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Number receiving Free Secondary Education. 1912. 1913. Secondary schools ... ... ... ... ... 4,815 4,963 District high schools ... ... ... ... ... 2,048 2,073 Technical day-schools ... ... ... ... ... 1,375 1,507 Maori secondary schools ... ... ... ... 103 108 Totals ... ... ... ... 8,341 8,651 The estimated increase for the year in the number receiving free secondary education is therefore 310. Scholarships held at Secondary Schools and District High Schools. These scholarships are of four kinds,- — (i.) Junior National Scholarships ; (ii.) Education Board Scholarships ; (iii.) Foundation (or Governors') Scholarships, given by the governing bodies of secondary schools ; (iv.) Private scholarships, endowed by private owners. (i.) Junior National Scholarships. These scholarships are allotted to the several education districts practically on the basis of population, as in each district there is offered annually one scholarship for each 4,000 or part of 4,000 children in average yearly attendance at public shools. The scholarships are awarded by the Education Boards on the results of an examination conducted by the Education Department, and the Boards exercise a certain control over the holders, and pay over to them from time to time the amounts falling due. The following summary to Table L 4 shows the number and value of Junior National Scholarships current in December, 1912, and December, 1913 respectively :■ — Number of scholarships,— 1912. 1913. Boys ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 68 Girls ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 62 Totals ... ... ... ... 130 130 Number receiving boarding-allowance (included in the above total) ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 72 Number receiving travelling-allowance (similarly included) ... 2 2 Number held at secondary schools ... ... ... 112 114 Number held at district high schools ... ... ... 18 16 Total annual rate of payment ... ... ... ...£3,236 £3,460 (ii.) Education Board Scholarships. The scholarship funds of the Boards are provided by grants which, although not statutory, are of old standing, and amount to Is. 6d. per head of the average, attendance. The conditions of the scholarships are determined by regulations approved in the case of each Board by the Minister of Education. For the award of the Junior Scholarships all the Boards now use the Junior National Scholarship Examination, and for their Senior Scholarships all use the Intermediate Examination, as arranged for scholaship candidates ; but the awards themselves and the subsequent control of the holders are entirely in the hands of the Boards. The number and value of the Board scholarships in tke various districts are shown in Table L 5, the totals of which are for the whole of New Zealand. Scholarships. At £40 per annum ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 At £35 per annum ... ... .. ... ... ... 8 At £33 per annum ... ... ... .. ... ... 1 At £30 per annum ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 Under £25 and not under £20 per annum ... ... ... 17 Under £15 and not under £10 per annum ... ... ... 210 Under £10 and not under £5 per annum ... ... ... 137 Under £5 per annum ... ... ... ... ... 31 Total... ... ... ... ... ... 576 Number of scholarships, - Boys ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 Girls ... ... ... ... 221 Total ... ... ... 576