CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4902, 7 December 1876, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

‘ A meeting of the committee was held at the Provincial Buildings on Tuesday, ! when there were present the Hon. W. Fitzherbert, : Hon., W; GiaßprnvMessrs; 0., C.'.Graham, and K. Wilson, secretary. ' "■' / v On the'motion of 'the Hon.' W. ' Gisborne, seconded by’the Secretary, Mr. Fitzherbert took, the chair. 1 7 ' ■

The minutes of the' last meeting were read audeoufirmed.

The Secretary then read the following report :■ —" ' • “ The Cambridge Local Examinations were held. for. the firet time in Wellington in'Decemher 1375. Twenty-five candidates had entered their names, but of these only twenty-two presented themselves "for examination as under' •

Boys. Girls. Tl. Seniors .. .. .. 3 ‘'4 7 1 Juniors .; ..11 ; 4. 15 14 8 22. “ The results of the examination were as follows; " Senr. - Senr. Junr. Junr. Total. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Passed in honors ~ 0 0 3 .0 3 Passed without honors .. ..2 0 2 1 5 Fafled" 1 4 0 3 14 _ "3'‘ ;’;4 11 . 4 22 “Thus of the hoys exactly SOpercent. passed. The proportion for the ; .whole examination, including over 2500 boys, being 55, per cent.; while of the girls only one passed out of eight,, the proportion for England per cent, out'of a total of about 1000. . , . ; “All the girls who failed, failed in arithmetic, and two of the, boys were plucked from, the same reason; the others all passing the comof the examination, which comprises reading, dictation,, English grammar, and arithmetic.

, “The total receipts from fees last year were £37 Ips., and the expenses £35 14s. 4d., thus leaving a credit balance of £1 15s, Sd. . '; “For this year’s examination only 12 candidates have entered, and all of these are from the Wellington College; but a good many girls are preparing for next year, arid it. is to be hoped that when the success of this examination is more generally known, the, interest in it will increase.”

It was then, proposed by Mr. Gisborne, seconded by Mr. Graham, and' carried, — That -the report be adopted, and, that it be communicated to the papers. The-meeting tfien- adjourned.