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1908 NEW ZEALAND.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

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REPORT. Page Page Public Schools .. .. .. .. iii Civil Service Examinations .. .. xxiv School Attendance .. .. .. v Scholarships and Free Places .. .. xxiv Age and Sex of Pupils .. .. .. vii Secondary Education .. .. .. xxvii Inspection and Examination .. .. viii Manual and Technical Instruction .. .. xxx Public School Teachers .. .. .. x University and Colleges .. .. .. xxxii Training of Teachers .. .. .. xiv University Endowment Act .. .. xxxiii Teachers' Superannuation .. .. .. xiv Chatham Islands .. .. .. xxxiii School Buildings .. .. .. xvi Native Schools .. .. .. .. xxxiii Finances of Education Boards .. .. xvii Industrial Schools .. .. .. xxxiv Education Reserves .. .. .. xxi School for the Deaf .. .. .. xxxvi School Journal .. .. .. .. xxii Institute for the Blind .. .. .. xxxvii Military and Physical Drill: Public School Cadets xxiii Mentally-deficient Children .. .. xxxvii Conveyance of Schoolchildren .. .. xxiv Public Libraries .. .. .. xxxvii APPENDIX. Statistics — Page |_ Reports and Accounts of Boards — continued, p age Return of Officers of Education Boards (Table Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 83 No. 1) .. .. • • ■. 1 Marlborough .. .. .. 85 Age and Sex of Scholars (Table No. 2) .. 2 Nelson .. .. .. 87 Standards, Scholars classified according to Grey .. .. .. 89 (Table No. 3) .. .. .. 3 Westland .. .. .. 91 Summary of Boards' Income for Thirty-one North Canterbury .. .. .. 93 Years (Table No. 4) .. .. .. 4 South Canterbury .. .. .. 97 Summary of Boards' Expenditure for Thirty- Otago .. .. .. 98 one Years (Table No. 4a) .. .. 5 Southland .. .. .. 101 Income of Boards for 1907 (Table No. 5) .. 6 Expenditure of Boards for 1907 (Table No. 6) 7 Educational Expenditure, 1907-8 (Table No. 7) 8 I Reports and Accounts of School Commissioners— Schools, Expenditure on each, and Names and Auckland .. .. .. .. 105 Salaries of Teachers (Table No. 8) .. 13-73 Taranaki .. .. .. ..106 Wellington .. .. .. .. 108 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 110 Reports and Accounts of Boards— Marlborough .. .. .. 11l Auckland .. .. .. ..74 Nelson .. ■ .. ..112 Taranaki .. .. .. 76 Westland .. .. .. 113 Wanganui .. .. .. 77 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 114 Wellington .. .. .. ..81 Otago .. .. .. ..116

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EDUCATION: THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL KEPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-l, 1907.]