Committees.

Committees were appointed to consider the following matters:—Teachers' pension fund; appointment of teachers; school age; the pupil-teacher system; scholarships; and system of drawing and drawing-books. A special committee, consisting of Messrs Worthington, Scott, and White, was appointed to draw up a balance sheet and consider the financial position of the Institute. The committees arranged to meet in the afternoon and evening, to prepare the business for to-day's meeting.