d.; printing, £811 3s. 10d.; advertising, £743 3s. lid.; stationery, £539 9s. 5d.; sundries, £290 Is. 2d.; total on management, £10,037 17s. 6d.: Inspectors' salaries, £5,929 16s. Bd.; Inspectors' travelling expenses, £1,954 18s.; pupil-teachers' examinations, £388 19s. Id.; total on inspection and examination, £8,273 13s. 9d. The aggregate amount of allowances to members of Boards has increased from £462 18s. 3d. in 1579 to £636 7s. 9d. during the past year. No allowance whatever Avas paid to the members of the Auckland, Hawke's Bay, and Marlborough Boards. The payments under this head in the other districts range from £5 in Wellington to £203 16s. in Wanganui District. The law expenses last year amounted to £164 3s. 9d., as compared with £818 10s. 6d. in 1879. No law costs were incurred by the Southland Board, and in the other districts these ranged from £2 2s. in Marlborough to £34 17s. 7d. in Nelson District. The figures in the columns of Table No. 3 headed "Printing," "Advertising," " Stationery," and " Sundries," show that the expenditure by the Boards on these items does not bear any strict proportion to the relative number of schools or teachers, or to the average attendance, in the different districts. It may be expected that, as a rule, the rate of expenditure per scholar on management, inspection, and some other purposes will be higher in the more sparsely-settled districts with a number of very small schools than in the more densely-peopled districts having a greater number of largely-attended schools; but the returns, show that, in some instances, the rates have not altogether followed any such rale, and that the business of some Boards has apparently been less economically managed than that of others. 2—E. 1.

Principal Heads. Year 1880. Year 1879. Year 1878. Year 1877. 1. Liabilities on 1st January 2. Cost of management by Boards 3. Cost of inspection and examination 4. Maintenance of schools —Teachers' salaries and} allowances, grants to Committees and schools, > scholarships, training, fire insurance, &c. J 5. School-buildings 6. Befunds and sundry extraordinary payments £ s. d. 1,240 13 8 10,037 17 6 8,273 13 9 £ s. d. 3,432 5 4 11,109 8 10 7,735 4 0 £ s. d. 4,065 14 11 10,225 12 2 6,142 14 5 £ s. d. 11,036 18 2 10,484 14 10 5,606 19 7 247,121 3 5 221,053 4 0 191,499 15 5 173,726 9 7 117,410 1 10 726 7 0 172,867 14 3 1,651 11 0 90,491 17 9 4,254 2 1 82,322 7 10 3,610 8 4 7. Total expenditure on public schools ... 8. . Add—Public libraries, 1880, 1879... 9. Auckland and Otago High Schools ... L0. Balances in hand, 31st December ... 384,809 17 2 4,658 1 5 417,849 7 5 6,074 0 7 306,679 16 9 286,787 18 4 11,166 2 0 24,814 0 11 35,113 6 0 43,275" 6 7 61,605 19 3 LI. Totals, agreeing with Boards' general statements 3 424,581 4 7 467,198 14 7 368,285 16 0 322,768 1 3

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The following summary shows the average cost of each scholar, calculated on the daily average attendance in the different education districts, for Boards' management, school inspection (including examination of pupil-teachers), current maintenance of schools, and school-buildings respectively, for the year 1880. The gross amount of expenditure under each of these four heads is given in lines 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Table H.

TABLE J.—Expenditure per Scholar by Boards.

The expenditure of the Education Department on management and inspection (including examination of teachers) is not included in this table. The amount of this expenditure is stated in another part of the report (page 15) to be about £1,200, or at the rate of Zfd. for each scholar in average attendance, and 3^d. for each of the 81,248 pupils belonging to the schools. These charges being added, the total current expenditure for each scholar is £4 ss. Byd. or £3 ss. 7^d. according as the calculation is based on the average attendance or on the numbers on the rolls. In considering the totals of the current expenditure for each scholar in average attendance it is necessary to keep in mind that the several " Board Eunds" for 1880 were derived not only from the statutory grants of £3 155., but also from the votes of the General Assembly for scholarships, inspection subsidy, training of teachers, and the School Committees' grants of 10s. for seven months. In addition to the parliamentary grants, the gross income of the Boards from local receipts and bank interest on current accounts amounted last year to £7,522 15s. 2d. The figures in Table J shoAV that under all the four heads of expenditure the rates per scholar were less in 1880 than in the previous year. The cost of management was £971 lis. 4d. less, though the average attendance increased by 7,510. The cost of inspection Avas only £538 9s. 9d. more than in 1879, the increase being less in proportion than the increase in the average attendance. The cost of the teaching staff has not increased in proportion to the increased attendance, many of the neAV pupils haAdng been admitted to old-established schools that had reached or passed the point AA rherc additional numbers cease to entail proportional expense. In all these respects the present year's accounts will show a still greater reduction, as the result of the retrenchment which began to take effect near the end of the year now under consideration. The expenditure on school-buildings (£117,410 Is. lOti.) was necessarily much smaller than in 1879, in which year, on account of the unusual magnitude of the vote, the Boards were able to expend £172,867 14s. 3d. •onbuildings. The amount expended on buildings being less, while the attendance is greater, the rate has declined from £3 3s. 2d. for each child to £1 17s. Bfd.

Education Districts. Number Number of of Schools, Teachers, Decern- December, 1880. ber, 1880. I Cost per Scholar for the Year 1880, calculated on the Average Daily ..tendance. Average Daily Attendance for 1880. tfa^ment.i **"*»'• Current Expenditure. Vlaintenance.j Total. SchoolBuildings. Total Current Expenditure and Buildings. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui ... Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland ... 193 31 55 43 36 16 65 122 29 34 152 60 413 44 102 136 78 27 97 391 78 86 411 108 11,441 1,069 3,258 4,700 2,251 874 3,004 11,558 2,489 2,365 15,594 3,631 s. d. 3 9| 4 6i 4 5 2 4 4 10| 3 9 2 11 2- 4i 5 Hi 7 4i 1 11| 3 9i s. d. 2 8i 3 84 2 Hi 2 4i 4 Hi 4 4J 3 5 2 3f 3 If 4 6| 1 10_ 2 8J £ s. d. 3 18 5i 3 14 Hi 3 9 4* 3 15 8i 3 19 li 4 0 0:} 4 2 6 4 1 7i 4 2 if 4 7 5i 4 0 2i 3 17 2-i £ s. d. 4 4 11. 4 3 2 3 16 9 4 0 4.} 4 8 11J 4 8 2i 4 8 10 4 6 3i 4 12 0 4 19 4i 4 4 0i 4 3 8i £ s. d. 2 6 9 3 8 5J 1 11 10i 2 2 9f 2 19 2 1 16 2 2 0 Hi 1 11 6 1 4 5| 2 18 9| 1 11 8f l . ?! £ s. d. 6 11 81 7 11 71 5 8 7i 6 3 2i 7 8 li 6 4 4| 6 9 9i 5 17 94 5 16 5-J 7 13 2i 5 15 9 5 11 4 Totals for 1880 Totals for 1879 836 817 1,971 1,773 02,234 54,724 3 2i 4 0J 2 8 2 9J 3 19 5 4 0 8. 4 5 3J: 4 7 8 1 17 8i 3 3 2 6 3 0i 7 10 10 Decrease ... 0 10i 0 li 0 1 4J 0 2 4| i e 5i 1 7 9| Totals for 1880 cal-^ culated on average of roll-numbers at \- ends of four quarters—81,248 J 2 5| 2 0i 3 0 10 3 5 4 1 8 10f 4 14 2f

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Retrenchment by Boards. Immediately on the announcement of the resolution of the House of Representatives to discontinue payment of the School Committees' allowance of 10s. per annum for every child in. average daily attendance, the Minister issued to the Chairman of every Board a circular telegram intimating the decision, and expressing the hope that the Board would readily co-operate with him in giving full effect to the resolution of the General Assembly in this matter, and so readjust and reduce its expenditure as to meet the necessities of the case in the fairest possible way. In reply to inquiries, Boards Avere further informed that the General Assembly clearly intended that the reduction should be applied proportionally and fairly to all the branches of their service, including the inspection and training departments as well as Board salaries and expenses, and that it should be made to operate as lightly as possible in respect of expenditure necessary for the efficient carrying-on of the schools by the Committees and teachers. The Boards were also requested to report to the Minister on the readjustments made by them in the several divisions of their service. Their reports shoAved that, with one or two exceptions, full effect was given by the Boards to the suggestions made to them. Their annual reports in the Appendix supply, with more or less fulness, information as to the reductions in detail. Table No. 7 of the Appendix contains a nominal return of the Boards' officers and their salaries as at December 31st, 1880, and also a statement of the corresponding salaries as at June 30th, 1880. The return includes the Boards' departmental officers; the Inspectors of Schools; .the teachers of normal schools and some others employed directly by Boards, and not on the staff of any ordinary public school; and also architects and clerks of works who were in receipt of fixed salaries instead of being paid by a commission on the value of the work done. The names and rates of salary of the ordinary public-school teachers are given in Table No. 9 of the Appendix. The following is a summary of Table No. 7, and shows in regard to each Board the total amount of salaries paid to officers and special teachers as at 30th June, and at 31st December, 1880 ; the amount of the reductions effected between the tAvo dates ; and the rates per cent, of saving on the former salaries :—

TABLE K.—Comparative Statement of Salaries of Boards' Officers and Special Teachers.

The above summary does not include the staff of the Wellington Normal School, which was not organised until towards the close of 1880 ; nor the visiting teachers employed by the Auckland Board, whose names, duties, and salaries are stated in Table No. 9 (page 15 of the Appendix), no return having been obtained of the changes effected after the 30th June with regard to their salaries. Table No. 7 shows how the reductions summarised in Table X have been effected. The Auckland Board dispensed with the services of a treasurer at £350 a year; engaged two clerks for £315, instead of £375 ; and deducted 10 per cent, from all the other salaries except the two loAvest, In the Districts of Taranaki,

Education Districts. Ordinary 0 Total Salaries as at Deo. 31, 1880. UTice and Inspect: I Total Salaries as at June 30, 1880. ion Stan. Total Reductions at Dee. 31, 1880. Total Salaries as at Dec. 31, 1880. Normal-School and other Teachers, Architects, &c. I I Total Salaries as at June 30, 1880. Total Reductions at Dec. 31, 1880. Total Reductions shown in preceding columns. 3 m Km =w Li O 4) <L a *<S a 3 » o « m a 3 *3 £ s. d. Auckland ... ... 1,895 0 0 Taranaki ... ... 325 0 0 Wanganui... ... 650 0 0 Wellington ... i 770 0 0 Hawke's Bay ... 750 0 0 Marlborough ... 237 10 0 Nelson ... ... 535 0 0 North Canterbury ... 1,932 10 0 South Canterbury ... 550 0 0 Westland ... ... 666 0 0 Otago ... ... 1,760 0 0 Southland... ... 651 0 0 £ s. d. 2,465 0 0 350 0 0 700 0 0 770 0 0 750 0 0 237 10 0 625 0 0 2,140 0 0 656 0 0 740 0 0 1,895 0 0 700 0 0 £ s. d. 570 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 225 0 0 75 0 0 £ s. d. 250 0 0 80 0 0 £ s. d. 25 0 0 5 0 0 £ s. d. 595 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 £ 21-9 7-0 7-1 90 0 0 207 10 0 106 0 0 74 0 0 135 0 0 • 49 0 0 1,773 10 0 1,960 0 0 18610 0 90 0 0 394 0 0 106 0 0 74 0 0 1,033 0 0 49 0 0 14-6 9-6 161 10-0 22-4 7-0 1,795 15 0 2,693 15 0 898 0 0 1,306 10 0 3,869 5 0 4,983 15 0 1,114 10 0 2,421 0 " 0 14-2 Totals ... 10,722 0 0 112,028 10 0

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Wanganui, and Southland there is a saving of about 7 per cent. No reductions whatever Avere made by the Boards of Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Marlborough in the salaries of the office staff. The reductions made by the Boards of North Canterbury, Westland, Nelson, and South Canterbury were respectively at the rates of about 9-6, 10, 14-6, and 16-1 per cent. The rate of 22*4 per cent, was secured by the Otago Board by the deduction of about 7-J- per cent, on salaries over £200, and 5 per cent, on those below that sum, and by the abolition of the following offices: Two assistant drawing-teachers, £300; visiting Erench tutor, Normal School, £30; school-buildings draughtsman, £225; and clerk of works, £240. The two last-named officers were no longer needed, OAving to the contraction of school-building operations. The folloAving is a summary of the amount of teachers' annual salaries and allowances in the different education districts, at the rates paid them during the last quarters of 1880 and 1879 respectively :—

TABLE L. —Teachers' Salaries and Allowances.

The number of teachers employed by Boards at the close of 1880 was 1,971, as compared Avith 1,773 twelve months previously. If the amount paid to teachers had increased during the past year in proportion to their number, their salaries for the last quarter would have been at the rate of about £213,904. The payments, as shown above, were at the rate of £201,647, or £12,257 less. The average attendance at all the schools increased from 58,738 in the fourth quarter of 1879 to 64,407 in the corresponding quarter of 1880. At the same rate of increase, the rate of salaries paid to the teachers at the close of last year would have been about £210,987, or £9,340 in excess of the actual rate of payment. Making alloAvance, therefore, for the additional teachers and the increased attendance, the total reductions effected by Boards in the salaries of the public-school teachers during the year may be estimated at the rate of between £9,000 and £12,000 a year. The aggregate loss to Boards by the withdrawal of the 10s. per head grant on the average attendance (64,407) at the close.of 1880 was at the rate of about £32,000 a year. The difference between this sum and the estimated reduction (from £11,000 to £14,000) on the salaries of teachers and other officers is from £18,000 to £21,000, which represents approximately the annual rate of the reductions on Committees' allowances and a few minor items of expenditure. School Committees' Accounts. Table No. 11 (page 52 of the Appendix) contains a summary of the Boards' abstracts of the School Committees' audited statements of accounts. Copies of the Committees' statements were forwarded by the Boards to the department, and these show an improvement on the part of the Committees generally in the keeping of their accounts. As a rule, the accounts are most satisfactorily kept in those

Annual Salaries and Allowances at the Bates paid during the last Quarters of Education Districts. 1880. 1879. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington ... Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury ... ... Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... Otago Southland £ s. d. 39,736 0 0 3,330 16 0 9,775 5 0 14,663 0 0 7,693 10 0 3,149 3 4 9,043 0 0 36,351 10 6 8,666 6 9 7,898 0 0 51,759 0 0 9,581 10 0 £ s. d. 34,598 14 0 3,303 13 0 9,786 12 0 13,302 10 0 6,531 17 6 2,875 0 0 9,673 11 9 36,346 19 0 8,084 9 10 7,527 15 0 49,198 18 4 11,186 17 0 Total £201,647 1 7 £192,416 12 5

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education districts where the Boards and their officers have taken an interest in the matter, and haA re put themselves to some trouble to direct and assist the School Committees. The following statement is a summary of the Committees' receipts and expenditure for the year : — Receipts. £ s. d. 1. From Education Boards ... ... ... ... 28,472 14 10 2. From donations, subscriptions, &c. ... ... ... 2,608 16 2 3. From other sources ... ... ... ... 1,776 11 8 4. From balances ... ... ... ... ... 7,555 81L £40,413 11 7 Expenditure. £ s. d. 1. Cleaning of schools and outhouses, fuel, &c. ... ... 11,055 0 4 2. Repairs to buildings, fences, and furniture ... ... 10,141 19 6 3. Books, maps, and furniture ... ... ... ... 2,736 4 6 4. Contributions towards teachers'salaries... ... ... 1,323 611 5. Committees' business expenses —Salaries, stationery, &c. ... 1,712 9 1 6. Sundries ... ... ... ... ... 6,129 17 . si--7. Balances ... ... ... ... . ... 7,314 13 9*£40,413 Jl 7 SCHOOL-BUILDINGS. The Boards' general statements of accounts appended to their annual reports include information respecting the grants received from the special vote for schoolbuildings, and the amounts expended by them during the year 1880. A summary of these accounts is contained in Tables 1 and 2 of the Appendix. The total receipts for buildings amounted to £104,436 16s. Bd., and the expenditure to £117,410 Is. lOd. The excess of expenditure over the amount of the special grants was £12,973 ss. 2d., made up for the most part, as already shown, of moneys in hand at the close of the previous year, and of payments out of the ordinary Board fund by one or two of the Boards. The following table, compiled from the Boards' statements of expenditure, shoAvs, under different heads, the amounts expended on school-buildings by the different Boards during the year 1880 : —

TABLE M. —School-Buildings Expenditure.

The foregoing table shows that, while the sum of £71,441 9s. scl. Avas expended on new buildings, no less a sum than £30,476 7s. 4d. was devoted to the enlarge-

U Education Districts, jj § o • I % t s 8 . o » ° «i_ bC . _ t, fl fco ■m -a s ».a ° 3 -S?05 _■ __ o New Buildings, Improvements, Enlargements, Repairs, Sec. Expei School Furniture and Appliances not included in the preceding. iditure in 1880 upon Purchase of Sites. Plans, Supervision, and other Expenses. Total. Auckland ... 193 Taranaki ... 31 Wanganui ... 55 Wellington ... 43 Hawke's Bay ... 36 Marlborough ... 16 Nelson ... 65 North Canterbury 122 South Canterbury 29 Westland ... 34 193 31 55 43 36 16 65 122 29 34 152 60 81 49 ll! ... 39 2 26 2 21 9 18 2 29: 8 120 3 31 ... 7, 3 140 9 5l| 2 £ s. d. 16,637 3 11 2,770 1 0 2,580 3 5 8,234 5 7 4,876 12 9 711 0 0 4,284 9 2 5,923 7 3 1,845 15 10 2,601 0 6 16,930 18 8 4,046 11 4 £ s. d. 5,137 0 10 654 15 9 2,115 19 5 812 9 6 715 2 2 569 16 6 1,122 15 S 9,802 18 1 819 6 0 2,609 7 9 5,468 5 2 618 10 6 £ s. d. 3,290 10 2 116 12 6 12 5 6 598 2 11 551 3 11 229 0 3 £ s. d. 497 0 2 195" 1 5 232 0 0 350 10 0 68 0 0 30 0 0 . £ s. d.| £ s. d. : 1,180 9 9| 26,742 4 10 118 16 6! 3,660 5 9 287 18 10 5,191 8 7 415 3 9 10,060 1 9 254 0 6 0,658 19 4 70 7 3 1,580 4 0 391 15 6. 6,149 10 4 1,337 19 111 18,200 0 5 126 15 5 3,046 0 11 280 3 8 6,362 33 8 985 17 7 24,742 1 6 j 5,016 10 9 1,067 15 2 224 3 8 872 1 9 897 0 1 351 8 11 Otago ... 152 Southland ... 60 460 0 0 Totals for 1880 836 Totals for 1879 817 836 817 569! 89 535! 94 71,441 9 5 106,321 15 8 130,476 7 4 36,602 4 5; 8,210 4 10 ill,236 3 7 1,832 11 7 12,801 2 7 5,449 8 8117,410 1 10 5,906 8 0172,867 14 3 Decrease 34,880 6 8 6,125 17 1 3,025 18 9 10,968 11 0 456 19 4 55,457 12 5

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ment and improvement of existing ones ; that the expenditure on the purchase of sites had decreased from £12,801 2s. 7d. in 1879, to £1,832 lis. 7d. in 1880; and that the cost of plans, specifications, supervision of work, &c, Avas at the rate of about 4-7 per cent, on the gross outlay. Table M also shows the number of schools in operation at the close of 1880, the number of residences connected Avith schools, and the number of schools held in buildings not the property of the Boards. The Boards' returns show that 34 additional school residences had been provided during the year, and that nearly an equal number were in course of erection. The number of schools held in buildings not the property of the Boards has diminished to some extent; most of them are small half-time and subsidised or aided schools. The annual reports of the Boards enter with more or less fulness into the question of the sufficiency of the school accommodation ; and, while admitting the advantages which have resulted from, the expenditure of the moneys voted by the General Assembly during the past four years, nearly all of them point out that much remains to be done to provide for localities which, owing to increase of population or the extension of settlement, are urgently demanding the enlargement of the existing accommodation, or the establishment of new schools. With a view to ascertain as accurately as possible the circumstances and wants of the several education districts, a circular, of which a copy is appended, was addressed to Boards, requesting them to forward returns showing, as at January 1, 1881, the state of their building accounts, their liabilities in respect of works under contract, and an estimate in detail of the new Avorks considered necessary. A summary of the returns furnished by the Boards in reply to the circular is contained in Table No. 4of the Appendix. The returns slioav that on January 1, 1881, the Boards' available balances (including the sums due to them by the Treasury on account of the appropriations under the vote of last session) and their liabilities under contracts amounted in the aggregate to £47,157 12s. 6d. and £24,762 17s. 2d. respectively, and that their estimates of the cost of necessary Avorks, in addition to those under contract, amounted to £154,546. To meet this demand, there was the sum of £22,394 15s. 4d. (£47,157 12s. 6d. less £24,762 17s. 2d.), leaving an aggregate of unsatisfied claims to the extent of £132,151 4s. Bd. The vote of £50,000 passed by the General Assembly last year for schoolbuildings was apportioned as follows: Auckland, £14,000 ; Taranaki, £750; Wanganui, £2,000; Wellington, £2,500; Hawke's Bay, £1,000; Marlborough, £750 ; Nelson, £1,200; North Canterbury, £6,000; South Canterbury, £2,000; Westland, £4,500; Otago, £6,000 ; Southland, £2,000; and Native schools, £7,300. Last year's report explains somewhat fully the principles upon which the moneys specially A^oted by the General Assembly for school-buildings have hitherto been apportioned.* Owing to the consideration given to the relative necessities of the different education districts in the distribution of past grants, there is reason to believe that their circumstances and wants as regards school accommodation have now been brought to such a degree of similarity as to warrant the distributing of future votes more strictly according to population than has hitherto been deemed justifiable.

* The apportionment of the moneys specially voted by the General Assembly for school-buildings has received very careful consideration. Although the relative population and extent of the education districts have had to be taken into account, yet, in the administration of a colonial scheme of education, it has been considered indispensable that regard should be had in a very large measure to the absolute necessities of the several districts. The intimate knowledge which has now been acquired respecting the circumstances of the several education districts has shown that while some of them, more particularly those in .the South Island, had been somewhat fairly provided with school-buildings at the date of the abolition of the provinces, there were others in which a large number of the schools were held in most unsuitable buildings, many of them being rooms, halls, churches, and other places not in the ownership of the Boards. This was more particularly the case in the cities and larger towns, such as Auckland, Wellington, Napier, and New Plymouth, although the same state-of matters prevailed also to a greater or less extent in the country districts. In Hawke's Bay it might be said that when the Act of 1877 came into operation accommodation had to be provided for all the school children in the district, as at that time there were only seven small schools, of no great value, that properly belonged to the Board. In the City of Wellington no school-buildings had been erected at the public cost until the appropriations from the colonial revenue became available for the purpose ; and this has necessarily led to a very iarge expenditure, not only on buildings, but also on the purchase of school sites. Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui, and other towns in the North Island were in almost the same position. With very few exceptions all the school-buildings in Westland District that belong to the Board have been paid for out of the votes of the General Assembly, and the district is as yet inadequately provided with teachers' residences. —(Third Annual Report, page 11, Appendix to Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880, H.-IA.)

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Departmental Expenditure. Table No. 8 of the Appendix contains a summary of the cost of the Department, and of the expenditure in respect of all the services under the control of the Minister of Education, for the financial year ending 31st March, 1881. The total amount expended for the year on office salaries, travelling expenses, teachers' examinations, and contingencies was £2,482 10s. 4d. Owing to the teachers' examinations being now held two months earlier, the cost of two examinations is included in the year's accounts. The amount shown as received in fees from candidates at the last examination Avas sufficient (within £5 or £6) to cover the whole cost of the examination. As has been already stated, other duties besides those connected with the administration of the Education Act are now devolved upon the department, and consequently a portion only of the office expenses is fairly chargeable against the public-school system. The sum of £1,200 a year may be taken as representing very fully the proportion which should be so charged. This amount is at the rate of 4f d. for each scholar in average attendance, and 3^d. for each scholar belonging to the schools on the average of the roll numbers at the end of the four quarters of 1880. These sums should be added to the totals in Table J on page 10, in order to show the gross cost of each scholar for the year. . . . Results as ascertained by Inspection. The best information that can be obtained as to the actual state of education in the schools is supplied by the annual reports made to the several Boards by the Inspectors. As a rule, the reports for the year 1880* record progressive improvement in the efficiency of the schools and the quality of the teaching, but do not deal in indiscriminate praise. There is a general acknowledgment that much needs to be done before all the schools can be said to be Avell taught. In some of the districts there is a considerable proportion of teachers that do not thoroughly know their work; and most of the Inspectors complain that sufficient pains are not always taken to make pupils understand what they learn, and to develop their intelligence. Too many of the teachers set the children to learn lessons instead of actually teaching them. Some of the head-teachers do not efficiently supervise the work done by their assistants, or give them sufficient practical instruction in the art of teaching. One of the Inspectors, who speaks highly of the efficiency of the majority of the teachers in his district, attributes unsatisfactory results in some schools to " unskilful, erroneous teaching, and downright incapacity to instruct scholars in the higher standards." Another says, "Of course a large proportion of the failures is due to absenteeism and irregular attendance; but in addition to these acknowledged hindrances to successful teaching there are others, and they are, in my opinion, defective teaching in the preparatory classes, the absurd system of cram pursued in some schools, and the disinclination or inability of a few teachers to adapt their methods of instruction to the standard system Until masters make up their minds to perform, their work in a systematic and progressive manner, or their places are supplied by thoroughly-trained persons, the educational aspect of the district will always appear to more or less disadArantage As a body, the teachers are very anxious about the success of their pupils, and spare neither time nor trouble to produce satisfactory results. So far as lam capable of judging, it is more often want of skill than want of will that causes failure." Erom one large district it is reported that in many schools the subjects that " do not count in the standard examination" are not well taught, and particularly that the teaching in elementary science " appears to be of too abstract and general a character, and to take too little account of facts and processes already familiar to the pupils." In this connection the testimony of the Southland Inspector is calculated to be useful: he says, " The schools that got the best results in the science subjects invariably passed well in the essentials." On the whole it appears that it is highly necessary that the Inspectors devote a considerable proportion of their time to the work of

* These are printed in a separate Parliamentary Paper: Appendix to Journals of House of Representatives, 1881. 8.-lv.

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organising some of the schools, and assisting and advising the less experienced teachers. As Mr. Petrie puts it, " this part of an Inspector's duties is certainly not inferior in point of importance to the examinations." It is scarcely possible to put this matter on a proper footing without increasing the number of Inspectors, or else rearranging their districts, which could only be done by concert between the Boards. Until the teachers generally are trained either in the normal schools or by the Inspectors, the results of our school machinery will be to some extent disappointing. Not that New Zealand is at all singular in this respect. Sir Charles iteed's report on the schools of the United States complains of the want of proper knowledge of "method" on the part of many of the teachers. He says, "The schools are everywhere supplied with a full complement of adult teachers. If the latter were always well trained, our congratulations would be unreserved; but, unfortunately, complaints are made on many sides that the level of attainments is low. Thus Mr. Philbrick speaks of 'the almost universal evil in American schools of substituting the setting of tasks and the hearing of lessons for real teaching;' and Mr. Wickersham writes, 'We want less of words and more of things; less of abstract rules and definitions and more of living facts.' ; The educational status of the pupils in the primary schools is exhibited by two sets of figures. The first set shows the teachers' judgment of the relative proficiency of the children, as expressed in their classification in the schools. The second set gives the Inspectors' judgment, as expressed in standard passes. The school classification at the end of the year is shown in the following table :—

TABLE N. —Classification according to Standards in the last Quarter of 1880.

It appears from the above fable that the proportion of children not yet fit to pass in any standard is slightly diminishing (from 4905 per cent, to 4757), but that, dividing these children into two classes, the proportion in the lower class (26"36 per cent.) is larger than it was last year (25-45 per cent.); and this notwithstanding that the proportion of children under five years of age has declined from 3-68 per cent, of the school-rolls to 3TB, and that generally the ages of the children are higher than they were last year, the proportions of children under seven years and under ten being both smaller than in 1879. The proportion of pupils judged by the teachers to be above Standard IV. has increased from 6-77 per cent, to 7-42. According to the estimate of the teachers, then, nearly half of the pupils (47"57 per cent.) are not able to pass Standard 1., which only requires ability to read sentences composed of words of one syllable and common words of two syllables, to spell easy words of one syllable, to write the small letters and the ten figures on a slate, to count, to add twos, threes, fours, and fives, up to 100, to do addition sums of three columns, and multiplication of numbers not exceeding 999 by numbers not exceeding five, and to read and write numbers not exceeding 999. While nearly one-half are deemed unable to pass this standard, only oneseventh of the remainder are reckoned capable of passing Standard IV. This cannot be regarded as a satisfactory state of things, and is probably to be explained by the Aery short average duration of a child's stay at any school, which is apparently not more than two years. In 1880, for example, 49,294 children were admitted, yet the school-roll was only augmented from 75,566 to 82,401, an increase of 6,835. This means that while 49,294 came in, 42,459 went out; and either of these numbers is greater than half the roll. No doubt many of those

Standards. Boys. Girls. Totals. Percei itage. Infants (too young for line next following) Preparing for Standard I. „ II „ „ III. ... » IV ., v „ VI Passed Standard VI. 11,375 9,114 7,554 6,796 4,591 2,154 885 265 10,348 8,367 7,236 6,639 4,255 1,963 685 174 21,723 17,481 14,790 13,435 8,846 4,117 1,570 439 1880. 26-36 21-21 17-95 16-34 10-72 4-99 1-90 0-53 1879. 25-45 23-60 17-73 15-70 10-75 4-87 1-54 036 Totals for 1880 Totals for 1879 42,734 39,298 39,667 35,997 82,401 75,275 100 100 "

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that leave one school go to another; but, even so, the change has usually a retarding effect upon their education. The Inspectors' view of the pupils' attainments is not quite as favourable as that taken by the teachers. The following table compiled from the Inspectors' reports shows the number of children that passed the several standards during the year in all districts except South Canterbury. Erom South Canterbury the returns have not been received at the date of this report:—

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

It therefore appears that, although 52-43 per cent, of the pupils on the roll are classified by the teachers as children that have either passed Standard I. (or some higher standard) or are fit to be taught with those who have passed, only 466 per cent, were presented during the year to be examined according to standards. The difference may be attributed partly to the fact that the roll was larger at the end of the year than at any time during its currency, while the examinations were held at various times throughout the year; and partly to the absence of some of the children on the days of examination. Again, of the number actually presented for examination more than one-fourth disappointed their teachers, so that the number of passes in all standards during the year was only about one-third (33-5 per cent, exactly) of the number of pupils on the roll at the end of the year. Eor every thousand children on the roll, 6 passed Standard VL, 15 passed Standard V., and 35 passed Standard IV., giving a total of 56 in 1,000 as the proportion of children who during the year have passed " the standard of education" which secures exemption from the operation of the " compulsory clauses " of the Act; while in Standards 111., 11., and I. the proportions are 64, 106, and 107 to 1,000. The proportion of those that have not passed is 665 to 1,000. As to the ages at which the pupils have passed the several standards, there is a larger amount of information than has been available in former years. The following table contains a summary of it:—

TABLE P.—Average Ages of Pupils at Standard Examinations.

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Passed Standards Education Districts. Roll (Dec, 1880). Presented. Passed. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Tota All (except South Canterbury) 78,895 \ 46'6 p.c. of roll number 72 p.c. of number presented 10-7 Per cent, of Roll Number. 10-6 I 6'4 35 1-5 0-6 33'5 Auckland New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury I.* North Canterbury II.* Westland Otago Southland 14,939 1,559 4,894 6,082 3,085 1,212 3,950 6,722 816 2,217 3,595 1,560 643 2,402 4,288 3,828 1,521 6,745 2,580 4,4S3 453 1,704 2,750 1,032 505 1,924 3,054 2,463 1,435 5,148 1,601 Per 75 57'5 83-4 79 681 73-4 82-1 88 82 99 81 81-7 lent, of Number presented in each Stand; 69 i 58 50 62 87 61-1 i 373 j 74-7 76-2 ... 78-7 72-1 ! 57 82'2 903 88 78 68 55 54 ; 64-8 67 61-1 69-4 ... 82-5 85-7 61-5 77'8 95-5 85-3 77-5 '. 74-9 70'5 85-2 825 ! 55 43 6 55'7 461 72 | 48 46 49 50 97 88 87 95 98 82 69 67 73 84 i 68-6 | 37-5 { 40-8 163 80 777 : 63-1 i 59-4 63-5 73-4 ard* 66 555 76-4 76-5 66-2 78 80 71-2 80 94-3 76'3 62 ] 16,437 £ 3,143 19,203 4,891 78,895 Totals ... 36,763 26,476 8O'l 72 w ■ ■ *-* *^ -»* f -»J '-1 — ' '■ ' I ' r ■ * North Canterbury I. ia Mr. Eestell's district; II., Mr. Edge's.

Average Ages (in Years) for Standard Education Disthicts. Mean of Ages. I. II. III. i v. V. VI. Auckland Plymouth Wanganui (as presented) Wellington „ lawke's Bay llarlborough (as passed) kelson „ tforth Canterbury ,, louth Canterbury Vestland (as presented) )tago „ iouthland ,, 8-8 8-6 8-5 8-2 8-8 10-2 96 10 98 10-3 ii-7 111 11 11 11-8 12-8 12-6 12-1 12-2 12-8 13-3 13-2 12-5 13-6 137 13-8 14-1 141 14-3 14-3 iiv7 11-5 11-4 11-5 12 8 9-1 9-2 9-6 10-5 10 9 111 11-7 12 12-6 12-7 133 13-2 13-6 139 14-3 14-3 13-8 11-5 12 12-2 Mean of the eight returns Bango (difference between lowest and highest) ... 8-6 1-2 10-1 1-3 11-4 1 12-6 1-2 13-4 1-4 14-1 0-5 11-7 0-8

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It must be explained that some Inspectors state the ages of the children presented for examination, while others state the ages of those that passed. The report of the North Canterbury Board gives the ages "at last birthday," and it was therefore necessary to add a half-year to each statement of age for that district before entering it in the table. The standards were intended to represent six stages, with an interval of one year between each stage and the one next to it, so that there should be a difference of five years between the average age of passing the first and the average age of passing the sixth. In Wanganui the difference is exactly five years, and in Otago 5-g- years. In Southland it is less, but in this case the age for the Sixth Standard is anomalous, being slightly lower than the age for the Fifth. In all the other districts the difference, is more than five years, and the mean difference for the eight districts from which returns have been received is five and a half years. On the whole, Marlborough is the district in which the ages are lowest. Wellington, Nelson, and Westland stand next, with equal ages, very slightly in excess of those in Marlborough. Next comes Wanganui. North Canterbury and Otago follow, with equal ages. Southland shows the highest average age, notwithstanding the anomaly already referred to. The returns from some districts give the average age of the children of each class in every school. Erom these returns Table Q has been compiled, showing the lowest, and also the highest, average class-age for every standard. As before, the'age is in some cases the average age of the whole class examined, and in other cases the average age of those that passed.

TABLE Q. —Average Ages or Classes at Standard Examinations.

It is impossible to say to what extent such differences of age as are shown in these two tables depend on the relative intelligence and progress of the children in different districts, and how far they depend on different interpretations of the standards and different methods of examination. The use of standards is quite new to some districts, where they were introduced for the first time by the regulations of 1878, which did not come into full operation until July, 1879. It seems probable that some teachers haA^e under-estimated the requirements of the standards, and have so been led to present children too early; while, on the other hand, some have failed to apprehend the extent to which the standards discourage the heavy work that falls chiefly on the faculty of memory, and have also been exceedingly careful (perhaps too careful) not to present any but those that could satisfy the demands of the most exacting Inspector. It may be expected that use will produce a tendency to uniformity of practice on the part both of Inspectors and of teachers. A comparison between schools under the same Board and the same Inspector is not affected by all the sources of error that render comparison between districts unsafe. Investigation of the returns from one district ought to throw some light on general questions of organisation. Eor example, if it is found that a country teacher, working single-handed and having a full school, can present his pupils for examination in the several standards at an age in each standard considerably beloAV the corresponding average age in a large school, with its infantdepartment, its minute classification, and its well-paid principal teachers, such

Avi irage Ages of 01 lasses for Standi ■ds Education Disteicts. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. New Plymouth (presented) Wanganui ,, Marlborough (passed) Nelson ,, Horth Canterbury — Mr. RestelPs district (passed) Otago (presented) 6 to 13 6-9 „ 12 74 „ 14 6-3 „ 10-9 8 „ 10-5 8 to 13 7-4 „ 14-3 8-1 „ 11-9 8-1 „ 13-3 8-5 „ 12 9 to 15 9-8 „ 14-5 9-4 „ 12-7 8-5 „ 14-3 10-5 „ 14-5 11 to 14 10-4 „ 15-2 11 „ 137 11-3 „ 14-1 11-5 „ 15-5 12 to 15 12 „ 14 6 11-5 „ 13-3 11 „ 14-8 12 „ 16-5 12-7 to 14-8 12-3 „ 14-1 12-7 „ 16-3 13 „ 17-5 7-8 „ 13 8-5 „ 13-8 9-9 „ 13-3 11-2 „ 14-9 11-3 „ 18-8 12-4 „ 17-5 Lowest ages stated Highest ages stated Bange (lowest to highest) 6 14 8 7-4 14-3 6-9 8-5 145 6 10-4 15-5 5-1 11 188 78 12-3 17-5 5-2 Means of 20 sets of figures (8 sets in Table P, and 12 sets in Table Q.) 9'2 10-3 11-6 12-7 134 14-2

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questions as these arise: Are the results of infant-school work as apparent as they are expected to be in the subsequent progress of the pupil ? Are large classes, taught by subordinate teachers, really better off than the children of a country school where each pupil gets a share, though only a small share, of the time and attention of a very capable master ? Are the pupils of the practising schools attached to training colleges injuriously affected by receiving part of their instruction from students in training ? And, Do the principal teachers of large schools bring their technical skill to bear to the fullest possible degree upon the work done in the loAver part of the school under their general direction ? These are questions that cannot well be ansAvered, except by those who have local knowledge of all the special and exceptional circumstances of each school. Scholarships. The annual reports of the several Boards contain information, more or less complete, respecting the scholarships established by them. The number of scholarships held in 1880 under the 41st section of the Act was 115, being an increase of 19 on the number held during the previous year. The Boards' expenditure on scholarships for the past year amounted to £8,615 18s. 7d., as compared with £2,8>>4 14s. 4d. for 1879. The folloAving summary shows the number, annual value, period of tenure, &c, of scholarships held at the close of 1880 in the several education districts :—

TABLE R.—Scholarships.

Eree tuition is given to the Boards' scholars by the authorities of the Auckland College and Grammar School, the Auckland Girls' High School, Nelson College, and the Otago High Schools. The Auckland Schools also admit without fee those competitors who, failing to obtain scholarships, acquit themselves so well as to receive " Certificates of Proficiency" from the examiners. Such certificates are held by 37 boys and 9 girls; and, of these, 13 boys and 3 girls now avail themselves of the privilege. Nelson College, besides receiving the Nelson and Marlborough Boards' scholars, grants free education to the tAvo most successful candidates among the boys from the Nelson City schools at the Boards' scholarship examination. Wellington College, from funds placed at its disposal for the purpose, grants four scholarships, tenable from the age of twelve or more to the age of sixteen, to boys from the public schools. The departmental regulations respecting scholarships are of a very general character, each Board being left to make its own rules, subject to the approval of

Education Districts. Number held in 1880. Ope: Pupils of Board Schools. All Comers. to Annual Value. Period of Tenure. Expended on Scholarships in 1880. Remarks, iueikland 27 18 9 £ s. d. 30 0 0 Years. 2 £ s. d. 838 9 0 With free tuition at Auckland College and Grammar School, or Girls' High School. No scholarships instituted. Three at £20; two at £25; one at £30. Three at £30; one at £20; two at £15 ; two at £10. Five at £30 ; one at £20; one at £15. With free tuition at Nelson College. With free tuition at Nelson College. faranaki is 6 1 and 2 121 4 4 Wanganui Wellington 8 4 4 2 182 13 0 lawke's Bay 7 7 land 2 138 5 2 Marlborough 2 2 40 0 0 2 46 7 0 kelson ... 5 5 40 0 0 2 212 4 6 forth Canterbury South Canterbury 21 8 "8 21 40 0 0 2 1 907 17 8 181 1 10 Westland )tago ... 4 23 4, 23 40 0 0 2 2 and 3 192 10 0 710 0 4 One at £25 ; one at £30 j one at £35 j one at £12 10s.; two at £27; oneat£710s.; oneat£10. Two at £50 ; two at £40. £20 if holder resides at home. Junior tenable for two years ; senior for three years, with free tuition at High Schools. £40 if holder resides beyond reach of home. Southland 4 4 20 0 0 2 82 5 9 Totals 115 48 67 3,615 18 7

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the Minister. It is required, however, that the Boards' regulations shall set forth—" (1) Whether the scholarships are open to all children of school age, or are to be competed for by pupils attending public schools only; (2) any other conditions of candidature (for example, as to age); (3) the annual value of each scholarship, the term for which it is to be held, and the condition of tenure (as to good conduct and diligence); (4) the subjects of examination; and (5) the minimum proportion of marks in each subject, and of total possible marks, which will be necessary to qualify for a scholarship." Training oe Teachers. Training schools on a comparatively large scale have been in operation at Dunedin and Christchurch for several years. The Dunedin institution was established in January, 1876; and the school in Christchurch has been in full operation since the beginning of 1877. The training institution established by the Wellington Board was opened last September, under the charge of Mr. C. C. Howard. Information respecting these institutions is furnished by the Principals in their reports, which are printed in the Appendix. A training school has been opened at Auckland by the Board since the close of last year. Wellesley Street public school has been selected by the Board as the practising school in connection with the training institution. The 'regulations framed by the Boards, in accordance with the Order in Council of September 24th, 1878, for the organisation and conduct o_ the training colleges established by them, are printed in the Appendix. It may reasonably be expected that well-equipped and efficiently-conducted training institutions at the four principal centres of population Avill eventually furnish a fair supply of properly-trained teachers for the schools of the colony. The following extract from the report of the Rector of the Dunedin Training College shows the nature of the training imparted to the students of a normal school: — " The practice in teaching has been arranged as follows : — "I. Teaching small drafts from large classes in the Second and Third Standards. Draft is added to draft as the power of controlling numbers is developed, and the students are gradually prepared for the next course. " 11. Teaching classes in the Second, Third, and Eourth Standards, containing from 50 to 60 pupils. "111. Conducting, with the assistance of a pupil-teacher, a school of about 40 pupils, divided into three classes, in the Second, Third, and Eourth Standards. " IV. Conducting, without assistance, a school of about 40 pupils, divided into three classes, in the Second, Third, and Eourth Standards. "V. Conducting, without assistance, a school of about 40 pupils, divided into four classes, in the Eirst, Second, Third, and Eourth Standards. " VI. Conducting, Avithout assistance, a school of about 50 pupils, divided into five classes, two preparing for the Eirst Standard, and one in each of the three lowest Standards. " Students who complete this course of practice before the end of their second year of training are placed in charge of an infant room, containing from 60 to 70 pupils, and occasionally give lessons to classes in the Eifth and Sixth Standards. "The whole of the needlework of the practising school is taught by the students, under the superintendence of the matron and female assistants." In addition to the practical work above described, the students are required to study the following subjects under the tuition of the staff: Theory of school method and management, the English language, arithmetic, mathematics, geography, history, music (singing), drawing, gymnastics, military drill; and, in the case of females, needlework and domestic economy. One of the large rooms in the Wellington Normal School building is set apart for the purposes of a Colonial Educational Museum and Library. Erom Home publishers and manufacturers the Government have received, for the museum and library, very liberal donations of school-books and other educational works, maps, diagrams, mathematical instruments, and a variety of school appliances, which

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are now on vieAV. The library already contains about 800 volumes, which it is intended to make available to teachers, students, and others as far as practicable. A descriptive catalogue of the museum and library will be prepared as soon as time can be given to the work. The freight of the articles from England, the fittings of the museum, and other expenses have amounted to £94 ss. lOd. School Penny Banks. The Boards were requested to include in their annual reports information respecting the number of school penny banks which had been established in their districts. The Hawke's Bay Board states that "no applications were received from School Committees for the establishment of penny banks," and it recommends the introduction of the new system of deposits of postage stamps. The North Canterbury Board reports that two school penny banks had been opened, one at Balcairn, the other at Kaiapoi Island North. Copies of the accounts of these two banks accompany the Board's report, and are printed in the Appendix, page 70. The Balcairn School is attended by about fifty scholars. The deposits from the opening of the bank on 23rd April to 31st December, 1880, amounted to £11 3s. 2d.; interest, to 2s. Bd.; withdrawals, to lis. lid.: leaving a credit balance of £10 13s. lid. The school attendance at Kaiapoi Island North is about 28; the deposits up to 31st December, 1880, Avere £12 17s. 5d.; interest, 4s. lOd.; withdrawals, £5 65.: leaving a credit balance of £7 16s. 3d. The No ToAvn School maintains the distinction of being the only one in Westland District which possesses a savings-bank. The Board's report contains a general statement of this bank's accounts. None of the other Boards refer in their reports to this subject. In March of the present year a circular was addressed to the several Boards bringing under their notice the arrangements made by the Government to receive for lodgment in any post office savings-bank deposits of penny postage stamps of the value of one shilling, with a vieAV to the encouragement of thrift among children, and they were requested to cause to be distributed among the School Committees and the teachers the notices and cards prepared by the Postal Department. There is reason to believe that the notices and cards have been extensively circulated by means of the school authorities, and that many of the teachers have interested themselves in the matter. In consequence of an application from a Native district, information respecting the scheme has been printed in Maori, and circulated through the agency of the Native school teachers. Education Reserves. The Appendix contains the reports of the School Commissioners of the several provincial districts, and the general statements of their accounts for the year 1880. The following is a summary of the accounts : —

TABLE S.—Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts.

Income for the Year 18S0. Provincial Districts. Receipts during Year. Balance on 1st January, 1880. Primary Secondary Reserves. Reserves. Arrears of Rent due on 31st December, 1880. Liabilities or Engagements on 31st December, 1880. Total Income. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... Canterbury Westland Otago £ S. d. 624 6 1 59 2 0 506 18 4 318 5 8* 219 7 4 351 7 0* 1,124 2 0 £ s. d. 1,383 6 9 583 14 6 553 13 2 841 5 1 80 17 6 517 9 4 9,134 14 9 60 5 0 7,8U 3 11 £ s. d. 355 1 5 240 9 6 23 0 0 323 19 6 5 19 187 4 0 395 11 3 238 11 0 581 2 3 £ s. d. 2,362 14 3 883 6 0 1,083 11 6 1,483 10 3 305 6 7 1,089 0 4 10,654 8 0 298 16 0 12,032 7 8 £ s. d. 638 19 10 621 14 2 79 11 0 103 11 3 117 9 3 137 14 3 975 13 4 647 10 0 1,836 7 4 £ a. d. 4 0 0 31 6 7 200 0 0 10 7 3 7 5 0 6 5 0 45 0 0 538 5 3 3,640'"l 6 Totals for 1880 Totals for 1879 6,843 9 11 11,584 13 5 20,996 10 0 21,215 14 6 2,350 0 8 8,000 0 10 30,198 0 7 35,800 8 9 5,158 10 5 6,060 5 6 845 9 1 577 16 4 * Including fixed deposits of £200 and £149 respectively nob shown in the balance-sheets for the year.

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Expenditure for the Year 1880.

The reports and returns of the Commissioners contain a variety of information and suggestions respecting the education reserves and their administration, and deserve careful consideration. The accounts show that the receipts from the primary-education reserves were £219 4s. 6d. less for 1880 than for the previous ''year, and that there was also a falling-off in the amount received from the secondary-education reserves to the extent of £650 os. 2d., making a total decrease of £869 4s. Bd. during the year, notAvithstanding the increase in the receipts in some of the districts, particularly that of Canterbury, Avhich shows an additional revenue of £1,900 Is. lid. The explanation is as follows : In the Otago Commissioners' receipts for 1879 is included a sum of £3,821 13s. 9d., the amount of a refund by the Treasury in that year on account of rents collected by the Receiver of Land Revenue, and paid by him in error into the Colonial Treasury in 1878. There was also a sum of £35 ss. 6d. included in the Otago receipts for 1879, Avhich properly belonged to the High Schools. If these two exceptional payments, amounting to £3,856 19s. 3d., be deducted from the aggregate receipts for 1879 (£24,215 15s. 4d.) the sum of £20,358 16s. Id. represents the ordinary receipts for that year. As compared with this last amount, the aggregate receipts for 1880 (£23,346 10s. Bd.) show an increase of £2,987 14s. 7d. The amount of arrears of rents had decreased from £6,060 ss. 6d. at the close of 1879 to £5,158 10s. sd. on December 31, 1880. The large amount set down as arrears may be explained to some extent by the circumstance that, as a rule, the rents are payable half-yearly in advance, and that when, as happens in numerous instances, the half-yearly term begins near the end of the school year, the unpaid rents are necessarily entered as arrears, although a very small portion of the period for which they are due may have elapsed. Some of the reports, however, state that difficulty is sometimes experienced in obtaining payment of rent when it becomes due. The large sum of £6,535 18s. 3d. is shown to have been in the hands of the Commissioners at the close of 1880. This is mainly owing to the circumstance that in some districts the Commissioners do not meet for the distribution of the moneys in hand until after the quarter or half-year has closed. Eor example, the v\ rhole of the sum of £4,251 6s. 9d. set down as a balance in the statement of the Otago Commissioners Avas paid over to Education and High Schools Boards very early in the present year. The Commissioners of HaAvke's Bay District state in their report for 1879, with reference to the receipts from the secondary-education reserves, that " so soon as each £100 has accrued it has been lodged on fixed deposit at the Union Bank, Napier, at current rates of interest." The sum of £400 had been so lodged at the close of last year. This procedure on the part of the Commissioners is no doubt owing to the circumstance that no public secondary school has yet been established in HaAvke's Bay District. The Commissioners of Nelson

f Westland Sundries: Interest on overdraft, £14 35.; rates, £49 25.; repaid portion of overdraft, £132 15s. 2d.; total, £196 os. 2d.

Provincial JDisteict.s. Office Expenses and Salaries. Expenses of Leasing. Auctioneers, Advertising", &c. Expended on Reserves. Surveys, Fencing, Crown Grants Pald '° Boards and „ .for Law Expenses. Prlmf^ e 3_iaucaUon. Paid for SecondaryEducation. Sundries. Balances on December 31, 1SS0. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington .., Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Canterbury ... Westlandf ... Otago £ s. d. 100 6 8 110 1 7 91 19 4 77 16 1 31 5 0 25 18 3J 616 7 2: 59 8 2; 570 7 4.1 £ s. d. 26 9 4 34 14 9 40 15 3 7 17 6 £ s. d. 14 8 9 45 8 4 56 14 0 14 11 1 £ s. d. 48 3 2 2 3 8 10 8 2 4 15 4 £ s. d. 1,643 6 6 420 0 0 408 18 4 850 0 0 200 1 6, 673 3 0 8,500 0 0 £ s. d. 342 5 1 205 0 0 38 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 187 14 9 65 17 8 436 16 5 526 10 3 54 13 3 386 19 1 626 0 1 £ s. d. 2,362 14 3 883 6 0 1,083 11 6 1,483 10 3 305 6 7 1,089 0 4 10,654 8 0 298 16 0 12,032 7 8 2 0 0 19"6 10 3 0 0 19 18 3 3 9 1! 91 11 71 17'5 "2 6! 39 18 7 24 19 1 717 0 0 196 "6 2 5410 ol 6,78316 10 255 16 1 4,251 6 9i Totals for 1880 Totals for 1879 1,683 9 7 1,765 1 2, ,227 15 9 ,286 9 4; !360 14 8 |599 4 1 130 8 0 209 2 9 19,479 6 2! 21,164 17 2 1,577 8 0 4,719 8 10 198 0 0 356 5 6 16,535 18 3 ■6,697 9 11 30,193 0 7 35,800 8 9

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District state in their report for last year that the receipts "accruing under the head of ' Secondary' have been added to the amount lodged in the Union Bank of Australia on fixed deposit, making a total of £462 10s. 7d., which sum is reserved towards the establishment of a superior school for girls, as formerly reported." Both of the sums above mentioned are included in Table S among the balances in hand. The report of the Commissioners of Westland District contains the following statement: " The revenue of the Commissioners has hitherto been mainly devoted to the payment of an overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand amounting to £791 os. 3d. at the time they took over charge of the Kumara Reserve from the Education Board. Had there been no overdraft the sum of £391 7s. 3d. would have gone to the funds for secondary education; and it is presumed that the sum thus diverted must be regarded as a debt due to that fund, which is to be reduced by any available moneys hereafter coming into the hands of the Commissioners." The bank overdraft referred to was reduced to £67 Bs. at the close of 1880, and it will be altogether extinguished in the course of the present year. It will probably be found necessary to go carefully into the Westland education reserves accounts for some years past, in order to arrive at a settlement of the claim made on behalf of the Secondary Education Eund.* The amount of rental received by the Commissioners on account of the secondary-education reserves is only about one-tenth of that derived from the reserves for primary education, although it was provided by "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," that one-fourth of the general education reserves in each provincial district should be set apart as an endowment for secondary education within the district. This is mainly owing to the circumstance that in the Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Otago nearly all the secondary-education reserves have been vested by Acts of the General Assembly in the governing bodies of particular secondary schools. In Canterbury, the Commissioners have now the control of only three-twentieths of the total value of the secondary-education reserves set apart under the Reserves Act of 1877. In Otago the total annual value of the secondary education reserves in 1879 was £2,738 ; but reserves of the annual value of £587 are all that now remain under the Commissioners' control. Last year's annual report supplied information of some interest respecting the apportionment of the education reserves in the several provincial districts.t Native Schools. In last year's report it was announced that the administration of affairs connected with Maori schools had been lately transferred to the Department of Education. The Organizing Inspector of Native Schools entered upon his duties at the beginning of the year. His report, with the statistics for the year, is printed in a separate Parliamentary paper. $ The Native Schools Code, which came into partial operation in August, and has been in full force since the beginning of April, has evidently imparted, a healthful stimulus to the work of all the schools. During the year 4 schools, with an average attendance of 21 in all, were given up, and 3 new schools opened, with an aA^erage attendance of 66 in all. At the end of the year 6 other small schools, with an average attendance of 43 in all, were closed. Since the beginning of this year 6 new schools have been opened, in districts which afford every promise of large attendances. The average attendance has risen from 1,042 (597 boys and 445 girls) in the last quarter of 1879, to 1,277 (724 boys and 553 girls) in the corresponding quarter of 1880. The average attendance for the whole year has been 1,240. The number on the roll at the end of the year was 1,623, as against 1,366 at the beginning. Of the 1,623 children on the roll, 1,241 are Maori, or between Maori and half-caste; 156 are half-caste; and 226 are either between half-caste and European, or European. Ninety-nine of the children are under five years old, 828 between five and ten, 581 between

* Abstracts of the earlier accounts of the Westland Reserves Funds are given on page 144 of the Appendix to the Second Annual Report of the Minister of Education : see Appendix to Journals of the House of Representatives, Sess. I 1879, H.-2. t See Appendix to Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880, H.-la, pages 19 and 20. j Appendix to Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881, E.-7.

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ten and fifteen, and 115 above the age of fifteen. The average attendance for the last quarter, compared with the roll number at the end of the year, shoAvs that the daily attendance is at the rate of 787 per cent, (the corresponding rate for the public schools being 78-l per cent.). The largest average attendance at any school for the fourth quarter of the year was 64; at four other schools it was above 40 each, and at 15 others it exceeded 25. The number of teachers at the end of the year (exclusive of 39 sewing-mistresses) was 60, of whom 9 Avere assistant mistresses, 3 pupil-teachers, and 48 teachers in full charge. In addition to the 1,623 pupils in village schools, there Avere maintained at the cost of the Government, in institutions where board and residence are provided, about 200 scholars, the numbers at the end of the year being 100 boys and 97 girls, or one boy and one girl less than the average number for the year. By arrangements of which notice was given before the end of the year, the number for this year will be less by about 50; and the term for which a child is admitted will be ordinarily limited to two years. The older boarders are being gradually removed, and their places supplied by boys and girls from the village schools who have passed the Eourth Standard of the Native Schools Code with credit. This amounts to the establishment of a simple scheme of scholarships, which there is reason to believe will work satisfactorily. It is intended to admit also a few children from districts that are without schools. The expenditure on Native schools for the year has been as follows :— £ s. cl. Village school salaries (1,240 in average attendance) ... 7,932 7 11 Boarding schools (199 children) ... ... ... ... 3,728 6 10 School requisities and contingencies ... ... ... 1,224 6 3 Buildings and furniture ... ... ... ... 1,908 19 9 Inspection (including travelling) ... ... ... ... 877 7 0 Office salaries and clerical assistance ... ... ... 156 7 4 Apprenticeship and maintenance of sons of chiefs ... ... 1,070 12 3 £16,898 7 4 The department is greatly indebted to some of the Government officers in Native districts, and particularly to Mr. 11. W. Brabant, Mr. R. S. Bush, Mr. J. S. Clendon, Mr. J. H. Greenway, Mr. G. Kelly, Major Mair, Capt. Porter, Capt. Preece, Mr. A. P. Ratcliffe, Mr. S. C. E. Vickers, and Mr. S. Yon Stunner, whose local influence and knowledge of Native affairs have enabled them to render very valuable services as District Superintendents or in other capacities. Deae-and-Dumb Institution. The Deaf-and-Dumb Institution was opened at Sumner on the Ist of March, ISBO, by Mr. and Mrs. Van Ascli, whose labours have been attended with marked success. The system of instruction is that which is known as " the articulation system," 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. The use of finger-signs or other conventions employed as substitutes for speech is strictly excluded. The course of instruction includes reading and writing in the first instance, followed by English composition, arithmetic, geography, history, drawing, &c. Eor a time the two buildings which had been rented for the purposes of the institution proved sufficient; but towards the close of the past year the number of pupils in attendance and in prospect rendered it advisable to provide increased accommodation, and advantage was taken of a very opportune offer of the lease, on reasonable terms, of premises at Sumner, which had been occupied as a boarding-school. The house is a commodious one, with a large dining-room, a detached schoolhouse (comprising two pleasant and well-ventilated classrooms), a good garden, a large play-ground, and other useful adjuncts. The three detached residences now occupied are in many respects well adapted to the purposes of such an institution. They afford better facilities for satisfactory separation, according

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to age and sex, than if one large building only were made use of. During the day the pupils are assembled for meals and for school instruction under the eye of the Director and the lady-assistant. After lessons and meals are OA^er for the day the pupils separate and retire for the night to their different residences. One of these is under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Van Asch, the second is presided over by the lady-assistant, and the third is in charge of a trustworthy matron. At the close of last year the number of pupils was 10; it has since increased to 21. Thirteen of these are boys, and 8 are girls: their ages range from six to nineteen years. The following are the provincial districts from which the pupils have been received: Auckland, 4; Hawke's Bay, 1; Wellington, 1; Canterbury, 7 ; Otago, 7 : total, 20. The twenty-first pupil is a deaf-mute girl who has been sent from Melbourne to study under Mr. Van Asch. At the beginning of the year the increasing number of pupils and their varied degrees of attainment rendered necessary the employment of a lady assistant-teacher, whose services are proving to be of great value, not only in connection with the more technical work, but also as regards the assistance she is able to render Mrs. Van Asch in the instruction and training of the girls in domestic economy. As already mentioned, the lady-assistant is in charge of one of the residences. The institution is visited as occasion requires by the medical officer, H. H. Prins, Esq., of Christchurch, who takes much interest in the work of the school. Since it was opened in March, 1880, the institution has been visited once by the Minister, and on eleven different occasions by officers of the Education Department, whose reports have invariably been of a satisfactory character. A separate Parliamentary Paper * contains a copy of the prospectus of the institution, prepared for public information and extensively circulated, and also reports from the Director, the medical officer, the Inspector-General of Schools, and the officer of the Education Department who last visited the school. These reports give full and interesting particulars respecting the institution and Mr. Van Asch's system of instruction. Copies of two letters are also published as showing the opinion of parents regarding the results of the school in the case of their own children. Table No. 8 of the Appendix contains a statement of the expenditure on the institution for the financial year ending 31st March, 1881. The following is an abstract of the statement:— £ s. d. Director and lady-assistant ... ... ... ... ... 611 5 0 Bents, rates, furniture, and repairs ... ... ... ... 428 610 Travelling expenses, advertising, medical attendance, and schoolroom requisites ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 16 6 Maintenance of pupils ... ... ... £407 17 8 Less payments by parents ... ... ... 263 8 8 144 9 0 £1,245 17 4 The sum of £75 paid as compensation is omitted because the payment cannot properly be regarded as a charge against the institution itself. Industrial Schools and Orbhanages. The control of the Industrial Schools at Burnham and Caversham was transferred from the Justice Department to that of Education in April, 1880. These schools Avere established by the Provincial Governments of Canterbury and Otago respectively; and, except so far as the Kohimarama Naval Training School answers the purpose of an industrial school, they are the only institutions of the kind that are under the direct control of the Government and maintained by special votes of the General Assembly. A number of other institutions for the reception, education, and training of orphan, neglected, and destitute children, in various parts of the colony, are maintained or largely subsidised out of the vote for charitable institutions which is administered by the Colonial Secretary. These institutions have recently been placed under the inspection of the Education Department, but their affairs are administered by local bodies or managers.

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The following is a list of the several industrial schools and orphanages that are maintained wholly or partly out of votes of the General Assembly :—

Table T.—Industrial Schools and Orphanages.

The children maintained in the industrial schools and orphanages may be divided into two classes : (1) Children committed to proclaimed industrial schools under the provisions of " The Neglected and Criminal Children Act, 1867 ;" and, (2) orphan, neglected, and destitute children who are not so committed. This latter class comprises children admitted on the order of Government Relieving Officers, and for whose maintenance a capitation payment is made by Government; and children admitted by the local managers at their own instance,* and in respect of whom no payment is made by Government, except in a few cases in the form of subsidy to the institution on account of voluntary subscriptions. The Burnham and Caversham Schools receive only children that are committed under the provisions of " The Neglected and Criminal Children Act, 1867;" the former being available for children committed from the Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Wellington, the latter for those from the Provincial Districts of Otago, Westland, Wellington, and Hawke's Bay. The other proclaimed industrial schools are available only for the children of the provincial districts in which they are severally situated. St. Stephen's Orphan Home (Auckland), St. Joseph's Providence Orphanage (Wellington), Motueka Orphanage, Lyttelton Orphanage, and Dunedin BeneArolent Institution do not admit children committed under the Act of 1867. The following institutions receive both committed and other children : Howe Street Home and St. Mary's (Auckland), Thames Orphanage and Training School, and St. Mary's (Nelson). The following table contains information respecting the committed children who were inmates of industrial schools in the year 1880 : —

* M.ff., of the 53 girls in St. Joseph's Providence Orphanage, Wellington, at the close of laßt year, 20 were paid for by Government, 14 were partially paid for by relatives or friends, 1 was entirely provided for by a benefactor, and 18 were wholly maintained by the Sisters of Mercy.

-fame of Institution. Class of Institution. By Whom Managed. Whether Proclaimed under Act of 1867. Authority upon which Children are admitted. Government Liability. Howe Street Industrial Home for Boys and Girls Auckland. Established by Committee Proclaimed public associa- ofsubscri- 1871 tion bers Order of Court, Believing Officer, or Committee Believing OffiSubsidy of £1 for £1 and £10 a year each child. St. Stephen's Orphan Home, Parnell (boys and girls) Denominational Committee iNot pro(Ch. of England) of subscri- claimed bers Denominational The Church Proclaimed (B. Catholic) authorities 1873 £10 a year each child. cer St. Mary's Orphanage and Industrial School, Ponsonby (girls) Thames Orphanage and Training School (boys and girls) Established by An elected Proclaimed Borough Coun- Committee 1880 cil and public association Order of Court or Believing Officer Order of Court or Committee Subsidy of £1 for £1 and £10 a year for each child. Subsidy from Charitable Aid rote. St. Joseph's Providence Orphanage (girls) WELLINGTON. Denominational The Church Not pro(B. Catholic) authorities claimed Municipal Council or Government £18 4s. a year for each. St. Ma.y''s Orphanage and Industrial School (boys and girls) Motueka Orphanage (boys and girls) Nelson. Denominational The Church Proclaimed (B. Catholic) authorities 1880 Proprietary (Mr. Proprietor Not p r o - E. Wallis) claimed Order of Court or Believing Officer Believing Officer 7s. a week for each. 7s. a week for some, and 8s. a week for others. Lyttelton Orphanage (boys and girls) Cantebbuby. Government In- Cbristehurch Proclaimed stitution Charitable 1875. None Aid Board committed. Government 111- Education Proclaimed stitution Department about 1873 The Board The whole cost out of Charitable Aid vote. Burnham Industrial School (boys and girls) Order of Court The whole cost out of special vote. Caversham Industrial School (boys and girls) Otago Benevolent Institution, Dunedin (boys and girls) Otaqo. Government In- Education Proclaimed stitution Department 1869 Established by Committee Not propublic associa- of subscri- claimed tion bers Order of Court The Committee The whole cost out of special vote. Subsidy £1 for £1 out of Charitable Aid vote.

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TABLE U.—Number of Committed Children at Industrial Schools.

Of the 241 children admitted during the year, 215 (135 boys and 80 girls) were committed under the Act; the other 26 (14 boys and-12 girls) were committed children that had been previously licensed out, but had returned to the school for some cause or other. In numerous instances the parents, or other relatives or friends of the children, make earnest application to have them intrusted to their care before the term of committal has expired. These applications have often to be refused, but not unfrequently they are granted for what are believed to be sufficient reasons. In such cases the children are licensed as required by the Act, and remain under the legal control of the master of the school, who can recall them if necessary. The parents or others to whom the children are thus intrusted, knowing this, are put upon their good behaviour, and are usually exceedingly careful to avoid such a course of conduct as would lead to the forfeiture of the custody of the children. Of the 123 children placed out under license, 53 (40 boys and 13 girls) were sent to service, the other 70 (41 boys and 29 girls) were placed with relatives or friends. Of the 48 children reported as discharged or absconded, 43 (26 boys and 17 girls) left on the expiration of their several terms of committal; 1 boy Avas released from Burnham by Avarrant of the Governor; 1 boy from HoAve Street Home was committed to Mount Eden Gaol; and 3 boys absconded from the same school and had not returned at the close of the year. The total increase in the number of inmates at all the schools during the year was 62 (32 boys and 30 girls). The total number that had been in the schools at all during the year was 751. It has not been possible to obtain reliable information as to the average daily number in the different schools for the year. In Caversham School, Avith 240 at the beginning, and 262 at the close, the average daily number for the year was 246. At the close of 1880 the aggregate number of children placed out under license, whose terms of committal had not expired, was 235. Of these, 86 were at service, and 149 were with relatiA res or friends. They belonged to the following schools : Howe Street, 29 (19 boys and 10 girls); Burnham, 39 (24 boys and 15 girls); and Caversham, 167 (97 boys and 70 girls). These being added to the number in school on 31st December, 1880, the total is 807 young persons (478 boys and 329 girls) under legal control at the close of the year 1880, under the provisions of "The Neglected and Criminal Children Act, 1867." The following table contains information respecting the children not committed under the Act of 1867, who were inmates of orphanages, &c, during the year 1880:—

TABLE V. —Children (not Committed) in Orphanages, etc.

Institutions, Nun on 31st iber in Si Deeembc 3h00l sr, 1879. Admitted during 1880. Total Number at all in 1880. Placed out under License. Discharged or Absconded Died. Nun on 31st aber in Si Deeembc 3h.o ol :r, 1880. Total N limber at all in 1880. lowe Street Home, Auckland St. Mary's, Auckland .names Orphanage It. Mary's, Nelson ... .urnliam Caversham Boys. 66 Girls. 30 30 Total. 96 30 32 2 8 14 64 121 128 32 8 14 208 361 27 15 Boys. 58 Girls. 28 32 2 8 56 108 Total. 86 32 8 14 170 262 128 32 8 14 208 361 100 140 "44 100 144 240 23 73 14 19 1 6 6 114 154 Totals 572 751 306 204 510 241 751 123 48 338 234

Institutions. Num on 31st tber in 8( Decembi stool 3r, 1879. Admitted during 18S0. Total Number at all in 1880. Placed out to Service. Restored to friends or discharged, Died. Nun on 31st iber in Si Decembi _hool >r, 1830. Total Number at all in 1880. Boys. Howe Street Home, Auckland 12 _t. Mary's, Auckland St. Stephen's, Parnell ... 40 rbames Orphanage... ... \ 5 St. Joseph's, Wellington ... j ... _t. Mary's, Nelson ... ... 6 Motueka Orphanage ... 11 Lyttelton Orphanage ... 62 Dunedin Benevolent ... 9 Girls. 10 20 24 4 56 23 11 40 18 Total. 22 20 64 9 56 29 22 102 27 24 2 9 4 16 5 5 25 30 46 22 73 13 72 34 27 127 57 2 "4 5 18 9 3 13 1 3 15 19 i Boys. 19 38 5 Girls. 7 22 22 5 53 26 14 45 19 Total. 26 22 60 10 53 33 24 98 37 46 22 73 13 72 34 27 127 57 14 1 7 10 53 18 Totals ... 145 206 351 120 471 26 81 1 150 213 363 471

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The aggregate number of non-committed inmates placed out to service, but still under the care of the school authorities at the close of the year, was 36 (27 boys and 9 girls). They were from the folloAving schools: Hoavc Street Home, 8 (5 boys and 3 girls); Thames Orphanage, 1 girl; and Lyttelton Orphanage, 27 (22 boys and 5 girls): In addition to these, 1 boy and 6 girls belonging to Lyttelton Orphanage were placed out with friends. It has not been possible to obtain from all the schools reliable information as to the ages of the children. The folloAving is a summary of the ages of children in schools from Avhich complete returns have been procured : —

TABLE W. —Ages of Children in some Industrial and Orphan Schools, 31st December, 1880.

In addition to lodging, board, clothing, and domestic training, day-school teaching is provided for the children of suitable age resident in all these institutions. Attached to the HoAve Street Home is an ordinary public school, maintained by the Education Board of the district, and on account of which the usual capitation grants are paid. The same plan is adopted at the Thames Orphanage and the Dunedin Benevolent Orphanage. The Thames Orphanage is situated at Kauaeranga Valley, about five miles distant from Grahamstown, and the dayschool, which is taught by the master of the institution, is attended not only by the inmates but also by the children of the settlers in the neighbourhood, avlio Avould otherwise be without the means of education. As the Education Department has only recently been intrusted Avith the general supervision of the orphanages, there has not yet been sufficient time to obtain the same full and reliable information respecting the day-school instruction in them as in the case of the public schools. As far as can be ascertained, the folloAving are the numbers receiving such instruction at the close of 1880: St. Mary's, Auckland, 50; St. Stephen's, Parnell, 50; St. Joseph's Providence, Wellington, 51; St. Mary's, Nelson, 45 ; Motueka Orphanage, 25 ; Lyttelton Orphanage, 86 ; Burnham, 160 ; Caversham, 226: total, 693. To these may be added the following numbers, Avhich, for the reasons already stated, are included in the ordinary public school returns: Howe Street Home, 87; Thames Orphanage, 31; and Dunedin Benevolent Orphanage, 30 : total, 148. A separate parliamentary paper contains more detailed information respecting the industrial schools and orphanages.* The following table contains a summary of the receipts and expenditure of the several institutions, compiled from the accounts for the school year 1880, except in the case of HoAve Street Home, Parnell Orphanage, Burnham, and Caversham, whose accounts for the financial year ending 31st March, 1881, have had to be taken. The classification of the expenditure is not to be regarded as absolutely correct in the case of St. Mary's, Auckland, St. Joseph's, Wellington, St. Mary's, Nelson, and Motueka Orphanage, as the cost of management cannot be separated from other expenditure connected with these institutions :—

* Appendix to Journals of House of Eepresentativcs, 1881, E.-6A.

