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Leithfield ............... Aug. 2 ... Present 44 ... Organization improvable; registers satisfactory; attainments much improved.
North Kowai ............ Aug. 3 ... Weather unfavourable. Present 11; average attendance 14; the attainments satisfactory. Freedom from fees, without compulsory education, has reduced the attendance. Drainage and warming defective.
Mount Grey Downs ........ Aug. 4 ... Present 38 ... The attainments of the highest class mostly satisfactory; lower class backward and imperfect; state of premises much improved.
Kaiapoi Wesleyan School ... Aug. 7 ... Present 71 ... Satisfactory.
Ashley Bank ............. Aug. 8 ... Present 38 ... There is a very marked improvement in the conduct and efficiency of the school, but better desks are much wanted.
Loburn ................. Aug. 9 ... Present 31 ... Very satisfactory.
Stoke .................. (Casual visit) ... Aug. 10 ... Present 28
Average attendance 23; register satisfactory; school in good order; drainage insufficient.
Rangiora (Girls) ........ Aug. 11 ... Present 45 ... Satisfactory.
North Road School ....... Aug. 14 ... Present 14 ... Average attendance 14. Satisfactory in general; defects as to premises, &c., stated in Form of Report.
Rangiora Boys’ School .... Aug. 15 ... Present 45 ... Very satisfactory progress, but the buildings and premises in a very unsatisfactory condition, and the apparatus insufficient.
Mandeville .............. Aug. 16 ... Present 29 ... New school; commencing satisfactorily as to the classification and general arrangements; but the buildings and furniture as per Form of Report.
Addington Branch of St. Michael’s School ... Aug. 18 ... Present 23 (about the usual number). Not at present in a satisfactory state; the attainments inferior and imperfect even for a very elementary school. There is a great want of careful supervision and local interest.
Lyttelton Wesleyan School ... Aug. 21 ... Present 44 ... The attainments, judiciously limited to the age and capacity of the children, are moderate; but the care taken to secure accuracy and the successful result are commendable and satisfactory.
Lyttelton Church of England ... Aug. 22 & 24 ... Present 75 ... The large increase in the attendance is creditable to the exertions of the teachers; and there is great improvement in the tone and order of the school; but the attainments are at present, for the most part, unusually inaccurate, owing, perhaps, to too much of each subject having been attempted.
Lyttelton High School ... Aug. 23 & 24 ... Present 67 ... The attainments in general are a grade higher than those of the best ordinary schools, and a few pupils have entered on a superior course.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 51
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