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Kemarks. —The progress of the children attending this school, in all their studies, is very satisfactory. Their answers during the examination showed that they had received careful teaching. The schoolroom is inconvenient, and the furniture rough and incomplete. If the school is to be an efficient civilizing agency, it must be conducted in a place superior to the homes of the children who attend it. It cannot be kept clean and tidy unless the approaches are formed and kept in order. The Otago school requires to be boarded round the piles, to have the chimney altered, and the ground fenced in, and a pathway to the entrance formed. The master's house —which is very uncomfortable—needs a passage through the centre, the front door opening at present into the sitting-room, and causing much discomfort in stormy leather. One of the chimneys requires repairing, and an addition is also required at the back of the house. The roof wants to be made watertight, and the building painted and re-papered—£loo or £120 would probably complete what is needed. Mr. Commissioner Mackay has already recommended these repairs and improvements, and it is due to Mr. and Mrs. Walker, after the zeal they have shown in the discharge of their duties, that their comfort and convenience should be consulted. Night School, Otago Heads. Number attending, 10. Had no opportunity of inspecting the school, as the pupils were absent. Mr. Walker supplied mo with the following information respecting their progress :—A read Progressive Lessons ; 2 read V. Progressive Series ; 4 read V. Book Progressive Series. Arithmetic: 3 compound proportion ; 1 practice ; 2 compound rules ; 4 simple division. Writing, fair. By Authority : Gbokge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7s.