EDUCATION: TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-5, 1922.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1923 Session I-II, E-05

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Session 11. 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-5, 1922.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTEN T S. Page Page 1. Extraot from the Forty-sixth Annual Report 3. Tables relating to Technical Instruction— of the Minister of Education (E.-l) .. 2 continued. Students at Toohnieal Classes other than ~ t> mo -ij i m l i i Technical High Schools .. ..14 2. Report of the Superintendent of Technical ° Education .. .. .. .. 6 Classes other than Classes at Technioal High Schools .. .. .. ..15 3. Tables relating to Technical Instruction— . ~ , „,. , Particulars relating to Technical Education, Occupations of Students 17 1915 ~ 1922 U Free Pupils 17 Receipts and Payments of Controlling Technical High Schools-Courses, AttendAuthorities of Technical Classes .. 12,13 anoe •• •• •• •• ..16,17 Technological Examinations of City and Assets and Liabilities .. .. ..14 Guilds of London Institute .. .. 17

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1. EXTRACT EROM THE FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OE EDUCATION. General. Number of Schools. The number of technical high schools open during 1922 was thirteen, in addition to which there were ten organized technical or art schools offering day courses. Technical classes were also conducted in forty-three manual-training or other centres, the total number of centres being sixty-six, a decrease of twentyeight on the number for the previous year. This was due to the restrictions imposed by the Department in the case of classes where the numbers were insufficient to warrant their establishment. Attendance. The total number of students receiving instruction in all technical classes was 16,464, as compared with 20,181 in 1921. The attendance at technical high schools increased from 3,349 in 1921 to 4,202 in 1922, an increase of 853. Of the total number of 16,464 students, 3,979 held free places at technical high schools, 4,405 at other technical classes, 324 were attending continuation and technical classes held under the regulations for compulsory classes, and 366 were attending under the regulations relating to the free instruction of discharged soldiers. The decrease in numbers of those attending technical classes is due to several causes, of which the principal are the reduction in the number of centres owing to non-recognition of classes which did not enrol sufficient students to warrant their establishment in a time of financial stress, and the suspension of the operation of regulations requiring compulsory attendance at evening technical classes in certain centres. The restrictions due to the necessity for severe economy have been relaxed since the end of the year, but it is not intended at present to make provision for compulsory attendance at evening classes, as the weight of wellinformed opinion appears to be against its reintroduction. The decrease in the number of pupils attending under the compulsory regulations was about 1,250 ; and there was also a decrease of over 300 discharged soldiers attending without payment of fees under arrangements made with the Repatriation Department. Nearly all the remaining 350 discharged soldiers would finish their courses at the end of the year. A large drop of 3,600 in the number of paying students was partly due to restriction of classes, and partly to other causes, among them probably the general financial depression. These losses were partially balanced by an increase of nearly 600 in the number of holders of free places in technical classes other than classes at technical high schools. This increase consisted largely of day pupils in the smaller technical schools. In the case of technical high schools the increase of 853 was somewhat more than 25 per cent, of the total numbers for the previous year. So far as actual student-hours are concerned, this increase rather more than balances the decrease in student-hours due to fall in attendance at other technical classes, since each full-time day pupil attends on the average not less than eight times as many studenthours as an evening pupil. With the increasingly large attendance of pupils at high schools, the more elementary evening classes must diminish, though advanced classes, held mainly in the larger centres, will not be affected. On the whole, the larger centres maintained in their evening classes numbers at least equal to those for the previous year, while the day classes largely increased. It is noteworthy that though the number of fee-paying pupils fell from 10,738 in 1921 to 7,167 in 1922, and though the fees charged in 1922 were on at least as low a scale as in 1921, the total fees collected rose from £8,440 in 1921 to £8,504 in 1922, showing that on the average the number of classes taken per student had increased. *

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Staffing. There were at the end of 1922 209 full-time assistant teachers on the staffs of technical schools, besides a large number of part-time teachers. The teachers employed full time were classified as follows, Class VI being the highest : —

The courses of instruction offered to students in all the larger centres were much the same in scope and character as in. previous years. In the smaller centres some classes with very small numbers in attendance, which had previously been recognized, were discontinued. Where, however, a subject was an essential part of the training of a tradesman or other worker who could not obtain this part of his training elsewhere in the town, recognition of a class was not refused even if only four or five students enrolled. In the technical high schools recently established in country towns the general course forms a large part of the work of the school. These schools therefore differ somewhat in character from the typical technical high school of the larger towns, in which, generally, the industrial and commercial courses attract the largest numbers. The tendency existing in every school, in which there is a general course, to concentrate largely on the preparation of pupils for public examinations interferes considerably with the proper development of a school of the composite type, in which, all courses should be conducted on sound lines and the gaining of distinctions in external examinations subordinated to the true educational needs of the individual pupil, whatever his ability and predilections may be. It does not appear from the trend of recent events that part-time day continuation classes are gaining in favour with associations of employers, though it is clear that they would be welcomed by the journeymen. Classes other than Classes at Technical High Schools. Classes were held at sixty-three centres as compared with ninety-four in the previous year. The number of individual students was as follows : — 1921. 1922. Classes conducted by Education or High School Boards .. 5,567 1, 807 Classes conducted by Technical School Boards or by Managers 10,081 9,195 Classes conducted by University colleges .. .. .. 1,184 1,260 Totals .. .. .. .. ..16,832 12,262 It is clear from the table that classes conducted by the Education Boards have suffered the greater losses as compared with the previous year ; this is probably due to the restrictions imposed on the holding of small classes and to the exclusion of certain manual-training classes from private schools. The following are some particulars of the age, sex, and occupations of students :—

Class. Division I. Men. Women. Divisi Men. ion II. Totals. Women. n 1 v ii i 3 4 11 4 13 4 17 8 13 6 6 1 3 9 15 10 14 2 6 13 13 24 5 5 16 37 45 59 38 14 Totals for 1922 . . 63 27 53 66 209 Totals for 1921 .. _53_ 27 47 65 192

Seventeen Age and Years of under. Over Sevei of. iteen Years ige. Totals. 1921. 1922. 1921. 1922. 1921. 1922. Males .. Females 4,998 4,207 3,522 2,660 4,102 3,525 3,537 2,543 8,934 7,898 7,059 5,203 Totals .. 7,627 6,080 16,832 9,205 6,182 12,262

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Summary of Occupation ov Students. Number of Percentage Students. of Total. Clerical pursuits .. .. .. .. ..1,957 15-96 Professional, pursuits .. .. . . .. .. 872 7-11 Students .. .. .. .. .. ..1,960 15-98 Domestic pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 2,022 16-49 Agricultural pursuits .. .. .. . . . . 215 1-75 Various trades and industries .. .. .. .. 4,730 38-58 Other occupations not stated .. .. . . . . 506 4-13 Totals .. ... .. .. .. 12,262 100-00 " College " classes were conducted in connection with the Auckland University School of Engineering and School of Commerce, Canterbury College School of Engineering and School of Commerce, Otago University School of Domestic Science and School of Commerce, the total capitation earnings for these classes for the year being £2,857. The School of Domestic Science in Otago University was attended by sixtythree students taking either the course for the degree or that for the diploma. Ten Government bursaries were awarded in 1922, making a total of thirty-six tenable during the year. Six degree and three diploma students completed their course. Graduates from this school are now filling important positions throughout the Dominion as instructors in home-science, and their influence in this important phase of the training of girls is already very marked.

