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Extract from the Report of the Managers of the Masterton Technical School. The work of the year was commenced in the week beginning Monday, 12th March, when classes in the following subjects were established : Drawing, painting, dressmaking, woodworking, woodearving, plumbing, commercial work, English and arithmetic, and Civil Service subjects. The year was divided into three terms of twelve weeks each, and in all fourteen classes were formed. The attendance of pupils at the respective classes may he regarded as satisfactory, the average rollnumber for the three terms being 238, whilst the average number of pupils in attendance was 167. In this connection the attendance of pupils at the English and arithmetic class —the compulsory subjects for holders of junior free places—was particularly good, thirty-eight out of a total of forty-seven succeeding in complying with the regulations in regard to the attendance of free students. It was mentioned last year that free students under the Junior Technical Scholarship Regulations were admitted for the first time. This year the number of free students was very largely augmented, no less than forty-seven scholarship-holders being admitted to the classes. This large influx of free students had the effect of, for a time at any rate, causing the work to be tarried on at considerable inconvenience owing to the lack of sufficient accommodation, and if, as is only too probable when the classes open for the current year, a further large number of pupils entitled to hold free places present themselves for admission, considerable difficulty will be found in arranging for their instruction. At the recent examinations held by the Education Department four of the pupils attending the Civil Service class succeeded in passing the Junior Civil Service Examination, one of the four passing with credit, whilst in the plumbers' class six students succeeded in gaining the plumbers' certificate issued by the Wellington Technical Education Board. Three members of the plumbers' class also succeeded in passing the examination of the City and Guilds of London Institute, two out of the three passing in the ordinary grade and the other securing a pass in the preliminary examination. In March last a very successful exhibition of the work done by scholars at the Technical School was held in the workshop in Dixon Street, and was largely attended by the public, who evinced great interest in regard to the nature and quality of the exhibits placed before them. Reference has been made in previous reports to the uncertain nature of the tenure of the present Technical School, and as time goes on, and the scope of the work expands, the difficulties occasioned by the unsuitability of the premises and the lack of adequate accommodation are becoming more and more accentuated. In this connection it is now almost imperative that some movement in the direction of inaugurating a workable scheme for the establishment of a building fund be taken at an early date, and the Managers will therefore be only too pleased to consider suggestions as to the manner in which the desired end may be attained A glance at the accompanying statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ended the 31st December, 1906, reveals the fact that the receipts from all sources amounted to £703 7s. 10d., whilst the expenditure for the same period totalled £692 3s. 3d., thus leaving a balance of £11 4s. 7d. to be carried forward to the current year's operations. The position thus disclosed is the more satisfactory in view of the fact that on the 31st December, 1905, the school's banking account was overdrawn to the extent of £83 ss. 4d. The Managers desire to take this opportunity of thanking the Trust Lands Trust, who again generously voted the sum of £100 in aid of the maintenance of the classes during the past year; the Masterton Borough Council for their grant of £25 in aid of the lighting and heating of the rooms; and the Education Department for the very considerate manner in which the school has been treated throughout the past year. Largely owing to the assistance thus received the work of the school has been rendered possible, and, although at present still hampered by the unsuitability of its situation and the insufficiency of its accommodation, there is every reason for the hope that, as the result of a vigorous and combined effort, it will develop into such an institution ns will prove of lasting benefit to the town and district. Edwin Feist, Chairman. N. D. Bunting, Secretary Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1906, in respect of Associated, Classes conducted by the Masterton Technical Classes Association. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Capitation on associated olasses .. .. 188 13 9 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 83 5 4 Capitation on account of free places .. 86 10 6 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 452 5 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 13 0 0 Office expenses (including salaries, staFurniture, fittings, apparatus .. .. 23 1 1 tionery, &c.) .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Material .. .. .. .. 411 0 Advertising and printing.. .. .. 811 2 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 133 6 0 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 23 3 1 Pees .. .. .. .. 103 0 0 Insuranoe and repairs .. .. .. 110 8 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 137 14 6 Examinations, &c. .. .. 010 6 Rent for use of rooms .. .. .. 414 6 Material for olass use .. .. .. 19 8 9 Sale of scrap lead .. .. 7 9 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 914 6 Refunds .. .. .. 17 6 Caretaker .. .. .. 14 17 0 Petty cash, &c. .. .. .. .. 16 0 Cartage .. .. .. .. 2 7 6 Bank charges and interest on overdraft .. 3 17 5 Amount overdrawn on oheque for sundry accounts .. .. .. .. 0 7 6 Furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. 25 18 10 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 11 4 7 £703 7 10 £703 7 10 Edwin Feist, Chairman ) . , t N. D. Bunting, Secretary Mana^rs.