He could ouly judge of the Cliammar School by results, and had no personal knowledge of the charges, The witness then, in answer to l>r. Purchas, said that he had two sods at the Grammar School, and that he had been dissatisfied with his elder sou's progress, He did not attribute tho cause to the lad, for he had been distinctly diligent with his lessons, while he had aleo been a prize-taker in his class, yet both of them were more ignorant than they bhould be. One of his sons had told him that his class wni frequently neglected by the master, and he kuew that the boy had boen greatly discouraged in conse quence. To Colonel Haultaiu :Be had no com plaint to make with regard to his younger job. He was in the lower school, aud had made very satisfactory progress. His elder son was 14 years of age. To Mr Brookfield : Punishment was in- Ilictcd someiimc3 with a leather strap aud sometimes by the boys being compiled to sit on tho floor. He had more thau once thought that the punishment was by no means a diguilied one so far as the masters wore cincerned. To Mr Neleou: The teachers of his younger son were Mr Robertson and Mr Tomlinsnn, He woulel rather see a boy souudly Hogged tuan obliged to sit ou the floor. He had been told of an in stance in which three or four boys were made by way of punishment to sit tor three or four hours in one of the passages. He had hail to complain of punishment beius inflicted by the boxiug of tho ears. To Mr Fenton :He had come reluctantly to the inquiry, for he regarded Mr Macrae as a personal friend, but still he could not allow his sous to grow up half-educated and wholly demoralised. There was gieat want of an intermediate school for lads too young to go to the Grammar School, lie had been obliged to keep his sons home occasionally, through severity of weather, etc. It would be a great convenience to have branch establishments in the suburbs. 