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English. —One paper was excellent, six were good, three satisfactory, five fair, and thirteen poor. Latin. — With one exception the pupils of Clases I. and 11. presented good papers; in Class 111. four of the papers were of good and two of satisfactory merit ; in Class IV. five pupils did well, two fairly, and four poorly ; and in Class V. one did fairly and two poorly. French. —ln Class I. four papers were good, two satisfactory, three fair, and two poor; and in Class 11. one was satisfactory, five were excellent, three good, two fair, and two poor. Geometry. —ln Class I. one paper was excellent and one fair, two were satisfactory and five poor; and in Class 11. one was good, two were excellent, three satisfactory, two fair, three moderate, and nine poor. Algebra. —The work of Class I. was excellent. In Class 11. one paper was satisfactory and one fair, two were good and seven poor; in Class 111. one was good and one fair, two were excellent, three satisfactory, and five poor ; and in Class 111. one was satisfactory and one excellent. One of the pupils in Class 111. handed in no paper, and one of Class IV. gained no marks.

Tokomairiro District High School.

English. —One paper was of excellent, seven were of good, two of satisfactory, four of fair, and fifteen of poor quality. Latin. —Class I.: Six of the papers were of excellent and three of very good quality. Class 11. : Four papers were of excellent, three were of very good, and one was of good quality. Class 111. : The answering was of fair merit. French. —Class I. did poorly. Three pupils of Class 11. and one of Class 111. presented satisfactory and one of Class 11. and two of Class 111. poor papers. Geometry. —In Class I. there were six excellent, one very good, one good, and two moderate papers. In Class 11. one of the papers was excellent and one fair, two were moderate and two poor. Of the papers of Class 111. five were poor, five moderate, two fair, and one was satisfactory. The work was done with great neatness. Algebra. —Class I. : The papers of two pupils were of excellent, those of three of satisfactory, and those of five of poor quality. Class 11. : Two pupils did very well, one fairly, and two poorly. Class 111. : Six pupils presented satisfactory, three fair, and six poor pampers. Agricultural Chemistry. —Very good practical work has been done in this subject. P. GOYEN, W. S. Fitzgerald, t C. R. Richaedson, 'Inspectors. C. R. Bossence, The Secretary, Otago Education Board.

TRAINING COLLEGE KEPORT. Sir,— Normal School, 9th March, 1897. I have much pleasure in presenting my report on the work of the Training College for the year 1896. I regret to say that Dr. Don has severed his connection with the Training College, having accepted the position of Rector of the Boys' High School, Oamaru. His resignation is a loss to the Training College in every way, and to myself especially, as the experience of the past two years

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