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REPORT ON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Balclutha. Extra Work for 1901.

English. —Literature good ; grammar satisfactory : in both subjects there were many papers of very high merit. Latin. —Class I.: Both papers were very good. Class 11. : One paper was excellent, and two were satisfactory. Class III.: One paper was good, one satisfactory, one fair, and two were weak. Class IV. : One paper was excellent, two were very good, one was satisfactory, and one weak. French. —Class I. : One paper was excellent, and one fair. Class 11. : One paper was excellent, one very good, and one weak. Euclid. —Class I. : Five papers were excellent, two very good, two good, one was fair, two were weak, and one was very weak. Class II.: Two papers were excellent, one was good, four were satisfactory, two fair, and one was weak. Algebra. —Class I. : One paper was very good, one good, two were fair, and one was very weak. Class 11. : One was good, one fair, and five were very weak. Class III.: Three papers were excellent, one paper was very good, two were fair, and three were weak. Book-keeping. —Class I. : One paper was satisfactory, and one was fair. Class 11. : Two papers were good, one was satisfactory, two were fair, and two weak.

Lawrence. Extra Subjects for 1901. (Number of scholars on roll:—Passed Standard VI.—M. 23, F. 15, total 38; others—M. 1, F. 1, total 2: totals—M. 24, F. 16, total 40.)

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(.Number ol sc holars Dn roll :—.Passed 15 ;and mdard VI. : M., 22; F., 20: total, 42.) dari Subject taught. Class. Number of Pupils in Class during Last Quarter of Year. Work done during the Year. English ... 24 Vicar of Wakefield, chapters 20 to 32 (Macmillan's Globe Eeaders); Tennyson for the Young (Macmillan and Co.); Goyen's Composition. Via Latina, whole book; Principia Latina, Part II. ; Books I. and II. of Eoman History. Principia Latina, Part L, Syntactical Rules, pages 89 to 110; Principia Latina, Part II., as for Class I. Via Latina, to page 108. Via Latina, to page 79. Chardenal's Second French Course, to exercise 90; extracts, pages 120 to 136—that is, to the end of Guillaume Mona. Chardenal's Second French Course, to exercise 163. Books I. and II., with easy exercises from Hall and Stevens. Book I. To quadratic equations, Hamblin Smith, page 199. Hamblin Smith, to page 131. Hamblin Smith, to page 80, Thornton's Primer, 100 papers. Thornton's Primer, 52 papers. Grieve's Lessons in Elementary Mechanics, Stage V., 130. Latin I. 2 II. 8 French ... III. IV. I. 5 8 2 Euclid ... III. 3 I. 11 Algebra ... II. I. 12 5 Book-keeping II. III. I. II. 7 10 2 7 Mechanics

Class. Number of Pupils in Class durI ing Last Quarter of Year. Work done during the Year. Subject taught. inglish I. 15 Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (published by Chambers); Goyen's Composition and Dr. Smith's Grammar; Macaulay's Warren Hastings, half the essay. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (Chambers); Goyen's Composition ; Dr. Smith's Grammar. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (Chambers); Goyen's Composition ; Dr. Smith's Grammar. II. 13 III. 12