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Westland Education Board.—Two instructors ; 1 at £30, and 1 at £21. Canterbury College Board of Governors, — Sohool of Engineering.—Professor in Charge, £800. Nine instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £450 to £30. School of Art. —Director, £500. Caretaker, £130. Assistant caretaker, £6. Eleven instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £250 to £20. North Canterbury Education Board.—Director of Sohool Cookery and Woodwork Classes (also Director, Christchurch Technical College), £100. Clerk, £30. Two instructors in woodwork, 1 at £188 155., and 1 at £172 10s. Cookery Instructor, £158 15s. Instructor in agriculture, £150. Christchurch Technical College.—-Director, £600. Registrar, £166 18s. Assistant Secretary, £80. Office assistant, £11. Thirty-one instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £321 16s. to £12 12s. Akaroa Technical Classes.—Five instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £35 to £6. Amberley Technical Classes.—Four instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £54 to £10 10s. Ashburton Technical Classes.—Director and Secretary, £50. Eleven instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £114 10s. 6d. to £6. Kaiapoi Technical Classes.—Secretary, £10. Six instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £49 14s. 6d. to £6 14s. 6d. Lyttelton Technical Classes.—Two instructors, 1 at £17 and 1 at £15. Rangiora Technical Classes.—Three instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £48 to £8. Other Country Centres (3). —Five instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £26 ss. to £10. South Canterbury Eduoation Board.—Special instructor for woodwork, £210 15s. 6d.; assistant, £9. Cookery (2 instructors), 1 at £155, 1 at £83 19s. Bd. Timaru Technical School.—Director, £305; Caretaker, £22 2s. Eighteen instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £38 lis. to £2 2s. Waimate Technical Classes.—Director, £20. Secretary, £10 10s. Nine instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £23 2s. to £4 4s. Fairlie Technical Classes.—Director, £15. Three instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £15 12s. 6d. to £7 2s. 6d. Temuka Technical Classes.—Director, £60. Eight instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £32 Bs. to £2 2s. Pleasant Point Technical Sohool.—Director, £10. Secretary, £10. Four instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £7 16s. to £3 10s. Hannaton Technical Classes.—One instructor at £8 6s. tid. Otago Education Board. —Special instructor for cookery, £142 ; for woodwork, 1 at £154, 1 at £24, 1 at £10. Dunedin School of Art.—Director, £400. Twelve instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £120 19s. id. to £4. Dunedin Technical School and Sub-centres. —Director, £500. Registrar, £100. Forty instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £100 to £12. Oamaru Technical School. — Secretary, £100. Thirteen instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £30 to £5. Southland Eduoation Board. —Director (also architect to Education Board), £50. Clerk, £100. Special instructor in woodwork, £240 ;in oookery, £107 19s. 3d. Caretaker, £22 10s. Invercargill Technical School. —Twenty-seven instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £88 10s. lOd. to £7. Mataura Technical Classes. —Five instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £11 17s. 6d. to £10, Blufi Technioal Classes.—Eight instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £15 2s. 6d. to £5 ss. Board of Governors, Gore High Sohool, — Gore Teohnical School.—Secretary, £10. Six instructors, at salaries or allowances ranging from £14 19s. 2d. to £10. No. 4. MANUAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE SEVERAL EDUCATION DISTRICT!?. AUCKLAND. Extract from the Report of the Education J,oaki>. Manual and Technical Instruction. —A tender has been accepted for the erection of a Technical College building, to be called the " Seddon Memorial Technical College." The building will be constructed of ferro-concrete, and will be fireproof throughout. The cost of the site, building, and equipment will be between £25,000 and £30,000. A Manual-training School was erected and opened al < Hahuhu during the year, and this is being attended by the boys from the public schools of Otahuhu, Drury, Manurewa, Papakura, and l'apatoitoi. Elementary agriculture was taught in 80 schools, swimming in 15, handwork in 17<i, and sewing in 59 schools below Grade IV, taught by a male teacher. Extract from the Report of the Chief Inspector of Schools. I n country and village schools above Grade 111 elementary agriculture is generally taken up. None of the Inspectors touch on this important subject, and I have not conic much into contact with schools of this class. Though to a certain extent (he leading theoretical principles arc fairly taught, lam of opinion that the teaching, broadly regarded, is disappointing, and that the considerable expense the Board has incurred in recent years to improve this department of educational effort has not as yet reaped an adequate reward. Clearly arranged notes of the teaching, and especially of the practical and experimental work on which it should be based, are not, so far us 1 am aware, very commonly