EDUCATION. SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. [In Continuation of E.-1, 1882.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1883 Session I, E-01

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1883. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. [In Continuation of E.-1, 1882.]

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

CONTENTS. REPORT. Page . Paf!» School Attendance ... ... ... ii Normal Schools ... ... ... xix Ages of the Scholars ... ... ... v Education Reserves ... ... ... xx Subjects of Instruction ... ... ... y University Reserves ... ... ... xxi Number of Public Schools ... ... ... vi Native Schools .. ... ... ... xxi Number of Teachers ... ... ... rii Deaf-and-Dumb Institution ... ... xxiii Finances of Boards "... ... ... viii Industrial and Orphan Schools ... ... xxiv School Buildings ... .. ... xi Q-ilclirist Scholarship ... ... ... xxvi Inspection of Schools ... ... ... xii Higher Education ... ... ... xxvi Scholarships ... ... ... ... xix i Public Libraries ... ... ... xxix APPENDIX. Statistics — Statements of Accounts ol: Boards — continued. Income of Boards (Table No. 1) ... ... 1 Canterbury South ... ... ... 80 Expenditure of Boards (Table No. 2) ... 2 Westland ... ... ... ... 83 Management of Boards, Cost of (Table No. 3) ... 8 Otago ... ... ... ... 87 Ages of Scholars (Table No. 4) ... ... 4 Southland... ... .... ... 90 Standards, Scholars classified according to (Table No. 5) ... ... ... 5 Normal School Reports— Officers of Boards and Training Colleges (Table Auckland ... ... ' ... ... 91 No. 6)- ... ... ... ... 6 Wellington ... ... ... 93 Education Department, Expenditure under Canterbury North ... ... ... 95 (Table No. 7) ... ... ... 7 Otogo ... ... ... ... PIS Schools, Expenditure on each, and Names and Otago Regulations ... ... ... 97 Salaries of Teachers (Table No. 9) ... 9 Schools, Area of each, Number of Residences, Drawing Master's Report, Dunedin ... ... 87 and Attendance (Table No. 10) ... ... 43 Drawing Master's Report, Auckland ... ... 113 Reports of Boards —■ Auckland ... ... ... ... 57 Drill Instructor's Report, Auckland ... ... 114 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 61 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 63 Drill Instructor's Report, Canterbury North ... 115 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 66 Wellington ... ... ... 69 Singing Master's Report, Auckland ... ... 114 Marlborough ... ... ... 71 Nelson ... ... ... ... 73 Reports and Accounts of School Commissioners— Canterbury North ... ... ... 75 Auckland ... ... ... ... 100 Canterbury South ... ... ... 78 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 102 Westland ... ... ... ... 81 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 103 Otago ... ... ... ... 83 Wellington ... ... ... 104 Southland ... ... ... ... 88 Marlborough ... ... 105 Nelson ... ... ... ... 106 Statements of Accounts of Boards — Canterbury ... ... ... 109 Auckland ... ... ... ... 61 Westland ... ... ... ... 110 Taranaki ... ... ... ... 62 Olago ... ... ... ... 112 Wanganui ... ... ■"£ ... ... 65 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 68 Begulations —■ Wellington ... ... ... 71 Class Books for Public Schools ... ... 113 Marlborough ... ... ... 72 District High School Pees (Rirerton) ... 113 Nelson ... ... ... ... 74 X>i- trict High School Pees (Cambridge, Hamilton, Canterbury North ~. ... ... 77 Toiuuka, and Waimate) ... ... 113

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

Office of the Department of Education, Sib, — Wellington, 14th June, 1883. I have the honour, in accordance with the provisions of "The Education Act, 1877," to submit to your Excellency the following report upon the progress and condition of public education in New Zealand during the year ending the 31st day of December, 1882. I have, &c, Thomas Dick. His Excellency Sir William E. Drummond Jervois, G.C.M.G., &c, Governor of New Zealand.

KEIPOKT. The main purpose of this report is to furnish full information respecting the " public schools" established and maintained under the provisions of " The Education Act, 1877," and the administration of the reserves appropriated by Parliament for the partial maintenance of primary and secondary schools. It is deemed convenient, however, to give also a brief summary of the work of certain educational institutions of a public character which do not come under the operation of the Education Act; fuller information regarding them being supplied in separate parliamentary papers. These papers contain reports on Native schools (E.-2), industrial schools and orphanages (E.-3), and the institution for deaf mutes (E.-4), all of which (except some of the industrial schools and orphanages) are under the direct management of the Education Department; on the University of New Zealand (E.-5), the University of Otago (E.-6), and Canterbury College (E.-7); on secondary schools (E.-8), nearly all of which are required by law to make annual reports to the Minister of Education ; and on the distribution of the vote of £6,000 for public libraries (E.-9). The Boards' reports and those of the School Commissioners who manage the education reserves are contained in the Appendix. The- Inspector-General's report on the annual examination for teachers' certificates, and the reports of the Boards' Inspectors of Schools are printed in separate papers, (E.-]a and E.-1b respectively), i—E. 1.

EDUCATION. SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OE EDUCATION. [In Continuation of E.-l, 1882.]

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School Attendance. Table No. 10, Appendix, pages 43-56, contains a list of all the public schools in operation within the several education districts during the year, together with an abstract of the enrolments and the average daily attendance at each. The following table shows the more important particulars of the attendance for the year in each of the Board districts :—

TABLE A.—School Attendance.

The following table shows the total number of enrolments, the average daily attendance, and the increase in each year since 1877 : —

TABLE A 2. —School Attendance and Yearly Increase for Five Years.

The returns for the year, as also those for 1881, show a much smaller annual increase in the school attendance than those for any of the first three years after the Act came into operation. Some of the causes referred to in the report for 1881, page ii, as accounting for the relatively small increase in the attendance for that year, are still applicable to the past year, and they need not be here recapitulated. .Epidemics seem to be now more prevalent and more serious amongst the children of the colony than was the case in former years. Some of the Boards represent the school attendance as having been much affected by

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Education Districts. Number Beginning ear' of Year. On Schoi Number who Le during the Year. >l-rolls. Number belonging at'End of Year. Strict Average. Avi srage Daily Attendance. "Working Average. fl aj O o "I ti ID A -"gill Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Fourth Quarter. , Whole Year. Males. Females. Total. Fourth Quarter. Auckland ... laranafci ... Wanganui... Wellington ETawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson (forth Canterbury ... South Canterbury Westland ... Otago Southland ... 14,038 1,456 4,212 5,510 2,907 1,217 3,772 14,693 3,414 2,777 17,548 4,765 9,801 1,336 2,526 3,758 1,874 679 1,970 9,975 2,013 1,004 9,450 2,667 7,738 807 1,734 2,997 1,418 482 1,529 7,761 1,574 858 7,333 1,952 16,101 1,985 5,004 6,271 3,363 1,414 4,213 16,907 3,853 2,923 19,665 5,480 12,190 1,343 3,768 4,225 2,567 1,007 3,110 12,526 2,857 2,188 16,471 4,174 11,464 1,233 3,481 4,698 2,340 1,009 2,976 11,845 2,656 2,229 15,918 3,860 6,595 739 2,025 2,527 1,469 556 1,643 6,825 1,532 1,119 8,631 2,248 6,046 685 1,818 2,090 1,164 491 1,579 5,922 1,412 1,162 7,974 2,036 12,641 1,424 3,843 4,617 2,633 1,047 3,222 12,747 2,944 2,281 16,605 4,284 12,223 1,332 3,613 4,905 2,447 1,049 3,111 12,186 2,775 2,313 16,163 4,028 75'5 69-1 74-5 76-6 74-0 760 71-7 73-0 74-5 77-4 82-0 76-5 Totals for 1882... Totals for 1881... 76,309 74,359 47,053 46,206 36,183 37,005 87,179 83,560 66,426 63,009 63,709 61,822 35,909 34,150 32,379 30,594 68,288 64,744 66,145 63,735 76-4 76-4 Increase in year 1,950 847 -822 3,619 3,417 1,887 1,759 1,785 3,541 2,410 Totals for 1877... 55,688 41,773 40,837 25,307 Increase in 5 years 31,491 26,515 Average yearly increase 6,298 5,303 5,061

School Attendance. Yearly Increase on Average Attendance. Average Attendance. "ear. Number belonging at Beginning of Year. Number belonging at End of Year, Strict Average. Working Average. Number oelonging at Beginning of Year. Number belonging at End of Year. Strict Average. Working Average. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. 1877 55,688 41,773 40,837 1878 50,849 65,040 49,435 45,521 50,639 47,996 9,352 8,866 7,159 1879 59,707 75,566 57,301 53,067 58,738 54,724 8,858 10,526 7,866 7,546 8,099 6,728 1880 68,124 82,401 62,946 60,625 64,407 62,234 8,417 6,835 5,645 7,558 5,669 7,510 1881 74,359 83,560 63,009 61,822 64,744 63,735 6,235 1,159 63 1,197 337 1,501 1882 76,309 87,179 66,426 63,709 68,288 66,145 1,950 3,619 3,417 1,887 3,544 2,410

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them. There were measles and other epidemics in Auckland; measles in Wanganui; measles, diphtheria, scarlatina, and whooping-cough in most of the Hawke's Bay school districts; and a large amount of sickness in Dunedin and other centres of population. The collection of full and reliable information of a uniform character respecting school attendance is secured by means of the attendance registers a,nd summaries, which are supplied by the department to all the schools, the method of calculating the attendance prescribed by the regulations, and the quarterly returns required under them for each school. Almost all the grants made to Boards from the education vote are paid according to the average attendances in the several education districts, and it -is therefore of extreme importance that the school registers and the returns should be perfectly trustworthy. In this matter the department is wholly dependent upon the accuracy and good faith of the teachers, except in so far as the Boards' Inspectors carefully scrutinize the attendance registers, and the Chairmen of School Committees follow the practice of comparing the returns with the registers before they are forwarded to the Board. It is exceedingly desirable therefore that the Boards should instruct their Inspectors in regard to the scrutiny of the registers, and that they should insist upon all school returns being approved and signed by the Chairmen of the Committees, as enjoined by the regulations. As prescribed by regulations under the Education Act the average daily attendance is ascertained by dividing the total number of morning and afternoon attendances taken together by the total number of times (morning and afternoon taken separately) that the school has been at work during the period for which the computation is made. In order, however, that the capitation allowance to Boards 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 for each education district in the foregoing summary (Table A), and for each school in Table No. 10 of the Appendix, pages 43-56, the difference between them for all the schools being 2,436 for the entire year and 1,862 for the last quarter. The differences in former years were as follows : In 1881, entire year 1,913, last quarter 1,735 ; in 1880, entire year 1,609, last quarter 1,461; in 1879, entire year 1,657, last quarter 1,437; in 1878, entire year 2,475, last quarter 1,204. The percentage of difference between the "strict average" and the "working average " attendance in each year has been as follows : 3-82 in 1882, 3-09 in 1881, 2-58 in 1880, 3"13 in 1879, and 5-43 in 1878. "Where the average daily attendance is mentioned in other parts of this report it is the "working average" which is meant. Some Boards have expressed a desire for a change in the mode of computing the " working average," on the ground that the extensive prevalence of epidemics from time to time in a number of the school districts reduces the attendance, and consequently the capitation grants, to such a degree as seriously to affect the finances of the Board, and to necessitate reductions in the incomes of the teachers whose school attendances have been thus unexpectedly diminished by causes over which they have had no control. The Board of the Auckland District " feels bound to repeat its conviction that the regulation [for computing the working average] fails to reach the object for which it was framed, and that further provision ought to be made to meet such contingencies " as those referred to.* Similar representations are made by the Board of Hawke's Bay in its report.f But it is difficult to see how any plan could be devised by which exceptional cases, such as those referred to, could be met in the way suggested without stretching to an undue extent the powe'rto frame regulations by an Order in Council for the payment of the capitation grants to Boards according to the number of children " in average

* Appendix, page 58. t Appendix, page 66.

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daily attendance." The existing regulation seems to go as far in the direction indicated as it could fairly be carried without the sanction of the Legislature. Although epidemics amongst children may somewhat seriously affect the average attendance in the particular districts suffering from them, yet the returns show that for all the colony the proportion of the average attendance to the rollnumbers has been almost the same for all the years during which the Education Act has been in operation, the proportions being 76"4 per cent, in 1882, 76*4 per cent, in 1881, 76-6 per cent, in 1880, and 76-1 in 1879. The last column of Table A shows the proportion of average attendance to the roll-numbers in each of the education districts for the past year. The lowest proportion (69"1 per cent.) was in the Taranaki Education District; the highest (82 per cent.) was reached by Otago. In Auckland District the percentage in 1882 was only 75*5, as compared with 774 in 1881 and 1880. In the District of Hawke's Bay the proportions were 74 per cent, in 1882. 74-2 in 1881, and 74-4 in 1880. As compared with 1881, there has been an increase in the percentage of average attendance in the Districts of Wanganui, Marlborough, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Westland, Otago, and Southland; while in Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Nelson there has been a falling-off to a greater or less extent. The following are the corresponding percentages for the principal towns of the several education districts : Auckland, 80*7 ; New Plymouth, 73 ; Wanganui, 77*5; Wellington, 772; Napier, 73-7 ; Blenheim, 77 ; Nelson, 83-7; Christchurch, 734; Timaru, 777; Hokitika, 76-l; Greymouth, 76; Dunedin, 85"6; and Invercargill, 77"9 : average for the whole of these towns, 78*8. The roll-number for the year upon which the foregoing calculations are based is ascertained as follows : There is reason to believe that the number of pupils on the roll at the end of the quarter fairly represents the actual number belonging to the school, although its accuracy depends very much upon the care with which redundant or useless names are removed as soon as possible from the roll. The numbers returned as belonging to all the Board schools in the colony for each of the four quarters of 1882 were respectively 86,702, 85,942, 86,605, and 87,178; giving an average for the four quarters of 86,606. The average attendance (66,145) for the whole of the year was therefore at the rate of about 76"4 per cent, of the average number (86,606) belonging to the schools for the same period. The corresponding proportion for 1881 was exactly the same. By the same process similar information is obtained as regards each of the Board districts as given in the last column of Table A. Although the payments to Boards are necessarily regulated by the average daily attendance, yet the number of children really belonging to a school at any time, and not the bare number in average daily attendance, may be fairly taken as representing the children deriving benefit from the school. The attendance of a number of children, owing to causes frequently beyond their control, may be somewhat irregular, especially in the rural districts during winter, and yet they undoubtedly profit to a greater or less extent by their attendance at school, broken though it may sometimes be. The number of scholars returned as belonging to the public schools for the year 1882 (i.e., the average of the four quarters) was 86,606, and this number has been made use of in calculating the last line of Table J. The following is a summary of the Boards' returns of the Maori children and those of mixed race at the public schools at the close of 1882. As compared with the returns for 1881 a decrease is shown in all the columns of the table, the greatest proportionate decrease being in the case of Maori girls. The difficulty not unfrequently experienced in rendering public schools near Native settlements equally available for Maori and European children is, no doubt, owing in a large measure to the circumstance that the personal and domestic habits of the Maori, even when some improvement may have taken place, have not yet become so closely assimilated to those of the European as to induce the families of the latter to consent-to such close contact on the part of the two classes of children as attendance at the same school necessarily involves. The numbers in Table B are included in the column of Table A headed " Numbers belonging at End of Year " :—

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TABLE B.—Maoris and Children of Mixed Race Attending Public Schools at the End of 1882.

Ages of the Scholars. 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 at the close of the year. The following is a summary :—

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

The last three columns show that the proportion of scholars at the different ages stated has been almost the same in each of the last three years. Subjects of Instruction. Section 84 of the Education Act prescribes the subjects of instruction to be taught in the public schools. The following table gives the number of scholars returned by the several Boards as receiving instruction in each of the subjects:—

TABLE D.—Subjects of Instruction.

'ure Maori; Mixed Kai :e. Total. Education Districts. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki 28 2 10 7 47 23 51 2 10 9 55 118 109 227 146 2 26 11 53 132 278 2 36 17 79 Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 2 8 "l6 4 6 10 4 18 26 8 24 10 6 26 3 2 3 5 8 2 6 1 9 1 3 33 16 1 9 2 2 25 17 2 18 3 5 58 33 4 11 4 3 38 16 6 9 5 2 26 IV 10 20 9 5 64 33 3 5 1 6 Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 107 135 42 72 149 207 207 214 197 211 404 425 314 349 239 283 553 632

Ages. Boys. Girls. Total. Percent! ige for Three Tears. j 1880. 22-33 35-99 30-25 9-66 1-77 Five and under seven years ... Seven and under ten years Ten and under thirteen years Thirteen and under fifteen years Over fifteen years ... 10,537 9,199 16,115 14,887 13,544 -12,685 4,210 4,355 676 971 19,736 31,002 26,229 8,565 1,647 1882. 2264 35-56 30-09 982 1-89 1881. 22-73 35-41 30-39 960 1-87 Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 45,082 42,097 43,468 40,092 1,614 2,005 87,179 83,560 10000 10000 10000 Increase 3,619

Education Districts. fas a M si 3 I Is 1^ II si So o <p o H O a f i si ©GQ til a | M R +3 tfi _oj o -- It: 6 a I •S . CO « ft ft 3. S Oh Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 16,101 1,985 5,004 6,271 3,363 1,414 4,213 16,907 3,853 2,923 19,665 5,480 87,179 83,587 16,101 1,985 5,004 6,271 3,363 1,414 4,213 *16,906 3,853 2,923 19,665 5,480 87,178 83,586 16,101 1,967 4,995 6,240 3,363 1,414 3,867 16,608 3,758 2,923 19,665 5,281 16,101 1,923 4,932 5,961 3,363 1,146 3,882 16,463 3,685 2,923 19,665 5,136 8,866 832 2,178 2,856 1,283 670 2,001 6,470 1,477 1,163 8,328 2,519 10,856 1,197 2,901 2,423 1,809 849 2,415 8,688 1,934 1,569 10,911 3,268 5,886 698 2,121 2,805 1,063 593 1,843 5,698 1,445 1,062 8,055 2,167 4,560 415 922 1,380 402 390 946 2,441 761 366 4,846 1,192 12,496 1,708 2,219 4,317 1,723 545 777 11,120 2,388 535 10,083 2,812 13,978 1,623 3,837 4,895 2,634 723 1,350 14,186 2,850 1,949 14,513 3,352 12,102 1,479 2,783 3,478 2,210 647 641 12,606 2,756 1,375 15,675 3,588 6,451 585 1,544 2,002 1,020 435 1,171 6,821 1,336 948 6,572 1,362 2,732 129 267 149 39 60 121 1,079 181 450 424 Totals for 1882 ... Totals for 1881 ,:.- 86,182 80,522 85,180 78,549 38,643 37,260 48,820 47,620 33,436 31,944 18,621 18,545 50,723 47,205 65,890 62,232 59,340 55,769 30,247 28,915 5,631 5,580 Increase 3,592 3,592 5,660 6,631 1,383 1,200 1,492 76 3,518 3,658 3,571 1,332 51 * One bo; unable to speak.

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The number receiving instruction in several of the subjects is larger in proportion to the number on the rolls than it was last year. This is especially the case with respect to writing and arithmetic, and to a less extent as regards drawing, object lessons, and vocal music. The number of scholars not learning writing at the end of the year was 997, and the number not taught arithmetic 1,999. The corresponding numbers for 1881 were 3,065 and 5,038 respectively. In the Education Districts of Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Westland, and Otago every scholar is returned as learning writing and arithmetic as well as reading. In the previous year this was the case in the Hawke's Bay District only. Number op Public Schools. The number of public schools reported as being in operation at the close of 1882 was 911, being an increase of 42 during the year. 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 emoluments of the teachers employed in them during the last quarter, is given in the Appendix, Table No. 9, pages 9-43. The following table furnishes information on various particulars relating to the schools in the different education districts : —

TABLE E. —Number of Schools Open at the End of 1882. (In this enumeration every two half-time schools are reckoned as one school.)

Although it might be thought that the educational wants of a number of the more sparsely-peopled localities could be fairly overtaken by means of half-time schools, yet it is evident that such schools are regarded with growing disfavour by the parents. In the course of thp year their number has been reduced by a half. In the District of Auckland, where there has always been the largest proportion, the number has fallen from 37 to 20, and in the District of Taranaki from 6to 2. There are no half-time schools in any of the other districts except in that of North Canterbury, where there is one. The increase on the whole of the schools for the year is in almost exact proportion to the average attendance. The number of schools with a less average attendance than 15 has risen from 40 to 46; those having an average attendance of 500 or upwards have increased from 14 to 19. The question of meeting the educational wants of the children in remote and sparsely-peopled localities is one of considerable difficulty, and, as a rule, has been dealt with by the Boards in a liberal spirit. The Board of the Auckland District refers to the subject as follows: "The Board has received a large number of applications for the establishment of small schools in remote country districts. Great care is accessary in dealing with them. It is difficult to avoid, on the one hand, cases of hardship to individuals, and, on the other, the multiplication of small schools to an extent beyond the means of the Board to maintain. In a few cases a capitation grant of £4 a year on the average attendance is sufficient to meet present requirements, and aid is given accordingly under section 88 of the Act; but in many cases, after the fullest inquiry, the

Education Districts. II m o |1 1° CD n3 o si ig ■a) PlfCfrt eg 1^ 8 * HO IS IS 5 ft 3S S~ Number of Scl iooIs 8 in whi [tiarte 53 || 1ft* jo ich the Attendance for the ?r was — u u ' u u id r^i Tfi r$ in r^ jyj rtS aa aa aa •dfb |i£ 1 5 | ft m rt 8^ S m 8" J>- r— I i—i 55 1 a ti SI u* Sec o u ui II! 'A ||| 111 Auckland Taranaki 189 37 61 50 35 26 78 134 39 37 159 66 12,641 1,424 3,843 4,617 2,633 1,047 3,222 12,747 2,944 2,281 16,605 4,284 669 38-5 630 92-3 75-2 40-3 41-3 95-1 75-5 616 104-4 64-9 9 2 6 3 3 3 9 3 2 5 1 18 5 5 3 4 6 7 7 3 3 8 5 2S 3 5 5 5 1 11 9 3 4 21 2 7« 19 26 15 8 7 27 55 17 15 61 36 20 6 2 8 3 6 15 15 8 2 13 12 9 1 4 3 5 2 5 16 15 1 6 2 5 1 4 12 2 2 11 6 7 I 3 4 20 2 5 6 Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland "7 8 "a ... 1 8 1 1 "e 2 2 15 1 10 2 2 14 2 2 1 2 8 1 5 1 "i 12 2 8 18 6 7 1 1 3 "i i Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 911 869 68,288 64,744 75-0 74'5 46 40 74 86 97 83 362 337 110 107 63 66 67 60 52 49 21 27 19 14 23 47 65 64 14 4

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Board is obliged to build a school for the accommodation of a few children who live beyond travelling distance from any other school. The circumstances of different localities are so various that it is scarcely possible to fix a minimum number of scholars for all cases. Each application is dealt with on its merits, and with a due regard to surrounding circumstances. Wherever it has been possible to do so, the Board has adopted the half-time system." The returns show that 14 small schools were closed during the year. The closing of such schools has been owing to the one or other of the following causes: Two weak half-time schools have been closed, and a full - time school erected in their stead, in a central locality; or the weaker of two schools has been discontinued, and the stronger converted into a full-time school: in other instances a weak school has been closed and a strong school established in another part of the district, which a larger number of the children can attend. In not a few instances such changes are greatly promoted by the formation or the improvement of roads, and by the bridging of streams and rivers. Although so many small schools were closed during the year, yet the number of schools with a less average attendance than 15 had increased from 40 to 46. This shows that as Boards are able, from the causes just mentioned, to close small schools in the older districts, they provide schools for the families in newly-settled and remoter localities. The existence of so many small schools throughout the colony cannot but be regarded as a satisfactory feature in the administration of educational affairs, since it affords evidence of a determination on the part of the Boards to keep pace with the wants of a growing and spreading population, notwithstanding the temptation, from a pecuniary point of view, to maintain a comparatively large number of strong schools within their several districts. Number of Teachers. The following table shows the number o£ teachers employed in the public schools of the several districts at the close of the year. Table No. 9, Appendix, pages 9-43, contains a nominal list of the teachers, with their position in the school, and their rates of emolument: —•

TABLE F. —Number of Teachers.

The increase (56) in the number of teachers during the year is much smaller than it was in any former year; the increase for each of the four previous years, from 1881 to 1878 inclusive, having been 116,198,162, and 211 respectively. The largest increase (38) is in the number of female pupil-teachers ; the increase in all the other classes of teachers being only 18. It is a matter for regret that the number of male pupil-teachers has fallen from 176 to 169 during the year. There is also a decrease in the number of female assistants and of teachers of sewing. The number of teachers has scarcely kept pace with the attendance, the average number of pupils to each teacher at the close of the year being 31"9, as against 31

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Number of Teachers, exclusive of Teachers of Sewing, employi the last Quarter of 1882. during 8. 9. 10. Education Districts. Males. Females. Average Attendance for last Quarter of 1882. Average Number of Pupils to each Teacher. Teachers of Sewing not included in preceding columns. 5. Assistants. 6. Pupil- ' Teachers. 7. Totals. 1. Teachers. 2. Assistants. 3. PupilTeachers. 4. Teachers. I * Assistants. Auckland Taranaki *157 21 48 37 26 19 41 116 37 25 146 64 24 20 52 16 13 13 9 6 36 81 4 6 77 14 77 11 17 28 8 7 31 34 14 .18 31 5 116 6 24 55 35 4 446 54 115 154 89 38 113 412 89 84 431 118 12,641 1,424 3,843 4,617 2,633 1,047 3,222 12,747 2,944 2,281 16,605 4,284 28-3 26-4 33-4 30-0 29-1 27-5 28-5 30-9 330 27-2 38-5 36-3 42 Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 3 18 3 2 5 18 6 4 42 5 10 3 8 2 1 43 5 15 58 7 120 23 16 77 23 '"37 11 11 7 Totals for 1882 ... Totals for 1881 ... 737 719 130 124 169 176 327 311 281 296 499 461 2,143 2,087 68,288 64,744 31-9 310 111 120 Increase or decrease 18 - 7 16 - 15 3s 56 3,544 0-9 - 9 j- * Including 6 visiting teachers

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a year previously. It is satisfactory to note that the ratio of certificated teachers employed in the schools is yearly increasing. There were 1,164 teachers holding senior positions, and 411 assistant teachers, employed at the close of the year. Since the publication of the last official list at the end of June, 1882, there have been 105 new certificates issued, and of this number 69 were granted to teachers who had satisfied the literary requirements by passing the department's examination. The number of teachers at present (14th June, 1883) registered as certificated is 1,225, and, in addition to these, about 43 hold the " license to teach," and 24 have been granted the " district license to teach." There are also 91 persons who have fulfilled the literary requirements for a certificate, but who have either not had two years' experience in actual teaching, or have not had their work reported on by a New Zealand Inspector of Schools; and 115 candidates who have satisfied the literary requirements except in two or three subjects, and who will receive certificates on passing in the subjects in which they proved weak. Income and Expenditure of Boards. In addition to the statutory grant of £3 15 s. for every child in average daily attendance at the public schools, the General Assembly last session voted moneys for the following purposes : — 1. For supplementary grants to Boards, at the rate of ss. for each child in average daily attendance. 2. For grants to Boards, at the rate of Is. 6d. for each child in average daily attendance, for the support of scholarships established by them under the provisions of the Act. These are the only payments from the consolidated revenue which Boards can make applicable to scholarships. 3. For the distribution amongst Boards of the sum of £4,000 by way of subsidy, with a view to aid and encourage them to make sufficient provision for the efficient inspection of the public schools. 4. For grants to Boards for the training of teachers. The amount voted was £7,500. 5. For special grants to Boards for school-buildings. The capitation grants are paid to the Boards monthly, in strict accordance with the ascertained average daily attendance of the preceding three months, as shown by the summary statements of the quarterly attendance furnished by the Boards in terms of the Order in Council of the 28th May, 1878. In the Appendix a general statement of the income and expenditure of each Board for the year follows its report. Tables Nos. 1 and 2of the Appendix give a summary of the accounts of the different Boards. A summary of the Boards' income and expenditure for the past year and for the five preceding years is contained in Tables Gr and H, which show at a glance the accounts for the period of six years during which the schools have been maintained by grants from the colonial revenue.

TABLE G. —Summary of Boards' Income.

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Principal Heads. Year 1877. Year 1878. Year 1879. Year 1880. Year 1881. I Year 1882. Balance, 1st January, 1877... Parliamentary grants, — Maintenance Buildings Education reserves Local receipts, — School fees, &e. For buildings ... Interest... £ a. d.| £ a. d. £ a. d. 32,490 7 6 157,392 15 10; 216,666 4 o' 217,876 2 0 46,812 7 6 101,257 2 11 150,581 4 7 16,604 4 3 8,862 3 9^ 21,330 7 1 *41,955 11 4 3,005 0 6 1,799 5 9 1,190 7 1 1,284 14 3 1,231 7 9 3,048 17 2 £ a. d. 241,555 14 0 104,436 16 8 19,749 0 4 £ a. d. 233,587 0 9 64,318 0 0 23,533 6 7 £ a. d. 250,853 10 9 45,265 10 9 21,258 13 4 924 8 6 1,965 12 3 1,739 5 0 1,415 8 5 599 1 2 380 0 0 2,354 13 6 1,411 10 0 439 3 5 Ordinary income ... Deposits, refunds, &e. 296,445 13 6 331,075 5 5! 395,867 4 4 2,798 10 11 6,361 1 4 2,708 13 10 _____ i 370,370 16 9 2,893 9 5 323,832 16 11 2,269 8 11 321,583 1 9 5,425 11 9 Total receipts Add, public libraries Secondary schools! Balances, 1st January . ... 299,244 4 5 337,436 6 9' 398,575 18 2 . M ... I f6,l79 2 1 9,025* 7 5 23,323 0 9 58,173 3 11 373,264 6 2 4,945 8 0 326,102 5 10 453 10 9 327,008 13 6 258 13 5 42,437 1 6 32,419 10 9 358,975 7 4 37,400 15 9 Totals ... 308,269 11 10 1360,759 7 6 462,928 4 2 ! i 420,646 15 8 364,668 2 8 * Including sums raised by Se] Plymouth, £750 Is.; Hawke's Bay t Including balances excluded % The Auckland College and G year 1877. hool Committees and expended on education without going through the Boards' books. ', £814 4s. 5d. ; Otago, £20,828 3s. 2d. from summaries of former years, trammar School and the Otago High School were under the charge of the Education B( as follows: New >ards during the

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TABLE H.—Summary of Boards' Expenditure.

In the accounts of nearly all the Boards there are included receipts and payments which cannot be strictly regarded as income and expenditure, such as deposits and refunds of deposits on contracts, advances and repayments to school-book and stationery accounts, &c. All such moneys have been entered in Tables G and H as deposits, refunds, and advances. There are entries in some of the Boards' accounts to which it may be necessary to call attention. The Boards of Taranaki, Wanganui, and Nelson have the following entries in their respective statements of income : "Advance from Education Eund, £800;" "Transfer from General Account, £434 16s. 3d.;" and "Loan from Maintenance Account, £800;" a corresponding entry being made in each case in the expenditure column, as follows : " Advance, School Buildings Account;" " Transfer, General to Building Account;" and " Loan to Building Account." The Boards of South 'Canterbury and Otago have respectively the following entries in their statements of assets: " Due from Building Account, £257 14s. lid.;" and "Due from Building Eund, £720 18s. 9d." The only inference that can be drawn from these entries is that the Boards intend at some future time to withdraw corresponding amounts from the special building grants that may be hereafter voted by Parliament, and to use them for other purposes than the providing of school-buildings. But it is doubtful whether such a mode of dealing with the Board fund is in accordance with the Act; for although the special parliamentary vote for buildings must be wholly devoted to the purpose for which it was granted, yet the Act expressly provides that every Board shall, out of the Board Eund, from time to time make such provision as to it shall seem fit for the expense of purchasing or renting school-sites, playgrounds, and buildings, or for erecting, fitting-up, and improving school-buildings, just as mucli as for the payment of teachers' salaries, or for any of the other purposes specified by the Act. It would thus follow that, if a Board in any year can spare from its ordinary receipts a sum of money for expenditure on school-building purposes, it is bound to do so absolutely without having the power to deduct the amount so expended, or any portion of it, from any special school-buildings grant that may be made at a future time.* The Board of Taranaki, as shown by its accounts, was able not only to expend £800 on school buildings out of the

* This view of the case was brought under t he notice of the Boards so long ago as February, 1878, as is shown by the following copy of a circular issued on 6th May, 1N79: " With the view of removing misapprehensions which seem to exist in connection with the special vote for school-buildings, 1 have the honour, by direction of the Minister of Education, to .point out that although the grants to Boards out of sucli vote must be expended wholly and exclusively upon school-build-ings and school furniture of a permanent character, yet it is neither intended nor expected that the entire cost of buddings and furnishing should be defrayed out of the special vote, which is to be regarded as simply supplementary to the ordinary capitation grants under the Education Act. Section 43, subsection (2), of the Act clearly provides that Boards shall, out of the Board Fund, make payments 'for the expense of purchasing or renting school-sites, playgrounds, and buildings, or for erecting, fitting-up, and improving school-buildings,' just as much as ' for the payment of teachers' salaries,' or for any of the other purposes specified in section 43. This point was placed before Boards in paragraph 5 of Circular No. 2, dated 12th February, 1878, in the following words: 'While, however, the whole amount of the grants out of the special vote [for school-buildings] is intended td'be expended on the providing of additional accommodation, Boards are clearly empowered by section 43 to expend also on the same purpose such portion of their ordinary Board fund as can be spared from the ordinary and necessary current expenditure.' 1 am to say, therefore, that Government cannot undertake to defray out of the special vote the entire cost of school-buildings and furniture, and that it is incumbent upon BoardB, in conformity ■with the spirit and letter of the Education Act, to devote as large a proportion as possible of their ordinary capitation grants to this object, and to regard the special vote as merely supplementary."

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Principal Heads. Year 1877. Year 1878. Year 1879. Year 1880. Year 1881. Year 1882. Management by Boards Inspection and examination Maintenance of schools* School-buildings... £ s. d. 10,484 14 10 5,606 19 7 173,726 9 7 80,351 16 9 £ s. d. 10,225 12 2 6,142 14 5 192,736 19 7 89,255 3 7 £ s. d.l £ s. d. 11,109 8 10 10,037 17 6 7,735 4 0 8,273 13 9 221,053 4 0 247,121 3 5 172,867 14 3 117,410 1 10 ___ I 1 412,765 11 I 382,842 16 6 1,651 11 0 726 7 0 £ s. d. 8,109 6 9 8,387 15 4 243,257 3 6 58,254 12 6 £ s. d. i 8,458 16 10 i 9,115 16 7 258,683 3 0 71,852 4 9 348,110 1 2 5,001 4 9 Ordinary expenditure Refunds and advances 270,170 0 9 3,610 8 4 298,360 9 9 4,225 13 10 318,008 18 1 2,011 15 10 Total expenditure ... Add, public libraries Secondary schools Balances, 31st December)- ... 273,780 9 1 11,166 2 0 23,323 0 9 302,586 3 7 414,417 2 1 383,569 3 6 6,074 0 7 4,658 1 5 42,437 1 6 32,419 10 9 320,020 13 11 1,553 17 8 353,111 5 11 24 1 5 58,173" 3 11 37,400 15 9 11,532" 15 4 Totals 360,759 7 6 462,928 4 2 420,646 15 8 f 358,975 7 4 364,668 2 8 308,269 11 10 * Maintenance includes teachi t Deducting overdrafts. irs' salaries and allowances, grants to Committees and schools, scholarships, training, fire insurance, &c.

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Board Fund but also to advance the sum of £350 to the New Plymouth His: School Fund, half of which was repaid within the year. The payment to Boards of the special captation grant of 55., voted by the General Assembly last session, began on the Ist April, and, as the school year begins on the Ist January, the grant was received for only nine months of the year for which the Boards' accounts are made up. The amount received from the grant for the nine months was £12,227 3s. 6d., and its receipt has, to a large extent, saved some of the Boards from the difficulties they were likely to be placed in by the diminution of their income from causes to which reference is made in the report for 1881.* Other Boards, probably on account of the receipt of this special grant, have been enabled, as already mentioned, to expend portions of their ordinary Board funds on school-buildings. Table No. 3 of the Appendix shows the amounts expended by the several Boards on management and. on school inspection, including the examination of pupil-teachers. The moneys expended by the Boards on management are classified as follows : Office staff, exclusive of Inspectors, £5,328 18s. lid.; allowances to members of Boards, £649 14s. 7d. ; office rent, furniture, repairs, &c, £280 6s. lOd. ; fuel, light, and cleaning, £238 2s. 3d.; law expenses, £47 2s. 6d. ; printing, £772 18s. 2d. ; advertising, £625 6s. 2d.; stationery, £378 2s. 9d.; sundries, including stamps, £138 4s. Bd.: total, £8,458 16s. lOd. No allowances to members were paid by the Boards of Auckland, Hawke's Bay, and Wellington. In the other districts the payments ranged from £25 11s. Bd. in Southland to £161 6s. 6d. in "Westland. The law expenses are very much smaller than in any former year. The following table shows the average cost for the year of each scholar in average daily attendance in the several education districts, for Boards' management, for school inspection (including examination of pupil-teachers), for current maintenance of the schools, and for school-buildings respectively. The gross amount of expenditure under each of these four heads is given in the first four lines of Table II:—

TABLE J.— Expenditure per Scholar by Boards.

An increase is shownrjn the total cost for each scholar under the three heads, management, inspection, and maintenance, the total increase being 2s. OJd. In considering the totals of the ordinary current expenditure for each scholar in average daily attendance, it should be kept in mind that the Board funds for * B.-l, 1882, pages vii.-ix.

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:osi per lar for ear !, cal [on] on .verage mil ran Lance. Education Districts. dumber of Schools, i December, 1882. Kumber Average of Daily Teachers, AttendBecem- ance for ber, 1882. 1882. Current E: [penditure. Total Current Expenditurt and Buildings. Managed. **>«**■ Maintenance. ; Totals. SchoolBuildinga. Luckland faranaki Af anganui Wellington ... lawke's Bay Jarlborough kelson Canterbury South Canterbury iVestland 189 37 61 50 35 26 78 134 39 37 159 66 446 54 115 154 89 38 113 412 89 84 431 118 12,223 1,332 3,613 4,905 2,447 1,049 3,111 12,186 2,775 2,313 16,163 4,028 66,145 63,735 2,410 s. d. 2 8 3 10i 3 4J 2 3 2 10j 3 4i 2 9i 2 3f 3 3i 6 3i 1 71 2 7 s. d. 2 10 4 11 2 10i 2 9f 5 813 11 3 2i 2 on 2 10 4 51 2 11 2 31 £ s. d. 3 18 11 3 6 10 3 13 101 1 1 91 3 14 4| 3 11 11 4 1 64 4 0 8-i 3 10 4 3 14 lit 3 19 lOf 3 14 0} £ s. d. 4 4 5 3 14 9| 4 0 11 4 6 10 4 3 Oi 3 18 5 4 7 61 4 5 3f 3 16 51 4 5 8 4 3 8 3 18 Hi £ s. d. 1 3 1| 1 10 01 1 11 3| 0 15 3i 1 4 31 .1 10 7 1. 6 .81 1 0 10 l 12 7i 0 15 7J 0 17 54 1 3 2} 1 1 81 0 18 3i £ s. d. 5 J 6| 5 4 10i 5 11 5 5 2 11 5 7 3| 5 9 0 5 12 10 5 6 If 5 9 li 5 1 3| 5 1 li 5 2 11 Hago Southland Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 911 869 2,143 2,087 56 2 6} 2 6} 2 9 2 71 3 18 21 3 16 4 4 3 6i 4 1 6 5 5 3 4 19 9i Increase ... 42 0 Oi 0 11 0 1 101 0 2 Oi 0 3 5| 0 5-5| I Totals for 1882 cal-^ ciliated on mean | of roll-numbers at }■ ends of four quar- j ters—86,606 J Similar totals for 1881 i 1 Hi 2 li 2 19 8} 3 3 91 0 16 7 4 0 41 i iii 2 Oi 2 18 3| 3 2 31 0 14 0 3 16 «i

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the year were made up, not only from the statutory capitation grant of £3 155., but also from the votes of the General Assembly for scholarships, inspection subsidy, training of teachers, and the special capitation grant of ss. for nine months. In addition to the parliamentary votes, the income of the Boards from local receipts was £2,354 13s. 6d. for current purposes, and £1,411 10s. for buildings. In the estimate of the cost of each child's education shown in Table J, no account is taken of the expenses of the Education Department. These, however, do not much exceed £2,000 for the year, and a very large portion of that sum is fairly chargeable to Native and industrial schools and other subordinate branches of the work of the department. The salaries and allowances of teachers at the rates in force at the end of the year amounted to about £224,850. The details are given in Table No. 9, Appendix, pages 9-43. This sum divided among 2,279 teachers, including 111 sewing mistresses, gives them an average salary of about £99. The average salary in December, 1881, .was £96. Excluding some rent allowances, which do not seem to be included in one or two of the Boards' returns, the distribution of salary and allowances is as stated in Table K. The first column includes 668 pupilteachers and 111 teachers of sewing.

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

School-Buildings. The sum of £80,000 allocated to Boards for school-buildings out of the General Assembly's vote of £100,000 last session was not distributed till after the close of the school year, and is therefore not shown in the Boards' accounts. The distribution was made in accordance with the population of the several education districts, and was as follows: Auckland, £15,491 195.; Taranaki, £1,666 los.; Wanganui, £4,376 195.; Wellington, £6,412 125.; Hawke's Bay, £3,453 55.; Marlborough, £1,853 95.; Nelson, £3,690; North Canterbury, £15,102; South Canterbury, £3,567 15s. 6d,; Westland, £2,917 Is.; Otago, £17,005 175.; and Southland, £4,962 7s. 6d. The balance of the vote was appropriated to Industrial and Native school buildings. During the year the Boards received the unpaid balance of the parliamentary vote for 1881-82, which amounted to £44,062. In addition to this sum, the following payments were made by the Government during the year: For school recreation-grounds, Auckland, £210, and Hawke's Bay, £515; North Canterbury (from Public Works Department), for new site and removal of buildings at Waikari, £478 10s. 9d. The total special payments to Boards for school-buildings within the year thus amounted to £45,265 10s. 9d., as given in Table G. The total expenditure within the year on school-buildings, as shown in the Boards' accounts, was £71,852 4il 9d. The excess of expenditure over the amount of the special buildings grants within the year was £26,586 145., nearly all of which has evidently been met by the Boards out of the balances in hand at the beginning

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Education Districts. Under J6100. £100 and under £200. £200 and under £300. £300 and under £400. £100 and upwards (maximum, £495). Totil. Auckland Taranaki ,.. Wanganui "Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 296 36 59 72 57 23 61 279 59 61 179 45 160 19 42 58 23 13 48 147 36 20 191 73 28 5 1 490 55 116 156 90 38 115 461 102 88 443 125 14 19 8 2 5 23 6 4 56 6 '"7 1 1 9 1 3 9 1 1 " 1 " 3 8 Totals 1,227 830 171 37 11 2,279 Note.—The numbers di not exactly agree with those in Table 3T, because here vacancies are included.

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of the year, which were reduced in the course of the twelve months from £37,400 15s. 9d. to £11,532 15s 4d., or to the extent of £25,868. 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. A summary of these accounts is contained in the Appendix, Tables IS os. 1 and 2. The following table, compiled from the Boards' statements of expenditure, shows, under different heads, the amounts expended on school-buildings by the several Boards during the year:—

TABLE L.—School-Buildings Expenditure.

Table L shows that, while the sum of £35,581 9s. 2d. was expended on new buildings, no less a sum than £22,866 Bs. lid. was devoted to the enlargement and improvement of existing ones, and that the cost of plans, specifications, supervision, &c, was at the rate of 4- 6 per cent, on the gross expenditure on buildings. Nearly all the Boards in their reports refer to the inadequacy of the moneys placed at their disposal for the erection and improvement of school-buildings. Inspection op Schools. The annual reports made to the several Boards by the Inspectors furnish a large amount of information respecting the state of education in the public schools of the different Board districts. In addition to the information supplied by the Inspectors with regard to the passes in standards, an annual return is obtained from the Boards showing the classification according to standards in the last quarter of the year. This classification is given in Table M, and sets forth the teachers' judgment of the proficiency of the scholars at the time it was made. The Appendix, Table 5, furnishes the same information respecting the several Board districts:—

TABLE M.—Classification according to Standards in the Last Quarter of 1882.

This table shows that, in the judgment of the teachers, 46-47 per cent, of their scholars were not yet fit to pass in Standard I. This proportion is somewhat

Educatioh Distkicts. o d £p § . 3 3 2 > on « fl o en a i Mn School T _ 4. Furniture and Plans, Improvements, Appliimees p tlr chase of Supervision, ■RmlSfftn 1 not included Bites. and otter Kepairs, &c. in the Expenses. preceding. Expenditure in 1882 upon Total. New Buildings. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawte's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... North Canterbury South Canterbury "Westland 189 37 61 50 35 26 78 134 39 37 159 66 102 19 46 30 21 14 29 122 32 15 147 59 36 3 4 5 7 7 9 3 1 4 10 2 £ s. d. 5,656 14 0 1,611 14 0 3,038 0 1 1,843 13 0 1,259 5 3 874 19 9 1,613 15 9 3,170 11 2 2,851 15 6 223 0 0 10,592 9 2 2,845 11 6 £ s. d. 4,206 15 4 197 6 3 2,008 7 3 1,107 5 0 742 5 1 393 16 11 2,138 0 6 7,678 8 5 1,095 9 8 973 1 3 811 16 4 1,513 17 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,448 0 42,195 12 10 5 8 0 88 12 8 329 15 3 418 5 3 200 0 o: 371 4 Oj 460 0 0 66 0 0 207 0 11 160 13 6 22 13 0 995 12 6' 201 1 6 217 15. 2j 131 5 6 270 13 4 1 222 18 7 580 12 51,340 15 0 93 5 8 59 13 2 £ s. d. R31 11 8 97 15 6 278 7 1 180 0 9 137 13 11 61 16 0 £ s. d. 14,138 14 2 2.000 16 5 5,654 9 8 3,749 4 0 2,970 8 3 1,603 13 7 3,935 2 9 12,691 13 11 4,529 18 8 1,808 13 11 14,098 7 3 4,671 2 2 646 0 4 233 13 3 119 0 9 772 14 4 158 14 6 Otago Southland Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 911 869 636 604 92 96 35,581 9 2 27,359 4 0 22.866 8 11 19,552 2 1 4,957 5 5 5,129 13 2 4,902 0 32,949 19 8 3,317 8 1 3,491 6 6 71,852 4 9 58,254 12 6 Increase Decrease 42 32 8,222 5 2 3,314 6 10 .. 55 5 22,179 13 6 173 18 5 13,597 12 4

Standards. Boys. Girls. Totals. Porci itage. Coo young for line next following Preparing for Standard I. „ II. ... ., HI- ... „ IV. - „ v. ... „ vi. ... Passed Standard VI. -■<£ 12,631 8,858 7,151 7,081 5,108 2,694 1,158 401 11.188 7,834 6,902 6,821 5,100 2,724 1,141 381 23,819 16,692 14,053 13,902 10,214 5,418 2,299 782 1882. 27-32 19-15 16-12 15-95 11-72 621 2-64 0-89 1881. 25-45 20-32 16-83 17-14 11-44 5-73 238 0-71 Totals for 1882 Totals'for 1881 45,082 43,484 42,097 40,103 87,179 83,587 100 100

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larger than that of the previous year, which was 4577 per cent. The proportion of the scholars not considered ready to begin preparation for Standard I. is a good deal larger than it was the previous year. The proportion judged to be beyond Standard IV. has increased during the year from B*B2 to 974 per cent. The corresponding proportions in 1880 were 7-42 per cent., and 677 in 1879, thus showing an increase each year. The number of scholars on the school rolls in the last quarter of 1882 and the three previous years that had passed Standard VI. was as follows: In 1882 there were 7b2 scholars, or o'B9 per cent, of the whole; in 1881 there were 591, or 071 per cent. ;in 1880 there were 439, or 0-53 per cent.; and in 1879 there were 036 per cent. The following table compiled from returns furnished by the Inspectors shows the number of scholars that were presented, and the number that passed the several standards, during the year in each of the Board districts :—

TABLE N.—Numbers and Proportion of Passes in Standards.

Table M shows that 46,668 out of the 87,179 scholars on the rolls in the last quarter of the year, or 5853 per cent, are classified by their teachers as having passed either Standard I. or some higher standard, while it appears from Table N that only -12,388 of these, or 486 per cent, of the roll-number, presented themselves for examination by the Inspectors. This difference (4,280) may be explained to some extent by the fact that the roll was larger at the end of the .year, when the teachers' classifications were made, than at any other time during its currency, while the examinations were held at various times throughout the year; but it is to be feared that a good many children are permitted to absent themselves from the Inspectors' examinations without sufficient reason. Messrs. Edge and Gumming, North Canterbury, report as follows: "We have taken some trouble to find out the cause of so many children being absent on the examination days, and fear that it is attributable to the fact that in these schools the backward children are not only not encouraged, but, in some cases, actually forbidden, to be present. In a few instances the attendance was lowered by the state of the weather." In the report of Mr. Smith, Westland, the following passage occurs : " The absence of scholars on examination day, if passed over without notice, might open the door to a serious abuse. . . . Some endeavour should be made to arrest the progress of this evil, and one method of doing so would be to consider all absentees as having failed, unless good and sufficient reason could be given for such absence. In connection with this I may remark that when the teacher's owji children are kept away from the examination he can hardly expect other parents to be scrupulous on the subject. Yet this has been done to my knowledge in several instances." Mr. Lee, Wellington, states that " owing to the prevalence of measles the number present at examination did not so nearly approach the total number on the books as it has done in past years,"

Passed Standards Education Districts. Eoll (Dee., 188;!). Presented. Passed. I. II. III. IT. V. VI. Total. All 87,179 \ 486 p.c. of roll number 72-3 p.c of number presented I 106 9-4 Per ceni 7-3 ;. of Boll 46 Number. 2-3 1 351 Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 16,101 1,985 5,004 6,271 3,363 1,414 4.213 16,907 3,853 2,923 19,665 5,480 7,574 874, 2.640 3,511 1,827 678 1,962 7,724 1,941 1,370 10.274 2,013 4,998 533 1,921 2,864 1,314 534 1,457 5,758 1,460 946 7,473 1,381 30,639 31,248 Per 77 9 58'7 811 93 76 86-1 87-4 -92 87-1 76 94 84-2 cent, of 636 72-1 79-8 93 67-4 76-8 72'7 85 84-6 65 76 72'7 Numbei 565 561 59-9 74 78-8 83'9 71-5 60 77-1 60 62 611 ■ present* 656 50-7 67-8 73 653 75 68-9 56 55-5 69-4 56 53-5 ed in each Stand? 61:1 52-9 611 91-7 69-4 778 67 65 60'4 84 62 80 681 708 50 64 57'8 44-2 76-2 93 62 83 39-1 54-5 ird. 65-9 61 728 81-6 71-9 78-8 74-3 74 75-2 69 73 68-6 Totals Totals for 1881 87,179 83,587 42,388 42,635 86-3 82-1 761 77-9 63-6 64-5 61-5 64-3 61-2 721 68-6 74-7 72'3 73-4

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The proportion of presentments to the roll-number last year was 2'4 per cent, less than that for the previous year, which was 51 per cent. The proportion of children at all the schools that passed some standard was 351 per cent, of the number presented. The corresponding proportion for the previous year was 37'4, or 2'8 per cent, higher. There is a falling-off in the percentages of passes in the Districts of Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Marlborough, Westland, and Otago, and an increase to a greater or less extent in those for Wellington, Nelson, South Canterbury, and Southland. There is scarcely any change in the percentages of the Hawke's Bay and the North Canterbury Districts. In connection with this subject Mr. O'Sullivan makes the following statement in his report: "It will be seen that the percentage of passes is smaller than that of last year. This is due to more than one cause. A somewhat more stringent test was applied : it was judged that the time had arrived for doing this. Some of the schools did not stand the test. The great amount of sickness which prevailed last year caused irregularity of attendance, which seriously disarranged many of the schools, and, of course, hindered their efficiency. I have thought it right not to lower our requirements in order to run a race for results with other districts. I have no doubt that before long we shall reap the benefit of this. Notwithstanding the percentage of passes, I am satisfied that the efficiency of the schools has decidedly increased during the year. The rules adopted by the Board in September last, in reference to the sending up of pupils for standards, came into force on the 1st January last.* These rules will have a beneficial effect, and will help to prevent abuse. Their tendency will be, however, to lessen the percentage of passes. I should be glad to follow the system pursued in South Canterbury, where every child in a school is sent up. The large numbers at some of our schools would make that almost impracticable here, but perhaps we may be able to adopt some modification of it before long." MessrsEdge and dimming, North Canterbury, report on the same subject as follows : " Although there is a considerable increase in the amount of candidates presented for examination in the four higher standards, yet there is a slight falling-off in the percentages gained in these standards. A far greater number of schools than was formerly the case are now attempting the work of the higher and more difficult standards, and in some of these the teachers have as yet failed to understand the full amount and quality of what is demanded to secure a pass. Under all the circumstances the results, at least so far as regards the majority of the schools in the district, may be considered fairly creditable. In too many schools the inferior results are undoubtedly due either to the irregular attendance or to the frequent changing of teachers. In the case of some few schools the low percentages gained do not admit of any satisfactory explanation : the requirements for passing, although somewhat different from previous years, have not been perceptibly raised, and the failures can therefore be attributed only to the want of thoroughness in the teaching and to injudicious classification. The children presented in Standards II. and I. were, with comparatively few exceptions, carefully and intelligently prepared for such work as they attempted." Mr. Smith, Westland, reports: "The percentages of passes in the First and Second Standards this year are 18 and 29 less respectively than those gained in 1881, and in the Third Standard 14 less. In the first two cases the result is no more than the increased difficulty of the examination will account for, and the fallingoff in the Third clearly indicates the necessity that existed for the stricter examination in Standard II." Mr. Hammond states that "in percentage of passes the years 1879 and 1880 gave far better results than the past two years; that this is principally accounted for by the fact that, when the standards were

* Circular issued by the Auckland Board : " Head teachers are informed that after 1st January, 1883, they must be guided in sending up their pupils for examination by the following instructions. Teachers should understand that these instructions are not meant to niduce cramming. It is recognized that their operation "will have the effect of causing a smaller percentage of paBses to be shown than would be shown were full discretion as to sending up pupils left to the teacher:—Regulation 1. No child shall be kept back from the examination for Standard I. who has made 250 attendances at any district school since the date of the last standard examination of the school he is attending, and who has reached the age of eight years. Regulation 2. Every child who has passed a standard must be presented for a higher one at the next examination, provided he has in the meantime made 250 attendances at any district school. Note.—It is necessary to make this proviso to prevent the absurdity of a child being kept back who has made a large number of attendances at some district school within the prescribed period."

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introduced, teachers were allowed considerable latitude in classifying their scholars, and as a rule the classification was sufficiently low to insure a pass. Now that repeated examinations have thoroughly gauged the scholar's ability, a pass can be secured only by work done during the year." The following table contains a summary of the information received from the Inspectors respecting the ages at which the pupils have passed the several standards. The average ages furnished by the Inspector of Westland District are calculated for the Ist July. The Inspectors of Wellington and Southland have not furnished information on the subject:—-

Table O.—Average Ages of Pupils at Standard Examinations.

The reports of the several Inspectors of Schools give evidence of an earnest desire to bring into successful operation the scheme of school examination prescribed by the regulations made under the Education Act, and of increasing success in the efforts they are making to attain this object. The following extracts are given as specimens of the opinions and suggestions that are contained in the reports :— ■ Influence of the Teacher upon Regularity of Attendance. —" It is a matter of regret that the attendance at the great majority of the country schools is still very irregular and inconstant. Teachers complain. —and very often justly so—that they find it impossible to efficiently prepare their pupils in the essential subjects of the syllabus, not to mention the optional. We feel bound, however, to state that, where the teaching is earnest and efficient, there the attendance is marked by a fair degree of regularity; whereas in those schools where the teaching is unskilful, perfunctory, and lifeless, the scholars naturally attend irregularly and take but little interest in their work. Teaching of the kind last mentioned is rapidly disappearing, and in at least two-thirds of the schools now in operation the teachers are zealous, and fairly trained for their important duties. Punctuality is, on the whole, well observed. The masters of the town schools and of some few of those in the country have printed absentee forms, easy to fill up, in which they let parents know of the absence of their children, and request their co-operation in securing greater regularity. Perhaps the general adoption of these forms might have a good effect on the attendance." — (Messrs. Edge and Oumming .) "In a private report sent in some two years ago in reference to this subject, I pointed out that the best authorities on educational affairs are almost unanimous in attributing excessive irregularity to inefficiency in the management. One writer says, ' Excessive irregularity is frequently assigned as the cause of the low state of a school, but it is much oftener the effect, for both parents and children naturally become indifferent when the discipline and instruction are of a worthless character.' Unpunctuality, another form of irregularity, is also, I am sorry to say, very noticeable at some schools ; and the same writer, referring to the subject, says, 'Among the many circumstances thai, may be considered indicative of a badly conducted school, this [unpunctuality], when allowed to run to an extreme, is perhaps the most infallible of any. The unpunctuality of the children is almost always the consequence of indifference, or want of firmness and vigilance, on the part of the teacher.' With regard to punctuality, a striking contrast is presented to an observer outside certain schools when the school-bell rings. In one case, at the first sound of the bell, every child in sight may be seen to start off in a brisk walk, or a run, to endeavour to reach the appointed spot before the bell shall have stopped. At another no such anxiety is to be noticed. The children, however far from or near to the building at the time, appear scarcely to hear the bell, and certainly to attach no importance to its warning, but continue to saunter along with listless indifference, that shows they are under no apprehension of unpleasant consequence from their unpunctuality ; and from ten to fifteen minutes afterwards groups of children may be seen leisurely making their way towards the school, as though they had abundance of time to spare. There is no doubt that irregularity

Arerage Lges (in "ears) for Standard Education Districts. Mean >f Ages. I. II. III. IV. v. VI. Luckland ?aranaki 9 8-4 8-1 107 10-1 97 119 11-4 11 13-3 123 12-5 143 132 136 15 13-8 145 1882. 12-4 11-5 11-4 1881. 11-4 11-6 (Vanganui Wellington lawke's Bay ... ... Jelaon forth Canterbury louth Canterbury /Pestland 8-8 8-8 8-7 8-9 8-4 8-2 91 101 95 93 10-2 9-7 9-4 10-2 11-2 106 10-3 117 10-6 101 116 12-1 11-9 11-8 12-8 11-7 11-9 12-5 136 13 12-8 136 129 12-8 13-4 13-9 135 14-6 145 14-2 138 14-3 11-6 11-2 11-3 11-9 11-2 11 11-9 11-8 11-4 111 11-8 )tago iouthland 11-2 12 1V7 Mean of the ten returns Range (difference between lowest and highest) ... 8'6 1 9-9 1-4 11 1-8 12-3 1-6 133 1-5 14-2 1-5 irs 1-4 .881— Mean of nine returns Range (difference between lowest and highest) ... 8-4 1-2 10 1-3 11-2 1-7 123 1 13-3 2 14-3 07 11-5 0-9

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is to some extent unavoidable where the scholars live at an excessive distance from the school and when the weather is very wet; but these two conditions are not more general in this district than in some others, and certainly cannot be admitted as an excuse for unpunctuality. The distance to be travelled requires a certain well-known time for its accomplishment, and it is only necessary to start so much earlier to insure punctual arrival at the school."— (Mr. Smith.) "In this connection it should further be noted that, from the interest taken in the examinations by teachers and by the scholars themselves, the number presented for inspection is far above the average attendance, and as a natural consequence an undue proportion of irregular attendants comes under examination. The average attendance at the dates of examination was 2,728, while the number present at inspection was 3,016. It necessarily follows from these remarks that irregular attendance continues to be the great hindrance to progress in our schools, and any improvement in this respect would show a corresponding improvement in the percentage of passes. In the smaller district schools the attendance Undoubtedly depends mainly on the teacher, for where his ability, personal influence, and popularity are acknowledged, there is seldom any necessity to resort to other means of securing regular attendance ; but in the larger town schools, where, on account of the mixed staff, the personal influence of the teacher is less directly felt, uniformly good attendance cannot at present be secured without coercion, and it is incumbent on Committees to see that the compulsory clauses of the Act are systematically enforced. In the single instance where this has been done— thai of Wairnaie —the improved attendance is most marked."— (Mr. Hammond.) " But the gravest trouble with which our school system has to contend is the irregular attendance of the children, a eircums'ance that neutralizes every effort to produce good educational results ; a,nd the man who is going to make our machinery efficient must set himself to grapple with this evil somehow or other. I own that at present lam not clear in my mind as to the proper remedy for it, but I have been a good deal struck with the apathy of teachers on the subject, and the contentedness with which they tolerate the evil, and I should like to know whether teachers are as pa ient under it in countries where the system of payment by results obtains. In some educational districts in New Zisa and teachers are supplied with printed forms which they send out to the parents whenever a child is absent, the parent being requested to state on the back of the notice whether the child was absent by permission or not. Might not something of the sort be done here ? " — (Mr. Oammell.) Teacher and Parents. —"There are disturbing or strengthening influences affecting school life other than those directly affecting the school work. Apart from the question of scholastic qualification, one teacher succeeds where another fails. It is sometimes accepted as an educational maxim that a good teacher can overcome all difficulties. Certainly a teacher who succeeds in winning the respect of the community amongst whom he labours exercises an outside influence strongly in favour of his school; whilst the teacher who seldom approaches those around him meets with many outside difficulties. In travelling from one district into another, the contrast which two adjacent districts present with regard to the interest taken in school matters is quite surprising. In one the interest shows itself in the regularity and punctuality of the attendance, in the energy of the School Committee, in the up-keep of. the school, in the importance attached to the examinations, in the tidiness of the children, in their manners and brightness, and in a hundred little ways which an observant eye can readily detect; whilst in the other the want of general interest is conspicuous by the absence, more or less, of nearly all these good signs. In relation to a child, the teacher is the alter ego of the parent, and a good understanding should exist between them. Also the teacher, in order to understand and make due allowances for differences of circumstances, character, temperament, energy, and intelligence, must make himself acquainted with the homes of his pupils; for, by so doing, he will not only be guided in his work, but he will, from time to time, remove any misunderstandings which may arise in the minds of parents from the ex parte statements about school life brought home by the pupils."— (Mr. Lee.) Appointment of Teachers. —" In my last year's report I wrote as follows :' I regret to say that a tendency has begun to show itself here which should not be allowed to grow into a practice. We have been happily free from it hitherto. In more than one case teachers have sought to obtain appointment or promotion by bringing outward pressure to bear. It is easy to see how pernicious may be the results of this tendency. Fitness may cease to be considered Not the man who has most qualifications, but the man who has most friends, may be he who will get appointments. The possible disastrous results to pupils and parents may come to be left out of sight altogether. This is no vague apprehension. A Eoyal Commission is now sitting in Victoria to examine into, amongst other things, the causes of the unsatisfactory state of many of the Victorian schools. It has already been made plain enough that many of the schools are in a wretched condition, and it has also been made plain enough that this disastrous state of things has been brought about by patronage. Ministers of Education have repeatedly passed over teachers of whose fitness they were assured in favour of men whose chief qualifications were the good word of a Ministerial supporter. It is, of course, not very likely that things will come to this pass here; but the evil principle is the same when favour and not fitness is allowed to be made the road to appointments. All efficient teachers should resent this ; all who have the good of education at heart should resist it.' I wish I could say that this tendency has lessened ; I know that it has increased and is increasing."— (Mr. O'Sullivan.) The Frequent Changing of Teachers. —" The constant changing of teachers from school to school—a growing cvil —reached its height this year. At the beginning of almost every month a long list of advertisements for teachers has appeared; the Board and School Committees have been worried with the never-ending task of selection; and the efficiency of our best schools has been seriously impaired by the inevitable change of system that follows every change in the staff. The process of disintegration has been carried on with a monotonous regularity. A having left the district or the service, B, from a neighbouring school, steps ints his place, leaving a vacancy to be filled up by C, also a fellow-teacher in the same district; and so on in a vicious circle, which if not peremptorily cut short by the Board might affect a dozen schools. If promotion were the object of these changes, something might be said in their favour, but pure restlessness is at the bottom of most of them, the emoluments of the post abandoned being usually nearly or quite on a par with those of the post sought. The Board, in selfdefence, has been driven to make a rule that a year must elapse between the date of appointment to

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one school and the date of application for another ; but even this is inadequate to deal effectually with the mischief. It is not unreasonable to require that a man who deliberately selects a position the emoluments and requirements of which are perfectly well known to him should remain there for at least two years. A shorter period will be insufficient to enable him to make his mark in the school, if he studies his own reputation: it will certainly be insufficient to enable the Board, or its Inspector, to form any decided opinion as to his merits as a teacher, especially at the outset of his career. ]?or my own part, if I had to choose a schoolmaster, I should carefully eschew the man of many schools, knowing that, whatever else he might be, he was certainly fickle." — (Mr. Hodgson.) Softool Prizes. —"I may as well express my firm conviction, founded on an experience of fivo-and-iwenty years, that, whatever may be their value in schools of a higher grade and of a private or semiprivate character, prizes in elementary schools are often mischievous, generally useless, and always unnecessary. If, as is often the case, they are lavishly distributed, the ease with which they are obtained must neutralize whatever stimulating effect they may possess. If, on the other hand, they are reserved for the two or three scholars at the head of each class, the effect on the remainder must be the reverse of encouraging, since, there are nearly always a few scholars who are recognized by their class-fellows as beyond the reach of successful rivalry, and, though to these the prospect of receiving a valuable prize may be an additional incentive to exertion, they are, as a rule, the very scholars who least require it. I believe that the publication of lists showing the order of merit and the number of attendances of the scholars in each class would be far more beneficial to the true interest of the scholars, and to the welfare of the school generally. The publication might be effected either through the columns of the local papers, or by means of lists suspended in the reading-room or other place of public resort."— (Mr. Smith.) " Whilst Committees are very kind in providing pleasant excursions and festivities for the children, they are, as a rule, much too indulgent in the matter of prize-giving. Ido not altogether approve of giving prizes in primary schools, and I certainly cannot advise that it should be done unless the prizes are few and well earned. I have known several instances in which prizes have been given to every child in a school, and other cases in which prizes were given to children who failed at the standard examination. I recommend that much of the money available for prizes should in future be devoted to the school library."— (Mr. Lee.) School Libraries.— 11 It is very desirable that every school should have a library. Unless a taste for reading is acquired at school many of the country pupils will eventually lose all they have learned. The good and the gain of a taste for reading have been told by many eloquent tongues. One often, remembers, contemplating the many young people here who show no vestige of this taste, ' What a dreary old ago you are preparing for yourselves!' " — (Mr. o''Sullivan.) "Every school should have a library containing a selection of readable and instructive books, a standard dictionary, a large atlas, a standard history of England, and an encyclopaedia. In addition to this, each good school should have a small museum of simple objects." — (Mr. Lee.) Importance of effective Teaching in the Elementary Stages. —" Head-teachers reiterate the excuse that the heavy requirements of the upper standards render it impossible for them to devote a fair proportion of their time to the lower classes. Where the attendance enables assistance to be given, the infant classes are usually placed under the management of a pupil-teacher or a Very poorly paid assistant, who, in the majority of cases, is left without assistance or efficient supervision. Headteachers apparently fail to appreciate the importance of effective teaching in the elementary stages^ and consequently find the greatest difficulty in obtaining intelligent work from the advanced classes, In the larger schools the less competent teachers are, as a rule, relegated to the infant departments, and at almost every inspection it is found necessary to insist upon a revision of the staff."— (Mr. Hammond.) "It is worthy of note, however, that the experience of this school district demonstrates that in the long run there is no surer method of achieving success in school work, and the high, percentage of passes in standards which proves the success, than by devoting much time and labour to the teaching and training of these junior scholars. Of course the simultaneous method of instruction should bo largely resorted to for the purpose." — (Mr. Gammell.) "I have been of late pointing out to teachers that much of the work of the higher standards can be anticipated in the lower. This can be done not only without injury to the ordinary work, but to its advantage, by awakening the intelligence of the pupils. The knowledge which children acquire out of school is to be used as a foundation.'' (Mr. O'SulUvan.) Sewing. —"I have already reported upon the great improvement in this subject, which has, no" doubt, been brought about by having all the sewing specimens sent to Napier and examined by three committees of ladies, who allot marks and report upon the general character of the sewing sent from each school. The prizes annually offered by Captain Russell of a sewing-machine, ladies' workbox, &c, for the best specimens of newly-seated trousers, man's nightshirt, and darned pair of stockings, have greatly promoted the teaching of this subject under its various aspects, and, vow that these prizes are to be awarded at the annual examination of the standard specimens of sewing, I anticipate still further improvement."— (Mr. Hill.) " I recommend the Board to ask each School Committee to invite two or more ladies in each district to report to the Committee on the quality of the needlework. ■ This should be. done a week or two before the standard examination. The ladies should be requested not merely to inspect the prepared work of each class, but also to give out a small piece of work to be done in their presence. The Committee would then be good enough to report to the Inspector."—■ (Mr. Lee.) Home-icorle. Overwork. —"l must again express my strong disapproval of the large amount of home-work given in many cases. Tear by year the weight of enlightened authority becomes greater against this stupid, mischievous practice."— (Mr. O'SulUvan.) " Let no home task of any kind be set to any child under nine years'^ld. After that age, and up to thirteen, let the tasks be such as will not exceed from half an hour's to an hour's steady work each evening, according to the age of the pupil. An hour and a quarter's work ought to suffice for the most advanced of our scholars. If a child cannot, year by year, keep pace with the requirements of the standards (as construed in this district) with such an amount of extra work, superadded to the five hours of unremitting labour that he has to in—E. 1.

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undergo every day in any well-conducted school, then the fault lies in his own incapacity. The brain of such a scholar will not be strengthened, but actually weakened, by the additional strain put upon it. To me a little school-girl, returning home laden with a pile of books to be pored over when she ought to be in bed, is a sorry sight. The notion that wisdom, or even book-learning—a very different thing— can be increased by trying to pour something more into a vessel that is already full, is one of the most mischievous superstitions of the nineteenth century." — (Mr. Hodgson.) " Statements are sometimes made to the effect that pupils in the public schools have far too much to do, and that the mental work required of them is insidiously undermining their physique. Such statements are, I believe, wholly devoid of foundation. The pupils are, as a rale, remarkably rosy and robust. Even in the largest schools, where a great many pairs of lungs are couped up within the walls of a moderate-sized room, the general healthy appearance of the children is very striking. The school hours rarely exceed five. Add to this an hour and a half of home study, and the total time pupils devote to their education is by no means excessive. In most schools on the Continent of Europe the more advanced pupils are in the school-room for as many hours as the total of school and home work here amounts to. If there is scope for play and games, the school children of Otago have abundance of time to devote to them. If in some cases the physique of public school pupils is not what it might be, I believe that other causes than the time and attention given to their education can be readily assigned."' — -{Mr. Petrie.) "The regulation directs the Inspector to regard serious failure in any two subjects as a failure for the standards; hence a school may, and often does, do a large proportion of the work satisfactorily, and yet, so far as passing the standards is concerned, achieve a very poor result indeed. A much juster estimate of the state of our schools may be gained by a study of Tables 11. and 111., in one of which is shown the average quality of the answering in each subject, and in the other the quality of the answering in each subject by each standard. Viewed in the light of those tables-the schools are seen to be meeting the requirements of a difficult syllabus with a very considerable degree of success; in no subject do they signally fail, and in several they do well; and those results are, I believe, gained with but little of the high pressure one hears so much about. In my own inspections, at any rate, I have seen nothing to warrant this cry of high pressure and overwork, and, if such exist in any part of the district unknown to mo, it is, I have no doubt, due to injudicious management, and not to any inherent defect in the system of education. Of course every child has to do a fair amount of earnest work, but every one is the better for that. Those of the Board's teachers with whom I have come into contact arc for the most part zealous in the discharge of their duties, and much respected by the people amongst whom they live. Many of them conduct their schools with intelligence and success, and almost all manifest a desire to profit by suggestions. So far as most of the schools inspected and examined by me are concerned, I believe that I may say that the colony is getting a very fair return for the expenses incurred in connection with their maintenance." — (Mr. Goyen.~) Discipline and Behaviour in School. —" Good order and discipline appeared to prevail in fully twothirds of the schools that we inspected, and in several the behaviour and attention of the children while under examination were highly creditable: they evidently took a great interest in their work, and endeavoured to acquit themselves as well as possible. ¥c rarely noticed in these schools any attempt at copying or otherwise taking unfair advantage. In the remaining schools the idea of order entertained by the teachers is far too limited. The children are inattentive, sit in all kinds of postures, go through the class movements without the slightest precision, disobey commands, and, in fact, do just as they like. It is needless to say that in such schools the teachers are cither uncertificated or deficient in tact and firmness."— (Messrs. Edge and Gumming?) " One of the most pleasing features of the Otago schools is the excellent behaviour of the pupils. In this respect the schools now stand on a much higher level than they occupied when I first came into contact with them. No feature in connection with the schools reflects greater credit on the teachers than this. During the examinations the children have done their work honestly, and in general with satisfactory care and attention. Barely has there been occasion to complain of copying and other offences of that class." — (Mr. Petrie.) "In most of the schools visited by me the discipline was found to be mild and effective. The class movements were executed with fair celerity, and generally with an absence of undue noise. 'The children were, for the most part, prompt in their obedience to orders, respectful in their bearing towards their teachers, and self-reliant during the examinations."— (Mr. Goyen.) Better Results might be attained. —"ln conclusion, I have to report that the schools examined by me were generally in a satisfactory state of order and instruction, and were creditable to the ability and diligence of the teachers. In too many of them, especially those in agricultural districts, irregularity of attendance interfered seriously with the efficiency, and rendered satisfactory progress an impossibility. Notwithstanding the conscientious discharge of their duties, often under trying circumstances, I venture to say that not a few teachers, by perseveringly thinking out and searching out and putting in practice the best methods, and by giving attention to the preparation of lessons, so as to discover the most effective and economical plan of presenting them to their pupils, could produce results even more beneficial and satisfactory than are now attained." — (Mr. Taylor.) District High Schools.' —" lam convinced that it is desirable to encourage the establishment of high schools in the country districts, under the provisions of clauses 55 and 56 of the Education Act. I was.at one time of a somewhat different opinion. I feared that the attaching of a high school to an elementary school would be injurious to the latter. I now think that it is worth running some risk for the sake of the diffusion of culture which these high schools should bring about, and which can be brought about by them only. Large numbers of country settlers cannot afford to send their children to the secondary schools in the towns, and are beginning to look to the establishment of district high schools as the one means by which their families can have the advantages of superior education. It is well that this feeling should prevail. It is a feeling that should be fostered. It will not be well if some time hence the-people of New Zealand can be described —as another people have been described by one of themselves—as ' the most common-schooled and the least cultivated people in the world.' " —■ {Mr. o'Sullivan.)

