the means of warming the room have been very insufficient, a fireplace and chimney have now been put up at an outlay of £10, only £7 of which have been raised by private subscription. The deficiency seems likely to fall upon the master. The schoolroom admits rain from the south-west, in consequence of the imperfect way in which the building was put together. Other previous expenses have been met in the same way in carrying out works which would otherwise have remained incomplete, and without which the school could not have been effectively carried on. The present arrangement, by which the same building is made to serve the purposes of both church and school, is only a temporary one. A new church is being erected on the church reserve; when this is complete the original building becomes a schoolroom. The master’s house is represented as being badly constructed, and additions have been made to it at the master’s own expense. There appears to have been some understanding come to with regard to these additions between the master and the Bishop, to the effect that whenever the former gives up his present charge, he should be at liberty to take that part of the house added by him. It should be mentioned that the master is also the clergyman of the district, but occupies the house in virtue of the former office—an arrangement which would of course necessarily terminate whenever the two offices come to be held by different persons.

6th. Little Akaloa Church of England Mixed School.—The school is held in a room 24 x 12, which serves as the residence of the master, and for religious worship. It was built in the year 1858 at an outlay of £60, half of which was supplied by voluntary contributions, partly in material and partly in money, and the other half was obtained from the Government grant. The building stands upon a site half-an-acre in extent, purchased by the Government for the sum of £20. The school building was originally erected on a Government reserve of 10 acres, which was considered unsuited for the purpose, and was therefore removed to its present position, the new site having been purchased by the Government for the above-mentioned sum for a school in connection with the Church of England, and vested in the Bishop of Christchurch and his successors. It is proposed to build a chapel school on the same site, and to make the present school building the master’s house. The number of scholars on the books is 25.

7th. Duvauchelle’s Bay Church of England Mixed School.—There are two buildings connected with this school—the one a chapel school 20 x 15, the other a master’s house containing two rooms; both were erected in the year 1860, at a cost of £108 for the two, the whole sum raised by voluntary subscriptions, with the exception of £15 out of the Government grant. The schoolroom is not lined, and has no fireplace; the master’s house is not weather-proof, and is otherwise in a very unfinished state. The site consists of one acre given by Lord Lyttelton, but not yet conveyed, for a church and school in connection with the Church of England, to be vested in the Bishop of Christchurch and his successors. The master has been compelled till very recently to eke out his income by manual labor during half the day, his wife taking charge of the school meanwhile. This income has, however, lately been increased, which has been the means of putting an end to this state of things. Number on the books, 17.

8th. Prebbleton Church of England mixed school.—This is a chapel school, consisting of a church and vestry, the former 32 x 16, the latter 10 feet square, erected in the year 1862, at a cost of £260, of which £100 was raised by voluntary subscriptions, and £150 provided out of the Government Grant for Church Building.—It stands upon a site of six acres, one acre of which has been appropriated for the purposes of a school. The whole piece of land is a private donation vested in the Bishop, and his successors, for a church school and parsonage, in connection with the Church of England. The walls require to be made weather-tight. The master lives in a one-roomed hut, at a distance of about a mile from the school. The number on the books is 18.

9th. Upper Heathcote Church of England Mixed School.—There are two buildings, the one a chapel school 21 x 13, the other a teacher’s residence, containing 4 rooms, and a loft, erected in 1858; the schoolroom at a cost of £150, from the Government grant. The site is half-an-acre in extent, forming part of the Jackson Trust Estate. It was leased with the adjoining land to a tenant, who agreed to surrender the portion on which the school stands on condition of its being fenced off from the rest. The fencing has been completed at a cost of £40, but the surrender of the lease affecting the land surrendered has not yet been completed. The schoolroom requires lining, and the schoolhouse is imperfectly finished. The number on the books is 29; taught by a mistress.

10th. Upper Heathcote Wesleyan Mixed School.—A chapel school, 24 x 13, erected in the year 1862, at a cost of about £200, raised by private subscription, built upon a site one quarter of an acre in extent, purchased by voluntary contributions, vested according to the provisions of the Wesleyan Methodist model deed in a body of trustees, the building being under the control of the Superintendent Minister. The school is about to be discontinued, the expenditure required for its maintenance being disproportionate to the number of scholars under instruction. The number on the books is 31.

11th. Papanui Wesleyan Girls’ and Infant School.—There are two buildings here, one room used for school purposes and for religious worship, about 20 x 12, erected in the year 1860, at a cost of £114, raised by voluntary subscriptions, standing on a site of one acre, also purchased with funds raised by private contributions, and vested in trustees. The schoolroom is cold and uncomfortable from want of lining; there is a great deficiency of school furniture and educational appliances generally. The number on the books is 39, taught by a mistress.