Number of Students receiving Free Education at Technical Schools other than Technical High Schools.

The following technical schools had a roll of more than 500, exclusive of the technical high schools carried on in connection with some of them : — Number on Roll. 1921. 1922. Christchurch Technical School .. .. .. .. 1,633 1,670 Wellington Technical School .. .. .. ..1,205 1,175 Dunedin Technical School.. .. .. .. .. 1,138 1,117 Palmerston North Technical School . . .. 760 810 Auckland Technical School .. .. .. .. 854 772 Invercargill Technical School .. .. .. .. .. 583 Christchurch School of Art .. .. .. .. .. 513 Technological examinations were conducted by the Department on behalf of the City and Guilds of London Institute at fifteen centres in the Dominion. The total number of entries was 377, an increase of 15 over the number for the previous year, and the number of passes was 197, or 52-3 per cent. Technical High Schools. The number of students in attendance at technical high schools in 1921 and 1922 was as follows :— Number of StudeatB . Technical High Schools— 1921. 1922. Christchurch .. .. .. .. 549 651 Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 493 599 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. ..317 465 Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. 421 454 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 354 422 Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. .. 335 394 Napier .. .. .. .. .. 259 279 Hawera .. .. .. .. .. ..164 187 Stratford .. .. .. .. .. .. 165 175 Pukekobe .. .. .. .. .. ..126 175 Hastings .. .. .. .. .. ..101 143 Westport .. .. .. .. .. ... 23 133 Feilding .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 125 Totals .. .. .. .. 3,349 4,202

1921. 1922. Males. Females. Totals. Males. I Females. Totals. unior free pupils \ a X r r (second year [First year Senior free pupils I Second year (.Third year 773 497 429 302 126 572 342 360 256 178 1,345 839 789 558 304 1,009 615 454 287 172 673 439 317 267 172 1,682 1,054 771 554 344 Totals 4,405 2,127 1,708 3,835 2,537 1,868

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The numbers of pupils taking up the various courses provided were as follows :■ —

Number of Pupils receiving Free Education at Technical High Schools under Regulations for Free Places.

Einancial. The total amount due by the Department to the controlling authorities for the salaries and incidental all technical classes, including technical high schools, was approximately £115,118, made up as follows : — £ Salaries of full-time teachers and Directors .. .. .. .. 77,122 Capitation for part-time teachers .. .. .. .. .. 15,434 Capitation for student teachers .. .. .. .. .. 2, 204 Overtime payments .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,540 Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .. . . 24,465 College-classes capitation .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,857 123,622 Less recoveries from tuition fees .. .. .. .. 8,504 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' £115,118 The following is a summary of the total expenditure by the Department on technical instruction during the financial year ending 31st March, 1923 : — £ Capitation and salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 119,464 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. .. .. 4,207 Scholarships and bursaries .. . . .. .. .. 2,979 Grants in aid of material for class use . . .. .. .. 4,529 Grants for buildings and equipment . . .. .. . . 66,308 Grants for rents of buildings . . .. .. .. .. 1,237 Conveyance of— £ Instructors .. .. .. .. .. .. 808 Free pupils .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,742 5,550 Examinations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 269 Maintenance, technical-school buildings .. . . . . .. 588 Inspectors'salaries and travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. 2,652 207,783 Less recoveries .. .. .. .. .. 155 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £207,628

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Course. Boys. Number of Pupils. I Girls. Total. Increase over 1921. Industrial Jommercial and general .. Domestic Agriculture Art 1,234 831 265. 4 1,223 611 23 11 1,234 2,054 611 288 15 1,234 2,054 611 288 15 283 308 226 25 11 283 308 226 25 11 Totals 2,334 1,868 4,202 853

1921. 1922. Boys. Girls. Totals. Boys. Girls. Totals. T • r -i First year Junior free pupils a \ r r (Second year f First year Senior free pupils <j Second year [_Third year Totals 945 500 174 49 9 1,677 758 444 203 51 7 1,703 944 377 100 16 1,213 668 227 92 18 929 532 193 94 13 2,142 1,200 420 186 31 1,463 3,140 2,218 1,761 3,979

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2. EEPOET OE THE SUPERINTENDENT OE TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Sir, — Education Department, Wellington, 14th August. 1923. I have the honour to present a report on technical education in the Dominion for the year 1922. The year was chiefly marked by a considerable increase in the numbers attending technical high schools, and a large decrease in the numbers of those regarded as attending technical classes, day and evening. This apparent decrease is largely due to the transfer of some two thousand pupils from technical to manual-training account, being young children from, private schools admitted to classes in cookery and woodwork, &c, at technical schools and manual-training centres. A decrease of about nine hundred is due to the suspension of the regulations for the compulsory attendance of pupils at evening classes, about three hundred to the reduction in. the numbers of returned, soldiers taking classes, and probably the remaining fourteen hundred is due largely to the restrictions placed by the Department, for reasons of economy, on the establishment of classes for adults in such subjects as dressmaking and. woodwork ; though it is to be noted that a large increase in technical-high-school enrolment is often associated, as Mr. Marshall, Director of the Dunedin Technical School, has pointed out, with a corresponding decrease in evening-class numbers. It is also to be noted that the larger technical schools have maintained their numbers, except in one or two cases where reliance on compulsion left the school " in the air " when compulsion was removed. I have to report that, in the main, the present arrangements for classifying teachers, for paying salaries, and for providing incidental expenses are satisfactory to all concerned, although some small amendments might be made with advantage when opportunity serves. The rate of growth in the cost of technical education has been almost exactly the same as that in the total cost of education in the Dominion ; and, as salaries and other expenses are on about the same relative scale as for other branches, it would appear that the natural increase of work is about the same. also. The expenditure on account of buildings has been exceptionally large during the past two or three years, on account of the necessity for erecting new technical high schools in several of the smaller towns, as well, as providing a new school in Wellington, and considerable additions in Christchurch and Dunedin, besides new workshops in Auckland. Further demands will be made for additions at an early date to these new schools, which have filled up much more quickly than was anticipated, while all the larger schools arc rapidly becoming overcrowded in spite of recent additions. The following notes on the work of the year in the various technical schools are based largely on the reports of the Boards and Directors : — Auckland District. Capitation was paid to the Auckland University Council in respect of courses in engineering subjects, in which ninety-six students were enrolled. The students in. engineering make considerable use of laboratory machines and apparatus which were obtained to enable students in the School of Architecture to take practical courses in strength of materials, hydraulics, and. kindred subjects necessary to their professional training. Many of the engineering students study with the object of taking the professional examinations of the respective Institutes of Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering, and it will doubtless be necessary before long to allow these students to take at least part of their professional training for the University degrees in engineering in Auckland, in spite of the fact that one School of Engineering of University rank is already established in Christchurch and is capable of accommodating all the students likely to be offering in the Dominion for some years. Capitation was- also paid in respect of classes in commercial subjects, in which the number of students was 100. There appears to be no good reason why, in connection with these courses, and also with the course in architecture, the University College should not avail itself of the facilities offering at the Technical School and at the School of Art for training in practical subjects. In the case of architecture especially it would be to the advantage of the students to attend the Art School classes in life drawing and painting, in modelling, and probably also in crafts. In these classes the students would have the advantage of being trained by specialists, and also of meeting other students with whom as craftsmen they must later collaborate if "the whole available knowledge and skill in the city an; to be fully utilized in the design and construction of its buildings. Through the resignation of Mr. George George, who had been in charge of the Auckland Technical School for nearly twenty years, and the appointment of Mr. G. J. Park, Director of Wanganui Technical School, in his place, considerable changes in the organization and curricula of the Technical High School were introduced at the end of the year, and the school is now offering six day courses on much the same lines as other technical high schools. Mr. R. McLaren, Chief Assistant in English, was appointed Acting-Director during the period of some months which elapsed before Mr. Park was free to take over the school. Mr. McLaren performed the heavy task allotted to him with skill and ability. During the year a complete range of new workshops, occupying three floors of a new building, and including some 16,000 square feet of useful floor-space, were erected, at a cost of £25,000, entirely provided by Government grants. The new workshops have a uniform width of 30 ft., and are well ventilated and lighted by large windows on both sides, the building being designed on the " daylight factory " principle. Provision is made for the addition, of a fourth story at any future time.

