GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 625, 11 July 1882, Page 2

GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

The following,!* the report of Professor Cook on the recent examination for the Government scholarships. The resu.ts in the various classes nre also appended; — Christeburch. July sth, 1882 To the Chairman of the Board of Education. Sir, —1 have the honor to submit the report on the examination for scholarship*, which was held on the Gth. 7th. and Bth nit., for classes A, B arid C ; ami on tin 13th, 14th, 15th, ami lGih nit., iWHass IX The mumper of r«>mpi'iitor-< Wf ;i~), of these 7 wer« in c'nss A (1 boy nnil G girls), 14 were in class B (10 boys an I 4 uirls), 11 were in class C (7 hoys and 4 girls), and 3 (all boys) were in class D. I append a table of the marks assigned to each candidate in each subject. In class A, Elizabeth Lorimer and Miria Connon are first and second. In class B, Kdwin Norris is first, Benjamin Law and George Cromie are equal as second. These are the only candidates in A and B who gave in the requisite number of marks to qualify for a scholarship. In class C, Janet Prosser is very easily first. William J. Doherty is second, and Joseph Nathan is third. In class D, John Smith is first and Thomas R. Creewell second. I rec mmend that the unappropriated scholarship be awarded in class B, so that Benjamin Law and George Cromie may each receive a scholarship. Thomas R. Creswell resigned the scholarship which he gained last year in class C to become a candidate in class D. I recommend that a scholarship tenable for one year, representing the unexpired portion of this scholarship, be awarded to Joseph Nathan in class C. I desire to call attention to the fact that the number of candidates was this year very far below the average. This, I believe, is largely due to the enforcement of the rule that holders of scholarships must attend at certain secondary schools. The tenuhors in the primary schools appear to be unwilling to have their best pupils picked out and sent away to other schools. Owin# to iha illness of Mr Vcel Nevernl of the papers usually set by him were taken l»v- Mr E ige., ihe otlmrs were takun by myself. Professor IMckfrtun sK ami iiinrknd the (viper* its elementary and the Rev. U. Tuirel took the French. I have etr.. ■■ C. H. H. Cook.