Committed Children. Children not Co: tmitted. AfiES. lurnham. I Caversh; St. Stephei Parnell, 1'9j iotueki i. 1; ■ttelton. Under 1 year ... 1 year and under 2 2 years and under 3 3 years and under 4 4 years and under 5 5 years and under 7 7 years and under 13 .3 years and under 15 Vbove 15 years .,, Boys. 2 4 7 80 20 1 Girls. 1 4 7 5 31 7 1 Total. 1 6 11 12 111 27 2 Boys. 1 1 1 4 13 20 101 12 1 Girls. 1 4 1 5 4 14 60 19 Total. 2 5 2 9 17 34 161 31 1 Boys. 1 2 2 9 24 Girls. 1 Total. 1 3 2 16 36 Boys. 1 2 9 Girls. i 1 1 2 10 Total. "i 1 2 4 19 Boys. 2 1 2 39 8 1 Girls. "i 2 10 21 9 2 Total, 1 2 3 12 60 17 3 "i 12 "2 "2 otal ... 114 56 170 154 108 262 38 22 60 12 15 27 53 45 98

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TABLE X.—Income and Expenditure of Industrial Schools and Orphanages.

KOHIMARAMA NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL. The Kohimarama Naval Training School was established in December, 1874, under the provisions of "The Naval Training Schools Act, 1874." The Government leased the premises formerly occupied by the late Bishop Sehvyn's Melanesian Mission Training Establishment, Avhich are situated on one of the bays in Auckland Harbour, about six miles distant from the city, and are in many respects well adapted to the purposes of a naval training school. Thirty acres of good land attached to the buildings afford the inmates ample opportunity of gaining a practical acquaintance with gardening, farming, and dairy management. A small schooner, the property of the school, is made use of for imparting to the boys a practical knowledge of seamanship. The school Avas in charge of the Marine Department until July 29th, 1880, when it was transferred to the Education Department. The Secretary for Education, the Inspector-General of Schools, and the Inspector of Native Schools, have been appointed inspectors of the Training School, with instructions to visit it as often as opportunity offers. All these officers have inspected the school—six visits having already been made by them —and they have by their counsel and suggestions endeavoured to assist the manager in promoting the success of the school. The day-school, which was formerly conducted by one of the seamen instructors, is noAv in charge of a trained schoolmaster, and the Auckland Board at the request of the Government has directed its chief Inspector of Schools to place it on the list of schools under his charge. The day-school has also been reorganised, with a view to secure for the boys the greatest possible progress in common-school education. Some improvements have been effected in the buildings during the past year, and others are in contemplation. At the close of 1879 there were 58 boys in the school. During the past year 32 boys entered and 35 left; the number remaining on December 31st, 1880, being 55. The following table shoAVs the several destinations of the 35 boys that left the school in 1880:—

ion: Institutions. From Government. Subscriptions and Donations. Payments by Relatives of Children. Sundries. Balances and Overdrafts. Total. Howe Street Home, Auckland 3t. Mary's, Auckland _t. Stephen's, Parnell rhames Orpbanage _t. Joseph's, Wellington ■St. Mary's, Nelson Motueka Orphanage Lyttelton Orphanage Burnham Caversham £ s. d. 1,246 5 8 798 19 4 156 13 4 255 10 8 359 19 0 601 1 4 500 7 6 2,004 5 0 3,822 14 0 3,370 15 8 £ s. d. 293 1,4 6 263 4 6 361 4 11 161 1 3 00 10 0 £ s. d. 28 9 0 69 6 9 152 12 6 23 0 0 80 15 0 £ s. d. 8 18 3 £ s. d. 181 6 1 9 15 3 392 3 10 £ s. d. 1,758 13 6 1,141 5 10 1,219 17 8 612 16 6 558 16 0 601 1 4 500 7 6 2,227 11 3 4,052 1 6 3,598 0 2 157 3 1 170 4 7 57 12 0 223 6 3 147 12 6 220 7 0 8l"_5 0 6 17 6 Total 13,116 11 6 1,142 15 2 945 9 0 482 10 5 583 5 2 16,270 11 3 Expendituee. Howe Street Home, Auckland St. Mary's, Auckland St. Stephen's, Parnell ... ... Thames 0 phanage St. Joseph's, Wellington... St. Mary's, Nelson Motueka Orphanage Lyttelton Burnham CaverBham Institutions. Management, Salaries, "Wages, &c. £ s. a. 279 4 8 12 0 0 291 19 0 152 4 8 Maintenance, including Food, Clothing, and ordinary current expenses. £ s. d. 1,141 3 4 629 5 10 504 9 5 202 13 4 273 0 10 450 9 3 237 5 0 1.620 13 4 1.621 17 11 2,447 10 2 9,128 8 5 Sundries. £ s. d. 137 6 6 6 9 6 255 15 2 150 12 1 263 2 6 71 19 6 Buildings, Repairs, and Improvements. £ B. d. 174 0 5 500 0 0 142 4 10 221 0 1 30 0 0 Balances. £ s. d. 26 18 7 28l'"4 5 30 8 11 Total. £ s. d. 1,758 13 6 1,141 5 10 1,219 17 8 612 16 6 558 16 0 601 1 4 500 7 6 2,227 11 3 4,052 1 6 3,598 0 2 534 18 5 694 5 10 1,043 17 6 3,008 10 1 1,735'17 9 106 12 6 1,735 "l7 9 106 12 6 Total 885 5 3 2,909 15 7 338 11 11 16,270 11

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TABLE Y.—Boys who left Kohimarama Naval Training School in 1880.

At the end of the year, besides the 14 boys that Avere placed out in 1880, there were 24 that had been sent out in previous years, whose several terms had not expired, making with the 55 in the school a total number of 93 boys under legal control. The average daily number in the school during the year was 55. Including rent of premises, balance of purchase-money of schooner, repairs, and improvements, the total cost of the school for the financial year 1880-81, was £2,177 Is. sd. The staff at present (June, 1881), is as follows : — ... £ Manager ... ... ... ... ... ... 240 a year Eirst seaman instructor ... ... ... ... 140 „ Schoolmaster ... ... ... ... ... 130 ~ Sewing instructress ... ... .... ... ••■ 40 „ Seaman instructor ... ... ... ... ... 84 ~ Seaman instructor ... ... ... ... ... 84 „ Cook (male) ... ... ... ... ... 78 „ Total ... ... ... ... ... £796 The manager and the first seaman instructor have free residences but no rations. The others have board and lodging in addition to salary. A separate Parliamentary Paper contains more detailed information respecting the Kohimarama Naval Training School.* Institutions cor Secondary and Higher Education. The annual reports of the governing bodies of the University of New Zealand, the University of Otago, and the Canterbury College, Avith correspondence and statements of accounts, &c, are submitted in separate Parliamentary Papers.f Another Parliamentary Paper 1 contains such reports and abstracts of accounts as are required by Acts of the General Assembly to be furnished by the governing bodies of certain secondary schools. These schools are: the Auckland College and Grammar School; Auckland Girls' High School; Thames Boys' and Girls' High School; Whangarei High School; New Plymouth High School; Wellington College; Christchurch Girls' High School; Ashburton High School; Timaru High School; Waitaki High School; Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools; and Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools. The governors of Nelson College, Avhich is incorporated by Act of the General Assembly, have sent in a report. Christ's College, incorporated by an Ordinance of the Canterbury Provincial Council, has not supplied any information respecting last year's operations of the Grammar School. A report on the Wanganui Collegiate or Industrial School has been received from the Trustees. The following institutions of a more or less public character Avere in operation during the past year : St. John's College, Auckland; Church of England Grammar School,. Auckland; Wesley College, Auckland; Wanganui Collegiate School; Bishopdale Theological College, Nelson; Boys' Trust School, Napier; and Napier (Proprietary) College and Grammar School.

* Appendix to Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881, E.-Ra. t Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881, E.-2, E.-3, E.-4. X Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881, E.-5.

lesi 'inal :ion. Occasion of Leaving the School; Total Number. At Farm Work. As Servant and Messenger. Apprenticed to the Sea. Assisting in a Fishing Boat. Returned D5^ rZ d Absent to "m„. without Parents. mo £™ leave. neeused under section 22 Lpprentlced ... )ischarged 'erm of detention expired .bsconded 4 10 11 9 1 1 1 "i 8 1 1 3 ii 5 19 i i i i 2 Total 35 19

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Pour new schools have been opened since November, 1880, namely : The Southland Boys' High School, which is temporarily accommodated in a part of the new building just erected for the Girls' High School; the Christchurch Boys' High School and the Ashburton High School, which have suitable and substantial buildings of their own ; and the Whangarei High School, in a room rented for the purpose. The Waitaki High School Board is preparing to build on a portion of one of its reserves in the suburbs of Oamaru; and the New Plymouth High School Board has recently accepted a tender for the erection of a building on a suitable site. The Governors of Wellington College, owing to the want of funds, have been unable to establish the high school for girls authorised by the Act of 1878. The new buildings of the Auckland College and Grammar School were occupied early in 1880. From the reports of governing bodies the following summary statement of staff, attendance, fees, and salaries has been compiled:—

TABLE Z. —Staff, Attendance, Fees, and Salaries at Certain Secondary Schools.

Evening classes Avere conducted during the past year in connection with the Auckland College and Grammar School, AA rith an average attendance, at the outset, of 60 pupils in all the branches of study—viz., English, Latin, Erench, arithmetic, and mathematics. The average attendance in the fourth quarter at all the classes was 47. As a rule, the reports of the governing bodies of the secondary schools were supplemented by the reports of the heads of the schools, and of the examiners Avho conducted the examinations of the pupils at the close of the school year. These reports are of much value, but as they are voluminous, and, for the most

* Approximate number. t Exclusivo of Drawing-Master, who is paid by pupils' fees. J Paid mainly from fees. § Some of the masters receive a share of the fees, in addition to fixed salary, |[ Nearly all the visiting teachers are paid from fees.

Staff. Attend; Last Tei Quart ance rm 01;er. Ages Last Term >r Quarter. B_ M © Ed a Annual Ei ;es of Fees. Annual Salaries and Allowances of Teachers and Officers, at Kate paid for Last Quarter or Term. Schools. S3 to ft c !> i H a O _D U Hi O U <u S Ti r-l I o , * 3 a 8 10 ;s ■a _ * -s o M Qj 1 Day School. Ordinary Course. Board exclusive of Day School. Foe Boys only. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Church of England Grammar School 4 211 90 195 80 8 155 52i 47 1 211 2 90 4 £ s. d. 8 8 0 10 0 0 £ s. d. 50 0 0 £ s. d, f 3,250 0 0 z i 32 2 Wanganui Collegiate School Napier Trust High School Nelson College Otago High School ... 2 25 24 2 20! 3 ... 25 25 5 ( 7 0 0 [600 8 8 0 12 0 0 8 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 I 550 0 0 2 5 8 1 2 4 45 144 205 43 *140 197 4 33 8 45 1 A A 45 144 205 21 9 23 t p §3,377 0 0 31 121 "53 ... 144 ... 205 Totals 27 13 720 *079 ... 720 720 EOB GlEBS ONLY. (800 (.600 ( 12 0 0 (990 (10 0 0 (800 (12 0 0 .900 jso 0 0 i "■ ] 52 0 0 Auckland Girls' High School ... 235 225 10 135 79 11 235 235 10 1,810 0 0 Christchurch Girls' High School 95 88 3 59 32 1 95 95 || 1,460 5 4 3tago High School ... 11 138 129 4 97 37 ... 138 138 7 i| 1,270 0 0 Southland High School 4 42 38 23 19 42 42 Totals 24 25 510 480 17 314 167 12 510 Foe Boys and Giels. 1 , rhames High School ... ( 1. 14 1.7.20 ("5.82 Iff-IS 14 20 '"5 8 8 6 7 14 20 J... 8 8 0 J 185 0 0 Wellington College ... 79 11 49 4 35 5 1 3 85 12 I 8.. (-11 14 0 8 12 6 (.990 < 10 10 0 (880 53 11 0 42 0 0 (2,225 0 0 Kmaru High School ... ( b. 42 ..M9 138 82 38 44 1 8 31 26 9 15 41 49 j ... 1,525 0 0 Totals —Boys Totals—Girls ... 131 75 1 13 88 38 50 27 1 3 140 81 Totals 11 ! 5 220 200 14 126 77 4 221

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part, of only local interest, it has not been thought necessary to publish them in. connection with this report.* The following is a summary of the income and expenditure, for the year 1880, of the secondary schools whose governing bodies have submitted statements of accounts : —

TABLE Z.—Income and Expenditure of Certain Secondary Schools. Income.

Owing to the overlapping of the school and the financial years, and the lateness of the second session of the General Assembly of 1879, the amount shown in the above table as received from public votes within the school year 1880 includes almost the whole of the moneys voted for the secondary schools for the two financial periods 1879-80 and 1880-81. Since the presentation of last report the Inspector-General of Schools has inspected the Auckland College and Grammar School; Auckland Girls' High School; Thames High School; Christchurch Girls' High School; Timaru High School; Dunedin Boys' High School; Dunedin Girls' High School; and Invercargill Girls' High School; and he has made arrangements for paying an early visit to the Christ's College Grammar School, Christchurch. The two reports of the Royal Commission (1878-80) on the University of New Zealand and its relations to the secondary education of the colony contain a large amount of information respecting the institutions established for the promotion of the higher and secondary education.f

* A correspondence, including letters from Dr. Abbott and the Eev. H. Quick, on Grammar School organisation, is published with the Keport of the Auckland College and Grammar School. t Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, Sesa. 1., 1879, H.-l, and 1880, H.-l.

Schodls. Balance on Jan. 1, 1880. .2c_ p.|S s _■« f- o „ Interest, Eents, and Proceeds of Endowments. From School Commissioners for Eeserves. Day, Evening, and Boar dingSchool Fees. Sundries. Overdrafts or Deficit, Deo. 31,1880. Total. Luckland College and Grammar School Luckland Girls' High S. ?hames High School ... Whangarei High School Jew Plymouth High S. Wanganui Col. School... Wellington College f el son College christchurch Girls' High School Uhburton High School ?imaru High School ... Waitaki High School ... )tago High Schools 'outhland High Schools £ s. d. 1,670 7 8 £ £ s. d. 2,537 11 11 £ s. d. 63 7 0 £ s. d. 1,694 1 0 £ a. d. 26 14 0 £ s. d. 942 18 0 £ s. d 6,934 19 7 103 7 2 105 13 4 769 14 1 2,100 1,900 18" 0 0 85 11 3 107 15 7 85 11 3 154 19 7 1,648 0 4 125 3 9 12 12 0 3,833 11 7 2,266 18 t 191 4 7 1,931 13 _ 857 H £ 4,743 9 1 6,757 1 11 2,412 13 _ 76" 6 8 1,000 2,450 7 0 0 686 6 9 974 0 4 1,935 16 10 690 1 10 24 "ll 4 171 5 0 1,020 3 3 4,672 2 0 1,316 5 6 45 0 0 72 16 5 14 1 0 229" 14 2 250 "0 0 142" 5 0 291 6 11 958 3 1 177 18 6 85 5 6 407 8 2 867 12 3 685 8 6 1,276 16 10 480 11 11 733" 5 8 3 16 0 702 11 1 2,559 1 0 863 7 0 7,030 14 1 3,798 7 9 2,000 2,000 203" 7 9 52 8 4 3,465" 4 0 688 18 9 21 2 0 555" 6 9 Total 4,238 15 11 11,450 10,566 15 4 1,027 12 3 15,534 9 3 ,100 1 5 1,870 3 11 44,883 4 11 Expendituee. Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1, 1880. Office. Salaries and Expenses. School Salaries, Evening Classes, Boarding Expenses. Examinations, Prizes, Scholarships. Buildings, Bents, Repairs. Sundries. Balances, Dec. 31, 1880. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d 264 3 0 £ s. d. 3,194 2 10 ! £ s. d. 137 13 9 £ s. d. 2,832 11 3 £ s. d. 503 7 3 £ s. d. 3 16 £ s. d. 6,934 19 7 Auckland College and Grammar School Luckld. Girls'High S. Thames High School Whangarei HighSchl. few Plymouth H. S. Wanganui Col. School Wellington College.., kelson College Christchurch Girls' High School Lshburton High Schl. .imaru High School Waitaki High School )tago High Schools Southland High Schls. 1,224 18 2 1,554" 10 1 79 17 3 53 15 0 2 14 6 7 0 0 61 5 0 303 1 4 351 4 7 36 7 11 1,877 0 8 490 0 0' 570 1 8 1,808 17 4 4,164 11 0 1,817 2 11 31 4 0 19 0 6 87 2 0 473 10 0 140 6 4 276 4 9 1,572 15 3 13 18 8 19 12 4 350 0 4 220 19 10 75 0 0 57 5 2 94 14 8 22 14 2 72 12 4 639 18 0 151 17 9 196 19 9 287 2 0 55 13 7 188 10 1 1,888 0 10 114 19 11 1,394 18 9 3,833 11 7 2,266 18 6 191 4 7 1,931 13 8 857 H 9 4,743 9 1 6,757 1 11 2,412 13 4 146 16 5 61 6 11 208 4 7 16 8 6 353 3 5 122 2 10 1,380" 1 8 18"io 6 22 1 0 293 13 6 802 18 6 531 19 8 164 18 4 2,431 6 4 78 1 1 21 11 0 96 2 5 84 10 4 269 9 7 167 16 3 293 7 10 601 18 10 20 3 6 702 11 1 2,559 1 0 863 7 0 7,030 14 1 3,798 7 9 44,883 4 11 71 18 7 5,796" 0 7 1,046 5 2 Total 5,285 2 8 2,998 3 8 1,920 14 10 22,144 3 5' 929 8 1 9,585 18 9 2,019 13 11

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APPENDIX.

Table No. 1. Income of the several Education Boards for the Year 1880. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

From Government. From Local Sources. Public Libraries. Education Districts. on ist January, "1880. From Votes for Maintenance and Training of Teachers. From Special Votes for School Buildings. District High School Training and other Fees. Donations and Subscription s. Sale of Old Sundries not Sites and Classifiedj Total from Buildings,- chiefl Local and t> c J Sources. t-, , Refunds. Rents. From Education Reserves. Interest on Current Accounts. Special Vote. Contributions by Committees. Overdrafts on 31st Dec, 18S0. Total. Total from Government. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 1,846 10 7 46,543 i7 8 28,825 ° ° 75,368 17 8 4 10 o 269 12 3 164 12 9 1,318 13 8 1,757 8 8 1,572 13 4 877 5 6 81,422 15 9 Taranaki 827 5 o 3,962 4 10 3,800 o o 7,762 4 10 8 14 8 100 11 6 109 6 2 3H 12 3 81 15 6 9,095 3 9 Wanganui 355 18 8 12,779 16 6 5,500 o o 18,279 '6 6 140 6 6j 1184 1 4 324 7 10 235 12 o 207 16 9 19,403 11 9 Wellington •9,334 19 I0 13,200 o o 32,534 19 10 121 5 3 294 2 o 4i5 7 3 264 7 o 381 6 3 33.596 o 4 Hawke's Bay 4,092 6 9 8,525 10 3 5,770 o o 14,295 10 3 270 o o 74 19 IO 344 19 10 920 13 2 175 3 6 199 14 o 20,028 7 6 Marlborough 1,027 I0 9 3,556 18 7 1,250 o o 4,806 18 7 38 10 o 1 10 o 17 7 o 57 7 o 179 3 6 75 2 3 6,146 2 j Nelson 3.«75 " 2 11,989 6 o 5,47° '7 10 17,460 3 10 300 198 4 o 201 4 o 579 15 2 244 6 9 22,161 o 11 North Canterbury 18,622 12 1 43,535 2 3 14,500 o o 58,03s 2 3 10 o o 45 J5 o 252 10 o 3°8 5 o 6,929 18 7 918 19 7 840 7 o 85,6SS 4 « South Canterbury 1.493 13 6 8,944 7 1 3,000 o o 11,944 7 1 61 19 6 135 ° ° 196 19 6 1,893 15 o 68 4 6 206 3 8 15,803 3 a Westland 409 16 1 9,679 7 1 6,200 o o 15,879 7 1 637 1 5 637 1 5 74 13 6 215 8 6 1,113 4 2 18,329 10 5 Otago 8,678 8 9 59,366 5 3 12,720 18 10 72,087 4 1 238 14 o 1,091 16 6 1,330 10 6 5,393 15 11 576 17 5 1,280 13 4 1,580 11 1 90,928 1 1 Southland 2,648 1 10 13,337 18 8 4,200 o o 17,537 18 8 76 3 o 24 10 o 100 13 o I 1,390 o 11 335 8 6 22,012 2 11 Total 43.677 15 2 241,555 M o 104,436 16 8 345,992 10 8 508 3 6 785 13 1 1,596 4 3 2,893 9 5 5,783 IO 2 19,749 o 4 i,739 5 o 4,945 8 o 2,693 15 3 424,581 4 j Total for 1879 62,034 7 1 217,873 2 o 150,581 4 7 368,457 6 7 5,739 7 4 21,330 7 1 3,048 17 2| 15,75° 4 3 838 5 " 467,198 14 7 ...

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Table No. 2. Expenditure of the several Boards for the Year 1880. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

_ 1. 2. s. 4. 5. Ichool Buildings. 6. 7. 8. 9. Boards. I Inspection Maintenance of SchoolsDistributed among Public Libraries from Special Vote and Committees, Contributions for Books. Education Districts. Balances or Liabilities, ist January, 1880. Office Staff, Members' Allowances, Printing, Advertising, Stationery, Law Cost's, and other Office Expenditure. of Schools, Examinatioi of Pupil-teachei Salaries and Expenses. Schools, Examination of Pupil-teachers. Teachers' Salaries and Allowances, Scholarships, Training of Teachers. Committees and Schools for Educational Purposes. New BuildingsEnlargements, Repairs, Furniture, Sites, Fencing. Professional Services. Plans and Supervision, Convevances, &c. Payments not Classified, including Refunds, Interest, &c. Balances 31st December, 1880. Totals. Salaries and Expenses. Scholarships. Insurance of School Buildings. Total for Maintenance. Total for School Buildings. £ s. d. £ s. d; £ S. d. £ s. d. £ m d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 46 9 11 2,181 10 5 i,535 o 5 39,380 12 6 4,231. 13 5 838 9 o 436 II IO 44,887 6 9 25,561 15 1 1,180 9 9 26,742 4 10 50 o o 1,174 13 o 4,805 10 5 81,422 15 9 Taranaki 241 15 11 197 10 o 3,533 7 4 473 o 5 4,006 7 9 3,541 9 3 118 16 6 3,660 5 9 81 15 6 907 8 10 9,°9S 3 9 Wanganui 8l6 O 2 720 1 1 478 3 3 10,161 1 10 960 14 10 124 4 4 59 7 o 11,305 8 o 4,903 9 9 287 18 10 5,i9i 8 7 211 5 4 681 5 4 19,403 11 9 Wellington 378 3 7 55o 8 6 557 15 6 15,232 18 1 2,305 19 5 182 13 o 66 6 6 17,787 17 o 9,644 18 O 4i5 3 9 10,060 1 9 267 7 o 381 6 3 3,613 o 9 33,596 o 4 Hawke's Bay I 553 4 6 555 o o 7,692 9 10 1,037 o 2 138 5 2 37 i7 7 8,905 12 9 6,404 18 IO 254 o 6 6,658 19 4 060' 199 14 o 3,'S5 10 11 20,028 7 6 Marlborough 164 o 8 191 3 o 3,i33 2 4 319 5 6 46 7 o 3,498 14 IO 1,509 16 9 7° 7 3 1,580 4 o 76 2 3 635 17 4 6,146 2 1 Nelson 439 18 3 513 8 6 10,168 2 5 2,009 5 4 212 4 6 12,389 12 3 5,757 14 10 391 iS 6 6,149 I0 4l ... I 244 6 9 2,424 4 10 22,161 o 11 North Canterbury 1,366 19 10 1,342 11 11 40,389 2 o 5,856 2 1 907 17 8 47,153 1 9 16,862 o 6 1,337 19 " 18,200 o 5 408 14 o 833 13 3. 16,350 3 4 85,655 4 6 South Canterbury 74i 11 5 393 4 11 8,842 6 1 i,"9 4 1 181 1 10 173 1 6 10,315 13 6 2,919 5 6 126 15 5 3,046 O II 215 8 9 1,091 3 9 15,803 3 3 Westland 870 3 9 540 o o 8,475 3 5 i,534 6 6 192 10 o 139 4 11 10,341 4 10 6,082 10 o 280 3 8 6,362 13 8 215 8 6 18,329 10 9 • Otago 1,524 11 8 1,471 12 11 55,147 15 1 6,657 18 7 710 o 4 62,515 14 o 23,756 3 11 I 98S 17 7 I 24,742 1 6 674 1 o 90,928 1 1 Southland 683 11 6 498 3 4 12,081 9 10 i,737 19 5 82 5 9 112 15 0 14,014 IO o 5,016 10 9 5,016 10 9 350 6 10 1,449 ° 6 22,012 2 11 Total 1 I 1,240 13 8 10,037 '7 6 8,273 13 9 214,237 10 9 28,242 9 9 3,615 18 7 1,025 4 '4 247,121 3 5 III,96l 13 2 5,449 8 8 I 117,410 I IO 726 7 o 4,658 1 5 35>"3 6 o 424,581 4 Total for 1879 3,432 5 4 11,109 8 10 7,735 4 o 187,763 6 8 26,926 11 2 2,834 14 4 657 9 1 221,053 4 o 166,961 6 3 5,906 8 o 172,867 14 3 1,651 II o 6,074 o 7 43,275 6 7 467,198 14 I

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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 1880. (Compiled from the Detailed Statements of Expenditure forwarded by Boards.)

Management by Boards. Inspection of Schools and Examination of Pupil-teaehers. Education Districts. Staff. Allowances to Members of Boards. Office Rent, Furniture, Repairs, &c. Total of Management, Inspection, and Examination. Secretary, Treasurer, Clerks, Messengers, Clerical j Assistance, &c. Fuel, Light, and Cleaning. Law Expenses. Printing. Advertising. Stationery. SundriesTotals as in Column 2, Table No. 2. Salaries of Inspectors. Inspectors' Travelling Expenses, &c. Pupilteachers' Examinations. Totals as in Column 3, Table No. 2. £ .. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 1,425 1 8 185 12 8 32 18 9! 1 14 5 6 165 6 6 173 6 o 127 5 9 57 13 7 2,181 10 5 1,062 18 4 347 iS 6 \ 124 6 7 i,535 o 5 3,716 10 10 Taranaki 145 12 3 50 o o 7 17 o 9 9 2 1 8 o 17 8 3 7 18 3 2 3 o, 241 15 11 197 10 o 197 10 o 439 S 11 Wanganui 291 13 4 203 16 o 48 5 6 16 10 2 14 IS 4 44 10 oj 43 18 7 50 17 8 5 14 6 720 1 1 387 10 o 58 11 o 32 2 3 478 3 3 1,198 4 4 Wellington 395 o o 5 ° o 3 18 6 608 29 2 9 71 o 7 40 6 o 55o 8 6 375 o o 176 15 6 600 557 iS 6 1,108 4 o Hawke's Bay ... 375 o o 196 420, 1 18 6 10 63 IO Oi 32 9 o 41 o o, 17 7 2 553 4 6 375 o o 150 o o| 30 o o 555 o o; 1,108 4 6 Marlborough ,.. 112 10 o, 220 23 18 o 1696 9 i 2 164 o 8 125 o 0 66 3 o 191 3 o 355 3 8 Nelson 216 18 10 42 15 o 3 14 8 050 34 17 7 25 9 11 94 18 6 IS 5 9 5 13 °\ 439 18 3 387 10 o 125 18 6 5i3 8 6 953 6 9 North Canterbury ft ! 1,121 8 4 51.6 I 37 3 5 2100 93 2 6 32 15 2 55 16 11 1,366 19 10; 983 6 8 267 5 10 9' 19 S 1,342 11 n 2,709 11 9 South Canterbury 360 17 2 4i 11 9 133 1 7 21 9 3 II 3 °i 103 4 8) 15 13 8 37 16 4 16 14 o 74i 11 5 290 o o! 83 1 9 20 3 2 393 4 11 1,134 16 4 Westland 328 13 4| |I2S 17 O 33 4 8 29 o 81 J109 7 6 36 18 o| 22 6 8 1 184 15 11 870 3 9 386 13 41 i53 6 8 I 540 o o 1,410 3 9 Otago 865 16 8 99 6 o 221 15 1 38 6 10 3 3 o »3 o 81 88 10 o 94 13 5 1,524 11 8 968 15 o 418 10 3 84 7 8 1,471 12 n 2,996 4 7 Southland 295 i? 6 62 8 6 no 16 o 18 8 o 39 3 4 119 16 8. ' 37 ! 6 683 n 6 39° 13 4 107 10 o 498 3 4 1,181 14 10 Total ... ! 1 5,934 9 1 636 7 9 716 10 6j 202 8 I 164 3 9 811 3 10 743 3 11 ,539 9 5 290 1 2 10,037 i? 6 5,929 16 8 1,954 18 o 388 19 1 8,273 13 9 18,311 n 3 Total for 1879 6,022 2 2 462 18 3 922 3 3 171 8 8 818 10 6 801 16 o 1,067 is 9 581 19 4 260 14 n 11,109 8 10 S>59i 13 4 1,819 8 n 324 1 9 7,735 4 o 18,844 12 10

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Table No. 4. Summary of School Buildings Accounts (compiled from Boards' Returns).

1. Buildings Accounts as at ist January, 1881. Estimated Cost of Fresh Works set down by Boards as Needed. Boards' Receipts for last Fc and Expenditure >ur Years. Population Statistics. Average Attendance Statistics. Expended during the Year 1880. 2. 3. 4. s. 6. 7. 8. * 9. 1O. 11. 12. 13. 14. Pounds Received in Four Years for each average Attendance. 15. Education Districts. Available Balance from all Sources. Liabilities on Contracts with Extras. Balance. Surplus. Balance. Deficit. Fresh Works set down as Needed. Amount in next preceding column with Surplus added and Deficit subtracted. Received from Special Buildings Votes from 1877 to 1881 inclusive. Expended during the Years 1857, 1878, 1879, and 1880. Population by Census of i8 7 8. Shillings Received per Head of Population in Four Years. Shillings Expended per Head of Population in I Four Years. Average attendance last Quarter of 1880. Pounds Expended in Four Years for each average Attendance. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. dJ £ s. d. 26,810 o o £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. s. £ £ Auckland 26,742 4 10 12,098 18 5 5,601 o o 6,497 18 5 20,3 12 1 7 83,000 o o 89,703 1 9 79,140 20'9 22-6 ",839 r° 7- 5 Taranaki 3>66o 5 9 366 16 5 323 10 8 43 5 9 3,217 o o 3,173 H 3 9,050 o o 9,043 13 o 7,37 6 24- 5 24'5 I,H7 7-8 7-8 Wanganui 5,191 8 7 1,004 12 7 806 14 o 197 18 7 I 3,900 o o 3,7°2 1 5 22,000 o o 22,778 15 9 18,748 23'4 24'3 3,4O3 64 67 Wellington 10,060 1 9 3,641 14 11 825 2 6 2,816 12 5 15,360 o o 12,543 1 7 31,500 o o 41,996 4 1 34,398 18-3 24-4 4,685 67 8'9 Hawke's Bay 6,658 19 4 2,566 16 1 2,536 1 1 3° 15 ° 10,362 o o io,33i 5 ° 23,000 o o 22,111 17 3 18,015 25'5 24'5 2,334 98 9'4 Marlborough 1,580 4 o 825 5 7 39 6 5 3 429 o 4 2,415 o o 1,985 19 8 7,100 o o 7,385 8 10 6,775 2I'O 21-8 883 8-0 83 Nelson 6,149 I0 4 1,698 13 1 404 2 6 1,294 10 7 4,975 ° ° 3,680 9 5 16,600 o o 17,127 18 4 22,042 I5-O '5'5 3,008 5'i, 5-6 North Canterbury ... 18,200 o 5 12,028 10 o 3,219 7 2 8,809 2 10 ■ 28,841 o o 20,031 17 2 53,834 o o 81,215 17 5 75,8io 14-2 2 1'4 12,233 4"4 6-6 South Canterbury ... 3,046 on 1,246 6 5 7°5 13 2 54° 13 3 8,721 o o 8,180 6 9 18,916 o o 30,802 17 9 17,469 21-6 35' 2 2,616 7-2 117 Westland 6,362 13 8 3,247 2 5 1,460 16 9 1,786 5 8 10,425 o o 8,638 14 4 25,300 o o 25,871 o 7 19,433 26'O 266 2,447 10-3 IO '5 Otago 24,742 1 6 6,000 o o 5,961 11 1 38 8 11 37,17° ° ° 37,!3i 'I 1 61,500 o o 93,017 13 6 91,010 13-5 20-4 16,047 3'8 5'7 Southland 5,016 10 9 2,432 16 7 2,522 13 o 89 l6 5 2,350 o o 2,439 l6 5 17,850 o o 22,037 13 5 23,459 15-2 18-8 3,765 47 5-8 Totals for 1880 1 - I 117,410 1 10 47,157 12 6 24,762 17 2 2 2,484 II 9 89 l6 5 iS4,546 o o 132,151 4 8 369,650 o Oj 463,092 1 8 413,684 17-8 ?2'$ 64,407 5'7 7-1 Totals for 1879 172,867 14 3 56,167 12 5 56,789 4 o IO ; OI9 13 II 10,641 5 6 163,274 13 o 163,896 4 7 326,950 o o 345,681 19 10 413,684 iS-8 16*17 58,738 5*5 S* * The amounts in Columns 8 and 9 are not covered exactly by the same periods. The moneys in Column 8 are those received from the Special Buildings Votes for the last four financial periods —viz., year 1877-78, £51,950 ; year 1878-79, £100,000; nine months 1879-80, £175,000 ; year 1880-81, £42,700: total as above, £369,650. A large proportion of the grants for 1880-81 was not expended until after the close of 1880. The expenditure in Column 9 is for the four years 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, and includes other moneys than those specially voted for buildings. These consisted of balances in hand, payments out of ordinary Board funds, and, in the case of North and South Canterbury, of the sum of £15,000 out of the Canterbury Land Fund. The sum of £82,322 expended on buildings by Boards in 1877 was so expended before the first Special Buildings Vote was distributed, and was mainly taken out of the ordinary Education Vote for 1876-77, and of other funds in the possession of Boards.

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Table No. 5. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts for the last Quarter of 1880.

Table No. 6. Classification according to Standards in the several Districts for the last Quarter of 1880.

5.2 o lis si?" Number Classified according to Standards. Preparing for Standard Dtal Numl Classified. ier Infants too Young for Column next following. Passed Standard VI. Education Districts. I. II. III. IV. v. VI. s§s M. F. Total. M. F. I Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. 1 F. I Total. M. F. I Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 14,939 1,559 4,394 6,082 3,085 1,212 3,950 16,437 3,506 3,143 19,203 4,891 7,787 824 2,294 3,228 1,625 634 2,005 1,818 i,538 9,821 2,568 7,152 735 2,100 2,854 1,460 578 i,945 7,845 1,688 1,605 9,382 2,323 39,667 35,977 14,939 i,559 4,394 6,082 3,085 1,212 3,950 i6,437 3,5o6 3,i43 19,203 4,891 j 2,001 95 563 753 467 91 339 2,783 596 435 2,676 576 i,736 i°5 SI.3 665 408 83 383 2,384 563 466 2,553 489 3,737 200 1,076 1,418 875 '74 722 5,i67 i,i59 901 5,229 1,065 1,951 280 490 644 364 168 413 1,539 364 370 1,971 560 1,709 239 449 552 322 142 33 1 1,530 299 393 1,897 5°4 8,367 8,547 3,660 519 939 1,196 686 310 744 3,069 ' 663 763 3,868 1,064 17,481 17,766 1,648 154 479 460 303 99 372 1,489 257 240 1,519 534 i>5 63 175 415 407 299 102 272 i,437 295 293 1,494 484 7,236 6,500 3,2" 329 894 867 602 201 644 2,926 552 533 3,oi3 1,018 1,189 177 423 5ii 249 120 376 1,384 312 207 i,449 399 6,796 6,101 1,249 2,438 136 313 388J 811 509' 1,020 244 1 493 123 243 335 7" 1,336 2,720 273 585 205 412 1,411 2,860 430 829 6,639 13,435 5,717 11,818 730 73 199 434 143 91 285 897 161 164 1,122 292 681 1,411 62 135 231 43° 365 799 135 278 79 170 324 609 779 1,676 162 323 161 325 1,028 2,150 248 540 4,255! 8,846 3,88718,097 242 37 79 281 80 36 128 336 77 77 646 i35 196 16 67 241 45 25 182 294 65 60 643 129 1,963 1,690 438 53 146 522 125 61 3IO 630 142 137 1,289 264 24 8 38 109 19 16 63 144 45 41 308 70 18 2 28 93 7 14 95 76 31 26 257 38 685 482 42 IO 66 202 26 3° 158 220 76 67 565 108 2 23 36 ... 13 29 20 6 ... ... 9 22 ... 10 23 9 3: 5 1 2, 21 ... 4 130 2 1 99 1 _2 Totals for 1880 Totals for 1879 82,401 75,556 42,734 39,298 82,401 75,275 ",375 10,093 10,348 9>o5i 21,723 19,144 9,114 9,219 7,554 6,846 14,790 13,346 4,591 4,210 2,154 1,983 4,"7 3,673 885 676 : 1,570 1,158 265 170 — 174 103 43' 27,

Under _ Years. 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. I Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females, j Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. i I Auckland ... Taranaki ... Wanganui... Wellington... Hawke's BayMarlborough Nelson Noith Canterbury South Canterbury Westland ... Otago Southland ... 13 141 I50 74 20 31 37o 84 130 194 105 ... I ... 8 21 118 259 168 318 86 160 12 32 23 54 37 1 74i 7i 155 146 276 209 403 97 202 1,309 2,621 i,393 2,780 1,767 160 476 734 405 139 405 i,97S 393 343 i,993 512 i,S30 i57 477 669 367 134 417 i,744 390 363 1,849 416 7,789 3,297 317 953 1,403 772 273 822 3,7i9 78.3 706 3,842 928 2,835 310 820 1,097 555 236 710 2,951 634 491 3,474 885 H,998 14,006 2,518 257 702 928 485 211 674 2,710 579 552 3,340 760 i3,7 l6 12,659 5,353 567 1,522 2,025 1,040 447 1,384 5,661 1,213 1,043 6,814 1,645 28,714 26,665 2,345 261 623 929 460 168 641 2,448 557 393 2,992 699 12,516 ",373 2,194 4>S39 722 231 492 70 566 j 1,189 185 780 \ 1,709 : 28l 395 I 855 ! 117 166 334 j 53 577 1,218 j 195 2,271 4,719 ! 741 480 1,037 i 130 379 772 j 145 2,857 5,849 : 991 724 1,423 294 11,620 I 24,136 3,924 10,341 21,714 3,453 754 75 187 268 "5 212 654 146 132 9'3 276 3,783 3,324 1,476 145 372 549 232 104 407 i,39S 276 277 1,904 570 118 10 49 37 14 18 23 107 20 36 177 73 682 566 156 7 41 12 4 42 95 22 274 17 99 78 26 22 6S 202 42 69 39i 123 7,787 824 2,294 3,228 1,625 6.34 2,005 8,592 1,818 9,821 2,568 7,152 735 2,100 2,854 1,460 578 i,945 7,845 1,688 1,605 9,382 2,323 14,93! 4,39' 6,08: 3,o8; 1,21: 3,9S< 16,43: 3,50l 19,20: 4,89 33 214 5° Totals for 1880 Totals for 1879 1,312 1,387 9,302 8,642 i7,8iS 16,431 7,7o7 6,777 726 623 1,408 1,189 42,734 39,427 39,667 36,129 82,40 75,55'

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Table No. 7. Nominal Return of Officers of Education Boards and Training Colleges, not included in Table No. 9, as at 31st December, 1880, including the corresponding Salaries as paid on 30th June, 1880.

Annual Salary. Position. Name. As at 31st Dec, As at 30th June, 1880. 1880. Remarks. Auckland :— Secretary and Treasurer (Treasurer) Clerk and Accountant Clerk Vincent E. Rice £ s. d. 405 o o £ »• d45° o ° The two offices are now conjoined, the services of a separate Treasurer having been dispensed with. (Abolished) Henry N. Garland 180 o o 350 o o 250 o o Also Secretary to School Commissioners. Messenger Inspector Assistant Inspector John J. Roach Thomas H. Ellis W. Wheatcroft Richard J. O'Sullivan ... John S. Goodwin P. J. R. Peacocke Henry Allright 135 o o IOO o o 40 o o 45° o o 3>5 o o 270 o o 225 o o £2,120 o o 125 o o 100 o o 40 o o 500 o o 350 o o 300 o o 250 o o £2,715 o o > Also an allowance of £ 1 per day when travelling. Also actual travelling expenses, and 2\ per cent, on cost of work executed under his supervision. „ Architect Taranaki :— Secretary and Treasurer Inspector Architect W. Northcroft W. M. Crompton Henry Taylor 135 ° o 190 o o 75 o o £400 o o 150 o 0 200 O O 80 o o £430 o o Also £50 a year travelling allowance. Wanganui :— Secretary and Treasurer Inspector A. A. Browne 280 o o 300 o o Robert Foulis 370. o o 400 o o £700 o o £650 o o Wellington : —■ Secretary and Inspector Clerk and Treasurer Messenger Normal Master .., „ Mistress Drawing Teacher Robert Lee Arthur Dorset William Archer C. C. Howard Mrs. M. E. Griffin Miss A. Holmes ... 500 o 0 250 o o 20 O O 400 o o 225 o o IOO o o 500 o o 250 o o 20 o o Also forage allowance of 3s. a day, and £1 per diem when travelling. > New appointments. Hawke's Bay:—■ Inspector and Secretary Clerk and Trea£i,495 o o £77o o o Architect, 5 per cent, on amount of contracts. Henry Hill 500 o o 500 o o Also £150 for travelling expenses. G.T.Fannin 200 O O 200 O O surer Cadet William Motley 5° o o £750 o o 50 o o Architect receives 2J, 4, and 6 per cent, respectively, according to distance from Napier. Marlborough:— Secretary Inspector Messenger John T. Robinson W. C. Hodgson William Compton £750 o o 100 o o 100 o o 125 o o 12 IO O Also Inspectorfor Nelson. Travelling allowance on duty, £ 1 per day, and cost of conveyance. 125 o o 12 10 O £237 10 o £237 10 o Architect, 5 per cent. Nelson : —■ Secretary and Treasurer Inspector Stead Ellis 225 o o 250 O O Also £140 a year for travelling expenses. Inspector for Marlborough, £125. Architect, 2\ per cent, for plans, and 2i per cent, for supervision. W.C.Hodgson 310 o o £535 o o 375 o 0 £625 o O North Canterbury :— Secretary and Treasurer Chief Clerk Second Clerk Messenger ... Inspector J. Colborne-Veel Edward L. Wallace Charles Allard George Burnley John P. Restell William L. Edge James O. Walker William Malcolm Edwin Watkins Alfred C. Newton Amelia C. Crowley 540 o o 600 o o 300 o o 175 o o 65 o o 500 o o 500 o o 300 o o 600 o o 460 o o 350 o o 250 o o £4,100 o o / Forage allowance, £45 a year, and actual travelling C expenses. Drill Instructor ,., Normal Master ... ,, Tutor ... 270 o 0 157 10 o 65 o o 450 o o 450 o o 250 o o 54o o o 414 o o 319 10 o 250 o o £3,706 o o ,, ,, „ Mistress Architect, 4 per cent, on work, and actual travelling expenses ; Clerk of Works, 12s a day.

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Table No. 7 — continued. Nominal Return of Officers of Education Boards, &c. — continued.

Annual Salary. Position. Name. As at 31st Dec, As at 30th June, 1880. 1880. Remarks. South Canter- £ ■• d. £ 1. d. bury : — Secretary and Inspector Clerk Henry Hammond 400 o 0 500 o 0 Also actual travelling expenses. J. Kirby 150 o o £550 o o 156 o o £656 o o Westlano : — Secretary and Treasurer Inspector E. T. Robinson Architect, 2J per cent., and actual travelling expenses. 306 o o 340 o 0 Travelling expenses, £140. John Smith 360 o o £666 o o 400 o o £74o o o Otago:— Secretary and Treasurer Clerk Clerk of Works, about 2\ per cent. Patrick G. Pryde - 463 o o 500 o o Cadet Z. Frederick G. Odell Samuel M. Park L. P. Nicholson 208 o o 11400 50 o o 225 o o 120 o o 50 o o (■Travelling allowance, £1 5s. a day when on duty be- < yond reach of Dunedin; when engaged in office, (, £ 1 5s. a week forage allowance. Inspector ' ... Donald Petrie, M.A. William Taylor 509 o o 416 o o 55° o o 450 o o ,, Architect (Draughtsman)... Clerk of Works .., Drawin g-master (Assistant ditto),.. John Somerville (Abolished, 35° o ° 35° o o 225 o o 240 o o 45° o o 250 o o 60 o o 45 o o 50 o o 600 o o 225 o o 30 o o ) The Architect is now also aughtsman and Clerk of j Works. David C. Hutton (Abolished) Alfred Walsh Louisa Burnside (Abolished) W. S. Fitzgerald Lucy A. Fitzgerald (Abolished) 416 o o „ 60 o o 45 o o ( ',', )■■'■ Normal Master ... „ Mistress ( „ French) Tutor Normal Gymnastic Teacher Normal Drill Master Oscar David 555 o o 208 o 0 143 o 0 150 o o Sergeant Stevens 18 15 o 18 15 o Southland : — Secretary and Treasurer Inspector John G. Smith £3,555 15 o £4,588 15 o 279 o o 300 o o P. Goyen 372 o o £651 o o 400 o o Also travelling allowance, £130. £700 o o

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Table No. 8. Statement of Expenditure and Recoveries in respect of all Services under the Control of the Minister of Education during the Year ending 31st March, 1881.

Service. Amount. Education Department. £ r. d. 606 13 4 606 13 4 556 3 o 185 5 11 £ s. d. Secretary Inspector-General Clerks and clerical assistance Travelling expenses Teachers'examinations (two examinations) ... ... ... £9'2 6 8 Less fees received (one examination) ... ... ... 404 1 o Gilchrist Scholarship examination ... ... ... Office sundries 508 s 8 12 6 o 7 3 1 2,482 10 4 Grants to Boards (not including Buildings Grants). Capitation Allowance, at £3 15s. per average attendance ... £233,423 8 9 Less revenue from reserves ... ... ... ... I9,7°4 2 3 Capitation Allowance, at 10s., for School Committees (four months) Capitation Allowance, at is. 6d., for scholarships Subsidies for inspection Subsidies for training of teachers 213,719 6 6 10,232 9 2 3,744 4 11 3,927 3 o 6,714 9 9 238,337 13 4 Native Schools. Salaries of Clerks, Inspector, and district officers Salaries and allowances of teachers ... Capitation allowances, boarding-school charges, and apprenticing... £4,543 2 1 Less recoveries ... ... ... ... ... 181011 693 1 4 7>463 7 4 Books, school requisites, sewing material, &c. ... Travelling expenses (including removals of Teachers) ... Subsidy to Hawke's Bay Board, school sites, repairs, and contingencies 4,524 11 2 672 18 3 589 7 5 130 o 5 14,073 5 " Industrial Schools. Burnham—Salaries „ Maintenance ... ... ... ... ... £1,621 17 II Less recoveries—From parents ... £i47 12 6 „ Farm, &c. ... 81 15 o 229 7 6 694 5 io Caversham —Salaries „ Maintenance... ... ... ... ... £2,447 I0 2 Less recoveries—From parents £220 7 o „ Sundries ... 6 17 6 227 4 6 i,39 2 io 5 1,043 17 6 Kohimarama —Salaries „ Rent „ Maintenance ... ... ... ... £1,462 9 4 Less recoveries—From parents £87 14 o „ Sundries ... 18 14 o 2,220 5 8 681 16 1 139 4 o 106 8 o i,356 1 4 Deaf and Dumb Institution. 7,528 o 16 Director Assistant Rent, rates, furniture, and repairs Travelling expenses Advertising Medical attendance School requisites ... Maintenance of pupils ... ... ... ... ... £4°7 l1 8 Less recoveries ... ... ... ... ... 263 8 8 600 o o 11 5 o 428 6 10 39 6 6 1460 660 1 18 o 144 9 o 75 o o Compensation to Miss Mitchell 1,320 17 4 School Buildi-ngs. Public schools Native schools Industrial schools 95,506 17 10 1,823 10 7 1,842 10 3 99,172 18 8 Miscellaneous Services. Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School New Plymouth High School Wellington College Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools Royal Commission on Higher Education Illustrations for school books ... ... ... Educational Museum Public libraries 1,200 o o 400 o o 1,200 o o 1,800 o o 500 o o 2,000 O O 221 3 4 I46 2 O 94 5 10 2,106 5 1 9,667 16 3 University of New Zealand 3,000 o o

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Table No. 9. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, with the Expenditure for the Year 1880, and the Names, Status, and Emoluments of the Teachers as in December, 1880.

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*** In the second Teacher ;" '■ F," Fen: Pupil-teacher; and"! last column, " Position in the School," '* H M " laic Teacher ; " A M," Assistant Male Teacher; ' S," Sewing Teacher. means Head Master; " M," only one Master in School; " H F," Head Female 1 A F," Assistant Female Teacher'; " M P," Male Pupil-teacher; " F P," Female Al JCKLAND. Schools. ° in d "o I* 11 5? Maintc! Expei nditure for the Year. lance. Buildings, and Pupii-teachers gj nni ,l ,h,Hm» Sites, I on the Staff at the end %X paid during Furniture, and of the Year. |<" Q ™ *st of Apparatus. p« Year> Salaries. iOther Ordinary i Expenditure. £ s. a, 91 '3 4 84 11 8 125 13 4 £ s. d. 2O 12 6 18 o o 20 o o £ •■ d. Ephraim Shannon ... Isaac Williamson ... R. Fletcher Watkins... Mrs. Watkins James Paton Robert Hogwood Edith Campbell Mrs. Prosser Mrs. Johnson William Bramley Edmund B. Aimer ... Mrs. E. Anderson Barbara Anderson ... Mrs. Hickton James Armstrong ... Mrs. Angela Wilson Ella Wilson William Edwards ... Mrs. Edwards Mrs. Cains William H. Blyth ... Mrs. Hanson £ s. d. 100 o o 100 o o 125 o o 1000 no 00 130 o o 30 o o 1000 60 o o 80 o o 130 o o no o o 60 o o 75 o o 180 o o 80 o o 20 o o Mongonui... 1 2 Kaitaia Maungatete Oruru 1 2 6 12 3 35 o o M M M S M M AF S F M M F F F M HF AF M S F M S 3 3 4 Victoria Valley Mangonui 4 5 98 6 8 173 1 8 12 IO O 18 10 o 53 14 6 10 12 7 Hokianga'... Bay of Islands 5 6 8 Totara Kaeo Whangaroa North ... Hokianga Okaihau Waimate Kawakawa 6 7 8 9 10 n 12 59 o o 76 16 8 137 8 4 "7 7 S 59 o °i 75 o o\ 266 18 4 1 19 3 9 20 13 9 15 10 o 1910 o 18 15 o 20 IO O 20 8 6 on 6, 9 'a 2 65 12 o ]O O O 1 9 10 11 403 14 9 Pakaru 13 132 6 8 23 o o 220 120 OO IOOO 44 o o 120 O O 12 TeWharau(i) Russell •5 41 »3 4 124 16 8 19 10 o 30 18 6 25 11 10 13 IOOO Orongo (2) \ Wahapu (2) J Arapohue Whakahara (3) Aratapu 16 ■JO O O 6 15 o Mrs. Mary Crossley... F 120 O O Hobson 14 IS 17 18 '9 20 21 22 Te Kopuru Dargaville Matakohe Omaru Paparoa Maungaturoto Kaiwaka '7 18 •9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 129 16 8 120 5 o 217 17 6 138 1 8, 193 16 8 76 13 4 3' 13 4 163 1 8 138 1 8 144 o o 1800 17 is o 20 s ° 15 :7 6! 23 o o 11 10 o 8 5 o 14 12 6 14 12 6 13 7 6 31 19 o 498 H 3 IO 5 3 1 381 13 10 73 13 1 3 " 7 4 14 4 9 n 11 92 o 7 346 10 o Harry Wells Evan Richards John Stallworthy Mrs. Wrigley John Lindley Mrs. Lindley John Murray Mary Murray Joseph H. Wilson ... Mrs. Ann Jarvie Thomas W. Wilson... Elizabeth Davis William M. Flower ... Mrs. Jane Gloyn Thomas Campbell ... Margaret Ross Arabella Ryan Kate Allan Thomas Mackie Richard Coates Patilina Holman Edith Mair George W. Bradshaw Robert Baird Thomas Isemonger... Mrs. Munro [Arthur R. Miller ... ( Mrs. Macdonald ... Frederick Goertz Mrs. Goertz M M M AF M S M AF M F M S M S M S F F M M AF AF M H M AM AF M S M S 120 OO 122 OO I7O OO 30 o o T3O O O IOOO 140 o, o 5° ° ° 60 o o 40 o o 130 o o IOOO 130 o o IOOO 120 o o 10 o o Hakaru Kaipara Heads (1) ... Whareora Kamo 27 28 29 3° 968 103 10 o 83 *3 4 210 8 4 600 7 10 o 40 o o 80 o o 80 o o 150 o o 40 o o IS o o 130 o o 180 o o 80 o o Whangarei 23 20 15 o 18 7 6 203 14 o 24 2 5 Kaurihohore Whangarei 31 32 164 10 7 301 is o 18 2 6 20 3 9 25 6 3 3° 7 5 26 Parua Bay No. 1 (4) } No. 2 (4) j Whangarei Heads ... 33 iS 8 '5 ° iC 17 6 4 12 6 50 o o 150 o o 10 o o 120 o o IOOO 27 34 119 o o 18 10 o 125 5 4 28 Maungatapere (4) ") Otaika (s) i Ruatangata East (4) ~) West( 4 ) j Mangapai No. 1 (4) ) No. 2 (4) j Maungakaramea ... 35 85 o o 21 10 o 17 10 8 James Thornton M 120 o o 29 36 128 10 o 16 17 6 34 4 o ( Edward Millington \ Lucy Imms M S 120 O O IOOO 3° 37 i°9 3 4 18 15 o 73 6 ° 467 12 6 Daniel D. Metge M I 10 0 0 31 38 175 16 8 18 7 6 Willam H. Pooley ... Isabella Wilson Mrs. Pooley M AF S 140 o a 20 o o 10 o o 32 Waikiekie East (4) } West (4) j Ruakaka Waipu Cave ,, Cove 108 6 8 20 s o 16 17 4 Clifford A. Stevens ... M 120 o o 39 33 34 38 40 41 42 75 o o 5° 3 4 112 s ° 19 16 3 16 11 3 17 17 6 4 1 o 080 20 18 8 Richard Fleet Elizabeth Lewis William J. Council ... Anne McGregor M F M S 80 o o 60 o o 130 o o IOOO (1) Aided. (2) Half-time; opened 1st April. (3) Formerly Wairoa North. (4) Half-time. (5) Half-time; re-opened 1st June,

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o c I s o Schools. 0 t/i Maintci Expei iditure for the Year. lance. lnce- Buildings, Sites, t- f-> j- Furniture, and )ther Ordinary , , Expenditure. Apparatus. w Annual _ , , .. £ Salary and . Teachers Names, = AUow i nces including all Teachers .8 o , ft rate and Pupil-teachers g.g id during on the fataft at the end ;0# F the last of the Year. g Quarter of 1 the Year. a o. Salaries. hangarei •— contd. 36 37 Waipu North River ... Waipu Central Waipu Upper 43 44 £ ■■ d127 6 8 163 8 4 198 6 8 £ s. d. 23 5 ° 16 11 6 19 11 6 £ s. d. 6 11 5 468 13 17 3 Thomas W. Scott ... Mary McMillan Henry Matthews Jessie McLennan Mary McKenzie Horace E. Rowlands Jessie McKenzie Amelia Fisher William Tunks George A. O'B. Reid M S M AF S M AF F M M £ *■ d. 120 o o 10 o o 140 o o 30 o o IOOO 160 o o 45 o o 80 o o 80 o o 120 O O 38 45 Lodney 39 40 4 1 TePahi Albertland North ... Te Arai Komokoriki No. I (i) | No. 2(1) j Pakiri Port Albert 46 47 48 7 1 '3 4 70 o o 92 o o 2126 25 15 ° 20 o o o 18 6 1000 165 o 8 49 John Marmont M 42 43 5° 5' 49 3 4 138 18 4 16 1 3 13 7 6 on 6 1 6 3 Edward M. Gravatt... Benjamin M. Gubb ... Harriett Judd Mrs. Heffard Mrs. Rushbrook Alfred Steventon Mrs. Blackburn Mrs. Eleanor Dent ... Mrs. Mary Stone Thomas G. Compton f Lawrence Gilshenan ( Miss Meiklejohn ... M M AF S F M S F F M M S 60 o o 130 o o 20 O O IO O O 70 o o 120 o o IOOO I 10 OO no o o 80 o o 120 O O IOOO 44 45 Wellsford Wharehine 52 53 64 3 4 115 o o 20 3 9 18 15 o 6 7 8 23 12 o 46 47 48 49 Tauhoa Hoteo North Omaha (Little) Matakana Upper (2) | Big Omaha (2) j Matakana Lower (2) | Mullet Point (2) ) Mahurangi Heads ... Warkworth 54 57 108 5. o 73 6 8 96 o o 120 o o 17 5 ° 19 2 6 18 2 6 22 5 o 4 14 6 29 12 2 227 3 o S° 58 125 10 o 34 12 6 373 14 8 John Lyon Scott M 140 o o 5 1 52 53 Dome Valley Kaipara Flats Puhoi Wainui Waiwera Great Barrier (3) Kawau Kaukapakapa 59 60 61 62 63 64 6S 66 67 68 78 6 8 162 3 4 HO 3 4 76 o o 197 3 4 93 6 8 125 n 8 i°9 3 4 98 16 8 175 10 o 35 6 3 18 7 6 19 10 o 20 o o 18 4 o 18 7 6 19 7 6 685 3 11 5 12 6 35 3 8 842 36 12 6 85 12 o Peter Greenhill Alex. Campbell Annie Southgate Mrs. Cutler Robert W. Craig Nellie Horsely Alex. McNaughton ... Martin Krippner Mrs. Krippner Mrs. Carroll May Rapson Mrs. Faithfull Robert Kinross Henry Mason George W. Murray ... Edith Marks " ... Mrs. Marks Martha L. Munro ... Cecil A. Tobin I Charles B. Davis ... M M AF S M S M M AF S F F M M HM AF S F M 60 o o 140 o o 15 o o 10 o o no o o IOOO 80 o o 140 o o 40 o o IOOO 100 o o 130 o o no o o 64 o o 140 o o 30 o o IOOO 100 o o no o o .=54 55 5 7 21 10 o 17 12 6 437 6 ' Waitemata 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Helensville Woodhill Kumeu (2) Hobsonville (2) j Riverhead (4) Wade Pukeatua (2) ) Lucas Creek (2) j Northcote (5) 70 7 1 72 73 no o o 117 8 4 119 o o 28 6 8J 99 3 4 20 10 o 20 o o 14 15 o 21 10 o 5 5° 21 5 o 17 17 6 15 16 3 18 11 o 4 15 6 4 14 6 480 o 10 6 1000 11 11 o Annie Rapson > John Riordan Samuel F. Mayhew ... Annie Dixon Mrs. Mayhew Thomas Broun Mrs. Broun Thomas H. Smith ... Mary C. Tregear Margaret Mackay ... Edith M. Smith Janet F. Ferguson ... Helen D. Hanson ... Henry Holloway Henry Worthington ... Charles H. Nicholson Henry T. Pycroft ... Richard J. Dilke ... Richard T. Burgess ... George B. Reid Oliver Dean Frederick Booth Walter Sullivan Thomas L. May Evelyn A. Hastings ... Elizabeth Dunning ... Annie Jerram M F 120 o o no 00 74 117 10 o M 120 o o 75 183 1 8 210 23i S 7 M AF S M S M HF AF AF AF F M H M AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM HF AF 130 0 o 30 o o 10 o o 120 o o 10 o o 230 o o 100 o o 60 o o 50 o o 50 o o no 00 Lake 76 117 6 8 20 10 o 431 17 10 65 66 Devonport 77 477 6 8 38 7 0 851 10 9 6/ 68 69 Henderson's Mill Titirangi Wellesley Street 78 79 80 107 10 o 1 108 5 o 1.335 18 4 !9 5 ° 20 o o 119 13 6 236 17 o 74 2 o 2,653 I II Auckland [B] no o o 457 ° o 250 o o 150 o o 100 o o 80 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 130 o o 120 o o (>! Aided; half-time; opened nth October. (2) Half-time. (3) Itinerant. (4) Closed. (5) Late Stokes Point.

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c |s c o o Schools. 6 ~o c a. o u Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year, ■So' q ° o -g Sot Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. 1 £ s. d, £ B. d, £ s. d. £ s. d. no o o 90 o o 60 o o 60 o o 60 o o 50 o o 50 o o SO O O 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o ,30 o o 30 o o 30 o o Auckland [B] — contd. Wellesley Street— contd Jane Burnett Ellen Swain Frances George Henrietta Slater Mrs. Mary Bruce Leonora Kilfoyle Elizabeth Martin Georgina Leech Charlotte Hopper Patience Young Mary A. Fellows Margaret Clarke Evelyn George Edith Fairburn Clara Pearson AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF |AF AF AF Choral Hall (1) Beresford Street 8i 82 172 18 4 990 4 8 31 11 10 82 5 o 5' J3 3 443 11 IO E. M. C. Harrison ... Gerald L. Peacocke ... Ashton W. Bruce Elizabeth Sinclair Frances Longmore ... Mary C. Taylor Mary C. Howard Annie Currie Mary Lumsden Lydia Wright Mary Mclver Elizabeth McKerras... Linda Young Katherine Leech Margaret Dickson ... Helen G. Brown Joseph Brabazon ... Thomas Rochford ... Frederick W. Kysh ... Eliza G. Wallace ... Elizabeth Hungerford Marion Dunning Annie Harkis Mrs. Brabazon Isabella Coleman Alice Pettitt Mary Ballantine Annie Barton Annie Revell Kate Hungerford Marianne Wann Jane Sinclair Florence Taylor Sarah Donaldson Peter Leonard Eliza Jane Holder ,.. Annie Henry Amy Eliza Bottrill ... Mary E. Brown Constance Robertson Julia Bartleman Alexander Grant William H. Nicholls Maria T. Mulgan ... Mrs. Jane Grant Catherine Ross Annie McColl Jessie Weston Joseph Glenny Mrs. Rachel Burns ... Benjamin Bailey William J. Brown ... Sarah Good Mrs. Jane Simpson ... Jessie Edmiston Emma Kelsher Ellen Gaze Audelia Dewar Bassaleno McLeod ... Catherine Smith Margaret Mclver HM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF H M AM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF HF AF AF HF AF AF AF M HF AF AF AF AF AF H M AM AF HF AF AF AF M AF H M AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF 351 ° o 150 o o 100 o o 100 o o 80 o o 80 o o 60 o o 55 o ° 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 295 o o 100 00 80 o o 100 o o 70 o o 60 o o 55 o o 50 o o 50 o o 40 o o 30 o o 140 o o 80 o o Nelson Street 83 821 13 2 67 1 o 59 14 6 Howe Street 84 193 ° ° 27 6 o 7 12 2 High Street 85 319 3 4 38 17 o 88 7 8 40 o o 210 o o 70 o o So o o 30 o o 260 o o 80 o o 60 o o 60 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 210 o o 120 O O Parnell 413 11 8 S 6 M 6 2,924 10 4 Parnell [B.] 7° 86 Onehunga Boys' Onehunga [B.] 7 1 87 343 8 4 34 IS ° 29 8 6 Onehunga Girls' 88 439 o ° 34 Io 6 28 9 10 30 o o 210 o o 80 o o 30 o o 30 o o 150 o o 50 o o 307 o o 13s ° ° 100 o o 80 o o Whau 202 I 8 19 11 o 50 4 8 Waitemata ;2 89 Eden 73 Ponsonby 90 803 IO 2 69 11 o 79 o 11 5° o ° 35 ° ° 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 30 o o (1) Closcdj amalgamated with Wellesley Street, 1st May.

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, ill? I £^ P v *~ " $ >•£ Gc4-'"T5p3£ XJ -g ms 1 Schools. a pl, o <u y 3 o r ; d o Maintenance. Expenditure for the rear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers .B "o ana Pupil-teachers g J on the Staff at the end -p of the Year. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rale paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Eden— contil 74 Newton West 91 £ 1. d. 412 3 4 £ ». d. 44 17 o £ ■■ d. 548 17 5 John Edwards Jane Edwards John W. Channon ... Maria Walker Elizabeth Fielder Margaret Clow W.Vereker-Bindon.B.A. Herbert Mason Mrs. Jane Skeen Jessie McGlashan Mary A. Braithwaite Clara Binney Ella Burton Harriett Thompson ... Emily Wallis Sarah Moginie Kate Keesing Alex. French, M.A. ... Mary Lovatt Jessie French Percy S. Smallfield ... William H. Marsden Arthur F. T. Ansley Agnes Carr Ethel Durrieu James Martin Richard T. Talbot ... Francis C. Crooks ... Edgar Partington .... Mary E. Hopper Mrs. Martin Agnes Crookes Eva Birley Mary H. Hanson Isaac Coburn Fred. W. Sanderson Agnes N. Grice Mrs. Mary S. Harden Rose II. Moss Clara B. Westwood ... Elfrida Barnes Hannah Astley Robert M. Mitchell ... Mrs. Mitchell Eleanor Bridson John H. Seward Isabella F. Kells Elizabeth A. Seward Lydia Carr Francis J. Griffiths .,, H M HF AM AF AF AF H M AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF M HF AF H M AM AM HF AF H M AM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF H M 1M AF HF AF AF AF AF M S F M HF AF F M £ s. d. 220 o o 80 o o 60 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 3°3 ° ° 170 o o 130 o o 70 o o SO o o SO o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 200 O O 80 o o 50 o o 220 o o 120 O O 60 o o 60 o o 30 o o 260 o o 60 o o Newton East 921 1 6 278 1 2 92 70 13 0 75 Mount Albert 93 313 6 8 25 IT 3 901 12 7 76 Mount Eden ... 94 404 1 8 28 10 o 477 o 10 77 Grafton Road 95 5 83 3 4 65 S 8 55 11 1 ?8 Mount Hobson Boys' 96 314 16 8 20 16 3 18 3 Oi 40 o o 30 o o 80 o o So o o So o o 30 o o 30 o o 180 o o 60 o o So o o 190 o o 45 ° ° 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 120 o o Mount Hobson Girls' 97 2$S 19 2 22 17 6 16 7 8 Ellerslie 145 9 ° 268 7 6 79 98 14 S 0 Tamaki West Panmure * ... 117 8 4 244 10 10 1000 80 81 99 100 21 1.5 o 19 16 o 3 7 * 17 16 9 120 O O 170 o o 50 o o 3° ° ° 70 o o 44 o o 82 Mount Roskill Manukau Heads(i) ... Whatipu Mills(2) ... Huia Mills (3) Howick 143 iS S 44 o o 44 6 8 79 o o 138 1 8 18 11 o 1 7 o 101 [anukau... 102 103 104 105 496 2 1 4 George F. S. Horsey Mrs. E. Irvine Mrs. Mclnnes William Woodward ,.. Mrs. L. Woodward ... Tom R. Blandford ... Ella Julia Gould ... Agnes M. Goodwill ... Walter H. Airey Jessie C. Hart William McKee Minnie Crago Herbert Woodham ... Helen B. Macky Esther Marcella Gill... George Melrose James Muir Mrs. Muir George Revell Susan Cole Charles Cooper Annie Rugg Oliver Stanton Horatio N. Le Gallais Jane C. Spence M F S M AF M HF A F M AF M F M HF AF M M S M AF M AF M M AF 60 o o 83 13 IS ° 130 o o 1000 170 00 80 o o 84 Pakuranga 106 247 o 10 21 1 6 473 " 6 85 Otahuhu 107 327 2 6 20 5 o 17 17 3 190 o o 80 o o 40 o o 150 o o 40 o o 120 O O 100 o o 180 o o 40 o o 40 o o no o o 130 o o 1000 170 o o 80 o o 86 Mangere 108 187 10 o 20 11 o 345 ! 1 9 87 88 89 Woodside Flat Bush Otara 109 110 121 10 o no o o 283 3 4 19 15 o 20 o o 20 17 6 1 4 6 1 4 10 22 15 8 111 9° 91 Turanga Creek Papakura Valley 112 II.S 122 8 4 138 1 8 IS S ° 14 12 6 o 18 6 729 92 Papakura 114 247 o 10 19 8 6 46 3 9 Drury "S 176 6 8 17 15 6 312 16 o 140 o o 50 o o 100 o o 170 o o 80 o o 93 94 Ardmore Wairoa South 116 117 105 16 8 246 4 2 19 10 o 20 5 6 18 3 2 (1) Aided. (2) Aided j closed 31st July. (3) Aided j opened 16th February.

