Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 25

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vanced scholars, but a teacher upon whom the instruction of six classes exclusively devolves is under a perpetual temptation to sacrifice the useful to the ornamental, if he attempts to enlarge the number of subjects taught beyond four or five.

The almost unanimous verdict of educational authorities in Great Britain is now in favor of teaching a few things well, and my own experience here, short as it has been, points entirely in the same direction.

I am, &c.,

W. C. HODGSON,

Inspector of Schools.

RETURNS OF NUMBERS AND ATTENDANCE at the NELSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, for the Half-Year ending December 31, 1864.

SCHOOLS. SEPTEMBER QUARTER. DECEMBER QUARTER.
Boys. Girls. Total. School-Days. Daily Attendance. Comparative Average. Boys. Girls. Total. School-Days. Daily Attendance. Comparative Average.
1. Nelson, Boys, 1st Division 46 ... 46 50 37 80 44 ... 44 56 35 81
2. Do., do., 2nd Division 90 ... 90 50 82 90 90 ... 90 56 78 87
3. Do., Girls, 1st Division ... 56 56 50 44 78 ... 57 57 54 45 77
4. Do., do., 2nd Division ... 52 52 50 38 74 ... 53 53 55 42 80
5. Do., Preparatory 66 23 88 50 60 64 69 30 99 56 67 70
6. Do., Auxiliary 35 19 54 51 39 71 38 20 58 55 42 72
7. Hill-side 18 14 32 55 26 83 19 14 33 55 15 39
8. Clifton Terrace 15 13 28 66 19 65 16 14 30 60 16 46
9. Stoke 39 23 62 63 40 65 40 26 66 58 49 74
10. Richmond, Boys 50 ... 50 52 36 72 52 ... 52 54 37 70
11. Do., Girls ... 65 65 53 44 69 ... 70 70 60 50 71
12. Appleby 20 18 38 34 28 76 29 25 54 59 33 61
13. Ranzau 44 38 82 61 46 56 44 40 84 54 51 61
14. Hope 23 14 37 56 22 59 20 14 34 57 20 56
15. River Terrace 25 24 49 57 24 49 24 22 46 58 23 51
16. Spring Grove, Boys 32 ... 32 58 20 66 34 ... 34 59 22 63
17. Do., do., Girls ... 51 51 54 36 72 ... 51 51 45 40 80
18. Wakefield Lower, Boys 30 ... 30 54 13 *44 *35 28 63 46 33 52
19. Do., do., Girls ... 30 30 52 16 *32 ... ... ... ... ... ...
20. Do., Upper 18 21 39 50 27 69 19 24 43 60 26 60
21. Fox Hill 6 8 14 60 7 49 6 7 13 60 6 65
22. Waimea West Village 33 20 53 57 32 60 32 24 56 55 32 57
23. Do., North Division 36 14 50 63 29 59 35 16 51 59 36 72
24. Moutere, Upper 27 26 53 48 30 56 28 24 52 58 38 72
25. Do., Lower 19 19 38 56 25 65 18 20 38 53 27 70
26. Motueka, 1st Division 22 25 47 64 33 71 23 29 52 50 29 63
27. Do., 2nd Division 22 21 43 66 29 69 24 23 47 52 31 66
28. Pangatotara 20 14 34 59 18 52 19 18 37 56 21 58
29. Riwaka 41 29 70 52 53 75 42 30 72 52 53 73
30. Takaka 19 6 25 38 10 40 21 15 36 60 18 49
31. Motupipi 14 14 28 55 18 65 19 14 33 57 25 80
32. Collingwood 20 14 34 60 25 73 17 14 31 57 7 45
33. Eighty-eight Valley 5 11 16 53 9 56 4 12 16 ... 1064 65
835 681 1,516 ... 1015 65 861 734 1,595 ... ... ...
  • Boys and Girls.


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