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The school was fortunate during the year in receiving bequests totalling some £5,500 under the wills of the late Richard J. Binns and Richard Hindley. It is probable that a considerable portion of these bequests will be allocated to the building of an assembly-hall, the absence of which is at present a distinct drawback to the work of the Technical High School. Of the Hindley bequest, however, £1,000 is specially appropriated to the provision of bursaries for poor students. In spite of the difficulties under which the school laboured, your Inspectors were satisfied that the staff did excellent work, and have no doubt that the improvement noted during the year is an augury of still greater success in the future. The courses at the Elam School of Art were largely remodelled during the year at the instance of the Department, with a view to providing a satisfactory training for students entering with the intention of taking a full course covering all branches of a general training in art, besides specializing in one or more crafts. This alteration had become necessary partly because the school now opens its doors to junior and. senior free-place pupils as well as continuing to accommodate Elam free students. The necessary reorganization is by no means complete, but there is sufficient evidence already that the changes made will benefit the school as well as the pupils. The staff was strengthened during the year by the appointment in London of a recent diplome of the Royal College of Art, Mr. W. N. Isaac, who received his early training in New Zealand, and attended the Royal College of Art as a New Zealand Expeditionary Force Scholarship holder. It is hoped before long to establish such courses and examinations in New Zealand art schools as will enable young artists to receive special and appropriate training as art teachers without having to go abroad for their certificates, though it will always be a great advantage to the young artist to study in Britain and on the Continent. The Pukekohe Technical High School showed considerable increase in numbers over those for the previous year. The majority of the pupils took the general or commercial course, but some were preparing for agriculture. The school was handicapped as regards industrial and agricultural courses by lack of workshop accommodation. Provision was made by way of grant —money being advanced locally for Government debentures —for increasing the accommodation, and three wooden class-rooms were available at the beginning of the year. Grants were made towards the end of the year for workshops and a cookery-room on the technical-school site, to replace the former manualtraining centre On the primary-school site, and also to provide accommodation for technical classes. The work of the school and the staffing arrangements were found satisfactory by your Inspectors, with the exception that, owing to lack of workshops, the more practical courses were not in evidence. The Hamilton Technical School has developed considerably during the last three years. In 1920 there were twenty-five day pupils, in 1921 sixty-five, and in 1922 the school opened with 118 day pupils, There were also 160 evening-class pupils and over 800 primary pupils attending for manual training. The increase in attendance compelled the Board to arrange for new workshops. £3,000 worth of Government debentures were taken up locally, and a grant of this sum made to build and equip new workshops, the old workshops being converted into class-rooms. Several courses are offered in the day school, and evidently meet local needs, judging by the steady growth in numbers. The question must soon be faced at Hamilton either of establishing a technical high school or of reorganizing the provision for post-primary education by combining the functions of the high school and the technical school under one governing body and providing a number of courses of equal standing in the combined institution. The same question awaits settlement in several of the larger towns outside the four main centres —for example, New Plymouth and Napier. The solution of the problem is not made any more simple by the fact that the technical high school is naturally a co-educational school, whereas there is in most centres a tendency for the secondary schools to separate the sexes. There was a large falling-off in the number of technical classes in small centres, the total number of pupils being 707, as compared with 2,387 in the previous year. Of the fall, about 1,200 was purely nominal, due to the transfer of manual classes attending from private schools. A real drop of about 500 was due mainly to the provisions for compulsory attendance having been placed in abeyance by the Government, partly as a measure of economy, and partly because of a general opinion that compulsory classes were of little real value. The Auckland. Board protested against the abolition of compulsory attendance at evening classes, as also did the Ashburton Technical School Board. Other Boards, however, were equally strongly opposed to compulsory attendance at evening classes, and when the question was discussed at the conference of Boards and Directors the action of the Department was approved by a four-fifths majority of the delegates. Taranaki District. Technical classes in this district were confined to the three centres —New Plymouth, where the day classes enrolled about 200 pupils ; Stratford, where a technical high school completed its first year of establisharent in new buildings with a roll of 187 ; and Hawcra, where the new buildings were occupied during the whole year, the total numbers attending being 227. It is clear from the numbers attending and the fact that these numbers must increase largely in the next year or two that these schools are justifying their establishment. In the case of Stratford and Hawera the accommodation has been planned on modern lines, and can be extended in accordance with the original plans to meet future requirements. A Technical School Board was established during the year in connection with each of the three schools, and it is expected that a considerable incicase of local interest will result from placing the control of each school in the hands of a local Board. Evening classes throughout the district were affected by the restrictions imposed through the necessity for economy, as also by the discontinuance of compulsory attendance at evening classes.

