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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. [In Continuation of E.-9, 1891.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency,

SECONDARY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED OR ENDOWED.

SUMMARY OP THE ACCOUNTS OP INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOE 1891 FURNISHED BY THE GOVERNING BODIES OP SECONDARY SCHOOLS. lieceiz'ts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Credit balances on Ist January, 1891 .. 23,542 4 0I By Liabilities on Ist January, 1891 .. 14,742 9 4 Endowment reserves sold .. .. 3,725 17 7 Office management and expenses .. 2,093 16 8 Rents of reserves .. .. .. 20,443 511 Teachers'salaries .. .. .. 30,220 1 9 Interest on investments .. .. 3,584 0 2 Boarding-school accounts .. .. 2,912 16 7 Reserves Commissioners .. .. 2,135 410 Examination fees and expenses .. 370 16 10 School fees.. .. .. ..20,196 12 10 Scholarships and prizes .. .. 2,153 10 6 Boarding-school fees .. .. 3,502 2 7 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 1,191 9 7 Books, &c, sold, and refunds .. 74 19 4 Cleaning, fuel, liglit, &c. .. .. 1,482 18 4 Sundries not classified .. .. 1,140 10 10 Buildings, furniture, rent, insurance, Interest on current account .. .. 140 13 0| rates, &c. .. .. .. 8,291 11 3 Debit balances, 31st December, 1891 .. 13,391 211 . Interest .. .. .. .. 2,848 12 8 Sundries not classified .. .. 863 15 11 Credit balances, 31st December, 1891.. 24,704 8 8 £91,876 14 0 £91,870 14 0 I—E. 9.

• ,- Act of Incorporation ame - or Institution. Kemarks. Auckland College and Grammar School .. 1877, No. 51, Local. Auckland Girls' High School .. .. 1878, No. 55, Local .. Under management of Education Board. Not in operation in 1891. Thames High School .. .. .. , 1878, No. 54, Local. Whangarei High School.. .. .. I 1878, No. 63, Local .. Act may be repealed by Gazette notice under Act of 1885, No. 30. New Plymouth High School .. .. 1889, No. 2, Local. Wanganui High School .. .. .. 1878, No. 42, Local .. Wanganui Endowed School .. .. [Nil] Board identical with Education Board. Endowment, Reg. I., fol. 52. See also D.-16, I860, p. 9. Wellington College and Girls' High School ! 1887, No. 17, Local. Napier High Schools .. .. .. 1882, No. 11, Local. Gisborne High School .. .. .. 1885, No. 8, Local .. Nelson College .. .. .. .. 1858, No. 38. Nelson College for Girls .. .. .. 1882, No. 15, Local .. Greymouth High School.. .. .. 1883, No. 21, Local .. Hokitika High School .. .. .. j 1883, No. 7, Local .. Christ's College Grammar School .. ! Canterbury Ordinance, 1855 Christchurch Boys' High School .. .. 1878, No. 30, Local .. Christchurch Girls' High School .. .. [Nil] Not in operation in 1891. Under management of Nelson College. Not in operation in 1891. Not in operation in 1891. A department of Christ's College, Canterbury. Under management of Canterbury College. Under management of Canterbury College. Endowment, Gazette, 1878, Vol. 1, p. 131. Kangiora High School .. .. .. 1881, No. 15, Local. Akaroa High School .. .. .. 1881, No. 16, Local. Ashburton High School .. .. .. 1878, No. 49, Local. Timaru High School .. .. .. 1878, No. 26, Local. Waimate High School .. .. .. 1883, No. 19, Local .. Waitaki High School .. .. .. i 1878, No. 18, Local. Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools .. ; 1877, No. 52, Local. Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools .. ■ 1877, No. 82, Local. Not in operation in 1891. I

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Income of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1891.

From Endowments. Schools. Cr. Balances on Jan. 1,1891. Sales. Rents. Interest on Moneys invested. Paid by School Commissioners. School Fees. Boardingschool Fees. Stationery and Books sold, and Refunds. Sundries unclassified. Interest on Current Account. Dr. Balances, Dee. 31,1891. Totals. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School Wanganui Endowed School* Wellington College and Girls' High School Napier High Schools Gisborne High School Nelson College Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar Schoolf Eangiora High School Akaroa High School Ashburton High School Timaru High School Waimate High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ s. d. 524 0 0 23 14 0 46 17 4 6,438 11 0 1,586 3 8 874 11 6 7,565 11 3 774 8 3 937 4 1 164 15 4 829 2 11 £ s. d. 300 0 0 11 5 0 7 "3 6 £ s. d. 2,676 17 6 469 15 10 0 10 0 418 15 1 74 0 0 777 9 8 1,485 5 4 1,022 5 6 50 0 0 1,043 0 0 £ s. d. 465 18 10 144 7 0 876 19 2 50 0 0 44 13 6 £ s. d. 300 'o 0 250 0 0 165 15 4 37 0 5 100 0 0 268 12 4 300 0 0 £ s. d. 2,093 15 G 14413 0 260 8 0 867 4 8 2,246' 0 5 1,144 10 2 2,352 9 2 £ S. a. 824* 4 0 1,912*11 7 £ s. d. 2o"o 0 312 0 14 14 9 £ s. d. 1212 0 •• 1,025' 0 0 101 13 4 0 0 6 £ s. d. 4610 11 £ s. d. 173 2 2 6.16 5 2,46019 5 " - £ s. d. 5,594 13 0 312 12 0 1,048 16 0 31 0 5 891 15 9 8,726 18 11 784 13 2 7,220 17 2 4,012 1 1 1,239 14 9 14,152 4 6 824 8 9 1,019 7 7 4,505 19 5 3,304 11 10 13,808 0 1 580 9 3 371 19 2 1,131 0 11 2,355 9 11 975 10 9 4,066 1 2 10,439 16 8 4,478 11 9 • 37 10 0 3,193 3 6 371 9 2 1,922 8 11 302 15 0 238 7 0 479 11 9 1,275 0 0 222 0 0 1,151 3 6 2,560 4 8 671 7 6 J260 15 3 1,158 10 10 1,109 17 0 1,786 1 0 2,925 9 5 272 0 0 111 16 3 239 2 2 625 19 2 l' 5 0 36 18 7 57 3 6 100*0 0 1213 9 7,688 17 2 5 14 3 21 15 11 20"6 6 204 10 9 718 14 9 190 0 0 34 10 0 2 14 0 156 12 3 198 19 4 60*0 0 •■ 392' 0 6 ■• 2,269 1 1 888 8 0 150 0 0 57 7 3 428 16 3 167 13 3 585 15 4 2,976 15 6 454 16 1 70s' 7 0 •• •• I - I 2,66313 0 2,832" 3 3 3*12 4 1 i - Totals 23,542 4 0 3,725 17 7 1 20,443 5 11 j I, j 3,584 0 2 2,135 4 10 20,196 12 10 3,502 2 7 74 19 4 1,140 10 10 140 13 0 13,391 2 11 91,876 14 0 * The Prineipi J receives the fees and pays all salaries and e: ipenses. t For year endhif 15th May, 1891. t Scholarship endowment.

