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drawing and painting from life and still life. The usual local examination was held at the end of the year. Two scholarships, valued at £25, and eleven scholarships carrying free tuition, were awarded to students of the day and evening classes. Some means of enabling a brilliant student to visit and study in the art centres of the Old World is needed in New Zealand. An effort ought to be made to bring this about. A triennial scholarship, granted by the Education Department, would give a great impetus to the study of art in this country. At the present time there is little to encourage a student to go behind what is possible in the local art schools, and even for those intending taking up art-teaching there is no form of teaching certificate issued by the Education Department. At the present time the certificate of the English Board of Education is not open to colonial students. It is time some New Zealand art-teaching qualification was made possible; there must at the present time be several hundred students in different parts of the Dominion taking up the study of art with the object of becoming teachers. In England the Board of Education and several of the universities grant diplomas to art teachers. Thanks are due to Messrs. J. W. Gibb, Hammond and Co., and Sydney Smith for special prizes, and also to W. H. Montgomery, Esq., for a valuable prize for figure-drawing, and to the executors of the late Mr. William Sey for prizes in connexion with the signwriting class. In conclusion, I have to thank the Board for the support given me in my efforts to further the benefits and growth of the school. R. Herdman-Smith, F.S.A.M., &c, Director. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1913. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. dCr. balance, Ist January, 1913 .. .. 790 14 4 Salaries; .. .. .. .. 1,778 0 0 Students' fees .. .. .. .. 469 10 0 Instructing pupils of Boys' High School in Interest .. .. .. .. 30 1 1 j woodwork and drawing .. .. 120 0 0 Government capitation— ! Insurance .. .. .. .. 17 13 3 For free places .. .. .. 47 11 7 Gas .. .. .. .. .. 74 18 10 For technical classes .. .. .. 1,463 1 9 Fuel .. .. .. .. .. 16 4 6 Government grants— i Repairs.. .. .. .. .. 26 2 5 For material .. .. .. .. 66 4 8 Advertising .. .. .. .. 24 15 11 For furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 58 14 9 Printing, stationery, &c. .. .. .. 62 15 0 Contributions— Official postage-stamps .. .. .. 610 0 From Museum, Library, and School of Telephone .. .. .. .. 8 15 0 Technical Science endowment .. 400 00 j Apparatus .. .. .. .. 47 5 9 From North Canterbury Board of Bduca- j Material .. .. .. .. 42 16 3 tion, for instruction in drawing .. 90 0 0 Subsidy to life classes .. .. .. 75 0 0 From Boys' High Sohool, for instruction Books for school library .. .. .. 56 14 5 in drawing and woodwork .. .. 140 0 0 Grant for prizes .. .. .. .. 15 4 7 From students of life classes towards j Expenses of exhibit at Art Gallery .. 22 1 0 cost of model .. .. .. 5 0 0 i Sundries .. .. .. .. 20 7 7 Contribution towards expenses of Registrar's office .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Contribution towards travelling-expenses of members of Board .. .. .. 7 2 2 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Cr. balance 31st December, 1913 .. .. 1,008 11 6 £3,560 18 2 £3,560 18 2 Geq. G. Mason, Registrar.

south Canterbury, Extract from the Report of the Education Board. The Board has special reason to feel satisfied with the work done by -the various technical associations in the district and with the development of agricultural instruction at so many of our schools. In South Canterbury, the granary of New Zealand, this is a most important matter, and the Board is desirous of doing all in its power to foster interest in the problem of securing the best results from our lands. Extract from the Report of the Inspector of Schools. The scheme of rural instruction in district high schools has been fully carried out at Teinuka and Pleasant Point, the equipment for the course being in every way complete at Teinuka, and, though not so elaborate at Pleasant Point, being sufficient there also. The scheme has not yet been fully adopted at Waimate. In the school-grounds at Temuka and at Pleasant Point experimental plots have been laid down under the direction of the agricultural instructor, and for special purposes of the rural course the gardens at Temuka are deemed by those most capable of judging to be second to none in the Dominion. Extract from the Report of the Director of Technical Education. As in previous years, the work was carried on by the Board under three distinct heads— (1) Associated classes, (2) special classes, (3) school classes. During the j r ear associated classes have been recognized at Fairlie, Pleasant Point, Temuka, Waimate, and Timaru. At Fairlie classes were conducted in singing, dressmaking, and agriculture. Both of the classes in singing and dressmaking were successful ones, and the farmers in the district benefited greatly by the class in agriculture, which consisted of a course of eleven lectures by different lecturers on subjects connected with farming and stock-raising. At Pleasant Point classes were conducted in dressmaking, ambulance-work, and veterinary science. The