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hQ tlic ruling liabit of tlio school. This state of things is not duo to an 

 excossivo appeal to physical force, though, of course, it is known that 

 unusual delinquency rntiy necessitate corp(n-al punishment. The Depart- 

 ment has made stringent rules with regard to the subject of corporal 

 punishment, restricting its use to extreme cases ; no merely intellectual 

 failure is regarded as a proper reason for using the cane; and, while 

 there are no doubt some liberal interpretations of the phrase " extreme 

 cases," yet it may bo affirmed that in the great majority f>f schools 

 discipline is maintained by the personal influence of the teaVher rather 

 than by terror of the rod, the desire to secure and retain his approval 

 having much more weight tlian the knowledge that he has the power 

 to inflict physical pain. 



Public Hiyh Schools. 



In 1888 High Schools for boys and for girls were estaltlished in 

 Goulburn, Bathurst, Maitland, and Sydney. After a few years both 

 the Gonlbnrn schools, and the Boys' School at Bathurst, were closed 

 through lack of support. The others are still in operation. The fees 

 payable in these schools were originally two, now raised to three guineas 

 per quarter, the total enrolment in 1894 was 611. The curriculum 

 embraces all the subjects of a secondary school, completing the training 

 begun in the Public Schools, and preparing pupils for a University 

 course. The High Schools are subjected every year to a careful exami- 

 nation by the Departmental Inspectors, and the reports of these officers 

 show that good work is being done. 



Technical Education. 



In 1878, the sum of £2,000 was voted by Parliament for the promo- 

 tion of technical education, and in the same year the trustees of the 

 Australian Museum began the formation of a Technological Museum. 

 In 1888 a Board of Technical Education was appointed, which con- 

 tinued in existence till 1889, when the Technical Education Branch 

 was placed directly under the control of the Department of Public 

 Instruction, and the Board was abolished. Very fine buildings for the 

 Technical College and Technological Museum have since been erected 

 at Ultimo. Museums and Technical Schools exist also in Goulburn, 

 Bathurst, Newcastle, and West Maitland, and classes have been formed 

 in connection with a number of Public Schools. The amount spent 

 in 1894 on the maintenance of these institutions was £21,000. 



The mere statement of the names of the various Departments will 

 show over how wide a field the instruction is spread : Department of 



Agriculture. Sanitary Engineering. 



Training in Sheep and Wool. Architecture. 



Chemistry and Metallurgy. Art. 



Pharmacy. " Industrial and Decorative Art. 



Mineralogy, Geology, and Mining. Domestic Economy and Cookery. 



Mechanical Engineering. Litliography. 



Electrical "do ' Dressmaking. 



Applied Physics. Manual Training. 



Mathematics. 



The number of students attending the various classes in 1801- was 

 6,543. 