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The large drop in numbers due to this latter cause is a clear indication that compulsory attendance was mostly unpopular, and that the pupils did not recognize the benefits to be obtained by continuing to attend. Considerable assistance was given locally to the schools, particularly by the business men in Stratford for the improvement of the grounds of the Technical High School. A sum of over £800 was raised for this purpose, and a subsidy of £1 for £1 was granted by the Government, payment being spread over a period of three years. Wanganui District. In this district also two of the three larger technical schools were for the first time directly under the management of Technical School Boards. About 422 pupils were in attendance at the Wanganui Technical High School, an increase of seventy on the previous year's numbers, the majority taking a commercial and. general course, work being done up to the standard of the higher lcaving-certificate. In the evening classes there was a considerable falling-off in numbers, due partly to the discontinuance of compulsory attendance. The general quality of the work done was, however, considerably improved. The school was conducted with skill and energy, first by Mr. 0. J. Park, and, on his transfer to Auckland, by Mr. I. E. Newton ; Mr. E. H. Clark, for some years supervisor of evening classes, acting as Director and hostel-master during the period which elapsed between Mr. Park's departure and Mr. Newton's arrival. Mr. Clark performed the duties of Acting-Director very efficiently. The Feilding Technical High School completed its first year, and in the opinion of your Inspectors the foundations have been laid on which a technical high school of more than local usefulness in agricultural and kindred subjects may be built in the near future. The staff, which is very strong on the side of agricultural science and practice; the hostel for boys now in course of erection at a cost of some £15,000, together with a useful site of 20 acres of level ground provided by local effort; and the continued monetary support of the borough and surrounding counties, should enable the Board to develop a vigorous school with a decided bias towards agricultural science. Considerable sums were raised locally for the purpose of improving the grounds and providing playing-fields, &c. The Palmerston North Technical School continued during the year the steady development of previous years, and was one of the few schools which experienced an increase in numbers attending evening classes. The accommodation was increased during the year by the addition of an engineering class-room, rendered necessary by the growth of the day classes in the engineering course from twenty-two in 1921 to fifty-four in 1922. A considerable portion of the cost was provided locally. The day engineering classes were conducted in the businesslike way which has always characterized the management of the school : for example, a substantial part of the fittings and apparatus for the science-room was made in the workshops, as exercises, by the boys. The dressmaking classes are worthy of special mention, not only for their enrolment of some three hundred students, but for the quality of the work done. Contributions came in freely from local bodies both public and private, besides which over £130 was raised by means of a bazaar in aid of the school funds. The results obtained in outside examinations confirm the impression formed by your Inspectors that the school is well conducted on sound linos. Hawke's Bay. District. There was an increase of twenty in the number (279) attending the Technical High School in Napier as compared with the previous year, while the evening classes, though, smaller on account of discontinuance of compulsory attendance, were very successful, and exhibited a marked improvement in the quality of the work. During the year the art teaching of the school was placed on a permanent footing by the appointment of Mr. Roland Hipkins, A.R.C.A., in accordance with the policy of the Department by which young men of sound art training have been brought out from London during the year to take charge; of classes in Dunedin, Auckland, Napier, and Wanganui. Towards the end of the year Mr. Newton resigned the Directorship of the school, and Mr. R. McLaren was appointed in his place, Mr. M. H. Dixon acting as Director until Mr. McLaren could take up his duties, and performing his work with skill and care. The Hastings Technical High School, established in the jjrevious year, showed a considerable increase in numbers in spite of the fact that many pupils were still allowed to attend high schools in Napier. Additional accommodation was provided by means of portable buildings. The courses taken were commercial and general, though agricultural science was included for the boys and domestic science and arts for the girls. The rapid growth of the school fully warrants a start being made with new buildings on the new site of nearly 20 acres which was bought some three years ago partly by local efforts and partly by Government grant. Wkllington District. The principal development in connection with the Wellington Technical School was the completion, about the middle of the year, of the first part of the new buildings on the Mount Cook site. The cost of the part completed during 1922 was over £46,000, of which £10,000 was provided by the City Council, over £35,000 by Government grants, and about £1,400 by contributions. This cost included, however, some further material and building not yet available for class use. The conditions of work in the new building will be nearly ideal so far as lighting, ventilation, and quiet are concerned, while the rooms will be sufficiently large to meet all probable developments in methods of teaching.

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The numbers attending were greater than in the, previous year, the enrolment in the Technical High School reaching 465, which was a record for the school. In spite of the many difficulties by which the staff was Hampered, due to ihe division of the classes between the old and the partially completed wing of the new buildings, an excellent spirit was observable in the pupils, and the teaching was in the majority of cases sound and modern in method, and vigorous in style. A mil range of courses was offered, and it is pleasing to note that the principal increases in numbers took place in the home-science and industrial courses. In spite of the lack of playing-fields, sports were not neglected, while the school cadet company won for the third time in succession the championship in the annual area tournament. It is to be hoped that before long the whole of the school may be transferred to the new site, where it should become one of the most important centres of technical education in the Dominion. Evening classes were conducted in a large number of subjects with considerable success, this school being one of the few in which the entries for ordinary technical classes were in excess of those for the previous year. The Masterton Technical School was attended by approximately the same numbers as in the previous year. The school received considerable monetary assistance, as in former years, from the Trust Lands Trust, and was consequently in a position to add considerably to its equipment without relying entirely on Government grants. Good work was done in the various branches, particularly in engineering and domestic science. The Petone and Lower Hutt classes, which had formerly been managed together by the Petone Technical School Board, were virtually separated during the year, and arrangements made by which a local committee took over the management of the Lower Hutt classes. The separation was due partly to local and temporary circumstances, but will probably continue until such time as the whole of the public educational institutions of post-primary character in the Hutt Valley have been merged under one controlling body. In each case the classes were supported during the year partly by voluntary contributions and subsidies thereon, as it is impossible for the smaller centres to provide the salaries of supervisors or Directors out of allowances for incidentals. On the other hand, there is a distinct tendency for the managers in small centres to pay too large a proportion of their income for supervising and caretaking and secretarial work. The question of providing by direct grant for the cost of supervision in these cases should be considered, so that suitable scales of salaries may be fixed for all centres. Nelson District. In the Nelson District, on the whole, numbers attending technical-school classes were relatively well maintained. The year was marked by the development of the Westport Technical High School from being a one-course school for engineering boys to being the general post-primary school for the town, the District High School being disestablished and the pupils transferred to the new school. The school is endowed with a fine site, part of a Corporation reserve given by the town for the purpose, and with new buildings costing, with equipment, well over £18,000, the cost being met out of Government grants. Mr. A. E. Brockett, of the Christchurch Technical School, was appointed Director. There should be an excellent opening in Westport for a school of this kind, and it is expected that the present accommodation will soon be overtaxed. Provision is made in the general lay-out of the buildings for future extensions. At the Nelson Technical School classes were held mainly for commercial, engineering, art, and domestic students in the daytime, and for the same subjects, with woodwork, plumbing, telegraphy, electrical work, millinery, dressmaking, &c, in the evening, besides the usual Saturday morning classes in science and agriculture for teachers. Owing to the present buildings being erected on a site of a quarter of an acre, no room is left for expansion, or even for slightly extending the present plumbing and engineering shops, which are quite inadequate to the requirement of the town. The Technical School Board accordingly considered the question of extension of site, but found that it would be impossible to obtain the area required adjoining the present site, and the Board therefore recommended that a new site should be found. A reserve belonging to the Crown, and containing sufficient land for building purposes, near to a recreation reserve, and conveniently accessible from the town, has accordingly been set aside for technical-school purposes. Canterbury District. Considerable progress was made during the year with the new building for electrical engineering and drawing offices in connection with the School of Engineering at Canterbury College, for which a grant of £15,000 was made by Government, while a further amount of £10,000 is available for equipment. The new building connects the old Engineering building with the present Boys' High School, in accordance with the proposal to remodel the High School building for the use mainly of the Engineering School when the boys are transferred to a new school on the ample site recently secured. There was a considerable increase in the number of matriculated students reading for a degree in engineering as compared with the previous year, but a fall in the number of other students. Full courses were provided, as in former years, leading to degrees in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Students attended from all parts of the Dominion, a large proportion coming from the North Island. The year was marked by the retirement of the professor in charge, Professor Scott, after many years of fruitful service, during which the school had steadily grown in numbers and reputation, its alumni occupying important professional positions in all parts of the world.

