E.-12.

Waimate District High School— continued.

Beport of Inspectors. We have the honour to submit the following report on the higher work of the district high schools. The tabular statements above show the subjects taught, the number of pupils examined, and the amount of work done in each subject. Geraldine. English.— Two papers were very good, four satisfactory, three fair, four moderate, and six inferior. The questions in grammar were poorly answered. The answering on the characters and incidents of the play (" King Lear ") was good. Latin.— The only pupil of the senior class wrote an excellent paper. Of five papers in the junior class four ranged from 80 to 89 per cent., and one was marked at 69 per cent. The general result was exceedingly creditable. _ French.— The only paper in the senior class was good. In the junior class four papers were satisfactory, one was fair, and two were moderate. Arithmetic. —On the whole very satisfactory papers were presented in this subject. Algebra. —One paper was excellent, one was good, six were satisfactory, one was moderate, seven were weak, three were very weak. Euclid.—The work in this subject was on the whole well prepared. Eleven papers were either good or excellent, and five failed to reach the " satisfactory " level. Book-keeping, shorthand, and physiology were also taught. Tcmuka. English.— -The senior class in English was a very good one, several of the pupils gaining excellent marks, and all showing careful preparation of the work professed. The junior class made a satisfactory appearance. Latin.— Very good work was done by the pupils of the higher classes. In the upper section of Course I. the papers ranged from moderate to excellent, the general result being very satisfactory ; and m the lower section the only paper submitted was satisfactory. French.—ln the highest class one paper was very good, and one was satisfactory. In the panior classes the quality of the work varied very much, the high merit of several papers contrasting with the weakness shown in the papers of the less industrious pupils. Arithmetic—Those pupils that were examined in this subject presented highly creditable papers. Algebra.— The results in this subject varied a good deal. The pupils in the two sections of the first course did well, those in the higher classes fairly so. Euclid.— One paper was excellent, three were good, four were satisfactory, three were moderate, three were weak. Book-keeping, brush drawing, physics, and geography were also taught. Waimate. English.— There were several papers of high merit from pupils of both classes, and the average marks obtained were quite satisfactory. Most of the scholars showed readiness and intelligence in vivd voce examination on the language and incidents of " Enoch Arden." Latin. —ln the highest class one paper was excellent, and two were satisfactory. In Course 11. one paper was satisfactory, one fair, and two were moderate. In the higher division of Course I. two papers were good, two fair, four moderate, and three inferior; in the lower division two papers were excellent, four very good, two satisfactory, three moderate, and one was inferior. _ French.— Twenty-three papers were examined in the four grades, and the general result was satisfactory. One paper in the highest class was of very high merit, and there were two very good papers in the lowest class, *

55

Subject taught. Class. Number of Pupils in Class during Last Quarter of Ye,ar. Work done during the Year. Latin ... I., Sec. 1 I., Sec. 2 II. III. 15 9 3 3 1 22 20 17 36 10 Via Latina, to page 40. Via Latina, to page 80 ; Easy Latin Stories (Beresford). Via Latina, to page 142 ; Cassar, Book I. ; Latin Stories. Via Latina; Tutorial Latin Beader (I. to IV.) ; Caesar Book I.; Easy Prose (Simpson). Via Latina ; Tutorial Latin Beader ; Horace, Odes, Book I. : Livy, XXII. ; Continuous Prose. Evan's Botany, chapters 1 to 7. Elementary Botany, as for Junior Civil Service. Single Entry (Ingiis). Commercial arithmetic. Arithmetic and mensuration. IV. Botany ... I. II. D—l, l : >otany Book-keeping Arithmetic ... I. II. >ook-keeping .rithmetic ...