Mr. Alexander Stott , F.E.I.S., who has been Headmaster of the Long Bush Public School since 1886, is a native of Montrose, Scotland, where he served his apprenticeship as a pupilteacher under Mr Menzies, of St. John's. Before entering the Normal School, Edinburgh, he acted for some time as first assistant to Mr Cunningham, Lockerbie Institution, Dumfries shire. He distinguished himself at Moray House Training College, and secured a full teacher's drawing certificate and Queen's. Prize for Animal Physiology. Afterwards, he held the position of headmaster of the Free Church Institution, Girvan, Ayrshire, for several years, and during that time was elected a Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Mr Stott came to Dunedin, in 1874, by the s.s. “Taupo,” under engagement to the Otago Education Board. He had charge of the Kensington School, Dunedin, for several years; was then appointed headmaster of the Ashburton Borough Schools, and held the position for about four years. On returning to Dunedin, he acted as first assistant at Kaikorai for some time before his appointment to Long Bush. In Dunedin he attended the Otago University classes for Latin, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Mental Science, and took the first section of his B.A. degree. He is a member of the New Zealand Educational Institute. Mr Stott married, in 1879, the only daughter of John Sinclair, Esquire, Mount Clifton, Waitati; but his wife died at Long Bush in 1893, leaving three sons and one daughter to mourn their loss.