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Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1913, in respect of Special Classes conducted at Nelson, Reefton, Westport, and certain Country Centres by the Nelson Education Board. Receipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. Capitation on special classes .. .. 1,060 14 6 Dr. balance at beginning of year.. .. 2,048 8 9 Capitation on account day Technical School, Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 1,543 10 0 Westport .. .. .. .. 258 17 6 Office expenses (inoluding salaries, staCapitation on aocount of free places .. 279 3 3 tionery, &c.) .. .. .. .. 87 10 2 Buildings .. .. .. .. 165 0 0 Advertising and printing .. .. .. 36 811 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 247 15 2 i Lighting and heating .. .. .. 64 8 4 Material .. .. .. 127 9 0 Material for class use .. .. 98 2 4 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 74 9 3 Instructors' travelling-expenses .. .. 12 7 4 For instruction in woodwork for pupils at Cartage and freights .. .. .. 8 4 7 Boys' Training Farm, Nelson .. .. 176 16 0 , Incidentals .. .. .. .. 8 12 9 Fees .. .. .. .. .. 230 10 9 Buildings .. .. .. .. 363 3 1 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 100 19 0 : Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 62 0 11 On aocount of publio-sehool classes for years 1912 and 1913 .. .. .. 500 0 0 Governors, Nelson College, towards instructors' salaries.. .. .. .. 73 6 8 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 51.0 8 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 986 15 5 £4,332 17 2 | £4,332 17 2 N. E. Williams, Secretary.

GREY. Extract fbom the Report of the Education Hoard. Elementary handwork vow practically forms part of the ordinary school curriculum, and is regularly practised in all schools in the district. Of the total average attendance of 1,765 pupils capitation for handwork was earned by 1,689, and in the remaining small schools a considerable amount of work was also done, although not sufficient to earn the Department's allowances. Capitation for cookery was earned by 141 girls and for woodwork by 178 boys, fourteen schools participating in the instruction, which was given in the properly equipped Technical School at Greymouth. Elementary agriculture instruction was also given at three schools. The past yea: , has seen the Board's scheme of technical education fairly inaugurated, and the results already achieved must be gratifying to all interested in educational work. The twenty-seven evening classes established at Greymouth and Runanga centres had total roll numbers of 626, and were attended by 320 individual students, of whom twenty-three were Senior and eighty-five Junior Free Place holders. To accommodate the various classes the Board had to rent suitable rooms in four different buildings. The attendance of the evening classes at Greymouth and Runanga speaks volumes for the appreciation by the students of the valuable instruction given. This result was largely due to the teaching ability and enthusiasm of the four permanent instructors. During the year two exhibitions of technical work were held — one in June, consisting of exhibits kindly loaned for the occasion by nearly every technical school in the Dominion; and the second in December, which consisted wholly of work executed by students of the Grey District. In both instances the exhibitions were visited by practically the whole population of the Grey District and by many from neighbouring centres. Judging by the interest taken, the nature of the exhibits was a revelation to many people of the practical, artistic, and useful results of technical education. Extract from the Report of the Inspector of Schools. Handwork is rapidly finding its true place in the schools of this district,- and various branches are being taken, even in some of the smaller schools, in correlation with other subjects. It is being recognized as a valuable aid in supplementing the general work, and is no longer looked upon by the better teachers as a bugbear in the shape of an extra subject. During the year recognition was granted for the following subjects : Physical measurements, three classes; agriculture, three; needlework, one; elementary handwork, forty-five. In addition there were nine school classes in woodwork and eight in cookery, the work being taken by special instructors at the Greymouth Technical School. During the year teachers' Saturday classes were held for physical science and instrumental drawing and handwork. A winter school for teachers was held during the mid-year vacation, the subjects taken being ambulance and first aid, free drawing, handwork, and vocal music. All these classes were well attended, particularly by teachers from distant schools, and much useful work was done. Extract from the Report of the Director of Manual and Technical Instruction. During the year a considerable advance was made. The work for some time has been to a large extent spasmodic in its nature, and it was felt by the Board that no satisfactory improvement could be effected until it was placed in the hands of permanent instructors whose main interests would be centred in their classes. This important step could not be taken until there was some assurance of the probability of the establishment of sufficiently large classes. A provisional prospectus was accordingly prepared and circulated extensively throughout the district. This pamphlet set out in detail the various courses of work that might be suitable to the needs of ■the district, explained the privileges and conditions attached to free places at the classes, and Contained forms of application for admission as students. Then an exhibition of work done by