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The Canterbury College School of Art maintained the steady progress of recent years, the number of students increasing from 437 in 1921 to 513 in 1922. Excellent work was done in several branches of art, notably in life drawing and painting, and in such crafts as embroidery and needlework. The school is strong on the painting side, but modelling has been relatively neglected owing to lack of accommodation. The growth of the school and the more, perfect organization now possible demand that better provision should be made for modelling and for crafts, especially as architectural design is definitely a part of the school curriculum. With a view to strengthening this side of the work the College Council has made arrangements for obtaining the services of a competent modeller and craftsman, from Great Britain. The Christchurch Technical School shows a considerable increase in numbers—the Technical High School of over one hundred pupils, as compared with a drop of thirty in the previous year, and technical classes an increase of thirty-five on the numbers for the previous year. The enrolment comprised 651 Technical High School pupils and 1,670 technical-class students, a total of 2,321 individual students. During the year a range of new workshops was added to the buildings, which now contain some 21,400 square feet of workshop-space. As in the other principal centres, the Technical High School curricula are so arranged as to lead to the higher lcaving-certificate and to qualify pupils for University bursaries in agriculture, engineering, and home science. As in previous years, special instruction in. the subjects of domestic economy was given in connection with the Girls' Hostel. A noteworthy feature of the technical-class work was the course for painters and decorators, attended during day hours by some fourteen trade apprentices, who were given time off by their masters for the purpose. A wide extension of this principle has long been advocated by technicalschool directors as well as by most of the workers and some employers. The evening trade classes were exceptionally well attended, there being, for example, some eighty apprentices in the woodworking trades attending special evening classes, while the plumbing and engineering classes were also well attended. A class in typography for trade learners deserves special mention. The staff of the school consists mainly of skilled and experienced teachers, and good work was evident in all departments. Voluntary contributions were; received during the year from thirty-three bodies, the largest contribution being £300 from the City Council, a contribution which has been regularly made for a number of years. Throughout the Canterbury District a number of small technical schools were conducted by local managers, as in previous years, though the numbers attending were largely reduced by restrictions imposed by the Government as a measure of economy. For the most part the classes dropped consisted mainly of adults, and in many instances the classes, though useful in themselves, were of no great educational value. Of the smaller schools, Timaru, with an enrolment of 451 pupils, was the largest, Ashburton, with 377, being next. Ashburton suffered as compared with the previous year through compulsory-attendance regulations being placed in abeyance, but did excellent work notwithstanding, and should soon recover its position and be stronger than before. The Greymouth Technical School classes were somewhat smaller than in the previous year, the principal courses, as before, being engineering and commerce. At the end of the year the District High School was disestablished, and a Technical High School established in new buildings costing some £13,000, and erected on a site of about 5 acres, part of a Corporation reserve given by the town for the purpose. Classes were held also at Kaiapoi, Pleasant Point, Temuka, and Waimate under the respective Boards of Managers in these places. Otago District. The Home Science School of Otago University, under Professors Rawson and Strong, made, in the opinion of your Inspectors, a distinct advance during the year 1922 in the arrangement and content of the courses taken by both diploma and degree students, though the numbers in attendance were some twelve less than in the previous year. An important conference of past and present students was held during the year, largely to consider the present syllabuses of examinations in home science for secondary and technical-school pupils and the courses for training-college students. A strong demand existed during the year for teachers of home science, and no difficulty was found in placing those who completed their courses. Other classes in Otago University which, earned capitation under the Manual and Technical Begulations were those for students of commercial subjects, of whom 114 attended, as compared with 100 each in Auckland and Canterbury in the same subjects. The Dunedin Technical School, with which is now incorporated the Dunedin School of Art, shows an increase of pupils in the Technical High School and a slight decrease in evening classes. During the year the Art School was reorganized under two instructors trained at the Royal College of Art, London, with whose aid it is expected that this department will take the position which a school of art ought to occupy in a city of the size and importance of Dunedin. Another important step taken by the managers during the year was to arrange for the completion of the main buildings by the erection of the G. M. Thomson wing, containing home-science lecturerooms and laboratories. The cost of the new wing will be £7,060, part of which will be found locally and part granted by Government. The total cost of the buildings, excluding the Burt Hall, will then be about £39,500, of which £18,561 6s. Bd. will have been provided from Government grants. The buildings are convenient, economical to keep in order, sufficiently extensive, and well equipped ; and the staff is capable in all branches and well balanced, with the result that the work in both day and evening classes is solid in character and on good practical lines.

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Southland District. The only school in the Southland District offering instruction in technical subjects was the Invercargill Technical School, which, by reason of convenient train services, is able to draw its pupils not only from, the town itself, but from a large area of the surrounding country. This institution shows an increase in the Technical High School of 77 pupils—namely, from 339 to 416 ; and in the evening classes of 105 pupils, the numbers increasing from 478 to 583. In spite of difficulties of illplanned buildings and restricted site, a fine tone was noticed in the school ; and, while it must be admitted that the students generally were less responsive than in more northern schools, there was plenty of evidence of very good work being done in nearly all branches. Experiments were made in this school, as also in the Feilding, Wellington, and other schools, with the Dalton laboratory plan of organizing school-work. The experiments were not completed last year, but it was evident that the system was not without substantial advantages, provided that the difficulties of its application could be overcome on the present staffing basis. Retirement of Mr. E. C. Isaac, late Inspector of Technical Schools. Mr. E. C. Isaac, for some twenty years Inspector of Technical Schools, retired on superannuation at the beginning of 1923, having reached the age of sixty-five years. He was practically in charge of the educational side of the work from its inception in this Dominion, and to him more than to any other man it owes its growth and present form. His real culture, his burning enthusiasm, his great skill in handicrafts, and his knowledge of several branches of technology fitted him exceptionally well for the task of infusing life into the work of technical schools and manual-training centres. I accompanied him on his last round of inspection, and I can testify to the warmth of affection with which every school staff bade him farewell as an official, and hoped to be visited by him. again as an old friend. I have, &c, W. S. La Trobe, The Director of Education, Wellington. Superintendent of Technical Education.

3. DETAILED TABLES KELATING TO TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.

Table J1. —Some Particulars relating to Technical Education for the Years 1915-1922 inclusive.

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1915. 1916. 1917. 1018. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. dumber of centres at which classes were held dumber of technical high schools dumber of students — (a.) Technical high schools (6.) Other classes dumber of free pupils at (a) and (b) above dumber of students attending under compulsory regulations 168 151 154 131 110 121 94 66 8 8 8 8 8 9 13 13 1,955 18,247 5,600 2,105 17,586 5,975 2,347 18,400 6,127 2,747 16,910 6,715 2,926 17,950 7,242 2,766 18,628 6,542 3,349 16,832 6,975 4,202 12,262 8,384 858 1,219 1,334 1,324 1,372 1,636 1,585 324 total expenditure by Government for financial year Including— Capitation — (a.) Technical high schools.. (b.) Other classes. . (c.) Salaries and allowances, &o. Grants for buildings and equipment Subsidies on voluntary contributions Conveyance of (a) Instructors (b) Students .. £ 72,089 £ 84,931 £ 100,199 £ 85,335 £ 132,245 £ 169,530 £ 244,627 £ 207,628 19,309 30,729 25,934 38,922 35,795 44,021 33,150 33,119 47,343 47,858 29,818"] 31,918 ;- 20,589J 119,464 119,289 7,877 6,614 6,898 5,773 13,319 67,217 101,198 66,308 5,323 4,206 2,154 1,673 6,934 5,466 3,991 4,207 1,018 2,659 790 2,596 261 2,982 464 3,312 615 3,852 635 3,767 679 4,386 808 4,742

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Table J2. —Receipts by Controlling Authorities of Technical Schools and Classes, and by Managers of Technical Schools and Classes (including Technical High Schools), for the Year 1922.