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Scholarships. Table P supplies information respecting the scholarships current at the end of the year, under section 51 of " The Education Act, 1877."

TABLE P.—Scholarships.

Normal Schools on Training Colleges. The most important particulars relating to the training colleges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin are contained in the following table. The reports of the Principals are given in the Appendix, pages 91-98. Early in the year the Otago Board appointed a committee to inquire into the working of the Training College in Dunedin, and after careful consideration fresh regulations were issued with a view to meet the present circumstances and wants of the institution. As these regulations are the most recent that have been framed on the subject they are given in the Appendix, pages 97 and 98.

TABLE Q.—Normal Schools.

Education Districts. Number held in 1882. Pupils A ,, Open to Annual Value. Period of Tenure. Expended on Scholarships in 1882. Remarks. Auckland 23 11 6 £ s. d. 30 0 0 Years. 2 to 18 £ s. a. 967 5 3 With free tuition at Auckland College and Grammar School, or Girls' High School. Taranaki Wanganui ,.. "e "e Various "l 178 10 9 Two at £20; three at £25 j and one at £30. Two at £10 j two at £15; three at £20 ; two at £25 ; and four at £30. £20 per annum added for residing from home. Tuition free. One at £2; one at £40; and one at £50. AVellington 13 13 Various 2 283 5 11 Hawke's Bay 3 3 30 0 0 2 99 5 0 Marlborough Nelson ... 2 3 2 3 40 0 0 Various 2 2 86 9 0 192 3 9 North Canterbury South Canterbury 19 8 8 19 40 0 0 Various 1 and 2 1 1,094 17 7 202 9 0 One at £12 10s.; one at £15; one at £17 10s.; one at £20; one at £25 ; one at £30; one at £35 ; and one at £40. Two at £40 ; and two at £50. £20 if holder resides at home. Junior tenable for two years; senior for three years, with free tuition at high schools. £20 if holder resides at home. Westland Otago ... 4 J7 4 i? Various 40 0 0 2 2 and 3 157 10 0 1,186 0 6 Southland 8 8 40 0 0 2 237 9 8 Totals 4,685 6 5 106 :n 72

Auckland. "Wellington. Christdiuich. Dunedin. The Four Schools. Date of opening 1831. 1SS0. 1877. I87C. Students in 1882,— Remaining from 1881 ... Admitted in 1882 Left during 1882 On the books, December, 1882 ... M. F. Total. 1 9 10 2 8 10 M. F. Total. 6 17 23 1 25 26 5 10 15 2 32 34 M. P. Total. 14 29 43 9 21 30 9 23 32 14 27 41 M. F. Total. 8 20 28 19 34 53 11 18 29 16 36 52 M. P. Total 29 75 104 31 88 119 25 51 76 35 112 147 3 17 20 Left during 1882,— Teaching in public schools ... Teaching in other schools Left the service Occupation not known Deceased ■ On sick leave 2 1 2 4 "e 6 1 8 9 19 28 ..'. "i "i 7 14 21 1 ... 1 1 4 5 18 1 2 2 1 1 37 8 6 55 1 10 8 1 1 i '.'.'. i i ... i 5 10 15 9 23 32 11 18 29 25 51 76 Left at any time, — Teaching in public schools Teaching in other schools Left the service Occupation not known Deceased ... .,. . On sick leave 7., *." "i 2 4 2 2 8 12 2 "i 9 20 48 08 ... 4 4 4 24 28 2 17 19 ... 1 1 71 76 147 3 3 G 13 13 26 5 16 3 4 7 2 3 5 95 132 227 3 7 10 19 39 58 9 25 34 3 5 8 2 3 5 2 2 8 15 23 2G 94 120 97 100 197 131 211 342

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TABLE Q.-Normal Schools — continued.

The relation of the Board or of the training college to the practising school in each of the four institutions is explained in the report for 1881.* In their reports for the past year the Board of Wellington and the Principal of the Normal School represent the necessity of making more satisfactory provision for the carrying-on of the work of the practising school in connection with that of the training department under their charge. The Board of Auckland has explained that its present actual outlay on the training college exceeds the annual grant of £2,000 for the training of teachers, a portion of which had previously been expended on probationers (or teachers in training) who were not in actual attendance at the college. Classes were held by the Principal of the Auckland Training College for the instruction of teachers and pupil-teachers, and assistance was given by him to country teachers by means of correspondence. A separate class for the training of teachers is held at the Thames. The Principal of the Wellington Training College has begun a course of Saturday afternoon lectures on professional subjects, which are very largely attended, not only by teachers and pupilteachers in Wellington and its vicinity, but also by several from the more distant parts of the district. During the last two years the Principal of the Christchurch Training College conducted a class on Saturdays for teachers in the Board's service who were ur: certificated. It is not stated whether Saturday lectures, as in former years, have been delivered at the Dunedin Training College during the past year. Education Reserves. The Appendix, pages 100-118, contains the reports of the School Commissioners of the several provincial districts, and the general statements of their accounts for the year. The folloAving is a summary of the accounts : —

TABLE H.—Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts.

Auckland. Wellington. Cliristelmreli. Dunedin. The Pour Schools. Ixpenditure in 1882, — Salaries Allowances to students Incidental expenses Training classes ,., £ s. d. 691 13 4 709 3 4, 32 7 1 108 6 8 £ s. a. 830 13 11 430 16 8 30 0 5 £ s. a. 1,416 12 6 798 8 11 76 13 0 16 19 0 £ s. a. 1,376 1 8 851 11 0 £ s. d. 2,789 19 11 4,315 1 5 145 0 6 125 5 8 Totals 1,541 10 5 1,297 11 0 2,308 13 5 2,227 12 8 7,375 7 6 government grants in 1882 2,000 0 0 1,268 4 4 2,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 7,208 4 4

Income for the Tear 18S2. Pbovincial Districts. Receipts during Year. Balance on 1st January, ri . imal . y Secondary ■ Reserves. Beservea. Total Income. Assets, including* Arrears of Kent due on 31st December, 1852. Liabilities or Engagement on 31st December, 1S32. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborougli kelson Canterbury Westland Otago £ s. d. 771 2 1 436 15 6 43 3 4 1,101 10 8 118 8 6 662 5 9 238 1 10 1,205 14 1 £ s. d. 1,520 13 4 682 1 2 516 IS 0 970 19 2 111 10 6 585 19 9 10,366 19 5 51 16 0 9,967 2 6 24,773 19 10 22,872 18 0 £ s. d. ' £ s. d. 663 1 11 2,954 17 4 530 6 6 1,649 3 2 27 4 6 587 5 10 315 16 11 2,388 6 9 8 5 0 238 4 0 191 4 6 1,439 10 0 231 3 6 10,836 4 9 56 12 6 1,314 2 7 485 4 3 10,452 6 9 2,503 19 7 31,860 1 2 3,877 18 2 33,414 14 5 £ s. d. 646 17 9 954 6 5 113 7 9 86 G 9 181 1 0 132 14 9 1,051 17 3 166 15 0 1,779 1 6 £ s. d. 48 1 0 228 3 0 250 0 0 10 2 0 908 5 8 45 0 0 241 7 8 Totals for 1882 ... Totals for 1881 .., 4,577 1 9 6,663 18 3 5,112 8 2 4,547 5 6 1,730 19 4 650 3 2 * E.-l, 18; 12, psgo xiv.

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TABLE R. —Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts — continued. Expenditure for the Year 1882.

Many of the difficulties experienced by the School Commissioners of Auckland Provincial District in dealing with the unappropriated reserves in Cook County have been removed by the passing of the Education Reserves Act Amendment Act of last session; steps have been taken for the registration of the Commissioners' title to these lands, with a view to their being leased. The School Commissioners express much satisfaction at the passing of the Amendment Act, which they believe will materially assist them in dealing with their reserves. The balance in the hands of the Auckland Commissioners at the end of the year includes a sum of £72 7s. 10d., now on deposit in the Savings-Bank, being the proportion of secondary reserves revenue accrued to date, payable to any secondary school or schools that may be hereafter established in the Gisborne District. The School Commissioners of llawke's Bay had in hand at the close of the year a sum of £1,016 16s. 3d., being the amount of accrued rents of the secondary education reserves. A large portion of this sum has since been paid to the Board constituted under the Napier High School Act of last session. The School Commissioners of the Nelson District had a sum of £828 16s. 4d. in hand at the close of the year, being the amount of accrued receipts from the secondary education reserves. By an arrangement with the Governors of Nelson College the Commissioners undertook to employ the secondary education funds at their disposal in aid of the establishment and maintenance of a Girls' High School in Nelson. Since the close of the year a school building for this purpose has been completed, a staff of teachers appointed, and the work of the institution begun under encouraging circumstances. Correspondence relating to this subject is contained in the Appendix, page 106. In the report of the School Commissioners of Westland for 1881 it was stated that the sum of £1,195 10s. had been realized from the sale of lands at Kumara under the authority of "The Kumara Education Reserves Act, 1879," and had been placed at fixed deposit in the Bank of New Zealand until the 30th June, 1882, to enable the Commissioners to ascertain particulars as to a desirable investment. In their report for the past year the Commissioners state that the money had not yet been reinvested, the Commissioners not having met with an eligible investment. University Reserves. ■s. The proceeds of the lands reserved under " The University Endowment Act, 1868," for the purposes of higher education now amount to £483 3s. 10d., made up as follows : Auckland reserves, £75 ; Canterbury, £371 Is. 4d.; and Westland, £37 2s. 6d. The amount is at present held by the Treasury for appropriation as may be determined hereafter by the General Assembly. Native Schools. The nuntber of Native village schools open at the end of 1881 was 60, being an increase of 12 over the number in operation a year previously. In the course of the past year fully-equipped new schools were opened at Te Moari Kaeo,

Provincial Districts. Office Expenses and . Salaries. Expenses of Leasing: Auctioneers, Advertising, &c. Expended on Reserves: Surveys, Fencing, &c. Crown Grants and Law Expenses. Paid to Boards for Primary Education. Paid for Secondary Education. Sundries. Balances on 31st December. 18S2. Total. Auckland laranalii Wellington Eawke's Day ... Marlborougli Nelson Canterbury Westland Dtago £ s. A. 102 10 7 102 13 9 54 7 3 81 0 0 31 5 6 18 15 0 546 15 3 90 13 8 655 18 9 £ s. d. 28 9 0 14 16 G 30 19 5 18 3 10 £ s. a. 11 15 0 18 16 C £ s. cl. 34 10 1 12 11 4 £ s. a. 1,494 9 10 770 0 0 £ s. d. 414 1 6 4G0 0 0 £ s. d. 75 10 0 £ a. a. 1 £ 9. d. 793 11 4 2,954 17 4 270 5 l| 1,649 3 2 501 18 8; 587 5 10 1,201 14 2 2,388 6 9 206 18 6! 238 4 0 908 5 8' 1,439 10 0 282 11 5 10,836 4 9 1,151 9 0 1,314 2 7 10,452 6 9 5 2 4 0 0 G 82'"6 5 1,000 0 0 4 3 0 10 2 lj 25 3 0 282 10 4 414 7 2 376 0 1 1,095 12 S 31 6 0 13 16 11 24 1 2 508 G 4 9,700 0 0 7,948 18 8 265 10 0 445 0 1 33 0 0 0 5 0 Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 1,683 19 9 1,654 4 5 1,208 10 2 447 10 8 121 7 10 143 14 4 21,421 14 10 23,928 13 8 1,584 12 1 2,073 11 4 108 15 6 248 8 7 5,316 13 10 31,8G0 1 2 4,542 11 9 33,414 14 5

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Whangaroa; at Kaikohe, Bay of Islands; at Whakarapa, Hokianga, in place of the Lower Waihou school, which was found to be very inconveniently situated; and at Maungamuka, also in the Hokianga District, which may be considered as having taken the place of the school at Rakaupara saw-mills, Avhich has been taken over by the Education Board of Auckland as a public school. Subsidized schools were opened at Pakia, Hokianga; and at Papawai, Wairarapa West. The school at Wairoa, East Coast, was discontinued. There were thus 63 schools in operation at the close of the year. Besides these village schools, there were 8 boarding schools at which Maori children were educated. With one exception these were connected with religious denominations, and all of them received capitation grants from the Government on account of the children placed in them by the Minister of Education. The Native children in these boarding schools are statedly examined by the Organizing Inspector. During the year new buildings of a suitable description were completed in five different localities; another building has since been finished, and five others are in course of erection. Buildings are much needed in other places. Correspondence is in progress with a view to the obtaining of sites in some Native districts where schools are considered necessary. The number of children on the rolls of the village schools in December was 2,024, being only 14 more than at the end of the preceding year. The average attendance for the last quarter of the year was 1,574, showing an increase of 48 over that of the corresponding quarter of 1881. About 160 Maori children have been maintained, wholly or partly at the expense of the Government, in boarding schools during 1882 ; the numbers at the end of the year were 150. The principles which regulate the admission of children to these schools were stated in the report for 1880. The following table gives a summary of the race of the children who were attending the village schools at the close of- the year. The same particulars regarding each of the schools is contained in Table No. 5, appended to the Organizing Inspector's report:—

Table T.—Race of the Children attending the Maori Village Schools.

The preceding summary shows that, in comparison with the corresponding period in 1881, the proportion of Maori scholars and those between Maori and half-caste had fallen from 76*77 to 74"16 per cent.; that the proportion of halfcastes was about the same; and that the percentage of European scholars and those between European and half-caste had risen from 13- 13 to 1556. The cost of the education of Native children (excluding those that attended the public schools, as shown on page v) was, for the year 1882, as follows : — £ s. d. Village school salaries (1,648 in average attendance) ... ... 8,925 3 7 Boarding schools (160 children) ... ... ... ... 2,772 17 3 School requisites and contingencies ... ... ... ... 1,353 8 9 Buildings and furniture ... ... ... ... ... 4,742 19 2 Inspection (including travelling) ... ... ... ... 831 18 0 Office salaries and clerical assistance ... ... ... 168 6 8 Apprenticeship and higher education ... ... ... 155 6 8 £18,950 0 1 ■*£ ===== This statement of expenditure is exclusive of a sum of £182 10s. contributed by the Nelson and llokonui Native Reserves Eunds towards the expenses of certain of the schools.

Percentage. Boys. Girls. Total. 1882. 1881. Maori, and between Maori and half-caste Half-caste Between half-caste and European, and European 844 106 173 657 102 142 1,501 208 315 74-16 10-28 15'56 76-77 10-10 1313 Totals ... 1,123 901 2,024 100-00 100-00

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The report of the Organizing Inspector and full statistics of Maori schools, are printed in a separate parliamentary paper (E.-2). The valuable services of the gentlemen who have acted as District Superintendents have again to be acknowledged. Since the end of the year a fully-equipped school has been opened at Kirikiri, in the Thames District, and a side school at Oruawharo, near Port Albert, Kaipara. The schools at Poroti and Pakowhai, and the girls' boarding school at Taumarere, Bay of Islands, have been discontinued, for reasons explained by the Organizing Inspector in his report. The Mokau Natives and those of some other localities have opened correspondence with the Department with reference to the establishment of schools. Deaf-and-Dtjmb Institution. The institution at Sumner for the education and training of deaf-mutes has now been in successful operation for upwards of three years. A year ago the number of pupils was 24; it has now increased to 81. Fifteen of these are boys, and 16 are girls. The following are the provincial districts from, which the pupils have been sent: Auckland, 7 ; Hawke's Bay, 1; Wellington, 2; Otago, 10; and Canterbury, 10. The thirty-first pupil is a deaf-mute girl who has been sent from Adelaide, South Australia, to study under Mr. Van Asch. For a portion of the past year the Director had the aid of two assistants. He reports that there is every reason to expect an accession to the number of pupils in the course of the present year, and he represents the necessity of making provision for the employment of a third assistant, the peculiar difficulty and laboriousness of the work being such as to render it almost impossible for one teacher to do justice to more than ten pupils. The method of instruction is that which is known as " the articulation method," by which deaf-mutes are trained to the use of the organs of speech, and learn both to speak, in the ordinary sense of the word, and to understand (from, the motion of the lips) the speech of others. The use of finger-signs or other means 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, elementary science, &c. The girls are also instructed in seAving, knitting, and other useful domestic accomplishments. The pupils, who are all resident boarders under the watchful supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Van Asch and the assistants, occupy three separate dwellings situated at convenient distances from one another. There is also a detached schoolhouse. This arrangement is in several respects better adapted to the purposes of such an institution than if one large building only were made use of, affording, as it does, excellent facilities for satisfactory separation according to sex and age. Besides the gardens attached to the residences, there are an ample playground and abundant facilities for recreation purposes. The locality is salubrious, as has been testified by the general good health of the children. The institution is subject to regular medical inspection, and it is visited from time to time by the Minister of Education and officers of the department. The ability and zeal of the Director are deserving of high commendation; and he has been well seconded in his efforts to promote the welfare of the pupils by Mrs. Van Asch and the assistants. The results of Mr. Van Asch's labours invariably call forth expressions of surprise and gratification from those who visit the institution. Table No. 7 of the Appendix contains a statement of the expenditure on the institution for the financial year ending 31st March, 1883. The following is an abstract of the statement:— £ s. d. Director and two assistants ... ... ... ... ... 733 18 8 Eents and repairs ... ... ... ... ... ... 268 5 0 Travelling expenses, medical attendance, furniture and schoolroom requisites, advertising, &c. ... ... ... ... 240 13 10 Maintenance-of pupils ... ... ... £1,016 10 0 Less payments by parents ... ... 322 5 10 694 4 2 £1,937 1 8

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The charge made by the GoArernment for the board and education of each pupil is £40 a year; but in a number of instances pupils are admitted free or at reduced rates, in order that no child capable of receiving benefit from the course of instruction may be excluded. A separate parliamentary paper (E.-4) contains the report of the Director. Industrial Schools and Orphanages. The following is a list of the Industrial Schools and Orphanages maintained wholly or partly by the Government from parliamentary votes : In Auckland, the Auckland Industrial School (comprising Kohimarama and the Howe Street Home), St. Stephen's Orphan Home at Parnell, St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage, and the Thames .Orphanage and Training School; in Wellington, the St. Joseph's Providence Orphange for Girls ; in Nelson, the St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage and the Motueka Orphanage; in Canterbury, the Burnham Industrial School and the Lyttelton Orphanage; and in Otago, the Caversham Industrial School. The Industrial • Schools at Burnham and Caversham have been for the last three years under the direct management of the Education Department, and since the beginning of the past financial year the Auckland Industrial School has been on the same footing. The building in Howe Street, Auckland, is occupied by the girls and very young boys, under the immediate charge of a matron; the other boys being accommodated at Kohimarama, under the control of the manager and assistants. These three institutions receive only children committed under the Industrial Schools Act. The St. Stephen's Orphanage at Parnell, maintained by a Church of England charity, is open for non-committed children only ; the St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage at Auckland, under the control of the Roman Catholic Church authorities, receives both committed and non-committed children. Each institution receives from Government a subsidy at the rate of £1 for every £1 of voluntary contribution, and a capitation payment of £10 a year for each child sent in by Government authority. The Thames Orphanage was established by the Borough and County Councils, and is under the cliarge of a committee of management. A public day-school is maintained at the institution by the Education Board, and is attended not only by the inmates of the Orphanage, but also by the children of the settlers in the neighbourhood. The usual capitation grants are paid to the Board for the children attending this school. There is no industrial school in the Wellington District for the reception of committed children; those dealt with under the Industrial Schools Act are sent to the institutions at Nelson, Burnham, or Auckland, as may in each ease be deemed most advisable. By an arrangement between the Government and the City Council, orphan and destitute girls have been received into St. Joseph's Providence Orphanage at a cost of Is. a day for each child. In consequence of the power given by " The Neglected and Criminal Children Acts Amendment Act, 1881," to send and remove committed children to any industrial school in any part of the colony, the authorities of St. Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage greatly enlarged the accommodation at that institution, and the number of committed children has increased in two years from 14 to 79; the number of non-committed inmates remaining about the same. The payment for children maintained at this institution by the Government is Is. a day. The Motueka Orphanage, for non-committed children only, is carried on by a private person who receives from Government 7s. a week for some of the children, and Bs. a week for the others. Destitute children are admitted to this institution on the authority of the Government Relieving Officer at Nelson. The Lyttelton Orphanage is for the reception of non-committed children only, and is under the direct management of the Christchurch Charitable Aid Board. The three public Industrial Schools at Auckland, Burnham, and Caversham are wholly maintained by the Government out of the vote administered by the Minister of Education. The other institutions are inspected by, and make returns to, the Educationp)epartment, but, as has been stated, they are under local man-

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agement of various kinds, and the money contributed by the Government towards their maintenance is paid out of the Charitable Aid vote, which is in charge of the Colonial Secretary. The cost of all the public and of some of the private institutions is reduced by the contributions paid in a number of cases by the parents and guardians of inmates. A statement of the amount of public moneys expended on the several industrial schools and orphanages for the last financial year is given in Table No. 7, page 7, of the Appendix. The total amount expended, less recoveries, was as follows : Government Industrial Schools, £9,332 12s. 6d.; all the other institutions, £6,167 os. 5d.: total, £15,499 12s. lid. The sites and buildings at Howe Street, Auckland, and at Caversham, are now very ill-adapted to their purpose. It is in contemplation to erect suitable buildings at Mount Eden in lieu of the former, and to remove the latter institution to the site selected for it at Seacliff, Blueskin. The premises at Burnham are now in a fairly satisfactory condition; the only important want being a playroom for the use of the boys during inclement weather. The number of committed children resident in the industrial schools at the beginning of 18S2 was 688 (405 boys and 283 girls). At the end of the year the number was 827 (488 boys and 339 girls), showing an increase for the year of 139 (83 boys and 56 girls). The number of non-corn mitt ed children at the close of ISB2 was 213 (90 boys and 128 girls), being an increase for the year of only 6 girls. The following is a summary of admissions and withdrawals at all the schools for the year :—■

TABLE S.—Admissions and Withdrawals for Year 1882.

Table S shows that during the year 35 (26 boys and 9 girls) committed children were sent out to service; 4-9 (37 boys and 12 girls) were restored to their relatives or friends under license; and 26 (14 boys and 12 girls) were discharged. It is not found advisable in all cases to comply with the solicitations of the parents, or other relatives or friends, for the restoration of their children by license or discharge; but not unfrequently the request is granted for what are considered sufficient reasons. In the majority of such cases the children are sent out under license, and can be recalled by the Minister should necessity arise. Those to whom the children are thus intrusted, knowing this, are, in most cases, exceedingly careful to avoid such a course of conduct as would lead to the forfeiture oJE the custody of the children. At the close of 1882 the aggregate number of committed children placed out, but still under legal control, was 226 (130 boys and 96 girls). Of these, 74 (51 boys and 23 girls) were at service, and 152 (79 boys and 73 girls) were with relatives or friends. They belonged to the following schools : Auckland Industrial School, 201 (148 boys and 53 girls) ; St. Mary's, Ponsonby, 38 girls; Thames, 9 (7 boys and 2 girls) ; St. Mary's, Nelson, 79 (33 boys and 46 girls) ; Burnham, 320 (210 boys and 1J o,girls) ; and Caversham, 441 (255 boys and 186 girls). These being added to the number in the schools and the number m ssing (6) on the 31st December, 1882, the total is 1,059 young persons (624 boys and 4.i5 girls) under the control of the school authorities at that date. The following table gives the ages of the children maintained by Government at all the schools on the 31st December, 1882 :— iv—E. 1.

iommitte id. Non i-Commit ;ted. Total. Boys. Girls. 1 Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. l I [n the schools at 31st December, 18S1 S"ew admissions ... Returned from service or friends ... transferred from other schools or other status transferred to other schools or other status ... Sent to service ... Sent to friends ... Discharged by warrant Dime expired Absent without leare Dead ... n the schools at 31st December, 1882 405 177 13 20 13 26 37 14 21 9 7 488 . I 283 106 5 3 9 12 I 12 19 I 688 283 18 23 16 35 49 26 40 9 10 827 90 28 i "7 7 13 117 37 9 20 207 65 7 16 33 495 205 13 20 20 33 50 14. 22 9 7 578 400 143 5 3 3 18 32 J2 20 895 348 18 23 23 51 82 26 42 9 11 1,040 1 1 2 3 339 90 1 123 1 213 4 462 Increase 83 56 139 6 6 83 G2 145

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TABLE T.—Ages of the Children.

These figures show that 11"4 per cent, of the children are under 5 years of age, that 428 per cent, are between the ages of 5 and 10, and that 45-8 per cent, are over 10 years old. About 939 of the children were receiving day-school instruction, the numbers being as follows: Auckland Industrial School, 128; St. Mary's, Auckland, 35; St. Stephens, Parnell, 16; Thames, 17; St. Joseph's, Wellington, 19; St. Mary's, Nelson, 108; Motueka, 29; Lyttelton, 73; Eurnham, 275; Oaversham, 239. Those at the Thames Orphanage are included in the returns of "public school" attendance. Probably the changes of the greatest practical importance in the administration of the Industrial Schools effected by the passing of " The Industrial Schools Act, 1882," are those which relate to the boarding-out of the younger children with respectable foster-parents, and the extending of the period of the Manager's legal guardianship over the children till the age of twenty-one is reached. A very fair commencement has been made in the boarding-out of the younger children from the Burnham and Caversham schools. A Lady Official Correspondent and Lady Visitors have been appointed in connection with each school, and already (14th June) 53 children from Burnham and 67 from Caversham have been placed out. A Lady Correspondent and Lady Visitors have also been appointed for Auckland, but little progress has yet been made there. The scheme, so far as it has yet been tested, gives promise of success, but it would be premature to express a very decided opinion on the subject. The extending of the term of the Manager's guardianship over the children to the age of twenty-one years is likely to prove very beneficial, especially in the case of those who need protection from their own depraved and worthless parents or other relatives. Fuller information respecting the Industrial Schools and Orphanages is contained in a separate parliamentary paper (E.-3). GILCHRIST SCHOLARSHIP. The Gilchrist Scholarship, of the annual value of £100, and tenable for three years, is offered by the Gilchrist Trustees to residents in New Zealand between the of seventeen and twenty-two. The examination of candidates for the scholarship is the same as that undergone by candidates for matriculation at the University of London, and is held biennially. The first competition in New Zealand was held in 1880, when there was one candidate, Mr. W. 11. Herbert, M.A., of Canterbury College, Christchurch, who gained the scholarship with much credit. The second was held last July, when there were three candidates—-one from Canterbury College; one from the University of Otago; and one from Nelson College. The successful candidate was Mr. J. W. Salmond, M.A. of the University of Otago, who was placed by the examiners " equal with the first candidate in the original honours list" of all that were examined by the London University i& June of last year. Mr. Salmond has now gone to England to pursue his studies there. Institutions for Superior Education. The annual reports of the governing bodies of the University of New Zealand, the University of Otago, alid the Canterbury College, with correspondence, statements of accounts-, &c, are printed in separate parliamentary papers (E.—s, E.-6, and E.-7 respectively). An Act providing for the establishment of a University College at Auckland was passed by the General Assembly in the session of 1882, and an annual sum of £4,000 appropriated for its maintenance. Four profes-

Under 1 Year. 1 and under 2. 2 and under 3. 3 and under 4. 4 and under 5. 5 and under 7. 7 and under 10. 10 and under 13. 13 and under 15. Over 15 years. Total. Committed children Non-committed children Totals ... 4 ; 12 15 2 2 4 15 17 29 41 110 223 273 111 8 827 4 9 36 76 57 19 8 213 33 50 146 299 330 130 16 1,040 I

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sorial chairs were instituted by the Senate for the following subjects : (1) Classics and English; (2) Mathematics and Mathematical Physics; (3) Chemistry and Experimental Physics; and (4) Natural Science. A like number of Professors were selected in the Home Country by a Commission composed of the AgentGeneral of the colony and other gentlemen. The Professors reached Auckland a short time ago, and it is a matter of the deepest regret that one of them, the late Professor Walker, was drowned by an accident in the harbour shortly after his arrival. The University College was recently opened; the work which had been allotted to the late Professor Walker has been undertaken by his colleagues. The governing bodies of certain secondary schools are required by law to submit annual reports to the Government; others, though under no obligation to do so, have also furnished reports or statements of their accounts. The schools that have furnished information are : the Auckland College and Grammar School; Auckland Girls' High School; Thames Boys' and Girls' High School; Whangarei High School; New Plymouth High School; Wanganui High School; Wanganui Industrial School; Napier High School; Wellington College; Nelson College; Christ's College Grammar School, Christchurch ; Christchurch Boys' High School; Christchurch Girls' High School; Rangiora High School; Akaroa High School; Ashburton High School; Timaru High School; Waitaki High School; Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools; and the Southland Boys' and Girls' High School. The reports of all these schools are contained in another paper (E.-8). The schools above named were all in operation at the close of the year, except the High Schools of Wanganui, Napier, liangiora, and Akaroa. The first of these was constituted by an Act of the General Assembly in the session of 1878; the second was similarly constituted in 1882 ; and the other two in 1881. By the passing of "The Napier High School Act, 1882," the Napier Trust School has merged in the Napier High School. Since the close of the year a girls' high school has been opened in Wellington by the Governors of Wellington College, and, under the authority of an Act of the Qeneral Assembly passed in the session of 1882, the Governors of Nelson College have opened a similar school in Nelson. A summary of the accounts of the secondary schools from whose governing bodies reports have been received, is given in Table U. Table V shows the number of the teachers and pupils, together with the rates of fees and salaries.

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

Schools. Balance on Jan. 1, 1882. From Public Votes. Interest, Rents, Sales, and Proceeds of Endowments.* From School Commissioners for Eeserves. Day, Evening, and Boardingschool Eees. Sundries. Overdrafts or Deficit, Dec. 31, 1882. Total. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School... New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School ... Wanganui Industrial School Wellington College Nelson College Nelson College for Girls... Christ's College Grammar School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Eangiora High School ... Akaroa High School Ashburton High School ... Timaru High School Waitaki High School ■Otago High Schools ..,-' Southland High Schools... £ s. d. 2 2 0 £ £ s. d. 7,246 15 1 £ s. d. 69 0 3 £ a. d. 1,209 18 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,527 16 1 606 2 2 1,100 69 0 3 1,500 4 8 3,275 7 1 185 15 0 578 13 2 500 200 854 11 4 10 0 0 258 13 0 1,839 13 4 691 19 10 69 0 3 207 0 9 315 0 11 20 0 0 386 13 5 89 0 6 163 0 0 11 0 0 14 12 5 t350 0 0 1,821 5 0 506 14 8 1,865 7 1 1,890 0 0 1,080 10 10 30"6 8 388 11 0 1,063 13 2 1,047 8 10 1,423 11 4 1,472 4 8 3,603 8 6 20 0 0 108 16 2 639 19 4 3,179 12 10 6,199 9 2 3,144 4 5 4,510 18 2 1,786 2 3 2,172 8 0 414"l 5 3,144 4 5 138 6 6 668 8 3 1,809 12 11 1,438 10 0 76 0 0 3,992 11 2 200 538 10 0 100 0 0 1,089 7 6 1,927 17 6 390 8 4 309 2 8 100 9 4 • 44 13 7 "300 243 13 3 21 0 0 304 9 0 3,567 12 4 826 16 0 8,158 16 2 1,481 18 5 10 10 0 100 0 0 133 0 0 344 9 10 107 16 2 162 II 9 1,018 16 6 20 15 5 27 4 5 3,414 19 6 243 13 3 31 10 0 1,005 8 11 5,028 11 6 4,342 4 10 13,004 17 10 2,831 15 0 68,409 15 t 4,156 18 3 992 1 0 79 2 8 170 16 9 Totals 3,949 7 8 2,300 32,111 3 1 1,544 18 5 19,844 0 6 1,094 8 1 7,565 17 7 * The proceeds from sales :5,564 Is. 2d.; Southland, £1,03 of reserves \ 15s. 8d.: total vere as L, £11,20J follows: Wanj i 5s. 8d. ranui, £1,839 1 \ Advance from Is. 4d.; Timaru, £2,442 lis. £d.; Waitaki, £324 4s.; Otago, Education Board.

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

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Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1, 1882. Teachers' Salaries. Boarding Account. Scholarships and Exhibitions Buildings, | Furniture, and Works. OtherExpenditure. Balances, Dec. 31, 1882. Total. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School Wanganui Industrial School Wellington College ... Nelson College Nelson College for Girls Christ's College Grammar School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Bangiora High School Akaroa High School... Ashburton High School Timaru High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools... Southland High Schools Totals £ s. d. 972 17 11 £ a. d. *3,159 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,970 8 6 £ s. d. 1,634 8 1 £ a. d. 791 1 7| £ a. d. 8,527 16 1 1,848 16 4 160 8 6 362 2 5 903 19 io; 3,275 7 1 29 1 5 922 19 0 197 6 8 452 0 0 65 10 2 28 19 1 1,082 4 5 352 18 3 154 17 7 303 5 2 450 16 21 125 11 4! 27 17 6 1,821 5 0 506 14 8 1,865 7 1 692" 1 0 8 11 2 50 6 8 320 16 6 1,839 13 4 59 2 2 1,890 0 0 1,080 10 10 557 8 10 1,220 16 8 1,779 3 0 150 0 0 1,845 6 0 60 0 0 316 10 0 232 17 4 165 13 0 3,088 19 6 439 1 9 958 10 0 629 15 5 55 4 11 1,416 18 5 1,463 "l 9 3,179 12 10 6,199 9 2 3,144 4 5 4,510 18 2 2,654 18 0 2,555 5 7 23 1 6 1,138 17 0 275 7 1 3,992 11 2 17 2 4 1,285 2 0 54 0 0 502 19 7 68 13 7 1,927 17 6 6 10 11 7 0 8 473 17 3 461 14 6 438 0 5 2,200 18 2 488 7 9 237 2 4 24 9 4 243 13 3 31 10 0 1,005 8 11 5,028 11 6 4,342 4 10 13,004 17 10 2,831 15 0 890 15 11 527' 1 8 1,886 4 11 4 10 0 587 19 8 3,008 18 6 4,904 3 4 111 6 6 2,092 12 5 4 10 0 13 7 9 811 19 7 5,886 8 7 1,420 1 2 3,279 6 0| 26,487 4 7| 1,995 6 0 376 10 0 15,936 12 11, 11,957 9 8| 8,377 6 2\ 68,409 15 4 * Not including pay] Lent for evi dng classes.

Staff. Attendance for Last 1 erm or Quarter of 1882. ;es foi Quai • Last •ter oJ Term or 1882. O m u m II a o Annual Re ites of Fees. Annual Salaries at State for Laist Quarter or Term of 1882. Schools. £ ® a > 0 bn eg > o u IS .3 1 10 o © CO O 8.0 -Js O H For Ordinary Day-school Course. For Board, exclusive of Day-school Tuition. Foe Boys only. Auckland Grammar School... £ s. d. (10 10 0 {880 (12 0 0 {900 (13 4 0 {10 12 0 8 8 0 12 10 0 ( 15 15 0 {12 12 0 (12 12 0 {990 9 9 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 11 168 157 7 98 62 1 168 c ] 42 0 0 ] 50 0 0 *3,650 0 0 Wanganui Industrial School 2 53 52 6 31 15 1 53 21 690 0 0 Wellington College 7 3 149 112 5 104 40 149 52 *1,500 0 0 Napier Trust School Nelson College Christ's College Grammar) School j Christchurch Boys' High} .School ) Ashburton High School 3 5 2 4 53 113 49 104 5 34 61 14 42 10 53 113 18 43 35 0 0 50 0 0 52 10 0) 45 5 0) *330 0 0 *1,650 0 0 7 163 159 4 92 60 7 163 65 *2,400 0 0 125 116 3 89 33 125 ] ... t2,365 0 0 3 23 19 4 15 4 23 (40 0 0 \ (35 0 0) 625 0 0 Otago Boys' High School ... $12 1 270 254 4 182 81 3 270 37 8 0 0 3,126 0 0 Totals ... 56 20 1,117 1,022 38 706 351 22 1,117 236 16,336 0 0 Fob Giels only. Auckland Girls' High School Christchurch Girls' High} School ) 12 11 193 169 6 109 70 8 193 8 8 0 (12 12 0 {990 (10 0 0 {800 *1,795 0 0 5 4 77 71 44 32 1 77 j 1 *1,185 0 0 Otago Girls' High School ... $10 172 5 90 75 2 172 *1,805 0 0 4 161 Totals ... 27 19 442 401 11 243 177 11 442] 4,785 0 0 'Fob Boys and Giels. Whangarei High School Thames High School 1 3 (6. 7 iff- 5 , C6.25 ' \g.27 (6.68 {.?.52 (6.55 {£46 , ( 155 ' \ 130 , (1272 ' { 572 7 5 24 22 65 47 52 42 2 1 1 15 21 ■ 41 ; 22 ! 42 . 28 3 8 6 22 20 11 16 3 1 7 5 25 27 68 52 55 46 j 8 8 0 j 8 8 0 [ 10 10 0 200 0 0 *870 0 0 Timaru High School 5 6 1 2 : 1 4 1,800 0 0 Southland High School 6 1 10 0 0 8 0 0 I *1,350 0 0 *— {SK-r 17 148 > 116 ! 9 ; 7 I 99 ' 72 44 46 3 5 155 130 1 4,220 0 0 Grand totals GS^irfs } "' 96 : 1,160 517 i 47 ' 18 ' 805 I 315 395 223 25! 16 1,272 572| 236 3 42 315 223 I6j W^ ... j j '.'. I ■ 25,341 0 0 * Exclusive of visiting teachers, w] four teachers who are engaged at both ire paid by fees, ys' and girls* sc f Exclusive of one visiting teacher, who is paid by fees. $ Including* 10 8 bo; tools.

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Public Libraries Subsidy. The sum of £6,000 voted for public libraries has been distributed in accordance with the resolution of the House of Representatives. Immediately after the prorogation of the General Assembly last year, a public notice was issued intimating the principles upon which the distribution of the vote would be made, and invitingapplications from the managers of public libraries. A separate paper (E.-9) contains a list, arranged according to the education districts, of all the libraries that participated in the grant, with their several incomes, and the amounts paid to them respectively. The following is a summary of the distribution of the vote in. the different education districts : —

TABLE W.—Distribution of Public Library Vote.

The whole of tlie vote of £6,000 was apportioned in the first instance, but it was afterwards ascertained (1) that there were two applications from the same library, and (2) that part of the amount returned as income by a library committee was balance of cash from the previous year. The deductions made in these cases represent the difference (£7 ss. 6d.) between the vote and the amount shown as having been distributed. The amount of correspondence involved delayed the payment of some of the subsidies beyond the end of the financial year. The total sum charged against the vote is £9,532 13s. 7d., leaving a liability of £60 os. lid. to be provided for in the appropriations for the current year.

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Education Districts. Number of Libraries. Income of Libraries. Amount of Subsidy. Auckland ... Taranalci Wanganui Wellington ... ... Hawlie's Bay ... Marlborough ... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 91 6 8 17 21 4 26 71 9 15 59 27 £ s. d. 2,359 1 1 106 2 11 829 5 1 1,711 17 6 1,299 12 2 190 6 0 645 7 7 2,355 17 4 603 19 5 715 4 10 2,228 18 11 1,000 5 2 £ s. d. 1,212 15 9 67 0 11 269 7 5 559 8 2 477 11 2 75 19 6 339 1 3 1,081 4 4 216 19 5 285 7 2 969 10 3 438 9 2 Totals ... 354 14,045 18 0 5,992 14 6

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APPENDIX. Table No. 1. Income of the several Education Boards for the Year 1882. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

* Inclusive of the following receipts from vote for recreation-grounds: Auckland, £210; Hawke's Bay, £515. t The Board has altered the balance shown in the preceding year's accounts by adding the sum of £301 8s. 2d. to the balance in both sides of last year's statement. This amount has been deducted in "Tables Nos. 1 and 2. J The sum of £559, included in the balance on hand in the Board's statement, is a repayment of a bank deposit, and is entered here in the column, " Sundry Befunds," &c. § Inclusive of £478 10s. 9d. from the Public Works Department on account of new school at Waikari.

From Government. From Local Sources. Education Districts. on 1st Januarv, 1882. From Votes for Maintenance, Inspection, Training, and Scholarships. From Special Totes for School-buildings and Playgrounds. District High Schools: Training and other Fees. Donations, Sale of Old Subscrip- Sites and Total from tions, and Buildings; Local Sources. Advances. Kents, &e. .From Education Reserves. Interest. Sundry Eefunds, Deposits, &c. Public Libraries. Contributions by Committees. Overdrafts on 31st December, 1882. Total. Total from Government. Auckland Taranaki £ s. d. 8,377 6 8 £ s. d. j 49,811 13 9 £ s. d. *5,540 0 0 £ s. d. 55,351 13 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 139 12 6 £ s. d. 139 12 6 £ s. d.l 1,426 10 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I 2,930 18 8 £ s. d. 68,226 2 1 1,949 2 2 4,969 14 9| 542 0 0 5,511 14 9 155 13 3 155 13 3j 527 7 1 1,034 11 1 9,178 8 4 Wanganui fl,347 15 6 13,939 6 0 3,649 0 0 17,588 6 0 127 19 6 208 8 0 25 0 0 361 7 6 367 12 01 434 16 3 1,908 11 3 22,008 8 G Wellington £1,815 4 7 20,953 5 2 2,182 0 0 23,135 5 2 141 15 0 419 10 0 561 5 0 17 14 0 627 11 8 26,157 0 5 1 Hawko's Bay ... j 1,033 17 5 8,772 17 lj *1,709 0 0 10,481 17 lj 5 0 Oj 5 0 0 1,067 18 4 31 10 0 I 597 5 4 13,217 8 2 Marlborough 618 1 io; 4,379 0 0 1,252 0 0 5,631 0 0 15 0 Oj 15 0 0 6,264 1 10 Kelson ■ 4,790 7 9 12,327 10 11 1,313 0 0 13,640 10 11 8 12 0 8 12 0 373 9 1 72 0 0 1,303 8 2 20,188 7 11 North Canterbury 15,114 8 6! i 43,233 14 6 ; 9,295 19 1 §9,447 10 9 52,681 5 3 1 5 0 0j 5 0 0 7,829 12 li 349 9 5 304 8 0 76,284 3 3 South Canterbury 2,492 0 6^ | 2,050 0 0 11,345 19 1 - I ! 65 10 0 789 10 6, ■j 855 0 6 1,822 18 0 10 9 16,516 18 10 Westland 9,416 5 2 480 0 01 9,898 5 2 26 0 o' lj 26 0 0 124 3 9j 1,419 12 0 ... 2,487 15 5 13,953 16 4 Otago . 59,878 17 1 14,511 0 0 74,389 17 1 408 7 6 1,218 5 3 I I ; 1,626 12 9 6,153 15 9l ... 258 13 5 82,428 19 0 Southland 1,563 14 2 !: 13,875 7 3 2,590 0 0 16,465 7 3 7 0 0, . > 7 0,0 1,565 6 9 268 13 10 896 19 7 20,767 1 7 Totals 39,101 19 1 250,853 10 9 35,113 6 Oj 233,587 0 9 45,265 10 9 296,119 1 6 678 2 0 698 8 0 2,389 13 6 3,766 3 6 21,258 13 4 439 3 5 5,425 11 9 258 13 5 8,821 10 3 375,190 16 3 Totals for 1881 64,318 0 0 297,905 0 9 418 0 6 353 15 6 1,242 13 7 2,014 9 7 23,533 6 7 380 0 0 2,269 8 11 453 10 9 1,701 3 4 363,370 5 11

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Table No. 2. Expenditure of the several Boards for the Year 1882. (Compiled from the General Statements of Income and Expenditure attached to the Boards' Reports.)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Districts. Balances or Liabilities, 1st January, 1882. Boards. Office, Staff, Members' Allowances, Printing, Advertising, Stationer}', Law Costs, and other Office Expenditure. i Inspection of Schools, Examination of Pupilteachers. Salaries and Exrienses. Main Teachers' Committees Salaries and and Schools Allowances, for Traming of Educational Teachers. Purposes. Maintt mance of Schools. New Buildings, Enlargements, Eepairs, Furniture, Sites, Fencing. drool- Buildings. Professional Services. Total Flans and for SchoolSupervision, Buildings. Conveyances, &c. Payments Not Classified, including Refunds, Advances, &c. Distributed among .Public Libraries Balances a EF™-- 31st December, Special Vote, -.o^ and Committees' Contributions for Books, j Totals. Scholarships. Insurance of SchoolBuildings. Total for Maintenance. lA i Auckland Taranaki £ s. d. £ s. d. ! 1,641 18 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 ! 1,726 14 8 44,561 16 7 £ s. d. 2,691 1 5 £ s. d. 967 5 3 £ s. d. 4 14 2 £ s. d. 48,224 17 5 £ s. d. 13,507 2 6 £ s. d. 631 11 8 97 15 6 £ s. d. 14,138 14 2 £ s. d. 108 2 2 1,233 12 3 £ s. d.j £ s. d. 2,385 15 0 960 15 2 *1,443 1 8 £ s. d. 6S,226 2 1 256 3 3 275 0 01 3,987 1 4 464 19 11 4,452 1 3 1,903 0 11 2,000 16 o! 9,178 8 4 Wanganui 614 3 2 516 5 6 12,246 17 2 917 1 4 178 10 9 3 3 0 13,345 12 3 5,376 2 7 278 7 1 5,654 9 8 434 16 3 22,008 8 6 Wellington 551 1 4 690 1 11 18,424 17 4 1,348 0 0 283 5 11 20,056 3 3 3,569 3 3 180 0 9 3,749 4 0j 26 5 Oj *1,084 4 11 26,157 0 5 Hawke's Bay ... 355 9 5 701 15 2 7,948 13 8 983 0 9 99 5 0 71 4 6 9,102 3 11 2,832 14 4 137 13 11 2,970 8 31 20 0 0 ..: 67 11 5 13,217 8 2 Marlborough 177 5 10 : ! 205 4 0 3,312 10 0 331 1 1 86 9 0 3,730 0 1 1,541 17 7 61 16 0 1,603 13 7 547 18 4 6,264 1 10 Nelson 431 16 0 | 500 0 0 11,269 13 11 1,223 14 7 192 3 9' i 12,685 12 3 3,935 2 9 3,935 2 9, 1,118 1 8 1,517 15 3j 20,188 7 11 North Canterbury 1,404 16 3 1,413 4 5 42,173 17 7j j 5,901 18 1 1,094 17 7 49,170 13 3 12,045 13 7 646 0 4 12,691 13 11 343 8 0 11,260 7 5 76,284 3 3 South Canterbury 458 14 11 393 3 0 8,431 5 6 514 19 4 7,690 16 10 1,716 14 3 57,876 2 3 462 14 4 13,499 3 9 9,115 16 7 231,422 15 11 950 14 2 202 9 0 172 11 11 9,757 0 7 4,296 5 5 233 13 3 4,529 18 8 302 10 11 0 10 5 1,075 0 4 16,516 18 10 Westland 1,021 12 4 725 10 4 818 19 9 157 10 0 8,667 6 7 1,689 13 2 119 0 9 1,808 13 11 1 1,215 13 10 13,953 16 4 Otago ! 679 11 0 1,321 12 4 5,515 4 4 1,186 0 6 64,577 7 1 13,325 12 11 772 14 4 14,098 7 3 23 11 0 11 16 1 82,428 19 0 Southland 520 5 4 j 1,044 16 8 237 9 8 132 15 0 14,914 5 1 4,512 7 8 158 14 6 4,671 2 2 198 14 a 20,767 1 7 Totals i ! 1,701 3 4 8,458 16 10 22,190 12 1 4,685 6 5 384 8 7 258,683 3 0 68,534 16 8 3,317 8 1 71,852 4 9! 5,001 4 9; 24 1 520,354 5 7 375,190 16 3 Totals for 1881 2,693 15 3 8,109 6 9 8,387 15 4 216,890 5 lj j 21,457 15 4 3,918 15 9 990 7 4 243,257 3 6 54,763 6 0 3,491 6 6 58,254 12 6 1 2,011 15 lo' 1,553 17 8 39,101 19 1 363,370 5 11 * See note to Table No. 1.

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Table No. 3. Detailed Statement of the Expenditure of the several Education Boards on Management and on School Inspection (including Examination of Pupil-teachers), for the Year 1882. (Compiled from the Detailed Statements of Expenditure forwarded by Boards.)

Management by Boards. Inspection of Schools and Examination of Pupil-teachers. Education Districts. Staff. Total of Management, Inspection, and Examination. Secretary, Treasurer, Clerks, Messengers, Clerical Assistance, &c. Allowances to Members of Boards. Office Rent, Furniture, Repairs, &c. Fuel,Light, and Cleaning. Law Expenses. Printing. Advertising. Stationery. Sundries, including Stamps. Totals as in Column 2, Table No. 2. Salaries of Inspectors. Inspectors' Travelling Expenses, &c. Pupilteachers' Examinations. Totals as in Column 3, Table No. 2. £ s. d. 1,014 15 0 £ s. d. £ s. a. 192 8 10 £ s. a. 38 19 9 £ s. d. 6 8 6 £ s. a. 138 4 0 £ s. d. 97 3 9 £ s. a. 104 8 6 £ s. d. 49 10 4 £ s. d. 1,641 18 8 £ s. a. 1,287 10 0 £ s. a. 409 5 6 £ s. a. 28 19 2 £ s. a. 1,725 14 8 £ s. a. 3,367 13 4> Auckland Taranaki ... 158 12 6 69 10 0 0 13 0 2 G 0 2 10 0 14 13 0 7 18 9 256 3 3 275 0 0 275 0 0 531 3 3 Wanganui 340 5 0 108 11 5 17 6 11 14 15 2 4 9 0 56 2 6 34 11 2 30 1 8 7 17 4 614 3 2 370 0 0 100 0 0 46 5 6 516 5 6 1,130 8 8 Wellington 288 13 4 52 2 6 7 16 2 4 0 62 0 6 94 5 3 44 14 3 551 1 4 500 0 0 179 18 0 10 3 11 690 1 11 1,241 3 3 Hawke's Bay 250 0 0 4 0 3 2 10 0 47 6 2 39 5 § 12 7 3 355 9 5 500 0 0 150 0 0 51 15 2 701 15 2 1,057 4 7 Maiiborough 112 10 0 1 15 0 36 18 6 14 2 8 11 19 8 177 5 10 125 0 0 77 1 0 3 3 0 205 4 0 382 9 10 jS^elson ... 266 0 Oj 53 10 0 5 18 10] i 50 12 6 40 8 9 8 14 11 6 11 0 431 16 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 931 16 0 Jfortli Canterbury 1,109 12 G 30 18 0 48 4 4 21 0 0 118 19 0 38 12 4 37 10 1 1,404 16 3 787 0 8 365 12 0 260 11 9 1,413 4 5 2,818 0 8 South Canterbury 264 1 3 30 17 0 11 13 4 34 3 6 56 9 6 14 0 6 21 9 10 26 0 0 458 14 11 300 0 0 76 15 0 16 8 0 ■ 393 3 0 851 17 11 Westlana 306 0 0 161 6 6 42 3 0 27 16 9 4 16 2 | 65 2 6 58 17 6 23 13 7 35 14 4 725 10 4 360 0 0 154 19 4.' 514 19 4 1,240 9 8 Otago 936 19 4 117 4 6 5 0 0 47 11 9 97 18 6 72 3 0 44 15 3 1,321 12 4 1,225 0 0 474 10 0 17 4. 3 1,716 14 3 3,038 6 7 Southland 281 10 0 | OK 11 Q 22 6 0 40 14 6 107 2 6 30 9 0 12 11 8 520 5 4 341 0 0 119 3 4 2 11 0 462 14 4 982 19 8 Totals ! | 5,328 18 11 649 14 7 :280 6 10 238 2 3! 47 2 6 ( 772 18 2[ 625 6 2 I 378 2 9 138 4 8 8,458 16 10 6,570 10 8 2,107 4 2 437 1 9 9,114 16 7 17,573 13 5 totals for 1881 5,044 13 3 555 8 4 363 6 1 220 3 2 93 5 2 '685 9 2i i555 13 4 '458 16 2, ,132 12 1 8,109 6 9 6,130 6 8 1,977 10 6 279 18 2 8,387 15 4 16,497 2 1

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Table No. 4. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1882.

5 and under 7 Years. 7 and under 10 Years. 10 and under 13 Years. 13 and under 15 Tears. Over 15 Tears. Totals of all Ages. >, Education Districts. Males. Females. Total. Males. ! Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. j Total. -Auckland 1,940 1,572 1 3,512 i 2,983 371 | 891 1,253 2,674 341 885 1,159 5,657 2,485 2,368 4,853 771 932 1,703 125 251 376 8,304 7,797 16,101 . * 256 712 297 278 575 88 99 187 11 12 23 1,023 962 1,985 Taranaki ... 232 488 Wanganui 626 509 1,135 1,776 774 711 1,485 245 242 487 51 70 121 2,587 2,417 5,004 Wellington 714 572 ' 1,286 2,412 1,003 875 1,878 306 297 603 43 49 92 3,319 2,952 6,271 Hawke's Bay 472 391 863 677 564 1,241 532 421 953 126 138 264 23 19 42 1,830 1,533 3,363 Marlborough 174 180 354 234 247 481 224 197 421 66 65 131 13 14 27 711 703 1,414 Nelson 480 476 956 715 701 1,416 689 606 1,295 214 263 477 19 50 69 2,117 2,096 4,213 North Canterbury ... 2,232 . ... 3,163 2,882 6,045 2,626 2,383 5,009 756 710 1,466 93 102 195 8,870 8,037 16,907 1,960 4,192 South Canterbury ... 535 516 1,051 662 643 1,305 571 528 1,099 179 164 343 26 29 55 | 1,973 1,880 3,853 Westland 364 340 704 ■499 552 1,051 404 451 855 127 138 265 16 32 48 1,410 1,513 j 2,923 Otago 2,153 2,038 4,191 3,660 3,326 6,986 3,063 2,974 6,037 1,033 971 2,004 195 252 447 jl0,104 9,561 I 19,665 Southland 591 413 1,004 1,007 913 1,920 876 893 1,769 299 336 635 61 91 152 2,834 2,646 5,480 . ! I I !__ ■ Totals for 1882 10,537 9,199 19,736 16,115 14,887 31,002 13,544 12,685 26,229 4,210 4,355 8,565 676 971 1,647 45,082 42,097 87,179 * Totals for 1881 10,014 8,983 j 18,997 15,477 14,111 29,588 13,214 12,179 25,393 4,089 3,931 8,020 674 888 1,562 '43,468 40,092 83,560* * Twenty-seven children under 5 years of age (20 in Hawke's Bay, 4 in North Canterbury, and 3 in Westland) are omitted from this line.

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Table No. 5. Classification according to Standards in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1882.

'. sj.g° Number Classified according to Standards. Education Districts. •ess I til Total Number Classified. Infants Too Young for Column nest following. Preparing for Standard Passed Standard VI. S-2S F. Total. M. F. Total. M F. I. Total. II. Total. M. III. M. F. Total. IV. V. F. Total.! VI. M. F. A M. H. F. F. Total. M. M. r. Total.: iTotal Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Maiiborough Kelson North Canterbury 16,101 1,985 5,004 6,271 3,363 1,414 4,213 16,907 8,304 1,023 2,587 3,319 1,830 711 2,117 8,870 7,797 962i 2,417 2,952 1,5331 703 2,096 8,037 16,101 1,985 5,004 6,271 3,363 1,414 4,213 16,907 2,425 131 511 948 525 162 545 2,841 2,064 114 424 815 414 174 540 2,451 4,489 245 935 1,763 939 336 1,085 5,292 1,862 337 602 501 367 147 354| 1,662 1,630 3,492 300 637 534 1,136 465 966 332 699 142 289 320 674 1,395 3,057 1,503 168 437 436 294 103 321 1,433 l,490| 186 424.1 367 255 101 278 1,348 2,993 354 861j 803 549| 204 599 2,781 1,270] 189 473 518 271 101 368 1,458 1,245 186 431 485 230 89 282 1,468 2,515 375 904 1,003 501 190 650 2,926 758 775 132 114 306 314 406 399 210 191 86 109 277 324 964 909 234 229 176 179 1,214! 1,188 ] 345| 375 5,108 5,106 4,877 4,686 1,533 246 620 805 401 195 601 1,873 352 51 157 291 99 68 168 ■ 376 422 49 19 260 86 56 177 35 774 100 H 551 185 H 345 733' 121 9 69 154 51 34 58 120 9 76 129 20 18 118 98 157 278 18 145 283 71 52 176 218 10 26 16 13 6 i 32 65 3 14 4 22 32 5 J 57 11 21 .1( 5' 97 18 24 83 ■j' South. Canterbury 3.853 1,973 1,880 3,853 520j 505 1,025 433 379 812 274 287 561 294 299 593 463 154 127 281 i 55 47 102 9 7 V Westland 2,923 1,410 1,513 2,923 367 358 725 284 317 601 199 232 431 240 254! 494 355 100 128 22S 32 33 65 12 !2 Otago ... 19,665 10,104 9,561 19,665 2,881 2,711 5,592 1,724 1,502' 3,226 1,499 1,453 2,952 1,425 1,373 2,798 2,402 752 755 1,507 417 381 798 192 198 3! Southland 5,480 2,834 2,646 5,480 775 618 1,393 585| 518 1,103 i 484 481 965 474 479 953 720; 126 115 241 38 55 qq 7 5 i: Totals for 1882 i I i [ | I I I 87,179 45,082 42,097 87,179 12,631 11,188 23,819 8,858J 7,834 16,692 7,151 6,902 14,053 7,081 6,821 13,902 10,214 2,694 2,724 5,418 1,158 1,141 2,299 401 381 78: Totals for 1881 83,587 43,484 40,103 83,587 11,213 10,060 21,273 8,997| 7,992 16,989 7,249 6,819 14,068 7,293 7,030 14,323 9,563i 2,491 2,296 4,787 1,044 949 1,993 320 271 59!

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Table No. 6. Return of Salaries of Officers of Education Boards and Training Colleges, not included in Table No. 9, as at 31st December. 1882.

Officers. Salaries. Remarks. Auckland:— Secretary and Treasurer Clerk Clerks (2, at £200 and £140 respeetiyely) Messenger Inspectors (3, at £550, £400, and £400 respectively) ... Architect ... Principal of Training College Assistant ,, ,, Conductor of Teachers' Training Class, Thames Tabanaki : — Secretary and Treasurer Inspector ... Architect ... Wans-antti :— Secretary ... Inspector ... Wellington : —■ Secretary ... Inspector ... Messenger Architect ... Normal Master „ Mistress „ Drawing-mistress „ Singing-master ,, French Master Hawke's Bat : — Secretary and Inspector Clerks (2, at £200 and £50 respectively) Mablboeotoh :— Secretary ... Inspector ... Messenger Architect... Nelson : — Secretary ... Inspector Messenger Westland : — Secretary ... Inspector ... Architect and Overseer North Cantekbuky:— Secretary and Treasurer Clerks (2, at £300 and £175 respectively) Messenger Inspectors (2 at £475 each) ... Drill Instructor Architect ... Clerk of Works Normal Master „ Tutors (2, at £431 10s. and £332 respectively) Kindergarten Mistress South Canterbury :— ■ Secretary and Inspector Clerk Architect ... OlAGtO : — Secretary and Treasurer Clerks (3, at £250, £140, and £50 respectively) Inspectors (3, at £55C, £150, and £450 respectively) £ s. d. 450 0 0 200 0 0 340 0 0 52 0 0 And £40 from Girls! High School funds, 1,350 0 0 250 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Also allowances of £1 a day when travelling. Actual travelling expenses and 2J per cent, commission, he defraying the wliole cost of plans and specifications. 150 0 0 275 0 0 75 0 0 Also £100 per annum travelling allowance. 325 0 0 370 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 24 0 0 Also 3s. a day forage, and £1 a day when travelling. 500 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 2| per cent, on all contracts, and actual travelling expenses. 500 0 0 250 0 0 Also £150 travelling allowance. 100 0 0 125 0 0 12 10 0 Also Inspector for Nelson. 5 per cent, commission. 250 0 0 500 0 0 12 0 0 Including all travelling expenses. 306 0 0 360 0 0 Also £140 travelling allowance. Not exceeding 7 per cent. 570 0 0 475 0 0 65 0 0 950 0 0 262 10 0 350 0 0 Also £45 forage, and actual travelling expenses. Ditto. And actual travelling expenses. 12s. a day and actual travelling expenses. 570 0 0 763 10 0 100 0 0 Also actual travelling expenses. 400 0 0 165 0 0 2i per cent, commission and actual travelling expenses. 500 0 0 440 0 0 1,450 0 0 Also travelling allowance of £1 5s. a day when beyond reach of Dunedin, and forage allowance of £1 5s. per week when engaged in office. • Also actual travelling expenses. Architect... Clerk of Works Drawing-master Assistants (3, at £100, £100, and £75 respectively) Pupil-teacher Normal Master Normal Mistress Southland : —■ Secretary and Treasurer ,,'. Inspector ... 350 0 0 240 0 0 416 0 0 275 0 0 40 0 0 570 0.0 208 0 0 279 0 0 372 0 0 Also travelling allowance, £130. ■"£

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Table No. 7. Statement of Expenditure and Recoveries in respect of all Services under the Control or Supervision of the Minister of Education during the Year ending 31st March, 1883.

Education Depabtment. Secretary (on leave on half-pay) Inspector-General Clerks and clerical assistance Travelling expenses Teachers' examinations ... ' ... ... ... £494 18 9 Less fees received ... ... ... ... 391 0 0 £ s. a. 325 0 0 650 0 0 899 14 0 101 17 1 £ s. d. Educational Museum G-ilohrist Scholarship examination ... Contingencies ... ... ... ... £128 0 7 Less refunds ... ... ... ... 91 16 8 103 18 9 28 6 10 15 15 0 2,160 15 7 36 3 11 Grants to Boakds (not including building grants, shown below). Capitation allowance, at £3 15s. per average attendance ... £247,45114 8 Less revenue from reserves ... ... ... 21,221 14 0 Special capitation allowance, at 5s. ... ... Capitation allowance, at Is. 6d., for scholarships Subsidies for inspection Subsidies for training of teachers 226,230 0 8 16,515 2 5 4,350 18 10 4,018 15 0 7,382 5 4 258,497 2 3 Native Schools (not including buildings, shown below). Salaries of Clerks, Inspector, and district officers Salaries and allowances of teachers ... Boarding-school charges and apprenticing ... ... £2,807 10 10 Less refund ... ... ... ... 12 12 10 645 0 0 9,158 4 6 2,794 18 0 Books, school requisites, sewing material, &c. ... ... £773 10 1 Less recoveries ... ... ... ... 169 5 8 £773 10 1 169 5 8 604 4 5 449 5 3 Travelling expenses (including removals of teachers) General contingencies ... ... ... ... _£555 0 3 Less recoveries ... ... ... ... 49 10 3 £555 0 3 49 10 3 505 10 0 Total (£137 Is. 8d. charged against Ilokonui Native Reserve Fund) 14,157 2 2 Industbiaii Schools (not including buildings, shown below). Auckland (Howe Street and Kohimarama) — Salaries Maintenance ... ... ... ... £1,615 15 10 Less recoveries—Prom parents £224 12 9 j, Sundries ... 24 7 6 534 7 8 249 0 3 Burnham — Salaries Maintenance ... ... ... ... £3,571 0 1 Less recoveries—From parents £504 6 4 „ Farm, &c. 314 16 0 1,366 15 7 847 13 0 819 2 4 Caversham — ■ Salaries Maintenance ... ... ... ... £2,884 19 11 Less recoveries—From parents £284 6 7 „ Sundries ... 7 7 6 2,751 17 9 1,238 12 8 291 14 1 2,593 5 10 Schools maintained whoily ob paetiy by Geants feom Vote job Chabitable Aid. St. Mary's Orphanage and Industrial School, Auckland St. Stephen's Orphan Home, Auckland Thames Orphanage and Training School St. Joseph's Providence Orphanage, Wellington St. Mary's Orphanage and Industrial School, Nelson ... £1,807 15 5 Less recoveries from parents ... ... ... 21 19 0 860 9 5 525 10 9 382 7 2 87 8 0 9,332 12 6 Motueka Orphanage Lyttelton Orphanage ... ... ... ... £2,057 10 7 Less recoveries from parents ... ... ... 95 8 8 1,785 16 5 563 6 9 £2,057 10 V 95 8 8 1,962 1 11 Deaf-and-Dumb Institution. 6,167 0 5 Director ... ... ... ... Assistants (including board) Bent, rates, and repairs ,, ,"K Furniture and school requisites Travelling expenses Jl> Advertising Medical attendance and medicine ... Maintenance of pupils ... ... ... ... £1,016 10 0 Less recoveries ... ... ... ... 322 5 10 600 0 0 133 18 8 268 5 0 105 6 11 102 1 2 24 13 3 8 12 6 694 4 2 1,937 1 8

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School Build ings. Public schools, grants to Education Boards Native schools „ —Grants from Hokonui Native Reserve Fund Industrial Schools Wellington College £ s. a. 79,520 0 0 5,302 18 4 81 5 0 1,110 15 8 2,200 0 0 £ s. d. 88,214 19 0 Miscellaneous Sekvices. Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School New Plymouth High School Wellington Girls' High School Nelson Girls' High School C'hristchureh Girls'High School Timaru High School Otago School of Mines Naval Training School liabilities Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire Preparation of illustrations for school-books ... Purchase and improvement of recreation-grounds for public schools Subsidies to public libraries 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 675 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 21 15 2 250 0 0 156 10 0 2,800 0 0 5,932 13 1 13,635 18 9 Auckland University College 4,000 0 0 University of New Zealand • •*, 3,000 0 0

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Table No. 9. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Districts, with the Expenditure for the Year 1882, and the Names, Status, and Emoluments of the Teachers as in December, 1882.

Note I.—ln the column for consecutive number of school two half-time schools associated are reckoned as one school. Note 2.—In the column headed "Position in the School," "HM" means Head Master; "~M.," one Master only in School; "HF," Head Female Teacher; "F," one Female Teacher onlyin School; "AM," Assistant Male Teacherj "AT," Assistant Female Teacher; " M P," Male Pupil-teacher; " F P," Female Pupil-teacher; and " S," Sewing- Teacher.

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o . <U SQ 6 o _ o B o o_ Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. si £c_ pi -w ° H _ S a ft o _ o Maintenance. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Other Furniture, Salaries and Ordinary A_____fi__ Allowances. Expenditure. apparatus. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. _ Annual Salary and pj . Allowance '- "o at the Rate o £ paid daring Is _ the Last % Quarter of H the Year. 0? II <_» .9 "3 !| oC Mongonui— Kaitaia 1 £ s. d. 118 6 8 £ s. d. 5 0 0 £ s. d. Ephraim Shannon ... Mrs. Shannon Isaac Williamson ... Mrs. Eose... E. Fletcher Watkins Mrs. Watkins James Paton Mrs. Kitchen Eobert Hogwood ... Margarita Trimnell... Mrs. Johnson Henrietta Slater Frederick Booth Katherine E. Thode Mrs. Eliz. Anderson Alexander Anderson Frances E. Hartley... Francis C. Crookes ... Mrs. Hickton James Armstrong ... Mrs. Angela Wilson Mrs. Ella Armstrong Evelyn A. Hastings Mrs. Hastings ■ Mrs. Jane Cains William Henry Blyth Mrs. Blyth M S M S M S M S M FP F F M FP F M S M F M AF FP M S F M S £ s. d. 100 0 0 10 0 0 72 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 8 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 88 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 180 0 0 80 0 0 40 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 76 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 19 Maungatete ... 2 98 6 8 5 0 0 18 2 Oruru 3 117 10 0 5 0 0 22 3 Victoria Valley 4 109 6 8 5 0 0 0 19 6 19 4 Mangonui 5 165 0 0 10 0 0 34 7 6 28 5 6 7 8 9 Totara Kaeo Whangaroa North Hokianga — Hokianga Kohukohu Bay of Islands — Okaihau Waimate Kawakawa 6 7 8 9 10 70 6 8 100 0 0 178 0 0 152 10 0 108 16 8 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 O 0 5 0 0 13 8 1 6 11 6 11 1 6 151 4 3 4 10 0 22 25 30 34 32 lOll 12 11 12 13 99 9 2 75 0 0 299 3 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 400 14 6 28 22 82 6 19 6 13 Pakaru 14 131 13 4 5 0 0 8 10 9 26 Te Wharau (1) Eussell 15 16 75 6 8 133 6 8 5 0 0 9 18 0 15 6 19 30 14 15 16 Orongo (2) ... Wahapu (1) ... Hobson — Arapohue Whakahara ... Tokatoka Aratapu 1 17 18 87 10 0 105 8 0 10 15 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 Mrs. Mary Crossley Archibald Douglas ... F M 110 0 0 80 0 0 11 # 17 19 20 121 13 4 225 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 5 17 1 31 15 9 Francis C. Leggett... John Stallworthy ... Eleanor Chadwick ... Maria Chadwick John Lindley Elizabeth Seaborn ... Mrs. Lindley John Murray M M FP FP M F S M 110 0 0 160 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 140 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 63 18 Te Kopuru ... 21 175 0 0 10 0 0 38 2 9 42 Dargaville Matakohe (3) Omaru (4) Paparoa "j 3 175 16 8 10 0 0 16 0 0 36 19 20 22 23 95 16 4 10 0 0 1 17 5 Hugh McLeod M 80 0 0 21 24 180 0 0 10 0 0 395 14 1 Thomas W.Wilson... Elizabeth Davis William Flower Mrs. Jane GJ-loyn ... Thomas Campbell ... Mrs. Dowson Arabella C. Eyan ... M F M S M S F 140 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 52 0 0 40 22 Maungaturoto 25 140 0 0 5 0 0 353 18 6 32 23 Kaiwaka 26 119 3 4 5 0 0 12 0 22 24 25 Mangawai Whangarei — Whareora Kamo 27 28 29 68 13 4 55 6 8 262 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 15 11 0 Thomas Mackie Eichard Coates, B.A. Ellen Ann Swain ... Patilina Holman Edith Mair T. W. H. Coulter ... Mrs. Ann F. Jackson William Fidler, M.A. F. S. M. Hankin ... Emma L. Wily Sarah Donaldson Blanche Bedlington ( Eobert C. Whitham (Mrs. Macdonald ... Eichard S. Burgess... Mary McLeod M M AF AF FP M F HM AM AF FP FP M S M S 44 0 0 180 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 130 0 0 56 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 13 11 83 26 27 28 Kaurihohore ... Otoaga Whangarei ... 30 31 32 179 3 10 63 13 4 371 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 319 7 0 lo" 1 6 33 14 106 Parua Bay No. 1 Parua Bay No. 2 Whangarei Heads :.? 143 19 2 10 11 4 21 13 22 29 33 10 0 0 30 34 129 3*4 5 0 0 31 32 Maungatapere (3) Otaika (3) ... Euatangata East Euatangata West } 35 80 0 0 10 0 0 319 13 5 William Munro f Edward Millington \ Mrs. Luey Imms ... M M S 80 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 16 15 36 140 16 8 10 0 0 1 18 6 (1) Aided. (2) Reopened 1st April. * Avi (3) Closed irage for Decei during Septemhi tnber quarter, 33, sr quarter. (4) Closed 30th June.

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© . IB m o a-s Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs ;the latter marked [B] _4^ Expenditure for the Year. © Annual s* & m t » -vr 6 Salary and % J_> " 'teachers .Names, +* Allowance >S' Maintenance. Buildings, fa^A_-T g_ ;^Me < & >„S„ on the Staff at the End £•_ Pfvf e a_S? g I_ Teachers' Other 6 ' of the Year. f<_ $£*£% %% Salaries and Ordinary Ai»mj_iw ft the Year. i£S Allowances. Expenditure. Apparatus. tne rear. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. in which situate. IS 6" 33 Whangarei— continued. Mangapai No. 1 *) Mangapai No. 2 j Maungakaramea 37 £ s. d. 121 13 4 £ s. d. 10 0 0 £ s. d. 10 0 0 Daniel D. Metge ... M £ s. d. 115 0 0 40 34 38 166 13 4 10 0 0 0 15 6 William J. Connell Isabella Wilson M FP 140 0 0 30 0 0 35 36 37 38 Waikiekie East "j Waikiekie West ) Euakaka ... Waipu Cave ... J Waipu Cove ... 39 40 129 11 8 116 13 4 I 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 412 19 9 1 - William Henry Pooley Eichard Fleet M M 130 0 0 120 0 0 as U6 fl2 112 31 39 40 Waipu North Eiver Waipu Central 41 42 43 122 10 0 135 16 8 168 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 292 2 0 17 10 0 Thomas Isemonger ... Annie McGregor Thomas W. Scott ... Mary McMillan Henry Matthews Jessie McLennan ... John Fisher Mrs. Fisher M S M S M F M F 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 130. 0 0 30 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 26 39 41 Waipu Upper 44 238 1 10 10 0 0 13 10 0 42 4.2 43 4-1 Eodney— TePahi Albertland North Te Arai Komokoriki No. 1 (1) 7 Komokoriki No. 2 (1) j Pakiri Port Albert ... 45 46 47 62 6 8 112 0 0 113 6 8 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 21 11 5 Amelia Fisher Oliver Dean George A. Eeid F M M 68 0 0 110 0 0 110 0 0 17 22 20 H 12 27 48 73 13 4 3 12 0 John Marmont M 68 0 0 45 46 49 50 42 13 4 132 1 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 94" 16 1 Edward M. Gravatt Benjamin M. Gubb Susan B ecroft Mrs. Eushbrook John P. Gradwell ... Mrs. Blackburn Mrs. Eleanor Dent ... Mrs. Mary Stone ... William McKec Mrs. McKee M M S F M S F F M S 48 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 52 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 140 0 0 10 0 0 47 48 Wellsford ... Wharehine ... 51 52 77 16 8 125 7 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 9 8 6 2 15 2 13 24 49 50 51 Tauhoa Hoteo North ... Omaha (Little) 53 54 55 105 16 8 112 10 0 152 9 1 5 0 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 8 3 3 45 15 6 18 21 34 52 53 Matakana Upper ") Big Omaha ... ) Matakana Lower ") Mullet Point... j Mahurangi Heads Warkworth ... 56 57 129 3 4 140 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 46 6 0 Laurence Gilshenan James E. Waygood... M M 130 0 0 140 0 0 (15 115 (17 (27 18 51 54 58 59 70 13 4 189 3 4 5 0 0 10 0 0 14" 1 9 Peter Greenhill Alexander Campbell Annie Southgate Mrs. Cutler Eobert W. Craig ... Nellie Horsley A. McNaughton Martin Krippner Mrs. Emily Krippner May Eapson Mrs. Emily Faithfull Eobert Kinross Henry Mason M M FP S M S M M F F F M M 72 0 0 150 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 140 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 130 0 0 110 0 0 28 0 0 55 Dome Valley... 60 130 0 0 5 0 0 19 7 0 22 56 57 Kaipara Flats Puhoi 61 62 80 0 0 195 16 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 2 0 16 49 58 59 60 Wainui Waiwera Great Barrier Island (2) Kawau Waitemata — Kaukapakapa 63 64 65 66 86 13 4 132 10 0 101 13 4 28 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 "0 0 11 15 0 15 0 6 19 30 20 7 61 67 177 10 0 10 0 0 7 19 2 George W. Murray Edith Marks Barbara C. Anderson Margaret A. Clarke George Lippiatt Cecil A. To bin M FP HF FP MP M 130 0 0 40 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 110 0 0 37 62 Helens ville ... 68 266 18 10 10 0 0 305 13 11 51 03 Woodhill ... Kumeu ... ") Hobsonville ... j Wade Pukeatua 69 70 111 13 2 140 16 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 16 8 4 13 3 Harry W.Wells ... M 120 0 0 22 C13 115 20 16 6_ 66 71 72 96 13 4 78 6 8 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 0 Annie Eapson Edward M. Clinton Mrs. Clinton Thomas G. Compton Joseph Glenny Helen G. Broun Thomas Broun Mrs. Broun Thomas H. Smith ... Edith M.Smith ... Clara Binney Janet T. Ferguson ... Harriett Burgess Alfred John Litten... Miss Duncan > Henry Holloway ... F M S M M FP M S M AF AF AF FP M S 90 0 0 64 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 140 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 210 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 60 67 Lucas Creek ... Northcote 73 71 92 13 4 191 18 8 5 0 0 15 0 0 14 0 0 0 9 0 10 49 68 Lake 75 121 13 4 10 0 0 5 0 0 15 69 Devonport 76 460 0 0 30 0 0 15 15 6 129 Henderson's Mill 119 3 4 5 0 0 14 10 3 70 '^7 24 7i 72 Titirangi ~.~. *) Waikomiti (3) j Muddy Creek (4) 78 127 10 0 f 5 0 0 (5 0 0 3 0 0 29 9 3 M 130 0 0 (20 79 19 13 4 (1) Aided. (2) Aided; itinerant. (3) Opened in January. (.) Aided; closed 30th June.