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Expenditure of certain Second ary Schools for the Year 1891.

i Land, Buildings, Furniture, Insurance, Rent, Rates. Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1,1891. Expense of Boards' Management: Office and Salaries. School Salaries. Boardingschool Account. Examiners' Fees and Expenses. Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes. Printing, Stationery, Advertising, &c. Cleaning, Fuel, Light, &e. Interest. Sundries unclassified. Cr. Balances, Dec. 31, 1891. Totals. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School Wanganui Endowed School* Wellington College and Girls' High School Napier High Schools .;. Gisborne High School Nelson College Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar Schoolf .. Bangiora High School Akaroa High School Ashburton High School Timaru High School Waimate High School Waitaki High School .. Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ S. d.' 203* 7 10 166 10 5 £ s. d. 287 16 7 49 7 8 0 19 6 28 18 0 77 12 1 59 18 4 164 11 11 £ s. d. 3,337 0 8 725 0 0 710' 0 0 832 6 4 £ s. d. .. £ s. d. £ s. d. 61 10 3 5 "6 6 £ s. d. 44 1 10 3 "l 0 13 0 0 94 17 7 7 10 6 119 3 5 £ s. d. 673 14 8 61 4 6 15 6 0 29 15 11 29 8 10 2,290 15 10 418 1 11 428 13 2 £ s. d. 82 4 11 35 7 5 0 5 0 42 13 0 55 15 6 £ s. d. 234 5 7 8 17 2 7 8 11 £ s. d. 80 14 8 25 14 8 17 6 7 £ s. d. 793 3 10 13 7 10 29 8 0 G2 9 5 4,442 2 1 73 19 5 £ s. d. 5,594 13 0 312 12 0 1,048 16 0 31 0 5 891 15 9 8,726 18 11 784 13 2 7,220 17 2 881 14 Oi 51 15 6 153 18 8 848 14 9 7l' 4 4 2,798 5 1 2,547' 7 6 24 0 0 121 19 0 160 17 8 7 4 8 81 6 4 1,671 10 8 150 0 0 2,051 16 11 25 0 0 40 7 0 9 13 6 23 2 0 338 4 0 109 1 6 1,738 16 1 1,089 14 9 8,823 1 11 776 16 3 943 11 1 551 12 4 1,035 13 6 4,012 1 1 1,239 14 9 14,152 4 6 824 8 9 1,019 7 7 4,505 19 5 3,304 11 10 13,808 0 1 580 9 3 371 19 2 1,131 0 11 2,355 9 11 975 10 9 4,066 1 2 10,439 16 8 4,478 11 9 435 0 4 6 10 6 1,40013 0 79' 14 7 350 8 0 12 0 0 199 "7 1 280 17 3 65 13 5 4 2 0 349 0 0 11612 0 •• •■ 7,59l' 3 1 150 7 3 80 0 0 70 0 0 237 8 10 0 19 9 0 9 0 8 10 10 89 10 11 12 0 0 75 0 0 252 16 1 75 0 0 2,864 8 4 1,646 15 3 3,476 2 5 380 0 0 183 6 8 485 0 0 1,571 10 6 37 10 0 1,310 13 4 4,934 13 2 1,280 0 0 67 2 0 81 7 6 62 10 9 74 19 0 273 10 6 1,136 9 8 115 18 5 53 17 8 96 19 8 15 13 2 9 16 2 54 13 2 78 8 1 2 9 6 81 5 6 124 15 7 53 9 3 15 15 0 324 7 6 89 17 9 468 8 4 11 11 7 47 11 0 108 4 1 121 7 6 38 0 9 26 12 11 252 1-5 5 15 17 6 8 8 0 30 13 0 115 14 8 0 1 6 300 0 0 299 7 7 6 0 0 +60 0 0 89 11 1 26 16 9 186 14 4 385' 3 10 3 13 7 10 6 19 1 0 13 17 0 1 14 2 11712 11 1515 0 35 10 6 0 5 6 49 11 1 5 6 2 23 17 8 163 14 6 8 17 7 310 0 8 904 8 1 198 17 0 1 123' 7 0 3,253 0 6 59l'il 1 38 18 6 1 57 12 6 6 17 9 1,891 9 8 499 0 0 147 16 9 111 7 0 259 10 3 67 18 5 250 4 0 303 3 0 2,799 13 6 Totals .. 2,912 16 7 370 16 10 2,153 16 5 1,191 9 7 14,742 9 4! 2,093 16 8 30,220 1 9 8,291 11 3 1,482 18 4 2,848 12 8 863 15 11 24,704 8 8^ 91,876 14 * The Principal receives the fees and pays all salaries and expenses. t For the year ending 15th May, 1890. : Paid to Education Board for District High School.

