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what, in my opinion, is wanted to bring the educational forces 

 of this country into effective working-order, so that emulation 

 in educational pursuits may be fostered and districts like our 

 own assisted in the development of that higher intellectual 

 life which the university colleges have it in their power to 

 give under a properly organized scheme such as I have sug- 

 gested here : — 



(1.) The university colleges should be free to all, without 

 fee or payment of any kind. Admission to be by examina- 

 tion. 



(2.) The services of the professors should be available at 

 intervals for the promotion of university extension work in 

 districts like Hawke's Bay, Wanganui, Nelson, and South- 

 land. 



(3.) The University should encourage the establishment of 

 such extension work, and formulate a scheme for the examina- 

 tion of students. 



(4.) A central department should be organized on the lines 

 of the English Department of Science and Art, which should 

 be controlled either by the University or the present Depart- 

 ment of Education. 



(5.) The department should have power to hold examina- 

 tions in science and art, and to issue certificates of com- 

 petency to successful students. 



(6.) Encouragement should be given to public bodies like 

 Town and County Councils and other duly constituted Boards 

 to open classes for the teaching of art, science, and literature 

 as may be necessary. 



(7.) Certificates gained at such classes should be recog- 

 nised by the Education Department and by the Government 

 as qualifying for appointment. 



(8.) Maintenance scholarships should be established, open 

 to all, for admission either to the university colleges or to 

 some technical school of science. 



(9.) Similar scholarships should be established for senior 

 pupils at the high schools. 



(10.) The high schools throughout the colony should be 

 reorganized, and their course of studies co-ordinated with the 

 syllabus in the primary schools. 



(11.) Arrangements should be made for instruction in 

 the primary schools, under certain conditions, in subjects like 

 algebra, French, and Euclid. 



(12.) The education reserves not specialised, and at present 

 in the hands of the School Commissioners, should be used to 

 provide the necessary funds for (8) and (9) scholarships. 



