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The School of Domestic Science in Otago University was attended by sixtyfour students taking either the course for the degree or that for the diploma. Sixteen Government bursaries were awarded in 1923, making a total of thirty-two tenable during the year. Eight degree and fifteen diploma students completed their courses. Graduates from this school are now filling important positions throughout the Dominion as instructors in home-science, and their influence in this important phase of the training of girls is already very marked.

Number of Students receiving Free Education at Technical Schools other than Technical High Schools.

The following technical schools had a roll of more than 500, exclusive of the technical high schools carried on in connection with some of them :— Number on Roll. 1922. 1923. Christchurch Technical School .. .. .. .. 1,670 1,751 Wellington Technical School .. .. .. ..1,175 1,321 Dunedin Technical School.. .. .. .. ..1,117 1,170 Auckland Technical School .. .. .. .. 772 928 Palmerston North Technical School .. .. 810 742 Christchurch School of Art .. .. .. .. 513 654 Invercargill Technical School .. .. .. .. 583 565 Technological examinations were conducted by the Department on behalf of the City and Guilds of London Institute at eighteen centres in the Dominion. The total number of entries was 401, an increase of 24 over the number for the previous year, and the number of passes was 189, or 47-1 per cent. Technical High Schools. The number of students in attendance at technical high schools in 1923 was 5,054, compared with 4,202 in the previous year. The numbers of pupils taking up the various courses provided were as follows : —

1922. Males. Females. I ' 1923. . . . ., I First year unior free pupils j Sec0I / dyear ["First year ienior free pupils- Second year [ Third year 1,009 673 615 439 454 3.17 287 267 172 172 Totals. 1,682 1,054 771 554 344 Males. 1,047 734 517 373 210 Females. Totals. 712 1,759 426 1,160 399 916 250 623 190 400 Totals 2,537 1,868 2,537 1,868 4,405 2,881 1,977 4,858 L

Course. Number of Pupils. Boys. Girls. Total. Increase over 1922. industrial Commercial and general .. Domestic Agriculture .. .. Art 1,469 32 1,087 1,471 663 296 13 23 1,501 2,558 663 296 36 1,501 2,558 663 296 36 267 504 52 8 21 267 504 52 8 21 Totals 2,865 2,189 5,054 852