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TABLE Y.—London Technical Examinations, 1895.

" The Manual and Technical Elementary Instruction Act, 1895," provides for the granting of subsidies to classes established for instruction in such branches of science and art as are encouraged by the South Kensington Department and by the City and Guilds Institute, and also to workshops connected with public schools; and the same Act allows part of the ordinary school time to be given to elementary manual instruction. A .circular was issued in January, 1896, containing information with respect to the development of manual instruction in England ; and another is now in the press, being a reprint of that part of the report of the London School Board for 1895 which treats of the same subject. These circulars will appear in a separate paper (E.-lc). The annual report on the Goldfields of New Zealand (C.-3), issued by the Department of Mines, will include information with respect to schools of mines ; the annual report of the Department of Agriculture will give particulars of the dairy school; and the reports of the University of Otago (E.-6) and Canterbury College (E.-7) will show what is being done by the Medical School and the School of Mines at Dunedin, and by the School of Engineering at Christehurch, and the School of Agriculture at Lincoln. The " New Zealand Eeader." The Government Printer reports that nearly 1,800 copies of the Eeader prepared last year by the Department for use in the Fifth and Sixth Standard classes have been sold. The Boards can purchase copies at the wholesale price, and can supply them to the children at the same rate. University and Colleges. The number of graduates on the roll of the University of New Zealand is now 559. The number of degrees conferred as the result of the examinations of 1895 is 63. The number of students examined in 1895 was 1,071 : 639 at entrance examination, 309 for degrees, 123 for professional examinations outside of the University. The Chancellor's report is printed in a separate paper (E.-5). The students in affiliated colleges in 1895 numbered 742, of whom 191 were women. The matriculated students were 419. At the University of Otago were 185 matriculated students (44 of them women), and 41 (including 1 woman) not matriculated ; at Canterbury College, 177 (71 women) matriculated, and 130 (76 women) not matriculated; and at Auckland University College, 57 (21 women) matriculated, and 152 (78 women) not matriculated. The reports of these colleges are in papers E.-6, E.-7, and E.-8 respectively. Secondary Schools. The principal statistics of the secondary schools are shown here in Table Z. The reports will be found in E.-9. The income of these schools from endowments (including £2,106 14s. Id. received from School Commissioners) was £25,250 3s. 9d., and from school fees (other than boarding fees) £22,202 9s. lid. The number of pupils in attendance at the end of 1895 was 2,525 ; 94 per cent, of them were above the age of 12.

lingi ion. 'anr ,'anui. >une< tin. Candidates. Passes. Candidates. . Passes. Candidates. Passes. South Kensington : ArtSecond grade Third Works Science 216 45 33 41 142 39 15 24 54 13 10 4 38 6 7 3 209 16 147 15 27 20 City and Guilds: Papers— Ordinary grade .. Honours Plumber's work— Practical examination ) 33 I 18 2 16 12 Total 182 384 252 81 54 252