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f-BOX QUE OWH COBSBBPOITDERT."} WELLINGTON, July 22. jEhe report of the Inspector-General of Schools on the annual examination of teachers » just presented. It shows that 597 candi sates presented themselves for examination of wnom 201 were successful, and 41 partially *\ Of tbe candidates who came up to com plete -heir examination, that is to say, to pass aaot-e one or more subjects postponed from year, a very large number is returned as f"*****-* (122 out of 146.) Many were who had passed in all subjects with. we exesp__ n of elementary science. The sfasaier m feat subject reports that the work aone this «„ is o£ v good __d that most of the candidates show ™Mtoey have understood what is required ST* 6 ?' laTe carefully prepared them terres for examination. He is of opinion that fsaay —-*«*—_ who failed for class D might class E if they had bean content to secure lower classification before «"*>§ at higher. By concentration of their «teabon npon a smaller group of subjects W aught hare attained to proficiency in «"im, go as not only to pass in class E, bnt wj» prepared 'also for a more thorough gfnwsfc of. these subjects as part of ?■ *«* of future exaniination for class D. in some cues the failure for class D was not I™ 6 optional s_bjeot«,but in those which to aU classes, and their failure for a lower class. The large v **™ ot fsa_res is owing in a great mea *" jS*^ that many persons offer them- »? e-amination who have nothing Ihnrs-fte i m, i f J. fte ~ »» "pporing that a__T%s- *° Decolne teachers, and he „• 2_*~_~, Apr_mi__-y examination in read -»-.-ps___g, and diotation would probably

have the effect of greatly reducing the number of candidate*.; _I teleofc the, following fflus. trationa of bad spelling from exercises written by the candidates for obits D:—Kaitif and catif, nautioTJS, fiymn and phelem (for phlegm), verdegrease and ver de gres, vit-tes, retiose natione and rhatosonation (for ratioci nation). 