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session in 1887 was 1,930, being a decrease of 444 under those attending some of the terms in 1886. The following are the enrolments, attendances, &c, for the year 1887 : —

The occupations of the students attending the College during at least one session of the year were as follow : Accountants, 13 ; agents, dealers, &c, 22 ; architects' assistants, 40 ; artillerymen, 5 ; barman, 1; blacksmiths, 10; boilermakers, 14; bootmakers, 7 ; bookbinders, 2 ; boxmaker, 1 ; bricklayers, 19; builders, 10 ; butcher, 1; cabinetmakers, 3; carpenters, &c, 137 ; cement-tester, 1; chemists, &c, 39; Civil servants, 6; clergymen, 7; clerks, 229; coachbuilders, 9; coiner, 1; coopers, 2 ; curators, 2 ; compositors, 5 ; dressmakers, 3 ; decorators, 3 ; dentists, 6 ; draughtsmen, 31; drapers, 13; electricians, 4; engineers, 116; engine-drivers, 4; engravers, 6; farmers, 8; farriers, 2 ; feather-dresser, 1; firemen, 3; fitters and turners, 13 ; frame-maker, 1 ; gardeners, &c, 6; glass-stainers, &c, 4; grooms, <tec, 5; grocers, 5; hairdresser, 1; hatter, 1; ironmongers, 13 ; jewellers, 7; journalists, 2; labourers, 6 ; ladies, 326 ; lithographers, 10 ; machinists, 3; mariners, 10; masons, &c, 38; matting-maker, 1; miller, 1; messengers, 26; modellers, 12; moulder, 1; musicians, 2 ; mineral-water maker, 1 ; operators, 6 ; painters, 47 ; pattern-makers, 9 ; photographers, 7 ; plasterers, 18; plumbers, 41: policemen, 4; printers, 14; potters, 2; railway employes, 3; reporter,!; saddler, 1; salesmen, 13; shipwrights, 8; slaters, 3; signwriters, 13; stationer, 1; stereotyper, 1; storemen, 5 ; students, 243; surveyors' assistants, 23 ; tailors, 41 ; teachers, male, 34; teachers, female, 89 ; tinsmiths, 5 ; upholsterers, 4; veterinary assistants, 3 ; warehousemen, 6; wool-scourers, 2 ; w;ool-sorters, 2 : total, 1,930. Branch, Suburban, and Country Technical Schools. There were 751 individual students entered in these schools. The following are the enrolments, attendances, &c, for the year 1887 : —

The following shows the average enrolments in country classes :—

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First Quarter. Second Quarter. Third Quarter. Fourth Quarter. Enrolments ... Attendances ... Average attendance 1,173 13,154 612-3 1,228 13,206 661 1,370 18,638 769-8 1,195 14,383 711-8 Average, 1,297-4 Total, 59,381 Or 725-9, nightly average.

First Quarter. Second Quarter. Third Quarter. Fourth Quarter. Enrolments ... .ttendances ... .verage attendances ... 545 4,361 319-9 496 4,119 283-4 529 6,042 313-4 556 5,356 356

District and Subject. Average Enrolment. Average Nightly Attendance. District and Subject. Average Enrolment. I Average Nightly Attendance. jawrence— Agriculture Physics .. jrafton— Physiology Chemistry Physics Freehand Geometry Perspective Metallurgy Newcastle — Mineralogy Metallurgy Geology Chemistry Mechanical drawing Shorthand Building-construction Freehand Perspective Geometry Plattsburg — Model-drawing Perspective Liambton — Model-drawing Geometry West Maitland— Drawing Mathematics SingletonDrawing 13 6 4-2 5-2 2-6 2-6 2 1-5 2 6 7 10 7 13 28 7-5 14-7 12-2 13 8-2 4-2 3 3-3 2-4 1-3 1-9 1 2 4-1 4-7 64 5-3 8-2 22-4 4-7 11-1 7-3 7-4 Coogee— Drawing Petersham— Drawing,. Granville— Geometry Mechanical drawing Parramatta— Geometry Bathurst— Mineralogy Geology Botany Chemistry „ practical Physics Mathematics Drawing French Goulburn— Mineralogy Geology Chemistry practical Mathematics Drawing Architectural drawing Mechanical „ Morpeth— Freehand drawing Model 8-7 39-2 5 4 3-5 4-7 6-2 5-2 4-7 3 21-7 5-2 20-5 33 5-1 17-8 4-5 3-7 2-4 8-1 4-5 3-4 3-3 2-6 12-4 3-4 11-1 22-1 12-2 8-5 9-6 7-8 4 3-5 23 4-2 13-7 66-2 7-7 4 2-1 3 9-3 2-3 7-1 22-8 4-5 3-3 9-7 8-5 69 6 35-2 13 15 S-8 22 11 13-9 6-2 22-5 15-6 Total 591 353-5