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allowed to .Committees: this, of course, must seriously hamper these bodies in carrying out the important duties of their office; but the situation is forced upon the Board, and any action it can take will not make its revenue more elastic. The Board hopes that the Committees will use every endeavour to carry out the works intrusted to them with unimpaired efficiency notwithstanding the forced reduction of the Board's grant-in-aid. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. E. Blair, Chairman.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1887. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government grant for buildings .. 4,583 16 0 By Balance at beginning of year .. 1,886 0 7 Other receipts for buildings— Office staff—Salaries .. .. 524 0 0 Refund of cost of science apparatus Departmental contingencies .. 308 611 and drawing models .. .. 17 10 0 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 500 0 0 Government capitation .. .. 28,580 18 8 Inspector's travelling expenses .. 101 3 0 Scholarship grant .. .. 420 15 4 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 43 12 9 Inspection subsidy.. .. .. 300 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances (inGrant for training of teachers .. 1,716 17 2 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 23,798 14 3 Payments by School Commissioners.. 455 2 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 2,624 12 0 Examination fees from teachers and Training of teachers .. .. 1,710 17 2 pupil-teachers.. .. .. 9 6 6 ScholarshipsFees from classes and School of Design 476 0 0 Paid to scholars.. .. .. 357 10 0 Deposits on contracts .. .. 28 3 0 Examination expenses .. .. 68 5 4 Refunds .. .. .. .. 24 10 3 School-buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 426 16 8 Improvements of buildings .. 1,190 13 6 Furniture and appliances .. 248 13 0 Sites .. .. .. .. 27 3 2 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 60 4 3 Rents of temporary rooms .. .. 416 11 2 School of Design .. ~ .. 851 12 0 • ■ ■ Interest .. .. .. .. 33 4 10 Refund of deposits on contracts .. 18 8 0 Balance at end of year— Cr. on Building Account 2,897 5 1 Dr. on General Account 1,536 8 9 1,360 10 4 £36,563 4 11 £30,503 4 11 J. B. Blair, Chairman. A. Dorset, Secretary.

Eepoet on the Wellington Training College. Sib,— Wellington, 25th February, 1888. I beg leave to forward you the following report on the working of the Wellington Training College since last May, and the results of the recent examination of students. When you did me the honour to place the institution under my temporary charge there were sixteen students on the books, one of whom, however, never returned ; so I have had practically only fifteen to work with. There were also eight probationers—young girls, who had most of them passed the Sixth Standard at the public schools, and who, by passing a small entrance examination, were allowed to continue their studies at the Training College till such time as they could be appointed pupil-teachers as vacancies occurred. These I placed principally under the care of my assistant, Miss Payne, who was a great help to me in other ways, taking the Domestic Economy and English of the E students. The visiting masters for science, music, and drill—viz., Mr. Purdie, M.A., Mr. Parker, and M. de Mey—were most assiduous in their instruction throughout the whole of the time. M. Merlet tendered his resignation as French master in June, and since then French was discontinued ; but I took advantage of the time thus liberated to give extra instruction in Latin and algebra, which I think will be of great use to those who have just passed through their E examination should they decide to go up for D next year. I worked with the students up to the date of the examination—Monday, the 9th January! Before dismissing the classes I presented the prizes to such as had merited them at the test examination held in September, a report of which I have already furnished to the Board. They were obtained by the following students: First, Mary Ann Bacon (dux); second, Laura Welch (proxime accessit) ; special prize for neatness, Lucy Leighton. The students have been exceedingly regular in their attendance, no matter what the weather may have been. I can speak very highly of their industry and attention to me, and am very pleased with the excellent relations we always preserved towards each other. I append the results of the examination for certificates, from which it will be seen that there were two complete passes in D and one partial one, nine complete passes in E and two partial ones, and two absolute failures—one in D and one in E. I now beg to thank the Board for the confidence they placed in me, and remain, &c, The Chairman, Board of Education, Wellington. Charles J. Hardy.