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Nearly 50 per cent, of the pupils took commercial courses, industrial courses being taken by 24-5 per cent., and domestic courses by 18 per cent. Courses in agriculture were taken by seventy-seven pupils at four schools, as compared with fifty-eight at two schools last year. The school at Westport provides an engineering course only. A well-equipped hostel in connexion with the Christchurch Day Technical School provides excellent facilities for domestic training. Capitation payments on account of day technical schools during 1913 totalled £18,147, being at the rate of £10*9 per pupil. Following are some particulars regarding free pupils at day technical schools:—

The number of pupils holding Junior Free Places (tenable for two years) was 1,340, the number holding Senior Free Places (tenable for three years) was 167. Fifty per cent, of the pupils who entered a day technical school in 1912 continued to attend during 1913, while about 62 per cent, of the pupils who completed the second year of their Junior Free Places at the end of 1912 qualified for and were admitted to Senior Free Places in 1913. General. The following is a summary of the receipts (exclusive of grants for buildings, equipment, rent, and material) and the expenditure for 1913 in respect of " special " and " associated " classes (including, in each case, day technical schools) :— Receipts. Special Associated Classes. Classes. £ £ Capitation on attendances and free places .. .. 18,055 20,936 Voluntary contributions and subsidies thereon .. .. 2,070 10.029 Students'fees .. .. .. .. .. 4,630 4^441 Sundry receipts .. .. .. .. .. 2,683 3,236 Totals for 1913 .. .. .. .. £27,438 £38,642 Totals for 1912 .. .. .. .. £26,882 £31,610 Expenditure. Administration .. .. .. .. . 5,180 4,722 Salaries of Instructors .. .. .. .. 18,440 21,362 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. .. 1,340 1,697 Totals for 1913 .. .. .. .. £24,960 £27,781 Totals for 1912 .. .. .. .. £25,718 £26,166 The total cost of administration was about 19 per cent, of the total receipts in the case of " special " classes and about 12 per cent, in the case of " associated " classes. It must be remembered, however, that the former are held at a much greater number of small centres than are the latter. Grants in aid of buildings and equipment in the case of "special" classes amounted to £3,610, and the expenditure thereon to £18,036. In the case of " associated " classes the amounts were £10,620 and £25,607 respectively. Grants in aid of rent and material in the case of " special " classes amounted to £874, the expenditure being £2,014. In the case of " associated " classes the amounts were £1,713 and £3,300 respectively.

1912. 1913. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. r-, ., (First year . . rumor free pupls J gecon £ year I First year .. lenior free pupils -j Second year (Third year 401 162 37 11 2 440 239 65 18 841 401 102 29 2 404 207 50 12 3 464 265 86 14 2 868 472 136 26 5 Totals 613 762 1,375 676 831 1,507