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Saturday, 28th February, 1880. The Commission met at its rooms at 3 p.m. Present: Mr. C. C. Bowen, Professors Brown and Cook, the Rev. W. J. Habens (Secretary), Dr. Hector, and Professor Shand. On the motion of Professor Cook. Dr. Hector took the chair. Some small corrections of the draft report were made. On the motion of Professor Brown, seconded by Professor Shand, Resolved, That authority be given to the Secretary to make a resume of the recommendations made by the Commission in the Final Eeport, and that the Eeport as now read, together with the resume, be printed, and that two copies be sent to each member for perusal. On the motion of Mr. Bowen, seconded by Professor Cook, Resolved, That, in the event of unexpected delay in the printing of the Eeport, the Secretary be requested to get the time, within which the Eeport has to be brought up, extended. On the motion of Professor Shand, seconded by Professor Brown, Resolved, That the Commission at its rising do adjourn, to meet again at Canterbury College on Saturday, 27th March, 1880, at 4 p.m. ; and that absent members of the Commission be advised that at that meeting the Eeport is to be signed. On the motion of the Eev. ~W. J. Habens, seconded by Professor Brown, Resolved, That the Commission do now adjourn.

Saturday, 27th Maech, 1880. The Commission met at Canterbury College at 4 p.m. Present: Mr. C. C. Bowen, Professors Brown and Cook, Dr. Macdonald, and Professor Shand. On the motion of Professor Brown, Mr. Bowen took the chair. On the motion of Dr. Macdonald, seconded by Professor Brown, Resolved, That the Commission do now adjourn, to meet again at Canterbury College on Saturday, 24th April, at 3 p.m.

Saturday, 24th April, 18S0. The Commission met at Canterbury College at 3.30 p.m. Present: Mr. 0. C. Bowen, Professors Brown, Cook, Sals, Shand, and Ulrich. On the motion of Professor Cook, seconded by Professor Ulrich, the chair was taken by Mr. Bowen. The minutes of the last meeting of the Commission, held on the 27th March, were read and confirmed. The following papers were laid on the table: —(1.) Royal Commission further extending the time within which the Eeport is to be made to the 30th April, 1880. (2.) The Eeport as prepared for signature. (3.) Letter from the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand with reference to a portion of the evidence given before the Commission by Professor Macgregor, and the statement submitted by Professor Macgregor in reply to the Chancellor, with enclosures. On the motion of Professor Cook, Resolved, That the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand be requested to furnish copies of the letters, and of his replies thereto, which are referred to but do not appear in the correspondence laid upon the table; and that the whole be printed in the Appendix. On the motion of Professor Sale, the Commission went into Committee to consider the Eeport submitted for signature. The Commission having resumed, On the motion of Professor Sale, seconded by Professor Shand, Resolved, That the Report now on the table be adopted as the Eeport of the Commission, and that it be signed and sent to His Excellency the Governor. Mr. Bowen and Professor Sale expressed their dissent from the recommendations contained in the Report as to the inspection and examination of secondary schools. Professor Shand expressed his dissent from the recommendation that the fees at secondary schools should not be lower than £1.0 per annum. The hands and seals of the Commissioners present were set to the Eeport. The minutes were read and confirmed, and the Commission adjourned.