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Extract from the Report of the Managers of the Waimate Technical Classes Association. The Managers regret that on the whole the classes were not so well attended as they were the previous year. This, no doubt, was largely due to the fact that no personal canvas was made on behalf of the school. The woodwork classes had to be discontinued altogether, and the senior bookkeeping for the last quarter. Most of the other classes, however, were well supported. In previous years the dressmaking class has been very well attended; this year, however, the attendance was poor, and this was possibly due to the fact that a new system of dress-cutting was adopted, instead of the system which has been taught in previous years. The Managers are more convinced from this year's experience that these classes can only fully perform the function for which they were established by obtaining the sympathy and co-operation of all employers. They also feel that the liberality of the Government in the matter of these technical classes is not sufficiently widely known among the employers themselves, who may, by getting together a sufficient number of students, have classes established not only in purely educational subjects, but also in almost any branch of trade. They therefore hope that during the coming session both of these matters will be remedied. G. Pitcaithlt, Director. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure, for the Year ending 81st December, 1906, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Waimate Technical Classes Association. Receipts. £ a. A. Expenditure. £ a. A. Pees .. .. ~ .. 16 17 6 Bilanoe at beginning of year .. .. 16 14 10 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 30 4 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 128 16 0 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 20 4 6 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 715 9 Grant for apparatus .. .. .. 4 0 0 Advertising and printing . . .. .. 16 0 0 Capitation on classes .. .. .. 223 7 0 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 415 0 Charts sold .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Insurance and repairs .. .. .. 418 5 Timber sold .. .. .. .. 010 6 Material for classes .. .. .. 5 0 5 Furniture .. .. .. .. 112 0 Charts .. .. .. .. .. 700 Balanoe .. 108 11 1 £301 4 0 £301 4 0 Geo. Barclay, Chairman 1 „ ~ W. H. Beckett, Secretary f of Mana g ers - Extract from the Report op the Managers of the Pleasant Point Technical Classes Association. The Association started operations last year; classes were held for one session only. The attendance was so good that it was found necessary to start extra classes in dressmaking and woolclassing. Commercial Class: This class met every Monday evening, and pursued a course in bookkeeping, typewriting, shorthand, and actuarial arithmetic. Twenty-six students enrolled in this class, and the average attendance was 21. Wool-classing: Two classes for this subject were formed, one meeting on Monday afternoon and one on Friday afternoon. The classes were held in Mr. Halstead's wool-shed. Fourteen pupils joined- the Wednesday class, and 10 pupils the Friday class. Dressmaking: Two classes for this subject were formed, one meeting on Tuesday evening and the other on Wednesday afternoon. The roll-numbers for the classes were 18 and 11 respectively. It is proposed to hold classes for the following subjects during the coming session : Cookery, dressmaking, wool-classing, English, commercial arithmetic, blacksmithing, and mechanical drawing. The services of excellent teachers have been engaged for the above subjects. M. G. Irwin, Director. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st - December, 1906, in respect, of Associated Classes conducted by the Pleasant Point Technical, Classes Association. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 15 7 0 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 40 0 4 Fees .. .. .. .. 25 12 6 Office expenses (including salaries, stationery, Voluntary contributions .. .. 15 4 6 &c.) .. .. .. .. ..556 Advertising and printing .. .. .. 16 0 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 2 6 6 Material for class use .. .. .. 5 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 2 5 8 £56 4 0 £56 4 0 J. Maze, Chairman 1 „A, M. G. Irwin, Secretary j of Ma ™g« rs -

OTAGO. Extract from -the Report of the Education Board. The number of schools taking handwork in accordance with the regulations for manual and technical instruction was 93, an increase of 27 for the year. In about twenty other schools instruction in one or more branches of handwork was given, but the time devoted to the instruction was not sufficient to qualify for capitation under the departmental regulations. The branches taken were paper-folding, paper-weaving, paper-designing, brick and stick laying, brushwork, carton,