12.476.  (Gliainnan  to  Miss  Jones.)  You  do  not  desire,  I  gather,  that  this
council  should  be  an  examining  body  P — Kot  at  all.
12.477.  Then  who  is  to  examine  the  schools ;  by  whom  is  the  examina-
tion of  the  schools  to  be  conducted  P — By  the  universities.
12.478.  Entirely  by  the  universities  P — Entirely  by  the  universities.
12.479.  Is  the  local  authority  to  have  no  voice  in  the  matter  at  all  P —
No.
12.480.  Yet  they  are  to  pay  the  rates.  Are  these  schools  to  be  supported
by  public  money  ? — That  is  a  very  large  question.  •

12.481.  But  do  you  desire  that  these  schools  shall  be  supported  by
public  money  or  do  you  not  P — I  do  not.
12.482.  Does  your  association  say  anything  about  that  P — The  associa-
tion does  not  desire  any  State  control  whatever.
12.483.  They  do  not  desire  control  by  the  State  P — ^No.
12,48 i.  Do  they  desire  to  have  money  given  them  by  the  State  or  by  the
locality  ? — I  think  they  would  desire  to  have  scholarships  given  to  them.
12.485.  Thoy  do  not  desire  to  see  the  foundation  of  public  secondary
schools  where  they  are  now  admittedly  wanted,  either  by  the  State  or  by
the  locality  P — Yes,  I  think  they  do.  I  think  they  would  desire  to  see
that  if  the  schools  are  really  wanted.
12.486.  Then  how,  in  the  opinion  of  your  association,  are  those  bodies
who  establish  those  schools  to  have  anv  control  over  them,  if  they  are
not  to  inspect  them  or  to  examine  them  ? — ^They  will  get  them  inspected
and  examined,  of  course.
