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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Office of the Department of Education, My Loed, — Wellington, 19th June, 1894. I have the honour, in accordance with the provisions of '■' The Education Act, 1877," to submit to your Excellency the following report upon the progress and condition of public education in New Zealand during the year ending the 31st day of December, 1893. I have, &c, W. P. REEVES. His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. All the supplementary information required for the illustration of this report, so far as the administration of the Education Act and the Education Reserves Act is concerned, will be found in the attached appendix and in the following papers: E.-la, Inspector-General's Report on Examination for Certificates; E.-Ib, Reports of Inspectors of Schools; E.-lc, Report of Conference of Inspectors of Schools. So far as the report relates to matters not coming under the Acts before mentioned, the supplementary information is contained in the papers—E.-2, Native Schools; E.-3, Industrial Schools; E.~3a, Costley Training Institution; E.-4, School for Deaf-mutes; E.-5, New Zealand i—E. 1.

EDUCATION: SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL KEPOBT OF THE MINISTEE OF EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-l, 1893.]