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te oneroa technical classes association. Committee's Repobt. The classes were commenced in April and were held continuously during the last three quarters of the year, the terms being coincident with the quarters. The instructor was Mr. S. Percy Seymour, 8.A., and the subjects of instruction included arithmetic, algebra, a little geometry, and the first five chapters of Gordon's " Mining and Engineering," the consideration of the sixth and subsequent chapters being postponed till the students should have acquired some facility in dealing with mathematical formulas. Supplementary lectures were given on mining geology and chemical philosophy, so as to give the students an intelligent idea of the methods employed and terms used in mineralogy and chemical analysis. The want of proper apparatus and materials prevented any practical instruction being given in laboratory work. The class met five times each week, and the duration of each meeting was two hours and a half. The total number of .students enrolled during the year was fifteen ; the number attending at the end of the year was eleven. Each student was able to attend only on alternate weeks. The receipts were : Pees, £41 10s.; capitation, £10 16s. 6d. According to a provisional arrangement made with Mr. Seymour, the whole receipts were paid to him, and he provided the necessary accommodation for the class, together with furniture, apparatus, fuel, and light. The association has, therefore, neither a surplus in hand nor liabilities to meet. I have, &c, Preservation Inlet, 10th February, 1898. John McLaughlin, Hon. Secretary.

STATEMENT RESPECTING CLASSES HELD UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF "THE MANUAL AND TECHNICAL ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION ACT, 1895."

Subject. I Number of Meetings per Week. Number of Hours per Meeting. Number of Students. Average Attendance. Technical School Association, Auckland, for term ending 2nd, July, 1898. '.ckland, for ten i ending 2nd Ji :e year.) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 •ly, 1898. (Classes meet for four terms in the year.) four terms in t Freehand drawing .. .. .. .. 2 2 15 14-6 Mechanical drawing and machine construction .. 2 2 10 6-05 Architectural drawing and building construction .. 2 2 16 10'95 Carpentry and joinery .. .. .. .. 2 2 18 6'12 Wood-carving (day) ........ 1 2 10 8-3 (evening) .. .. .. .. 2 2 8 S'35 Plumbing .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 11 7-95 Graining and marbling .. .. .. .. 1 2 7 4'3 Algebra and geometry ........ 1 2 7 3'3 Shorthand .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 7 5-5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 15 10 16 18 10 8 11 7 7 7 14-6 6-05 10-95 6-12 8-3 5-35 7-95 4-3 3-3 5-5 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 109 72.42 109 72.42 Mr. W. I. Robinson's Glasses at Auckland, Bemuera, Onehunga, and Ponsonby, for quarter ending 30th June, 1898. (Classes are held for four terms of twelve weeks each.) Mechanical drawing .. .. .. .. \ Machine construction .. .. .. Plane and solid geometry.. .. .. .. [• 6 2 92 71 Applied mechanics .. .. .. Engineering .. .. .. .. ..) Education Board, Auckland: Devonport Public School, for term ending 25th November, 1897. (Class is held for three terms of three months each.) Carpentry and joinery ..... .. ■. j 2 2 14 12'4 Education Board, Auckland: Bemuera Public School, for term ending 31st March, 1898. (Class meets for four terms of three months each.) Carpentry .. .. .. .. .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7-7 The " Elam School of Art and Design," Auckland, for period ending 18th June, 1898. (Classes meet for nine months in the year.) Soience and art subjects, including geometrical, per- 8 2 65 18-60 spective, and mechanical drawing, design, shading, and painting Gisborne Technical Instruction Society, for term ending 20th December, 1897. Book-keeping .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 12 11-g Shorthand .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 10 78 Totals .. .. * .. .. .. .. 22 19-3 22 193 Misses Hardie and Manning's Classes at Napier and Eastings, for terms ending 28th July, 1898. (Classes meet for three terms in a year.) Shorthand (eight classes) .. ,. .. .. ] 32 | 1 to 2 | 16 12'84