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GENERAL RESULTS.

NUMBER OF SUBJECTS IN WHICH CANDIDATES FAILED.

COMPARISON OF LAST THREE YEARS.

The discrepancy between the miinbsr of candidates who applied to be examined and the total number examined in the two grades is accounted for by the fact that some candidates take up both junior and senior examination at the same time.

RESULTS OF LAST SIX EXAMINATIONS. JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

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Junior Examination. Four Compulsory Subjects. English ... ... ... ... 159 examined, 83 passed, 35 failed.* Arithmetic ... ... ... ... 159 „ 83 „ 41 „ * History ... ... ... ... 159 „ 83 „ 51 „ * Geography ... ... ... ... 159 „ 83 „ 44 „ * • Passed in ono or more of the other subjects. Senior Examination. Compulsory Subjects. English ... ... ... ... 42 examined, 32 passed, 10 failed. *Latin ... ... ... ... 29 „ 21 „ 8 Arithmetic ... ... ... ... 42 „ 37 „ 5 Geography ... ... ... ... 42 „ 35 „ 7 „ Optional Subjects. Greek ... ... ... ... 0 „ 0 „ 0 „ French ... ... ... ... 12 „ 9 „ 3 „ German ... ... ... ... 1 „ 0 „ 1 „ Maori ... ... ... ... 0 „ 0 „ 0 „ ♦Trigonometry... ... ... ... 22 „ 15 „ 7 Algebra ... ... ... ... 36 „ 29 „ 7 Geometry ... ... ... ... 39 „ 34 „ 5 „ Physical Science ... ... ... 9 „ 4 „ 5 „ History ... ... ... ... 36 „ 28 „ 8 Bookkeeping ... ... ... ... 2 „ 0 „ 2 „ Shorthand ... ,.. ... ... 0 0 „ 0 „ Trigonometry can be substituted for Latin by candidates for cadetship3 in the Engineer's Branch of the Public Works Department.

Juniob Examination. 'ailed in all subjects ... „ 3 „ „ 2 „ ii J- )> ••• • • ■ • •• 14 candidates. 15 21 25 Senioe Examination. 'ailed in 6 subjects ... „ O „ ,, o ,, j, X || ... ... ... 2 candidates. o 3 2 2

Lpplied unior examined ,, passed lenior examined „ passed 1876-7^ 124 107 61 36 22 7. 1877-7S 218 157 75 64 26 8. 1878-75 221 159 83 42 26 r9.

[arks attainable ... [igliest marks attained Dec, 1876. June, 1877. Dec, 1877. 2,000 2,000 2,400 1,656 1,537 1,960 June, 1877. Dec, 1877. . J June, 1878. June, 1876 2,400 2,017 Deo., 1878. June, 1879. 2,400 1,844 2,400 , 1,661* Sexioe Examination. [arks attainable iu subject highest average attained each 500 500 GOO 34G 328 395 600 407 600 600 394 375