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Table B.—Pass Subjects.

Table C.—Class and Additional Subjects.

SOUTH CANTEEBUEY. Sir, —■ Education Office, Timaru, 9th March, 1889. I have the honour to submit my third annual report on the schools in this district. During the year all the schools in this district were examined except the new one at Beaconsfield, most of the pupils of which had been in attendance at neighbouring schools where the examinations for the year had just been completed before its opening. Visits of inspection were paid to all the schools except the outlying one at Hakateramea, where for several years a small but gradually increasing number of children have been taught in the kitchen of a dwellinghouse. As soon as a suitable site can be obtained and other matters arranged, it is proposed to erect a small school in the district, and the children who have been cooped up so long will work under conditions as favourable as their more fortunate friends in the better-settled parts of the country. The new school building at Glenavy was begun towards the close of the year, and it will be opened after the harvest holidays. The following table will show the general results of the examinations for the year :—■

[. 'ropori ;ions ca. oul latei m 'oroentages.] Proportion absent of Class Roll. Proportion exceptcd of Class Boll. Proportion failed of Class Roll. Proportion passed of Class Roll. Proportion Failed of the Sum of Passes and Failures— i.e., "Percentage of Failures." Classes. S6 S5 S4 S3 S 2 SI 4-14 2-72 4-45 5-11 4-53 3-87 1-66 4-47 4-50 '4-86 3-68 2-00 21-74 33-60 26-64 26-77 12-44 7-71 72-47 59-21 64-41 63-26 79-36 86-42 23-08 36-20 29-26 29-73 13-55 8-19 Ss6-1 3-72 19-45 72-50 21-15 4-33

Class Subjects. Additional Subj icts. Subject. fercentage No. of Schools. Subject. Average Marks. No. of Schools. Drawing ... History 89-41 40-00 144 151 156 Eepetition and recitation Drill and exercises Singing Needlework Subject matter of reading lessons Extra drawing ... 12-5 11-2 10-2 13-8 12-1 156 146 129 151 156 Geography 54-93 Elementary science, lessons, &c. object 41-71 155 6-8 4 General result 44-46 156 Average of additional marks 57-2 156

Standard Classes. Presented. Absent. Excepted. Failed. Passed. Percentage of Passes on No. examined. Average Age of those that passed. S7 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 SI P 48 128 356 549 690 641 640 1,558 3 21 29 39 20 24 5 15 23 43 22 15 22 100 110 165 74 50 98 220 387 443 525 551 78 65 74 68 84 89 Yrs. mos. 13 10 12 10 12 0 11 1 9 11 8 9 Totals for 1888 ... 4,610 136 123 521 2,224 77 Corres. do., 1887 4,505 188 135 625 1,946 72