H.—lA,

1880. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency.

INDEX. BEPOET. rAOB PAOJ* Education Districts and Boards ... ... 1 Inspection and Examination ... ... 12 Number of Schools ... ... ... 1 Scholarships ... ... ... 15 Number of Teachers ... ... ... 3 Training of Teachers ... ... ... 16 School Attendance ... ... ... 4 Public Libraries .... ... ... 16 Ages of Scholars ... ... ... 6 School Penny Banks ... ... ... 16 Subjects of Instruction ... ... ... 7 Higher Education ... ... ... 17 Finances of Boards ... ... ... 7 Education Eeserves ... ... ... 18 Finances of School Committees ... ... 10 Native Schools ... ... ... 20 School Buildings ... ... ... 10 Deaf and Dumb Institution ... ... 22 APPENDIX. • AtM PAGE Statistics — f Eeports of Boards— continued. Income of Boards (Table No. 1) ... ... 1 North Canterbury ... ... ... 67 Expenditure of Boards (Table No. 2) ... 2 South Canterbury ... ... ... 72 Management by Boards, cost of (Table No. 3) ... 3 Westland ... ... ... 73 Inspection, cost of (Table No. 3) ... ... 3 Otago ... ... ... 80 Examination of Pupil Teachers, cost of (Table Southland ... ... ... 84 No. 3) ... ... ... 3 Statements of Account of Boards— Salaries of Boards' officers (Table No. 4) (also Auckland ... ... ... 52 p. 48a) ... ... ... 4 Taranaki ... ... ... 55 Ages of Scholars (Table No. 5) ... ... 5 Wanganui ... ... ... 57 Standards, Scholars classified according to (Table Wellington ... ... ... 60 No. 6) ... ... ... 5 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 63Schools, Expenditure on each, and Names and Marlborough ... ... 64 Salaries of Teachers (Table No. 7) ... 6-33 Nelson ... ... ... qq Schools, Area of each, Number of Eesidences, North Canterbury ... ... ... 70 and Attendance (Table No. 8) ... ... 34-45 South Canterbury ... ... ... 73 School Buildings, Expenditure upon, &c. (Table Westland ... ... ... 79 No. 9) ... ... ... 46 Otago ... ... ~, 82 School Buildings: Summary of further require- Southland ... ... ... 86 ments, &c. (Table No. 10) ... ... 47 School Fund Accounts — Education Department, Statement of Expendi- Auckland ... ... ... 53 ture of tho ... ... ... 48 Wanganui ... ... ... 58 Officers of Education Boards, Nominal Eeturn of Wellington ... ... ... 61 (see also p. 4) ... ... ... 48a Marlborough ... ... ... 65 Teachers' Salaries, Summary of Expenditure on 48b Nelson ... ... ... 67 Beports of Boards— North Canterbury ... ... ... 71 Auckland ... ... ... 49 Westland ... ... ... 79 Taranaki ... ... ... 53 Otago ... ... ... 83 Wanganui ... ... ... 55 Southland ... ... ... 87 Wellington ... ... ... 58 Training Colleges— Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 61 Canterbury ... ... ... 87 Marlborough ... ... ... 64 Otago ... ... ... 87 Nelson ... ... ... 65 I