Papawai Native School —a woodon building of two rooms, to which is attached a dwelling for the master—has over thirty-five children on the roll, including both native and European, with an average attendance of twenty-five. The pupils are taught the same standard work as in the ordinary public schools, the teacher being appointed by the Education Department.

Mr. Philip Henry Clemance, the Teacher of the Papawai Native School, who holds an E certificate, was born in Essex, England, in 1853. Educated at Cambridge House School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Mr. Clemance was in charge of the Tokomaru Native School in Cook County on the East Coast of New Zealand for five years ending 1892, when he was transferred to the Wairarapa.

Fuller, John, Farmer, Papawai; private residence Main Street, Greytown. Born at Kent, England, in 1834, Mr. Fuller came to New Zealand in 1858, and was engaged for some years in carting goods over the Rimutaka. He afterwards took the Rising Sun Hotel, the principal hostelry in the Wairarapa in those days, conducting the house for ten years. Subsequently Mr. Fuller started as a brewer and cordial manufacturer, but after fourteen years he gave up brewing, retaining the other branch of the business. Mr. Fuller is treasurer of the local Foresters' Lodge, and a member of the Oddfellows' Society. He is a member of the committee of the Greytown Working Men's Club, and a director of the Permanent Investment and Loan Association of the Wairarapa. Mr. Fuller is a married man and has a family of thirteen children.

Mr. John Fuller.