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fr If &•*='= s §gg-g£aj3 §5p o 6 O U Schools. 0 m o"o a cu O <D Main! Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, «ir F^r d Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Start at the end of the Year. u Annual ■S Salary and c —' Allowances 'g o at the rate o -^ paid during 2 7) the last o Quarter of the Year. £ s. d. 109 3 4 117 8 4 28 1 8 123 6 8 132 8 4 £ ■■ d.| 21 15 o 22 5 o 1 s o 23 15 ° 2100 £ ■■ d. £ s. d. I 10 O O [anukau— continued. 98 99 100 101 102 95 98 97 Ness Valley Hunua Maraetai(i) Ararimu Maketu Bombay Awhitu No. 1 No. 2(2) I Pollock(2) j Waiuku Brookside Karioatahi Kohekohe Maioro Waipipi Waitangi Puni Patumahoe Pukekohe West 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 256 1 8 59 o o 31 6 8 37 6 8 253 14 2 58 6 8 57 o o 126 13 4 96 13 4 136 16 8 118 6 8 174 4 6 201 o o 295 10 o 20 3 9 13 10 o 750 15 16 3 20 12 6 18 11 3 '9 ' 3 20 s ° 2176 14 10 o 21 10 o 18 12 o 18 2 6 22 O O 2 .5 9 322 9 8 o 7 o 296 104 o 10 6 20 ig o o 13 6 2 1 2 o 12 8 9 !S (> 4 18 8 6 18 4 2 13 6 Watkin J. Edwards ... William C. Castleton Charles Gribble Elon Bond Francis C. Leggett ... Mrs. Leggett Frederick Forde Mrs. Forde Anthony Mactier Alfred Palmer Thomas Brownlee ... George Healey Margaret A. Smith ... Mary H. Currie Mrs. Healey Emma L. Wily Marion E. Houghton Joseph J. Potter Mrs. Evitts Rebecca May James Chappell Adelaide Bischoff John Chilman Isabella Smith Miss Gooch James Hogwood Annie* Murray Sarah E. Kerr John F. Mackinlay ... Emma De Carteret ... Margaret Coghill Mrs. Cecilia Sharpe... Minnie Collins Lucy Bluck Janet Wyllie Denis O'Donoghue ... Emma Revell ■ ... William D. Turner ... Marie Austin George Calvert Annie Calvert Robert Coates Dyer ... Henry T. Gibson Mrs. M. Caldwell ... Joseph B. Rockliff ... Lydia De Carteret ... Harriet Longdill Josiah Box Charles M. Carter ... Wynne C. S. Gray ... Arthur Home Sarah Gott Minnie Lamb Kate Truscott M M M M M S M AF M M M M HF AF S F F M S F M F M AF S M AF S M HF AF H F AF HF AF M AF M AF M S M M AF M HF AF M M II M AM HF AF AF no 00 no 00 120 o o no o o 10 o o 180 o o 80 o o 64 o o 28 o o 44 o o 170 o o 40 o o 15 o o 10 o o 50 o o 60 o o IOO O O 10 o o 80 o o 130 o o 120 o o 130 o o 40 o o 1000 130 o o 50 o o 10 o o 180 o o 80 o o 40 o o 140 o o 30 o o 140 o o 35 o ° 170 o o 80 o o 130 o o 50 o o 130 o o 1000 no 00 160 o o 80 o o 200 o o IOO O O 50 o o IOO O O 103 I3S Pukekohe East 136 168 8 4 18 2 O 414 1 o 104 i°5 Harrisville '37 146 15 o 726 2 17 4 Tuakau '38 242 o 10 24 14 6 o 19 6 106 Pokeno Hill 139 '57 5 ° 16 10 o 3 10 6 107 Pokeno Valley 140 168 1 8 •5 7 6 4 12 1 Maungatawhiri Valley Coromandel 141 114 1 8 258 16 8 22 S ° 210 0 669 5 9 o Coromandel 108 142 109 Driving Creek 143 334 1 8 2' 5 3 45 io o 110 in 112 Whangapoua Mercury Bay ,., Tararu 144 ■45 146 83 6 8 ii S 6 8 499 11 8 1900 18 2 6 40 13 o 5" 7 6 54 10 6 120 o o 246 o o 60 o o 80 o o Thames [B] Eureka (3) Waiokaraka 52 10 o 847 5 o 3° ° ° 25 o o "3 '47 148 4 5 6 71 20 90 6 10 George N. Phillips ... Alfred S. Webber ... Emilie Esther Day ... Mrs. Florence Macky Anna H organ Mary Jane Mcllhone Jessie J. Whyte Eliza Jane McNeill ... Mary A. H. McDonald Elizabeth Paterson ... Rosabel Wolff Ellen Steedman Mrs. Tregonning Andrew Colhoun Mrs. H. Osboldstone Agnes Hamilton Annie Cleveland George B. Morgan ... Mrs. Morgan Horatio Phillips Albert Gerring ,,, H M AM HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF S M HF AF AF M S H M AM 321 o o 180 o o IOO O O 50 o o .40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 3° o o 30 o o 30 o o 20 o o Waiotahi Creek Punga Flat 149 294 18 4 121 13 4 30 2 o 20 7 6 68 13 0 20 o o 210 O O 5o o o 50 o o 30 o o no 00 10 o o 325 o o 200 O O 15° Kauaeranga Boys' ... •s 1 840 6 8 73 8 o 59 13 ° 114 (i) New school opened 20th August. (a) Half-time. (3) Closed 30th June.

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isij?i r 1 CO ~ "> .~ .0 S 2 bo 6 11 d o O Schools. o 6 ~o c a. O » Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. u 3-i o &4 Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. £ ■■ d £ s. d. £ s. A. £ s. d. 120 00 80 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 30 o o 30 o o 30 o o 25 o o 260 o o Tham-es [B] •— contd. !'5 116 Kauaeranga Boys'— continued. Kauaeranga Girls' ... Parawai Thames Orphanage (1) Hastings IS 2 153 154 155 209 5 o 7° 13 4 185 9 6 562 6 8 58 16 8 17 15 6 20 15 o 498 16 o 66 3 8 980 070 Cordelia Crowther ... Mrs. Mary Phillips ... Mary J. H. Harris ... Millicent E. Fisher .,, Emma Ashman Kate A. Fletcher William H. Newton... William John May ... Priscilla Greenville ... Frances Haselden Emma Fletcher Nellie E. Jones Mary Murrish Charlotte Joynt Sarah Jane Fisher ... Lilian Souter Eliza Davies Mrs. Floyd William Johnson Ellen Bennett Thomas Fulljames ... John H. Gillies Mrs. Newby William C. Clark ... William B. Graham... Charles K. Cornforth Mrs. Cornforth Thomas M. Minchin Mrs. Minchin ... John Ritchie Mrs. Ritchie Alfred O'Conor Mrs. Murphy John N. Pegler Mrs. Pegler James La Trobe Mrs. LaTrobe ( Mrs. Falwasser < William Johnstone (. Mrs.'Oldham Arthur C. Ballance ... Joseph Calvert ... Kate Calvert John T. Spargo HF AF AF AF AF AF AM AM AF HF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF S M AF M M S M M M S M S M S M F M S M S S M S M M S M 140 o o 45 o o 45 o o 30 o o 30 o o 30 o o 20 O O 20 O O 160 o o 50 o o 88 o o no o o 1000 117 118 Tairua Turua Puriri 156 157 158 146 8 4 75 13 4 131 10 o 14 17 6 21 n 3 15 15 o 130 o o 100 o o 120 O O 119 4 18 10 622 11 6 1000 Hikutaia ... 159 110 8 4 21 5 o no o o 1000 130 o o 10 o o 80 o o 60 o o 80 o o 10 o o 80 o o Paeroa 160 138 1 8 14 12 6 1 18 6 Mackay town Waitekauri Raglan 161 162 .63 107 6 8 71 13 4 106 13 4 22 12 6 17 17 6 20 O O 22 o 6 o 17 2 Raglan 120 121 Waitetuna 164 79 15 8 19 l8 9 21 18 6 122 123 Ruapuke (2) ") Te Mata (2) \- 148 1 8 39 15 ° 940 1000 1000 130 o o 1000 165 [24 125 Harapipi Mercer 166 167 117 10 o 131 10 o 22 12 6 17 26 18 18 10 7 5 " 100 o o 120 O O 1000 Waikato ... 126 Rangiriri Miranda-Kaiawa (3) ~) Minwida-Whakati- > wai (3) ) Huntly Taupiri Hamilton East 168 85 15 i° 18 15 o 1 6 6 93 ° o 169 128 s 6 16 16 6 Alfred Litten M 120 o o Hamilton [B] 127 128 129 Hautapu 170 171 172 173 126 8 4 107 10 o 309 8 4; 130 11 8 14 17 6 18 15 o 23 18 o 21 O O| 1 9 3 S 11 2 545 12 6 5 5 2 Richard J. Pearce ... Mrs. Honoria Rcddy... Arthur Octavius Field Mary A. Stanton Mrs. Field Robert McLaurin Catherine McLaurin... Ralph D. Stewart ... Martha Alford Matilda C. Young ... Elizabeth Tristram ... M F M HF AF M S M HF AF AF 130 o o I IO O O 200 o o 100 o o 50 o o 130 o o 10 o o 210 o o 100 o o 70 o o 50 o o 175 o o 50 o o 120 o o 10 o o 220 o o 105 o o 70 o o 50 o o 3° ° o 120 o o 1000 60 o o 80 o o 140 o o 50 o o 130 o o 140 o o 40 o o 120 o o 1000 "30 13« Cambridge 174 367 6 8 I 25 13 ° 53° 19 4 Ngaruawahia 236 5 o 19 11 o 381 1 8J Waipa ,.. 132 175 Hamilton [B] Waipa '33 '34 '35 Pukcte Hamilton West Whatawhata Ngahinepouri Te Rore (4) Alexandra 176 177 I 7 8 116 10 o 39i 5 i° 139 16 8 75 14 o 46 13 4 194 13 4 20 5 o 30 9 o 15 i7 6 20 6 3 7 5 ° 17 16 o 377 13 o 25 10 8 1670 o 15 o 284 11 3 33 14 1 John T. Giffney Mrs. Giffney John M. Murray Edith Nicholson Janet Williams Mrs. Murray Elizabeth Davis R. Goddine Boler Mrs. Boler Archibald Douglas ... James Glanfield John R. CarteiMrs. Carter Mrs. Ellen Trobe ... George Thwaites Emily Krippner T. W. H. Coulter ... Mrs. Coulter M S M HF AF AF AF M S M M M AF F M lAF MS .36 '37 >3« 179 180 181 139 140 Paterangi Ohaupo 182 183 128 18 178 8 4 15 2 6 17 11 o 28 13 6 418 14 7, ■41 Te Rahu 184 144 6 8 21 15 o 55 " 6 (1) Aided; new school; opened 1st January. (2) Half-time. (3) Aided; half-time. (4) New school; opened 1st May,

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= _*" ° t____:i- _ |Sgsca£ a J fizz a Schools. o -o* o"o _ - >in _ rt .1 as C Q. O _ U " Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. :ar. _ Teachers' Names, ~ . including all Teachers .2 "3 Buildings, and Pupil-teachers g.§ Sites, on the Stall at the end ■;_ Furniture, and of the Year. 'g Apparatus. Cu Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year, Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. 7aipa— contd. 142 Pukerimu 18S £ s. d. 165 n 8 £ ■• d. 15 10 o £ s- d145 i5 7 Bernard Bedford Mrs. Bedford Henry R. Hyatt Mrs. Hyatt William R. Fosbroke Mrs. F'osbroke Alfred Benge Miss Driller Robert Ormsby Norman Matheson ... Mary Allan M S M S M S M S M M AF M S M S M S M S M M AF I £ s. d. 130 o c 10 o c 80 o c ■43 Cambridge West (1) 186 15 16 8 1 5 o 303 19 o ■44 Rangiaohia 187 134 0 o 16 5 0 21 1 3 10 o c 120 0 C 10 o c 140 o c 10 o c 145 Te Awamutu 188 149 13 4 15 10 o 59i 8 4 146 147 Mangapiko (2) Kihikihi 189 190 45 16 8 174 11 8 1 5 o 16 8 6 342 4 6 7 iS 1 no o c 150 o c 50 o c Piako .,, Tauranga 148 149 Waitoa (3) \ Waihou (4) i KatikatiNo. 1 ,, No. 2 191 192 193 93 13 4 78 o o 198 o o 21 11 3 11 16 6 23 18 9 37 19 o 13 3 o 399 3 o Francis Warren Rosanna Bowen Mrs. Maria Gallaher Mrs. Morton Alfred J. McCracken Percy E. Stevens Maud Nicholson Eliza Allely Margaret J. Allely ... M F HF AF M M HF AF F M F HF AF M M HF AF F 120 OO 80 o 0 140 o 0 60 o o 80 o o „ No. 3 (5) ... Tauranga 194 i9S iS 6 8 305 8 4 1 5 0 21 30 398 1 o 349 6 4 '5o 200 o 0 80 o 0 30 O 0 80 o 0 Whakatane 151 Greerton Maketu (Native) (6)... Whakatane (Native) (6) Opotiki 196 63 13 4 5°o 500 279 3 4 20 11 3 21 3 9 37 5 o 45 9 10 Thomas E. Wyatt ... Annie Drought Alcxandrina Tinling M HE AF M HF AF 200 O 0 80 O 0 197 152 Kirikiriroa (7) Otamatea (8) 300 305 3 6 40 o a Visiti; ng Teachers. Thomas Cranwell ... John Grigg Thomas A. Bell Owen Mahon William J. Barlow ... J. G. Trevithick John P. Gradwell M M M M M M M 260 o e 150 o c 300 o c 150 o c 100 o c 200 o c 150 o c Singing, Auckland ... ,, Thames „ Waikato ... Drill, Auckland ,, Thames Drawing, Auckland... Reading, ,, 257 10 o 148 15 o 295 8 4 172 4 0 101 10 o 164 3 4 36 5 o M M M M M M M Expenditiu re Not Classij lied. 3' Plans and supervision 1,180 9 9 9,736 o 0 37.085 S 11 4.231 13 5 26,742 4 10

'aranaki ... few Plymouth TB] [B] 1 2 Okato (3) ] Tataraimaka (3) ) Oakura Koru Omata West 1 2 3 4 5 91 7 o 55 12 6 142 6 o 57 IO ° 132 7 o 210 6 10 11 6 o 1 18 5 o 16 2 250 11 18 9 2 1 6 11 16 10 15 4 4 479 ° ° 24 17 5 11 16 8 Robert J. Cattley William Richards ... S. Elkin George W. Potts William H. Tobin ... E. McLauchlafi Mary Brooking Mary Leatham M M M F M M AF HF AF 55 4 o 57 o o 112 o 0 58 o o 110 16 o 167 o o 25 o o 127 8 o 25 ° ° Gill Street 6 168 o 6[ 3 19 2 S 2 18 6 [B] [B] Courtenay Street (9)... Kawau Pa ... 7 201 10 o 9 ""6 6 700 7 6 8 8 6 Lydia E. Shaw Mary St. George Mary Pratt Lily Corbett George O'Connell ... Mary Scott HF AF AF F P M AF 137 o o 30 o 6 25 o o 400 152 o o 25 o d [B] East 196 10 o 1 13 6 98 16 o 8 [Bl [B] East (10) Barracks (11) Frankley Road Mangorei Lower Upper ... Kent Road Lower ... Upper (12) Albert Road (12) Egmont Village 9 10 11 53 l6 5 105 1 6 70 19 10 87 1 6 69 7 6 61 19 3 61 2 3 105 16 o 3 7 6 3 9 8 o 10 6 455 7 6 A. McLauchlan John Hill Jane Cock Belinda Billing ... A. M. Swanston R. A. N. Earl F M F F F M M M F P M M 4 4 5 12 o 19 2 4 13 8 468 2 19 10 15 "8 6 46 o 10 82 13 10 1 16 10 43° 16 5 71 4 0 74 4 o 59 8 o 76 12 o 65 4 ° 55 18 o 57 '4 o 122 16 o 13 W. Irwin Grayling ... C. H. Grayling William Collis Smart Road (3) Egmont Road Lower(3) }io 59 1O 6 59 ■' 3 o 19 8 o 15 o o 17 o 400 55 '8 o 54 2 o (1) New scl opened 17th Se fjo) New. hool j 'plemi (11) < opened ist October. (a) oer. (6) Not enumerate! Opened J2th April. (18) ) New school; opened d. (7) Not opened Reopened 19th Januar :st July. (3; in 1880. (8; -j half-time schc ) Half-time. Closed 31st Dect ids. (4) Half-time; 1st April, imber, 1879. (9) New, (5) New school; in lieu of Gill Street.

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» _ i-? ° '^ _: -2 1- d -j_^ t!3-.-i _i _:•=_- = « St 5 £ s "2 o= .0 '=5 o c _3 — - s - -n •<= B.S 3> c H Mr, S o _r o Schools. o do z s Sua +; 4) V £ c ;_, o - 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. ■S3 c 9 o-rj Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. rew Plymouth [B] contd. . Upland Road (i) ... Bell Block Boys' ,, Girls' Waitara West ,, East 17 18 .9 20 £ s. d. 42 11 10 129 2 6 88 3 o 77 13 6 127 64 £ ■■ d 4 16 7 2 15 8 368 2 15 6 6 5 10 £ *• <!• 227 9 7 13 n 8 426 362 19 5 36 12 5 L. C. Dymond Thomas B. Bennett ... Catherine Hogarth ... Josephine Colesby ... John G. Ambridge ... Minnie Joll fames Hall Kate Hall M. Sutherland Richard Morgan Mary D. Mace M. J. Fuller A. G. Oldfield Mary S. Oldfield Annie E. Drake Robert Stevens William Marshall ... Mary C. Donnelly ... Marianne Surrey Thomas Donnelly ... F M F F M FP M F P F M AF F M F P F M MP F F M M £ s. d. 58 o o no 16 o 71 16 o 95 16 o 11940 400 124 o o 400 74 16 o 142 o o 40 o o 73 o o 120 8 o 400 97 o o 122 16 o 400 74 16 o 67 12 o 57 8 o 58 o o 7 21 Manutahi 22 145 11 o o 14 6 132 9 o Huirangi Tikorangi 23 24 83 17 IO 194 O o 1 1 6 16 17 4 22 13 7 34 7 11 9 IO 11 Urenui Wortley Road (2) ... 25 26 9100 123 7 o 5 13 9 11 17 9 37 15 6i 81 16 6 Inglewood Girls' „ Boys' 27 28 81 13 o 157 16 6 10 12 1 4 17 9 1600 106 10 o Norfolk Road Waipuku Midhirst (3) ") Stratford (3) j Unclassified expenses 29 30 105 4 o 67 8 o 14 7 o 14 IO o 1 3 5 9 3 6 13 4 o 10 10 n| 133 14 2 6 12 o 30 6 6 4 18 6 31 146 2 6 3.68s 5 9: ,, 3.533 7 4 322 16 1 3.330 16 0

Patea I Normanby 1 171 11 9 18 15 1 86 17 4 W. A. McCutchan ... Alice McKay Alexander Mair Janet Cornfoot Laura Hills E. J. Hay Jane Bremer Robert T. Brown Henry H. Dyer T. Augustine Flood... Annie Gowland William L. Weiss ... Ethel Hall David Scott E. Jordan David Strachan Margaret McLean ... S. J. Warmington ... Frederick Austin D. H. Pattie Ellen Jordan John Nelson Kate Verdon James Dawson Rosa Dawson Emma Cooper Sarah Blyth Mary Hoey E. A. McNeil Helen West Maggie Hoey Isabella Sim Ellen Browne (6) ... Manasseh Fearnley ... Charles Steedman ... Charles H. W. Lock... Frank Parkes David Low Henry A. Parkinson... Jane N. Hoey Agnes McDonald Sarah Patterson . ... Minnie Harding Isabella Blair Annie E. Buckthought Edith Manly E. O'H. Canavan ... Matilda Lock T. G. Newcombe Jacob H. Reynolds ... FP M AF FP F F M HM AM AF; M F M FP MP FP F M M F M F M AF F HF AF AF FP FP FP AF HM AM AM MP MPJ MP| HFi AF FP FP FP FP FP M F M M 132 IO 6 22 IO O 217 OO 70 o o 22 IO O 75 o o 53 5 ° '36 5 o 202 10 O 140 o o 70 o o IOO O O 78 15 o 225 o o 27 o o 27 o o 22 10 O 67 10 o 105 OO IOO O O 97 10 o 122 10 O 52 10 o 197 10 o 92 10 o 93 15 ° 272 10 o 70 o o 70 o o 45 o o 45 o o 27 o o 14 o o 460 o o 292 10 o 150 o o 54 o o 36 o o 27 o o 150 o o 70 o o 36 o o 2700 27 o o 22 IO O 2 Hawera 2 309 3 4 29 16 9 23 2 o 3 4 5 6 Manutahi Whakamara (4) Kakaramea Carlyle District High 3 4 5 6 82 18 4 11 1 10 889 142 1 11 411 16 8 i5 13 9 3° 3 9 4 18 6 19 12 6 19 4 8 Whenuakura Kohi Waverley IOO O O 75 i7 1 3H i5 0 11 16 3 8 16 3 3° 5 7 !5 '5 ° 7 8 9 8 9 56 18 o 10 Waitotara Maxwelltown Brunswick Goat Valley (5) Upokongaro Brownlee Aramoho ... ro II 12 66 14 6 142 o o 88 o 10 82 13 2 131 14 10 48 10 8 313 19 4 8oo| 15 I 9 9 6 3 11 13 9 14 8 9 7 5 °j 29 9 9 55 16 6 24 14 9 020 'anganui 11 12 13 15 16 13 '4 15 35 7 6 25 4 6 247 18 s 17 18 Mosstown Wanganui Girls' District High '7 18 99 16 10 535 6 8 11 10 o 10 o o 1.385 8 7 M 141 13 9 [B] 18 Wanganui Boys' District High 19 1,053 18 4 6l6o Wanganui Infants' ... 343 10 ° 57 5 6 [B] 18 20 19 20 Okoia Mars Hill Kaitoki Matarawa 21 22 23 24 '35 8 5 84 T2 II 62 10 o IOO 15 IO M 5 ° 9 r5 ° 7100 13 5 ° 202 12 o 22 IO O •3' 5 o 86 5 o 67 10 o IOO O O 21 25 17 o 22 ... (i) Opened 19th April. (2) Opened n (I Ith Jar :) Opei luary. (3) Half-time schools 1 for 10 months, (6) Visitinj ; both opened 1st October. I singing mistress. (4) Open for i\ months,

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WELLINGTON.

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+± x, 3 " o c o ii W _q '■£ *t. <jM <u _2 i--- dw XI ? i_ to £ gfSfJ § Schools. o „;. do O V Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. :ar. -, Annual Teachers'Names, «. and including all Teachers -hj A»°wanc_s Buildings, and Pupil-teachers g_2 at'""ate Sites, on the Staff at the end -g" pa!? ," r'ng Furniture, and of the Year. g n , !„ . Apparatus. cS fe^g* Salaries. (Other Ordinary Expenditure. i Vanganui— contd. 23 24 25 26 Denlair Kaiwangaroa (1) Wangaehu Turakina 25 26 £ s. d. 76 2 1 52 17 7 126 2 6 250 7 8 £ s- d800 3 11 3 11 10 o £ s. d. 148 3 3 32 10 6 1506 14 4 6 Eliza Ellis J. D. Innes John Slipper A. W. Williamson ... Sarah Boddy B. Tyerman W. P. Cole Ellen Stevens Denis Q-uinlan ... Annie Astbury Alice Reese John W. Gillett Harriet Stedman Mary Roache James D. Stewart ... Frank T. Parkes Johan J. McDonald ... Henry Steward Andrew Thomson ... Mary Tyerman Mary Campion Jane Tait W. H. Harris S. Harris S. C. Gray Joseph Dinsdale Joseph Guylee R. C. Dowling Mrs. Dowling S. R. Nathan Hannah Roache Rose Nathan Alfred Gower Arthur England Ann Sanson F M M M AF M M FP M F F M AF FP M M F M M AF FP F M AF FP M M M AF FP F P FP M M AF £ s. d. 63 15 o 63 IS o 122 10 o 192 10 o 50 o o 33 15 ° 167 Io o 27 o o 126 5 o 78 15 o 86 5 o 207 10 o 91 10 o 27 o o 100 o o 8 IS o 97 10 o 78 15 o 207 10 o 70 o o 36 o o 101 5 o 202 10 o 70 o o 36 o o "5 o o 105 o o 243 IS o 70 o o 27 o o 27 o o 22 IO O 122 IO O 197 IO O 70 O O langitikei 27 28 22 19 1 27 28 Glen Nevis ,,, Upper Tutaenui 29 30 37 1 3 212 4 2 3 16 3 22 15 8 118 11 o 29 3° 3i 32 Porewa Turakina Valley Western Rangitikei ... Marton 31 32 33 34 129 6 3 79 17 " 90 12 1 354 11 8 12 O O 14 3 o 32 n o 212 48 6 5 [B] 9 1 3 9 18 9 29 7 6 33 34 35 36 .7 Mount View Crofton Greatford South Makirikiri Bull's 35 36 37 38 39 123 1 o 102 16 11 97 o 3 76 17 1 333 2 5 13 2 6 15 3 9 13 o o 11 12 6 28 13 9 14 2 6 30 3 9 8 18 o 439 9 3 [anawatu 38 39 Parawanui Halcombe ,., 40 4i i°5 : 4 I 336 10 7 15 o o 30 12 6 18 2 6 146 40 41 42 Bunnythorpe Makino Road (2) ... Feilding 42 43 44 117 2 8 90 911 408 6 3 16 17 6 11 1 3 36 o o 191 17 5 161 14 1 76 6 o Ashhurst Sanson 45 46 123 8 4 286 15 10 8 10 o 24 8 3 204 11 6 43 44 45 Waitohi (3) Campbelltown (4) ... Awahuri Taonui Stoney Creek Palmerston North ... 47 21 13 4 3 5° 706 16 19 6 14 7 7 199 7 o 24 12 o 'almerston [?] 46 47 48 49 Carnarvon ... Karere 48 49 50 51 101 7 6 131 14 10 98 11 1o 417 17 6 100 o o 202 O 2 12 17 6 16 4 o 14 11 3 33 18 9 11 15 o 2129 60 14 7 43 11 4 G. Milson R. W. Rowson Arthur Malcolm Francis E. Watson ... Agatha A. Watson ... Emma Relfe Mary Goodison Hannah Dillon George S. Harper D. H. Guthrie Talison Thomas Charles Hulke Sarah Phillips E.A.Nash Ellen Howan E. Grace Clement W. Lee M M M M AF FP FP FP M M MP M AF FP FP F M 105 O O 155 o o 100 o o 237 10 o 70 o o 27 o o 36 o o 22 IO O IOO o o 163 S o 27 O O 217 10 o 84 O o 45 0 o 22 10 O 67 10 o 147 10 o 50 Si 52 S3 52 Foxton 54 392 5 1 30 5 o 1 10 o Motoa Otaki (5) New offices (balance) School furniture Plans, supervision, and deeds 83 o 10 83 4 10 8 12 6 16 o o 381 18 9 195 1 S 12 5 6 287 18 10 53 54 55 56 2 14 2 10,161 1 10 960 14 10] 5.I9I 8 7 9.77S 5 o

'airarapa East rairarapa West 1 2 3 4 S 6 8 Tenui Bideford Gladstone Waihenga Eketahuna Mauriceville Opaki Fern Ridge I 2. 3 4 5 6 8 130 4 8 57 15 ° 7i 15 o 160 o o 100 o o '55 ° ° 127 10 o 186 13 4 8"'s o 10 5 o 25 o o 27 10 o 18 15 o 28 15 o 10 10 O Arthur J. S. Seaton ... Eliza B. Morison Dorothea Hamilton ... James Badland 'Richard G. Williams Laurence Johnstone ... Ellen Mathews Frederick Gover Lois Feist William T. Grundy ... William Waite John J. Pilkington ... Laura Keeling M F F M M M F M FP HM AM AM F 150 o o 100 o o 100 o o 160 o o 100 o o 170 o o 127 10 o 170 o o 3° ° ° 270 o o 160 o o 170 o o 80 o o [?] 9 Masterton 9 773 8 4 13 o o 97 10 o (1) Open for nine months. (2) Open for ti en mo: iths. (3) O] (S) Open ten for five mon for seven montl ths j rlosed. LS. (4) Not yet open; in course of construction.

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V»rc2$ 6 © °i3-a" cl on fi w.J_ C § Schools. 00 >-_ U Cl) V rJ a Ck O <L> Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. _ Teachers' Names, . including all Teachers .2 o and Pupil-teachers g J on the Staff at the end •£ of the Year. g fa Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. 'airarapa West— contd. Masterton — continued. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s- d. Mary Robins Christina McKenzie... Mary J. Baillie Miriam Mathews John Berry David Barry Edith Feist Edward Samuel John Kay Mary Jones Frederick Fairbrother Marion Powley James Leete Thomas Porritt Charlotte F. Scale ... Emily Burch Agnes Haigh Mary Yorke Edward W. Porritt ... Tom Wakelin Matilda Fugle Henry E. Tuckey Henry McFarlane Elizabeth A. Cox Bessie Huntley Annie E. Conhoy Eliza H. Evans Jeremiah Hurley Thomas Seaver Elizabeth Barber Robert Johnston Annie Milne Nita Johnston Charles A. Richards... Henrietta Boulcott ... Anna M. Boulcott ... Alice J. Freethy Eliza C. Speedy Agnes Jane Paterson Charles R. Joplin Frederick W. Connell Georgina E. Chatwin William Singer Edmund Jupp Susanna Jupp James Home Annie Duncan Alice Nott Fanny Bassett Arthur Clare Martha Clare George Samuel Evans Clara Storey Alice Mullins John S. Prendeville ... William Marten Sarah A. Marten William Mowbray ... William H. Lewis ... J. Katterns Manning Jessie McGowan Annie Davies Sarah Dimant Tellira Watson Alice Bright Ada Dowdcswell Mabel Huett Lydia M. Devereux ... E. M. Rutter Ethel Gal way John Young Clement Watson Ellen Young Mary E. Young Grace Lindsay Grace Osborne Olivia Payne FP FP FP FP M M F HM AM F MP F M M F FP FP FP MP M V HM AM FP F F F HM AM FP M FP FP M F FP FP FP F M M F M M S M FP F FP M FP M FP FP M M F HM AM AM HF AF FP FP FP FP FP HF FP FP H M AM HF FP FP FP FP £ B. d. 50 O 0 40 O O 40 O o 40 o o 100 o o Waingaroa Clareville IOO o o 291 13 4 47 10 o 10 11 10 11 179 o o 230 o o 80 o o 260 o o 100 o o 80 o o S5 o o IOO o o 120 o o 270 o o 112 IO O 40 O O 30 o o 30 o o 45 o o 170 o o IOO o o 240 o o 140 o o 50 o o 100 o o 105 o o "5 o o 250 o o IOO o o 40 o o 220 o o 5° o o 30 o o 250 o o 80 o o So o o 40 o o 3° o o 100 o o 12 Carterton 12 548 6 8 70 o o S 2 15 6 Park Vale Matarawa Grey town IOO o o 12 IO O 18 15 O 77 10 0 51 1 6 1.3 M 13 14 IS 120 O O 527 10 o 14 o o 16 Kaitara Tauherenikau Featherston 16 17 18 170 O o IOO o o 543 i5 8 25 o o 18 19 o 1250 628 16 3 17 18 62 IO o lutt 19 20 Kaiwaiwai Mungaroa Upper Hurt 19 20 131 17 6 "5 o o 402 1 8 18 15 o 26 5 o 52 IO o 32 7 6 21 21 Taita 22 299 3 4 37 10 o 2 10 o 22 Hutt 23 521 2 8 72 IO o 23 24 25 26 Wainuiomata Korokoro Horokiwi Judgefoird Pahautanui Porirua 24 2S 26 27 2.8 29 100 o o 120 o o 120 00 1100 0 206 o o 6 5 o 650 25 o o 27 10 o 18 15 o 25 2 5 690 50O 120 O O 120 O O 120 O O 190 o o 100 o o 27 120 0 O 28 29 30 31 Tawa Flat Ohariu Johnsonville Kaiwara 3° 31 32 33 270 o o 161 5 o 197 10 0 297 10 o . 35 o o 27 10 o 30 o o 50 o o 103 3 9 600 909 10 1 3 20 o o 210 o o 50 o o 142 10 o 35 o o 160 o o 5° o o 230 o o 40 o o 40 o o 190 o o 180 o o 80 o o 37° o o 200 o o 160 o o no o o 32 33 Makara Karori 34 35 190 o o 260 o o 25 o o 40 o o [B] 34 Thorndon 36 841 1 8 62 10 o 3.96S 13 2 [B] Thorndon Infants' ... Terrace 37 270 1 8 60 o o 55 o o IOO o o 50 o o 45 o o 45 o o 40 o o 1600 150 o o 50 o o 35 o o 340 o o 200 o o 120 O 0 50 O O 45 o o 40 o o 40 o o [B] 867 18 4 95 o o 91 2 o 35 38

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HAWKE'S BAY.

S_,i"7 P? •■Bj_°i_ I 6 &g*sZ= g S| oOrijj, B _5 oK__is» 1 Schools. o"o 21 So. ll C a o <u Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture^ and Apparatus, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. a) .So" GS °u So. O Pj Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year, Salaries. iOther Ordinary j Expenditure. £ 1,055 s. d. 3 1 £ ■• d. 117 10 o £ s. d. 121 14 Oj William H. Holmes... Edward W. Austin ... Mary Grady Paulina Watson Jane M. Steele Amy G. Davis Euphemia Bowie Francis Bennett Ann Robinson Helen L. Twiss Charles J. Hardy John H. Brann Thomas F. Reeve ... Annie E. Robertson ... Elizabeth McGowan.., Emma Gooder N. Sophia Jones Marian Masey George Robinson Duncan Sinclair Katherine H. Tarn ... Elizabeth Helyer Harriett McGowan ... Emma D. Maunder ... Kathleen Bastin S. E. Wallis Ada Ruth Warren ... Emily M. Browne ... Margaret I. Cook ... Ellen Wallace Kate Wallis Catherine A. Francis Sarah Wilkinson Emma Archer Kate Watkins Margaret Page Annie H. Lawson ... Clara A. Francis Rachael J. Port Jessie B. Liddle Kate Lawson Evan R. Litlington ... William Stoddart David H. Jenkins Jane C. Moore Emma Barnard Josephine Sorwall ... H M AM HF AF FP FP FP AM FP FP H M AM AM HF AF AF AF FP MP MP HF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP HF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP FP H M AM AM F FP F P £ s. d. 350 o o 200 O O 120 O O IOO O O 40 O O 45 o o 40 o o 120 o o 1600 1600 350 o o 200 o o 150 o o 112 10 O IOO o o !utt— contd. [B] 36 Te Aro 39 [B] 3? Mount Cook Boys' ... 40 1.354 15 10 140 o o 14 9 o [B] Mount Cook Girls' ... 41 9i5 o o 117 10 o 50 19 (•, IOO O O 80 o o 35 o ° 45 o o 50 o o 262 IO o 112 IO O no 00 no o o 80 o o 80 o o 50 o o 45 o o 40 o o 40 o o 30 o o 240 o o 150 o o 40 o o 40 o o 35 o o 1600 16 o o 16 o o 1600 1600 330 o o IOO o o IOO o o IOO o o [B] Mount Cook Infants' 42 681 18 4! 137 10 o Newtown [B] 38 43 638 17 8 85 o o 746 7 6 Thorndon, Sydney Street (1) Te Aro, Upper Willis Street (2) Unclassified expenditure 365 16 8 14.875 iS 5 60 o o 45 i io 4.037 9 8 40 o o 35 o ° 134 14 2 1. 4.663 o o 1,903 IO o 10,442 12 2

look 1 2 Ormond Patutahi Waerangahika Matawhero Te Arai Gisborne 1 2 3 4 5 6 133 11 8 34 11 8 80 13 4 366 o o 640 19 1 44 10 o 1726 50 8 8 100 6 3 S6 S ° 12 15 o 65 19 11 174 19 6 H. Higgins Mrs. Higgins F. Bilham W. A. Rosie E. Bolton Mrs. Bolton M. Baty W. Lysnar G. Maberly H. Bull M. McKintosh J. Brown A. Forbes M. Morgan E. Oatridge J. S. Taylor M s F F M S FP M HM AM F FP FP FP FP M 150 13 o 1200 34 o o 11 13 o 174 6 o 1200 37 o o 150 o o 266 19 o 165 o o 105 o o 55 ° o 31 o o 31 o o 20 O O IOO O O [B] Frazertown IOO O O 3° 5 o 15 o o (1) Closed. (2) New school.

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Schools. 0 tn 00 5* o Is U » Maintenance. Expenditure for the ■ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. V S3 a ° i-g 2 CO Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure, Wairoa Hawke's Bay [B] [B] 10 6 1 8 9 Wairoa Mohaka Tarawera Petane Puketapu Port Ahuriri Napier 9 10 11 12 13 14 £ 8. d. 212 o 10 101 5 o 204 5 o 118 1 8 285 19 7 i,433 o o £ s. d. 31 4 8 16 17 6 26 2 6 17 10 o 43 Io ° 35! 13 4 £ s. d. 60 10 o 44 12 2 474 2 6 31 11 1 537 5 7 Mrs. L. Gosnell ,., W. Taylor J. Gosnell ... Mrs. M. Smith E. H. Ingpen ... A. Hamilton ... F. Oliver F. Gush M. Murray M. Palmer A. Murray A. B. Thomson W. Murray J. Stanley y. Mann P. Wilson E. Robottom M. Bedingfield J. Monteith F. Reed K. Harrison A. Corbin C. Davies O. Alpers A. Mabbett A. Baldwin J. Smith A. Maney A. Frame J. C. Hansard Mrs. Hansard E. Clifton A. McGlashan W. O. McLeod H. J. Percy F. Wood E. Bissell Mrs. Bissell R. B. Ryder M. Cooper ... F MP AM F M M F M FP FP FP HM AM F AF AM AF AF FP FP FP FP FP MP M FP M AF FP M S FP FP M F FP M S MP FP £ s. d. 170 14 o 35 o o 1200 100 o o 86 8 o 141 13 o 115 16 o 193 18 o 31 o o 31 o o 31 o o 395 ° o 285 o o 175 ° O 165 o o 100 o o 75 o o 47 10 o 37 o o 37 o o 37 o o 37 o o 31 o o 35 ° ° 150 8 o 20 o o 183 4 ° 55 o ° 37 o o 168 5 o 1200 26 o o Meanee II IS 354 9 2 48 o o 33 i8 6 Taradale 16 12 Clive 17 235 H 9 37 12 8 Hastings 18 240 10 6 35 12 8 835 3 " 20 o 6 178 00 70 o o 20 O O 174 14 o 1200 20 o o 20 o o 13 14 Havelock 19 212 18 2 33 8 8 675 o o TeAute(i) Tamumu Patangata Kaikora 50 o o 43 6 8 101 5 10 227 7 11 22 5 6 17 18 o raipawa ,.. 17 18 Waipawa 2O 21 22 23 24 270 o o 42 14 o 40 2 4 399 J8 o 14 12 o M. J. Westmoreland J. S. Ballantine W. Thompson E. Teychenne J. M. Frazer S. Craig E. Grant S. W. Hardy A. Inglis . A. Glass L. Smith F M M AF M F FP M FP S F 56 7 o 96 13 o 172 19 o 50 o o 200 o o 57 o o 31 o o 159 12 O 25 o o 1200 91 13 o 19 Hampden 2 5 193 16 8 25 11 o 304 9 8 Ongaonga Blackburn Makaretu Ashley-Clinton Takapau Waipukurau 26 27 28 29 3° 3' "9 5 5 28 11 8 20 j 438 19 3 F. H. Brittain M 150 2 O 21 22 23 104 6 8 121 11 8 221 18 4 30 10 o 1926 28 17 o 40 7 o 320 10 o C. Morton J. Stewart J. Poole Mrs. Poole H. J. Poole M M M AF FP 100 o o 139 7 o 167 14 o 40 o o 20 o o 24 26 Wallingford (2) Porangahau Ormondville ... 32 33 34 109 o o 1S 1 5 I0 16 12 6 30 10 8 316 2 9 30 19 6 493 3 8 E. Doria R.Toms Mrs. Toms C. A. Bruford E. Thompson J. Wafboys E. J. Levy Mrs. E. Thomson ... A. P. Tennent Mrs. A. P. Tennent... W. G. Crawford A. Keenan .,, F M S M F MP FP F M S M AF 104 o o 161 3 o 1200 210 o o 60 o o 32 10 o 28 10 o 132 6 o 147 o o 1200 174 3 ° 57 1° o 27 Norsewood 35 424 10 10 76 1 6 479 2 o Friberg Road Danevirke ,,, 58 37 165" 6 8 28'"7 6 15 o o 337 13 I0 28 29 Woodville 38 233 10 7 35 3 o 800 Sundries not classified 698 11 11 7,300 13 6 1,308 13 7 6,932 o 9 ?,693 10 o (1) School temporaril; closed. (2) New school.

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NELSON.

G .. i j- •_: H o w §sS-s«_3 o ortj: ; c U« _.S *-•= o d ■ o U Schools, O o"o 2j_ So. Is c cu o <v rj en Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. <_> Xi .5-3 c _= °o So. o fa Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year, \ Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure, Blenheim [B] £ s. d. 859 o o £ s. d. 63 O O £ s. d. 469 7 5 £ s. d. 300 o o 180 o o 120 O O 75 0 0 60 O O 105 o o 45 o o 180 o o 85 o o no o o 45 o o 170 o o 90 o o 180 o 4 41 13 o 130 o o 170 o o 40 o o 80 o o 120 0 O 120 O O 140 o o 140 o o 90 o o 120 o o Picton [B] Marlborough 3 4 High School Picton Havelock Renwick 3 4 419 10 o 263 o o 241 13 4 39 1 o 27 iS 6 25 12 10 69 I o Hubert P. Macklin ... J. William Alloway... James Ranald Martin Anne Macklin Kate Macklin Kate Macklin Mary Macklin H. W. Harris Marion Robertson ... Alice Jones Sarah Mowat Francis Severne Caroline Severne ... William Tissiman ... Charles Bary John Squire Charles Peake Mrs. Peake Celia E. Cheesman ... R. H. Beck John Irwin Hart Walter Andrews Andrew Everiss Elizabeth Flower M. James Smith H. C. Amner H M AM AM AF AF HF AF M AF HF AF M F M MP M M AF F M M M M F M M S 6 Spring Creek Tua Marina S 6 154 o o 215 o o 17 6 6 25 7 4 15 10 o 8 18 o .7 '8 9 10 Marlborough Town ... Kaituna Canvas Town Grove Town Waitohi Wairau Valley Kekerangu Fairhall Havelock Suburban (1) Kaiuma(2) Kenepuru (3) Opai Sundries 7 8 9 10 72 10 o IOO o o 120 O ol 159 14 o 145 o o 85 17 6 100 o o 120 O O 12 5 7 11 15 6 11 8 9 19 12 o 25 5 7 1276 1200 14 S 5 73 19 9 15 6 6 150 12 o 224 3 6 45 8 o 300 11 11 12 13 14 i5 12 13 14 o 12 6 487 4 o 120 o o 15 16 17 George Robertson ... ivi 82 10 o Sounds 16 39 7 6 ivi 17 1 4 D. Stephens 3,094 12 4 317 3 6 1,580 4 o 1,149 3 4

Nelson [B] Town Boys', istdivsn. Bridge Street Boys', 1 st and 2nd division Bridge Street Boys', 3rd division 1 299 17 6 398 16 8 167 10 o 1,025 16 2 C. J. H. Chepmell ... James B. Sadd Frederick Worley Sophia Snart Georgiana Bonnington Jane Thompson ... Lucy H. Kitching ,.. M HM AM HF AS AF F 270 o o 225 o o 108 o o 100 o o 12 O O 1200 54 o o 2 3 164 5 o Bridge Street Boys', 4th division Hardy Street Girls', 1st division Hardy Street Girls', 2nd division Hardy Street Girls', 3rd division Haven Road Boys' ... 41 3 4 4 S 161 o o Mrs. Elizabeth Sait ... F 140 o o Hampden Street Toitoi Valley Girls' ... Port Clifton Terrace Hillside Happy Valley Stoke 10 6 7 8 163 jo o 134 o o 458 6 8 378 6 8 380 o o 97 10 o 70 16 8 70 16 8 70 16 8 219 3 4 800 800 800 Mary Anne Dement,.. Annie Hoult Ellen Cother Elizabeth Leach James Lee Hodgson James Veysey Annie C. Frank Robert Sunley E. A. Buckeridge Georgiana Sunley ... Mary C. Gascoigne ... Mrs. Hester Hansen... Kate Newton Mary Brown Sophia S. Blackmore Barbara Robb .., Alice Wastney (4) ... Fanny Gill JohnNaylor Florence Neale James Robson Margaret Bell Sarah Spencer Edith O'Loughlen ... Edward Cowles George Thorburn Mrs. Annie Bryant ... Ellen Sunley HF AF HF AF H M AM AF H M AF AF F AF AF AF F F F F M AF M AF HF AF M M F F 72 o o 54 o o 72 o o 42 o o 225 ° O 108 o o 54 o o 225 o o 54 o o 42 o o 140 o o 84 o o 54 o o 42 o o 54 o o 65 o o 65 o o 65 o o 130 o o 54 o o 140 o o 42 o o 120 O O 54 o o 120 o o 120 o o 86 o o 108 o o Waimea .., 11 12 13 14 '5 1000 3 1200 4 4° 4 Richmond Boys' 16 204 o o 10 o o Richmond Girls' I? 193 o o 10 o o 433 o o 5 Ranzau Hope River Terrace Brightwater 18 20 129 15 o 128 10 o 91 6 8 134 15 o 10 o o 10 o o 10 o o 140 17 6 6 21 10 o o 35 « 1° (i)Not completed. (2) Nine months, (3) Closed. (4) From :st September.

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NORTH CANTERBURY.

■•£ £ .2 ,_ c,c:_ -bgf_*= 3 §es-_m__ o o rt^- d X s_ M *o d _P c o O Schools. o u5 do 5- o •9 go. u c. v. rt a c-, O oj o « Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. 0. -a si <*__ °o 2 03 o a. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Spring Grove £ B. d. 203 11 8 £ s. d. IO o o £ s. d. 323 3 o William N. Franklyn Eleanor Knapp Eugene Desaunais ... Mrs. E. Desaunais ... Sarah Leach George A. Blumer (1) Walter Ladley Kate E. Tarrant Harry Ladley Eliza Holland (1) ... John Moore Grace Eban Helen Johnson John Roby James Robson, jun. ... William Cook Annie Cook Henry G. Hill George Deck Annie Leech Frederick Bisley Eleanor G. Guy Louisa Pinney Richard Sutcliffe Edward F. Burrell ... Miss Wray Nathaniel Jennings ... Gordon Ponsonby ... Emily Guy Frances E. Guy M AF M AF F M M AF M AF M F F M M M AF M M AF M F AF M M F M M AF F £ s. d. 140 0 c 54 o c ■ 130 o c 54 o c 90 o a 7200 125 00 54 o a 120 o a 36 o a 90 o 0 42 o 0 84 o a 100 o a 100 o 0 120 o o 54 o 0 120 o o "aimea— contd. 22 Lower Wakefield Boys' 23 210 8 4 12 O O 17 4 o 8 Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley,.. Upper Wakefield 24 2.5 26 88 J o no 00 173 6 8 12 O O 8 o o IO o o 300 34 9 6 9 10 Foxhill 27 137 15 o 10 o 0 250 o 0 11 Motupiko Stanley Brook (2) Tadmor (2) Waimea West Waimea Village Sarau 28 29 3° 31 32 33 105 o o 27 12 6 65 17 6 104 1 8 124 3 4 200 10 o 8 o o 14 2 o 40 12 6 12 8 "o o 8 o o 14 o o 37 12 6 1.3 Neudorf Lower Moutere 34 35 165 o o 198 5 o 800 10 o o 900 342 9 6 120 O 0 54 o 0 160 o a 60 o 0 f4 iS Motueka 36 324 16 8 20 O 0 40 o o 16 17 18 19 Ngatimoti Dovedale Churchill (2) Pangatotara Riwaka 37 38 39 40 4i 119 15 o 127 10 o 25 10 o 98 6 8 207 8 4 800 1000 800 14 16 9 42 o 0 108 o 0 108 o o 52 10 0 90 o o 130 o o 42 o o 80 o o 14 o o 553 6 6 Brooklyn Upper Motueka (3) ... Marahan (2) Lower Takaka Long Plain East Takaka Motupipi Collingwood Rockvillc Ferntown Pakawau Westport Boys' 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 5° Si 52 53 91 11 8 47 16 3 32 18 9 118 10 7 70 16 8 70 16 8 97 i5 o 70 4 2 62 6 8 109 6 8 83 11 8 360 11 o 800 67 9 6 iuller Collingwood 20 21 22 23 24 2S 26 27 28 Westport Girls' Fairdown Waimangaroa Ngakawha (2) Karamea Addison's Flat Charleston Boys' 54 55 56 5 7 58 59 60 224 5 8 181 o 4 7 10 8 IS° 3 8 128 18 8 296 2 4 800 800 800 800 10 o o 800 800 800 30 o o 30 o o 10 o o 1690 32 6 9 25 o o 370 9 10 94 o o 17 IS 3 143 o o 325 10 6 23 1 3 324 18 6 22 10 o 671 2 6, John Drummond Arthur Langford(4),.. Mary Haldane Annie Manson ,., Mrs. Emma Robinson Joseph W. Humphries Laura Snow Esther S. Stanley Annie Sheppard Arthur Brown Sarah Blaxall Emily Blaxall Annie Falla Annie O'Keeffe Miss Virtue Andrew D. Cumming Nellie Falla Robert Ray Mrs. Elizabeth Maher Richard Delany Mary Quin Flora McPhee Lucy Dike Mrs. E. Murphy John Bakewell Alice Coveney Richard Chattock Mrs. Parry Louisa Moller Edward Edridge Catherine Anderson ,., M M F F F M F F F M F AF HF AF F M F M F M AF HF AF F M F M F AF M AF 56 o o 100 o o 65 o o 65 o o 90 o 0 120 o 0 80 o 0 80 o 0 80 o o 180 o o 75 o 0 60 o 0 125 o 0 60 o 0 56 o o 130 o o 52 10 o 140 o o 120 O 0 160 o a 60 o 0 120 O 0 60 o 0 80 o 0 130 o 0 100 o 0 29 3° 3' 32 10 o o 10 o o 13 6 8 32 Charleston Girls' 61 193 8 4 13 6 8 30 o o 33 34 35 Brighton Lyell Fernflat Reefton 62 63 64 65 95 8 8 34 15 o 58 6 8 469 o o 13 6 8 500 800 30 o o 150 O 0 | 4 5 o, Black's Point 23S 15 o 30 o o 55 o o 210 o 0 75 o 0 60 o 0 150 o o 60 o 0 66 Capleston (5) Not specified 67 70 2 6 447 16 6 6,149 10 4 IO,l68 2 5 718 10 o 9,043 o 0

Kaikoura ... I Kaikoura Suburban... I 199 10 6 32 o 1 128 14 II Alfred Sayers May Sayers Henry H. Knowles ... Eliza Sandford Donald Davidson M F M F M '3S ° o 52 5 ° 143 16 6 72 14 o 91 o o 2 Kaikoura Town 2 278 9 s 44 6 8 1,059 5 3 Amuri Cheviot (6) Waiau (2) 3 100 15 o 206 (i) From ist December, (2) Aided. (3) Closed. (4) Temporary master. (5) Temporarily closed, (6) No school in County of Cheviot.

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o X* <2 & « Schools. O £ 6 "3 1 3 -y u _ a a. o iJ (J !» Exp Maint Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for the penditure for the "Y itenance. Other Ordinary Expenditure. 'ear. :ar. <u Annual _ , , , T 5 Salarv and Teachers Names, " . .,. ' including all Teachers 5. H "he "a" Buildings, and Pupil-teachers g| pai( i during Sites, on the Staff at the end -c % v the la5t ° Furniture, and of the Year. '» Quarter of Apparatus. ft. f he year. I .shley Hurunui £ s. d. 139 16 8 £ s. d. 18 3 4 £ ■■ d. 34 11 9 Thomas D. Piper Ellen Piper George Everiss Alice Buxton Annie Freeman Charles D. Husband Mary Fendall Moreau Amy Alice May William Betson Joseph Thompson ... Eliza Willis John H. Baird Charles Nicholls Julia Nicholls Harry Peat Kate Scully Ada Hodgson Thomas G. Smith ... Margaret Whiteside,.. Lucy Fawcett Dugald B. Craig ... Sarah Craig John Mclntyre Fanny Clifton Thomas Ritchie Edith Dunnage Emily Aldridge John McGillivray Thomas A. Hamilton Susan Fee George Petrie Thomas Stout William Banks Sophia Dohrmann ... Richard Meredith Alice Chapman Arthur Cookson Henry J. Cooper Helen Ladbrooke Richard Twose Margaret Craigie James Victor Harriet Victor John Hook Sarah Bunker ... Margaret Chapman... William McClure ... Louisa Neilson Rev. W. McGregor ... Margaret McGregor,.. John G. L. Scott Agnes Scott Sarah Kitchingman(2) Edward Jennings Helen Hurrell Frederick Hunnibell... Emily J. Johnston ... Wallace E.Howorth... Daisy Shrimpton Fred. Cumberworth ... Julia Pashby Thomas A. Scott Henry E. Goodeve ... Annie M. Goodeve ... Avis Todd Jessie Duffull William Brock Margaret Brock Charles S. Howard ... Lucy E. Thompson ... Selina Norton Arthur Bramley Robert J. Alexander... William Dixon Jane E. Meakes Martha Kaufmann (2) M S M F F M F M F MP M F MP M S M F FP M F FP M FP M F M F FP MP M F MP MP M F M F MP MP F M F M S M F FP M F M F EM HF AF AM FP MP FP MP FP M F MP M F FP F M F M F FP MPj HI AM HF AF 117 o o 1200 207 10 o 91 12 O 75 5 ° 135 o ° 43 19 ° 144 o o 79 10 o 30 o o 144 o o 79 18 o 40 o o 120 19 o I2OO 176 o o 52 5 o 32 o o 167 18 o 83 10 o 32 o o 163 7 o 1600 140 o o 54 8 o 204 6 o 89 16 o 1600 20 o o 220 2 o 102 o o 38 o o 38 o o 128 14 o 65 19 ° 231 4 o 91 4 o 47 10 o 40 o o 65 10 o 140 o o 56 8 o 117 18 o 12 OO 166 10 o 93 o o 24 o o 140 o o 58 19 o 144 4 6 72 6 o 304 14 o 139 10 o 97 4 o 74 10 o 38 o o 40 o o 32 o o 30 o o 1600 185 18 o 88 18 o 38 o o 207 18 o 52 5 ° 1600 61 8 o 127 7 o 60 4 o 217 8 o 92 10 o 38 o o 30 o o 284 o o 120 10 O 142 4 o 104 o o 3 4 4 Kowai North 5 308 8 2 54 14 3 1,132 8 6 Kowai North (side) ... Balcairn 6 7 76 17 1 185 '5 9 25 '7 4 4 10 o 5 6 Leithfield 8 285 19 o 41 13 « 226 Mount Grey Downs ... 300 13 10 46 12 o 31 18 4 8 Loburn North (i) 10 90 10 9 19 18 6 1,025 9 9 9 Loburn 11 248 13 4 35 H 9 82 15 3 10 Ashley 12 287 17 8 42 15 3 27 6 10 Saltwater Creek 167 19 2 28 16 7 no 16 6 11 13 12 View Hill 14 197 13 9 27 7 1 10 in 13 Oxford West 15 37' *5 2 5 1 '5 5 305 11 6 '4 Oxford East 16 466 4 1 59 l6 4 515 13 9 Carleton 212 14 3 31 3 2 65 18 9 15 17 16 Cust 18 446 3 o 70 16 o 45 2 5 Cust (side) Eyreton West iy 20 69 11 8 190 o 4 42 18 o n 27 19 6 18 Stoke 21 129 11 4 27 17 4 28 4 0 15 Fernside 22 298 13 4 48 9 8 123 Mandeville Plains ... 203 17 4! 26 6 10 14 3 o 20 23 21 Eyreton 24 229 6 o 27 19 6 41 12 2 [B] 23 Rangiora 25 817 2 6 114 9 4 12 1 5 Southbrook ?3 26 325 1° 2 50 ii o 54 5 9 24 Flaxton 27 306 7 2 54 2 7 Flaxton (side) Waikuku 28 58 13 7 195 4 8 14 11 9 25 29 27 19 8 26 Woodend ... 3° 398 6 4 53 19 1 71 2 3 Kaiapoi 913 o 1 120 15 4 63 16 6 [B] 27 31 (1) Opened i)th May. (2) Infant mistress.

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" Ji3»M o d e| P B O O Schools. d "o a " isMaintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. 0) •So" o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 65 10 o 38 o o 30 o o 24 o o 1600 .karoa [B] .shley— contd. 28 29 3° Kaiapoi— continued ... Kaiapoi Island North Kaiapoi Island (1) ... Lyttelton 32 33 34 129 17 10 102 11 11 1,468 6 7 19 19 o 26 14 5 216 2 3 6 15 o 3 10 o 37 15 3 Elizabeth Monk Amy Taylor Martin Todd Elizabeth Unwin Sara Hiatt Frederick W. Young John Matthews Emma Matthews Alfred J. Gillman ... ■— Gillman James Dawe John Ross Agnes Stout Florence Ockford (2) Louis A. Suckling ... Celia E. Hobbs Jessie Chambers Emily E. Jenkins Margaret Milsom ... J ames R. Taylor Annie Keand Isabella Connal Jane D'Authreau George Pitcaithley ... Alice Hobbs Elizabeth Norris Edwin F. Barnett ... Sarah McMain AF FP MP FP FP MP M S M S HM AM HF AF AM AF AF F P FP MP FP FP FP MP FP FP M S 20 o o 108 5 o 1200 117 00 1200 395 2 ° 279 o o 130 10 o 119 14 o 97 10 o 65 10 o 47 10 o 38 o o 38 o o 40 o o 30 8 o 24 o o 24 o o 30 o o 1600 1600 117 o o 1200 Governor's Bay 31 35 139 16 8 2104 Charteris Bay (3) Gebbie's Pass Road(3) Gebbie's Valley 36 37 38 ■37 1 10 25 6 o James Willis M 116 11 o 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Port Levy Little River Pigeon Bay Pigeon Bay (side) ,,, Barry's Bay ,,, French Farm Wainui 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 144 16 8 127 16 8 269 o 3 157 5 4 83 14 2 159 8 8 127 o 8 I5 6 " 5 21 12 3 20 12 5 28 12 11 27 11 7 19 6 4 17 14 o 23 4 6 6 o o 23 15 o 5 o 5 30 2 6 33 10 ° 3 3° James B. Harper Grace Harper Henry Jaggar George Westropp (4)... Charles M. Lee Donald Stewart Christina Pitcaithley Henrietta Seager Thomas Meagher ... Vacant Arthur M. Husey ... Lucy E. Husey Kate M. Lowe Charlotte McKay ... Henry Cox Isabella Bennett ... Martin Sheard Vacant Joseph Hutt Mary Hutt Thomas Macmillan Charlotte Macmillan Rosny M. Spurr ... Louisa Spurr Alexander Roulston ,.. Ernest Watkins Annie Roulston ... M S M HM AM M S F M S M S F FP M S M F M F M F M S M MP S 122 O O I2OO 117 o o 135 ° O 61 17 o 145 8 o 1200 79 10 o 117 o o 1200 108 5 o 12 o o 126 o o 16 o o 122 O O 1200 '35 o ° 64 12 O 140 o o 56 10 o 133 4 o 43 19 o 122 o o 1200 131 8 o 20 o o 1200 40 Little Akaloa 46 134 4 9 21 14 s 220 4' Duvauchelle's Bay ... 47 200 6 7 28 s 10 33 17 5 42 Okain's Bay ,., 48 212 1 8 26 4 1 43 Le Bon's Bay 49 195 o 6 26 4 5 220 44 Robinson's Bay ... 5° 142 6 8 19 3 4 23 4 8 45 German Bay 51 i5 8 l8 9 26 4 s 259 16 3 [B] 46 German Bay (side) (5) Akaroa 5 2 389 19 8 54 3 6 63 3 4 Alfred Nicholls Matilda Thomas John W. McGregor.,. Bateman T. Missen Vacant Charlotte Pope Peter Murray Ellen E. Eiby Julia O'Shaugnessy... Richard P. Pole Ellen Craighead Alice Pole John Blythen Charlotte Blythen ... Sarah Pearson Charles H. Opie Louisa Opie M F MP MP M S M F FP M FP S M F FP M F 218 6 o 97 10 o 30 o o 20 o o 117 o o 1200 166 10 o 89 7 o 1600 145 8 o 1600 1200 144 18 o 43 19 o 16 o o 140 o o 70 o o Kowai Bush (6) 109 4 7 17 14 o 31 1 6 Selwyn 47 S3 48 Kowai Pass 54 265 16 11 68 4 6 294 7 o 49 Russell's Flat 55 178 15 1 25 19 2 25 10 f 5° Malvern &6 210 15 9 44 13 ' 800 Malvern South 222 5 9 36 17 1 53 10 » 51 57 (1) Closed 3 months. (2) Infant mistress. (.1) ei Conducted by o: ■ection. (6) £ ie master. (4) Extra assistance for six months, ichool closed three monthst (5) School in course of

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o d s Q Schools. 0 «i o"o 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, I c 2 P o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year, i Salaries, Other Ordinary Expenditure, ielwyn— continued. Hororata (1) 58 £ s. d. 212 8 4 £ B. d. 28 13 8 £ s. d 77 4 8 Henry Willis Fanny Bartrum ... John J. Mahood Annie Mahood William Taylor Janet Dewar M I 1 M S M F £ s. d. 149 17 o 70 o o 123 16 o I2OO 162 5 6 64 15 o 53 53 Kimberley ... 59 149 11 o 24 5 2 19 3 5 54 Greendale 60 238 5 9 3° 16 3 300 55 56 Kirwee (2) Courtenay ... 61 139 16 8 411 o 19 18 4 129 6 1 Frederick N. Foster ... Emma Foster Peter Cheyne Hester H. Cheyne ... Joseph Thomas James Murray Marian Gibson Henry Hookham Sibella Ross Lewis G. Wright Elizabeth Wright ... Florence Blake Andrew Dawson Florence Derry George C. Manning Sarah B. Manning ... Thomas Mulligan ... Georgina Somerset ... Henry Wilson Elizabeth Wilson ... Edward Morgan ... Jane M. Jennings ... Maria Derritt Annie Lowe George Williamson ... Annie E. Hookham ... Edith Jaggar George Culverhouse... Catherine Tulley William H. Comerford Christina Prebble ... Helen V. Williams ... George Bishop Mary A. Gordon Agnes Pannett Louisa Bishop Thomas A. Gates ... Sarah E. Derry Henry A. Grant George Crockett Vacant James Speight Mary Zweibruck Celia Champion Johann Voss - William E. Foster ... Frances Foster Elizabeth Gardiner ... William G. Wray ... Julia Langbridge Emma Barrett Rev. James Cumming Thomas S. Foster ... David Todd Emily S. Brittan Annie Gilmore (4) ... AmyJ. Harband Eliza Callendar Bethia Jack Arthur Mayne Thomas Pole Ada Pike Harriett Hunt Jane Eastwood William A. Robinson Margaret Clarke Henrietta Kelly Sydney C. Owen Margaret Menzies ... M S M V M M P M F M P FP M P M S M P M S M HP AP IP M HF AF M F M HF AF M HF AF FP M F MP M F M Fg FP MP M F FP M F PP HM !AM Iam HF AF AF AP AF MP MP PP FP PP MP PP PP MP FP 117 00 12 o o '35 ° ° 52 10 o 122 O O 140 o o 59 7 o 162 o o 66 8 o 153 o o 57 5 ° 38 o o 113 9 o 57 5 ° 122 00 57 Halkett 62 202 1 8 28 3 1 60 11 9 58 59 Aylesbury(3) West Melton 63 64 80 10 2 199 4 6 23 9 2 27 2 2 38.5 7 5 36 1 1 60 Yaldhurst 65 239 «3 7 30 1 11 5 16 7 61 Templeton 66 27s 17 6 40 6 11 35 2 7 (vi Weedon .. ■ 67 182 16 3 27 9 6 2 6 9 63 Broadfield 68 146 6 8 22 15 4 1200 64 Harewood Road 69 196 9 10 29 13 11 IS 8 o 135 ° ° 43 19 ° 156 4 o 1200 227 18 o 135 ° ° 52 5 ° 24 o o 193 2 O no 10 o 6S North Road 70 176 10 8 25 2 4 6 16 6 66 Papanui 7' 463 19 9 71 14 2 869 f'7 Riccarton 72 352 o 2 68 o 8 3 :3 2 Riccarton (side) 73 223 14 10 43 '9 o 162 10 o 43 19 o 176 o o no 10 o 68 Prebbleton .,. 74 360 3 2 53 3 4 33 3 4 69 Lincoln 75 411 O 2 55 4 9 24 3 o 43 '9 ° 219 4 o 92 10 o 43 19 ° 24 o o 169 14 o 86 4 o 40 o o 154 11 6 68 4 o 183 4 o 92 10 o 1600 Springston 76 301 6 8 47 7 4 15 9 7 7° Greenpark 238 9 o 38 2 11 3 3 °| 7 1 77 72 Tai Tapu 7S 302 19 9 5° 6 5 26 13 O: Halswell 276 11 8 36 n s IO 2 O 20 o o 162 o o 56 10 o 38 o o 212 O O 43 19 ° 38 o o 381 12 O 270 10 o 189 10 o 282 12 O 149 o o 131 o o 92 10 o 79 10 o 47 10 o 47 10 o 38 o o 38 o o 38 o o 40 o o 32 o o 32 o o 30 o o 24 o o 73 1') Spreydon 80 362 o 9 53 5 6 4 16 6 74 Christchurch West ... 2,196 3 5 325 18 10 271 11 6 [B] 75 Sr (1) Closed for three months on account of sickness. (2) Not yet built. (3) Opened 2Jth April. (4) Infant listres:

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.c s £ to 6 P I Schools. 0 "o Sot fa O i) 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. I ■So' c 2 P o IS Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ t. i £ s. d. 24 o o 24 o o 24 o o 24 o o 16 o o 1600 396 o o 274 10 o 220 10 O 148 10 o 126 00 252 o o 148 10 o 108 o o 115 o o 9210 o 81 s o 74 10 o 72 S o S 2 5 ° 38 o o 30 8 o 32 o o 32 o o 24 o o 1600 Selwyn— continued. [B] Christchurch West— continued. Normal School 8; 2.434 9 7 330 12 11 4,168 12 8 Catherine Alexander Susan Currie Alice Pickering Fanny Durey ... Frances Taylor Jessie Menzies ... Edwin Rayner James R. Thornton... John J. Patterson ... James B. Mayne James Grant Annie M. Patterson ... Eliza Kitchingman ... Julia W. Barlow Margaret A. Kelly ..-. Ada E. Foster Isabella Spensley Florence Williams ... Mary E. Jenkins Alfreda Radcliffe ... Minnie Cole Eleanor M. Edwards Harriett Smith ... Eliza Ewing Jane Malcolm Emily Benetto PP PP FP FP FP FP HM AM AM AM AM HP AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP 76 Christchurch East ... Bingsland 83 466 17 o 501 8 1 372 2 8 James B. E. Taylor... Charles Bowley Eliza Woodford Margaret Young Kate Woodford John Curnow Charles Wykesmith... Walter Tipler Albert J. Morton George Gilling John Reid Sophia Haughton ... Emma B. Rowley (1) Elizabeth Innes Laura Allison Catherine Ford Thomas M. Marr Charles Francis William Foster William Glanville ... Caroline Jones Annie Spence Annie Barker Alice M. Willcocks ... Mary Wells Mary D. Harband ... Sarah L. Robinson ... Annie Craddock Anne Ansley Margaret J. Blyth ... Jane Gooden Elizabeth Kissell ... Gertrude Garstein ... Mary Shirtcliffe Victoria Evans Elizabeth Harbidge ... Mary Elmsly Edith Guise Eleanor Cross Ada Mackett Jane Roberts Alice Williams Mary Spence ... Cecilia Harvey Lockhart D. Easton... Archibald Binnie ... John J. Elliott [essie Bowmaker Mary Hall (1) HM AM F FP F P HM AM AM AM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF MP MP M P M P F P F P FP F P FP F P F P F P FP FP F P F P F P F P F P F F P FP F P HF AF F P F P FP HM AM AM HF AF 232 14 o 60 12 O 61 10 o 38 o o 38 o o 448 4 o 3SS 2 ° 167 o o 97 10 o 92 10 o 65 10 o 229 2 o 154 8 o 97 10 o 61 10 o 43 '9 ° go o o 40 o o 3° o o 30 o o 38 o o 38 o o 38 o o 38 o o 32 o o 32 o o 32 o o 24 o o 24 o o 24 o o 24 o o 1600 1600 16 0 o 1600 Gloucester Street 2,449 18 ? TO 84 Phillipstown «5 166 17 10 113 14 o 32 o o 1600 1600 144 10 o 92 10 o 24 o o 22 16 O 1600 367 4 o 180 o o [B] South Town Belt 86 2/ 1 7 S [B] Sydenham 1,763 ' 3 363 o 9 S79 J7 9 77 87 131 o o 234 10 o '33 4 o (1) Infant mistress.

