The Schoolmasters' Association met on Satur day, the President, Mr Maclachlan in the chair. ELECTIONS. Mr Montgomery was elected President"; Mr J. P. Park, treasurer ; Mr White, secretary ; and Mr Neish, librarian. THE LIBRARY. It appeared that some 00 volumes, described as "the very pick .of the books," were not in the Association's library, and no one was cre dited with having taken them out. The where abouts of about fifteen had already been traced, and it was resolved that steps be taken to en deavour to find who had the remainder, and to get all the books in. SCHOOL INSPECTION. '•' Mr J. B. Pake read the following paper on " School Inspection from a Teacher's Pomt of View:" — Mr Chairman and Brethren—The few re marks I am about to make on "School Inspec tion from a Teacher's Point of View," are in tended more particularly to elicit the opinions of those present on the subject than to be an exposition of what I consider the functions of a School Inspector. Perhaps some may consider the question to be one of very doubtful pro priety for the schoolmaster to meddle with; but those who are acquainted with the siibject will, I think, form a different opinion, more especially when they consider for a moment how deeply concerned every person must be who is obliged to have his work overhauled and examined in all its details. No good workman need be afraid to have the product of his skill or ingenuity minutely inspected by a com petent judge. In fact, he ought rather to court such inspection, knowing, as he does, that the j care and pains he has bestowed upon it will be appreciated at their true value. He need only demur to the slipshod opinion of incompeteney. The real value of any kind of skilled labour, whether it be the result of mechanical manipulation or the product of the educated mind, can, as it seems to me, only be critically and fairly examined by those who are able to comprehend, not only the methods of its pro duction, but also the various circumstances under which it was produced. 