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in the competitions. During the year arrangements were made by which the drawing classes in the Training College were taught by instructors from the Technical College, and a special teacher chosen by Professor Lethaby has been obtained from England largely for this type of work. It is felt that the arrangement made will be of benefit to the teachers, to the teaching of drawing in the primary schools, and indirectly to the art classes, which are largely recruited from the ranks of those who have been taught in the primary schools. By co-operating, the Training College and this College have been able to command the services of a man of much more complete and sound training for the work he does than either of the colleges could have obtained separately. The great advantages, however, are those that must follow from the association of the two institutions in a branch of work that intimately concerns each of them, but in slightly different ways. Science ami mathematics classes : These classes have increased in number by the inclusion of physiology and botany as separate classes, each with a satisfactory number of students. The science classes tire growing in strength as the students in trade subjects realize the necessity for a groundwork of science. Engineering classes : These classes have increased largely during the year, and the work done has been of a satisfactory kind, as is evidenced by the increasing popularity of the classes. The workshops especially have been crowded. No difficulty appears to be felt in placing boys trained in the College. The classes for subjects relating to the building trades show evidence of picking up again in numbers, and the quality of the work has been well maintained. The commercial classes continue to increase, although the rate of increase has not during the year 1912 been any greater than in science and engineering. The demand for trained students is, however, very strong, and there is often difficulty in supplying employers who apply for trained boys and girls. The steady increase in entries in the continuation classes is largely due to the increases in the number of junior and senior free-place students. Wool-classing and veterinary science classes : The demand in these classes has not been large. It was found impossible to arrange for students to go out into the country to get practical training in the shearing-shed, partly owing to the difficulty of students employed during the day getting leave and partly owing to the instructor resigning his appointment in consequence of accepting an offer to go to South Africa. It is proposed to arrange a class during 1913 to meet in Ngahauranga at a wholesale butcher's shed to shear some two hundred mixed sheep weekly, receive lectures on the sheep and the wool, class the wool, and afterwards inspect the carcases of the sheep. It is hoped that a class so conducted will be able to gain practical knowledge in a scientific way, as well as scientific knowledge in a very practical way. The classes for domestic evonomy are still handicapped by unsuitable accommodation, and have further been disturbed through change of teachers during the year. The work done was, however, fairly satisfactory, and the number attending somewhat larger than in the previous year. The number of students attending the day Technical School was affected by regulations pre eluding students over fifteen years of age from entering as junior free pupils, and many in consequence went to work and took evening classes instead. The total number of day students was in excess of the numbers for the previous year. At the art examinations of the Board of Education, London, forty-five students of the College obtained passes, fifteen in the first class and thirty in the second. At the science examinations conducted by the same body twelve students obtained passes. At the National Competitions (London) one student obtained two book prizes and was commended for exhibits, the subjects being shaded studies of animals from nature, time sketches of figures from the nude, memory sketch of the nude figure, water-colour painting of a figure from life. Two students were commended for their exhibits in shaded studies of animals from nature. One student was commended I'm- her shaded drawing of a tree from nature. At the Technological Examinations of the City and Cuilds of London Institute thirty-one students satisfied the examiners. w st A Trobe, M.A.. Director. Statement of Receipts anil Expenditure for the Year ending 'list December, 191:.'. in respect of Associated Classes conducted at the Welliugton Technical College. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 784 13 11 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 0,185 0 0 Capitation .. .. .. .. 4,783 10 5 Office expenses (including salaries, staCapitation on account of free places .. 779 4 0 tionery, &o.) .. .. .. 671 17 2 _ J 128 0 0 Advertising and printing 103 4 6 Kent '' ' • • • .• • | 29 1 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 178 6 0 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 109 0 0 Insurance and repairs .. .. .. 91 11 10 Material .. .. .. .. 792 11 4 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 231 1 0 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 318 7 6 Examinations, &o. .. .. .. 47 10 11 Library .. .. .. 100 0 0 Material for olass use .. .. 759 17 5 Pees .. .. .. 1,094 18 9 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 26 7 7 Voluntary contributions .. 386 18 7 Library .. .. .. .. 59 18 0 Education Board, on aocount of Training j Prizes .. .. .. .. 31 5 8 College students .. .. .. 120 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 54 9 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. 120 0 0 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 70 0 0 Marine Department, on account of "Amo- Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 705 14 2 kura" olasses .. .. .. 83 0 11 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 801 15 11 Sales of material .. .. .. 107 16 4 ! Sundries .. .. .. .. 7 9 1 t'10,017 19 11 : £10,017 19 11 David Robertson, Chairman | ( , r W. S. La Trobe, Secretary | 0l - vlana B erB -