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The following witnesses gave evidence : Messrs. A. Varney, W. H. Swanger, W. Andrews, and W. Lee-Martin. Mr. G. D. Braik was further examined. Written statements were received from Dr. G. Home and Mr. G. T. Palmer. Votes of thanks were accorded to the Education Board and to the representatives of the local Press.

WELLINGTON. Monday, Bth July, 1912. The Commission met in the Education Board's office at 9.30 a.m., all the Commissioners being present. The following witnesses gave evidence : Messrs. A. S. Aldrich, R. Lee (Chairman of the Wellington Education Board), T. R. Fleming (Chief Inspector of Schools), F. H. Bakewell, J. S. Tennant, W. S. La Trobe, W. Forster, G. MacMorran, and J. C. Webb. Written statements were received from Miss V. M. Greig (principal of the Girls' High School at Napier); Messrs. F. Bowler, S. H. Macky, and J. H. Turner: also from the Canterbur}? Women's Institute. The Commission rose at 6.10 p.m.

Tuesday, 9th July, 1912. The Commission resumed at 9.30 a.m., all the members being present. The following witnesses gave evidence : Mrs. T. H. Gill, Misses E. Helyer, D. Fitch, N. E. Coad. C. Freeman, and J. A. Finlayson; also by Messrs. A. A. Hintz, J. H. Warboys, C. Watson, and S. Duncan, and the Hons. J. Anstey and J. Barr. The Commission rose at 5.10 p.m.

Wednesday, 10th July, 1912. The Commission met at 9.30 a.m., all the Commissioners attending. The following witnesses gave evidence : Messrs. H. A. Parkinson, E. S. Hylton, j. Haughey, and D. A. Strauchon ; also Professors Hunter and Laby and Dr. Frengley. Written statements were received from Messrs. A. S. M. Poison, F. C. J. Cockburn, and 0. A. Eves, Dr. Innes, the Grey District Educational Institute, the Marlborough School Committees Association, the Napier branch of the Hawke's Bay Educational Institute, as well as from the Principal of the Wanganui Collegiate School (the Rev. Mr. Dove). The Commission rose at 6 p.m.

Thursday, 11th July, 1912. The Commission resumed at 9.30 a.m., all the Commissioners being present. The following witnesses gave evidence : Miss M. McLean (Principal of the Giris' High School at Wellington); Rev. Dr. Kennedy (Rector of St. Patrick's College) ; Brother Justin (of the Marist Brothers); Messrs. H. Baillie, F. G. Gibbs, A. Heine (Acting Principal of the Boys' College), A. de Bathe Brandon (Chairman of the Board of Governors, Wellington College) ; the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), and the Secretary for Education (Sir E. O. Gibbes). Written statements were received from Miss E. Chaplin, Messrs. R. Thomas, W. Kerr, and J. A. Duffy, as well as from the Rev. J. H. Mackenzie (Nelson). The Commission rose at 6 p.m.

Friday, 12th July, 1912. The Commission resumed at 9.30 a.m., all the Commissioners being present. The following witnesses gave evidence : Miss M. Lorimer (Principal of the Girls' College at Nelson), Messrs. George Crawshaw- (Secretary of the Hawke's Bay Education Board), H. L. Fowler (Principal of the Boys' College at Nelson), Dr. H. J. McLean (representative of the Wellington division of the New Zealand Medical Association), the Rev. W. J. Comrie, and Mr. W. T. Mills (U.S.A.). Dr. Truby King gave evidence, which was taken in camera. Written statements were received from the Chairman of the Taranaki Education Board Mrs. J. H. Probyn, and Messrs. M. C. Mackay and A. G. Thompson. The Commission rose at 5.45 p.m.

Saturday, 13th July, 1912. The Commission resumed at 9.30 a.m., all the Commissioners attending. Written statements were received from the North Canterbury Headmasters' Association, from Professors H. McKenzie and J. M. E. Garrow; Mr. K. J. McLennan, and Messrs. M. Barnett and L. F. Watkins (jointly on behalf of the Wellington Society of Professional Musicians); also from Mr. C. J. Cooke. The Commission adjourned (by arrangement) to the concert-room at the Town Hall, where Dr. Truby King resumed his evidence and explained by diagrams what beneficial effects on the human frame would result from a proper study of the laws relating to health. The Commission rose at 12.30 p.m.