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o . © O fc.S ■IB o o 3 o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the Litter marked [B]) in which situate. if 111 Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, including- all Touchers and i'npil-teftcTiers on the Stall at the End of the Year. 0 ■ il (2 Annual Salary and Allowance at Hie liuie paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. If II Teachers" Other Salaries and Ordinary Amaratns Allowances. Expenditure. APP aiaTOS74 75 76 73 Waitemata — continued. Whau Onehunga [B] — Onoliunga Boys' "J Onehnnga Girls' j Parnell [B]— Parnell Auckland [B]— Wellesloy Street 80 HI 82 83 £ s. d. 244 8 4 r 311 13 4 ( 402 10 0 793 0 0 2,325 0 0 120 0 0 £ s. d. 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 £ s. d. 1,023 8 7 566 0 4 47 13 2 297 8 5 John Lyon Scott ... Hannah Astley ... Alice C. Hobbs (■Alexander Grant ,,. ] Sarah Gibbs (.Mrs. Jane Grant ... Rosanna Bowen Jessie "Weston Minnie Whyte Peter Leonard Algernon G. D. Silva Eliza Jane Holder ... Caroline E. White ... Annie Henry Constance Kobertson Mary S. Slator William H. Worsley Amy L. Moore Amelia B. Speight ... Henry Worthington Jonathan 0. Adams... Elizabeth L. Dunning Neville Boss Annie Jerram Leonora Kilf oyle ... Florence Taylor T. D'Arcy Hamilton Clara Jane Pearson... Jane Smart ... Janet Wilson E. E. Patterson Charlotte Hougham Charles T. Edwards... Eosina E. Thompson Clara A. Edmiston ... Edith C. Shortt ... Mary M. Martin Annie E. Hooker ... Matilda M. Ellison... George A. Davidson Janet Me Gee Harriett Smith Jessie Weston Eobert McPhorson ... Helen McGregor ... Sarah J. Purdio Harry Hockin John McKenzie E. M. C. Harrison ... Edwin T. Hart John F. Mackinlay... Arthur Shortt Frances Longmore ... Mary C. Taylor Mary C. Howard ... Christian A. Simonsen Annie H. Currie Mary A. Lumsden ... E. H. McKerras ... Lydia Wright Margaret Henry Joseph E. Black Kate Ridings Sarah J. Moginie Charles W. Dowdcn... Emily Smith Asenath L. Morrin ... Joseph B rabazon ... George Thwaites Amy E. Bottrill ... Marion Dunning Annie Harkia Ellen Gibbs Isabella Coleman ... Charlotte Wallnutt... Sophia Larritt M FP FP M F HF AF FP FP HM AM AF AF AF FP FP MP FP FP HM AM AF AM AF AF AF AM FP FP FP FP FP MP FP FP FP FP FP FP MP FP FP FP MP FP FP MP MP HM AM AM AM AF AF AF AM AF AF AF AF AF MP FP AF MP FP FP HM AM AF AF AF AF A F F P F P £ a. d. 150 0 0 50 0 o 30 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 275 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 457 0 0 250 0 0 130 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 80 0 0 7o o o 60 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 O 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 363 0 0 250 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 270 0 0 120 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 68 104 105 300 919 Beresford Street 72 10 0 84 1,644 14 2 98 13 7 562 i Nelson Street 85 846 16 8 60 0 0 35 3 2 281

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"8^ o _ In go a I 3 m Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. 4 _ 9 g& .Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Eurnitnre, and Apparatus. o Teachers' Names, "t" including all Teachers -9 -^ and Pupil-teachers s o on the Staff at the End _.■§ of the Year. »<» o ft Annual Salary and Allowance at the Elite paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. a _ Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Waitemata— continued. Auckland [B] — contd. Howe Street (I) High Street 86 87 £ s. d. 108 6 8 288 6 8 £ s. d. 10 0 0 56 0 0 £ s. d. 29" 0 0 IIF FP FP HM AM AF AM AF AF FP FP FP FP AF FP FP FP FP FP HM AM AF AF MP FP FP FP HM AM HF AM AM AF AF AF AM AM AF FP FP AF FP FP AF MP AF FP HM AM AF FP FP HM AF MP FP HM AM FP FP AF AF FP HM AF FP FP HF FP AF FP M F £ s. d. 170 0 0 40 0 0 4.0 0 0 351 0 0 135 0 0 130 0 0 110 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 275 0 0 160 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 339 0 0 150 0 0 130 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 220 0 0 120 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 80 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 240 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 77 78 79 Ponsonby ... Grafton Eoad Newton East 88 89 90 1,238 19 2 1,254 11 5 714 11 8 80 0 0 60 0 0 99 11 0 1,250 2 9 164 3 5 39 18 0 Marianne Wann Margaret Coghill ... Sarah E. Harris Benjamin Bailey ... William J. Brown ... Annie Barton Frederic W. Kysh ... Mrs. Jane Simpson... Margaret Mackay ... Ellen Gaze Mary Jane Mellhone Bassaleno McLeod ... Margaret Melver ... Ellen E. Bennett ... Catherine S. Smith... Elizabeth M. Fielder Mary S. Gilmer Georgina Thompson Bertha C. Greatbatch James Martin Eichard T. Talbot ... Mary Ellen Hopper... Mrs. E. Martin Edgar Partington ... Millieent E. Fisher... Susan B. Melntyre... Jemima Eobb W.H.V. Bindon,B.A. Francis Warren Mrs. Jane Skeen Bartholomew Cronin Charles A. Eobertson Jessie McGlashan ... Elizabeth Hungerford Elizabeth Stewart ... James Thornton Henry Carrington ... CeliaE. Hobbs Kate Keesing Ethel Durrieu Alice Blaekman Caroline Jervis Ellen Blades Florence Nicholson... Andrew S. Taite Ada K. Warner Margaret J. Dickson John Edwards Ernest A. Garland ... Jane Edwards Maria Walker Emma Fielder A. French, M.A. Mary Lovatt Frank P. Burton ... Margaret A. Fellowos G. Newell Phillips ... Frank W. Sanderson Lucy E. Anderson ... Alice L. Gilbert Emily Jane Spence... Annie Stuart Emma Coad... Isaac Coburn Kate Vialoux Kate Colebrook Mary S. Taite Mrs. Mary S. Harden Elfrida Barnes Mary B allantine Emily Frances Eobb Eev. George Brown... Mrs. Louisa James ... 521 286 488 78 EdenNewton West 91 515 16 8 40 0 0 4 9 0 154 Mount Albert 360 0 0 30 0 0 266 11 0 82 80 92 Mount Eden 584 10 0 50 0 0 1,133 14 6 81 93 205 Mount Hobson Boys' 82 94 382 10 0 25 0 0 9 17 2 112 Mount Hobson Girls' 95 298 6 8 25 0 0 537 17 1 100 205 16 8 10 0 0 4 9 7 83 Ellerslie 96 51 (l) Closed 30th Jur

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■s. <_ _ <D O II ceo Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. ° w Expenditure for the *&A _ o >rJ1 Maintenance. -t> _ 3-g $ £t Teachers' Other a g* Salaries and Ordinary ;5 m Allowances. Expenditure. 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 o Annual ' w 'S Salary and £.$ a ■ Allowance t* _ pO at the Hate < g, o 2 paid during Wz^ „| the Last || © Quarter of £ 3 ft the Year. £& 84 85 Eden —continued. Tamaki West . ... Panmure 97 OS £ s. d. 130 0 0 271 16 8 £ s. d. 5 0 0 15 0 0 £ s. d. 8 14 6 Eleanor Bridson Thomas L. May James Boss Isabella F. Kells ... Emma Fletcher Beatrice E. Watkin F HM MP AF H F FP £ s. d. 130 0 0 160 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 140 0 0 40 0 0 25 66 86 Mount Eoskill 99 165 16 8 10 0 0 14 19 0 40 Manukau — Manukau Heads (1) ... Howick 100 101 47 0 0 156 13 4 10 0 0 17 8 7 8 0 Francis J. Griffiths Mrs. Irvine Elizabeth E. Biggs... John Hutton William Woodward Mrs. L. Woodward... Tom E. Blandford ... James N. Marsdon ... Janet Wyllie Sarah Hall Kate Bowden Charles M. Carter ... Ada Pascoe Eobert G. Boler ... Mrs. Williamson Minnie Crago Kenneth Campbell... Esther Marcella Gill Jessie M. H. Wallace Charles B. Davis ... Mrs. Davis James Muir Mrs. Muir George Eevell Susan Cole Charles Cooper Annie Eugg Oliver Stanton Horatio N. Le Gallais Jane C. Spence Horatio A. Hawkes George B. Eeid Mrs. Eeid... Charles Gribble Elon Bond Evan Eichards Frederick J. Ohlson Mrs. Eichards Frederick Forde Mrs. Forde Anthony Mactier ... George W. Bradshaw Isabella Smith Mary H. Currie > Alfred Goldsbury... Joseph James Potter Matilda Taylor Thomas E. Eochford Mrs. Jones Adelaide Bisehof. ... James Glanfield James Hogwood Annie L. Murray ... Alfred Hosking Emma De Carteret... Margaret E. Clow ... Mrs. Cecilia Sharp ... Minnie Collins Georgina Leech Charles A. Bruford... Emma Eevell W. DeE. Turner ... George Calvert Annie Calvert Harriett Longdill ... William C. Castleton M H F FP M M F HM AM FP FP FP M AF M S F M FP FP M S M S M F M FP M M F M M S M M HM M P S M F M M FP FP 44 0 0 140 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 80 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 160 0 0 80 0 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 110 0 0 130 0 © 140 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 190 0 0 80 0 0 68 0 0 170 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 11 41 87 88 89 Waiheke Island (2) ... Pakuranga 102 103 96 13 4 245 16 8 20 14 0 15 0 0 325 6 0 11 12 8 20 68 90 Otahuhu 104 385 0 0 25 0 0 28 7 2 120 Mangere 229 11 8 15 0 0 206 11 3 57 91 105 92 Woodside 106 142 15 5 5 0 0 26 2 5 36 93 91 Flat Bush ... Otara 107 108 100 0 0 265 16 8 5 0 0 15 0 0 18 0 0 0 11 0 29 70 95 Turanga Creek 109 132 3 8 5 0 0 20 96 Papakura Valley 110 147 10 0 10 0 0 37 97 Papakura 111 240 16 8 15 0 0 11 7 0 63 Drury 112 193 6 8 10 0 0 3 8 6 39 98 99 Ardmore Wairoa South 113 114 98 6 8 250 0 0 5 0 0! 15 0 01 6 19 6 19 68 Ness Valley ... Hunua 115 116 103 3 2 132 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 27 17 9 17 26 100 101 102 Maraetai Ararimu Maketu 117 118 119 112 10 0 125 0 0 172 2 4 5 0 0 5 0 6 5 0 0 0 17 3 10 13 3 21 32 42 103 Bombay 120 269 3 4 25 0 0 2 18 10 93 104 105 Awhitu Waiuku 121 122 92 13 4 254 10 4 5 0 0 15 0 0 4 14 0 56 18 6 17 74 Brookside ... } Karioatahi ... j Kohekohe Maioro Waipipi 123 124 125 126 135 0 0 121 17 6 92 13 4 140 0 0 1 i 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 13 8 19 1 18 8 9 9 15 0 M M F M S F M M FP M AF FP H F FP F M F M M S F M 130 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 190 0 0 80 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 130 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 110 0 0 C19 (24 27 25 38 06 Waitangi Puni Patumahoe ... 127 128 129 122 10 Oj 125 16 8J 193 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 4 7 8 20 17 11 412 4 3 25 25 35 107 Pukekohe West 130 336 13 4 25 0 0 54 2 6 94 08 Pukekohe East 131 177 10 0 10 0 0 15 12 7 31 09 Harrisville Tuakau ... ... 132 133 133 15 0 259 15 1 10 0 0 15 0 0 8 4 4 99 13 0 25 56 10 11 Pokeno Hill ... Pokeno Valley -' ' 134 135 125 0 0 140 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 76 1 7 6 14 9 26 34 Queen's Eedoubt (3) ... Maungatawhiri Valley... 136 137 107 10 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 # 20 (1) Aided. (2) Oi * Avi tened in Januai jrage for Dece. ;y. (3) Oj mber quarter, 2J )ened in November.

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IH °.^ o 2 la b'o A) o |J @ o cm O Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. is '£ 0) 6» Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, 0 Annual m , . t.t Salary and Teachers Names, . A „ owa nce including alTeachers .Mr- at the R ..,, te and r"upil-teachers go id duri on the Staff at the End || ' the Last of the Year. g co Quarter of ft the Year. _- oi X. _ « 6rP" M si Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. J Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 112 Coromandel — Coromandel ... Driving Creek 138 £ s. d. 366 10 6 328 6 8 £ s. d. 25 0 0 20 0 0 £ s. d. 12 12 6 19 7 6 Eobert Coates Dyer... Mrs. M. Caldwell ... Eva Birley Mary Anne Barry ... Joseph B. Eoekliff ... Lydia De Carteret ... Harold Falkner M AF FP FP M F M £ s. d. 200 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 160 0 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 122 13 139 67 .14 Mercury Bay Thames — Thames [B] — Tararu 140 111 13 4 14 8 4. 8 15 8 28 .15 16 .17 Waiokaraka Waiotahi Creek Kauaeranga Boys' ... 141 142 143 144 354 3 4 1,021 11 8 432 12 0 786 10 6 30 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 60 0 0 5 0 0 32 2 0 15 19 0 18 15 0 George Healey Sarah Gott Minnie Lamb William John May ... Eosabel Wolff Denis O'Donoghue ... Arthur Home Elizabeth Sinclair ... Mrs. H. Osboldstone Jessie W. Patterson... Elizabeth Hill Eosa L. Haverfield ... Margaret Wolff John Stuart Burns... Andrew Colhoun ... Agnes Hamilton M. A. H. McDonald Wm. Henry Newton Horatio Phillips Albert Gerring Cordelia Crowther ... Mrs. Mary Phillips ... Mary J. M. Harris ... Emma Ashman James Christie Priscilla Greenville ... Francis Edwin Lowe Emma Skuddcr Elizabeth Keary Nora O'Donoghue ... Frances I. Haselden Helen A. Hossack ... Mary Murrish Mrs. Florence Macky Eliza Davies Elizabeth Akcrs Charlotte Murrish ... W. H. P. Marsdon... Annie Cleveland Kate Annie Fletcher Thomas Fulljames ... HM AF FP MP FP HM AM AF AF FP FP. FP FP MP HM AF AF MP HM AM AF AF FP FP MP AF MP FP FP FP HF AF AF AF AF FP FP M AF AF M 236 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 250 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 200 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 329 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 240 0 0 120 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 225 128 112 359 Kauaeranga Girls' ... 601 7 10 60 0 0 12 19 6 213 145 Parawai 220 18 3 118 281 13 4 20 0 0 80 146 Thames Orphanage ... 147 102 13 4 4 14 6 23 Hastings 148 130 0 0 5 0 0 7 17 0 William E. Fosbroke Mrs. W. J. Newby ... John W. Channon ... Frances Douglas M S M F 130 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 31 119 120 Tairua 149 167 1 8 10 0 0 4 10 6 34 121 122 Turua ... ) Hikutaia ... ) Puriri 150 C 61 13 4 ( 106 13 4 140 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 ... . ... ) 0 16 6 George B. Horgan ... M 110 0 0 flO 112 34 Paeroa 151 152 208 6 8 10 0 0 19 17 5 Charles K. Cornforth Mrs. Cornforth John Eitchie Anna S. Horgan | Walter Sullivan ... Alfred O'Conor Norman Matheson.... Kate Truscott Luther Hames M S M FP 130 0 0 10 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 44 123 Mackaytown ... ") Waitekauri ... j Te Aroha West (1) Te Aroha Goldfield ... 134 3 4 C 18 18 1 (500 2 10 0 14 15 0 13 12 4 22 8 8 348 9 8 47 10 8 M 130 0 0 C14 119 153 124 125 154 155 13 6 8 191 12 8 M M FP M 80 0 0 166 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 50 Owharoa (2) ... Eaglan — Eaglan 156 40 12 8 2 10 0 46 11 3 20 126 127 Waitetuna ... 157 158 125 0 0 _ 112 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 14 12 4 George F. S. Horsey Mrs. Horsey Catherine Spence ... ( Mrs. Falwasser \ William Johnstone (Mrs. Johnstone ... Alfred C. Ballance... M S F S M S M 110 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 130 0 0 22 19 }l! 128 129 Euapuke ... ~( Te Mata ... j 159 145 0 0 10 0 0 74 4 11 130 Harapipi (3) 160 132 10 0 5 0 0 14 12 0 19 (1) Opened 1st October. (2) Opened 6th June. (3) Half-time with Te Eore.

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o , 61> !3_ Q „ r-o f. i—i o o CD O a o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. °r-! si £ 1) Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. PI ; i° o ft o Annual to Salary and | $ Allowance > „ at the Eate •< S, paid during sc~[ the Last -3% Quarter of % S the Year. S.B 11 "A i Teachers' Salaries and Allowances. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 131 Waikato — Mercer 161 £ s. d. 159 3 4 £ s. d. 10 0 0 £ s. d. 198 9 11 Joseph Calvert Kate Calvert James B. Murray ... Jane Kinnaird M FP M S £ s. d. 140 0 0 40 30 0 0 100 0 0 15 10 0 0 21 40 132 133 134 Wairanga Eangiriri Churchill (1)... Miranda (2) ... Kaiawa (2) Huntley _} i 162 163 83 6 8 143 16 2 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 13 14 0 12 9 4 2 2 6 M S M FP F F M S M AF AF MP FP 11 112 0 0 18 10 0 0 10 140 0 0 46 40 0 0 110 0 0 22 110 0 0 22 130 0 0 34 10 0 0 220 0 0 152 120 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 15 21 11 18 10 46 135 136 137 138 Taupiri Kirikiriroa ... Hautapu 164 165 166 167 168 106 14 6 185 16 8 114 6 8 110 0 0 174 11 8 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 110 351 16 6 27 13 9 13 4 5 10 0 0 f Vacant .. . Vacant Eichard John Pearce Annie McColl Mary C. Tregear Mary Anne Stanton Eobert C. Maelaurin Mrs. Maelaurin Ealph D. Stewart ... Martha Alford Louisa Linda Young Frank Higginson ... Eebecea Young 22 22 34 139 Cambridge 169 509 11 8 30 0 0 58 3 0 152 Hamilton [B] — Hamilton East 349 8 4 8 4 11 George Maberly Mrs. Maberly Ella Steadman M AF AF 200 0 0 105 80 0 0 70 0 0 140 170 25 0 0 105 Waip'a — Hamilton [B] — Hamilton West 454 1 10 30 0 0 10 2 9 John M. Murray ... Martin J. Meagher... Mrs. Murray Catherine Maelaurin Susan N. Murray ... James Chappell Annie C. Jackson ... Sarah Marsh John T. Giffney Mrs. Giffney James La Trobe Mrs. Crawford Isabella Goble 220 0 0 152 120 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 160 0 0 67 40 0 0 30 0 0 120 0 0 26 10 0 0 120 0 0 29 10 0 0 40 0 0 10 141 142 Ngaruawahia 171 172 220 0 8 15 0 0 3 8 6 HM AM AF AF FP M FP FP M S M S F 152 67 Pukete 173 130 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 143 20 144 Whatawhata 174 132 8 2 5 0 0 29 145 146 147 Ngahinopouri TeEorc (3) ... Alexandra 175 41 13 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 li" 8 7 118 15 9 10 12 49 148 149 150 151 152 Paterangi Ohaupo Te Eahu Pukerimu Cambridge West 176 177 178 179 180 181 195 0 0 151 13 4 179 3 4 131 11 0 91 0 0 197 14 2 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 174 11 6 108 8 9 6 18 0 2 10 20 12 8 John Eobey Carter... Mrs. Carter Mrs. Ellen Trobe ... Kate Macky B ernard B edford ... Emily Krippner Alfred Woodliam ... Mrs. Woodham Mrs. Mary Bruce ... Henry E. Hyatt. Aimee Bright Mrs. Hyatt Alfred S. Webber ... Mrs. Webber Alfred Benge Elizabeth Gibbs Eobert Ormsby W. II. Nicholson ... Mrs. Mary Nicholson M F H F FP M FP M S F M F S M S M FP M M F 12 140 0 0 49 50 0 0 130 0 0 33 30 0 0 130 0 0 35 40 0 0 120 0 0 24 10 0 0 100 0 0 24 150 0 0 51 40 0 0 10 0 0 140 0 0 40 10 0 0 160 0 0 61 50 0 0 110 0 0 22 150 0 0 50 50 0 0 33 35 24 24 51 Eangiaohia ... 182 151 13 4 5 0 0 61 5 3 153 40 154 Te Awamutu 183 203 6 8 10 0 0 10 0 5 61 155 156 Mangapiko ... Kihikihi 184 185 112 10 0 206 18 2 5 0 0 10 0 0 24 13 0 22 50 157 Piako— Waitoa Waihou Tauranga— Katikati No. 1 Katikati No. 2 } 186 130 0 0 10 0 0 47 13 6 Leslie C. Marshall ... M 130 0 0 f} 8 (13 (18 U3 158 187 188 62 11 10 215 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 59 7 0 17 10 0 Martha D. Johnston Mrs. Maria Gallaher Eleanor Wilson Alfred J. McCracken Percy Edward Stevens Maud Nicholson ... Eliza Allely Elizabeth J. Latimer Margaret J. Allely ... F HF FP M M AF FP FP F 52 0 0 13 150 0 0 52 30 0 0 56 0 0 14 200 0 0 114 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 56 0 0 14 13 52 159 Katikati No. 3 Tauranga 189 190 70 16 8 362 10 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 52 8 1 14 114 Greerton 191 67 6 8 5 0 0 160 14 161 Wiakatane— Opotiki 192 329 11 10 20 0 0 57 8 4 Thomas E, Wyatt ... Katherine E. Leech Alexandrina Timing 200 0 0 105 80 0 0 50 0 0 105 M AF AF (1) Closed 30th September. (2) Not opened since 30th September; aided. (3) Half-time with Harapipi.

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go <v o Schools, ami the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. O l-H il S'Jl '%$ gE Maintei Expenditure for the Year. nance. Bui! flings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including1 all Teachers and Hui^il-teachers on the Stair at the End of the Year. tD Annual "Z, ! Salary and pi . I Allowance '^ 'o at the Rate o ° paid during ■g S \ the Last o Quarter of the Year. ll < s 3. U Teachers' Salaries and Allowances. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Expenditure £ s. d. e on Schools £ a. A. Not Opened in 1882. £ s. d. 10 0 0 6 0 0 355 1 6 Paparata Pollock Punga Flat Richmond Wliangapoua ,.. 3" 6 8 10 0 0 ! 2 10 0 I £ s. d. 5 "0 0 Reading, Auckland Singing, Auckland Singing, Waikato Singing, Thames Drill, Auckland Drill, Thames ... Drawing, Auckland Visiting 1 backers. 260 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 225 0 0 13 14 0 268 2 9 300 0 0 150 0 0 232 2 6 100 0 0 231 19 3 1 ... ... ; ::: , Thomas Oranwell ... Thomas A. Bell John ftrigg Owen Mahon William J. Barlow... James Or. Trevithick Furniture Plans and supervision ... Ex vpenditure Nc ot Classified. 41,635 0 0 19 9 0 631 11 8 43,020 6 2 2,664 1 5 14,138 14 2 11581

1 Taranaki— Okato Tataraimaka ... Oakura 1 2 3 35 19 0 61 16 4 135 0 0 2 19 11 2 5 2 0 15 0 131 4 2 86 13 5 Richard W. O'Earrell Edward Evans William Richards ... Eowena Fitzherbert Joseph Holditch George W. Potts ... Ellen Bishop W. Henry Tobin Mary McLauchlan ... Catherine Hogarth... Janet E. Ainslie Mary Brooking Jane Cock Lydia E.Shaw Mary St. George Mary Pratt Eliza J. Swanston ... George O'Connell ... Mary Scott Martha H. Lissaman Edith Agnes Ellis ... Ellen Frances Ellis... William Collis Clara Goodman W. Knight Colling... Mary Jane Ellis E. McLauchlan Alice Billing W. Irwin Grayling Eobert J. Cattley ... Eobert J. Cattley ... Margaret Sutherland T. Baynton Bennett Julia Sampson Josephine Colesby ... Minnie Joll J. Galbraith Ambridge Maud Bayly James Hall Kate Hall... AdaM. Eoby Eichard Morgan Rose McGonnell Ferdinand Tegner ... John Armstrong Hill Annie E. Drake ,., M M M FP M M EP M AE HE Al HE AE HE AJ AF FP M AE HE AE P M E M E E F M M M E M AE HF AF M EP M AF V M AF M M V 79 12 0 62 16 0 130 8 0 4 0 0 58 0 0 118 0 0 4 0 0 162 16 0 25 0 0 117 0 0 25 0 0 132 0 0 30 0 0 152 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 4 0 0 151 8 0 30 0 0 112 0 0 25 0 0 85 4 0 93 12 0 53 4 0 65 4 0 70 0 0 66 8 0 54 8 0 116 16 0 54 0 0 54 12 0 58 0 0 154 12 0 40 0 0 122 4 0 25 0 0 144 0 0 4 0 0 122 16 0 25 0 0 97 0 0 146 0 0 40 0 0 67 0 0 106 0 0 101 16 0 1! II 4! 2 Koru Omata New Plymouth [B]— West 4 5 49 2 0 147 7 0 0 10 0 10 15 6 44 8 0 13! 6 140 19 0 r 4! West Infant B ranch... 1 169 11 8 12 8 0 6! Courtenay Street 8 162 0 0 7( Kawau 9 218 10 0 -130 14 5 i io; i ". East 191 6 0 i East Infant Branch... Fitzroy Erankley Eoad Mangorei Lower Mangorei Upper Kent Road Lower Kent Road Upper Albert Eoad ... Egmont Village Smart Boad ... ~) Egmont Eoad... J Upland Eoad Bell Block ... 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 132 15 0 25 17 8 65 18 4 49 8 0 58 17 4 66 14 0 54 6 8 52 12 0 122 10 0 f -65 14 3 I 74 16 3 57 14 0 195 16 0 L 60 5 6 1 13 0 1 11 5 3 8 2 7 2 3 3 15 0 56: 2! 2: l: 1! if 1! II 4: l'. Iv, 5! 4 5 2 9 8 2 13 4 4 3 9 0 10 4 15 2 3 6 8 20 C 36 6 5 23 11 8 8 8 0 13 18 2] 23 10 0 11 17 0 21 22 WaitaraWest 23 139 2 6 I 7 2 9 { 25 16 0 6. Waitara East ... 24 144 14 0 4: Manutahi 25 143 3 0 3 9 6 4< Huirangi Tikorangi ... ..._ 26 •27 86 10 0 182 8 0 4 12 7 16 2 9 3 7 0 11 17 8 3; 4! 9 10 11 Urenui Wortley Eoad Inglewood Girls' 28 29 30 88 17 0 103 6 0 96 14 0 3 7 1 22 14 10 129 4 2 1' 2! 3;

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0 . 6 _ 03 D_ •_s go 01 O fl o c_ O Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. o_5 is CD O to « Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and fup_Uteachers on the Stall' at the End of the Year o> Annual zp£ •5 Salary and &S A . Allowance > '^ o at the Bate "I 3 c S paid during &p-^ S° the Last fi.| o Quarter of u '£ ft the Year. fiB Teachers' Salaries and Allowances. Other Ordinary Expenditure. Taranaki — continued. Inglewood Boys' Norfolk Eoad Waipuku Midhurst Stratford 31 32 33 34 35 £ s. d. * 109 0 0 75 2 0 86 10 0 84 14 0 111 15 4 £ s. d. J- 109 16 8 J .■ ] 26 3 10 £ s. d. 6 0 0 f 317' 6 6 ( 295 17 0 Eobert Stevens Louisa C. Dymond ... Marianne Surrey Eobert A. N. Earl ... William Johnson ... Annie Simmons Joseph W. Williams Louisa Coffey Ada Tatton M F F M M FP M FP F £ s. d. 124 8 0 80 16 0 69 0 0 94 12 0 118 0 0 4 0 0 131 4 0 4 0 0 77 4 0 30 27 26 26 28 12 13 Opunake 36 169 9 0 20 12 1 730 7 0 53 14 Pukearuhe 37 31 6 0 5 13 0 19 Unclassified expenditure Architect 18 16 6 75 0 0; 3,987 1 4 414 12 5 j 2,051 3 11! 4,158 0 0 1,314 WANG. .NUI. •1 Hawera — Manaia (1) ... 1 129 5 3 5 10 0 1,092 18 9 George Wilks Jane Wilks George Everiss W. A. McCutchan ... Alice McKay Alexander Mair Julia Horneman Laura Hills Ann Hobbs Ambler Woodhead ... Mary Davis M AF M M FP M AF FP FP MP F 222 10 0 78 15 0 165 0 0 147 0 0 37 16 0 264 15 0 105 0 0 37 16 0 28 7 0 28 7 0 51 0 0 72 2 3 Ngaire (1) Normanby Hawera [B] — Hawera 2 3 66 3 1 189 16 3 1 19 0 18 7 4 593 12 10 118 5 11 24 63 4 4 433 5 6 50 1 4 331 15 4 161 5 6 7 8 Whakamara ... Patea — Manutahi Woodville «.. Kakaramea ... Patea [B]— Patea 5 6 7 8 56 6 3 108 13 9 83 0 0 143 15 0 3 19 6 8 11 7 5 2 4 10 8 1 2 5 0 12 7 0 15 17 0 Taliesin Thomas Eobert Willis Eobert T. Brown ... M M M 105 0 0 83 15 0 145 0 0 11 25 14 31 10 11 12 9 Whenuakura Kohi Waverley 10 II. 12 9 541 4 1 89 5 0 98 13 9 409 12 4 34 15 3^ 7 4 6 7 11 1 28 3 9 9 5 8 16 5 96 13 5 A. W. Williamson ... Thomas A. Flood ... Annie Gowland Martha Ushher W.L.Weiss Annie F. Verdon David Scott Ellen Jordan Murdo McLean Thomas A. Bridge ... Isabella McDonald ... S. J. Warmington ... HM AM AF FP M F M FP M P M P FP F 280 0 0 170 0 0 78 15 0 23 12 6 93 10 0 102 0 0 233 15 0 47 5 0 37 16 0 28 7 0 23 12 6 145 0 0 180 : 21 24 134 13 14 15 16 17 IS Waitotara Wanganui— Maxwell Brunswick - Goat Valley ... Upokongaro ... Aramoho 13 14 15 16 17 18 94 13 9 105 0 0 135 0 0 116 9 2 135 0 0 346 3 3 I 6 0 2 8 19 0 9 12 8 10 6 6 1 10 1 4 22 7 1 6 4 0 5 0 0 27 9 0 16 19 6 220 18 0 1 13 0 II. L. Twisleton ... James McEwen Mary Jordan John M. Nelson James Dawson Eosa Dawson Emma Field Frederick Parkes ... M M F M M AF FP M 105 0 0 165 0 0 117 10 0 105 0 0 192 15 0 108 15 0 28 7 0 110 0 0 20 26 29 31 | 28 I 87 19 20 Mosstown Wanganui [B] — Wanganui Girls' District High 19 20 96 11 3 634 6 3 10 7 4 2 13 6 79 5 5 Sarah F. E. Blyth ... Mary Hoey E. A. McNeil Isabella Sim Frances Worgan Gertrude Worgan ... John P. E. Francis ... Vacant Simon L. Brown Francis H. Smith ... Henry A. Parkinson David Low Thomas E. Say well... Jemima N. Hoey ... Agnes McDonald ... Sarah Patterson Minnie Harding Edith Manley Lizzie Verdon IIF AF AF FP FP FP HM AM AM AM MP MP MP HF AF AF FP FP FP 250 0 0 78 15 0 78 15 0 47 5 0 23 12 6 23 12 6 460 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 47 5 0 56 14 0 37 16 0 150 0 0 78 15 0 78 15 0 58 16 0 37 16 0 58 16 0 33 235 Wanganui Boys' District High - 1,122 0 2 132 7 1 27 12 4 21 225 Wanganui Infants'- .-.. ■% 450 11 0 260 2_ 12 10 0 780 13 0 (1) For five months.

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*0 . ©,_ a J 03 50 _a o o a* Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which, situate. is o » Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stall' at the End of the Year. o> fl_l "i° _. o »t_ O 01 Annual w fl Salary and gS Allowance > „ at the Bate "11 paid during Vrf the Last •§ y Quarter of g',3 the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Wanganui — continued. Okoia Mars Hill Kaitoki Matarawa Denlair Eiverton Wangaehu Eangitikei— Turakina 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 £ s. d. 152 14 2 105 0 0 78 12 6 122 10 0 98 16 3 91 10 0 136 5 0 £ s. d. 13 17 7 9 10 10 5 13 9 9 10 6 7 17 4 5 15 4 10 2 5 £ s. d. 10 3 9 2 12 0 2 6 8 17 1 0 2 13 2 8 18 0 Thomas*Ellis B orkley Tyerman ... F. G. Newcombe ... C.A.Curtis Kate Verdon J. D. Innes John Slipper M M M M F M M £ s. a. 120 10 0 105 0 0 72 5 0 135 0 0 102 0 0 96 10 0 135 0 0 187 10 0 52 10 0 63 15 0 191 10 0 37 16 0 135 0 0 89 5 0 68 0 0 39 26 16 26 22 17 26 78 11 68 28 21 15 28 30 240 10 10 19 14 9 70 1 0 Frederick T. Parkes Sarah Boddy Harry Coventry John J. Pilkington ... Mary McDonald Denis Quinlan E. Norberg James Macdonald ... M AF M M FP M F M 29 30 Glen Nevis ... Upper Tutaenui 31 32 55 5 0 219 16 0 3 16 3 19 19 9 1 18 5 31 32 33 Porewa Turakina Valley Western Eangitikei Marton [B]— Marton 33 34 35 140 0 0 93 6 9 80 15 0 10 2 9 6 14 9 5 8 8 7 13 0 12 18 3 10 11 0 34 35 36 37 38 3!) Mount View... Crof ton Greatf ord South Makirikiri Bull's 36 37 38 39 40 41 370 2 3 131 5 0 145 0 0 118 15 0 86 16 6 424 10 3 27 1 0 10 2 10 10 2 0 10 4 4 7 13 28 5 1 29 13 6 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 12 18 8 Thomas W. Postans Harriet Stedman ... Edward Hunt Frederick J. Stewart John Daniel C. Hill Johan McDonald ... Alexander Matheson Andrew Thomson ... Sarah Phillips Mary Campion Nellie Thomson JaneTait... Kate Fraser M AF MP M M F M M AF FP FP F F 218 10 0 106 0 0 28 7 0 135 0 0 145 0 0 112 10 0 89 5 0 249 0 0 97 10 0 58 16 0 28 7 0 122 10 0 38 5 0 122 29 28 27 23 123 32 116 11 3 13 16 3 10 7 9 * 40 Parawanui Sandridgo (1) Manawatu— Halcombe 42 43 3 10 0 32 118 41 44 360 12 2 27 2 9 3 0 6 William H. Harris ... Sophie Harris S. C. Gray Arthur J. S. Seaton Joseph Guylee Eichard C. Dowling Sarah Dowling Mary A. Browne Hannah Eoache Martha Goodison ... Alfred Gower Arthur England Ann Sanson Charles Bowater Herbert Sanson Ann Astbury Jacob HonorM AF FP M M M AF AF FP FP M M AF M M F M 213 5 0 78 15 0 47 5 0 150 10 0 120 10 0 255 5 0 78 15 0 101 5 0 47 5 0 47 5 0 140 0 0 212 10 0 78 15 0 110 0 0 110 0 0 117 10 0 120 10 0 118 40 44 192 28 87 25 29 9 37 42 48 44Bunnythorpe Makino Eoad Feilding 45 46 47 154 18 4 112 15 o! 515 17 10 14 8 1 13 2 6 35 17 0 18 15 9 9 12 0 14 12 9 40 44 192 Ashurst Sanson 140 0 0 290 1 3 9 19 10 21 0 10 9 13 2 199 10 5 28 87 45 46 48 49 47 48 -49 50 Campbelltown Awahuri Taonui Stoney Creek Palmerston [B] —■ Palmerston 50 51 52 53 100 10 11 136 13 4 150 10 1 125 4 2 9 12 7 11 2 6 7 7 0 13 16 1 2 2 6 18 18 8 3 3 6 27 17 9 25 29 9 37 51 52 53 Carnarvon Karere 54 55 56 114 5 0 234 4 11 475 5 0 7 14 5 17 11 2 37 18 4 16 12 0 ! 9 12 4 827 19 2 Francis E. Watson... Isabella Blair Emma Eelfe Hannah Dillon Henry Astbury Edward W. Tompkins Edward Eogers George S. Harper ... David H. Guthrie ... Lucy Eandolph David C. Strachan ... Anna Ellen Nash ... W. S. Stewart Kate Williams Ellen Howan George Laurenson ... George Nye Clement W. Lee M AF FP FP MP MP MP M M FP M F M AF FP MP M M 260 10 0 78 15 0 47 5 0 37 16 0 28 7 0 37 16 0 28 7 0 113 10 0 176 10 0 23 12 6 110 0 0 25 10 0 233 15 0 78 15 0 37 16 0 28 7 0 72 5 0 155 0 0 219 23 61 31 6 141 15 34 219 23 61 54 Jackeytown ... Oroua Bridge (2) Foxton 57 58 59 110 18 4' 6 7 6; 372 16 6 7 13 7 50 9 0 31 6 141 55 28 5 4 I, 235 13 8 Moutoa Otaki Beaconsfield (3) 60 61 62 81 16 3, 157 7 6 5 12 1 13 3 5 I 25315 11 5 8 6 15 34 56 57 58 School furniture - - ... Plans and supervision ... Cost of deeds _ Ex cpenditure Nt rot Classified. 17 7 6 266 15 3 11 11 10 5,654 9 8 12486 6 0 3,650 12,246 17 2 917 1 4 (1) For four months; average for fourth quarter, 9. (2) For three months, (3) Not yet in operation*

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«H © . |3 0) O ™A 033 Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. o . is a> o '-£ o 09 9 ° _ 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. oi Annual £ Salary and fl . Allowance "2 "o at the Bate .2 S Paid during £ .9 the Last g Quarter of 8 the Year. go s.s _:! Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Wairarapa East — Tenui Bideford(l) ... Taueru Gladstone Waihenga Wairarapa West— Eketahuna ... Maurieeville ... Opaki Fern Eidge ... Masterton [B] — Masterton ... £ s. d. 91 13 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 26 19 0 £ s. d. M 100 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Waingawa Clareville 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 140 16 8 126 0 0 162 10 0 115 0 0 170 0 0 130 10 10 236 13 4 977 16 8 6 5 0 6 5 0 12 10 0 3 2 6 15 0 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 63 15 0 243 0 11 17 8 5 2 18 0 280 2 0 2 18 0 801 10 7 Thomas L. Ward ... swoen ••• (John A. Magrath ... Dorothea Hamilton... James Badland Emma Harris Eichard Williams ... Laurence Johnstone Ellen Mathews Frederick Gover Lois Feist... William T. Grundy... William Waite John Kay William F. Ford ... Laura Keeling E. Eeimenschneider Mary Jane Baillie ... Elizabeth Marshall... Isabella Munro Olive Mason John Berry John Henry Brown.., Elizabeth M. Palmer Hester Hansen Edward Samuel Edward S. Mayhew Eliza Jones Mary Eobins Frederick Fairbrother E. L. Stuart-Forbes Edward W. Austin James Leete M M F M S M M F M FP HM AM AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP M M AF F HM AM AF AF M P FP M M M 140 0 0 F 100 0 0 M 160 0 0 S 5 0 0 M 120 0 0 M 170 0 0 F 112 10 0 M 200 0 0 FP 30 0 0 HM 310 0 0 AM 200 0 0 AM 120 0 0 AM 160 0 0 AF 100 0 0 AF 80 0 0 FP 40 0 0 FP 16 0 0 FP 16 0 0 FP 16 0 0 M 100 0 0 M 190 0 0 AF 100 0 0 F 112 10 0 HM 290 0 0 A M 140 0 0 AF 80 0 0 AF 60 0 0 MP 60 0 0 FP 16 0 0 M 180 0 0 M 140 0 0 21 27 25 30 23 46 28 53 366 11 12 10 11 100 0 0 283 6 8 22 10 0 8 18 0 14 81 13 14 Parkvale Carterton 12 13 110 8 4 701 0 8 12 10 0 42 10 0 14 18 0 61 0 0 31 , 218 15 16 Waihakeke ... Matarawa Grey town [B] — Greytown ... 14 15 173 6 8 140 0 0 6 5 0 12 10 0 _" 2 6 27 25 17 Kaitara Tauherenikau Featherston ... 16 658 6 8 170 0 0 100 0 0 480 0 0 40 10 0 46 12 6 16 18 0 Thomas Porritt Theodore P. Arnold Charlotte F. Scale ... Emily Burch Agnes Haigh Mary Yorke T. Wakelin, BA. ... Matilda Fugle H. G. Tuckey, B.A. Henry MeFarlane ... Bessie Huntley William Singer HM AM AF FP FP FP M F HM AM AF M HM 270 0 0 A M 140 0 0 AF 120 0 0 FP 50 0 0 FP 40 0 0 FP 40 0 0 M 170 0 0 F 100 0 0 HM 240 0 0 AM 140 0 0 AF 100 0 0 M 170 0 0 176 26 10 117 18 19 20 17 18 19 12 10 0 28 15 0 7" 9 6 Kaiwaiwai 170 0 0 6 5 0 148 19 0 20 21 20 22 23 Hutt— Kaitoke Mungaroa Whiteman's ... Wallace Upper Hutt ... 21 22 23 24 25 140 0 0 100 0 0 39 11 8 100 0 0 310 0 0 6 5 0 12 10 0 0 10 0 254 0 2 221 8 6 189 16 0 23 9 6 Charles F. Gulliver Eliza H. Evans Henry C. Messiter ... Edward Fodcn Jeremiah Hurley ... Henrietta Boulcott... Eobert Johnston Nita Johnston Laura Welch Charles A. Eichards George Samuel Evans Alice Frethey Annie Eichards Eliza Speedy Fannie Wilkinson ... Charles E. Joplin ... Ella Stevens Laura Medley Frederick W. Connell Georgina E. Chatwin Charles J. Hansard... Annie Boulton Edmund Jupp Susanna Jupp James Home Annie Duncan Alice Nott M F M M M AF M FP FP HM AM FP FP FP F M FP F M F M FP M S M AF F M 140 0 0 F 100 0 0 M 100 0 0 M 100 0 0 M 230 0 0 AF 80 0 0 M 220 0 0 FP 40 0 0 FP 30 0 0 HM 270 0 0 AM 150 0 0 FP 50 0 0 FP 40 0 0 FP 16 0 0 F 100 0 0 M 230 0 0 FP 40 0 0 F 100 0 0 M 120 0 0 F 142 10 0 M 170 0 0 FP 16 0 0 M 100 0 0 S 20 0 0 M 210 0 0 AF 50 0 0 F 127 10 0 18 31 19 25 76 9 7 6 20 0 0 24 Taita 26 295 10 0 20 0 0 473 14 9 62 Hutt 550 3 4 33 15 0 137 25 27 26 27 Wainuiomata Petone 28 29 91 13 4 221 10 0 215 12 4 18 62 18 15 0 28 29 30 31 Korokoro Horokiwi Judgef ord Pahautanui .., 30 31 32 33 100 0 0 140 0 0 142 10 0 189 13 4 3 2 6 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 18 0 17 14 37 43 3014 6 32 Porirua 34 120 0 0 9 7 6 0 10 6 28 33 TawaFlat ... 35 260 0 0 15 0 0 0 17 6 58 31 Ohariu 36 145 0 0 12 10 0 2 18 0 33 (1) Closed.

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6 2 12 « o " 2 otn Schools, nn<l the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. 03 ° II 9 5? a" Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Kites, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Stall at the End of the Year. eg £■§ ■a 02 o &4 Annual Salary ;md Allowance at the Kate paid during the Last Quart er of the Year. 33 o cfj £ - Teacliers' Other Salaries and Ordinary A liowan cos. Expenditure. Furniture, and Apparatus. 35 36 Hutt — continued. Johnsonville ... Kaiwara Makara ... Wadestown ... Karori 37 88 £ s. d. 235 0 0 317 0 0 219 6 1 120 4 2i 267 3 4 £ s. d. 15 0 0 20 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 £ a. d. 12 0 9 110 5 0 0 1 18 0 1 110 Arthur B. Clare Mary Ann Clare David Barry Clara Storey Alice Hobbs Thomas Stevens Emma G-ooder Henry II. Dyer Maude B. Dyer Annie Jane Lockett M AE M AF FP M F M EP FP £ s. (J. 180 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 16 0 0 170 0 0 127 10 0 210 0 0 35 0 0 16 0 0 48 74 37 38 39 39 40 41 28 31 62 40 Wellington [B"|— Thorndon ... 42 1,238 0 0 57 10 0 AVilliani Mowbray ... William Henry Lewis J. Katterns Manning Jessie McGowan Annie Davies ... Sarah Dimant Ada Dowdeswell Mabel Huett Phoebe Myers Lydia M. Devercux Josephine Bassett ... Henrietta Lawson ... Emma Davies John Young F. W. Mansfield ... Ellen Young Mary Ellen Young ... Olivia Payne Caroline Letham Phcebo Watson James S. Prendeville Clement Watson W. Plunkett Cole ... Robert Morton Erancis B cnnett Mary Grady Ann Robinson Annie Davis Mary Page Elizabeth Page Caroline M. Brown... William H. Holmes Paulina Watson Annie Bowie Janie Stevens Annie Pope Charles J. Hardy ... G-eorge McMorran ... Thomas E. Reeve ,.. Annie E. Robertson Maggie Craig James Mclntyre William Toomath ... Laura Treadwell Maud Ryder Katherine II. Tarn ... Harriet McGowan ... Emma D. Maunder Elizabeth Helyer ... Minnie Warren Emily Brown Mary Cook Ellen Wallace Kate Wallis Catherine A. Erancis Sarah Wilkinson Elizabeth McGowan Clara Francis Georgina Balcombe Mary A. Bacon Ellen Smith Frances Redwood ... Jane Wallace Fanny E. Booth ... Lucy J. Leighton ,.. Matilda Bannister ... HM AM AM AF AE AF FP FP FP F FP FP FP HM AM AF PP FP FP FP AM HM AM AM A M AF AF FP EP FP FP M AF FP FP FP HM !AM AM AF AF MP MP FP FP HF AF AF AF AF FP FP FP FP HF AF AF FP FP FP FP FP FP EP FP FP 370 0 0 200 0 0 160 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 150 0 0 45 0 0 45 6 0 25 0 0 340 0 0 200 0 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 170 0 0 360 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 - 40 0 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 25 0 0 360 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 112 10 0 80 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 247 10 0 110 0 0 110 0 0 112 10 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 (TO 40 0 0 240 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 .0 16 0 0 327 Thorndon Infants' ... 252 10 0 80 e o 10 1 6 117 43 41 Terrace 44 843 3 4 46 5 0 33 14 6 238 m Te Aro 42 45 1,276 0 213 15 0 409 Te Aro Infants 46 503 16 3 92 10 0 10 0 0 211 Mount Cook Boys' ... 1,070 15 0 55 0 0 312 43 47 Mount Cook Girls' ... 48 991 5 0 51 5 0 2 16 302 Mount Cook Infants' 49 611 11 8 67 10 0 105 18 0 396 «S

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fed tr 2 o -§ Schools, and the „ "§ .£ _ Counties or Boroughs > m "g 3 (the latter marked [B]) g 5 g § in which situate. g u N si 6^ 3s © J_ §1 6s Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. 3ar. 0 A Teachers' Names, tj RniW i__, including all Teachers .3~ i __* ' and Pupil-teachers g 8 F,-rnitm-e on tho Staff at tne Elld l"S turn true, of the Year. V/Ji ana q Apparatus. fi Annual Salary and A llowanee at the Eate paid during the Last Quarter of the _ ear. is | _ 1 11 Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Hutt — continued. Wellington [B] — contd. 44 Newtown ... ... 50 44 50 £ s. d. 998 10 0 £ s. d. 56 5 0 > 135 16 2 i £ s. d. 135 16 2 Evan E. Lillington ... Charles H. S. Locke Henry J. Jenkins ... Matilda Locke Laura Bradford Catherine Tait Isabella Campbell ... Mary Ann Donaldson Emma B arnard HM AM AM AF AF FP FP FP FP £ s. d. 360 0 0 200 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 50 0 0 307 Sydney Street, Thorn- ,.. don (site) I 15 0 0 Expenditure Nc 17,127 6 4 1,331 15 OJ of Classified. Not charged against any j ... particular school Normal School 287 8 1 50 19 4 ij 3,749 4 0 {16,880 0 0 4,904 Note. —Under " Other ordinary £60; Te Aro Mixed, £150; Mastertoi expen l, £2 H liture" the following paymen >s. ; Sydney Street, £15 ; Petoi its for rents are included : Thorndon Infai ne, £15; Groytown, £8: total, £285 10s. its', £50; Te Aro Infants', HAWKE'. S BAY. 1 Cook— Ormond 1 172 3 41 19 6 0 20 15 0 Henry HigginB Helen Murphy Fanny Bilham M FP F 172 16 0 10 0 0 85 0 0 44 2 Patutahi Waerangahika (1) Matawhero ... 2 3 4 80 16 8 17 6 8 206 1 4 7 12 6 19 24"'9 0 2015 0 E. C. Bolton Mary Baty Emily Baty M FP F P 168 12 0 34 0 0 20 0 0 "67 Te Arai (1) ... Gisborne [B] — Gisborne ... 5 6 37 4 4 795 4 8 75 16 9 237 16 0 Thomas Morgan John Henry Bull ... Mary Mcintosh Jane Brown Eaehael Forbes Mary Morgan Eva Oatridge James Haughey Mary Hall Alfred D. Frazer ... HM AM AF FP FP FP FP MP FP M 293 4 0 200 0 0 120 0 0 55 0 0 41 0 0 41 0 0 34 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 138 4 0 292 Frazertown ... Wairoa — Wairoa 16 2 6 4 7 139 1 8 35 5 8 229 9 10 26 10 0 334 4 9 Louisa Gosnell Emily Taylor George Gosnell Martha Smith F FP MP F 186 6 0 26 0 0; 30 0 01 91 16 0 68 6 Mohaka Hawke's Bay — Tarawera (2)... Petane Puketapu Port Ahuriri... 9 87 0 0 9 5 0 4 5 0 20 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 132 18 4 105 17 6 319 8 8 12 12 6 9 7 6 38 17 0 37 8 10 12 0 0 14 12 0 Augustus Hamilton Fanny Oliver John Alfred Smith ... Mary Murray Mary Palmer Abigail Murray A. B. Thomson William Murray Jane Doar E. Eowbottom Frederick Wake Annie Corbin Florence Eeed Jane Monteith Kate Harrison Caroline Davis Oscar Alpers Charles Laws Ada Teychenne Louisa Burden Minnie Spriggs Arthur Mabbett Eva Peacock M F M FP FP FP HM AM H F AF AM AF AF FP FP FP MP MP FP FP FP M FP 138 12 0 187 0 0 212 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 *442 0 0 *335 0 0 215 0 0 160 0 0 170 0 0 65 0 0 65 0 0 41 0 0 41 0 0 41 0 0 53 0 0 53 0 0 34 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 148 0 0 10 0 0 24 20 109 Napier [B] — Napier 1,683 10 5 150 0 0 630 1 6 556 10 14 ■■£ _ 150 17 5 11 Meanee 15 21 6 0 55 0 0 45 (1) Closed at end of March. (2) Closed-- ' i * Includes house allowance.

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5" Hi I in 43 l—l i? <u o O U3 Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. °^ Expenditure for the gj >m Maintenance. |j . g Teachers' Other pi g1 Salaries and Ordinary q to Allowances. Expenditure. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Tenchej?| and Pupil-tea cheri on the Staff at the End of the Year. Annual 5 Salary and g £ s . Allowance > a 'o'S at the Bate < 2 0 8 paid during grf £I the Last •§ "S g m Quarter of %'A * the Year. b. Hawke's Bay — continued. Taradale ... £ s. d. 301 8 8 £ s. d. 41 19 9 £ a. d. £ s. d. 222 0 0 41 0 0 26 0 0 26 0 0 217 0 8 34 0 0 34 0 0 30 0 0 195 8 0 70 0 0 26 0 0 26 0 0 227 16 0 43 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 125 10 0 178 6 0 55 0 0 10 0 0 210 0 0 55 0 0 26 0 0 10 0 0 156 18 0 26 0 0 62 10 0 135 7 8 127 14 8 151 4 0 159 4 0 12 0 0 26 0 0 63 0 0 89 6 0 16 James Smith Annie Frame Alice Smith Adeline Baldwin Frederick Gush Emma Clifton Annie MeG-lashan ... Isaac Jeffares W. O. McLeod Hannah J. Percy ... Fanny Wood Maggy Newton Edward Bissell Robert B. Ryder ... Mary Cooper M. J. Westmoreland John Percy John Naylor Alice C. Howard ... Ellen Soley J. M. Fraser H. M. 0. Hameling... Amy Arrow Cecil Arrow S.W.Harding Anne Inglis Laura Smith P. Howlett Charles Morton John Stewart John Poole Mrs. J. Poole Hettie Poole Jenny G-. Ward John S. Ballantine... M FP EP rp M IP IP MP M AP PP EP M MP PP P. M M AF PP M AP PP PP M PP F M M M M S M PP P M 118 12 Clive 17 300 17 4 44 1 3 228 12 0 129 Hastings ... 18 289 18 0 40 17 9 245 18 0 116 13 Havelock ,,, 259 10 0 30 8 0 10 0 0 64 14 19 15 16 17 Waipawa— Tamumu Patangata Kaikora 20 21 22 31 0 0 93 8 4 249 9 10 712 6 34 11 0 129" 4 6 8 19 86 18 Waipawa 23 287 10 0 41 7 9 113 19 20 Hampden Te Ongaonga Blackburn Makaretu Ashley-Clinton Takapau Waipukurau ... 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 182 0 0 69 13 4 137 11 8 20 17 0 7 2 6 5 15 0 9 12 6 12 7 6 15 17 6 20 2 6 17 2 0 42 16 12 19 24 31 42 122 0 2 158 0 0 199 15 0 17 10 0 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Wallingford ... Porongahau ... Wainui (1) ... Ormoudville ... 31 32 33 34 57 6 8 87 16 8 6 5 0 9 7 6 6 16 0 5 0 0 200 10 0 50 0 0 15 25 248 19 6 34 3 6 Charles Eogers Joseph Worboys Ellen J. Levy F.W.Thompson ... Mrs. Thompson Marie Evers Cecil Priberg Rev. E. Robertshaw Mary Bedingfield ... W. J. Crawford ... Agnes Crawford Stella Jackson M MP PP M AP F PP M P M PP FPI 183 18 0 52 0 0 40 0 0 163 10 0 50 0 0 152 10 0 10 0 0 127 8 0 51 15 0 173 6 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 "79 Norsewood 204 9 8 20 12 0 21 2 9 50 28 35 29 Makatoko 86 156 8 4 17 16 0 17 2 0 39 30 31 32 Danevirke Heretaunga ... Woodville 37 38 39 109 6 8 29 5 10 215 7 2 12 17 6 32 12 0 3 10 0 119 5 0 23 0 0 1 24 11 76 Apparatus, architect's fees, advertising, and legal costs Ex; penditure Nc >t Classified. ... ... 489 6 11 8,274 2 0 2,457 7,948 13 8 I 2,950 17 3 ! 877 10 9

Marlborough — Blenheim [B]— Boys' Upper Boys' Lower 1 2 "1 John P. Lucas Arthur Burnham ... Charles Bary Elizabeth J. Harding Kate Macklin Anne Macklin Maude Lucas Mary B ary Edith Stratford Hiram W. Harris ... Marion Robertson ... Alice Jones Eliza Macaulay HM AM AM HF A¥ A¥ AP FP FP HM AF HF AP 264 0 Oi 33 162 0 0 79 75 0 0 143 0 0 67 66 0 0[ 85 0 0 142 55 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 200 0 0 80 85 0 0 110 0 0! 60 45 0 0 Girls' 3 t 852 3 4 100 14 6 68 7 2 Infants' 4 Kcton [B]— Senior *6 [ 422 10 0 5 26 16 0 1,096 16 8 0 Junior (1) Not yet opened.

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"3 . °~3 la | l5fl si Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. ° r* Expenditure for the Year. g| Maintenance. Buildings, %S Sites, o g m t , nil Furniture, «S Teachers' Other fl gg. Salaries and Ordinary pparatas . § <o Allowances. Expenditure. rl Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Sta'I at the End of the Year. 0 A nnual Salary and a . Allowance "1*0 at the Kate gj=j paid during ■£,2 the Last | Quarter of a* the Year. 05 i 3 4 6 6 1 8 9 Marlborough — continued. Havelock Senior Havelock Junior Renwick Spring Creek ... Tua Marina ... Marlborougli Town Kaituna Canvas Town... Upper Pelorus G-rove Town ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 £ a. d. | 241 13 4 248 10 0 124 13 0 222 3 8 72 3 4 96 6 8 115 0 0 6 0 0 161 0 0 £ s. d. 24 16 10 22 1 10 10 3 0 15 4 9 6 7 6 4 17 6 10 10 0 10 0 19 12 0 £ s. d. 9 10 2 5 12 0 21 1 1 7 3 0 36 7 0 101 10 6 68 5 6 27 16 0 70 7 0 Jacob H. Reynolds ... Emilie Krskine William Tissiman ... Sarah A. Huskisson... John Squire Charles Peake Mrs. Peake Ann Collins Francis Severne John Irwin Hart Sydney A. Hughes ... Charles A. Ogilvie ... Gladys Prichard Stephen Carriek Mary Morrin Elizabeth Flower ... Matheson J. Smith ... Henry C. Amner Henry Leigh Sevorne James Mackintosh ... M F M ir M M AF F M M M M FP M FP F M M M M £ s. d. 165 0 0 80 0 0 190 0 0 66 0 0 130 0 0 170 0 0 61 12 0 80 0 0 88 0 0 120 0 0 12 0 0 140 0 0 24 0 0 140 0 0 16 0 0 63 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 93 0 0 50 54 83 30 53 18 17 20 10 59 11 WaitoM 17 132 6 8 14 16 2 51 12 18 14 15 16 17 Wairau Valley Kekerangu . ■ • Fairhall Havelock Suburban Okaramio Onamatutu (1) Sounds — Kaiuma Kenepuru Hopai Anakiwa Port Underwood 18 19 20 21 22 23 67 10 0 115 0 0 115 0 0 124 0 0 58 10 0 11 2 6 7 12 6 9 8 6 13 2 6 9 15. 0 22 20 25 25 26 18 24 25 26 27 28 I 85 10 0 14 5 0 25 0 0 E. H. Cawk A. D. Venuini A. Desaunais Walter Andrews J. H. Spencer M M F M M 57 0 0 57 0 0 24 0 0 30 0 0 42 0 Oi i i i J 16 15 8 10 14 is 20 31 10 0 21 0 0 5 5 o| 3 10 0 Maps, globes, &c, not chargeable to any school Mx :y>enditure Ni )t Classified. 65 17 6 1,603 13 7 3,312 10 0 ... 331 1 1 3,534 12 0 1,077

"Waimea — Nelson [B]— Town Boys' Bridge Street Boys', 1st and 2nd division Bridge Street Boys', 3rd division 1 2 300 0 0 375 0 0 286 4 2 1,132 19 2 C. J. H. Chepmell ... James Barton Sadd... Frederick Worley ... Sophia Snart G-. Bonnington Jane Thompson M HM !AM BE AF AF 300 0 0 250 0 0 125 0 0 110 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 3 1 T 8 146 10 0 8: Bridge Street Boys', 4th division (2) Brook Street Hardy Street Girls', 1st division Hardy Street Girls', 2nd division 4 30 0 0 5 6 93 6 8 150 0 0 Ellen Cother Mrs. Elizabeth Sait... F F 100 0 0 150 0 0 6i 3i 7 137 13 0 Mary Anne Dement Temporary assistant (half salary) Lucy H. Etching ... Elizabeth Leach James Lee Hodgson James Veysey Annie C. Frank Mary Kitching Robert M. Sunley ... G-eorgiana Sunley ... Fanny Marris Mary O. Gascoigne... HF AF 100 0 0 30 0 0 6, Hardy Street Girls', 3rd division Haven Road Boys' ... 8 106 5 0 HF AF HM AM AF AF HM AF AF V 84 0 0 60 0 0 250 0 0 125 0 0 60 0 0 18 0 0 250 0 0 60 0 0 12 0 0 175 0 0 8i 9 448 7 6 141 Hampden Street 10 352 10 0 Toitoi Valley Girls', 1st division (3) Toitoi Valley Girls', 2nd division (3) Toitoi Valley Girls', 3rd division (3) Toitoi Valley Junior Port Maitai (4) Beckmann's (4) 11 12 18 ] I 358 13 4 r ... \ Ellen Sunloy Minnie Cooke Kate Newton HF AF 1 100 0 0 42 0 0 60 0 0 51 5: 8! 14 15 16 17 i Mary Brown Sophia S. Blackmore Robert W. Gibbs ... Clement Cartwright F F M M 60 0 0 84 0 0 15 0 0 81 81 51 0 0 76 0 0 13 4 »•• .) Not opened on 31st Decembi ued as one school for part of •, 188! le yes (2) Cl< (4) Ai Dsed after the ided; only reel second quarter, sntly opened. (3) The three dp 'isions of tMs schoi il were IT.

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o . 6 _ as MS o o SrS 3 w Q _ o r Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. ■ rj Expenditure for the Year. © S o A r5 A Teachers' Names, "^ 1& Maintenance. Buildings, including ail Teachers .SrJ 3- oi s<+__ —u i'npil-teacliers g o gg Furniture On the Staff at tli e End J if IS Teachers' Other \™, of the Year. "Boa gg Salaries and Ordinary i^atus 8 j _ «• Allowance;!. Expenditure. Apparatus. -h Maiutenance. Expenditure for the Year. Annual Salary and Allo-.van ce at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. 6 _ a .S"« Waimea— continued,. Burnside (1) Clifton Terrace Hillside Happy Valley Stoke Waimea— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2 3 4 5 6 7 ■ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 r 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 Eichmond B oys' Eichmond Girls' Eanzau Hope Eiver Terrace Brightwater ... Spring Grove Lower Wakefield Boys' and Junior Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley ... Upper Wakefield Foxhill Burnside (1) Clifton Terrace Hillside Happy Valley Stoke Eichmond B oys' Eichmond Girls' Eanzau Hope Eiver Terrace Brightwater ... Spring Grove Lower Wakefield Boys and Junior Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley .. Upper Wakefield Foxhill Motupiko Stanley Brook (2) Tadmor Sherry (2) ... Baton (2) ... Waimea West Appleby Sarau Neudorf Lower Moutere Motueka Boys' Motueka Girls' Ngatimote Dovedale Churchill (2) Pangatotara ... Eiwaka Brooklyn Marahau (2) ... .. 18 ... ... ... Herbert E. Brown... M .. 19 69 0 0 30 Oil ... Belinda Billing ... F .. 20 72 0 0 ... ... Alice Wastnev ... F .. 21 72 0 0 ... ... Mrs. F. E. Anderson F ..22 193 3 4 24 4 5 ... A. McM. Kavanagh HIV Minnie E. Eout ... AE .. 23 175 17 0 43 7 0 325 0 0 Edward Cowles ... HIV Clara Eobinson ... A I .. 24 190 0 0 ... ... Sarah Spencer ... HI Edith E. O'Loughlen A 1 ..25 126 4 3 26 16 2 6 0 0 William East ... M .. 26 10113 4 ... ... F. Vincent Knapp ... M ..27 109 0 0 56 16 5 97 8 9 Mrs. Annie Bryant... HI Atarah Cole ... AE .. 28 157 11 6 ... ... Sophia S. Stothard... HE Kate Bird ... AE .. 29 213 6 8 ... ... J.W.Humphreys... HI Eleanor Knapp ... AI s' 30 193 3 6 41 13 4 ... Walter Ladley ... HIV Temporary teacher ... AI 31 96 14 10 ... ... Annie Hoult ... F .. 32 86 13 4 11 7 11 5 0 0 John Moore ... M ..33 175 2 9 18 2 8 160 0 0 Edward Edridge ... HIV Isabel Sheppard ... AE .. 34 174 0 0 17 9 6 13 0 0 Harry Ladley ... HIV Eliza Holland ... A E ..35 84 0 0 11 11 0 ... Frederick B. Peart... M ..36 66 10 0 ... 5"0 0 Hester M. Stanley ... F .. 37 98 13 4 14 17 2 198 0 0 William Ghinn ... M .. 38 57 15 0 ... 25 0 0 Ada Annette Cole ... F ..39 22 12 1 ... 20 0 0 Harriet E. Parkes ... F ..40 100 0 0 12 9 6 14 17 0 James Kobson, jun... M .. 41 120 0 0 15 10 7 ... JohnEoby ... M .. 42 200 0 0 36 14 11 ... William Cook ... HI: Annie Cook ... AE .. 43 120 0 0 ... 8 17 0 Henry George Hill... M .. 44 191 0 0 22 8 5 200 0 0 George Deck ... HIV Alice May Deck ... AE ..45 183 0 0 29 16 7 26 5 0 Frederick Bisley ... Hi Henry Boyes ... A If .. 46 99 13 4 .., ... Eleanor G. Guy ... HI Elizabeth Alexander A E ..47 120 0 0 13 10 4 15 0 0 Eitchard Sutcliffe ... M ..48 72 0 0 11 11 1 13 10 6 Herbert Langford ... M .. 49 45 10 0 ... 19 0 Bertha Baigent ... F .'. 50 106 8 4 5 18 1 7 18 0 Charles James Deck M ..51 200 0 0 40 15 5 ... Gordon Ponsonby ... HIV Emily Guy ... A E .. 52 84 0 0 ... ... 'Frances E. Guy ... F .. 53 61 5 0 ... ... John Drummond ... M 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 69 0 0 72 0 0 72 0 0 193 3 4 175 17 0 190 0 0 126 4 3 101 13 4 109 0 0 157 11 6 213 6 8 193 3 6 96 14 10 86 13 4 175 2 9 174 0 0 M F F F HM AF HM AF HF AF M M HF AF HF AF HM AF IIM AF F M HM AF HM AF M F M F F M M HM AF M HM AF HM AM H F AF M M F M HM AF F M 72 0 0 72 0 0 72 0 0 140 0 0 48 0 0 150 0 0 48 0 0 130 0 0 60 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 105 0 0 12 0 0 120 0 0 48 0 0 130 0 0 60 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 120 0 0 60 0 0 130 0 0 48 0 0 84 0 0 70 0 0 112 0 0 49 0 0 46 0 0 100 0 0 120 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 120 0 0 140 0 0 42 0 0 170 0 0 18 0 0 100 0 0 18 0 0 120 0 0 72 0 0 42 0 0 100 0 0 140 0 0 60 0 0 84 0 0 70 0 0 19 18 12 59 59 54 24 30 38 50 45 71 33 23 44 43 11 12 Motupiko Stanley Brook (2) Tadmor Sherry (2) ... Baton (2) ... Waimea West Appleby Sarau 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 84 0 0 66 10 0 98 13 4 57 15 0 22 12 1 100 0 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 24 20 29 14 13 28 32 44 13 14 15 Neudorf Lower Moutere 43 44 120 0 0 191 0 0 33 51 16 17 Motueka Boys' 45 183 0 0 40 Motueka Girls' 46 99 13 4 59 18 19 Ngatimote Dovedale Churchill (2) Pangatotara ... Eiwaka 47 48 49 50 51 120 0 0 72 0 0 45 10 0 106 8 4 200 0 0 28 22 12 23 79 20 21 Brooklyn Marahau (2) ... Collingwood— . Takaka Lower Takaka Upper Takaka East ... 52 53 84 0 0 61 5 0 31 20 C 22 - 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ' I 22 23 24 Collingwood— Takaka Lower Takaka Upper Takaka East ... Waingaro (2) Motupipi Collingwood ... Eockville Ferntown Pakawau Buller— ..54 108 0 0 14 Oil 47 17 9 A. F. Goddard ... M .. 55 72 0 0 10 14 9 25 10 0 Mary Haldane ... F ..56 79 10 0 16 10 1 48 18 2 AliceLowtherCoveney H ] Walter Petterson ... A 1 .. 57 13 5 0 ... 15 13 0 Jane C. Windle ... F ..58 104 0 0 16 17 6 4 10 6 Mrs. Mary Eobinson HI Jane Winter ... AI .. 59 125 0 0 14 16 11 110 0 George Laing ... M .. 60 72 1 4 9 19 5 ... Beatrice Olivia Neal F .,61 84 0 0 10 14 6 ... Elizabeth S. Stanley F ..62 75 5 0 10 2 4 ... Henry Porteus ... M 54 55 56 108 0 0 72 0 0 79 10 0 M F H F AM F H F AF M F F M 108 0 0 72 0 0 84 0 0 12 0 0 49 0 0 100 0 0 12 0 0 125 0 0 84 0 0 84 0 0 84 0 0 26 20 34 Waingaro (2) Motupipi 57 58 13 5 0 104 0 0 14 39 25 26 27 28 29 _• Collingwood ... Eockville Ferntown Pakawau Buller— Westport [B] — Westport Boys' 59 60 61 62 125 0 0 72 1 4 84 0 0 75 5 0 30 22 20 21 30 31 32 30 Westport [B] — Westport Boys' Westport Girls' Denniston Fairdown (2) Waimangaroa " .. Eochfort Terrace (2) .. Neakawau (2) ..63 360 5 8 61 2 3 217 0 0 Arthur Brown ... HI W. Henry Bryant ... A IV Mary Virtue ... A E Katherino Gillespie... AI .. 64 216 17 4 ... ... Annie Falla ... HI Annie O'Keefe ... AE .. 65 "'72 15 6 3 13 6 ... Mary Elliott ... F 66 59 12 0 ... 20 0 0 Annie M. O'Brien ... F .. 67 132 16 5 14 16 3 46 14 0 William II. Dencker M .. 68 53 9 6 ... ... Nellie Falla ... F .. 69 51 14 6 ... ... Sarah Freeman ... F 360 5 8 225 12 0 125 12 0 60 12 0 20 12 0 150 12 0 84 12 0 98 2 0 52 14 0 140 12 0 49 4 0 52 10 0 109 63 HM AM AF AF H F AF F F M F F Westport Girls' 216 17 4 70 04 31 32 Denniston Fairdown (2) . ... Waimangaroa ' ... Eochfort Terrace (2) ... Ngakawau (2) 65 66 67 68 69 72 15 6 59 12 0 132 16 5 53 9 6 51 14 6 28 15 26 14 13 (1) Aided; only recently opened. (2) Aided.

