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Oamaru District High School. —Examined 24th, 25th, and 26th. November, 1880.

Tokomairiro District High School. —Examined 9th, 10th, and 13th December, 1880.

Lawrence District High School. —Examined 14th, 15th, and 16th December, 1880.

From the foregoing statements it will be seen that there is considerable difference in the amount of extra wort done at the different high schools. The Tokomairiro District High School, in this and in most other respects, holds the first place ; while that at Lawrence has this year advanced to the second place. The extra subjects at the Port Chalmers District High School are somewhat more advanced than they were last year. The English and Latin classes answered fairly, but the algebra and geometry papers were only moderately done, and were considerably inferior to what I have usually found at this school. At the Oamaru District High School there has been little advance beyond the range of last year's work, except in French. English, I was glad to find, has been again taken up as a separate subject. French, Algebra, and English were the subjects with which the pupils showed the best acquaintance. The French class has made sound and rapid progress during the year. Latin was, on the whole, very

English ... Latin I. I. 18 4 Paradise Lost, Book II., 475 lines. Principia Latina, Part II., 20 pages, and the whole of Part 1. Principia Latina, Part I., S8 pages. Beginners. De Jardin's French Course, 150 exercises and verbs ; 23 pages of translation; extracts from Moliore's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," for translation and recitation. Todhunter's elementary works, 20 chapters. „ „ „ 15 chapters. „ „ „ 10 chapters. Euclid, four books. „ two books. Beginners. French ... II. III. I. 2 10 15 Algebra ... 'Geometry I. II. III. I. II. III. 2 2 10 3 4 9 /

Subject. Class. No. of Pupil3. Work done. English Latin... I. II. I. II. III. I. 15 28 6 4 9 5 Paradise Lost, Book II. Extracts from " King John." Cicero de Senectute; Cicsar, Books I. and II. ; and part of Principia Latina, Part II. Grammar, aud Principia Latina, Part II. to end of Mythology. Beginners. Ahn's Header; Ahn's Second Course, to sec. 80; De Fivas, to end of regular verbs. Ahn's Eirst Course, to end of Exercise 62. Todhunter's Elementary, the whole work. „ „ to cad of quadratics. Euclid, four books. Euclid, Book I. Todhunter's Elementary, 20 chapters. „ ,,11 chapters. French Algebra Geometry II. I. II. I. II. I. II. 12 !) I 10 9 5 Trigonometry ...

English Latin... French I. III. II. in. i. ii. in. i. ii. in. i. ii. in. 4 6 2 7 2 6 4 4 6 12 i 1 10 Paradise Lost, Book II. Extracts from " The Merchant of Venice." The Csesar in S.8.B.A. Series ; Principia Latina, Part IV., lo page 38. Principia Latina, Part I. and a portion of Part II. ,, „ Part I., 65 pages. Ann's First and Second Courses, and Grammar. Ahn's First Course, and Grammar. 80 pages. Todhuutcr's Elementary, to "Katio." 120 pages. „ 48 pages. Euclid, four books, with exercises on Book I. „ three books. „ Book I. Algebra Geometry