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of his apprenticeship. Owing to the increased numbers of students in attendance an additional class has been formed. The class for electrical wiring, though small, has done good work, as evidenced in some of the rooms and workshops where electric lighting and bells have been installed by the class. A class has been established, for drivers of motor-cars, with an initial enrolment of thirty-nine students. This was carried on very successfully with the use of a sectional chassis and parts of cars kindly loaned by different firms. During the year ten returned soldiers have availed themselves of the facilities for special education provided free of charge in the school by the Government. The increased attendance in the evening classes has had the result that there is now little unused accommodation in the buildings on any evening. Should the attendance continue to increase as it has done now for several years, the evening classes will feel next year the restrictions of space at our disposal. Although a considerable increase in roll numbers has taken place this year, there is still a wide scope for developing the work of the evening classes. Only a proportion of the young people in employment in Invercargill are taking advantage of the classes, whereas there are few, if any, of them under the age of twenty years who would not benefit by a course of instruction in the school. It is to be hoped that a system of compulsory continuation education will be made general throughout the Dominion at no distant date. In conclusion, thanks must be accorded to the bodies that have contributed to the funds of the College and assisted in. its management; to the numerous donors of special prizes, including among others Mr. W. B. Scandrett, the Lawn Tennis Association, the Athenaeum Committee, the Society of Accountants, Mr. John Fisher, Mr. J. J. Sheehan, Miss M. Wilson, M.A., Miss I. Gunn, Mr. 0. Duff, 8.A., Mr. William Grieve, Mr. J. R. Baillie, Mr. J. W. Dickson, Mr. J. Miller, M.R.C.V.S., and Mr, James Hinton; to the numerous private persons and firms who permitted visits of inspection by students to their farms and works during the year; to the officers of the Education Department for their consideration; to the Press for the assistance it has rendered during the year; and in particular to the teachers of the staff for their whole-hearted work in furthering in every way the interests of the College. H. E. Niven, Chairman. D. E. Hansen, Director. Extract from the Report of the Controlling Authority of the Gore Technical Classes. The classes commenced in May and were continued for two terms of ten weeks each. The following were the roll numbers : Electricity, 17; book-keeping, 16; English, 12; arithmetic, 10; carpentry, 7; dressmaking, 8; ladies' woodwork, 8: total, 78. Of this number twenty held free places. A. Martin, Secretary.

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