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The following tables show the subjects taught, the number of pupils examined, the marks gained by each class, and the amount of work done in each subject: — Waimate District High School.

Temuka District High School.

I have, &c, Jas. Gibson Gow, M.A., Inspector. The Chairman, South Canterbury Board of Education.

OTAGO. Sir, — Education Office, Dunedin, 19th March, 1896. In accordance with the provisions of section 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," the Education Board of the District of Otago has the honour to submit the following report of its proceedings for the year 1895 : — Board. —At the beginning of the year the Board was composed of the following members: Messrs. Henry Clark, Andrew McKerrow, John J. Ramsay, Thomas Mackenzie, James Green, Dr. Stenhouse, Hon. John MacGregor, and Messrs. Mark Cohen and J. F. M. Fraser. Messrs. Clark, McKerrow, and Ramsay retired in terms of section 15 of the Education Act. Four candidates were nominated by the School Committees for the vacancies, and the voting in February resulted in the re-election of Messrs. Clark and McKerrow, and the election of Mr. Donald Borrie. At the first meeting of the Board, in April, Mr. Henry Clark was appointed. Chairman. The Board held thirtyone meetings during the year. Messrs. Henry Clark and John F. M. Fraser were appointed members of the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools, and Mr. Donald Borrie was reappointed the Board's representative on the Waitaki High School Board. Mr. James Green continues to represent the Board as Commissioner of Education Reserves.

Subject. Course. XT , Average Number Mark | of Pupils. perCent . Amount of Work done. English 10 64 (1) Higher-Grade English, pages 1 to 68, and 105 to 110 ; (2) Nichol's English Composition ; (3) Mason's Outline of English Grammar; (4) Lady of the Lake, Canto I. Bue's First French Book. Bue's First French Book, pages 1 to 66. (1) Abbott's Via Latina, pages 1 to 171; (2) Helvetian War (Macmillan's Classics) to ch. 35. Abbott's Via Latina, pages 1 to 83. Abbott's Via Latina, pages 1 to 39. Fractions and simultaneous equations. Factors, H.C.F., L.C.M., and easy simple equations. Definitions, brackets, and four simple rules. Books I. and II. Book I. Book I., to prop. 24. French First, Sec. II. Sec. I. Second 1 3 1 62 87 73 ir Latin w if Algebra First, Sec. II. „ Sec. I, Second First, Sec. II. 5 3 1 4 70 52 38 85 ir it Euclid „ Sec. I. Second First, Sec. II. „ Sec. I. 8 2 4 1 85 HO 84 94 it H

Subject. Course. Number of Pupils. Average Marks per Cent. Amount of Work done. Inglish 5 60 (1) Nichols English Composition; (2) How to Write Clearly (Abbott), exercises 1 to 57; Goldsmith's Traveller. (1) Caesar, Book I., to chap. 29; (2) Virgil's iEneid, Book VI., 400 lines; (3) composition. Abbott's Via Latina, pages 1 to 142, with Appendix I. of irregular verbs. Quadratic equations, problems, evolution, and surds. Fractions and simultaneous equations. Definitions, brackets, and four simple rules. Books III. and IV. Books I. and II. Book I., to prop. 24. iatin Third 2 64 it Second 1 54 .lgebra Third 2 82 n luclid Second First, Sec. I. Third Second First, Sec. I. 1 5 2 1 5 52 73 94 60 70 it