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Euclid.— Class I. passed a good examination. Of Class 11., two pupils did very well, three fairly, and four poorly; and of Class 111., two did very well, three fairly, and three poorly. Algebra. —Classes I. and 11. passed a very good examination, and so did most of the pupils of Class 111.

Palmerston District High School.

English. —Five of the papers were good, seven were satisfactory, five were moderate, and five were poor. The spelling, writing, and composition were poor, and many of the pupils blundered seriously in formal grammar. Most of them showed a good knowledge of the characters, and a very fair knowledge of the language of the play. Latin. —Class I. gained 92, Class 11. 88, and Class 111. 85 per cent, of the marks. These results are all very satisfactory. French. —There were two good papers. All the rest were poor, the writers of them being very weak in both the grammar and the vocables of their text-book. Euclid. —Of Class 1., two pupils did well, and the rest rather poorly; of Class 11., three did well, four poorly, and the rest satisfactorily; and of Class 111., one did well, two satisfactorily, and the rest poorly. Algebra. —Of Class 1., two pupils did very well, three well, and two rather poorly; of Class 11., three did well and four fairly; and of Class 111., seven did well, one satisfactorily, and three moderately. Arithmetic. —Five pupils passed a good examination, and most of the remaining twenty pupils a poor one.

Port Chalmers District High School.

English. —The papers of three pupils were very good, those of ten were good, those of four satisfactory, and those of two fair. The mean of the marks gained was good—7l per cent. Latin. —Four of the papers were very good, six were good, three satisfactory, three fair, and two moderate.

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Subject. Class. Number in Glass. I Number examined. Work read. Inglish jatin I. I. 25 3 22 3 Merchant of Venice (Eoyal School Series). Smith's Principia Latina, Part II.: Mythology anr Book I. of Eoman History. Smith's Principia, Part I. Smith's Principia, Part I., 36 exercises. Macmillan's First French Course. Books I. to IV. Books I and II. Book I. 200 pages of Hall and Knight. 177 pages of Hall and Knight. Pages 1 to 69 and 106 to 119 of Hall and Knight. Goyen's Higher Arithmetic, pages 1 to 282. 'rench .uclid II. III. I. I. II. III. I. II. III. I. 6 10 7 5 10 10 7 7 1.1 25 6 10 7 5 10 10 7 7 II 25 tlgebra .rithmetic...

Subject. Class. Number in Class. Number examined. Work read. .nglish I. 21 19 Merchant of Venice (full text), and Goyen's Principles of English Composition, with illustrations from Chambers's Eeader, No. VI. Principia Latina, Part II. ; Eoman History, Book III., and 26 pars, of Book IV. Principia Latina, Part II. ; Eoman History, Book III. Ctesar's Invasion of Britain, 280 lines; and Principia Latina, Part I. to page 72. Principia Latina, Part I., to page 53. Histoire d'un Conscrit, 6 chaps., and the prose of Hachette's First French Eeader. The prose of Hachette's First French Eeader to page 228. The prose of Hachette's First French Eeader to page 205. Chardenal's First French Course to page 25, and extracts at end of book. Books I., II., III., and IV., with easy exercises on Book I. Books I., II., and III., with easy exercises on Book I. Book I., with easy exercises on the first twelve propositions. Hall and Knight's Algebra to page 238. Hall and Knight's Algebra to page 151. latin I. 4 4 II. III. 2 11 2 11 IV. I. 3 2 1 2 'rench II. III. IV. 1 2 18 1 2 15 luclid I. II. III. 5 1 18 4 1 15 .lgebra I. II. 4 16 4 14