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The annual examination of the pupils, distribution of prizes, &c., occupied the District Inspector and myself five or six days in the end of Waterford. September and beginning of October. In the annexed table will be found the number of pupils whose names were on rolls 31st August, the month preceding our examination, the number that made 90 or more attendances during the previous twelve months, the number of the latter examined, the number of passes they made in the subjects prescribed for them in the programme, and the per-centages of

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On examining the foregoing table, which gives a summarized view of the answering of all the pupils that made the attendances, it will be seen that only in one case has the per-centage of passes of any class, in all the subjects prescribed for it, gone so low as 50; but there are some subjects, such as agriculture and algebra, in the case of the boys, and geography in the case of the girls, in which the per-centage of passes by the pupils examined in them has gone lower than 50, particularly in algebra. Arithmetic, too, as regards the senior classes in the female

Not including 8 girls who are free.

AppendirD. department, is a subject in which the passes were comparatively few. On the whole, however, it may be noticed, from glancing at the figures in the last two columns, that the answering was higher at our last examination than at the one preceding it.

Reports upon District

and Minor Model Schools.

Waterford.

I cannot conclude this report without mentioning that His Excellency the late Lord Lieutenant and the Countess Spencer, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, visited this Model school on the 14th August last, heard the singing of the senior boys and girls, inspected some of their drawings, and examined the specimens of needlework executed by the latter, but had not time to hear any of the classes examined, on account of the lateness of the hour (between three and four o'clock) at which they arrived. His Excelleney made many inquiries about the attendance of the pupils, the members of the teaching staff, the course of instruction, &c., and when taking his departure he, as well as the Countess, and the other distinguished visitors expressed their entire satisfaction with all they had witnessed.

I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
EDWARD SHEEHY, Head Inspector.

The Secretaries, Education Office.

Galway. No. 15.-ANNUAL REPORT upon the GALWAY DISTRICT MODEL SCHOOL, for the year 1873, by JOHN MOLLOY, Esq., Head Inspector.

Galway, April, 1874.

GENTLEMEN,-I beg to forward the following report on the Galway Model School, for the year 1873.

The school buildings were repaired and painted in the course of the summer, and are in a very satisfactory state. The grounds continue to be neatly and well kept.

Teaching Staff.-Mr. M'Donnell, assistant in the male department, having been removed to Waterford Model School, on the 28th August, 1872, the office remained vacant till 1st April, 1873, when Mr. S. R. Campbell was appointed.

At the beginning of the year there were three pupil-teachers and six monitors (two male and four female) employed in the schools. One of the pupil-teachers resigned shortly after he had entered on his duties, as he was required at home. Another went to the Central Training Department in August. One of the monitresses having completed her time of service, also went to the Training Class. This girl made very good answering at the annual examination; and of the three pupil-teachers, who also attended, two were good and one passable.

There has been a slight increase in the number attending, as compared with 1872, and but for the vigorous and sustained opposition of the Catholic clergymen, the rooms could scarcely accommodate all that would present themselves for admission.

Table I. shows the comparative attendance for the years 1872 and 1873:

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From these figures it appears that while there was no increase in the Appendix D. average attendance at the girls' school, the infant department gained one Reports pupil and the boys ten pupils.

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Table II. shows the classification according to religious denominations trict and of the pupils on rolls on 31st December, in the years 1872 and 1873:- Model

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Table III.-Classification of same numbers according to rates of

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The annual public examinations were held in July, previous to which the District Inspector and myself examined the several departments in detail. The individual answering was recorded in every case, so as to enable us to award the prizes granted by the Commissioners to the most deserving pupils. From the marking sheets we had no difficulty in subsequently determining the "passes" for the results fees. The following table shows the classification :

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Forty-one boys, or 66 per cent. of the entire, were presented for examination, and with the following results:

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The "passes" in vocal music are not included, as there is a special teacher for that branch. The general answering in the male department was very creditable to Mr. Moylan, particularly so, as for seven months he had no assistant.

In the female department 33 girls, or 80 per cent., had made the necessary attendances, and were examined, with the following results :

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Mr. Moylan, the head teacher, taught two classes in connexion with the Science and Art Department. There was nothing in reference to them calling for special notice.

I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
JOHN MOLLOY, Head Inspector.

The Secretaries, Education Office.

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No. 16.-ANNUAL REPORT upon the PARSONSTOWN MINOR MODEL Appendix D. SCHOOL, for the year 1873, by JOHN MOLLOY, Esq., Head Reports Inspector.

Galway, April, 1874. GENTLEMEN, I beg to forward the following report on the Parsonstown Minor Model School for the year 1873.

upon District and Minor Model

Schools.

town.

The house and premises are in excellent repair, some improvements Parsonshaving been effected in the boys' playgrounds and in the school-rooms, at the instance of Mr. Dugan, the District Inspector.

There were several changes in the teaching staff. Mr. M'Manus having secured a very desirable appointment in connexion with the Hibernian Bible Society, resigned his position as assistant in the boys' department on 30th June, 1873. This teacher, with a quiet, unassuming manner, combined great zeal and efficiency in the discharge of his school duties, and was much regretted by his principal and the parents of several pupils. The office of assistant was vacant till the 1st December, when, as a temporary arrangement, a young man who had nearly completed his course of training, was sent down from the Central Training Department.

Miss Lowry, for some time assistant in the infant department, having been transferred to the Belfast Model School, was succeeded in November, by Miss M. Porter, until a permanent appointment can be made.

I may add that Miss Butler, principal of the girls' department, was transferred to Cork Model School from the 1st January, 1874. She has been succeeded by Miss Fitzgerald, late of Kilkenny Model School.

The special teacher of vocal music having resigned in April, 1873, Mr. M. Arnold was appointed to succeed him in August. His pupils acquitted themselves very well at the public examinations, taking into account the short time they had been under his instruction. As Mr. Arnold possesses an aptitude for simultaneous or class teaching, a quality very frequently wanting in some of the externs employed in our Model Schools, I have every hope we shall find a most marked improvement by next examination not merely in singing, but in the amount of theoretical knowledge which the pupils shall have acquired.

With reference to the changes in the junior staff of teachers, I find that three pupil-teachers left the boys' department during the year. Two obtained appointments in the Excise department by competitive examination, the third is assistant in a National school. A paid monitor emigrated.

Two of the monitresses employed in the girls' school resigned from delicacy of health.

For the purpose of comparison I give the statistics to the 31st December, 1873.

Table I. shows the comparative attendance for the years 1872 and 1873:

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From this table it appears that while there has been a decided improvement in the regularity of the attendance during 1873, there has been a very marked decrease in the numbers, mainly caused by the vigorous opposition given to the schools by the Catholic clergymen from May

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