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6*1 ■- 5 Schools, "8 » o"o 2| "03 8% Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. :ar. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers Buildings, and Pupil-teachers Sites, on the Staff at the end Furniture, and of the Year. Apparatus, a, Annual •g Salary and a —' Allowances 'I o at the rate o-g paid during 2 W - the last o Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinarj Expenditure. ielwyn [B] — contd. 78 79 So Sydenham— continued. St. Alban's St. Alban's (side) New Brighton Heathcote Lower 88 89 90 91 721 123 5 9 148 17 4 593 9 4 £ s. d. 9 2 199 16 o 25 IS 7 135 17 " £ s. d. n o 6 1,204 4 1 £ *. <i 58 12 10 Mary Taylor Catherine Thornton ... Jane E. Watts Charles D. Hardie ... James O. Taylor Abel Webber Arthur Cooper Martha Dynes Emily Sadler Annie D. King Rachael Dutton Margaret Smith Alexander C. Blake ... Marian Johnston Ina Dewsbury Emily Howard . . Richard P. Soundy ... Emily Peach Mary A. Bennetts (1) Sarah Fee John R. Nicolle Mary S. Alexander ,., Kate Baldwin Janet Reeve Eliza Friar Clara C. Edwards ... Annie F. Finney Janet H. Morton William De Troy ... Ellen De Troy Rev. George Wilks ... William C. Armitage Annie McCormick ... Annie E. McHarg ... Ellen M. Shepheard ... Janet Dick Alice Harper Walter B. Camfield (2) Margaret Pitcaithley... Thomas Morgan Georgina Thomson ... Mary Dixon Mary Duncan William Wollstein ... Janet Sinclair Denis Flavell George P. Kay Charlotte Kay John H. Newlyn Susan Newlyn John Simpson Mary E. Simpson Annie Sawle John Baldwin Fanny Holder William Stirling John Watson Janet Currie Mary McKee William D. McClure Agnes McClure William F. Ford ... Martha R. Ford John Woodward David McVinnie Sarah Pearce Henrietta L. Smith ... John P. Lucas Caroline Edwards ... Alice E. Henderson (1) Jane McKay Annie Carr Mary Wabey Elizabeth Elwin William H. Gorton ... Annie J. Elwin Charlotte Gorton AF AF AF A M M P MP MP FP FP FP FP FP MP FP FP FP M HF AF AF MP FP FP F P FP F F P FP M S H M A M F FP F P FP FP M B 1 M H F A F F P M F MP M S M S M F F P M F M P M F F P M s M F MP |M P F P F M H F AF FP FP FP FP M F P s £ s. d. 99 9 ° 52 5 ° 4319 ° 54 5 ° 47 10 o 47 10 o 40 o o 38 o o 38 o o 38 o o 38 o o 32 o o 20 o o 1600 1600 1600 29s 14 ° 140 8 o 103 10 o 83 10 o 47 1° ° 38 o o 1600 1600 16 o o 64 15 o 32 o o 24 o o 123 4 o 1200 301 19 o 113 o o 60 12 O 30 8 o 24 o o 24 o o 16 o o 135 9 ° 75 9 ° 206 2 o 99 12 o 43 19 ° [600 149 o o 70 o o 20 O O 122 O O I2OO 117 18 o 1200 173 14 ° 79 19 ° 1600 266 o o 74 15 ° 40 o o 151 4 o 69 7 o 1600 140 o o 12 O O 235 2 O 100 16 o Heathcote Lower (side) 'P 170 16 7 81 Opawa 93 374 13 I' 60 18 3 54 1 4 82 Heathcote Valley 259 11 6 39 3 1 381 12 7 94 33 Sumner 136 1 o 19 3 4 '5 o o 95 84 Selwyn 96 178 2 7 26 18 5 85 Dunsandel 97 257 6 2 40 16 10 544 14 3 86 Brookside 98 453 o 4 43 '5 4 3 " II 87 Killinchy 99 269 2 1 37 7 5 17 14 11 88 Irwell 157 o o 25 12 7 19 17 4 100 89 Leeston 101 45 2 5 > 72 15 4 82 on 90 Leeston (side) Southbridge 102 103 79 8 4 59 1 15 I0 83 16 S 40 o o 30 o o 1600 74 10 o 220 10 o 113 o o 92 10 o 32 o o 1600 1600 1600 144 o o 1600 1200 Lakeside 91 104 161 o o 26 1 1 4 13 2 (1) Infant mistress. (2) Opened 16th February,

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(Z tot! a O O Z„. li 3.2 SJCI -1 i o u Schools. o _ 6 c ■5 "in Maim Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. itenance. Buildings, Sites, rui, r, „• _ Furniture, and °Expendfture7 Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. x .So" §•§ .2 u .£7} O 0. Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during' the last Quarter of the Year. r *j U C. C Oh O li £ s. d. 139 16 8 £ s. d. 22 9 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. 117 00 12 0 0 108 5 O 1200 122 O O I2 0 0 70 5 o 35 o o 117 o o 188 12 O 83 19 O 1600 H7 OO I2 0O 122 O O 12 O O 108 O O I2 0 0 78 O O 314 3 o 117 o O 108 o o 32 o o 24 o o 20 O O 20 O o 16 o o 16 o o 122 O 0 I2 0 0 117 o o 178 14 o 65 19 o 127 12 6 61 18 o 140 o o 43 19 o 140 o o 47 10 o ielwyn— continued. -shburton 92 93 94 95 96 Rakaia Little Mount Somers Alford Forest Alford Forest (side) ... Broughton (1) Barr Hill Rakaia South 105 106 107 108 109 no in 137 S 3 144 16 8 78 14 2 S3 15 o 125 II 3 271 17 11 20 7 11 27 17 6 17 14 o 55 19 4 124 10 11 9 17 3 600 12 10 o Phillip H. Cannon ... Jane McCormick Thomas E. Tomlinson Alice E. Tomlinson ... Henry Knight Flora E. Knight Ellen J. B. Somerset... Mary J. Hight George Silvester William Hale Martha Ansley Kate Doherty George Andrews Bessie Childs Frederick Thompson Brunhild Thompson... Gideon Scott Margaret Scott M S M S M S F F M M F FP M S M S M S Chertsey US 1 1 19 3 4 606 97 112 98 Kyle "3 130 2 9 21 7 11 11 5 2 99 Ashburton Forks "4 138 7 6 21 8 5 15 9 n Westerfield (2) .Ashburton "S n6 37 7 6 780 13 o 13s 19 S 409 2 9 Alexander Stott Egbert Mayo Jessie Stewart Kate McDonnell Eva Henderson Burdett Stewart James Henderson ... Constance Andrews ... Annie Tulley H. Cape-Williamson H. Cape-Williamson Isaac Atkinson James McLaughlin... Anne McLaughlin ... Albert Proudlock Elizabeth Proudlock... James T. Allsop Elizabeth Allsop Benjamin Low Sabina Low H M AM F FP FP MP MP FP FP M S M M F M F M F M F C.B] .100 Cambridge (3) 101 117 126 1 8 22 14 O 604 2 1 102 Seafield Wakanui 118 127 16 8 218 10 6 19 18 7 35 19 4 226 103 "9 3 13 2 104 Elgin (4) 120 76 12 5 26 19 8 561 12 4 105 Tinwald 121 201 9 10 38 3 9 575 11 11 106 Willcughby 122 208 6 8 32 18 10 3 13 1 107 108 Flemington (5) Longbeach 123 153 9 10 1 16 9 42 1 6 55 18 3 32 4 4 Henry Collins Mary A. Collins William H. Wake ... Annie J. Wake M S M S 135 o o 1200 117 00 1200 Longbeach (side) 124 139 16 8 Hinds (5) Mason's Flat (5) ... Plans of school buildings, &c. 22 15 6 617 10 2 327 14 4 251 S 10 109 31 5,351 10 6 38,136 17 8 S.856 2 I 18,200 o 5

Geraldine .,. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 <) Scotsburn Burke's Pass Fairlie Creek Opihi Mount Gay Rangitata Island Orari North Orari South Waihi Bush I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 147 o o 138 S o 136 10 3 116 00 146 16 8 146 11 8 138 13 4 140 16 8 278 2 9 18 12 8 19 2 8 20 19 o 21 2 9 19 7 II 19 2 8 23 6 4 19 2 8 40 16 4 IS l? o\ 52 ° 7 28 12 6 63 9 4! 61 40: 9 16 O| 32 S I0i 27 18 21 50 19 II John Murdoch ,,, W. W. Taylor F. R. Gillingham ,,, T. A. Crawford Albert Bellemin J. M. Beechey David Bone G. E. Sumner ... George Steven Mrs. Murray D. McDonald Thomas Hughes Frederick W. Wake ... Miss Mein Finlay Bethune K. Sutherland Mrs. Buckler ... Miss Meredyth William J. King Mrs. King A. Mahan Arthur Mahan Mrs. Mahan M M M M M M M M M F MP H M 1M F HP M S FP M F M MP S 140 0 o 140 o o 12O O O 120 o o 140 o o 140 o o 120 O O 140 o o 175 o o 83 o o 25 ° ° 260 o o IO Geraldine IO 476 3 4 I 58 7 10 125 12 O Kakahu 153 19 6 28 12 8 ■967 100 o o 100 o o 45 o o 146 o o 1200 IT u Pleasant Valley 198 7 2 29 9 9 26 3 6 20 o o 152 o o 50 o o 147 o o 25 o o 1200 12 12 i.S Waitohi Flat '3 188 17 8 27 18 8 5 " 3 (1) Aided. (2) Aided; closed since 31st May, (3) Opened 1st February. (4) Opened i^th June. (5) In course of :rection.

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-to IP 13 £•3^-1 as a o ■*-> -d cq % rt l- -t-j v >-H X u«;,^' 5 £ aba a C- a — d Z j > '__ a o O Schools. o m - 0 Q <* .2 tin o - Maint Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year, itcnance. Buildings, —I Sites, ri ,, .-. ,. Furniture, and TxpeXTer Appals. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. u •So' a S °-_ So. o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year, leraldine—• continued. 14 Winchester 14 £ s. d. 303 1 7 £ s. d. 34 1 4 £ s. d. 48 18 3 A. Dunnett Miss A. Young W. Austin E. Mossman Mrs. Mossman Miss Burton Mr. Mcintosh Mrs. Rowe E. Smith Miss Mathias (1) Miss Klee Miss Browne J. Thompson J. Thomas Miss Haskell Miss Sutherland Miss Strong W. Cuthbert J. W. Balfour Mrs. Illingworth J. Greaves T. A. Walker Mrs. Walker J. Scott Mr. Ligertwood Mr. Miiller Mr. Mansfield Miss Forbes Miss Gillon Miss Cramond Miss Ouinlan Miss Kesteven Miss Cox Miss Allen Miss Pearson Miss Cameron Miss Melton Miss McGeown Miss Mahan Miss Knight A. Cuthbert Mr. Shepherd J. Stewart Mrs. Stewart H. Jefcoate E. J. Collins T. H. Ritchey W. J. Reeve Mr. Bannerman Mr. Sercombe Mr. Ward G. B. Barclay Mr. Connor (2) Miss Couper Miss Grant Miss Dash Miss Bruce Miss Bowles Miss Fisher Mr. Easther M F MP M S FP HM HF AM AF FP FP H M AM F FP FP M MP S M M F H M AM AM AM HF AF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP MP MP M S FP M M M M M H M AM AM F FP FP FP FP FP M £ s. d. 162 17 10 77 18 8 45 o o 145 o o 1200 20 o o 277 o o 113 16 o 113 16 o 81 2 6 40 o o 30 o o 232 o o 94 8 o 94 8 o 20 o o 30 o o 152 o o 25 o o 1200 140 o o 160 o o 80 o o 483 7 4 262 4 o 175 o o 175 o o 267 4 o 154 16 o 103 4 o 155 2 6 103 8 4 68 18 11 50 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 3° o o 30 o o 30 o o 45 o o 25 o o 140 o o 1200 15 Milford 15 174 3 2 30 13 5 710 16 Temuka 16 639 4 4 80 6 5 163 S 11 Pleasant Point 3S 6 3 11 51 6 10 40 5 o 17 17 Washdyke 176 18 6 29 11 9 36 5 9 18 18 19 20 Claremont Wai-iti '9 20 142 19 2 236 7 10 1928 36 8 o 10 8 9 60 19 6 [B] 21 Timaru 21 2,381 1 7 230 5 5 122 12 8 raimate ... 22 Pareora 22 166 14 2 24 6 o 31 11 o Upper Otaio Otaio Hunter Hook Waituna Creek Waimate 23 24 25 26 27 28 112 00 155 IS 8 121 o o 125 4 o 143 15 6 939 19 2 22 16 8 77 19 4 26 19 9 33 2 5 24 19 9 2100 10 o o 140 o o 140 o o 120 O 0 120 o o 140 o o 294 8 o 162 8 o 104 o o 94 18 8 50 o o 30 o o 50 o o 20 O O 40 O O 140 O O 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 12 9 1928 22 15 11 24 6 o 104 10 4 LB] 101 10 9 Waihao St Andrew's (3) Timaru Side School (3) 29 3° 31 I4S 5 o 1928 o 13 4 18 16 o 29 30 3' 943 2 1 942 7 10 .eraldine ... 8,666 6 9 8,725 17 7 I.I39 5 1 3,046 on

'estland ... [B] 1 2 3 Arawata Town (4) ... Arawata Flat (4) Gillespie's (5) Okarito (5) . ... Waitangi(s) Ross 1 2 3 4 B 6 7 10 o 173 12 IO 144 1 10 91 14 o 62 5 o 720 o 8 9 7 ° 20 o o 14 13 o 12 10 O 7OO 74 '4 6 15 '5 ° 31 16 11 236 o 3 Miss Macfarlane James O'Neill C. M. Nielsen J. O. Wilson Mrs. Murphy J. Woodward W. D. McKay Miss Kildahl C. De Bakker F M M M F H M AM F FP 45 o o 127 10 o 112 10 O 7 1 5 ° 37 10 ° 280 o o 160 o o 126 o o 50 o o 4 (j) Infant mistress. (2) Temporary. (3) Opened Jam (S) Unc tary, 1881. (4) Half-time ti ler 88th section. 1st November, 1880 ; under 88th section.

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Schools. o • o ~o z| 11 a a. o <u Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stair" at the end of the Year. u .So' II o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. iOther Ordinary Expenditure. restland[B] -— contd. Ross— continued. £ *• d. £ ■; d. £ s. d. Jane Andrews Eliza Roberts W. Andrews Mrs. Murphy Lucy Theile C. J. Sale Mrs. Sale Jane Milner J. Howorth ... Jane Staines Mrs. Meharry Mrs. Harris E. B. Dixon J. McLeod Miss Batten Miss Cox M. Willberg E. Jones M.Oliver M. Turnbull Jessie Ralfe R. McLean A. Banks Eva Ecclesfield G. B. Me Alpine James Kirk Mrs. Cameron W. C. Kelsey Thomas Martin Robert West R. McGrath E. U. Just Susan Hogg F. Robinson A. Stevenson J. Mulhearn Jane Hogg Nancy Martin J. Rochford T. M. Wilson J. Harre Mrs. Horneman Mrs. Williams Miss Galland R. Wylde Mary J. Howe W. Voysey H. Bussell C. J. Patrick Miss E. B. Cowan ... D. Corbett R. Goulding R. L. Clements Miss Fricker Miss Gilroy C. Brown H. Batchelor Maria North C. Gilroy Fanny Kemple E. Robinson M. Taylor James Malcolm Miss C. A. Brown ... E. Thompson H. D. Thomas Miss S. Perkins James Malcolm Mrs. Gaskin A. Malcolm W. Malcolm J. A. Bromley FP FP MP F FP M F FP MP FP F F H M AM F AF FP FP FP FP FP MP MP FP M MP F M MP M M M F MP M P M F FP M P HM AM F AF AF MP FP MP M M F M H M AM F AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP M F F P M F M F M P M P M £ a. d. 33 o o 33 ° ° 25 o o no o o 20 O O 220 O O 130 o o 33 ° o 25 o o 50 o o 60 o o 56 5 o 320 o o 220 O O 144 o o 144 o o 33 o o 33 ° o 33 o o 25 o o 25 o o 36 o o 36 o o 15 o o 130 o o 20 O O 52 10 o 150 o o 25 o o 75 o o 37 10 o 220 o o 100 o o 30 o o 20 o o 185 o o 96 o o 50 o o 20 o o 260 o o 150 o o 137 ° O 100 o o 50 o o 25 o o 20 o o 20 O O 138 15 o 63 15 o 67 10 o 165 o o 320 o o 220 o o 144 o o 100 o o Donoghue's J33 2 8 20 14 o 26 10 6 7 Kanieri 8 429 3 o 56 6 o 443 3 6 6 7 Woodstock (i) Upper Kokatahi (2) ... Lower Kokatahi (2) ... Hokitika ... 9 10 11 12 48 6 8 1000 27 12 1 1,167 3 8 20 15 6 10 18 o 229 13 6 169 19 6 32 18 o 167 10 3 [B] 8 Arahura Road 13 163 19 4 20 o o South Spit (2) Blue Spur 14 15 53 1 6 181 12 8 8 18 6 29 11 8 54 4 11 26 14 6 9 10 Upper Crossing (2)... Rangiriri (2) Stafford 16 J7 18 62 1 1 98 2 4 385 8 4 1900 11 00 47 '7 6 8 8 6 44 6 o 103 11 6 Goldsborough .., 19 367 18 6 46 o o 20 12 o [B] 11 Kumara 20 816 12 2 97 4 3 47° 13 4 Greenstone (2) Westbrook (2) Marsden (2) Dunganville (2) Greymouth 21 143 12 5 84 3 2 98 3 2 169 2 10 1,218 13 10 16 3 8 11 15 9 18 13 o 18 o o 230 3 3 43 7 6 25 8 o in 14 o 306 12 7 23 Grey 12 23 24 25 [B] 13 Cobden 26 282 16 o 20 o o 323 14 o 33 o o 33 o o 33 o o 33 o o 20 o o IS o o 1500 180 o o 100 o o 20 O O 150 o o 90 o o 200 o o no o o 3° ° o 20 O O 150 o o Paroa 178 2 2 1200 188 16 o 27 14 Brunnerton 28 337 8 4 55 8 o 433 18 ° Maori Gully Kynnersly (3) No Town (2) Ahaura (2) Totara Flat (2) 145 o o 16 14 9 840 158 8 o 75i 7 5 31 12 o 613 5 " '5 16 17 29 3° 31 33 33 *33 18 9 125 9 4 91 18 9 24 18 10 34 15 o 45 15 IO Thomas F. O'Day ... R. E. Green F. W. Campbell ... M M M 101 s ° 82 o o 101 s o (1) Side to Kanieri. (2) Under 88th section. (3) Not opened during 1880.

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i to B S o j2 rj 3 & bO •S d 6 Schools. o"o o u Maint Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year, ■tenance. Buildings, Sites, r,., ,-, ,. Furniture, and Other Ordinary Ancaritus Expenditure. Appaiatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. u •So" .S1O I Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. , Grey— contd. Orwell Creek (1) Granville (2) Waipuna (2) Hatter's Terrace 34 35 36 37 £ •■ d. 132 3 8 £ »■ d. 21 3 1 3 IS ° -7 10 o 30 8 2 13 IS 8' £ s. d. 89 3 o 826 6 4 S98 12 3 H. M. Millar M £ s. d. 135 ° O 18 191 2 8 J. H. Ralton Annie Prince M F P 170 o o 15 o o Sundries Totals 7898 o o 8,475 3 S i,337 3 11 6,362 13 8 ITAGO. Waitaki ... I Livingstone and Maerewhenua (3) Duntroon Awamoko Papakaio Pukeuri 1 140 16 8 23 10 o 20 O O David Sinclair M 143 o o • 178 o o 178 o o 157 ° ° 22 1 O O 105 o o 377 ° ° 154 o ° 262 o o 133 ° O 105 o o 95 o o 35 o ° 35 ° ° 45 o o 45 o o 30 o o 331 10 o 139 o o 194 o o 105 o o 95 o o 25 o o 25 o o 40 o o 40 o o 284 o o 124 o o 138 'o o 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 146 o o 20 o o 172 o o 20 o o 194 o o 20 o o 218 o o 125 o o 196 o o 20 o o 40 o o 242 o o 129 o o 35 o o 241 o o 115 o o 172 o o 205 o o 104 o o 162 o o 124 o o 158 o o 143 o o 124 o o 313 o o 124 o o 162 o o 95 ° o 55 o ° [B] [B] [B] 2 3 4 ■5 6 Oamaru District High Oamaru North Oamaru South Ngapara 2 3 4 5 6 179 11 8 177 1 8 177 10 10 334 3 4 1.423 15 ° 999 2 10 654 6 1 IS 2 13 4 17 10 o 17 10 o 26 o o 48 o o 105 o o 100 o o 76 10 o 2,894 13 4 283 4 o 27 11 9 67 10 o Thomas H. Meeking Alexander Anderson... William Darley William G.Wallace,.. Maggie Watson Robert Peattie Mrs. M. G. Grahame William Fidler Arthur Gifford Mrs. McK. Crawford Ellen Adams Mary King Sophia A. Ferens James Bee Victor MacLymont ... Mary Jane Wilding... j ames Lindsay Marian Kernahan ... Frank J. Forbes Elizabeth C. Jones ... Catherine Haig Emma Jane Evans ... Mary Islip James Borthwick John Henry Evans ... John Harkness Rice... Jean Laird Cook William McDonald... Mary Ellen Crawford Margaret Hastie Eva B. Cunningham William H. Walker... Mary Dyer Ebenezer Piper Mrs. C. J. Worley ... James Hendry Mrs. Anna Hill J. G. M. MacLymont Mrs. K. MacLymont Peter McGregor Mrs. M. E. McGregor George Shackleton ... Alexander Pirie Mrs. Annie P. Neish Jane O. Henderson ... John Watt Mrs. M. Watt Fred. J. Popplewell ... Wynter Blathwayt ... John Simpson George S. Pope John Wright Henry Henderson ... Charles W. G. Selby Priscilla A. Lowry ... William Porteous ... Jane Black Charles Kerr Mary I 1. Simpson ... Patrick L. Clark M M M M F H M II F AM AM AF AF FP FP MP MP FP HM HF AM AF AF FP FP MP MP HM F AM FP FP FP M S M S M S M F M S MP M F FP M F M M M M M M M F H M HF AM AF MP 1 9 30 o o 8 Teaneraki 10 183 6 8 23 10 o 7 12 6 9 Waiareka n 210 10 o 32 10 o 10 Kakanui 12 361 18 4 48 o o ii Maheno 13 255 1 8 35 o ° Otepopo M 426 1 8 52 10 o 336 7 2 12 Hampden 352 18 4 48 o o 4S 12 1 13 15 '4 15 16 17 18 19 20 Moeraki Puki-iviti Moonlight (4) Macrae's Waihemo.(s) Dunback Inch ValleyShag Valley Palmers ton l6 •7 )8 '9 20 177 1 8 176 o o 61 13 4 162 18 4 20 13 4 I5S 16 8 139 11 8 133 7 1 732 7 2 23 10 o 37 IS ° 9 3 4 26 o o 28 13 S 10 1 2 512 10 o Waikouaiti 453 ° o [B] 21 22 23 24 2 IO O 17 10 o 17 10 o 2O O O 80 15 o 1 12 o 460 9 6 21 22 (i) Under 88th clause. (2) Closed during 1859; rent due. (3) Half-time, (4) Open seven months, (5) Open two months.

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•Isi? d %j%tM'% z ~ xM^-i?- o - y ■_£_- rt >■;_ Sms5 0 — a' u Schools. 0 d 0 "in Is „s C Cw (J » Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. :ar- _ Annual Teachers* Names, ~ ? alaryand including all Teachers .S -g Allowances Buildings, and Pupil-teachers c S at. th<~ rate Sites, on the Staff at the end •§," paid during Furniture, and of the Year. « the last Apparatus. ,£ Quarter of w the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure." Waikouaiti [B] — contd. Palmerston — continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Janet Fleming Josephine Arkle Mrs. M. Trotter James R. Pollok Mrs. Mary Pollok ... Margaret McAulay ... Samuel Moore Harriet Darton William Maule Janet Mill Charles Bassett James Valentine Philip Bremner Beatrice Brunton Martin Bourke Isabella Fraser Franklin Hollow Richard H. Ferguson Sarah Cross Ellen Ferguson Alexander M. Ross ... Charles F. Schmedes William B. MacKay... Mary Sinclair William Anderson ... Walter W. Criddle ... Sara Moore Isabella Manson Mary Lean Amelia Bott Margaret F". Donald Margaret A. Paton ... William Wells George Foster Elizabeth B. Brophy... Hannah Murray Frederick J. Fraser ... Alexander Kyle Elizabeth L. Donald... Edward Pinder Margaret Blackie John Macfarlane Agnes Short James Jeffery Susan Tunnicliff Barbara Gray Mary Ann Duncan ... David S. Mason Rebecca Gordon Robert Fergus Mrs. S. J. Fergus ... John Brown Park ... Ida M. Spedding William Millar Walter Hislop Annie Anderson Rankeilor Stewart ... Eleanor Coull Mary Ann Owen Margaret Russell Susan Cohen Elizabeth Burn Margaret E. Adams Selina Jane Dale Abraham Barrett Isabella Rennie Hay John H. Chapman ... David Cossgrove Mary McLaren James W. Smith Rosalie MacGeorge ... Thomas McKay Jane Wilson Alexander Lindsay ... George A. Williamson Richard James Barrett FP FP F M S FP H M F AM FP MP MP M S M F M .M F FP M M H M HF AM AM AF FP FP FP FP FP M M F FP M M F MP FP H M HF AM AF FP FP MP iFP M S H M HF AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP FP H M HF AM AM AF AM AF AM FP MP MP MP £ s. d. 30 o o 25 o o 187 o o 170 o o 20 o o 25 o o 281 o o 1.34 o ° 138 o o 35 o o 45 o o 40 o o 162 o o 20 o o 180 o o 70 o o 152 o o 196 o o 119 00 25 o o 157 o o 124 00 377 o o 159 o o 256 o o 152 o o 95 o o 35 o o 35 o o 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 148 o o 204 o o 109 o o 25 o o 160 o o 250 o o 120 O 0 40 O o 25 o o 295 o o 125 o o 162 o o 95 o o 40 o o 35 o o 55 o o 30 o o 170 o o 20 O O 380 O O 145 o o 227 o o 195 o o no o o 105 o o 40 o o 30 o o 30 o o 3° o ° 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 415 o o •S3 o o 251 o o 215 o o 130 o o 143 o o 100 o o 114 o o 35 o o 55 o o 55 o o 45 0.0 23 24 Goodwood Flag Swamp 25 26 190 8 4 235 8 4 23 10 o SB ° ° 1150 [B] Waikouaiti 728 8 8 76 10 o 325 3 9 2 5 27 Merton 172 10 o 13 16 6 26 28 26 o o 27 Seacliff 29 225 8 o 35 o o 14 18 9 28 29 Evansdale Blueskin 30 31 153 1 8 331 2 2 19 5 o 50 o o 1,562 1 6 [B] 3° 3' 32 P'urakanui Lower Harbour Port Chalmers District High 32 33 34 154 iS 11 138 iS o 1,246 1 1 23 IO o 17 IO o III IO o 4 1 o 360 o o Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay 33 34 35 3f> 150 16 8 323 5 0 17 IO o 50 5 o 75 13 9 55 11 7 [B] 35 36 St. Leonards Ravensbourne 37 38 .63 6 8 437 18 4 17 IO o 55 o o 23 13 6 47 1 o 6 North-East Valley ,., * 82 10 o 22 16 2 [B] 37 39 9°S 7 7 Pine Hill 38 40 192 18 4 31 o o Dunedin City [B] 39 William Street 41 1,481 4 8 138 o o TO Arthur Street 42 1,922 17 s i7S 13 o 59 5 6

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§J.J_. d >. M.. _c'- y oy :_ >- 3 _ ■" a 2 o o «j_- _ gg J_ 2 a m 2 H M£.S 0 Schools. o m * do __ ° "in '=S u re _ iV. re c a. O _ Maintenance, Expenditure for the 'ear. -ar» _ Annual Teachers'Names, - Salary and including all Teachers .2 i, Allowances Buildings, and Pupil-teachers c° at ttie rate Sites, on the Staff at the end %%, paid during Furniture, and of the Year. Sv' _tne _ast . Apparatus. £ g»g£ Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure, Dunedin City [B] — contd. Arthur Street— contd. £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Annie Stansfield Elizabeth Ann Mason Abel Warburton Catherine Odell Andrew Campbell ... John L. Ferguson ... Mary G. Nicholls ... James Mahoney Lillias A. Fowler James Arthur Rix ... Elizabeth Gillies Alexander Sutherland Jane D. Hooper Jane Smith Selina A. Spedding ... Mary S. Johnstone ... George L. Stewart ... James Robertson Margaret McDougall William Thomson ... Alexander Stewart ... Christina White David White George Balsille Mary A. Roberts William P. Brunton... Janet W. Paterson ... Elizabeth Kippenberger John Dagger Hugh Mclntyre Mary Ann Gibson ... Mary A. Robertson ,,. William Spencer Marion J. Powell Mary O. White Margaret T. Dutch ... David A. McNicoll ... Jane Spratt William Bennet Maria M. Blakeley ... Alexander McLean ... Agnes Somerville Emma Lacey Lillie Thompson John Moodie Jane Sim Jane Dow Mrs. Jane Whitman Jane Todd Alex. Montgomery ... Emma Stevens William H. Kneen ... Marjory Huie William J. L. Closs... William J. Cattan ... Thomas C. Farnie ... George Davidson William Fitzgerald ... Helen Martin John A. Johnson John Knox Alexander Nicol Robert Stewart Hamilton Scott John S. Tennent Laura E. Kingston ... Elizabeth Bolton John E. Gunn George Hume Isabella Begg Margaret Somerville George P. Bell William O. Duthie ... Mary Robertson William Stewart John H. Wilson FP FP MP FP MP H M HF AM AF AM AF AM FP FP FP FP MP MP FP MP H M HF AM AM AF AM AF AF M P M P FP F P M P F P FP F P HM HF AM AF AM F P FP FP MP FP F F FP HM H F AM AF AM AM AM AM AM AF MP MP MP MP MP MP FP FP MP M F FP M M S MP M £ s. d. 3° o o 30 o o 45 o o 25 o o 40 o o 405 o o 185 o o 240 o o 125 o o 152 o o 105 o o 114 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 35 o o 45 o o 45 o o 25 o o 40 o o 415 o o 155 o o 270 o o 225 o o 105 o o 155 o o 95 o o 105 o o 55 o o 55 o o 35 o o 35 o o 45 o o 30 o o 30 o o 25 o o 35o o o 145 o o 260 o o 105 o o 160 o o 35 o o 25 o o 25 o o 40 o o 35 o o 100 o o B] Albany Street 1,712 17 2 759 18 10 43 160 15 o ' [B] Union Street 44 1,914 7 2 i74 5 o 303 18 7 [B] George Street 45 899 14 4 81 2 6 3,55o 13 7 Stafford Street Bath Street [B] [B] 46 47 156 13 4 142 1 8 35 o ° 33 5 o 2 io o 36 o o [B] Normal 48 1,827 19 o 265 S 5 362 6 9 100 o o 30 o o 450 o o 195 o o 260 o o TO 150 o o 155 o o iS5 o o 150 00 140 o o 115 o o 95 o o 60 o o 55 o o 55 o o 40 o o 40 o o 40 o o 25 o o 25 o o 40 o o 230 o o 105 00 30 o o 200 o o 175 o o 20 o o 40 o o 152 o o Peninsula... 40 Anderson's Bay 49 377 3 4 48 o o 41 42 North-East Harbour... Highcliff 5° Si 206 13 4 261 18 4 28 10 o 35 o o 4i 19 i 4 13 o Broad Bay 151 16 8 21 15 o 18 i io' 43 52

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Ills o _: 9 l. £ M JS-oS-: « -, v. _ — 0 o__: c ua _.2 n° il 3 «J _ o d _ o >■£ 2.2 _ r-l a o U Schools. o -^ o"o 2 2 Is a a o <u rj sa Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff" at the end of the Year. ti rS ■So' Gi_ .2-3 o Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Peninsula-;— continued. Portobello £ s. d. 298 2 2 £ s. d. 35 o o £ s. d. 1642 James Barton Mary Milne William II. Grigg ... Jessie Brunton John D. Yorston William A. Paterson Catherine Falconer ... David McLauchlan ... Isabella Turnbull Walter Turpin Jessie Russell Mary Stuart Jessie Ross Georgina Blair Marian McLauchlan William Milne Jeannie A. Finlay ... Owen J. Hodge Margaret McLoskey Mary McEwen James Fitzgerald Marian L. Bennett ... Maria Anderson James Methven Maria E. Thompson... Elizabeth M. Harrison Jane Wilson William James Moore Jessie D. Kinvig Walter Eudey John Grant Bessie U'Ren George Reid Ellen J. Gourley Richard Whetter Mary Maria Walker... John Roberts Don ... John C. Browne James Couper Reginald H. Draper... James William Hardy William S. Carswell Andrew Russell Janet Mcintosh Hugh D. Densham ... Jessie Coneys Annie Wilkinson James A. Jack William Duncan Ellen Jane Home Helen Alexander Mary Mills Maria Mills John Blair ... Jessie Mills John McBryde Esau Fisher Peter Leitch John Menzies Catherine F. Menzies William Browne Elizabeth McKay ... James Waddell Annie Gray Shand ... James Noble Waddell Donald McLeod Mary Algie Malcolm Hendry George B. Anderson... Christina Winder Jane Anderson Charles C. Hubbard James Gunning Closs John Whyte David Murray Eliza Derham M F M F M M F IIM HF AM AF FP FP FP FP HM HF AM AF AF AM FP FP MP FP FP F H M F AM MP FP H M HF AM AF AM MP MP MP MP MP H M HF AM AF F P MP M HF AF FP FP M F M M M M F M F M F MP M F MP M F FP M M M M F £ s, d. 190 o o 115 o o 170 o o 70 o o 104 o o 200 O O "5 o o 320 O O 145 o o 185 o o 105 o o 40 o o 40 o o 35 o o 25 o o 370 o o 145 o o 250 o o 120 o o 100 o o "5 o o 40 o o 35 o o 45 o o 30 o o 25 o o IOO o o 265 o o 125 o o 135 o o 55 o o 30 o o 360 o o 104 o o 208 o o 105 o o 114 o o 60 o o 45 o o 45 o o 40 o o 40 o o 285 o o 125 o o 160 o o 95 o o 35 o o 40 o o 266 o o 125 o o IOO o o 44 53 45 Sandy mount 54 252 S o 35 o o 520 Taieri 46 47 Taiaroa Heads Waikari 55 56 107 10 o 322 3 4 13 iS o 48 o o i,iS7 1 o [B] -18 Kaikorai 57 979 12 10 90 o o 55 iS 8 • Caversham [B] 58 1,287 11 4 121 15 O 131 9 o 49 Benevolent Asylum ... Kensington 97 18 4 623 1 8 59 60 67 10 o S89 9 3 [B] 5° Forbury ... 1,166 3 4 114 00 81 13 6 [B] 51 61 62 [B] 52 Mornington 778 6 8 79 o o Green Island 63 610 6 8 70 o o 53 Walton 326 8 4 49 5 o 20 O O 40 o o 30 o o 201 O O 115 O o 162 o o 54 64 55 S 6 57 58 Saddle Hill Brighton Kuri Bush Otakia 65 66 67 68 167 18 4 142 1 8 132 S o 298 15 o 23 10 o 17 10 o 17 10 o 35 o o 3i S 7 20 o o 20 O O 143 o o 143 o o 232 o o 60 o o 162 o o 105 o o 240 o o no 00 45 o o 230 o o no 00 45 o o 240 o o 115 o o 25 o o 125 o o 125 o o 125 o o 260 o o 120 O O 10 o o 59 Greytown 69 270 5 o 45 S o 60 East Taieri 7o 412 5 o 52 10 o 40 14 10 61 Mosgiel 71 406 5 o 51 10 o 24 4 2 62 North Taieri 7-'-368 13 4 48 o 0 63 64 65 66 Hindon Strath Taieri Whare Flat Outram 73 74 75 76 65 o o 73 6 8 I3S 13 4 464 8 4 5 10 o 9 3 4 17 10 o 57 10 o 538 o o 224 23 1 8

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1— continuet Is!? s I 0 .slss, § b M|-s <§ Schools. Cm 6 "o 3 S C Oh c3 « Maintei Expei iditure for the Year. lance. :ar. „ Teachers' Names, -, including all Teachers .S "3 Buildings, and Pupil-teachers g Sites, on the Staff at the end -Pm Furniture, and of the Year. 'g Apparatus. p^ Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. jOther Ordinary ' Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s- d. £ s. d. 40 o o 40 o o 200 o o 70 o o 200 o o 60 o o Taieri — continued. Outram— continued. Ritchings Grant John Chisholm Thomas C. Fraser ... Margaret P. Waddell Thomas Halliwell ... Mary Ann Garry William Macandrew Thyrza Davies Charles H. Morgan... Mrs. Emily L. Morgan Robert Bell John L. Bonnin Jeannie Watson David Pearson Francis A. Joseph ... Archibald Joseph John Lake Cook James Reid Margaret Ritchie John Kerr Menzies ... George Henry Macan Forrestina E. Grant... Robina Todd Arthur E. A. Palmer James Parlane Sarah Albert John Lyttle Annie Stevenson Neil Macleod Jessie Grant Alexander Ayson John A. Gray Alexander McDuff ... Louis W. Adams John Youngson James Robertson Catherine M. Graham John Nicholson Helen Galloway George Hislop Henry S. McColI George W. Carrington Margaret McGowan,.. James McNeur Margaret McCracken David McKissock ... Alexander Grigor Mary K. Allen William P. Marris ... Mary B. Davis William Ren ton John Porteous Mrs. A. Porteous William Waddell ... George B. Clarke Windsor G. Fraser ... James McEwen Mary McCluskie Jessie Henderson Andrew Purves George H. Querini ... George Laing Mary Milne William S. Saunders Francis Goulding Fanny Matheson Thomas Harrison ... Christina Harrison ... Angus McDonald ... Charles Young Vilant Graham Ambrose Dowling ... John Stables Christina Miller Leonard A. Line Archibald W. Stables IP IP M F M F M F M S MP M F M M MP M HM HF AM AM AF FP MP M P FP M F M F M M M M M M F M F MP M M S M S MP H M F AM F M M S M M M M S FP M M M F M M F M S MP M M " M M F MP MP (■•1 West Taieri 77 207 2 4 30 o o 68 Maungatua 78 266 6 8 30 10 o 9 17 6 69 Lake Waipori 79 258 13 4 32 10 o 200 O O 70 o o 186 o o 20 o o Bruce 70 Taieri Ferry 80 261 8 4 35 ° o 6 10 o Waihola 81 3i7 5 o 48 o o 344 8 6 40 o o 188 o o 105 o o 148 o o 215 o o 45 o o 152 o o 372 o o 149 o o 225 o o 124 o o 105 o o 30 o o 45 o o 40 o o 25 o o 198 00 105 00 135 o o 100 o o 182 o o 135 o ° 152 o o 143 o o 168 o o 145 o o 90 o o 215 o o 109 o o 45 o o 125 o o 175 o o 20 O O 190 o o 20 o o V72 73 Taieri Beach Waihola Gorge 82 83 150 16 8 263 10 o 17 10 o 37 "5 ° 7 10 o 621 14 6 [B] 74 75 Circle Hill Tokomairiro District High 84 85 151 8 4 1,124 2 9 19 5 o 108 10 o 2,799 11 8 76 Fairfax 86 3iS 15 ° 48 o o 480 77 78 79 Ho 81 82 83 84 85 86 Akatore Glenledi (i) Southbridge Glenore Manuka Creek Adams Flat Lovell's Flat Stony Creek Hillend Kaitangata 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 140 o o 67 T3 9 189 3 4 154 16 8 136 16 8 143 18 4 163 3 4 137 i o 91 IS 3 377 16 8 17 10 o 26 o o 17 10 o 19 5 ° 17 10 o '9 5° 17 10 o 8 IS o S4 5 ° 23 6 11 20 o o 26 13 11 600 47 12 o o 14 o 25 12 7 17 14 3 118 4 o 87 88 Wangaloa Tuapeka Mouth 97 98 133 6 o 188 3 4 17 10 o 26 o o 13 2 6 Clutha 89 Inch Clutha 99 265 18 4 35 o o 311 2 I [B] 90 Balclutha 100 496 1 8 67 10 o 214 15 8 40 o o 250 o o 109 o o 125 o o 95 o o 143 o o 186 o o 20 O O 202 O O 160 o o 152 o o 212 O O 20 o o 25 o o 128 o o 125 o o 178 o o 70 o o 104 o o 195 o o 105 o o 192 o o 20 O O 40 o o 143 o o 148 o o 125 o o 255 o o 120 o o 45 o o 40 o o [B] Balclutha North Te Houka Waitepeka IOI 102 103 94 8 5 148 6 8 211 8 4 17 10 1 30 10 o r 9 e 49 '3 4 91 92 93 04 95 96 Warepa Kaihiku Waiwera East Clutha 104 105 106 107 212 18 4 174 8 4 141 16 8 273 18 4 26 o o 24 5 o 23 10 o 31 o o 97 98 99 Port Molyneux Ahuriri Owake 108 109 no 132 1 8 127 10 o 221 15 o 20 o o 17 10 o 35 ° ° 16" 8 9 100 Tahatika Clinton III 64 18 6 3" 5 o 9 3 4 48 o o 20 o o 101 112 102 Wairuna "3 240 o o 31 00 830 i°3 104 IO5 106 Waipahi Glenkenich Waikoikoi Waitahuna 114 116 117 i^i 14 3 150 16 8 105 11 8 480 18 4 17 10 o 17 10 o 12 10 o 5S o o 15 o o 1000 235 '3 3 Tuapeka ... (1) Subsidized.

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mis p Schools. o * d 0 Is - c & o u Exp Maint Salaries. Maintenance. Expenditure for the penditure for the V itenance. Other Ordinary Expenditure. 'ear. :ar. u Annual Teachers' Names, * Salami including all Teachers S Z A"°™ances Buildings, and Pupil-teachers g.g 4;d during Sites, on the Staff at the end -g" Pa?;™ g Furniture, and of the Year. g 73 q™ * r st of Apparatus. p, he Year> 'uapeka— continued [B] [B] [07 108 109 110 in 112 "3 114 "5 116 117 118 119 Waitahuna Gully ... Clarke's Flat Weatherstone's Lawrence District High Bluespur Waipori Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Evans Flat Beaumont Heriot Moa Flat Roxburgh Crookston Swift Creek Tapanui 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 '25 126 127 128 129 130 £ 8. d. 350 16 8 172 10 o 3'4 5 ° 1,038 10 o 462 3 3 261 13 4 128 10 o 147 6 8 170 8 4 150 16 8 164 11 8 191 10 o 401 84 93 10 2 150 11 10 520 16 8 £ s. d. 48 o o 17 10 o 48 o 0 87 10 o 6100 35 ° ° 17 10 o 17 10 o 23 10 o 26 o o 20 o o 33 o o 49 S ° 7 10 o 20 o o 6100 590 6 c 9 7 11 12 12 2 18 14 o 104 12 o 52 5 ° 12 10 o 207 1 4 202 ID O 193 o o 20 o o 25 6 6 Andrew Anderson Mrs. Ellen Anderson... James Rix Langley Pope Elizabeth Morrison ... John Stenhouse Jane B. Fowler Thomas Johnston ... Sarah Ponsonby Anstiss D. Silk Bessie Bushell Jane Robertson Francis Nicol Robert Neill Jessie Pope Jane White Margaret McHattie ... Walter A. Reilly Mrs. Amy Reilly Ewen Pilling William Ferguson ,.. Alexander Drain Robert P. Smith James T. Bryant Mrs. E. Bryant James U. Murray James Guthrie Mrs. Jane Guthrie ... John T. Campbell ... Catherine Lawrence ... Charles Richardson ... Henry Mitchell Charles Roseveare ... Richard B. Heriot ... Selina M. Bennet William Christie Margaret Mc&ueen ... Mary Jane Hay William Johnson William H. Arnold ... Mrs. Grace Ross Jane Goulding Alfred C. Augur Mrs. S. Graham Ann F. Jones Samuel A. Potter Joseph E. Stevens ... Mrs. Dora Stevens ... Fred. Scott Aldred ... Bethia Bringans Mungo Allison George C. Christie ... Neil Kennedy Henry Bishop John Botting James F. Morris Agnes McNaughton James Graham William Worsop Mrs. Annie Clarke ... Jessie 0. Brown Ralph C. Darling ... William Ridland M F M M F H M HF AM AF FP FP FP MP M F FP FP M S MP M M M M S M M S M F MP M M H M F AM FP FP M M F F M S FP M M F M F M M M M M M F M M HF AF M M £ s. d. 218 o o 115 o o 163 o o 195 o o 105 o o 372 o o 150 o o 210 O O 95 o o 50 o o 30 o o 25 o o 40 o o 232 o o 129 o o 30 o o 25 o o 186 o o 20 O O 45 0 o 123 o o 135 O O 167 o o 137 O O 20 O O iS3 o o 166 o o 20 o o 235 o o 105 o o 45 o o 124 o o 153 o o 252 o o 120 O O 135 o ° 30 o o 25 o o 104 o o 210 o o 105 o o I3S ° ° 196 o o 20 O O 25 o o 105 o o 244 o o 125 o o 211 O O 105 00 172 o o 157 o o 100 o o 145 o o 105 o o 125 o o 152 o o 125 o o 220 O O 120 O O 95 o o 165 o o 175 o o 120 121 131 132 133 [B] 122 Vincent [B] Bendigo Cromwell 112 10 o 320 17 10 13 15 ° 48 o o 123 124 '34 135 100 125 126 Kawarau Bannockburn ... 136 137 '5 1 5 o 235 9 8 17 10 0 3S o o ... 127 128 Nevis Clyde '38 •39 107 10 o 404 18 4 13 'S ° 48 o o 20 o o 90 o o [B] 129 Alexandra 140 322 3 4 48 o o 104 3 6 Maniototo... 130 131 132 133 '34 135 136 137 138 Dry bread Black's Ida Valley Bald Hill Flat Eweburn .,, St. Bathans Cambrian Blackstone Hill Naseby 141 142 143 '44 HS 146 147 148 149 '84 3 4 141 16 8 114 o o 135 14 I0 107 10 o 127 10 o 161 16 8 93 7 6 427 16 9 26 o o 19 5 ° 17 10 o 17 10 o 17 10 o 19 5 ° 7 10 o 58 10 o 321 14 2 237 5 2 38 11 6 88 2 o [B] 20 o o 22 2 6 15 o o 492 2 6 139 140 Kyeburn Diggings ... Hamilton and Sowburn (i) Hyde •5° '5' 166 13 4 184 10 o 26 o o 26 o o 1200 18 o o 141 !52 193 13 4 32 10 o 4 5° Robert C. Earl Elizabeth Gordon M S 150 o o 20 o o Sundries not classified 18 6 o 1,800 16 9 Total 1.759 ° o 52,056 15 II 6,120 O II 25^79 *9 2 (1) Half-time.

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C o£;-acQ£ o d 3 Schools. d "5 o u Maintenance. Expenditure for the 'ear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including ail Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. .So' §1 I 75 I Annual Salary and Allowances at the rate paid during the last Quarter of the Year. Salaries. Other Ordinary Expenditure. iouthland,.. 1 2 3 4 Lumsden Dipton Limehil's Winton 1 2 3 4 £ s- d. 133 16 8 1 10 o 154 8 4! 291 4 1 £ s. d 20 15 11 20 5 8 22 15 10 33 7 2 £ •■ d. 227 7 6 Walter G. Madden ... Charles Kerr Atberton Fuller John Anderson Sarah J. Cameron ... Thomas Horan Janet Henderson Robert Nisbett W. F. Johnson F. A. Johnson Duncan McNeill Thomas S. Dickson... Herbert A. Wild Arthur J. Millard ... John M. Dark William A. Rowe Charles A. Strack ... Margaret Tait Joseph Southwick Eric K. F. McKay ... Alice G. Lucas Andrew McDonald ... Elizabeth Bain George Hardie Elizabeth O'Rourke ... Mary Hardie M M M M F M S MP M S MP M M M P M M MP S M M F M F M F FP £ ■• d. 137 o o 137 o o 150 o o 172 s ° 105 o o 153 16 o 20 O O [B] 5 North Forest Hill ... 5 210 3 o 24 3 10 Elderslie 195 13 8 24 8 4 24 15 o 40 o o 155 7 ° 20 o o 20 o o 52 o o 144 10 o 40 o o 78 o o 167 12 O 40 o o 20 O O 150 10 o 179 7 o 100 o o 196 12 O 100 o o 8 South Forest Hill (1) Ryal Bush 7 8 (,6 2 1 187 2 6 16 19 4 22 17 ill ag o o 28 10 o 9 10 Heddon Bush (2) Waianiwa 9 10 46 6 8 210 9 o 4 3 4 2716 o 3 10 o 1 [ . Wallacetown Waikiwi 11 159 8 8 291 11 o 24 8 z 35 '3 5 40 12 o 12 12 [13] 13 Waihopai 13 211 19 8 23 17 1 91 15 o M 14 North Invercargill ... 14 333 17 4 41 o 9 638 13 6 199 14 o no o o 25 o o TO Invercargill District High 1,192 5 10 215 9 4 751 n 6 HM AM AM AF HF FP FP FP MP FP HM II F AF FP FP FP HM HF AM AM AF FP FP FP MP M M S MP M S F P M M S F P M M M M M M V FP ! M F M M M 15 North Public South Public Otatara Bush (1) Clifton '5 l6 •7 6ll 2 2 887 14 2 John Gurr ... Thomas B. Bennett ... James Hain Wilhelmina J. Bain.., Charlotte Mclvor Edith Ayling Jane Fairwcather Alice Bailey Frederick Joyce .,. Caroline McLeod James Orr Catharine McKenzie Jane G. Smith Fanny Bethune Agnes McNeilage ... Grace Bryden William G. Mehaffey Mary A. Smith George H. Smith Edwin Gurr ... Margaret Sangster ... Lucy Joyce Margaret Gilmour ... Christina Hain Thomas Williamson John Kelly James Murdcck Sarah A Murdock ... Thomas Merrie Andrew Young Mary A. McDonald... Ledtia Henderson ... John Bennett A. F. Elwell M. O. Elwell M, O. Elwell Edward F. E. Wright William Gazzard ... Henry P. Young Arthur B. Tuson Kenneth McDonald ... John Neill Margaret Buchanan Flora Ross Alexander W. White Annie Thomson W.J.Williams Francis L. Dalziel ... Thomas Monteath ... 291 40 199 18 o 160 o o 102 IO O 127 10 o 45 o o 45 o o ■40 o o 40 o o 25 o o 234 14 o 130 o o 102 10 o 40 o o 30 o o 25 o o 291 18 o 130 o o 197 8 o 140 o o 105 o o 30 o o 25 o o 25 o o 20 O O 71 10 o 147 10 o 20 o o 20 O O 161 10 o 20 O Q 1500 61 15 o 151 17 o 20 O O 30 o o 142 o o 78 o o 132 o o 134 o o 134 o o •73 13 o 100 o o 15 o o 190 n o 110 00 132 o o 136 o o 153 ° ° 16 17 18 '9 99 o S 195 7 2j 19 7 8 23 2 9 70 o o 49 i5 ° [B] iS Campbelltown 20 1 167 19 7 21 10 10 19 20 Athol (1) Waikaia 21 22 105 2 11 211 6 5 19 9 7 19 5 2 138 11 7 21 Knapdale Pukerau (1) Otaria Chatton Pinnacle Gore 2:; 24 26 27 28 143 5 o 6 10 o 2109 190 o o 127 00 22 20 8 4 15 11 8 20 17 8 26 14 9 23 24 2 5 26 119 4 10 131 10 o 132 11 8 208 1 i 11 617 0 Mataura 299 5 2 41 o 7 5 '3 ° 27 29 28 29 3° Tuturau Wyndham Edendale 30 3 1 32 131 16 81 143 11 6 149 18 4 20 11 10 21 12 8 22 2 1 1000 7 10 o, 1) Subsidized. (3) Open six months; subsidized,

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o 0 us g o • s i) "p Maintei Expei iditure for the Year. lance. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the end of the Year. v Annual ■£j Salary and c —• Allowances 'g o at the rate c -Q paid during !3 </} the last o Quarter of G-1 the Year. Schools. 1% a Dh o "~> u ■ Salaries. )ther Ordinary Expenditure. Southland — conid. 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Mimihau (1) South Wyndham (2) Fortrose Hedgehope (3) Grove Bush Roslyn Bush Myross Bush Woodlands 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 £ s. d. 102 17 7 7' 34 139 '3 4 26 18 9 161 5 o 143 5 ° 139 3 4 196 10 o £ ■• d. 8 10 4 21 3 1 9 5 ° 21 IO 10 20 II I 20 18 9 25 7 1 £ s. d. James Lumsden Charles Walker David Wassell Walter Campbell Dugald Camel on George Adams Thomas Warnock ... Joseph S. Scoullar ... Margaret Scoullar ... Jessie Carnahan Samuel R. Girl Colin Stevens John L. Field John S. Andrews Kate W. Andrews ... Elizabeth Escott Reginald H. Vincent Reginald H. Vincent John Macrae Edmund Webber Jane Doar Cornelius Mahoney ... Kate Fullarton Alice A. Smith Emily G. Cassells ... John McLeod George L. Vincent ... Thomas Jolly M. A. Jolly Rev. Charles Connor George Massing Joseph Needham Charles Anderson Joseph Kilburn Frederick G. Cato ... John F. Sutherland ... Marjory Sutherland ... John Mehaffey Beatrice Mehaffey ... Amy Scully Christina Wraytt William Peterson M M M M M M M M S FP M M M M S FP M M M HM F AM FP FP FP M M M S M M M M M M M F M F FP F M £ ■. 'i76 10 o 132 o o 140 o o 61 10 o 154 o o 146 o o 140 o o 35 ° ° 15 00 27 5 ° 444 17 ° 'allace ,,, ■[B] 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Longbush Oteramika (1) One-Tree Point Orepuki •.. Wild Bush (4) Gummie's Bush Limestone Plains Rivevton Flint's Bush Otautau Groper's Bush 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 140 8 4 97 11 6 135 5 8 194 2 2 124 18 4 132 11 8 672 4 6 20 IO I 15 6 3 20 10 2 24 !3 5 4 12 6 21 9 9 1689 67 O 0 59 6 ° 5 15 o 224 18 3 233 o o 149 o o 20 o o 25 o o 142 o o 71 10 o 138 o o 148 16 o 20 o o 1500 133 ° O 133 o o o o 258 2 ° 125 o o 145 o o 30 o o 30 o o 25 ° o 150 o o 149 o o 149 o o 20 O O 137 o o 132 o o 55 5 ° 132 o o 132 o o 149 o o 171 16 o 100 o o 201 o o no o o 25 o o 71 10 o 140 o o 47 48 49 49 5° 5 1 147 18 4 '45 9 4 169 18 4 21 3 7 17 5 °| 2.3 13 ° .Lake 5° 5i 5 2 53 54 55 56 Pembroke Cardrona Macetown (1) Upper Shotover Millar's Flat Lower Shotover Arrowtown 52 53 54 5? 56 5 7 58 132 15 o 139 2 6 51 8 5 141 7 6 1 31 11 8 137 6 8 302 14 2 13 I2 9 21 2 2 17 '5 io| 24 9 4 21 10 7 22 2 10 30 18 9 425 ° o 5 1 ° 10 o o! [B] [B] 57 Queenstown 59 335 ° 5 41 10 4 Stewart's Island 58 59 Fairlight (1) Half moon Bay 60 61 68 is. 5 139 18 4 19 3 4 22 11 5 Appliances, &c. ... 601 13 II 3,581 10 o 12,060 7 II 1,487 14 5 5,266 15 9 (1) Subsidized. (a) Open nine months. (3) Open !)■ c months ; subsidized, (4) Closed.

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Table No. 10. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, with the Number of Teachers' and Custodians' Houses, the Area of each School, and the Attendance of the Pupils, for the Year 1880.

Note i. —In column 3, dimensions of buildings not belonging to Boards are entered within brackets, 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. Iii 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 average of the four quarters, AUCKLAND. Schools. I p5" w "^ All which belong to one School District o .3 connected by bracket. Jj"o y |5.s °§S§ t: a i\ 1 to X: ., •^ P M 2.5 .5 IS i Strict Average. ill ii 111 m if If Jj n School Roll. Average Attendance. Working Average. Fourth Quarter. Whole i -, Year. Boys. I Girls. Total. f Kaitaia \ Maungatete Oruru Victoria Valley Mangonui Totara Kaco Whangaroa North Hokianga Okaihau Wai mate Kawakawa f Pakaru ( Te Wharau r Russell j Orongo (. Wahapu Arapohue Whakahara Aratapu Te Kopuru Dargaville ( Matakohe \ Omaru Paparoa Maungaturoto C Kaiwaka < Hakaru (.Kaipara Heads ( Whareora I Kamo Kaurihohore Whangarei ( Parua Bay No. 1 \ Parua Bay No. 2 Whangarei Heads f Maungataperc I Otaika ( Ruatangata East ( Ruatangata West ( Mangapai No 1 ( Mangapai No. 2 Maungakaramea f Waikiekie East [ Waikiekie West Ruakaka Waipu Cave Waipu Cove Waipu North River Waipu Central Waipu Upper Te Pahi Albertland North r Te Aral i Komokoriki Upper (. Komokoriki Lower Pakiri Port Albert Wellsford Wharehine Tauhoa Hoteo North Omaha (Little) ( Matakana Upper \ Big Omaha [280] 249 33° 455 640 480 600 [600] 483 384 [300J 1,100 263 480 600 [306] [H4J 384 455 1,-i 00 840 [1,800] 600 216 680 680 600 600 [800] [336] [goo] 800 1,600 448 3°° 432 [462] 280 2O 26 '4 2 4 1 3° 27 3' 26 22 195 21'5 1 2 11 23 22 24 20 33 16 '7 37 27 '4 19 81 27 11 28 13 8 26 20 69 33 42 ■7 7 36 34 2 5 11 2 3 18 63 37 9' 21 IO I? 16 15 15 12 9 40 15 11 12 10 35 26 47 66 16 17 27 11 2075 22-25 247S 22-25 37'5 14 '4'S 33 24 "3-25 17 8475 28-5 i°75 25-S H'33 8 2775 2I7S 7' 33'a 3i'S '3'5 8-5 3375 35-25 23'2S 9 20-5 l675 63-5 4°'5 86-75 1 1 1 27 4 8 21 25 34 26 2O 15 35 14 8 12 3° 18 4 11 64 29 6 25 9 27 13 55 33 47 12 ii 9 2O 5 12 9 16 42 24 25 55 28 22 21 '9 32 "5 14 37 26 12 16 79 26 11 27 12 8 23 21'25 36'25 i3'25 12-25 3 ['25 23'5 11-25 H 82-25 27 IO75 24-25 i.r.33 8 11 9 11 18 11 8 18 ( 6 6 11 '5 9 15 5 9 •9 11 8 9 38 8 1 1 1 1 1 21 100 27 IO 34 3° 23 72 5° 43 23 10 Si 45 21 7 23 20 94 43 "3 28 I 2O 20 12 4 6 54 17 4 21 7 1 16 17 33 38 40 H 1 16 8 8 7 19 48 '5 81 10 3 4 20 ?6 no 39 12 41 18 8 41 19 94 45 5° 21 10 55 5> 33 12 28 23 99 53 n 1 25 n 35 •7 20 24 20 22 20 69 31 41 16 7 34 33 24 10 20 2i'S «J9S 42'S 29'5 12-5 7'5 31 33'5 2175 8'S i9'5 '5'25 59'25 3975 78-5 20-5 10 43 19 7 '7 5 2 16 10 35 16 27 6 S 21 »9 14 6 10 4 11 8 6 10 10 34 17 15 11 2 15 lB 11 5 <3 g 1 1 1 24 IO 53 25 79 7 2 22 z 36 77 20 10 33 18 52 11 3 10 8 9 8 9 8 4 20 30 '9 39 I o 7 7 9 7 7 6 4 5 20 6 7 6 5 '4 I1 1 1 1 455 455 455 [-456] 840 [280] 242 [384] 192 375 640 800 756 [i,35o] [320] 455 180 iS° 300 600 600 456 456 [360] 5°4 480 480 12 25 14 19 18 7 11 38 13 11 18 11 29 38 43 78 22 20 14 3 25 12 1 13 6 32 8 1 15 4 23 13 23 20 14 9 35 13 11 2 5 7 5 6 7 13 3 1 16 5 9 8 12 18 15 4 3 10 57 18 11 17 10 43 43 54 80 10 '5 r7 15 14 '5 II 8 37 14 11 11 9 34 21 64 15 14 27 II 10 11 '7 '5 I3'33 "'75 I4'25 10-25 8'S 387S '375 10 13 IO'25 29'5 2375 4175 57'25 16-5 9 4 6 5 21 '5 26 38 9 7 12 6 6 5 18 6 12 8 11 10 8 4 22 "■5 20-25 J5'25 14 '3'5 15 ii75 9*5 41 I4'S 10-25 H'25 11 3i'5 28-25 44-5 6i7S 17 15 2475 11 10 IO'5 35'5 1575 237S 20-5 23-5 17 "•75 1 1 21 25 32 13 11 12 24 11 10 975 33'5 14 2175 20'25 21'5 165 I0'5 ■3'25 21 28 7 10 15 5 4 6 20 12 10 12 13 42 20 34 27 21 25 15 20 10 20 :3 18 5 13 25 6 1 17 7 17 6 14 45 26 35 26 II 38 16 J9 20 3 11 38 18 22 20 1 1 2 21 4 7 32 29 17 '7 12 14 7 5 10 25 17 13 14 4 14 H

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. "_ _ !°i_ H S'B ■^X ll. 15.2 _ "* . M V V re _ v. 3 re ._: °8§g _£_.£ ■a '~ 2 E ° 2 Itiw a .- 2. c • i: Z <■- Si?!* .« = - to z.s to ■« c ._; re ■_ _ v >- -i ,- o £~ _ & _ $■%> u-Z S 8 J! % to K'_" S-g ■3 3 _ 01 Z-v School Roll. to go |$> £ w Z" Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Average. -3 _ v • ft: g s [2 2 b> Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. C Matakana Lower i Mullet Point \ Mahurangi Heads C Warkworth (.Dome Valley Kaipara Flats Puhoi Wainui f Waiwera \ Great Barrier Kawau Kaukapakapa {Helensville Woodhill f Kumeu [ Hobsonville Riverhead Wade Pukeatua Lucas Creek Northcote . . Lake Devonport Henderson's Mill Titirangi 'Auckland—Wellesley Street ... Auckland —Choral Hall Auckland —Beresford Street ... Auckland —Nelson Street ... Auckland—Howe Street —High Street ,,, Parnell ... {Onehunga Boys' ... Onehunga Girls' Whau Ponsonby f Newton West ( Newton East Mount Albert Mount Eden Grafton Road f Mount Hobson Boys' \ Mount Hobson Girls' Ellerslie Tamaki West Panmure /"Mount Roskill \ Manukau Heads 1 Whatipu Mills (.Huia Mills Ho wick Pakuranga Otahuhu Mangere Woodsidc Flat Bush Otara Turanga Creek Papakura Valley ( Papakura \ Drury Ardmore ( Wairoa South ( Ness Valley Hunua Maraetai iArarimu ... Maketu ... Bombay ... C Awhitu No. 1 I Awhitu No. 2 Pollock ... 'Waiuku ... Brookside... Kariaotahi ■ Kohekohe ... Maioro .,, Waipipi ... .,, I I I I I I I I I I 480 33° 448 [1,084] 600 483 648 455 450 [468] 840 600 600 [540] [540] [299] 4SS 455 600 880 840 2,53o 600 54o 10,510 [2,569] 6,776 3,316 [900] [1,84°] 5,280 3,680 [960J 4,186 3,350 3,696 2,100 2,136 2,986 1,701 2,070 600 700 1,840 600 [100] [450] [ ] 680 1,15° 1,296 [525] 55° 600 [1,220] 600 600 i,37S 600 300 1,100 [384] [600] 4S5 [448] 840 828 400 [440] [448] i,340 400 [220] 375 400 435 400 13 17 20 58 29 22 64 30 32 15 18 46 40 30 7 17 20 28 13 9 S3 28 162 26 22 554 293 - 449 368 93 134 190 '43 155 57 338 202 425 124 118 284 112 95 47 21 8 17 4 27 10 8 11 14 14 14 4 36 33 13 7 8 2 12 13 11 39 61 H3 13 8 624 106 1,322 464 33 247 402 119 90 40 418 147 339 86 208 493 Si i'9 34 20 104 33 8 I 4 4 18 11 8 6 9 6 8 iS 33 23 19 4 4 22 11 14 9 21 41 69 7 8 iSi 399 1,052 450 39 221 289 83 44 31 302 109 321 55 80 439 5i 70 32 4 102 37 6 16 16 31 18 45 9 25 7 48 11 20 30 20 67 28 22 69 35 40 21 7 49 50 24 10 21 29 12 11 7i 48 206 32 22 1,027 719 382 87 160 303 179 201 66 454 240 443 '55 246 338 112 16 23 13 50 18 14 54 21 33 21 8 39 4t 17 8 20 22 7 7 5 1 32 160 25 18 9S4 577 336 79 122 292 133 143 48 409 176 382 111 191 277 84 100 31 27 58 37 10 '5' 25 24'5 13 43'5 i8'75 i4'5 4875 26-5 2975 195 12 3775 3775 1875 7'25 18-5 10 23'5 10 9 43 26-5 160-5 2.rs 19-25 83775 261 5'2-75 34o 82-75 i3°'5 247 126-5 128 4775 38775 162-25 37o 9875 167-25 275'25 8475 9°'5 30 22 6475 39' 25 9 15 18-25 29-25 70-25 9''5 56 2775 24-25 81-5 25 35'25 70 43'2,5 195 7475 20-5 24-25 22 2875 26-75 81-5 15 7'25 975 74 11-25 H'25 18-25 18-25 7 14 8 22 10 10 23 10 20 10 6 18 26 12 3 13 10 3 7 26 16 94 16 11 5'3 303 182 54 75 153 126 "28 228 95 212 65 108 10 10 8 30 9 5 31 12 14 11 2 22 16 7 6 8 12 6 1 27 ll 9 7 442 274 i54 25 50 140 9 145 21 i8c 81 170 47 88 126 17 24 16 52 19 ■S 54 22 34 21 8 40 42 19 9 21 22 9 8 53 33 163 25 18 955 S77 336 79 125 293 135 145 49 409 176 382 112 196 278 85 104 33 28 65 39 11 16 25'25 15'S 46-25 20-5 iS75 S27S 27-25 30-5 i9'S 12-25 39'5 38-5 21-25 8'5 i9"S 11 24-25 n'5 10-25 4S'2.5 28 162-5 2.375 20-25 8.38-5 265 5i7 343'25 8.V2S i33'25 248-25 128-75 SO'S 38975 164-5 37I-5 101-25 170 276.5 85-25 94-75 32-25 23 67-25 4i-2S 10 15'S 18-5 32-75 76 92-7S 57'S 28-75 24-75 85-25 25'75 37 73-5 4475 20-75 76-7S 21-25 26-25 22'5 29-7S 27'S 86 17-25 7-75 11-25 78 12-5 I4-7S I9-75 20 144 49 37 95 S 2 13 152 85 24 17 18 80 16 I 93 54 11 16 23 40 111 8? 59 40 27 107 3' 44 94 47 27 9 1 22 29 13 6 10 36 26 5 9 4° 23 113 19 24 13 52 10 16 49 116 13 30 70 108 60 28 28 81 24 38 72 44 22 69 21 7 9 40 60 "'& 13 32 77 110 62 28 28 83 23 39 79 45 23 7° 22 26 24 30 33 84 18 9 11 81 I 155 69 39 33 1 n 23 37 So 29 iS 11 I I I I 21 '9 28 6 33 9 9 28 20 45 36 14 4 10 15 18 12 4 34 5 6 30 5° 95 63 29 90 26 37 27 39 42 113 24 9 iS in 11 22 33 29 30 38 33 13 17 38 14 18 46 21 10 30 10 16 45 11 21 33 24 13 40 12 10 I I 34 24 24 3° 32 81 IS 8 I I 35 26 120 1 16 29 43 10 5 6 13 14 14 39 7 4 5 40 3 10 14 9 13 11 11 16 19 45 11 5 6 20 {::: 1 10 93 14 ■7 25 22 5° 14 5 13 14 24 16 32 17 9 76 8 16 24 18 4' 6 7 11 n 16 14 9 17 25 20 29 25 1 5 7 39 14 1 45 36 29 23 3 1 23'25 3 VS 26-25

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. W G . riffi'C v S ri X ir. <U £_ D re re to SV . & SP » %i -._ C— "! P -3 S ,_: rt c <-. •* c 2 g o _ . -g . o£ oo ooreo -_s _3Jj „ -a . •2-3 _._> Bt> u-a sj^-s 6o° ._,._<_, =S« J_ to .on-* _3 S - g re o Z -a ■$ fa bm Z r -d .3.0 I §g 3.S 3 »_ _ School Roll. Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Averagi x £ ll I. Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. | Total. fPuni i_ Patumahoe Pukekohe West Pukekohe East C Harrisville *, Tuakau Pokeno Hill ( Pokeno Valley ( Maungatawhiri Valley Coromandel Driving Creek Whangapoua Mercury Bay Tararu ( Eureka \ Waiokaraka 1 Waiotahi Creek (. Punga Flat C Kauaeranga Boys' \ Kauaeranga Girls' C Parawai (_ Thames Orphanage Hastings Tairua Turua "Puri-i Hikutaia ■\ Paeroa Mackay Town Raglan Wait-tuna Ruapuke Te Mata Harapipi Mercer ( Rangiriri < Miranda-Kaiawa C. Miranda-Whakatiwai Huntly Taupiri Hamilton East Hautapu Cambridge Ngaruawahia Pukete Hamilton West Whatawhata Ngahinepouri Te Rore Alexandra Paterangi Ohaupo Te Rahu Pukerimu 'Cambridge West Rangiaohia «( Te Awamutu Mangapiko ( Waitoa I Waihou f Katikati No. 1 i Katikati No. 2 (. Katikati No. 3 Tauranga Greertou Opotiki 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 800 1,400 840 600 800 600 600 600 1,296 1,301 [450] [352] 3,'05 300 4,400 1,872 400 3,105 3,520 1,200 [6S°] 600 [560] [325] 480 600 600 [264] 480 [490] 485 600 480 600 760 [281] [142] [208] 600 600 2,185 600 1,265 870 456 i,9S° 680 [600] 600 868 [600] 720 600 600 600 [1,152] 840 455 680 458 [680] 45 S 600 600 1,024 456 980 51 75 132 54 46 102 55 47 21 7i 109 17 33 158 25 366 110 15 411 225 66 '"28 24 iS 28 19 43 23 H 20 19 14 12 24 4' 21 45 34 5 2 13 29 IS IS 9 8 8.5 57 12 19 77 19 975 97 3 254 215 100 33 12 58 10 13 21 28 8 9 12 11 20 38 5 16 4' 43 4i 3 20 25 20 n 2 64 35 '9 17 29 44 881 43 4 198 122 86 2 8 23 9 2 13 20 16 8 17 8 15 27 9 18 55 66 143 64 55 92 So 45 27 92 131 10 35 206 460 164 14 467 3'8 80 3i 32 59 16 39 27 5i 15 IS 15 22 19 23 20 39 19 13 18 56 37 140 38 192 80 35 38 80 44 39 69 36 33 20 75 104 10 30 158 34° 130 13 375 263 69 23 25 40 16 31 20 30 13 11 13 '4 13 16 14 30 14 7 8 35 26 88 38-75 37-5 84-25 43-2.S 37-25 68-75 36-5 32-75 20-25 71-75 99 1 '75 26 152-25 i7-5 35 2 118-5 i.r7S 377-5 250 64-5 23 24' 7 5 36-75 1825 29-7S 20-25 32 '7 "•5 15-5 13-25 12-25 1825 15-25 305 13 8-75 ii'75 35-2S 24 106-5 28 126-75 48 24-75 150 24-25 10-75 15'33 4S-75 3575 4S-25 24-5 26-5 25 16 45 23 17 40 20 18 12 38 61 7 20 92 188 59 5 243 62 43 12 14 23 8 22 11 19 7 7 9 S 9 10 8 14 27 42 22 23 32 18 16 9 37 43 3 11 67 156 7i 8 134 201 28 11 12 20 9 10 10 13 7 5 5 11 6 7 7 18 39 43 87 45 40 72 38 34 21 75 104 10 3' 159 344 130 13 377 263 7i 23 26 43 '7 32 21 32 14 12 14 16 iS 17 15 31 '7 12 16 38 28 43'S 42-25 91-25 44-25 38-25 72-7S 38-75 35 20-75 73-25 101 13*25 28-75 155 i8-s 354-75 119-25 14-25 379-25 251 66 23 25-25 39-7S 18-5 3 '-25 20-75 34 I7-75 12 16-25 15'S I3'2S 19-5 16-75 31-5 16 I '-25 19-5 36-75 24-75 109 30 130 53-75 26 152-25 27-25 12-25 16-66 46-75 37-75 47 25-75 28-75 35 30-25 41-25 23 45-75 16-25 12 135 52-25 I4-5 101-75 165 97-S 1 1 14 26 4i 26 149 30 143 86 3° 177 42 17 19 10 6 35 3° 114 21 21 n 14 20 19 123 13 64 42 12 5° 22 7 1 13 6 8 12 24 14 45 17 74 30 10 74 12 11 4 4 14 14 45 15 59 23 16 77 11 5 6 22 23 22 90 32 133 53 26 151 23 10 16 53 43 49 31 33 113 36 '3 67 20 3 22 40 34 25 16 10 32 23 16 10 11 3i 194 40 13 21 61 54 58 37 32 42 45 5' 33 6.5 18 29 131 46 25 149 18 8 iS 45 37 45 23 25 34 35 46 23 45 17 13 15 49 13 106 16 9i 5 10 25 14 25 11 14 17 19 24 12 28 10 7 5 26 8 6S 9 58 14 13 18 16 23 12 18 8 6 12 27 7 44 9 39 47 39 47 25 27 35 35 47 24 46 18 13 17 53 15 109 18 97 39 38 49 13 45 23 29 35 28 8 18 28 29 19 76 n 49 17 16 2 12 3 5 25 28 '3 19 73 18 128 34 29-75 40-5 22 44'5 I5-5 11 -66 i'-75 46-75 11 16 72 i'3 20 99 1 61 99' 25 15-25 92-5 7 25 24 1.23 81 12,315 11,374 8750 14,939 11,508 11382-15 11069 6,245 5,594 11,839 'i,753 n,44i

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■Slti lu.S 2. v .3 , School Roll. 13 W (A re cj J2 tf;Z g>3 g> Is _=_. *S.s _'= . -e . _£ _=° S E j. S £ ™ - -5 Z ■'■' *" ~ S S Ioj Vt> JZ y w %t> i%t iz zr 11 is "< *^.S 3 2-3 School Roll. Strict Average. ■verage Attendance. Working Averagi e. ii O1 Fourth Ouarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. f Okato }_ Tataraimaka ( Oakura < Koru {_ Omata 'West Gill Street J Kawau Pa ' East Barracks Road Mangorei (Lower) Mangorei (Upper) f Kent Road (Lower) \ Kent Road (Upper) 1 Albert Road (. Egmont Village (" Smart Road I Lower Egmont Road -j Upland Road Bell Block Boys' (J_ell Block Girls' I Waitara West \ Waitara East ( Manutahi \ Huirangi Tikorangi Urcnui 'Wortley Road Inglewood Girls' Inglewood Boys' -{ Norfolk Road Waipuku Midhirst [_ Stratford 294 294 325 395 485 796 800 674 691 490 484 280 280 294 395 294 441 280 395 395 487 294 700 672 692 574 900 280 25 '3 41 14 49 75 67 130 58 12 20 17 10 23 17 13 47 23 64 47 49 18 1 1 21 7 10 20 23 41 21 17 20 33 13 3' 72 49 115 63 26 H75 I.V50 36 I2'5° 3''5° 66-75 52-50 115-50 62-50 32 14-25 11-25 19 22-50 i6-75 i5'5o 28-75 n 11 15-33 31-5° i6-75 29-75 50-25! 33-5° 26 63-25 17-50 34 34 36-50 21-75 18-50 28 29 11 8 18 5 12 74 6 20 I7-75 i3'75 37'25 I3-75 34 67-50 55-25 117 63-5° 32 I5-7S I I'2S 19-2S 23 l6"75 I5-50 30-50 13 13 15-66 3S'75 20 I 23 24 17 69 39 90 68 77 17 3 12 17 10 22 35 15 34 74 52 118 65 26 16 53 97 83 156 79 28 "36 65 18 7 7 9 7 7 9 22 11 5 8 52 82 I "8 '"26 25 13 21 13 12 9 5 9 14 7 8 I I 11 22 39 1.5 24 21 20 42 34 29 7i 54 29 81 25 13 27 15 3' 6 11 28 '7 13 52 43 34 24 24 6 55 57 45 29 22 37 34 4 12 6 16 26 3' 52 23 7 7 12 6 59 3' 22 14 3 3i 20 20 55 23 19 22 43 21 5° 62 65 46 98 19 49 5' 63 46 28 34 34 17 20 14 17 39 11 9 15 30 11 35 39 42 27 63 15 4' 3i 43 27 22 28 29 34 14 25 23 13 37 9 22 1 44 13 13 11 16 22 3 6 7 14 20 16 22 16 28 6 12 18 21 14 17 44 14 11 15 34 14 34 4' 45 29 65 IS 42 35 44 29 23 29 30 30-75 52-25 38 27-50 65-5° I7-75 34-50 3675 38-25 27-75 lS'75 29 30 I I I I I I 395 679 588 520 520 280 280 53 49 39 20 20 34 "16 I 10 18 14 II 1,176 1,082 699 i,S59 1,089 1073-08 1019 614 533 i,i47 1,127-91 1,069

Normanby Hawera Manutahi Whakamara Kakaramea Carlyle Whenuakura Kohi Waverley Waitotara Maxwell Brunswick Goat Valley Upokongaro Brownlee Aramoho Moss ton /"Wanganui Girls' V Wanganui Boys' 1 Wanganui Infants' Okoia Mars Hill Kaitoke Matarawa Denlair Kaiwangaroa Wangaehu Turakina Glen Nevis Upper Tutaenui Porewa Turakina Valley West Rangitikei # 589 1,221 459 [120] 459 1,120 55 122 28 58 83 11 20 32 120 33 49 7 80 156 32 20 57 165 29 26 52 119 23 14 39 131 25 23 140 15 31 26 5o'2S 112-25 i9'5* 14 37 i'3 26-25 20-75 127 17-25 32-5 24 25'7S 3i-5 i45 101-25 24 205-75 199-5 287-75 36 .67 13 6 22 72 14 10 73 4 14 13 16 i7 55 10 8 17 63 11 53 122 23 14 39 135 25 23 140 15 33 27 27 3' 16 112 27 209 199 304 52 ii.r5 20 14 37'7S 116 26-5 21-25 128-75 I7-2S 34 25-25 27-25 32-75 I4-5 101-5 25-S 206-5 199-5 291-25 459 324 i,596 468 393 414 432 258 234 2,128 . 37 117 30 23 141 22 38 27 25 40 15 108 32 181 206 2S5 13 9 62 14 21 12 14 12 12 87 26 12 72 14 6 33 17 15 9 6 170 19 44 30 33 39 19 136 40 286 280 364 25 30 16 112 26 208 13 67 11 19 14 11 13 8 59 18 98 120 376 20 7 64 10 11 400 2,730 3,198 2,046 [477] 569 480 600 400 500 408 384 1,200 216 419 475 361 237 9 48 17 209 203 194 455 i99 300 199 148 156 39 26 17 33 25 16 14 13 3 10 7 4i 32 26 33 26 34-25 23'S I i8-25| 27'75! I5-75 1866 26-5 65-5 10 57-2.5 27 20-5 23-25 23 12 10 iS 9 8 11 10 10 33 27 20 26 17 20 31 66 35 24 18-5 28-5 i6-7S 19 27-S 66 19 12 8 4 24 22 31 22 24 39 80 17 75 39 29 36 20 26 16 20 30 65 13 54 29 21 28 11 18 6 10 21 36 10 32 19 11 26 86 9 45 2 22 11 10 6 39 8 30 3 24 10 10 18 13 56 29 21 29 11 72 28 24 24 25 22 15 18 10 S9-25 27-7S 21 24 11

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Pi m 15.9 c u ""' 1 rt ?j 'A School Roll. .vcrage Attendance. Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. S I « o o '2 B rt ° to 1-3 E-S II in 1° Strict Average. -S S % 5 fa 6 Fourth Quarter. Whole — — Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Working Average. 2 rt Marton Mount View Crofton Grcatforcl South Makirikiri Bull's Parawanui Halcombe Bunnythorpe Makino Road Feilding Ashhurst Sanson Waitohi Awahuri Taonui Stoney Creek Palmerston North Carnarvon • Karere Foxton Motoa Otaki 1 1 1 1 1 1 2,046 648 400 266 420 2,078 708 3,43° 53i i)°32 2,262 53' 1,008 260 400 400 386 1,526 476 762 2,460 354 1,032 130 35 38 39 24 146 35 127 43 93 27 3° 21 14 102 I I 65 27 55 145 22 47 8 44 23 22 92 25 27 '7 '4 66 7 57 1? 7 98 18 46 18 8 26 24 84 15 22 77 11 131 35 41 43 24 182 39 i35 55 48 240 38 1O5 io7 25 34 32 i7 138 33 125 4° 34 174 27 73 111*75 25 34 2775 1875! 126-5 3 '75 "375 40-25 34'5 170-75 27' 25 72 12-5 32-5 35' 25 3°'5 '54'S 2475 55'5 H775 "75 50-66 67 15 '9 15 10 68 67 21 18 9 1 18 40 42 11 16 '7 7 7' 19 58 20 '7 84 10 109 26 35 32 i7 i39 33 125 41 35 '75 28 75 "475 28 3475 30-25 20-25 127-25 33'25 "5 4' 3475 27-5 75-25 '3 34'5 36-5 3575 '59 26-5 57 123-75 18 5i'33 3,292-83 3,258 1 1 1 1 193 34 104 10 35 1 1 1 Si 54 196 41 70 142 23 "5 !2 24 9' 12 96 69 51 5° 227 38 72 i;6 24 75 4i 3° 29 i66 26 57 104 '5 57 "26 19 22 92 '4 32 60 6 29 i7 14 18 77 13 26 65 11 30 1,612 43 33 40 169 27 58 I25 17 59 1 21 39 3.5'° 2,796 1,912 4,394 3,319 3211-57 3'78 i,79i 3,403 * Closed.

