CORRESPONDENCE

Letters were read from the Education Department, Wellington, notifying the appointment by the Governor of Mr W. B. Denshire as a member, and from the North Canterbury Education Board noti fying the re-appointment of Messrs Andrew Orr and D. Williamson. Miss Saunders, head-mistress of the girls' school wrote asking for permission |to have prospectuses printed. Referred to the Visiting Committee with power to j act. scholarships. The Secretary of the Borough School | Committee wrote as follows:— 1 lam instructed by the Chairman to enquire if a sixth standard boy secured a scholarship, would the Board permit him to remain at the prinwy school for two months longer to secure his sixth standard certificate ? The standard examination takes place in first week in August. If the Board I would do this several good children ; attending this school would ait for their examination. And would the Board fix a certain period of history for examination—?ay 1688 to Victoria ? It was resolved that scholarship winners may elect fo continue at the primary school until the standard examination, but th t the term of their scholarship count from date of winning same. Also that the Board deems it too late to specify any pirticular periodof history for the examination in that subject. A long memorandum from Mr E Buchanan, acting-head master^of the High School, was read suggesting that a special set of papers should be prepared for High school pupils competing for the scholarships, such papers bo be of a wider range than was submitted to competitors from the primary schools and Including Latin, French, Euclid, Algebra and Higher English j such pipers to be set and marked by some outside graduate of the New Zealand University. Resolved that Mr Buchanan ba thanked for his suggestions but that the Board does not see its way to altering the con ditions at this late date. It was further resolved that the visiting committee enquire whether any of the High school pupils propose to compete for scholar ships and that in that event the Chair man be requeued to arrange in Christ church for the preparation of the ex amination papers and for their approve ment, visiting committee. 