CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4908, 14 December 1876, Page 7

CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

' 'Ameeting of the'committee was held at the Provincial -Buildings on* December sth, when Sre present the Hon. W. Eitsherbert, HonV^^Gisborne, Messrs.C. C. Graham,-aU, ' K.'Wilson, 'secretary; ' ’ ‘ v; / ) On the motion, of the Hon TV. Gisborne . seconded by the. Secretary, Mr. Fitzherbert took the chair. , vv /■ / ? . ThCi minutes of the last meeting were read 'and confirmed.'‘ ~, • • f ■ The ■ Secretary then read the. following, rpP °"The Cambridge Local Examinations were held for the first time in Wellington in December 1875 Hwenty-five candidates had entered their names, but of these ordy twenty-two presented themselves for examination as under .. -, . » . • .itoys, uiris.r I r, V. f. f: <4 t i fl.-‘ 4?- i A .^^7* Seniors. .v. Juniors pV •• v._‘ ■, :v„:' liv .§ "22. { « The results of the examination were as follows, j, genr. Junr. .Junr.i Total. ' Bovs. Girls. Boys. Girls. ' , Passed In honors 0 0 8, ® i Passed without: j , ... -jl-' •• honors,... 2 , 0 2 ;1., .6, .Pallet!,,,, , vI.J ..lSk “l ' 3 i 11 4 22 • - “Thus of the boys exactly 50 per cent, passed. - The proportion''- for the ’ whohS ‘ eaflminatioh, including over 2500 boys, being 55 per cent; ’while of the girls only one passed out 1 of eight,, the proportion for England being 48 per cent, out of a totkl of about 1500, i'i-. i

“All thegirk who failed, failed in arithmetic,' and two of the hoys were ; plucked 1 from the game"reason; the others all passing " the" compulsory part of the ejtamination,- which cdmprises reading, and arithmetic. '

—“The total; receipts" from,feeaVlast'yeat'jvere; ■fSy'lOs.'.land the;expenses'£3s'Ui '4d-.,-thus’ leaving’a cfeditbalance of £1; 15a..8d. i i }: “For tbis'ypaf’s" examination only 12 candi-< ‘dates ’liavtj'entered, and’all ;of| these;;are frorni the ; .Wellington College; ‘hu’t a, good-many [ 'girls are'-preparing-for next/yeaf;; and;it is to ■,be"Kbped that When the success j-,- of «x----‘aminatiou is" more generally known, the interest in it will increase.”, 1 ... 1 . I ! •' It was , then proposed .by-, Mr.. Gisborne, .seconded. by, Mr. t .Graham,* .-and carried, — the report be adopted, and that it bo communicated to the papers ' ~ The meeting then adjourned.- • ;