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St. Luke’s School ........................... Two Candidates.
St. Alban’s ................................. Two ,,
Ashley Bank ............................... Two ,,
Woodend School .......................... One Candidate.
Lower Heathcote .......................... One ,,
Lyttelton Church School ............... One ,,

Two of the Candidates appear to be above the limited age of eleven years, viz:—

From the St. Michael’s School—
William White, aged 11 in May, 1867.
David Grant, aged 11 in April, 1867.

One from the Papanui St. Paul’s School, will be 11 on June 15th 1867, i.e., Oliver Thomson, from that School.

I have carefully assigned marks according to the relative proficiency displayed by the candidates in their several examinations.

The following is the order of merit according to such separate examinations:—

John Allott Caygill, Christchurch Wesleyan School .......................... 132 Marks
James Parlane, Ashley Bank School ................................................... 121 ,,
George Gordon, St. Luke’s School .................................................... 116 ,,
Robert Triggs, Papanui St. Paul’s } Equal ........................................... 105 ,,
Charles Jennings, Papanui St. Paul’s }
William Heney, Kaiapoi Church School } Equal .................................. 105 ,,
Walter S. Bean, Kaiapoi Church School ............................................. 102 ,,
Alfred J. Merton, Rangiora School .................................................... 96 ,,
Henry Ladbrook, Lower Heathcote (Ferry Road) School ..................... 94 ,,
Charles Piper, St. Luke’s School ........................................................ 92 ,,
William Dixon, Ashley Bank ............................................................. 91 ,,
William J. Orchard, St. Michael’s Christchurch .................................. 88 ,,
Burton Pye, ......................................................................................... 85 ,,
Oliver Thomson, Papanui St. Paul’s ................................................... 80 ,,
Matthew Henry Thornton, St. Michael’s, Christchurch ...................... 75 ,,
William Charles Bean, Kaiapoi Church School (7½ years old) ............ 71 ,,
Isaac Arthur Winter, Papanui St. Paul’s ............................................ 67 ,,
William Prudhoe, Christchurch Wesleyan School ............................... 65 ,,
Mark Melbourn, Rangiora School ....................................................... 65 ,,
Thomas Garnett Jenkins, Lyttelton Church School ............................ 63 ,,
Charles Mould, St. Michael’s School, Christchurch ............................ 60 ,,
Arthur John Parson, Christchurch Wesleyan School ........................... 59 ,,
Joseph C. Prudhoe .............................................................................. 56 ,,
Charles Norton, Woodend .................................................................. 52 ,,
William H. Payne, &c., Schools .......................................................... 51 ,,
St. Alban’s, 3 ryell, John Sca ] Rangiora School ................................ 46 ,,
Henry Allen, Christchurch St. Michael’s ........................................... 45 ,,
William Beken, ................................................................................... 43 ,,
Albert Isles, ......................................................................................... 33 ,,
Frederic W. Bean, Rangiora School .................................................... 33 ,,
Thomas Reader, Christchurch St. Michael’s ...................................... 25 ,,

The papers of the several candidates are respectfully submitted to the decision of the Board, together with a Scheduled Report upon the preliminary examination.

J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.

May 29, 1867.