A science class at Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi Farm Training School. The three boys are receiving instruction in testing milk from the head teacher, Mr S. Goldsbury. (PHOTOGRAPH—PRESBYTERIAN INFORMATION) staggering, neatness in which the whole institution is kept by the girls. Among the craft work I saw, I was interested in the adaptation of traditional Maori craft features to modern conditions. Examples were a lovely little carpet woven with Maori scroll designs and a large sewing box on legs whose sides consisted of tukutuku work. Such features will undoubtedly give atmosphere to homes. St. Joseph's college plans its courses for girls who will ultimately settle down and set up home for themselves. The home crafts are emphasised; all Fourth and Fifth Form girls are given a complete course in mothercraft by the district health nurse. The Red Cross Association gives courses in first aid, home nursing and hygiene. At the same time it is considered that for future mothers nothing but the best will do educationally, and a high proportion of pupils obtain school certificates. With a roll of 140, the college offers an academic and a commercial course. Over the last ten years a lively old girls' association has been built up with branches in every big centre. Branches have their own monthly meetings and functions, and a reunion is held at college once a year.

TE WHAITI NUI A TOI The very rev. j. g. laughton, as Superintendent of the Presbyterian Maori Missions, is the spiritual father of the Te Whaiti Nui a Toi Farm and Training School. With only 26