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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

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

Office of the Department of Education, My Lord — Wellington, 10th May, 1893. 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, 1892. I have, &c, W. P. BEEVES. \ His Excellency the Bight Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. . This report is supplemented by an appendix which contains, besides statistical tables, the reports of the Education Boards and of the School Commissioners ; and also by other parliamentary papers as follows : E.-la, Inspector-General's Eeport on Examination for Certificates ; E.-Ib, Eeports of Inspectors of Schools ; E.-2, Native Schools; E.-3, Industrial Schools; E.-3a, Costley Training Institution; E.-4, School for Deaf-mutes; E.-5, New Zealand University; E.-6, i—E. 1.

EDUCATION: SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE MINISTEE OF EDUCATION. [In Continuation of E.-l, 1892.]