Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 27

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he had lost two hours of the allotted time, I allowed him to make them up in my presence on the following day, working unaided at the same subjects (Composition, Writing, and Arithmetic), which had occupied the boys during his absence. In my opinion, no real unfairness can accrue from the acceptance of this irregular work, should the Board think that technical reasons do not forbid it.

The papers done by the candidates (which accompany this report) shew, I think, on the whole, considerable ability; the weakest points, however, being the punctuation of the English Composition Exercises, of which several of the boys appeared to have scarcely any notion; and the English History, in which subject the recollections of many of the candidates appeared to be somewhat too inaccurate and vague.

Great credit is due, however, to Bridge and Armitage in particular, for papers exceptionally good in English Composition; and I cannot help noticing the general excellence of the papers done by F. Wake, a lad so young, that I shall hope to hear of his attaining to a scholarship another year. With him, however, Atack stands quite, and Hawkes and Clark nearly, on a par; so close, indeed, that, pending the question relative to Bridge, I deemed it necessary to subject their papers to a second and still more careful consideration.

I may add that the knowledge of Sacred History shewn was fair. The Spelling, as the result of a rather severe testing, was very satisfactory; and many of the boys read not only with fluency, but with expression also.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
FRANCIS KNOWLES.

SCHOLARSHIPS.—Class C.—1871.

Names Reading and Spelling Writing Arithmetic English Grammar English Composition Geography Sacred and Profane History TOTALS
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1 B. M. Cozens 88 73 56 88 75 64 59 503
2 G. Wedge 86 80 63 70 70 53 61 486
3 H. Y. Wagstaff 75 81 72 61 65 51 54 459
4 G. F. Bridge 79 68 53 48 85 69 39 441
5 A. Atack 77 76 41 59 60 68 38 419
6 F. Wake 68 75 78 52 64 57 25 419
7 L. H. Hawkes 73 71 53 67 70 52 32 418
8 C. E. Clark 74 80 43 61 68 40 51 417
9 W. C. Armitage 84 72 19 65 80 80 46 446
10 R. Wake 78 72 71 31 63 54 28 392
11 J. Veysey 68 82 52 52 64 30 35 383
12 J. M. Beechey 58 87 45 35 66 44 45 380
13 H. Wilkinson 64 80 55 48 65 15 31 358
14 C. Turner 56 71 51 46 65 37 29 355
15 G. S. Cox 62 90 43 29 65 16 23 328
16 J. Gordon 62 74 36 37 50 81 19 309


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🎓 Reports on Scholarship Examinations (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
3 July 1871
Scholarships, Examinations, Education, Canterbury
6 names identified
  • G. F. Bridge, Exceptionally good in English Composition
  • W. C. Armitage, Exceptionally good in English Composition
  • F. Wake, General excellence in papers
  • A. Atack, High performance in examinations
  • L. H. Hawkes, High performance in examinations
  • C. E. Clark, High performance in examinations

  • Francis Knowles

🎓 Scholarship Examination Results - Class C

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Scholarships, Examination Results, Education, Canterbury
16 names identified
  • B. M. Cozens, Examination results
  • G. Wedge, Examination results
  • H. Y. Wagstaff, Examination results
  • G. F. Bridge, Examination results
  • A. Atack, Examination results
  • F. Wake, Examination results
  • L. H. Hawkes, Examination results
  • C. E. Clark, Examination results
  • W. C. Armitage, Examination results
  • R. Wake, Examination results
  • J. Veysey, Examination results
  • J. M. Beechey, Examination results
  • H. Wilkinson, Examination results
  • C. Turner, Examination results
  • G. S. Cox, Examination results
  • J. Gordon, Examination results