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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



2. Are children promoted from the Infants' department on grounds of age? 



3. Have you any experience of children whom you have recommended in this 



way being rejected by the Medical Officer? 

 (If you can give the number of cases and the subsequent school history of 

 such children we should be grateful. 



4. Have you in your school any special class for dullards of all ages? If so, 



how many are in the class, and how do you provide for them ? 



It was, however, not clear that any very wide disagreement existed so 

 far as the inquiry went, but here and there dissatisfaction was 

 expressed, and, in the Committee's view, some more careful diagnosis 

 should be attempted before the teacher's cases are rejected by the 

 Medical Officer. Where the resources of a psychological laboratory are 

 available, these might be used with advantage. 



In concluding their report, the Committee would wish to thank 

 the Medical Officers and Headmistresses of Special schools for the care 

 they have taken in supplying the information asked for. The Com- 

 mittee desire to be reappointed. 



APPENDIX II. 

 Summary of Returns from Heads of Defective Schools. 



Shows the ages of the children now in defective schools. (Q. 1.) 

 Shows the ages of admission of children now in these schools. (Q. 2.) 



V. 



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A 

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55 



*50 

 400 

 350 

 30X3 



200 



50 



14 



Age in Years. 

 A. Provincial Schools. 