Tenui Bideford Gladstone Waihenga Eketahuna Mauricevi-le Opaki Fern Ridge Masterton Waingawa Clareville Carterton Park Vale Matarawa Greytown Kaitara Tauherenikau Feathers ton Kaiwaiwai (Mungaroa ( Upper Hutt Taita Hutt Wainuiomata Koro-koro Horokiwi ( J udgeford \ Pahautanui Porirua Tawa Flat Ohariu Johnsonville Kaiwara Makara Karori f Thorndon \ Thorndon Infants' Terrace Te Aro ( Mount Cook Boys' 5 Mount Cook Girls' (.Mount Cook Infants' Newtown 1 288 [s°o] 480 486 45° 656 494 560 1,800 586 648 984 420 480 1,656 480 320 1,840 440 420 1,000 816 i,344 392 296 400 391 680 320 1,160 656 480 816 480 640 3,080 [1,421] 2,35° 2,560 5,328 2,720 3,232 2,112 24 i7 23 25 18 54 31 59 298 27 92 214 11 7 25 14 23 37 12 36 250 25 76 168 15 S 7 9 10 40 5 23 168 18 57 130 13 31 121 15 80 7 14 55 35 70 11 13 10 5 32 27 ■5 14 32 75 9 31 317 147 96 205 248 245 533 152 20 19 4i 30 3i Si 38 72 380 ~34 111 252 44 31 245 40 24 156 31 39 107 106 229 27 31 35 43 23 29 89 58 59 118 12 i7 19 25 26 43 27 39 287 22 74 183 24 21 172 27 iS 107 26 12-25 17 i9'25 25 21-75 41-75 25-75 39-5 266-25 20'25 72-75 162-75 23-5' 25 180-75 27 14-75 119-25 26 35-5 90-25 73 '5 6'5 20-25 2075 2i-75 34'5 27 24 61-25 37 49 9° 32-25 62-75 380-5 119-25 260 3S9 43475 3S4-25 411 272-5 9 7 14 15 16 24 15 19 158 17 45 102 13 12 101 4 n 13 i8 i3'S 17-23 22-5 26 10 11 10 19 13 25 136 6 34 89 14 11 76 13 8 47 11 17 40 33 69 5 '5 9 22 10 7 27 22 27 35 14 30 158 51 99 162 24 25 26 43 28 2i'7S 4i'7S 26-5 42-25 292 22 79-2S 172-5 26-5 27-7S 188 27-75 15'S 126 26-75 3S'S 92-25 74-5 164-75 21-5 21-5 23-25 34-5 29-5 26-5 62 39 497S 915 35 63-5 380-5 127-7S 260-5 364-7S 43475 357-5 432-5 280-5 4i 225 38 24 192 28 43 127 80 184 " 26 23 34 36 44 4i 76 46 45 123 44 76 414 163 258 386 437 372 44S 62 57 21 141 17 3 44 10 10 35 61 "5 12 21 11 34 78 76 144 18 23 21 37 15 20 67 37 49 84 30 58 398 118 247 338 410 335 440 342 14 7 63 16 17 38 43 84 14 9 iS 15 5 13 40 18 23 49 18 44 294 23 79 191 27 23 177 27 15 no 27 34 78 76 1 S3 19 24 24 37 15 20 67 40 50 84 32 59 398 121 249 346 410 335 454 345 1 1 12 1 1 1 11 iS 28 26 46 7° 10 46 412 137 148 281 304 292 638 497 45 91 5°9 153 3 lo 462 493 419 55° 407 29 240 70 150 184 410 238 175 335 216 170 26 4,2'S 3,h8 6,082 4,585 4569 2,564 2,121 4,685 4,7oi 5,oi5

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*u_ -v 11S3 u Schools. . __-..« — [_ |s All which belong to one School District 'o A connected by bracket. 3 £ £ 1J.5 z_ 3 re 3 3- 3._) 0-1 "1Z. A V o 3 S 0 o re o j- .t- , c hi" c tot" C .3 S. 3 . 3 - b -'&_ %'£> X .j -__ £ rt o G tt) z.a f %i &_, _'§a S> -s-S . al$ *2 -g» 0. Z-v Z School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. x h v . +-* ZZ) 'rt »- b t. 2 rt G -a -G u .? 3 >> toQ! rFourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. I Girls. Total. Ormond ( Patutahi \ Waerangabika J Matawhero (.Te Arai Gisborne Frasertown Wairoa Mohaka ( Petane \ Tarawera Puketapu Port Ahuriri Napier ( Meanee ( Taradale Clive Hastings . Havelock Te Aute Tamumu ( Patangata \ Kaikora Waipawa Hampden C Ongaonga i Blackburn (_ Makaretu Ashley-Clinton Takapau Waipukurau Porongahau Ormondville ( Norsewood ( Friberg Danevirk Woodville 432 [144] [144] 1,300 [480] 2,950 500 700 [300] 800 [120] 400 1,300 5,000 400 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,300 [500] [210] 500 1,300 1,500 800 [150] 500 500 290 [540] 750 400 450 1,200 400 400 1,500 32 10 43 7 48 45 18 179 46 39 34 14 7 12 106 433 39 63 76 102 48 7 6 14 58 86 26 27 3 25 23 26 136 40 27 8 8 48 14 23 88 61 322 29 83 26 33 19 33 126 672 56 120 127 114 88 35 10 16 52 29 230 21 59 23 3° 17 26 99 522 29-5 8 18-5 S'-S 26-75 222-25 20-5 56-75 24 29-5 13-5 26-25 95 528 35'S 7.3-5 74'S 80-5 67-25 20-5 17 5 5 27 16 134 13 33 8 iS 10 18 5 11 35 io 16 56 30 239 23 61 3i-2S 8-25 19-25 57-2S 28-25 23I-7S 21-25 60-25 25 30-7S I3-75 27-25 98-7S 54375 37-5 78-25 77-25 84-25 7° 21 '"66 69 279 23 7i 29 14 10S 10 28 27 12 27 102 589 39 97 105 68 69 37 13 18 62 78 46 19 ' 6 82 35° 22 9 5° 288 20 4' 37 55 44 '5 '7 7 18 53 250 23 40 42 38 32 23 32 17 27 103 538 43 81 79 93 76 40 54 56 29 44 6 8 35 33 21 6 40 74 76 90 74 30 27 57 32 5° 89 11 25 37 14 46 38 8 102 77 67 14 42 2 7 37 33 13 55 23 9 13 33 '3 24 85 131 5' 24 25 35 37 36 62 27 97 143 58 40 "S 12 18 64 101 4i 19 20 25 25 34 5' ■9 58 95 34 34 72 11 18 60-25 90-25 4i-5 16-5 i7-5 22-5 24-5 30-75 49'5 23 48 102-75 30-S 34'5 68-25 7 13 36 58 26 7 9 16 16 23 32 8 37 56 15 21 40 "Vi 5 33 45 16 12 12 10 11 i.S 18 69 103 42 19 21 26 27 35 52 20 62 100 35 34 76 ii-S 18-25 63 94 43 i6-75 19 23 26-25 31'S 50-7S 23-5 Si 1057s 31 34'5 74-2S 1 1 1 12 20 12 25 44 20 '3 36 1 39 106 1 2,388 3,085 2,245 21-91 2I'6l 1,247 1,087 2,334 22-82 22-51 21 2,037 1,340

High School ) Blenheim Boys' ~) Blenheim Girls' (.Blenheim Infants' ( Picton Senior \ Picton Junior ( Havelock Senior Havelock Junior Ren wick Spring Creek Tuamarina Marlborough Town Kaituna Canvas Town Grove Town Waitohi Wairau Valley Kekerangu Fairhall Kaiuma Kenepuru Opai Havelock Suburban 1 1 1 4302 1818 976 632 480 1,000 756 416 3°4 600 600 320 280 252 [200] [180] [200] 600 47 86 63 127 76 64 36 41 66 40 82 26 28 18 18 7 1 48 104 56 49 13 49 41 20 41 14 9 28 44 44 13 4 13 21 *5 5 1 21 101 16 31 4 8 28 20 35 9 14 13 ' 25 27 6 8 12 6 5 40 106 90 130 116 82 45 82 79 40 88 4° 59 6o 127 81 47 29 37 55 24 62 29-25 6S75 60 12075 78-25 52 27'5 39'S 60-5 285 58-5 22 18-50 24 28-75 45' 2S 21-5 21-25 27'25 .5-66 4 7 60 60 44 23 13 22 23 22 43 13 9 M 23 26 10 "63 67 40 24 16 15 36 8 23 11 40 60 63 127 84 47 29 37 59 3° 66 24 19 26 29'5 69 61-5 124 80-5 52-25 27'5 39-5 03 30-75 61 22-75 i9'5 24'5 3375 48 23 21-25 28 15-66 4 7 39 47 26 22 33 3i 23 33 58 64 33 18 34 IS 23 17 26 26 41 21 '9 25 •5 10 12 10 21 11 33 47 24 19 27 '5 1 1 10 8 16 6 11 9 5 7 7 7 3 4 7 1 967 712 467 1,212 841 855-66 843-5 468 4'S 883 885-91 87375 M * Closed,

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. V 3 . ■Sax 3- *_ ni 3 _ £v. - _5.2 2. a _ — 1 15 u £ 3 o „! 3 3 3 V 3 3 g 0 o re o _to__ g 12-| 2 Sin c.5 o s . S b X fcb$ »- V">1 a>_o *"■ X 4_,<_-< B re o 3 bo . *c • Jr. 2 b -3 01 School Roll. Si ll Z -3 _o 1° *«_ *d . x c b n v 8 •u i_j _>* 9J z Strict tverage. -verage Attendance. ; jFfi,. Working Averagi -a S tog o . 2 rt .3 _ !_- Fourth Quarter. * Whole Year. Boys. Girls. I Total. 'Town Boys' (ist division) Bridge Street Boys' (ist and 2nd division) Bridge Street Boys' (3rd divis.) Bridge Street Boys' (4th divis.) J Hardy Street Girls' (ist divis.) ' Hardy Street Girls' (2nd divis.) Hardy Street Girls' (3rd divis.) Haven Road Boys' Hampden Street Toitoi Valley Girls' C Clifton Terrace J. Hillside ( Happy Valley Stoke ( Richmond Bpys' . | Richmond Girls' ( Ranzau Hope C River Terrace ") < Brightwater > (. Spring Grove J c Lower Wakefield \ Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley Upper Wakefield Foxhill ("Motupiko 3 Stanley Brook (.Tadmor ( Waimea West Division i_ Waimea West Village ( Sarau \ Neudorf Lower Moutere Motueka Ngatimote C Dovedale .Church Hill Pangatotara /"Riwaka j Brooklyn 1 Upper Motueka (.Marahan Lower Takaka Long Plain East Takaka Motupipi Collingwood Rockville Ferntown Pakawau ( Westport Boys' j Westport Girls' (. Fairdown f Waimangaroa t_Ngakawau Karamea Addison's Flat ( Charleston Boys' j Charleston Girls' (.Brighton Lyell F"ernflat (Reefton i Black's Point Capleston 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 1,240 900 [720] 864 720 648 i,5'2 1,332 2,040 [1,200] 576 228 294 1,518 74i 760 578 720 (512 ] 720 ( 720 858 600 356 720 600 480 240 260 S40 420 1,100 648 665 1,650 336 640 [500] 330 640 340 [240] [240] 768 396 640 540 720 320 1,000 200 1,800 900 240 620 360 594 600 1,200 [840] [600] [800] 280 2,040 [74o] [600] 24 103 135 60 5. 56 no 147 140 181 53 26 22 1.5 82 59 56 50 40 39 85 78 36 32 60 49 32 13 17 27 46 7i 54 75 12^ 36 38 36 55 116 47 33 57 79 105 34 89 33 11 11 12 18 31 23 13 9 27 60 42 29 9 7 23 iS , 2 11 14 S 3 17 5 22 47 12 19 49 150 40 23 16 42 109 45 79 26 4 7 2 19 10 17 11 14 14 14 42 13 7 6 20 18 7 7 13 11 41 109 101 67 61 97 147 143 129 191 60 33 26 2S 8l 80 62 52 35 52 46 85 94 38 33 6.3 46 27 17 31 32 36 77 5° 86 iS3 41 36 18 19 84 Si 32 88 82 5° 44 67 103 "7 99 150 47 19 19 16 68 61 54 26 23 38 32 60 7o 27 19 43 34 17 12 24 27 23 57 35 56 114 24 18 34-50 89 96-25 52 53 68-75 I02'25 I23-50 107-70 '57 53-75 i9'5o 18-50 15-25 64-25 57-So 52-25 29-25 27-50 33 35 64-25 66-75 27-25 21-25 42-75 38-50 18-25 "•25 18 24 26 56-25 36-25 54-75 108 24-25 21 33 88 83 5i 119 69 27 10 10 9 34 63 iS 12 16 37 47 10 24 19 10 7 12 13 18 28 44 68 107 35 159 21 11 10 8 28 55 15 n 22 34 23 24 28 11 21 IS 8 S 12 14 6 32 17 32 60 17 '4 7 6 37 18 33 88 8.3 5i 44 68 107 119 104 159 48 21 20 17 62 63 55 30 23 38 34 60 7i 28 21 45 34 18 12 24 27 24 60 37 60 116 29 23 15 iS 74 32 34-75 89 96-50 52-75 53 69 105-25 125 I09-75 160 54-50 21-50 18-75 17 65-5° 585° 53'5° 32-25 28-50 34-75 36-25 64-25 67 27-7S 22-25 44 38-75 19 11-25 18-25 26 28 S8-7S 37-5° 58-25 109-75 26-25 30'5o 13 I5-7S 7075 32-50 11 ii-7S 27-50 18-25 24-50 27 29-25 17-25 19-50 i8-75 112 25 79-75 16 34-75 14-5 24-25 38-75 67-75 72-50 32-25 23-5 11 1 9 11 17 7 n 20 28 56 12 9 8 1 1 1 1 23 81 43 12 9 21 8 25 13 1 3 12 22 5 13 3 IS 9 11 2 S 3 11 15 14 73 32 13 15 66-75 32-50 11 ii-7S 25-25 i7'75 21-50 25-5° 28-50 17 19-25 18-50 112-25 78-25 16 33-75 I4-5 24-25 3850 67 69-25 28-50 23-5 io-75 109-25; 60-50 17 9 37 14 39 25 39 32 20 17 43 27 36 36 49 24 20 "16 5 14 6 n 12 16 26 18 25 3° 33 18 1 19 11 8 6 54 27 8 24 18 23 27 33 17 18 20 118 81 16 1 12 1 1 13 14 19 11 12 16 14 7 9 7 23 14 "9 90 11 5° 56 18 18 20 1 22 35 24 147 111 18 10 14 118 19 21 118 83 16 33 IS 22 1 36 14 3 2 10 51 18 5 1 40 17 31 55 79 98 44 29 18 155 77 29 15 22 38 61 63 30 25 14 116 64 8 18 6 "83 8 15 9 10 22 1 33 46 77 81 19 53 35 10 12 17 62 39 62 70 32 25 15 116 64 1 7o 16 39 1S2 7i 20 30 23 44 21 7 S 41 iS 27 "16 15 9 67 34 10 6 49 30 in 60-75 17 29 3,4i6 1,807 1,273 3,95° 2,917 2,974 2,922 i,545 1,463 3,008 3,055-75 3,oo4

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■ m a g . X o ** ®- 5 o-SZ ,.-3-6 X W <L» 2U — 2 S d d> —* ■ b 3. ™ <j _3 G rt ™ ■38!.! _£_- S *s* 8 E.°__ 3 IrtSj 2 tic/1 &_ c-S .5 ° __ _: * 5 h ,- 3 >_, a -3 >. g«o 2-g£ 3 M 3 za « School Roll. _§ S3 13 ll i4 _o Jo JH " U 9 a z Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Averag< x jj too 3 . __ _ is* Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Kaikoura Suburban Kaikoura Town Waiau (aided) Hurunui Kowai North Kowai North (side) Balcairn Leithfield Mount Grey Downs Loburn North Loburn Ashley Saltwater Creek View Hill Oxford West Oxford East Carleton Cust Cust (side). Eyreton West Stoke F'ernside Mandeville Plains Eyreton Rangiora Southbrook Flaxton Flaxton (side) Waikuku Woodend Kaiapoi Kaiapoi Island North Kaiapoi Island Lyttelton Governor's Bay Chartcris Bay Gebbie's Pass Road Gebbie's Valley Port Levy Little River Pigeon Bay Pigeon Bay (side) Barry's Bay French Farm Wainui Little Akaloa Duvauchclle's Bay Okain's Bay Le Bon's Bay Robinson's Bay German Bay Akaroa Kowai Bush Kowai Pass Russell's Flat Malvern Malvern South Hororata Kimberley Greendale Courtenay Halkett Aylesbury West Melton Yaldhurst Templeton Weedon Broadfield Harewood Road North Road Papanui Riccarton Riccarton (side) Prebbleton Lincoln 918 1,616 [308] 600 1,580 820 800 760 1,080 630 1,010 1,500 880 600 i,545 2,190 600 1,638 600 540 480 1,420 540 650 4,97o i,54o i,5S° 990 S4o 1,600 4,73o 620 380 9,840 420 600 600 480 54o S4o 54o 400 520 660 600 560 540 520 600 600 540 2,070 540 i,348 55° 1,200 1,230 1,250 54o 59° 540 77o 600 68 94 15 16 "5 16 55 96 119 '"87 104 60 64 118 149 7i i45 32 55 43 94 53 56 328 118 124 22 51 132 386 31 22 599 32 29 17 26 16 Si 20 23 16 2 3i So 16 23 44 46 59 21 70 n 26 90 I7S 29 56 19 21 13 46 16 14 i_7 72 67 29 20 39 246 9 12 306 25 2 7 12 io 22 2 2S 33 7 24 29 5° S 36 41 23 21 52 118 23 42 2 16 21 28 7 12 116 60 55 19 i5 33 . 172 12 8 177 14 3 10 5 8 81 88 iS 22 132 25 54 111 "5 54 72 133 48 69 156 206 77 iS9 49 60 35 112 62 58 369 130 136 '32 56 138 460 28 26 728 43* 28 14 33 19 7o 35 26 38 21 Si 6S 14 24 97 19 38 73 74 4° 55 74 37 46 106 157 58 122 34 49 28 82 31 43 285 99 80 18 41 105 324 17 23 58S 27 21 8 23 16 45 29 22 25 15 30 30 35 39 32 27 41 10S 23 "3 33 80 69 42 34 52 22 48 33 46 5° 85 40 34 45 33 165 103 44 108 126 5i-25 68-25 I4-7S 18 92-75 14-5° 37 73-25 74-5o 38-50 5375 66-75 4075 42-50 96-75 126-25 5I-25 115-5° 29 44-So 24-75 85-50 34 41 270-25 9.r7S 81-50 18-75 39-25 105 297 20-75 19-50 544-25 25-5° 20-50 10 21-75 I7-2S 4I-75 27'75 16-50 18-25 I3-75 30 23-5° 4f25 40-25 32 20-50 37-2S 102-50 '5 93 35 77-So 62 40-50 29-50 50-50 20-50 41 27 41-25 46-25 72-75 32-75 28-75 46-50 3575 158 97 46 I02'25 I0875 30 41 IO 15 63 II 23 34 45 23 29 44 22 25 62 94 3i 68 19 22 16 45 25 25 153 55 45 7 21 57 187 7 9 289 18 n 3 8 9 22 19 8 23 29 4 9 37 8 16 42 35 19 28 43 19 23 52 69 27 59 16 28 13 40 15 22 136 46 42 14 21 49 141 11 14 298 12 13 6 IS 7 25 11 14 7 8 18 15 19 20 25 8 16 42 14 59 20 37 40 19 16 53 70 14 24 100 19 39 76 80 42 57 87 41 48 "4 163 58 127 35 5° 29 85 40 47 289 101 87 21 42 106 328 * 18 23 587 30 24 9 23 16 47 30 22 26 15 30 32 35 39 45 28 53-75 7I-75 14-75 18 95 14-50 39-75 75-75 82-50 40 57-25 78-50 43-50 45 102-25 132-75 52-75 122-50 29-5° 46-50 25-25 90-25 40-50 43-75 273-7S 94-75 87-25 21 40-50 105-50 300-25 21-25 20-25 546-25 28-25 22-75 11-25 22-50 17-25 47-25 28-75 17-50 22-25 14-25 30 24-75 42-25 41 41 21-50 38 105-25 15-25 99-25 39-75 82 64-25 41-50 32-75 54 21-25 46-25 27-66 41-50 47-So 7S'So 36-25 3o-75 47-75 36-25 163-25 99-So 46-25 107 in 19 3° 17 37 26 63 48 52 21 45 132 20 11 44 33 13 21 6 '5 29 14 25 18 6 13 2 19 7 12 17 16 14 23 27 32 74 14 215 25 46 101 66 18 33 17 34 65 35 20 62 32 13 18 13 n 22 15 iS 12 23 62 5 54 20 46 60 11 39 44 55 47 60 36 54 144 29 161 62 19 20 20 25 64 9 59 18 49 32 23 19 30 13 31 21 27 25 43 23 19 23 14 77 56 22 63 69 41 106 23 118 38 86 72 42 35 59 22 52 35 46 5° 89 42 35 47 33 173 106 57 121 68 121 109 55 49 86 32 69 5i 57 65 122 59 47 69 44 251 139 63 139 153 44 67 29 59 13 14 14 24 29 9 21 14 19 25 46 19 16 24 19 96 50 23 49 58 54° 895 1,490 940 520 650 600 2,45° i,57i 778 1,660 1,460 5i 63 100 54 40 68 14 29 18 41 190 120 57 135 128 32 140 52 21 40 27 6 17 29 79 33 iS 39 40 43 65 45 112 127

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. "en _ S 3 . -3 o *i rtSC'C o. -_ -C ■__ 1) |5.s 2. G u — I b « fl rt u _3 G n! ™ ■sssl V-rT.O ij — --, ~ Z «w rU ks 5 o'S , t- "S i_: g 3 o Z-s-S, 3 M 3 2.S 1 School Roll. ti _o to 11 2-a to Jo X C {j »- y. v 1J t_ _>. _q ci*" 6 M G c 2"* Strict Average. -verage Attendance. Working Average. ■Si lis to 01 3 . IS X v Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Springston Greenpark Tai Tapu Halswell Spreydon ( Christchurch West | Normal School f"Christchurch East, Bingsland I Christchurch East, Gloucester Street 1 Christchurch East, Phillipstown Christchurch East, South Town (_ Belt Sydenham ( St. Alban's (.St. Alban's (side) New Brighton ( Heathcote Lower X Heathcote Lower .(side) Opawa Heathcote Valley Sumner Selwyn Dunsandel Brookside Killinchy Irwell ( Leeston X Leeston (side) Southbridge Lakeside Rakaia Little Mount Somers ( Alford Forest 1 Alford Forest (side) (_Broughton (aided) Barr Hill Rakaia South Chertsey Kyle Ashburton Forks Ashburton Cambridge Seafield Wakanui Elgin Tinwald Willoughby ( Longbeach X Longbeach (side) 1,430 1,360 1,520 i,54o 2,110 11,032 12,424 2,100 16,720 1,410 2,992 8,926 4,690 [1,440] 54o 3,208 1,190 1,901 i,3So 600 1,070 1,440 i,395 1,310 600 120 82 125 81 126 942 773 212 999 134 219 886 359 83 48 300 146 81 20 38 101 102 85 50 177 39 249 48 40 iS 33 22 11 20 66 45 39 5° 66 988 883 163 954 164 200 912 396 135 35 287 114 107 53 23 22 30 34 49 22 86 25 95 33 17 20 27 14 3 5 Si 18 37 38 25 3° 59 789 704 119 65100 i73 852 271 67 15 149 34 66 51 14 23 27 27 32 22 63 27 68 27 11 11 iS 3 3 7 37 10 37 7 262 16 6 149 89 139 101 133 1,141 952 256 1,302 198 246 946 484 151 68 438 80 187 83 29 37 104 109 102 5o 200 37 276 54 46 24 45 33 18 135 33 3i 42 474 28 27 91 52 88 81 55 48 102 63 no 7i 102 876 732 165 938 149 187 746 333 107 44 3°5 5i 140 67 19 27 67 82 81 32 1.33 25 187 39 29 20 32 23 9 12 88 26 25 28 3i8 19 20 69 3i 65 S3 37 28 82-25 52-25 97-75 6i-7S i°3-75 861-75 728-75 159 928-25 126-25 I76-7S 722-25 314 97-25 36-7S 267-50 52 126-75 65-7S 20-50 29-25 60-50 76 62-75 33-75 130-50 24 178-50 38-25 24 17-75 28 i7'5o 8-25 I3-75 83-5° 22-25 20 20-25 325-5° 16-25 17-5° 47-25 30-66 62-50 46-50 36-50 26 Si 32 69 38 5i 483 388 80 529 71 90 347 181 S3 31 175 33 89 39 10 14 37 39 48 23 73 7 103 22 13 12 20 iS 4 5 55 14 16 15 171 12 13 38 23 34 24 15 16 54 34 4i 34 52 393 351 85 418 81 97 402 161 57 15 133 20 56 28 12 16 35 44 35 13 63 18 89 20 18 8 14 8 5 8 105 66 no 72 102 876 739 165 947 152 187 749 342 no 46 308 S3 145 67 22 30 72 83 83 36 136 25 192 42 31 20 34 23 9 13 95 27 25 29 339 21 20 74 35 67 56 39 29 88-75 60-50 99 61-25 I03-7S 869-50 732 iS9 936-25 128-2; 176-75 727-S 0 3i7'5 c 98-25 38-25 271-5= 53-25 129-50 6S-75 23 30-5° 67-75 79-5= 67 35-75 134 25-25 187-50 41 27 i8-5c 29 18-50 2,150 568 2,080 S40 540 S40 S7S 380 [i44] 600 900 600 600 600 4,792 630 600 600 630 1,440 700 800 600 121 25 29 27 389 40 13 9 14 168 9 I4-75 9i'2S 22-75 2r75 22-25 337"5 C 17-25 18 52-75 33 63-75 50-7S 3875 26-75 22 68 39 22 347 44 11 36 60 85 41 21 9 7 36 12 75 75 61 13 8 72 35 27 26 33 32 24 13 41 33 120 13,430 10,413 7,406 i6,437 11,903 11271-61 11228 6,4S6 5,777 12,233 ii,59i-9 n,5S8

Scotsburn Burke's Pass Fairlie Creek Opihi Mount Gay Rangitata Island Orari North Orari South Waihi Bush Geraldine Kakahu Pleasant Valley Waitohi Flat Winchester Milford Temuka Pleasant Point Washdyke Claremont 600 600 600 25 19 24 17 17 35 20 33 98 172 5° 59 66 102 59 317 140 34 22 22 5 23 II 14 3 5 2 33 21 39 26 19 35 26 47 94 214 60 70 73 94 58 362 180 61 28 21 10 25 15 13 26 19 31 7i 171 45 60 45 73 41 221 130 5i 24 18 12-25 22-5 16 13 6 9 6 14 8 8 14 7 16 36 73 22 30 25 34 21 22 12 26 17 13 26 19 ■ 32 73 174 46 60 54 79 42 226 19-25 13 23 16-75 12-5 24 18-25 23-75 74-25 iSi'S 43-23 S 2 46-25 73-75 42-75 220 12 400 400 600 600 600 1,200 1,960 560 840 520 1,280 560 2,330 1,240 520 600 3 7 13 19 6 57 15 16 1 7 7 5 10 iS 5 5 7 29 8 6S 30 12 2.r5 18-25 22-25 71-75 146-75 42-25 5I-25 39-75 68-75 9 5 12 12 16 37 101 24 30 29 45 21 122 68 30 iS 14 21 7 no 70 31 6 41 210-25 121 46-S 21-75 104 66 23 9 4 134 53 24 124 47-2S 22-25

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U_ 0) »- 0_ S Do_: 3 = J_ |°re -£ CJ_ JJ gu.S 23 c U _ VI 3 o <3 fl re 3 3" S*CJ ■sggi SEj. S •3— g Z -co School Roll. Average Attendance. Schools. ill which belong to one School District connected by bracket. 0 o q . « c b >- _x S rt ° G hO za bo _3 _-•§. SIS'" Zf-S -a a (3 __> *_- lg> a J 2-3 -0 |o »- ** o "J "b _>. _q ni E M G c Z"" Strict Average. Working Average. to Ql >* Fourth Quarter. Whole YL . ar _ Boys. Girls. Total. Wai-iti Timaru Pareora Upper Otaio Otaio Hunter Hook Waimate Waituna Creek Waihao 1 2 I 1 1 1,200 9,53o 864 600 600 600 600 5,120 600 600 79 999 57 15 35 22 3' 4i3 44 31 33 63 13 9 6 17 10 13 48 8 I 7 2 8 57 23 5 99 1,014 62 23 34 37 33 556 69 39 77 786 41 19 29 24 23 383 39 26 66 802-25 35'75 I7-75 28-5 i8-75 19-5 358-25 32-25 23 46 422 26 5 19 11 9 201 22 3i 384 17 14 10 77 806 43 19 29 26 25 389 4i 29 66-25 81925 39-75 17-75 28-75 21-5 22-25 365-75 34-75 25 1 1 2 1.5 16 188 19 16 1 200 48 13 1 13 3" 3,o3S 865 394 3,5o6 2,539 '2408 i ,381 i,23S 2,616 2488-75

f Arawata Town )_ Arawata Flat Gillespie's f Okarito I Waitangi C Ross )_ Donoghue's Woodstock Kanieri C Upper Kokatahi }_ Lower Kokatahi C Blue Spur ( Upper Crossing Rangiriri ( Hokitika j South Spit (. Arahura Road ( Stafford ( Goldsborough C Kumara J. Greenstone f_ Westbrook ( Marsden X Dunganville ( Greymouth J. Cobden (_Paroa fBrunnerton Maori Gully No Town C Ahaura J. Orwell Creek ( Totara Flat Hatter's Terrace 288 288 210 15° [150] 2,400 800 500 1,612 240 200 500 45° 200 6,965 120 500 1,609 1,128 3,5SO 240 200 583 [140] 6,965 1,200 800 1,39° 500 798 [300] 500 560 1,008 18 32 25 19 12 228 55 32 "7 9 8 8 55 13 13 35 16 17 17 9 7 151 16 6 8 1 12 33 33 26 12 256 61 12 29 30 19 11 218 44 30 86 12 32 27-75 19-25 io-S 203-25 39'2S 26 83-25 14 iS'5 42-5 l6'2 11-5 374 14 34 120 86-5 250 33'25 19 21-25 4I-7S 378-25 63-5 4S-25 107 33-2S 24-75 21 6 22 11 10 3 109 16 19 47 8 6 12 19 10 8 12 34 30 20 11 218 45 30 89 14 16 43 19 15 367 13 4i 120 90 259 33 23 21 46 402 64 53 123 34 3° i7 36 26 12 33-25 27-75 i9-S 11 205-75 4i-7S 27 85-75 14 I5'5 42-75 18-5 I2'S 384 14 36-75 I22'5 90'S 259 34'5 20-25 22'5 41-75 383-75 6.3-5 46-5 109'S 3475 27-75 21-75 3475 24-25 48-25 27 7 6 109 29 11 42 6 1 1 1 1 1 48 20 18 485 45 135 118 277 40 26 26 40 416 63 49 in 4i 37 31 39 18 55 15 48 18 188 19 17 23 16 2_4 19 29 98 22 "16 2 10 158 2 9 32 18 137 24 7 21 39 130 '16 17 49 27 15 478 14 5i 151 118 328 35 36 28 52 527 78 70 186 41 55 26 44 36 63 14 16 43 15 14 365 13 39 120 85 259 32 21 20 46 397 64 52 119 33 28 15 36 26 S3 2 17 10 9 194 3 19 63 54 137 16 16 6 25 201 34 24 55 14 16 9 16 17 23 14 26 9 6 173 10 22 57 36 122 17 715 21 201 30 29 68 1 4 25 12 10 26 4 123 4 8 23 4 7 17 5 8 3 20 '4 8 20 1 33'5 24 48-25 11 9 30 1,216 53 2,676 1,186 7i9 3,143 2,404 2325-5 2306 1,231 2,447 2,387-5 2,365

Livingstone and Maerewhenua Duntroon Awamoko Papakaio Pukeuri ( Oamaru District High } Oamaru North (.Oamaru South Ngapara Teaneraki Waiareka Kakanui Maheno Otepopo Hampden 1 1 1 1 1 ( 4 ™\ { no) 600 600 627 920 5,796 2,396 3,960 540 595 648 750 600 38 32 31 46 98 365 304 249 52 47 56 96 53 161 15 12 12 21 49 223 255 225 47 iS 43 43 42 66 42 3 IS 6 11 37 131 163 ■59 24 20 19 24 25 33 36 50 29 37 56 110 457 396 3i5 75 42 80 »5 7o 194 "7 40 25 31 36 98 372 347 267 59 38 64 87 57 165 96 36-25 28-75 28-5 37-75 88-25 361 362-75 249 48-50 38'75 59 82 54'7S 145-25 93-25 21 14 13 17 52 188 179 138 35 19 39 44 3° 94 49 21 12 18 21 47 184 167 130 24 20 25 44 27 7i 47 42 26 31 38 99 372 346 268 59 39 64 88 57 165 96 37-25 29-5 29-75 40-5 90-25 365-5 365-75 253 50-25 39'25 S9-25 84-25 57 146-25 94-5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,000 1,188 in

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. -, VI t/i u r~ CO CJ 3 . X o t. diZ'Z X rn QJ E.s a 3C-1 — 23 C £ v u. rt v 2 •sssl _E_,S ■3-. 2 a_Z 2-co to %% 9 li Sfc8*3 ___"S__i o£ °° "3 c b v£ .3 x*^ <u-3 . S.S3M £%> S S s «£ xZ,<~ * i_ a _£ to x ri^ £ rt o Z>2* |d B tp Zx rt £13 Z School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. ■5 3 a a £ 2 3 3 ra x: _ Fourth Quarter. Whole Boys. Girls. | Total. Moeraki Puki-iviti Moonlight Macrae's Waihemo Dunback Inch Valley Shag Valley Palmerston Goodwood Flag Swamp Waikouaiti Merton Seacliff Evansdale Blueskin Purakanui Lower Harbour • Port Chalmers District High... Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay St. Leonards Ravensbourne North-East Valley Pine Hill 'Dunedin, William Street Dunedin, Arthur Street Dunedin, Albany Street Dunedin, Union Street " Dunedin, George Street Dunedin, Stafford Street Dunedin, Bath Street Normal Anderson's Bay North-East Harbour Highcliff Broad Bay Portobello Sandymount Taiaroa Heads Waikari Kaikorai C Caversham ( Benevolent Asylum Kensington Forbury Mornington Green Island Walton Saddle Hill Brighton Kuri Bush Otokia Grey town East Taieri Mosgiel North Taieri Hindon Strath Taieri WhareFlat Outram West Taieri Maungatua Lake Waipori Taieri Ferry Waihola Taieri Beach Waihola Gorge Circle Hill Tokomairiro District High ... Fairfax Akatore Glenledi Southbridge Glenore Manuka Creek 640 1,200 600 514 600 600 600 234 3,132 580 528 2,964 576 600 600 1,584 600 S12 4,896 600 960 52s 1,440 2,500 567 4,560 6,306 5,740 9,324 8,096 [650] 560 6,79i 1,556 720 404 600 1,056 1,000 392 1,565 3,320 4,706 52 69 5° 38 39 32 257 38 74 280 52 75 37 100 26 7 114 29 13 33 16 12 26 173 20 26 54 39 34 19 77 41 10 287 17 82 IS 45 1 14 18 16 31 1.37 12 44 138 28 49 33 36 35 27 293 46 79 284 67 73 42 158 56 29 522 47 147 56 199 292 55 596 785 69S 742 542 87 80 902 148 60 60 50 98 87 20 120 363 606 30 270 5 So 297 259 142 41 35 29 88 89 173 161 35 in 21 31 27 31 31 25 266 37 65 244 48 52 35 127 42 20 34 69-7S 17-66 35-5 27 31 29 23-75 264-25 36-25 60 238-25 42-25 57-2S 33'5 1'375 42 23 400-75 30-5 110-25 3' 150 248-25 46-25 S5I-2S 720 684-25 680-5 424-33 64-5 52-25 825-25 94-25 43'2S S5-25 30-25 67-25 56 18-25 9075 3o7'25 49° 27-25 217-5 443'2S 253'S 195-75 i°3'5 32-7S 21 23-25 7°75 73-75 139-25 113-25 104-5 22'66 18 24-75 149-25 55 50-25 Si'S S4-25 9° 32-25 73-25 3o-S 323 86 I7-7S 15-25 37-5 24-5 32 24 60 12 20 iS 22 iS iS S3 18 12 5i 11 14 13 9 16 11 "4 20 36 in 23 34 28 3i 3i 26 267 38 6S 244 49 52 35 128 42 21 35 73-75 18-66 36-5 28 31-25 29-5 24-5 264-5 37 6175 240 45 59 33-75 "575 42 24 411-25 31 112 32 152 250-5 47 551-75 720 684-25 682 424-33 64-5 52-25 825-25 96-5 44-75 56-25 32-5 67-25 58-2S 18-25 9S-7S 3°9-75 49° 27-25 218-25 444-25 254'5 200-5 103-5 35 25 25 23-75 7i 76 14I-75 113'5 104-5 23-33 18-33 27-75 14975 55-5 So-75 52 54-75 90-75 33-75 73-5 32-5 323-25 86-75 I9-75 165 39 25 32 34 400 37 117 35 172 335 59 518 681 718 762 24 104 189 24 348 393 354 S12 726 62 93 538 7i 18 21 50 24 36 14 19 11 iS 165 7 52 3 77 232 28 270 289 377 532 184 33 62 352 4i n 21 5 12 17 8 401 34 118 33 159 231 45 55i 715 628 650 446 68 59 806 107 42 49 31 78 61 16 34 124 27 24 10 67 25 8 211 16 69 12 95 126 21 267 403 313 346 214 33 3i 395 58 28 3> 120 22 28 25 61 17 13 191 19 5° 21 67 109 25 285 312 315 305 232 35 28 4" 50 i5 14 21 41 26 7 46 145 240 18 109 224 131 101 59 iS 12 12 36 3° 81 52 54 12 8 402 35 119 33 162 235 46 552 715 628 651 446 68 59 806 108 58 49 716 118 53 59 35 77 78 21 105 347 460 22 184 448 268 222 118 22 20 33 26 7 85 169 358 17 244 311 251 i47 89 7 11 37 14 37 37 9 49 165 280 43 51 35 78 63 16 95 310 520 3° 224 458 256 209 H3 35 28 70 1 S3 212 92 31° 520 30 222 454 256 205 113 33 26 3,296 3,206 2,330 1,400 1,095 681 392 450 600 9 158 209 222 12 "5 234 125 108 54 20 16 11 39 31 26 76 103 136 126 "7 5 35 5° 86 7i 36 53 29 18 61 no 6S 5 7 2 23 64 49 36 13 20 22 79 69 146 119 "7 24 19 24 159 64 52 52 56 93 36 75 35 339 87 20 17 40 22 31 43 41 67 67 63 13 12 23 79 7i 148 H9 H7 25 20 1,14° 1,281 1,336 i,494 [432] 600 140 33 24 36 183 76 64 59 69 US 5° 83 41 381 112 27 24 42 33 49 300 1,540 i,i55 480 648 600 1,329 600 1,176 600 3,834 i,3i3 348 [195] 540 800 392 35 163 55 56 64 59 99 38 84 31 295 101 34 18 24 29 72 21 29 14 5 17 41 13 10 29 19 56 9 3° 4 118 5° 13 8 15 93 32 29 30 26 46 24 44 16 169 46 7 12 12 66 32 24 22 3° 48 14 3' 21 171 41 15 5 21 27 159 64 S3 S 2 56 94 38 7S 37 34° 87 22 17 42 23 31 3i 22 46 33 33 204 61 9 10 10 4 26 14 4 10 21 9 18 14 13

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Schools. AH which belong to one School District connected by bracket. "(n _ „ *" "I" <*>* -%, X u_ w S 3 G gO — 2. a *¥■ u 'A S rt _5 •sis! _to__S •a". 2 E°__ 3 V. 3 2 -co to «a a "S S?.-. Strict Average. 1'3 . „'iL. o£ 1° SJ.£ %t> .3 _i| £3 He If I ll l' »& School Roll. Average Attendance. Working Average. Fourth Quarter. Whole " Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Adams Flat Lovell's Flat Stony Creek Hillend Kaitangata Wangaloa Tuapeka Mouth Inch Clutha C Balclutha X Balclutha North Te Houka Waitepeka Warepa Kaihiku Waiwera East Clutha Port Molyneux Ahuriri - • Owake Tahatika Clinton Wairuna Waipahi Glenkenich Waikoikoi Waitahuna Waitahuna Gully Clarke's Flat Weatherstone's Lawrence District High Bluespur Waipori Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Evans Flat Beaumont Heriot Moa Flat Roxburgh Crookston Swift Creek Tapanui Bendigo Cromwell Kawarau Bannockburn Nevis Clyde Alexandra Drybread Black's Ida Valley Bald Hill Flat Eweburn St. Bathan's Cambrian Blackstone Hill Naseby Kyeburn 45° 67S 345 [280] i,S3S 52s 600 600 1,859 [320] 320 655 600 32 43 26 23 147 23 42 59 162 6 12 9 14 9 14 4i 15 7 19 72 i6 29 41 31 21 201 21 25 36 28 i7 174 20 25 34 25-25 17 I52-75 20-75 44 56-25 157 33'S 25-25 49-25 40 36-75 36-5 47 SI'S 23 53-25 23-66 757S 47'5 28-25 31-25 26-5 IO 17 18 6 16 20 11 12 81 13 21 27 86 18 11 26 26 37 29 18 174 20 43 60 167 34 26 57 42 5° 48 49 36 24 63 24 78 47 32 32 27 146 95 27 81 277 172 47 30 21 42 42 30 57 107 22 28 i74 18 98 24 59 18 103 90 38 39 16 25 18 26 36 24 162 33 2S-7S 34-75 26 I7-75 IS2-7S 21-25 44-25 56-25 157 34 25-S Si 41-25 39-2S 37-25 48-5 32-75 2375 59'S 23-66 76-75 48 29-S 32-25 27 i4°-5 88-25 29 81-25 27S-2S 168-25 5° 28 700 "5 51° S04 600 600 [336] 1,140 600 600 600 600 1,700 1,200 600 40 33 59 5° 52 43 62 43 3° 76 14 95 13 16 29 in i7 6 18 13 25 16 14 iS 10 36 29 47 iS 20 13 40 69 40 9 23 112 36 3 14 11 ii 11 14 i7 3 16 9 9 26 Si 69 201 41 28 66 49 60 56 60 49 3i 86 29 106 43 60 167 34 26 57 40 48 47 47 35 23 62 24 78 47 31 31 26 93 7 22 33 81 16 15 3i 19 26 26 30 21 12 4i 14 46 25 17 24 14 68 56 10 44 147 85 22 11 23 24 22 19 iS 12 22 "80 56 36 40 154 100 21 17 17 10 8 37 19 9 28 73 54 28 54 39 43 32 186 121 33 95 299 199 7i 34 36 46 48 45 73 147 27 4° 196 31 118 144 95 27 81 277 172 46 29 16 42 42 28 S6 105 21 27 i74 18 97 23 59 18 1.39 87-75 28-25 81-25 275-25 168-25 48-5 27-25 I9-75 37'5 40 28-25 52-25 105-5 21-25 29-25 165 18-75 94 24-25 56-75 18-25 102-75 92-25 34'5 32-75 i3'25 23-75 18 10 32 22 IS 8 13 78 39 17 37 130 87 25 19 9 24 19 16 27 5 2 12 iS 101 7 45 14 22 8 46 iS 20 6 12 8 1,120 3,969 2,037 905 600 405 600 600 600 600 1,167 600 816 i,945 600 1,293 300 5io 600 33 100 260 203 63 34 33 40 46 43 74 127 22 39 176 25 102 34 77 24 119 107 56 34 14 29 33 25 33 19 165 54 12 12 14 67 7 12 98 18 47 24 22 5 40 36 14 38 28 7 7 13 20 16 88 3 11 5 10 10 iS 47 2 11 78 12 31 24 23 6 26 12 18 23 14 30 55 10 1.3 73 11 53 10 37 10 53 44 23 19 10 24 37'S 4° 29'S 5375 107 21-5 30-5 165-25 20-75 95 25-25 58 18-5 I03-7S 92-7S 39 33'5 I5-7S 24-25 20 2.r75 3i 22-5 158 39 1,250 1,170 600 840 600 [252] C300] 600 300 300 1,721 476 f_39'] ( 600 600 34 76 23 133 112 60 58 28 102 89 33 39 15 25 17 25 35 24 162 31 10 14 14 3 14 9 9 7 53 16 33 26 29 44 28 200 47 13 IO IS 16 12 97 12 23-25 30 22 158 37'5 n 20 12 65 21 9 33 Hamilton and Sowburn 46 iS 13 48 39 40 16 39 40 Hyde 57 17 13 61 40 5i-5 23 18 4i 16,047 5i-75 15,744-06 ■5,594 7> 6 99 140 l6,020 10,196 7,013 19,203 15,917 l.,-..-3l ll-,4'° I 8,348

Lutnsden Dipton Limehills Winton North Forest Hill Elderslie South Forest Hill 600 600 600 i,3H 600 600 600 38 30 54 122 62 61 23 3° 27 21 41 32 11 20 24 20 32 29 16 48 33 55 131 65 56 20 36 25 33 92 52 49 16 3i 24-25 33'5 86-25 48-75 49'7 5 17-25 20 14 18 59 29 24 10 17 12 22 36 25 25 8 37 26 40 95 54 49 18 3I-7S 26-25 42-75 90 Si-25 53-25 18-75 11 14

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. m v »- « ■SStJ X u_ <3J S==G 23 a S _ "j 3 re 3 3^00 ■Si!.! S.to.1 S si _. 3 S°j_ 2 -co 3-3 o a . 3 S j•3 3], u li >_, <H Si <^ SI ._,« g33 3 M 2.5 M *£ B a ii 3 si s S> j--0 _ % li ze- |-_ rt Z-v School Roll. %?— Strict Average. o ° 13-3 . : sZi£ -« 2b •2 d"^ gtt 2S la |_ || 2- " Average Attendance. Working Average. Fourth Quarter. Whole j Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Ryal Bush Heddon Bush Waianiwa Wallacetown Waikiwi Waihopai North Invercargill Invercargill District High Invercargill North Invercargill South Otatara Bush Clifton Campbelltown Athol Waikaia Knapdale Pukerau Otaria . Pinnacle Chatton Gore Mataura Tuturau Wyndham Eden dale Mimihau South Wyndham Fortrose Hcdgehope Grove Bush Roslyn Bush Myross Bush Woodlands Longbush Oteramika One-Tree Point Orepuki Riverton Limestone Plains Otautau Gummie's Bush Groper's Bush Flint's Bush Pembroke Cardrona Macetown Upper Shotover Millar's Flat Lower Shotover Arrowtown Oueenstown If airtight Halfmoon Bay 1 600 400 648 400 1,200 1,200 1,200 4,472 2,500 3>3°° [400] 576 1,200 400 800 400 400 600 600 61 20 65 55 103 46 US 418 294 339 27 68 63 34 81 52 3° 8 35 16 127 159 131 253 182 324 12 60 35 5 12 10 24 36 31 7 81 23 "18 24 "3 65 98 167 208 154 9 52 21 21 33 12 68 28 82 47 "7 140 148 504 268 509 30 76 77 18 60 43 24 67 41 82 i°5 121 383 200 381 19 Si 57 18 52 38 22 33 28 28 91 no 28 36 49 29 23 28 22 44 36 29 4S 3° 20 26 48 244 32 56 32 47 41 31 26 i7 19 23 42 92 139 21 27 4°'S 21 62-5 44-25 8i-5 877S 118 38i-75 212-5 359 23 49 56 20-75 54-5 34-2S 22 22 3i-S 27-25 74'S i°7-5 26 20 16 35 21 42 70 61 181 102 226 n 26 24 9 32 21 42 35 59 202 99 161 44 25 67 42 84 105 120 383 201 387 23 53 59 18 S4 38 23 34 34 28 42'5 23'3. 63-S 45 82-5 87-7, Il8'2 ( 384-2! 215 364-2, 24-7. 51 57 21'2, SS-7! 37'5 23 26-2, 35-5 27'5 76 108 27 347, 44 26-7, I7-7, 3S'S I4-7. 41 34'2; 3i-5 46-5 32'5 23'2, 28-2, 53 253'2; 28-5 50-5 30-5 45 3771 30 27 16 24-5 26 42-21 82 i..r5 20-5 32-5 32 7 26 22 12 27 27 11 28 16 400 1,232 1,200 465 800 39i 336 500 480 400 420 525 600 1,200 684 375 600 400 2,400 432 800 432 39i 600 600 560 400 288 725 600 1,080 2,211 [240] 480 3i 56 43 7o 125 33 4i 46 3° 35 26 49 43 46 89 46 32 45 63 27S 32 59 46 58 41 30 30 20 39 5 28 24 28 29 16 25 38 15 21 22 6 20 11 16 2 7 12 20 21 16 S3 18 8 19 16 87 16 23 19 n 29 10 8 4 4 22 16 46 40 4 18 5° 24 42 49 35 130 142 32 49 59 42 27 44 24 56 47 43 69 45 26 5° 63 338 45 66 34-5 43-25 25-2S I7-75 28-75 i2'75 38 32-7S 28-25 44-5 3o-75 21-25 24-S Si-25 252-5 26-25 5o 27-25 43-75 33'5 29-25 26 IS-7S 20 2.V7S 40-5 80-25 130-75 19 32-5 10 16 16 15 52 54 16 21 25 16 17 18 14 23 19 16 27 16 13 18 18 13 41 57 12 16 24 14 10 13 10 22 18 17 19 15 7 12 93 in 28 37 49 30 27 31 24 45 37 33 46 31 22 29 49 244 33 56 33 47 41 31 27 17 20 25 44 92 142 22 28 10 27 25 13 33 17 2 24 16 '5° 29 3° 16 12 46 20 9 4 10 17 16 61 80 6 18 43 59 58 40 31 20 3° 3° 54 i°S 183 21 40 iS 17 28 i3S 18 32 14 25 25 11 15 IO IO 21 109 15 24 19 22 16 20 12 7 10 24 35 54 9° 143 19 40 14 18 Si 83 14 12 11 26 41 59 8 16 Si 4,176 2,611 1,896 4,891 3,679 353175 35i° 1,99° 1,775 3,765 3,6S4-33 3,631

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Table No. 11. Summary of School Committees' Statements of Accounts for the Year 1880. (Compiled from Abstracts furnished by the Boards.)

EXPENDITURE.

Education Districts. Balances, 1st January, 1880. From Education Boards. Donations, Subscriptions, &c. From Other Sources. Balances, 31st Dec, 1880. Total. Auckland ... £ ». i i,93S IS 8 £ s. d. 5.277 " ° £ s. d. 2°5 J5 ° £ s. d. 118 2 11 £ s. d. 909 £ s. ' d. 7,546 5 4 TaranaM ... 127 16 8 127 16 8 Wanganui,., 160 44 1,013 16 11 223 3 5 124 15 o 13 7 9 i,535 7 5 Wellington 193 16 3 2,151 12 2 321 18 11 96 10 o 2 19 2 2,766 16 6 Hawke's Bay ... 153 10 4 1,189 14 8 134 17 10 55 11 8 35 13 7 1,569 8 1 Marlborough 139 1 o 435 12 10 "7 3 6 64 7 S 27 2 2 683 6 11 Nelson ... 148 19 o i,573 H 9 9 19 8 2 13 o i,735 6 5 North Canterbury1,174 8 8 5,619 8 o 3°4 7 7 275 10 7 1 15 6 7,375 10 4 South Canterbury 266 11 9 1,311 8 o 22 2 o 177 8 10 1,777 10 7 Westland ... 33° '3 2 1,118 1 o 21 9 9 57 6 o 52 1 1 1,579 " o Otago 1,841 9 8 6,547 '3 11 688 1 9 796 19 7 9,874 4 11 Southland ... 1,066 6 1 2,106 4 11 669 16 5 3,842 7 5 Totals 7,410 15 11 28,472 14 10 2,608 16 2 1,776 ti 8 44 13 o 40,413 II 7

Education Districts. Cleaning R»ra!rs Schools and *£$« Oa t I !dFuel gS ' "*^.«S Books, Maps, Furniture. Contributions towards Teachers' Salaries. Committees' Expenses: Salaries, Printing, Advertising, Stationery. Sundries. Balances. Total. Auckland ... £ 1. d. 1,650 10 7 £ ■■ d. 2.775 7 o £ s. d 250 15 6 £ s. d. 504 18 o £ s. d. 222 3 8 £ s- d. 718 13 44 £ s. d. 1,423 18 2i £ s. d. 7,546 5 4 Taranaki ... 246 3 1 o 18 12 o 1000 265 2 17 7 88 15 2 127 16 8 Wanganui 461 14 9 i 201 4 8 95 8 " 104 6 3 149 9 7 311 1 7 212 1 8 i,535 7 5 Wellington 678 17 10 1 52° 15 9 343 1 I' 152 5 ° 180 1 4 525 4 ° 366 10 8 2,766 16 6 Hawke's Bay 498 13 6: 287 10 10 86 4 8 51 16 6 15' 1° 3 289 14 9 203 17 7 1,569 8 1 Marlborough iS5 15 8 94 7 ° S8 14 7 "7 5 7 17 19 11 129 12 o 109 12 2 683 6 11 Nelson 222 3 7 919 1 6 247 19 5 72 7 9 III O 2 162 15 o !>735 6 5 North Canterbury ... 3,118 6 o I 1,077 I o 864 2 8 5°° 361 6 9 609 15 5 i,339 18 6 7,375 10 4 South Canterbury ... 652 o 3 247 6 3 71 6 4 22 16 o 147 8 s 461 16 7 174 16 9 1,777 10 7 Westland ... 4SS 6 9 229 3 1 151 17 11 31 6 2 59 16 11 396 12 4 255 7 Io 1,579 " o Otago 2,337 3 7 3,260 11 o 4°5 I2 3 147 15 ° 252 14 1 ;«.7»7 3 11 i,7 6 3 S 1 9,874 4 11 Southland... 822 4 4 526 10 5 142 8 4 i7S l8 5 95 4 o 866 6 9 1,213 15 2 3,842 7 5 I I Totals ii,°SS o 4 1,323 6 11 7.3H 13 9i 40,413 11 7 10,141 19 6 2.736 4 6 1,710 9 1 6,129 *7 5*

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REPORTS OF EDUCATION BOARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1880.

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

AUCKLAND. Auckland, 11th March, 1881. In conformity to section 102 of the Act, the Board forwards a report of its proceedings during the year ending 31st December, 1880. Board.—Thirty-one meetings were held during the year, with an average attendance of seven members. The meetings of the Board are held, as a rule, once a fortnight. An Executive Committee, consisting of five members, meets once a week to facilitate the work of the Board, which has largely increased during the past year. Two vacancies occurred by resignation : the one in August, when the Hon. Colonel Haultain resigned his seat; the other in October, when Dr. Campbell resigned upon being called away to England. These vacancies were duly filled up as required by the Act, the first by the election of Mr. E. J. Moss, M.H.8., the second by the election of Mr. David Goldie. In each case there were five candidates for the vacant seat. The members who will retire in March, 1881, are Mr. J. M. Dargaville, Mr. W. P. Moat, and Mr. Joseph May : of these, the first two only are candidates for re-election.* It may be mentioned that upon the retirement of Mr. May there will be only one member (Mr. Prime) remaining of the old Board, which held office at the commencement of the present Act, three years ago. Public Schools. —The number of public schools in operation during the whole or any part of the year was 214, or, according to the numeration in Table No. 1 accompanying this report, 199. There were thirty half-time schools, twelve " aided" under section 88 of the Act, and two conducted by itinerant teachers. Three schools, viz., Eureka (Thames), Biverhead, and Whatipu Saw Mills, were closed ; the aid to Native schools at Maketu and Whakatane ceased at the 30th June ; and the Choral Hall School (Auckland) was amalgamated with Wellesley Street upon completion of the additions to the last-named school. Schools were reopened at Te Arai and Otaika, the latter half-time. The following new schools were opened within the year, viz., Victoria Valley, Orongo and Wahapu (halftime), Thames Orphanage (aided), Mangapiko, Te Bore, Cambridge West, Waihou (half-time), Katikati No. 3, Maraetai and Komokoriki (two half-time aided schools). At the 31st December, 1880, the number of schools in operation was 208, or, counting two half-time schools as one, 193. The classification of schools according to average attendance shows that there were thirty-seven schools having an average attendance under 15, thirty-seven schools with an average of 15 and under 20, and twenty-three schools with an average of 20-25 ; making in all no less a number than ninety-seven small or "non-paying" schools in the Auckland Education District. The necessity for the continued maintenance of these small schools is fully known to those who are acquainted with the scattered settlement of the outlying districts of this part of the colony. Teachebs. —The following return shows the number and classification of teachers:—

The term " Assistant Teachers " includes 90 junior assistants under nineteen years of age, all of whom have been classified upon examinations held by the Board for the purpose of testing their qualifications. It also includes 40 probationary teachers — i.e., candidates for employment who are receiving instruction and training in teaching, and to whom a small allowance is granted by the Board for maintenance. The " pupil-teacher " system, as defined by the Act and Government regulations, is not in operation in this district. In the absence of any other provision for the examination and classification of teachers under nineteen years of age, the Board holds a yearly examination of all junior assistants in employment, and of candidates for employment not less than fifteen years of age. Their classification is divided into

* Note.—Mr. Dargaville and Mr. Moat have been re-elected, and Mr. Richard Hobbs has been elected to fill the third vacancy.

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Position. Certifiei ited or G. lassified. ncertific: ited. Total. Head Teachers ... Assistant Teachers Sewing Teachers Visiting Teachers M. 88 10 _?. 38 27 Total. 126 37 M. 65 20 _?. 30 128 53 Total. 95 148 53 7 221 185 53 7 "i Totals 98 65 163 92 211 303 466

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three grades—first, second, and third : resembling the first, second, and third years of a pupil-teacher. The result of the latest examination (held in January, 1881) was as follows : —Candidates employed by Board : Qualified, 53 ; failed for step, 18 : total presented, 71. Candidates unemployed : Qualified, 34; not quite qualified, 3 ; failed, 14: total presented, 51. Attendances. —The attendance returns show a small increase in the number of scholars during the year:—

The attendance in the town schools has become more regular. In several of the country schools the attendance continues to be irregular, being largely affected by wet weather, bad roads, and other incidental causes. Some country Committees have introduced the compulsory clauses in order to obtain greater regularity of attendance. The Auckland City School Committee, having decided to enforce the compulsory clauses, applied to the Board for an annual grant of £80 to pay a Default Officer. The financial position of the Board did not admit of a grant being made for this purpose ; but it appeared to the Board that, without interfering with the provisions of the Act, the duty might not improperly be undertaken by the police, under the direction of the Committee. Application was accordingly made to the Government, and after considerable correspondence the arrangement suggested by the Board was sanctioned. The Board is not in a position to report results ; but there is no doubt that the announcement of the arrangements proposed had the effect of increasing the attendance at the town schools. In order to provide temporary accommodation for the extra number of scholars, the Board agreed to reduce the minimum floor-space allowance from ten to nine square feet per scholar in the city schools. It is believed that the granting of good-attendance certificates is calculated to encourage regularity of attendance. Committees are urged to take advantage of the provision of the Act for that purpose. A return of Maori and half-caste scholars belonging to the schools at the end of the year is appended to this report; the numbers are as follows:—Pure Maoris: 69 males, 48 females: total, 117. Half-castes : 58 males, 57 females : total, 115. Ages.—There were 274 scholars above the age of fifteen in attendance during the last quarter of the year. The Board adhered strictly to the rule of not allowing children under the minimum school age of five years to be included in the attendance returns ; and by this means a considerable expense was saved to the colony. The Board took occasion to represent to the department that in the year 1879 there were 2,780 children under school age attending schools in the colony, at a cost of nearly £12,000 per annum ; and it was suggested that a large retrenchment might be effected in that respect without infringing the provisions of the Act. Standards. —The examinations for standards have been regularly carried on during the year. The results are given in the Inspector's report. Subjects or Instruction. —In addition to the ordinary staff of teachers, seven visiting teachers were employed during the year. Singing is taught on the Tonic Sol-fa (Curwen's) method. There are three visiting teachers, one for Auckland and suburbs, one at the Thames, and one for the District of Waikato. Two teachers of drill and gymnastics are employed, one at Auckland and one at the Thames. Gymnastic apparatus of a simple kind has been supplied to many of the country schools; and arrangements are being made for the teacher to visit these schools. Drawing is taught in the Auckland and suburban schools by a master, who will also visit some of the country schools as soon as arrangements can be made for his doing so. The Board also employed, as a temporary experiment, a special teacher of reading in some of the larger schools, mainly to impress upon teachers and pupils the importance attached by the Board to this subject of instruction. Finance and Accounts. —The statements of accounts required by the departmenb are appended. The details of expenditure contain full information on the subject. It should be explained that the amount of expenditure on office staff and departmental expenses is swelled by means of certain exceptional charges. The permanent charges under these heads have been considerably reduced during the year, as will be seen from the return of officers employed at 31st December, 1880. The cost of inspection has slightly increased through the appointment of a second Assistant-Inspector, whose services were absolutely necessary in order to give effect to the regulations as to standards and inspection of schools. The increase in the amount of teachers' salaries is mainly due to the new scale adopted by the Board at the beginning of the year, to which reference was made in the last annual report. The amount paid to Committees largely exceeds the amount received by the Board from the capitation allowance of 10s. This excess is partly due to the fact that the Board paid to Committees nine months' allowance at the old scale, but only received from Government seven months' allowance, the grant being suddenly stopped at the 31st July. The expenditure on scholarships has been reduced so as not in future to exceed the income from capitation allowance. The item " Training of Teachers, £2,295 6s. 7d.," includes allowances paid to probationers in the Auckland and Thames schools. As already stated, the Board received notice at the end of July that Parliament had reduced the Education Vote by a sum equivalent to that set down for capitation allowance at 10s. to Committees, and the Board was invited to co-operate with the Government in giving effect to the decision of Parliament that 10 per cent, reduction should be made on all salaries throughout every branch of

Period. No. of Schools. o. on Roll. Working Averi ige. December Quarter, 1880... December Quarter, 1879... 208 202 Males. 7,737 7,334 Females. 7,152 6,625 Total. 14,939 13,959 Males. 6,245 5,711 Females. 5,594 4,977 Total. 11,839 10,688 Increase 453 527 980 534 617 1,151

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the public service. After full consideration of its financial position as affected by the withdrawal of the 10s. capitation grant, the Board arrived at the conclusion that; as the statutory grant of £3 15s. was wholly absorbed in the payment of teachers' salaries, office staff, departmental expenses, and cost of inspection, the only possible way of providing funds for making grants to Committees was to reduce the rates of salaries paid to teachers and officers of the Board. Upon an examination of the School Fund accounts of the district for the year 1879, it was found that the whole income of the fund derived from the capitation grant of 10s. had been applied during the year as follows: To cleaning schools, fuel, and water supply, 23f per cent.; repairs and improvements to school properties, 23 per cent.; contributions towards teachers' salaries, 10| per cent.; Committees' incidental and miscellaneous expenses, 9 per cent.; balance unexpended during 1879, 33| per cent. The Board considered that (1) by making the cost of repairs and improvements a charge upon Building Fund, and (2) by relieving the School Fund from the charge of contributing towards teachers' salaries, a large saving in this branch of expenditure could be effected; and, after a careful examination of the rates and objects of expenditure, it was estimated that a sum of about £2,200 per annum (= 38 per cent, of the 10s. capitation allowance) should be sufficient to meet all ordinary requirements of Committees for school purposes and incidental expenses. A new scale of grants to Committees was adopted accordingly, ranging from £5 to £60 per annum for each school. In order to provide for this expenditure the following reductions were made from the Ist October, 1880, in the salaries of teachers and officers of the Board : Teachers —From £101 to £120 (excepting head-teachers .without house or rent allowance), 5 per cent. ; from £121 to £150, 5 per cent.; from £151 to £200, 7§ per cent.; from £200 and upwards, 10 per cent. Officers of the Board, £120 and upwards, 10 per cent. A further reduction was made in the cost of administration by amalgamating the offices of Secretary and Treasurer. The Board was induced to make these arrangements by a desire to co-operate to the fullest extent in giving effect to the wishes of Parliament that the expenditure on education should be reduced in such a manner as least to interfere with the general efficiency of the system. In connection with the subject of finance must be mentioned the question of the maintenance of small schools. The number of these small schools in the Auckland District alone is nearly equal to the aggregate number in all the other districts of the colony. The charge of their maintenance is a serious incumbrance on the funds of the Board, and each succeeding year increases the embarrassment. In framing an estimate for 1881, the Board would have been unable to keep expenditure within income but for a surplus balance of nearly £2,500 in hand at the end of last year. No such balance can be expected another year ; and the Board again requests that the Government will take this matter into consideration, and that some special provision may be made for the support of these schools. The capitation allowance of £3 15s. earned by the 97 small schools in operation during 1880 may be said to have yielded an average sum of less than £60 per annum for the maintenance of each school. Buildings.—The total expenditure on buildings during the year was £26,742 4s. 10d., exclusive of additions and improvements to existing buildings. Twenty-three new schools and eighteen teachers' dwellings were erected or contracted for during the year. The wants of the district in this respect have at various times been represented to G-overnment: (1) by correspondence, with lists of requirements ; (2) on the occasion of a personal interview with the Hon. Mr. Eolleston at Auckland in March; and (3) by the Chairman of the Board at his visits to Wellington. The Board is glad to report that these representations have succeeded in obtaining for Auckland a more equitable distribution of the funds voted by the Assembly for building purposes. Out of the sum of £50,000 voted at the last session for the financial year ending March, 1881, £14,000 was allotted to this district. Many more buildings have yet to be provided before Auckland is placed on an equal footing with the other districts of the colony. A reference to Table No. 2 accompanying this report will show that at the 31st December, 1880, there were 48 schools held in buildings not belonging to the Board, and 112 schools unprovided with dwellings. A detailed list of the most urgent requirements has already been forwarded ; the list includes 15 new schools and 37 dwellings. A further sum of £20,000 is required beyond the present grant, to enable the Board to erect these buildings. Several of the town schools require immediate enlargement, the accommodation being still inadequate. The want of dwellings continues to be most seriously felt. The Board is placed at a great disadvantage in the selection of teachers for country schools, and teachers are deprived of a substantial addition to their income, besides often experiencing great difficulty in obtaining even the most limited accommodation. Scholarships.—A list of the scholarships held during the year is appended. Three open and eight district scholarships have since been awarded as the result of the examination held in December. Forty-one unsuccessful candidates obtained certificates of proficiency, with the privilege of free tuition at the College and Grammar School and Girls' High School. Training College.—After consultation with Mr. Gladman, Superintendent of the Melbourne Training Institution, the Board resolved in May last to advertise for a Principal of the Auckland Training College. Applications were received from thirty-eight candidates. Mr. Alexander McArthur, M.A., LL.B., assistant master at the Auckland College and Grammar School, was selected for the appointment, to date from Ist January, 1881. The training hitherto carried on by means of classes and by correspondence was continued during the past year. Public Libraries. —No grant was voted by the Assembly for the current financial year. During the past year the Board has been engaged in revising and approving lists of books selected by the libraries committees for purchase out of the previous year's grant. Administration of Act. —Having received an invitation from the Education Board of Taranaki to offer suggestions for the alteration of the Act, the Board unanimously resolved that it is inexpedient at present to move for an amendment. The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. M. Clark, Chairman.

