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can hardly be regarded as a suitable designation for the

Officer who is charged with the supervision of Education

generally in the Colony, and it should, I think, be changed

to that of Director of Education, since the responsibiliti-

-es of the post have (as I shall presently describe) very

greatly increased of late years with the extraordinary

increase in the growth of education in the Colony.

3.

There are at present two grades of

salary attached to the post of Inspector of Schools, namely

$4,800 rising by triennial increments of $300 to $5,400,

and £600 rising by similar increments of £40 to £720. As

the supervision of Queen's College will entail a consider-

-able increase both of responsibility and of work it would

seem reasonable that the emoluments of the office should be

increased. Moreover during the last 8 years a very con-

-siderable increase in work and responsibility has (as I

said above) accrued to the Education Department as may be

seen by the following tabular comparison:-

Number of Upper Grade Schools

(Government)

P

1901.

1

1908.

Attendance thereat: Average.

110

Fees collected by Education

$1,132

1,200

$26,308.

The scheme of Visual Instruction, the Technical

Institute and the systematised study of Hygiene

throughout