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o o « o "■a ■s .1 t> w 1£ o Expenditure for the Tear. Teachers' Names, Maintenance. Buildings, Teachers' Other "^S" 8 ' of the Year Salaries and Ordinary . ana. Allowances. Expenditure. A PP;™tus. Expenditure for the Year. o Annual to j 3 Salary ana £ | a . Allowance > ■Jj'o at the Bate "Is o 2 paid during &P^ IS I the Last %% S Quarter of '82 * the Year. Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. Maintenance. §3 33 84 35 Buller— continued. £ s. d. Karamea ... ... 70 150 12 0 Addison's Flat ... 71 156 13 8 Charleston Boys' ... 72 241 5 0 Charleston Girls' ... 73 204 4 0 70 11 72 73 £ s. d. > 11 4 10 ! 21 17 9 ) 60 7 5 I £ a. a. 11 8 0 213 3 6 154 13 8 54" 15 0 239 0 3 Eobert Ray Daniel ITogan Annie McEae Greorgo A. Blumer ... Mary 0. Pries Mrs. Jcanctta Suisted Helen O'Connor Mrs. E. Murphy Alfred Peart F. a. Eolton £ s. d. M 150 12 0 19 HM 150 12 0; 50 AF 20 12 0 HM 180 12 0 61 AT 48 12 0 H P 144 12 0 79 AF 60 12 0 F 100 12 0 21 M 100 12 0 16 M 160 12 0 29 36 37 Brighton ... ... 74 100 11 0 Fern Flat ... ... 75 83 6 8 Lyell ... ... 76 176 4 7 Inangahua— Capleston ... ... 77 100 8 0 Eeefton ... ... 78 401 18 0 74 75 76 I 8 12 7 15 9 1 38 39 77 78 1 11 7 9 1 57 5 2 409 19 6 18 10 0 Andrew Eussell Bichard Chattock ... Jane B. Morrison ... Louisa A. Moller ... Hannah Prentice Temporary teacher ... Catherine Anderson ; M 150 12 0 34 HM 250 12 0 124 A3? 100 12 0 AF 84 12 0 AF 20 12 0 HM 175 12 0| 78 AF 72 12 Ot Black's Point ... 79 244 9 0 79 i ft; cpenditure JV( <t Classified. Maps and appliances not ... I chargeable to any particular schools 10,404 10 7 130 15 0' 3,935 2 9 10825 18 0 3,109 1,140 18 7

1 Kaikoura — Kaikoura Suburban 1 257 18 3 32 2 10 4.1 15 1 JohnB. E. Taylor... Mary Taylor Henry H. Knowles ... Eliza M. A. Sandford Jane G. McLauchlan M M F 182 8 9 79 15 3 171 6 3 91 7 6 16 0 0 5i 2 Kaikoura Town 2 263 11 1 41 2 1 11 0 6 8! Amuri— Waiau (1) Ashley— Hurunui Mason's Flat... 3 106 10 0 Donald Davidson ... M 120 0 0 2( 3 4 5 6 7 Waikari Broomfield ... Amberley 4 5 (■> 7 8 135 12 1 136 14 0 145 12 2 140 11 3 295 7 5 16 13 0 19 4 4 17 8 10 37 16 6 56 1 7 11 9 0 3 6 0 255 16 9 19 14 5 18 19 4 Henry J. McClure ... Thomas Brownlee ... Elizabeth Brownlee James B. Chisholm... Helen Gillespie Andrew ETeri39 Mary A. Preece Rev. W. McGregor... Margaret McGregor Harold Purckas Charles D. Husband Elizabeth B. Cowans William Hale Alice B. May William P. Betson ... Joseph Thompson ... Eliza Willis Maria Douda M M S M S M S M E MP M E M P MP M E EP M E M E EP M E PP M S M E M E M P PP P 142 12 10 126 12 0 12 0 0 141 10 0 12 0 0 131 16 10 12 0 0 203 13 3 112 10 0 20 0 0 136 6 6 69 13 0 191 12 9 85 7 0 40 0 0 173 17 6 88 17 0 16 0 0 130 11 3 66 7 8 155 6 0 80 7 3 32 0 0 177 17 0 92 13 3 16 0 0 136 16 10 12 0 0 144 0 4 78 9 6 221 3 3 107 10 0 40 0 0 16 0 0 75 13 8 I3< 2! 31 n: 8 Balcairn 9 192 5 5 24 2 2 55 6 2 4: 9 Leithfield 10 251 12 1 36 14 2 268 9 0 7: 10 Mount Grey Downs 11 289 4 6 38 2 7 14 13 2 11 Loburn North 12 217 3 6 31 6 7 6 13 6 MaryWeiia William Brock Marion Schofield ... Ada Hodgson Thomas G. Smith ... Margaret Whiteside Emily Dann John Mclntyro Jane Mclntyre Egbert Mayo Margaretta Eield ... William Cuthbert ... Alice Chapman John McGillivray ... Edith Luere Mary M. Boston 3' 12 Loburn 13 247 2 5 30 19 2 32 0 7 5' 13 Ashley 14 290 18 10 43 6 7 9 13 0 14 Saltwater Creek 15 144 8 1 38 18 5 6 12 3i 15 Yicw Hill ... 16 J.68 18 0 28 2 5 9 17 9 1G Oxford West (main). ... 17 374 13 4 63 11 0 407 2 3 Hi Oxford West (side) ... 46 1 2 18 (1) Aided.

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j IS o o II oca Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. ■g . og fc,a 11 §& Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. aar. <d Teachers* Names, "^ »§«-» "SSSSrT gi Apparatus. d Annual Salary and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 17 Ashley— continued. Oxford East ... 19 £ s. d. 451 10 9 £ s. d. 62 0 2 £ s. d. 47 18 4 Henry Wilson Florence Dunnage ... Thomas Stout Emily Aldridgo Eliza Blackmoro John McLood Sophia Dohrmann ... Richard Meredith ... Martha R.Eord Robert Erizzcll Mary Meredith Jessie T. Coneys Richard J. Twose ... Elizabeth Dawson ... Fanny M. Twose ... M F M P FP FP M F M F M P FP E M FP S M FP S M F FP M E M S HM HF AF AM FP M P EP FP M E M P M F FP FP F M M P S M F M P FP HM AM H E AF AF MP FP MP FP FP M S M S £ s. d. 245 10 9 114 13 6 50 0 0 32 0 0 16 0 0 166 10 0 78 9 6 237 19 0 107 10 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 86 0 0 183 8 9 16 0 0 12 0 0 139 G 7 16 0 0 12 0 0 196 15 3 85 3 7 32 0 0 138 15 3 63 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 287 17 6 150 10 0 102 2 6 86 0 0 32 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 194 6 3 86 16 2 30 0 0 193 7 0 102 2 6 24 0 0 16 0 0 86 0 0 138 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 212 9 0 96 2 3 50 0 0 24 0 0 321 17 6 138 8 6 147 4 0 106 8 6 66 7 8 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 144 Oarlefcon 2G 1 30 7 0 13 10 0 55 18 20 19 Cust (main) ... 21 389 7 11 C2 11 0 11 9 G 124 Oust (side) ... Eyreton West 23 82 10 0 190 17 G 28' V 2 8 7 4 25 58 20 21 Stok? 24 143 18 8 30 3 10 317 7 4 Betsy Webster 32 22 Fernsi'J.o 25 303 7 4 39 2 9 33 11 G James B. Mayno Sarah Bunker Margaret Chapman... James D. Harper ... Selina Norton Edward I. Jennings Elizabeth Jennings... Henry E. Goodcve... Ann Kitchingman ... Sarah Kitchingman James R. Connor ... Daisy Shrinrpton ... Henry C. Wilson ... Lilla Hunnibell Jane Barlow F. J. Cumberworth... J. B. Cumberworth William D. Bean ... George Wilmot Jane Wilmot Ayis Todd Emma Jane Wilmot Mary Hiatt Thomas E. Tomlinson Charles H. Morriss .., Alice E. Tomlinson Edwin Mossman Lucy E. Thompson... Arthur Bramley Rebecca Norton Robert J. Alexander Henry Kitchingman Mary E. Jenldns Julia Pashby Emily Johnson Martin Todd Elizabeth Unwin Frederick W. Young Sara Hiatt Hester Veyscy John Matthews Emma Matthews Alfred J. Gillman ... Emma Gillman 81 Mandcville Plains 194 14 5 22 9 1 17 13 (i 39 23 26 24 25 Eyreton Rangiora [B] — Rangiora ... 27 28 181 9 10 720 11 2 22 14 6 96 9 G 14 15 G 148, 4 C 30 240 Soutlibrook ... 20 2'J 297 13 7 42 3 5 2 3 0 85 27 Flaxton (main) 30 309 4 1 52 11 5 77 12 7 109 Flaxton (side) Waikuku 31 32 98 11 8 101 18 0: 19 9 9 17 8 2 19 28 28 29 Woodend X>, 369 0 7j 45 0 6 9 7 9 96 80 Kaiapoi [B] — Kaiapoi 34 930 3 1 115 10 11 19 3 307 Kaiapoi Island Worth ... 21 31 35 133 2 5 18 0 0 32 Kaiapoi Island Akaroa — Lyttclton [B] — Lyttclton ... 36 131 14 0 17 14 2 11 0 0 27 1,474 18 0 206 19 5 50 0 0 James Dawe John Ross Sophia Haughton ... Florence Ockforfl ... Thomas L. P. Pole... Margaret S. Milsom George Pitcaithly ... Isabella Connal Jane D'Authreau ... Ellen M. Shepheard Elizabeth Norris William Taylor Mary Maule Elizabeth Maleolmson Emily Macey Annie M. Jenkins ... HM AM HE AE AM AF MP FP FP EP FP MP FP EP FP FP 39G 2 10 275 5 0 175 10 0 132 2 0 112 12 6 80 12 6 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 16 0 0 538 33 31 ■S

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°+5 °^ Expenditure for the Year. 5 Annual S| £o „ . ,„ ■$ Salary and *% Schools, and the *■$ inelurtt^U^Srs S~ Allowance .fcS Counties or Boroughs .£<» Maintenance. Buildings, n "1 p ;; fl ; o .,„wt a° at the Bate IE (the latter marked [B]) %$ Sites, onX/stefllt th B End -Sfl paid during p in which situate. | | Ensure, «•-«-«-*.« . gg* .Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. a? li tipIts o E_J Akaroa— continued. £ s. d. £ s. cl. £ s. d. £ s. c 34 Governor's Bay ... 38 138 0 0 19 9 9 ... Edwin F. Barnett ... M 128 0 1 Sarah M'cMain ... S 12 0 1 £ s. d. 19 9 9 £ s. cl. Edwin F. Barnett ... Sarah M'cMain M S £ s. d.| 128 0 0, 12 0 0j 28 34 38 35 Charteris Bay } SQ m lg Q 2 1 15 3 11 11 11 ... M 148 12 ! Gebbie s rasa Itoad ) 36 Gebbic's Valley ... 40 137 10 20 11 2 12 19 11 George Quartercnain M 133 0 1 Sarah Q uartermaiii... S 12 0 1 35 39 21 15 3 11 11 11 M 148 12 9 f 14 30 36 40 20 11 2 12 19 11 George Quartermain Sarah Q uartermaiii... Henry Jaggar Albert Proudlock ... Elizabeth Proudlock Donald Stewart Chris tinaW. Piteaithly Eliza M. Goodwin ... Thomas Meagher ... Sarah Kerr Arthur M. Husey ... Lucy Husey Henry Bussell Charlotte McKay ... Kate Bussell M S M M F M S E M S M S M FP S M S M M P M F M S M MP S M S M E MP MP 133 0 0. 12 0 0: 128 0 0; 140 10 3, 72 10 8 155 0 0 12 0 0 80 0 0 112 12 10 12 0 0 112 12 10 12 0 0 131 12 0 32 0 0 12 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 122 15 10 138 15 3 71 11 10 128 18 1 77 17 9 133 0 0 12 0 0 143 15 4 40 0 0 12 0 0 151 12 0 12 0 0 216 8 9 95 13 6 50 0 0 30 0 0 Olliail "^ Ll.Li LCIillUili . . . IO ±a V ' 37 Port Levy ... ... 41 120 0 0 16 19 4 ... Henry Jaggar ... M 128 0 1 38 Little River ... ... 42 212 19 10 30 0 11 353 19 5 Albert Proudlock ... M 140 10 ; Elizabeth Proudlock E 72 10 1 37 38 41 42 10 19 4 30 0 11 353 19 5 14 50 iiiizaDOtn irouaiocK x yz ru . 39 Pigeon Bay (main) ... 43 10112 0 20 2 5 6113 4 Donald Stewart ... M 155 0 1 OhristinaW.Pitcaithlv S 12 0 1 39 43 20 2 5 61 13 4 19 s onrisuna vv . xiLcaiLmy o j.^ \j ' Pigeon Bay (side) ... 44 78 17 3 ... ... Eliza M. Goodwin ... E 86 0 1 40 Barry's Bay ... ... 45 122 17 9 17 11 0 29 1 0 Thomas Meagher ... M 112 12 H Sarah Kerr ... 8 12 0 I 44 45 17 11 0 29 1 0 22 22 40 oaran iverr ... o .1 z u ' 41 French Farm* ... 46 122 17 9 17 11 0 ... Arthur M. Husey ... M 112 12 li Pnev Hnsov ... S 12 0 1 41 40 17 11 0 19 imev nusey ... is iz u 1 42 Wainui ... ... 47 107 15 4 18 0 0 10 10 0 Henry Bussell ... M 131 12 I Charlotte McKay ... FP 32 0 I 42 47 18 0 0 10 16 6 26 Kate Bussell ... S 12 0 I 43 Little Akaloa ... 48 110 10 4 23 11 7 9 15 0 ... M 128 0 ( S 12 0 ( 48 23 11 7 9 15 0 26 43 44 Buvauchelle's Bav ... 49 112 1110 24 9 8 13 15 0 Alexander Maclintock M 122 15 K 45 Okain'sBay ... ' ... 50 204 19 9 23 8 6 75 18 11 Joseph Hutt ... M 138 15 i Mary Hutt ... P 71 11 K ±>Lury Hutu ... x1 /x xx x« 40 Le Bon's Bey ... 51 180 3 0 23 6 6 56 5 0 Rev. A. Seholes ... M 128 18 : Carolines. Staples... F 77 17 i VillUUllt! IJ. UUIJJH.-3 ... X' / I X( 1 47 Robinson's Bay ... 52 143 0 0 18 16 10 ... Rosny M. Spurr ... M 133 0 ( Louisa Spurr ... S 12 0 ( -uuiusa opun ■■■ kj i.a \j \ 48 German Bay (main) . ... 53 183 12 6 33 15 10 28 2 11 Alexander Roulston M 143 15 - Ernest Wat kins ... MP 40 0 ( 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 24 9 8 23 8 6 23 6 6 18 16 10 33 15 10 13 15 0 75 18 11 56 5 0 28 2 11 Alexander Maclintock Joseph Hutt Mary Hutt Rev. A. Seholes Caroline S. Staples ... Rosny M. SpunLouisa Spurr Alexander Roulston Ernest Wat kins Annie Roulston Thomas II. Giles ... Mary Jones Alfred Nicholls Jane Buxton John W. McGregor Benjamin Pennington 48 39 42 25 39 Annie Roulston ... S 12 0 ( German Bay (side) ... 54 137 12 4 ... ... Thomas II. Giles ... M 15112 ( Akaroa [B]— Mary Jones ... S 12 0 ( 49 Akaroa ... ... 55 383 4 8 45 3 5 8 10 7 Alfred Nicholls ... M 216 8 i Jane Buxton ... E 95 13 ( John W. McGregor MP 50 0 ( 25 54 49 55 45 3 5 8 10 7 95 donn vv. ivicurrcgor m x ou u 1 Benjamin Pennington MP 30 0 ( Selwvn — Kowai Bush (1) ... 56 108 11 8 10 14 4 9 12 6 ..: M 96 0 I 50 KowaiPass ... ... 57 324 18 4 49 17 1 14 13 10 James B. Borthwick M 207 1 < Margaret W. Ryan... E 87 111! ■Tames Gillanders ... MP 30 0 < 56 57 10 14 4 49 17 1 9 12 6 14 13 10 James B. Borthwick Margaret W. Ryan ... James Gillanders Julia O'Shaughnessy Richard P. Pole ... Ellen Craighead Alice Pole James Yictor Jane Eastwood Sarah Pearson Charlotte S. Blythen M M E MP EP M EP S M F EP E 96 0 0 207 1 0 87 11 11 30 0 0 16 0 0 143 15 3 24 0 0 12 0 0 164 2 9 81 1 8 16 0 0 75 13 8 16 104 50 dames uriiranaers ... ivix au u i Julia O'Shaughnessy E P 10 0 < 51 Russell's Flat ... 58 171 14 0 23 8 0 ... Richard P. Pole ... M 143 15 i Ellen Craighead ... EP 24 0 ( 58 23 8 0 39 51 Alice Pole ... S 12 0 I 52 Malvern (main) ... 59 211 8 4 51 15 3 90 0 0 James Victor ... M 164 2 ! Jane Eastwood ... F 81 1 ! 52 59 51 15 3 90 6 0 71 Sarah Pearson ... FP 16 0 I Malvern (side) ... 60 18 18 3 ... ... Charlotte S. Blythen E 75 13 1 53 South Malvern (2) ... 61 ... 7 16 11 761 4 7 54 Glentunnel ... ... 62 230 13 4 42 15 9 11 0 0 Charles Opie ... M 154 2 ! Louisa Owe ... E 83 17 1 GO 61 62 7 16 11 42 15 9 761 4 7 11 0 0 Charles Opie Louisa Opie Henry Willis Eanny M. Bartrum... 154 2 9 83 17 0 173 11 3 79 1 0 "71 53 54 55 ijouisa wpie ... x1 00 j./ < 55 Ilororata ... ... 63 244 19 9 33 15 10 13 11 0 Henry Willis ... M 173 11 : Eannv M. Bartrum... F 79 1 I 63 33 15 10 13 11 0 M E M F 66 xanny ivr. xniririuii... x ty x. ' 56 Darfield (2) ... ... 64 ... 3 10 10 563 13 3 57 Kimberley .. ... 65 147 3 2 23 8 0 18 0 0 John J. Mahood ... M 138 15 ! Annie Maliood ... S 12 0 1 56 57 64 65 3 10 10 23 8 0 563 13 3 18 0 0 John J. Mahood Annie Mahood William Taylor Janet Dowar Peter Murray Alice Roe ... Frederick N. F ter Emma Foster Peter Chcyne Hester Chcyne John Murdoch Mary J. Youngsmith Robert B aimer Marion K. Gibson ... Harry Peat Cecilia E. Boss Lewis G. Wright ... Elizabeth Wright ... Annie Humm M S M E M E M S M F M S M P M F M F FP 138 15 3 12 0 0 171 12 9 72 1 8 163 15 3 08 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 130 0 6 73 6 3 128 0 0 12 0 0 132 9 9 02 4 10 107 3 5 75 17 10 185 4 3 77 7 6 10 0 0 "39 58 Grecndale ... ... 66 233 17 9 31 3 11 93 4 6 William Taylor ... M 171 12 ! Janet Dowar ... F 72 1 ! 58 66 31 3 11 93 4 6 63 59 0 anot jjewar ... x / z jl . 59 Kirweo ... ... 67 182 5 1 32 3 9 95 12 7 Peter Murray ... M 163 15 : Alice Roe... ... P 68 0 1 67 32 3 9 95 12 7 39 60 Alice rvue ... ... x uo v < 60 Courtenay ... ... 08 142 11 8 18 5 5 7 14 11 Frederick N. F ter M 128 0 1 Emma Foster ... S 12 0 < 68 18 5 5 7 14 11 23 01 01 Hulkctt ... ... 09 206 10 9 24 18 8 99 9 7 Peter Oheyne ... M 130 0 Hester Chevne ... P 73 6 69 24 18 8 99 9 7 43 62 xiesLor uiieyne ... x /o u 62 Aylesbury ... ... 70 109 10 2 17 4 9 19 6 John Murdoch ... M 128 0 Mary J. Youngsmith S 12 0 70 17 4 9 19 6 22 63 63 West Melton... ... 71 195 15 0 36 3 8 152 3 9 Robert Baimer ... M 132 9 Marion K. Gibson ... F 02 4 1 71 36 3 8 152 3 9 37 64 iviaiion jv. criusuii ... x va <u 1 64 Yaldhurst ... -...72 237 0 0 26 2 2 40 9 11 Harry Peat ... M 107 3 Cecilia E. Boss ... F 75 17 1 72 26 2 2 40 9 11 49 65 XJ. J1UOO ... X IU X/ X 65 Temphton ... ... 73 281 19 4 38 8 7 5 5 3 Lewis G. Wright ... M 185 4 1 Elizabeth Wriaht ... F 77 7 73 ' 38 8 7 5 5 3 77 jiiizaoetn vvnguL ... x 111 --* Annie TTrimm ... EP 10 O (1) Aided. (2) New school.

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h la h OS, Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in which situate. CD O £ O II Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus, o A Teachers' Names, "^ including all Teachers -Sr4 and I.'upil-te;i,ehers & o on the Stall at the End « ■§ of the Year. •»«! Annual Salary and Allowance at the Bate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. jjl! flrr) Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 11 78 Selwyn— continued. Weedon Broadfield Harewood Eoad Worth Eoad Papanui Eicearton (main) Eiccarton (side) Prebblcton ... Lincoln Springston Grcenpark Tai Tapu Hals well Spveydon 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 £ s. d. 163 13 2 134 3 1 204 15 7 218 11 0 503 14 7 373 14 0 233 10 1 338 5 1 329 14 8 317 8 11 237 10 5 332 14 4 269 6 1 361 13 6 £ 8. d. 24 8 1 19 10 11 25 15 2 28 2 11 C8 13 6 68 13 6 47 2 9 52 14 9 46 15 1 32 19 4 46 16 0 33 10 4 47 9 1 £ s. a. 5 10 1 20 11 5 4 14 0 73 7 4 94 11 5 190 1 3 17 17 2 320 17 9 16 9 3 46 9 5 23 0 0 2 10 0 80 1 0 William McClure ... Mary A. McClure ... Thomas Mulligan ... Georgina Somerset ... Edward Morgan Ellen J. B. Somerset Thomas May Mary A. Oolclough... Susan Fee... Frederick Alley Catherine Martin ... Catherine Baker G. W. Williamson Annie E. Hookham... Edith J. Jaggar George Culrerhouse Catherine Tulley ... William Comerford Christina Prcbble ... Helen V. Williams ... William A. Banks ... Mary Vesey Louisa Bishop Eleanor Harrison ... Thomas A. Grates ... Sarah E. Derry Annie Aiken George Crockett Anne Caddell James Speight Susan Barrett Johann Voss Mary C. Champion William E. Foster ... Frances Foster William G. Wray ... Marv M. Stephens ... Elizabeth A. Wray... Thomas S. Foster ... James E. Wilkinson Emily S. Foster Janet Currie Louis A. Suckling ... Bethia Jack Eliza Callendor Thomas W. Ambrose Rose Seager Sydney Owen Margaret Menzies ... Susan Currie Annie Low Fanny Durey Alice Pickering Jessie Menzies Frances Taylor Ernest Clark Albert W. Andrew.., John Hillolcolm Edith Stanton Emily Mclnman Mary Scrimgeour ... Agnes Tindel Harriet Starkisa Laura M. Allison ... Amy Taylor William A. Kennedy Elizabeth Beck Edwin Eayner Jame3 Grant M F M S M F M F M HE AF M P FP HP M IIF AF M E M HF AF M E EP PP M F FP M F M F MP FP M F M HF AF HM AM II F AF AM AF AF AM AF M P FP FP FP FP FP FP FP MP MP MP FP FP FP FP FP HF AF MP FP HM AM HF AM AM. AM AF AF £ s. d. 133 2 6 71 3 3 128 0 0 12 0 0 138 5 0 70 17 8 162 0 7 66 8 3 250 2 0 142 3 6 96 15 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 202 2 9 130 0 0 47 6 0 166 10 3 69 1 2 177 11 9 130 0 0 48 10 3 217 3 9 116 10 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 184 10 3 98 5 3 16 0 0 171 0 0 71 14 0 191 9 9 97 7 10 40 0 0 24 0 0 175 9 8 84 9 9 197 0 o 98 5 3 38 0 0 412 10 0 331 0 0 301 17 6 143 0 0 158 12 6 150 7 6 102 2 6 81 14 0 66 7 8 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 140 17 6 76 12 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 406 0 0 240 15 0 250 0 0 232 10 0 157 10 0 137 0 0 158 15 0 160 15 0 38 27 46 48 165 n: 51 10' 11! io: 6! 9! 6! io: 79 Christchurch [B]— Christchurch West (main) 88 2,104 18 2 334 14 10 95 11 8 83: Chris tcharch (side) "West 80 271 10 7 U! Normal School 2,100 4 0 347 13 11 382 0 3 90 73' *B Charles E. Bossence Charles L>. Hardie ... John C. Allan Julia W. Barlow ... Eliza Kitchingman...

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IS go a) o <3 m Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. || 6» Maintenance. Expenditure for the Tear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. o A a ■ sS o a? Annual &p Salary ana SS Allowance > 3 at the Bate <* paid (luring gr-f the Last •g'g Quarter of 'gS the Year. t* H Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 80 Selwyn— continued. Christchurch [B] — contd. Normal School — contd. Gloucester Street 91 2,237 4 4 £ s. d. 473 12 6 £ a. d. 783 2 11 £ a. d. Ada E. Foster Mary D. Bain Mary S. Alexander ... Jane Malcolm Emily Bennett Jane R. Ashwin Thomas Laing Grace Lawrence Mary R. Bants Jeanie Meadows John G. L. Scott ... Emile IT. Just Ada Gresham Emma B. Rowley ... Walter Tipler ' ... Edith S. Dunnage ... George Gilling Annie W. Spence ... Annie Barker Alice M. Wilcox ... Thomas M. Marr ... William H. L. Foster Anne Ansley Sarah L. Robinson ... Annie M. Craddock Annie Keand Jane Gooden Emily Guise Edith Guise Mary Shirtcliffe Charles Craddock ... George Bedman ,., Frank Evans Julia Gilling Victoria Evans Annie Judge Mary Sutherland ... Alice Button Ada Mackett Jane Roberts Alice Williams Mary L. Spence Eliza Carey Elizabeth Harbridge Mary Elmsly Eleanor G-. Cross ... Catherine Shannon... John Baldwin Archibald Binnie .., Jessie Bowmaker ... Mary Hall John J. Elliott Mary Taylor Catherine Thornton Jane E. Watts Arthur Cooper Alexander C. Blake Annie D. King Emily Sadler Margaret Smith Annie O J Callahan ... Thomas Me Gallan ... Francis J. Rowley ... Agnes Malcolm Elizabeth Forrester John Dewsbury Marion Johnston ,.. Ellen Ewing Mary Maginness Florence Dawber ... Richard Soundy Miriam A. Roberts ... Mary A. Campbell ... Martha Weir Janet Reeve Eliza Friar Ellen Smith AF AF A I 1 FP ]?P FP MP FP FP FP HM AM H F AF AM AF AM AF AF AF MP MP FP FP FP FP FP FP •FP FP M P MP MP FP FP FP FP FP HF AF FP FP FP F FP FP FP HM AM HF AF AM AF AF AF MP MP FP FP FP FP MP M P FP FP FP FP FP FP FP M HF AF AF FP FP FP £ s. a. 117 15 0 96 15 0 91 18 3 32 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 435 0 0 302 0 0 260 7 6 152 12 0 190 12 6 136 7 6 125 10 0 91 7 6 71 9 9 51 1 3 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 148 10 0 107 10 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 16 0 0 152 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 385 0 0 294 18 0 231 15 0 146 9 0 148 7 6 112 12 6 80 8 3 66 4 5 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 303 15 7 146 9 0 113 13 0 96 15 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 24 0 0 873 South Town Belt 92 303 1 0 200 Phillipstown ... 219 10 6 151 93 Sydenham |JB]- — Sydenham ... 1,792 13 10 297 0 3 211 10 11 740 81 9-1 j. 245 82 St. Albans [B]— St. Albans (main) , 95 ,803 6 1 203 6 6 479 12 10

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o . 6 « fc'J O t/J V O 8 m Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. °. ig Expenditure for the £o _> °2 Maintenance. Teachers' Other r g< Salaries find Ordinary Q at Allowances- Expenditure. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Tear. sar. j» Teachers' Names, _ .,,. including all Teachers -5^ Buildings, and p u bp iM eaeher S g 8 bites, tlle gta£f at tIl End .g ,g Furniture, of the Tear. H<S and p Apparatus. " Annual Salary and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Tear. h si 83 84 85 8G 87 89 90 91 Selwyn — continued. St. Alban's [B] — contd. St. Alban's (main)— contd. St. Albans (side) Eichmond New Brighton Heathcote Lower Bromley Opawa Heathcote Valley Sumner Selwyn Dunsandel ... 100 101 102 103 104 105 90 97 98 99 £ b. d. 140 5 10 513 15 11 135 6 8 741 7 0 220 19 1 401 14 9 294 7 7 141 4 0 135 12 7 299 3 4 23 5 4 109 10 8 £ s. d. 96 13 9 33 17 0 58 18 6 35 13 0 23 17 10 18 3 10 37 18 5 £ a. d. 1,739 3 5 14 2 0 105 2 1 18 6 123 12 7 33 15 6 10 0 George H. Pope B enj amin B uli Alexander Taylor ... Aimee J. Hunto Sarah Fee... Isabella Crummy ... Caroline Hirst Charles S. Howard ... SibellaBoss Eliza Woodford Kate Woodford Sarali E. Chapman ... Marion McBratney William de Troy ... Ellen de Troy John J. Patterson ... William C. Armitage Margaret Pitcaithly Mary A. D. Calvert Annie E. Mcllarg ... Janet Dick Alice Harper Eobina Duncan Oscar Johnson Charles Merton Alice Buxton Thomas Eitchie Georgina Thomson ... Mary Duncan Fanny Dick Charles C. McCarthy Mary Dixon Dennis E. Flavell ... George P. Kay Charlotte Kay Edward S. Summer ... Ann McPherson John Simpson Mary E. Simpson ... Annie Sawle M P M P M P FP F FP F P M II F AF FP FP FP M S HM AM II F AF FP FP FP FP M P M F M F FP FP M F M P M S M S M F FP M F FP M F FP M S M F M P M P FP F M F FP FP FP FP M FP S M F M S M S M F M M S M F FP FP £ s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 06 15 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 274 2 9 141 10 0 97 0 0 40 0 0 24 0 0 16 0 0 114 18 0 12 0 0 301 13 9 152 3 0 112 10 0 81 14 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 24, 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 154 13 0 85 15 8 229 7 6 107 10 0 32 0 0 16 0 0 168 4 9 78 3 0 40 0 0 121 12 0 12 0 0 141 10 0 12 0 0 189 14 3 87 18 7 32 0 0 164 13 0 85 15 7 32 0 0 164 13 0 81 9 9 16 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 257 13 8 107 10 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 16 0 0 81 14 0 262 8 3 121 17 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 10 0 0 148 17 9 16 0 0 12 0 0 134 8 1 68 8 6 121 12 0 12 0 0 129 18 6 12 0 0 138 17 9 71 5 7 128 0 0 158 0 0 12 0 0 215 2 9 102 2 6 32 0 0 16 0 0 72 130 79 19 21 77 65 214 34 270 Brookside 310 1 7 38 14 10 27 4 1 Florence Blake Kate Baldwin 72 92 106 Killinchy 245 10 5 35 15 10 54 14 8 Margaret Crother ... Sarah McKee William D. McCluro Agnes McClure William B. Mackay Matilda J. Thomas ... John C. Woodward Lancelot Watson ... Maude Blee Elizabeth H. Calvert George Bishop Alice Henderson Jane McKay Annie CanMary Waby Elizabeth Elwin WillianfH. Gorton... Annie J. Elwin Charlotte Gorton ... Joseph Watson Margaret Crawford... John B. Williams ... Jessie Patton Michael W. Stack ... Annie E. Corry Albert B ellemin Jane F. Bellemin ... George Silvester James Murray Isabella F. Murray ... William Dixon Margaret Young Kate Doherty Eosina Bruce 72 93 107 Irwell 138 0 0 18 19 0 26 94 108 95 Leeston (main) 109 432 3 2 93 0 3 3 12 0 138 Leeston (side) South-bridge ... 78 9 8 535 11 5 69" 9 6 424 18 0 35 184 96 110 111 Lakeside 167 1 2 3 3 0 97 112 25 19 9 47 EakaiaLitt ... Ash burton — Mount Somers 135 11 1 23 1 4 1 19 5 40 98 113 99 114 131 8 5 16 4 0 19 100 Alford Forest 115 127 12 9 24 18 4 I 12 0 10 33 101 Springburn ... 116 184 6 0 26 5 10 303 18 7 47 102 103 Barr Hill Methven 117 118 126 0 0 138 13 6 23 16 10 26 4 5 367" 19 8 21 30 104 119 355 9 2 50 4 4 49 2 7 111 Eakaia South

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\\ ( SB Pi o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. 4 s?$ 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. © Annual fcp^ ■S Salary and gj . Allowance t> £ 'g'o at the Bate <lfi, o 2 paid during S| the Lost I'g g m Quarter of '53 Ph the Year. £t"< Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. 105 106 Ashburton— continued. Lauriston (1) Chertsey £ s. d. £ s. d. 8 12 10 19 2 2 £ s. d. 484 9 4 £ s. d. 155 10 0 12 0 0 158 0 0 128 0 0 12 0 0 124 13 0 12 0 0 330 13 0 175 2 0 110 17 9 107 10 0 32 0 0 40 0 0 32 0 0 24 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 112 12 10 112 12 10 164 9 1 72 18 6 142 12 10 134 8 2 ■ 63 7 8 163 6 6 73 6 3 140 16 3 76 6 6 144 8 0 16 0 0 12 0 0 160 15 0 65 13 1 128 0 0 12 0 0 158 0 0 12 0 0 158 0 0 120 121 165'10 0 David Todd Jane Todd John H. Newlyn ... Robert MoOandless Mary Lowe Gideon Scott Margaret Scott Hector Dempsey ... Amy J. Harband ... Ada Seager Harry V. Chichester Era Henderson James Henderson ... Annie Tulley Constance Andrews Harry Priston Emma 13 ean Helen Barratt Robert H. Beck ... Edward Dickinson ... Joseph Thomas Emily E. Jenkins ... Alexander Angus ... Walter J. King Elizbeth S. King ... William Or. Wallace Annie J. Wake Benjamin Low Sabina Low H. Cape-Williamson Jessie Fechney II. Cape-Williamson Dominick Browne ... Maud M. Dawkins ... William H. Wake ... Annie Peters Andrew Malcolm ... Mary A. Edwards ... Charles P. Bowley ... M S M M S M S HM HP AE AM EP MP EP EP MP EP EP M M M E M M F M E M F M EP S M F M S M S M 2( 107 108 Pendarves Kyle 122 123 68 0 10 118 15 8 18 10 7 17 10 7 630 9 6 li 2: 109 Ashbiirton Eorks Ashburton [B] — Ashburton 1124 I 133 11 0 21 15 8 7 15 3i 110 I 125 788 3 0 123 12 11 119 16 7 36' Newland Seafleld Wakanui (main) 111 112 113 126 127 128 111 15 7 82 2 5 196 8 9 16 13 0 17 10 10 42 1 10 375' 2 2 II 21 5: Wakanui (side) Elgin 129 130 111 7 3 141 18 4 21 '7 5 7 5 11 2i 4( 114 115 Tinwald 131 194 12 6 31 19 8 5 16 8 4; 116 Willoughby ... 132 210 0 6 27 14 4 32 18 4 5( 117 Flemington ... 133 158 16 11 23 5 4 33 1 11 4< 118 Longbeach (main) 134 179 12 3 36 5 6 25 18 2 4i Longbeaeh (side) 135 138 0 0 21 119 Hinds 136 152 9 7 22 5 0 17 19 0 2< 120 Lisniore 137 97 16 8J 24 4 9 62 11 3 1< Apparatus not included in aboTO Supervision not included in the preceding Ex •penditure Nt it Classified. 12 10 0 128 1 6 39,418 13 11 5,901 18 1 12,691 13 11 41656 6 9 12181

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 G-eraldine— Sootsburn Burke'a Pass (2) Fairlio Creek... Albury Opihi Mount Gay (2) Rangitata Island Orari North (3) Orari South ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 23 15 0 61 17 6 123 6 8 40 0 0 119 3 4 47 0 9 130 0 0 2 7 6 8 5 0 16 0 0 8 5 0 15 16 0 8 18 10 14 0 0 5 17 0 10 11 9 19 14 6 267 0 6 11 10 0 A. a. Allan Key. L. L. Brown ... F. R. Gillingham ... J. Maddison Q-. Wcstropp B. W. Champney ... J. M. Beechcy M M M M M M M 130 0 0 72 S 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 55 5 0 130 0 0 17 IV 35 32 31 13 28 6 6 0 145 18 7 24 "9 7 19 18 3 F. J. Fraser E. Smart ... J". Greares Mrs. Murray D. M. Teata T. Hughea F. Botliune S. Hamilton A. Erskine ¥. Freeman S. A. Buck M S M AF M HM AM AF M P FP P 135 0 0 12 0 0 148 0 0 60 0 0 130 0 0 228 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 85 0 0 "43 10 Woodbury ... 10 197 17 8 24 10 1 5 12 8 61 11 12 Orari Bridge... Geraldino 11 12 107 2 9 Il8 9 10 14 19 2 45 19 4 4 16 0 33 4 0 26 165 Gapea Talley (2) 79 13 9 11 0 11 247 13 10 13 13 New schi 10I. Aided. Closed.

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I 5Srd OK O • So Expenditure for the Tear. o Annual £ Salary and d . Allowance "y~6 at the Rate °A paid daring S 3 the Last g 1" Quarter ol Ph the Year. 4> > d h 0 Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. BO IB Maintenance. Buildings, Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary . , Allowances. Exiienditure. -aPF™^. ilaintenance. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End oi; the Year. 15 1G 17 18 19 20 14 Geraldine — continued. Kakahu Pleasant Valley Geraldine Flat WaitoHFlat... Winchester ,.. Milford . .■: Temuka 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 £ a. d. 197 19 9 166 4 7 164 15 2 166 19 1 203 10 0 172 1 8 543 14 10 £ s. d. 22 3 5 26 6 4 20 8 0 22 14 6 23 0 0 23 10 4 58 5 5 £ s. d. 142 4 8 9 19 o! 2 0 0 241 4 3 61 18 2 197 2 9 71 10 3 C. J. Cooke M. Meredith Mrs. Cooke Gr. Manning L. Manning Mrs. Manning J. L. Cooke E. Smart ... J. Campbell G. Anderson Mrs. Gibbea A. Dunnett A. Young... E. J. Collins M. Burton Mrs. Collins J. Wood ... Mrs. Eowe M FP S M FP S M S M M P S M AF M FP S HM AF AM FP FP FP M AF FP FP M FP S M M AF MP M AF FP £ s. ■ d. 140 0 0 40 0 0 12 0 0 140 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 130 0 0 12 0 0 140 0 0 12 10 0 12 0 0 148 0 0 60 0 0 135 0 0 40 0 0 12 0 0 244 0 0 105 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 207 0 0 90 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 135 0 0 20 o e 12 0 0 85 0 0 164 0 0 80 0 0 35 0 0 156 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 62 45 240 33 53 54 56 21 22 Pleasant Point Washdyke ... 21 22 388 13 4 172 19 5 39 11 0 21 9 0 31 2 0 26 1 6 B. Brown... M. Russell E. Ghiy ... J. Thompson A. Haskell H. C. Strong M. A. Sutherland ... J. Watson A. Balfour Mrs. Watson H. J. McClure L. D. Easton A. Wilkinson J. Ogilrie... T.A.Walker A. Pearson ... A. Donn ... 131 40 23 24 Claremont (1) Wai-iti 23 2t 88 19 9 272 11 5 13 8 5 29 5 8 5 13 9 11 10 20 86 25 Waimahaihai 25 103 14 2 13 13 6 20 17 6 76 Timaru [B]— Timaru (main) . 2,005 16 8 151 6 5 228 18 3 J. Scott ... M. Eorbes P. Ligertwood N.Mtiller... L. Kippenberger F. G-illon ... H.E.Martin M. Mein ... E.Allen ... E. M. Eowley A. Cuthbert A. Knight... M. Fisher... L, Cameron M. Shepherd E. Hooper G. Eowley J. Cuthbert A. L. Cox... M. McG-owan M. Mahon H. Griffin... W. Wollstein Mra. Wollstein A. K. Harlock J. Stewart II. Jefcoate Mrs. Stewart HM HF AM AM AF AF AF AF AF AF AM FP FP FP MP FP FP M P HF FP FP FP M S M M FP S 342 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 160 0 0 140 0 0 120 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 C 40 0 0 130 0 0 12 0 0 93 10 0 130 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 26 26 731 Timaru (side) 27 247 10 0 38 5 6 23 17 1 120 Sea View 61 11 0 7 14 8 256 4 3 27 23 35 28 29 Kingsdown (1) Pareora 29 30 65 12 6 171 3 0 8 13 5 19 0 0 274 7 4 6 6 0 22 37 Waimate — St. Andrews ... 142 0 0 16 0 0 48 0 11 D. Bone ... Mrs. Bone J. C. Fergusson A. Mahan.., A. Dawson M. Bourke E. Bannerman W. Sercombe Mra. Strong M S F M M M M M S 130 0 0 12 0 0 63 15 0 130 0 0 89 5 0 130 0 0 110 0 0 130 0 0 12 0 0 30 31 30 31 32 33 34 33 36 Upper Otaio (1) Otaio Makikihi (1) ... Hunter Hook Waituna Creek 32 33 34 35 36 37 47 3 9 134 17 2 66 2 5 110 0 0 110 0 0 141 17 0 8 0 4 15 0 0 14 13 5 13 0 0 14 8 5 16 0 0 4 14 6 31 15 3 354 12 4 5 10 3 5 10 3 15 26 21 26 30 28 (1) Aided.

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Note.—ln the cases of aided schools the amounts in the "Annual Salary," &c., column are the capitation grants of £4 ss. on the average attendance. In a few cases these amounts are supplemented by the local Committees. A residence or an allowance in money is granted to the head master of every school except aided, to the head mistress of every school where the head mistress is alone responsible for the girls' department, and to the second master of schools where tho average attendance reaches 300. The following were the rent allowances in force at the end of the year: Mr. Scott, £50 per annum ; Miss Forbes, £30 ; Mr. Ligertwood, £30 ; Mr. Maddison, £30; Mr. J. L. Coolte, £30; Mr. Yeats, £30 ; Mr. Walker, £40 ; Mr. Ward, £50 ; Mr. Barclay, £30. In the total amount under "Buildings, Sites," &c, are included insurance of buildings, £172 Us. lid., and rent of schoolrooms, £35 125., which should have been charged against " Ordinary Expenditure."

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o . o « fl o C /. Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [BJ) in wlrich. situate. ° S Expenditure for the Tear. fcj a> ° t-aj Maintenance. Buildings. ■g-S Sites, If Teachers' Other Furniture, eg Saliriosand Ordinary a "'"V,,, J 5 « Allowances. Expenditure. APl»™tus. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teaohers on the Staff at the End of the Year, 0) "gi O i ~ A nnual fcp Salary and 2 $ Allowance > § at the Bate ■< 2, paid during bf-? the last -S t Quarter of V'S the Y ear. j & H :s7 Waimate— continued. Waimate [B]— Waimate ... 38 £ b. A. 829 18 0 £ s. d. 64 18 2 £ s. d. 1,702 0 9 W. Ward... G-. Barclay J. Marsliall M. Grant... Mrs. Martin S. Dash ... E. Bruce ... J. Miller ... 0. Hunt ... H. A. Easther A. Agnow... HM AM AM AI AS FP PP PP FP M M £ s. d. 267 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 361 38 39 40 Waihao Redoliffe Sutherland's (1) 21 25 39 40 41 130 0 0 31 5 0 14 0 0 4 3 4 12 6 1 10 0 373 1 10 Depdt account for supply of apparatus Ex; penditure No >t Classified. \ 10 15 11 4,831 5 6 ... 8,880 10 0 2,909 915 2 2 4,738 2 1

1 2 Grey— Kynnorsley ... Ahaura Totara Flat ... Orwell Creek... Hatters' Terrace 1 2 3 4 5 148 10 0 31 5 0 91 17 6; 91 11 3; 179 9 Oj 29 10 0 42 11 0 ( 11 7 0, 10 10 0 12 10 0 11 14 0 15 9 6 20 0 0 29 8 0 1 10 0 40 0 0 0 10 0 87 3 0 13 4 10 30 5 0 Vacant ... E.Parker F. AY. Campbell ... C. Heslin... J. II. Bolton J. Gosling D. Corbett E.Scott ... J. Malcolm Mrs. Gaskin W. Malcolm Elizabeth Scott J. A. Bromley Mary Brasscl Thomas F. O'Day ... J. Blanchficld Vacant J. Malcolm Miss Brown E. Thompson M M M M M FP M M IIM AF MP FP M FP M MP HM AF FP 148 10 0 33 15 0 93 15 0 63 15 0 172 0 0 19 6 0 75 0 0 105 0 0 205 4 0 99 0 0 28 16 0 19 16 0 152 2 0 15 6 0 152 2 0 19 16 0 56 5 0 161 2 0 81 0 0 24 6 0 2; 1! 4! 3 4 5 6 7 Eed Jack's ... No Town Brunnerton ... 6 7 8 67 10 0; 82 3 7 356 18 9 2( 2! 10" Maori Gully ... 175 5 0 20 10 0 13 11 6: I 183 0 9 166 13 6 8 9 81 9 Dunganville ... 10 167 15 0 4' 10 li Marsden Cobden 11 12 54 7 6 281 0 0 14 9 o; 17 7 3j 58 12 11 • 64 18 11 ' II 5: 12 Greymouth [B] — Greymouth 13 972 11 0 115 13 0 121 16 i. E. Goulding E. L. Clements Miss Gilroy C. Brown ... B. Batchelor M. North... C. Gilroy F. Kemple E. Eobinson M. Taylor M. Polling H.D.Thomas Miss Perkins Vacant C.J.Patrick HMj AMI AFj A M^ AM FPj FPj FPj FP FP FP HM AF M 316 16 0 193 10 0 126 0 0 54 0 0 54 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 31 10 0 24 6 0 24 6 0 24 6 0 150 0 0 81 0 0 60 0 0 86 5 0 88 . f Paroa « 222 15 0 j 22 10 0! | 10 io o; 10 o o, 29 5 2 21 13 0 13 14 4! 14 Westbrook ... Greenstone ... 15 16 66 5 0 76 17 6 II 2; a; Not yet opened.

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Note.—Beside grants to Committees for fuel and cleaning, " Other Ordinary Expenditure" inehides the following items: Rent of buildings, &c. —Gveymouth.School, £28 3s. ; Ahaura, £30 ; Totara Flat, £1 7s. ; Upper Crossing, £12 ; Lower Kokatahi, £11 13s. ; Kymiersley, £19 lOs. ; Maori Gully, £10 10s. Advertising for teachers—Red Jack's, £2 6s. 6d. ; No Town, £5 9s. Gd.; Kumara, £1 7s. ; Stafford, £1 ; Ar'awata Flat, 11s. 6d. ; Orwell Creek, 10s. ; Marsden, £4 95.; Westbrook, 10s. ; Woodstock, 12s. Cd.; Ahaura, £2 11s. ; DnnganviUe, £1 Is. 6d. ; Hokitika, £10 45.; Eoss, £4 4s. Sundries—Paroa School, £10 ; Eoss, £1 3s. 6d.; Donoghue's, £16 10s.; Hokitika, £1 10s. (1) Side school to the Kniueri schopl. (2) Side school to the Eoss school.

c o 11 S3 6 /J O - Schools, and the "3 Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. j g ||t Maintenance. Expenditure for the Tear. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and .Apparatus. <v & Teachers' Names, "^ inclading all Teachers -2 and Hupil-teftcliers S 5 on the Stafi at the End § •g of the Year. I V, M | o \'- ! Annual Salary find Allowance at the Eate paid during the Last Quarter of the-Year. n Prp Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Grey— continued. Kumara [B]— Kumara,., ... 17 17 £ s. d. 672 1 0 £ b, d. 33 17 0 £ s. d. 31 2 6 J. Woodward J. Harre ... Mrs. Williams Miss Gralland E. Wylde... W. Voysey Helen Rogers Mrs. Pascoe HM AM AE AE MP MP FP F £ s. d. 266 8 0 135 0 0 126 0 0 45 0 0 34 4 0 28 16 0 15 6 0 45 0 0. 22 15 Eangiriri ... ... 18 Westland— Callaghan's ... ... 19 G-oldsbovougli ... 20 18 44 1 3 j 10 0 0 l: 15 19 20 53 8 9; 300 5 6 10 0 0 20 0 0 143 8 6 'HM ,AF ;MP HM |AF M P MP M MP 41 5 0 1 197 2 0, 72 0 0 19 16 0 223 4 0 90 0 0 28 16 0 19 16 0 152 2 0 24 6 0 i: 7i 16 16 Stafford ... ... 21 21 377 9 0 21 0 0 105 2 0 J. Mulhearn Miss Martin E. J. Mulhearn T. Burns ... Miss Hogg A. Stevenson W. Marsh Gr. B. Me Alpine James Kirk io: 17 Arahura Road ... 22 179 3 0 10 0 0 7 12 6 17 22 42 Hokitika [B]— Hokitika ... ... 23 23 1,036 4 4 96 14 0 114 2 6 E. B. Dixon E. T. Elcoate Miss Batten Miss Andrews Miss Jones M. Oliver... M. Tumbull Jessie Ealfo E. Ecclesfield Arthur Banks A. Reynolds Mrs. Cameron C. J. Sale... Mrs. Sale ... Jane Milner II. Williams Jane Staines W. C. ICclsey J. A. Boys E. W. Gill Mrs. Harris L. Tindal ... IIM AM AE AE AE FP FP FP FP MP MP E HM AE AE MP AF M MP M F M 304 4 0 193 10 0 126 0 0 54 0 0 54 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 24 6 0 54 0 0 28 16 0 52 10 0 215 2 0 117 0 0 30 0 0 24 6 0 54 0 0 134 2 0 19 16 0 97 10 0 56 5 0 78 15 0 34C 18 South Spit ... ... 24 Katiieri ... ... 25 m 24 25 58 2 6 381 15 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 5 6 0 0 10 6 1. 8 18 19 Woodstock (1) ... 26 Bluespur ... ... 27 26 27 54 0 0 160 2 0 10 12 6 10 0 0 2 0 6 3 18 0 I 3! 3i 19 20 21 20 Upper Crossing ... 28 Lower Kokatahi ... 29 Upper Kokatahi ... 30 Eoss [B]— Boss ... ... 31 28 29 30 97 6 10 61 17 6 63 12 10 22 0 0 24 5 0 io o o: 2 5 0' 7 5 6: 10 7 6 2i Ii 2. 31 679 5 9 45 7 6! 158 17 3 W. Winchester W. D. McKay Mrs. McKay W. Andrews L. De Bakkcr G. Hirter ... W. Jones ... Miss Do Bakker Mra. Murphy J. O. 'Wilson C. M. Nielson Miss Macfarlane Miss Murdoch HM Iam AF MP MP FP FP AE F ■ M M E F 307 16 0 153 0 0 119 8 4 28 16 0 24 6 0 19 16 0 15 6 0 72 0 0 45 0 0 71 5 0 116 5 0 37 10 0 71 5 0 211 21 22 23 24 22 Donoglme's (2) ... 32 Waitangi ... ... 33 Okarito ... ... 34 Gillespie's ... ... 35 Arawata Town ... 36 Arawata Flat ... 37 32 33 34 35 36 37 96 13 0 40 6 3 75 0 0 101 5 0 43 2 6 49 13 9 26 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0, 15 0 0 15 11 6 5 16 0 7 10 0 39 15 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 i: 1! 3: ii 1! 23 24 Completion of Inspector's office; repairs to offices, ,,&c. Furniture, &c, not charged against particular scliools, consisting of deska, blackboards, maps, diagrams, &o. Hxj lenditure Nc >t Classified. 100 14 2 209 18 11 7,690 16 10 818 19 9 1,808 13 11 7,526 11 0 2 : 24i

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O . a> n _ o to .1 P o C /i o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. is £t_ IP o 51 a ft _ __ 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. 01 s _; II T-_ O Annual to Salary and g-S Allowance > & at the Rate <* paid during 1 J-f^f the Last •g'g Quarter of %'& the Year. £H Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Exxienditure. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Waitaki— Kurow (1) Otiake (2) ... Maerewhenua Duntroon Awamoko Papakaio Pukeuri Oamaru [B] — Oamaru District High 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 £ s. d. 108 10 0 72 6 8 131 5 0 165 19 6 148 5 0 181 0 0 342 10 10 £ s. d. 15 0 0 11 5 0 16 15 0 15 0 0 16 15 0 20 5 0 38 5 0 £ s. d. 326 14 0 365 10 0 20 0 0 10 0 John Sayle Dalby ... Abraham M. Barnett David Sinclair James Eix ... Cornelius F. Schmedes William Darley William H. Kneen ... Margaret Watson ... Eobert Peattie Mrs. M. G. Grahame William P. Brunton Mrs. McK. Crawford Mary King Victor McLymont .,, James Bee Mary Jane Wilding Alicia M. Thompson James Lindsay Selina Amy Spedding Frank J. Forbes Mary Nicol Bertha Bicknell Emma Jane Evans ... Mary Is! ip James Borthwick ... John Henry Evans ... John Harkness Bice Jean Laird Cook William McDonald,.. Sarah E. Crump Thomas Henry Gill Mary Ellen Crawford Margaret E. Hastie... EvaB. Cunninghame Thomas McNaught... Elizabeth Svmons ... William H. Walker George Davidson William F. Johnson Minnie Tregoning ... J. G. M. MacLymont Mrs. C. MacLymont Peter McGregor Edith Attwood Alexander Pirie Mrs. Annie P. Neish Oscar Flamank John Watt Mrs. Margaret Watt F. J. Popplewell ... Wynter Blathwayt... Mary Mills M M M M M M M F HM H F AM AF AF MP MP FP FP HM HF AM AF AF FP FP MP MP HM H F AM AF AM FP FP FP MP FP M M M F M F M F M F MP M F M M F F £ s. d. 124 0 0 124 0 0 148 0 0 163 0 0 143 0 0 178 0 0 237 0 0 115 0 0 413 0 0 159 0 0 241 0 0 120 0 0 95 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 328 0 0 124 0 0 181 0 0 100 0 0 95 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 331 0 0 129 0 0 194 0 0 125 0 0 134 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 152 0 0 162 0 0 207 0 0 105 0 0 219 0 0 125 0 0 186 0 0 70 0 0 234 0 0 129 0 0 40 0 0 237 0 0 125 0 0 172 0 0 209 0 0 105 0 0 153 0 0 21 23 33 30 27 32 86 14."16 0 8 1,252 8 10 80 5 0 341 Oamaru North 1,005 13 5 86 0 0 42 10 6 348 Oamaru South 10 1,067 0 0 90 0 0 236 I 9 381 Ngapara Teanaraki Waiareka 9 10 11 11 12 13 160 16 8; 163 19 9 287 5 0 20 5 o 18 10 0 41 0 0 24 12 9 39 35 88 12 Kakanui 14 342 0 0 41 0 0 37 0 0 91 13 Maheno 15 251 13 7 26 0 0 ... 55 14 Otepopo 16 389 10 0; 45 0 0 110 15 Hampden 17 357 10 0 41 0 0 84 16 17 Moeraki Pukeiviti Waikouaiti — Shag Valley (3) Palmerston [B] — Palmerston 18 19 172 0 0 315 0 0 22 0 0 41 0 0 36 91 i 18 20 153 0 0 15 0 0 29 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Inch Valley ... Dunback Waihemo Macrae's Moonlight Goodwood FlagJ.Swamp ... Waikouaiti [B] — Waikouaiti 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 175 16 2 143 0 0 145 10 0 146 15 0 108 15 0 187 0 0 256 5 4 757 5 4 68 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 16 15 o; 11 5 0 22 0 0 30 0 0 ... 239 0 0 10 0 0 William Porteous ... Priscilla Lowry Charles G. Smeaton Janet Fleming Josephine Arklc Donald Boss James Grant John Stables Eobert Todd John Wright Henry Stuart MeColl John Simpson Mrs. M. Trotter James Eowney Pollok Mary Stuart Samuel Moore Harriet Darton William Maule Margaret McAulay ,.. Charles Bassett James A. Valentine... HM F AM FP FP MP MP M M M M M F M F HM F AM FP MP MP 309 0 0 124 0 0 158 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 183 0 0 143 0 0 148 0 0 148 0 0 124 0 0 192 0 0 174 0 0 70 0 0 285 0 0 131 0 0 134 0 0 35 0 0 60 0 0 55 0 0 250 28 27 30 35 24 45 61 27 29 - 701 10 0 62 0 0 228 (I) Open ten and a half months. (2) Open seven months. (3) School now closed.

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6 O . is ii Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. o ■ &} II I! Expenditure for the Year. Maintenance. Bn Maintenance. Buildings, Sites, Teachers" Other Furniture, Salaries and Ordinary , aim. Allowances. Expenditure. Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including- all Teo.chers and Pupil-teaehera on the Stall:' at the End of the Year. <d Annual *£^ 5 Salary and j; g ss . Allowance > H 'p"o at the Bate <ta o 2 paid during kc^ £.o the Last ■S'g g Quarter of ?,'£ Oh tlieYear. |H 28 Waikouaiti— coat in tied. Merton 30 £ s. d. 193 0 0 £ s. d. 24 0 0 £ s. d. 27 2 1 Philip 15 remncr Beatrice Brnnton ... William Millar Christina Kirby Franklin Hollow Richard H. Ferguson Sarah Cross Ellen Ferguson Alexander M. Ross ... Hugh A. Stewart ... M S M F M M F FP M M £ s. d. 172 0 0 20 0 0 174 0 0 70 0 0 162 0 0 213 0 0 115 0 0 30 0 0 162 0 0 153 0 0 47 29 Seacliff 31 255 10 0 32 15 0 237 0 0 64 80 31 Evansdale Blueskin 32 88 156 0 0^ 361 10 0 20 5 0 43 0 0 11 18 0 47 107 32 33 Purakanui Lower Harbour Port Chalmers [B]— Port Chalmers 34 35 165 0 0 149 5 0, 26 0 0 15 0 0 135 0 0 49 26 34 36 1,404 10 0 94 0 0 33 0 0 Lawrence B. Wood Mary Sinclair Walter Turpin James Rennie Edgar de Vila Irens Sarah Moore Isabella Manson Amelia Bott Margaret Donald ... Hargaret Harland ,.. Joseph Southwick ... George Foster Jane D. Hooper Hannah Murray Thomas Johnston ... Mrs. Johnston William Bennett Eliza Derham Mary A. Gibson Edward Pinder John Henderson John Maefarlane Agnes Short Robert Fergus Jane Blackly Rebecca Gordon Emma Hayes Jane Bethune Robert S. Gardner ... Christina Gardner ... John Brown Park ... Ida Speddiug Walter Hislop James W. Smith Annie Anderson Eleanor Ooull Margaret Russell ... Susan Cohen Elizabeth Burn Margaret Adams Selina Jane Dale Alfred Burn Isabella Davies Abraham Barrett ... Isabella R. Hay John II. Chapman ... David Cossgrove Christina Miller Robert Cowan Mary Montgomery ... R. James Barrett ... Annie Stansfield Elizabeth Ann Mason Andrew Campbell ... Henry P. Kelk James Martin Beattie Dora S. Lawrence ... Isabella Sutherland... John L. Ferguson ... Mary Grace Kieholls James Mahoney James Hendry Lillias A. Fowler ... Elizabeth Gillies ... Alexander Sutherland James Robertson ... HM HF AM AM AM AF FP FP FP FP M M F FP M S M HF A M 1 M HM HF AM AF FP FP FP M S IIM II F AM !am AF AF FP FP FP FP FP MP FP IIM HF AM AM IAF AM AF MP FP FP MP MP MP FP FP HM II F AM 1AM AF A \- AM MP 431 0 0 169 0 0 268 0 0 220 0 0 133 0 0 105 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 177 0 0 224 0 0 109 0 0 30 0 0 168 0 0 20 0 0 252 0 0 129 0 0 95 0 0 55 0 0 40 0 0 298 0 0 124 0 0 148 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 192 0 0 20 0 0 387 0 0 153 0 0 257 0 0 195 0 0 110 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 411 0 0 163 0 0 261 0 0 214 0 0 115 0 0 143 0 0 105 0 0 60 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 403 0 0 178 0 0 261 0 0 234 0 0 115 0 0 110 0 0 124 0 0 60 0 0 411 Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay 35 36 37 38 163 13 4 364 0 0 22 0 0 45 0 0 4 10 0 8 6 0 40 117 37 St. Leonards Rarensbourne [B] — Ravensbourne 39 170 0 0 18 10 0 24 11 8 33 38 40 543 5 6 54 0 0 46,10 0 165 39 North-East Valley [B]— North-East Valley ... 41 740 19 1 68 0 0 3,458 5 6 231 Pine Hill Dunedin City [B]— William Street 10 42 203 12 8 22 0 0 5 13 45 41 43 1,418 15 7 123 14 0 522 Arthur Street 44 1,808 18 5 130 4 0 15 0 0 624 X Albany Street 45 1,697 8 2 140 10 0! 50 0 0 588 • ,

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6 2 §| 51 CO 6* Schools, find the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [Bj) in which situate. So Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, feites, Furniture, and -Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and I'upil-teachers on the Staff at tlie End of the Year cd Annual . sp ■$ Salary and || ri . Allowance t> & "2 r5 at the Bate <o §j| paid during «5; MS the Last -3t g Quarter of "£3 Cm the Year. Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Waikouaiti — continued. Dunedin City [B] — contd. Albany Street — contd. £ s. d. £ B. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. 35 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 413 0 0 163 0 0 271 0 0 224 0 0 115 0 0 133 0 0 95 0 0 GO 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 388 0 0 158 0 0 261 0 0 204 0 0 115 0 0 124 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 35 0 0 55 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 95 0 0 495 0 0 183 0 0 271 0 0 144 0 0 172 0 0 124 0 0 95 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 Union Street George Street 46 47 1,737 6 8 1,480 6 10 153 5 0 140 19 0 278 12 5 Margaret McDougall William Thomson ... James Fleming James G-arrow Mary McMillan Jane Campbell Jane Mackie Alexander Stewart ... Christina White David White George Balsille Mary Roberts James Fitzgerald ... Ellen Adams William Spencer Marion Jane Powell Margaret T. Dutch .. Grace T. Thomson ... Robert Church Alexander J. Stewart Agnes Rodger Annie Alexander David A. McNicoll... Jane Spratt George H. Smith ... Alexander McLean ,,, Rankeilor Stewart ... William Fitzgerald... Agnes Somerville ... Emma Lacey Lily Thomson John Moodie Alfred Matthews Grace Lawson Isabella Hitchcock ... Isabella Dow A. Montgomery Emma Stevens Thomas C. Farnie ... Marjory Huie Samuel P. Seymour John R. Don Jane Dow... Hamilton Seott John S. Tennent ... John E. Gunn Elizabeth Bolton ... Catherine Livingstone John Fitzgerald Moses South James Gibson FP MP MP M P FP FP FP HM H F AM AM AF AM AF M P FP FP FP M P M P FP FP HM H F AM AM AF AM FP FP FP M P MP FP FP F HM H F AM AF AM AM AF M P M Pi MP FP FP M P M P M P 639 585 Stafford Street Normal 48 49 95 0 0 1,648 8 9 29 9 0 260 18 8 45 12 0 127 18 3 67 733 111 42 Peninsula— Anderson's Bay 50 379 10 0 43 0 0 George Hume Isabella Begg Margaret Somenille George Poole Bell ... William O.Duthie... Mary Robertson William Stewart John Henry Wilson James Barton Martha Kirkland ,.. William P. Marris ... William Henry Grigg Jessie Brunton Margaret D. Marshall M F FP M M S M P M M F M M F F 234 0 0 109 0 0 40 0 0 192 0 0 176 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 148 0 0 186 0 0 70 0 0 148 0 0 178 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 43 44 North-East Harbour ... Highcliff 51 52 209 10 0 249 15 0 22 0 0 28 0 0 36 52 45 46 Broad Bay ,., Portobello 53 54 148 0 0 258 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 30 52 4!?48 Hooper's Inlet Sandymount 55 56 131 13 4 248 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 41 17 6 30 68 49 Taiaroa Heads (1) Taieri — Waikari ,,, 57 91 0 0 V 10 0 16 50 58 324 13 4 42 0 0 135 6 7 William A. Paterson Thyrza Davies Margaret Laing David McLauchlan... Isabella Turnbull ... Alexander Stott Jessie Russell Jessie Ross M F FP HM H E AM AF FP 209 0 0 105 0 0 25 0 0 327 0 0 154 0 0 211 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 91 Kaikorai [B] — Kaikorai ... 7 3 80 5 0 14 0 6 320 51 59 (1) Subsidized,

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° 2 &% 01 'in MS g-3 Q O no Schools, and the Counties or Boroug_is (the latter marked [B]) in which, situate. o_i is >C_ IS R 5? o £ o * Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including- all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staii at the End of the Year. 01 A 'fig o Annual Salary and Allowance at the Rate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. 6 _ t _ _ mO" 3"^ !i Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. | Expenditure. Taieri — continued. Kaikorai [B] — continued. Kaikorai— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Marion McLauchlan Eliza Sheriff Mary Bussell FP FP FP £ s. a. 35 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 Caversham [B] — Caversham... 1,465 5 8 120 0 0 101 8 5 William Milne Elizabeth L. Donald Owen James Hodge Margaret McLoskey Mary McEwen John C. Brown Helen Alexander ,.. James Methven Maria E. Thompson Elizabeth M. Harrison John A. McPhee ... Eobert Milne Mary Hegorty Sophia E. Ferens ... HM H F AM AF AF AM AF M P FP FP MP MPi FP F 397 0 0 158 0 0 261 0 0 119 0 0 115 0 0 124 0 0 115 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 95 0 0 553 52 60 Benevolent Institute Kensington [B] — Kensington 61 95 0 0 20 62 699 14 3 69 10 0 William James Moore Jessie D. Kinvig Walter Eudey Caroline Little Oliver Growden Margaret Gow George Beid Forestina E. Grant... Eichard G. Whettcr Mary M. Walker ... John A. Johnson ... Jane Sim ... James Couper Beginald II. Draper James Hardy William Carswell ... Jessie Maxwell HM II F AM AF M P FP HM H F AM AF AM AF M P M P M P MP FP 288 0 0 124 0 0 172 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 363 0 0 144 0 0 228 0 0 115 0 0 124 0 0 95 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 278 53 51 Forbury [B]— Forbury 68 1,309 15 4 101 10 0 40 0 0 448 55 Macandrew Eoad [B] — Macandrew Eoad (1) Mornington [B]— Mornington 64 704 18 0 56 65 995 4 0 88 0 0 653 10 0 Alexander Kyle Janet Mcintosh James Jcffery Elizabeth C. Jones ... George L. Stewart ... James Jack Ethel Smith Agnes Eankin William J. Strong ... William Duncan Ellen Jane Home ... Henry L. Darton ... Maria Mills John Matheson John Blair Jessie Mills Martha Blair Joseph Stewart James Warhurton ... Mary A. Garry John Menzies Catherine F. Menzies Leonard Cockayne ... Elizabeth McKay ... James Waddell Annie Gray Shand ... James Noble Waddell Donald McLeod Mary Algie Malcolm Hendry George B. Anderson Jane L. Couper Jane Anderson Charles C. Hubbard Andrew Purves John Whyte HM H F AM AF AM MP FP FP MP IIM F AM FP MP M F FP M M F M F M F M F M P M F M P M F FP M M M 336 0 0 129 0 0 214 0 0 1 105 0 0 1 114 0 0 45 0 0 30 0. 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 290 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 211 0 0 115 0 0: 25 0 0 162 0 0 124 0 0 70 0 0. 220 0 0J 70 0 0 192 0 0 70 0 O 238 0 0 119 0 0 60 0 0 234 0 0J 119 0 0 60 0 0 254 0 0 119 0 0 30 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 0 134 0 0 388 Green Island 57 66 630 4 2 60 0 0 356 4 0 222 Walton 346 13 4 43 0 0 20 0 0 100 58 67 59 60 61 62 Saddle Hill ... Brighton Kuri Bush ... Otokia 68 (if) 70 71 159 10 0 116 10 0 55 13 4 294 0 0 22 0 0 15 0 0 16 12 3 10 0 0 5 0 0 46 21 18 59 30 "o 0 63 Greytown 72 278 5 0 32 15 0 33 19 0 72 61 East Taieri ... 73 418 10 0 45 0 0 131 Mosgiel 74 410 0 0 45 0 0 12 10 0 117 65 North Taieri ... 75 _g 399 10 0 43 0 0 24 17 6 110 66 67 68 69 Hindon Strath Taieri WhareFlat ... 76 77 78 124 0 0 124 0 0 135 0 0 5 16 8 7 10 0 15 0 0 16 19 24 (1) Building in course of erection.

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IB 1? no Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) iu which situate. si 3 s Maintenance. Expenditure (or the Year. Buildings, Teachers' Names, including all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. o Annual £ Salary and pi . Allowance '2 "3 at the Rate o S paid during 5 S the Last o Quarter of Hh the Tear. a? li IT 11 is § I Teachers' Other F™*, are' Salaries and Ordinary AimmitiM Allowances. Expenditure. -apparatus. 70 Taieri — continued. Outram 79 £ s. d. 494 0 0 t I £ s. d. 45 0 0' £ s. d. David Murray Catherine Haig Eitchings Grant John Chisholin Thomas C. Eraser ... Mary Mclntosh Henry Henderson ... William Ferguson ... M F M P MP M F M M £ s. d. 255 0 0 129 0 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 204 0 0 70 0 0 172 0 0 162 0 0 13 West Taieri ... 272 0 0 30 0 0 12 7 6 71 80 6' 72 73 Maungatua ... Lake Waipori Bruce — Taieri Ferry ... 81 82 197 0 0 157 0 0 22 0 0 22 0 0 326 6 6 12 0 0 4! 4' 71 83 257 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 Charles II. Morgan... Mrs. H. Morgan Robert Bell John L. Bonnin Jane Watson G. W. Carrington ... Francis A. Joseph ... Christina Grow A. P. Drummond ... M S M P M F M M F M 196 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 195 0 0 115 0 0 167 0 0 192 0 0 115 0 0 158 0 0 B( 75 Waihola 84 311 0 0 41 0 0 7! 76 77 Taieri Beach Waihola Gorge 85 86 169 10 0 307 10 0 22 0 0 35 10 0 4: 7: 78 Circle Hill ... Tokomairiro [B] — Tokomairiro Dis. High 87 150 11 2 16 15 0 3! 79 88 1,265 2 io' I 82 0 0 60 0 0 James Eeid Mary McLaren Cornelius Mahoney... William McElrea ... Harriett J. Bett ... Bobina Todcl Arthur E. A. Palmer James Parlano Sarah Albert George Menzies Mary Brown Neil'McLeod Jessie Grant Alexander Ayson .., John Anderson Gray Alexander McDufi ... John Beat tie James G. Closa Elizabeth Carruthers Charles E. Smith ... C. McAra Graham ... John Nicholson Helen Galloway John E. Hawse Charles Nicholson ... Annie Hope Amelia Allen Alexander Drain Mrs. E. McGown ... Christina McLcod ... HM HF AM Jam AF FP MP MP FP M F M F M M M M M FP M F IIM F AM MP FP F M S FP 415 0 0 149 0 0 250 0 0 205 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 60 0 0 55 0 0 35 0 0 208 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 124 0 0 178 0 0 134 0 0 148 0 0 124 0 0 152 0 0 25 0 0 124 0 0 70 0 0 261 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 70 0 0 177 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 88! Fairfax 80 89 277 10 0 30 0 0 68 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Akatore (1) ... Glenledi Southbridge ... Glenorc Manuka Creek Adams Elat LoTell'sFlat ... 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 75 16 3 142 6 8 190 0 0 134 0 0 150 5 0 114 0 0 180 9 10 15 0 0 18 10 Oi 15 0 0 16 15 0 15 0 0 20 5 0 6 3 0 087 3 9 18 22 31 21 31 23 37 % 5 3 336 1 0 88 89 90 Stoney Creek Hillend (1) ... Kaitangata 97 98 99 113 13 4 72 0 0 573 12 7 15 0 0 6 0 0 21 17 195 60 0 0 51 0 9 91 92 Wangaloa (1) Tuapeka Mouth 100 101 53 12 6 218 3 4 26 0 0 259" 0 0 18 42 Clutha — Stirling Balclutha [B]— Balclutha ... 269 3 4 35 10 0 227 8 0 James McNeiir Anstiss Dottin Silk ... Alexander Grigor ... Mary Kinloch Allan Jonathan Golding ... Edith Brewer William Eenton John Portcous Eobert Huie George B. Clark Christina Clark Windsor G. Eraser... James Arthur Bix ... William Waddell ... George H. Q.uerini... James Eobertson ... Sarah Dawson Abel Warburtou Francis Golding Christina Darling ... Thomas Harrison ... Christina Harrison ... Charles Young Ambrose Dowliug ... Vilant Graham M F HM F AM FP M M M M S M M M M M F M M F M S M M M 199 0 0 105 0 0 263 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 0 25 0 0 143 0 0 152 0 0 148 0 0 177 0 0 20 0 0 157 0 0 162 0 0 212 0 0 124 0 0 176 0 0 70 0 0 124 O 0 184 0 0 80 0 0 192 0 0 20 0 0 158 0 0 124 0 0 143 0 0 93 102 95 91 103 508 4 10 58 0 0 703 17 9 181 95 96 97 98 ToHouka ... Waitepeka Warepa Kaihiku 104 105 106 107 145 10 0 225 3 0 150 0 0 201 1 8 15 0 0 21 0 0 18 10 0 26 0 0 27 37 34 41 99 .00 01 .02 .03 Waiwera "Pucrua Port Motyneux Ahuriri Owake 108 109 110 111 112 158 5 0 216 15 0 209 10 0 128 15 0 258 3 4 22 0 0 20 5 0 22 0 0 11 5 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 117 3 4 25 0 0 26 4 0 254 0 0 44 35 45 22 52 .04 .05 Tahatika Clinton 113 114 105 G 8 298 5 0 210 6 8 11 5 0 35 10 0 19 62 .06 Wairuna 115 22 0 0 10 0 0 45 07 .08 .09 Waipahi Waikoikoi Glenkenich ... 116 117 118 160 0 0 108 15 0 143 0 0 18 10 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 21 0 0 31 2:1 28 (l) Subsidized,

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6 2 « _ MS go _. o c_ Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. si o g $ 3 § _ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus. Teachers' Names, including- all Teachers and Pupil-teachers on the Staff at the End of the Year. oi Annual 5 Salary and a . Allowance '_ "o at the Kate o £ paid during £ ,g the Last o Quarter of rH the Year. I.4 a _S Teachers' Other Salaries and Ordinary Allowances. Expenditure. Tuapeka — Tapanui [B] — Tapanui £ s. d. 54 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 239 0 0 119 0 0 124 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 153 0 0 134 0 0 143 0 0 153 0 0 143 0 0 247 0 0 109 0 0 60 0 0 55 0 0 215 0 0 125 0 0 124 0 0 195 0 0 105 0 0 424 0 0 159 0 0 223 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 55 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 248 0 0 134 0 0 95 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 177 0 0 166 0 0 70 0 0 163 0 0 148 0 0 157 0 0 20 0 0 176 0 0 70 0 0 236 0 0 109 0 0 60 0 0 134 0 0 215 0 0 115 0 0 229 0 0 125 0 0 233 0 0 125 0 0 25 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 144 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 0 144 0 0 100 0 0 157 0 0 148 0 0 110 119 £ s. d. 566 1 8 James Kerr Menzies Selina M. Bennett ... Peter McO. Wilson Margaret McQueen... Mary Jane Hay Charles Roseveare ... Henry Mitchell James Milne James Ure Murray... John H. Patrick William Macandrew Jane Kelly Leonard A. Line Angus McDonald ... Andrew Anderson ... Mrs. Helen Anderson Robert Blair Langley Pope Elizabeth Morrison John Stenhouse Jane Beatrice Fowler William C. Allnutt... Sarah Ponsonby Bessie Bushell Jano Robertson Francis Nicol Lillian EViwler John McNickle Robert Neill Jessie Pope Frances Lily Mackin Jano White George Alex. Thomson Charles K. Kerr Charles W. G. Selby Annie Darton George Adams Neil H. Kennedy ... Jaines T. Bryant Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant James. Guthrie Agnes Ballantyne ... William A. Beilly ... Frances Oudaille Charles Richardson... George Sydney Pope Fred. Scott Aldred ... Sarah Emma Bowden Joseph E. Stevens ... Mrs. Dora Stevens ... William II. Arnold... Christina Scott Ellen Fleming Alfred C. Augur Mrs. Susan Graham Ann F. Jones Jane Goulding William Johnson Jaines McFadzen ... Mungo Allison Gerald Morris Henry Bishop John Menzies HM F AM FP FP M M M M M M F M P M P M F M M P HM HF AM AF FP FP MP FP MP M IIF AF FP MP M M F M M M S M F M F M P M M F M F M F FP M S FP F M M M M M M 158 Ill 112 113 114 115 116 Swift Creek ... Crookston Kelso (1) Heriot Mount Stuart (1) Waitahuna 120 121 122 123 124 125 154 5 0 134 0 0 99 15 0 155 10 0 98 7 4 466 13 4 15 0 0 11 5 0 11 5 0 15 0 0 11 5 0 46 15 0 16 0 0 402 19 0 25 20 25 26 29 148 332 10 0 53 0 0 Waitahuna Gully 341 10 0 41 0 0 13 4 4 78 117 126 118 119 Clarke's Flat... Wetherstone's Lawrence [B] — Lawrence District High 127 128 138 15 0 301 10 0 15 0 0 41 0 0 4 10 0 21 81 120 129 1,085 4 2 69 15 0 252 Bluespur 188 121 130 557 15 0 60 0 0 122 123 Waipori Evans Flat 131 132 186 3 4 190 13 4 22 0 0 28 0 0 3 10 5 43 53 124 125 120 Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat B eaumont 133 134 135 149 13 4 140 15 0 175 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 4 10 0 26 31 41 127 MoaFlat Tuapeka [B] — Eoxburgh ... 136 250 9 0 30 0 0 267 17 .0 54 128 137 392 9 6 45 0 0 121 129 130 Vincent — Bald Hill Flat Alexandra 138 139 143 10 0 327 0 0 15 0 0 41 0 0 24 80 131 Clyde 140 358 1 8 41 0 0 98 132 Cromwell 141 356 11 8 41 0 0 395 0 0 108 133 Bannockburn 142 257 0 0 30 0 0 28 10 0 56 134 135 136 137 138. 139 140 Kawarau Bendigo Nevis Hawea (1) Ida Valley (2) Black's Drybread Maniototo — St. Bathans ... Cambrians Blackstone ... Rough Ridge'(3) Gimmerburn ... Eweburn (4) ... Naseby [B]— Naseby ... 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 144 0 0 108 15 0 104 0 0 108 0 0 02 5 0 167 0 0 161 5 0 11 5 0 15 0 0 11 "V 0 18 0 0 154 0 0 588 0 0 20 25 16 20 11 42 34 22 0 0 18 10 0 12 10 0 0 17 6 141 142 143 144 145 146 150 151 152 153 154 155 124 0 0 154 10 0 117 6 8 41 5 0 * 96 14 8 94 0 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 7 10 0 James Fairlie Morris Agnes McNaughton Henry T. Wilson ... M F M 124 0 0 152 0 0 124 0 0 21 38 20 7 10 0 7 10 0 120 0 William W. Fallows John Botting M M 124 0 0 100 0 0 21 17 147 156 484 13 4 52 0 0 William H. Worsop Mrs. Annie Clark Jessie Cairns Annie Bohning M H F AF FP 244 0 0 129 0 0 95 0 0 25 0 0 153 (1) Open nine months. (2) School closed. (3) School finally closed. (4) Suhsidized school.

