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in England on the 12th April, consequently, although no communication from
him has yet been received by the Government of New Zealand, further information on the subject of the Financial Resolutions may soon be expected.

I have, &c., &c.,

(Signed) E. W. Stafford,
His Honor
the Superintendent,
Wellington.

NOTICE.

THE Partnership hitherto existing between the undersigned as Graziers
has been this day dissolved by mutual consent.

All debts owing to the late Firm of
"Beetham and Hutton" are to be paid to
William Beetham.

William Beetham.
John H. C. Hutton.

Dated the twenty-eighth
day of July, One
thousand eight hundred
and fifty seven.
Witness our hands,
Thomas Williams.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington 22nd July, 1857.

HIS Honor the Superintendent has
been pleased to appoint
The Honorable Charles Clifford,
a Trustee of the Lands granted as an
Endowment for a College and Grammar
School in the City of Wellington.

By His Honor’s Command,
William Fitzherbert,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington 24th July, 1857.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified,
that the Speaker of the Provincial Council has appointed
William Fox, Esquire,
a Trustee of the Lands granted as an
Endowment for a College and Grammar School in the City of Wellington.

By His Honor’s Command,
William Fitzherbert,
Provincial Secretary.

SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

OF
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WANGANUI COMMON SCHOOL,
TO
THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

Gentlemen,—

The Committee elected by you at
your Annual Meeting on the 1st May,
1856, for the ensuing year, having resigned their trust to a public Meeting
called by them, and held at the Rutland
Hotel on the 25th of October last, for
reasons which they then laid before the
Meeting, you did us, the present Committee, the honor to elect us in their
stead; and as our term of office will have
expired on the first of May next, we beg
to lay before you a statement of our proceedings during our Superintendence.

We are very happy to be able to inform you that although we took the
management of the affairs of the School,
at what was considered by some a very
critical time, we have had no difficulty in
sustaining the establishment.

At the time our predecessors resigned
there was on hand funds to the amount
of £101 6s. 4d., which with the Government equivalent, was equal to £202 12s.
8d. With this amount at our disposal,
we considered ourselves warranted in
reappointing the teachers, who had had
notice to leave, and also to proceed with the
projected improvements.

The result has been highly satisfactory
to us, and we trust will meet the approbation of the Association.

All accounts have been settled up to
this date, and the balance remaining on
hand is £57 8s. 9d.

The number of pupils on the Roll at
present is, boys 40, girls 35, total 75.
Attending regularly, boys 38, girls 31,
total 69.

Classification according to age, boys
between 5 and 7—15; girls between 5
and 7—13; total 28.

Boys between 7 and 10, 16; girls between 7 and 10, 10; total 26.

Boys above 10, 8; girls above 10,
13; total 21.

Attainments: boys learning to read
17, girls learning to read 16, total 33.

Boys reading with ease 22; girls reading with ease 20; total 42. Boys, writing
and arithmetic 22; girls, writing and
arithmetic 20; total 42.

English Grammar, Geography, and
History, boys 7.
Do., do., do., girls 12;
total 19

Religious Denominations, Church of
England 20.
Roman Catholics 21; Presbyterians
34; total 75; which latter fact proves
how completely the System adopted has
succeeded; and the general satisfaction
given by the School to all the different
Sects of the community.

We would now earnestly wish to impress upon the Association, and upon
the Public generally, the necessity for increased support on their part, in order...