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STAFF, ATTENDANCE, FEES, AND SALARIES AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

Schools. Staff. itendi mee ft Juartc 3r Last Tern sr of 1891. & ■ — • HID "~a -~• or S f> > C9 s eg o B o Annual Rates of Fees. Salaries at Ri End of ites paid at Year. u <a So 'co o N M 8 c3 0 O O o 00 o For Ordinary Day-school Course. For Board, exclusive of Day-school Tuition. Regular Staff. Visiting Teachers. £ s. a. I 10 10 0 { 8 8 0 £ s. a. £ ,d. £ s. d. Auckland College and ) Grammar School J 11 I'i 95 51 59 >!4 3 6 6.157 g. 93 lb. 8 U- 9 lb. 29 {?■ 27 b. 16 g. 27 148 90 1I I 2,855 15 0 , 230 0 0 Whangarei High School 2 3 12 30 2 24 2 ! 51 i S 8 0 8 8 0 190 0 Oi 725 0 0 ! 10 0 0 Thames High School .. New Plymouth High 1 School J Wanganui Endowed ) School J I:: 4 14 12 12 1 14 26 ) J " 6 6 0 f 12 0 0 19 0 0 j 10 10 0 (880 ( 13 4 0 ( 10 12 0 ( 13 4 0 ( 10 12 0 (990 1 8 8 0 (990 1 8 8 0 j 12 12 0 (880 j 12 12 0 (880 18 0 0 J 15 0 0 (12 0 0 (990 1 6 6 0 ( 12 12 0 1 9 9 0 f 10 10 0 1 8 8 0 10 10 0 9 9 0 (880 (990 '( 7 7 0 ( 10 0 0 "(800 I 45 0 0 | 40 0 0 I 42 0 0 I J 1 40 0 0 j. 40 0 0 I 40 0 0 J 1 40 0 0 I 52 10 0 j i J " I J "■ i 40 0 0 ) ) I 42 0 0 710 0 0 «1,325 0 0 44 0 0 2 60 80 8 150 148 110 Wanganui Girls' 13 35 6 54 50 21 620 0 0 160 0 0 Wellington College 43 33 76 70 7 975 0 0 100 0 0 and fees. 50 0 0 and fees. Wellington Girls' High , School j 2 45 73 11 131 118 895 0 0 Napier Boys' High School 4J 43 19 66 62! 14 i 830 0 0 Napier-Girls- High School *! 25 24 53 47 10 i 730 0 0 106 10 0 Nelson College 26 45 5 76 74 33 i i'1,120 0 0 Fees. Nelson Girls' College .. 1 21 46 73 67 11 »515 0 0 Fees. Christ's College Gram- ) mar School j Christchurch Boys'High 1 School j Christchurch Girls' High i School J 76 90 179 174 48 3,320 0 0 274 0 0 11 13 3 98 46 151 142 2,225 0 0 510 0 0 3 87 49 8 144 130 1,129 10 0 447 0 0 Rangiora High School .. I..' 9 8 8 3 2 b. 20 g. 11 18 10 ) J '" 380 0 0 Akaroa High School 6 .1 16. 11 Y" 3 200 0 0 Ashburton High School.. 7 22 29 28 425 0 0 60 0 0 Timaru High School 4 49 31 2 \b. 60 (9- 26 | 86 6 1,386 0 0 80 0 0 Waitaki High Schools — Boys' 3 25 19 45 41 21 ( 10 10 0 ]880 £8 to £3 3s. 42 0 0 830 0 0 1 Girls' 2 7 13 23 21 325 0 0 Otago Boys' High School Otago Girls' High School 59 69 83 143 24 12 226 164 222 153 16 22 (10 0 0 1 8 10 0 10 0 0 - 8 10- 0 4 4 0 10 0 0 (800 | 44 0 0 [ 40 0 0 I 35 0 0 i 2,708 5 6 1,562 0 0 350 0 0 390 12 0 and fees. Southland High School.. 5 32 36 jb. 46 \g. 22 ■i2,205 | 65 1,280 0 0 Totals 112 63 1015 1050 2,083 27,261 10 6 2,812 2 0 29 111 32i a Head-master has no sail c Three mistresses board at s try. 3ho< Two masters .1. <lBo: boari -s, 1,84 d at s 15; gu ichool, ai rls, 800. id om boai -ds and residi b Three masters board at school.