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Becelpts from Government. Other Keccipt IS* MM 8 3 fl j a m m V a g 3 wri'o n pi > -2 pa .g w g & r,i O 3d« rt . mi ££ o o o m . . "> U 3 211 CO ftp V o o o ft Q a o jg o v a fc o 3 d u s u Hi o . a; 3$ H p. o H A. Education Boards, High School Boards, and University Colleges. Auckland Education Board .. Taranaki Education Board — New Plymouth Tech. School Hawera Technical School .. Stratford Technical School.. Eltham Technical Classes .. Wanganui Education Board . . Palmerston North High School Board Hawke's Bay Education Board Wellington Education Board Nelson Education Board— Westport Technical School. . Other technical classes Canterbury Education Board — Greymouth Technical School Other technical classes Canterbury College (in respect of School of Art) Gore High School Board £ £ £ 2,572 2,379 430 4,235 295 79 2,940 1,216 36 3,007 3,405 37 32 1 643 1,828 11 2,762 399 204 2,588 730 14 253 £ 2,379 295 1,216 3,405 1,828 399 730 £ 111 26 300 25 239 20 51 £ 111 26 300 25 239 20 51 £ 5,522 4,635 4,192 6,749 33 2,507 3,604 3,352 304 £ 441 31 63 21 7 592 125 50 £ 831 99 223 20 57 £ 76 £ 478 18 241 40 31 164 04 £ 1,750 148 304 61 38 ] ,055 20(1 107 £ 7,272 4,783 4,496 6,810 33 2,545 4,659 3,561 411 2,352 5,873 2 7 5,873 2 8,225 !l 47 50 7 79 6 126 63 8,351 72 1,020 6,230 34 327 69 12 3,660 .. ill) 6,230 69 7,284 408 3,760 50 28 772 5 17 361 50 50 1.133 7,334 458 4,893 70 70 70 Totals 26,461 22,426 965 862 50,654 2,277 1,242 76 1,499 5,094 55,748 B. Technical School Boards and Managers. Auckland Technical School " Elam " School of Art Pukekoho Technical School .. Wanganui Technical School . . Peilding Technical School Napier Technical School Waipawa Technical School Wellington Technical School . . Petone Technical School Masterton Technical School . . Nelson Technical School Christchurch Technical School Kaiapoi Technical School Akaroa Technical School * Ashburton Technical School . . Tcmuka Technical School Timaru Technical School Waimate Technical School Pleasant Point Technical School Pairlie Technical School Dunedin Technical School Oamaru Technical School Milton Technical School Invercargill Technical School .. 12,706 1,387 2,549 7,887 2,166 5,836 83 9,921 625 1,906 3,022 12,510 19,729 65 2,539 701 572 147 19,328 44 37 4,734 900 56 400 34 250 450 91 19 591 1C0 68 410 120 235 650 33,335 l,5( 8 5,188 9,056 2,772 6,233 83 30,109 745 2,276 3,078 18,485 772 236 Hi (if: 8 57 142 33 1,347 42 141 122 850 22 105 115 107 389 139 884 85 200 63 627 39 79 100 24 105 39 546 287 3,605 (iO 210 ' 1,750 14 202 76 2,673 4 1,502 523 141 4,470 530 491 33 3,981 246 543 300 4,150 97 34,837 2,031 5,329 13,526 3,302 6,724 116 34,09o 991 2,819 3,378 22,635 97 32 3,687 19 2,306 971 244 177 5 50 60 63 4,835 84 2,723 139 34 236 28 13 (iO 12 80 30 5 18 199 58 34 24 79 139 3 79 37 3 11 2,408 4 372 73 474 95 21 29 3,803 249 5,207 157 3,197 95 24 50 15,311 458 10,634 110 279 3 21 595 46 3 21 11,508 209 1,196 187 ' 53 7,648 544 177 164 8,533 282 149 1,042 M73 10,006 Totals 85,062 49,708 3,479 2,535 140,784 6,563 3,364 516 13,153 23,596 164,380 Grand totals I 11,523 72,134 4,444 3,337 592 14,652 28,690 220,128 191,438 8,840 4,606 *Ni it received in time fc >r publlcatii m,

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Table J3.—Payments by Controlling Authorities of Technical Schools and Classes, and by Managers of Technical Schools and Classes (including Technical High Schools), for the Year 1922.

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Controlling Authorities. § E Is o.S 1 2 CO .2 S °^ ill m i S p. M W ft i o I 'E <o <E> to Working-i I 5 V expenses •a a 3 g> ... at? \ 8 . •if feSS = g- Is VM CI fi, 5te °™ It S 9-9 iia 0 1 « m.3a ssa I E* 1 | 9 & n I O i 3 p. M W "3 +5 O H £ ft A. Education Boards, High School Boards, and University Colleges. Auckland Education Board Taranaki Education Board — New Plymouth Technical School Hawera Technical School Stratford Technical School Eltham Technical Classes Wanganui Education Board Palmerston North High School Board I lawke's Bay Education Board.. Wellington Education Board Nelson Education Board— Westport Technical School Other technical classes Canterbury Education Board — Greymouth Technical School . . Other technical classes Canterbury College (in respect of School of Art) Gore High School Board £ 2,995 3,278 2,447 2,377 64 3,012 2,122 204 £ 615 72 72 75 102 90 £ 84 80 123 3 32 28 17 £ 219 145 48 61 429 76 22 £ 163 191 192 96 114 5 £ 18 33 75 85 £ 231 31 23 19 23 192 34 18 £ 209 27 47 40 2 144 90 11 £ 1,274 540 461 510 2 59 1,070 523 73 £ 2,623 234 779 6,238 1,577 1,010 1,156 28 £ 118 312 15 I 105 51 £ 6,892 4,170 3,999 9,140 2 1,701 5,197 3,852 305 2,148 47 90 156 2 81 6 5 1 73 1 54 459 10 6,248 2 35 8,890 59 699 278 3,555 17 19 263 16 51 115 60 44 28 12 108 165 82 900 5,465 64 19 94 66 6,329 518 4,540 245 169 5 5 5 Totals 23,226 I ,020 756 1,340 1,153 261 842 755 6,133 25,443 797 55,599 B. Technical School Boards and Managers. Auckland Technical School " Elam " School of Art Pukekohe Technical School Wanganui Technical School Feilding Technical School Napier Technical School Wai pawa Technical School Wellington Technical School Petone Technical School Masterton Technical School Nelson Technical School Christchurch Technical School . . Kaiapoi Technical School Akaroa Technical School Ashburton Technical School Temuka Technical School Timaru Technical School Waimate Technical School Pleasant Point Technical School Fairlie Technical School Dunedin Technical School Oamaru Technical School Milton Technical School Invercargill Technical School 10,758 1,527 2,074 7,059 1,794 4,930 98 9,520 794 1,796 2,545 11,431 61 636 251 55 160 164 14 546 34 200 740 327 137 31 118 55 66 301 13 34 62 226 1,009 101 37 826 40 344 1 798 35 155 264 1,080 4 942 91 208 161 133 335 97 89 106 894 18 24 79 50 50 4 1 307 4 107 257 45 6 26 42 119 6 153 49 113 79 361 5 394 39 169 497 69 236 ■ 9 215 9 130 48 711 5 3,589 652 389 1,835 417 1,112 30 2,352 204 862 763 4,119 32 18,916 155 ! 2,708 1,067 998 608 1 18,147 61 708 23 5,859 232 3,043 28 231 1,617 40 88 2,061 50 33,495 2,334 5,171 13,004 3,237 6,881 129 31,636 1,059 3,406 3,419 23,470 143 3,061 96 2,037 73 25 89 78 45 7 69 14 285 132 27 216 34 100 12 10 6 480 13 610 1 1 37 7 89 10 93 3 49 10 3 9 474 13 1,381 51 518 73 14 22 2,982 113 281 2 502 2 117 1 48 4,840 150 3,105 148 39 31 15,913 404 9,246 238 575 66 5 134 2 1,052 7 77 4 2 190 8 3,350 53 9 335 6,456 362 152 521 286 130 111 1,565 1,409 583 10,013 Totals 75,619 3,970 1,798 6,718 4,231 1,325 1,73-1 3,299 23,075 54,850 8,483 162,027 Grand totals 98,845 4,996 2,554 8,058 5,384 1,586 2,576 4,054 29,208 80,293 9,280 217,626