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Note.—The sum of £450 10s. 3d. paid for rents or rent allowances has been included in the column " Buildings, Sites, Furniture, and Apparatus," instead of being charged under " Maintenance," against the following schools, viz. : —Teachers' rent allowances : Brighton, £16 12s. 3d.; Albany Street, £50; George Street, £50 ; Eorbury, £40; Glenledi, £5 ; Hooper's Inlet, £15 ; Marewhenua, £20 ; Nevis, £10; North Oamaru, £40 ; South Oamaru, £40 ; Ravensbourne, £40 ; Walton, £20; Normal School, £37 10s. Rent of school building : Stafford Street, £45 12s. Rent of sites : Mosgiel, £12 10s.; Sawyer's Bay, £8 6s.

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6 o Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. o ° >c0 Maintenance. Buildings, '~2 Sites, 11 Teachers' Other Fur™a lre> a a Salaries and Ordinary »™S»tn. 5» Allowances. Expenditure. APP»-^«3-"o - 5$ Maintenance. Expenditure for the Year. Teo.ohers' Names, including all Teachers and ('upil-teiichei's on the Stall at the End of the Year. 6 o Annual so ■$ Salary and Ss pj . Allowance > a '" "o at t he Eate ""f £ g™ Quarter of 132 Pi the Year. 48 .49 .5(1 51 52 Maniototo — continued. Kyeburn Diggings Lower Kyeburn (1) Hamilton Patearoa Hyde 157 158 159 160 161 £ s. d. 149 10 0 24 15 0 170 15 0 71 10 180 15 £ s. d.j 15 0 0 20 10 0 7 10 0 22 0 0 £ s. d. Ralph C. Darling ... 20 0 0 Alice Aimett 5 0 0 Mary Flamank William Ridland ... David Pearson I Elizabeth Annett £ s. d. M 153 0 0 2! F 70 0 0 1] F 124 0 0 2: M 143 0 0 2! M 167 0 0 4: S 20 0 0 M F F M M S 2; i: 2 21 4: Salary of Drill Instructor School Buildings — Supervision of erection Preparing plans, &e. ... Not chargeable to any particular school School appliances 18 5 0 oe»diture No; ', Classified. 411 14 4 350 0 0 174 6 10 277 1 4 54,483 6 lj 5,448 16 4 14,548 17 6 1591;

1 Southland —■ Lumsden 1 152 0 1 14 12 6 7317 0 W. W. Madden ... Lottie Legge Joseph Kilburn Atherton L. Fuller... Clara Shand James Eobson Nellie Christie Thomas Horan Eobert Nesbitt Kenneth Sutherland Duncan McNeil Thomas McKenzie ... Arthur J. Millard ... Herbert A. Wild Samuel E. Girle James Dunbar Thomas Warnock ... William A. Eowe ... Agnes C. Tait A. E. Fcatherstone ... EricK. F. McKay ... Alice G. Lucas George H. Macan ... Thomas Jolly M. A. Jolly M S M M FP M F M MP M MP M MP M M M M M S MP M F M M S 151 10 0 20 0 0 138 0 0 154 7 0 15 0 0 192 16 0 100 0 0 152 0 0 40 0 0 143 0 0 45 0 0 55 5 0 55 0 0 146 0 0 133 0 0 132 0 0 140 10 0 164 12 0 20 0 o 40 0 0 170 17 0 100 0 0 141 0 0 159 10 0 20 0 0 44 2 3 Dipton Limehills Winton [B]— Winton 2 3 138 6 8 160 7 9 12 8 3 14 5 11 25 7 0 6 5 6 33 48 4 4 266 3 2 19 12 1 27 10 0 102 5 North Forest Hill 5 206 18 4 I 17 4 7 42 6 Elderslie 6 189 3 10 14 4 11 24 0 0 33 7 8 South Forest Hill Eyal Bush ... 7 8 78 10 5 210 3 4 10 18 7 14 0 2 7 4 0 37 16 10 15 36 9 .10 11 12 Heddon Bush Wrey's Bush Wairio Waianiwa 9 10 11 12 114 9 11 108 13 4 57 9 1 238 1 7 11 1 7 11 9 9 2 10 7 16 19 8 182 10 0 264 3 5 377 0 0 125 2 0 28 27 32 68 13 Waikiwi 276 12 3 19 13 11 14 5 10 72 13 14 15 Wallaceto wn... West Plain ... 14 15 142 16 8 139 1 4 13 2 8 9 15 6 38 15 0 57 15 0 36 48 Gladstone [BJ— Gladstone ... 306 3 4 22 7 7 15 0 0 Andrew McDonald ... Elizabeth M. Bain ... M F 190 12 0 100 0 0 98 16 16 17 North Invercargill [B] — North Invercargill ... 17 353 6 11 25 8 11 35 5 0 George Hardie Margaret O'Rourke Mary Hardie M F FP 209 13 0 110 0 0 40 0 0 111 Invercargill [B] — Central 1,285 0 7 157 12 10 370 6 6 John Gurr Mary A. Smith Thomas B. B ennett... Edwin W. Gurr W. S. Bain Annie Thomson Jane Fairweather ... Fanny Bethune Frederick Joyce Caroline McLeod ... Flora Melvor James Orr Kate McKenzie Jane G. Smith Agnes McNeilage ... Grace Bryden HM HF AM AM AM AF FP FP MP FP FP HM HF AF FP FP 306 8 0 145 0 0 230 12 0 175 6 0 107 10 0 102 10 0 45 0 0 45 0 0 55 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 212 17 0 125 0 0 105 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 455 18 18 152 _ 19 585 3 6 North (1) Subsidized school,

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Is go ji Schools, and the Counties or Boroughs (the latter marked [B]) in which situate. °rj Expenditure for the Tear. is £ m Maintenance. Buildings, -g.2 Sites, 1| Teachers' Other a g1 Salaries and Ordinary Atm-irariiq g» Allowances. Expenditure. aratus. Maintenance. Expenditure for the Tear. Buildings, I • o Annual tp _ , , _ T ■$ Salary and Bl Teachers Names, . Allowance > S including all Teachers S~ at the Bate < * and l Jupil-teaehers g o a :z /i nlv ; 11o . hr£2 on the Staff at the End §•$ PSl S S'S of the Year. S^ Quarter of fS CM the Year. && Southland — continued. Invercargill [B ] — contd. South School £ s. A. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 1,110 14 0 William Gt. Meliaffey Christian M. Bain ... James Hain William Sebo Margaret Sangster ... Thomas Williamaon Lucy Joyce Margaret Gilrnour ... Christina Hain Ellen Cumming John Kelly James Murdoch Sarah A. Murdoch ... Thomaa Merrie Andrew Young M. A. McDonald ... Edith M. Townshend Sara J. Cameron A. P. Elwell Neil Sutherland Thomas E. Gazzard John B ennett Kenneth McDonald John Officer John S. Andrews John Neill Margaret Buchanan Flora Ross Alexander W. White Mary Milne Margaret Williams ... William J. Williams Hugh Kelly Thomas Monteath .., Robert Stevenson ... James Lumsden Robert Haswell Thomas Carsewell ... David Wassell Thomas Steven Dugald Cameron ... Henry Collins P. W. Culligan John Von Tunzelmann Jessie Carnahan John L. Field Agnes Carnahan Ellen Todd Colin Stevens John Youngson HM HP AM AM AF MP FP FP FP PP M M S MP M S FP P M M M M M M M M F PP M P PP M M M MP M M M M M M M M M I FP M S FP M M 294 18 0 135 0 0 214 0 0 153 12 0 105 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 71 10 0 146 10 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 162 5 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 136 0 0 151 2 0 147 0 0 138 0 0 130 0 0 143 0 0 139 0 0 133 0 0 192 13 0 112 10 0 25 0 0 187 1 0 112 10 0 25 0 0 132 0 0 147 0 0 156 17 Ol 40 0 0 66 10 0 141 0 0 78 10 0 148 0 0 48 15 0 151 0 0 138 10 0 138 0 0 151 6 0 25 0 0 156 17 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 55 5 0 151 0 0 4& Otatara Bush Clifton 19 20 21 22 109 0 7 225 16 4 11 4 2 14 12 4 236 5 0 22 45 21 Campbelltown [B] — Campbelltown ..• 2a 215 14 11 18 14. 0 44 0 0 22 2a 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Athol Waikaia Knapdale Pukerau Otaria Pinnacle Chatton Riversdale Gore 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 104 1 8 167 12 0 147 7 4 145 13 4 141 16 8 145 10 0 128 13 4 11 1 8 320 8 7 11 2 6 14 7 11 14 11 3 12 1 9 11 4 11 12 19 4 11 11 6 10 0 0 213 10 0 42 10 0 21 5; 4: 3i 21 3; 3' 22 11 3 10 0 0 389 8 0 201 16 6 * I n: 31 Mataura 33 330 11 9 24 6 3 6 15 6 li! 32 33 34 Tuturau Wyndham Edendalc 34 35 36 134 8 4 149 9 8 156 4 11 11 13 6 10 8 0 10 5 8 156 0 0 220 4 9 2! 4! 5' 85 36 37 :-S8 39 40 41 42 43 Mimihau South Wyndham Pine B ush Fortrose Iiedgehope ... ' Grove B ush ... Roslyn Bush... Myross Bush Woodlands ... 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 107 11 8 107 11 8 79 0 10 143 8 9 41 13 4 151 16 8 125 12 6 136 15 5 190 2 8 11 5 6 10 15 0 14 11 5 10 18 6 13 2 11 12 1 2 11 9 7 14 16 8 18 15 0 20 14 0 2( 3: 1! 4! 1( 31 2i 2i 5< 9 13 0 35 14 0 6 15 0 44 Longbush 46 192 10 2 14 13 7 9 12 0 5< 45 46 Oteramika One-Tree Point Wallace —■ Orepulri 47 48 69 0 5 144 11 8 13 6 0 12 12 3 12 10 0 19 8 0 r 4: •17 48 Eiverton [B]— Riyerton ... Limestone Plains ... Otautau Gummie's Bush Groper's Bush Flint's Bush ... LakePembroke Cardrona Macetown Upper Shotover , ... Millar's Flat... " ... Lower Shotover Moke Creek ... Arrowtown ... 49 50 217 5 3 705 17 6 16 18 8 48 11 2 287 5 0 141 18 0 Henry P. Young Emily M. Young ... Elizabeth Escott Edmund Webber ... Jessie Brown Charles A. Strack ... Emily G. Cassells ... Catherine Pullarton Edwin J. Tall Emily Robinson John Macrae Thomas Kernahan ... John Gray John M. Dark John McLeod M S PP HM HP AM AP PP MP PP M M M M M 159 13 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 267 15 0 125 0 0 163 4 0 100 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 151 0 0 136 0 0 138 0 0 139 0 0 140 0 0 27: 6: 49* 50 51 52 53 51 52 53 54 55 130 8 4 160 17 4 125 11 8 118 18 4 143 6 4 12 4 6 14 6 0 11 19 6 12 18 11 15 1 11 194 5 0 77 2 6 28 0 0 17 16 0 22 0 0 31 s: Si 3. 3( 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 56 57 58 59 GO 61 62 6a 129 11 6 J.21 6 8 "80 14 7 132 15 0 126 7 11 119 13 3 74 3 4 281 1 6 13 4 2 11 6 0 10 17 0 11 12 1 11 1 11 14 8 5 10 14 6 21 15 11 35 10 0 45 0 0 32 18 0 40 0 0 George J. H. Bennett George Hassing Joseph Needham ... William W. Browne David C. Stock ... John Williamson William McMonagle John P. Sutherland... Marjory F. Sutherland M M M M M M M M P 143 0 0 132 0 0 132 0 0 132 0 0 131 0 0 158 0 0 55 5 0 171 9 0 100 0 0 3! 2' 2' 2' 2l 4; 1' 7; 20 0 0

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Table No. 10. List of the Public Schools in the several Education Distbicts, with the Number of Teachers' and Custodians' Houses, the Area of each School, and the Attendance of the Pupils, for the Year 1882. Note 1.-—In column 3, dimensions of buildings not belonging to Boards are entered within brackets, thus [ ]. Note 2.—In the ease of a school not open during all the four quarters of the year, the figures in the "Whole Year" average column represent the average attendance for the period within the year during which the school was actually open, and consequently the exact average of the four quarters' attendance for the whole of an education district in which all the schools were not open during the entire year is less than the sum of the " Whole Year" average column. In the total of each education district both results are shown, the upper line giving the sum of the column, the under line representing the exact total average of the four quarters.

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la I || 1° o ffi Schools, arrl the Coun.ii.'S'j or Boroughs (tiio latter marked [BJ) in which situate. o • o g ? ■? II Maintenance. Buildings, Bites, Teachers' Other Furniture, Salaries and Ordinary . ma. Allowances. Expenditure. Maintc Expe; iditure for the Year. o Teachers' Names, ~ including all Teachers -5-^ and iJupil-te;iclit;r.-i p o on the Statt' at tlic End ■•:. ■§ of the Year. % K o Annual Salary and Allowance | at (be Hate paid during the Last Quarter of the Year. O 1 t* cS Teachers' Salaries and AllowancesLake — continued. Queenstown ... £ s. A. £ s. d. £ s. d. 345 6 1 26 14 1 70 10 0 John Meliaffey ... M Beatrice E. Mehaffey F Amy Scully ... PI Christina Wraytt ... F £ s. d. 194 12 0 110 0 0 30 0 0 64 0 0 115 r,2 Fairlight Stewart's Island— Half moon Bay 64 70 9 1 10 13 6 1 10 6 155 16 8 11 11 6, M F FP F c»:! 65 20 (ii 00 William Peterson ... M M 132 10 0 25 Appliances, kc. Inspection, plant, &c, ... Sites Expenditure Not Classified. 93 5 8, 158 14 6] I 59 13 2J 13,488 13 9 1,044 16 8j 4,671 2 2 3,926

School!. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■els t: la 11.= c U "" i rt u "i -fit bSj. S •=■_ ° E °J2 Z tl« in 9 S> %£ its Hi |f| fa 21a" .C in S *-• u of) -C^'* 1 gSo Z-g-S g.S Em •I g1 I |S 5School Roll. Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Average. If II Fourth Quarter. Whole Boys. Girls. Total. ( Kaitaia I Mauiigatete Oruru "Victoria Valley Mangonui Totara Kaco "Whangaroa North Hokianga Kolmkohu Okaihau Waimate Kawakawa Pakaru Te Wharau f Russell J. Orongo (. Wahapu Arapohue ( Whakahara Tokatoka Aratapu T<jj_Kopuru Dargaville ( Matakohe \ Omaru Paparoa Maungaturoto Kaiwaka Mangawai ( Whareora ( Kaino Kauriholiore Otonga Whungarei 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i [280] 455 330 455 640 480 600 [600] 483 [589] 384 [300] 1,100 263 480 600 306 [144] 384 455 375 1,100 840 840 600 216 967 680 600 455 '^336] 1,680 800 455 1,600 26 30 24 26 36 24 42 31 43 24 28 24 114 30 20 23 19 8 12 6 21 12 29 37 8 21 13 12 69 11 7 27 18 5 52 8 15 57 25 31 2 1 17 8 9 6 7 76 18 13 75 16 20 9 3 19 2 35 28 14 7 8 1 84 3 7 16 4 3 43 13 10 44 25 44 9 12 5 6 9 6 10 40 22 8 43 29 18 27 20 38 34 36 40 37 38 33 35 99 38 20 34 14 10 45 9 15 94 51 48 17 21 18 20 17 30 23 27 34 32 33 26 18 75 28 19 26 13 10 31 7 12 78 41 34 14 21-25 19 18-25 16 27-5 19 28 33-25 34-25 29 26 18-75 78-75 24-25 18-75 27-25 12 9-25 17 8-75 12-25 64-25 38-75 36-75 1266 8 37-5 27-75 19 15 11-25 86-5 33 14-75 104 10 10 10 8 20 16 14 20 19 19 13 10 41 21 12 13 4 3 18 4 8 42 28 21 7 12 8 12 12 12 7 14 15 14 15 14 10 37 11 7 14 9 7 15 3 5 37 14 14 8 22 18 22 20 32 23 28 35 33 34 27 20 78 32 19 27 13 10 33 7 13 79 42 35 15 22-5 19-25 22-25 19-25 30 20 3025 3475 34-75 29-75 28-75 21-5 85 27-75 19-25 28-5 12-66 9-5 21 9 13-5 67 42-5 40-25 1533 9 41-75 32-25 22-25 16-25 12-5 90-75 36-5 16-25 108-5 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 36 14 10 81 51 61 24 11 57 36 28 20 16 113 53 19 125 69 38 28 20 13 149 49 24 157 44 29 16 16 9 97 31 17 116 "24 18 9 9 6 53 17 10 68 21 13 9 8 5 45 16 8 49 45 31 18 17 11 98 33 18 117 1 1 1

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Schools. Ail which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ■§|s Isl - CO J* 'C cr P-,""; Sis Viil School Roll. tog 1 g> <£ s & 1 a . _-C . o " o o g a o a -a fi |.5 c to School Roll. Strict Average. jz H a) . Fourth Quarter. g i oj Whole o a >£ I i r Year--'O' ■* Boys, j Girls, j Total. Average Attendance. Working Average. (Parua Bay, No. 1 (.ParuaBay, No. 2 Whangarei Heads ( Maungatapere (Otaika C Ruatangata East ... ( Ruatangate West... ( Mangapai No. 1 ... \ Mangapai No. 2 ... Maun gakaramea ... ( Waikiekie East ( Waikiekie West ... Ruakaka Waipu Cave Waipu Cove Waipu North River Waipu Central Waipu Upper TePahi. Albertland North... TeArai f Komokoriki No. 1 ( Komokoriki No. 2 Pakiri — Port Albert Wellsford Wharehino Tauhoa Hoteo North Omaha (Little) ( Matakana Upper ... } Big Omaha ( Matakana Lower ... j Mullet Point t Mahurangi Heads Warkworth Dome Valley . ... Kaipara "Flats Puhoi Wainui Waiwera - .. . Great Barrier Kawau Kaukapakapa $ lielensvillo (Woodhill f Kumeu | Hobsonvillc Wade Pukeafcua Lucas Creek Hoi'theote Lake Devonport Henderson's Mill... Titirangi Waikomiti Muddy Creek fWellesley Street ... | Beresford Street ... J Nelson Street Howe Street [High Street Parnell f Onehunga Boys' ... ( Onehunga Girls' ... Whau Ponsonby ( Newton West ....• \ Newton East Mount Albert Mount Eden ... ». v Graf ton Road ... "'.. f Mount Hobson Boys' ( Mount Hobson Girls' Ellerslie 448 300 1 432 455 280 455 455 455 [456] 1 840 \ 1 ([280] ) l I 242 [384] 192 600 1 640 1 800 1 756 [1,350] [320] 455 [180] [150] 300 1 600 600 456 1 456 [360] 1 504 480 480 1 480 330 448 1 1,084 600 483 1 648 I 1 455 1 450 ... [468] 1 840 j 1,200 1 600 [540] 1 [540] 455 455 000 1 880 1 840 1 2,530 600 1 540 [600] [140] ! 10,510 6,776 3,316 [900] [1,840] 5,280 | 1 [ 3680j 1 1,260 5,866 1 3,350 t'336 100 1 2J136 4,746 1,7(31 1 2,070 1 600 24 15 7 32 12 2 1 13 31 7 7 31 17 5 10 12 15 15 18 12 16 14 9 21 26 7 14 19 13 2 1 14 7 2 3 6 52 15 11 56 16 6 2 20 13 3 ... 16 15 11 10 16 13 3 3 13 35 5 6 34 35 19 17 37 47 20 23 44 65 26 26 65 16 13 7 22 29 9 6 32 27 2 3 26 11 3 4 10 10 1 ... 11 14 2 1 15 42 25 15 52 18 10 12 16 32 7 6 33 24 8 7 25 30 5 9 26 35 21 12 44 21 9 7 23 18 3 I 1 20 15 10 5 20 32 7 4 35 21 7 i 5 23 66 24 i 15 75 42 20 | 27 35 16 15 | 6 25 59 18 ! 17 60 23 11 9 25 39 10 8 41 18 1 ... 19 6 2 ... 8 49 26 21 54 69 59 45 83 26 16 22 20 20 4 7 17 17 11 8 20 25 16 12 29 19 7 7 19 18 4 6 16 48 51 30 69 31 3 14 20 175 156 66 265 31 31 18 44 13 7 8 12 29 10 17 22 8' ... 8 966 | 694 576 1,084 629 I 589 523 695 323 j 446 395 374 70 I 26 96 104 162 134 132 350 327 257 420 115 139 85 169 102 148 67 183 71 ■ 59 44 j 86 518 469 318 669 210 160 143 227 515 510 330 695 130 99 82 147 249 155 182 222 230 312 201 341 151 167 118 200 124 75 58 141 47 52 25 74 28 20-5 13 16 29 22'25 13 11-5 4 9 13 11'75 23 '2075 12 13 25 24'5 11 15 3 9 12 15-66 9 11-66 4 6 10 14 17 14-25 8 10 18 16 17 15-25 8 9 17 16-75 12 11-25| 8 5 13 12 5 5 4 2 6 5-75 44 36-5 24 23 47 42-25 18 14 9 9 18 15-25 15 14-25 7 8 15 15-25 11 11-25 7 5 12 13 11 11-5 5 6 11 12 32 31 19 14 33 32'5 23 21-5 13 11 24 27'5 37 36-25 22 16 38 41 48 41-75 22 27 49 46'25 16 15-25 9 8 17 16-25 22 ' 22 10 13 23 23'75 21 21-25 10 12 22 22'25 7 8-25 4 3 7 8-5 9 8-25 6 4 10 9 14 13 6 8 14 13-25 36 27-5 14 23 37 30'75 11 11 4 8 12 13-5 25 22-25 14 11 25 24'25 19 18-75 9 11 20 20-25 18 18-25 14 8 22 22 35 27-75 17 20 37 31 15 13-75 10 6 16 15-75 12 14 6 7 13 14-5 18 16-751 7 11 18 17-5 27 27-5 j 17 11 28 28 15 15-5 i 7 12 19 18-25 51 | 48-751 27 | 27 54 53'5 21 I 23-5 : 11 I 11 22 26-5 14 | 14-25| 8 9 17 16 48 ! 40 26 27 53 I 50 20 j 17-5 ; 8 18 21 19 29 ; 29-25 15 ' 16 31 31 20 i 19 11 j 10 21 19-25 7 7-251 6 1 7 ! 7-25 47 41-5 25 23 48 44 50 50-75 27 26 53 55'5 16 17-25 11 6 17 19-25 13 12-75 4 10 14 14-25 14 15-25 9 7 16 16-5 20 19 12 9 21 19-75 10 11-5 6 9 15 16-5 13 15-75 8 5 13 16 47 51-25 31 20 51 54 11 15-25 5 9 14 18-25 192 156-75 111 81 192 159-25 31 26-75 19 15 34 29'25 8 9 5 6 11 12-75 17 19-75 10 8 18 21-25 8 8 944 902 525 460 985 937'25 583 549-5 312 273 585 579'75 290 270-5 141 149 290 287'75 53 53-5 83 76 50 39 89 86'5 330 303 179 153 332 313 126 101-25 123 3 126 111-25 128 91-75 ... 129 129 100 67 56-75 36 32 68 62-25 58K 524-5 309 280 589 535 162 147-5 90 73 163 168 547 475 | 296 252 548 480'25 117 104-5 73 46 119 107-5 167 193 99 70 169 201-75 308 279 159 149 308 287 143 121-5 82 62 144 125'5 99 j 96 43 60 103 101'75 47 42-5 27 23 50 44'75 1 1 1 1 I' 1 1 "l i i

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. ill **•* o c S 0 o rt o 3 bo ZS a g-a>< I School Roll. - § go z' Strict Average. ■verage Attendance. Working Averagi If fa 6 U Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. I Total. TamakiWest Panmure Mount Eoskill Manukau Heads ... Howick Waiheke Island ... Pakuranga Otahuhu Mangere Woodside Flat Bush Otara Turanga Creek Papakura Valley ... ( Papakura i Drury Ardmore ("Wairoa South (Ness Valley Hunua Maraetai ( Ararimu (Maketu B oinbay Awhitu ("Waiuku Brookside Kariaotahi -{ Kohekohe IMaioro Waipipi (JWaitangi CPuni \ Patumahoe Pukekohe West ... Pukekohe East ( HarrisTille <t Tuakau Pokeno Hill f Pokeno Valley < Queen's Redoubt ... C Maungatawliiri Valley Coromandel Driving Creek Mercury Bay Tararu (Waiokaraka Waiotahi Creek ... f Kauaeranga Boys' "( Kauaeranga Girls' Parawai Thames Orphanage Hastings Tairua Turua ( Hikutaia IPuriri ( Paeroa < Mackaytown (. Waitekauri Te Aroha West ... f Te Aroha Goldfield ( Owharoa Baglan Waitetuna Ruapuke Te Mata Harapipi Mercer Wairanga Eangiriri Churchill Miranda Kaiawa Huntly Taupiri Hamilton East 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 700 1,840 600 [100] 680 600 1,150 1,926 1,150 550 600 [1,220] 600 600 1,375 600 300 1,100 [384] [600] 455 [448] 840 1,260 400 1,340 400 [220] 847 400 435 400 600 800 1,400 840 600 800 600 600 600 600 1,296 1,301 352 3,105 4,400 1,872 3,105 3,520 1,200 [650] 600 [560] [325] 600 480 600 [264] 480 600 [552] 420 [490] 485 600 480 600 760 455 280 455 [150] [142] 600 600 2,185 36 56 44 14 50 110 163 68 35 34 99 28 51 81 60 26 91 19 39 26 34 34 106 29 94 21 23 31 24 46 41 45 71 151 57 43 103 36 47 15 92 43 1 23 28 19 100 22 35 23 43 22 12 28 17 18 33 10 8 8 19 54 33 24 31 9 6 9 23 20 12 31 33 88 17 20 30 21 13 27 6 54 35 28 88 255 134 223 190 146 14 10 24 13 18 17 53 11 14 31 85 30 14 11 10 26 4 37 2 17 35 8 6 33 14 80 15 42 26 3 18 19 77 20 16 8 43 19 10 12 15 11 32 6 7 6 5 15 23 21 21 6 3 7 12 16 19 26 28 44 23 12 44 13 13 36 106 61 12 55 28 110 186 70 54 49 99 31 53 97 62 33 92 23 40 28 48 73 116 32 104 24 26 33 35 50 34 50 76 195 51 51 89 44 47 27 28 110 75 43 171 339 165 442 307 155 28 40 44 14 16 57 82 17 22 26 97 23 30 29 11 30 29 44 16 25 26 76 45 11 36 20 64 137 50 34 32 74 22 40 73 49 22 73 18 29 23. 39 45 82 19 68 15 24 22 27 38 24 29 46 102 36 39 45 30 32 24 19 69 64 26 120 241 133 370 232 111 22 30 34 11 14 32 51 13 19 26 56 18 20 17 7 20 15 32 15 18 23-75 61-25 41-75 10-5 34-25 22-75 64 128 54 3175 29-75 68 22-5 38-75 62-75 45-5 20-25 72-75 17 26 21-5 30-5 41-75 79-25 17 67-5 145 23-75 23-25 18-25 36-5 24-25 25-25 39-5 96-75 34-25 31 55-75 28-25 31 24 19-75 102 78-75 20-25 127 235-5 121-25 352-5 218 86-75 23 28-5 32-75 12-75 12-5 33-25 49-25 14-75 21 26 45 18 18-75 16 7 19 16-25 36-5 15-75 19-25 7-66 11 933 42-75 20-5 93 17 44 22 7 17 9 36 82 32 20 20 31 13 20 40 22 13 32 10 17 13 19 20 41 11 39 10 14 14 13 18 13 17 20 61 20 15 24 13 16 13 12 64 34 21 72 124 60 221 67 63 13 17 24 4 7 25 28 8 13 12 30 8 17 6 5 13 10 21 10 10 11 37 24 5 25 11 41 56 24 16 16 44 12 21 33 28 10 42 9 13 11 20 26 51 11 32 6 10 10 15 22 13 15 29 63 16 25 31 17 18 12 8 39 31 7 53 119 74 150 165 48 9 15 11 8 7 12 25 7 0 15 28 10 9 13 3 9 8 18 6 9 28 81 46 12 42 20 77 138 56 36 36 75 25 41 73 50 23 74 19 30 24 39 46 92 22 71 16 24 24 28 40 26 32 49 124 36 40 55 30 34 25 20 103 65 28 125 243 134 371 232 111 22 32 35 12 14 37 53 15 19 27 58 18 26 19 8 22 18 39 16 19 26-25 64-5 43-25 11-75 41-75 23-5 71-5 130-25 57-75 34 32-5 70-75 24-25 41-5 65-5 47 21 75 18-5 29 22-25 32-5 44-25 93-5 20-75 71-5 15-25 24 26 20-25 38 27-25 29 43-75 112-25 37 32-5 64-5 30 35-25 25 21-25 117 87-25 24-75 1335 246-75 126-75 381 225-5 91-25 23-75 30 34-25 13-25 13 3675 52-75 16-75 21-75 27 48-75 18-33 24-25 19-25 8-25 20 19 41-5 16-25 20-75 10 16-66 1033 45-75 22-25 106 1 1 1 26 145 120 25 163 317 163 439 244 66 31 34 44 15 19 47 63 18 20 89 80 10 80 233 132 220 127 57 17 4 34 14 21 7 34 12 12 5 17 7 3 15 11 16 3 43 4 14 41 23 14 25 6 74 " 1 ' 1 1 " 1 "29 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 33 12 20 28 50 18 22 6 15 8 57 24 142 1 1 1 65 32 148 43 24 102 27 12 57 20 13 53 47 25 110

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. "2 8 111 (1) 4J i 13.2 •Sis I -Si,: sis I5l 8 IS | fa Z.S « School Roll. £-3 (Jo go ?!l g M 2" Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Average. o 5 Fourth Quarter. Whole I Year. Boys. Girls. \ Total. Kirikiriroa Hautapu Cambridge Ngaruawahia Pukete Hamilton "West ... Whatawhata Ngakinepouri TeEore Alexandra Paterangi Ohaupo TeBalra Pukerimu Cambridge West ... Eangiaohia Te Awamutu Mangapiko Kihikihi C Waitoa X Waihou ? Katikati No. 1 ] Katikati No. 2 ... (. Katikati No. 3 Tauranga G reerton Opotiki 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 455 600 2,065 870 456 1,950 680 600 600 868 840 720 600 600 600 600 840 455 680 458 [680] 455 600 600 1,024 456 980 31 40 195 80 30 183 26 13 25 66 42 55 33 24 56 43 57 29 55 23 13 13 68 18 135 20 111 10 13 134 31 7 68 26 9 7 22 23 20 16 10 31 7 32 7 35 13 2 11 14 7 107 11 57 17 8 105 23 5 38 16 4 12 21 14 21 10 8 15 3 19 3 18 12 1 16 14 7 106 9 44 24 45 224 88 32 213 36 18 20 67 51 54 39 26 72 47 70 33 72 24 14 8 68 18 136 22 124 21 32 161 57 22 181 23 11 14 49 39 40 30 20 52 38 64 22 56 23 12 9 39 15 100 18 96 21-25 30 154-75[ 60-5 22-75 157 24-75 9-5 12-75 48-5 35 37-75 25-75 20-5 48-25 37-75 60-5 20-25 50 19 11-75 12 44-25 15 111 14-75 99-75 10 20 83 29 9 90 13 6 10 2G 14 21 14 9 31 21 36 12 27 12 8 5 20 8 54 8 50 12 15 70 28 17 90 12 6 5 25 26 20 16 II 22 IS 2H 11 80 11 5 5 29 7 47 10 47 22 35 162 57 26 186 25 12 15 51 40 41 30 20 53 39 64 23 57 23 13 10 49 15 101 18 97 21-75 33-75 158 61-5 26-5 167-75 27 10'5 14-5 51-5 36-75 40 27-25 22 50 39-25 61 22 54 19 12-5 13 51-5 15-75 116-25 16 1O5'75 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 14,038 9,801 7,738 16,101 12,190 6,595 6,046 12,275 12,330-97 12,223-25 ]1564 31 11463-75

fOkato \ Tataraimaka ( Oakura j Kom (. Omata fWest West Infant Branch | Courtenay Street ... j Katiau ] East I East Infant Branch j Fitzroy l^Erankley Eoad ( Mangorei Lower ... \ Mangorei Upper ... f Kent Eoad Lower } Kent Eoad Upper J Albert Eoad (.Egmont Village ... ( Smart Eoad j Egmont Eoad 1 Upland Eoad C Bell Block C Waitara West ( Waitara East ( Manutahi Huirangi Tikorangi Urenui fWortleyBoad I Inglewood Girls' ... J. Inglowood Boys' ... I Norfolk Eoad LWaipuku ( Midhirst \ Stratford Opunake Pukearuhc 1 1 1 294 294 882 395 495 796 [1,320] 1,980 674 1,496 512 [600] 484 280 280 294 395 294 441 • 280 395 395 781 700 672 692 574 900 280 395 679 588 520 520 441 ■$97 1,560 [288] 22 24 57 33 19 9 27 30 51 116 39 89 32 134 56 53 7 21 18 9 2 10 10 14 4 24 51 53 35 21 35 8 12 35 39 33 14 47 47 57 42 14 13 13 5 13 49 63 37 91 47 42 2 3 6 5 16 10 3 11 6 5 2 26 49 29 31 12 25 1 10 28 22 10 17 5 82 42 1 41 30 53 22 63 65 127 102 127 62 92 54 50 13 29 32 25 12 50 17 20 20 74 65 69 64 51 84 18 39 57 61 55 27 42 61 77 35 30 18 39 15 36 43 72 62 107 45 61 46 24 11 21 25 21 9 33 14 14 15 54 52 44 39 34 53 15 25 39 36 26 16 31 36 51 31 20-75 18-75 39 13-25 31-5 47-25 63-5 66-75 103-5 5625 61-5 35-5 18-33 11-75 18-5 21-25 17-5 9-75 34 11-5 9-25 14-25 53-25 53 39-25 38-5 31-25 48-5 14-75 23-25 33-75 32-25 21-25 14-5 23-25 30-25 56-5 23-66 23 11 24 7 18 44 40 10 8 18 8 22 33 19 42 15 40 44 78 66 107 47 63 46 28 11 21 25 22 9 39 15 16 15 58 56 45 44 35 55 15 30 39 37 34 20 33 40 51 31 22-75 2075 42-5 13-25 3575 48-25 69 70-5 105-75 57-25 65-25 35-5 24 12 18-5 22-25 18-5 9-75 41-25 12-75 11-25 14-75 59 55-75 42-25 44-5 32-5 52 15-25 27-75 34-75 34-25 29-25 21-25 49-75 35-75 57 23-66 ' 1 1 46 63 74 100 129 77 38 66 66 1 1 1 1 12 13 SO 26 13 51 13 11 18 75 63 45 60 42 74 17 37 50 44 32 30 41 47 31 24 17 8 9 12 13 4 24 9 7 12 30 29 26 22 19 25 9 15 5 37 15 9 13 19 24 17 32 22 11 3 12 13 9 5 15 6 9 3 28 27 19 22 16 30 6 15 34 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 11 20 21 27 14 1 46 62 Totals 1,456 1,336 807 1,985 1,343 739 685 1,424 1,38616 1,331-5 19 1,261-21 1,233

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ill I |Srt ill G 4) '"" i t. «j i/l I School Roll. iverage Attendance. Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. s x ™ ■ss|| sEj. a rC O E O S to iff H o c •- - Hi &*% i** is* ljf_ J_ i! S c ,E 2-a pi Eg, Strict Average. Working Avcrag. e. Is 2> Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Manaia Ngaire Normanby Hawera. Whakamara Manutahi Woodville Kakaramea Patea Whenuakura Kohi Waverly Waitotara Maxwell Brunswick Goat Valley TJpokongaro Aramoho Mosstown /• Wanganui Girls' ... 3 Wanganui Boys' ... v- Wanganui Infants' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2,080 1,201 1,178 2,285 [120] 459 [168] 459 1,745 459 324 1,596 468 393 414 432 1,032 2,128 400 2,730 3,198 2,046 [477] 569 480 600 400 500 408 384 1,200 216 419 475 361 237 2,046 648 400 857 420 2,078 708 [160] 3,430 531 1,032 2,262 531 1,008 800 800 680 806 3,675 476 1,122 493 150 2,460 354 1,032 110 40 81 72 188 174 13 5 31 20 23 8 39 16 198 152 25 6 15 3 155 60 23 12 30 17 28 13 36 17 31 8 110 96 45 25 278 110 243 146 81 188 13 31 23 39 198 25 15 155 23 30 28 36 31 110 45 278 243 8 4 57 98 3 17 9 15 102 11 1 25 9 2 8 16 5 82 13 72 105 102 36 96 264 15 34 22 40 248 20 27 190 26 45 33 37 34 124 57 316 284 82 28 75 198 11 28 13 30 196 19 22 115 21 31 31 27 26 99 37 238 226 76'5 26 70-5 171-25 10-5 23-75 13 29-5 175-25 21 21-25 124-5 19 23 27-25 26-5 27-25 85-75 27-25 234-25 229 37 14 41 113 4 18 9 16 99 13 12 70 11 15 19 13 16 56 20 46 15 34. 85 8 10 5 15 100 6 12 68 10 16 12 16 10 44 17 238 83 29 75 198 12 28 14 31 199 19 24 138 21 31 31 29 26 100 37 238 226 77-5 26-5 71-25 175 11-5 25-25 15 30-75 177-75 21-5 23-25 133-5 19-25 25-75 27-75 30-5 27-75 92-5 32 234-25 229 1 1 1 1 1 1 226 Okoia Mars Hill Eaitoki Matarawa Denlair Riverton Wangaehu Turakina Glen Nevis Upper Tutaenui ... Porewa Turatina Valley ... Western Rangitikei Marton Mount View Crof ton Greatf ord South Makirikiri .. • Bull's Parawanui Sandridge Halcombe Bunnythorpe Makino Eoad FeUding Ashurst Sanson Campbelltown Awahuri Taonui Stoney Creek Palmerston North Carnarvon Karere •Tackeytown Oroua Bridge Poxton Moutoa Otaki ■■■">, ... i i i i i i \ 241 241 232 44 36 35 10 18 5 28 14 29 16 20 2 39 11 90 19 44 35 18 28 29 20 39 90 16 71 33 25 20 139 38 31 37 24 183 33 8 120 54 ?41 227 30 101 36 46 41 69 272 22 76 39 170 34 12 4 6 11 6 18 18 1 16 13 9 10 51 9 13 18 4 74 6 303 46 33 19 36 34 16 32 91 15 75 38 21 19 161 45 35 31 27 173 37 9 146 63 65 266 37 111 46 52 36 68 353 38 81 35 9 175 20 57 267 32 25 16 25 23 15 26 77 9 62 28 15 13 121 30 29 23 21 133 26 9 129 38 45 192 28 66 29 30 30 48 248 19 63 26 9 131 14 45 228-25 38 24-5 16-75 24-75 20-25 17 26-75 71-75 10-75 63-75 27-5 19-25 15 116-25 26-25 27-75 27 20-5 130-25 27-5 9 118-25 33-5 41-5 181-5 26-25 75-75 24-25 29-5 22-75 40-25 19S 20-5 60-5 2975 7-5 129 13-75 39-75 144 19 13 9 16 13 7 16 43 9 29 17 10 8 75 18 16 11 12 65 13 1 67 21 24 95 16 44 14 19 14 26 136 15 36 15 4 64 6 23 123 13 13 7 10 13 8 10 34 2 33 11 5 6 46 12 14 13 10 68 14 8 62 18 22 97 12 34 16 14 16 22 112 8 27 14 5 67 9 23 267 32 26 16 26 26 15 26 77 11 62 28 15 14 121 30 30 24 22 133 27 9 129 39 46 192 28 78 30 33 30 48 248 23 63 29 9 131 15 46 229-5 40 25-5 17 25-5 23-75 17 27-5 75-7S 11-75 64 28 19-5 15-5 117-25 28-25 28-5 28 21-5 136-5 29-25 9 120-25 38 43 187-25 26-75 80 29-75 32-5 25-75 41-75 208-5 22-25 60-75 32 7-5 131-75 16 43 i i i i i i i i i i i i i 16 71 20 33 18 25 5 20 9 139 73 38 16 31 17 37 12 24 7 183 64 33 10 8 1 120 62 54 39 51 227 126 30 16 101 42 36 23 46 29 41 35 69 19 272 204 22 21 76 23 39 5 9 143 83 26 6 55 26 i i 36 31 27 87 9 32 13 23 40 20 123 15 18 9 i i i i i i i i i 143 26 55 51 11 24 i Totals 46 4,212 2,526 1,734 5,004 3,768 3.540.25 3,48075 2,025 1,818 3,843 3,672-75 3,612-5

Tenui Taueru G-ladstone Waihenga Eketahuna Maurieeyille Opaki 1 1 1 1 1 262 396 480 486 450 657 494 16 23 35 84 37 54 89 26 18 11 19 15 27 12 9 16 5 16 17 16 17 33 25 41 87 36 65 84 26 23 21 30 2 1. 53 26 21-25 24-25 22 29-5 23 47-75 28-5 18 15 14 17 15 26 13 9 8 9 13 10 27 14 27 23 2", 30 25 53 27 22-25 24-25 24-5 30-5 23-75 48-25

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•got; I? Us IP c o « o 8 ■« In School Roll. ■vcrage Attendance. Schools. ill which belong to one School District connected by bracket. b % a c ■« t a »" S rt o s to Z.S to p I Is E"3>III II if U to Strict Average, Fourth Quarter. Working Average. Whole Boys, j Girls. I Y ear. Total. Fern Biclge Masterton Waingawa Clareville Park Vale Carfcerton Matarawa Waihakeke Grreytown Kaitara Tauherenikau Featherston Kaiwaiwai Kaitoke Mungaroa Whiteman's Wallace tipper Hutt Taita Hutt Wainuiomata Petone Korokoro Horokiwi Judgeford Pahautanui Porirua Tawa Flat Ohariu Johnsonville Kaiwarra Wadestown Makara Karori Thorndon Thorndon Infants' Terrace Te Aro Te Aro Infants' Mount Cook Boys' Mount Cook Girls' Mount Cook Infants' Newtown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 574 3,992 578 1,060 420 2,319 437 [240] 2,090 456 339 1,958 437 230 144 320 320 1,368 1,317 1,819 720 540 [270] 396 391 1,536 323 1,160 660 437 1,240 510 660 1,323 5,632 [1,421] 2,350 [5,872] [2,560] 5,328 4,000 3,920 3,232 82 366 26 80 28 258 35 28 203 40 17 126 28 30 32 29 95 87 198 24 34 301 5 76 29 192 14 18 90 22 4 63 9 23 12 29 14 46 44 75 12 131 7 6 9 41 18 17 14 29 28 22 6 52 209 146 144 346 216 200 206 483 188 36 212 14 48 11 213 13 16 95 25 8 34 8 35 7 3 8 36 31 70 7 42 18 13 4 27 14 17 17 25 29 8 14 47 237 136 92 294 151 196 150 286 154 80 51 49-25 455 328 363-25 17 11 14 108 79 73-75 46 27 26-25 237 207 209-25 36 21 23-5 30 27 26-25 198 157 174-5 37 22 25-25 13 11 115 155 84 106-75 29 26- 23-5 18 11 16 37 31 29 26 24 21-5 35 20 21-5 105 78 73-5 100 60 62-5 203 124 131-25 29 18 17-5 89 56 57-75 17 13 17 16 10 13-5 40 38 36 68 45 43 35 23 24-25 76 51 52-25 41 28 31-5 73 50 46-75 98 61 69 42 28 29-75 36 24 29-25 90 46 60-25 378 272 316-25 149 94 114-25 302 207 234-75 491 319 375 314 195 207-75 351 246 294-5 336 217 264-75 577 358 397 388 224 298-25 25 202 8 42 13 110 14 15 89 11 5 72 16 8 17 13 10 48 38 75 12 24 4 6 15 18 14 29 14 26 36 21 12 34 172 50 I 146 ! 162 j 137 264 32 150 4 39 15 99 12 13 76 13 6 52 10 6 14 11 15 31 30 58 7 35 13 5 23 30 10 25 14 26 29 14 13 22 100 47 | 83 200 77 57 55 352 372-75 12 1525 81 77-25 28 29-75 209 216-5 26 27 28 27 165 177-75 24 28 11 11-75 124 119-25 26 23-75 14 20.25 31 29 24 21-5 25 25-25 79 76-25 68 66-25 133 143-5 19 18-75 59 60-25 17 18-25 11 15 38 36 48 46 24 26-25 54 55-25 28 32 52 49-5 65 70-75 35 31-5 25 30-75 56 66-5 272 316-25 97 119-25 229 241-5 362 387'25 214 219-5 264 299-75 233 27125 423 422-5 267 315-25 1 1 1 "l 28 23 35 54 31 76 44 69 99 28 44 85 406 139 250 439 249 347 280 380 354 1 1 233 149 233 190 118 Totals :so 5,510 3,758 2,997 6,271 4,225 2,527 2,090 4,617 4,915-5 4,904-75 4,708-75 4,698

Ormond Patutahi Waerangahika Matawhero Te Arai Gisborne Frazertown Wairoa Mohaka Petane Puketapu Port Ahuriri Ifapier Meanee Taradale Clive Hastings HaTeloct Tamumu Patangata Kaikora Waipawa Hampden Te Onga Onga Blackburn Makaretu Ashley Clinton 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 400 [200] 1,000 2,950 250 1,000 [200] 800 400 1,100 7,400 400 1,250 1,450 1,700 1,300 [150] [340] ■^1,200 1,400 700 [150] 400 400 300 55 25 30 71 52 278 36 79 14 32 21 123 600 62 133 133 137 74 9 17 87 154 60 20 20 38 35 22 16 63 20 218 16 54 9 7 14 108 399 37 69 98 104 37 2 13 62 63 22 11 4 12 9 13 6 30 33 72 117 10 24 2 9 10 90 282 33 43 54 80 24 2 4 48 70 27 9 5 18 11 64 35 101 379 42 109 21 30 25 141 717 66 159 177 161 87 9 26 101 147 55 22 19 32 33 46 20 "72 301 34 79 19 31 19 110 575 51 113 133 119 73 8 20 77 113 43 15 12 20 25 40-75 17-50 20 61 11 273-50 35-50 63 18-25 26-75 19-50 95-25 515-75 45-25 107 117 105-50 68-25 7-50 17 78-25 102-75 42 15-50 12 18-75 24-75 28 9 33 186 22 42 5 17 10 58 311 28 61 79 70 47 6 13 44 70 28 5 5 14 17 20 13 39 116 13 39 15 15 9 53 272 25 55 59 53 27 2 8 38 45 16 12 8 9 9 48 22 "72 303 35 81 20 32 19 111 583 53 116 138 123 74 8 21 82 115 44 17 13 23 26 44 19'5O 21 63-25 25 280-50 36-75 6825 18-75 28-75 20-25 97-75 537-25 48 112-50 122 109-25 70-50 7-75 17-50 8850 109-25 43-25 17-50 13-75 22-25 24-75 1 1 1 1

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MARLBOROUGH.

NELSON.

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. •got; ili ill 2S C 4) '"* ■ rt " y\ p rt rt •sis I o a •S-Qa 1=3 o P be 2.S sis Z-gfl n School Roll. S| Eg1 Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Working Averagi II 4J . Fourth Quarter, ■ Whole Year. Boys. I Girls. Total. Takapau Waipukurau Wallingford Porangahau Ormondville Norsewood Makatoko Panerirke Heretaunga Woodville 1 1 1 1 [460] 650 300 400 750 1,140 380 380 [300] 1,200 39 57 10 9 114 98 81 36 41 37 14 35 27 117 38 6 28 42 29 32 58 14 7 125 14 13 12 38 51 62 16 30 134 90 55 29 16 122 42 39 14 18 85 86 46 20 18 76 34-75 41-75 13-75 21-25 77-75 66 41-25 23 10-75 75-25 21 31 8 12 58 43 23 15 8 41 21 12 7 7 31 44 24 G 5 87 42 43 15 19 89 87 47 21 13 78 35-7! 43 14-21 22'2i 83-51 72-31 42 24-7! ll-5( 80-2! 1 118 Totals 21 32,800 2,907 1,874 1,418 3,363 2,567 2,379-75 2,340 1,469 1,164 2,633 2,499-5 2,447

Blenheim Boys' Upper Blenheim Boys' Lower Blenheim Girls' ... Blenheim Junior ... ( Picton Senior \ Picton Junior f Havelock Senior ... \ Havelock Junior .. • Renwick Spring Creek Tua Marina Marlborough Town Kaituna Canvas Town Tipper Pclorus Grove Town Waifcohi Wairau Town Kekerangu Fairhall Kenepu.ru Kaiuma Hopai Havelock Suburban Anakiwa Okaramio Port Underwood ,., 1 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 864 1,008 1,116 1,151 1,818 976 632 480 1,000 756 416 304 [200] 600 600 320 280 252 [180] [200] [200] 600 [200] [240] [160] 40 93 85 180 109 60 45 55 91 39 66 24 14 27 5 VI 56 25 19 34 19 17 25 17 59 92 44 61 26 46 27 14 21 10 10 17 1 41 33 4 7 7 15 11 1 8 14 7 47 15 18 29 21 88 52 35 12 ;si) 18 10 21 6 2 17 1 1!) 30 4 8 7 11 6 8 8 11 7 1 49 81 123 184 101 86 59 62 105 - 43 66 28 22 27 5 93 59 25 18 34 23 22 44 74 81 124 71 54 46 35 66 30 53 17 17 14 4 55 46 22 17 24 18 19 36 78-50 72-75 137 77-50 53-75 42-75 42-75 75-75 26 50 16-50 13-25 18 4 54-50 4-4-75 22 19-50 24 17 16-75 7-50 24-75 9-50 2450 14 44 75 71 36 20 27 17 35 19 35 8 6 10 3 37 24 10 6 14 12 5 83 56 35 34 25 26 35 12 20 10 11 9 1 20 24 11 11 11 7 14 44 75 83 127 71 54 52 43 70 31 55 18 17 19 4 57 48 21 17 25 19 19 36B0 80 73-75 145-50 78 53-75 45-25 46-25 77-75 29-50 53-50 17-25 14 19-75 4 56-25 48-25 22-50 19-50 25-75 17-75 17 6-50 24-75 10-50 26 14 1 1 1 1 1 "28 15 34 11 40 14 23 9 30 14 9 5 17 11 14 5 14 3 23 10 31 14 Totals 11 14,553 1,217 679 482 1,414 1,007 1,023-25 1,009 556 491 1,047 1,063-50 1,04925

"Town Boys' (1st Division) ... Bridge Street Boys' (1st and 2nd division) Bridge Street Boys' (3rd div.) Bridge Street Boys' (4th div.) Brook Street Hardy Street Girls' (1st div.) Hardy Street Girls' (2nd div.) Hardy Street Girls' (3rd div.) Haven IJoad Hampden Street Toitoi Valley (1st division)... Toitoi Valley (2nd division) Toitoi Valley (3rd division) Toitoi Valley (Junior) "Port Maitai Bectanann's Burnside Clifton Terrace ... Hill Side Happy Valley Stoke Richmond Boys' ... Bichmond Girls' ... 600 1,240 37 101 23 25 26 26 34 100 28 80 35-50 78 i 30 82 30 82 36-25 79 900 720 720 864 720 648 2,280 1,332 880 1,440 600 504 [1,200] P. [160] 576 228 294 1,518 924 760 75 60 77 39 92 11 19 60 114 59 71 96 58 47 30 4 7 7 6 14 7 21 27 30 42 99 20 30 18 45 109 61 141 23 24 26 14 110 92 76-25 51 50-50 33 61-50 87-25 134-75 83-25 95 47-50 34-50 34-50 35 4 7 7 19-25 17-25 13-75 53-25 52-75 50-75 93 93 77'5O 54-50 51-75 33 64 92 140-75 89 106-25 50 35 41-25 35-75 4 7 7 20-50 17-50 14-75 54-75 53 51-25 60 86 108 172 114 150 72 41 87 123 177 112 80 73 34 60 50 4 7 7 28 24 17 72 75 68 57 30 63 92 138 101 56 46 37 38 39 4 7 7 18 19 12 49 64 60 33 25 30 65 95 58 30 65 95 143 101 56 48 37 41 39 4 7 7 20 19 14 50 64, 60 148 61 40 56 48 37 41 16 2 4 3 10 9 8 27 39 34 23 2 3 4 10 10 6 23 64 -" '1 1 1 1 1 35 18 23 80 63 60 13 8 13 29 15 22 60

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. fin ill 2S c rt u '{\ 3 rt i5 ■slsi y z Sen itsi !'§ II I School Roll. ft 2-a to §"5 |s£ s.2 Strict Average. LVetage Attendance. ■ e Working Averag< Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. | Total. CEanzau (.Hope ( Riyer Terrace 1 Bright water (.Spring Grove C Lower Wakefield ... \ Lower Wakefield Girls' Eighty-Eight Valley Upper Wakefield ... Foxhill Motupiko Stanley Brook Tadmor Sherry Baton Waimea West Appleby f Sarau (Neudorf Lower Mouterc (Motueka Boys' ( Motueka Girls' STgatimoti Dovedale Church Hill Pangatotara Eiwaka Brooklyn Marahau Takaka Lower Takaka Upper Takaka East Waingaro Motupipi Collingwood Bockyille Fern Town Pakawau Westport Boys' ... Westport Girls' ... Denniston Fairdo~wn Waimangaroa Eochfort Terrace ... Ngakawau Karamea Addison's Flat Charleston Boys' ... Charleston Girls' ... Brighton Pern Flat Lyell Capleston Eeef ton Black's Point 1 1 1 578 720 752 720 720 1,134 600 600 720 600 480 240 466 384 320 420 540 1,109 648 1,265 825 825 336 640 [500] 330 640 340 [240] 768 396 640 450 540 720 320 1,000 200 1,800 900 [250] [240] 620 240 360 594 1,200 1,200 720 600 280 720 720 2,040 [740] 48 23 42 54 58 90 43 29 59 48 30 21 33 19 21 26 16 21 31 39 7 13 29 16 10 5 7 4 15 10 9 12 8 16 16 27 15 18, 12 9 9 9 5 13 14 14 17 18 22 13 10 13 30 40 54 6 45 3 7 11 11 27 19 7' 8 15 66 47 61 28 5 8 12 18 31 12 8 30 9 7 1 7 6 41 44 50 63 71 98 38 36 58 55 33 25 33 17 15 40 42 68 46 70 62 86 42 29 13 36 82 46 19 35 29 54 16 52 39 28 21 30 125 85 52 14 47 15 15 28 71 86 89 30 23 55 57 ! 191 j 113 i 27 31 38 48 50 78 32 20 37 40 26 20 26 16 12 22 19 51 32 51 43 57 27 18 10 22 68 35 19 19 16 36 14 36 30 18 19 20 99 62 34 14 33 13 15 23 52 59 67 20 19 29 43 I 141 67 24-25 25-50 33-25 45-50 44-25 65-75 30-25 20 39-50 38-50 22 19-50 28-25 15-75 11-75 20-75 25 47-75 28-75 47-75 39 57-25 24 19-50 13 22 63 31-75 18 22 17-75 34-50 14-66 34-75 29-50 18 19-25 18 115 72-25 24-75 16-25 28 14-25 14-25 20-25 51-50 60-25 72-25 19-25 15-25 31-75' 31 119-25 65-75 14 16 17 13 31 58 19 16 23 35 20 21 33 9 21 22 9 11 10 7 9 11 13 22 19 27 33 32 40 48 51 79 33 22 39 41 26 20 27 16 12 24 26 51 34 51 44 58 28 19 10 23 71 35 19 22 18 37 14 36 31 20 19 21 100 62 34 14 35 13 15 23 52 64 68 21 20 29 43 141 95 28 26 35-75 48 45-25 69 31-25 22 42 39-50 22-75 19-75 29-25 15-75 11-75 23-50 29-25 49-25 31 51-25 40 59-25 2675 21-50 13 23-50 64-75 32 18 25-25 19-50 35-75 14-66 36-50 30-25 19 19-25 19-25 117-25 72-75 24-75 16-25 31-25 14-25 14-25 20-25 51-50 63 74-25 22-75 16-25 32 35 146 73-75 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 18 19 17 9 17 9 3 13 13 29 15 24 44 1 1 1 1 1 37 40 72 44 77 58 83 35 30 10 33 95 45 19 37 24 43 7 7 16 6 23 12 24 8 19 9 6 2a 8 5 15 9 3 1 6 14 2 10 5 62 47 13 9 29 4 12 11 9 17 18 16 5 3 9 19 25 1 1 " 1 1 1 1 13 7 4 13 35 17 8 17 7 19 7 18 20 12 8 10 100 58 15 12 6 10 36 18 11 5 11 18 7 18 11 8 11 11 1 1 40 31 17 21 22 157 92 11 17 31 16 20 28 69 76 88 39 20 43 15 7 15 8 7 13 24 64 62 19 7 20 5 8 10 28 " 1 1 10 9 17 20 83 51 68 11 11 12 17 58 44 163 77 Totals 29 3,772 1,970 1,529 4,213 3,110 3,067-66 2,976-25 1,643 1,579 3,222 3,229-61 3,110-51

Kaikoura Suburban Kaikoura Town,.. Waiau (aided) Hurunui Mason's Fiat Waikari Amberley Broomfield Baloairn Leithfield ... ~* * Mount Grey Downs Loburn North Loburn Ashley Saltwater Creek ... 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 918 1,616 [308] 630 850 600 1,580 820 800 1,200 1,080 630 1,010 1,500 880 82 118 16 24 34 26 125 37 62 94 943 65 76 129 42 44 29 15 11 8 28 88 20 33 48 55 21 21 28 22 33 45 15 18 26 45 8 35 19 13 33 19 32 11 93 102 16 17 42 28 168 49 60 123 135 53 78 125 53 44. 76 16 13 32 14 127 39 46 48 88 37 59 85 34 48-75 77-50 18-25 14-75 28-25 19-50 104-50 34-75 41-50 63-75 76 32-75 54 80-75 33 89 43 11 9 15 7 75 23 27 28 42 22 35 49 17 18 37 5 4 17 10 52 16 19 20 47 17 27 38 18 ' 57 85 16 13 32 17 127 39 46 48 89 39 62 87 35 57-25 82-25 18-25 15 28-75 20-50 105-50 35-50 42 66-25 80-25 36 57-25 87-50 35

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. « _ o_ _ %H nX ■;_: y_ _■_■_ .£§ _ 13.3 B w ■". < rt _ £9 B rt _i ST SO •s § S I. _E_.2 |°| tlflbo O G . -° &_ i. - „ fij ,£_ r* JO £ rt ° £.5 b0 .3 *-• d >- J--5-. -■_>* 3 ±j v * e^ School Roll. £ _ B _ o o u-_ . £ m Strict Average. .verage Attendance. Fourth Quarter. Whole r ~— Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Working Average. View Hill ( Oxford West (main) (Oxford West (side) Oxford East Carleton ("Oust (main) \ Cust (side) Eyreton West Stoke Fernside Mandeville Plains Eyreton Eangiora Southbrook ( Flaxton (main) (. Flaxton (side) Waikuku ... Woodend Kaiapoi Kaiapoi Island North Kaiapoi Island Lyttelton Governor's Bay Governor's Bay South —■ Charteris Bay ... Gebbie's Pass Road Gebbie's Valley ... Port Levy Little River C Pigeon Bay (main) \ Pigeon B ay (side) Barry's Bay French Farm Wainui Little Akaloa Duvauchelle's Bay Okain's Bay Le Bon's Bay Robinson's Bay ... C German Bay (main) ( German Bay (side) Akaroa Kowai Bush (aided) Kowai Pass Russell's Flat Malvern (main) ... Malvern (side) Glentunnel Hororata Kimberley Greendale Kirwee Courtenay Halkett Aylesbury. West Melton Yaldhurst Templeton Weedon Broadfield Harewood Road ... North Road Papanni f Riccarton (main) ... Eiccarton (side) ... Prebbleton Lincoln Springston Greenpark TaiTapu Hals well Spreydon Christchurch West (main) .;. Christchurch West (side) ... Normal School 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 600 1,545 630 2,190 600 1,638 600 540 970 1,420 540 650 4,970 1,540 1,550 990 540 1,600 4,730 620 380 9,840 420 67 139 * 182 65 150 32 64 44 107 42 48 319 115 119 32 36 124 417 29 23 659 35 30 68 45 96 18 44 13 18 9 21 19 8 121 66 86 18 7 33 171 15 16 221 10 20 39 11 57 12 45 10 8 8 20 14 15 136 60 56 25 7 37 132 12 3 213 5 77 168 34 221 71 149 35 74 45 108 47 41 304 121 149 25 36 120 456 32 36 667 40 56 112 28 154 52 114 27 57 30 86 39 28 238 96 117 19 26 88 332 21 29 569 23 51-25 103-75 24-33 140-25 52-50 116 25-25 51-75 30-50 78-50 37 31 240-25 87 94-25 18-75 26-25 88-50 318-25 21-75 24 559 25-50 33 68 15 92 29 67 14 30 13 48 24 16 128 56 65 10 13 48 187 12 15 304 13 28 51 13 71 24 49 13 28 20 42 16 13 110 40 54 10 13 41 145 9 14 265 13 61 119 28 163 53 116 27 58 33 90 40 29 238 96 119 20 26 89 332 21 29 569 26 54 111 24-66 146-75 54-50 118-75 26 53 32 81-25 38-75 33-25 242-75 88-25 100 20-75 26-50 89 321-25 21-75 24 559 27-75 1 1-1 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 600 480 540 1,338 540 400 520 660 600 560 540 520 600 600 540 724 2,070 540 1,348 550 1,200 [840] 1,230 1,250 540 990 900 540 770 600 540 895 1,490 940 520 650 600 2,540 1,571 778 1,660 1,834 1,430 1,360 1,620 1,540 2,110 11,032 1,804 12,424 21 15 28 15 75 27 29 28 26 30 44 35 43 41 28 45 25 109 20 117 55 111 t 78 77 44 67 36 34 60 21 40 55 111 44 40 72 43 214 140 73 127 155 130 78 127 85 133 1,039 202 714 11 21 20 10 27 8 10 12 5 15 12 34 13 33 8 18 21 79 9 78 16 85 35 90 26 21 37 36 20 22 13 27 26 39 23 7 14 46 125 53 26 47 61 61 27 35 28 74 817 156 959 9 13 5 8 20 13 9 9 4 9 24 16 8 23 4 17 3 7o 4 64 12 68 72 10 11 23 20 17 19 6 17 18 33 11 7 29 17 77 51 22 41 51 48 22 33 29 49 693 136 663 23 23 43 17 82 22 30 31 27 36 32 53 48 51 32 46 43 118 25 131 59 128 35 96 93 54 81 47 37 63 28 50 63 117 56 40 57 72 262 142 77 133 165 143 83 129 84 158 1,163 222 1,010 17 17 31 13 50 18 24 25 19 25 22 41 39 35 23 35 26 90 14 95 30 75 23 67 65 39 57 36 23 42 22 35 46 80 38 29 42 44 173 112 59 109 108 95 58 98 65 118 880 153 771 16 18-50 30 16 50-50 20-25 21-50 22-25 19 23-75 23-25 44-25 37-25 33-50 21-50 36 23-75 94-75 14 101-25 34-50 70-25 23 66-75 61-50 36 55 35-50 23-50 38-50 19-25 39-25 43-25 74 33 25-75 43 40-50 163 107-75 56-25 98 111-75 92-50 55-25 97-50 60-25 104 822-75 145-75 736-50 8 10 12 8 28 10 8 19 9 8 14 22 17 20 16 22 13 45 8 47 15 41 11 34 38 23 36 20 18 25 11 23 21 42 26 19 26 24 86 56 23 62 62 48 33 57 38 54 482 86 397 9 7 20 5 23 9 17 6 11 18 12 19 22 17 8 16 15 49 8 57 19 38 13 33 31 17 22 17 7 20 12 13 26 39 15 10 16 24 92 68 36 48 53 50 26 41 29 64 398 68 374 17 17 32 13 51 19 25 25 20 26 26 41 39 37 24 38 28 94 16 104 34 79 24 67 69 40 58 37 25 45 23 36 47 81 41 29 42 48 178 114 59 110 115 98 59 98 67 118 880 154 771 16-75 18-75 31-50 16 52-50 20-75 22 22-25 20-50 24-75 27-75 44-25 37-75 37-75 23-25 38-50 24-75 99 15-75 10625 37-25 76-75 24 67-75 64 37-25 57-75 36-50 25 43-50 19-50 40-75 45-75 76-75 35-75 26-50 43-75 42-25 169-75 111-50 56-75 100-75 116 97-25 59-25 98-50 62-25 105-50 838-25 150 744 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-1 "l * Opened in June Quarter. t Opened in December Quarti ?r.

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B.8 ■sic m 13.2 zs d rt u ■£ School Roll. Average Attendance. Schools. Jl which belong to one School District connected by bracket. n ri to c &•) <" ii« u - ns o SEj.8 a ju O C . is & ** grtO Z.S I. %i 111 p i-p if ■a a 3 go it <2 Strict Average. Fourth Quarter. Whole j Year. Boys. Girls. Total. * # Working Average. Christchurch East — Gloucester Street South Town Belt Phillipstown Sydenham ■f St. Albans (main) i St. Albans (side) Richmond New Brighton Heathcote Lower ... Bromley Opawa Heathcote Valley Sumner Selwyn Dunsandel Brookside Killinchy Irwell ( Leeston (main) ( Leeston (side Southbridge Lakeside Eakaia Little Mount Somers Alford Forest Springburn BarrHill Methven Eakaia South Chertsey Pendanes Kyle Ashburton Forks ... Ashburton Newland Seaiicld ("VVabinui (main) ... (Wakanui (aide) ... Elgin ■ Tinwald Willowby Flemington fLongbeach (main) \ Longbeach (side) ■ Hinds Lismore 1 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16,720 2,990 1,410 8,926 5,194 [1,440] 4,520 540 3,208 1,190 1,901 1,350 600 1,070 1,440 1,395 1,310 600 2,150 568 3,734 540 540 540 575 380 600 902 1,288 600 902 600 600 4,792 650 600 1,080 600 630 1,440 700 900 800 600 900 992 1,022 208 153 913 413 101 258 53 383 79 153 71 23 29 90 106 99 33 159 39 222 52 26 21 41 40 21 * 142 31 ...t 10 34 390 23 27 38 29 81 62 46 67 28 + .-§ 1,029 237 148 1,015 184 93 200 14 189 67 101 61 15 14 29 23 24 32 116 27 118 31 46 14 20 22 9 62 63 12 18 29 39 335 18 17 54 32 37 101 15 41 14 29 37 19 941 151 113 891 212 75 130 17 197 30 83 27 13 12 22 40 18 11 83 17 68 17 16 4 23 13 4 9 58 15 2 6 10 249 19 18 28 1 6 91 21 20 20 15 3 3 1,110 294 188 1,037 385 119 328 50 375 116 171 105 25 31 97 94 105 54 102 49 272 66 56 31 38 49 26 53 147 28 16 33 63 476 22 26 64 31 60 91 56 67 61 42 34 16 865 209 161 812 283 84 228 35 228 81 139 93 14 22 73 71 74 28 147 27 203 48 42 25 25 40 24 37 111 23 13 26 43 351 15 21 51 27 43 69 42 45 45 33 26 14 853-50 193 150-50 759 278-75 78-75 208-50 36 271-50 66 132-75 77 15 21 68-25 70-50 66-50 23 133 33 175 43-25 3375 19-75 27-75 35 19-25 32 105-25 21-25 12-50 17-50 33-50 334-75 1350 19-25 42-75 25 31-75 58-75 42 36-75 42-75 24-50 26-75 13 500 113 76 429 138 40 116 19 156 52 81 42 11 10 43 35 42 16 80 12 117 27 15 10 16 22 13 24 67 12 5 17 23 178 6 12 24 13 32 48 18 26 18 16 19 8 365 96 85 383 145 44 113 16 132 29 60 51 7 12 33 39 35 16 67 16 87 22 28 16 14 19 11 13 44 12 8 9 20 186 10 9 27 14 12 28 25 21 28 17 7 7 865 209 161 812 283 84 229 35 288 81 141 93 18 22 76 74 37 32 147 28 204 49 43 26 30 41 24 37 111 24 13 26 43 364 16 21 51 27 44 76 43 47 46 33 26 15 874 193 153-21 764 284-5( 79 213-5( 36-2! 273-7i 67'7i 135-7; 77 It-It 22 75 72-2i 69 26-51 134-21 33-2! 178-5( 44-51 37-51 20-7! 31-7i 41-7! 19-21 32-2i 108-2! 24 12-5( 17-7! 34-5< 345-7! 14-21 19-51 44-51 25 35-51 61-71 44-71 39-51 44-2! 26 26-7; 13-61 1 1 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 122 209,393 14 ; 693 9,975 7,761 1G,9O7 12,526 11877-33 11814-50 6,825 5,922 12,747 12,219-5' 12,185-7! *O; pened in Marcu [uarter. med in Sei ptember irter. Ee-o; icned in March Juarter. § Opened in June Quarter.