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REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GEAMMAE SCHOOL. .1. Eepoet of the Boaed. Board.—Oi the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School, fourteen meetings were held during the year 1891. At the end of that year the Board was constituted as follows: Chairman, Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, 8.A.; Vice-Chairman, the Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain. Member of the board ex officio, as being Mayor of the City of Auckland, Mr. William Crowther. Elected by the Board of the Education District of Auckland : Mr. Theophilus Cooper, Mr. James Marshall Lennox, and Mr. Samuel Luke. Elected jointly by the members of the Legislative Council usually resident within the Provincial District of Auckland, and the members of the House of Eepresentatives for the several electorates of that district: Mr. Frederick Douglas Brown, M.A., B.Sc, Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics in the Auckland University College; Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, 8.A., Chairman of the Auckland University College Council; and Mr. William Pollock Moat. Elected by the Senate of the University of New Zealand : The Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain; the Eev. Charles Mosely Nelson, M.A.; and the Hon. Joseph Augustus Tole, 8.A., LL.B. 801 l the last term of the year 1891 the total number of pupils was 250 —viz., 158 male and 92 female. In the last term of the previous year the total number of pupils was 242, viz., 149 male and 93 female. The number of pupils receiving free tuition in the last term, of 1891 was 35—viz., 18 male and 17 female. Drawing, Workshops, &c. —Attention has been paid, as hitherto, to freehand, geometrical, and (especially) mechanical drawing. Good results have been obtained in the workshop. Gymnastics. —For the gymnastic training the services of Mr. Carrollo were engaged before the end of December, to commence attendance at the beginning of the ensuingterm. Improvements and additions have been ordered to be made in the gymnastic appliances. Orchestra. —The orchestra instituted in the previous year by Mr. Trevithick, Assistant Master, has continued to receive his gratuitous services. The orchestra meets once a week, outside of school hours, for receiving instruction and for practice. German. —Mr. Watkins, French Master, has continued to conduct a class for the teaching of the German language, which is held outside school-hours, and without any payment of fees. Endowments. —The endowments which were set apart for the Auckland Girls' High School remain unutilised; and at the same time the wants of this school, caused by the opening of the Girls' Department, are urgent. When the Girls' High School was closed, a portion of this building and of the playground, which were designed exclusively for boys, was appropriated to the school for girls ; and this arrangement, which was intended to be temporary, has now been in operation for more than three years. The present accommodation in both departments is barely adequate to the present number of pupils, while a continued increase of numbers is to be expected. Auckland, 24th March, 1891. Eobert B. Kidd, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, 31st December, 1890 .. .. 524 0 0 By Office salary, expenses, and commission Endowments. — Current income from to collector .. .. .. 287 16 7 reserves .. .. .. 2,676 17 6 ■ Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,337 0 8 School fees .. .. .. .. 2093 15 6 Scholarships .. .. .. 26 0 0 Books sold .. .. .. .. 712 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 35 10 3 Compensation for land taken for railway Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 44 1 10 purposes .. .. .. 300 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c.— Interest on deposits .. .. .. 16 3 2 School .. .. .. .. 68 17 7 Insurance refund .. .. .. 41 2 7 Property .. .. .. .. 13 7 4 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 88 7 2 Fencing, repairs, &c.— School .. .. .. .. 96 17 11 Property .. .. .. .. 380 17 9 Rents, insurance, and taxes — School .. .. .. .. 49 2 0 Property .. .. .. .. 72 17 11 Insurance .. .. .. 115 1 8 Interest on overdraft.. .. .. 0 8 9 Interest on loans .. .. .. 250 0 0 Balance on 31st December, 1891— Post Office Savings Bank £420 3 2 Bank of New Zealand 88 12 8 508 15 10 Less unpresented cheques 15 12 0 493 3 10 Balance, fixed deposit, Bank of New Zealand ... .. .. 300 0 0 11 3 £5,659 11 3 Eobt. B. Kidd, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwabd FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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3. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin, French, English, mathematics, natural science (boys—chemistry, electricity, magnetism; girls—chemistry, heat), to standard of Junior University Scholarship Examination. Girls : Drawing also. Lowest. —Boys : Elementa Latina, pp. Ito 53. Chardenal's First French Course, to ex. 92 and grammar ; Brief History of England ; Davidson and Alcock's Intermediate Grammar (except analysis of complete sentences); Patterson's New Zealand Geography; reading and repetition from Macmillan's Fifth Reader, and Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. Arithmetic : Compound rules; weights and measures ; miscellaneous; mental arithmetic. Girls: Brief history (Roman and Stuart Periods); Davidson and Alcock's Intermediate Grammar, parts of speech, parsing, easy analysis; Longmans' Shilling Geography, pp. sto 7,15 to 65; reading and repetition from Longmans' Fourth Reader. Arithmetic, simple and compound rules. i. Scholarships. College Scholarships. —Senior foundation (£2O and free education), one girl; junior foundation (£2 and free education), three girls; (free education), eight boys, one girl; under Education Board's certificates of proficiency (free education), seven boys, five girls; children of members of staff, three boys, five girls. The College also gave free education to some holders of Education Board's scholarships. Education Board Scholarships. —At £40, two boys; at £30, twelve boys, eight girls; at £20 eleven boys, two girls. Bawlings Scholarships (free education and books). —Nine boys.

