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Palmerston District High School.

English. —The pupils showed a very good knowledge of the language and incidents of this play, which is but slightly abridged in this edition. Difficult words and phrases were well explaiued. * Latin. —The boy in Class I. answered fairly. Classes 11. and 111. translated the passages set in good style, and answered the questions in syntax and grammar with very satisfactory accuracy. The composition was very fairly done by Class 11. French. —All the work of Class I. was well done except the parsing. Of Class 11. seven did well, two fairly, and two poorly. Geometry. —Three of the papers handed in were of inferior quality ; the rest ranged from fair to excellent, most of them being good. Algebra. —Class I. gave in excellent papers. In Class 11. all the papers were good, and four gained full marks. In Class 111. there was one poor paper ; all the rest were good, and seven gained full marks. This subject has been taught with greaffc skill and thoroughness.

Port Chalmers District High School.

English. —The pupils answered very well in this subject. They paraphrase with more than ordinary taste, and explain difficult words and passages shortly and clearly. The text in this greatly-abridged edition hardly supplies sufficient work for a year. Latin-. —The pupil in Class I. answered fairly. The translation of the passage from the " Germania " was not so good as that of the extract from Virgil. Parsing and accidence were well known, and syntax but fairly. In Classes 11. and 111. the translation was well done, and parsing and accidence were in most cases good. The questions in syntax were fairly answered, and the composition ranged from moderate to fair.

* The pupil in Class I. (Latin) attends during a small part of the day only. Many of the pupils travel by rail, and of these some arrive at 10.30 a.m., and a still larger number at 11 a.m.

Subject. Class. e: Number examined. < ;xamined , Amount of Work done. English Latin French ... I. I. II. III. I. I 31 1 11 10 10 11 3 7 11 3 7 12 27 The Tempest, in Blackie's School Classics. Caesar's Gallic War, Book I. i Principia Latina, Part I. and Part II. ; Books III. and IV. of the Roman History ; and Dr. Smith's Smaller Latin Grammar. Principia Latina, Part I., 33 exercises ; and The Fables, in Part II. Dejardin's Class Book, 265 exercises; and Reader to page 227. ' Dejardin's Class Book, 160 exercises. Euclid, Books I., II., III., and IV. Euclid, Books I. and III. j Euclid, Book I. To end of surds. Hamblin Smith's, 163 pages. Equations and problems with an unknown quantity. Chambers's single and double entry. Geometry Algebra ... Book-keeping ... II. I. II. III. I. II. III. I.

Subject. Class. Number examined. Amount of Work done. English Latin I. I. 10 1 Richard II. (Nelson's Series). iEueid, Book IV.; Tacitus, Germania, Chapters 1-27; also the work of Class II. iEueid, Book II., 649 lines; Cfesar's Gallic War, Book III., and Book I. Chapters 1-10; Latin Grammar. Principia Latina, Part II.; Book I, of the Roman History; and Cifisar's Invasion of Britain (Macmillan) ; Latin Grammar. Chardenal's First and Second French Courses ; Charles XII., Books III. and IV. Chardenal's First French Course, and the Irregular Verbs; Translation of pages 175-184. Chardenal's First French Course, 78 exercises ; and " avoir" and " etre." Euclid, Books I., II., III., IV., and VI., with easy exercises on Book I. Euclid, Books I., II., and III., with very easy exercises on Book I. Hamblin Smith, 262 pases) r , , , xt ut a -i.u inr -Except cube root. Hamblin Smith, 195 pages L II. 5 III. 2 French I. 6 II. 4 Geometry III. 14 I. 6 II. 4 Algebra I. II. 6 4