THE LOBBIES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Education Report. Wellington, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1409, 14 July 1881, Page 2

THE LOBBIES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Education Report. Wellington, Last Night.

The annual education report shows the number of, .public, school&.jji operation during the 5 last; ijuarjber of 1880 to be 983 ; number for last quarter of 1879, 907 T mfiT)b4Fof 'teachers, r97l7*toeing-198 in excess, of the. corresponding quarter of 1879, , The qla|s(fi|kitijon is as follows : — Masters^ 656 ; assistant masters, 130; -tnale~-pnpHr~4e»eh©F»r-'43B.j—-mis-tresses, 373 ; i assi&fcivnjt njistresaes, 209 ; female 1 pupil- teachers,? 433. * There s'are also 127 woricmistresses twihose duties are sewing and knitting. Tlie average number of scholars to each .teacher, is 3.27. The corresponding average' for 1879, 33.1. The Native School c cQde, which came into partial operation, in August, ,'and has t^en in full forge sincb the beginning of April* has evidently imparted a healthy stimulus to the work of all the. schools during the year,, Four schools with an average .attendance of 21 in all were 'given, up, and three new schools opened with an average attendance of 66 in afl. !;! A.t the end of the year six other small schools with an average attendance 1 of 43 in all ; were closed. Since the* beginning of this year six new schools 4iave been Opened in districts which aflfqrdevery promise of a large attendance. The average attendance has risen from J042 in the last quarter of 1879 to 1277 in the corresponding , quarter of 1880. The average attendance for the whole year has been 12,40. s The number on the roll at the end of the year was 1623, as against 1366 r at the beginning. Of 1623 'children/- do "the jrhll 1 1241' >re Maori, or between ]$fa6ri'and ' half- r caste, 156 are half-caste, and 226 are either between half-caste apd ' European, or European. The. expenditure l on"'native schopls was £16,898; salaries paid to teachers' in the' Auckland' public schools, £37,085; ordinary expenditure,'* £423»;j building and furniture, £26,742. ' ' ( The HainiMbn'Easl S6hbol ' had 149 pupils at the beginnings of .the year ; 114 admitted during the year, and 123 left during the year, leaving 130 at the end of year. The Hamilton West School had 177 at the beginning of the year; 67 were admitted during the year, and 50 left, leaving 194 at the end of ,the year. Cambridge had 143 at the beginning of the year ; 113 were admitted (luring the year, and 64 left during the year, leaving 192 at the end of the year. .Cambridge West ha,tl .45 admitted, during the year and 3 left during the year, leaving 42 at the end of the year. In the Auckland provincial district the number of public schools in operation during the whole or any part of the year was 214. There were thirty' half-time schools, twelve "aided," under 'section 88 of the Act, and two conducted by itinerant teachers. Three schools, viz., Eureka ( Thames), Riverhead, and Whatapu schools were closed. . The aid to native schools at Maketu and Wliakatane ceased on the 30th June, and the Choral Hall school, Auckland, was amalgamated with the Wellesley-street, upon the completion of the additions to the lastnamed school. Schools Avere re-opened at Te Airo and OUki, the latter halftime. The following new schools were opened wituin the year, viz. :—Victoria Valley, Orongo, and W.upu (halftime), Thainas Orphan (aided), Mangapiko To Kore, Cambridge West, Waihou, (half titno), Katikntena 3, Maretai, and Komokoriki (two h.tlf time aided schools). Atthe3lbt December, ISSO, the number ot schools in operation were 208. The classification of schools according to average attendance shows that there Were 37 schools having an average attendance of under 15 ; 37 schools with an average of 13 and under 20 ; and 23 schools with an average of 20, and and under 25, making m all no Ipss than 97 small or " non-paying"' schools. The term " the pupil teacher system," as defined by the Act and Government regulations, i& not in operation in the Auckland district.

The Alienation of Land Bill. A bill instituted an Act to facilitate the alienation of l.md lias been introduced in the Legislative Council. If, proceeds upou the preamble " Tint wheicas power of placing 1 restriction-* cm the alienability or Laid is prejudiced to tho interests of the colony, it is theiefore desirable that such lestnctious be prohibited. Be it enacted th.it the title of tho Act shall be " The Alienation of Land Act, 1881." It ah.ill not be lawful for any person in writing 1 or by drel or will to reset •iin theaMenation of laud and the ho'der of same for the time being under any deed or will shall for the purpose of sale and exchange be deemed tho absolute owner thcieof without ie-tiiction. The woul " land" includei estate or inteiest in real property. Committees of estate-> of lunatics, and guardians of infant-, slvill, for purposes ot this Act, be doomed to be holders of the legal estate. The money ace-ruing 1 from such sale or exchnnge shall mutatis mutanths be subject to ,take all rights, liabilities, claims, and demands, as exist in loapect of the laud, the receipts in writing, of atiy'person to whom money shall become payable by virtue of this Act, and shall effectually discharge the person paying the same from seeing to tha application or being answerable for the misapplication or non-application thereof, and fro ni< inquiry ' into the necessity or propriety of any tiMimction in consequence whereof such money may have become payable.