AUCKLAND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £, s. d. i Expenditure. £ s. d. To . Endowments —Paid by School Commis- I By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 203 710 sioners .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Interest on overdraft .. .. .. 8 17 2 Other receipts— Rates on endowment for 1890 and 1891 .. 61 4 6 Richard Monk, refund travelling ex- Legal expenses .. .. .. 25 14 8 penses .. .. .. ..660 Balance at end of year .. .. 13 710 David Goldie, refund travelling expenses 6 6 0 £312 12 0 £312 12 0 R. Udy, Chairman. Vincent E. Eice, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

WHANGAEEI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Eepoet op the Board. Sir,— Whangarei, 11th April, 1892. 1 have been requested by the Board of Governors to forward you a short report of work performed on the Kioreroa endowment. The Governors are in receipt of a sum of £200 per annum, grant for maintenance of the wattle plantation; they have also received a special grant of £75 to enable them to fence in the Government orchard, hitherto unfenced. The orchard is now securely fenced with totara posts and seven wires. The Board are now about to plough and work the orchard. Some of the apple trees are beginning to bear good fruit, and will want constant attention. A curator is appointed and lives in the house, at a salary of £6 13s. 4d. per month. He is employed in keeping up the fences and keeping them clear of native growth, also in clearing spaces around the wattle plantations. The growth of the wattles is on the whole not satisfactory, but on the better class of lands they have made good growth. The Governors have advertised the endowment for lease, either as a whole or in sections. They have been partially successful in obtaining offers of small sections for lease of twenty-one years. The Board, in letting the land, are strictly conserving the native growth of timber by special covenants in the lease. The Board hope, owing to the proximity of the endowment to Whangarei, to eventually obtain a revenue from the estate ; but at the present time there does not appear to be much of a prospect in that direction, the general character of the land being very poor. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. C. Herbert Beid, Secretary. 2. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 23 14 0 To Office expenses .. .. .. 019 6 Rent of 15 acres reserve let .. .. 0 10 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 0 5 0 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 616 5 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Purchases and new works .. .. 10 1 3 Bents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 0 8 0 Endowments, sales account—Expenses of survey, sales, management, &c. .. 19 6 8 £31 0 5 _ JiT 0 5 J. McKinnon (for Treasurer). Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General,

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3. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : Via Latina. French : Chardenal's First French Course. Algebra : Hamblin Smith, first four rules, brackets and factors. Euclid : Hamblin Smith, Book 1., twenty propositions. Arithmetic : The subject generally, and mental arithmetic. English history—Buckley, Boman period to Edward 111. History: European history—Freeman; New Zealand history —Bourke. Geography : Political—Longmans' ; physical—Findlater. Grammar : Trotter, Morris, and Mason ; outlines, parsing, analysis. Composition : Nichol, and paraphrasing. Chemistry: Non-metallic elements, with experiments. Beading: Sixth Globe Beader, the Shakespeare Eeader. Eecitation : Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and Goldsmith's Traveller. Shorthand : Phonetic Teacher. Lowest. —Latin : Elementa Latina. Arithmetic : Fractions. History : Boyal, Brief. Geography : Longmans' Shilling. Grammar : Trotter ; verbs and parsing. Composition : Cornwell's Young Composer. Beading : Longmans' Fourth Beader. Eecitation. Drawing: Optional. Special class on Saturday mornings; crayon, mechanical, freehand, model, geometrical. Writing and map-drawing in all classes. Sewing for the girls. Drill, both. There is a night school attached. Fees, £4 4s. per annum. Twenty on roll. Class held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Owing to newness of the school, nearly all are quite beginners in high-school subjects.

THAMES BOYS' AND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Endowments — By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 166 10 5 Current income from reserves .. 239 9 4 Management— Paid by School Commissioners .. 250 0 0 Office salary .. .. .. 30 0 0 Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 144 13 0 Other office expenses .. .. 016 8 Other receipts— Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 725 0 0 Goldfields Revenue .. .. .. 230 G 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 10 Sale of cottages (old) .. .. .. 115 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. 35 7 5 Balance at end of year.. .. .. 173 2 2 Site and buildings, from current revenue—■ Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 9 18 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 5 8 0 Interest on current account .. .. 7 8 11 Management of endowment .. .. 18 11 0 School requisites .. .. .. 17 6 7 Balance in hand at end of year .. 29 8 0 S,X,<M 16 0 £1,048_l 0 James Eenshaw, Chairman. E. A. Heald, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General. 2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— That prescribed for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Lowest.— That prescribed for Sixth Standard pupils in primary schools, with the addition of elementary Latin, French, algebra, and geometry. 3. Scholarships. Free education was given by the school to five holders of Education Board's certificates of proficiency, and twenty-seven Sixth Standard pupils from primary schools.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in bank at beginning of year .. 46 17 4 By Management— Endownents— Office salary .. .. .. 25 0 0 Current income from reserves.. .. 418 15 1 Other expenses of management .. 318 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. 165 15 4 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 710 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 260 8 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 6 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 13 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 42 13 0 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 8 0 0 Rents, insurance, taxes .. .. 21 8 10 Balance at end of year .. .. 62 9 5 £891 15 9 £891 15 9 A. F. Halcombe, Chairman. B. Veale, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : Principia, Part 1., Caesar, and stories and fables. French : Hachette's Third Reader, Le Voyage de M. Perrichon, Grammaire dcs Grammaires. Arithmetic: The whole. Algebra: To quadratics. Euclid: Books 1., 11., and 111. History: Conquest to end, generally; special period, 1603-1837. Geography: Chisholm. English: Smith alid Hall's Grammar; Hamlet, Henry V., Julius Ctesar, and King John. Science : Harrison's Mechanics, and lessons on electricity and magnetism. Drawing : Boys, geometrical; girls, freehand and model. Lowest. —Latin: Principia, Exercises Ito 20 (a portion of this class do no Latin). French: De Jardin's Course, Exercises Ito 78 ;Le Chapeau de Paille, and the regular verbs. Arithmetic : Compound rules. Algebra : Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, formulae (easy factors), G.C.M., L.C.M. (a portion of this class does no algebra). History : Richard 11. to the end of the Yorkists. Geography: Petrie's. Grammar: Morrison, pages Ito 62. Science: Elementary physics. Reading: Fourth and Fifth Royal Readers. Drawing : Boys, elementary (geometrical); girls, freehand. Dictation. Mental arithmetic. Writing. Map-drawing is done throughout the school, and the girls learn sewing.

