Annual Meeting of Council,

The Annual Meeting of the Council of the Educational Institute of New Zealand, was held in Auckland on January 4th., and the two following days. There was a record attendance, representatives being present from every Education District in the Colony with the exception of Marlborough. The delegates were welcomed to Auckland by Sir G. M. O'Rorke. Canon Bates, Mr. Monk, M.H.K. and others who take great interest in education. A report of the Council meeting will be forwarded to each member of the Institute. It is unnecessary here to mention in detail the business transacted at the Council meeting, as no doubt our representatives, Messrs Davidson, Hodge, Mahoney and Moore will, at the Annual Meeting, report fully on the work done. Mr. Wm. Davidson, who, for four successive years has represented Otago at the Council's meetings, was elected president for the present year. The next meeting of the Council will be held in Dunedin beginning on January 4th 1898. It, is hoped that Otago teachers in general, and those of Dunedin and suburbs in particular, will give the visitors a hearty welcome, and do what they can to entertain them during their stay in our district.