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his tribe that he has nearly lost by the modified environment. 

 The third proposal makes provision for an outlet to those who 

 have received an education at schools like Te Aute, St. Ste- 

 phen's, ifcc. The employment of young men and women in 

 native schools is a desirable and proper course to adopt. On 

 the completion of their school career they should be per- 

 mitted to attend public schools like Napier and Gisborne along 

 the East Coast district, and Wellington, Wauganui, and New 

 Plymouth on the south and west, and their training should 

 be regulated by the inspectors of schools in the several dis- 

 tricts. A six months' course of training would suffice to pre- 

 pare the young people for employment as pupil-teachers in 

 native schools. The same effects may be expected from the 

 adoption of this plan as are met with in the case of pupil- 

 teachers in the public schools who are trained as masters and 

 mistresses. All the native young men and women who are 

 trained away from their own homes realise the advantages of 

 a modified form of civilisation for their own people, and they 

 would gladly see an improvement in the home conditions of 

 families such as now exist. Were provision made for the 

 maintenance of such pupil-teachers in places away from their 

 own homes, a knowledge that their position and advancement 

 depended upon their attention to duty would be a sufficient 

 inducement to perform their work to the satisfaction of the 

 governing authorities. Many of the young men who have 

 been trained in that excellent institution at Te Aute, esta- 

 blished for the benefit of natives by Archdeacon Stimuel 

 Williams, are imbued with a strong desire to work for the 

 social and moral improvement of their race, and should the 

 way be opened on the lines here suggested we may look for 

 great things in the way of Maori improvement and progress. 

 The fourth suggestion bears directly upon the anticipatory 

 work of the younger natives. If the younger generation is to 

 prosper, there must be channels opened to them in anticipa- 

 tion of their entrance into life. It is for this reason that the 

 establishment of special scholarships is proposed. Mr. E. D. 

 D. McLean, M.H.R., in honour of his father, the late Sir 

 Donald McLean, has established what are known as " Te 

 Makarini Scholarships," by means of which younger natives 

 can pursue their studies at Te Xute College, and from thence 

 they can proceed to one of the university colleges to com- 

 plete their education. Much good is being done in this way, 

 and, were the number of scholarships increased by the Go- 

 vernment, specialisation in the training could proceed in 

 such manner that in a few years the native race would 

 have their own supply of lawyers, ministers, teachers, and 

 doctors. Local organization and government would soon be 

 strengthened by the influence of such persons, whose habits 

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