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follows the Wairoa to te Waiotureia, the com-
mencement of the boundary.

Upper Wairoa Block.—1000 Acres.

Boundaries:

Commencing at the Waiotureia, the boundary of the land ceded to the Queen, thence it follows the Wairoa River upwards to the fence of Pero, W. Lockwood, here leaving the Wairoa, it goes inland to te Noki a Kapau; thence by the Ara Totoki to Rakautihia, and to the Wai o te Manu i te Ra, which is its junction with the boundary of the land sold to the Government by Paoro, Hipora, and Pitiera.

Waihua Block.—21,000 Acres.

Boundaries:

Commencing on the coast at Mangapukatea, thence proceeds inland ascending to Waiorangi, thence to Taumaro o te Pakipaki, thence to Hinepaka, thence to Whao o te Rangi, thence to the Whakaruarumara, thence to Puketoi, thence to Wharekai, thence to Kaihunahuna, thence to the Hinu, thence along the path till it reaches Kai Matariki, and from Kai Matariki to Haraungamea, thence to Wairama; here it descends into the source of Waihua, and follows the course of Waihua to the coast, and then proceeds along the coast to Mangapukatea, the commencement of the boundary.

Superintendent's Office,
Napier, June 30, 1865.

The following Reports are published for general information.

DONALD M'LEAN,
Superintendent.

REPORT ON SCHOOLS.

Napier, May 25, 1865.

Sir,—I have the honor to present the Annual Report for the year 1864-65 upon Schools receiving Government aid in accordance with the Education Act.

Since the date of the last Report three new Schools have been established, and the building for a fourth will very shortly be completed. One School which had previously lapsed has been revived. Provision has thus been made for nearly eighty additional scholars.

A Girls' School in the Town of Napier, the want of which has been much felt, is in process of erection and will be completed within a month.

The Schools open at present are—

Presbyterian School (Napier), A. Thomson, teacher. Number of pupils, 34 boys and 19 girls.

Roman Catholic School (Napier), J. Mulhern, teacher. Number of pupils, 37 boys and 20 girls.

Clive School, C. H. Robson, teacher. Number of pupils, 14 boys and 10 girls.

Puketapu School, George Hardy, teacher. Number of pupils, 18 boys and 16 girls.

Meanee School, T. Honan, teacher. Number of pupils, 15 boys and 6 girls.

Havelock School, J. Reynolds, teacher. Number of pupils, 15 boys and 11 girls.

Petane School, W. McDonald, teacher. Number of pupils, 7 boys and 4 girls.

In all, 140 boys and 86 girls—making in all seven Schools open.

The amount received from Government in aid of School buildings during the three quarters ending 31st March last, is £328 2s.

In addition to this, a further sum, probably £100, will be solicited by the Trustees of the Napier Girls' School now in course of erection, and which will be completed before the termination of the quarter ending 30th June.

The grant under the Education Act for the three quarters ending the 31st March last, amounts to £321 0s. 4d.

The further sum of £110 will be required for the quarter ending 30th June.

The School-rooms are, with one or two exceptions, well fitted up, furnished and lighted, although the amount of funds raised has not in most cases been sufficient to provide either fire-places or lining for the walls. This during winter will be much felt by the scholars.

I have to report favorably upon the general proficiency displayed by the scholars in the several branches of education required by the Act.

I would at the same time call your Honor's attention to the great advantage of procuring as much as possible the services of regularly trained teachers, rendering the system of teaching throughout the Province uniform and effective.

The subject of School Libraries is one which I would earnestly recommend to your Honor's notice. By this means, with a judicious selection of books much good is to be accomplished.

In most districts, more particularly in country families, the parents, in defraying the expenses of teaching and the necessary School books, do the utmost their means will allow. A great boon would therefore be conferred by Government in aiding this desirable object.

The expediency of conferring Government prizes as a means of exciting additional emulation among the children in the different Schools, I would submit to your Honor, and recommend that the names of the recipients of these prizes be published after the annual examination, in the report of the Inspector.

One other consideration I have to lay before your Honor; it is, the necessity that must ere long exist of providing in the Province for some Institution which will ensure a more advanced scale of study than the common Schools can afford.