WANGANUI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. —Repoet of the Boaed. Office of the Board of Governors of the Wanganui High School, Sir,— Wanganui, 22nd February, 1892. I have the honour to present the first annual report of the Wanganui Girls' High School. The school was founded under "The Wanganui High School Act, 1878," which provided that ten thousand pounds' worth of land should be set apart by the Waste Lands Board as an endowment for the purpose of higher education in Wanganui. The land actually so set apart and vested in the Board was a piece of very rough country, consisting of 3,900 acres of the Pikopiko Block, and 2,354 acres at Mangawhero, of a better quality; but the Board was never able to realise the full value of £10,000. The Pikopiko Block being very broken land could not be leased upon satisfactory terms, but it was sold to great advantage, the cash portion of the proceeds being invested on the security of freehold lands in the colony, and the balance being allowed to remain upon mortgage at a satisfactory rate of interest. The land at Mangawhero was very advantageously leased for a period of twenty-one years, the rental increasing every seven years. The funds having been thus carefully invested, the income increased from year to year, till in 1890 it amounted to £539 per annum, derived from interest and mortgages, and leases above referred to. The Board found that secondary education for boys in Wanganui was already amply provided for by the establishment of the Collegiate School, and, after careful deliberation, they determined to establish a Girls' High School, with boarding establishment. With this object they inspected several allotments of land, after having publicly invited tenders; and having in view the convenience of day pupils as well as boarders, they ultimately purchased a site of 2 acres in a convenient part of the suburbs of this town. Tenders were then invited for the erection of a building to accommodate eighteen boarders, and as many day-scholars as were likely to offer, and the Governors ultimately accepted a tender of £2,853 for the same. The grounds were then levelled and laid out in a suitable manner, and the building was completed and furnished in a comfortable and substantial way by February of 1891. Prospectuses were then issued, setting forth the school course, fees, &c, &c, and the Board had the satisfaction of receiving applications from twenty-oie boarders and forty day pupils, and, by a little management, provided for the few boarders in excess of their anticipations. The next step was to select a Lady Principal and Assistants, and, from a number of high-class applications, the Governors selected Miss C. B. M. Harrison, M.A., Al, of Nelson College, as Lady Principal; Miss J. B. Hudson being selected as First Assistant; Miss M. S. Hill, 8.A., as Second Assistant; Miss E. M. A. Krull, 8.A., as Third Assistant; and Mr. David Blair, F.L.S., as Art Master ; Mrs. Charles Wood being retained by Miss Harrison as Matron. Boarding. —The Board decided to throw the responsibility of the boarding upon the Lady Principal, arranging that she should receive the boarding-fees, and take all the management and risk. Opening Ceremony. —The school was formally opened by the Hon. W. P. Reeves, the Minister of Education, in February, 1891; the Hon. the Premier, the Hon. John Bryce, some of the members of the Board of Governors, and other gentlemen interested in education being present. The large dining-hall was also crowded with ladies and gentleman who had received invitations, and the proceedings passed off with general satisfaction. School. —The school year is divided into three terms of thirteen weeks each. It is non-sectarian, but the moral and religious training of the girls is made an object of special care, and the minister of any denomination can visit the pupils belonging to their congregations at suitable hours, approved by the Lady Principal. Bible classes are held, at which both boarders and day pupils may attend if their parents so desire. Fees. —The fees for boarding are £40 per annum. Tuition fees, £10 10s. for senior and £8 Bs. for junior pupils. The extras are: Music, £2 16s. per term; solo singing, £2 16s. per term; and painting £2 10s. per term.

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School Course. —The school course is a liberal one, and embraces all the usual subjects of a secondary education. The schedule of work in the highest and lowest forms for 1891 has been as follows :— Highest. —Latin : Grammar and Exercises to end of Smith's Principia, Part I. English : Mason's Grammar; Shakespeare's As you Like It and King Lear. French: Larousse's Grammar and Henry's l'Histoire de France. German : Otto's Grammar and Hauff's Tales. Arithmetic, the whole subject. Algebra, to end of simplee quations. Euclid, first and second books. History : Epochs, Age of Anne and Early Hanoverians. Geography : Asia in detail. Lowest. —Arithmetic, simple and compound rules. English: Trotter's Grammar; Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel. History: Gardiner's. Geography: New Zealand, and general features of the world. French : Chardenal ; easy translation. The number of pupils for the last term of the year 1891 was : under 10 years, nil ; between 10 and 15 years, 13; between 15 and 18 years, 35 ; over 18 years, 6: total, 54. The average attendance for the term was 495. The teaching-staff is paid as follows : Miss Harrison, Lady Principal, £300 per annum, with boarding-fees; Miss Hudson, First Assistant, £200 per annum, with board; Miss Hill, Second Assistant, £120 per annum, with board ; Miss Krull, Third Assistant (half day only), £60 per annum ; Mr. Blair, Art Master, £100 per annum. Miss Krull is a visiting teacher and teaches for half the day only. Mr. Blair teaches for two hours twice a week. Besides the above, visiting music teachers attend the school, and they receive the actual fees paid by the pupils. The number of boarders for the last term of the year was twenty-one. Scholarships. —There are not as yet any scholarships in connection with the school, except the open scholarships awarded by the Education Board to girls, all of which are held here. At the close of the year the Board had more applications for boarders than they could accommodate, and they therefore decided to raise one of the wings of the building, for which provision was made when it was erected, and to provide an increased boarding accommodation. The work was completed during the Christmas vacation, and there are at the present time twenty-nine boarders in the ■establishment. General satisfaction has been expressed by the parents of pupils at the progress they have made during the year, and the Governors have reason to believe that several improvements and still greater progress will be made during the current year. A school-library is about to be established, and Mr. Blair will give science lessons as soon as suitable accommodation for the purpose is provided. Club exercises and calisthenics were very successfully taught during the year by Mr. Wychodil; but he has, unfortunately, for private reasons, been obliged to resign, and the Governors experience difficulty in filling the vacancy. At the breaking-up ceremony, in December, Mr. S. T. Fitzherbert presided, at the request of the chairman, and presented a number of valuable prizes to pupils, besides a gold medal to the dux, given by Miss Harrison. The large hall was well filled by the parents of the pupils, and others interested in education, who listened with much interest to Mr. Fitzherbert's able address. The Governors have now found it necessary to purchase more land, in order to lay out additional tennis-courts and recreation-grounds. In conclusion, the Governors beg to state that they have every confidence in the future success of the school, and will leave nothing undone to make it both popular and efficient as a highclass secondary institution. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. Gilbert Carson, Chairman.

2. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance on the 31st December, 1890 .. 207 18 1 By ManagementInterest from mortgages .. .. 465 18 10 Office salary .. .. .. 48 15 0 Bents from endowments leased .. 74 0 0 Members' expenses .. .. 10 4 3 School Commissioners .. .. 37 0 5 Stationery and petties .. .. 18 12 10 School fees .. .. .. 867 4 8 Teachers' salaries and fees .. .. 832 6 4 Boarding fees .. .. .. 824 4 0 Boarding-school account .. .. 881 14 0 Contractors' deposits .. .. 29 15 0 Cleaning and petties .. .. 14 16 6 Balance, overdrawn at bank.. .. 1,788 10 10 School-books .. .. .. 20 14 3 Stationery .. .. .. 30 7 5 Advertising .. .. .. 43 15 11 House furniture .. .. .. 875 13 5 School furniture, including desks, pianos, &c. .. .. .. 334 2 2 Insurance and borough rates .. 50 12 4 Caretaker.. .. .. .. 40 19 0 Building .. .. .. .. 430 15 5 Site .. .. .. .. 511 14 6 Plans and supervision (balance) .. 87 18 0 Contractors' deposits, refunds .. 9 15 0 Bank interest .. .. .. 51 15 6 £4,294 11 10 £4,294 11 10 "Wanganui, 16th February, 1892. A. A. Beowne, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. .. 777 9 8 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 71 4 4 Refund of insurance .. .. .. 110 0 ManagementSale of old house .. .. .. 7 3 6 Office salary .. .. .. 10 10 0 Refund law costs .. .. .. 16 9 0 Other office expenses .. .. 3 3 0 Other expenses of management .. 46 5 4 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 7 10 6 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Purchases and new works .. .. 256 11 2 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 37 G 3 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 124 4 6 Interest .. .. .. .. 155 8 8 Costs re leases .. .. .. 16 9 0 Balance in bank at end of year .. .. 73 19 5 £802 12 2 £802 12 2 Ed. N. Liffiton, Acting-Treasurer. 2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin, Greek, French, English, mathematics, including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry ; science, including physiology and mechanics ; drawing; divinity. Lmuest. —Latin, English, and arithmetic. English includes history, geography, reading, and composition.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Memoeandum fob the Ministeb op Education. In the report presented to the Minister of Education in February, 1891, the Governors went fully into the position of the College and Girls' High School. They would now only repeat that the burden of interest on moneys borrowed for buildings still presses heavily upon their resources. With a view to place the College on a more satisfactory footing financially, they have made certain changes in the staff which result in an annual saving of £580. They regret to find that the Act passed last session to amend the Municipal Corporations Act did not, as they were led to believe it would, relieve them from payment of rates on their buildings, and they trust that Government will legislate next session to this end. This would relieve the Governors of an annual charge of £187 10s., which they certainly think they should not be called upon to pay. The College and Girls' High School continue to do good work. Of the boys attending the College last year one gained a junior University scholarship, two passed that examination (one with credit), and five passed the matriculation examination. Of the girls, two passed the junior scholarship examination (one with credit), and eleven passed the matriculation examination. Last year the numbers attending the College were 95; this year opened with a roll of 106 pupils. The Girls' High School maintains its numbers, 143 being now on the roll. Wellington, Bth March, 1892. J. E. Blaie, Chairman.

