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have been superintended by the rector of the parish, 

 but the committee would remark that during a con- 

 siderable time the rector was absent from the colony, 

 and during the remainder the living was vacant. The 

 committee, therefore, concludes that what is meant is 

 that since the living was filled, that is to say, within 

 the last month, the schools referred to have been 

 visited by the new rector. The committee is informed 

 that during the vacancy the school of Mies Eleanor 

 Outer bridge was visited by the officiating minister. 



But there are, or have been, other schools in ope- 

 ration in the two parishes in question, of which no 

 particulars have reached the conunittee through any 

 official channel. Two of these have been accustomed 

 to receive aid from the Public Treasury in former 

 years, namely, Mrs. North's and Mrs. Wells's. 

 Mrs. North closed her school on the 26th August, 

 1857, and her connection with the Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge on the 30th June, 1857. 

 Mrs. Wells kept school in connection with the Society 

 during the whole period embraced by the report, it 

 seems. The particulars of Mrs. Wells's school have 

 been furnished by her to a member of the committee 

 as foUow, namely : — Number of pupils, 38, including 

 13 males and 25 females ; daily attendance, 28 ; sub- 

 jects taught, the usual branches, with grammar. 