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Table J4.—Assets and Liabilities of (a) the Technical Instruction Accounts of Education Boards as Controlling Authorities of Technical Schools and Classes, and (b) Technical School Boards and Managers, as at 31st December, 1922.

Table J5.—Number of Students, according to Ages, admitted to Classes other than Classes at Technical High Schools during the Year ended 31st December, 1922.

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Cash Balances and Investments. Assets. Amounts „ , due to Total. D 0wh Board. Liabilities. Other Liabilities. Net Hi Total. Cr. tlanccs. Be J (a.) Education Boards. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland £ £ 2,302 1,421 263 165 210 205 49 £ 2,362 1,770 263 334 226 205 49 825 1 £ 2,264 £ 24 159 322 79 226 85 £ £ 2,288 74 159 1,611 866 79 255 226 1,311 35 14 825 £ "349 603 544 169 16 1*226 35 1,100 825 1 825 1 Totals 1,360 4,675 6,035 4,069 1,720 5,789 | 1,955 1,709 (6.) Technical School Boards and Managers. Auckland Technical School " Elam " School of Art Pukekohe Technical School Wanganui Technical School Eeilding Technical School Napier Technical School j .. . ; Waipawa Technical School Wellington Technical School Petone Technical School Masterton Technical School Nelson Technical School Christchurch Technical School Kaiapoi Technical School Akaroa Technical School Ashburton Technical School Temuka Technical School Timaru Technical School Waimate Technical School Pleasant Point Technical Sohool Fairlie Technical School Dunedin Technical School Oarnaru Technical School Milton Technical School Invercargill Technical School 128 188 522 66 387 170 4,594 20 614 39 3,075 86 39 1,016 187 1,438 145 29 72 2,031 39 58 813 2,103 161 578 1,204 137 1,279 19 2,079 52 646 782 3,153 2,108 289 766 1,726 203 1,666 18!) 6,673 72 1,260 821 6,228 80 39 1,426 207 1,682 145 44 72 3,466 39 58 4,171 35 1,502 30 39 195 68 175 5,324 94 11 1,190 1,537 i 571 30 j 259 39 727 195 1,531 08 135 175 1,491 189 5,324 1,349 94 j .. 11 ! 1,249 821 1,190 i 5,038 86 39 251 , 1,175 6 201 190 1,492 145 44 22 60 389 3,077 39 58 1,599 2,572 22 410 20 244 251 6 190 15 "22 389 1,435 3,358 1,599 Totals 15,756 17,680 33,436 35 11,085 11,120 22,338 22 Grand totals 22,355 39,471 16,909 24,293 17,116 4,104 12,805 1,731

Education District. Un( 13 Yi ler >ars. 13-15 Years. 15-17 Years. Over 17 Years. Totals. Students a< during 19! left a Publl during (include Foregoing ' dmitted 22 who le School 1921 !Ml In Totals). Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland M. 28 1 20 21 20 100 23 1 M. 28 I 20 21 20 100 23 1 F. 7 2 34 7 12 29 104 10 M. F. 228 168 58 47 104 101 36 29 115 70 44 61 270 300 149 53 35 34 M. F. 456 31 68 4 242 25 76 C 334 lfc 64 S 593 37 330 IE 106 1C F. 316 46 251 67 182 93 375 156 100 M. 614 47 168 100 690 119 1,141 495 166 M. F. M. F. 611 259 1,323 750 47 19 174 114 168 228 534 614 100 136 212 239 690 433 1,160 703 119 205 247 388 1,141 779 2,104 1,558 495 343 997 562 166 141 308 275 M. 206 41 129 48 92 43 289 128 40 F. 130 35 139 8 86 57 182 59 24 Totals, 1922 214 214 205 1,039 869 2,269 1,586 3,537 2,543 7,059 5,103 1,016 720 Totals, 1921 .. 561 561 664 1,529 1,526 2,864 2,061 3,980 3,647 8,934 7,898 1,350 790

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Table J6.—Number of Pupils attending Classes other than Classes at Technical High Schools during the Year ended 31st December, 1922.

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Nun iber of Studc mts. Controlling Authoiities, Technical School Hoards, and Managers. Free 'MM Five Pupils. Compulsory Pupils. Discharged Soldiers. Other Pupils. Totals. pupils. Auckland Education Board— Auckland Technical School* " Elam " School of Art* Other classes, Auckland District Auckland University College Council—■ Commercial classes School of Engineering Taranaki Education Board — New Plymouth Technical School* Hawera Technical School* Wanganui Education Board— Wanganui Technical School* Keilding Technical School* Palmerston North High School Board Palmerston North Technical School Hawke's Bay Education Board— Napier Technical School* Waipawa Technical School* Other classes, Hawke's Bay District Wellington Education Board— Wellington Technical School* Petone Technical School* Lower Hutt Technical School* Other classes, Wellington District Managers, Masterton Technical School— Masterton Technical Schoolf Nelson Education Board — Nelson Technical School* Westport Technical School* Other classes, Nelson District Canterbury College Board of Governors— School of Art School of Engineering School of Commerce Canterbury Education Board— Christchurch Technical School* Ashburton Technical School and siiboentrcs* Greymouth Technical School* Timaru Technical School* Kaiapoi technical classes* Pleasant Point technical classes* Temuka technical classes* Waimate technical classes* Other classes, (Canterbury District Otago University College Council — Home-science classes Commerce classes Otago Education Board— Dunedin Technical School* Dunedin School of Art* Oamaru Technical School* Southland Education Board — Invercargill Technical School* 374 264 180 68 90 336 82 45 330 35 47 17 201 158 61 145 566 221 59 225 33 535 I 31 301 374 264 180 68 90 336 82 45 330 35 47 17 201 158 61 36 39 162 43 16 6 7 10 9 10 2 141 382 398 101 100 96 43 19 8 474 177 13 70 704 87 81 13 204 772 398 707 100 96 269 19 240 98 810 311 23 117 1,175 122 128 30 108 I 229 77 103 394 138 103 145 9 359 274 100 513 274 100 566 221 5!) 225 44 105 3 909 109 50 226 47 13 35 1,670 377 I Oil 45 I 47 13 35 33 10 33 40 63 114 63 111 535 I 31 10 572 123 110 1,117 124 141 301 28 254 583 Totals for 1922 4,405 4,405 324 366 7,167 12,262 Totals for 1921 3,835 3,835 1,585 674 I 10,738 16,832 * Schools or classes under the immediate control of managers. t The Hoard of Manager: i is the contn oiling author! Ity,

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Table J7.—Occupations of Students in Attendance at Technical Classes other than Classes at Technical High Schools during the Year ended 31st December, 1922.