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G-eneeal Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. I 'Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880 — By Overdraft Ist January, 1880—Building Maintenance Account ... ... 1,339 7 1 Fund Account... ... ... 46 911 Public libraries ... ... ... 507 3 6 Office and Board— Grants from Government — Office staff, salaries ... ... 1,221 13 4 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 40,110 14 2 Clerical assistance ... ... 203 8 4 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 3,171 18 4 Departmental contingencies ... 756 8 9 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 761 5 2 School InspectionInspection subsidy ... ... 500 0 0 Salaries ... ... ... 1,062 18 4 Training ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Travelling expenses ... ... 347 15 6 Specially for buildings ... ... 28,825 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 124 6 7 Payments by School Commissioners from Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 37,085 511 education reserves ... ... 1,572 13 4 School Committees, for educationalpurSubscriptionsanddonations for buildings 269 12 3 poses ... ... ... ... 4,231 13 5 From Public Libraries Vote ... ... 877 5 6 Scholarships— Girls' High School refund ... ... 1,224 18 2 Paid to holders ... ... ... 730 0 0 Training-class fees ... ... ... 4 10 0 Expenses of examinations ... ... 108 9 0 Sale of immigrants'cottages... ... 164 12 9 Training of teachers ... ... 2,295 6 7 Deposits forfeited ... ... ... 65 0 0 Insurance of school-buildings ... 436 11 10 Office rent refund ... ... ... 28 0 0 School-Buildings— Books Account refund ... ... 215 6 New buildings ... ... ... 16,637 311 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs ... ... ... 5,137 0 10 School furniture and appliances (not included in preceding) ... 3,290 10 2 Purchase of sites... ... ... 497 0 2 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 1,180 9 9 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote... ... ... 1,174 13 0 Advances... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Bank Balances — Board Fund Account ... ... 2,496 16 0 Building Fund Account ... ... 2,098 18 5 Public Libraries Account ... ... 209 16 0 £81,422 15 9 £81,422 15 9 J. M. Clark, Chairman. Vincent E. Bice, 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, 1880, and that I find the same to be correct. — L. A. Dueeieu, Auditor. 25th February, 1881.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1880.

Assets. £ s. d. Balances in hand — Board Fund ... ... ... 2,496 16 0 Public libraries subsidies ... ... 209 16 0 Building Fund ... ... .., 2,098 18 5 Grants for scholarships ... ... 165 0 0 Balance of buildings grant ... ... 10,000 0 0 £14,970 10 5

Liabilities. £ s. d. Teachers'salaries for December, 1880 ... 3,202 11 7 Training classes for December, lbBo ... 48 12 1 Buildings contracts ... ... 5,601 0 0 Public libraries subsidies ... ... 209 16 0 Balance ... ... ... ... 5,908 10 9 £14,970 10 5

TARANAKI. Sic,— New Plymouth, 29th March, 1881. The Taranaki Education Board, in compliance with the directions of the 102 nd section of " The Education Act, 1877," and in terms of Circular Letter No. 63, of Ist December, 1880, has the honor of presenting to you a report of its proceedings, and of the state of its district, for the year ended 31st December, 1880. Meetings oe Board. —The Board has held twenty-one ordinary and five special meetings. The attendance of members has been good, and no meeting has lapsed for want of a quorum. Attendance oe Children. —There has been an increase during the year of 257 on the roll, and of 168 on the working average, the totals on the roll for 1879 being 1,302, against 1,559 for 1880; and for the working average, 979 for 1879, against 1,147 for 1880. Number oe Schools.—-There are 35 schools now in work, against 27 in 1879. The population of this district is very scattered, creating the necessity for a number of small schools; and these are more costly in every way than large schools. Hale-time Schools. —Half-time schools are very unpopular ; but the Board has found it necessary, owing to diminished funds, to revert to them again at Okato and Tataraimaka. Half-time schools have also been opened at Midhirst and Stratford, on the line of railway. At the present time there are 8 schools on half-time. New Schools.—The new schools nearly completed at the close of 1879, and opened in January, 1880, were s—namely, the Upland Boad (previously referred to as Tararutangi), "Upper Kent Boad, "Wortley Boad, Waipuku, and Koru. A temporary school was opened at the barracks on Marsland Hill, for the children of the unemployed sent from Wellington, and is at present at work. Temporary half-time schools have been opened at Midhirst and Stratford, but the buildings are very unsuitable. In the Town of New Plymouth, a new girls' school has been built in Courtenay Street, in place of the Grill Street school formerly kept in a hired building. A new boys' school has been erected for the East

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School. A new school has been built at Waitara West, in the place of one formerly kept in a hired building. At Oakura a new school has been erected, and the old school added to the teacher's house. At the Egmont village, a new school has been built, and the old school enlarged and fitted for a teacher's house. Works Needed. —New schools are much needed at Omata, Midhirst, Stratford, Sentry Hill, and Opunake; teachers' houses at the West School (Town of New Plymouth), at Omata, Waitara West, Lower Egmont Road, Wortley Road, Huirangi, Sentry Hill, and Stratford. Double closets and screens have been furnished to all new schools. The fencing of school sites has been done, as far as funds permitted. Works in progress not completed are described in Return No. 1: the amount is £323 10s. Bd., which sum is provided for in the unexpended portion of grant. Teaching Staee. —The teaching staff consists of 20 male teachers, 15 female teachers, 6 assistant teachers, 6 pupil-teachers. School Committees.—There are at present 11 districts : 8 managed by Committees, and 3 managed by Commissioners appointed by the Education Board. Only three Committees elected to expend their share of the capitation allowance, the remainder preferring the Board to administer it. High School.' —The High School has been reported on separately. I have, &c., The Hon. the Minister of Education. Benjamin Wells, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ c. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880 — By Offices and Board — Maintenance Account ... . ... 641 1 10 Office staff, salaries ... ... 136 12 3 Special Buildings Grant ... ... 186 3 2 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 9 0 0 Grants from Government — Departmental contingencies ... 96 3 8 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 3,569 11 6 School inspection, salaries ... ... 197 10 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 292 13 4 Teachers' salaries and allowances ... 3,347 2 4 Inspection subsidy ... ... 100 0 0 Teachers' rent allowances ... ... 186 5 0 - Specially for buildings ... ... 3,800 0 0 School Committees — Payments by School Commissioners from For educational purposes ... ... 322 16 1 education reserves ... ... 314 12 3 Bents of buildings ... - ... 25 0 0 From Public Libraries Vote ... ... 81 15 6 School-Buildings— Bents of cottages ... ... ... 814 8 New buildings ... ... ... 2,770 1 0 Books sold ... ... ... 0 5 0 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs 654 15 9 Materials sold ... ... ... 2 4 0 School furniture and appliances, not inBooks and stationery —Refund ... 98 2 6 eluded in preceding ... ... 116 12 6 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 118 16 6 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... ... 81 15 6 Store—School appliances ... ... 125 4 4 Balance Maintenance Account ... 790 12 5 Balance School-building Account ... 116 16 5 £9,095 3 9 £9,095 3 9 B. Wells, Chairman. Examined and passed. —C. Rennell, Auditor. Wm.- Northcroft, Secretary. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1880. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. In hand Education Fund ... ... ... 790 12 5 Office staff ... ... ... ... 11 5 0 In hand school-buildings ... ... ... 116 16 5 Teachers'salaries ... ... ... 99 5 0 Store Account ... ... ... ... 27 110 No. 3 Committee... ... ... ... 3119 11 No. 11 Committee ... ... ... 21 711 No. 6 Committee... ... ... ... 016 11 Sundry unpaid accounts ... ... ... 25 40 School works under contract ... ... 271 0 8 School works sundry accounts ... ... 43 17 0 Balance ... ... ... ... 472 10 1 £955 18 7 £955 18 7

WANGANUI. Sic, — Wanganui, 22nd Eebruary, 1881. In pursuance of the provisions of the Education Act, I have the honor to present to you the report of the Education Board of the District of Wanganui for the year ending 31st December, 1880. The Board has met regularly once a month on the usual meeting-day, and has besides convened two extraordinary meetings for special business. It has also been very materially assisted in its duties by the Einance and Appointment Committees. Schools and Attendances. —At the close of last year there were under this Board 51 schools open, with an average attendance of 2,850 children. The December return for 1880 shows that there are 56 schools in existence, with an average attendance of 3,403, being an increase of 194 per cent., as compared with the same quarter last year. School Districts. —During the year new school districts have been formed at Campbelltown and Jackeytown, in the Manawatu County, and at Whakamara, Patea; and application has been made for the formation of a district at Woodville, Patea, to which the Board has assented. Buildings.—The new schools mentioned in last year's report as being in course of erection at Makino Road, Otaki, Ashurst, and the Wanganui District High School for Girls, have all been completed, and extensive additions and repairs have either been made or are in course of execu-

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tion at Bull's, Marton, Carnarvon, Greatford, Taonui, Eeilding, Palmerston, Carlyle, Hawera, and Kakaramea. New residences have been erected at Bunnythorpe and Okoia, and those at Denlair and Stoney Creek have been completed, whilst additions or repairs have been made to those at Upper Tutaenui, Normanby, Karere, and Turakina Valley. Many other applications for additions and repairs have been made, to which the Board is unable to respond for want of funds. The new offices, also referred to in last report as being in course of construction, have been completed and occupied, and are found to answer the purpose required. The commodious building erected in Wanganui for the Girls' District High School was opened in March last, and, as anticipated, was soon well filled, necessitating the appointment of an additional assistant teacher. This school has proved a great boon both to pupils and teachers, and has given general satisfaction. The Board approved of a plan for the conversion of the school-house lately used as the Girls' School, in Wanganui, into an infant school; but, beyond fitting up a few galleries, they have not been able to carry out their views owing to the lack of funds for the purpose. The Board has passed a resolution that all work estimated to cost over £5 shall be let by public tender. Architects. —In the month of June last the Board appointed Messrs. Ross and Wright, of this town, their architects, upon a graduated scale of payments, ranging from £3 3s. for a job of £50, up to £21 Is. for a contract of £500, with an additional charge of £2 2s. for every £50 over and above that amount, besides travelling expenses. The charge includes plans and supervision; and so far the arrangement has proved quite satisfactory, and the work has been well looked after. District High Schools. —An examination of the upper department of the District High Schools in Wanganui and at Carlyle was held in the month of May, at which Messrs. S. T. Eitzherbert and E. M. Betts kindly lent their valuable assistance. The Board is of opinion that the result proves the soundness of the work in this branch of the schools. The number of pupils learning extra subjects in Wanganui were —First quarter, 16 boys, 28 girls; second quarter, 16 boys, 33 girls; third quarter, 16 boys, 29 girls; fourth quarter, 17 boys, 28 girls. At the Carlyle School the numbers were —Eirst quarter, 13 boys, 4 girls; second quarter, 12 boys, 4 girls; third quarter, 10 boys, 4 girls; fourth quarter, 11 boys, 4 girls. The reports and results will be found in the Appendix. Scholarships.—Out of the funds provided by Government for the purpose the Board formed five scholarships, all tenable for one year—namely, Class A, 2 scholarships of the annual value of £30 each; Class B, 2 scholarships of the annual value of £25 each; Class C, 1 scholarship of the annual value of £20. J. Young and E. Walker headed the list of competitors with the number of marks, but, owing to some delay in framing the scholarship regulations, they were unaware of the number of subjects to be taken up until late in the year, and therefore did not comply in this respect with the regulations. There was consequently but one award for the two scholarships in Class A. The Board are indebted to Messrs. H. H. Godwin and W. H. Barnicoat for their valuable assistance in conducting the examination, which they consider very satisfactory, although they very much regret the loss of the A scholarship already referred to. The reports of the examiners and results will be found in the appendix. Public Libeaeies. —The Government grant for public libraries was expended in proportion to the voluntary subscriptions collected. Teachers. —The Board has now 102 teachers in its employ, 47 of whom are male and 55 female, apportioned amongst the schools as shown in Table No. 1. Several of these are uncertificated, but the Board expects that those who have not already done so will present themselves for classification at the first examination, and prove by this test that they are worthy of the trust reposed in them. Teachees' Quaeteely Returns.—These documents have not, in all cases, been sent in as complete and correct as they should have been, but in every instance lately they have been returned for correction, and hence the delay in sending forward the summaries from this office. Some teachers fail to understand the large amount of extra work which constant errors and omissions in these important documents involve. The Board will, however, not only impress upon them the necessity of rendering them perfect, according to the plain regulations issued for their guidance, but will consider this duty one of the principal conditions upon which they be permitted to retain their positions or will receive advancement. The Board, finding, on receipt of the quarterly returns, that several of the schools were not kept open for the full number of half-days, issued a circular, directing the teachers to indorse on the back of their returns the number of half-days (if any) their schools have been closed, together with a full explanation as to the cause of such closing. School Eurnituee, Requisites, and Printing.—During the past year the Board invited applications by public tender for the supply of desks and school requisites, and also for job printing, and, having received offers upon very favourable terms, accepted tenders for two years. By its action in this matter a very considerable saving will be effected. Rules and Begulations.—The Board has lately revised the whole of its rules and regulations, and they have been reprinted, together with a new scale of teachers' salaries and bonuses, and allowances to Committees. Insurance. —The rates for insurance having been considerably reduced during the year, the Board thought it advisable to cover their property for a reasonable amount. They therefore advertised for enders, and finally insured the whole of the buildings to the extent of £19,791, at 6s. per cent, premium, in the National Insurance Company of New Zealand. Committees. —The Board is pleased to state that it has worked harmoniously with the Committees, many of whom express themselves well pleased with the attention paid to their wants, and with the promptness with which the Board has met their wishes. Truant Inspectors.'—The Board was pleased to learn that the police have received orders to act as truant inspectors. It considers this step in every respect a desirable one. Holidays.—Some of the Committees applied to the Board for an alteration in the dates of the holidays, whilst one or two took upon themselves to change the dates. The Board considers that the whole of the schools should be in vacation at one and the same time, in accordance with its rules, and deprecates any attempt to extend the terms beyond the fixed limits. It is manifest that a general departure from this regulation would create confusion, and cause dissatisfaction.

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Finance.—The Board learnt with regret that the capitation grant of 10s., hitherto received for Committees, had been disallowed by the Assembly. It consequently at once took steps to revise the whole of the salaries and allowances, and issued circulars to the teachers and Committees upon the subject. The matter was referred to the Finance Committee, who, after very careful consideration, brought up a report, and finally a supplementary report, of their proceedings, which the Board ultimately adopted. Copies of these documents, together with the new scale of salaries, and also payments to Committees, the Board has already had the honor of forwarding to you. Several of the teachers and Committees petitioned the Board respecting the reduction in salaries and allowances, but the Board explained that, the initiative having been taken by the Assembly, it only remained for it to readjust the payments in the fairest and most equitable manner. This, it believes, it has succeeded in doing, and a comparison of this Board's scale with those of some other Boards shows that it has founded its calculations upon a sound basis. The Board cannot dismiss this subject without expressing its regret that the reductions were necessary. The Government grant of £2,000 apportioned to this Board for buildings has proved totally inadequate to its requirements. The Board has already referred to this matter, and it trusts that during the ensuing year proper provision will be made for the necessities of the district. The general statement of receipts and expenditure shows that on the 31st December the Board had a credit balance of £681 ss. 4d. in the bank, and a further asset of £500 due from the Government grant for buildings, at that time undrawn, making a total available asset of £1,181 ss. 4d. The liabilities amounted to £896 14s. 6d., of which £162 6s. Bd. was for School Fund due to Committees for the quarter ending December, £702 14s. balance due on building contracts undertaken, and £31135. lOd. sundry small accounts, leaving a credit balance to the Board of £284 10s. lOd. It has not been without the most scrupulous care and economy that the Board has been enabled to bring its finances into this satisfactory condition. The accompanying tables, compiled according to directions, will give the returns required by Government. For any further information respecting the state of education in the district the Board respectfully begs to refer you to the Inspector's report. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. W. H. Watt, Chairman.

Geneeal Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d To Balance, Ist January 1880 — Special By Overdraft, Ist January, 1880 ... 816 0 2 Buildings Grant ... ... 355 18 8 Office and Board— Grants from Government— Office staff, salaries ... ... 291 13 4 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 11,463 7 2 Departmental contingencies ... 428 7 9 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 892 5 0 School Inspection— Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 124 4 4 Salaries ... ... ... 387 10 0 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Travelling expenses ... ... 50 0 0 Specially for buildings ... ... 5,500 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 32 2 3 Payments by School Commissioners from Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 10,161 110 education reserves ... ... 235 12 0 School Committees, for educational purSubscriptions and donations for ordinary poses... ... ... ... 960 14 10 purposes ... ... ... 500 Scholarships— Fees for District High Schools... ... 140 6 6 Paid to holders ... ... ... 106 13 4 From Public Libraries Vote ... ... 207 16 9 Expenses of examination ... ... 17 11 0 Transferred from Bees Bequest Fund, Insurance of school-buildings ... 59 7 0 not invested ... ... ... 013 4 School-Buildings— Interest on investments in the Bees Be- New buildings ... ... ... 2,580 3 5 quest Account ... ... ... 178 8 0 Enlargement,improvement,and repairs 2,115 19 5 School furniture and appliances ... 12 5 6 Balance due on new offices... ... 195 1 5 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 287 18 10 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... ... 207 16 9 Plus balance due from last year 3 8 7 Truant Inspector ... ... ... 8 11 0 Balance in bank ... ... ... 681 5 4 £19,403 11 9 £19,403 11 9 W. H. Watt, Chairman. A. A. Beowne, Secretary. Attdttoe's Ceetieicate. —xludited and found correct.—W. B. Yaldwyn, Provincial District Auditor. Assets and Liabilities, 31st December, 1880. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. To Bank balance ... ... ... 681 5 4 By School Fund for quarter ending 31st Government grant for buildings undrawn 500 0 0 December, 1880 ... ... 162 6 8 Sundry accounts for printing, advertising, and cost of deeds... ... 31 13 10 Balance due on building contracts ... 702 14 0 Excess of assets over liabilities ... 284 10 10 £1,181 5 4 £1,181 5 4 W. H. Watt, Chairman. A. A. Beowne, Secretary. Examined 22nd Eebruary, 1881.— W. B. Yaldwyn, Provincial District Auditor.

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WELLINGTON: Sic,— Wellington, 14th April, 1881. In compliance with clause 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," and with the request contained in your Circular No. 63, of Ist December, 1880, I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Wellington Education Board for the year ended 31st December, 1880: — Boaed. —At the commencement of the year the Board consisted of the following members: The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn (Chairman), H. Bunny, Esq., W. Hutchison, Esq., Dr. Newman, C. Pharazyn, Esq., the Bey. J. Paterson, the Yen. Archdeacon Stock, and Edward Toomath, Esq. It was decided by ballot in December, 1879, that the three members to retire in the following March should be Messrs. Beetham, Toomath, and Newman. Of these, Messrs. Beetham and Newman were re-elected, and J. R. Blair, Esq., was elected in the place of E. Toomath, Esq., who declined to offer himself for re-election. Meetings.—lncluding adjournments the number of meetings held by the Board during the year was twenty-four. List oe Schools. —Table No. 1, attached, gives a list of all the schools open during the year, with the expenditure on each school for salaries, ordinary expenditure, and buildings, sites, furniture, and apparatus. This return also gives a list of the teachers in the service of the Board at the end of the year, their position in the schools, and their rate of salary. The schools at Bidefordand Gladstone are still carried on as aided schools, the Board granting the Committees the sum of £4 per head on the average attendance. The remaining schools are wholly maintained by the Board. No half-time schools now exist in this district. Aveeage Attendance. —The average attendance of the four quarters of the year 1879 was 3,952, and that for the four quarters of the year 1880 was 4,700, showing an increase of 748. Classification of Schools.—Table No. 2a shows a full classification,' according to average attendance, of the schools under the Board at the close of the year. .Accounts. —Table No. 3 is the balance-sheet exhibiting the'receipts and expenditure for the year. The'balance in hand at the end of the year was £3,613 Os. 9d., being £971 ss. lOd. on account of maintenance and £2,641 14s. lid. on account of buildings. Attached to this return is a statement showing the assets and liabilities of the Board on the 31st December, 1880. Classification of Teachers. —Table No. 1a gives the information asked for regarding the classification of teachers at the end of the year. The number of teachers in the service of the Board at that date was 137, including one teacher of sewing. List of Public Schools.—Table No. 2 shows the number of schools and teachers' residences, the number of rooms in each school and the area in square feet of floor space in each, the number of children attending school at the beginning of the year, the number admitted during the year, the number who have left, and the state of the rolls at the close of the year. It also gives the average attendance for each quarter and for the year, and the average weekly number on the roll for December quarter. School Funds.—Table No. 4 gives a summary of the accounts of the School Committees, made up from the audited balance-sheets forwarded to the Board in accordance with clause 103 of " The Education Act, 1877." Paeticulaes as to Childeen belonging to Public Schools.—Table No. 5 shows the ages, standards, and subjects of instruction for the December quarter. 318 children are returned under five years of age, and 78 over fifteen years of age. Pupil-teachees' Examination. —The annual examination of pupil-teachers was held in July last, the Headmaster of the College and the Inspector of Schools acting as examiners. Their report, herewith attached, will show the results, and the present status of the pupil-teachers' staff. Scholarships.—Attached is a list of the scholarships which have been awarded, with particulars as to tenure. The annual scholarship examination was "held in the month of November, the Normal Master and the Rev. W. H. West acting as examiners. A copy of their report is appended. Teaining of Teachees. —The Normal School opened on the Ist of September. The Board appointed Mr. C. C. Howard Normal Master; Mrs. Griffin, Normal Mistress ; Mr. R. Parker, teacher of singing; and Mr. Osier, teacher of chemistry and physics. The Normal Master's report of the work of the institution is appended. Inspection.—The Inspector of Schools for the district has visited 40 schools, and afterwards examined 42 during the year. A copy of his report is attached. In future he will also report on the work of the Normal School. Disteict High Schools. —No district high 'schools have been constituted. Boaed Officers.—No change has been made in the salaries or positions of the officers in the service of the Board. In consequence of the reduction in the grant, the Board were unable to pay teachers a bonus on results, which had been conditionally promised them. Besides this loss of payment, and certain modification in the salaries of pupil-teachers, no further deduction in salaries has been made. Insueance. —All school-buildings and teachers' residences are insured. School-Buildings.—During the year the Featherston School was, unfortunately, burnt. A new school, to accommodate over 200, was immediately erected. The new Practising School at Thorndon, Wellington City, for 600 children, was opened during the year; and another large school for 600 children in Upper Willis Street, Wellington, was ready for occupation at the end of the year. The Board also reconstructed the old Ghuznee Street School, and converted it into an infant school. By these important additions to the school-buildings of the city much-needed permanent accommodation has been provided for about 1,500 children. Good permanent accommodation in the City of Wellington will soon be provided for 4,000 children in five centres —Mount Cook (boys, girls, and infants separately), 1,800; Terrace, 300; Thorndon, 600; Te Aro (mixed, and infants separate), 900; and Newtown, 400. The Thorndon Infant School is still held in a temporary building rented by the Board; and a large new school is required for the Oriental Bay district. The school-buildings at Masterton, Grey-

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town, Carterton, Lower Hutt, Newtown, and Mount Cook (girls') are much overcrowded, and additional accommodation must be provided without delay. A proposal made by the trustees of Masterton town lands to give between two and three acres of land and a sum of £400 in exchange for the present school site and buildings is favourably entertained by the Board; and, provided Government will facilitate the passing of a Bill to allow of the exchange, the Board purpose erecting, out of their next building grant, a largo school to accommodate 400 children. The Board wish to call the attention of Government to the necessity of a sufficient grant being made to enable them to put up the buildings specified in the schedule already sent in to the department. Unless a sufficient building grant be made the Board will not only be unable to provide accommodation for the children who may be compelled to attend, but they will not be able to accommodate those who may wish to attend. The existing accommodation is barely adequate for present requirements. During the past year a Normal School, for the educational training of those who may wish to embrace teaching as a profession, has been fully equipped and started in this city. The school is intended to embrace candidates not only from the Wellington Educational District, but from those contiguous to it, more especially those of Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, and Marlborough. I have, &c, C. J. Pharazyn, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of -Education.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Grants from Government — By Overdraft, Ist January, 1880 ... 378 3 7 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 17,098 3 0 Office and BoardGrants to Committees (10s.) ... 1,364 5 0 Office staff, salaries ~, ... 270 0 O Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 181 12 6 Departmental contingencies ... 155 8 6 - Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 School Inspection— Training of teachers ... ... 390 19 4 Salaries ... ... ... 500 0 0 Specially for buildings ... ... 13,200 0 0 Travelling expenses ... ... 176 15 6 Payments by School Commissioners from Examination of pupil-teachers ... 6 0 0 education reserves ... ... 264 7 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 14,875 15 5 From Public Libraries Vote ... 381 6 3 School Committees, for educational purBents ... ... ... ... 94 3 6 poses ... ... ... 1,903 10 0 Deposits ... ... ... ... 217 7 0 Bents of schools and sites ... ... 382 11 0 Sale of old school ... ... ... 27 1 9 Standard prizes ... ... ~. 19 18 5 Befunds (buildings) ... ... 22 0 0 Scholarships— Examination of teachers ~, ... 600 Paid to holders ... ... 160 0 O Befunds ... ... ... ... 48 15 0 Expenses of examinations ... 22 13 0 Training of teachers ... ... 357 2 8 Insurance of school-buildings ... 66 6 6 School-Buildings— New buildings ... ... ... 8,234 5 7 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs 812 9 6 School furniture and appliances (not included in preceding) ... 598 2 11 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 415 3 9 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... 381 6 3 Befunds —Deposits ... ~, 267 7 0 Balance ... ... ... ... 3,613 0 9 £33,596^ 0 4 . £33,596 0 4 C. J. Phaeazyn, Chairman. Robeet Lee, Secretary. Examined and passed.—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor. Statement of Assets and Liabilities, December 31st, 1880. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Maintenance balance ... ~, ... 971 510 Due Committees ~, ... ... 466 5 0 Building account balance ... ... 2,641 14 11 Expenses of members ... ... ... 30 12 0 Due from Government ... ... ... 1,000 0 0 Teachers'salaries ... ... ... 12 15 6 „ Bents ~. ... ... 27 10 0 Law costs ... ... ~, ... 8 7 0 Buildings—Duo on contracts ... ... 1,152 1 5 Balance ... ... ... ... 2,970 910 £4,640 10 9 £4,640 10 9

HAWKE'S BAY. Sic, — Napier, 31st December, 1880. The Board of the Education District of Hawke's Bay has the honor to present a report upon its proceedings for the year ending December 31st, 1880. No alteration was made in the constitution of the Board during the year, as the members who retired by ballot in March last —viz;., Samuel Locke, Esq., John D. Ormond, Esq., and Captain Russell —were re-elected from among the eight persons who were nominated by the School Committees in accordance with section 13 of the Education Act. In February last a resolution was passed by the Board agreeing to hold monthly iq~-:e. i.

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instead of bi-monthly meetings, and, in consequence thereof, only fourteen meetings were held during the year. Ninety-two attendances were made by all the members present, or an average attendance at each meeting of 66. The following were the attendances made by each member: J. D. Ormond, Esq., M.H.E. (Chairman), 10*; Key. D. Sidey, 10; Captain Bussell, M.H.E., 10*; 11. Harding, Esq., 13; Samuel Locke, Esq., 10 ; G. E. Lee, Esq., 8; Frederick Sutton, Esq., M.H.8., 10*; T. Tanner, Esq., 10; J. N. Williams, Esq., 11. Wobk of Boakd. —The ordinary work of the Board may be viewed under three aspects—viz. : That relating to the erection, completion, and improvement of school-buildings either in new districts or in districts already formed; that relating to the maintenance, efficient working, and inspection of the primary schools; and that relating to the promotion of higher education by the issue of scholarships, or the establishment of district high schools. These objects have been steadily kept in view by the Board during each of the three years it has been in existence ; but the chief aim of the Board has been to place primary schools on a sure basis before dealing with the question of higher education. The time, however, has now arrived when provision for secondary education can no longer be deferred, if this district is to share with the rest of the colony the full advantages of the educational system. The Education District of Hawke's Bay includes the four coast counties north of the river Waimata, on the east coast of the North Island. It is subdivided into twenty-nine school districts, in each of which one or more schools are now situated. The building operations have continued throughout the year, and six schoolhouses and three teachers' residences have been completed. The small building grant of only £1,000, which was 'made by the Government, greatly retarded the progress of the Board's work. It was totally insufficient for the wants of the district, as it left a large number of children, and in many cases the children of whole districts, without education; and so pressing were the necessities for further accommodation that the Board has been compelled to take £2,000 out of the School Fund Account to provide for the most urgent buildings. The money so diverted had accumulated from the ordinary payments to the School Fund through care and economy on the part of the Board, and those savings were intended to have constituted a fund which the Board hoped to have kept for such purposes as granting aid in exceptional cases, assisting in founding a teachers' fund for the sick and aged on retirement, and many other useful and necessary objects which the Board thought this fund might properly be devoted to. It was, therefore, with feelings of great disappointment the Board, by the refusal of the Government to provide funds for absolutely necessary school-buildings, found itself compelled to sacrifice the plans it had formed, and devote its savings to purposes which, in other districts, have been provided for by direct grants for the purpose. The Board cannot refrain from pointing out that the action of the Government in this case gives no encouragement to a careful and economical administration of the funds placed at the disposal of Education Boards. Although this money has been spent, there are still nine buildings, in which schools are conducted, that do not belong to the Board. There are also fifteen districts where no teacher's residence is provided. At the end of the year the Board was paying at the rate of £300 per annum for rents and allowances, which expenditure it is necessary to continue until each of the school districts has been fully provided with a schoolhouse and a teacher's residence. In a previous report, the Board explained the plan upon which all the schoolhouses were erected ; as also the system adopted throughout the district in the teaching of the sexes. No alterations have been made since that report was written, but the Board, after another year's experience, is satisfied that the arrangement of the schoolrooms, and the mixing of the sexes for teaching purposes, are a great saving of teaching power, and highly beneficial to the children. The Architect's report upon the buildings erected, their cost, and other information, will be found in the appendix to this report. School Districts.—The only alterations made in the school districts during the year were—lst, the division of the Kaikora School District into two districts, called the Patangata School District and the Kaikora District; 2nd, the enlargement of the Meanee District by the addition of the Papakura Road Board District. Before the close of the year several other applications were received from School Committees, asking either for a subdivision of their districts, or for a rearrangement of the boundaries, which questions will be decided at an early date. Increase of Schools. —Five schools —viz., "Waerangahika in Cook County, Mohaka in "Wairoa County, and Makatoko, Blackburn, and Makaretu in the Waipawa County—were opened during the year ; and one —viz., Te Auto, in the Hawke's Bay County—was temporarily closed. At the end of December, thirty-six schools, affording accommodation for 3,211 children, were in active operation ; but, as pointed out above, nine of the buildings where schools are conducted do not belong to the Board. In the establishment of schools, the Board has been anxious to afford every assistance to the people in outlying districts; and, as the list containing an analysis of the attendance at each school will show, a number of settlers have availed themselves of the opportunities offered by the Board, and have established schools in their districts. Of the thirty-six schools, ten of them had an average attendance during the past year of less than 25 pupils; eleven had an average attendance between 25 and 50 pupils ; ten, between 50 and 100 pupils; three, between 100 and 150 pupils; one, between 150 and 300 pupils ; and one had an average attendance of above 500 pupils. School Attendance. —The number attending the schools under the Board continues to show a steady increase. At the beginning of the year, 2,388 names were entered on the roll throughout the district; 2,037 were admitted, making a total of 4,425 pupils who have belonged to the schools during the year. Of this number, 1,340 left before the close of the year, leaving 3,085 children who were supposed to be actually attending the Board schools at the commencement of their midsummer vacation. Compared with last year, the average weekly number of children on the school register shows an increase of 658, or 288 per cent., and the average attendance an increase of 443, or 245 per cent. The following table gives a comparative view of the average weekly number on the roll, and the average attendance in the schools under the Board, for the three years ending December 31st: —

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This table, whilst showing the large increase which has taken place in the attendance at the district schools, also shows that irregularity exists to a very great extent in this district. During the past two years the average weekly number on the roll has increased 58"7 per cent., but there has been an increase in the attendance of only 429 per cent. Inspection of Schools.—All the schools have been examined by the Inspector to the Board, whose report will be found appended herewith. Although there are fewer passes in the standard examinations than in 1879 —the requirements for a pass being more stringent than in previous years—■ the Board is pleased to find that the character of the work in most of the schools, and especially in the Upper Standard, has greatly improved. The results showing the number of passes in each standard are given below: —

The attention of the Board has been called to the course of studies which the children are forced to pursue in preparing for the annual examination. The remarks made by the Inspector on the teaching of history, geography, and grammar in the standards are worthy of consideration, and it is hoped that a modification of the syllabus will be made by the Government, or that the choice of subjects.to be taught in the schools will be left in the hands of the Board, who, on the recommendation of District Committees, could specialize the education, and thereby adapt it more to the wants of the people than is the case at present. Teaching Staff, etc.—There are now 77 teachers employed in the schools, besides 8 sewingmistresses. This teaching staff is sufficient for an average attendance of 2,500 children, whilst the average attendance for the year as given above was 2,250. Twenty-eight of the teachers engaged in the district schools hold certificates of competency from the Education Department; the remaining teachers are either uncertificated, assistants, or pupil-teachers. The Board is pleased to notice that there are now 23 pupil-teachers being trained in the schools, and, from the Inspector's report on the results of their annual examination, they are giving every satisfaction in their studies, and in their school duties. Salaries.'—The average salary paid to the certificated teachers was at the rate of £172 per annum; and to the uncertificated teachers who are in charge of schools, omitting the subsidised schools, the average salary was at the rate of £132 per annum. This is exclusive in each case of house rent, which is worth about £20 per annum. Owing to the reduction in the capitation grant from £4 ss. to £3 15s. per annum, reckoned on the average attendance, the income of the Board has been considerably reduced, and it has been necessary to modify the scale on which the payments to teachers and School Committees were formerly made. The modified scale as now adopted by the Board has affected only the salaries of the principal teachers ; but the system of " result bonuses," which has been in operation in this district for the past two years, will enable all certificated teachers to participate in any surplus which might remain in the hands of the Board at the close of the school year. For the purpose of comparison, both scales (old and new) are given below: —

Old Scale Teachers' Salaries. Below 20, at the rate of £5 on average attendance. 20 to 25, at the rate of £100 per annum. 25 to 30 „ £100 to £115 p. annum. 30 to 40 „ £140 to £150 „ 40 to 60 „ £150 to £155 „ 60 to 75 „ £155 to £160 „ 75 to 85 „ £160.0.8165 „ 85 to 100 „ £165 to £170 „ 100 to 150 „ £170 to £200 „ 150 to 180 „ £200 to £210 „ 180 to 450 „ £210 to £300 „ Upwards, 7s. per head per annum for every such increase.

New Scale Teachers' Salaries. Below 20, at the rate of £4 (uncertificated teachers) and £4 10s. on average attendance. 20 to 30, at the rate of £90 to £100 per annum. 31 to 40 „ £130 to £140 41 to 75 „ £150 to £157 10s. 76 to 150 „ £157105. to £18710s. „ 151 to 250 „ £18710s. to £222105. „ 251 to 500 „ £222 10s. to £297105. „ Above 500, 4s. per head per annum for every such increase.

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Old Scale Payments to School Committees. Neto Scale Payments to School Committees. Below 20, £15 per annum. Between 20 and 40, £10 to £20 per annum. 20 to 30, £15 to £20 per annum. „ 40 to 75, £20 to £34 per annum. 30 to 40, £20 to £25 per annum. „ 75 to 100, £34 to £41 10s. per annum. 40 to 75, £25 to £37 10s. per annum. „ 100 to 150, £41 10s. to £34 per annum. 75 to 100, £37 10s. to £45 per annum. ~ 150 to 250, £54 to £74 per annum. 100 to 150, £45 to £60 per annum. Over 250, to be specially dealt with by the Board. 150 to 250, £60 to £75 10s. per annum. Over 250, to be specially dealt with by the Board.

School Committees.—The annual reports which have been received from the various school districts bear ample testimony to the greater interest which is being taken now than formerly in the progress and welfare of the schools. The funds raised by the Committees from voluntary subscriptions, entertainments, &c, for school purposes, are much larger than in any previous year. In several instances a gymnasium has been erected and a school library formed without any assistance whatever from the Board. This is the case at Matawhero, Gisborne, Wairoa, Waipawa, and latterly at Woodville, where gymnastic apparatus has been provided for the benefit of the children; and at Gisborne, Petane, Woodville, and Takapau a fair start has been made in the establishment of a school library. During the current year it is to be hoped that other Committees will pursue a similar course, for there can be no doubt that the school library and the gymnasium are powerful aids in the complete training of children. It is to be regretted that the Committees have not enforced the compulsory clause of the Act, as recommended by the Board. Most of the Committees appear to look upon the clause as useless, and in their reports suggest an alteration in the Act making attendance compulsory. The facts mentioned by the Inspector, in his annual report to the Board, point in the same direction, for they show how very irregular at school the attendance of the children has been in this district, and how futile it is to expect better results in the standard examinations unless the attendance is made compulsory. Libeaey Geant.—The money voted to this district for distribution among the various public libraries was divided proportionately to the amount of subscriptions received by each during the previous year. Although it is probable that no further library grant will be made by the Government to this district, the Board has obtained from the library committees information which shows that the people are learning to rely more upon themselves, and that the libraries will not suffer much from the loss of the Government subsidy. Penny Banks. —No applications were received from School Committees for the establishment of penny banks. As pointed out last year, the Board would like to see a penny bank opened for the benefit of each school throughout the district, but nothing can be done towards promoting them until a much simpler plan is recommended by the Government. If penny savings-bank stamps were issued by the Government, as in England, and sold to the children by the teachers, it would meet all requirements, and would obviate the necessity of teachers unnecessarily occupying their time in keeping a set of books instead of attending to their proper duties. Scholarships, etc. —An examination for the granting of scholarships in Classes B and C was held in July ; the successful candidates were J. Covvell, C. Lawes, Harold Large, John Burtton, Andrew Guy, and Eva Oatridge. Before the examination in July, a resolution was passed to the effect that, " in future, winners of the Board's scholarships, as a condition of receiving payment, must attend either the Napier Grammar School or the Napier Trust and High School." Four of the holders accepted the condition, but two of them have since given up their scholarships, and have returned to the district school. Last year the Board pointed out that no advantage was obtained in this district from the issue of scholarships, as the children who held scholarships attended the district schools ; whilst, during the past year, three out of five wdnners of scholarships preferred forfeiting their scholarships to leaving the district school. Such results cannot be deemed satisfactory, as they do not in any way tend to promote the advancement of secondary education in the district. As already stated, the attention of the Board has been mainly directed to the improvement of the primary schools, but it is thought that the time has arrived when the question of secondary education should be dealt with. The Board has no high school under its control, but the establishment of a high school for both sexes is much needed, and it is hoped that grants will be made to this district by the Government for the erection of suitable buildings similar to those erected in Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, and in most of the other towns of any importance throughout the colony. The revenues derived from the secondary education reserves amount to about £286 4s. Bd. per annum, which, with a suitable endowment, school fees, and the ordinary Government grant, would provide an income sufficient for the maintenance of a high school for boys and girls. Income and Expenditure.—The income during the year on account of Committee and School Funds w<as £9,683 16s. lid., which, added to the balance on 31st December, 1879, of £2,559 15s. Id., gives a total of £12,243 12s. The expenditure during the same period for salaries, payments to Committees, and to holders of scholarships, was £9,666 9s. 10d., leaving a balance to the credit of the School Fund Account of £2,577 2s. 2d., less £2,000, which was transferred to the Building Fund Account on December 31st; to be spent in the erection of schoolhouses, &c. Signed by order and on behalf of the Board, The Hon. the Minister of Education. H. Hill, Secretary.

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1830 —■ By Office and Board —■ Maintenance Account ... ~. 2,559 15 1 Office staff, salaries ... ... 250 0 0 Special Buildings Grant ... ... 1,532 11 8 Departmental contingencies ... 160 17 4 Grants from Government— School Inspection — Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 7,436 10 3 Salaries ... ... ... 500 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 626 10 0 Travelling expenses ... ... 150 0 0 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ~. ... 162 10 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 30 0 O Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 7,300 13 6 Specially for buildings " ... ... 5,770 0 0 School Committees, for educational purPayments by School Commissioners from poses ... ... ... 989 13 9 education reserves ... ... 920 13 2 Scholarships— Subscriptions and donations specially Paid to .holders ... ... 122 5 10 for buildings ... ... 270 0 0 Expenses of examination ... ... 15 19 4 Public Libraries Vote ... ... 199 14 0 Insurance of school-buildings ... 37 17 7 Grant in aid Te Arai School ... 62 10 0 School-Buildings— Interest on current accounts ... 175 3 6 New buildings ... ~, ... 4,876 12 9 Befunds ... ... ... 12 9 10 Enlargement, improvements, and repairs ... ... ... 745 2 2 School furniture and appliances ... 551 311 Purchase of sites ... ... 232 0 0 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 146 18 0 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... 199 14 0 Advertising for tenders, &c. ... 74 12 0 Miscellaneous — Travelling allowance, teachers ... 49 10 0 Petty cash, interest, &c. ... ... 64 19 7 Legal expenses ... ... ... 32 10 6 Bents —Allowance to teachers ... 342 6 4 School Commissioners—Cheque in hand 200 0 0 Balance, Union Bank, on the 31st December, 1880 ... ... 2,955 10 11 £20,028 7 6 £20,028 7 6 J. D. Ormond, Chairman. H. Hill, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —W. B. Yaldwyn, Provincial District Auditor. 21st January, 1881.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 31st December, 1880. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. School Fund in hand ... ... 575 6 8 School Fund ... ... ... 200 0 0 Building Fund in hand ... ... 2,566 16 1 Building Fund ... ... ... 2,536 1 1 Scholarships Fund in hand ... ... 13 8 2 Balance ... ~, ... ~, 419 910 £3,155 10 11 £3,155 10 11

MARLBOROUGH. Sir,— Blenheim, 21st May, 1880. I have the honor to forward you a report from the Education Board of the District of Marlborough required by the Education Act for the year ending December 31st, 1880, together with a copy of tables (1 to 4), the balance-sheet of revenue and expenditure, a list of scholarships held during the year 1880, and the examiners' papers and report thereon, and the report of the public schools by the Inspector. The number of pupils on the rolls at the close of the year 1879 was 1,085. This number had increased to 1,212 at the end of the year 1880, whilst the working average at the same dates respectively was 808 and 87375. This shows a satisfactory rate of increased attendance, particularly in the working average. The opening of two small schools in the Pelorus Sound, to which the Board grants assistance at the rate of £3 per pupil in average attendance, has but slightly contributed to this increased attendance, which has chiefly been made up at the older-established schools. Scholarships.—An examination was held in January, 1880, when six candidates competed. The successful pupil was Walter Conolly. He held the scholarship but nine months when it became again vacant through his decease. The Board resolved that the vacancy should be filled by competitive examination, and accordingly in January, 1881, an examination was held, at which, in addition to the ordinary scholarship tenable for two years, the remaining one year of this scholarship was offered to competition. The successful pupil for the two years' term was James O'Leary, and for the one year was George William Tindill. At the same time the two prizes given by Sir Julius Vogel were allotted— one to boys, gained by Horace Douslin; one to girls,-gained by Mary Bary. Buildings.— The Board desires to call your attention to the small amount granted to it this year for buildings, and trusts that, in the future, payment out of this vote may be distributed upon some definite plan or scale which may be determined upon beforehand by Parliament, so that the various Education Boards may have some data upon which to calculate approximately the amount receivable out of any given vote. During this past year the amount given to the district for buildings having been less than one-half of that received in 1879, and slightly over one-half of the amount received in 1878, the Board has been compelled to postpone the erection of some of the much-needed though larger works, and has expended money at its disposal for this purpose chiefly in finishing and furnishing the

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schools at Blenheim, a teacher's residence in Canvas Town, an addition to the Grove Town School, and a new school and residence at Havelock Suburban, and smaller repairs to many of the other schools and residences. Schools are required in Picton and Havelock,' and residences in Picton, Havelock, and Spring Creek. About £400 will probably be required for assisting local efforts in new districts, in the Sounds and other outlying places. Expendituee.—ln its ordinary expenditure the Board has very nearly balanced payments and receipts, the balance in band at the close of 1879 being £622 Is. 2d., and at the end of 1880, £635 17s. 4d., which, however, includes £75 ss. 7d., the remains of the building grant, which, being therefore deducted from the last-mentioned balance, shows that our expenditure has exceeded our revenue on ordinary account by £61 9s. sd. This result ought to be considered very satisfactory, seeing that during the later months of the year —from August onwards —the revenue received was less than usual by the amount heretofore granted for the School Committees. Your Board desires to call your attention to the low rate at which it maintains its departmental expenditure, notwithstanding the increase in the number of the schools and in the average attendance. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. A. P. Seymoue, Chairman.

Geneeal Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Yeae ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880— By Office and Board— Maintenance Account ... ... 622 1 2 Office staff, salaries ... ... 112 10 0 Special Buildings Grant ... ... 405 9 7 Departmental contingencies ... 51 10 8 Grants from Government— School Inspection —■ Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 3,051 9 0 Salaries... ... ... ... 125 0 0 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 246 1 8 Travelling expenses ... ... 66 3 0 - Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 32 411 Teachers'salaries and allowances .., 3,094 12 4 Inspection subsidy ... ... 227 3 0 School Committees, for educational purSpecially for buildings ... ... 1,250 0 0 poses... ... ... ... 317 3 6 Payments by School Commissioners from Scholarships— education reserves ~, ... 179 3 6 Paid to holders ... ... ... 40 1 0 Fees for district high schools ... 38 10 0 Expenses of examinations ~. ... 6 6 0 From Public Libraries Vote ... ~. 75 2 3 School-Buildings—■ Sale of old bricks ... ... ... 110 0 New buildings ... ... ... 711 0 0 School Commissioners (secondary edtica- Enlargement, improvement, and retion), for scholarships ... ... 17 7 0 pairs ... ... ... 569 16 6 School furniture and appliances (not included in preceding) ... 229 0 3 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 70 7 3 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... ... 76 2 3 Contingencies ... ... ... 220 High School fees refunded to Committees ... ... ... 38 10 0 Balance on 31st December, 1880 ... 635 17 4 £6,146 2 1 £6,146 2 1 John T. Robinson, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. —Examined and passed.—R. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor.

NELSON. Sic,— Nelson, 3rd March, 1881. I have the honor to submit to you the report of the Education Board of the District of Nelson for the year ending December 31st, 1880. The Boaed. —The Board has met fourteen times during the year, the average number of members present at each meeting being eight. School Attendance. —Sixty-five schools were at work at the close of 18S0, two schools having been closed and nine opened during the year. The number of scholars on the roll at the end of 1879 was 3,737 ; at the end of 18S0 it was 3,934 ; the working average at the same dates being 2,935 and 3,008 respectively. School-Buildings.—Although the most rigid economy has been exercised in the expenditure of the building-grant, the means at the disposal of the Board are far from enabling it to overtake the demand for new school-buildings, even of the plainest and cheapest design and construction. In the City of Nelson the Board is still obliged to resort to the expedient of renting more or less unsuitable school-buildings, while in the country districts it has been found impossible to dispense with several old and ill-contrived buildings, simply because sufficient funds to replace them with better structures are not available. Were it not, indeed, for the system of aided schools, five of which were opened during 1880 —three more being now almost ready to begin work, —the spread of education in the outdistricts would have been arrested some time ago. The burden, however, of putting up even the most inexpensive school-buildings at their own cost falls heavily on the struggling inhabitants of newlysettled districts, who have but little time, and less money, to spare from their more immediate and pressing necessities. Yet it is clear that the allowance of £3 10s. yearly for each scholar in daily attendance, at present made to aided schools by the Board, is quite as much as can be spared, leaving as it does a narrow margin for general purposes. School Requisites.—Until the beginning of last year it had been the practice of the Board to supply books and other school material to all scholars free of cost, on the requisition of head teachers, and subject to the discretion of the Inspector. But it was beginning to be felt, even before the

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reduction of the Government grant, that the existing checks upon extravagant applications on the part of teachers, and wastefulness on the part of scholars, wrere wholly insufficient. From the beginning of 1880, therefore, copy- and exercise-books only have been supplied by the Board gratuitously, all other books having been charged to scholars at cost price. Scholarships.—The system of scholarships for boys attending Nelson primary schools, which has now been in operation for many years, without any substantial modification having been found necessary, has worked so well that it is to be hoped that no attempt will be made to tamper with its proved efficiency by the introduction of any material alterations. According to the present scheme, two scholarships of the value of £40 per annum each, and tenable for two jears, are annually offered for competition to boys attending country schools. The Governors of Nelson College, who have throughout cordially co-operated with the Board in this matter, supplement the foregoing grant by giving a free education at Nelson College for two years to the winners of the two scholarships. A similar offer of free education is also made by the Governors to the two town boys who stand first in an annual competition. It may be mentioned that the Marlborough Education Board also offers annually a scholarship, of like value and to be competed for in like manner with the Nelson scholarships, to a boy attending the public schools in that district. The examinations for both districts are conducted by the second master of Nelson College and the Inspector of Schools for Nelson and Marlborough districts. The good effects of the stimulus thus given upon both teachers and scholars in the primary schools can hardly bo over-estimated. Nelson College is also a gainer from the constant influx of the brightest and most promising scholars from the primary schools, and it is matter of record that the ranks of those who have most highly distinguished themselves for some years past at the College have been largely recruited from former winners of scholarships. The Board, however, regrets its inability to speak in similar terms of approval, or even of hopefulness, with respect to the provision for the higher education of girls. Nothing definite has yet resulted from the application made by the Board in 1879 for permission to establish a high school for girls in the City of Nelson ; and the Board, seeing little likelihood of its wishes in this direction being complied with, has offered a scholarship of the annual value of £50, tenable for two years, to girls attending Nelson primary schools, whether in town or country. This sum is intended to enable the winner of the scholarship to get two years' education at a high school for girls, within the meaning of the Education Act, clause 51. General Remarks. —It is unnecessary to repeat what was stated in the Board's report for 1879 as to " the separation of the sexes," or as to the " number and quality of teachers in proportion to the size of a school," the opinion and practice of the Board remaining unaltered in both of these respects. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. W. Barnicoat, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880— By Office and BoardMaintenance Account ~. ... 2,501 5 6 Office staff, salaries ... ~, 206 18 10 Special Buildings Grant ... ... 1,174 5 8 Clerical assistance ... ... 10 0 0 Grants from Government— Departmental contingencies ... 222 19 5 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 10,615 17 4 School Inspection— Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 861 4 2 Salaries... ... ... ... 387 10 0 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 212 4 6 Travelling expenses ... ... 125 18 6 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 10,168 2 5 Specially for buildings ... ... 5,470 17 10 School Committees, for educational purPayments by School Commissioners from poses ... ... ... 718 10 0 education reserves ... ... 579 15 2 Scholarships— From Public Libraries Vote ... 244 6 9 Paid to holders ... ... 200 0 0 Befund from Bank, exchange on cheques 1 18 0 Expenses of examinations ... 12 4 6 From sale of books to scholars ... 196 6 0 School-Buildings— Bent of disused teacher's house ... 3 0 0 New buildings ... ... ... 4,284 9 2 Enlargement, improvement, andrepairs 1,122 15 8 Purchase of sites ... ... 350 10 0 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 391 15 6 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... ... 244 6 9 Bents of school-buildings ... ... 106 13 0 School material ... ... ... 1,184 2 4 Balance —■ Maintenance Account ... ... 1,925 11 9 Building Account ... ... 498 13 1 £22,161 011 £22,161 0 11 Stead Ellis, Secretary. Auditoe's Certificate. —The above accounts examined and found correct. —H. E. Curtis, Auditor.

NORTH CANTERBURY. Sic,— Christchurch, 31st March, 1881. In accordance with section 102 of the Education Act, I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of this Board during the year ended December 31st, 1880. The Boaed. —The constitution of the Board has undergone some change since the last report was presented. The members who retired by rotation on March 31st, 1880, were Mr. Tancred, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Saunders. Mr. Tancred and Mr. Webb were re-elected, and Mr. A. 11. Cunningham was returned in the place of Mr. Saunders. In December an extraordinary yacancy occurred through the

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death of Mr. A. Duncan. Mr. Duncan had occupied a seat at the Board since December, 1874, and had been one of its most active and efficient members. The Board desires to express its sense of the valuable service which Mr. Duncan had rendered to the cause of education in this district, and of the heavy loss it has sustained through the death of so esteemed a colleague. The members retiring on the 31st March, 1881, are Mr. Inglis, Bey. C. Eraser, and Mr. Stevens. At the date of this report Mr. Inglis and Rev. 0. Fraser had been re-elected, and Mr. H. W. Peryman returned in place of Mr. Stevens, who did not offer himself for election. The extraordinary vacancy had not been filled up, in consequence of a double return, which rendered another election necessary. During the year 1880 the Board continued to meet on the first and third Thursdays in each month, and held in all twentythree meetings, none being held on the first Thursday in January, which happened to be on New Year's Day. The average attendance of the members was 574. New Districts and Buildings.-—Seven new school districts were constituted in the year 1880 —■ viz., Flemington, Kirwee, Mason's Flat, Hurunui, Hinds, and Bromley. Of these, Hinds is the only entirely new district, the others being formed, wholly or partly, by a subdivision of districts already existing. Preliminary steps were taken towards the formation of three other entirely new districts— viz., Lismore (Upper Hinds), Methven, and Pendarves. The names of several districts were altered, as follows: Colombo Road to Sydenham ; Hillsborough to Opawa : Ashley Bank to Ashley; Cambridge to Newland ; Heathcote Upper to Spreydon ; and Hurunui (the district formerly so called) to Waikari. New schools were opened at Cambridge, Bromley, Elgin, Aylesbury, and Loburn North ; new schoolbuildings were contracted for at Ashburton, Flemington, German Bay, Kaikoura Town, Kowai North, Mason's Flat, and Hinds ; and at Dunsandel, Heathcote Lower, Heathcote Va'ley, Oxford East, Oxford West, and Tinwald considerable additional accommodation was provided. The total expenditure on buildings during the year was £18,200 Os. sd. A detailed account, showing the exact sum expended in each school district, is given in Table No. 1. The Board would gladly have done much more had its means allowed; but the scantiness of its resources has been very severely felt. The amount allotted for expenditure on buildings during the current year —£6,000 —was altogether inadequate to the requirements of the district. This small sum, together with such contribution as could be made from ordinary revenue, was speedily exhausted; and there remains a long list of applications for the formation of new districts and for the building or enlargement of schoolrooms, particulars of which have been furnished to the department —all of them works of admitted necessity, but for which the Board is unable to make even the smallest provision. Maintenance of Schools.—The expenditure for the maintenance of schools, including all incidental expenses, was £43,992 19s. 9d.; and for instruction only £38,136 17s. The following table shows the expenditure on salaries (inclusive of all allowances to teachers) and incidental expenses for the years 1878,1879, 1880 :— Salaries. Incidental. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1878 ... ... 31,916 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 The average attendance for the year was 11,605. The cost of maintaining the schools, including all expenses, was therefore at the rate of £3 15s. 9^-d- per head, and the cost of instruction only at the rate of very nearly £3 ss. Bfd. No exact comparison can be drawn between these rates and those of former years, as allowance has to be made for the effect of a general reduction of salaries commencing on the Ist November. In consequence of the capitation grant being reduced by 10s. a head, the Board was required to make a corresponding reduction in every branch of its ordinary expenditure. After careful consideration the following plan of reduction was decided on : Salaries of from £21 to £50 to be reduced 5 per cent; from £51 to £100, 5 per cent, on the first £50 and 10 per cent, on the remainder ; above £100, 10 per cent. Allowances to teachers of every kind were reduced 10 per cent., as were also the salaries of the Inspectors and all officers of the Board. The total reduction thus effected was about £5,000. Teachers.—Table No. 1 gives a nominal return of all teachers in the Board's service, and the amount of annual salary and other allowances, at the reduced rates, paid to each. The number at the end of the December quarter was 391, besides 33 sewing mistresses, giving one teacher to every 31*27 children in average attendance. The teachers are classified as under : Male head teachers, 111; male assistant teachers, 21; male pupil-teachers, 40; female head teachers, 88 ; female assistant teachers, 27; female pupil-teachers, 104 : total number of teachers, 391. Number of teachers of sewing, 33. The manner of appointing teachers in this district is as follows: The initiative is left to the Committees, who, on the occurrence of a vacancy, invite applications, and recommend to the Board the applicant whom they consider most eligible. Occasionally the Committee prefer to submit two or three names, and leave the choice to the Board. If there is no doubt that the recommendation is satisfactory, the Board makes the appointment; but, if the person nominated is not thought sufficiently qualified for the post, the Board desires to have the names of all the applicants, and itself selects one or more whom it will agree to appoint. When the situation is an important one, the Board generally requires to be furnished with a list of the applications before coming to a decision. The case of teachers of sewing is on a somewhat different footing, as by the Act the responsibility rests primarily with the Committee, who are empowered to appoint, subject to the Board's approval. The selection of pupil-teachers is left almost entirely to the Committees, under the conditions imposed by the regulations. But the Committee are expected to consult the principal teacher of the school, and to satisfy themselves that the candidate recommended is not only of the prescribed age and standing, but gives promise of the qualifications necessary to success as a teacher. Attendance.—At the close of 18S0 the number of school districts in the Education District of North Canterbury was 106, and the number of separate schools, including the practising department of the Normal School, was 123. They are classified as under: Under 15 pupils, 4; 15 and under 20 pupils, 4 ; 20 and under 25 pupils, 13 • 25 and under 50 pupils, 43 • 50 and under 75 pupils, 17 • 75

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and under 100 pupils, 10; 100 and under 150 pupils, 16 ; 150 and under 300 pupils, 5; 300 and under 500 pupils, 5 ; 500 and upwards, 6. Two of these, Broughton and Waiau, are aided schools; and the two schools in the District of Governor's Bay South are half-time schools, taught by one master. The following table shows the number of schools maintained and aided by the Board, with the number of children on the rolls and in average attendance, for the three years since " The Education Act, 1877," came into operation:—

Table No. 5, appended to this report, gives the ages of the children and the number classed in each standard, also the number receiving instruction in each of the subjects prescribed by the Education Act. The following table, in continuation of one presented last year, shows the steady increase in the number of schools and of children on the rolls and in average attendance since the first introduction of an educational system under the Provincial Ordinance of 1863. For purposes of comparison, only so much of the Provincial District of Canterbury is included as is now comprised in the Education District of North Canterbury:—

Noemal School. —The report of the Principal, Mr. W. Malcolm, contains full information as to the principles on which this institution is conducted. There were 25 students at the end of the December quarter, 1880, and 31 in the March quarter of the present year, while several applicants are awaiting admission at the beginning of next term. As evidence of the thoroughness of the work being done, it may be observed that at the recent examination for certificates every student in the Normal School who entered succeeded in passing. The staff of the training school remains unaltered, except that Mrs. Crowley, the kindergarten mistress, gave notice, in accordance with the terms of her agreement, in consequence of the reduction of salaries. Her engagement terminates on the 6th April. A new set of regulations has received the Minister's approval, and is now in force. The most noticeable features are the encouragement given to students to take advantage of the lectures at Canterbury College, and the establishment of scholarships, two of which are tenable by pupil-teachers who matriculate at the University of New Zealand. The Board will also, so far as its funds permit, make allowances to past pupil-teachers, with a view of enabling them to pass the year that commonly intervenes between the completion of the pupil-teacher's term of service and the obtaining of a teacher's certificate in improving themselves by a course of study and professional training in the Normal School. Inspection.'—The number of children presented in standards during the year 1880 was 8,116, of whom 5,517 passed, being an average of 679. The results are inferior to those of last year ; but the conditions of last year's examinations, which were the first held under the new standards, were unusually lenient. The following table gives the number of children presented and passed, the average of passes, and the average age of the children passed in each standard : —

On the whole the Board believes that the teachers show a very commendable zeal and efficiency in the discharge of their duties, and that the schools are making fair progress. In a few cases, in which the Inspector's report was unfavourable, the teacher has been warned that, unless considerable improvement is manifested at the next inspection, or at a special inspection to be held in three or six months, he will be removed from his appointment. 11— E. 1.

Quarter ended December 31. District Schools. Aided Schools. Total of Schools. On Roll. Average Attendance. Percentage. 1878 1879 1880 106 116 121 4 4 2 110 120 123 13,647 15,230 16,437 10,076 11,381 12,233 73-83 74-72 74-42

Quarter ended December 31. District Schools. Denominational Schools.* Aided Schools. Total of Schools. On Roll. Average Attendance. Percentage. 1863 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 2 98 100 101 114 119 31 1 2 3 8 1 33 99 102 107 117 120 1,605 12,144 12,464 13,516 15,016 16,253 1,030 8,295 9,068 9,975 11,245 12,096 6417 6830 7275 7380 7473 74-42 * Aid to denominational schi >ls ceased after September, 1873.

Standard. Presented. Passed. Percentage. Average Age. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. 2,117 2,552 1,844 1,074 414 115 1,808 1,998 953 485 217 56 85 78 51 15 52 49 Yrs. Mths. 8 4 9 9 11 4 12 4 13 2 13 9

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ScHOLAEsniPS. —The examinations for scholarships were held in June, and were conducted by Professor Cook and J. V. Colborne Veel, Esq. The number of candidates examined was 70, viz. :In Class A, 17 (under 11 years of age), 13 boys and 4 girls; in Class B, 22 (under 12), 16 boys and 6 girls; in Class C, 24 (under 13), 18 boys and 6 girls; in Class D, 7 (under 14), 4 boys and 3 girls. The successful candidates were : In Class A, Alfred Mennie and Matthew Butterfield, but Alfred Mennie, who stood first, being disqualified through age, the scholarship was divided between Janet Prosser and Thomas Green, who stood third with an equal number of marks ; in Class B, John Smith (who resigned the scholarship gained in 1879), Thomas Cresswell, Charles Garrard, and William Jackman ; in Class C, Catharine Lamb, Aimee Mills, Robert Speight (who resigned the scholarship gained in 1879), Joseph Zachariah, Mary Sword, and Robert Frizzell; in Class D, Margaret Lorimer and Ellen Pitcaithley (who resigned the scholarship gained in 1879). Savin gs-Banks.—Only two penny savings-banks have been opened in this district, viz., at Balcairn and Kaiapoi Island North. The amount of deposits received at Balcairn from the 23rd April, when the bank began operations, to the 31st December was £11 3s. 2d.; interest, 2s. Bd.; withdrawals, lis. lid. : leaving a credit balance of £10 13s. lid. At Kaiapoi Island North the amount deposited during the short time for which the bank was open before the end of 1879 was £7 7s. 4d., and of the deposits during 1880 £5 10s. Id., making a total of £12 17s. sd. ; interest, 4s. lOd. ; withdrawals, £5 65.: leaving a balance at credit of depositors £7 16s. 3d. Copies of the audited accounts of each of the banks accompany this report. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. John Inglis, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880 — By Office and BoardMaintenance Account ... ... 9,883 5 5 Office staff, salaries ... ... 1,121 8 4 Special Buildings Grant ... ... 8,739 6 8 Departmental contingencies ... 245 11 6 Grants from Government — School Inspection— Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 36,889 15 2 Salaries ... ... ... 983 6 8 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 3,289 9 2 Travelling expenses and forage allowScholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 855 17 11 ances ... ... ... 267 5 10 Inspection subsidy ... ... 500 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 91 19 5 Training ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 38,136 17 8 Specially for buildings ... ... 14,500 0 0 School Committees, for educational purPayments by School Commissioners from poses ... ... ... 5,856 2 1 education reserves ... ... 6,929 18 7 Scholarships— From Public Libraries Vote ... ... 840 7 0 Paid to holders ... ... ... 765 0 0 Training fees ... ... ... 10 0 0 Expenses of examinations ... ... 142 17 8 Bent of school site, Mandeville Plains ... 5 0 0 Training of teachers ... ... 1,844 14 10 Sales of school sites ... ... ... 40 15 0 Scliool-Buildings— Deposits on contracts ... ... 252 10 0 New buildings ... ... ... 5,923 7 3 Interest ... ... ... ... 918 19 7 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs ... ... ... 9,802 18 1 School furniture and appliances (not included in preceding) ... 1,067 15 2 Purchase of sites ... ... 68 0 0 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 1,337 19 11 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... ... 833 13 3 Drill instruction ... ... ... 407 9 6 Befund of deposits on contracts ... 408 14 0 Balance ... ... ... ... 16,350 3 4 £85,655 4 6 £85,655 4 6 John Inolis, Chairman. J. V. Colboene Veel, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. —I have audited this account, and have compared the vouchers relating thereto with the several items of income and expenditure, and find it correct. The balance at the bank, after payment of outstanding cheques, is accurately stated. —J. Olliviee. 30th March, 1881. PENNY SAVINGS-BANES. Balcairn School. — General Account. £ s. d. £ c. d. Deposits received from 23rd April to 31st Bepayments from 23rd April to 31st December, December, 1880 ~, ... ... 11 3 2 1880 ... ... ... ... 011 11 Balance due depositors on 31st December, 1880 10 11 3 £11 3 2 £11 3 2 Balance-sheet. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Balance due depositors on 31st December, 1880 10 11 3 Cash in Post Office Savings-Bank, including Surplus of funds to meet liabilities ~, ~. 0 2 8 interest, to 31st December, 1880 ... 718 8 Cash in hand ~, ~, ... ... 215 3 £10 13 11 £10 13 11

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Profit and Boss Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest allowed on Post Office Savings-Bank Ac- Surplus of funds to meet liabilities ... ... 0 2 8 count to 31st December, 1880 ... ~, 0 2 8 £0 2 8 £0 2 8 Kaiapoi Island Noeth School.— General Account. £ s. d. j £ s. d. Balance at credit of depositors on 31st December, : Bepayments from Ist January to 31st December, 1879... ... ... ... ... 7 7 4 j 1880... ... ... ... ... 5 6 0 Deposits received from Ist January to 31st I Balance due depositors on 31st December, 1880 7 115 December, 1880 ... ... ... 510 1 £12 17 5 £12 17 5 Balance-sheet. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Balance due depositors on 31st December, 1880... 7 11 5 Cash in Post Office Savings-Bank at 31st DecemSurptus of funds to meet liabilities ... ... 0 410 ber, 1880, including interest .., ... 716 3 £7 16 3 £7 16 3 Profit and Boss Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest allowed on Post Office Savings-Bank Surplus of funds to meet liabilities ... ... 0 410 ' Account'to 31st December, 1880 ... ... 0 410 £0 4 10 £0 4 10

SOUTH CANTERBURY. Sic,— Timaru, March, 1881. As required by clause 102 of the Education Act, I have the honor to submit the general report of the Education Board of South Canterbury for the year ending 1880. Board.—At the commencement of the year the Board consisted of Messrs. H. Belfield (Chairman), M. Gray, W. B. Howell, W. Postlethwaite, R. A. Barker, G. F. Lovegrove, S. W. Goldsmith, E. Wakefield, and Rev. G. Barclay. The ballot in December, 1879, had decided that Messrs. Postlethwaite, Wakefield, and Goldsmith should retire in March, 1880; and at the election, March, 1880, Messrs. Goldsmith, Postlethwaite, and "Wakefield were elected. At the end of the year the Board consisted of Herbert Belfield, Esq. (Chairman), Rev. George Barclay, Richard A. Barker, Esq., Samuel W. Goldsmith, Esq., Melville Gray, Esq., William B. Howell, Esq., G. F. Lovegrove, Esq., William Postlethwaite, Esq., and Edward Wakefield, Esq. During the year 15 (12 ordinary and 3 special) meetings of the Board were held, with an average attendance of 600 members present. New School Districts. —New districts have been proclaimed at Orari Bridge and Geraldine Flat; and Albury, Makikihi Township, Eedeliff, and Waitaki North will probably follow. New Buildings.—During the past year new school-buildings, consisting of school and master's house, have been erected at Saint Andrews, and a side school has been built at the south end of Timaru. Repairs and additions have been made to the master's house at Geraldine. Additional accommodation has been provided at the Washdyke School. The old school-buildings at Waihi Bush are being re-erected at Orari Bridge and Geraldine Flat respectively, where schools will be established under the Board's regulations for aided schools. New outbuildings and lavatory have been provided for the Tomuka School. The infants' department .at Waimate has been properly furnished, and grants of various amounts have been made to nearly every school for additional furniture and apparatus or for repairs. The total amount expended from the Building Fund during the year is £3,046 os. lid., being slightly in excess of the grant from Government of £3,000. The condition of the existing buildings at Waimate and Temuka respectively is such as to leave no doubt that a large outlay will be absolutely necessary to meet the requirements of these important districts. Maintenance. —This fund has been severely taxed during the year, and a great deal of discretion was needed on the part of the Board in meeting the sudden reduction of the statutory grant in August last. The Board made strenuous efforts to cope with the difficulty by cutting down its expenditure in every branch. As a temporary measure, all salaries of teachers and officers of the Board, and other expenditure under the Maintenance Account, were reduced according to the following schedule: All salaries from £50 to £100, reduced 7 per cent; £100 to £150, 8 per cent. ; £150 to £200, 9 per cent.; £200 to £250, 10 per cent. ; £250 to £300, 11 per cent. ; £300 upwards, 12 per cent.; salary of Inspector and Secretary, 12 per cent. ; salary of Assistant Secretary, 8 per cent.; bonus for passing pupil-teachers, 50 per cent.; payment for instructing first pupil-teachers, 25 per cent.; general office expenditure reduced by £50 ; incidental grants to Committees reduced by one-third. Even this heavy reduction was found insufficient to equalize the Board's income and expenditure, and a new scale of staff and salaries was subsequently adopted which made a considerable reduction in the staff employed without further reducing the salaries of the teachers retained. The Board believes that the efficiency of the schools will not materially suffer from these reductions so long as a staff of teachers equal to those at present in the service can be retained at the salaries given; but any further reduction

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in the Board's income must produce a most disastrous effect upon the educational work of the district. But it is upon Committees that the reductions have pressed most heavily. The amount (10s. per head) formerly granted to them was quite inadequate to the requirements of the various districts, and, when this was reduced by one-third in August last, the consequences were somewhat serious. But most Committees made loyal efforts to facilitate the work of the Board by raising money locally, and thus materially lessening the evil effects of the sudden reduction by so large a proportion as one-third of the incidental grant payable to them. As the cost of maintaining several schools was found to be greatly in excess of the revenue produced by their attendance, the Board has been compelled to order that every school in which the average attendance falls below 25 shall be classed as an " aided school." Under the "Aided Schools Regulations" the Board pays over to Committees the statutory grant of £3 15s. per head on the average attendance, out of which the Committees pay all expenses, salaries included, connected with the schools. Attendance. —At the close of the year 29 schools were in operation, the same as in December of the previous year, but five others were practically ready to commence work during the first quarter of the current year —namely, St. Andrew's, Timaru Side School, Gapes Valley, Geraldine Flat, and Orari Bridge. Owing to serious agricultural depression the population has fallen off in one or two districts, and Committees have in Beveral cases enforced the compulsory clauses of the Act in order that their schools may not be disrated. The average attendance for the quarter ending December, 1879, was 2,324, and for the corresponding quarter of 1880 was 2,616, showing that wdthout any additional schools there has been the very satisfactory general increase of 272, or 10 per cent, in the average attendance. The following table shows the attendance for the three years during which the Board has existed :—

Teaching Staff.—At the close of the year the teaching staff consisted of 81 teachers and 6 sewdng mistresses, as under: Male adult teachers, 37; female adult teachers, 15; male pupilteachers, 7 ; female pupil-teachers, 22 ; sewing mistresses, 6 : total, 87. Inspection and Examinations.—The schools have been regularly inspected and examined during the year by the Inspector. His report gives statistics and other valuable information on the year's work, and shows that the general condition of the schools continues very satisfactory. The annual pupil-teachers' and scholarship examinations were held in January and March respectively of the current year, but as the reports on these examinations bear on the work of 1880 they are appended to this report. Schedules, Regulations, and Repoets.—The schedules appended to this report give full details of the names, status, and emoluments of teachers ; school accommodation provided ; attendance of pupils ; and the income and expenditure of the Board. There are also appended the Board's Begulations for the Employment of Teachers, Pupil-Teachers' Regulations, Scholarship Regulations, School Fund Regulations, and Aided Schools Regulations, the report of the Inspector of Schools, and the reports on the pupil-teachers' and scholarship examinations. Teaining of Teachers. —In accordance with a special resolution, passed July 7th, 1880, the Board invited the teachers and pupil-teachers in its service to attend a three-months' course of Saturday lectures by the Inspector, and undertook to defray all travelling expenses connected with their attendance. The results were most gratifying. All the teachers in the district availed themselves of the privilege, and were thus not only enabled to more fully prepare for examination themselves, but also to disseminate the special knowledge thus acquired in the rural districts from which most of them came. Of the £135 9s. 6d. paid by the Board for travelling expenses in this connection, £85 was made good by the Department of Education. Audit. —The Board is now endeavouring, in conjunction with other Boards, to obtain from Jthe Minister of Education authority to directly audit the accounts of School Committees—a prerogative which the unsatisfactory state of many of these accounts renders it absolutely necessary that the Board should have and exercise. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Herbert Belfield, Chairman.