Scotsburn Burke's Pass Fairlie Creek Albury Opihi Mount Gray Kangitata Island ... Orari North Cfrari South Woodbury Orari Bridge Geraldine Gapes Valley ICakahu Pleasant Valley .., Geraldine Mat Waitohi Plat Winchester Wilford Tejnuka Pleasant Point 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 coo 600 600 500 400 400 600 600 600 1,200 600 1,960 500 884 840 380 884 1,280 884 2,330 1,240 28 19 41 32 11 36 34 9 24 43 12 7 5 29 10 12 4 5 2 8 33 18 53 39 39 16 33 25 11 34 30 25 14 23 1833 15 3075 31 27 13 22-75 10 10 17 13 15 5 11 17 4 21 17 12 9 12 27 14 38 30 27 14 23 20-33 16 33-25 31 28 13 24-25 1 "l 1 61 69 26 182 28 59 68 41 75 69 58 335 159 21 36 15 99 16 18 21 10 33 27 23 126 62 18 25 6 68 8 5 14 4 36 26 27 89 43 '"64 80 35 213 36 72 75 47 72 70 54 372 }78 43 65 28 163 22 54 59 41 46 57 45 261 111 39-25 57-5 25-75 152-75 20-5 48-5 50-5 34 44-75 ' 58-5 40-5 227 119-25 23 35 19 92 11 28 30 25 26 34 26 149 62 25 31 9 76 13 28 30 16 25 25 22 121 53 48 66 28 168 24 56 60 41 51 59 48 270 115 42-5 58-75 26 158-25 21 53-25 52-25 35 51-5 61-75 43-5 235-25 125 1 1 1 1 1

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m 111 15.3 c v "* ■ Sri™ o§si !|| Z lien School Roll. Average Attendance. Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. _o c . ■O-SbSJ 5 "> X: 6 ri o to 0 °l (10 go Strict Average. Working Average. II Fourth Quarter. Whole 1 Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Washdylce Claremont Wai-iti Waimataitai Timaru (main) Timaru (side) Sea View Kingsdown Pareora St. Andrew's Upper Otaio Otaio Makikikihi Hunter Hoot Waituna Creek Waimate Waihao Redcliff 1 1 1 i-i l l l l i 520 600 1,200 [720] 9,530 1,870 500 500 864 600 600 600 500 600 600 600 5,120 600 500 48 29 77 "887 187 53 43 23 29 22 32 26 41 485 35 41 19 71 123 607 90 41 38 15 16 11 11 10 10 23 26 169 16 35 31 28 47 46 589 117 1 9 13 14 15 9 10 9 4 21 150 20 2 58 20 101 77 905 160 40 29 55 45 19 31 22 33 45 46 504 31 33 47 16 67 68 684 114 32 22 37 37 16 29 17 25 32 27 385 19 26 42-5 21 72-75 72 695-75 109-75 33-5 22 34-5 32.5 13-75 27-5 19-25 23-5 28-25 23-75 348-25 195 25 32 9 36 39 351 58 19 11 19 9 6 18 10 12 13 14 208 13 14 15 8 35 29 339 57 14 12 21 28 10 12 8 13 21 15 186 9 14 47 17 71 68 690 115 33 23 40 37 16 30 18 25 34 29 394 22 28 43-25 21-75 76 72 727 112-25 34 22-25 39-25 32-5 13-75 27-75 20 24-75 29-25 28-75 357-5 23-25 26-5 l l l l l Totals 3,414 2,013 1,574 3,853 2,857 1,532 1,412 2,944 2,861-58 2,774-75 32 44,606 2,741-08 2,656-35

Kynnersley Totara Plat Orwell Creek Ahaura Hatter's Terrace ... Red Jack's Notown Brunnerton Maori Gully Dunganville Marsden Cobden G-reymoutli Paroa Kumara Westbrook Greenstone Rangiriri Callaghan's Goldsborough Stafford Araliura Road Hokitika South Spit Kanieri Blue Spur Upper Crossing ... Woodstock Lower Kokatahi ... Upper Kokatahi ... Ross Donoghue's Waitangi Okarito Gillospie's Arawata Arawata Plat 1 1 1 2 1 1 600 560 500 [300] 1,008 300 798 1,390 500 555 585 1,490 6,965 800 4,050 200 240 200 300 1,566 1,609 500 6,965 120 1,612 500 [450] 500 [200] 240" 3,400 800 [150] 150 210 288 288 45 30 34 8 67 30 158 40 42 20 69 419 62 306 28 20 4 106 125 58 440 18 107 46 32 32 22 7 287 47 11 20 27 10 19 9 11 5 4 22 12 43 13 26 3 14 156 14 78 16 8 15 23 18 40 8 153 4 42 12 9 43 4 25 79 28 3 3 10 7 27 "32 6 15 3 10 1 2 39 10 6 4 16 138 12 78 26 5 19 11 18 33 13 166 2 23 16 5 32 33 30 10 61 21 40 162 43 62 19 67 437 64 306 18 23 12 106 132 53 427 20 126 42 36 75 16 32 279 45 14 22 34 10 16 26 23 27 7' 40 20 31 108 37 47 16 54 317 51 225 10 20 9 70 109 39 322 17 83 37 25 45 14 23 223 30 13 18 31 10 11 30-50 23 25-50 8-50 46 19-25 28-75 105-50 37 44-50 16-25 56-50 333-75 48-50 229-50 15-75 20-25 11 12-75 74-75 109-25 40 335-50 16 78-50 37-50 2450 34-25 15-25 20-50 220 33 12-25 18-50 27-25 11-50 14 13 15 11 4 21 10 19 52 14 26 5 24 168 25 117 6 14 5 45 61 15 166 4 48 19 12 26 2 12 108 12 4 12 11 4 9 14 10 16 3 21 10 14 60 24 23 11 30 167 27 116 12 8 4 31 SO 25 160 13 41 19 14 22 12 12 122 20 9 8 22 6 6 27 25 27 7 42 20 33 112 38 49 16 54 335 52 233 18 22 9 76 111 40 326 17 89 38 26 48 14 24 230 32 13 20 33 10 15 31-75 24-50 31 9 46-75 19-75 29-50 110 38 46-75 16-75 56-75 345-75 50 238-25 19-50 21 14-33 13-50 78 111-75 42 343-50 15-75 84-25 37-75 26-25 36 15-50 20'75 225-75 36-25 12-25 19-75 28-75 11-25 13 1 1 1 1 10 " 1 1 "87 30 1 1 1 3 7 11 Totals 16 2,777 1,006 858 2,925 2,188 2,235-25 2,229 1,119 1,162 2,281 2,321-33 2,313

Kurow ... Otiake ... Maerewhenua Duntroon Awamoko 1 600 1 600 [420] 1 600 1 600 48 38 43 I 32 31 9 12 24 10 4 10 6 26 22 27 47 44 41 19 20 22 21 32 32o 30 29-25 29 28 111 18 18 18 12 8 9 15 14 18 20 22 33 32 30 20-5 21 33-25 30 305

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Schools. A1S which belong to one School Distilct connected by bracket. "■g-S £ to u 15.3 a J- D !/l SE_i. S id ft. I'll ~£ rt"o _= bo School Roll. to a 9:£ to 1° Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. .§■3 3 :SfJ 1 If •°gs £ Sir" tjj Oj Rm g S .so Fourth Quarter. Whole i j Year. Boys. I Girls. Total. Papakaio Pukeuri... C Oamaru District High j Oamaru North (. Oamaru South Ngapara Teaneraki Waiareka Kakanui... Maheno ... Otepopo... Hampden Moeraki.., Pukiiviti Shag Valley Palmerston Inch Valley Dunback Waihemo Macrae's Moonlight Goodwood Mag Swamp •Waikouaiti Merton ... Seacliff ... Eyansdale Blueskin Purakanui Lower Harbour ... Port Chalmers Mount Cargill Sawyer's Bay St. Leonards Ravensbourne North-east Valley Pine Hill f Dunedin, William Street ,.. Dunedin, Arthur Street I Dunedin, Albany Street -{ Dunedin, Union Street Dunedin, George Street Dunedin, Stafford Street ... { Dunedin, Normal... Anderson's Bay ... North-east Harbour Highcliff Broad Bay Portobello Hooper's Inlet Sandymount Taiaroa Heads Waikari Kaikorai f Caversham \ B ene volent Asylum Kensington Forbury Mornington Green Island Walton Saddle Hill Brighton Kuri Bush Otokia Greytown ... East Taieri Mosgiel North Taieri Hindon Strath Taieri WharePlat Ontram ... ,.r West Taieri Maungatua Lake Waipori Taieri Ferry Waihola 1 1 1 648 1,200 5,796 2,724 3,960 1,140 600 1,208 750 600 1,584 1,188 640 1,200 234 3,132 600 600 600 612 600 600 1,248 2,694 648 1,200 600 1,584 600 512 4,937 600 1200 525 1480 3960 880 4560 G306 5740 9324 8096 [650] 7297 1556 720 695 600 1056 451 1000 392 1565 3320 4706 [300] 3296 3206 2330 1940 1095 681 392 450 600 1140 1371 1336 1440 [432] 650 315 1708 1155 924 648 600 1200 51 97 309 382 420 52 34 93 108 52 172 104 35 122 30 267 33 34 32 35 30 48 73 287 63 66 40 139 63 36 469 47 145 43 197 265 44 459 672 643 690 577 55 723 119 49 51 32 61 31 38 207 126 283 22 22 47 30 48 39 43 13 57 5 130 16 10 11 12 5 11 30 56 38 64 39 45 14 27 217 31 66 28 97 272 26 350 317 344 450 505 53 612 77 14 35 16 23 44 37 6 56 181 319 9 283 389 235 139 58 16 22 15 17 25 61 54 36 14 6 7 64 27 12 19 18 52 23 21 148 127 260 29 7 30 31 18 62 39 11 73 2 89 12 14 10 4 9 5 19 58 43 42 23 42 19 25 184 19 60 28 70 212 16 205 270 275 404 349 38 483 62 21 12 13 15 9 24 5 46 138 257 8 271 319 102 96 60 8 26 2 14 21 40 40 29 11 7 14 39 20 14 15 17 48 59 114 368 381 443 45 49 110 107 82 149 108 37 106 33 308 37 30 33 43 26 54 84 285 58 88 56 142 58 38 502 59 151 51 224 325 54, 604 719 712 736 733 70 852 134 42 74 35 69 35 96 19 114 374 657 22 321 570 477 307 129 60 28 26 77 99 180 152 136 20 21 30 170 80 53 61 59 102 35 100 315 338 379 37 43 88 90 51 125 86 31 91 28 269 31 25 30 35 22 41 66 233 45 75 47 117 42 26 421 44 120 42 193 265 43 551 640 616 648 619 66 738 103 34 62 25 55 32 77 17 88 303 578 22 279 457 420 229 107 49 22 22 63 74 146 125 110 18 17 23 152 66 46 43 45 85 31-25 83'75 3165 345-5 368-75 36-25 34-75 79-5 82 49-25 115-75 81-75 32-25 92 27-75 249-75 28-25 26 27 30 20-5 40-75 59-25 217 45-5 70-25 44-75 1105 44 25-25 392-25 41 11475 37-75 173-5 245-75 43-25 529-75 64.75 616-5 648 590-5 60 758-5 104-75 36 51-25 28-25 53-5 31-75 68-75 16-5 94 317 570-75 21 275 461-25 393-5 219-5 106-25 42-25 21-25 17-66 59 69-25 135-5 121-5 106-25 17 17-25 22-25 137-5 60-75 41-5 39-25 47-75 78-25 19 54 168 165 199 21 20 53 57 34 73 41 18 54 16 138 14 17 20 19 13 19 32 119 26 33 13 63 28 15 223 19 67 21 109 146 26 259 344 320 345 318 33 345 51 22 39 14 26 18 41 12 46 162 297 11 137 241 226 114 52 26 14 11 38 46 63 73 54 10 9 13 100 38 27 25 23 35 19 49 148 173 185 18 23 38 36 26 52 46 14 39 13 132 17 8 11 16 10 25 35 114 20 43 34 55 16 14 198 26 54 22 84 122 17 292 296 296 303 301 33 393 52 13 23 14 29 15 38 5 43 141 281 11 142 216 194 117 55 23 8 12 25 29 84 52 56 8 9 10 53 29 20 19 25 50 38 103 316 338 384 39 43 91 93 60 125 87 32 93 29 270 31 25 31 35 23 44 67 233 46 76 47 118 44 29 421 45 121 43 193 268 43 551 640 616 648 619 66 738 103 35 62 28 55 33 79 17 89 303 578 22 279 457 420 231 107 49 22 23 63 75 147 125 110 18 18 23 153 67 47 44 48 85 36 87 325 348-75 378-5 37 35 85-75 85-25 5275 122-75 84 35 93-25 28-25 258-75 29-75 26-75 29-25 33-5 22 42-25 61-75 222-5 47-25 71 45-25 112-25 47-75 29 397-75 41-75 117-5 38-25 176 252-75 44 530 647-5 616-5 648 591-75 60-5 758-5 105-5 37-25 51-75 30-75 53-5 32 70-5 16-5 99-25 318-25 570-75 21 275-5 461-5 394-5 224-75 106-25 44-25 22-25 18-33 59-25 70-75 136-75 121-5 106-75 17-25 18-75 23-25 138-75 62-5 42-5 42-25 5025 79 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1—1 1—1 1 1—1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 83 18 104 331 595 21 309 500 344 264 131 52 32 13 74 95 159 138 129 17 22 37 145 73 55 57 58 98 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Schools. ill which belong to one School District connected by bracket. si 1.= a C O "* i o5So hi zStn a c .0 o s « c 5 41 J3 -^ S "I ° to <j-j £ C! ii d c '- Ip If If School Roll. Strict Average. Average Attendance. Working Average. ■si Fourth Quarter. - Whole Boys. Girls. | Total. Taieri Beach Waihola Gorge Circle Hill Tokomairiro District High ... Fairfax Akatore Glenledi Southbridge Glenore Manuka Creek Adam's Flat Lovell's Flat Stony Creek Hillend Kaitangata Wangaloa Tuapeka Mouth ... Stirling Balclutba TeHouka Waitepeka Warepa Kaihiku Waiwera Puerua Port Molyneux Ahuriri Owake Tahatika Clinton Wairana Waipahi Waikoikoi Glenkenich Tapanui Swift Creek Crookston Kelso Heriot Mount Stuart Waitahuna Waitahuna Gully Clarke's Flat Wetherstones Lawrence District High Blue Spur Waipori Evans'Flat Tuapeka West Tuapeka Flat Beaumont MoaFlat Roxburgh Bald Hill Flat Alexandra Clyde Cromwell Bannockburn Kawarau Bendigo Nevis Hawea 'Ida Valley Blacks Drybread St. Bathans Cambrian Blackstone Bough Ridge Gimmerburn Eweburn Naseby Kyeburn Diggings Lower Kyeburn ... Hamilton Patearoa Hyde 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 1176 600 3784 1248 348 600 600 600 392 600 675 345 [280] 2,062 525 600 1,200 1,897 330 680 600 960 600 782 504 600 1,200 [336] 1,140" 600 600 600 600 1,700 600 600 600 600 600 1,700 1,200 600 1,120 4,010 2,037 905 600 600 405 600 900 1,167 580 1,170 1,250 1,250 540 300 580 504 600 600 840 600 540 432 364 [300] [178] 504 2,058 540 [210] [391] 600 600 47 81 37 300 82 20 31 38 22 47 26 47 24 19 223 16 56 74 157 36 55 43 57 53 47 41 25 79 26 99 52 45 31 36 205 37 26 21 16 11 244 28 11 18 11 10 10 6 16 11 9 67 5 15 67 128 9 10 17 19 18 14 22 20 49 7 49 16 12 12 16 68 11 8 56 14 38 50 23 5 40 68 90 22 31 11 24 14 16 51 2 34 30 28 20 4 13 6 29 4 21 26 7 13 8 2 31 8 89 6 19 13 6 16 17 15 10 106 34 6 18 16 10 5 13 6 4 66 2 18 32 67 9 16 14 20 15 17 8 18 -49 8 45 10 15 10 13 62 8 11 11 14 5 51 20 11 35 90 91 8 12 7 20 9 15 29 11 49 26 26 19 4 6 2 1 16 15 15 3 5 6 19 1 5 60 13 3 9 2 17 51 82 38 438 76 25 31 33 32 47 27 50 29 24 224 19 53 109 218 36 49 46 56 56 44 55 27 79 25 103 58 42 33 39 211 40 23 45 41 33 169 101 27 100 265 225 72 64 39 38 49 72 170 23 90 119 121 75 24 32 25 28 10 53 64 24 53 25 38 76 28 382 65 17 23 33 26 35 22 42 25 21 194 17 45 91 180 31 41 40 45 44 40 48 23 56 20 65 46 35 25 27 178 33 17 33 26 30 154 84. 22 88 244 198 46 57 30 31 43 57 132 20 77 97 104 58 20 24 20 21 6 45 48 20 40 18 42-25 72-5 29-5 i 348-25 68-25 14-5 20-25 3125 21-75 32-25 21-25 37-75 22 17-25 197-5 16-5 44-5 83-25 178-5 28 38-25 34-25 44-75 41-5 36-75 44 21-5 52-5 20-75 69-75 45 32-75 22-25 26 171-5 26-25 18 25-5 24 29 143-75 81 21-25 84-5 258 190-75 43 53-25 25-25 24-75 40-5 54 121 22 82 94-25 103-75 56-75 20 23-5 16-75 18-33 9-25 41 34 20-25 38-75 17-5 13 18-75 17 154-25 24 12 20-75 29-75 39-5 24 39 14 189 35 7 19 17 14 16 10 19 15 6 109 10 21 51 91 19 21 17 24 26 20 31 11 35 11 41 27 16 13 19 84 16 8 19 14 14 70 47 10 51 131 98 21 29 9 17 25 31 70 11 37 49 49 38 8 12 13 11 7 20 28 13 18 12 15 37 15 193 30 13 5 16 13 19 14 24 10 15 85 8 24 40 89 12 21 23 21 20 20 18 12 21 9 29 21 19 13 9 94 17 10 15 14 16 85 37 13 38 113 100 28 28 21 14 18 27 63 10 40 49 56 20 12 13 7 10 2 27 21 7 22 7 39 76 29 382 65 20 24 33 27 35 24 43 25 21 194 18 45 91 180 31 42 40 45 46 40 49 23 56 20 70 48 35 26 28 178 33 18 34 28 30 155 84 23 89 244 198 49 57 30 31 43 58 133 21 77 98 105 58 20 25 20 21 9 47 49 20 40 19 42-5 72-5 31-25 348-25 68-5 18 225 32-25 22 32-25 22-75 39 22-5 17-5 197-5 17-25 44-75 83-5 178-75 28-75 40-5 35 45-75 43-75 3775 45-75 22 55-25 21-25 71-25 46-5 33-25 23-5 27 171-5 27-5 19-25 26-25 28 29 144-5 82 22 85-25 258 191-25 45-75 53-75 27-5 27-5 41 55-25 122-25 23 82-25 95 104-75 57-25 20 24-5 17-5 19-33 11-75 42-25 38-25 20-75 39-5 18-25 13 19-75 18-5 156-5 24-75 12-33 21-5 30-25 41-25 41 170 98 33 95 287 226 58 45 35 34 44 71 148 32 105 115 119 74 24 25 21 22 47 53 20 45 23 17 T 1 1 22 175 45 30 25 204 38 16 24 37 54 21 18 156 24 14 22 33 42 12 10 93 9 7 13 14 23 10 9 65 16 8 9 19 20 22 19 158 25 15 22 33 43 1 20 33 55 1 Totals 147 17,548 9,450 7,333 19,665 16471 15918-24 1591775 8,631 7,974 16605 16,193-99 16,1625

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Schools. All which belong to one School District connected by bracket. Mi 15.5 c w "* i> rt u "J ill Ill fi* h ih £ rt o Z*S5 pG gM og> I j'g =.S School Roll. Strict Average. Lverage Attendance. Working Average. gf "■6 M Fourth Quarter. Whole i i Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Lumgden Dipton Limehills Winton North Forest Hill Elderslie South Forest Hill... RyalBush Heddon Bush Wrey's Bush Wairio Waianiwa Wallacetown Waikiwi West Plain Waihopai Worth Invercargill Invercargill— (a. Central ) b. North (e. South Otatara Bush Clifton Campbelltown Athol Waikaia Knapdale Otaraia Pinnacle Chatton Eiversdale Gore Mataura Tuturau Wyndham Edendale Mimihau South Wyndham ... Pine Bush Fortrose Hedgehope G-roye Bush Eoslin Bush Myross Bush Woodlands Longbush Oteramika One Tree Point ... Pukerau Orepuki Eiverton Otautau Gummie's Bush ... Gropcr's Bush Flint's Bush Pembroke Cardrona Maeetown Upper Shotover ... Miller's Flat Lower Shotover ... Arrowto, wn QueensKown Moke Creek Fairlight Ha,lfmoon Bay Limestone Plain ... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 600 600 1,314 600 600 600 600 400 400 600 648 400 1,200 600 1,200 1,200 62 39 59 89 54 60 34 45 34 38 36 47 23 103 26 28 8 32 19 11 60 27 25 42 20 82 84 31 32 20 36 24 33 23 19 9 10 20 13 29 17 62 64 67 54 62 156 56 55 19 58 44 39 60 82 52 97 63 125 147 50 40 44 116 44 43 17 37 30 27 41 70 45 64 48 94 115 44-5 34 41-75 86-5 42-25 50 16-75 32-75 24-5 24-75 36 65-25 37-75 69-25 48-25 95-25 11325 28 17 31 67 24 21 11 20 15 14 23 35 23 34 24 61 54 23 25 22 53 20 23 9 20 17 14 22 37 22 32 24 39 61 51 42 53 120 44 44 20 40 32 28 45 72 45 66 48 100 115 45-5 37 50 88-5 44-25 40-25 19-25 36-75 27-25 26-5 38-5 66-5 38-25 71-75 48-5 97-5 114 75 40 84 60 105 127 1 1 4,672 2,500 4,200 400 576 1,200 400 800 400 600 600 600 600 1,832 1,200 465 800 630 336 500 [400] 480 400 600 525 600 1,200 684 375 600 400 400 2,500 800 432 391 600 600 560 400 288 725 600 1,080 2,211 240 [200] 480 432 581 188 483 34 63 83 24 54 56 39 51 32 330 115 203 16 46 34 7 36 25 12 12 25 34 70 57 8 37 38 13 24 11 21 13 18 17 42 36 47 10 34 28 40 169 47 29 16 25 26 5 19 5 15 31 72 29 2 12 7 26 264 103 180 18 43 32 8 6 21 8 12 12 1 55 24 10 19 20 12 17 9 5 8 18 21 18 20 32 14 26 12 27 126 40 18 32 20 28 6 8 7 10 43 34 33 1 6 10 13 647 200 506 32 66 ■ 85 23 84 60 43 51 45 33 166 180 38 67 68 33 30 20 59 29 50 34 57 69 75 26 62 52 83 344 63 45 40 47 49 33 33 30 41 51 130 139 17 27 26 56 510 158 538 23 49 58 21 58 41 25 37 36 24 117 120 29 51 60 24 28 17 42 17 36 25 35 53 56 17 32 40 71 274 41 34 34 37 36 28 28 22 24 38 93 114 16 23 22 37 463 161 411-25 22-5 46-5 60 23 49-75 41-75 21-75 33-25 31 24 109-75 117-75 27 39-5 51-25 21-5 25-5 17 38-5 135 34-5 27 27-75 44-75 54-25 17-5 36-5 35 63-25 274 36-5 29-75 31-25 31-25 34-75 26-75 24-5 25 23-75 38 75-5 116 16 19 25-25 33 245 87 236 12 24 35 8 31 25 16 20 20 12 67 65 14 31 33 11 19 11 23 12 19 15 19 34 30 11 17 21 37 146 27 20 17 17 12 14 17 12 14 17 51 72 6 13 10 21 265 '71 202 13 26 25 14 29 20 12 19 16 17 51 56 17 20 27 14 10 7 20 6 21 14 18 20 27 8 20 19 35 128 15 16 18 20 26 14 11 13 11 22 43 42 12 10 15 18 510 158 438 25 50 60 22 60 45 28 39 36 29 118 121 31 51 60 25 29 18 43 18 40 29 37 54 57 19 37 40 72 274 42 36 35 37 38 28 28 25 25 39 94 114 18 23 25 39 471 160-25 420 23-5 49-5 61-5 24-5 51 44-75 26-75 36-25 32-5 29 111-25 118-75 29-25 42-75 51-5 23 27 18-25 43 16-5 37-5 28-75 30 46-25 54-75 2075 40 35-5 65-5 274 36-75 33 33-75 33 37 27-25 25-25 27-5 26-5 41-5 93-25 118 17 20-75 26 35-25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 151 147 40 49 50 32 23 18 43 24 50 38 33 53 60 30 54 36 70 301 56 34 56 42 51 34 22 32 36 63 92 143 16 21 29 43 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l Totals 59 4,765 2,667 1,952 5,480 4,174 2,248 2,036 4,284 4,168-25 4,028-25 3,953-5 3,859-76 _a

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REPORTS OF EDUCATION BOARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1832.

[Noxis. —Minute details relating to school districts are in some cases omitted. Tables are not all reprinted^ the substance of most of them being embodied in the tables in or attached to the report of the Minister. With a view to uniformity of classification the order of details has been in some instances changed in the statements of accounts.]

AUCKLAND. Auckland, 16th March, 1883. In compliance with section 102 of the Act, the Board presents the following report of its proceedings during the year: — Boakd.—The number of Board meetings held during the year was twenty-nine ; the average attendance of members was over six. Mr. W. P. Moat was elected in April to succeed Mr. Clark as Chairman. An Executive Committee, consisting of the Chairman, Mr. Luke, and Mr. Prime, was at the same time elected, in order to expedite the work of the Board, which continues to increase. Meetings of the Committee are held every week. The Board meets, as a rule, once a fortnight. At the yearly election of three members held in March, 1882, there Y^ere seven candidates. Mr. J. M. Clark and Mr. F. J. Mtiss, M.H.R., were re-elected, and Mr. Richard Laishley, jun., was elected to fill the third vacancy. The three members who retire in March, 1883, are Mr. Goldie, Mr. Luke, and Mr. Prime. The first two are candidates for re-election. Mr. Prime retires from the Board after a continuous service extending over nine years. Public Schools. —The number of schools in operation during the whole or any part of the year was 215, or, counting two half-time schools as one school, 192. The number of school districts was 166. The following schools were closed in the course of the year : Churchill (Waikato), Omaru (Matakohe), and the aided schools at Miranda and Muddy Creek. The management of the Auckland Howe Street School was taken over by the Department on the 30th June. The new schools opened during the year are Waiheke Island, Owharoa in the Ohinemuri District, and Te Aroha West. The Queen's Redoubt School (Pokeno), which had remained closed for three years, was reopened in December. The Board has received a large number of applications for the establishment of small schools in remote country districts. Great care is necessary in dealing with them. It is difficult to avoid, on the one hand, cases of hardship to individuals, and on the other hand the multiplication of small non-paying schools to an extent beyond the means of the Board to maintaiu. In a few cases a capitation grant of £4> a year on the average attendance is sufficient to meet present requirements, and aid is given accordingly under section 88 of the Act; but in many cases, after the fullest inquiry, the Board is obliged to build a school for the accommodation of a few children who live beyond travelling distance from any other school. The circumstances of different localities are so various that it is scarcely possible to fix a minimum number-of scholars for all cases. Each application is dealt with on its merits, and with a due regard to surrounding circumstances. Wherever it has been possible to do so the Board has adopted the half-time system. In this manner the schools at Hikutaia and Turua, and at Wairauga and Rangiriri, have been combined into half-time schools ; and similar arrangements have been made, to take effect from the Ist January, 1883, in respect of the following schools: Kaitaia and Maungatete; Hoteo North and Tauhoa; Dome Valley and Kaipara Flats; Katikati Nos. 1 and 3. The results of the half-time system continue to be, on the whole, satisfactory. Teachers.—The staff of teachers at the end of the year numbered 488, being somewhat less than the number at the end of the previous year. The classification is as follows : — Male. Female. Total. Head-teachers * •• ..151 .. 52 .. 203 Assistant teachers .. .. 24 .. 77 ~ 101 Pupil-teaohe-rs .. 20 .. 116 .. 136 Sewing-teachers .. .... .. 42 .. 42 Visiting teachers .. .. 6 .. .. .. 6 Total .. ..201 .. 287 ..' 488 B—E. 1.

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The term " assistant teacher " includes twenty-seven probationers in attendance at schools for purposes of training. These probationers learn to take part in the work of teaching, and receive special instruction to qualify them for appointment to country schools as vacancies occur. For that purpose the Board has found it necessary to continue their employment, in addition to the more fully methodized plan of training pursued in the Training College. The number of head-teachers and assistant teachers was 304. Of these 205 (67 per cent.) are either fully certificated or classified for certificates. The percentage of certificated teachers shows a gradual increase in each succeeding year; but there is still a large proportion of uncertificated persons employed. The Board has bestowed much attention to the question of their employment. Section 45 of the Act provides that "No person not duly certificated shall be eligible for appointment as teacher; but, in case a certificated teacher cannot be obtained for any school, a person not duly certificated may be temporarily appointed until a certificated teacher can be obtained." In compliance with this provision the Board has endeavoured, as far as possible, to replace uncertificated with certificated teachers. This can only be done gradually and with caution. Seventy-six schools in this district have an average attendance of less than thirty scholars, and ninety schools are unprovided with dwellings. For these it is impossible to provide certificated teachers in every case, but pains arc taken to employ none but suitable persons. It sometimes happens that a teacher may exhibit the fullest competency in other respects, and yet fail to reach the required standard in an examination. Pupil-Teacheiis.—The number of pupil-teachers employed at the end of the year was 20 males and 116 females : total, 136. Male pupil-teachers are wanted: the supply of female candidates is fairly adequate. The first annual examination of pupil-teachers was held in April, with the following results :—

All the candidates who passed have since obtained employment under the Board. The time for the annual examination has been altered to June, that being a more convenient season of the year. The rules of the Board require that candidates shall have passed the Sixth Standard or an equivalent examination. The minimum age is fifteen, but as a rule employment is given to those who have reached, or nearly reached, the age of sixteen years. The term of service is three years, secured by agreement, but subject to termination by three months'" notice on either side. Attendances. —The following table shows comparatively the roll number and the average attendance of scholars throughout the education district for the last quarters of 1882 and 1881 :—

These figures indicate a slight increase in the number of scholars, and a considerable increase in the average attendance. It must, however, be explained that the percentage for the whole year 1882 is 75, as compared with 77 for the year 1881. During the June and September quarters tlfere was an extraordinary falling-off in the attendance owing to the prevalence of measles and other epidemics. The 13oard made several appeals to the Government on the subject, but failed to obtain a variation of the Order in Council under which the attendances are calculated for purposes of payments to Boards. The existing regulation was specially framed " in order that the capitation allowance may not be unduly affected by epidemic or any unusual occurrence/ The Board feels bound to repeat its conviction that the regulation fails to reach the object for which it was framed, and that further provision ought to be made to meet such contingencies. Under present circumstances, a Board which is careful to study the interests of public health may in consequence suffer a sudden and arbitrary curtailment of its income to the extent of, say, £2,000. The burden of this loss should be more equitably divided. Ages.—The number of children over school age attending school during the last quarter of

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kill Numbo Average Attend; nice. 'ecember quarter, 1882. . 'ecember quarter, 1881. . Males. 8,304 8,258 Females. 7,797 7,572 Total. 16,101 15,830 Males. 6,595 6,457 Females. 6,046 5 ; 818 Total. 12,641 12,275 Increase 46 225 271 138 228 466

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the year was 376. This number does not include the attendance at evening schools. It seems not to be generally known that a child above school age can only be admitted at a school with the special leave of the Committee. Permission to attend is, as a rule, readily granted by Committees, unless it leads to the exclusion of children of school age. The admission of children under five years of age is clearly contrary to the Act, and has never been sanctioned by this Board. Standards. —The report of the Inspector of Schools contains the usual information as to the results of the annual standard examination, upon which the inspecting staff has been engaged during the year. Representations have been made to the Board of the small proportion of scholars presented by teachers for examination. It was thought undesirable to make any special rule on the subject while the system was yet in its infancy. The standards have noAV been in operation for three years in this district, and the Inspectors have been requested to insist upon a more regular practice for the future. Subjects op Instruction, etc. —The Board has continued the employment of visiting teachers of singing, drawing, drill, and gymnastics. These visiting teachers are intended chiefly to guide and supplement the instruction which should be given in these subjects by the ordinary staff of teachers. Classes are held for the special instruction of pupil-teachers.and assistants in these subjects, and arrangements are made, as far as practicable, for the visiting teachers to extend their visits to country schools. The list of class-books has been revised. A change of readers was agreed to early in the year, and the Board has since made further restrictions in the choice of class-books for use in schools. Accounts and Finance.—The accounts of income and expenditure are subjoined to this report. The income from ordinary capitation grant was £46,296 13s. lid., as compared with £44,204 19s. 6d. for 1881. The income for buildings was very much less than that of the previous year, owing to the postponement of the grant for the current financial year. The expenditure on "Maintenance" was £51,701 12s. lid., and on "Buildings" £14,138 14s. 2d., being nearly £3,000 less than that for the previous year. The item " Teachers' salaries " has increased by more than £3,000. There is a slight increase in the cost of administration and inspection, and in the amount of grants to Committees. The item " Training of teachers," £1,541 10s. 5d., represents only the actual outlay upon the Training College, and does not include any portion of the allowance to probationers (or teachers in training) previously charged against the vote for training. This change in the -accounts is made in compliance with the wishes of the department. The present actual outlay on the Training College exceeds the annual grant of £2,000. By the action of the Government in recognizing school-buildings as public buildings which in case of destruction by fire should be rebuilt at the Government expense the Board is relieved of a yearly charge of nearly £500 for insurance. One school —-Waikiekie East —was destroyed by fire, and the Government voted a grant for its re-erection. The Board's income was increased by an extra capitation allowance of ss. voted by Parliament. Without that timely aid the Board could not have met the charges for maintenance during the year. The reason of this continued pressure on the Board's finances is explained in the return at page v. of the Minister's report for 1881. It is there shown that, out of 194 schools in the Auckland district, 64 —a third of the whole number —had less than 25 of an average; while out of the same number 135 —more than two-thirds—had an average attendance under 50. The maintenance of so great a number of small schools on a somewhat precarious income, derived almost wholly from the capitation grant earned by average attendances, is a severe strain on the funds of the Board. The utmost care has to be exercised in order to avoid financial embarrassment. The Board again presses upon the consideration of Government the need of more adequate provision for the maintenance of small schools. Buildings.—Owing partly to the delay in the allocation of the building grant, and partly to the prevailing high prices of timber during the year, the expenditure on buildings was less than usual. The Board was obliged to postpone several buildings of special urgency. The grant allotted to Auckland for the financial year ending March, 1883, was £15,491 19s. The distribution was made according to the population of the several education districts. The Board regrets that, in adopting that basis of distribution, the Government have again ignored the inequalities which have so often been pointed out as existing in regard to school accommodation. A special building grant is required to remove these inequalities and to place all districts on a fair footing. The special claims of Auckland in this respect are corroborated in a striking manner by the following extract from the table at page xi. of the Education Budget for 1881: — Auckland. Otago. North Canterbury. Number of schools .. .. .. .. 194 .. 154 .. 129 Dwellings attached . . . . .. .. 89 .. 138 .. 122 Number of school-buildings not belonging to Board 43 11... 3 While Auckland had 105 schools unprovided with teachers' residences, Otago had 16 and North Canterbury 7 only. The want of teachers' dwellings is a very serious drawback. The Department will not admit the payment of rent allowances as a charge against Building Fund, and the Board cannot afford to pay them out of the capitation grant. But the difficulty does not end here. It sometimes happens that there is actually no suitable accommodation of any kind obtainable for a teacher's dwelling in remote country districts. Next as regards schools. When

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buildings are used which are not the property of the Board it seldom happens that school work can be carried on as efficiently or with as little interruption as could be desired. Many buildings are still urgently needed, both for schools already established and for new schools. The Board has endeavoured to adhere to its rule of requiring, at least in country places, a site of sufficient area to give accommodation for playground, teacher's dwelling, garden, and paddock; It is recommended that, in laying off a new township, provision should always be made by a liberal reservation to meet future requirements. The Board will gladly accept conveyances of laud for that purpose. Unless some such timely provision is made there is apt to be a subsequentdifficulty in obtaining sufficient land. In the town schools the want of space for playground is a serious inconvenience. Some efforts have been made during the year to obtain recreation grounds. At Wellcsley Street power has been given by the Legislature to set apart two acres for this purpose, and the Board has appropriated a sum of £500 out of the vote for " playgrounds " towards the cost of filling in the land and making it suitable. Other works are contemplated under this vote—(l) The improvement of the playground at Beresford Street, and (2) the purchase of a recreation-ground at Otahuhu. Training College.—The report of the Principal is appended. The number of students increased during the year from ten to twenty. Ten students, having completed their course, have left the College and entered xvpon active service as teachers. Twenty new students have been admitted since January, making a present total of thirty. Students receive from the Board an allowance for maintenance, and are required to give security that they will continue to teach for at least two years after leaving the College. The students admitted hitherto have been, either pupil-teachers who have completed or have nearly completed their term of service, or holders of district scholarships who have entered the service of the Board as pupil-teachers. As stated above, the cost of the Training College, although actually less during the past year than the amount of the grant, is now in excess of it. Classes are held by the Principal for the instruction of teachers and pupil-teachers, and assistance has been given by him to country teachers by means of correspondence. A separate class for the training of teachers is held at the Thames. Libraries. —The distribution of the grant to public libraries was not intrusted to the Board this year. Small grants of books have been made by the Board to aid and encourage the formation of school libraries. It is regretted that, by a change in the definition of the term "public library," the school libraries were excluded from participating in the grant voted by Parliament, in which on previous occasions they had shared. District High Schools.—Applications have been received for the establishment of district high schools at Cambridge, Hamilton, Waipu, and Warkworth. The Board is inclined to deal favourably with such applications where it can be shown that there is a reasonable prospect of the schools being made self-supporting. Scholarships.—Twenty-three scholarships were held at the end of the year. At the annual examination held in December last three open and ten district scholarships were awarded. Five of the scholarships were gained by girls, who compete on equal terms with boys. Certificates of proficiency were awarded to eleven candidates who obtained half marks in each subject of examination. The question of ages of candidates has occupied a large share of attention during the past year. Hitherto candidates have been admitted of any age from twelve to seventeen. The Board was recently asked by the Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School —to which the boys who gain scholarships are sent —to limit the age to thirteen years, and to provide a second course of scholarships to be competed for by holders of first scholarships on reaching the age of fifteen. Due consideration was given to these proposals; but a legal difficulty arose in the wording of section 51 of flic Act, under which Boards are empowered to "establish scholarships to bs competed for by the pupils attending any public school, and also scholarships open to all children of school age." It seemed clear to the Board that any limit to age below fifteen (school age) would be contrary to 1-aw. The Board took the opinion of counsel on the point, and was advised that pupils of any age lawfully attending a public school were eligible to compete for scholarships. The regulations for 1883 have been framed accordingly to admit the competition of pupils of any age. Another change has been made in abolishing the open scholarships hitherto competed for by pupils of secondary schools and maintained at the cost of the Board. It seems to the Board that the cost of such scholarships is more properly chargeable upon the endowments for secondary education than upon the capitation grant earned by public-school attendances. School Committees. —The Board gladly acknowledges the continued support andco-opera-tiah afforded by School Committees in carrying out the provisions of the Act. The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wm. P. Moat, Chairman.

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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881— By Office Btaff, salaries ... ... ... 1,014 15 0 Building Account... ... ... 4,919 17 2 Departmental contingencies ... ... 627 3 8 Playground Account ... ... 1,000 0 0 Inspectors'salaries ... ... ... 1,287 10 0 General Account ... ... ... 2,427 9 6 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 409 5 6 Government grants for buildings ... 5,330 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 29 19 2 Other receipts for buildings — Teachers' salaries and allowances (inoludSale of properties ... ... ... 113 12 6 ing rent, bonus, &c.) ... ... 43,020 6 2 Deposits forfeited ... ... ... 2G 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools ... 2,661 1 5 Government statutory capitation (£3 15a.) 44,030 18 11 Insurance of school-buildings ... ... 4 14 2 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 2,265 15 0 Training of teachers ... ... 1,541 10 5 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 1,014 19 10 ScholarshipsInspection subsidy ... ... ... 500 0 0 Paid to scholars ... ... ... 838 5 0 Grant for training of teachers... ... 2,000 0 0 Examination expenses ... ... 131 0 3 Grants for other purposes —Playgrounds 210 0 0 School-buildings— Payments by School Commissioners for New buildings ... ... ... 5,656 14 0 primary education ... ... 1,426 10 6 Improvements of buildings... ... 4,206 15 4 Purniture and appliances ... ... 1,418 0 4 Sites ... ... ... ... 1,385 12 10 Special playgrounds ... ... 810 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees... ... 63111 8 Other expenses— Kefund to Waitakerei School Committee ... ... ... 17 0 0 Grants to school libraries ... ... 27 0 0 Bank interest ... ... ... 91 2 2 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882— Balance of account on 31st December, Building Account (playgrounds) ... 400 0 0 1882—Buildings Account ... 2,930 18 8 General Account ... ' ... ... 1,985 15 0 £68,226 2 1 £68,226 2 1 Wm. P. Moat, Chairman. Vincent E. Rice, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the Education Board of the District of Auckland for the year ended 31st December, 1882, and that I find the same to be correct; and that the expenditure has been according tojaw.—L. A. Durrieu, Auditor. 22nd February, 1883. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account,3lst December, Due to teachers... ... ... ... 3,544 16 8 1882 ... ... ... ... 1,985 15 0 Due accounts, Training Collego ... ... 619 0 Due from vote for scholarships ... ... 144 9 7 Due departmental expenses ... ... 95 17 5 Balance ... ... ... ... 1,661 2 2 Due scholarships'examination ... ... 108 8 8 Due grants to Committees ... ... 28 15 0 Due rents, &c. ... ... ... ... 6 10 0 £3,791 6 9 £3,791 6 9 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. d. ..Cash in bank on Playgrounds Account, 31st Dr. balance of account, 31st December, 1882 2,930 18 8 December, 1882 ... ... ... 400 0 0 Balance of amounts due,or to fall due, under Due from Government for Mount Eden site ... 600 0 0 contracts ... ... ... ... 2,352 1 11 Due from sale of building, Mount Eden ... 250 0 0 Due on account of Ponsonby site ... ... 1,000 0 0 Due from sale of building, Tuaiau ... ... 40 0 0 Balance... ... ... ... ...4,993 0 7 £6,283 0 7 £6,283 0 7 [Note. —This does not include amount of building grant allotted since.] Vincent E. Rice, Secretary.

TARANAKI. Sir, — New Plymouth, 29th March, 1883. In accordance with clause 102 of "The Education Act, 1877/ the Taranaki Education Board presents its report of proceedings for the year ending 31st December, 1882. Board Meetings.—The Board has held twenty-four ordinary meetings during the year. Attendances and Number of Schools. —There are at present 35 schools at work. The increase of attendance is 289 on the roll and 187 on the working average. The infant school opened in the old East Schoolroom has now 92 on the roll, against 70 when opened in January, 1882. A school has been opened at Eitzroy, in a hired building, with 54 on the roll. A new school is now urgently needed. An aided school has been opened at Pukearuhc, under the 88th clause of the Act, in a building belonging to the Armed Constabulary Force. There are 35 on the roll, with a working average of 31. The room is only 26 feet by 10 feet, and 7 feet (5 inches to the roof-plate. Application has been made to the Board for a contribution towards enlarging it.

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New Schools and Buildings.—New schools have been built at Opunake, Midhirst, and Stratford. Teachers' houses have been built at Opunake, Midhirst, Stratford, Wortley Road, and one has been enlarged at Tataraimaka. The house accommodation for teachers is very insufficient; at the same time providing rent allowance is a heavy tax upon the Board funds ; moreover it is difficult in many cases to get hired houses, or even lodgings. A sum of i£Boo was advanced from the Board fund to meet the necessary outlay for buildings and fencing; consequently for the current year the Board will only have ,£905 at its disposal for buildings, enlargement, or repairs—a sum quite inadequate for its requirements. The Board has long had under its consideration the importance of uniting the East and West Boys' Schools into one central school. The East and West Schools would in that case be used for infants'" or mixed schools. A new school at Fitzroy is urgently needed : the school there is continually increasing. The hired building taken for six months to test the wants of the district is required by the owner, so that another building used as a chapel has been rented; but it is not only inconvenient, but insufficient for the number of scholars, and as there is no fireplace the attendance will certainly fall off during the winter quarter. The distribution of the sum voted by Parliament for schoolbuildings operates greatly to the disadvantage of a rural district like Taranaki. Teaching Staff. —The teaching staff consists of 21 male teachers and 33 female teachers. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Henry Govett.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 188 2 Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 3lBt December, 1881— By Office staff, salaries ... ... ... 150 0 0 Building Account ... ... ... 711 15 3 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 8 12 6 General Account ... ... ... 1,237 6 11 Departmental contingencies ... ... 97 10 9 Government grants for buildings ... 542 0 0 Inspectors'salaries ... ... ... 275 0 0 Other receipts for buildings — Teachers' salaries and allowances (includSale of old buildings ... ... 27 12 3 ing rent, bonus, &c.) ... ... 3,987 1 4 Advance from Education Fund ... 800 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools — Deposit on contract ... ... 7 19 6 Incidental expenses ... ... 414 12 5 Government statutory capitation (£315s.) 4,550 8 6 Rents of buildings ... ... 50 7 6 Special capitation (5s.) ... ... 244 6 3 School-buildings — Inspection subsidy ... ... ... 175 0 0 New buildings ... ... ... 1,611 14 0 Payments by School Commissioners for Improvements of buildings... ... 197 6 3 primary education ... ... 527 7 1 Furniture and appliances ... ... 5 8 0 Part advances to High School repaid ... 175 0 0 Sites ... ... ... ... 88 12 8 Other receipts — Advertisements ... ... ... 20 7 6 Rent of school site ... ... 27 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees ... 77 8 0 Grass seed ... ... ... 110 Store Account ... ... ... 83 12 3 Store account ... ... ... 51 11 7 Advances from School Fund— Proceeds of land sold to be reinvested in High School ... ... ... 350 0 0 land ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 School-buildings Account ... ... 800 0 0 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882— Building Account... ... ... 38 3 1 General Account ... ... ... 822 12 1 Land Account ... ... ... 100 0 0 £9,178 8 4 £9,178 8 4 Henry Govett, Chairman. Wm. Northcroft, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —0. Rennell, Auditor. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account and Land Due to teachers ... ... ... 136 19 0 Account, 31st December, 1882 ... 922 12 1 Due to members of the Board ... ... 7 10 0 Due from School-building Account ... 800 0 0 Due to Committees ... ... ... 110 3 O Due from High School Account ... ... 175 0 0 Due to Land Account ... ... ... 100 0 0 Due from Store Account... ... ... 51 5 7 £1,948 17 8 £354 12 0 B. Building Fund only. £ a. d. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Balance of amounts due, or to fall due, under 1882 ... ... ... ... 38 3 1 contracts ... ... ... ... 193 7 6 Deposits on contracts ... ... ... 7 19 6 jg Due on account of legal expenses ... ... 18 2 0 Due on account of rent of Fitzroy School* ... 8 10 0 »•> Advance from Education Fund ... ... 800 0 0 £38 3 1 £1,027 19 0 Wm. North croft, Secretary.

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WANGANUI. Sir,— Education Office, Wanganui, 24th February, 1883. In compliance with the 102nd clause of the Education Act, I have the honour to submit the usual annual report of the Board. Board.—At the close of the year 1881 Mr. Henry Sanson, Mr. Donald Coutts, and Sir William Eox retired from the Board by rotation, and were re-elected in 1882. Since then no change has taken place amongst the members. The Board has met regularly on the last Tuesday in each month, and there has also been a special meeting for urgent business. Besides these meetings the Board has been materially assisted by the Finance and Building Committees, who have carried out the details of the Board's resolutions. A Committee of the Board was also formed to adjust the boundaries of the several school districts. This was a work involving much trouble and labour, and requiring great care. The Committee, however, accomplished the task assigned to it, and the work thus performed will be of lasting value both to the School Committees and the Board. The whole of these boundaries will shortly be gazetted. Schools and Attendances.—At the end of last year 57 schools were open, with an average attendance for the whole year of 3,418-33. This year there are 61 schools open, with an average attendance for the year of 3,672'75, the average for the last quarter being 3,843, and the number on the roll 5,020. The increase for the last quarter, as compared with that of last year, is 349, or 10 per cent, within a fraction; and for the whole year it is 254'42, or nearly 13_ per cent. The attendance was affected in many instances by the prevalence of measles. Return No. 1 gives the details of attendances at the several schools.* During the year the Board has granted a capitation of £4 5s. per scholar to two families in outlying districts, upon the understanding that they comply with the provisions of the Education Act as regards aided schools. The Board, however, will discourage applications of this nature whenever the families are within reasonable distance of an established school. Teachers. —There are now 115 teachers in the employ of the Board. Of these, 48 are principal male teachers in charge of schools, 13 are principal female teachers in charge of schools, 3 are male assistant teachers, 17 are female assistant teachers, 10 are male pupil-teachers, and 24 are female pupil-teachers. Of the male principal teachers 18 are uncertificated; of the female principal teachers 7 are uncertificated; and of the female assistant teachers 12 are uncertificated. During the year the Board passed a resolution that all uncertificated candidates for the position of teachers under this Board shall pass a preliminary examination before the Inspector prior to appointment. Some of the uncertificated teachers have failed to present themselves this year for certificates in conformity with the Board's rule, but this is an irregularity which the Board cannot allow to continue. Fourth-year pupil-teachers are now allowed to remain another year at the schools, with an increase of salary, upon the understanding that they present themselves for teachers' certificates at the expiration of the fifth year. Respecting the mode of filling up vacancies in the teaching staff, the Board has resolved that, whilst it recognizes the claims of teachers in its service to promotion, it will not in the case of every vacancy debar itself from inviting applications from outside teachers. During the year the Board regrets to state that it has been obliged in one case to put in force the subsection of the 47th clause of the Act, whilst in some others, either for dereliction of duty or for misconduct, it has adopted the milder course of dispensing with teachers' services by giving the necessary three months' notice. Whilst the Board is at all times very unwilling to adopt harsh measures toward any of its teachers, its first consideration must be the children who are in their charge, and it considers that the moral status of a teacher should not only be commensurate with his scholarly attainments, but that his ability and willingness, both by precept and example, to maintain a healthy tone in the school should be considered as much a qualification for his appointment and future advancement as his classification by Government. In connection with this subject the Board would have it understood that, whilst deprecating a constant or undue interference with its teachers, it is nevertheless clearly the duty of School Committees to advise the Board without delay of any irregularity which may occur, before the school suffers or becomes demoralized. In cases where School Committees do not take action in time, and come suddenly upon the Board to rescue them from the results of temporizing, legal and other difficulties arise, and the Board is involved in expense, annoyance, and trouble not contemplated by the Committees. Whilst referring to this matter the Board cannot but express its regret that the terms of the subsection of the 47th clause of the Act should be so vague and undefined, and it is of opinion that the said section, both with regard to the interpretation of the terms and the mode of suspending and dismissing, should be remodelled. New Districts, School-Buildings and Grounds.—During the year new school districts have been formed at Okaiawa, in the Hawera County, at Manchester and Beaconsfield, in the Manawatu County, and at Warrengate, in the Wanganui County; and another will shortly be formed at Stanway, north of Halcombe. New schools have been built and opened at Manaia and Ngaire, with the gratifying result of a steady increase in the attendance; and extensive additions have been made at PaFmerston North, Hawera, and the Wanganui Infant School, thus supplying very pressing wants. New teachers' residences have been erected at Manaia, Ngaire, Upokongaro, Foxton, and Otaki, and general repairs and small additions have been effected throughout the district as far as funds would admit. Urgent works were, however, held over pending advices respecting the allocation of the Government grant for buildings; but the Board,

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after making arrangements -with its bankers—hereafter referred to —decided upon inviting tenders for the erection of new schools at Beaconsfield, Manchester, Warrengate, Okaiawa, and Stan way, north of Halcombe, besides additions to the Patea, Mosstown, and Wanganui Girls' Schools, a new residence at Makino Road, accommodation for the teacher to be added to the Jackeytown School, and repairs and additions to the residences at Normanby and Upper Tutaeuui. The Board regrets the delay which has arisen in undertaking these works, but it is manifest that it would have been unwise to initiate them before it had some reasonable assurance of being recouped for the outlay. Return No. 7* gives the expenditure incurred on account of the several schools. /Che want of additional school-ground accommodation is much felt at some of the schools, notably Palmerston North, Bull's, and Upper Tutaenui. The Board is willing to pay a reasonable price, and has made offers for the necessary ground, but without success. The Board thinks that the settlers should co-operate with it and the School Committees in a matter which is so manifestly for the public weal. Insurance. —Government having advised the Board that it now takes the fire risk on all school-buildings, the several policies have been allowed to lapse. Architects.—Messrs. Ross and Wright, the Board's late architects, having dissolved partnership, the Board appointed Mr. J. R. Wright its architect upon the same terms as heretofore, since which he has given every satisfaction. District High School. —In the month of August last the Board found that the Wanganui District High School for Boys was in a disorganized state, and a Committee of the Board was appointed to confer with the Wanganui School Committee on the subject, and to bring up a report. After several deliberations and consultations the Board resolved to dispense with the whole of the masters, and to invite fresh applications for the several positions. The resolution was carried into effect, and in due course the whole of the applications were submitted to the School Committee, with a recommendation that Mr. Fenn—late teacher under the London School Board and headmaster of South Lambert School—be appointed headmaster. The School Committee preferred another candidate and urged his appointment, but the Board, for good and sufficient reasons, appointed the applicant whom it considered the most suitable under the peculiar circumstances. The Board would here remark that, whilst it will always study the recommendations of School Committees, it will ever maintain its right to a final decision in the appointment of teachers in its employ. In making these changes the Board availed itself of the opportunity of reorganizing the staff and "readjusting the salaries at this school. A fourth master has been added, and the Board has reserved this position for passed pupilteachers who wish to gain experience in teaching at a large school. The Girls' District High School, Wanganui, under Miss Blyth, has progressed without interruption, and is still doing good work. The Board is about to add a new room, which was much wanted, and this will prove a great boon both to pupils and teachers. The Patea District High School, as such, appears to be a failure, notwithstanding the very efficient staff with which it is officered. The inhabitants have never taken much advantage of it for secondary education, and latterly the attendance of pupils for extra subjects has almost ceased. Holidays.—ln the month of April last it was ascertained that some of the schools had been closed without the Board's sanction, and that the holidays in certain cases had been altered. The Board thereupon sent a circular to these Committees calling their attention to the violation of the Board's rule. - Dancing in Schools. —It has been reported to the Board during the year that schoolrooms have been used for dancing purposes. This is in direct opposition to the Board's published rule, ■and it trusts that School Committees will see the necessity of complying with its regulations without further action. Printing and School Requisites.—During the year the Board invited fresh tenders for printing and school furniture, and accepted tenders which will effect a considerable saving in these items. Scholarships.—The scholarships were competed for in August, under the regulations approved by the Department. For the A scholarship no candidates came forward, and the Board therefore allocated the money to the formation of two more in D. They were respectively won by the following competitors : William Rose, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (B), 1 scholarship, £30; Ebenezer Bishop, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (B), 1 scholarship, £30; Hugh Mclntyre, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (C), 1 scholarship, £25; George Home, of Hawera School (C), 1 scholarship, £25; William Ballantyne, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (C), 1 scholarship, £25; William H. McLean, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (D), 1 scholarship, £20; William J. Carson, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (D), 1 scholarship, £20; H. C. Rouse, of Marton School, (D), 1 scholarship, £20; Hugh Sim, of Wanganui Boys' District High School (D), 1 scholarship, £20; Mabel E. Browne, of Wanganui Girls' District High School (D), 1 scholarship, £20. Committees, School Fu#ds, and Allowances.—With the view of assisting Committees as far as possible the Board has during the year made another addition to the School Pund Account. 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any reasonable amount they may collect for the improvement of the school-grounds, and in some cases they have gladly availed themselves of the offer. Compulsory Attendances. —'The compulsory clauses are not much taken advantage of, for reasons referred to in the report of this Board for last year. In some respects the School Committees consider them objectionable. Penny Banks. —There are not many school penny banks in the district. School Libraries.—There are a few school libraries in the district. They are generally in charge of the teacher, and prove a boon to the scholars in the country districts. Teachers' Classes, etc. —Respecting classes for teachers, instruction to pupil-teachers, and evening classes the Board begs to refer you to the Inspector's report. Finance.—The returns give a full account of the Board's receipts and expenditure. Every possible economy has been observed in the expenditure, as the returns themselves will testify. In November last the Board, being without funds for building purposes, and having numerous demands from Committees for new schools, enlargement of buildings, and other works, with which it could not comply, arranged with its bankers for an overdraft in anticipation of the grant for buildings. A special meeting of the Board very carefully investigated the merits of the several applications, and allocated the funds upon the most equitable basis. The sum of £434 16s. 3d., received in September last on account of the extra capitation grant of ss. made by the Government, has been transferred to the Building Account, with a view, as far as possible, of assisting School Committees in the several works applied for. It will thus be seen that, although the Board's efforts to serve the district were greatly paralysed in consequence of the delay in allocating the Government grant for buildings, it used every effort, and incurred some risk, to meet the demands made upon it. The general statement appended shows a credit balance of £1,443 Is. Bd. on the General Account, with assets of £61 13s. 9d. due from the Government, and liabilities of £328 ss. 9d, leaving a net credit of £1,176 9s. Bd. The statement of assets and liabilities shows that the Building Account is overdrawn to the extent of £1,908 lls. 3d., with liabilities amounting to £100 os. sd. Taking the Government grant of £4,376 as an asset, there will be a credit balance of £2,367 Bs. 4d. The whole of this amount has, however, been anticipated, as above explained. The general statement also shows that the sum of £917 Is. 4d. has been remitted to School Committees on account of the School Fund. For any information respecting the state of education in the district the Board has the honour to refer you to the report of its Inspector of Schools. I have, &c, W. H. Watt, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881 — By Balance of account on 31st December, General Account ... ... 1,648 10 4 1881 (Building Account) ... 301 8 2 Rees'Bequest Account ... ... 0 13 4 Office staff, salaries ... ... 324 19 0 Government grants for buildings ... 3,649 0 0 Clerical assistance ... ... 15 6 0 Other receipts for buildings — Departmental contingencies ... 273 18 2 Transfer from General Account ... 434 16 3 Inspectors'salaries ... ... 370 0 0 Old buildings sold ... ... 10 0 0 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 100 0 0 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 12,859 10 3 Examination of pupil-teachera ... 46 5 6 Special capitation (55.) ... ... fi62 18 9 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inScholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 116 17 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) ... 12,246 17 2 Inspection subsidy... ... ... 300 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools ... 917 1 4 Payments by School Commissioners— Insurance of school-buildings ... 3 3 0 Primary education ... ... 242 12 11 Transfer, General to Building Account 434 16 3 Secondary education ... ... 124 19 1 Scholarships paid to scholars 158 10 0 Pees for district high schools ... ... 127 19 6 Scholarships examination expenses ... 20 0 9 School site sold, Brunswick ... ... 15 0 0 School-buildings— Interest on invested funds (bequest of New buildings ... ... ... 3,038 0 1 late Dr. Rees) ... ... ... 208 8 0 Improvements of buildings ... 2,008 7 3 Dr. Balance of account on 31st Decem- Furniture and appliances ... ... 329 15 3 ber, 1882 (buildings) ... ... 1,908 11 3 Plans, supervision, and fees 278 7 1 Credit balance, General Account ... 1,443 1 8 £22,309 16 8 £22,309 16 8 W. H. Watt, Chairman. A. A. Browne, Secretary. Examined and passed—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. jgA. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bant on this account, 31st December, Due to teachers,.. ... ... ... 29 18 8 1882 ... ... ... ... 1,442 8 4 Due to solicitor, legal expenses ... ... 5 7 4 Due from Government (scholarships) ... 61 13 9 Due to Committees ... ... ... 292 19 9 Rees Bequeßt Account ... ... ... 013 4 Balance of assets over liabilities ... ... 1,176 9 8 £1,504 15 5 £1,504 15 5

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HAWKE'S BAY. Sir, — Board of Education, Napier, 31st January, 1883. In accordance with the requirements of the Education Act, the Board of Education for this district has the honour to forward its general report upon the progress and condition of education for the year ended 31st December, 1882. Meetings of Board. —-The Board meets for the transaction of ordinary business on the third Tuesday in each month. The attendance of members at each meeting averages about twothirds of the number forming the Board, which average has been maintained for the past three years. The following arc the attendances made by each member : Mr. J. D. Ormond (Chairman), 11; Captain Russell, 10; Rev. D. Sidey, 10; Mr. Robert Dobson (9 months), 8; Mr. R. Harding, 11; Mr. G. E. Lee (9 months), 2; Mr. S. Locke, 3; Mr. F. Sutton, M.H.R., 8; Mr, T. Tanner (3 months), 2; Mr. J. N. Williams, 10. Several slight alterations have taken place in the constitution of the Board. At the annual election for three members in March Mr. T. Tanner, one of the retiring members, did not seek re-election, being about to visit England; and Mr. G. E. Lee, a former member of the Board, was elected, along with Mr. P. Sutton and Mr. J. N. Williams, who were the other two retiring members for the year. In November an extraordinary vacancy was caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Dobson, and Mr. William White has recently been elected in his place. Building Operations.—The past year has not been a busy one in the way of school extension and improvements. Whilst there have been numerous applications for much-needed enlargements and new school-buildings, the smallness of the building grant has made it impossible for the Board to provide the accommodation necessary for the proper advancement of education in the district. The average attendance at the schools during the year is no measure of the number of children of school age in the district. At the close of the year there were only 1,833 males and 1,533 females, or a total of 3,363 children, returned as attending school; but from the census returns which have recently been published it appears there are in the district 2,693 males and 2,702 females of school age, or a total of 5,395 children. If 10 per cent, be deducted from this total for the children attending the Catholic and other private schools, there will then remain 1,855 children who ought to be attending the schools under the Board in addition to the number whose names were on the register in December last. But the accommodation in the schools belonging to the Board is not sufficient for the children attending school in December, so that accommodation is required for the large number of children who cannot, with existing school room, share the benefits of the educational system of the colony. The only building operations which have been undertaken during the year are the erection of a small schoolhouse at Wainui, and additions to the schools at Clive, Hastings, and Wairoa. No teachers' residences have been provided, although a number are much needed for the teachers in charge of schools in outlying districts. Since April, 1880, the Board has received from the Government the sum of £4,194 for building purposes, and with such slender resources it has been found impossible to place this district in a satisfactory state as far as relates to the supply of school accommodation, and teachers' residences. School Attendance. —Although the schools have suffered greatly owing to the prevalence of measles, diphtheria, scarlatina, and whooping-cough in most of the districts, the average weekly number on the school rolls for the year shows an increase of about 3 per cent, over the previous year. The average attendance for the year likewise shows an increase over the average for 1881 of about 4 per cent. At Norsewood, where the average attendance under ordinary circumstances exceeds one hundred pupils, the school was closed for nearly half a year in consequence of the intensity of the measles and diphtheria which prevailed in the district and -carried off many of the children. Similarly the school at Waipukurau was closed for several months, and in neither case has the attendance reached what it was eighteen months ago. The compulsory closing of these schools, from causes beyond the control of either teachers, Committees, or the Board, occasioned a heavy loss to the School Fund, as the Board felt itself bound to pay the salaries of the teachers engaged in those schools, although the department refused to recognize the Board's claim for payment when made under such special and exceptional circumstances. 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Examination Results. —From the annual report which has been submitted by the Inspector the Board is glad to find that there is a marked improvement in the standard work in a fair number of the schools examined. There are some schools, however, which are reported as not being satisfactory, and it will be necessary for the Board to take special action in relation thereto unless more favourable reports are made in respect to their management. The children presented for examination and the number who succeeded in passing the required standard tests show an increase when compared with the numbers examined, and passed in 1881, although not such a large increase as is shown in the results of 1881 over those of 1880. But it is encouraging to find that the number of passes in Standards V. and VI. has nearly doubled during the year. The following is a summary of the examination results as contained in Table B, appended to the Inspector's report:—

Examination of Sewing.—On the recommendation of the Inspector a new plan has been adopted for the examination of the standard sewing specimens done by the girls attending the district schools, and with the most satisfactory results. The sewing specimen done by each girl presented for examination was required to be forwarded to Napier against a certain date, and a general examination of ail the specimens was held by nine ladies formed into three Committees, each Committee taking two standards, thus : Committee A, Standards I. and V. ; Committee B, Standards 111. and IV.; and Committee C, Standards 11. and VI. The reports of the examiners, which appear in the appendix, will be found to contain suggestions of much practical value relating to the teaching of this most important subject. School Committees. —The interest shown by most of the School Committees in the progress of education, and to which attention was drawn in a previous report, does not appear to have diminished during the past year. In sparsely-peopled districts this interest is perhaps more marked than in the town. For example, at Heretaunga in the Seventy-Mile Bush, at Wallingford near Porangahau, and at Patangata near Kaikora, not only have the residents subscribed substantial amounts towards the erection or improvement of the school-buildings, but they pay each year a fair portion of the teachers' salaries. So also at Patutahi and Waerengahika, in the Poverty Bay District, the residents have subscribed among themselves and have built schoolhouses^ and in the former place have even established a library for the improvement of the children, the Board being unable to assist these districts, it having no funds for buildingpurposes at its disposal. These are only a few of the instances which might be mentioned to show the interest which the people in this district, through their representatives the School Committees, take in the progress of education. School Libraries. —Increasing attention is being given to the formation of school libraries. At the Napier and Gisborne schools the first and second masters have interested themselves in the matter, and, by means of concerts and entertainments given by the school children, satisfactory sums of money have been obtained, which will go far towards obtaining a fair collection of books suitable for school libraries. Many of the smaller schools are following the good example set by Napier and Gisborne, arid it is expected that at no distant date every school of fair average size in Hawke's Bay will be provided with a suitable library to which all pupils able to read will have free access. The Board is pleased to learn that several of the library committees in country districts have agreed to grant free membership to all pupils who succeed in passing Standard IV, find upwards in the annual examination of the district schools,

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Averaj [o "Weekly [umber o: Koll. Average Attendanci Year. March. June. Sept. Dee. Average for Four Quarters. Peroentage Increase on Previous Year. March. June. Sept. Dee. Average for Pour Quarters. Percentage Increase on Previous Year. 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1,520 2,019 2,893 3,224 3,351 1,797 2,082 2,979 3,172 3,184 1,854 2,510 3,003 3,092 3,243 1,985 2,676 3,046 3,170 3,320 1,789 2,322 2,980 3,164-5 3,274-9 29-9 28-8 61 3-22 1,259 1,686 2,244 2,481 2,459 1,612 1,650 2,220 2,386 2,239 1,580 1,871 2,204 2,326 2,457 1,649 2,020 2,334 2,199 2,633 1,525 1,807 2,250-5 2,348 2,447 18-4 24-5 4-3 4-3

Sti mdavd I. Standan II. Stai idard II. Standard IV. Standan T. Standard Tl. Total Year. F. Tl. 277 549 201 429 174 373 161 386 1771 390 I M. F. 7" 4 43 22 53 40 69 66 86 70 M. F. 19 6 22 15 44 26 M. F. 'asses. M. M. F. Tl. M. F. Tl. Tl. Tl. Tl. 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 S ) ) i 272 228 199 225 213 61 224 176 202 184 39 166 158 17* 166 100 390 334 374 350 57 95 104 154 171 45 94 103 117 158 102 189 207 271 327 ]1 65 93 135 156 25 37 70 762 1,073 1,032 1,213 1,314 10 12 9 i'o 21

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Savings-banks.—No savings-banks have been established. Neither Committees nor teachers seem to look favourably upon them, but for what reason does not appear. The training of children in habits of thrift ought to be considered as an essential part of school education, and the Board yet hopes to see savings-banks established in some of the larger schools of the district. Pupil- teachers.—The Board regrets that nothing has been done to assist those pupilteachers who have finished their period of service in the schools under the Board. Representations on their behalf have already been made to the department, and from the reply received it was anticipated that a grant would be made to the Board for the purpose of establishing Training College scholarships; but nothing has been done, and thus the only practicable mode of obtaining efficient teachers for this district has been closed.* Scholarships Examination.—The annual examination for scholarships was held in July. Only two candidates entered for Class A, and none for Class B. A scholarship of the annual value of ,£2O, and tenable for two years, was awarded to Harold Large, of the Napier District School, and he is now pursuing his studies at the Wellington College. The following is a list of the scholarship-holders under the Board.f The fewness of candidates for the scholarship examinations has led the Board to reconsider the regulations relating to scholarships, and they have been so modified that in future only one class of scholarships will be awarded, for which all children of school age may compete, and the subjects of examination will be those required to pass Standard VI., as stated in Regulation 7 of the Standard Regulations of the department. Income and Expenditure.—The income received by the Board as capitation allowance and inspection subsidy was £9,777 15s. 5d., which, added to .€99 3s. 4d., the balance on 31st December, 1881, gives a total income for the School Fund of £9,876 18s. 9d. The expenditure during the same period for salaries and payments to School Committees was £9,794 125., leaving a balance of £82 6s. 9d. to the credit of the School i'und. A detailed statement of income and expenditure for the year, together with the Inspector's and other reports, will be found appended. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. D. Ormond, Chairman.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881— By Office staff, salaries ... ... ... 250 0 0 Building Account ... ... 915 9 5 Departmental contingencies ... ... 105 9 5 General Account... ... ... 118 8 0 Inspectors'salaries ... ... ... 500 0 0 Government grants for buildings ... 1,194 0 0 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 150 0 0 Subscriptions and donations for build- Examination of pupil-teachers ... 51 15 2 ings ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances (includGovernment statutory capitation (£3155.) 8,101 3 4 ing rent, bonus, &c.) ... ... 7,948 13 8 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 293 13 9 Incidental expenses of schools— Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 62 10 0 Incidental expenses ... ... 877 10 9 Inspection subsidy ... ... ... 300 0 0 Ecnts of school-buildings ... ... 36 0 0 Grants for other purposes (Te Arai Railway fares of Te Aute children to School) .?. ... ... 12 10 0 Kaikora School ... ... 54 10 0 Payments by School Commissioners for Half costs of teachers' travelling primary education ... ... 1,067 18 4 expenses ... ... ... 1500 Other receipts— Insurance of school-buildings ... 71 4 6 For purchase of playground ... 515 0 0 Scholarships— Refund ... ... ... 1110 0 Paid to scholars ... ... ... 87 10 0 Deposits on contracts ... ... 20 0 0 Examination expenses ... ... 11 15 0 Dr. Balance of account on 31st December, School-buildings— 1882 (Building Fund Account) ... 597 5 4 New buildings ... ... ... 1,259 5 3 Improvements of buildings... ... 742 5 1 Furniture and appliances ... ... 351 13 0 Sites ... ... ... 460 0 O Plans, supervision, and fees ... 70 18 7 Deeds and advertising ... ... 66 15 4 Conveyance of apparatus ... ... 19 11 0 Other expenses— Deposit on contracts returned ... 20 0 0 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882 ... ... ... 67 11 5 £13,217 8 2 £13,217 8 2 H. Hill, Secretary. Examined and passed.—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor. [The sum of £14 15s. 4d. included in the original statement as a balance has been deducted from both sides.]

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ a. d. Liabilities. £ s. dCash in bank on this account, 31st December, Balance of Scholarship Account, 31st December, 1882 ... ... ... ... 82 6 9 1882 ... ... ... ... 14 15 4 Due from G-eneral Government on Scholarship Deduction on account of reserves 'revenue'in Account ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 hand ... ... ... '... 250 0 0 £107 6 9 £264 15 4 B. Building Fund only. Nil £ s. d. Balance of account, 31st December, 1882 ... 597 5 4 Balance of amounts due, or to fall due, under contracts ~, ~. ... ... 85 0 0 £682 5 4

WELLINGTON. Sir,— Wellington, 31st March, 1883. The Board of Education of the Wellington District has the honour to submit hei'ewith its annual report, in accordance with section 102 of " The Education Act, 1877." The Board. —At the beginning of the year 1882 the following gentlemen comprised the Board : The Hon C. J. Pharazyn (Chairman), Messrs. H. Bunny, J. R. Blair, G. Beetham, M.H.R., W. Hutchison, M.H.R., C. Pharazyn, Dr. Newman, the Rev. J. Paterson, and the Yen. Archdeacon Stock. In March the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, the Rev. James Paterson, and the Yen. Archdeacon Stock retired by rotation. The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn did not offer himself for re-election. At the election in March by School Committees the Rev. J. Paterson, the Hon. G. R. Johnston, and Mr. Thomas Mason, M.H.R., were duly elected. An extraordinary vacancy, caused by the resignation of Mr. Charles Pharazyn, was filled by the election of Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.H.R. At the meeting of the Board held on the 31st March Mr. J. R. Blair was elected Chairman and Treasurer. The Board held sixteen meetings during the year, and the Finance, Normal School, Building, and Appointments Committees of the Board had numerous meetings. School-Buildings.—During the year the erection of a large new school of the first class at Masterton was finished, and affords ample accommodation in the meantime for that thriving town. Additions were made to the Taita School. New schools have been built at Taueru, Whiteman's Valley, Wallace, and Mungaroa. A residence has been provided for the teacher of the Opaki School. School Residences in Country Places. —The funds placed at the disposal of this Board hitherto have been quite insufficient for the providing of urgently needed school-buildings. The erection of teachers' residences in country places has, in consequence, been almost nil. Residences in many of these districts are of as much importance as the schools. Without them great difficulty is experienced in carrying on the schools. The want of them greatly restricts the choice of the Board in filling vacancies, and the incessant changes of teachers from this cause lead to a lamentable waste of the children's time and opportunities. School Sites.—The purchase of school sites has in the past absorbed an undue portion of the Board's Building Fund. This necessity does not seem to have had sufficient weight with the Government in the allocation of the grant between the various districts. The Minister of Education, in his report of 1880, says, " 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 schoolbuildings at the date of the abolition of the provinces—in the City of Wellington no schoolbuildings had been erected at the public cost until the appropriations from the colonial revenue became available for this purpose ; and this has necessarily led to a very large expenditure, not only on buildings, but also on the purchase of school sites/ J Yet in 1879 the amount of grant to Otago was £44,522 6s. 4d.; Wellington, £13,857 os. 9d.: in 1880, Otago, £28,500; Wellington, £16,000. These figures speak'for themselves. "Equality of sacrifice " may be a just political dogma, but it cau only be so when applied to " giving "as well as " taking." The traveller who visits Otago and Canterbury, with their numerous, large, and costly school-buildings,* and compares with these the wooden school-buildings of this district, may well be excused for asking if the same Government controls the system in both Islands,

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Teaching Staff. —In Return No. 7* will be found a list of the teachers in the service of the Board, with their classification, position, salaries, &c. Pupil-teachers.—This is probably the weakest part of the service. There is great difficulty in obtaining suitable candidates, but more especially males. To induce such candidates to come forward the Board amended the regulations under which pupil-teachers are engaged, considerably increasing the salary of the various stages; but up to the present the beneficial results expected have not been realized. Scholarships.—Of the scholarships granted in 1881 four are still held as follows : Herbert Huggins, £25 ; Arthur R. Meek, £25; Graham Pringle, £30; and A. J. McCredie, £20. The scholarships competed for in 1882 were won as follows: Martin Luckie, £30; Hamilton Bannister, £20; Herbert Mowbray, £30; William Denton, £20; Albert Tattle, £15; Donald Clark, £15; Joseph A. Tripe, £10; and Frederick Hill, £30. At the examination which was held in December 46 candidates presented themselves. Of these, 35 obtained 50 per cent, of the maximum number of marks. Eight Wellington and two country candidates obtained the 75 per cent, required to win the scholarships. Office Staff. —Return No. 9f contains the names, position, and salaries of the office staff and of the Normal School. In August the Board resolved to separate the office of Inspector and Secretary held by the Inspector, Mr. Lee. Mr. Dorset, who had been acting as clerk, was appointed Secretary; this change has been effected at the small additional sum of £50 per annum. Attendance.—From Return No. 1J it will be seen that the numbers on the rolls show a steady increase, being 5,510 at the beginning and 6,271 at the end of the year; this number, however, falls far short of the number of children of school age in this district. The average attendance at the majority of our schools is very unsatisfactory. There seems to be great apathy and little appreciation on the part of too many parents of the value of regular attendance. The inspection returns point to grave shortcomings, and will have to be seriously considered. An expensive system has been established, yet many children do not attend at all, while the attendance of great numbers on the books is of such an intermittent nature as to make the imparting of anything but the most rudimentary education next to impossible. This is clearly brought out in the report of the Boards Inspector, from which it will be seen that of the total number on the schoolrolls only one-half or thereabouts came up for examination. A scrutiny of the table of results will show that, as a basis on which to form an opinion of the quality of the work done by any of our schools, it is practically worthless. As an example of this take Whiteman^s Valley School: the percentage of passes is 100, the highest obtainable. We have here a small school with 29 on the books; 25 were present at the examination, 17 of whom were over 8 years of age. Of this number 4 only were presented for examination in standard work, and 4 passed; and in this way 100 per cent, is noted as passed. It must be manifest that such returns do not exhibit the state of the schools. It seems that power to deal with irregular attendance is more urgently required than was suspected. Compulsory Clauses. —The compulsory clauses have been brought into operation by the Committees of the Masterton, Tawa Flat, Fernridge, Johnsonville, Newtown, Mount Cook, Tenui, Greytown, Mauriceville, Clareville, Carterton, Kaiwaiwai, Kaitoki, Hutt, Ohariu, Thorndon, and Terrace School Districts, with varying results. The Committees, however, have no power under the Act to deal with irregular attendance. As before noticed, this is a question of great importance; it will be a question for the Legislature whether in the first amending Bill power should be taken to supplement the compulsory clauses by an attendance clause. Normal School. —The report of the Principal of the Normal School, herewith attached, furnishes a detailed statement of the year's work. The Board, while iully recognizing the ability and devotion of Mr. Howard and Mrs. Griffin to the work of the Normal School, and the satisfactory results of the examination of the students, feels that the amount expended in training the few students on the present basis is scarcely defensible : 18 professional students, mostly females, entail an annual expenditure exceeding £1,500, the probability being that a few years hence not one of these young ladies will be in the service of the Board. The present building is unsuitable, a properly organized practising school being impossible under existing conditions. As a new school is urgently required and will shortly have to be erected in the Oriental Bay district, it could be planned and organized to include a training and practising school for teachers, on a more practical basis than the present one, insuring a year's training in the course of the apprenticeship to every pupil-teacher in the service of the Board. I have, &c, J. R. Blaik, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education.