Table J8.—Number of Pupils holding Government Free Places at Technical Classes other than Classes at Technical High Schools during the Year ended 31st December, 1922.

Table J9. —Technical High Schools. —Courses taken by Students during the Year 1922.

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Occupations. 1 I j 3 1 a bo $ ¥ $ S "(D I es W a 3 o £ IZj b 3 I o 6 So J O -a a a 1 CO Totals. Agricultural pursuits Professional pursuits Clerical pursuits Domestic pursuits Students Employed in shops or warehouses Dressmakers, milliners, &o. Tailors and tailoresses Engineers and mechanics Electricians Plumbers, metal-workers, &c. Woodworkers Painters, plasterers, &c. Printers, &o. Skilled labourers Labourers Seamen Engaged in various other trades and industries Engaged in various public services Occupations not stated 26 205 288 234 418 121 32 13 139 82 113 121 14 8 17 6 2 58 31 8 29 9 129 3 350 199 215 13 137 14 3 14 84 1 24 25 7 20 12 1 1 2 22 4 44 78 43 73 33 4 3 42 6 29 4 1 3 18 6 157 40 492 45 366 282 116 77 116 37 8 1.3 13 3 118 30 88 5 119 22 73 12 16 12 4 3 7 15 1 49 16 118 223 482 463 620 579 167 34 118 137 89 129 129 33 44 24 29 93 8 83 361 177 197 98 14 17 125 25 64 45 5 12 35 13 4 83 73 104 45 69 12 31 15 26 11 9 5 8 8 215 872 1,957 2,022 1,960 1,203 264 86 701 359 511 428 186 79 109 99 32 410 4 '.'. 30 39 90 35 64 112 3 15 7 22 19 22 46 15 45 13 63 88 18 172 20 25 263 500 Totals for 1922 2,073 288 1,148 451 1,863 635 3,662 1,559 583 12,262 Totals for 1921 3,824 553 1,835 780 2,016 711 4,664 1,704 745 16,832

Education District. Jr.: 1st. Jr. 2nd a md 3rd. Sr. ; 1st. Sr. i In.I. Sr. 3rd a nid i tli. Tot als. Grind Totals. I Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland B. 206 41 103 41 122 36 273 141 40 G. 110 35 126 12 80 37 175 58 34 B. 114 33 56 10 70 38 173 91 30 G. 40 28 92 19 40 24 123 29 44 B. 03 17 19 12 91 16 145 74 17 G. 27 11 28 13 44 22 89 48 35 B. 31 7 11 5 73 8 79 49 24 G. 13 6 35 8 34 23 80 45 23 B. 30 1 6 2 45 1 46 23 18 a. 4 1 18 5 25 14 66 9 30 R. 444 99 195 70 401 99 716 378 135 G. 194 81 299 57 229 120 533 189 166 638 180 494 127 630 219 1,249 '567 301 Totals, 1922 .. 1,009 673 615 439 454 317 287 267 172 172 2,537 1,868 4,405 Totals, 1921 .. 773 572 497 342 429 360 302 256 126 178 2,127 1,708 3,835

Courses of Instruction, and Numbe; and Sex of Itudents. rani Indul itrial. Agrici iltural. Domi .„*■.. Comn ,st,c - and & lercial ineral. Ai ft. Toi ;als. Totals. Auckland Pukekohe Hawera Stratford Wanganui Eeilding Napier Hastings Wellington Westport Christchurch Dunedin Invercargill M. 253 22 96 1.09 F. M, 60 II 7 31 25 26 15 F. 23 M. F. 77 19 15 52 30 52 M. 60 62 64 55 165 47 38 05 48 45 64 63 55 F. 149 83 79 66 80 22 05 78 153 56 157 143 92 M. 4 F. M. 373 73 93 86 286 73 162 65 249 77 361 231 205 F. 226 102 94 89 136 52 117 78 216 56 290 223 189 M. & F. 599 1.75 187 175 422 125 279 143 465 133 651 454 394 197 32 256 139 130 41 29 20 56 133 80 97 4 7 Totals, 1922 1,234 265 23 611 831 1,223 4 11 2,334 1,808 4,202 Totals, 1921 951 243 20 385 588 1,158 4 1,782 1,567 3,349

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Table J10.—Number of Pupils holding Government Free Places at Technical High Schools during the Year ended 31st December, 1922.

Table J11. —Number of Candidates who entered for and who passed the Technological Examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1922.

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Juniors. Send iors. School. First First Year. Secom First Year. Seconi Year. Toil als. JJUBV Year. Year. Third Auckland Pukekohe Hawera Stratford Wanganui Peilding Napier Hastings Wellington Westport Christohuroh Dunedin Invercargill Totals B. 230 38 47 32 122 39 78 32 130 30 180 140 115 .. 1,213 o. 131 56 43 30 55 29 43 33 135 23 149 100 96 B. 105 25 22 29 69 18 50 28 69 24 110 53 (iO G. 74 33 26 31 46 17 31 25 52 16 63 53 65 B. 26 6 13 14 34 5 14 2 25 15 30 26 J7 G. 12 7 15 12 13 3 16 9 16 9 31 31 19 B. 4 2 9 5 28 2 6 6 6 14 3 7 G. 2 2 10 4 7 13 2 5 7 21 16 5 B. 2 3 6 2 I G. 1 2 3 B. 365 71 93 83 ! 259 64 150 62 231 75 j 342 222 201 G. 219 98 94 78 122 49 105 72 208 55 208 206 187 2 *4 2 2 929 668 532 227 193 92 94 18 13 2,218 V 1,761 M 179 _

Subjects of Examination. £8 *« an cl rt Subjeets of Examination. hi 8 a) a; I a O . li Telegraphy—Grade I .. Electrical engineering— Grade I .. Grade II (first paper) Grade II (second paper) Einal Electrical installation work— Grade I Final Plumbers' work—Minor oourse— Grade I Grade II Plumbers' work —Major course Grade II (written) Mechanical engineering Division I, Grade I .. Division 1, Grade II.. Division I, Einal Division II, Grade I .. Division II, Grade II.. Division II, Pinal Structural engineering—Einal 1 1 88 66 36 22 25 4 3 1 4 2 5 2 3 3 5 Motor-car engineering— Grade I Grade II Cabiuetmaking—■ Grade I Einal Carpentry and joinery— Grade I Grade II Woodwork — First year, sohemc A .. First year, scheme B .. Pinal Millinery Dressmaking Plain needlework Plain cookery Gas engineering- Final .. 10 5 10 3 13 16 7 2 8 1 8 10 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 12 1 1 3 .1. 1 2 I 8 1 9 5 3 I 2 1 98 30 7 2 2 1 1 Totals, 1922 377 197 Totals, 1921 362 204