Quarter ending i_ Q O ,a o Ul O 6 m U (0 si o © O 6 13 A o 6 ft Avei •age Attendi ice. Male. Female. Total. /[arch 31st, 1878 "une 30th, 1878 September 30th, 1878 ... December 31st, 1878 ... _tarch 31st, 1879 "une 30th, 1879 September 30th, 1879 ... December 31st, 1879 ... ilarch 31st, 1880 une 30th, 1880 September 30th, 1880 ... December 31st, 1880 ... 16 16 17 17 IS 21 24 2!) 29 20 29 29 56 59 60 56 58 63 70 77 79 7!) 78 80 2,467 2,458 2,510 2,066 2, 710 2,833 3,029 3,203 3, 340 3, 365 3,470 3,506 930 897 931 1,005 981 1,068 1,123 1,241 1,217 1,292 1, 361 1,381 814 754 811 872 864 911 954 1,083 1,121 1,167 1,181 1,235 1,744 1,651 1,742 1,877 1,845 1,979 2,077 2, 324 2, 338 2,459 2, 542 2,616

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Geneeal Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. \ Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880 ... ... 1,493 13 6[ By Office and StaffGrants from Government — Salaries ... ... ... 347 4 8 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 7,733 8 9 Clerical assistance ... ... 13 12 6 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 680 3 4 Departmental contingencies ... 380 14 3 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 230 15 0 School InspectionInspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Salaries ... ... ... 290 0 0 For buildings ... ... ... 3,000 0 0 Travelling expenses ... ... 83 1 9 Payments by School Commissioners from Examination of pupil-teachers ... 12 2 education reserves ... ... 1,893 15 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 8,706 16 7 Grants from Public Libraries Vote ... 193 13 0 School Committees ... ... 1,119 4 1 Library Committees' contributions ... 12 10 8 Scholarships paid to holders ... 164 5 0 Temporary bank draft* ... ... 200 0 0 Scholarship examinations ... ... 16 16 10 Interest on current account ... ... 68 4 6 Training of teachers ... ... 19 1 0 Sale of building ... ... ... 60 0 0 Insurance of school-buildings ... 173 1 6 School Committees' subsidy (subscrip- School-buildings (new) — ... 1,815 15 10 tions for ordinary purposes) ... 61 19 6 Improvements and repairs ... 819 6 0 Bent of building ... ... ... 75 0 0 Furniture and appliances ... 224 3 8 Purchase of site .., ... 30 0 0 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 126 15 5 Library Committees ... ... 215 8 9 Temporary bank draft* ... ... 200 0 0 Lectures Account ... ... 135 9 6 Balance ... ... ... 1,091 3 9 £IMO3 3 3 £16,003 3 3 Heebeet Belfield, Chairman. Henet W. Hammond, Secretary. Auditoe's Ceetificate.—l have audited this account and have compared it with the vouchers, and find it correct. The balance at the bank, after payment of outstanding cheques, is accurately stated. —J. Olliviee, Provincial District Auditor. 4th March, 1881.

WESTLAND. Sic,— Hokitika, 30th March, 1881. I have the honor to submit the report of the Board for the year 1880. Boaed. —At the commencement of the year the Board consisted of the following gentlemen : Messrs. Mueller (chairman), Patten, Grimmond, Reid, Parfitt, Seddon, Perkins, and Paterson. The following gentlemen were elected on 10th March, 1880: Messrs. R. C. Reid, T. S. Weston, and Frank Hamilton, to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of Messrs. R. C. Reid and G. A. Paterson, and the death of Mr. C. Broad. Mr. Patten resigned his seat in July, and Mr. R. Hirter was elected to fill the vacancy. At the first sitting of the new Board, in April, Mr. Mueller was unanimously re-elected Chairman. Including adjourned meetings, the number of meetings held by the Board during the year was nineteen; two of these were special meetings. School Districts, Schools, and Teachers.—At the termination of the year there were 18 school districts in this education district; the formation of a now district, that of Kynnersly, at the northern end of the district, having been rendered necessary, owing to the gold discoveries in that locality causing a new rush. Three other new districts were formed during the year, viz., Blue Spur, by subdivision of the Kanieri District; and Christchurch Road and Kokatahi, the two latter having previously been considered outlying districts. On the 31st December, 1879, there were 30 schools in the district, employing 44 adult teachers —viz., 32 male and 12 female —and 32 pupil-teachers : total, 76. During the past year the following new schools were opened: Upper Kokatahi and Lower Kokatahi, Kokatahi District; South Spit, Hokitika District (reopened) ; and Westbrook, Kumara District. On the 31st December, 1880, there were, therefore, 34 schools in the district, employing the following teachers: Adult males, 30; adult females, 21: pupil-teachers, males 12, females 23: total, 80. In the last annual report furnished by the Board it was shown that very considerable reductions had been made in the salaries of their teachers and officers, and that several schools had been closed, and others placed under the 88th clause of the Act; these reductions and alterations having come into operation on the Ist February, 1879. Since that date the Board have made numerous representations to the Government, showing clearly the very exceptional position occupied by the district under the Act; and have had reason to believe that the Government recognize the fact of the district being exceptionally situated. Feeling sure, therefore, that their representations would eventually receive substantial recognition from the Government, the Board, being strongly impressed with the fact that the progress of educational matters had been considerably retarded by the reductions and alterations before mentioned, ventured during the period between the Ist February, 1879, and the Ist August, 1880, to increase their expenditure to the following extent per annum:—(l.) Reinstatement of assistant teachers, Hokitika and Greymouth, £300 ; (2.) Increase of pay to pupil-teachers, and teachers for instructing pupil-teachers, £206; (3.) Appointment of assistant teachers, Cobden and Paroa Schools, £135 ; (4.) Increase of pay to schools under the 88th clause, £200 ; (5.) Increase in cost of insurance, £80; (6.) Allowances to caretakers, Hokitika and Greymouth, £100; (7.) Increased payments to School Committees rendered necessary by formation of new school districts, £120: total, £1,141. It will therefore be seen that when the Board received the circular notifying

# The sum of £200 here inserted was not an actual receipt, but is the amount of a bank draft to cover probable outside cost of books ordered from Messrs. Bell and Bradfute. Total, after this deduction, would be £15,803 3a. 3d.

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that, owing to the action of the Legislature with regard to the Education vote, the payment of the grant of 10s. per head of average attendance, for Committees, would be discontinued, their expenditure was already exceeding their income by the above amount. By the discontinuance of the capitation grant of 10s. for Committees the Board lost £1,154 per annum, and consequently had to face the problem of how to reduce their expenditure to the extent of £2,295 per annum. In face of the very heavy reductions already made in salaries the Board felt that it was a very great hardship to their teachers and officers to have to suffer a further reduction, and that they should make that reduction as small as possible. After very careful consideration of the whole matter, the Board therefore decided as follows : To pay all salaries as heretofore, with a deduction of 10 per cent. ; to place all schools under the 88th clause whose average attendance does not exceed 32, paying to teachers of such schools only the amount of capitation grant received, viz., £3 15s. per head per annum ; to reduce the staffs of the Hokitika and Greymouth Schools by one assistant teacher; to make reductions in payments to Committees (these will be given fully under the heading of " Committees"). Out of the 34 schools in this district, there were, at the end of the past year, 18 under the 88th clause. It is quite clear that this is an application of that clause which was never contemplated by the framer of the Act, or by the legislative body which passed it. The salaries paid to the teachers of these schools are ridiculously inadequate, the average of the whole being £85 per annum, or about 325. per week, or 28s. per week less than the labourers' wages current in the district; and in very few cases are these miserable pittances augmented by local contributions. The highest salary paid in these schools is £165, and the lowest £37 10s. per annum. The Board deem it their duty to persistently press upon your notice the exceptional and unfortunate position of the district, and to ask that it may receive that consideration to which it is clearly entitled. All the schools in the district, whether large or small, are conducted on the mixed system, and the Board see no reason for desiring to make any alteration. The girls and the boys have generally separate entrances, and are kept apart in the playgrounds. The temporary programme of instruction adopted by the Board, and alluded to in the last annual report, was rescinded on the recommendation of the. Inspector; and all teachers were instructed by circular to use their best endeavours to carry out the Government regulations. The Inspector's report shows to what extent this has been done, and the Board is satisfied that little more can be expected while the services of the teachers are, in the majority of cases, so ill remunerated. School-Buildings. —■ The following new schoolhouses were completed during the year, the contracts having been entered into during 1879: Hatter's Terrace, No Town, and Totara Flat. The following contracts were let during the past year: Book-store, Board's Office; schoolhouse, Upper Kokotahi; schoolhouse, Dunganville; schoolhouse, Kynnorsly; for additions and repairs, Kumara Schoolhouse, Paroa Schoolhouse, Orwell Creek Schoolhouse, Cobden Schoolhouse, teacher's house, Hokitika; for clearing, fencing, and levelling Stafford School Reserve, No Town School Reserve, Hatter's Terrace School Reserve, Rangiriri School Reserve, Cobden School Reserve, Dunganville School Reserve; for furniture, Cobden School, Ahaura School. In addition to the above, numerous grants were made to Committees for repairs and improvements. The Board were, unfortunately, unable to provide as many teachers' residences during the past year as they were desirous of doing, owing to so many requisitions having been received from Committees for additions, repairs, &c. The Board purchased buildings at Hokitika, Greymouth, and Ross for residences. Twenty-three residences are still urgently required, and nine new schoolhouses. Four schools were, at the end of the year, carried on in buildings not belonging to the Board. During the past year the cost of preparation of plans, supervision, &c, amounted to about 5 per cent, on expenditure. Owing to reduction of revenue during the past year, the Board have been compelled to discontinue the insurance of most of their school-buildings, and now only insure those at Hokitika, Greymouth, Kurnara, and Ross. Scholarships.—The following is a list of the scholarships current during the year 1880:—

Inspection.—The report of the Board's Inspector is forwarded with this, and all the information required by the Act in connection with inspection will be found therein. The work of inspection has been carried on as far as practicable in strict accordance with the regulations, except that certain schools in the southern extremity of the district have been visited only once, and a few schools only recently opened have not yet been inspected. Notwithstanding the repeated reductions that have been made in their emoluments, many of the oldest and most experienced of the Board's teachers still remain in the district, and it is very satisfactory to learn from the Inspector's report that the teaching staff of the district, as a whole, is giving satisfaction. When making reductions in expenditure, the Board decided to fix the travelling allowance of the Inspector at £140 per annum. Pupil-Teaciiees.-—The absence of a normal or training school has been frequently referred to as a serious disadvantage to the pupil-teachers of this district; but, as the establishment of such an institution on this side of the Island is at present quite out of the question, the Board have done the only thing in their power to encourage pupil-teachers, who have passed their last examination, to continue their studies. A few regulations have been drawn up for their employment as junior assistants at a slightly increased salary, and for the payment of a small bonus to head teachers, upon such assistants

Name of Holders. When Obtained. Value per Annum. At. what School Grained. Where now Attending. Scholarship Expires lobert Acheson lerbert Perkins Sydney Sykes Gerhard Mueller January, 1879 January, 1879 January, 1880 January, 1880 £ 50 40 50 40 Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Hokitika ... Christchurch College Dunedin High School Dunedin High School Nelson College December 31, 1880. December 31, 1880. December 31, 1881. December 31, 1881.

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obtaining their E Certificate within a reasonable time. These regulations will, most probably, be adopted by the Board. The regulations for the employment, payment, and examination of pupilteachers have also been revised and submitted for the Board's approval. The Board, however, are strongly of opinion that the examination of pupil-teachers should be the work of the department, and that there should be perfect uniformity in this respect throughout the colony. Finance. —The receipts from all sources during the year amounted to £17,216 6s. 7d., including a credit balance of £409 16s. Id. on Ist January, 1880 ; and the expenditure to £18,329 10s. 9d. At the commencement of the year 1880 the General Account showed a debit balance of £970 4s. 10d., and the Building Account a credit balance of £409 16s. Id. At the same period the amount of the Board's liabilities was £4,147 Is., being Building Account £3,903 Is., and General Account £244. The debit balance at the termination of the past year amounted to £1,113 4s. 2d., and the sum of £57 was then owing (being bonuses to teachers and pupil-teachers), making a total of £1,170 4s. 2d. Against this must be placed £90 9s. Bd., grant for scholarships due at end of the year, and value of stock of books, &c, for sale, £1,500, making a total of £1,590 9s. Bd., and consequently leaving a credit balance of £420 ss. 6d. Explanation of Items in Table No. 2. —" Salaries of Teachers " includes payments for instructing pupil-teachers and bonuses for pupil-teachers passing for 1879 and 1880, amounting altogether to £523 Bs. 4d. Capitation Allowance —School Committees, £1,096 65., includes £145 15s. special grants. Scholarships, £192 10s. :of this £22 10s. was for 1879. Miscellaneous Expenditure, £541 10s. 5d., includes the following: Allowance to members of Board, £125 175.; printing, £109 7s. 6d.; advertising, £36 18s. ; legal expenses, £29 os. Bd.; stationery, £22 6s. Bd.; fuel, light, cleaning, &c, £33 4s. Bd. ; papyrographing circulars, examination-papers, and regulations, £29 10s. Copying building specifications and plans, £50 Bs. 2d. Telegrams, deficient postage, post-office orders, drafts, exchanges, stamps, &c, £15 16s. 9d. Cablegrams to teachers, Victoria, £l 2 10s. 3d. Refunds, &c, £25 os. 9d. Packing books, carriage of parcels, &c., £34 14s. 9d. Interest, £4 10s. lOd. Credit balance Imprest Account, £12 4s. sd. School Committees. —The Board beg to acknowledge the assistance received from the various Committees in carrying out the provisions of the Act. Possibly fewer cases have occurred in this district of actual conflict between the Board and Committees than in any other in the colony. In one or two cases a disposition has been shown to rebel against the general power of supervision given to the Board by the Act; but in no case can it be said that the Board have in any way unduly interfered with Committees. The Board are glad to be able to state that in only one case has it been necessary for them to protect a teacher from being unjustly and unfairly treated by a Committee. The Board have made it their rule to interfere as little as possible with the Committees in the exercise of their legitimate functions ; but they have always considered it desirable for the Board to expend the funds provided for building purposes, assisted by any advice or information which can be furnished by the Committees. Reference to Table 2 will show that the amount expended in grants to Committees during the past year has been £1,096 65., or £428 4s. 4d. more than the Board received from the Government for that purpose. This is principally owing to the fact that, though the capitation grant for Committees was discontinued from the Ist August, the Board continued the payments to Committees (deducting 10 per cent.) until the 30th October. As stated previously, the Board, when they received the circular concerning the discontinuance of the capitation grant of 10s., felt it necessary to deduct as little as possible from salaries. They therefore decided that from the Ist November they would discontinue payments to Committees based upon average attendance, and that, to meet cost of cleaning, fuel, &c, for schools not under the 88th clause, they would give the following fixed yearly payments: Totara, £35 ; Kanieri, £30 ; Hokitika, £100; Arahura, £35 ; Kumara, £40 ; Greymouth, £100 ; Brunnerton, £30 ; Nelson Creek, £10. The Hokitika and Greymouth Committees also receive a yearly grant of£2s each for caretakers. The Committees to be relieved from all charges in connection with repairs, &c, to buildings, such charges to be borne by the Board out of Building Fund. The Committees to have power to charge, for all school requisites issued, a maximum sum of 2s. per quarter per scholar, provided that no parent shall pay more than ss. per quarter. All maps and school furniture to be issued to Committees free of cost. The above-mentioned Committees to pay cost price for all school requisites issued to them. With reference to payments to Committees for schools under the 88th clause, the Board decided as follows: The Board to pay all expenses for cleaning, fuel, Ac, for such schools, provided the total amount per annum for any one school does not exceed £10. School requisites, &c, for such schools to be issued free of cost. It may be mentioned that the school requisites above referred to have, for several years, been issued to scholars free of cost; but the Board feel satisfied that no objection will be taken to the small charge now intended to be made by the Committees. Penny Banks. —The No Town School still maintains the distinction of being the only school in the district in which this institution has taken root. The Board, as explained in the last report, while quite favourable to the voluntary establishment of penny banks in connection with their schools by any Committees or teachers who may be disposed to give them a fair trial, are nevertheless averse to bringing any pressure to bear upon either in order to bring about their general introduction. Below is a copy of the audited accounts of the No Town Public School Penny Bank for the year ended 31st December, 1880: — Penny Bank General Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance at credit of depositors on 31st Decern- Bepayments from Ist January to 31st December, 1879 ... ... ... ... 20 1 1 ber, 1880 ... ... ... ... 24 17 10 Deposits received from Ist January to 31st Balance due to depositors on 31st December, December, 1880 ~. .., ... 24 19 3 1880 ~, ... ... ... 20 2 6 £45 0 4 £45 0 4

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Balance- shee*. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Balance due to depositors on 31st December, Cash in Post Office Savings-Bank, including 1880 ... ... ... ... 20 2 6 interest to 31st December, 1880 ... 21 3 1 Surplus of funds to meet liabilities ... 10 7 £21 3 1 £21 3 1 Audited and found correct. —George Howe. No Town, 21st January, 1881. Public Librabies.'—The Board cannot but regret that the subsidies hitherto paid to public libraries through the Education Boards have been discontinued. The public library, at all events in the country districts, may be regarded as the complement of the public school, and, when properly conducted, exercises an important salutary influence upon the community. Perhaps it may hereafter be in the power of the Government to resume the payment of these subsidies; and, if so, it may be suggested that the Boards intrusted with the distribution of the grant should have some slight control over the management of such institutions to the extent of guarding against the danger of their becoming mere circulating libraries of trashy novels, and of seeing that the provisions of the Public Libraries Act are faithfully carried out. School Libeaeies.—Early in the past year the Board passed a resolution by which they undertook to subsidize libraries established in connection with any public school by a contribution of £1 for every £1 raised by public subscriptions or donations. This was, howrever, only taken advantage of by the Hokitika School Committee, who, having raised the sum of £42 10s. for this purpose, applied for and obtained a similar amount from the Board, the only condition imposed being that the list of books selected should be submitted for the approval of the Board, which was accordingly done. The resolution is still in force, but, owing to the reduction in the Board's revenue, it must for the present remain a dead-letter. -Teachees' Certificates. —The Board are of opinion that to expect candidates for teachers' certificates to pass in drawing and music before they can obtain full certificates is very unfair to many who may be physically incapable of attaining proficiency in these subjects, especially the latter. The practice in England and in most of the neighbouring colonies is to grant special certificates for these subjects, without which no person is allowed to teach them. It is suggested that some such arrangement should be made in this colony, but that ordinary teachers' certificates should be obtainable irrespective of proficiency in music and drawing. Amendments in TnE Act.—Further experience has fully confirmed the opinions expressed in the Board's last report as to the necessity for certain amendments in the Act of 1877. In addition to the amendments then suggested, the Board would most strongly advocate a complete change in the method of electing School Committees. It would also be an improvement if Committees were elected in March instead of January. Under the present arrangement it happens that the old Committee nominates the persons for the vacancies in the Board, and the new Committee gives the final vote or votes. It would also be an advantage in connection with the yearly " Abstracts of School Fund Account." These are unfortunately often found to be incorrect, and must be returned for correction to the new Committee, who, possibly not having been in office during the previous year, would not be in a position to make the necessary corrections. By order of the Board. The Hon. the Minister of Education. E. T. Robinson, Secretary.

G-eneeal Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Tear ending 31st December, I*BBo. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880— By Office and BoardSpecial Building Grant ... ... 409 16 1 Office staff, salaries ... ... 328 13 4 Grants from Government— Departmental contingencies ... 541 10 5 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 8,624 7 4 School InspectionGrants to Committees (10s.) ... 668 1 8 Salaries ... ... ... 386 13 4 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 86 18 1 Travelling expenses ... ... 153 6 8 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances ... 8,475 3 5 Specially for buildings ... ... 6,200 0 0 School Committees, for educational purPayments by School Commissioners poses ... ... ... 1,096 6 0 from education reserves ... 7t 13 6 Scholarships —Paid to holders ... 192 10 0 From Public Libraries Vote ... 215 8 6 Insurance of school-buildings ... 139 4 11 Other receipts (refunds, &c.) ... 69 1 1 School-Buildings— School books and material ... ... 568 0 4 New buildings _ ... ... ... 2,601 0 6 Balance ~, ~. ... ... 1,113 4 2 Enlargement, improvement, and repairs ... ... ~. 1,829 11 5 School furniture and appliances (not included in preceding) ... 872 1 9 Improvement of sites ... ... 779 16 4 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 280 3 8 Library Committees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... 215 8 6 School books and material ... ... 336 7 6 Bent of buildings and sites ... ~, 101 13 0 £18,329 10 9 £18,329 10 9 Geehaed Mueller, Chairman. E. T. Robinson, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above accounts, compared them with the vouchers, cashbook, ledger, bank pass-book, and other documents connected therewith, and I find them correct and according to law, —W. A. Spence, Auditor, Hokitika, 31st March, 1881.

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OTAGO. Sir, — In accordance with the provisions of section-102 of "The Education Act, 1877," the Education Board of the District of Otago has the honor to submit a report of its proceedings for the year 1880. At the commencement of the year the Board wa3 composed of the following members : Messrs. John Shand, William Elder, Alexander C. Begg, James Green, Keith Ramsay, Michael Fraer, James Fulton, Henry Clark, and Horace Bastings. Messrs. Fulton, Clark, and Bastings were in December balloted as the retiring members for the year. Seyen candidates were nominated for the vacancies, and the voting by the School Committees resulted in the election of Messrs. Clark, Fulton, and Fergus. At the first meeting of the Board, as newly constituted, Mr. James Green was elected Chairman. There were held during the year eighteen meetings of the Board, ten meetings of the Finance Committee, and six meetings of the Appointments Committee. Number of Schools. —The last report of the Board showed that there were in operation on the 31st December, 1879, 145 schools. During the year schools have been opened at George Street (Dunedin), Waikoikoi, Waihomo, Moonlight, Strath Taieri, Tahatika, and Ilindon. There were thus 152 schools in operation in the district on the 31st December, 1880, being an increase for the year of seven schools. Four half-time schools (but reckoned as two schools) are included in this enumeration. There is only one aided or subsidized school. New schools have been sanctioned at Mount Stuart and Kurow. At present a large number of applications for the establishment of schools are under consideration, and in most of these cases the claims put forward are very strong. Teachers, etc. —There were employed on the 31st December 430 teachers, classified as follows: Male head teachers, 142 ; mule assistant teachers, 41 ; male pupil-teachers, 54 ; female head teachers, 69; female assistant teachers, 28 ; female pupil-teachers, 77 ; teachers of sewing, 19 : total number, 430. This statement shows an increase for the year of 55 teachers, being 9 schoolmasters, 15 schoolmistresses, 18 male pupil-teachers, 10 female pupil-teachers, and 3 teachers of sewing. School Attendance, etc. —Tables showing the attendance at the different schools, the amount expended upon each school, and the name, status, and emoluments of each of the teachers, are given in appendices. 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 attendance continues to advance rapidly. The numbers for the year show an increase in the average attendance of 1,715 over that of the previous year, and an increase of 2,311 in the number of children who attended at all during the year. These figures will explain and justify the numerous applications made to the Board in the course of the year for the enlargement of many of the smaller schools, and the establishment and erection ofnncrw r ones in districts where settlement and population are increasing. Ages of the Pupils.—The following table shows the ages of the pupils who attended school during the last quarter of the years 1878, 1879, and 1880 :—

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Yeae. 4i o o o 0> s <D O as H o h ,£3 a Numt attem cou: ier o£ Pupils who ied at all in the rse of the Year. Average daily Attendance for tlie Year. Atte: idance at the Close of the Year. aj a R 5JK t a fa a 3 R m o to rc3 I r" o a u ■I -4-1 O H 1856-57... 1866 1876-77 ... 1877 1878 1879 1880 5 51 165 173 *134 *145 *152 7 71 329 356 334 375 430 1,193 3,091 3,191 4,875 5,433 6,528 2,754 15,256 16,422 16,660 13,472 19,638 3,947 18,350 19,613 21,535 23,905 26,216 . 115 : 121 888 ! 1,680 2,067 i 9,143 2,176 I 9,573 2,91.2 i 9,707 3,317 10,562 3,898 11,696 | 236 2,568 11,210 11,749 1-2,619 13,879 15,594 934 2,378 2,585 3,430 3,961 4,429 2,136 11,159 11,943 12,593 13,823 14,774 3,070 13,537 11,528 16,078 17,784 19,203 * Exclusie of Southland.

1878. 1879. ISO. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys, j Girls. Total. Per Cent. Jnder 5 years ... 5 and under 7 years 7 „ 10 „ 0 „ 13 „ 3 „ 15 „ _.bove 15 years 185 1,700 3,058 2,555 700 93 183 1,537 2,860 2,386 667 104 368 3,287 5,918 i 4,941 ' 1,367 197 2 20 37 30 10 1 213 1,942 3,200 2,831 870 138 222 1,774 3,049 2,547 849 149. 435 3,716 6,249 5,378 1,719 287 24 21 35 30 91 If 194 209 1,993 1,849 3,474 3,340 2,992 2,857 991 913 177: 214 403 2,842 6,814 5,849 1,904 391 2 20 35i 30| 10 2 Totals... 8,291 7,787 16,078 100 9,194 8,590 17,784 100 9,82119,382 I 19,203 100

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This table shows a small decrease in the number of children under five years of age who attended this year, as compared with last year, and a small increase in the number of children above fifteen years, Finance. —Appended hereto is an abstract .of the income and expenditure of the Board for the year 1880, certified by Ilie auditor. A statement of the amounts contributed by the Board to each school for teachers' salaries, including bonuses, for allowances to Committees in aid of the School Fund, and for the erection and improvement of school-buildings, is given in the appendix. The sum paid for teachers' salaries, inclusive of bonuses on classification and bonuses for teaching pupilteachers, amounted to £52,056 15s. lid. During the year the Board found itself compelled to make a considerable retrenchment in its expenditure, in consequence of the reduction of the capilation grant by the amount of 10s. for every pupil in average attendance. After mature consideration, it was decided to make a reduction of 74 per cent, on all salaries over £200 per annum, and of 5 per cent, on all below that amount. It was with very great reluctance and regret that the Board took this step. It was believed that the teachers in the Otago District had never been overpaid, and it was regretted that, as their period of service lengthened, their remuneration should have to be reduced. The Board felt that the uncertainty of the rate of payment, and the prospect of farther reductions being made when any financial pressure overtook the country, were likely to deter many young men from coming forward to qualify themselves as teachers, and thus increase the difficulty, already serious enough, of getting skilful and well-qualified teachers for the more important schools. In addition to the general reduction of salaries already referred to, the grants to Committees for the School Fund were reduced 25 per cent., the bonuses on classification were cut down by £5 for each rank, the allowance to female students in training was lowered to half what it had been, the salaries of pupil-teachers were reduced, and the utmost economy practised in other directions. In all, a saving of close on £7,000 was effected. The Board has reason to think that the efficiency of the schools has not been seriously affected by the retrenchment, but the salaries have now reached a point at which any further reductions would very greatly impair the efficiency of the teaching. It is gratifying to find that in many cases School Committees have, from local sources, raised considerable contributions to- the School Fund, and have thus been able to carry out important improvements which would otherwise have been left incomplete. It is hoped that the reduction of the salaries will not be permanent, but that provision will be made for restoring the payment to its former rate. Inspection.—The reports of Messrs. Petrie and Taylor, the Inspectors, aro appended hereto. They paid visits of inspection to 92 of the schools, and examined 138 according, to the regulations under the Education Act. The remaining 14 schools were not examined, either because they had been newly established, or because they were closed at the time when the examination should have been held. In all, 9,270 children were examined, of whom 7,047 passed the standard for which they were presented, being at the rate of 76 per cent. The following statement shows the number of pupils examined in each standard, the number that passed, the percentages of passes, the average age at which each standard was passed, and the number of schools at which each standard was represented, for the years 1879 and 1880 :—

A comparison of the above figures discloses some matters of interest. The increase in the number of pupils examined is very conspicuous, and is greater than might bo expected from the difference in the number of schools examined in each year. Although a great many schools were not examined at all last year, these were all of the smallest class, and their examination would not have greatly increased the numbers for 1879. The percentage of passes, though greater in Standard I. and equal in Standard V, is in the other standards somewhat lower for the present year than for the previous one. This anomaly is referred to in Mr. Petrie's report, and receives an explanation which appears to be well grounded and satisfactory. The average ages at which the various standards were passed were very nearly the same for both years. This fact shows that the pupils who last year failed to pass the standard for which they were presented have generally been put forward with those who succeeded, and were this year presented for the next one. Had this not been the case a greater rise in the average age must have followed. Training College.—The report of the Rector of the Training College is given in the appendix. A new code of regulations was prepared during the year and submitted for your approval. These regulations are to come into force on the reassembling of the school after the holidays.

Standard. Presented. Passed. Percentage. Average Age. Number of Schools prescntingPupils in the various Standards. Presented. Passed. Percentage. Average Ago. Number of Schools presenting Pupils in the various Standards. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. 1,913 1,880 1,489 933 439 133 1,512 1,630 1,099 638 324 118 79 87 7!: 68 74 80 Yrs. M. 9 0 10 5 11 6 12 9 13 7 14 5 82 32 81 73 42 12 2,508 2,398 2,123 1,309 663 209 2,010 1,989 1,474 911 481 175 80 83 09 66 74 84 Yrs. M. 9 1 10 6 11 8 12 9 13 8 14 5 137 137 135 122 28 29 Totals 6,787 5,321 78'4 9,270 7,047 76

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Drawing Master's Department.—The report of the Headmaster of the Drawing Department will be found in Appendix H. This department has suffered considerably in consequence of the general retrenchment. The services of the principal assistant had to be dispensed with, and the teaching of drawing was discontinued in a number of outlying but important schools. The total expenditure on the department amounted to £876 ss. lOd. for the year, the receipts from fees being £143 19s. Scholarships.—Eighteen scholarships—9 junior and 9 senior—were offered for competition at the end of the year, and were duly awarded to the competitors who stood first at the examination. The number of junior scholars at the end of the year was 11, and that of senior scholars was 12. It is pleasing to find that most of the winners of senior scholarships at this year's examination gained junior scholarships two years ago. The holders of senior scholarships gained during previous years have also taken a distinguished position at the advanced schools at which they have been prosecuting their education. The appendix contains the report of the examiners, the examination-papers, the names of those holding scholarships, and other supplementary information connected with this matter. School-Buildings.—Tour department allowed this district for school-buildings out of the current year's vote the miserably inadequate sum of £6,000. The estimate of the Board's requirements, made out early in the year and submitted to the department, was £43,372 4s. 7d. In the course of the year the sum of £25,279 19s. 2d. was expended on school-buildings, a sum which is more than four times as great as that granted by the department, and nearly £20,000 in excess of it. The Board cannot count upon making any saving from the statutory capitation grant, all of which is required to meet the current cost of salaries and management. There are at present under consideration a greater number of applications for the erection of new schools and of additions to old ones than for some years past. Not only is settlement extending and rendering the erection of new schools necessary, but in many districts provided with schools of the smallest class the attendance is growing so greatly that enlargement or the erection of an additional class-room can no longer be delayed. If this is not done the schools will either be crowded to excess or children will have to be refused admission. For some time past the Board has found it desirable, in rural schools, to replace the pupil-teacher and sewing teacher granted, when an average attendance of 50 is reached, by a female teacher, at a salary of £70 per annum —an arrangement which costs about the same as the staff formerly allowed. Few country schools are large enough for a master and mistress to carry on their work efficiently in the same room, so that new additions are frequently required in consequence of this improvement in the school staff. Under these circumstances the Board would urge on your notice the great necessity that exists for making much more liberal provision for necessary school-buildings in this important and extensive district than was done for the past year. In consequence of the want of funds the Board has had to postpone the erection of a number of urgently-needed schools, and thus the list of applications now under consideration has been swelled. The Board desires to point out that, in the absence of provision for voters' rolls and for the taking of a poll at the elections of School Committees, the cumulative system of voting is very unsatisfactory, and suggests that the Act be amended to remedy this. By order of the Board. The Hon. the Minister of Education. P. G. Prtde, Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Tear ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure, £ s. d. To Balance, let January, 1880—■ By Office and Board — Maintenance Account ... .... 8,678 8 9 Office staff, salaries ... ... 865 16 8 Grants from Government — Departmental contingencies ... 658 15 0 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 51,764 14 1 School Inspection — Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 4,408 5 10 Salaries... ... ... ... 968 15 0 Scholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 693 5 4 Travelling expenses ... ... 418 10 3 Inspection subsidy ... ... 500 0 0 Printing ... ... ~, 51 0 0 Training of teachers ... ... 2,000 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 33 7 8 Specially for buildings ... ... 12,720 18 10 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 52,056 15 11 Payments by School Commissioners from School Committees, for educational] pureducation reserves ... ... 5,393 15 11 poses ... ... ... ... 6,120 011 Eees for district high schools ... 94 15 0 Scholarships — Erom Public Libraries Vote... ... 1,008 16 9 Paid to holders ... ... ... 67113 4 School of Art fees ... ... ... 143 19 0 Expenses of examinations ... ... 38 7 0 Sale of old buildings ... ... 701 0 O Training of teachers ... ... ... 2,214 13 4 Sale of school sites ... ... ... 390 16 6 School-Buildings— Public library deposits ... ... 27116 7 New buildings ... ~. ... 16,930 18 8 Interest on credit balances ... ... 576 17 5 Enlargement, improvement, and re- ■ pairs ... ... ... 5,468 5 2 £89,347 10 0 School furniture and appliances (not Amount overdrawn in Bank of New included in preceding) ... ... 897 0 1 Zealand ... ... ... 1,580 11 1 Purchase of sites ... ... ... 460 0 0 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 985 17 7 Bent allowances ... ... ... 537 17 8 Library Committtees, out of Public Libraries Vote ... ... ... 674 1 0 Drawing-master's department— Salaries and expenses ... ... » 876 5 10 £90,928 1 1 £90,928 1 1 P. G. Peyde, Secretary and Treasurer. I have examined the above abstract, and compared it with the treasurer's books and records, and I certify it to be correct. —H. Livingston, Auditor,

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 31st December, 1880. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Unpaid balance of grant for school- Overdraft, Bank of New Zealand ... 1,580 11 1 buildings ... ... ... 6,000 0 0 Due on school-buildings contracts ... 4,046 0 0 Due for scholarships ... ... ... 196 8 0 Balance ... ... ... ... 569 16 11 £6,196 B_o £6,196 8 0 P. G. Petde, Treasurer.

SOUTHLAND. Snt ; —. Invercargill, 4th March, 1881. In compliance with the requirements of " The Education Act, 1877," section 102, I have the honor, by direction of the Board, to lay before you a report of the proceedings of the Education Board for the District of Southland for the year ending 31st December, 18S0. The Boaed. —At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of Mr. Thomas M. Macdonald (Chairman), the Hon. Dr. Menzies, Messrs. Shanks, Lumsden, Denniston, Baldey, Sproull, Morison, and McArdell. The three retiring members, as ascertained by bailot at the usual meeting in December, were Messrs. Macdonald, Denniston, and Sproull, of whom the two former were re-elected, and in place of the latter, who declined to be a candidate, Mr. Mackintosh was returned. Fifteen meetings of the Board have been held during the year, at which the average attendance was 62. One of the members had leave of absence to visit the Home country, and two others, being members of the General Assembly, were absent during a part of the Parliamentary session. The retiring members at 31st March are the Hon. Dr. Menzies, Mr. Baldey, and Mr. Shanks. School-Buildings.—At the close of the year there were in all 60 schools under the Board. This includes the District High School, which, now that the Invercargill Boys' and Girls' High Schools are in operation, will shortly be converted into a public school. Six new schools have been opened during the year, viz., Chatton, Pembroke, Heddon Bush, Pukerau, Otautau, and Waikaia. One school, Wild Bush, owing to its proximity to Gummies' Bush, and to the sparseness of the population, has been closed. At Heddon Bush and Otatara Bush the schools were held in temporary buildings not originally designed for schoolhouses, and altogether unsuitable for the purpose. Schoolhouses of a plain but commodious design are in course of erection in these localities, and also at Wrey's Bush, in the Oreti District. Besides these, the Board has sanctioned the erection of new schools at Otama and Waikaka. In several other districts boundaries have been defined and sites obtained ; but, notwithstanding the urgency of the claims, the Board, owing to the insufficiency of the funds placed at its disposal, has been unable to meet them. From the increase iv the number of pupils attending the South School, 339 at the beginning and 509 at the end of the year, it was found necessary to add another wing to the main building, to accommodate about 100 pupils. This addition will be completed before the termination of the annual holidays. In the report for last year it is stated that " some of the older schools of the district are rapidly falling into decay, and to execute extensive permanent repairs on them would be spending money to no good purpose. Next year it will, no doubt, be found necessary to replace the oldest and most dilapidated of them by new erections. The urgent and numerous demands made upon the Board have exhausted the means at its disposal, and many applications have been left to be dealt with during the next fiuaucial year." The next financial year however had more than enough to do with itself, as the income of the Board, much to its disappointment, was reduced from £7,500 in 1879 to £2,000 in 1880. In the face of such a sweeping reduction, the action of the Board in improving and erecting school-buildings was completely paralyzed. It is to be hoped that the Government will be in a position to grant for the ensuing year a sum more proportionate to the requirements of the district. Schools.—The following table shows the progress and classification of the schools in Southland for 1878, 1879, and 1880 :— 1878. 1879. 1880. Schools with 15 and under 20 pupils ... ... 1 5 3 20 „ 25 „ ... ... 5 4 6 25 „ 50 „ ... ... 27 24 33 50 „ 75 „ ... ... 5 10 6 75 „ 100 „ . ... ... 5 6 4 100 „ 150 „ ... ... ... 2 4 150 „ 300 „ ... ... 2 2 2 300 „ 500 „ ... ... 2 12 47 54 00 One of the greatest difficulties with which the Board has to contend is to be found in the large number of weak schools which are maintained at a considerable loss. To the teachers of schools at which the average attendance is under 25 the Board pays over the amount of capitation grant received from Government, on condition that the residents in the respective school districts subsidize the salary so as to raise it to £100. On referring to the Committees' accounts, it will be seen that they have raised during the year, by means of donations, the sum of £125 os. sd. for this purpose. Residences. —During the last year new residences have been erected at North Invercargill, Riverton, Limehills, and Otautau, and additions have been made to the residence at Arrowtown. The North School (Invercargill), Waikaia, Wyndham, Fairlight, Pukerau, Half-moon Bay, Heddon Bush, Wrey's Bush, and Waihopai (Gladstone), are still without residence.". The necessity existing for the erection of teachers' residences is very urgent, owing to the difficulty of procuring and retaining the services of competent teachers in those districts where no permanent residence is provided.

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Classification of Teachers. —ln 1879 the number of teachers who held or were entitled to hold certificates was 69 per cent., while in 1880 the percentage was 70 nearly. The reason for the increase being so small is not far to seek. It is due mainly to the fact which has been already referred to —the existence of so many weak schools in the district, for which, owing to the low salaries offered, it cannot be expected that teachers, even of a low classification, will apply. The Board has, therefore, no other alternative than to appoint young men of good character and fair education as temporary teachers, on condition that they sit at the first examination which takes place after their appointment. Finance. —A detailed statement of the income and expenditure of the Board for the year ending 31st December, 1880, is inserted in the appendix, from which it will be seen that the income of the Board from all sources was £22,012 2s. lid., and the expenditure for the same period £20,563 2s. sd, Owing to the reduction in the Parliamentary vote for education, it was found necessary to make corresponding reductions in the expenditure of the Board. After careful consideration, the following resolutions were agreed to : (1.) Salaries under £150 to be left untouched. (2.) Salaries from £150 to £200 to be reduced 4 per cent. (3.) Salaries from £200 to £300 to be reduced 6 per cent. (4.) Salaries from £300 to be reduced 7 per cent. (5.) Bonuses to teachers to be reduced 50 per cent. (6.) Allowances to Committees to be reduced 50 per cent. (7.) The allowances to members attending meetings of the Board to be confined to the actual expenses incurred. School Fund. —A decided improvement has been effected by the Board in the mode of calculating and distributing the allowances to School Committees. The former scale was constructed so as to allow £20 to all schools having an average attendance of 24 pupils and under, and £10 for every 50 pupils in average attendance above that number. This scale was found not only to be too liberal, but to be marked by a groat inequality in the sums allocated to Committees. For example, a school with an average attendance of 99 received £40, while'another with 100, or one pupil more, received £50 a year. The problem which the Board had to solve was to discover a method of distribution which would combine economy with equality. This has been most satisfactorily accomplished by the following'resolution, which was adopted after very careful consideration: " Every school in the district will receive a fixed sum of £20 a year, along with the sum of ss. for each pupil in average attendance above 24 for the quarter preceding that for which the allowance is payable; the balance (if any) at the end of the year to be divided among the subsidized schools." This scale commends itself on account of its simplicity, and the fairness with which the various sums are apportioned among the several Committees. In justice to many of the Committees, it ought to be mentioned that, supplementary to their allowances from the Board, they have raised for various purposes, by means of donations, voluntary contributions, and entertainments, the sum of £669 16s. sd. A more strenuous effort will require to be made this year in order to make up for the reduction of 50 per cent, in their allowances. The Board considers the present allowances to Committees altogether inadequate to meet the costs necessarily incurred by them in their department of school management. School Statistics. —In the appendix to this report will be found the statistics of each school for the year 1880, showing the area of each school, the number of pupils at the beginning and the end of the year, the number on the roll, and the strict and average attendance for each quarter. It may be interesting as well as instructive to present in a tabulated form the number of pupils at schools in the district for 1880 as compared with 1878 and 1879, in respect of ages, standards, and subjects prescribed by the Act. Table I. —Ages. 1878. 1879. 1880. Under 5 years ... ... ... ... 80 219 202 5 and under 7 ... ... ... ... 524 806 928 7 „ 10 ... ... ... ... 1,086 1,473 1,645 10 „ 13 ... ... ... ... 1,045 1,272 1,423 13 „ 15 ... ... ... ... 297 475 570 Above 15 years ... ... ... ... 44 99 123 Table II. —Standards. 1878. 1879. 1880. Infants ... ... ... ... ... 439 764 1,065 Preparing for Standard I. ... ... ... C 56 1,054 1,064 11. ... ... ... 541 676 1,018 lIL ... ... ... 494 739 829 IV. ... ... ... 402 497 540 V. ... ... ... 226 239 264 VI. ... ... ... 99 93 108 Passed Standard VI. ... ... ... 5. 1 5

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1878. 1879. 18S0. 1878. 1879. 1880. Reading Writing Arithmetic 3,076 2,459 2,416 1,680 1,746 529 4,344 4,024 4,012 1,812 2,192 1,340 4,891 4,771 ■ 4,617 2,294 ' 2,925 1,702 Science Drawing Object-lessons ... Vocal music Needlework Domestic economy 208 618 908 577 692 65 658 1,962 2,639 2,800 1,196 67 939 2,622 3,301 3,529 1,606 57 Grammar Geography History

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Public Libeaeies.—The distribution of the Government subsidy, and of sums placed in deposit by library committees, is made in books supplied from Great Britain. They are strongly and uniformly bound, and are selected from catalogues by the various committees, or by purchase of those kept in stock by the Board. The details of income and expenditure are given in the appendix. District High School. —There is only one district high school under the Board —namely, Invercargill. The rate of fees payable is 10s. a quarter for one subject, and ss. a quarter for each additional subject. The fees are collected quarterly, and paid through the Committee to the Board. They are then handed back to the Committee, and distributed among the teachers of the higher branches according to a certain scale. At present the headmaster receives -_V, aud each of two assistants -_*_, of the whole fees collected. The number of pupils learning the special subjects for the quarter ending 31st December, 1880, was 85, and the total amount of fees collected for the same period was £76 3s. Scholarships.—Four scholarships of the value of £40 (if pupil resides at home £20), and tenable for two years, were competedfor in December last. The schools from which the successful competitors were sent up are the North and South Schools, Invercargill, North Invercargill, and Limestone Plains Schools. There are thus eight holders of scholarships at present, four of which lapse at the end of this year. Now that the Invercargill Boys' and Girls' High Schools are in operation, it is imperative that all holders of scholarships should pursue their studies either at one of the High Schools or at the District High School. The account for scholarships, the report of the Inspector, and copies of the examination-papers are appended hereto. Government Life Assurance. —On the application of the Commissioner for Government Life Insurance, the Board agreed to encourage teachers to insure their lives, by deducting the premiums by instalments from their monthly salaries. A circular was also issued to the teachers recommending the scheme, but as yet only two have taken advantage of it. School Furniture. —In all the new schools, and in the old buildings where the furniture hnsbeen renewed, the arrangement preferred by the Board is that in which the desks are placed longitudinally in parallel ro-jvs, divided into three or more groups, according to the size of the building. Each group contains three or four rows of desks, and in larger schools there is also a gallery for the infant department. Inspection.—Almost all the schools of the district have received two visits from the Inspector during the year : one a surprise visit, in which every assistance is given to the teachers in the work of organization and improvement in their methods of instruction, and another for result examination. An exhaustive and interesting report by the Inspector on the state of education in the district, and the results attained in each school, will be found in the appendix. General.—The Board desires to point out that the relative duties of the Board and School Committees, especially as regards the appointment of teachers, are not well defined in the Education Act; that the compulsory clauses are a dead-letter, owing to the difficulty and expense of bringing them into force; and that the cumulative system of voting in the election of School Committees is far from satisfactory; and that the Act might be advantageously amended in these respects. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. John G. Smith, Secretary.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1880 —■ By Office and Board— Maintenance Account ... ... 281 15 6 Office staff salaries ... ... 293 0 0 Libraries ... ... ... 37 9 0 Clerical assistance ... ... 2 17 6 Special Buildings Grant ... ... 2,328 17 4 Departmental contingencies ... 387 14 0 Grants from Government —■ School Inspection—Salaries ... ... 498 3 4 Statutory capitation (£3 155.) ... 11,173 5 9 Teachers'salaries and allowances ... 12,060 711 Grants to Committees (10s.) ... 1,776 0 0 School Committees, for educational purScholarships (Is. 6d.) ... ... 77 6 0 poses ... ... ... 1)487 14 5 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Scholarships—Paid to holders ... 82 5 9 Training of teachers ... ... 11 6 11 Insurance of school-buildings ... 112 15 0 Specially for buildings ... ... 4,,200 0 0 School-Buildings— Payments by School Commissioners from New buildings ... ... ... 4,046 11 4 education reserves ... ... 1,390 0 11 Enlargement, improvement, and reFees for district high schools ... 76 3 0 pairs ... ... ... 618 10 6 From Public Libraries Vote ... 260 1 0 School furniture and appliances (not Sale of library books ... ... 4 17 0 included in preceding) ... 351 8 11 Deposits by Library Committees ... 70 10 6 Bents, temporary schools, &c. ... 250 5 0 Bent of reserve ... ... 7 0 0 Library Committees, out of Public LiSale of old building ... ... 17 10 0 braries vote ... ' ... ... 350 610 Drillmaster ... ... ... 9 15 0 Science lectures ... ... ... 11 6 11 Balance, 31st December, 1880 — Maintenance account ... ... 164 8 3 Libraries ... ... ... 22 10 8 Building grant ... ... ... 1,262 1 7 £22,012 2 11 £22,012 2 11 Tuos. M. Macdonald, Chairman. John G. Smith, Secretary. Auditoe's Certificate.—l have examined this account, and compared it with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and with the bank pass-book, and I certify it to be correct.—H. Livingston, Auditor,

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REPORTS AND REGULATIONS OF TRAINING COLLEGES.

AUCKLAND. I. The Officers of the Training College—Relations of Officers. —(1.) The officers of the Training College shall be the Principal, and such other masters as the Minister of Education and the Auckland Education Board may deem to be necessary. (2.) Under the direction of the Board, the Principal shall bo responsible for the management of the Training College, and shall, co-ordinately with the Headmaster, have a general superintendence of the practising school. (3.) All the officers of the Training College shall, as such, be under the control of the Principal. (4.) The Principal shall instruct the students of the Training College in the theories of education and methods of teaching, and shall arrange for and superintend their practice in teaching in the practising school, and shall furnish the Board with any information on the work of the Training College, which it may from time to time require. (5.) The other masters shall teach, under the Principal's superintendence and control, such subjects as may be intrusted to them by the Board. (6.) The Principal shall receive salary at a rate not exceeding £600 per annum, and the salaries of the other masters shall be according to agreement made with them by the Board, with the approval of the Minister of Education. 11. Teems of Admission.—'(7.) Candidates for admission shall be at least eighteen years of age, shall furnish the Board with testimonials of good character up to date, and shall produce a satisfactory medical certificate of good health and fitness for the work of teaching. Candidates who have complied with the preceding conditions, and who have passed the examination for Class E, shall be admitted. (8.) Pupil-teachers of the prescribed age, who have, for such time as the Board may deem sufficient, performed their duties to the satisfaction of the Board, and teachers who have been more thau a year in charge of a public school, shall be admitted without examination, on the certificate of an Inspector of Schools, that they are likely to profit by a course of training. (9.) Holders of scholarships, or those whoso time has but recently expired, may be admitted to the Training College, if of the prescribed age, and if the Board shall consider them to give promise of becoming efficient teachers. (10.) All candidates shall declare it to bo their intention to adopt the profession of teaching, and shall give security that they will teach in the public schools of the colony for at least two years after leaving the Training College. 111. Attendance. (11.) Teachers recommended for admission by an Inspector of Schools shall attend for the period named in the recommendation. (12.) All other students shall attend for at least one year, but the complete course of training shall extend over two years, and students will be expected to attend for that period. (13.) The Board may at any time dismiss a student for incompetency, repeated neglect of duty, insubordination, or gross misbehaviour, and a student so dismissed shall forfeit any allowance for maintenance he may hold in connection wdth the Training College. IV. Subjects of Study.—(l 4.) The subjects of study shall be those prescribed for examination for Class E certificate; the compulsory and at least three of the optional subjects prescribed for examination for Class D certificate, as well as any other subjects the Board may determine. The approximate time allotted to each subject shall be as under : English, 3 hours weekly ; history and geography, 3 hours weekly; arithmetic, 2 hours weekly; mathematics, 2 hours weekly; drawing and music, 2 hours weekly ; science, or laws of health, domestic economy, and sewing, 2 hours weekly ; French or Latin, 2 hours weekly; theory of school management, 2 hours weekly ; gymnastics and drill, 1 hour weekly. The distribution of time, as herein stated, shall not, without the consent of the Minister, be so changed as seriously to affect the proportions of the time allotted respectively to (1) ordinary public school studies, (2) the study of the method and of the art of teaching, and (3) other subjects. V. Practice of Teaching.—(ls.) At least one-fifth of the whole time of a student's attendance shall be spent in the practice of teaching. (16.) The Principal shall superintend the practice of the students. (17.) Teachers, in whose class-rooms students may be practising, shall, for the time being, be considered officers of the Training College, and shall report to the Principal, if required, on the work performed by the students. (18.) It shall be the duty of teachers of the practising school to give every facility to students while practising, and, when necessary, to give their advice and assistance in maintaining discipline. VI. Organization of the Practising School. — (19.) In the organization of the practising school due regard shall be had to its purpose as a part of the Training College, as well as forming in itself a public school. All departments of ordinary public schools shall be maintained in active operation, and classes shall be so grouped that students may have experience, not only as class teachers, but as teachers of departments in larger schools. (20.) In the appointment of teachers in the practising school due regard shall be had to the duties which shall devolve on them as officers of the Training College. (21.) The staff of the practising school shall be sufficient for the work of the school without assistance from the Training College. VII. Allowance for Maintenance. — (22.) An allowance for maintenance —at the rate of £40 a year for females and £45 for males, and. tenable for two years—may be granted to students who have been pupil-teachers, holders of scholarships, and others; the number of those to whom such allowance shall be made to be decided by the Board, and to be limited by the funds available for that purpose at the command of the Board. To teachers attending the college for a limited period, such allowance for maintenance may be paid as the Board shall in each instance prescribe. No allowance for maintenance shall be paid until the Principal of the Training College has certified in writing that the claimant has been regular in attendance and attentive to duty.

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WELLINGTON. Principal's Report. Sir,— Normal School, Wellington, March, 1881. I have the honor to submit, as requested, a report on the work of the Wellington Normal School for the four months of its active existence. The building was formally opened by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson on May 3rd, but the officers of the school were not appointed for some months. They entered on their duties on September Ist, and work was definitely commenced on Monday, September 20th. The three months since passed have been a time of much anxiety, great difficuty, and proportionately little progress. The difficulties inseparable from the early conduct of all such institutions whoso establishment is indicative of reform in the existing order of things have in our case been increased by the non-settlement of the regulations —the conditions under which the work was ultimately to be carried on —and by the very inadequate supply of the proper necessary apparatus. The work has accordingly been of a very tentative character, and cannot be accepted as a fair specimen of what the school is capable of doing, and will do, under more settled and favourable conditions. Indeed, it has been found impracticable, so far, to take up some of the most useful branches of work. The number of students present during the first week was 6 ; in the course of a fortnight it increased to 12, the limit at which it has ever since remained. The ratio of females to males is 2to 1. Six of the whole number have been pupil-teachers ; four others have had some teaching experience; the remaining two are new to the wrork. One of them is an Oxford graduate. Two males and two females have been on probation this term. The progress made by three of them justifies me in recommending the Board to accept them as regular students next term. In explanation of the fact that the numbers have been stationary for the last two months, it must be borne in mind, first, that no publicity has been given in country districts to the work of the school ; and, secondly, that no effort has yet been made to bring it under the notice of the Boards and Committees in the various other educational districts whose needs the Wellington institution is intended to supply. These things, indeed, cannot well be done until the terms of studentship are definitely settled. Till then we can scarcely anticipate any great increase of numbers, though possibly some other pupil-teachers from the city schools may join our ranks after the examination which is now rapidly approaching. Thirdly, it must not be overlooked that much "ignorance prevails, even among fairly-educated people, concerning the precise nature and work of a normal school. The term, intelligible enough to teachers, is scarcely explanatory enough for the general public. When the school has had time to make its influence felt, and the public mind is familiarized with the idea involved in the name and is aroused to a sense of the importance of the work of training teachers, the institution will no doubt meet with more outside sympathy and support. The practising arrangements, the adjustment of which was a subject of anxiety before the school was opened, have worked better than might have been anticipated, thanks to Mr. Mowbray's unfailing sympathy and hearty co-operation. These have rendered workable a system which must nevertheless per se be deemed unsatisfactory, as depending unduly for its success on personal temperaments. Moreover, it is obvious that the work of a large town school, well planned and well officered, with a teacher and separate room for each class, differs in very important respects from that for wdiich most of our students have to be trained. Its organization is essentially different. It will be seen at once" that the purposes of the training school would have been better served by a smaller practising school placed under the direct control of the normal master: a school in which the students could have seen his methods of organization and school management carried out in their entirety, and his theories of education submitted to a practical test: a school in which the teachers would have gained, over and above certain hints on class management common to all schools, actual experience of work, closely akin to that in which the majority of them would afterwards be engaged. Such a school once established could be maintained in efficiency at comparatively small cost, as the students would form the bulk of the teaching staff. An infant department is also a most desirable, indeed, almost an essential part of a practising school. It is emphatically the school for teachers, where they learn better than anywhere else their own weaknesses and deficiencies; where their attention is necessarily directed constantly to the fundamental principles and essential processes of all true education ; where thus sound habits of work are acquired, and lessons of life-long value learnt. The school need not be a large one, but it should be a thoroughly good one, under a specially trained infant teacher, and should be conducted as far as possible on kindergarten lines. At any rate, the work should be thoroughly learned with kindergarten principles. I hope it may be possible to take some steps in this direction in the not-far-distant future. The Government Educational Museum, which forms a part of our Normal School establishment, has received liberal donations of books, diagrams, mathematical instruments, &c.,from the Home publishers and manufacturers, and we now possess in it the nucleus of wdiat will ultimately prove a most valuable adjunct to our machinery. There is a library of 800 volumes, which it is intended eventually to open, under certain necessary restrictions, to teachers. Any persons who possess articles of scholastic interest, memorials of the educational past, English, American, or foreign educational works and appliances, would confer a benefit on the profession generally by placing them on exhibition; and manufacturers of improved school apparatus would consult their own interests by sending specimens or models, with full particulars as to cost, &c, to the museum. As it is a matter in which the teachers of the district are especially interested, I hope all will use the influence they possess to make the museum the success it should be. lam glad to report favourably of the students in training. They have given me every satisfaction by the earnestness they have displayed, and by the progress they have made in all their studies. Some of them are teachers of very decided promise. In couclusion, I desire to express my appreciation of the valuable services rendered by Mrs, Griffin. Her conscientiousness and diligence have been beyond praise. She has by her enthusiasm

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Regulations of the Wellington Normal School. I. Objects.—(l.) The Normal School is founded for the purpose of giving those desirous of following the profession of teaching an advanced general education, and of enabling students to obtain a practical training in the art of teaching, school organization, and method. 11. Officers of the Normal School.—(l.) The staff shall consist of a Normal Master and Mistress, and such assistant and. visiting teachers as may from time to time be deemed necessary. (a.) The Normal Master shall receive a salary of not less than £400 per annum, (b.) The Normal Mistress shall receive a salary of not less than £225 per annum, (c.) The visiting masters shall be appointed and paid according to such arrangements as may be entered into with them by the Education Board. 111. Duties of the Officers of the Normal School.—(1.) All officers of the Normal School shall be under the control of the Normal Master, who shall be responsible to the Education Board for the management of the Normal School. (2.) The instruction given shall be in such subjects as will specially enable the students to pass the examinations for the D and E certificates of the Education Department, and in such extra subjects as may seem from time to time practicable and advisable. (3.) The E certificate shall be the first aim of the students, and without special permission no student who has not first obtained the E classification shall be permitted to sit for the D certificate. (4.) The Normal Mistress shall have the superintendence of the female students in matters pertaining to their moral training. She shall teach needlework and domestic economy, and take such other share of the general work as the Normal Master may arrange from time to time with the sanction of the Board. (5.) The Normal Master shall instruct the students of the Normal School in the art of teaching, school organization and method, and in such other subjects as may be necessary and possible for him to undertake; and he shall arrange for and superintend the students'practice in teaching in the practising schools. He shall consult with the Head Teacher about the management of the practising schools. (6.) The permanent officers of the Normal School shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Wellington Education Board. (7.) The Normal Master shall furnish fhe Minister of Education and the Wellington Education Board with any information on the work of the Normal School which from time to time they may require. IV. Terms of Admission.— (1.) Students shall be of three classes—(«) professional students, (b) teachers, and (c) private students. (2.) Professional students shall be at least seventeen years of age. They will be required to produce satisfactory testimonials of character, together with a medical certificate that they are free from any mental or physical infirmity which would impair their efficiency as teachers ; and they must pass the prescribed entrance examination. By professional students are meant pupil-teachers who have completed their apprenticeship as such under any Education Board in New Zealand, and other persons of good education who are considered by the Board likely to become useful teachers. (3.) Teachers who have been employed more than one year in a public school may be admitted, at the discretion of the Board, without passing the entrance examination, on the certificate of an Inspector of Schools that they are likehr to profit by such a course of training. (4.) Bursaries of £40 per annum, tenable for two years, shall be granted to pupil-teachers who have completed with credit the term of their apprenticeship, and who pass the best examination, and are otherwise eligible candidates. The amount of the bursary is an advance made to the student, and will be repayable, if required, should the student fail to fulfil his or her bond to teach in the public schools for at least two years. Professional students who have not been pupil-teachers will, if funds permit, be paid a small maintenance allowance. Students who are admitted on bursaries shall sign a bond that if required they will teach in the public schools of the colony for at least two years after their period of training is completed. (5.) The entrance examination shall be held by the Normal Master and assistants at such dates as may from time to time be appointed by the Wellington Board of Education. The subjects shall be the same as for Standard VI., but the examination will be more searching than that which would enable a pupil to pass this standard in the public schools. (6) Private students must, in the case of males, be sixteen years of age, and, in the case of females, fifteen years of age. They must have received a fair and satisfactory preparatory education ; and they must produce testimonials in reference to character; and pay, in advance, a fee of three guineas for each term or part of a term they attend. They will not be required to sign any agreement with the Board nor to teach in the schools, but they must, in all other respects, conform to the general rules of the institution. V. Period of Training, etc.—(1.) Teachers recommended for admission by an Inspector of Schools shall be trained at the public expense for any period, not exceeding six months, named in the recommendation. All professional students shall remain in training at least one year, and not more than two years. (2.) The Wellington Board of Education may dismiss a student for incompetency, repeated neglect of duty, or misconduct, of which the Board shall be the sole judge. Students shall have the right to appear before the Board in person to defend themselves against any charge involving dismissal. Students so dismissed shall forfeit all privileges which they formerly enjoyed or were entitled to under the Board, VI. Subjects of Study.—The subjects of study shall bo as follows.:—Science of Education, 4 hours a week; English, 3 hours a week; Geography, 2 hours a week; History, 2 hours a week; Mathematics, 4 hours a week ; Elementary Science, 2 hours a week ; Domestic Economy and Laws of

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Health, 2 hours a week; Modern Languages, 2 hours a week; Singing, 2 hours a week; Drawing 2 hours a week; Drill, 1 hour a week. VII. Arrangements foe Practice in Teaching.—(l.) The professional students and teachers shall be sent in suitable detachments to the schools approved by the Board as practising schools, care being taken that each student shall on an average spend not less than one-fifth of his time in the actual practice of teaching. (2.) The stay of the students in the practising schools shall be one week at a time. During this period they shall work as pupil-teachers, taking their fair share of the teaching, discipline, and organization, and acting under the immediate direction of the head teachers of the schools and the supervision of the Normal Master, who shall, whenever practicable, visit the schools, and exercise, through the head teachers, a general control over the work of the students. (3.) Weekly criticism lessons shall be given by the students in turn to classes brought for that purpose into the normal lecture-room; and, in order to secure greater unity of purpose and plan between the Normal Master and the head teachers of the practising schools, the latter shall be invited to attend the said lessons and to take part in any discussion which may arise out of them. (4.) During the first year of their studentship they shall be exercised chiefly in class-teaching and discipline ; and, when expert in this, they shall have opportunities afforded them of school organization and control. (5.) The master of the practising school will report weekly to the Normal Master, in a book and according to a form provided for the purpose, on each student's regularity, punctuality, and efficiency as a teacher and disciplinarian. These reports shall be copied into another book week by week, to form a continuous record of the student's progress, for future reference. (6.) Any student showing inaptitude or lack of interest in the work shall be reported to the Board as unfit for the office of a teacher. (7.) The Thorndon Public School, Murphy Street, shall be the chief practising school attached to the Normal Training School. Special arrangements shall be made for students' practice in infant-school and country-school work.

NOETH CANTEBBUBY. Principal's Report. Sir,— Normal School, Christchurch, 17th March, 1880. I have the honor to submit my report for the year ending 31st December, 1880. During the year the principal part of the work of training the students has necessarily fallen upon Messrs. Watkins and Newton, who have performed their several duties to my entire satisfaction. Indeed, I cannot too highly commend their zeal, energy, and earnest endeavour to carry out the work that has been intrusted to them. They have also rendered valuable assistance in the practising school. The number of students attending the training department at the end of the session was 5 males and 19 females, making a total of 24. At the beginning of the session the numbers were greater, being 4 males and 30 females ; but as the majority of those who successfully passed the examination for certificates in March took appointments in schools under the Board's control, and only a few were admitted during the year, the number in attendance at the close of the session was smaller than at the beginning. Those who attended have generally endeavoured to perform their duties; but, as some students had been admitted without possessing the necessary qualifications, the work performed has not been so extensive as the opportunities afforded might have led one to expect. However, the higher examination now required of all entrants will prevent any one from joining the classes who will not be able'to take full advantage of the instruction imparted. Until the present session, one important branch of female education has been entirely neglected among the female students. I refer to needlework. By an arrangement between Mrs. Patterson and myself, this subject has received that attention which its importance demands ; and it is to be hoped that some permanent plan will be adopted whereby every female student will go forth from the institution with a thorough knowledge of all the branches of a subject of such importance in our elementary schools. Our female teachers should be perfectly acquainted with darning, mending, and knitting, that the same may be taught in the schools in which they labour. This the Education Act demands, and this knowdedge all training schools should be able to supply. Indeed, lam of opinion that needlework should be a subject, failure in which should preclude any lady from being appointed to a situation in our colonial schools. The method adopted in England for practice in teaching has prevailed here. On my recommendation, the Board has adopted a modification of the system pursued in the normal schools of Scotland, and the change has, in my opinion, proved very beneficial. Instead of the students being sent in sections into the practising school, to teach for a whole week at a time without receiving any instruction from the tutors or myself, special hours of the day have been appointed, when all students must take part in school work, in addition to the criticism lessons given on the forenoon of every Friday. This secures continuity of study for all, and the instruction given may fairly be expected to be more successful. The plan adopted in England has been productive of good results ; but it must be remembered that the majority of those who enter normal schools there have served five years as pupilteachers, and that during that long period they have been carefully trained by experienced teachers in those subjects which they will afterwards be called upon to teach, and that they possess a fair knowledge of the art of imparting instruction. In New Zealand, on the other hand, the reverse is the case, the greater number of our students being young persons who have not previously received any technical training or thorough grounding in the several branches of an elementary education. Instead, therefore, of the pupils being taught by such unskilful individuals, it is better that the practising school should have a full staff of experienced teachers, and that the students practise under their direction, the system followed being that recommended in the lectures on school-management delivered to them in the training department. This plan the Board has seen fit to sanction, and I feel certain that positive gain to both students and pupils will be the result; for the former will see the most approved plans of teaching, and the education of the pupils will not be intrusted to tyros in the work. The length of time devoted to practice in teaching will not be reduced, and the education of the student will not be periodically interrupted, as it necessarily mutt have been under the former system.

