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The Government annual examinations of the students attending the schools of mines throughout the Dominion (excluding the Otago School, which, being connected with the University of Otago, holds separate examinations) were held in December, 1911, the following being a summary of the results by senior students from each school, arranged in order of seniority in average marks obtained : —

Upon comparison with the results obtained at the examination for the previous year, it will be seen that the quality of the work has been about maintained, but there has been a decline of 30 per cent, in the number of students presenting themselves for examination. Ex] - of Minks. Thr following table shows the expenditure by the Government on schools of mines since then , inception, exclusive of subsidies paid to the University of Otago towards the School of Mines in connection with that institution :

. I have, &c, Frank Reed, Inspecting Engineer (if Mines.

Locality of School of Mines. awarded S nerPaner Number of Students Number of Paper* submitted examined. submitted. Total marks awarded. Karangahake Reefton Waihi Thames Coromandel Per Cent. 62-43 12 30 59-75 10 16 52-59 26 47 48-81 24 44 48-51 I 1.1 1,873 956 2,471 2,148 534 Totals, 1911 „ 1910 53-93 57-9 76 112 146 186 7,982 10,774

Chemicals Subsidie.- iov. and Apparatus, Financial the Eieotion of also Mineralogioal Scholar-Yeai-K. Schools of Mines. :nnl Specin ships. Maintenance. supplied to Schools of Minos. Total Sum e of Teachers, by the Depart;ukI Travelling- meet towards the Schools of Mines. t s. d. £ a. d. B .885-86 ... ... 36 19 9 .886-87 .. 257 16 6 409 1 4 .887-88 ... 253 15 9 253 14 i .888-89 ... 42 10 0 6 12 9 .889-90 ... 142 2 0 181 14 10 .890-91 ... 217 6 6 54 8 0 .891-92 ... 181 14 0 .892-93 ... 312 8 4 .893-94 ... 197 0 5 .894-95 . . 390 0 0 15 10 Hi .895-96 ... 820 0 0 ... 50 .896-97 ... 352 14 11 58 18 b 100 .897-98 ... 1,089 18 6 29 19 9 100 .898-99 ... 740 15 2 32 19 7 50 .899-1900 ... 990 3 4 24 3 8 50 .900-1901 ... 866 10 11 56 3 4 98 .901-1902 ... 1,155 12 3 63 5 1 49 .902-1903 .. 1,379 15 6 134 18 8 158 .903-1904 ... 1,575 15 3 88 18 8 92 .904-1905 ... 1,401 2 11 17 3 0 100 .905-1906 ... 1,806 19 5 87 2 1 49 .906-1907 ... 1,836 6 6 11 15 8 100 .907-1908 ... 2,428 19 3 94 6 2 150 .908-1909 ... 2,738 11 1 328 9 3 100 .909-1910 ... 1,882 2 6 692 2 8 100 .910-1911 ... 2,813 0 10 44 5 8 108 .911-1912 ... 1,852 19 11 38 9 9 92 fc s. d. t e. d. 1,223 9 ]0 1,260 9 7 2,716 9 3 3,383 7 1 1,714 9 8 2,221 19 4 1,139 4 1 1,188 6 10 716 3 10 1,040 0 8 620 9 9 892 4 3 689 5 9 870 19 9 670 I 0 982 4 4 858 19 4 1,055 19 9 773 17 8 1,209 8 6 849 3 0 1,719 3 0 834 12 8 1,346 6 1 780 19 0 2,000 17 3 729 10 11 1,553 5 8 52 16 3 1,117 3 3 77 7 10 1,098 2 1 69 16 4 1,337 13 8 111 0 0 1,783 14 2 109 15 10 1,866 9 9 362 19 6 1,881 5 5 440 9 4 2,383 10 10 388 18 5 2,337 0 7 345 15 11 3,019 1 4 642 9 4 3,809 9 8 587 3 2 3,261 8 4 121 9 2 3,086 15 8 126 6 7 2,109 16 3 Totals... 27,725 16 9 2,791 3 1 1. 546 17,753 3 49,816 3 1