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amounted to £45 13s. 4d. The Department paid also £15 for a railway-pass for an agent of the Institute, and £3 12s. 6d. for the travelling expenses of two pupils. Technical Instbuction During the year, assistance was given to several local institutions for technical instruction, as follows Technical Schools under Education BoardsWellington, £100, and Wanganui, £200, Dunedin Technical Classes Association, £250, Milton District High School, £49 14s. 10d. Technical Examinations. The Department has undertaken to be the local agent of the South Kensington Science and Art Department, and of the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Instruction. Applications for examination by these authorities may be made to the Secretary for Education, at Wellington, through any Education Board or any Technical School recognised by the Minister of Education. Examinations were held at 1894 at Wellington, Wanganui, and Dunedin. The Department of Science and Art examines in twenty-four science subjects Practical Geometry, Machine Construction and Drawing; Building Construction , Naval Architecture, Mathematics, Theoretical Mechanics , Applied Mechanics , Elementary Physics , Sound, Light, and Heat, Magnetism and Electricity, Inorganic Chemistry, (a) Theoretical, (b) Practical, Organic Chemistry, (a) Theoretical, (b) Practical, Geology, Mineralogy, Human Physiology, General Biology; Zoology, Botany; Principles of Mining , Metallurgy, (a) Theoretical, (b) Practical, Navigation, Nautical Astronomy, Steam; Physiography , the Principles of Agriculture. The syllabus of Art subjects includes . Ereehand Drawing of Ornament m Outline , Model Drawing , Drawing m Light and Shade from a Cast, Perspective, and Sonography , Historic Ornament; Principles of Ornament, Architecture; Architectural Design, Anatomy, Design , Painting Ornament in Monochrome, Painting from Still Life, Drawing from the Antique, Drawing the Antique from Memory, Drawing from Life, Modelling from the Cast, Modelling from Life , Modelling from the Antique , Modelling Design. The Technological Examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute are applicable to sixty-two separate industries. The papers and practical work this year at the New Zealand branch examinations related to Brickwork and Masonry, Carpentry and Joinery, Mechanical Engineering, and Plumbers' Work. Examinations foe Teachees' Ceetificates and the Civil Seevice. The results of the annual examination of January, 1895, together with the papers set, are printed in a separate paper (E.-1a) The number of candidates was 1,230. Univeesity and Colleges. The report (E.-5) of the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand states the present number of graduates by examination at 462. The degrees obtained at the last examinations were M.A., 12, 8.A., 42, B So., 4, M.8., 2, LL.D ,1; LL.B ,4. The total number of candidates at the last examinations was 976. The students at affiliated colleges in 1894 numbered 680, distributed as follows Auckland University College, 83 men (of whom 51 were matriculated students) and 60 women (15 matriculated), Canterbury College, 172 men (108 matriculated) and 154 women (77 matriculated) , Otago University, 171 men (140 matriculated) and 40 women (36 matriculated) The reports of these institutions are printed separately (E.-8, E 7, and E.-6) The necessary appointments have been made, and election held, to constitute the Council of the Middle District University College, created by an Act of 1894. Secondary Schools. The reports of the secondary schools are printed in a separate paper (E.-9). The principal statistics are given here in Table T The income of 1894 included £25,155 14s. sd. from endowments, and £21,608 2s. Id. received in the form of fees for tuition. The total amount of the salaries for the year was £30,634 17s, 6d. iii— E 1.

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