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Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ B. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881— By Office staff, salaries ... ... ... 288 13 4 Building Account ... ... 3,134 17 5 Departmental contingencies ... ... 262 8 0 General Account ... ... 1,239 7 2 Inspectors'salaries ... ... 500 0 0 Government grants for buildings ... 2,182 0 0 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 179 18 0 Subscriptions and donations for buildings 419 10 0 j Examination of pupil-teacliers ... 10 3 11 Other receipts for buildings— Teachers' salaries and allowances (inInterest on deposit, Trust and Loan eluding rent, bonus, &o.) ... 17,127 6 4 Company ... ... ... 17 14 0 Incidental expenses of schools — Committees, for scientific apparatus ... 4 0 0 Incidental expenses ... ... 1,062 10 0 Deposits on contracts ... ... 40 0 0 Rent of school-buildings ... ... 285 10 0 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 18,219 15 0 Training of teachers ... ... 1,297 11 0 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 937 12 6 Scholarships— Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 227 13 4 Paid to scholars ... ... ... • 276 13 4 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0! Examination expenses ... ... 6 12 7 Grant for training of teachers ... 1,268 4 4j School-buildings— Other receipts— New buildings ... ... ... 1,843 13 0 Normal School fees ... ... 141 15 0 Improvements of buildings ... 1,107 5 0 Eefund overpayment of salary ... 8 6 8 Furniture and appliances ... ... 418 5 3 Rtfund overpayment of capitation ... 16 5 0 Sites ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees ... 180 0 9 Deposits on contracts ... ... 26 5 0 Credit balance of account on 3lßt December, 1882— Building Account ... ... 22 12 5 General Account ... ... 1,06112 6 £26,157 0 5 £26,157 0 5 J. R. Blair, Chairman. Arthur Dorset, Secretary. Examined and passed.—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Due to Committees ... ... ... 242 10 0 1882 ... ... ... ... 1,061 12 6 £1,061 12 6 £242 10 0 B. Building Fund only. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Balance of amounts due, or to fall due, under 1882 ... ... ... ... 22 12 5 contracts ... ... ... ... 974 0 0 Due from Government for building grant ... 6,412 12 0 Deposits on contracts ... ... ... 13 15 0 £6,435 4 5 £987 15 0

MARLBOROUGH. Sir, — Blenheim, Ist May, 1883. I have the honour, in accordance with the provisions of "The Education Act, 1877," to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Education Board for the District of Marlborough, for the year ending the 31st December, 1882 : — Board.—The Board has consisted during the whole year of the following members : A. P. Seymour, Esq. (Chairman), the Hon. Major Baillie, the Hon. E. T. Conolly, A. Gt. Fell, Esq., E. Paul, Esq., J. Ward, Esq., W. Sinclair, Esq., R. W. Parker, Esq., and G-. Henderson, Esq. The three retiring members for the year were re-elected ; and the Board has held twelve meetings, with an average attendance of six members. Schools.- —The boundaries of the Board's operations were extended during the year. A new school district was proclaimed, embracing Port Underwood and such portion of Queen Charlotte Sound as had not previously been included in any school district. The number of schools open at the end of the year was 22. Of these, 14 were fully supported by the Board, and 8 were aided, being paid £3 10s. per annum per head of average attendance. It has been gratifying to the Board to comply with the desire for education shown by the scattered population of the Sounds and elsewhere; and by means of these aided schools a fair amount of useful work is being done. During the year two new schools have been opened, one at Okaramio and the other at Port Underwood. « Attendance.—The increase in the number of children belonging to the schools at the end of 1882 exceeded the corresponding number for the previous year by 93, the figures being 1,414 at the end of 1882, as against 1,321 at the end of 1881. With regard to the working average for the whole year there is a better increase, the numbers being respectively 947*66 for 1881, and 1,06350 for 1882, showing an increase of 115-84.

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Teachers. —The number of teachers at the end of the year was 38, consisting of—Males : 19 teachers and 2 assistants. Females : 6 teachers, 7 assistants, and 4 pupil-teachers. The total increase of staff on the previous year is 6. Scholarships.—Marlborough has two scholarships at the Nelson College, tenable for two years. They were held in 1882 by James O'Leary and Horace Douslin. The term of the former expired on the 31st December, and the scholarship was taken up by Frank Hodson, of the Blenheim School, who was the successful competitor for the year. Buildings.—The school-buildings of Picton and Havelock had been for some time much dilapidated through age. They were also very inconvenient, and the accommodation generally so inferior as to seriously interfere with the progress of the schools. The Board therefore at the latter end of 1881 determined that, as soon as ever the funds would permit, these places should be supplied with new buildings. During the year a new school site has been purchased in Picton, and a really substantial school built, capable of accommodating the whole of the children of the borough for some time to come. This work, together with the repairs and improvements of school-buildings and teachers'" residences elsewhere, more than exhausted the Building Fund Account for the time; but, in anticipation of further supplies, the Board, before the close of the year, had already let a contract for the building of a good school in Havelock. Expenditure.—The year commenced with a balance to credit of £174 Os. lOd. on Building Account, and £444 Is. on General Account, making a total of £618 Is. lOd. The year however has terminated with a balance to credit of General Account only, the amount being £547 18s. 4d., showing the slight expenditure in excess of income on total account of £70 3s. 6d. The balance-sheet and all the usual returns have already been forwarded. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. A. P. Seymour, Chairman.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, 31st December, 1881— I To Office staff, salaries ... ... ... 112 10 0 Building Account ... ... 174 0 10 Departmental contingencies ... ... 64 15 10 G-eneral Account ... ... ... 444 1 0 Inspectors'salaries ... ... ... 125 0 0 Government grants for buildings ... 1,252 0 0 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 77 1 0 Other receipts for buildings — Examination of pupil-teachers ... 3 3 0 Deposit, sale of school sites ... 15 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (in-G-overnment statutory capitation(£3lss.) 3,884 19 2 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) ... 3,312 10 0 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 196 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools ... 331 1 1 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 108 710 ScholarshipsInspection subsidy ... ... ... 189 13 0 Paid to scholars ... ... ... 80 3 0 Examination expenses ... ... 6 6 0 School-buildings— New buildings ... ... ... 874 19 9 Improvements of buildings ... 393 16 11 Furniture and appliances ... ... 66 0 0 Sites ... ... ... ... 207 0 11 Plans, supervision, and fees ... 61 16 0 Credit balance of account 31st Dec, 1882 — G-eneral Account ... ... ... 547 18 4 £6,264 1 10 £6,264 1 10 A. P. Seymour, Chairman. John Robinson, Secretary. Examined and passed—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Due to teachers ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 1882 ... ... 547 18 4 Due to Committees ... ... ... 66 11 4 Dae from Government,lnspector's travelling Due to scholarships ... ... ... 20 0 0 expenses ... ... ... ... 75 0 0 Due from Government, scholarships ... 39 12 7 £662 10 11 £97 1 4 B. Building Fund only. '£ s. d. £ s. d. Due from sale of school sites, ... ... 130 0 0 Due on account of school-buildings ... 764 0 0 Due from grant from Government ... 1,353 9 0 £1,483 9 0 £764 0 0

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NELSON. Sir,— Nelson, sth March, 1883. In compliance with section 102 of the Education Act, I have the honour to submit the report of the Board's'proceedings for the year ended the 31st December, 1882. Meetings op the Board.—The Board has held one special and twelve ordinary meetings, the latter being, as hitherto, on the first Thursday of each month. The average attendance of members was seven. The Board for 1882 was originally constituted as follows : Mr. J. W. Barnicoat (Chairman), the Rev. J. C. Andrew, Messrs. S. Clayden, M. Campbell, 0. Dencker, J. Graham, R. J. Malcolm, J. Shephard, and H. A. Tarrant. The death in June of an old and valued member of the Board, Mr. Malcolm, caused a vacancy, which was filled by the election of the Rev. John Beckenham. Number op Schools. —Seventy-eight schools were at work at the close of 1882, being an increase of eight on the previous year. Nine aided schools are included in this list. The late increase of the capitation grant from £3 15s. to M4< has enabled the Board to give more help than was formerly possible to a class of schools the importance of which to the outlying districts has always been fully recognized in Nelson, where, indeed, the aided-school system originated fourteen years ago. A yearly allowance of £3 15s. on every scholar in daily attendance, and efficiently taught, has been made during the last quarter of 1882, and the Board has further contributed throughout the year a certain proportion, usually amounting to one-third, of the cost of the buildings put up by the outsettlers on lands secured to the Board. Maps and blackboards are also supplied to aided schools free of charge. Household Schools. —The Board has lately ventured on the experiment of offering a scale of capitation allowance, similar to that granted to aided schools, to isolated families who are out of daily reach of any school. With the view of ascertaining that the children are efficiently taught, the payment of the grant is made conditional on their presenting themselves for examination at least once a year at the nearest public school. This system has been in operation for so short a time that it may be said to be still upon its trial. Attendance of Scholars. —The increase in the number of scholars falls far short of what might have been expected from the considerable addition to the number of new schools, and the increased school accommodation. The number of scholars on the roll, 4,213, as compared with the number at the close of 1881, shows indeed an increase of 151. But the average attendance, 3,222, exceeds by only 43 that for the previous year, although several school-buildings have been largely added to, and the list of schools has been increased by eight. It is questionable whether the substitution of a scale of fixed salaries for the former long-tried plan, by which the teacher's salary was partly dependent on the average attendance of his scholars, has not affected the attendance unfavourably. Whatever may have been the disadvantages of the system of payingteachers partly by head-money, there can be little doubt that a teacher, especially in the country districts, has it in his power to largely influence the attendance of his scholars. Teaching Staff. —One hundred and sixteen teachers of all grades were in the Board's service at the end of 1882. Of these, 47 were male, 69 female teachers. They were further classified into 78 head-teachers and 38 assistants, under which latter head, however, are included 12 probationers. If the average attendance for the whole district be taken, this staff would give a teacher to every 28 scholars. But this statement, without explanation, would be misleading. There are 19 small country schools at work, with a total attendance of only 280, an average of less than 15 each. Probationers.—The experiment of employing for a term of three years, at a moderate rate of remuneration, young persons desirous of entering the teaching profession, may now be pronounced successful. Originally intended mainly for town schools, the system has gradually extended to country districts, where the difficulty of obtaining suitable candidates, though by no means overcome even yet, has proved less than was at first anticipated. Twelve probationers were in the service of the Board at the close of 1882, and there is a constant demand for more in places where the number of scholars in attendance would hardly warrant the employment of the^more expensive assistant-teacher. It is to be regretted that no means have yet been devised whereby probationers can secure systematic preparation for the E examination, which it was intended they should attempt at the close of their three-years course. Certificated Teachers. —There were good grounds for believing that very few teachers were preparing, or indeed intended voluntarily presenting themselves, for the approaching teachers' examination in January, 1883. The Board, therefore, early in 1882, issued a circular to all uncertificated teachers, and all teachers who held only provisional certificates, who had been twelve months in the service of the Board, directing them to present themselves at the teachers' examination in 1883. A large proportion of the uncertificated teachers thereupon signified their intention of coming forward as directed. As some misapprehension apparently still exists among teachers as to the nature of the occasional examinations of candidates for teacherships made by the Board, it will not be out of place to explain what is the real intention of these examinations. All Ihat they are intended to do is to apply a comparatively simple test, not greatly exceeding in difficulty the work of the Sixth Standard (as prescribed by regulations), with the view of excluding from teachership ill-qualified candidates. These examinations have no legal force, and are only meant to serve as makeshifts until the successful applicant has passed the E examination, or until a teacher holding a certificate, and otherwise eligible, applies for the post. In other words, the ability to pass the Board's examination in no sense does away with the obligation to attempt, at least, the annual teachers' examination. 10— E. 1.

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School-Buildings.—The demand for new schools and additions to existing schools has been so large during the last year that the Board has been unable to do anything towards supplying the want of teachers' houses, which was referred to in its report for 1881. Nor is it probable that much can be done in this direction for some time, the Building Account having been overdrawn to the extent of nearly ,£BOO during the year, for the erection of schools that could no longer be dispensed with. To satisfy even in part, with anything like fairness, the evergrowing demands of the several school districts for new schools with the comparatively limited fund at its disposal is perhaps the most difficult problem with which the Board has to deal. Scholakships.—The establishment in Nelson of a college for girls has at last enabled the Board to carry out a design that it has long had much at heart—the providing of some of the most promising girls attending the Nelson public schools with the same opportunities for higher education that have so long been enjoyed by the boys. The exhibitions carrying a free education at the Nelson Colleges offered by the College Governors to boys and girls, and those offered to girls alone by the School Commissioners, have so far increased the number of prizes offered for competition that, instead of four boys being sent annually to the Boys' College for two years' instruction, five boys and six girls can now be sent annually for a like term. I have, &c, J. W. Barnicoat, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Chairman.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ 8. d. Expenditure. £ 8. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881— By office staff, salaries ... ... 266 0 0 Building Account ... ... 1,850 15 8 Departmental contingencies ~. ... 165 16 0 Q-eneral Account ... ... ... 2,939 12 1 Inspectors'salariesandtravellingexpenses 500 0 0 Government grants for buildings ... 1,313 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inOther receipts for buildings —- eluding rent, bonus, &c.) ... 10,404 10 7 Refund exchange on cheques ■■. 4 3 3 Ditto, refund of amounts deducted from Loan from Maintenance Account ... 800 0 0 salaries during 1880-81 ... ... 865 3 4 Government statutory capitation (£3 15e.) 11,250 12 2 Incidental expenses — Special capitation (55.) ... ... 576 5 0 Schools ... ... ... ... 1,140 18 7 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 200 13 9 Rents of school-buildings ... ... 82 16 0 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Scholarships — Payments by School Commissioners for Paid to scholars ... ... 181 10 0 primary education ... ... 373 9 1 Examination expenses ... ... 10 13 9 Other receipts — School-buildings— From sale of school material ... 485 11 11 New buildings ... ... ... 1,613 15 9 Kent of old building ... ... 812 0 Improvements of buildings ... 2,138 0 6 Refund exchange on cheques ... 13 13 0 Furniture and appliances ... 160 13 6 Bank interest ... ... 72 0 0 Sites ... ... ... ... 22 13 0 Other expenses — Loan to Building Account ... 800 0 0 Purchase of school material ... 316 0 10 Interest to bank ... ... 2 0 10 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882— Building Account ... ... 32 16 2 General Account ... ... 1,484 19 1 £20,188 7 11 £20,188 7 11 J. W. Barnicoat, Chairman. Stead Ellis, Secretary. The above accounts examined and found correct. —H. E. Curtis, Provincial District Auditor. 30th March, 1883.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ b. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Due to teachers ... ... ... 1,021 8 2 1882 ... ... ... ... 1,484 19 1 Due to officers of Board ... ... ... 63 10 0 Due from Board's Building Account ... 800 0 Oj Due on account of scholarships ... ... 43 6 0 Due for scholarships ... ... ... 34 10 0 Due on account of stationery ... ... 419 6 Due on account of school material... ... 14 3 5 I Credit balance to next year ... ... 1,172 2 0 £2,319 9 1 £2,319 9 1 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Due on account of unliquidated votes to 1882 ... ... ... 32 16 2 Committees ... ... ... 600 1 0 Due from Department ... ... ... 100 0 0 Due to Maintenance Account ... ... 800 0 0 Balance to next year ... ... ... 1,719 410 Balance of purchase-money owing for site of Haven Road School, and interest .., 452 0 0 £1,852 1 0 £1,852 1 0

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NORTH CANTERBURY. Sir, — Christchurch, 31st March, 1883. I have the honour to present the following report of the proceedings of the Board for the year ended the 31st December, 1882. The Board.—The three members of the Board who retired on the 31st March, 1882, were Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Booth, and Mr. Bowen, of whom Mr. Bowen did not offer himself for re-election. The voting by the Committees resulted in the return of Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Booth, and Mr. S. C. Farr. The Board continued to meet during the year on the first and third Thursdays of each month, and held twenty-three meetings, the average attendance of members being 721. New Districts and Buildings.-—-Three new districts were formed during the year—viz., Darfield, Winslow, and Fendalton. Of these, Darfield is entirely new ; Winslow is mostly new, but includes a small part of the District of Willoughby; and Fendalton is constituted by a division of the District of Riccarton, the remaining part of which is made into a separate district under the original name. New schools have been opened at Lismore, Methven, Pendarves ; and side schools in the Districts of Malvern, Oxford West, and Wakanui. School-buildings have been contracted for at South Malvern, Darfield, Lauriston, and masters' houses at Little River and Springburn ; and large additions have been made to the schools at Leithfield, Stoke, Lincoln, St. Albans, Richmond, and Southbridge. The school formerly known as Hurunui has been removed to a position in the Township of Waikari, the cost of removal and reinstatement being borne by Government, in consideration of its having been found necessary to take possession of the old school site for purposes of railway extension. The total expenditure on buildings during the year amounted to £12,691 13s. lid. A detailed account, showing the exact amount spent in each school district, is given in Table No. 7.* Maintenance of Schools.—The cost of maintaining schools for the year 1882, including grants to Committees for incidental expenses, was £45,320 125., and the amount expended on salaries and allowances to teachers £39,418 13s. lid, The following table shows the expenditure under these heads for each year from 1878 : — Salaries. Incidental. Totals. £ c. d. £ -s. d. £ s. d. 1878 .. 31,919 0 0 .. 6,276 6 9 .. 38,195 6 9 1879 .. 34,417 14 6 .. 5,856 9 8 .. 40,274 4 2 1880 .. 38,136 17 8 .. 5,856 2 1 .. 43,992 19 9 1881 .. 36,683 411 .. 5,591 15 6 .. 42,275 0 5 1882 .. 39,418 13 11 .. 5,901 18 1 .. 45,320 12 0 The average attendance for the year 1882 was 12,186. The cost of maintenance of schools, including all incidental expenses, amounted therefore to £3 14s. 4|d. per head of the attendance, and the cost of instruction only to £3 4s. BJd. per head. The increase of cost as compared with last year is attributable to a partial return of the deductions made in 1880. Since the Ist of April, 1882, a capitation allowance of ss. was granted in place of the 10s. allowance discontinued in August, 1880, which additional supply enabled the Board to pay its pupil-teachers in full from the same date, and to add to the reduced salaries of teachers and officers in its employ, at rates varying from 7\ per cent, in the case of salaries not exceeding £100 to 5 per cent, in the case of salaries of £200 and upwards. The Board desires -earnestly to press on the Government the necessity of increasing the capitation allowance. This is urged not only in justice to the teachers, on whom the reductions—that in every other department have been long ago restored—are still to a great extent enforced, but also as indispensable to the efficient working of the educational system, for which, nothing can be more essential than that the salaries offered to teachers should be such, as to encourage men of character and attainments to enter and continue in the profession, and that Committees should be supplied with the means of effectively administering the affairs of their respective districts. The Board has gone to the utmost limit of its means in the endeavour to provide for these requirements; but its present revenue is insufficient, and every year adds to the difficulty. For, of the many new schools which the Board finds it necessary to establish, nearly all are in lately settled parts of the district, where the number of children and the average attendance must for a long time bfi comparatively small, so that the additional cost of maintaining each successive school greatly exceeds the additional income derived from it in the form of capitation grant. Attendance. —At the close of 1882 there were 117 school districts in the Education District of North Canterbury, and 135 separate schools, including the practising department of the Normal School, classified as follows.t Of the above, two schools —viz., Waiau and Kowai Bush—are aided, the latter having been placed on that footing on account of a falling-off of the attendance. Two schoolsjn the district of Governor's Bay South are half-time schools, conducted by one master. The following table shows the number of schools maintained or aided by the Board, with "the total number of children on the school rolls, and in average attendance, for each year from 1878 : —

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Among the tables appended to this report is one which gives a summary of the ages of the children attending school, and of the numbers receiving instruction in each of the subjects prescribed by the Education Act ;* and the following table, in continuation of one published in former reports, gives the number of schools, and of children on the rolls and in average attendance, for each year since a system of public education was first established in Canterbury. For the purpose of comparison, so much only of the present Education District of North Canterbury is included as is comprised in the provincial district: —

It will be observed that the attendance has recovered from the extraordinary depression that occurred in the year 1881 through the prevalence of measles over a great part of the district, though some allowance has still to be made for the same cause, the operation of which was felt to some extent during the first quarter of 1882. The average attendance, as compared with the number on the rolls, is very good, and is now as high as can reasonably be expected. Teachers. —The number of teachers in the service of the Board at the close of 1882 was 412, besides 37 sewing mistresses. Of these, 249 (134 males and 115 females) were principal or assistant teachers, and 163 pupil-teachers. Of the former, 184 were fully certificated, 15 had partially passed the certificate examination, 22 held licenses to teach, and 28 were without certificates. Inspection.—Towards the end of April, 1882, in consequence of a vacancy having occurred in the office of Inspectoi', as mentioned in the last report, the Board decided on inviting applications for the appointment; and on the 18th May the Rev. James dimming, then headmaster of the West Ohristchurch School, was selected to fill the vacancy. A joint report by Mr. Edge and Mr. Cumming upon the work done by them during the year is appended. The following "table gives information as to the numbers and ages of children presented and passed in the several standards :■ —

Normal School.—The rifles under which, the normal school is conducted were revised during the year, and will be found in the appendix as amended. The principal change is that the temporary arrangement, by which pupil-teachers who had completed their term of service were

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Quarter ended District Schools. Denominational Schools.f Aided Schools. Total of Schools. On Boll. Average Attendance. Percentage. December 31, 1863 1873 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 2 73 100 104 114 119 126 131 31 t 2 3 3 1 33 73 102 107 117 120 126 132 1,605 7,238 12,464 13,516 15,046 16,253 15,828 16,696 1,030 4,631 9,068 9,975 11,245 12,096 11,599 12,589 6417 63-98 72-75 73-80 74-73 74-42 73-28 75-40 1

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admitted to the normal school with a maintenance allowance for one year, is now adopted as a fixed practice and made a matter of regulation. Henceforth all pupil-teachers will be expected to avail themselves of the opportunity thus offered them of obtaining the benefit of a year's study and professional training before they sit for a certificate. At the close of 1882 there were 41 students in the normal school—viz., 14 males and 27 females. Thirty-two students left during the year, of whom 29 had satisfactorily completed their course of training. Of these, 28 are now engaged in schools under the Board, and one has accepted an appointment in the Girls' High School. In the latter part of 1882, the headmistress of the practising school having resigned, the Board determined on sending to the Home-country for a successor. The appointment was intrusted to the Principals of the Battersea Training College, London, and the Church of Scotland Training College, Edinburgh; and the lady they selected arrived in Christchnrch a few days before the date of this report. Scholarships.—The examinations for scholarships were held in June, and were conducted by Professor Cook and W. L. Edge, Esq., M.A. The number of candidates examined was 35 — viz., ia Class A, 7 (under eleven years of age),l boy and 6 girls ; in Class B, 14 (under twelve years of age), 10 boys and 4 girls ; in Class C, 11 (under 13 years of age), 7 boys and 4 girls ; in Class D, 3 (under 14 years of age), 3 boys. The successful candidates were: In Class A, Elizabeth Lorimer and Maria Connon; in Class B, Edwin N orris, Benjamin Low, and George Cromie; in Class 0, Janet Prosser, William Doherty, and Joseph Nathan; in Class D, John H. Smith and Thomas 8,. Cresswell (who resigned the scholarship he gained ia 1881). The scholarships now current are held as shown in the following table.* Compulsory Clauses. —On the subject of the compulsory provisions of the Education Act the Board has nothing to add to the remarks contained in the last report. They are nominally in force over about one-third of the district, but in most cases with little practical result. It is not very probable that, in their present form, they will ever come into generally effective operation. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. John Inglis, Chairman.

I have audited this account, and have compared the items with the vouchers, and find it a correct record of the receipts and expenditure of the Board; and the balance at the bank is accurately stated. I regret that my previous reports upon the subject of the audit of the accounts of this department must be repeated, and I again request the attention of the Minister of Education to the remarks contained in my last year's report, and have to repeat that the same state of things still exists. —J. Ollivier, Provincial District Auditor. sth March, 1883.

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Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for tha Tear ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881— Building Account ... ,., ... 5,902 18 7 General Account ... ... ... 9,211 9 11 Government grants for buildings ... 8,969 0 0 Other receipts for buildings— Government refund of outlay on new site and removal of buildings at Waikari ... ... ... 478 10 9 Deposits on contracts ... ... 304 8 O Government statutory capitation (£3 15s.) 37,182 10 9 Special capitation (5s.) ... ... 2,249 15 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 1,301 8 9 Inspection subsidy ... ... ... 500 0 0 Grant for training of teachers... ... 2,000 0 0 Payments by School Commissioners for primary education ... ... 7,829 12 1 Other receipts — Rent of school-site at Mandeville ... 5 0 0 Interest ... ... ... ... 349 9 5 Expenditure. £ s. d. By Office staff, salaries ... ... ... 1,089 12 6 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 20 0 0 Departmental contingencies ... ... 295 3 9 Inspectors' salaries ... ... ... 787 0 8 Inspectors' travelling expenses, &c, and forage allowances ... ... 365 12 0 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 260 11 9 Teachers' salaries and allowances (including rent, bonus, &c.) ... ... 39,418 13 11 Incidental expenses of schools... ... 5,901 18 1 Training of teachers... ... ... 2,308 13 5 Scholarships —■ Paid to scholars ... ... ... 960 0 0 Examination expenses ... ... 134 17 7 School-buildings— New buildings ... ... ... 3,170 11 2 Improvements of buildings ... ... 7,678 8 6 Eurniture and appliances ... .,. 995 12 6 Sites ... ... ... ... 201 1 6 Plans, supervision, and fees... ... 646 0 4 Refund of deposits on contracts ... 343 8 0 Drill instruction ... ... ... 346 10 3 School of Art ... ... ... 100 0 0 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882— Building Account ... ... ... 2,619 15 5 Gt-eneral Account ... ... ... 8,640 12 0 £76,284 3 3 £76,284 3 3 John Inglis, Chairman. Edward L. Wallace, Secretary.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. JEccclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, December 31st, Due to teachers 11 2 8 1882 8,640 12 0 Due to General Government 3,788 11 1 Due from scholarships grant 250 10 3 Due to outstanding scholarships 40 0 0 Due to fund for Board's scholarships, training scholarships, ex - pupil • teachers' allowances 4,000 0 0 Due to public libraries ... ... ... 6 13 9 Due to printing, advertising, &o. ... ... 51 3 0 Due to incidental expenses, unpaid ... ... 993 11 9 £8,891 2 3 £8,891 2 3 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ b. d. Cash in bank on this account, December 31st, Balance of amounts due or to fall due under 1882 2,619 15 5 contracts 2,007 4 8 Deposits on contracts ... ... ... ... 14 10 0 Due on account of votes appropriated, but not contracted for ... ... ... ... 7,540 0 0 £2,619 15 5 £9,561 14 8

SOUTH CANTERBURY. Sir, — Education Board, Timaru, May, 1883. I have the honour to submit the general report of the Education Board of the District of South Canterbury for the year ending the 31st December, 1882. The Board. —At the annual election for three members of the Board in March, the Rev. George Barclay and Messrs. H. Belfield and M. Gray were the retiring members. The Rev. George Barclay did not seek re-election, being about to visit England, but the other retiring members, with Dr. Charles J. Foster, were elected. The Board then consisted of Messrs. Herbert Belfield, Richard A. Barker, Samuel W. Goldsmith, Melville Gray, William J. Steward, M.H.R., William M. Slack, Edward Wakefield, Robson B.'Walcot, and Dr. Charles J. Foster. At the first meeting of the Board held in April, Mr. H. Belfield was re-elected Chairman. On the 7th December Mr. Belfield resigned the office of Chairman in consequence of leaving the country, and Mr. E. Wakefield was elected in his place. During the year twelve ordinary monthly meetings and one special meeting were held, the average attendance of members being 72. Schools, —New schools have been opened at Albury, Kingsdown, Redcliffe, Seaview, and Waimataitai, and a new school district has been proclaimed at Sutherlands. Several applications for new schools have been considered, but action has been deferred on account of the impossibility of providing buildings. The school at North Orari has been permanently closed, as the Committee found it impossible to carry on the school under the Board's Aided Schools Regulations. At the end of the year there were 39 schools in operation, being an increase of son the number at work at the close of 1881. These schools were classified according to attendance as under.* The 8 schools having less than 25 pupils in average attendance were carried on by the local Committees under the Board's Aided Schools Regulations. Attendance. —The attendance of scholars shows a steady increase, the average for the year being 264 above that of 1881; but the average as compared with the roll number is not very satisfactory. The number of children attending school at the end of the year was 3,853, while the average attendance for the December quarter was 2,944, or 764 per cent. The Board regret that the compulsory clauses of the Education Act are not more generally enforced. In a few cases, where systematic action has been taken, the attendance has very much improved ; but the majority of Committees, though deploring the effects of bad attendance, decline to incur the responsibility and trouble of fully carrying out the compulsory clauses of the Act. The following table shows the attendance for the district since the Board was established:—

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Teachers.—At the close of the year there were employed by the Board 89 teachers and 11 sewing mistresses, being an increase on the previous year of 5 teachers and 1 sewing mistress. The classification of their appointments was as follows.* Buildings.—The principal work undertaken by the Board during the past year has been the erection of new school-buildings in the Borough .of Waimate. The existing school is a wooden building on a large and valuable site in the principal street of the town. By virtue of a special Act of Parliament the Board were empowered to sell this site, together with the old buildings, and to apply the proceeds to the erection of new and substantial buildings on a more suitable site, reserved away from the main thoroughfare. A part of the old site and the master's residence were sold by auction for £1,095, and a contract for new buildings, in brick, on the new site was then entered into for £2,994. The sale of the remaining sections and buildings will reduce the Board's outlay on the new school by about £800. New schools, in wood, have also been erected for the Districts of Albury, Gapes Valley, Seaview, Kingsdown, Makikihi, and Redcliffe, at a cost of about £250 each, including furniture and apparatus. The Milford, Kakaku, and Waitohi Flat Schools have been enlarged, by the addition of class-rooms, at a cost in each case of £150. A considerable amount, in the aggregate, has also been expended on ordinary repairs and small improvements. A detailed statement of the amount expended from the Building Fund on each school will be found in Return appended.f Many pressing works in connection with existing schools, as well as the erection of new school-buildings and teachers' residences, have been deferred indefinitely, or refused altogether, on account of the inadequacy of the annual building grants received from Government. In several districts the residents have been compelled to supplement the grants made by the Board, and in a few cases the residents have taken steps to raise the whole of the money required to erect the necessary buildings, on the understanding that the expenditure would be refunded by the Board at a future date. For some years to come the Board must experience the same difficulties in allocating their building grants, unless a far more liberal vote is made by Government, as so much, of each year's vote is expended in repairing or replacing by substantial structures the old wooden buildings erected by the Canterbury Provincial Government. Financial. —-The annual balance-sheet, duly certified to by the Provincial Auditor, is appended. The Building Account shows receipts £4,480 7s. 8d., and expenditure £4,738 2s. 7d., necessitating a temporary draft on the Maintenance Account of £257 14s. lid. This amount will be transferred from the building grant of the current year. The Maintenance Account shows receipts £12,036 lis. 2d., expenditure £10,703 15s. lid., giving a credit balance of £1,332 15s. 3d.; but from this latter amount must be deducted £581 15s. 6d., to be refunded to the Education Department on account of receipts from the School Commissioners, and £54 Is., payments due to teachers on the 31st December, but not paid, leaving an actual credit balance on the Maintenance Account of £999 9s. 8d. The balance to this account at the end of 1881 was £269 7s. 10d., so that the general business of the Board has been conducted with a saving of £730 Is. .lDd. for the year. This satisfactory result is, however, mainly due to the small expenditure on account of the Board's staff, and to the special capitation grant of 5s., from which source £327 17s. 6d. was received during the year. * See Minister's report, Table F. t Appendix —Table No. 9, page 31.

Quarter ending «H O . £ § p O g § is Avei •age Attendance. March 31st, 1878 .. June 30th, 1878 September 30th, 1878 December 31st, 1878 March 31st, 1879 .. June 30th, 1879 September 30th, 1879 December 31st, 1879 March 31st, 1880 June 30th, 1880 September 30th, 1880 December 31st, 1880 March 31st, 1881 June 30th, 1881 September 30th, 1881 December 31st, 1881 March 31st, 1882 June 30th, 1882 September 30th, 1882 December 31st, 1882 16 16 17 17 18 21 24 29 29 29 29 29 34 34 35 35 35 35 39 39 56 59 60 56 58 63 70 77 79 79 78 80 81 82 82 84 84 84 88 89 2,467 2,458 2,510 2,666 2,710 2,833 3,029 3,203 3,346 3,365 3,470 3,506 3,675 3,656 2,734 3,531 3,656 3,571 3,814 3,853 Male. 930 897 931 1,005 981 1,068 1.123 1,241 1.217 1,292 1,361 1,381 1,402 1,361 1,329 1,364 1,358 1,342 1,511 1,532 Female. 814 754 811 872 864 911 954 1,083 1,121 1,167 1,181 1,235 1,308 1,190 1,186 1,249 1,300 1,246 1,398 1,412 Total. 1,744 1,651 1,742 1,877 1,845 1,979 2,077 2,324 2,338 2,459 2,542 2,616 2.710 2,551 2,515 2,613 2,658 2,588 2,909 2,944 1,753 2,056 2,489 2,597 2,861

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Depot.—Finding great difficulty in obtaining a regular supply of suitable school apparatus, books, and stationery at a reasonable cost, the Board resolved to establish a depot of school requisites under their own management. This has been carried into effect, and consignments have been obtained from England and from the wholesale houses in the colony at such a cost that the Board's outlay for apparatus has been materially reduced, and schools are supplied with books and stationery on very favourable terms. The difficulty of obtaining suitable school requisites has also wholly disappeared. As the depot was not opened till October, it is not yet possible to give any detailed financial account of its working. It was necessary to transfer, as a loan to the Depot Account, the sum of ,£302 10s. lid. for the purchase of stock; the amount to be refunded to the Maintenance Account as found practicable. Scholarships.—Considerable trouble having been experienced in the administration of the Board's scholarship regulations, owing to the difficulty of insuring secondary education to the scholarship holders, a new set of regulations has been drafted, which it is hoped will more fully meet the requirements of the district. The new rules were framed on the assumption that district high schools will be established in the principal centres of population, and in accordance with this intention the Minister of Education has been requested to sanction the erection of the public schools of Waimate, Timaru, Temuka, and Geraldine into district high schools. The annual scholarship examination in March of the current year was held under the new regulations, and the results, though not belonging to 1882, are appended to this report. Inspection and Examination.—The Inspector's report, appended hereto, gives full particulars of the work of inspection and of the efficiency of the schools in the district. Mr. Hammond's duties as Secretary and Treasurer have become so onerous, in consequence of the natural expansion of the Board's work, that at certain periods of the year the inspection has to some extent suffered, and.it is felt that the Board's financial position will now warrant the separation of the offices of Inspector and Secretary, that has become desirable, if not imperative. Owing to the alteration in the date of the annual pupil-teachers' examination, no report of the pupil-teachers' work for the current year has yet been made. The results of the examinations held in January, 1882, were appended to last year's report. Schedules, Regulations, and Reports.—Appended to this report are schedules giving a statement of the Board's income and expenditure, the names, status, and emoluments of teachers, school accommodation provided, attendance of pupils, with their ages, standards, and the number receiving instruction in each subject prescribed by the Education Act.* There are also attached the Board's Regulations for the Employment of Teachers, Pupilteachers' Regulations, School Fund Regulations, Aided Schools Regulations, and Scholarship Regulations, the report of the Inspector of Schools, and the report on the scholarship examination for the current year.f By order of the Board. The Hon. the Minister of Education. Henry W. Hammond, Secretary.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881 — By office staff, salaries ... ... ... 256 1 3 Building Account... ... ... 1,640 17 2 I Clerical assistance ... ... ... 800 General Account ... ... ... 851 3 4 j Departmental contingencies ... ... 194 13 8 Government grants for buildings ... 2,050 0 0 1 Inspectors'salaries ~. ... 300 0 0 Subscriptions and donations for buildings 65 10 0 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 76 15 0 Sale Waimate School site ... 789 10 6: Examination of pupil-teachers ... 16 8 0 Government statutory capitation (£3 155.) 8,453 18 3 Teachers'salaries and allowances (includ--Special capitation (55.) ... ~, 327 17 6 ing rent, bonus, &c.) ... ... 8,431 5 6 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 214 3 4 Incidental expenses — Inspection subsidy ... ... ... 300 0 0 Schools ... ... ... ... 915 2 2 Payment by School Commissioners for Eents of school-buildings ... ... 35 12 0 primary education ... ... 1,822 18 0 Insurance of school-buildings... ... 172 11 11 Refund ... ... ... ... 109 Scholarships— Paid to scholars ... ... ... 195 5 0 Examination expenses ... ... 7 4 0 Public Library vote to Pleasant Point ... 0 10 5 School-buildings— New buildings ... ... ... 2,851 15 6 Improvements of buildings... ... 1,095 9 3 Furniture and appliances ... ... 217 15 2 Sites ... ... ... ... 131 5 6 Plans, supervision, and fees... ... 233 13 3 Loan to depot ... ... ... 302 10 11 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882, viz.— Building Account, Dr. ... ... 257 14 11 General Account, Cr. ... ... 1,332 15 3 I £16,516 18 10 £16,516 18 10 Henry W. Hammond, Secretary. I have examined this account, and have compared the items with the vouchers, and find it a correct record of the receipts and expenditure of the Board. I have, however, to bring under the notice of the Board my very strong objection to the creation of a bookselling and stationery

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establishment as part of its functions. It is of very questionable legality, and cannot be brought within the 43rd section of the Act. I desire to remind the Board that the same plan was tried by the Provincial Government of Canterbury, and was abandoned after several years' trial with considerable loss. I also object to the payment of salaries of school-teachers in local schools by the Board. Except in a few cases, I have no direct evidence afforded me of the payment of these moneys to the persons entitled to receive them, and it is an imposition of labour upon the central office which (while they exist) belongs especially to the local Committees, as may reasonably be inferred from the Act. I equally object to the mode of payment of scholarships. They should be paid directly to the persons entitled to receive them, or to their own order.—J. Ollivier, Provincial District Auditor. 12th April, 1883.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Due to teachers ... ... ... 54 1 0 1882 ... ... ... ... 1,155 17 6 Due to outstanding cheques ... ... 80 17 2 Due from depot ... ... ... 302 10 11 Due to G-eneral Grorernment on account Due from Building Account ... ... 257 14 11 Education Commissioners'payments ... 581 15 6 Balance of assets ... ... ... 999 9 8 £1,716 3 4 £1,716 3 4 : I, r , '-. -.~ ■ . ■ ■ ,',,"!TrT B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. d. Due from purchasers of Waimate old school Balance of account, 31st December, 1882 ... 257 14 11 site, by bills due April, 1883 ... ... 292 19 8 Balance of amounts due or to fall due under Due from current year's building rote ... 3,567 15 6 contracts ... ... ... 1,496 8 0 Balance of assets ... ... ... 2,106 12 3 £3,860 15 2 £3,860 15 2

WESTLAND. Sir,— Education Office, Greymouth, 19th March, 1883. I have the honour to forward the report of the Board for the year 1882. Board.—At the commencement of the year the Board consisted of the following gentlemen : Messrs. Duncan, Grimmbnd, Hamilton, Parfitt, Perkins, Petrie, Reid, and Warner; there being one seat vacant owing to the resignation of Mr. E. I. Lord. At a special meeting held on the sth January Mr. Rudkin was elected to fill this vacancy. At the annual election of members, held on the 9th March, Messrs. J. Grimmond, C. L. Morice, and J. McWhirter were elected to fill the ordinary vacancies caused by the retirement of Messrs. Grimmond, Duncan, and Parfitt. At the meeting of the Board held on the 13th April Mr. J. Taylor was elected to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. F. Hamilton; and Mr. W. H. Perkins was re-elected Chairman. The Board held fifteen meetings during the year—twelve ordinary and three special meetings. The average attendance of members was seven. School Districts.—At the commencement of the year there were twenty-four school districts in the Westland Education District. Early in January petitions were received from the inhabitants of Totara Fiat and of Woodstock, asking that those places might be separated from the Ahaura and Kanieri Districts respectively, and constituted separate districts. This was accordingly done; though by clause 36 of the Act their constitution could not take effect until the Ist January, 1883. The separation of the Arahura lload from the Hokitika School District, and its formation into a separate district, was also agreed to at a later period of the year. Teachers and Schools. —The number of schools at the end of the year was 36, being an increase of one upon the previous year, the Rangiriri School having been reopened. Of this number, 18 were carried on under the 88th clause. The school at Callaghan's was reopened for a short period during the year, but the Board were compelled to close it again, not being able to obtain a teacher for the small salary accruing, the school being under the 88th clause. The number of teachers employed at the end of the year was 87 —namely, 32 male adults, 24 female a'dults, 15 male pupil-teachers, and 16 female pupil-teachers. A committee having been appointed early in the year to consider the revision of salaries and staff, so as to reduce the Board's expenditure, they prepared and brought before the Board a report recommending some reductions in staffs and in larger salaries; but the report was not adopted by the Board. At the Board meeting in December they adopted regulations providing for some slight reduction in the staffs of the larger schools, and an alteration in the scale of fixed salaries and capitation allowance, having the effect of making some improvement in the salaries of the more poorly paid teachers. The Board* were enabled to adopt these regulations by the payment by Government of the additional ss. per head on average attendance; but it is absolutely necessary for the remaining ss. per head to be paid before the Board can place the salaries throughout the district upon a really satisfactory footing. The total amount paid in salaries during the year was 11— E. 1,

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£7,690 16s. 10d., giving an average per head of £88 Bs. Taking the salaries paid for the last quarter of the year, the average for the 38 adult teachers employed in the schools not under the 88th clause is £134 145.; while the average for the schools under the 88th clause is £73 6s. Bd. The average for 3L pupil-teachers is £28 10s. 7d. The average attendance for the year 1881 was 2,326; and for the past year, 2,313. The returns sent herewith show the expenditure upon each school for the year in salaries, general expenditure, and buildings; the schools in operation on the 31st December, with the names, position, and emoluments of the teachers as for the quarter ended the 31st December; the attendance, &c, for the year; the numbers in standards and the numbers receiving instruction in the various subjects at the end of the year; and the classification of teachers and schools. School-Buildings.-—The following contracts were let during the year : —New Buildings : School-building, Goldsborough; teacher's cottage, Dunganville; school-building and teacher's cottage, Lower Kokatahi. Additions, Repairs, and Improvements: Repairs, &c, Cobden, Gillespie's, Greymouth, Kynnersley, Marsden, Ross, Stafford, Red Jack's, Paroa, Westbrook; teacher's house, Hokitika; removal Maori Gully School; fencing Ross School Reserve and Greymouth School Reserve. The Board also made a number of grants to Committees for small repairs to buildings, fencing, and draining school reserves, providing desks and other furniture for schools; the funds placed at the disposal of Committees being only intended by the Board to cover cost of fuel and cleaning. The Board having received no funds whatever during the year for building purposes, it necessarily follows that the amount of work undertaken was limited in extent, and then could only be undertaken in anticipation of the building grant accruing. There is still a large number of works required, and the painting of school-buildings is especially a matter requiring urgent attention. The small amount, however, now doled out to the Board for building purposes as compared with the amounts given in previous years renders it extremely difficult for the Board to do justice to all parts of the district; and will eventually, through, the decay of buildings for want of necessary repairs (painting, &c), entail a heavy expenditure upon the Department. At the end of the year four schools were carried on in buildings not belonging to the Board. A grant of about £6,000 would enable the Board to complete contracts and do all new work required in the district. For the year the cost of plans, supervision, &c, has been 6| per cent, upon the expenditure. Inspection.—Herewith is forwarded the Inspector's yearly report, and, as it deals fully with all matters relating to inspection, the Board do -not consider it necessary to make any remarks upon the subject, excepting to repeat their recommendation made in a previous report, that the Inspectors be placed under the control and supervision of the Inspector-General, and be not confined to any particular district. Finance.—Statements of the receipts and expenditure for the year, of the assets and liabilities of the Board upon both General and Building Accounts, and of the receipts and expenditure of School Committees are appended. The receipts from all sources for the year amounted to £11,466 os. lid., and the expenditure to £13,953 16s. 4d., including a debit balance of £1,021125. 4d. on the Ist January. The debit balance at the end of the year was —General Account, £1,259 Is. 6(1.; and Building Account, £1,228 13s. lid. : total, £2,487 15s. sd. The debit balance on General Account on the Ist January, 1882, was £1,021 12s. 4d.; and the debit upon that account has consequently been increased to the extent of £237 9s. 2d. " Salaries of teachers " includes payment for instructing pupil-teachers, and bonuses for passing pupilteachers, amounting to £358 19s. " Grants to Committees," £818 19s, 9d., includes grants for cleaning and fuel, £641 16s. 9d.; advertising, £34 16s. 6d.; sundry grants, £29 3s. 6d.; rents -of buildings, &c, £113 3s. "Miscellaneous expenditure," £419 10s. 4d., includes office rent, &c, £34 165.; furniture and repairs, £7 7s. 6d.; fuel, light, and cleaning, £27 16s. 9d.; printing, £65 2s. 6d.; stationery, £23 13s. 7d.; advertising, £58 175.; legal expenses, £4 16s. 2d.; allowance to members of Board, £161 6s. 6d.; telegrams, &c, £16 155.; chequebooks, £3 4s. 7d.; sundries, £15 14s. 9d. School Committees.—The regulations referred to as having been adopted by the Board under the heading of " Teachers and schools" include a provision for increasing the grants to Committees for cleaning and fuel, the payments to be at per head of average attendance. The Board are of opinion that the adoption of this mode of payment will tend to induce Committees to make extra exertions in the matter of keeping up attendance of the schools. The Board, during the past year adopted regulations for the preparation of the quarterly returns of attendance, and are glad to be able to note an improvement in the manner of their preparation. Penny Banks. —The bank in connection with No Town School is still the only one in the district. General. —Pupil-teachers are instructed by the headmaster of the schools where they are employed, according to regulations. The pupil-teachers in this district are at a disadvantage, owing to there not being a normal school in the district. The same applies to teachers of country schools. The only school library in the district is at the Hokitika School. The Board are glad to be able to refer to the very high position taken by the candidates from the Hokitika school in the competition for the prize given by Sir W. Fox. The Board hope that the time is not far distant when the Department will be able to hold a competitive examination in the standards throughout the whole of New Zealand. 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school in the Education District of Westland, but hope that the next session will not be so barren of results. The Board would strongly recommend that the suggestions of their Inspector as to the locality for the school be adopted. I have, &c., William Herbert Perkins, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Chairman.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Receipts for buildings — By Balance of account on 31st December, Loan from Government: ... ... 480 0 0 1881 ... ... ... ... 1,021 12 4 Loan, Maori Creek Committee ... 100 0 0 Office staff, salaries ... ... ... 306 0 0 Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 8,669 11 3) Departmental contingencies ... ... 419 10 4 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 295 7 6 Inspectors'salaries ... ... ... 360 0 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 151 6 5 Inspectors' travelling expenses ... 154 19 4 Inspection subsidy ... ... 300 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inLoan from Government ... ... 720 0 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.)... ... 7,690 16 10 Payments by School Commissioners for Incidental expenses of schools ... 818 19 9 primary education ... ... 124 3 9 Scholarships: Paid to scholars ... 157 10 0 Other receipts— School-buildings — School books ... ... ... 467 10 9 New buildings ... ... ... 223 0 0 Refunds ... .., ~. 132 1 3 Improvements of buildings ... 973 1 3 Rent ... ... ... ... 26 0 0 Furniture and appliances ... ... 270 13 4 Dr, Balance of account on 31st .December, Sites, clearing, &c. ... ... 220 18 7 1882... ... .„ ... 2,487 15 5 Plans, supervision, and fees ... 11l 9 1 Legal expenses ... ... ... 7 11 8 Other expenses— School books ... ... ... 420 17 6 Freight, carriage, &c, on books ... 61 16 2 Interest ... ... ... ... 55" 1 4 Refund ... ... ... ... 12 12 0 Credit balance of account on 31st December, 1882 : Imprest Account 5 6 10 Repayment of loan of £720 ... ... 660 0 0 £13,953 16__4 £13,953 16 4 E. T. Robinson, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above account, and have compared the same with bank pass-book, ledger, and vouchers, and find the same to be correct and according to law. — W. A. Spence, Auditor. 17th March, 1883. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ s. d. ; Liabilities. £ s. d. Due from value of books, &c, in stock ... 2,279 0 0 Balance of account, 31st December, 1882 ... 1,259 1 6 Due from scholarship grant for quarter Due to General Government, balance of loan 60 0 0 ending 31st December, 1882 ... 45 0 0 Balance ... ... ... ... 1,004 18 6 £2,324 0 0 £2,324 0 0 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d. £ s. d. Due from General Government ... ... 2,917 1 0 Balance of account, 31st December, 1882 ... 1,228 13 11 Balance ... ... ... ... 588 6 7 Balance of amounts due or to fall due under contracts ... ... ... ... 1,686 13 8 Due on account of repayment of loan to General Government ... ... 480 0 0 Repayment of loan to Maori Creek Committee ... ... ... ... 110 0 0 £3,505 7 7 £3,505 7 7 Examined and found correct. —W. A. Spence, Auditor. 17th April, 1883.

OTAGO. Sir, — Education Office, Dunedin, 15th March, 1883. In compliance with section 102 of "The Education Act, 1877," the Board of the Education District of Otago presents the following report of its proceedings for the year 1882 :— Board. —The following members constituted the Board at the beginning of the year : James Fulton, Henry Clark,, Thomas Fergus, Jolm Shand, Alexander Campbell Begg, William Elder, James Green, Michael Fraer, and Keith Ramsay. Messrs. Green, Fraer, and Ramsay retired, in accordance with section 15 of the Education Act. Six candidates were nominated by the School Committees, and the voting resulted in the re-election of the retiring members. At the first meeting, in April, Professor Shand was elected Chairman. During the year there were held

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fourteen meetings of the Board, twelve meetings of the finance committee, and eleven meetings of the appointments committee; the average attendance of members being seven, four, and seven respectively. Number of Schools. —The last report of the Board showed that on the 31st December, 1881, there were in operation 154.. schools. During the year new schools were opened at Kurow, Otiake, Hooper's Inlet, Mount Stuart, Kelso, Gimmerburn, and Hawea; two half-time schools (Hamilton and Patearoa) were, owing to the increase in their attendance, constituted full-time schools; one aided school (Lower Kyeburn) was opened, and one (Roughridge) was closed; and the temporary school at Balclutha North and the small school in Bath-street, Dunedin, were closed. There were, consequently, at the end of the year 159 schools in operation in this district. The new School Districts of Macandrew Road (suburb of Dunedin), Totara, and Waianakarua have been proclaimed, and school-buildings are in course of erection. The following table shows the classification of the schools according to their average attendance.* The total number of schools open at the end of 1882 was 159; the number of aided or subsidized schools was 6; and the number of schools open at the end of 1881, or during part of 1882, but permanently closed before the end of 1882, was 3. Teachers. —There were employed at the close of the year 442 teachers, classed as under.f As compared with the preceding year, the statement shows an increase of 2 teachers, and a decrease of 11 teachers of sewing. School Attendance. —The following is an abstract of the attendance at the public schools of this district from the institution of the Otago education scheme in the year 1856 to the present time: —

The increase in the average attendance for the year was 601, and the increase in the number that attended at all during the year was 469. The increase indicated by these figures, although fair, is yet considerably less than that of former years, a fact due to the large amount of sickness that prevailed in Dunedin and other centres of population during the greater part of the year, and to the wretched state of the roads in the southern portion of the district during last winter and spring. Ages of Pupils.—The following table shows the ages of the pupils who attended the public schools in the district during the last quarter of the years 1880, 1881, and 1882 : —

Inspection.—Owing to the heavy nature of the work of examining under the new standards, and the steady increase of schools since the present Education Act came into force, the Board's Inspectors have, year by year, found it less and less possible to comply with the regulations as to inspection. Most of their time had to be spent in examining the schools, and very few opportunities were afforded them of seeing the actual working of the schools, and of assisting teachers in their methods and management. To remedy this evil the Board, early in the year, determined to appoint a third Inspector? and this office was offered to and accepted by Mr. P. Goyen, Inspector of the So.uthland Education District. Mr. Goyen entered upon his duties on the 3rd of July. Most of the schools in Maniototo, Vincent, and Clutha Counties were examined at the beginning of the year. The Inspectors then devoted their attention to visits of inspection. On

* Vide Table E, Minister's report. t Classified in Minister's report. $ Exclusive of Southland.

No. atten Coul of Pupils ded at all -se of the ' who in the fear. Dai] fo Average ly Attendance )r the Year. at t] Lttendanci le Close oJ Year. the Teak. No. of Schools. No. of Teachers. Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. L856-57 L866 ... L876-77 L877 ... L878 ... L879 ... L880 ... L881 ... 1882 ... 5 51 165 173 $134 J145 J152 J154, J159 7 71 329 356 334 375 430 451 442 1,193 3,094 3,191 4,875 5,433 6,528 6,321 6,450 2,754 15,256 16,422 16,660 18,472 19,688 20,208 20,548 3,947 18,350 19,613 21,535 23,905 26,216 26,529 26,998 115 888 2,067 2,176 2,912 3,317 3,898 3,749 3,853 121 1,680 9,143 9,573 9,707 10,562 11,696 11,844 12,341 236 2,568 11,210 11,749 12,619 13,879 15,594 15,593 16,194 934 2,378 2,585 3,480 3,961 4,429 4,372 4,426 2,136 11,159 11,943 12,598 13,823 14,774 14,902 15,239 3,070 13,537 14,528 16,078 17,748 19,203 19,274 19,665

.880. !8I. 181 !2. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Boys. Girls. Total. Per Cent. Jnder 5 years .... 5 and under 7 years 7 and under 10 years .0 and under 13 years .3 and under 15 years Lbove 15 years 194 1,993 3,474 2,992 991 177 209 1,849 3,340 2,857 913 214 403 2,842 6,814 5,849 1,904 391 2 20 35i 30i 10 2 Nil 2,068 3,574 3,113 1,035 165 Nil 1,869 3,332 2,912 991 215 Nil 3,937 6,906 6,025 2,026 380 20i 351 814 lOi 2 Nil 2,153 3,660 3,063 1,033 195 Nil 2,038 3,326 2,974 971 252 Nil 4,191 6,986 6,037 2,004 447 214 35| 30J 10i 24 Totals 9,821 9,382 19,203 19,665 100 9,955 9,319 19,274 100 10,104 9,561 100

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the 10th of July Messrs. Petrie and Taylor resumed the examination s, and Mr. Goyen continued making visits of inspection till the 4th of September, when he also entered upon the work of examining. In this work the three Inspectors were engaged till the breaking-up of the schools for the midsummer vacation. During the year one or more visits of inspection were made to ninety-four schools, and all the schools in the district were examined in the standards. Twenty of them were examined twice—once at the beginning of the year and again at the close. The twenty schools here referred to had previously been examined at a time of the year that was most unfavourable to them—viz., immediately after the midsummer holidays. To make the conditions of examination as favourable as possible for the future, it was decided to throw forward the time of examination by three months, the teachers having the option of choosing for publication in the tables of this report either the results gained at the beginning or those gained at the end of the year. In the future it will be unnecessary to examine any of the schools within a short time of their resumption of work after the holidays. The reports of the Board's Inspectors are given in Appendix F. * In these reports will be found a general account of the condition of the schools in this district; and in Appendix G.f a statistical statement showing the result gained by each school. The following statement shows in a tabulated form the number of pupils examined in each standard, the number of those that passed, the percentage 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 1881 and 1882 :■ —■

Table I.

Table II.: showing the Percentage gained in the several Subjects of Examination. Subject. Percentage. Subject. Percentage. Reading . . .. 84 Grammar .. .. 73 Spelling .. .. 86 Geography .. .. 82 Writing .. .. 91 History .. .. 80 Arithmetic .. .. 68

Table III.: showing the Percentage of Passes gained by the Pupils examined in the several Standards in the several Subjects of Examination.

Table IV.: showing the Percentage of Passes in Subjects gained by the Pupils examined in each Standard, and the Average Percentage of Passes in Subjects gained in all the Standards. Percentage gained Percentage gained in Subjects. in Subjects. Standard I. .. 92 Standard IV. .. 75 Standard 11. .. 81 Standard V. . . 80 Standard 111. . . 78 Standard VI. .. 89 Average percentage, 81. Comparing the results of Table I. with the corresponding results of last year, it is seen that the average age is on the whole slightly lower; and that, although there is an increase of 302 in the number of pupils examined, there is a decrease of 241 in the number passed. This appears to indicate a decline in the efficiency of the schools. There is, however, good reason for believing

* Vide E.-Ib, 1883. f Not reprinted.

Presented. Passed. Percentage. Average Age. Number of Schools presenting Pupils in the various Standards. Presented. Passed. Percentage. Average Age. Number of Schools presenting Pupils in the various Standards. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. Standard V. Standard VI. 2,476 2,468 2,350 1,546 795 337 2,056 2,085 1,918 1,075 533 247 83 81 73 70 67 73 Yrs. mos. 9 1 10 6 11 8 12 8 13 5 14 4 142 142 142 130 101 53 2,414 2,352 2,354 1,757 983 ~ 414 2,268 1,793 1,466 989 609 345 94 76 62 56 62 83 Yrs. mog. 9 1 10 2 11 7 12 6 13 5 14 3 152 154 149 139 114 75 Totals ... 9,972 7,714 77 10,274 7,473 73

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that there is no real decline in efficiency, but that the lower average percentage is more than accounted for by the fact that, in order to give each school credit for every full pass gained in individual subjects, the plan of allowing half passes, as heretofore, had to be abandoned. Tables 11., 111., and IV., compiled this year for the first time, give detailed and useful information regarding the several standards and subjects of examination. Finance.—A certified statement of the income and expenditure of the Board for the year is hereunto appended. A statement of the amount contributed by the Board to each school for teachers' salaries, including bonuses on classification and bonuses for teaching pupil-teachers, for the erection and improvement of school-buildings, and as allowances to School Committees on account of the School Fund, is given in Appendix A.* The sum paid for teachers' salaries, inclusive of bonuses, was £5 4,483 6s. Id. The establishment of a number of small schools during the past two years, whilst the average attendance for the district remained almost stationary, has borne very heavily upon the Board's finances, and, but for the increased allowance of ss. per head voted by Parliament, the Board would have been forced to revise its scale of payments, with the view of keeping its expenditure within the limits of its income. The increased grant"was therefore very opportune, as the Board was enabled thereby to continue its former scale of salaries and allowances. An abstract of the accounts of the School Committees will be found in Appendix E,f from which it will be seen that the sum standing to the credit of the various Committees at the end of the year was £1,712 13s. 7d. The Board contributed the sum of £5,534 19s. 2d., and there was raised locally during the year the sum of £2,143 18s. 2d. A perusal of the abstract of accounts furnished by the School Committees shows that the scale of payments is sufficient: indeed, many Committees have been able to expend considerable sums in erecting play-sheds,: fencing and improving the school grounds, and making other improvements which enhance the value of the Board's property, and add materially to the comfort of the teachers and the pupils. Normal School. —Early in the year a committee of the Board was appointed to inquire into the working of the Normal School. This committee arrived at the conclusion that the institution was under-officered, and recommended the appointment of two additional teachers— a tutor, and a master of the model school—the respective duties of whom are defined in the regulations given in Appendix M.J Mr. J. R. Wilkinson, M.A., of Christchurch, was appointed tutor; and Mr. E. T. Earl, master of the model department of the Melbourne Training Institution, was appointed master of the model school. With" its present staff and organization it is confidently expected that the institution will do excellent work. New regulations, which were prepared during the year, are given in Appendix M.J The report of the Rector is given in Appendix I.J Scholarships.—Seventeen scholarships—ten senior and seven junior—were offered for competition at the end of the year 1882. Twenty-three candidates competed for the senior, and forty-six for the junior, scholarships. The examiners' report, copies of the examination papers, the names of those holding scholarships, together with other information, are given in Appendix L.f It is worthy of mention here that seven out of the ten successful competitors for senior scholarships were holders of junior scholarships that expired at the end of the year; and that four out of the eight junior scholarships awarded by the New Zealand University were gained by former holders of the Board's scholarships. In addition to the sum paid to scholarship holders by the Board, free education is granted at the Dunedin High Schools by the Board of Governors. Drawing Master's Department.—The report of the headmaster of the drawing department is given in Appendix K.J The total cost of this department for the year was £781 Is. 3d., and the amount received for fees was £295 15s. Compulsory Attendance.—ln this district the compulsory clauses of the Education Act are practically a dead letter. The Board is of opinion that unless School Committees are armed with fuller powers, and the prosecution of defaulting parents is rendered obligatory upon them, attendance will seldom, if ever, be enforced. The police, who are supposed to find out the children that habitually absent themselves from school, have not the time to devote to this work ; and, even if they had, it is questionable if a policeman is altogether a fit person to discover defaulters, and to point out to parents the duty that devolves upon them in connection with the education of their offspring. ScHOOL-BtriLDiNGS.—Owing to the fact that no definite statement was made by the Government as to the probable amount to be allocated to this district out of the current year's vote for buildings, the building operations of the Board were practically at a standstill during the latter half of the year. To provide suitable and ample accommodation to meet the educational wants of new and growing settlements is one of the greatest difficulties the Board has to encounter in the administration of the Education Act. At the present time a considerable number of applications for new schools are under consideration; but the grant for building purposes, though slightly more liberal than that of last year, is so inadequate that only the most pressing cases can be granted, and the others, vejgr much to the regret of the Board, must be deferred for at least another year. At the rate applications are coming in from the outlying settlements, the demands upon the Building Fund will have reached serious proportions by the end of the current year. The Board would therefore respectfully urge upon you the necessity for a more liberal grant, in order that the requirements of the district may be at least fairly met. Besides providing new

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schools, rendered necessary by the extension of settlement, the Board has had to replace many of the old dilapidated structures, built in the early days, by substantial new ones ; and for some years to come no inconsiderable portion of the sum voted annually for building purposes will be absorbed in the same way. By order of the Board. The Hon. the Minister of Education. P. G. Pryde, Secretary.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government grants for buildings ... 14,511 0 0 By Balance of account, 31st December, Government statutory capitation (£3155.) 53,200 18 4 1881 ... ... ... ... 679 11 0 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 3,002 16 3 Office staff, salaries ... ... 936 19 4 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 1,175 2 6 Departmental contingencies ... ... 381 13 0 Inspection subsidy ... ... ... 500 0 0 Inspectors' salaries ... ... ... 1,225 0 0 Grant for training of teachers ... 2,000 0 0 Inspectors'travelling expenses ... 474 10 0 Receipts from School Commissioners ... 6,153 15 9 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 17 4 3 Pees, District High School ... ... 112 12 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances (includOther receipts— ing rent allowances £384 2s. Id.) ... 54,867 8 5 Public libraries ... ... ... 258 13 5 Incidental expenses of schools (including School of Art fees... ... ... 295 15 0 rents of buildings £66 Bs.) ... 5,515 4 4 Sale of school sites ... ... 356 7 0 Training of teachers... ... ... 2,227 12 8 Rent of school glebe ... ... 12 12 6 Scholarships— Sale of school-buildings ... ... 849 5 9 Paid to scholars ... ... ... 1,145 0 0 Examination expenses ... ... 41 0 6 School-buildings — New buildings ... ... ... 10,592 9 2 Improvement of buildings ... ... 81L 16 4 Furniture and appliances ... ... 580 12 5 Sites ... ... ... ... 1,340 15 0 Plans, supervision, &c. ... ... 772 14 4 Other expenses — Drawing Master's department ... 781 1 3 Public libraries ... ... 23 11 0 Credit balance, General Account ... 11 16 1 £82,428 19_0 • £82,428 19 0 P. G. Pryde, Secretary and Treasurer, Otago Education Board. I have compared the above abstract with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and I certify it to be correct.—H. Livingston, Auditor.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ b. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Balance ... ... ... ... 1,018 7 10 1882 ... ... ... ... 11 16 1 Due from scholarships ... ... ... 285 13 0 Due from Building Fund... ... ... 720 18 9 £1,018 7 10 £1,018 7 10 B. Building Fund only. £ s. d." £ s. d. Balance ... ... ... ~. 1,421 4 3 Balance of account, 31st December, 1882 ... 720 18 9 Balance of amounts due or to fall due under contracts ... ... ... ... 700 5 6 £1,421 4 3 £1,421 4 3

Drawing Master's Report. Sir,— School of Art, Dunedin, 26th March, 1883. I have the honour to submit my annual report for 1882 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 or through the agency of the school during the year 1882 was 6,303. This total includes 5,8/9 pupils of public schools, 87 students in training, 77 teachers and pupil-teachers, 57 students who attended the afternoon class, and 203 students who attended the evening classes. The teachers' aud pupil-teachers' class was open as usual on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5.45 to 6.45 p.m., and that for students in training on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 11 to 12 a.m.; subjects of instruction being freehand and model drawing, practical geometry, and perspective. At the annual examination for teachers' certificates 38 passed injfreehand drawing, 34 in practical geometry, 34 in model drawing, and 2 in perspective. The afternoon class was open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 1.30 to 4. The same course of instruction was pursued as formerly, and the work done was above the average, especially in the drawing and painting in monochrome from the cast. The evening classes were

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open four nights per week, from 7 to 9 —on Mondays and Wednesdays for freehand and model drawing, drawing and painting from the antique, modelling in clay, &c; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays for practical, plane, and solid geometry, mechanical and architectural drawing, &c. This has been the most successful session since the establishment of these classes. The attendance increased to such an extent during the second and third quarters that it was impossible to carry on the work with satisfaction, the rooms being inconveniently crowded. I think this difficulty could be overcome if one of the rooms in the Normal School could be made use of in the evening : if not, I fear it will be necessary to refuse admission to a great number who may wish to attend. The class for sketching from the living model met every Friday evening, from 7.30 to 9.30, and was well attended by advanced and ex-students : the work done showed a considerable advance on the previous year. It is proposed to hold a separate exhibition of the works done at the end of next session. The public schools whose names appear at the end of this report received our attention. In all the classes I was able to visit the progress made was most satisfactory. As no action has been taken in regard to the recommendation contained in my last report, that drawing be included as one of the ordinary subjects of examination, I trust before another examination takes place something may be done in the matter. At the close of the session an exhibition of the works executed by the students was open four days, and was largely attended. As a whole, the works indicated sound progress; more, however, in a uniform grade of merit than from the presence of a few works of acknowledged excellence. The number of drawings and paintings exhibited was as follows : Freehand outline, 53; mechanical drawings, 80 ; architectural drawings, 63; chalk drawings from the flat, 134 ; chalk drawings from the round, 93; paintings in monochrome from the flat, 16; from the round, 36; painting in water-colours, 93; in oil-colours, 10; paintings from nature, 6. List of Schools.—Normal School, 852 pupils; Union Street, 281 pupils; Arthur Street, 548 pupils; William Street, 319 pupils ; George Street, 152 pupils ; Albany Street, 413 pupils ; North-East Valley, 176 pupils ; Caversham, 272 pupils ; Kaikorai, 220 pupils ; Kensington, 199 pupils; Forbury, 570 pupils; Anderson's Bay, 71 pupils; Mornington, 245 pupils; Port Chalmers High School, 293 pupils; Lawrence High School, 226 pupils; Tokomairiro High School, 339 pupils; Oamaru High School, 259 pupils; Dunedin Girls' High School, 172 pupils ; Dunedin Boys' High School, 272 pupils. I have, &c.j The Secretary, Otago Education Board. David C. Hutton, Art Master.

SOUTHLAND. Sir, — Invercargill, Ist March, 1883. In compliance with the provisions of clause 103 of " The Education Act, 1877," I have the honour to submit the following report of the Southland Education Board, for the year ending the 31st December, 1882:— The Board.—The following gentlemen were members of the Board at the beginning of the year —viz., Thomas M. Macdonald, Esq. (Chairman); George Lumsden, Esq. ; John Morison, Esq. ; James Mackintosh, Esq. ; George McLeod, Esq.; Henry Feldwick, Esq.; Alfred Baldey, Esq.; John McArdell, Esq.; and Thomas Denniston, Esq. The three retiring members were George Lumsden, Esq.; John McArdell, Esq. ; and John Morison, Esq.; all of whom were •re-elected. The three retiring members on the 31st March, 1883, are Thomas M. Macdonald, Esq.; James Mackintosh, Esq.; and Thomas Denniston, Esq. During the year the Board held sixteen and the Executive Committee twenty-six meetings, for general and special purposes. The number of meetings of the Board which each member attended during the year, was as follows: George Lumsden, 15; George McLeod, 15; Alfred Baldey, 15; T. M. Macdonald, 14 (absent from one meeting by leave of the Board) ; John Morrison, 14; Thomas Denniston, 14; John McArdell, 10; James Mackintosh, 9; and Henry Feldwick (who had leave of absence from the Board during the whole of the Parliamentary session), 7. The number of meetings of the Executive Committee which each member attended during the year was as follows : George Lumsden, 25 ; T. M. Macdonald, 24; Thomas Denniston, 18; Alfred Baldey, 15; Henry Feldwick, 5 ; and James Mackintosh, 2. Attendance. —At the close of the year 1882 there were 66 schools in operation, being three m excess of the number for the previous year. The total number of children on the rolls at the beginning and end of the year respectively was 4,767 and 5,480, or an increase of 713. The working average attendance for 1881 was 3,776, and for 1882 4,284, showing an increase of 492. Full particulars regarding the attendance at each school during the year are supplied by Return No. 1, appended hereto.* Ages of Scholars. —In tfee following table are shown the ages of all the scholars on the roll for the last quarter of the year 1882, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1881. It will be noticed that' the number of pupils under ten years of age is slightly in excess of those above that number, the ratio being 53 to 47.

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Subjects of Instruction.—The following statement shows the number of scholars learning' the several subjects of instruction specified in section 84 of the Act during the last quarter of 1882, compared with the corresponding quarter of 1881 : —

Cost or Instruction, etc. —The following statement exhibits the cost of instruction, administration, and inspection for each child for the last quarter of the year : —l. Instruction: Number of scholars on rolls, £2 9s 2d. ; average number on rolls, £2 9s. Bd.; average daily attendance, £3 6s. lid.—2. Administration: Number of scholars on rolls, Is. 10d.; average number on rolls, Is. lid.; average daily attendance, 2s. 5d.—3. Inspection: Number of scholars on rolls, Is. Bd,; average number on rolls, Is. 9d. ; average daily attendance, 2s. sd. Scholarships.—'The annual examination for scholarships was held in the Central School on the 18th December last and following days. There were four candidates for junior and twelve for senior scholarships, to the former of whom none was awarded, as the requisite number of marks was not attained; and to the latter five were awarded, the successful candidates being— James Eullarton, Riverton High School; Jane B. Jamieson, of the Central School, Invercargill; 11. S. Collie, James W. Mail, and John Dickson, of the High School, Invercargill. The Inspector's report on the scholarship examination, and copies of the examination papers, will be found attached to this general report. Riverton District High School. —About the middle of the year an application from the Riverton School Committee, supported by a numerously signed petition from the inhabitants of the Western District, in favour of the conversion of the public school at Riverton into a district high school, was received by the Board. The petition was forwarded to the Hon. the Minister of Education, accompanied by a recommendation from the Board in its favour, and in due course it was announced that the prayer of the petitioners was granted. A scale of fees for extra subjects—namely, 10s. for one subject, arid ss. for each subject in excess of one —was approved of by the Board, and subsequently received the sanction of the Minister. The extra subjects and the number of pupils learning each at the end of the year were —-French, 27; Latin, 18 ; algebra, 18; Euclid, 17. Sanitary.—By direction of the Board a printed notice has been posted up in every schoolrsom in the district, warning all parents and guardians of pupils, in cases where infectious or contagious diseases have broken out in their families, that immediate notice must be given to the teacher; that the infected children, and pupils from the infected families, must be withdrawn from the school, and not be readmitted until a medical certificate has been handed to the head teacher to the effect that there is no longer any risk of communicating the disease. Buildings.—Very great inconvenience and disappointment were caused by the announcement that the Government wcfrild not be in a position to apportion and distribute the vote for school-buildings till.the beginning of the year. The Board, trusting.that the fund would be available at the same time as in former years, incurred a large amount of liabilities, for the greater part of which payment fell due before the end of December, the result being an overdraft at the bank of over £1,000. This sum and other liabilities will fall to be deducted from the prospective grant, the balance of which will be quite insufficient to meet all the necessary requirements of the district. During the year new schools have been opened at West Plains, 12— E. 1.

