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Association with a considerable 'margin to spare. The course is intended to follow the syllabus set for the examination of the City and Guilds Institute in electro-technology, and there are at present twenty candidates for the examination to be held in May, 1903. The classes aire well attended, and this, the first effort in this district at technical work in this branch, should lead to the establishment of considerable interest in electric science.

Table of Attendances for the Year ending 31st December, 1902.

Results of Annual Examinations, 1902. The following table shows the results of the late annual examinations: —

Name of Subject. First Term. Second Term. Third Term. legistered students ... iaturday science class 53 60 47 66 38 55 Total number of students 113 113 88 1-

Subject of Examination. First Second Third Class. Class. Class. Failed. Total. 'radical chemistry (senior) 'ractical chemistry (junior) 'heoretical chemistry (senior) 'heoretical chemistry (junior) 'heoretical chemistry (elementary) 'ractical assaying (senior) 'ractical assaying (junior) 'ractical assaying, wet (senior) ... 'ractical assaying, wet (junior) ... Mineralogy Metallurgy of gold and silver lining r entilation 'umping and winding ... reneral and mining geology jand and mine surveying lathematics ... lechanical drawing Explosives 1 l" 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 '2 l l l l 14 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 i "i