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Table A. —"Pass"-subjects.

Table B.—"Pass"-subjects: Proportions calculated in Percentages.

Table C.

SOUTH CANTEEBUBY. Sib,— Education Office, Timaru, 7th March, 1893. I have the honour to present my report on the schools in this district for the year 1892. At the beginning of the year there were fifty-nine schools open, and during the year new schools were opened at Blackburn and Ashwick Flat. The Eedcliff School was closed for the greater part of the year, but was reopened after being removed to a site approved by a majority of the householders as being more convenient for their children than the old site. The Otaio School which has had a very small attendance for several years, was closed at the end of the year. The scholarship examination, the preparation of statistics and reports relating to the previous year's work, the annual inspections of the schools, and the pupil-teachers' examination occupied my time till the end of July; and from the beginning of August to the end of December every school-day was taken up with work connected with the standard examinations. The results of the examinations were forwarded to the teachers within a day or two of my visit to each school The following table shows the results of the examinations for the whole district:

Classes. Number Number Number presented, absent, j excepted. I Number Number failed. passed. Proportion presented of Total Sch'1-roll. Proportion passed of Total Seh'1-roll. No. of | Average Schools j Age of present- ) those that ing. passed. | Yrs. m. Above Standard VI. Standard VI. ... V. ... IV. ... III. ... II. ... I. ... Preparatory 144 905 1,744 2,559 3,352 2,921 2,716 6,156 16 48 120 113 84 70 16 51 89 164 79 26 135 362 565 565 163 127 738 1,283 1,785 2,510 2,595 2,493 0-70 4-42 8-51 12-48 16-35 14-25 13-25 30-03 3-60 6-26 8-71 12-25 12-66 12-16 59 131 151 162 167 168 167 171 14 1 13 1 12 2 11 2 9 11 8 9 Totals for 1892 Totals for 1891 20,497 20,816 451 511 425 350 1,917 2,065 11,404 11,237 100-00 100-00 55-64 53-99 171 165 11 11 6* 7* * Mea: of ave: rage age.

Failed, of Sum of Passes and Failures : Percentage of Failures. Classes. Absent. Excepted. Failed. Passed. 1892. 1891. Standard VI. V. ... „ IV. ... III. ... II. ... I. ... 1-77 2-75 4-69 3-37 2-88 2-58 1-77 2-92 3-48 4-89 2-70 0-96 14-92 20-76 22-08 16-86 5-58 4-68 81-55 73-57 69-75 74-88 88-84 91-79 15-46 22-01 24-04 18-37 5-91 4-85 21-39 27-43 22-02 21-78 7-42 3-68 All classes 3-18 2-99 13-50 80-33 14-39 15-52

"Class "-subjects. it Average No. of Marks. Schools. Additional Subjects. Average Marks. No. of Schools. jrammar History ... jeography Elementary science, objectlessons, &c, Average of percentage on " class "-subjects 46-57 44-39 55-51 43-83 167 168 169 170 Eepetition and recitation ... Drill and exercises Singing ... Needlework Subject - matter of readinglessons Average of additional marks 12-68 10-99 11-16 14-58 170 146 129 167 47-79 170 12-4-9 57-20 170 170