E.—6.

The following is a summary of the occupations of students :— Number of Percentage Students. of Total. Clerical pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 1,617 11-9 Professional pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 2,219 16-4 Students .. .. .. .. 1,366 101 Domestic pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 2,915 21 (i Agricultural pursuits .. .. .. .. 902 6-7 Various trades .. .. 4,279 31-6 Other occupations not included in above 229 1-7 13,527 1000 It would appear from the above that the technical schools as a whole are doing a good deal in the way of providing Facilities for instruction for the various classes of the community.

Table Jb. —Number of Classes and Capitation on Attendances during 1912 in respect of certain Subjects of Technical Instruction.

Classes for subjects relating to the various branches of engineering-—civil, mechanical and electrical- —continue to be well attended. The classes are, on the whole, well equipped for practical work, and fairly full courses in engineering are provided. Instruction in pure and applied art is well provided for in the schools that make a special feature of these branches of technical education. Increasing attention is being given in these schools to the application of art to industries, and some excellent examples of craft-work have been executed during the year. Instruction in various subjects relating to the home was given in seventy-nine centres; cookery (including invalid and high-class cookery), dressmaking, and millinery being the subjects most generally taken up. In country districts the instruction is usually given by itinerant instructors sent out from central schools. The special courses in home science and domestic arts recently established by the Council of the Otago University have been well attended. Of the forty - eight students in attendance nineteen are working for the diploma and nine for the degree in home science. The Government, recognizing that the instruction given in the schools in subjects having a direct bearing on the home, has up to the present been confined mainly to methods rather than principles owing to the lack of fully trained teachers, has recently issued regulations providing for the award to students whose intention it is to qualify as teachers of domestic subjects of domestic science bursaries tenable at the Otago University. During the current year bursaries have been awarded to thirteen such students. The bursaries are of the value of £20 a year, together with the fees for the courses. A boarding-allowance of £30 a year is also made where necessary. The demand for instruction in commercial subjects continues to be maintained, classes being held at thirty-eight centres. In addition to accountancy classes, at each of the four University Colleges full courses of instruction, both elementary and advanced, are provided in most of the larger technical schools.

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Subjects of Instruction. Subjects of Instruction. Number of Classes. Capitation. !ommercial subjects lathematics and science lathematics and science applied to trades and industries )omestic science irt and art-crafts lontinuation classes 22(1 101 448 290 269 224 £ a. d. 3,136 9 0 844 16 8 4,484 11 2 2,764 7 4 4,230 12 7 803 7 8 Totals for 1912 Totals for 1911 1 ,552 1,467 16,264 4 5 16,588 3 3 •