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Table B. — Pass Subjects, Proportions calculated in Percentages.

(a) Examined jointly. . (c) North Canterbury District, 1889. (6) Examined separately. (d) North Canterbury District, 1888. I have little to say by way of comment. The broad general feature of importance is that the figures are with considerable uniformity a point or two ahead of those for the previous year, and, although the difference is not great, it encourages the belief that a steady improvement is still in progress in the district. A marked advance is made in Standard V. ; but how far this may be due to the more or less conscious favour shown in doubtful cases, and arising from the idea that the difference between the results previously obtained in this standard and in Standard VI. required some adjustment, lam unable to say. In the presentation it may be worth noting that Standard I. has come down, but not to any very appreciable extent ; that Standard 111. still remains the most bulky class ; and that a slight tendency is observable towards improvement in the numbers of the higher classes. As regards the schools with which I have had especially to deal during the year, any effective comparison between their present and their former performance is precluded by the fact that all but a few of those separately examined by me, and all visited for inspection, were taken in 1888 by a different Inspector. This is only one of the disadvantages of an annual change of districts—disadvantages hitherto reduced to a minimum by the close intercommunion happily prevailing between the Inspectors, but about to be made more prominent by the coming necessity of paying but one annual visit to many of our schools.

Table C. — Class Subjects.

Table D. — Additional Subjects.

i Presented of Number enrolled. Passed of Number er " Percentage of Pai trolled: 5Sea." Failed of Sun: Faili " Percentage : of Passes am ires : of Failures." * Glass. | I I I (4 , (b) 16-3 27-6 23-9 31-2 27-4; 32-6 22-5 28-8 10-8 | 14-1 2-0 7-7 i (c) ■ (d) 23-1 23-1 30-0 36-2 29-0 29-3 26-4! 29-7 11-81 13-6 6-5; 8-2 1 19-21 21-2 I Above Standard VI. Standard VI. ... V. ... IV. ... „ III. ... II. ... I. ... (a) , (b) ' (c) •81 -6 -5 3-21 2-5 2-5 8-0 6-2' 6-4 12-2 10-8 11-0 14-4 16-0 15-6 14-8! 15-1 15-1 12-9 14-2 13-9 33-7 34-6 35-0 100-0 100-0 100-0 (d) ; (a) j (6) | (c) •41 ! ... 2-4 2-6 1-7 1-9 5-8 5-7 3-9 1 4-2 10-7 8-2: 6-6 7-2 15-91 10-1, 10-3, 10-3 15-4: 12-5 i 12-0; 12-4 14-7 12-2: 12-5 12-5 34-7 ... , ... ! ... 100-0 51-2: 47-2J 48-4 I I (d) 1-8 3-4 6-9 10-0 12-3 12-7 Preparatory "■ I All classes i 47-1 16-4: 21-4

Examined jointly. Examined North Canterbury separately. District, 1889. North Ce Distric jnterburv ;, 1888. Subjects. Marks j Schools (0 to 100). : included. Marks Schools Marks ! Schools (0 to 100).! included. (0 to 100). | included. Marks (0 to 100). Schools included. Drawing History Geography ... Science and objectlessons Average of '.' percentage on class subjects" 48-0 4 49-0 4 57-0 6 39-4 59 38-4 123 36-8 79 39-9 157 57-4 79 56-7 160 39-4 40-0 54-9 144 151 156 52-7 6 39-7 79 39-8 160 43-0 79 44-0 160 41-7 155 44-5 156 54-0 6

Exaini jointl led Exami: separat ned iely. North Cat District, terbury 1889. * North Canterbury District, 1888. r. Subjects. Marks (0 to 20). Jf a ~o in a O |i o 2 ■il si 03 a Marks (0 to 20). Marks (0 to 20). Marks (0to'20). I Repetition and recitation Drill and exercise Singing Needlework ... Subject-matter of reading "lessons ... ... ... ' Extra drawing ... ... i Average of '' additional marks " ... 15-2 14-7 13-0 15-4 14-0 10-0 72-2 6 6 6 6 12-5 11-5 11-1 14-3 79 65 65 78 12-4 11-4 11-0 14-3 158 138 125 154 12-5 11-2 10-2 13-8 156 146 129 151 6 1 - 6 11-9 79 12-3 10-0 57-3 159 1 158 12-1 6-8 57-2 156 4 156 57-1 79