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As a result of the College examinations held at the end of the year, 40 pupils have been recommended to the Department for the award of Senior Free Places. * A number of students entered for the City and Guilds and South Kensington Examinations, the passes being as follows : Dressmaking, 2 ; cookery, 1 ; electric wiring, 1 ; machine-drawing, 3 ; free.hand, 1 ; geometry, 2 ; mathematics, 1 ; model-drawing, 1. Examinations in cookery were also conducted for 12 nurses from the local Hospital, all the candidates passing first class. During the year Mr. A. J. Newman joined the staff as engineering instructor, and Mr. J. Connor as master for shorthand, typing, French, and commercial subjects. In conclusion, I have to return most hearty thanks to the officers of the Education Department for valuable suggestions, and for meeting the requirements of the College in so ready a manner ; to my fellow-workers the members of the staff, who have supported me unfailingly throughout the year ; and to the Board of Managers for rendering assistance in every way. Walter Fossey, Director.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1911, in respect of Associated Classes conducted at the Napier Technical College.

Extract from the Report or the Director op the Waipawa Technical Classes. The number of students who offered themselves at the beginning of this year for the evening continuation and technical classes was so small, both at Waipawa and Waipukurau, that the effort had to be abandoned for the present. Meanwhile the Managers will watch with interest the working of the compulsory clauses of the Education Amendment Act, 1910, in those centres which have resolved to bring these clauses into operation. From various causes also—chiefly that of arranging the work for those seasons of the year most suitable to farmers—the classes for wool-sorting, agriculture, and dairying which had been contemplated for 1911 were in like manner a failure, and the Managers resolved to suspend operations entirely until 1912, when it is hoped that, through the organized co-operation of the Central Pastoral and Agricultural Society, it will be possible to establish such classes on a firmer foundation. The Education Board still carries on school classes in woodwork, cookery, and dressmaking, and to these has been added this year a rural course at the local district high school. In closing this rather empty report the Managers desire to say that experience has now convinced them that the difficulty in connection with the extension of technical education is neither of funds nor of finding efficient instructors, but solely and entirely the difficulty of overcoming the indifference of those for whose benefit these educational advantages are intended. J. D. Watson, Director.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1911, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Waipawa Technical Classes Association.

Extract prom the Report op the Board op Governors op the Gisborne High School. Special classes were carried on at the Technical School as follows—book-keeping, typewriting, shorthand, and plumbing ; but the attendance was not satisfactory. The Board, appreciating the interest shown by the sheep-farmers, engaged the services of an experienced instructor in wool-classing, and classes were held at various centres throughout the district. The attendance was fairly good, and those who attended expressed themselves as well satisfied with the instruction given. Donations

Receipts. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 691 19 10 Capitation—Day Technical School .. 420 0 0 Capitation on associated classes .. .. 642 5 10 Capitation on account of free places .. 292 10 0 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 500 5 11 Material .. .. .. .. 54 5 1 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 208 16 6 Fees .. .. .. .. 189 5 6 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 263 17 6 From controlling authority on aocounr. of school olasses and salaries .. .. 245 16 0 Buildings (deposits) .. .. .. 23 7 6 Sales of material .. .. .. 101 15 10 Interest (Savings-bank) .. .. .. 14 18 10 Expenditure. £ a. d. Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 1,525 16 2 Office expenses (including salaries, stationery, &o.) .. .. .. .. 30 6 2 Advertising and printing.. .. .. 32 1 9 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 50 4 9 Insurance and repairs .. .. . 12 11 4 Examinations, &c. .. .. .. 10 0 Material for class use .. .. .. 170 6 1 Taxes and rates .. .. .. . . 9 118 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 292 Sundries (cartage, &c.) .. .. .. 11 1 9 Contracts (new buildings, additions, &u.| .. 594 9 7 Architect, &c. .. .. .. .. 22 10 0 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 547 11 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 639 4 7 £3,649 4 4 £3,649 4 4 0. H. Edwards, Chairman 1 , .. Walter Fossey, Secretary) 01 ft,ana g ers -

Receipts. Salance at beginning of year Japitation on associated classes lubsidies on voluntary contributions Voluntary contributions £ s. d. 78 2 10 28 5 8 62 10 0 2 10 0 Expenditure. £ s. d Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 0 10 0 Office expenses (including salaries, stationery, &o.) .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Advertising and printing .. .. .. 5 9 3 Material for class use .. .. .. 0 14 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 0 13 6 Installation of gas .. .. .. 17 19 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 136 5 5 £171 8 6 £171 8 6 A. B. Judl, Chairman ) . ,, J. D. Watson, Secretary f of Ma ™gers.