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Auckland May 15, 1856. Sir, I have the honor to forward tj your Excellency a Report of the Church of England Board, for Native Education in the Northern Division for the year 1855, in accordance with the late Governor Sir G. Grey's instructions to this Board in 1853. I have, &c., (Signed) G. A. KISSLING, Hon. Sec. To His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. REPORT OF TIIE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BOARD FOR NATIVE EDUCATION IN THE NORTHERN DIVISION, FOR THE YEAR 1855. The Board has received the sum of £1700 during the past year, and has expended £1507 10s. in the following manner : — £ s. d. Ivohanga School, Waikato River, conducted by the Rev. R. Maunsell, and maintaining 76 persons under instruction, according to last report, April, 1856 ...... 337 10 0 Taupiri School, Waikato River, conducted by the Rev. B. Y. Ashwell, and maintaining 67 persons under instruction, according to last report 200 0 0 Otawhao School, \\ aipa River, conducted by Ihe Rev. J. Morgan, and maintaining, on an average, 25 persons under instruction, according to last report. 200 0 0 St. Stephen's School, Auckland, conducted by the Rev. G. A. Kissling, and having maintained an average of 22 persons under instruction 250 0 0 Turanga School, Poverty Bay, conducted by Archdeacon William Williams, and maintaining 25 scholars at last report , 168 15 0 lauranga School, Bay of Plenty, conducted by Archdeacon Brown, and maintaining 25 scholars at 1-st report 88 15 0 Allowance for Teachers 150 0 0 Allowance for Probationers, i.e., scholars who have passed such an examination as satisfied the Board they might soon be qualified to become teachers 97 10 0 School books, &c., &c 15 o 0 Balance in hand 192 10 0 Amount of Grant £1700 0 0 His j'jxcellency will have observed that reference has been made to the Report of Inspectors in the preceding accounts, 'ihe Board has from the first adopted the course of endeavouring to procure the services ot competent Inspectors unconnected with the Board (Major Kenny, one of the last Inspectors, undertook the office before he was appointed to the Board in the room of the Chief Justice Martin.) Ihese Inspectors have visited the schools, and reported fully on their physical and intellectual condition, as well as the moral and religious training. The Board not only sets great value itself on these Reports, but considers that it is thus best fulfilling its duty to his Excellency by the open and unreserved admission ot unbiassed Inspectors into those schools. As a proof of this it may be observed, that while on the one hand it receives such a report as the following about one school, " The scholars were clcan and healthy, and had about them an air of alacrity and cheerfulness, combined with proprietyof demeanour, which could only be produced by the continued influence of good habits," a native has been sent to the manager of the same school, founded on this same report, "to pay more attention to English pronunciation," and to another school "to pay more attention to order and cleanliness ; oi another school the Inspectors say that '' they desire to draw attention to the striking characteristic ot this school, namely, the clear and distinct manner in which the Scholars generally read and pronounced English."