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There is a cry for certificated teachers all over the colony, and such will be the case until more inducement is given to our youths to devote themselves to the work of education. We have now a general scheme which, I believe, on the whole is working well ; and youths are coming forward as pupil-teachers, and more efficient teachers may be expected to be the result. Yet I fear enough inducement is not held out to our clever youths. Not only should they receive fair remuneration for their work during their apprenticeship ; but scholarships similar to those given in Britain should be offered to enable them to pursue their studies still further at the Normal Schools, and to obtain a better acquaintance with the art and science oE education. I am aware that at present many pupil-teachers are carefully taught by their instructors ; but it cannot be supposed by any one acquainted with the work of teaching that so much time is given as the importance of the subject demands. These youths are engaged in school-work five hours a day, and only one hour a day is spent in obtaining instruction in the various subjects required by the respective Boards of Education to which they are apprenticed. The casual observer may easily perceive that this is not enough. The Education Department should therefore place the different Boards in such a position that they could offer inducements to pupilteachers, after their years of service have expired, to enable them to continue their studies for at least two years at a training establishment. During this session two scholarships of the annual value of £00, and tenable for three years, have been offered by the Board to pupil-teachers in their service, to enable them to pursue their studies at the Normal School and Canterbury College, and so obtain high classification, and six scholarships of £50 and tenable for two years to those who stand highest in an examination on the various subjects required of pupil-teachers at the end of their course ; and the result has been highly satisfactory. The tutors and myself have observed among our students a greater desire for knowledge and a more healthy tone of rivalry than previously existed. Those who are able to take advantage of the lectures of Canterbury College will be permitted to do so, and I look forward to good fruit being the result. I concur with a writer who says that the qualifications necessary for a teacher will be best secured by making it compulsory that every candidate for admission to the profession " shall have gone through a prescribed curriculum, either at the Normal School or the University, o-r at both. To this it may be objected that, if a person has qualified himself by other means to pass an examination, it would be unreasonable to exact attendance at either of the institutions. True, there may be exceptional cases in which such a prescribed course of study might properly be dispensed with, and I am aware that many of our best teachers are men who can scarcely be said to have had any professional training; but as a general rule there are habits of study, literary tastes, and depths of culture acquired at a University, and there are details of school management and discipline and a certain esprit de corps acquired at a normal school, which cannot be obtained by a few weeks' 'cram,' or by a few years' experience in promiscuous teaching. It seems to me, however, that the University should be regarded as the complement of the Normal School, and that attendance at both should be insisted on." At a normal school a student meets only with those of his own profession, and is apt to acquire a narrowness of view which makes him aim at being a schoolmaster and nothing more, while, owing to the limited number of the teaching staff, and the unlimited number of subjects they are called upon to teach, it would be unreasonable to expect his knowledge to be very thorough, or his researches profound; but at the University he comes into contact with men who aspire to all the learned professions, and acquires that knowledge of men and of the world which is so essential to a person in every walk of life, and at the same time he enjoys the advantage of having each department of his studies superintended by a professor who is specially qualified for the purpose. I have long held the opinion that no normal school should be planted, unless in a University town, and that as far as possible the students should receive their education within the walls of the University, and their acquaintance with the theory and practice of education within the walls of the normal school. But in order to induce our best youths to prepare themselves for the noble work, and thus raise the tone of education throughout the colony, numerous scholarships of a fair value should be offered, and I trust that the Board of Education will be enabled hereafter to offer such inducements to our young people. If we are to hold our own among the nations, our youths must be educated, and our schools placed under the charge of highly efficient teachers. During the early part of the session, when the students were taught in badly-ventilated rooms, a considerable amount of sickness prevailed among them; but, since they entered the new class-rooms, the ventilation of which has been properly attended to, their health has been very good. At my suggestion, the different rooms of the practising school looking towards the south have had their windows altered, and a good supply of ventilators afforded them; and I trust that the Board will soon see its way to have the whole school similarly supplied. The health of both teachers and children must be looked after, if good work is to be done; and nothing tends more to this than a sufficiency of fresh air in the rooms in which they are so long confined. There have been several changes of teachers in the practising department, and the vacancies that have occurred have been supplied by teachers who appear to me to be performing their duties faithfully. Likewise, on account of the change iv the system of employing the students in the practising school already referred to, it has been found necessary to add one teacher and two pupil-teachers to the staff; and" the work of the school has been carried on more to my satisfaction. I trust, however, that still better results will be produced than have been in the past, for I consider that a normal school should be found more efficient in education than an ordinary district school. I believe that both Mr. Kayner, the headmaster of the Boys' School, and Mrs. Patterson, the headmistress of the Girls' School, are striving to place the school in the forefront, aud I trust their efforts will prove satisfactory to the parents of the children and the Board of Education. I should wish to see a little better discipline in the Girls' School, some classes of which are not so perfectly under command as might be expected. 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work should be adopted under an efficient infant-school mistress, assisted by teachers who understand the former system ; and that no pupils be allowed to enter the school under five years of age. Many of the children who are at present attending the Kindergarten School are under four years of age —an age when infants should rather be under the charge of their parents than under that of a teacher. I am convinced that six, or even seven, years of age is young enough for commencing school life; and experience has shown me that children who commence school work at even the later period are more advanced in a true educational sense at the age of twelve or thirteen than those who began at an earlier period. Many parents seem to send their little ones to school more for the purpose of being out of the way than anything else. This is a terrible mistake on their part; but, seeing that the school age has been fixed at five, of course it will be necessary to admit all those of that age who apply for admission. I would, however, strongly recommend that the youngest pupils should be detained in school no longer than four hours a day at the most. I have even found that three hours a day is quite long enough for those of very tender years, and that their progress is as rapid under such an arrangement as when they are confined for a longer period. I have, &c, John Inglis, Esq., W. Malcolm, Principal. Chairman, Board of Education, .North, Canterbury.

Normal School Staff. Training Department. —William Malcolm, Principal; Edwin Watkins, 8.A,, First Tutor; Alfred Coombes-Newton, 8.A., Second Tutor. Practising Department. —Boys' School: Edwin Rayner, Headmaster; Assistants, James R. Thornton, M.A., J. J. Patterson, J. Grant, James Mayne, and one pupil-teacher. —Girls' School: Mrs. Patterson, Headmistress; Assistants, Eliza Kitchinginan, Jane Barlow, Elizabeth Spensley, Mary E. Jenkins, and one pupil-teacher.—lnfant School and Kindergarten : Mrs. Crowley, Headmistress; Assistants, Ada E. Foster, Florence R. Williams, A. Radcliffe, and four pupil-teachers.

Regulations foe tub Organization and Conduct of the Normal School, Christchurch. _I. Staff and their Duties.—The staff shall consist of four officers whose status, salaries, and duties shall be as follows: The Principal, who shall have charge of both the training and the practising departments, and shall teach the students the theory and practice of school management in addition to other subjects required to obtain a certificate. Upon him shall devolve the responsibility of the educational status of both divisions of the Normal School, and his salary shall be not more than £600 per annum. The First Tutor, who, besides assisting the Principal in preparing the students, shall also (when not so engaged) assist in the practising school. His salary shall be not more than £350 per annum. The Second Tutor, who shall also assist in teaching the students, and when required shall do duty in the practising school. His salary shall be not more than £250 per annum. The Kindergarten Mistress, who shall train the students in the theory and practice of the kindergarten system, and undertake the teaching and management of the younger children in the Infant School. Her salary shall not be more than £200 per annum, The two Tutors and the Kindergarten Mistress shall receive in addition to salary the same bonus on account of classification as is granted to other teachers, and £50 per annum each as an allowance in lieu of house accommodation. 11. Terms of Admission, etc., to the Training School.—The students of this Normal School may be persons of either sex who shall be approved of by the Board of Education. Applicants for entrance as students must be at least seventeen years of age, of moral character, of sound constitution, and free from any detect or infirmity that might impair their efficiency as teachers. No person shall bo admitted as a regular student who has not passed an examination in the various subjects required of pupil-teachers at the end of their fourth year, the Principal being one of the examiners ; but pupil-teachers who have passed the examination at the end of their fourth year's course shall be eligible for admission without further examination. Thero will be an annual examination for six junior scholarships of the annual value of £50, and tenable for two years, the subjects of examination being the same as those for pupil-teachers at the end of their fourth year; and to the two pupilteachers who matriculate at the University of New Zealand with greatest credit will be awarded two senior scholarships of the annual value of £60 and tenable for three years. Students who have by examination proved their ability to take advantage of the lectures of Canterbury College will be permitted to do so, and their fees will be paid by the Board unless a scholarship is hold; but they shall be expected to pass the Canterbury College annual examinations in the subjects of the lectures which they have respectively attended. They must also attend the classes of the Normal School in all other subjects taught there, unless they have a special exemption, and must give at least one hour a day in the practising school. Students who obtain the senior scholarships will be required to attend all the classes at Canterbury College necessary for taking the degree of 8.A., provided that they shall attend the Normal School for instruction in school management, and that they teach for at least one hour a clay in the practising school. While Canterbury College is not in session they must submit themselves to any regulations in regard to attendance at the Normal School made by the Board of Education from time to time. Holders of the junior scholarships must at the first examination, after a full year's attendance at the Normal School, pass the examination for the E certificate, and at the end of the second year the examination for the D certificate ; and holders of the senior scholarships must pass the annual examination at the end of their first year, and enter I'cr the first section of the B.A. degree, or for certificate C examination, at the end of their second year. If these examinations be not successfully passed in each case the scholarship will be withdrawn, unless a satisfactory reason be given to the Board. The time during which a student shall remain in training shall be not less than one year. Students shall on entering sign an agreement, with approved security, engaging to spend in public primary-school teaching two of the first three years after leaving the Normal School, failing which they,

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or their surety or sureties, must refund to the Board of Education a sum of money equal to a rate of £20 a year for the time during which they have been students. Students not under agreement may be admitted for one year on the payment of £20 in advance. This rule shall not apply to professional teachers who may be admitted for one or two quarters at the rate of £5 a quarter. All students must go through a regular course of drill and gymnastics or calisthenics, unless circumstances arise which may preclude them from the practice. Exemption must be obtained from the Principal. The Board shall give a certificate of having passed through a course of training to each student on satisfactorily completing the prescribed course. 111. Subjects of Study, and the Time allotted to Each. —The subjects of study shall be those required for the E certificate and the compulsory part of the D certificate, with Latin, algebra, and Euclid as optional subjects ; and, so soon as circumstances permit, elementary lessons in political economy, logic, and mental science will be added. The time-table will be drawn up to suit the work to be performed each quarter, particular attention being given to the more important subjects in the Government examinations. The time-table at present in use, and which is set forth in Schedule A hereto annexed, shall continue in use, and, without the approval of the Minister of Education, shall not be altered in such a way as to involve a serious change in the relative quantities of time allotted to (1) subjects of ordinary public-school instruction ; (2) teaching and school management; and (3) otiier subjects, respectively. IV. Tub Ott&ATsrizATiOJ>r op the Peactising School.—The school shall be divided into (a) an Upper Boys' School, (b) an Upper G-iris' School, and (c) an Infant School, with a kindergarten division. The boys' school shall be under a headmaster and a full staff of certificated assistants and pupil-teachers :so also the girls' school and the infant school. The infant school shall be a mixed school under the charge of the lady who teaches the kindergarten, and shall be attended by all pupils who have not passed Standard I. The elder pupils of this division shall be taught according to the principles generally adopted in infant schools, and the younger ones shall be trained by the kindergarten method.

Schedule A. —Students' Time-table, Normal School, Christchurch.

Note. —Erom this time-table it will be observed that the students are at present engaged every day in the practising school for at least forty minutes; and all, with tlie exception of the few who study Latin, Blill further engaged in this work one hour per day on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, under the direct supervision of the Principal and the responsible officers of the practising school, who report to the Principal how each student performs his or her work. On Friday one hour and twenty minutes are devoted to criticism lessons, under the direction of the Principal, who is thus more fully able to see that the theory taught is carried out in regular practice.

OTAGO. Principal's Report. Sir, — Normal School, Dunedin, March, 1880. In accordance with instructions, I have the honor to submit, my report of the Training College for the year ending December, 1880. The attendance of students is still on the increase, but the number, especially of male students, is not yet sufficient to meet the demand for teachers. Other education districts besides Otago have received partial supply from us during, the year, and at its close we had only three students eligible for appointment to schools as certificated .teachers. The number of students who have attended during the year is 59—males 18, females 41. Of these, 15 had been pupil-teachers, and had with credit completed the term of their apprenticeship ; 6 had been teachers in various education districts, and entered the classes without examination, on. the recommendation of their Inspectors; 32, of whom a few had been private-school teachers or governesses, passed the entrance examination; and the remainder were male students who were unable to meet the examination-test, but gave decided evidence of having received a good education. It has hitherto been our practice to admit such as these, and most of them have done well both as students and as teachers, and, although the regulations recently adopted make no provision for their admission, in the future it would be well to continue the practice so long as the supply of teachers does not exceed the demand. It will still be necessary to demand testimonials of character up to date, and carefully to scrutinize these testimonials. I have in several cases been constrained to advise students to retire from the classes, and in others

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to relinquish their purpose of adopting the profession of public-school teaching for that of private teaching, for which they were better adapted. My advice has generally been taken in good part, and has been acted on. A demand has always existed for trained teachers for private schools, and for families ; but our old regulations, as well as the requirements of the Otago schools, and the high rate of salary paid to public-school teachers, prevented our young teachers accepting private appointments. Were it known that the Training College regulations now provide for the training of teachers who do not intend to enter the public elementary schools, advantage might be taken of the provision, and a want—felt especially in the outlying districts—might be supplied. The students who were able to avail themselves of the classes of the Otago University have as usual done so, but the position taken by them in the final examinations was not so good as in previous years. This may be accounted for partly by deficient preparation for University work, and partly by an increased demand on their time for Training College work. We find that few of our students, and comparatively few cf the youug'teachers, engaged in the city and suburban schools are attending the Latin classes at the University. In view of this, we propose taking advantage of the resignation of Mr. Beuchler, German master, to drop his subject from the curriculum, and to substitute Latin as a compulsory subject, appointing one of our own staff as master. Even one year's discipline in Latin will not be without value to our teachers of English, and two years' discipline will place students in a position to prosecute the study by themselves, and will enable them, if necessary, to undertake the responbility of training male pupil-teachers. Should the Board sanction this arrangement, we shall still encourage those students who are sufficiently prepared and can afford the fees to attend the Latin classes at the University, and, in addition, we shall be able to carry them forward in their study during the recess. The practice in teaching has been arranged as follows : —(I.) Teaching small drafts from large classes in the Second and Third Standards. Draft is added to draft as the power of controlling numbers is developed, and the students are gradually prepared for the next course. (II.) Teaching classes in the Second, Third, and Fourth Standards, containing from 50 to 60 pupils. (III.) Conducting, with the assistance of a pupil-teacher, a school of about 40 pupils, divided into three classes, in the Second, Third, and Fourth Standards. (IV.) Conducting, without assistance, a school of about 40 pupils, divided into three classes, in the Second, Third, and Fourth Standards. (V.) Conducting, without assistance, a school of about 40 pupils, divided into four classes, in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Standards, (VI.) Conducting, without assistance, a school of about 50 pupils, divided into five classes, two preparing for the First Standard, and one in each of the three lowest standards. Students who complete this course of practice before the end of their second year of training are placed in charge of an infant-room, containing from 60 to 70 pupils, and occasionally give lessons to classes in the Fifth and Sixth Standards. The whole of the needlework of the practising school is taught by the students, under the superintendence of the matron and female assistants. I have, &c, The Secretary, Board of Education. W. S. Fitzgerald, Rector.

Staff. Rector, Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald; Matron, Miss L. A. Fitzgerald ; Headmaster of Practising School, Mr. A. Montgomery. Training Department. —Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald: Theory and practice of school management, arithmetic, mathematics. Mr. A. Montgomery : English language. Mr. W. H. Kneen: Geography and music. Mr. S. C. Farnie: History. Mr. D. Mutton: Drawing. Mr. O.David: Gymnastics. Sergeant-major Stevens : Military drill. Miss L. A. Fitzgerald: G.eneral superintendence of female students, needlework, and domestic economy. Practising Department. —Class Teachers: Messrs. Kneen, Closs, Cattan, Farnie, Davidson, William Fitzgerald ; Misses Stevens, Huie, and Martin ; five male pupil-teachers, and three female pupil-teachers.

Regulations of the Dunedin Training College. I. Officers of the Training College.—(l.) The officers of the Training College shall be the Rector, the Matron, visiting masters appointed by the Otago Board of Education, and officers of the practising school appointed by the Rector with the consent of the Headmaster of the practising school. (2.) The Rector shall be responsible for the management of the Training College, and shall have a general superintendence of the practising school. The matron shall have the superintendence of the female students, and the control of the needlework classes of the practising school, subject to the arrangements made for them in its time-table. All the officers of the Training College shall, as such, be under the control of the Rector. (3.) The Rector shall receive a salary of not less than £500 per annum, and the Matron of not less than £200 per annum. The salaries of the visiting masters shall be according to agreement made with them by the Otago Board of Education. (4.) The Rector shall instruct the students of the Training College in the theories of education and methods of teaching, shall arrange for and superintend their practice in teaching in the practising school, and shall instruct them in at least two such other subjects as it may be necessary or convenient for him to undertake. He shall consult with the Headmaster about the management of the practising school, and shall furnish the Minister of Education and the Otago Board of Education with any information on the work of the Training College which they from time to time may require. The Headmaster of the practising school shall instruct the students in at least one of the more important subjects which they may afterwards be required to teach, and shall assist in arranging for and superintending their practice of teaching in the practising school. He shall also consult with the Rector on the management of the practising school. The Matron shall instruct the female students in needlework, and shall superintend their practice in teaching it in the practising school. She shall assist in superintending the practice of teaching in the infant department of the

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practising school. She shall also instruct the female students in domestic economy, and shall be present with them on such occasions as she may deem fit or the Rector direct. The visiting masters shall teach, under the Rector's superintendence and control, such subjects as were intrusted to them by the Education Board of Otago at the time of iheir appointment. The officers of the practising school selected by the Rector and the Headmaster shall give instruction in such subjects as may be assigned to them by the Rector. 11. Teems of Admission. —(1.) Candidates for admission shall be at least seventeen years of age, shall furnish the Otago Board of Education with testimonials of good character up to date, and shall declare that they are free from any physical defect likely to impair their usefulness as teachers. (2.) Candidates who have complied with the preceding regulation shall be admitted on passing the entrance examination ; but pupil-teachers who have completed their term of apprenticeship and passed their final examination, and teachers who have been more than a year in charge of a public school, shall be admitted without examination, on the certificate of an Inspector of Schools that they are likely to profit by a course of training. (3.) Candidates who declare it to be their intention to adopt the profession of teaching, and who give security that they will teach in the public schools of the colony for at least two years after leaving the Training College, shall be admitted without fee. Other candidates shall pay an entrance fee of three guineas. 111. Bursaries and Scholarships.—(l.) Bursaries of £50 per annum, tenable for two years, shall be granted to male pupil-teachers, and of £26 per annum, tenable for two years, to female pupilteachers, who have with credit completed the term of their apprenticeship, and passed their final examination. (2.) Scholarships of the annual value of £50 for males, and £25 for females, and tenable for two years, shall be granted to candidates for training who pass the entrance examination with greatest credit; but no scholarship will be awarded unless the candidate attains 50 per cent, of the total marks attainable, and also 20 per cent, at least of the marks allotted to each subject severally. The number of scholarships shall be determined from time to time by the Otago Board of Education. (3.) No scholarship or bursary, or instalment of either, shall be paid until the Rector of the Training College has certified in writing that the claimant has been regular in attendance and attentive to duty. (4.) The entrance examination shall be held by the Rector and the officers of the Training College at such dates as shall be named by the Otago Board of Education. (5.) The entrance examination shall be in the following subjects : —Reading, spelling, dictation, and writing, as for Standard VI. ; English grammar and composition as for Standard VI. Arithmetic—The subject generally, with simple cases of mensuration. Geography —Outlines of physical and political geograpl^, with mapdrawing from memory. History—Outlines of British history. Mathematics —Algebra, to simple equations, including fractions ; geometry, Euclid, Book I. Latin or French or German—Grammar, with translation of very easy sentences at sight. IV. Time of Attendance. — (1.) Teachers recommended for admission by an Inspector of Schools shall attend for the period named in the recommendation. (2.) All other students shall attend for at least one year, but the complete course of training shall extend over two years, and students will be expected to attend for that period. (3.) The Otago Board of Education may at any time dismiss a student for incompetency, repeated neglect of duty, or gross misbehaviour, and a student so dismissed shall forfeit any scholarship or bursary he may hold in connection with the Training College. V. Subjects of Study.—(l.) The subjects of study shall bo those prescribed for examination for Class E certificate, the compulsory subjects, and at least three of the optional subjects, prescribed for examination for Class D certificate. (2.) The approximate time allotted to each shall be as follows : English grammar and composition, 2 hours weekly ; French or German, 2 hours ; arithmetic, 2 hours ; mathematics, 2 hours ; geography and history, 3 hours; science, or laws of health, domestic economy, and sewing, 2 hours ; drawing, 2 hours ; music (vocal), 1 hour ; military drill and gymnastics, 2 hours ; theory of school management, 2 hours. (3.) Students who have matriculated or have otherwise shown themselves capable of profiting by attendance at classes in the University of Otago may, at the discretion of the Rector, receive permission to attend these classes. The hours of attendance at the Training College may be lessened in proportion to the work undertaken by students at the University ; but such students must furnish the Rector with monthly reports of attendance and results of examination, and with any other information he may require in connection with their studies. VI. Practice in Teaching.—(l.) At least one hour daily shall be devoted to the practice of teaching, and during that hour, if required, the wdiole of the practising school shall be at the disposal of the Rector. (2.) The Rector, Headmaster, and Matron shall superintend the practice of the students. (3.) Teachers in whose class-rooms students may be practising shall for the time being be considered officers of the Training College, and shall report to the Rector, if required, on the work performed by the students. (4.) It shall be the duty of teachers of the practising school to give every facility to students while practising, and, when necessary, to give them advice and assistance in maintaining discipline. VII. Relations of Officees. —(1.) The Rector of the Training College having, as above stated, a general superintendence of the practising school, it shall be the duty of the Headmaster to consult him on all matters of general management, and to make such arrangement and distribution of work as shall enable students in training to have the practice in teaching above described. VIII. Organization of Practising School. — (1.) In the organization of the practising school, due regard shall be had to its purpose as a part of the training institution, as well as forming in itself a public school. All departments of ordinary public schools shall be maintained in active operation, and classes shall be so grouped that students may have experience, not only as class teachers, but as teachers of departments in larger schools, and as teachers in charge of schools with or without assistance. (2.) In the appointment of teachers to the practising school, due regard shall be had to the duties which shall devolve on them as officers of the Training College. (3.) The staff of the practising school shall be sufficient for the work of the school, without assistance from the Training College, with the exception of that rendered by the matron.

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DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART. Sir, — Drawing-Master's Report. I have the honor to submit my annual report for 1880 on the School of Art, and the work done in the various schools in which drawing is taught in connection with it. The total number that received instruction in the school, or through its agencj', during the year 1880, was 5,942. This total includes 5,563 pupils of public schools, 77 students in training, 90 teachers and pupil-teachers, 57 students who attended the afternoon class, and 155 who attended the evening classes. The same arrangements have been adhered to as in previous years. The teachers and pupil-teachers have made good use of their time and made satisfactory progress. The students and teachers in training were examined in drawing at the annual examination for teachers' certificates, but the result is not yet known. The afternoon and evening classes continue in a very satisfactory condition. Numerous excellent drawings and paintings were executed during the year, of which 41 were sent to the Melbourne Exhibition, and 15 were exhibited in the Otago Art Society's gallery. Eight competitors entered the list to compete for the Builders' Association's prize, the subject chosen being a design for a small cottage. About the middle of the session the advanced students, and others who had had considerable practice in sketching from the antique, formed themselves into a class for the purpose of drawing from the living model, and made very fair progress. Public Schools. —The progress made in drawing by the public schools was most satisfactory, except in one instance. On account of the general retrenchment, the amount of assistance allowed me by the Board was considerably reduced, and consequently visits to a number of important schools had to be discontinued. I trust the Board will soon be in a position to grant the requisite number of assistants, so that the work of the school may not only be carried on as formerly, but that its usefulness, instead of being curtailed, may be widely increased. It is of the utmost importance that those desiring ,to become skilled artisans should have an opportunity of acquiring in their earlier years a knowledge of what is admitted to be one of the most useful branches of education. No notice has been taken of the suggestion made in my last report regarding examinations in drawing along with the other subjects prescribed in the school course. Were such examinations held, and certificates granted to those who reached the required standards, much good would be accomplished, and a certain test of the work done in the various schools would be supplied. At the close of the session an exhibition of the works executed by the students was open for five days, and was largely attended by all classes of citizens. I have, &c, The Secretary, Otago Education Board. David C. Hutton.

REPORTS OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. AUCKLAND. Sic, — Auckland, 17th February, 1881. I have the honor to report that the administration of education reserves in this district during the past year calls for no special remark. The Commissioners have held periodical meetings as usual for the transaction of business. Tenders for the lease of 327 acres of country land, at an annual rental of £34 25., and of 16 allotments of town land, at an annual rental of £53 10s., have been received and accepted during the year. The demand for leasehold lands north of Auckland is very limited, and that at nominal rentals ; while towards the East Coast some valuable blocks, which could be let, are not yet under the Commissioners' control. Owing to the depreciation in the value of land in the Gisborne district it was found necessary, as intimated by letter of 12th July last, to cancel many leases in that locality, the rents of which were not paid, and could not be recovered. The sum of £325 19s. Id., part of the arrears shown in the 1879 statement, has thus had to be written off as unrecoverable. The lands are, however, of good quality, and will yield fair rentals with the return of better times. The Commissioners latterly have not felt justified in dealing with reserves Crown-granted under " The Public Reserves Act, 1854," owing to doubts having arisen as to the interpretation of clause 4 of " The Education Reserves Act, 1877." In response to the invitation contained in your Circular No. 66 for suggestions relating to the subject of education reserves, the Commissioners call your attention to the fact that much unnecessary expense is incurred and delay occasioned in readvertising lands for lease for wdiich competition may have already been duly invited, as required by section 14 of the Act. It frequently happens that no tender or bid for a lot is received, although put up for lease at special request. The Commissioners are of opinion that, having given the one month's notice, required by section 14, of intention to let any lot, and having fixed an upset rental, they should have the power up to a certain time to accept that upset rental without the delay and expense of readvertising. In August last Dr. Campbell resigned the office of Commissioner, and William P. Moat, Esq., was nominated by the Education Board to fill the vacancy. Mr. Joseph May was elected Chairman. The general statement of accounts for 1880, forwarded herewith duly audited, shows in detail the appropriations of primary and secondary reserves revenues during the year. Appended hereto is a copy of a resolution altering one of the regulations for the transaction of business. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Joseph Mat, Chairman.

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

Auditoe's Ceetificate. —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, 1880, and that I find the same to be correct.—L. A. Dueeieu, Auditor. 16th February, 1881.

TARANAKI. Sic,— New Plymouth, 26th March, 1881. I have the honor to report, for the information of the Government, the following transactions of the Taranaki School Commissioners during the year 1880 : — Of the reserves vested in the Commissioners, an area amounting to 1,151 acres 3 roods 21 perches of rural land was let at an average annual rental of Is. 4id. per acre. It is the Commissioners'

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custom to grant leases of rural lands for twenty-one years, divided into three septennial periods, and to increase the rent in each successive period in proportion to the prospects of the locality in which the land is situated. In consequence of defaults in the payments of rents, several reserves have been re-entered and relet, transfers of leases have been permitted, and school sites have been declared. A. block of 14 acres of land situated outside the reduced boundary of the Town of New Plymouth, well adapted for villa sites, and already reported on, is still let as a cattle-run, the Commissioners, owing to the continued depression of trade, not feeling it prudent to offer it on lease for building purposes. The Public Works Department took for railway purposes a portion of a reserve, for which they paid to the Commissioners the sum of £22. This money has been placed in the Savings Bank, with the intention of ultimately devoting it to the purchase of a school site. Some doubts have arisen as to the Commissioners' title to certain lauds, and their power to deal with them. These doubts appear to be met by the provisions of the Education Reserves Amendment Bill introduced into the House during last session by the Hon. Mr. Rolleston, which Bill the Commissioners trust will become law during the coming session. The Commissioners have been called upon to contribute to the erection and maintenance of dividing fences between unlet reserves and the lands held by private persons. The Commissioners fear that their liability in this respect will cause considerable demands to be made upon their revenue. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education. Benjamin Wells, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

Receipts. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. To Balance on 1st January, 1880 Arrears due on 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880— (1.) Rents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves (2.) Other Receipts—Transfer fees Moneys payable and collected within 1880— (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves Proceeds of land taken for railway purposes £ s. d. 54 17 4 £ s. 4 4 d. 8 £ s. d. 59 2 0 233 2 3 2 0 0 134 7 6 367 9 9 2 0 0 326 12 3 106 2 0 432 14 3 *22 0 0 883 6 0 Expenditure By Office —Salaries, &c. Expenses of leasing, advertising, and other expenses Expenditure on Reserves— Surveying Fencing and other expenditure Legal expenses Wanganui Education Board Taranaki Education Board Wanganui High Schools ... Taranaki High School Deposit in Savings Bank ... Balance in hand or in bank £ s. d. 79 4 4 32 14 1 £ s. d. 30 17 3 2 0 8 £ s. d. 110 1 7 34 14 9 16 1 0 26 16 11 13 0 105 7 9 314 12 3 2 10 5 10 8 16 1 0 29 7 4 2 3 8 105 7 9 314 12 3 50 0 0 154 19 7 22 0 0 43 17 8 50 6 0 154 19 7 40 10 5 3 7 3 883 6 0 Arrears. .rrears due on 31st December, 1880 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1879, still unpaid ... (2.) Arrears of payments due within the year 1880 £ s. d. 188 18 11 222 8 4 £ s. d. 74 7 8 135 19 3 | j £ s. d. 263 6 7 358 7 7 411 7 8 210 6 11 621 14 2 * This amount is retained for the purpose of pui ■chasing a school site or other land.

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Examined and passed. Benjamin Wells, Chairman. C. Rennell, District Auditor. Wm. Noethcroft, Secretary.

WELLINGTON. Sic, — Wellington, 24th February, 1881. In reply to your Circular No. 66, I have the honor, by direction of the School Commissioners for this district, to refer you to my letters of 23rd December, 1879, and 24th February, 1881, and to inform you that in respect of their administration of "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," the Commissioners have nothing additional to report for the information of the Government and the General Assembly of New Zealand. The Commissioners, at the same time, desire me to state that they would like to see some modification of section 14 of " The Education Reserves Act, 1877," as the operation of that section greatly impedes the letting of reserves. I have, &c, W. H. Waeeen, The Secretary for Education. Secretary and Treasurer.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

lities or Engt igements. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. Ixpenses of Leasing —-Advertising 'xpenses on Reserves —Surveying legal expenses £ S. d. 11 17 9 1 1.8 0 4 6 10 £ 1G s. d. 4 0 £ s. d. 11 17 9 18 2 0 4 G 10 18 2 7 16 4 0 34 G 7

'eceip 's. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. To Balance on 1st January, 1880 Arrears due on 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880— (1.) Rents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves Moneys payable and collected within 1880 — (1.) Eents, &c, of reserves ... £ s. d. 468 18 4 120 14 8 £ s. d. 38 0 0 3 0 0 £ s. 506 18 123 14 d. 4 8 432 18 6 20 0 0 452 18 6 1,022 11 6 61 0 0 1,083 11 6 JExpenditu; •e. By OfficeSalaries and allowance to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Sundries £ S. d. 47 18 8 10 9 11 10 8 10 39 1 4 £ s. d. 2 14 0 9 1 0 11 6 1 13 11 56 14 0 0 8 3 £ s. 50 0 10 19 11 0 40 15 56 14 10 8 264 7 144 11 24 11 13 8 20 0 436 16 d. 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 4 4 8 0 5 Expenses of Leasing —Advertising, &c. Expenditure on Beserves —Fencing, &c. Legal expenses Wellington Education Board Wanganui Education Board Wellington College Wanganui High School ... Office rents for 1879 Balance in hand and in bank 9 19 11 264 7 0 144 11 4 24 11 4 13 8 8 0 16 6 19 3 6 436 16 5 982 16 11 100 14 7 1,083 11 6 Arrears. .rrears due on 31st December, 1880 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1879, still unpaid ... (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1880 £ a. d. 2 10 73 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2 10 77 10 0 4 0 0 75 11 0 4 0 0 79 11 0

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Jos. G. Holdswoeth, Chairman. Auditor's Certificate. —Examined and passed. —R. Macalistee, Provincial District Auditor.

HAWKE'S BAY. Sir,— Napier, 21st May, 1881. In compliance with the request contained in your Circular No. 66, of 28th December last, I have the honor to report that there were only two meetings of Commissioners during the past year, most of the business transacted being routine. Two reserves, one in the Village of Wallingford and the other a town section in Napier, were set apart as school sites during the year. With the exception of the reserves made since the award of 12th June, 1878, under " The Education Reserves Act, 1877," there remain but very few lands which it would be judicious to lease at present. The general statement of accounts forwarded to you on 22nd January last compares favourably with that for the year ended 31st December, 1879, especially as regards the arrears of rents. One amendment of the by-laws was made during the past year, whereby meetings of the Commissioners are fixed to take place every alternate month, instead of monthly as previously. With this exception they remain unaltered, as do the regulations and conditions for leasing the reserves under the administration of the Commissioners. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education. J. T. Tylee, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

Liabilities or Engagements. Istimated liabilities for fencing secondary reserves ... £ s. d. £ 200 s. 0 d. 0 £ s. d. 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0

Receipts. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. To Balance on 1st January, 1880* Arrears due 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880— (1.) Rents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves (2.) Other receipts Moneys payable and collected within 1880— (1.) lients, &c, of reserves (2.) Other receipts Moneys payable in 1881, collected in 1880 — (1.) Eents ... £ s. d. 80 13 2 £ s. d. 37 12 6 £ s. d. 118 5 8 179 2 0 0 6 4 49 8 3 0 0 8 228 10 3 0 7 0 650 1 6 6 15 3 266 5 6 8 5 1 916 7 0 15 0 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 921 18 3 361 12 0 1,283 10 3 SsopendUw, •e. By Office— £ s. d. Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... 48 2 7 Allowances to Commissioners ... ... I 0 6 6 Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... 7 14 4 Expenses of Leasing —Advertising, &c. ... 5138 Expenditure on Reserves — Surveying ... Fencing and other expenditure ... ... 1 19 3 Legal expenses ... ... ... 3 8 10 Hawke's Bay Education Board ... ... 850 0 0 Fixed deposits Eefundofrent ... ... ... 2 0 0 Balance in bank* ... ... ... 2 13 1 Q9.1 IS 9 £ s. d. 48 2 7 0 6 6 7 14 4 5 13 8 1 19 3 3 8 10 850 0 0 £ s. d. 18 10 9 0 2 6 2 19 5 2 3 10 9 10 0 3 1 10 16 6 £ s. d. 66 13 4 0 9 0 10 13 9 7 17 6 9 10 0 5 11 4 15 4 850 0 0 200 0 0 2 0 0 126 10 3 200 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 1 123 17 2 921 1» 3 921 18 3 361 12 0 1,283 10 3 * To this should be added £200, (.he amount of fixed deposits i: preceding year.

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W. Paekee, Secretary to Commissioners. Auditoe's Ceetificate.—Examined and found correct. —W. B. Yaldwyn, Provincial District Auditor. 21st January, 1881.

MARLBOROUGH. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

, , . I I I Examined and passed. John T. Robinson, Secretary. R. Macalisxee, Provincial District Auditor.

Arrears. Primary Educa- Secondary Education Reserves. tiou Reserves. Total. .rrears due on 31st December, 1880—■ (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1879, still unpaid ... (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1880 £ s. d. 0 5 3 85 15 0 i £ s. 17 11 d. 0 £ 0 103 s. 5 G d. 3 0 86 0 3 17 11 0 103 11 8 Liabilities or Engagements. Printing and stationery Legal expenses Bates Rent paid in advance £ s. 0 13 5 0 d. 9 0 £ s. d. 1 10 0 £ 1 2 2 5 s. d. 1 6 2 0 3 9 0 0 10 7 3

\eceip, fa. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. To Balance on 1st January, 1880 Arrears due 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880 — (1.) Bents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves Moneys payable and collected within 1880 — (1.) Eents, &c, of reserves £ s. d. 200 1 6 £ 19 s. d. 5 10 £ s. 219 7 d. 4 16 10 0 16 10 0 64 7 6 5 1 9 69 9 3 280 19 0 24 7 7 305 6 7 JUxpenditu: •e. By Office —Salaries and allowances to officers Maryborough Education Board North Canterbury Education Board ... Marlborough Education Board North Canterbury Education Board ... Balance in hand or in bank £ s. d. 29 6 0 179 3 6 20 18 0 £ s. d. 1 19 0 17 7 0 1 19 10 3 19 £ s. d. 31 5 0 179 3 6 20 18 0 17 7 0 1 19 10 54 13 3 51 11 6 280 19 0 24 7 7 305 6 7 Arrears. Arrears due on 31st December, 1880— (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1879, still unpaid ... (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1880 £ s. 39 5 75 17 d. 0 6 £ s. d. 2 6 9 £ 39 78 s. d. 5 0 4 3 115 2 6 2 6 9 117 9 3 Liabilities or Mm mgements. tent overpaid iecretary's salary to 31st December, 1880, 3 months ... £ 1 G s. d. 0 0 5 0 £ s. d. £ 1 6 s. 0 5 d. 0 0 7 5 0 7 5 0

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NELSON. In forwarding the annual statement of accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1880, the Commissioners regret that they are not able to report the granting of any further leases for the reserves under their management, but the remarks made in their previous reports, to the effect that the present available sections are already included in the leases issued, will sufficiently explain the reason. A lease for twelve sections of land in the town of Reefton, which had been duly tendered for, and prepared for issue on the Ist January, 1879, has now been declared cancelled, and the sections readvertised for tender, the applicant having failed to take up the lease or pay any rent thereon, though repeatedly notified of its being ready for issue, and the rent claimed. The rents received during the year for the purposes of primary education, amounting to £532 3s. lOd. net, have been paid, or are awaiting payment, to the Education Boards within the Nelson Provincial District. Those accruing under the head of " Secondary " have been added to the amount lodged in the Union Bank of Australia on fixed deposit, making a total of £462 10s. 7d., which sum is reserved towards the establishment of a superior school for girls, as formerly reported. With respect to the arrears of rent the Commissioners have, in accordance with their letter to the Secretary for Education of the 15th June last, taken legal proceedings for the recovery, and have already recovered part thereof; and they trust that there will be no further occasion for taking such extreme steps. No alteration has been made by the Commissioners in their by-laws during the year. Alfeed Geeenfield, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

Alfeed Geeenfield, Chairman. Auditoe's Certificate. —Examined and found correct. —H. E. Curtis, Auditor.

* To this should be added a former fixed deposit of £149,

Receipts. Primary Education Keserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. To Balance on 1st January, 1880*... Arrears due 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880— (1.) Eents, issues, profits or receipts of reserves Moneys payable and collected within 1880 — (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves ... (2.) Other receipts; interest £ s. d. 197 14 3 £ s. d. 7 12 9 £ s. A. 205 7 0 83 14 9 13 2 6 96 17 3 463 14 7 154 12 11 19 8 7 618 7 6 19 8 7 745 3 7 194 16 9 940 0 I JSxpenditivrt By OfficeSalaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of Leasing —Advertising, &c. Nelson Education Board "Westland Education Board North Canterbury Education Board Secondary Education —Fixed deposit in Bank Balance in hand or in Bank* ,.. £ s. d. 16 13 4 0 12 2 2 0 0 579 15 2 74 13 6 18 14 4 £ s. d. 8 6 8 0 6 1 10 0 163 10 7 21 13 5 £ s. d. 25 0 0 0 18 3 3 0 0 579 15 2 74 13 6 18 14 4 163 10 7 74 8 6 52 15 1 745 3 7 194 16 9 940 0 4 Arrears. Arrears due on 31st December, 1880— (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1879, still unpaid (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1880 ... £ s. d. 33 0 0 81 11 9 £ 2 21 s. d. 0 0 2 6 : £ s. d. 35 0 0 102 14 3 114 11 9 23 2 6 137 14 3 Liabilities or JSngi igements. £ 4 s. d. i 3 4 £ 2 s. d. 1 8 £ 6 s. d. 5 0 Salaries, &c. 4 3 4 ! 2 1 8 6 5 0

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CANTERBURY. There have been let during the year 1880 nineteen reserves belonging to the primary education estate ; of these, three had been previously let, and had become vacant by abandonment. The transactions of this nature are, therefore : sixteen new lettings, total area 6,085| acres; and three re-lettings, total area 649| acres. There are unlet at present, belonging to the same estate, ten reserves containing 2,285 acres. Five of these, total area 1,971 acres, were advertised for leasing, but no tenders were received for them ; and the remaining five, containing 314 acres, are not yet surveyed. The whole of these lands are of very little value ; part of it is pastoral land, poor and stony, and part bush, on the Peninsula Hills. Another reserve (1126), 640 acres, is practically unlet. The lessees, who are virtually insolvent, requested that a surrender of the lease might be accepted, and the Board agreed thereto. It is thought well to postpone for two or three months the offering of this reserve for leasing, and it will probably be re-let from the Ist of May, 1881. The total area of the primary estate under lease on the 31st December, 1880, exclusive of Reserve 1126, is 42,176 } acres, and the annual rental receivable, £8,850 9s. Id. The secondary estate in the hands of the Commissioners comprises 1,766 acres, of which 43f acres is unlet, and the annual rental is £491 os. 6d. From the secondary estate funds there was granted, on the 31st December, 1880, to the Timaru High School, £217. This is the proportion of the net amount in the hands of the Commissioners at that date, which, by subsection 2 section 21 of " The Education Reserves Act, 1877," is applicable to the South Canterbury Education District; and, out of the sum then in hand due to the North Canterbury Education District, grants of £250 each were made to the Ashburton High School and to the Canterbury College for the Christchurch Girls' High School. The balance at the credit of the secondary estate on the 31st December, 1880, was £439 15s. 4d., of which £400 has been placed on deposit for twelve months. The sums mentioned in the Cash Account as having been written off as lost are: Reserve 1300, £2 13s. 9d., payable Ist May, 1879, and a similar amount payable Ist November, 1879—the lessee became bankrupt and there was no estate; Reserve 1126, £200, payable Ist May, 1880, referred to above. Of the rents payable Ist November, 1879, £9 7s. 6d. is still unpaid. Proceedings have been taken against the lessee in the Magistrate's Court for the recovery thereof. John Maeshman, Christchurch, sth January, 1881. Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

Receipts. Primary Education Estate. Secondary Education Estate. Total. To Balance brought down from 31st December, 1879... Arrears due 1st May, 1879, from last account (less written off as irrecoverable, £2 13s. 9d.) Arrears due 1st November, 1879, from last account (less written off as irrecoverable, £2 13s. 9d.... Moneys payable within the year 1880 and collected, viz.— £ s. d. 299 16 8 £ s. d. 824 5 4 £ s. -d. 1,124 2 0 240 13 3 240 13 3 841 6 0 841 6 0 On account of half-year's rent, payable in advance on the 1st May, 1880 On account of half-year's rent, payable in advance on the 1st November, 1880 Moneys not payable until 1881— One of the tenants in remitting by cheque his rent, payable 1st Nov., 1880, remitted too much by... Other Receipts — Coup, timber on Reserve 1232 Immigration Officer, rent of cottage on Reserve 1193 .. Bank of New Zealand, interest on £750, secondary education funds placed on deposit for twelve months. (See report, December 31st, 1879) 4,303 9 7 245 10 3 4,548 19 10 3,727 5 5 101 6 0 3,828 11 5 0 0 6 0 0 6 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 48 15 0 48 15 0 9,434 11 5 1,219 16 7 10,654 8 0

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Christchurch, sth January, 1881. John Maeshman, Treasurer. Auditoe's Ceetificate. —I certify that I have audited this account and find it to be correct, and that the balance at the credit of the School Commissioners with the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, on the 31st December, 1880, was as herein stated. —J. Olliviee, Provincial District Auditor.— January 7th, 1881.

WESTLAND. Sib,— 30th March, 1881. The Commissioners have the honor to make the following report of their administration during the past year. No resignations have taken place during the year; consequently the members remain the same as at the termination of the year 1879. The Commissioners have held fourteen meetings during the year, seven of which were special meetings. The principal revenue is still derived from the Kumara Education Reserve, the amount received from other sources during the year being only £6. The whole revenue actually received during the year amounted to £298 165., but at the end of the year there was a sum of £521 10s. due for rents for 1880-81. The delay in the payment of these rents is believed to have arisen in part from the notion which seems to have been entertained,

Expenditu: ■0. Primary Eduoa- i tion Estate. lecondary Education Estate. Total. £ s. d. By Office Expenses and Management — Salary of steward ... ... 600 0 0 Allowances to Commissioners... 8 8 0 Printing, stationery, and postage 7 19 2 Expenses of Leasing —Advertising 19 18 3 Divisible —Primary iv, secondary -so, Special Expenditure — Temuka Koad Board,part cost of drain on Eeserve No. 1400. (See liabilities, as per account for 1879) ... McDonald, compensation for fencing removed from Eeserve No. 1200 ... Payments to Education Boards — North Canterbury ... South Canterbury ... Payments on account of Secondary Education— To Christchurch Girls' High. School ... To Ashburton High School ... To Timaru High School Balance in Bank of New Zealand, 31st December, ' 1880, viz.— At credit of current account ... On fixed deposit £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 604 9 2 31 16 3 636 5 5 93 17 6 31 5 0 125 2 6 50 0 0 50 0 0 6,890 6 3 1,609 13 9 6,890 6 3 1,609 13 9 250 0 0 250 0 0 217 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 217 0 0 186 4 9 39 15 4 400 0 0 226 0 1 400 0 0 9,434 11 5 1,219 16 7 10,654 8 0 Assets. Co Eents payable in advance, 1st November, 1879, and still unpaid Eents payable in advance, 1st May, 1880, and still unpaid (less £200, written off as irrecoverable) Proportion not yet collected of half-year's rent, payable in advance, 1st November, 1880 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 9 7 6 9 7 6 29 4 1 29 4 1 792 17 6 144 4 3 937 1 9 831 9 1 144 4 8 975 13 4 Liabilities and Uru mgements. I £ 42. s. d. 6 0 £ 8. d. 2 14 0 £ 45 s. d. 0 0 By Steward's salary for December, 1880 42 6 0 2 14 0 45 0 0

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that, in some way or other, " The Kumara Education Reserve Act, 1879," would have the effect of releasing the lessees from the further payment of rent; but it is the intention of the Commissioners to enforce the payment of rents in the usual way. The Commissioners regret that they are unable to speak in favourable terms of the Act above quoted, as a fortunate piece of legislation. It has complicated instead of clearing up the question of fees for mining on the reserve ; it has taken away from the Commissioners the power of granting leases, the deprivation of which makes it incorrect to speak of the reserve being vested in them in any substantial sense; and, lastly, the Act throws upon the Governor the onus of taking the initiative in regard to the sale of the land' —the great boon for which the tenants have always clamoured—leaving to the Commissioners the bare power of consenting or otherwise. The Governor having taken no steps in the matter, the Commissioners at last resolved to recommend the sale, upon certain terms and conditions, of the town sections upon the reserve held under lease. They have done so partly because the lessees wished it, and partly because they themselves feel no desire to retain in their hands a property, the title to which is in so confused a state, and with which their power of dealing is so restricted and hampered. The revenue of the Commissioners has hitherto been mainly devoted to the payment of an overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand, amounting to £791 Os. 3d. at the time they took over charge of the Kumara Eeserve from the Education Board. Had there been no overdraft, the sum of £391 7s. 3d. would have gone to the funds for secondary education ; and it is presumed that the sum thus diverted must be regarded as a debt due to that fund, which is to be reduced by any available moneys hereafter coming into the hands of the Commissioners. The revenue received during the year amounted to £298 165., and the expenditure to £298 165., including reduction of overdraft existing at the end of the year 1879, to the extent of £132 15s. 2d.; legal expenses, £39 18s. 7d.; Kumara Borough rates, £49 25.; interest on overdraft, £14 35., this leaving the ordinary expenses and management at £62 17s. 3d. No alteration has been made during the year in the Rules and Eegulations of the Commissioners. I have, &c, To the Hon. the Minister of Education. J. A. Bonab, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

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Receipts. Primary Eduoa- Secondary Education Reserves. tion Reserves. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Arrears due 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880 — (1.) Rents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves ... Moneys payable and collected within 1880 — (1.) Eents, &c, of reserves (2.) Other receipts Debit balance, 31st December, 1880 35 5 20 1 4 18 67 8 6 0 6 0 159 5 77 10 1 16 0 0 0 194 10 97 11 6 14 67 8 6 0 6 0 127 13 0 238 11 0 366 4 0 Expenditure, By OfficeSalaries and allowances to officers Travelling expenses Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of Leasing— Advertising and other expenses Legal expenses Interest, Bank of New Zealand ... Borough, rates Debit balance, 31st December, 1879 £ s. d. 13 17 9 3 2 0 13 0 4 0 0 14 3 0 40 0 0 200 3 2 £ s. d. 27 15 7 8 8 10 6 4 0 2 6 1 35 18 7 £ s. d. 41 13 4 8 8 10 9 6 0 3 9 1 39 18 7 14 3 0 49 2 0 200 3 2 9 2 0 276 8 11 89 15 1 366 4 0 Arrears. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .rrears, due on 31st December, 1880 — (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1879, still unpaid (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1880 18 0 64 0 0 0 108 00 457 10 0 126 0 521 10 0 0 82 0 0 565 10 0 647 10 0

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Auditoe's Ceetificate. —I hereby certify that I have examined the above statement, compared it with the vouchers, cash-book, ledger, Bank pass-book, and other documents connected therewith, and find them correct, and according to law.—W. A. Spence, Auditor, 12th April, 1881.

OTAGO. Sic,— Dunedin, 20th April, 1881. In pursuance of Order in Council of date 17th December, 1878, and in accordance with Circular No. 66, dated Wellington, 28th December, 1880, I have the honor to forward report of the School Commissioners of the Provincial District of Otago for the year ended 31st December, 1880. In the early part of the year, His Excellency the Governor appointed Mr. W. H. Pearson, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill, a School Commissioner, in place of Mr. John Bathgate, who was absent from the colony. The Commissioners, with a view to facilitate the disposal of farms on Run 88, Wyndham, decided to co-operate with the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools, and other bodies interested, in forming a road from Waipahi to Wyndham, through the same, for which purpose they voted a sum of £500. The Commissioners have caused the Secretary to find security to the extent of £1,000 for the faithful discharge of his duties. The following sums of money were paid by the Commissioners during the year, on the basis of population, viz.: — Primary reserves rents (on hand on Ist January, 1880, and received up to 30th September, 1880, after deducting expenses of management, &c, in proportion to receipts),— Otago Education Board ... ... ... ... ... £5,393 15 11 Southland Education Board ... ... ... ... 1,390 0 11 Secondary reserve rents, for same periods, — Otago Boys'and Girls' High Schools... ... ... ... 203 7 9 Southland Boys'and Girls' High Schools ... ... ... 52 8 4 On the 31st December, 1880, the following sums were available for distribution, and have since been paid to the above-mentioned bodies, on the basis of population:— Primary reserves rent ... ... ... ... ... £3,695 12 1 Secondary reserves rent ... ... ... ... ... 555 14 8 During the year, the Commissioners leased 24 town, 24 suburban, and 13 rural sections in different parts of the provincial district, at an annual rental of £478 13s. Bd. They also leased Run 208, Wairaki (the license of which was abandoned by the Crown tenant), for 14 years, in three subdivisions, at an annual rent of £418 Bs. lid.; being £204 Bs. lid. in excess of rent formerly paid. They also leased Run 88, Wyndham, for one year, at £80. The Commissioners let this run in one lot, in consequence of failing to procure tenants for the smaller areas into which it was divided. In connection with this matter, I beg to refer you to the following paragraph in last year's report:—" In March, 1879, they surveyed Run 88, Wyndham, into fourteen farms, of from 191 to 809 acres, with a view to leasing them. They regret to state, however, that only one section has been taken up, notwithstanding the fact that they were submitted for lease by auction on two occasions after being well advertised. The Commissioners intend to lease the whole of the run in one lot for pastoral purposes, on short lease." The Commissioners have had under consideration a Bill for presentation to Parliament at the coming session, empowering them to sell education reserves where deemed advisable. They would desire to call your attention to the absolute necessity that exists for such power being granted, a necessity which has been forced upon them after repeated failures in endeavouring to lease certain reserves to adequate advantage under present arrangements. A widespread opinion exists in every part of the provincial district that the settlement of the country is retarded by the large blocks of land comprised in education reserves being to a great extent locked up. Doubtless a certain portion of the reserves is only fit for pastoral purposes ; but the great bulk of the runs would sell to advantage if put into the market from time to time as required, and on terms which would come within the reach of bond fide settlers, thus securing the profitable occupation of the country. With judicious management, the proceeds of such sales would far exceed the rent which is at present derived from the reserves, or indeed that which is likely to accrue in the future under the present system. I append hereto draft of the Bill, which the Commissioners trust will meet with your approval and support.

Liabilities or Engagements. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. £ S. d. 67 8 0 391 7 3 19 7 6 £ s. a. £ s. d. 67 8 0 391 7 3 79 10 0 109 4 9 Overdraft, Bank of New Zealand ... Due to Secondary Education Account Sundry accounts, due 31st December, 1880 ... Balance 60 2 109 4 6 9 478 2 9 169 7 8 647 10 0

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The Commissioners regret to report that great difficulty has been experienced in collecting arrears of rent during the year just closed. They have, however, succeeded in getting in most of the long standing amounts not absolutely irrecoverable. As explained in report for year ended 31st December, 1879, a great number of the rents are payable towards the close of the year, and though due, are seldom paid till the commencement of the following year. £519 2s. sd. of arrears has been paid since the close of the year 1880, and it is expected that a great portion of the remainder will be paid in May next. In the majority of cases where the rent has been in arrear, the tenants have paid up the arrears and let the current half-year's rent, and in some cases the year's rent, run on. The Commissioners are endeavouring to keep the arrears as low as possible, and, where advisable, are taking extreme measures for recovery. Annexed hereto is the balance-sheet, duly audited, showing the receipts and expenditure of the School Commissioners during the year. J. P. Maitland, The Hon. the Minister for Education. Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

J. P. Maitland, Chairman. Auditoe's Ceetificate. —I certify the foregoing statement to be correct, and that the rents due and uncollected amount, by the Treasurer's books, to £1,836 7s. 4d, —H. Livingston, Auditor.

Receipts. Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. To Balance on 1st January, 1880 ... Arrears due on 1st January, 1880, collected in 1880... Moneys payable and collected within 1880 — (1.) Rents, &c, of reserves ... (2.) Interest from Bank on credit balances £ S. d. 3,445 18 4 1,146 4 9 £ s. d. 194 3 2 224 4 2 £ s. d. 3.640 1 6 1,370 8 11 6,605 5 5 59 13 9 332 19 1 23 19 0 6,938 4 6 83 12 9 11,257 2 8 775 5 5 12,032 7 8 Expenditure, By OfficeSalaries and allowances to officers, including Secretary's salary, £300; commission to Southland agent, £87 9s. 3d.; Secretary's travelling expenses, £10 16s. 2d. Allowances to Commissioners (travelling) Printing, stationery, advertising, &c. Office rent and expenses Expenses of Leasing — Auctioneers' commission Advertising and other expenses Expenditure on Eeserves — Surveying ... Fencing and other expenditure Legal expenses Otago Education Board Southland Education Board Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Southland High School Balance in hand or in bank 696 19 £ s. d. 0 £ 44 s. 9 d. 0 £ s. d. f 398 5 5 39 6 8 36 17 9 95 17 6 12 9 5 79 2 2 5,393 15 11 1,390 0 11 12 10 0 42 0 0 24 19 1 5,393 15 11 1,390 0 11 203 7 9 52 8 4 4,251 6 9 203 7 52 8 555 14 9 4 8 3,695 12 1 11,176 7 11 855 19 0 12,032 7 8 Arrears. Arrears due on 31st December, 1880 — £ s. d. ... 1,579 17 10 1,579 17 10 £ s. d. 256 9 6 £ 1,836 s. d. 7 4 256 9 6 1,836 7 4

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REGULATIONS OE HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

I. Class-books for Public Schools. — Dated 20th July, 1880. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 72, 22nd July, 1880.] The book entitled " English History for Schools," by John Curnow (George Philip and Son, London), and the several parts of the book entitled " Elementary Linear Drawing," by David C. Hutton (issued by the Education Department), 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 twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

11. Eees for Higher Education, Invercargill. — Dated 24.7. August, 1880. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 82, 26th August, 1880.] In the District High School at Invercargill the fees for higher education within the meaning of section 56 of " The Education Act, 1877," shall be ten shillings a quarter for not more than one subject, and five shillings a quarter for each subject in excess of one.

111. District Licenses to Teach. — Dated 21st December, 1880. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 118, 23rd December, 1880.] The Minister of Education may, on application being made to him by any Education Board, grant to any person who shall have served as pupil-teacher under such Board for a term of three years or more, and who shall have passed the final examination of the pupil-teachers' course as prescribed by such Board, a district license tenable for two years from the date at which the aforesaid final examination was passed, and during such two years such district license shall, within the education district of the Board'by which such application shall have been made, have the force of a certificate granted under "The Education Act, 1877."

IV. Class-books for Public Schools. — Dated Ist March, 1881. [Vide New Zealand Gazette Wo. 16, Brd March, 1881.] The books entitled " A Class-book and Method for teaching Geography and History to the Second and Third Standards " (Robertson, Melbourne) ; " Geography of New Zealand and Oceania," by Rev. Peter Mason, B.A. (Upton and Co., Auckland); and "A First Geography for the Schools of New Zealand and the Australian Colonies," by D. Petrie, M.A. (Henry Wise and Co., Dunedin), 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 twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventyeight.

V. Examination of Pupil-teachers in Drawing.—-Dated 29th March, 1881. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 22, 4th April, 1881.] At any examination of candidates for teachers' certificates, pupil-teachers in the service of any Education Board may present themselves for examination in drawing. Of four divisions of the subject, viz., (1) freehand, (2) geometrical, (3) perspective, and (4) model drawing, they may take up any one or more at one examination, or at successive examinations, and in any order; and their success in one or more of the four divisions will render them so far exempt from examination in drawing when they become candidates for certificates.

CIRCULARS. (Circular No. 56.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, ■ ■ 20th July, 1880. I am directed to inform you that the Commissioner of Government Life Insurance has represented the desirability of extending to teachers and other officers employed by Education Boards the system adopted in the case of officers paid directly by the Government, under which they are enabled to pay premiums on insurances effected in the Government Office by means of deductions from their monthly salaries. Mr. Rolleston is of opinion that it is advisable to encourage teachers to take advantage of the Life Insurance scheme ; and the system in question is obviously of much practical importance. It has already been adopted by one Board, and I am to recommend it to the favourable consideration of your Board. John Hislop. (Circular Telegram.) Government Buildings, 28th July, 1880. House of Representatives has reduced total Education Vote by thirty-two thousand pounds (£32,000) a year, equal to deduction from former total capitation grant of ten shillings (10s.) per average attendance, with the view that same principles of economy should apply to education as to other branches of public service. Parliament has determined that 10 per cent, reduction be made on salary, pay, and wages throughout every branch of public service. Government assume you and your Board will readily co-operate with them in giving full effect to the decision of Parliament in this matter, and so readjust and reduce the expenditure of moneys entrusted to Board as to meet the necessities of the case by making the reductions apply proportionally and fairly to every part of the Board's service. Sections 8 and 43 of the Act indicate the several purposes to which the statutory grant is applicable. I give you early intimation, as no doubt your Board will consider it advisable to

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give immediate intimation to its officers and school committees of the necessary reductions, so as to prevent the incurring of further liabilities at former rates until your Board has had time to make necessary adjustments. Eeferring to last paragraph of Departmental Circular No. 50, I must again press upon Board absolute necessity for positively refraining from incurring liabilities on school-buildings beyond what can be covered by moneys already in their possession or expressly authorized. Government will not be responsible for any other expenditure. .Reduction takes effect from Ist proximo. The Chairman, Education Board, Wm. Eollestost.

(Circular No. 58.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, 2nd August, 1880. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to request the Board to be good enough to furnish the Government with a report on the readjustment of expenditure in the several branches of the Board's service which it proposes to make with a view to the carrying out of the intentions of the General Assembly as made known to the Chairman by telegram from Mr. Rolleston, dated the 28th ultimo. I am to take this opportunity to explain that the reduction is at the rate of 10s. per annum for each average attendance from the Ist instant, until the General Assembly shall otherwise resolve. In other words, instead of £4 ss. per average attendance as formerly, Boards will now receive at the rate of £3 15s. for Board and School Funds. I am further to say that the General Assembly clearly intends that the reduction shall be applied proportionally and fairly to all the branches of the Board's service, including inspection and the training departments as well as Board salaries and expenses, and that it be made to operate as lightly as possible in respect of expenditure necessary for the efficient carrying on, by the Committees and the teachers, of the schools themselves. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 59.) Education Department, Wellington, Sib,— . . 22nd September, 1880. In accordance with what was understood to be the determination of Parliament when the vote for inspection was passed, and with a view to a reduction of the general cost of education, Mr. Eolleston directs me to say that he hopes your Board will concur in an arrangement by which the services of the Inspectors of Schools may be placed at the disposal of the department for purposes connected with the examination of teachers. The ordinary work of school inspection will of course be carried on as usual under the direction of the Boards. The only alteration will be that, in addition to the duties required of them by Orders in Council, (Eegulations for Examination, &c, of Teachers, 24th September, 1878, Gazette No. 92, dated 26th September, 1878, section 12; and Eegulations for the Examination of Teachers, 7th July, 1880, Gazette No. 70, dated 16th July, 1880, section 3,) the Inspectors will be expected to take such part in the conduct of the examinations for certificates as may be found necessary. Their special knowledge renders them better able to undertake the local arrangements than any other local agents could be, and it is felt that in the present state of the colony special payment for such work is not justifiable. I have, &c, The Chairman, Education Board, John Hislop.

(Circular No. 60.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, 23rd September, 1880. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to inform you that the General Assembly has voted a sum of £50,000 for public and Native school-buildings; that the Government have apportioned this amount after careful consideration of the relative circumstances and necessities of the several education districts as regards schoolhouses and teachers' residences; and that the sum proposed to be granted to your Board is £* * You will therefore be good enough to forward the usual certificates (up to the above-mentioned amount) from time to time as the money may be wanted for the payment of work done. I am further directed to impress upon Boards the necessity which exists for their refraining from anticipating the votes of the General Assembly for school-buildings, and from incurring any liabilities on account of buildings beyond those which can be covered by the moneys already authorized by the Government or available for the purpose out of the ordinary Board Fund. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 61.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, ■ 28th September, 1880. Eefebbing to the Order in Council of 7th July last, Gazette, No. 70, page 1,027, requiring every candidate for examination for a certificate to present a certificate from an Inspector, I am directed to say that in cases in which an Inspector has already a sufficient knowledge of the candidate, it is not necessary to go through the form of an examination in reading, spelling, writing, and dictation. Forms which Inspectors can fill up as certificates will be forwarded to you in a few days. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 65.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, 13th December, 1880. I hate the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to forward three forms of returns relating to school-buildings, and to request that your Board will cause them to be filled up and sent to this office as soon as convenient after the close of the year.

* Auckland, £14,000; Taranaki, £750; Wanganui, £2,000; Wellington, £2,500; Hawke's Bay, £1,000; Marlborough, £750; Nelson, £1,200; North Canterbury, £6,000; South Canterbury, £2,000; Westland, £4,500 j Otago, £6,000; Southland, £2,000; Natiye Schools, £7,3oo—Total £50,000,

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I attach tbe following explanation and directions with reference to the returns, and I am to request that they be filled up as far as practicable in accordance with the directions given. John Hislop.

Explanation and Directions. Return No. I. —This return is intended to include school-buildings and works actually under contract, or in respect of which the Board has positively incurred liabilities, but which are not completed and wholly paid for on Ist January, 1881. But the return may also include any slight extras which may be wanted to render the buildings and premises complete. You will be careful, however, to show the particulars of such extras and their estimated cost in a separate line. Enter each distinct school-building and residence separately. If the school and the residence form one building, specify approximately in separate lines the particulars and cost of each. Return No. 2.—This return is intended for buildings and works not included in Return No. 1, and in respect of which the Board has not contracted any liability. Be careful to enter first of all and to distinguish works in school districts already constituted which are considered absolutely necessary for the present wants of the district. Then enter and distinguish the buildings and works considered absolutely necessary in localities which the Board has resolved to form into school districts. Show schools and residences separately, even when forming one building. Enter in a separate line the cost of school site, when such has to be purchased. Enter the buildings and works as far as possible in the order of urgency and importance. In cases where the Board's estimate of requirements is based upon an expectation of increased school attendance, you are requested to furnish, in the form of notes to the return, any statistical information which can be adduced in support of such expectation. In the case of a proposed new school or new school district, you will please furnish, in a separate note, particulars as to the distance of the proposed site from the nearest existing school, the character of the population, whether settled or otherwise, and the number of children of school age who cannot attend schools already in operation. This return should not include prospective wants, such as may hereafter arise from new settlements or other causes. In estimating the cost of school-buildings, everything should be included essential to the complete equipment of the school—such as closets, fencing, school furniture, &c. But it should be borne in mind that the greatest possible economy compatible with efficiency should be exercised in the expenditure of moneys placed at the Board's disposal for school-buildings. The definition of the term " school-buildings " is given in the last paragraph of Circular No. 15, of date 2nd November, 1878. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 69.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, * 10th January, 1881. By Order in Council, bearing date 10th June, 1879, " The Temperance Lesson Book " is recognized as a book which, subject to such restrictions as the Education Board of any district may impose, may be used in any public school. Sir William Fox proposes to offer valuable prizes (of not less than £10 each) to be awarded to pupils of the public schools by competitive examination in the subject-matter of this book, and he is now in correspondence with the Government on the subject. Mr. Dick instructs me to ask you whether the Board would be willing to act in concert with the Government in order to give effect to Sir William Fox's proposals. Probably the Board would not be asked to do more than to distribute circulars to the schools and to provide a suitable room, and perhaps a supervisor, for the examination. Wm. Jas. Habens, Inspector-General of Schools.

(Circular No. 72.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, Ist March, 1881. I am directed to forward copies of the enclosed Circular Memorandum addressed to teachers of public schools, and to ask that you will be good enough to distribute them. John Hislop.

[Enclosure in Circular No. 72.] To the Teachers of the Public Schools. The attention of the Minister of Education having been directed to the fact that an annual loss of about £400 is sustained by the Telegraph Department in consequence of wilful damage done to insulators, the masters of public schools are requested to use their influence with their pupils in order to induce a feeling of respect for the public interests involved in the regular working of the lines. By order. John Hislop. Education Department, Wellington, Bth February, 1881.

(Circular No. 73.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, 2nd March, 1881. I have the honor, by direction of the Minister of Education, to forward copies of a notice issued by order of the Hon. the Postmaster-G-eneral with reference to the proposal to receive for lodgment in any Post Office Saving Bank deposits of penny postage stamps of the value of one shilling, with a view to the encouragement of habits of thrift among children. I forward also copies of the cards which will be provided by the Post Office Department for the collection of the stamps. I am, on behalf of the G-overnment, to request that your Board will be good enough to cause the notices and the cards to be distributed among School Committees and teachers as soon as convenient. A perusal of the notice and the card will show that the scheme, is a very simple one, and that its operation would in no way interfere with the proper duties of the teachers, or necessarily add to their labours. In all probability, however, many teachers would interest themselves in the matter, and would be very glad to bring it under the notice of their scholars. Those of them in the remoter localities

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would probably be willing to assist their scholars by keeping a supply of cards, and by forwarding them, when the squares are filled up, to the most conveniently situated Post Office Savings Bank; but such services would of course be purely voluntary on the part of the teachers. Supplies of the card will be kept at all post offices in the colony, for issue on application to schools and to children attending schools. John Hisiop.

[Enclosure in Circular No. 73.] Notice to the Public. — Postage Stamps for deposit in Post OJjfice Savings Banks by School Children. With the object of encouraging habits of thrift among school children, the Postmaster-General has decided to receive for lodgment in any Post Office Savings Bank deposits of penny postage stamps of the value of one shilling, when affixed to the cards provided by the department for this purpose. Every pupil attending any school who may wish to save one shilling by penny contributions, for ultimate deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank, may do so by purchasing with every penny so saved a penny postage stamp and affixing it to the card. When the squares are filled, the card may be taken to any Post Office Savings Bank, where it will be received by the Postmaster, who will accept it either as the first deposit in a new account then to be opened, or as a subsequent deposit if the depositor has already opened an account. If any stamps affixed to the cards are defaced or otherwise damaged, it will result in the rejection of the entire number. The cards for the collection of postage stamps, and intended for distribution either to schools or to the children attending schools, may be obtained at every Post Office Savings Bank, where further information will be afforded. Post Office and Telegraph Department, W. Geay, Wellington, 2nd March, 1881. Secretary.

(Circular No. 75.) Education Department, Wellington, Sic-,—■ • 26th March, 1881. Circumstances which have come under the notice of the Minister of Education render it in his opinion desirable that he should be informed of any case in which a teacher is dismissed with disgrace from the service of a Board. Mr. Dick directs me to ask you to be so good as to furnish him with a statement of any case of the kind that may occur in your district, in order that he may be able to decide whether it is necessary to cancel the certificate of the offending teacher. I have, &c, The Chairman, Education Board, John Hisiop.

(Circular No. 79.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary to the Education Board, ■ 4th May, 1881. I am instructed by the Minister of Education to inform you that Circular No. 17, of date sth November, 1878, is hereby cancelled, and that after the 30th June, 1881, capitation grants will not be paid to Boards on account of the attendance at public schools of children under five years of age. lam therefore to request that the attendances of all children under five years of age be excluded from your attendance summary for the current quarter, on which, as you are aware, next quarter's payments are calculated, and to suggest the advisability of the Board forthwith issuing instructions to School Committees and teachers to exclude the attendances of all such children from their school attendance returns for the present quarter. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 80.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary, Education Board, 7tn May, 1881. I am directed by the Minister of Education to request your Board's attention to section 15 of " The Education Act, 1877," and to point out the advisability of an arrangement being made by the Board with the School Commissioners, and, if necessary, with the Chief Surveyor of your district, for the preparation of a complete list, with correct descriptions, of all education reserves or lands vested in the School Commissioners or the Board which have been set apart as school sites under the provisions of section 15, with a view to the publication of such list in the New Zealand Gazette. You will see a notification of the kind referred to in the Gazette No. 29, April 28th, 1881, page 467. The course taken by the Canterbury School Commissioners should be followed by all School Commissioners whenever any education reserves, or portions of them, have been set apart as school sites under section 15 above referred to, and it is the interest of Education Boards to see to this being done. John Hislop.

(Circular No. 81.) Education Department, Wellington, The Secretary, Education Board, . 14th May, 1881. Yotte Board having consented to co-operate with the Government in order to give effect to Sir William Pox's proposal to offer prizes to be awarded to pupils of the public schools by competitive examination in the subject-matter of the Temperance Lesson Book, a circular, of which I send you by this mail copies, has been prepared for issue to head-teachers of public schools. I am to ask your Board to be so good as to send a copy of the circular to every head-teacher in your district. The examination districts have been arranged in such a way as to make the number of children in one district, according to the working average for the quarter ending December, 1880, as nearly as possible equal to the number in each of the other districts. The numbers are :in the North Island District, 11,569 ; in North Canterbury, 12,233 ; in Otago, less three counties, 12,544; in Westland, South Canterbury, Southland, and three Otago counties, 12,331. Wm. Jas. Habens, Inspector-Q-eneral of Schools.

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[Enclosure in Circular No. 81.] Memorandum for Teachees of Public Schools. In the month of December, 1882, on a day to be hereafter fixed, a competitive examination will take place, and upon the results thereof four prizes of ten pounds (£10) each, the gift of the Hon. Sir William Fox, K.C.M.G., will be awarded. 2. The subject of examination will be the subject-matter of Richardson's Temperance Lesson Book (published by W. Tweedie and Co., London). 3. The candidates must be pupils of public schools maintained under the provisions of " The Education Act, 1877." 4. For the purposes of the examination there will be four examination districts, and the prizes will be awarded as follows: One to the best candidate in the examination district comprising the Education Districts of Wellington, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki; one to the best candidate in the examination district comprising the Education District of North Canterbury; one to the best candidate in the examination district comprising the whole of the Otago Education District, with the exception of the Counties of Tuapeka, Bruce, and Clutha; and one to the best candidate in the examination district comprising the Education Districts of Westland, South Canterbury, and Southland, and the Counties of Tuapeka, Bruce, and Clutha. 5. The place or places of examination within each education district will be such as shall be appointed by the Education Board of the district, which will also appoint the necessary supervisors. 6. The examination will be conducted by means of printed papers sent from the office of the Education Department at Wellington, and the supervisors will send the candidates' written answers to the office of the department, for examination by examiners to be appointed by Sir William Fox. 7. Intending candidates attending any school must give notice to the Education Board having authority over the school, and such notice must be given not later than the Ist day of October, 1882. Education Department, Wm. Jas. Habens, Wellington, 14th May, 1881. Inspector-General of Schools.

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