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The following table shows the number of papers worked at the English examinations held in the colony, and the number of successes : —

TABLE Y.—London Technical and Art Examinations, 1897.

A separate paper, E.-5, contains fuller details of operations under the Manual and Technical Elementary Instruction Act, and in the reports of the Otago University (E.-7), Canterbury College (E.-9), and Canterbury Agricultural College (E.-10), will be found statements of the instruction provided by those institutions in medicine and surgery, and in mining (at Dunedin), in engineering (at Christchurch), and in agricultural science (Lincoln). The annual report (C.-3) on the Goldfields of New Zealand contains information respecting the mining schools under the direction of the Department of Mines, and the annual report of the Department of Agriculture gives particulars of technical instruction imparted in connection with agricultural experimental stations, fruit farms, and dairy schools. Secondaey Schools. The reports of the secondary schools are given in a separate paper (E.-ll). Their current income for 1897 from school fees, not including fees for boarders, was £23,770; from rents and interest, £24,462; and from endowments administered by School Commissioners, £2,303. The pupils on the rolls in the last quarter of the year were 2,709, of whom only 166, or 6 per cent., were under twelve years of age. Table Z contains some of the principal statistics relating to these schools.

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Auckland. Wanganui. Wellington. Wellington* Sub-centres. Nelson. Christchurch. Dunedin. Subjects of Examination. %&': F^*Candi- p..,,-.. dates. iasses ' Sk-ses. i Candi- p...., dates. -™ sses - C d a a?et|^es. ( Candi- p dates. aesee - Science and Art Department. ArtDrawing in light and shade (elementary) Drawing in light and shade (advanced) Perspective (elementary) „ (advanced) Model drawing (elementary) „ (advanced) Freehand drawing of ornament (elementary) Freehand drawing of ornament (advanced) Geometrioal drawing (art) Design (elementary) „ (advanced) Painting from still life Drawing from the life .. „ „ antique Painting ornament in monochrome Principles of ornament (elementary) Students' works Science— Practical plane and solid geometry Mathematics, stages 1, 2, 3 Magnetism and electricity Machine construction and drawing Building construction Practical inorganic chemistry .. Inorganio chemistry (theory) Applied mechanics 3 2 1 2 2 10 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 8 2 2 8 7 4 13 4 42 12 1 8 7 7 3 5 3 35 9 1 42 23 16 62 16 66 11 3 2 6 4 10 30 23 14 41 16 46 11 1 '2 3 1 5 1 i 8 26 3 5 16 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 5 12 5 11 39 4 42 6 9 3 4 12 5 8 26 1 34 G 6 3 3 32 17 2 1 56 12 78 19 22 1 24 17 1 1 41 12 51 19 20 i 2 2 1 1 1 1 17 "l 1 28 1 11 I ' * 1 7 1 1 10 11 1 2 6 1 7 1 5 2 7 2 16 1 9 3 *3 15 7 9 3 8 11 7 9 •• 7 11 1 1 3 6 8 1 3 City and Guilds of London Institute. Painters' and decorators' work .. Telegraphy Mechanical engineering Plumbing (preliminary) „ (written) „ (practical) 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 i i i i i 1 12 7 12 7 s 4 5 4 Totals 59 42 112 78 352 25 I 25 17 142 301 251 46 109 229 Ti I otal of papers, 1,037; total if passi is, 751. * Pabiatua, Masterton, Featherston, Levin, and Westport