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Extract from the Report of the Managers of the Banks Peninsula Associated Classes. The following classes were held during the year : Woodwork, 23 students ; dressmaking, 22 students ; cookery, 2-1 students ; laundry, 17 students ; wool-sorting, 31 students, fn addition, a school class of 20 pupils for cookery was also held. All the classes were well attended, and both pupils and teachers took great interest in their work. The new Technical School was found very suitable in every way, and much better work was done in all the classes. The farmers in the district are commencing to appreciate the school, and were all loud in their praises of the great advantages gained by attending the wool-sorting classes. Many consider that they obtained better prices for their wool owing to the knowledge gained at the class. Alex. Gray, Hon. Secretary. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1909, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Banlcs Peninsula Technical Classes Association. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 33 13 0 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 90 0 0 Capitation on associated classes .. .. 42 12 9 Office expenses (including salaries, stationery, Buildings .. .. .. .. 526 0 0 &c.) .. .. .. .. .. 140 Rent .. .. .. .. 40 6 0 Advertising and printing .. .. .. 3-6 Furniture, fittings, apparatus .. .. 60 0 0 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 413 0 Subsidies on voluntary contributions . 25 0 0 Insurance and repairs .. .. .. 4 14 Fees .. .. .. .. 59 5 0 Cleaning, &c. .. .. .. 12 18 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 25 0 0 Material for class use .. .. .. 910 7 From controlling authority on acoount of Labour, removing from old building, &c. .. 313 6 school classes .. .. .. .. 6 6 0 Bank charges .. .. .. ..0120 Dressmaking charts sold, sales .. .. 15 1 9 Water rate .. .. .. .. 210 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 6 4 8 Contracts (new buildings, additions, &c.) .. 601 0 0 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 103 19 2 Fencing.. .. .. .. .. 251 £839 9 2 £839 9 2 John Bruce, Chairman ) ,*, W. K. Virtue, Secretary j of Ma » a S erB - Extract from the Report of the Managers of the Lyttelton Associated Classes. School classes were held during the year in woodwork and cookery. The classes have been well attended and some fairly good work has been done by the pupils. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1909, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Lyttelton Technical Classes Association. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 38 17 0 Salaries of instructors .. .. 32 0 0 Rent .. .. .. . 40 0 0 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 13 5 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 10 0 0 Rent .. .. .. 40 0 0 Fees .. .. .. .. .. 410 Cleaning .. .. .. .. 5 9 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 10 0 0 Bank fee, &c. .. .. .. 012 0 From controlling authority on account of Balance at end of year .. .. .. 58 18 7 sohool classes .. .. .. 35 5 0 £138 3 0 £138 3 0 S. H. Webb, Chairman | , ~ f. T _ ol Managers. G. Lewin, Secretary ) B Extract from the Report of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College. The School of Engineering. —The new hydraulic laboratory is virtually now complete, and at the beginning of the session of this year the students were able to avail themselves of the opportunities offered by the valuable apparatus that has been installed. As a most expensive and up-to-date equipment has been provided for this school, which is to be regarded as one not for this province alone, but also for the whole Dominion, it was decided that scholarships should be established, open to candidates from the four University colleges, tenable for five years from the date of passing the preliminary examination. This, in all probability, will secure to the School of Engineering the candidate of the year who out of all the University colleges shows most promise. If the local bodies in the larger towns could be induced to act on the suggestions made by the late Chairman—viz., to establish a scholarship of the same kind for pupils attending the engineering classes at their technical schools —further opportunities would be given to deserving students to thoroughly equip themselves for a successful career in the engineering profession. I would suggest that communications be opened with the various local bodies to see if such a scheme would meet with their approval, and if they could be persuaded to set apart a small portion (for it would need only a small portion) of their funds for such a purpose. School of Art. —Very little need be added by me to the exhaustive report given by the Director on the department over which he has control, but the suggestions contained in it seem so valuable that it will be well for us to consider whether in the coming year effect can be given to some at least of the more important.