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As from the Ist October the value of boarding bursaries was increased from £3O to £5O annually exclusive of fees, while the holders of Higher School Certificates, if on full-time University courses, will be given a bursary allowance of £2O per annum in addition to fees up to the limit of £2O previously paid. (16) Reintroduction of the City and Guilds Examinations and the Technological Examinations No candidates were accepted for City and Guilds Examination during 1946, but arrangements are in train for candidates to be examined in 1947 in those subjects in which there are no departmental Technological Examinations and in which there is a reasonable number of candidates. Ninety-four entries have been received, mainly for electrical engineering practice. During the war years the Department held no Technological Examinations at the preliminary or intermediate stages, schools being allowed to accredit candidates in the various subjects at these stages. In 1946, however, the Department again examined at all grades. The following table shows the numbers of candidates presenting themselves for the various subjects and the numbers passing : Carpentry and joinery— Sat. Passed. Preliminary .. .. .. .. 45 8 Intermediate .. .. .. .. 45 13 Final .. .. .. .. 13 5 Building construction: Final .. 2 1 Cabinetmaking — Intermediate .. .. .. 14 7 Final .. .. .. .. 4 3 Plumbing — Preliminary .. .. .. .. 15 11 Intermediate .. .. .. .. 13 5 Final .. .. .. .. 3 3 Engineering trades — Preliminary .. .. .. 3 0 Intermediate .. .. .. 16 • .8 Final .. .. .. 6 2 Motor mechanics (Major): Preliminary 1 0 Motor mechanics (Minor) — Preliminary .. .. .. 5 0 Intermediate .. .. .. 4 2 Final .. .. .. 22 (17) Consultative Committee on the Technological Examinations For some time teachers have been asking for a revision of the Department's Technological Examinations. The Department had itself realized that these examinations needed overhaul, but the first move was clearly the general consideration of the postprimary school curriculum and the School Certificate Examination, which caters for large numbers of pupils in all types of schools. Now that the new School Certificate Examination has been firmly established, the way is open to a consideration of the Technological Examinations, and the Hon. Minister decided in October last to set up a Consultative Committee in order to consider and to make recommendations in regard to these examinations. This Committee is under the Chairmanship of the Chief Inspector of Post-primary Schools, and includes six representatives of various industrial organizations intimately concerned with the Department's Technological Examinations, three members nominated by the New Zealand Technical-school Teachers' Association, and two other representatives of the Department. No meeting could be held before the end of the year, but all arrangements were made for the Committee to commence its deliberations early in 1947.

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