XVI.—From John Hislop, Esq., Secretary of Education Board, and Inspector of Schools for Otago.

I Have been acquainted with Mr. Angus Macgregor ever since his arrival in Dunedin about a year ago. During the greater portion of the past year he has conducted a Select Private Classical page 7 and Commercial Academy, and he has also taught Evening Classes for the instruction of young gentlemen in the higher branches of education.

I know that Mr. Macgregor has given very great satisfaction in connection both with his Day and Evening Classes. From the circumstance that one of my sons has studied under him for some months, I am able to state very confidently that, in my opinion, Mr. Macgregor is a most admirable and successful teacher of the Classics and Mathematics.

Mr. Macgregor's conduct during his residence in Dunedin has been most correct and exemplary. I am confident he will prove a most successful and acceptable teacher in any Grammar or other Superior School in which he may be employed.