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142 three for other districts in the Province, should be procured; (6) That provision should be made in the appropriation ordinance for paying the passage money of these teachers from the Home Country, and for the purchase of the necessary school appliances; (7) That the annual salaries of the proposed teachers should be as follows: The Rector of the High School, not less than £200, nor more than £300; the schoolmistress and the other teachers, £100 each; and (8) That the appointments should be made by the Home Agents on the recommendation of one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools for Scotland, and the Rectors of the Free Church Normal Schools in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The Provincial Government and the Home Agents lost no time in giving effect to the resolutions of the Council. The first teachers who arrived were Miss Margaret Dodds and Mr. Alex. Ayson. They were passengers by the ship "Southern Cross," which reached Port Chalmers, after calling at Northern ports, in April, 1866. Miss Dodds was appointed to the Dunedin school, and Mr. Ayson's services were secured by the settlers of Tokomairiro. Three additional teachers arrived by the ship "Strathmore" in October, 1856, viz the late Mr. Alex. Livingston, who had been selected by the Home Agents for the rectorship of the Dunedin High School; Mr. Colin Allan, who was engaged by the Port Chalmers School Committee; and Mr. John Hislop, who was appointed to the East Taieri School. The services of the late Mr. Adam Wright, a schoolmaster who had arrived by the "Strathmore," were engaged for the Green Island school.

The first Otago Education Ordinance (1856) had been passed before the arrival of the teachers from the Home Country, and under its provisions an Education Board and several school districts with their respective school committees, had been constituted. The Board was composed of the Superintendent of the Province, his Executive Council, the Rector of the Dunedin High School, and two representatives elected by each school committee. The annual salary of the Rector of the High School was fixed at not less than £250, and those of the district school teachers at £100 each, with a residence consisting of at least