Age. ital. Perci intage. 1882. 1881. 1882. 1881. Under 5 years 5 and under 7 years .. 7 and under 10 years .. 10 and under 13 years .. 13 and under 15 years .. Over 15 years 1,004 1,920 1,769 635 152 1,119 1,716 1,532 525 141 1832 35-04 ,32-28 11-59 2-77 2224 34-10 30-42 10-43 2-81 5,480 5,033 luo-oo 100-00

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Wairio, and Riversdale; and new residences have been erected at Edendale, Wyndham, Riversdale, Otatara Bush, Pukerau, Heddon Bush, and Wrey's Bush. The lower department in the Central and South Schools, Invercargill, and Riverton District High School, being overcrowded, additional accommodation was found to be necessary. An extension of the present buildings, capable of containing a hundred pupils, is in the course of erection at each of the schools, and will be ready for occupation at the end of the annual holidays. Tenders have also, been accepted for new school-buildings at Otama, East Hokonui, Thornbury, Spar Bush, and Pairlight, the premises (private property) ■which were used as a school at the latter place having been burned down. Demands for the erection of schools at Waikaka, Fernhills, and for extensions to the Winton and Waianiwa Schools, are very urgent, and will require to be dealt with by the Board in the beginning of next year. The establishment of schools at East Forest Hill, Nightcaps, Longridge, Kennington, Taringatura, and Redan Valley, cannot be long delayed, as the children in these localities, being at long distances from other schools, are growing up without the means of education. Some of the older schools of the district, such as Clifton, Long Bush, and Fortrose, are fast falling into decay, and will require to be replaced by new buildings of a larger size to accommodate the increased number of children. To carry out these necessary and, in most cases, urgent works, the Board has no doubt that the Government will take into account the exceptional circumstances of this district, and provide funds requisite for extending the means of education to those localities which are at present entirely destitute of them. Financial. — Board's Accounts : In Return No. 4* the financial position of the Board on the 31st December is fully stated. The debit balance there set down, £896 19s. 7d., is that arrived at from the bank's point of view—namely, the difference between the total income and expenditure for the year, without specifying the balances of the General and Building Funds separately. From the bank's point of view the Building Fund is overdrawn to the extent of £1,057 11s. 3d., and the General Account has a credit balance of £160 11s. Bd. The difference between these two sums gives that set down in the balance-sheet by the direction of the Auditor—namely, £896 19s. 7d. The balance-sheet is correct by either way; but the second is more convenient for carrying forward the balances of each of the separate funds to the transactions of the following year. — Committees' Accounts : The following is an abstract of the accounts of the School Committees for 1882 :— Income. £ s. d. 'Expenditure. £ s. d. From the Education Board ... 1,044 16 8 Cleaning schools and fuel ... ... 558 9 2 From donations, subscriptions, &c. ... 259 6 0 Repairs-to buildings, fences, &c. ... ... 311 4 4 From other sources ... ... ... 306 0 5 Books, maps, and furniture ... ... 78 19 10 Balances ... ... ... ... 160 13 8 Contributions towards teachers'salaries ... 156 12 4 Committees' expenses, stationery, &c. ... 136 17 7 Sundries ... ... ... ... 239 19 8 Balances ... ... ... ... 288 13 10 £1,770 16 9 £1,770 16 9 Referring to the subjects suggested in your Circular No. 82/9, as deserving to be noticed in this report, I have to state that no savings-bank has been as yet established in any school in the district; that the compulsory clauses of the Education Act have not been enforced by any School Committee; and that the life-insurance scheme, by which premiums are paid by deductions from the monthly salaries of the teachers, has been taken advantage of by ten out of sixty-four headmasters, and by two out of five male assistants, the whole sum paid as premiums for the year amounting to £126 3s. Id. I have, &c, John G. Smith, Secretary. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1828. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on 31st December, 1881 — By Office staff, salaries... ... ... 279 0 Building Account ... ... 1,023 10 11 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 210 0 General Account... ... ... 540 3 3 Departmental contingencies ... ... 238 15 4 Government grants for buildings ... 2,590 0 0 Inspectors' salaries ... ... ... 341 0 0 Government statutory capitation (£3 15b.) 12,612 11 6 Inspectors' travelling expenses ... 119 3 4 Special capitation (55.) ... ... 739 6 8 Examination of pupil-teachers ... 2 11 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) ... ... 223 9 6 | Teachers' salaries and allowances (inInspection subsidy ... ... ... 300 0 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) ... 13,488 13 9 Payments by School Commissioners for Incidental expenses of schools .. 1,014 16 8 primary education ... 1,565 6 9 : Insurance of school-buildings... ... 132 15 0 Other receipts — | . ScholarshipsBent reserve ... ... ... 7 0 0 Paid to scholars ... ... ... 208 6 8 Deposits, contracts ... ... 248 19 6 Examination expenses ... ... 29 3 0 Books sold ... ... ... 19 14 4 School-buildings— Balance of account on 316t December, New buildings ... ... ... 2,845 11 6 1882 —overdraft ... ... SOfi 19 7 Improvements of buildings ... 1,513 17 4 Furniture and appliances ... ... 93 5 8 Sites ... ... ... ... 59 13 2 Plans, supervision, and fees ... 158 14 6 Other expenses— Deposits refund ... ... ... 173 9 0 Books bought ... ... ... 25 5 8 Lectures—Town scholars ... 10 10 0 £20,767 1 7 £20,767 1 7 Thos. M. Macdonald, Chairman. John G. Smith, Secretary.

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T have compared this account with the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and I certify it to be correct. —H. Livingston, Auditor. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1882. A. Exclusive of Building Fund. Assets. £ 6. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cash in bank on this account, 31st December, Due to teachers ... ... ... 98 5 2 1882 ... ... ... ... 160 11 8 Due to Committees ... ... ... 8 11 10 Due from scholarships ... ... ... 10 13 6 Due to deposits—libraries ... ... 21 6 7 £171 5 2 £128 3 7 E. Building Fund only. £ a. d. Balance of account, 31st December, 1882 ... 1,057 11 3 Balance of amounts due, or to fall due, under contracts ... ... ... ... 2,556 3 8 pp.. Deposits on contracts ... ... ... 155 8 0 Due on account of repairs, &c. ... ... 1,100 0 0 Due on account of sites, plans, &c. ... 350 0 0 £5,219 2 11

NORMAL SCHOOL REPORTS.

AUCKLAND. Sir, — Auckland Training College, 4th January, 1883. I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the report of the Auckland Training College for the year ending December, 1882. At the beginning of the year the number of students was ten, but this number increased during the year to twenty—three males and seventeen females. Ten students who entered during 1880 have applied for active employment under the Board. As the college did not begin its work till April of that year these students have not had the full training of two years : but it is advisable that old students should leave at the end of the year, and new students begin with the new year. Such an arrangement is of evident advantage to the schools and to the working of the college. I have every confidence that the ten applicants for employment will become useful teachers under the Board. They are without exception good workers, and take a great interest in the profession they have chosen. I have found them at all times willing to learn and take advice, and I am sure that they will put forth every effort to carry out the regulations of the Board and the instructions of its officers. Throughout the year all the students have taken an active part in the teaching of classes, while in addition to this each of the seniors has had charge of several classes at once, thus forming in one room a small school. By the kind permission of the city schools committee I have been enabled to carry out this part of my scheme in the High Street School. The senior students also visited various of the schools and took complete charge of classes. The head-teachers of these schools kindly furnished reports on the work of the students, and in all cases these reports were very satisfactory. Some of the students have, in a few instances, taken sole charge of country schools, when the Board has been unable to find a teacher at short notice. This has been serviceable to the Board, and has formed a useful part of the practice engaged in by the senior students. It has been my aim to impress upon the students that the profession of teaching is not a mere matter of experience—that, while on the one hand full weight must be given to the wisdom learned by experience, yet on the other there are principles which guide all good methods. An exposition of these principles forms the science of teaching, and by a close and attentive study of this science a teacher will much more readily become useful than without such study. Owing to the want of assistance it has so far been impossible to instruct the students in natural science. This is a great want, and one which 'ought to be supplied at once. For the same reason it has also been impossible to instruct the female students in domestic economy. I respectfully suggest that the Board make arrangements whereby these subjects may be taught regularly and efficiently to the students during the coming year. I have been informed that the number of students for the year 1883 will in all probability amount to thirty. These students must be divided into two classes, one class containing the students of the first year, and'the other class containing the students of the second year. During the past two years' I have combined these classes, and have taught all the subjects myself. • In future it will be impossible to do this with justice to the students, as the second-year course will be far more advanced than the first. The increase in the number of students will render it necessary to have more room in which to instruct them, as the small lecture-room at present in use is, both from size and position, wholly inadequate.

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The Drawing Master has regularly given lessons to the students, and reports that he is much pleased with the progress made in this subject. lam in hopes that each student leaving the college will be as qualified to give lessons on drawing as on any of the ordinary school subjects. I trust that the Board will be able to make the same arrangements with the Singing Master as with the Drawing Master, since the number of students will now warrant the formation of a separate class. It is desirable that trained teachers should receive regular instruction in such gymnastic exercises as will benefit themselves physically and render them qualified to give instruction to the pupils. The Drill Instructor of Schools has, during the latter portion of the year, taught the students in the drill-room on Saturday mornings. This is a public room, and as there are no retiring rooms the lady students labour under very great disadvantages. The Drill Instructor is very anxious to be placed in a position which will enable him to give such instruction as will be profitable to the students, and to the scholars in the district schools. Under the present circumstances he cannot do so, but with a small and well furnished gymnasium he could do good work. I should be glad to see the Board establish a small library in connection with the training college. lam aware that there is a teachers' library, but the number of teachers is large, and there is sometimes a great difficulty in getting any book required. The training college library ought only to be used by students in training, and should contain only such books as specially refer to the work of the students. Those who have gone through the training course should be encouraged to join the teachers' library. Should the Board consent to give a small grant out of the college funds towards such a purpose, I shall be happy to supplement the grant with a few books on school work which I possess, and which have been used by the students. The library could be worked by the students in rotation, and under the guidance of the Principal. The classes for pupil-teachers were held regularly throughout the year on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and on Saturday mornings. These classes were well attended, the average attendance being somewhat over sixty-five. Having been without assistance, I was unable to instruct the pupil-teachers as well as I wished to. lam now anxious to divide the pupil-teachers into two distinct classes; those of the third year forming the senior class, and those of the first and second years forming the junior class. In the senior class it is my desire to teach Latin and mathematics preparatory to joining the training* college. This cannot be done without assistance, but the assistance asked for in the training college would also supply this demand. A division of the pupil-teachers would also allow them to benefit from the instruction given by the Drill Instructor to the students of the training college. A large class of uncertificated teachers has received instruction on Saturday mornings in the various subjects required for the certificate examination. Many of these have attended regularly, and have profited, I think, by the class ; but some have also done so most unwillingly, and the classes cannot have done them much good. I regret again to state, as in last year's report, that there are still some teachers amongst us who have no love for the work in which they are engaged, and it is superfluous to add that the Board of Education cannot expect such persons to educate and train the young, no matter how much instruction they may give them. The issue of teachers' tickets has enabled many country teachers to avail themselves of . the classes held on Saturday. This is indeed a boon, as it affords some of the benefits inherent to town teachers to those in the country, and it brings those in the country into more frequent contact with their brother professionals in the town. A large amount of correspondence -has been carried on with such uncertificated teachers as cannot attend the Saturday classes. "While in some cases this correspondence does good in clearing away difficulties, yet I am afraid that in the majority of cases those corresponding look upon it as a substitute for regular and continuous study. lam not inclined to abolish such correspondence, but am inclined to limit it only to such cases as are called forth by the teacher himself. Let the opportunity for getting assistance be there,, but let the teacher make efforts to profit by the opportunity. This would throw the responsibility on the uncertificated teacher, who would readily avail himself of assistance if it were worth having and if he were possessed of a laudable desire to improve himself and obtain his certificate. Under these conditions I think correspondence might be continued, but under the present circumstances it is a heavy drag on the college, without giving anything like a proportionate benefit to those in correspondence. • I should like to put in here a personal plea for assistance. I am engaged .in the active tuition of the students during the whole of each day. After school-hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays I take a large class of pupil-teachers in various subjects, while on Saturday mornings lam fully engaged with various classes of pupil and uncertificated teachers. In addition to this, I have a very large amount of correspondence to go over, this being the only part of my work iv which I get any help. It may easily be seen that I cannot perform these varied duties with justice to myself and those under my tuition. For the improved working of the training college and the classes connected with it I respectfully make-'the following suggestions : First. That a tutor be appointed, to assist in the general work of the college and its classes. Second. That a lady well qualified and respected be appointed to instruct the female students in all branches of domestic economy. Third. That a small but efficient gymnasium be provided for the use of the students, pupil-teachers, and such

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other teachers as are willing to attend regularly. Fourth. That more room be provided for the training college and its classes. Fifth. That arrangements be made whereby singing be taught to the students separately. Sixth. That the Board grant a small sum to establish a library containing standard works on education. In conclusion, I respectfully suggest that, as the training college will henceforth have a large number of students, the Board make arrangements whereby the college can avail itself of all the advantages its funds afford. I have, &c, A. McArthur, M.A., LL.B., The Chairman, Board of Education, Auckland. Principal.

WELLINGTON. Sir,— Normal School, Wellington, March, 1883. I have the honour to present my third annual report, carrying on the record of normal school work to the 31st December, 1882. The year has been the most encouraging one in the history of the institution, and closes very hopefully. It has been gratifying to witness the increased interest the members of the Board have taken in our operations, as evidenced by their occasional presence at criticism lessons, and by the offer of prizes as incentives to study ; and I desire especially to thank the Hon. G. 11. Johnson, M.L.C., A. K. Newman, Esq., M.D., and W. Hutchison, Esq., M.H.R., for helpful words spoken by them to the students at various times in the course of the year. Our numbers show an increase on the whole, but a regretable decrease in the number of male students. The numbers (31st December) were—Professional students : Males, 2; females, 16. Private students: Males, none; females, 14. Total: Males, 2; females, 30. Grand total, 32. Last year the statistics were—Professional students : Males,4; females, 11. Private students: Males", 2; females, 6. Total: Males, 6; females, 17. Grand total, 23. The decrease of male students is thus accounted for : The two private students left for business; one of the professional students was appointed to a school; and another—a very promising one— obtained permission to retire, as he could not support himself on the allowance made him by the Board. In view of the difficulty of getting good male candidates I regretted his retirement extremely. Four acting teachers have been sent in for partial training during the year, and two of them, at considerable pecuniary sacrifice, joined the regular classes. I am glad to say the opening of the Girls^ High School will enable us to discontinue the classes for private students. They have only partially fulfilled the expectations I had formed from a knowledge of their working elsewhere. They have been rather a hindrance to us in our proper work during the last year. The restriction of the school to professional students only will, however, necessitate a revision of the regulations, upon which I will report hereafter. The results of the last certificate examination —the first at which we competed—were relatively satisfactory, enabling the school at once to take a leading place among similar institutions. The Wellington "list" compared much more favourably than heretofore with that of other districts. I scarcely anticipate an equal success this year, as the E division of students comprised very few pupil-teachers, and the D examination is a great lottery. Nominally equivalent to matriculation, it is really very much more difficult, as is constantly proved by those who fail in the D test* passing the matriculation examination with comparative ease. Moreover, the papers set—notably in English—demand a degree of culture it is almost hopeless to look for in average pupil-teachers. We have, however, received recently some very desirable additions to our students' ranks, and, as I have reason to think some of the best pupil-teachers in other parts of the colony will join us shortly, we are justified in looking forward to good results in the future. But we must aim at truer success than in the certificate examination, namely,— the success resulting from proved teaching efficiency. And if we are to attain this better practising arrangements must be made. It is quite impossible to obtain the best results under the present system. Twelve months' additional experience has strengthened the opinions I stated in my last report. What we want is a school of moderate size, specially planned for training work, officered by a small, carefully selected staff of highly efficient teacheis, good models for others, and capable assistants in training them. They should all act under the personal direction of the Principal of the normal school, by whom all working arrangements should be approved, so that perfect agreement between theory and practice might be secured. Such a school should form part and parcel of every training institution, and certainly every other such institution in the colony is more effectively equipped in this respect than our own. There seem very real difficulties in the way of providing such a school in connection with the present building. I would urge the Board to seriously consider, therefore, the expediency of disposing of the existing normal school-buiSing, and of erecting another elsewhere, on a more comprehensive and suitable plan, j - It is highly desirable something should be done also to secure more male students. Take the country through, there is only a small percentage of male pupil-teachers, and in our own part of the educational field there are very few of them indeed. It would seem that the great majority of our schoolmasters do not take to the profession from early choice, but are driven into

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it by the force of circumstances. With the funds at our disposal it is hopeless to try and outbid other callings so as to enlist, on pecuniary grounds, the sympathies of the elite of our youth, and we cannot, I fear, look to the pupil-teacher system for the supply of male students. Our policy would seem to be—to hold out every inducement to the male pupil-teachers we have to enter the school, and even to bring pressure to bear, if necessary, to secure their thorough equipment for their work. Other Boards do so. The North Canterbury Board requires its pupil-teachers to pass through the training school, and the Auckland Board requires specific reasons of a very satisfactory character for declining to do so. Besides this, we should place every facility in the way of imperfectly qualified teachers obtaining some amount of training. The appointment of permanent relieving and organizing masters would be a great help in this. The Normal School terms, too, should be so arranged as to bring the advantages of the school more within the reach of teachers, and especially of those who might wish to devote part of their holidays to professional improvement. This reopens the question of vacations, which I am sorry to say must be reconsidered if the school is to do all it might either for regular students or for outside teachers. This is our case, superior authority has fixed the last week in January as the date of the annual examination, and we must suppose—whatever our personal feeling in the matter may be—that a just consideration of the exigencies of the public service and of the general convenience has prompted the fixture. Surely, then, it is our wisdom to try and make our own working arrangements dovetail in with it, at any rate until we are able to get it altered. If the Inspector fixed on an awkward time for the examination of a particular school, and it was found impossible from any cause to change the date, would not the Board expect the Committee and the teachers to subordinate their personal considerations to the public interest, and to make the best working arrangements they could under the circumstances ? Would the Board think the Committee showed a proper interest in the matter if they closed the school for the long vacation immediately before the Inspector's visit ? The cases seem to me very similar ones, and I do think we ought to accept what is temporarily inevitable, and make the best arrangements we can accordingly. I know there are some who say a thorough rest from all study is the best preparation for examination. Theoretically much can be said in favour of this, but I greatly doubt if the advocates of the course would practice it if they 'had themselves to undergo an examination fraught with important consequences. In twenty years' experience I have never knftwn the plan adopted. Work up to the examination date is the rule in all the Home training colleges, the work consisting of private study under constant direction and supervision. There is a good deal of individual work to be done at such times, and there are different classes of students to be considered. Some need active assistance, some direction, some restraint. In the interests of all, the holidays should be postponed till after the examination. The vacation before would do no real good—the anxiety of the time would effectually prevent this, and it would mean failure to many in the prospective examination. But after the ordeal the vacation will be as beneficial as it will be welcome alike to students and to their teachers. Our students work on an average nine hours a day—not less. This is quite hard enough work between the ages of seventeen and twenty, and holidays should be given liberally if the sound body is to be secured for the sound mind to work in. As it is now the strain on all is too severe. I wish the Board would sanction the month of February, the last two weeks in June, the first two weeks in October, in addition to the absolutely necessary short breaks at Christmas and Easter, as the normal school vacations. Concerning the French mastership: As M. Lecoy's leave has long since expired, it is desirable that the post he held should be declared vacant, and that a permanent teacher should be appointed. M. de Launay has filled the place temporarily, and has been very attentive to his duties. But as a matter of principle all such appointments should be made on their merits. Ad interim arrangements are always more or less unsatisfactory —the office-holders are not free agents, but bound by the traditions of their predecessors, and they have little incentive to enthusiastic work. I think, too, it is only fair to M. de Launay that his present suspense should be removed, and that, if thought deserving, he should receive formal permanent appointment; while in the interests of the school the Board should endeavour to secure the most capable teachers in its power. I regard French as a very important subject, viewed in its relation to the D certificate. The science mastership still remains in abeyance, but I know it is through no fault of the Board. The difficulty seems to bo in obtaining a suitable teacher. I would suggest, however, that the proposal for an itinerating science teacher would in my opinion prove unworkable. I would suggest that he should instead make the normal school his headquarters, and influence other schools through their teachers, who should attend his classes at the normal school and witness model lessons given by him there from time to time. In conclusion I am glas^ to state that the professional students continue to exhibit the praiseworthy diligence and earnestness that has always characterized them. Some of them will be eligible for appointment almost immediately, and the Board may safely employ them. They will, when their studies have been perfected by experience, do us credit. My coadjutors have given me every satisfaction. Mrs. Griffin's painstaking work and thorough co-operation deserve my hearty recognition, and Mr. Parker and Mr. 11. Holmes have succeeded in arousing a decided interest in the subjects in which they are themselves such

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enthusiasts. Mr. Mowbray has done all in his power to make the unsatisfactory practising arrangements as effective as possible. The general plans of work remain as in my last report. I have, &c., ♦ The Chairman of the Education Board. Charles C. Howard.

NORTH CANTERBURY. Sir, — Normal School, Christchurch, 16th March, 1883. I have the honour to submit my report on the normal school for the year ending the 31st December, 1882. At the commencement of the session the number of students in training was 12 males and 23 females, total 35 ; and at the close, 14 males and 27 females, total 41. Of these two presented themselves for the B.A. degree, and four for the first section of the B.A. degree; one for the C certificate, one to complete the D certificate in January, 13 for the D certificate, and 13 for the E certificate. The remainder, who did not sit for examination, had either obtained the D certificate, or had not been long enough in attendance to be sufficiently prepared. All of those who sat for the University examinations have passed, and two of them- —Miss Edith H. Searle and Mr. Robert M. Laing—have obtained Senior University Scholarships. Miss Searle was also the winner of the Bowen Prize, which prize has for two years in succession fallen to students in training. The liberty granted to students to attend the lectures at Canterbury College continues to exercise a salutary influence upon even those who do not attend; and it is to be hoped that this liberty will continue to be granted to all those who are able to take advantage of these lectures. Several of those who obtained certificates in January, 1882, have taken situations, and, so far as known to me, all are doing good service. Since Mrs. Patterson—who had been headmistress of the practising school from the time it was opened—resigned her position, and it was thought advisable to send to Britain to obtain a successor, the duties of head-mistress have been performed by Miss Grossman and Miss Henderson, two of the students, both of whom have performed the duties in a most satisfactory manner. I shall be much surprised if these two young ladies do not prove themselves excellent teachers after they have had a little more experience. As the Board offered the sum of £30 per annum for one year, as far as funds would permit it, to those pupil-teachers who had completed the term* of their engagement, to enable them to attend the classes of the training department, many have taken advantage of the opportunity, have attended regularly, and made satisfactory progress. I would, however, recommend that arrangements be made to enable pupil-teachers in future to enter the training department at the commencement of the session instead of doing so at any period throughout the year. It can be easily understood that students who join us only a few months before the date of the examination can scarcely be expected to be prepared for the first examination after entrance. It is necessary for them to remain for another year in training. The allowance is only granted for twelve months, and consequently their circumstances may be of such a nature as to prevent them from remaining the needful length of time. Were they to commence their studies with us at the beginning of the session, pupil-teachers who had passed the examination for the end of their fourth year should find no great difficulty in obtaining a certificate at the end of one year's course. In the training colleges of Britain all pupil-teachers enter as I propose, and-1 can see no difficulty in having a similar arrangement here. lam convinced that teachers would hail with delight any system that would enable pupil-teachers to commence their duties about the beginning of -the school year, for thereby they would have less difficulty in training them for their work in school and in directing their studies. At present they must be greatly inconvenienced by their pupil-teachers commencing at all periods of the year. And, even supposing that the pupilteachers entered upon their duties as at present, it might be so arranged that their four years'" course should terminate shortly before the period fixed for the opening of the classes of the training department. It must not be thought that I consider one year's training sufficient to produce teachers who understand the science and art of their profession, nor that it is absolutely necessary that all should even pass through the classes of a training school to become experts in he profession, as some are born teachers; but with ordinary individuals—and they are the persons with whom we have most to do —two years are short enough for the work. During their apprenticeship pupil-teachers receive instruction in the art of the schoolmaster, and at the end of four years may be expected to know fairly well how to handle a class; but vastly more than can possibly be done under supervision of the ablest masters, who themselves have classes to attend to, is required to turn ordinary young persons into accomplished teachers^ and even after two years' special training they have much to learn. On my recommendation the Board made a valuable addition to the practising department by having a small model school attached in which the students can be taught how to manage a small country school efficiently This school was opened under Mr. C. R. Bossence in June as a boys' school, with six classes, two of infants and the remaining four preparing for standards. The excellence of -the work done was shown by its passing a hundred per cent, of those presented at the recent examination before the Board's Inspectors. 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thus being in reality a facsimile of what our ordinary country schools are. I was afraid that some opposition might be evinced by parents, seeiug that as a rule in this city there is considerable objection to mixed schools; but I am pleased to state that they have responded to my request, and the difficulty has not been to obtain a sufficient number of girls whose parents desire them to join the school, but to find accommodation for the number whose parents expressed a strong desire that their daughters should be admitted. The school seems to be a favourite, and as a consequence the average attendance is high. At present there are fifty-six on. the roll, and the number present at any time has never been less than fifty-two—that is, ninetythree per cent, of the total number on the roll; and I hope the same enthusiasm among the pupils may continue, and of this there can be little doubt so long as the present master is in charge and conducts the school as ably as he his hitherto done. It is intended that those who enter the school in even the lowest class shall continue in the model school until they have passed the Fifth Standard, when they will join the Sixth-Standard classes in the other departments. The reading of the school is particularly good. Mr. Bossence takes a deep interest in the drill and gymnastics of his pupils—an example that might with great advantage be followed by all the masters. lam convinced that it is as much the duty of the teacher to superintend the pupils on the playground, guiding and directing them in their games and sports, as to teach and direct them within the class-rooms. The teacher who omits either only performs half his duty. During this session, as in the past one, I conducted a class on Saturdays for teachers in the Board's service who were uncertih'cated. The attendance of several was very irregular, and it is to be feared that with many who attended with considerable regularity there was little if any preparation at home. It seemed to them that all they were required to do was to come to me Saturday after Saturday, do little for themselves, and in some mysterious way they would gain sufficient instruction to enable them to obtain an E certificate. There was no lack of ability on the part of several of them, but application was sadly wanting. I was often strongly tempted to discontinue my labours, for it can be easily understood that, after teaching for five days of the week, four and a half hours' work on Saturday was no mean task. lam pleased to spend and be spent in assisting those who are willing to assist themselves, but my experience this session has been such as to prevent me from giving my services again. I have to thank Messrs. Watkins and Newton for'their assistance in the practising department. Their zeal for the advancement of the students is unabated. « I have, &c, The Chairman of the Education Board. W. Malcolm, Principal.

OTAGO. Sik,-~ I have the honour to submit, in accordance with your instructions, the report of the normal school for session 1882. As anticipated in my last report, a large number of candidates presented themselves for the entrance examination. They were chiefly pupil-teachers who had failed in their final examination two months previously, and pupils from the high schools, district high schools, and normal school preparatory class. As there was a probability of the number of candidates making the necessary percentage for scholarships exceeding the number of scholarships at the disposal of the Board, and the examination becoming a competitive instead of a pass examination as in previous years, ihe examiners determined that the candidates' papers should be distinguished by numbers instead of names. The writers of the papers were thus known to the examiners only after the results of the examination had been tabulated. This method will be followed as long as the examinations are conducted by the staff of the training department. In 1881 only three candidates were eligible for scholarships ; this year scholarships were awarded to thirteen candidates, the total number who satisfied the requirements of the scholarship regulations; of these, four were males and nine females. Six male and four female pupilteachers also received scholarships. The students in attendance during the session were as follows : Juniors—males, 12; females, 35 : total, 47. Seniors—males, 7; females, 9: total, 16. At the end of the session only two of the seniors remained in the class, the others having left at different periods as demand arose for their service in the schools. By Mr. Cattan's resignation in April, Mr. Farnie's dismissal in September, and Mr. Kneen's promotion in September, the classes were deprived of their teachers in science, history, geography, and music. The three first subjects I had to take in addition to those already in my charge, but as I could not undertake music I engaged Mr. Braik for that branch in the beginning of December, and the students received a short course of lessons from him. Mr. David resigned his appointment in November, but the .practice of gymnastics was kept up till the end of the session. The appointment of Mr. Earle, of the Training Institution Model School, Melbourne, and Mr. "Wilkinson, of Canterbury College, should place the training department in a more favourable position than it has hitherto occupied. I have, &c, The Secretary, Education Board of Otago. W. S. Fitzgerald, Rector.

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New Rules and Regulations of the Otago Normal School, I. Officers of the Normal School. 1. The officers of the training department of the normal school shall be a Rector, a Matron, a Tutor, visiting masters appointed by the Otago Board of Education, and such officers of the practising school as shall be appointed by the Rector with the consent of the Headmaster of the practising school and the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board. 2. The Rector shall be responsible for the management of the normal school, and for the instruction of the students attending its several classes. He shall also have a general superintendence of the practising school and of the model school. The Matron shall have the superintendence of the female students, and the control of the needlework classes of the practising school and of the model school, subject to the arrangements made for them in their time-tables. All the officers of the normal school shall, as such, be under the control of the Rector. 3. The Rector shall receive a salary of not less than .£5OO per annum, the Tutor of not less than £300 per annum, and the Matron of not less than £150 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 normal school in the theories of education and the methods of teaching, shall arrange for and superintend their practice in teaching in the practising school and in the model school, and shall instruct them in at least two such other subjects as 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 Otago Board of Education with any information on the work of the normal school which it 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 and in the model school. She shall assist in superintending the practice of teaching in the infant department of the 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 Tutor shall teach Latin, science, and such other subjects as maybe assigned to him by the Rector with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board. He shall also, if necessary, assist in superintending the practice in teaching of the students. The visiting masters shall teach, under the Rector's superintendence and control, such subjects as shall be intrusted to them by the Rector with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board at the time of their appointment. The officers of the practising school, selected and appointed as above provided for, shall give instruction in such subjects as may be assigned to them by the Rector with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board. 11. Terms of Admission. 1. Candidates for admission shall be at least seventeen years of age, shall furnish the Education Board with testimonials of good character, 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 recommendation of an Inspector of Schools. 3. Candidates who declare it to be their intention to adopt the profession of teaching, and who give security (by a bond for £100, signed by the candidate and two approved sureties) that they will teach in the public schools of the colony for at least two years after leaving the normal school, shall be admitted without fee. Other candidates shall pay a fee of £3 3s. per quarter, payable in advance. 4. The entrance examination shall be held by the Rector and the officers of the normal school, at such times as shall be fixed by the Education Board. 5. The entrance examination shall be in the following subjects:—Reading, spelling, dictation, and writing. English grammar and composition. Arithmetic: The subject generally, with simple cases of mensuration. Geography: Outlines of physical and political geography, with drawing of maps from memory. History : Outlines of British history. 6. To the subjects in the preceding regulation there will be added, for the purpose of awarding scholarships, the two following:—(1.) Mathematics: Algebra to the end of simple equations, including fractions; geometry.; Euclid, Book I. And (2.) Latin: Grammar, with translation of very easy sentences at sight; or, Erench : Grammar, Avith translation of very easy sentences at sight";" or, German : Grammar, with translation of very easy sentences at sight. 7. For passing the entrance examinations the examiners shall require a standard of proficiency suph that those who are admittted may reasonably be expected to pass the examination for a certificate of Class E after one year's further study at the normal school. 13— E. 1.

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111. Bursaries and Scholarships. 1. Bursaries of £50 per annum, tenable for two years, shall be granted to male pupilteachers, and of £26 per annum, tenable for two years, to female pupil-teachers, 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 gains 50 per cent, of the total marks attainable and 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. Certificated teachers who give up their appointments in order to attend the normal school for a longer or shorter period shall receive a maintenance allowance of £1 per week. 4. All holders of bursaries and scholarships shall be required to pass the examination for a certificate of Class B within one year after obtaining their scholarships, and the examination for a certificate of Class D within two years, otherwise their bursaries or scholarships will be forfeited, unless satisfactory reasons for their failure be given to the Education Board. 5. Two exhibitions, each of the annual value of j€6o, and tenable for three years at the University of Otago, in conjunction with the normal school, shall be awarded yearly to pupilteachers who, within one year before or after the expiration of their term of service, shall pass the matriculation examination of the New Zealand University in such a manner as to obtain at least a partial pass for Class D, and shall obtain the greatest number of marks at a subsequent competitive examination in the same subjects (not exceeding six in number) as those taken up for matriculation, provided that no scholarship shall be awarded to any candidate who shall not have obtained at least 50 per cent, of the total marks obtainable and also at least 20 per cent, of the marks allotted to each subject taken up. Candidates, on receiving notice that they have passed the matriculation examination, must forward their names, together with a list of the subjects (not exceeding six) in which they are to compete, to the Secretary of the Education Board, who will then inform them of the time and place appointed for the competitive examination. [For the subjects of examination see Appendix.] 6. The holders of exhibitions shall be required, as conditions of retaining them, to attend the classes and pass the examinations necessary for keeping in each year a year's terms at the University of Otago, and also to pass the examination for the first section of the B.A. degree, or for the certificate of Class C, at the end of their second year, and the examination for the final section of the B.A. degree, or for the certificate of Class B, at the end of their third year. Exhibitioners must present yearly to the Board of Education a certificate of the foregoing conditions having been complied with, signed by the Registrar of the University or by the Chairman of the Professorial Board. 7. Holders of exhibitions shall, during the session of the University of Otago, continue to attend the course of instruction in school management at the normal school. While the University of Otago is not in session they shall teach for two hours daily in the practising school, attend the course of instruction in school management, and such other classes as the Rector, with the approval of the Normal School Committee of the Education Board, may appoint. 8. No exhibition, scholarship, or bursary, or instalment of either, shall be paid until the Rector of the normal school has certified in writing that the claimant has been regular in attendance and attentive to duty. 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, bursary, or exhibition he may hold in connection with the normal school or University. V. Subjects of Study. 1. The subjects of study shall be those prescribed for examination for Class E certificate, the compulsory subjects, and at least the following three of the optional subjects prescribed for examination for Class D certificate, namely, Latin, Euclid, and Algebra. Students shall attend a course of singing, gymnastics, and military drill. 2. The approximate time allotted to each shall be as follows :— Ist Year. 2nd Year. Hours per week. Hours per week. English grammar and composition .. .. 3 .. 3 Latin .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3 Mathematics *-*' .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3 Arithmetic .. . * .. .. .. 2 .. 2 Geography .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 History .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2

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English [Compulsory) : Dictation, precis-writing, grammar, composition. (3.) Arithmetic {Compulsory) : Fundamental rules, vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, square root. (4.) Greek: As in Latin. (5.) French: As in Latin. (6.) German or Italian: As in Latin. (7.) Algebra: To simple equations, inclusive, with easy problems. (8.) Euclid: Books I. and 11. (9.) History : History of England from the accession of William 111. to the accession of Victoria. (10.) Geography: Chief physical features and principal towns of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, together with more minute details of the geography of Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. (11.) Elementary Chemistry : The non-metallic elements, and the atomic theory, (12.) Elementary Physics : Elementary mechanics of solids and fluids. (13.) Elementary Biology : A paper containing questions on both zoology and botany ; but candidates will not be required to answer questions in more than one subject. Zoology: Elements of animal physiology. Botany : Elements of the morphology and physiology of flowering plants, including the main characteristics of the chief native and introduced natural orders. Note.—For Class D English, arithmetic, history, and geography, and two other subjects are required; so that to pass both for matriculation and Class D a candidate should take up 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, and one, at least, of the other subjects. The competitive examination for University scholarships will be in the mati'iculation subjects defined as above (except for the subjects mentioned below), but more difficult questions may be set by the examiners than those set for matriculation. In arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, and chemistry the limits of the examination will be extended as follows : —Arithmetic, the whole subject; Algebra, to quadratic equations, inclusive; Euclid, first four books, with easy deductions; Chemistry, the non-metallic elements, the common metals, and the atomic theory. Every candidate must take up six subjects, three of which must be the compulsory subjects for matriculation, namely, Latin, English, and arithmetic.

REPORTS OE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

AUCKLAND. Sir, — • Auckland, 9th March, 1883. I have the honour to submit the following brief report upon the administration of education reserves in this district during the year 1882:— New Leases. —Nine allotments (43 acres) of town and suburban land were let at a rental of £93; 430 acres of rural land were let for £20 10s. per annum; and the sum of £325 was realized from the sale of timber leases. Lands Re-let. —Six acres in the suburbs of Auckland, the lease of which (at £18 10s. per annum) expired in August, were re-let for £46 per annum; and 185 acres of rural land, near Gisborne, which had become vacant by abandonment, realized £140 per annum. "With the exception of those for timber cutting all the leases were for twenty-one years. Many of the difficulties experienced by the Commissioners in dealing with the unapportioned lands near Gisbornc have been removed by the Eeserves Act Amendment Act of last session. Application has been made under that Act to the District Land Registrar for the registration of the Commissioners' title to these lands. It is important that this matter be settled speedily, in order that the leases granted may be registered. The Commissioners have to remark upon the seemingly unnecessary delay which takes places in completing the reservation of land set aside for primary education purposes under section 20 of " The Education Reserves Act, 1877." Much of the land, which is now tied up by temporary reservation only, would, if made available for leasing, be readily taken up. The annual statement of accounts enclosed herewith shows in detail the payments to Education Boards and to secondary schools during the year. The balance in hand of £793 11s. 4d. includes an amount of £72 7s. lOd. now lying on deposit in the Savings-bank, being the proportion of secondary reserves revenues accrued to date, payable to any secondary school or schools which may be hereafter established in the Gisborne district. The Hon. the Minister of Education, I have, &c., Wellington. Joseph May, Chairman.

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Joseph May, Chairman. H. N. Garland, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the School Commissioners of the Provincial District of Auckland for the year ended 31st December, 1882, and that I find the same to be correct. —L. A. Durrieu, Auditor.—22nd February, 1883,

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TARANAKI. Sir,— New Plymouth, 29th. March, 1883. I have the honour to report that the School Commissioners have held twelve ordinary and one special meeting during the year. Three allotments of bush lands, containing 363 acres, have been leased at an average rental of £43 155., and fourteen town sections at an average rental of £23. The Public Works Department took for railway purposes at Kakaramea 4 acres 2 roods 22 perches of land, for which they paid the sum of £195 ss. : this is invested for the purchase of other land. The Commissioners have been compelled to write off £158 18s. lid. for primary and £49 17s. 6d. for secondary, as bad debts, in consequence of the failure of the lessees. The great want of the necessary power to alienate land and provide funds to form streets, where beneficial improvements can be made, has been much felt in the case of the reserve at Patea referred to in my last report; progress is completely stopped in this case. The subject was brought to the notice of the Minister in the Secretary's letter of the 15th of August, 1882, enclosing a copy of Mr. Richmond's opinion to the Commissioners on the subject; it is very desirablcjthatjsomething should be done in the ensuing session of Parliament. The statement of accounts shows the receipts and expenditure for the year. The arrears are large, partly from the rents falling due in December, and partly from the check to progress in the case alluded to. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington, T. King, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts.

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. Po Balances on 1st January, 1882 Balance of land fund Arrears of revenue for previous years — Bents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves £ 8. d. 225 6 2 £ s. d. 189 9 4 22 0 0 £ s. d. 414 15 6 22 0 0 260 0 7 108 17 6 368 18 1 Revenues — Eents, &c, of reserves for current year Other receipts for current year — Transfer fees ... Eents of reserves for 1883 Proceeds of land'taken for railway purposes Balances of account on 31st December, 1882 413 0 7 7 0 0 2 0 0 220 4 0 6 0 0 633 4 7 13 0 0 2 0 0 195 5 0 12 10 0 7"7 7 195 5 0 5 2 5 Total receipts 914 14 11 74G 18 3 1,661 13 2 Expenditure !y Balances on 1st January, 1882 Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c.-i''-;!... Expenses of leasing, advertising, &c. Expenditure on reserves — Surveying Fencing, &c. ... Legal expenses ... Taranaki Education Board,... "Wanganui Education Board Taranaki High School Wanganui Education Boaial Credit balance of land fund Credit balances" of account on 31st December, 1882 £ s. d. 7 7 7 70 2 9 0 18 1 14 12 9 & s. d. 5 2 5 31 0 3 0 12 8 0 3 9 £ b. 12 10 101 3 1 10 14 16 d. 0 0 9 6 9 15 0 3 9 0 3 19 8 527 7 1 242 12 11 5 12 6 8 11 8 18 16 12 11 6 4 770 0 0 315 0 11 144 19 1 217 5 0 18 10 0 460 0 217 5 53 0 0 0 1 34 10 1 Total expenditure 914 14 11 746 18 3 1,661 13 2

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T. King, Chairman. W. Northcroft, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—C. Rennell, Auditor.

HAWKE'S BAY.Sir,— Napier, 17th April, 1883. In accordance with your circular, No. 82-10, of 23rd December last, I have the honour to forward the report of the School Commissioners for Hawke's Bay for the year ended 31st December, 1882. The general statement of accounts for the year has been prepared, and a copy of the same is transmitted herewith. During the year the Commissioners leased one town, one village, and three rural reserves, in different parts of the district, each for a period of twenty-one years, the whole for the first seven years realizing j£l93 14s. per annum. The rents of these reserves will increase 50 per cent, per annum for the second period of seven years, and for the last seven years they will amount to £387 Bs. per annum, or double the revenue now derived from them. An application was received from the Board incorporated under "The Napier High School Act, 1882/; for the funds which had accrued from the reserves for secondary education, but owing to its having been made on the 19th December last the Commissioners were unable to deal with the matter during the year. The Commissioners again desire me to state that they would like to see provision made for leasing rural bush lands for a longer period than twenty-one years. No alteration of or addition to the regulations and by-laws was made during the year. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. J. T. Tylee, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts.

Primary Education Eeserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. ialance of cash on 31st December, 1882 ialance of land fund irrears due on 31st December, 1882— Arrears of the year 1880 Arrears of the year 1881 Arrears of the year 1882 certificates of exchange of town sections £ s. 27 2 33 11 56 0 322 1 7 7 d. 6 0 9 4 7 £ 13 217 37 11 224 5 s. 7 5 6 1 0 2 d. 7 0 6 9 0 5 } £ s. 257 15 70 17 67 2 546 1 12 10 d. 1 6 6 4 0 Total assets ... 446 3 2 508 3 3 954 6 5 Amounts written off as bad debts 158 18 11 49 17 (! 208 16 5 Liabilities. .dvertisernents iand account Total liabilities £ s. d. 5 1 10 5 1 10 £ s. 5 16 217 5 d. 2 0 £ s. 10 18 217 5 d. 0 0 223 1 2 228 3 0

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J, T. Tylee, Chairman. W. Parker, Secretary. Examined and, with alterations, passed.—R. Macalister, Provincial District Auditor.— 7th February, 1883.

WELLINGTON. Sir,— 27th January, 1883. I am in receipt of your Circular No. 82-10, dated 23rd December, 1882, in which you request the School Commissioners for the Wellington Provincial District to forward a report of their administration of " The Education Reserves Act, 1877," for the year ending the 31st December, 1882, and in reply have the honour to inform you, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that the Commissioners have nothing especially to report on this subject for the past year. The Commissioners desire me to add that they have observed with much satisfaction the passing of "The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882," which they have every reason to believe will materially assist them in dealing with their reserves in future. I have, &c., W. H. Warren, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. Secretary and Treasurer.

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. By Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &o. Expenses of leasing— Auctioneers' commission Advertising, &c. Expenditure on reserves— ■ Surveying Fencing, &c. ... Legal expenses Payments to Hawte's Bay Education Board Deposits on contracts returned Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1882 £ s. d. 56 11 10 4 10 7 £ s. 18 8 1 9 d. 2 5 £ s. d. 75 0 0 6 0 0 2 7 7 13 4 8 0 15 1 16 5 2 3 3 0 15 0 10 8 0 11 5 2 4 1,000 0 0 3 3 71 2 0 6 3 3 0 79 3 5 5 2 4 1,000 0 0 20 0 0 1,201 14 2 184 17 11 20 0 1,016 16 0 3 Total expenditure 1,274 15 10 1,133 10 11 2,408 6 9 Assets. Balance of cash on 31st December, 1882 Arrears due on 31st December, 1882 — Arrears of the year 1881 Arrears of the year 1882 £ s. d. 184 17 11 0 6 0 42 19 9 £ b. 1,016 16 8 12 34 8 a. 3 6 6 £ s. 1,201 14 8 18 77 8 d. 2 6 3 Total assets 228 3 8 1,059 17 3 1,288 0 11 Liabilities. )ue to Education Board for primary education iompensation for purchase of reserve, primary education ... .... £ s. d. 84 17 11 100 0 0 Total liabilities 184 17 11

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MARLBOROUGH. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts.

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NELSON. School Commissioner's Office, Nelson, 26th January, 1883. In forwarding the annual statement of accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1882, the Commissioners have to report that, in pursuance of their resolution of the 23rd January, 1879 (which was to the effect—"That the revenues accruing from the reserves for secondary education be set aside with, the view of promoting the establishment of a superior school for the higher education of girls, to be so appropriated when the accumulation of funds should be sufficient for such purpose"), they did, in the month of January, 1882, propose to the Governors of the Nelson College to undertake the establishment of a high school for girls ; and that, after correspondence with the Governors on the subject, they passed a resolution agreeing generally to the terms offered by the Governors. To give effect to this arrangement the Governors of the College resolved to erect a building suitable for the purpose proposed. This building is now nearly completed, the staff of teachers, &c., has been selected, and the institution will be in working order in the course of a week or two; whereupon the Commissioners will be prepared to hand over the amount promised. Alfred Greenfield, The Secretary, Education Department, Wellington. . . Chairman.

Extracts from Minute Book of the Nelson School Commissioners, and Copies of Correspondence with Governors of the Nelson College on the Matter of establishing a High School for Girls. Extract from Minutes of 26th January, 1882. That the Governors of the Nelson College be written to with the view to ascertaining whether they will undertake the establishment of a high school for girls. That they be informed that in January, 1879, the School Commissioners decided to deposit the revenues derived from reserves set apart for secondary education until a sufficient amount accrued to enable the establishment of a high school for girls. That, acting upon, that resolution, the sum of over £600 has already accumulated, and the annual revenue may be estimated at not less than £150. That "The Education Reserves Act, 1877,' v provides that no school shall be entitled to any grant from this fund-unless it be established under the Education Act, or under an Act of the Assembly. That, the College being an institution established under an Act of the Assembly, the Commissioners hope the Governors will be able to suggest a scheme in connection therewith for the establishment of a branch school for the higher education of girls in this district, and submit the same for their consideration.

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The above resolutions having been communicated to the Secretary to the College Governors, the following was received in reply : — 1. The Council of Governors are willing to accept from the Nelson School Commissioners the funds which they have accumulated for the purpose of providing higher education for girls, and also a grant from them of the annual income to be in future derived from the reserves set apart for promoting secondary education. 2. If such a grant is made the Governors propose, so soon as satisfactory arrangements can be made, to open a day school for girls under a head and second mistress, with assistance from the College staff or otherwise for Latin, Greek, French, German, music, &c. They believe that such a school would attract considerable numbers, and that a boarding establishment, with an increased teaching staff, would presently be required; and they are prepared, when the proper time arrives, to obtain authority from the Legislature, if necessary, to set apart from the College funds a sufficient sum to erect and furnish suitable buildings, and to maintain such an institution. 3. The proposed college or high school shall from its commencement provide such education as shall comply with the terms of the Act, and the Commissioners shall be at liberty from time to time to make such inspection of the institution as shall satisfy them that this is done. 4. In order to comply with the Act the grant must apparently be made to the Nelson College as to a school " governed under an Act of Parliament" ; but the Governors undertake that the funds to be supplied by the Commissioners shall be applied, and of course largely supplemented, so as to carry out the foregoing scheme. The girls' school will form a part of Nelson College, and will be under the entire management of its Governors, and will be subject to no interference or control except as already mentioned in paragraph 3. 5. Upon receipt of an undertaking from the Commissioners that the funds referred to in their communication before-mentioned will be forthcoming to be expended as indicated in this letter, the Governors will at once set about the formation of the high school or college for girls. Oswald Curtis, 21st February, 1882. Secretary.

Extract from Minutes of 23rd February, 1882. Resolved, That the School Commissioners agree generally to the terms proposed in the letter above quoted, and are willing to hand over the sum in hand so soon as the institution is open; and, so far as they are able to do, agree to pay such future annual income as they may from time to time have at their disposal for promoting secondary education in the Nelson Education District, but they cannot of course pledge their successors. And they further desire to state that such grants can only be made subject to the requirements of the interpretation clause of " The Education Reserves Act, 1877/' as to " secondary education " being strictly carried out to their satisfaction.

General Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the School Commissioners for the Year ended 31st December, 1882. Receipts.

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. To Credit balances on 1st January, 1882, including fixed deposits Arrears of revenue for previous years, viz.— Rents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves Revenues, viz — Rents of reserves for current year Other Receipts for current year, viz.— Interests on deposits Compensation for sectioft taken for Westport Railway 4 19 100 7 455 12 7 3 6 657 6 16 15 149 8 2 0 0 662 117 G05 5 2 0 9 3 G 30 0 0 25 1 6 25 30 1 0 G 0 Total receipts ... 590 19 4 848 10 < S 1,439 10 0

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Memorandum of Amounts paid into the Bank by the Nelson School Commissioners as Fixed Deposits on account of Secondary Education. £ s. d. 1878. —Deposited in the Union Bank of Australia during year .. 150 0 0 1879. —-Deposited in the Union Bank of Australia during year . . 149 0 0 1880. —Deposited in the Union Bank of Australia during year .. 163 10 7 1881. —Deposited in the Union Bank of Australia during year .. 165 0 0 1882. —Deposited in the Union Bank of Australia during year .. 98 13 6 1882.—Deposited in Nelson Savings Bank .. ' .. 100 0 0 Total for secondary education .. .. .. £826 4 1 To which add £30 deposited awaiting appropriation to purchase of land in lieu of section taken for railway .. .. 30 0 0 Total deposits ~ .. .. .. £856 4 1

Primary Eaucation Reserves. Seeonaary Eauoation Beserves. Total. By Salaries and.allowances to officers Expenses of leasing—Advertising Payments to Education Boards— Nelson Westland North Canterbury £ s. 12 10 2 15 a. o 4 £ b. 6 5 1 7 a. 0 8 £ s. 18 15 4 3 a. o o 373 9 124 3 10 13 1 9 6 508 "g 4 Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1882, including fixed deposits, as per memorandum attached 67 7 8 840 18 0 908 5 8 Total expenditure ... 590 19 4 848 10 8 1,439 10 0 Assets. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. 3alances on 31st December, 1882, including fixed deposits Arrears due on 31st December, 1882, viz.— Arrears of the year 1880 Arrears of the year 1881 Arrears of the year 1882 67 7 6 0 15 0 87 14 s 0 0 9 840 18 3 15 20 5 o o 0 908 5 6 0 18 15 107 19 8 0 0 9 Total assets 176 2 5 864 18 0 1,041 0 5 Liabilities. I ialary of Secretary for December quarter Lllowances to Commissioners Lccruing to Boards ... Lccruing to secondary education Lwaiting appropriation in purchase of land ... £ s. 4 3 20 0 13 4 a.; 4 ! o 4 £ s. 2 1 10 0 a. 8 0 £ 8. 6 5 30 0 13 4 828 16 30 0 a. o o 4 4 0 828 16 4 30 0 o.l i Total liabilities 1 67 7 8 ! 840 18 0 908 5 8

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CANTERBURY. The annual income from the primary education estate when the School Commissioners took it over in 1878 was £5,148 3s. 2d.- The present annual income is £11,212 12s. 4d. The increase is due principally to new lettings, and partly to some few of the leases having run into the second seven-years'" period, when an increased rent became payable. The area of land now unlet is 1,207 acres, of very poor quality. Tenders have been invited for it, but no offers were made. The value of the secondary estate now with the School Commissioners is £181 12s. per annum. About 44 acres is unlet, but it is worth nothing. Of the moneys returned in the accounts of the primary estate for 1881 (rent payable Ist November, 1881, uncollected, £794 15s. 3d.), £31 12s. 6d. has been written off as lost. The tenant of Reserve 1,193, who owed half a year's rent, left the country, and left nothing on the premises that could be destrained. Possession of the land has been recovered, and it has been re-let. Of the amount due to the secondary estate at the same date (£194 3s. 3d.) £144 4s. 3d. was rent of reserves that passed to the Rangiora and Akaroa High Schools in 1881, and the School Commissioners let it go over as an asset to "those High School Boards for them to collect it. The half-year's rent payable Ist May, 1882, has been collected in full. For land taken out of a primary reserve for road purposes £23 13s. 4d. has been received from a Road Board. The accounts of 1881 showed a receipt of £80 18s. Id. of the same nature. These moneys are, by "The Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1882," directed to be reinvested in the purchase of land on account of the education estate. The School Commissioners have decided not to purchase land now, and they have placed £100 on fixed deposit with the Bank of New Zealand for twelve months at 5^ per cent. The interest, when received, will be credited to the primary estate as revenue. . John Marshman, Christchurch, 2nd January, 1883. Chairman, School Commissioners.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. Receipts.

Primary. Secondary. Total. Deposits in the Union Bank of Australia Deposits in Savings Bank Cash £ a. 30 0 d. 0 £ 8. d. 726 4 1 100 0 0 14 13 11 £ 756 100 52 s. 4 0 1 d 1 0 7 37 7 8 Totals 67 7 8 840 18 0 908 5 8

Primary Eaucation Eeaerves. Secondary Education Eeaerves. Total. 'o Balance brought down from 31st December, 1881 ... Arrears due 1st May, 1881, from last account Arrears due 1st November, 1881, from last account* Moneys payable within the year 1882, and collected— On account of half-year's rent, payable in advance on the 1st May, 1882 ... The same, payable 1st November, 1882 Moneys payable within the year 1883— Remittance by a tenant in excess of November rent, 1882 ... Other receipts — The Levels Road Board, for land taken out of an education reserve undef the Public Works Act ($_e report) . . £ s. d. 46 1 2 22 1 0 763 2 9 5,003 10 11 4,554 8 11 £ s. a. 192 0 8 49 11 6 90 16 0 90 16 0 £ s. a. 238 1 10 22 1 0 812 14 3 5,094 6 11 4,645 4 11 0 2 6 0 2 6 23 13 4 23 13 4 Total receipts 10,413 0 7; 423 4 2 10,836 4 9 * £31 128. 6d., primary estate, irrecoverable ; and £144 10s. 9d., secondary esti .te, uncollectea. (See report.)

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John Makshman, Chairman. I certify that I have audited this account, and find it to be correct, and that the balance in the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, on the 31st December, 1882, was as herein stated.—J. Ollivier. —Christchurch, 2nd January, 1883.

WESTLAND. Sir, — Hokitika, 25th May, 1883. I have the honour to forward the report of the School Commissioners for the year 1882. The Commissioners held four meetings during the year. The amount which accrued from the sale of sections on the Kumara Reserve has not yet been reinvested, the Commissioners not having met with an eligible investment. The Commissioners have obtained a title to the various reserves in the provincial district, as provided by clause 10 of " The Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1882." The seat of S. Mueller, Esq., having become vacant by effluxion of time, that gentleman was reappointed by the Westland Education Board. Dr. Giles sent in his resignation in December last, he having been appointed Warden at Kumara, and therefore having to adjudicate upon matters affecting the reserve.

Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Beserves. Total. £ 8. d. £ s. a, £ b. d. £ s. d. B By Office expenses and management—■ Salary of Steward ... ... 540 0 0 Stationery and postage ... ... 6 15 3 Expenses of leasing— Printing and advertising ... ... 10 2 1 Law costs (charge primary, nineteentwentieths; secondary, one-twentieth) 31 6 0 588 3 4 Payments to Education Boards— North Canterbury ... 7,818 18 7 South Canterbury ... 1,881 1 5 558 15 2 29 8 2 9,700 0 0 9,700 0 0 Payments on account of secondary education — Christchurch Girls' High School Ashburton High School ... Akaroa High School Timaru High School 100 0 100 0 10 10 55 0 0 0 0 0 2G5 10 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand, 31st December, 1882— Current account Fixed deposit... 10,258 15 2 294 18 2 10,553 13 4 32 11 250 0 5 0 282 11 5 Total expenditure 10,836 4 9 Assets. £ s. d. 154 5 5 £ 128 8. G d. 0 £ s. d. 282 11 5 Cash in bank as above Rents payable 1st November, 1882—Proportion uncollected 1,051 17 3 I 1,051 17 3 Total assets ... 1,206 2 8 128 G 0 1,334 8 8 Liabilities. Steward's salary, December, 1882 Total liabilities £ 42 42 s. d. 6 0 6 0 £ b. d. 2 14 0 2 14 0 £ 45 s d. 0 0 45 0 0

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The Commissioners intend, during the present year, to hold another sale of Kumara sections, when they hope to dispose of all those now held under lease. When this is done the revenue derived from reserves will be very small indeed, coming principally from the Kumara Reserve through the Warden's Court. I have, &c, J, A. Bonar, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1882 Receipts.

J. A. Bonar, Chairman. E. T. Robinson, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above statement, compared it with vouchers, cash-book, ledger, bank pass-book, and other documents connected therewith, and find it correct and according to law.—W. A. Spence, Auditor.—29th May, 1883.

Primary Education Eeserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,205 14 1 £ s. d. 1,205 14 1 To Credit balances on 1st January, 1882 ... Arrears of revenue for previous years, viz.— Rents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves Revenues, viz.— Rents, &c, of reserves for current year Interest onjfixed deposit —Secondary Account Receiver of Gold Revenue, Kumara ... 8 10 6 7 0 0 16 15 0 17 6 0 22 11 6 25 5 6 24 6 0 22 11 6 36 5 6 36 5 6 Total receipts 51 16 0 1,262 6 7 1,314 2 7 Expendituri By'Salaries and allowances to officers Travelling expenses Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing — Auctioneer's commission ... Advertising, &c. Legal expenses^... Refunds Credit balances of account on 31st December, 1882... £ s. d. 16 13 4 - 6 15 4 6 15 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 12 0 7 0 0 £ s. d. 33 6 8 13 10 8 13 11 10 8 10 9 2 0 9 4 11 26 0 0 1,151 9 0 £ b. d. 50 0 0 20 6 0 20 7 8 12 1 0 13 2 0 13 16 11 33 0 0 1,151 9 0 i — Total expenditure 49 16 6 1,264 6 1 1,314 2 7 Assets. Balance'ofjcash on 31st December, 1882 ... Arrears due on 31st December, 1882, viz.— Arrears of the year 1880 Arrears of the year 1881 Arrears of the year 1882 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,151 9 0 £ ». d. 1,151 9 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 58 5 0 59 10 0 37 0 0 65 5 0 64 10 0 Total assets ... 19 0 0 1,299 4 0 1,318 4 0 Liabilities. Owing to Secondary Account ... Sundry accounts due 31st December, 1882... Balance .. | £ s. d. 223 16 10 5 16 11 £ s. d. 11 13 11 1,076 16 4 £ s. d. 223 16 10 17 10 10 1,076 16 4 Total liabilities 229 13 9 1,088 10 3 1,318 4 0

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OTAGO. Sir,— Dunedin, 30th April, 1883. In pursuance of Order in Council of date 17th December, 1878, and in accordance with Circular No. 82/10, dated Wellington, 23rd December, 1882, I have the honour to forward report of the School Commissioners of the Provincial District of Otago for the year ended 31st December, 1882. During the year the Commissioners leased twelve town, twenty-sis suburban, eight rural, and ten pastoral sections, in different parts of the provincial district, at an annual rental of £339 9s. Id. On the 31st August the School Commissioners, after deducting some 44,000 acres for agricultural settlement, leased by auction ten of the runs, the licenses of which expired on the Ist March, 1883, at an annual rental of £5,595, being an increase of about £3,600 over the annual assessment formerly paid on them. The Commissioners are glad to state that, under the provisions of " The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882," there is a prospect of those portions of the endowment which are suitable for settlement being opened up for sale and lease, and they are now taking the necessary steps to have this done at an early date. Of the sum of £1,779 Is. 6d. shown as being rents in arrear on the 31st December, 1882, £304 4s. sd. has been paid during the first quarter of the present year. As explained in previous reports, in a number of cases the half-year's rent is due in advance at or near the end of the year, and is seldom paid till the following half-year. Of the sum of £240 2s. 6d. shown as arrears within the year 1880 £208 ss. is debited to one tenant. The rent is at least five times as much as it ought to be, and the Commissioners have only been able to get a portion of it paid during the year. It is their intention to take steps to have the lease cancelled, and the reserve submitted to auction at an upset rent in accordance with its value. Annexed hereto is the balance-sheet, duly audited, showing the receipts and expenditure during the year. I have, &c, J. P. Maitland, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Chairman.

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Primary Education Reserves. Secondary Education Reserves. Total. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Arrears of revenue for previous years, viz.— Bents, issues, profits, or receipts of reserves Eents, &c, of reserves for current year 1,001 8,966 1 1 4 2 145 8 339 16 0 3 1,146 9 9,305 17 4 5 | Total receipts 9,967 2 6 485 4 8 10,452 6 9 Expendit :re. £ 3. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Interest ... ... ... 050 Salaries and allowances to officers, including Secretary, £300, and commission to Southland agent, £99 18s. ... 399 18 0 Allowances to Commissioners, travelling... 71 8 10 Printing, stationery, incidentals, &c. ... 86 19 5 Office rent and cleaning ... ... 97 12 C Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission ... ... 62 11 0 I Advertising, &c. ... ... 219 19 4 Expenditure on reserves— and valuation fees ... 36 18 2 Eoads ... ... 1,058 14 1 Legal expenses ... ... ... 24 1 2 Otago Education Board Southland Education Board % Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Southland Boys' and Girls' and Boys'High Schools... 2,018 3 10 40 3 8 2,058 7 G 6,153 15 9 1,795 2 11 344 9 10 100 10 9 6,153 15 9 1,795 2 11 344 9 10 100 10 9 Total expenditure 9,967 2 C 485 4 3 10,452 6 9

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Assets.

J. P. Maitland, Chairman. C. Macandrew, Secretary. I have examined the above statement 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.

REGULATIONS OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

I. Class-books for Public Schools.—Dated 10th July, 1882. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 63, 20tli July, 1882.] The books entitled " Little History of New Zealand," by E. M. Bourke (Robertson, Melbourne) ; " Primer of English History," by J. Curnow (Robertson, Melbourne) ; " English History Heading Books," Parts 1., 11., and 111., by Miss Yonge (National Society, London); "Political Economy Reading Book," by B. H. Inglis Palgrave (National Society, London) ; " Glimpses of the Globe," by J. R. Blakiston (Griffith and Farran, London) ; " The Child's Geography," by M. J. Barrington Ward (Marcus, Ward, and Co , London); " Eirst Geographical Reader" (Isbister, London) ; "The London Readers" (Isbister, London); " Chatnbers's English Readers" (Chambers, Edinburgh); "Standard Grammar," by J. M. D. Meiklejohn (Chambers, Edinburgh) ; "Domestic Economy," by J. Milner Fothergill (Isbister, London); "The Alphabet of the Principles of Agriculture," by Professor Tanner (Macmillan and Co., London) ; " Further Steps in the Principles of Agriculture," by Professor Tanner (Macmillan and Co., London), —may be used in any public school, as if they had been described and included in the list of works set forth in the Order in Council dated the twentyfourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

11. District High School Fees.—Dated 30th December, 1882. [Vide New Zealand Gazette No. 2, 4th January, 1883.] In the District High School at Riverton 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 High School Fens.—Bated 25th June, 1883. [Vide New Zealand Gazelle No. 59, 28th June, 1883.] In the District High Schools at Cambridge and Hamilton, in the Education District of Auckland, the fees for higher education, within the meaning of section 56 of "The Education Act, 1877," shall be eight guineas a year. In the District High Schools at Temuka and Waimate, in the Education District of South Canterbury, the fees for higher education within the meaning of section 56 of " The Education Act, 1877," shall be—For one subject, ten shillings a quarter; for two subjects, twelve shillings and sixpence a quarter; and for three or more subjects, fifteen shillings a quarter.

[The following were received too late for insertion next to the Boards' reports.] AUCKLAND. Deawing-mastek's Repoht fob 1882. Sib,— Auckland, 17th May, 1883. I have the honour to submit my annual report for 1882 on the drawing done in the District Schools, Training College and Saturday teachers' classes. The progress made in drawing in the public schools is most satisfactory, the keenest interest in, the subject being manifested by the children. In the upper standards more attention is paid to model drawing than any other branch, and it being of the greatest importance and productive of the most useful results, 1 would suggest the advisability of supplying the schools with a few more advanced models than those at present in use. In the lower standards drawing from the flat is being taught with good attention to accuracy and neatness. 15— E. 1.

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£ 8. ll. £ e. £ a. d. .rrears due on 31st December, 1882, viz.— Arrears of the year 1880 ... Arrears of the year 1881 ... Arrears of the year 1882 ... 234 17 G 20G 19 10 1,090 6 5 5 5 20 0 221 12 0 0 9 240 2 6 226 19 10 1,311 19 2 Total assets ... 1,532 3 9 246 17 9 1,779 1 6 Liabilities. — Nil.

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In the Training College each of the four prescribed subjects has been taught, and all the students will be fully qualified to conduct a drawing class. In the Saturday classes for teachers the time to devote to this subject is very short. The course I have adopted has been to deal more especially with the conduct of classes, and general principles to be followed, than to endeavour to make experts with the pencil. I fear the ease with which the •examination at Wellington can be passed tends to relax the energies of the students. I have, &c, J. G\ Trevithick, Drawing-master.

Sistging-mastee's Kepoet foe 1882. Sib,— I have the honour to report that the singing in the schools, at the close of 1882, was on the whole satisfactory, taking into account the fact that fifteen schools received a lesson only once a fortnight, one once a month, and only seven once a week. Only nine of the schools had instruction in singing other than by the singing-master. To make progress it is absolutely necessary for scholars to have a lesson every week. I find the greatest difficulty in teaching fortnightly schools where there is no singing lesson given during the weeks of my absence. It is impossible to teach part-singing in such schools. A simple round is the most that can be done. I find that if I teach the second part (which is always more uninteresting and difficult to learn) the scholars get discouraged, and then do not sing as weil as they can ; the reason of this is that they forget what has been previously taught, and are not able to grapple with the difficulties. In the case of these schools great good is effected in training the ear, giving a correct sense of interval, and also accent and rythm ; but a lesson once a week is indispensable if satisfactory progress in reading music is required.* It is evident that the singing-master is unable to do the work required; it must be done by the ordinary staff of teachers, and it should be his principal work to overlook and train such teachers. The founder of the Tonic sol-fa method has graded the lessons and laid down certain lines to be followed in teaching, and, experience has proved, with the best results. Beginners require watching and directing as to the best •method to follow. The value of the singing lesson is not really understood either by parents or scholars. A boy or girl who has been taught singing has an immense advantage over one untaught in learning an instrument. The intervals in music are the same no matter what notation we adopt. Take for instance the case of a boy learning the violin. Everything depends upon the ear when practising. His sense of tune must tell him where to place his fingers to produce the correct sound. If his ears have not been trained, his practising will be useless, except in the presence of his instructor. This is also true, but perhaps to a less extent, in learning any other instrument. During the latter part of the year I had a class on Saturday afternoon. Although this class was not under the direct sanction of the Board, yet it may fairly be mentioned in this report on account of its effect upon the scholars. The best singers being gathered together progress was rapid, and the practice was evidently a pleasure to the singers. A. very successful concert; was the result, at which a sight-singing test was given, and executed to the satisfaction of the composer. I have, &c, Tiios. Ceanwell.

Bepoet of Inspectoe in Gymnastics for 1882. 'Sic, — Auckland, lOth January, ISB3. I beg to report: for your information that during the past year there has been a visible improvement in the physique of the majority of pupils attending the several schools which I have visited in my capacity as Visiting Teacher of Drill and Gymnastics, but there is great room for improvement in this respect. Until we get the parents and guardians, and, indeed, I regret to say, . the teachers, to understand the importance of physical education it will be next to impossible to obtain the best results. i I have been constantly told by head teachers during the past year that they have received letters from parents requesting that their children be excused from drill and calisthenics, stating "that their children don't like the drill, as it makes them feel tired." In nearly every case I have found on examination that the pupils who desire to be excused are more in need of physical training than the rest of their school-mates. McLaren, in :his "Treatise on Growth and Development," says: "There are many boys—more than one inexperienced in such points would easily believe—who, if left to their own inclinations, take no exercise at all, or take it so listlessly that the results are nil. Yet these are the very boys that need exercise the most of all, and their reluctance to enter upon it, and feebleness and awkwardness in pursuing if, are the strongest proofs of their great need of it, the strongest proofs that as boys they are not living boys' lives —and the boy's life leads to the man's." I regret to say that these remarks may well be applied to a. large majority of the boys and girls attending schools in "the Auckland District. I also regret to say that the children have, in many instances, been encouraged by the teachers in the matter of bringing excuses of the kind already named; in fact, there are among the teaching staff those who look upon physical training as something beneath them. Another of the great difficulties with which 1 have had to contend is the want of assistance from teachers at .some of the schools; in fact, in many cases, when asked to render assistance, that assistance is rendered in such a manner that instead of urging the pupils on to greater energy it has the reverse effect. This is not as it should be, and 1 would most respectfully request you to ask the Board to give instructions to all teachers, male and female, to render all assistance in their power, because it is next to impossible for one man to observe all the pupils, numbering as they do in many cases from 150 to 200 at drill at

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one time. As a further proof of the want of interest shown by teachers in this matter, I beg to state that in accordance with your instructions I attended at the training class on Saturday mornings during the last four months of the year 1882, and on those occasions I had great difficulty in getting some of the lady teachers to exercise at all; in fact, some of them were so tightly laced and dressed that it would have been very injurious had I insisted upon the several calisthenic exercises being performed correctly. I have also to complain of the irregular attendance of teachers of those Saturday morning classes. On some occasions 1 would have an attendance of our 60 lady pupil teachers, and on other occasions between 40 and 50 ;(I never had more than 13 male pupil teachers). These remarks do not apply to the students of the Training College, and it affords me great pleasure to be able to report not only their very regular attendance, but also the very satisfactory manner in which they performed their several exercises in calisthenics and drill. On several occssions I have advised teachers, male and female, to practice gymnastics and calisthenics, and have received replies such as this, " We are too old for that bind of work now, our tones are set, &c, &c." As a proof of the absurdity of that idea I have referred them to McLaren's ■work on "Physical Education," wherein he shows "that of the first 500 names on the book of the Oxford Gymnasium the greatest increase in development is made by a man in his thirty-sixth year." In conclusion, I would request that during this year you will cause instructions to be issued to all the pupil teachers, male and female, to attend drill on Saturdays ; and I would also suggest that the ]unior assistants, male and female, be also instructed to attend. Speaking from my personal knowledge of the majority of pupil and junior assistant teachers, they are more in need of physical training than some of the pupils under their charge. I would respectfully request the Board to provide me with a roll of the names of teachers, that I may in future report all cases of absences and inattention. I have, &c, Owen Mahon, Instructor in Drill and Gymnastics. Note.- —Teachers liave been warned of the consequences to themselves that will follow from their neglecting this subject.—Sec. Ed. Bd.

NORTH CANTERBURY. Me. "Walker's Eepoet on Drill. Sib,— Christchurch, 27th March, 1883. I have the honour to submit for the information of the Board my report for the year ending 31st December, 1882. Lady Students' Class. —The attendance of lady students has been very satisfactory. Under my supervision each one has given the usual instruction iti drill and calisthenics to the others. The result to the girls over which these ladies may be appointed should be very satisfactory. Several of the class availed themselves of the advantage the gymnasium affords for physical training. Male Students and Pupil-Teachkrs.—The attendance and work of male students were all that could be wished. Attendance of pupil-teachers from West Christchurch was also satisfactory, and a fair number attended from Sydenbam. The pupil-teachers from East Christchurch have ceased altogether to attend, and from St. Albans the attendance has been irregular. The instruction given has included military drill and gymnastics, with occasional practice in boxing and fencing. Being persuaded that a regular attendance at these classes must result in considerable benefit to young teachers, as well as fit them for giving instruction to the boys under their care, I beg respectfully to repeat my recommendation of the past year : that, where practicable, it be compulsory for assistants and pupil-teachers to attend. Lady Tkacifehs' Class.- —A special class to suit the convenience of ladies from "West Christchurch School was held in the gymnasium on Saturdays. The teachers were very regular in attendance for some time, but have discontinued the work, owing to another Saturday class demanding their time. The attendance at the regular class on Tuesday afternoons has been very irregular and unsatisfactory. The teachers from Gloucester Street (Main and Infant Schools), South Town Belt, and St. Albans have ceased altogether to attend, teachers of the first three not being permitted to leave school (once a week) in time to reach the gynasium by four o'clock, the time the class begins. Deill and Gymnastics at the Schools Visited.—ln the country schools I believe most of the teachers are trying, and in many cases successfully, 1o carry out of the wishes of the Board with reference to drill and physical training. In view of the advantages offered in the classes held in the gymnasium better work in gymnastics should be shown by ihe town and suburban schools ; and the lady teachers should be more correct in the commands given, and insist on precision in the calistheuic movements taught to the girls Instruction Classes. —During Ihe year 1,163 squads have been present for instruction by me. The Gymnasium.—The gymnasium is used in connection with all the teachers' classes ; and the senior children from the various schools are. sometimes invited to the building to spend an hour (under my supervision) in independent practice, a privilege highly prized by the youug people. By the kind permission of the Board, private classes are held by me in the gymnasium two evening in the week. All leachers are considered members without payment. Gymnastic Competition.—l beg respectfully to ask the Board to vote the sum of £10 for prizes, and to grant me permission to arrange for a gymnastic competition sometime during 1883. The anticipaied contest at the end of the year always gives an impetus to the practice of gymnastics. The competitions of former years have been very successful. There might be separate contests between assistants and pupil-teachers, male students, and one for boys who would care to attend for the purpose. The lady students', also lady teachers', competition might comprise drill and calisthenics (as taught to school .girls), and gymnastics. I have, &a , James Q. Walker, Gymnastic and Drill Instructor to Public Schools. Chairman Board of Education, North Canterbury.

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