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Oamaru District High School. English.- —The pupils made a fair appearance in this subject. The average of the marks gained was 52 per cent. Two gained 70 per cent. Latin. —ln Class I. there was one good paper ; the others were of poor quality. In Class 11. the work was much better : two good papers were received, and the others were very fair. French. —In this subject three did the work very well indeed, three very fairly, and the rest more or less poorly. Geometry. —One pupil answered very well, gaining full marks; and another answered very fairly. The remaining four knew nothing whatever of the work read. Algebra. —The pupil in Class I. gained 68 per cent, of the marks. The work done by Class 11., I found, was not correctly described in the statement furnished by the Rector, and the examination set had to be altered at the last moment. One pupil answered fairly, gaining half marks; three gained quarter marks. Palmerston District High School. English. —The class showed on the whole a fair acquaintance with the work read. Few of the papers received were good, and several were of inferior merit. Latin. —In this subject the various classes made a very creditable appearance. The translation was in nearly every case good, and the inflections of nouns, adjectives, and verbs were well known. A large proportion of the papers were excellent. French. —Of the sixteen pupils five gained over 80 per cent., five 70 per cent, or over, three over 60 per cent., and three under 50 per cent, of the marks. Geometry. —Seven of the sixteen examined gained full marks, one 95 per cent., one 75 per cent., two 67 per cent., and the rest below 40 per cent, of the marks. Algebra. —ln Class I. the questions set were very well answered. One gained full marks and four 80 per cent. One only fell below 70 per cent, of the marks. Class 11. did well on the whole, though not so well as Class I. Two gained 85 per cent of the marks, and four others gained 60 per cent, or over. * Port Chalmers District High School. English,- —ln this subject the class made a very fair appearance. Most of the pupils gained between 60 and 70 per cent, of the marks. Latin. —This subject has been taught with great care and success. Two gained 90 per cent, of the marks, two 83 per cent., and only cue fell below 73 per cent. French,- —The pupils in Class I. passed a very good examination. The average percentage of marks gained was 82. The Junior Class showed a very good knowledge of the work done. Geometry. —ln both classes the teaching has been most careful and thorough. Of the eight pupils five gained full marks, and of the rest two gained 95 and 96 per cent, respectively. Algebra. —This subject was very well known. Of the nineteen examined nine gained full marks, and the average percentage was over 80. Tohomairiro District High School, English. —The class showed a good acquaintance with the matter and language of the work read. Five gained 80 per cent, or more of the marks, six ranged between 70 and 80 per cent. The average percentage was 63. Latin. —The boy in Class I. gained 66 per cent, of the marks. The translation of the passage from "Jugurtha" was not very accurate. Class 11. answered very well, the marks ranging between 71 and 88 per cent. In Class 111. two good papers were received ; the rest were of a fair character. French. —Classes I. and 11. did the French composition very poorly, and the rest of the work on the whole well. Geometry. —This subject was very well done by most of the pupils. Four gained full marks, five from 90 to 95 per cent, of the marks, four from 80 to 90 per cent., and most of the rest gained very fair marks. Algebra.- —In this subject the results gained were unequal; but a fair proportion of the pupils showed a very good acquaintance with the work read, and most gained very fair marks. Two gained 100 per cent., and five gained 80 per cent, or more. Trigonometry.- —Half the class did well, and the rest fairly. Agriculture. —The book work was well known, and the practical work fairly done. Laiurence District High School, English. —There were twenty-seven pupils in the senior division and nine in the junior. The seniors answered very fairly, and several of the papers were very good. Latin. —This subject was very well done. Four gained 90 per cent, of the marks or more, five lay between 80 and 90, and the lowest stood at 74. The translation into Latin has been well taught. French.— Class I. showed a very accurate and intelligent acquaintance with the work read. Two gained over 85 per cent, of the marks, and the other over 70. Grammar and translation of the French read were well done by most of the pupils in Class 11., but the translation of English was only moderately done by four of the pupils. In Class 111. the work read was well known by most of the pupils. Algebra. —This subject has been most successfully taught. Classes I. and 11. answered particularly well. Geometry. —Ten pupils gained full marks, seven gained between 80 and 90 per cent., and the lowest 67 per cent, of the marks. Trigonometry .—The class had not been long at this work, and did not know much about it. 11— E. 1.