2. Geneeal Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. cL To Grant from vote of the General Assembly 1,000 0 0 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 2,798 5 1 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,485 5 4 Management — School fees .. .. .. ~ 2,246 0 5 Office salary .. ~ .. 146 16 2 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 312 0 Other office expenses .. ■. 17 15 9 Other receipts, namely— Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 2,547 7 6 Interest .. .. .. .. 85 5 6 Examiners'fees .. .. .. 24 0 0 Levin scholarship money .. .. 20 0 0 Scholarships.. .. .. .. 90 0 0 For Barnicoat prize .. .. 5 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 31 19 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 119 3 5 Gleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 160 17 8 Site and buildings— Fencing, repairs, &c. .. ■. 6 11 6 Rates .. .. .. 187 10 0 Insurance and taxes .. .. 94 11 6 Interest on current account .. .. 221 7 5 Endowments —Rates, fencing, &c. .. 140 0 2 Interest on cost of buildings .. .. 712 12 10 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 2,460 19 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. 7 4 8 £7,306 2 8 £7,306 2 8 J. E. Blaie, Chairman. Charles P. Powles, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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3. Woek op Highest and Lowest Classes. College. Highest. —Latin : Virgil, Georgics, II.; Cicero, In Catilinam, 111. and IV.; Smith's Students' Grammar, sections 391 to 541; Latin prose, (a) Wilkins, pp. 12 to 22; Potts, pp. 12 to 21 ; (/?) Moir, pp. 14 to 23 ; Bennett, pp. 70 to 94; sight translation, (a) Collins, pp. 125 to 158; (/3) Anglice redd., pp. 101 to 111. Greek: Thucydides, IV., pp. Ito 10; grammar — Abbott and Mansfield, pp. 14 to 28 ; Sidgwick's First Greek Writer. English :As for junior scholarships ; and Samson Agonistes, lines Ito 724. Mathematics :As for junior scholarships. French : Havet, all Part I.; Havet, Part 11., up to end of verb (p. 332), omitting pp. 292 up to 299, and 310 up to 319; Mademoiselle de la Seigliere, from Act III.; Le Diplomate, to Act 1., Scene 8. Science: Chemistry, heat, electricity, as for junior scholarships. Lowest. —Latin: Principia, pp. 1 to 26 ; Exercises and Vocab., pp. Ito 18. Mathematics: Arithmetic—compound rules, reduction, decimals (terminating), practice. English : Smith and Hall's Grammar; etymology ; parsing and analysis of simple sentences; composition—reproduction of easy stories. History : Mary, Elizabeth, and James I. Geography : Europe and Asia. Girls' School. Highest. —English: Morris's Elementary English Historical Grammar ; Smith and Hall's Grammar —syntax; Chaucer's Prologue to Canterbury Tales (part); Abbott's How to write clearly (part) ; composition —correction of sentences ; critical essays on Shakespeare's Tempest and King Lear ; reproduction of part of Arnold's Light of Asia; and essays on The higher education of women (its advantages and disadvantages), Influence, The causes of the extension of the British Empire, The influence of climate and natural scenery on individuals and nations. History: Elizabeth to William IV., inclusive ; notes from Green's Short History of the English People. Geography: As for junior scholarship examination ; notes and oral lessons. Latin : Translation—Livy, Book VIII. ; Virgil, Georgics II.; and translation at sight; grammar and composition—Bradley's Arnold's Latin prose, the whole book; Roman history—Macmillan's primer; Eonian antiquities—Macmillan's Primer.- -French : Havet's Grammar, omitting less important parts ; Havet's French Composition ; translation — Gringoire, by Theodore de Beauville ; Mademoiselle de la Seigliere. Mathematics: Trigonometry (Lock's), to end of solution of triangles; algebra (Hall and Knight's)— the elementary parts, quadratics, surds, indices, ratios, proportion, variations, the progressions, permutations and combinations. Euclid (Hall and Stevens's): Book I. to IV., Book VI., and definitions of Book V., and numerous deductions. Arithmetic : The whole subject. Science : Heat; Garnett's Treatise on Heat, with use of Balfour Stewart's Heat, and Deschanel's Heat, for reference. Botany : As for junior scholarships. Lowest. —English : Parts of speech ; English literature —extract from Longfellow's Golden Legend; The May Queen, first part; Lay of the Last Minstrel, 140 lines; extract from the Execution of Montrose —all committed to memory. Composition : Part of Longfellow's Evangeline and Song of Hiawatha. Geography: Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and New Zealand; principal places; mapping. Latin: The declension of nouns (Principia, Part I.). French: Bue's First French Book, to exercise 10 ; avoir and etre. Arithmetic : Simple rules. 4. SCHOLAESHIPS. College. College Scholarships. —Free education, four. Moore Scholarship. —£3s, one. Rhodes Scholarship. —£35, one. Levin Scholarships. —£lo, two. Girls' School. College Scholarships. —Free education, five. Ten scholarships of the Wellington Education Board were held at the College, and ten at the Girls' School; and one of the Auckland Education Board at the Girls' School.

NAPIEB HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepokt op the Boaed. The Board of Governors, as at present constituted, is composed of the following gentlemen:— The Hon. J. D. Ormond and Mr. J. W. Carlile, elected by the Education Board of Hawke's Bay; Messrs. G. H. Swan, M.H.E. and J. W. Neal, elected by the Municipal Council of Napier; Messrs. J. N. Williams and W. Shrimpton, elected by the Hawke's Bay County Council; Messrs. D. Guy and G. B. Sainsbury, elected by the Waipawa County Council; Mr. J. W. Twigg, by the Wairoa County Council; and Mr. H. L. Tiffen, by the Governor in Council. The schools were inspected by the Inspector-General during the last term, and were examined by A. Macarthur, M.A., LL.D., immediately before the recess. His report to the Governors, and his marks on the schedules, show that the schools are doing good work. One boy from the Boys' School passed in the Preliminary Medical Examination, and two boys and two girls passed in the Matriculation Examination. The average attendance at the Boys' School for the year was sixty-two, and at the Girls' School forty-seven, J. D. Osmond, Chairman. Davip Sidey, Secretary,

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2. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,586 3 8 By Office salary .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 Endowments— Other office expenses .. .. .. 10 8 4 Current income from reserves .. 277 5 6 Legal expenses .. .. .. 10 17 0 From property not a reserve .. .. 745 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,550 6 8 Interest on moneys invested and on mi- Portion of scholarships spent on board, paid purchase-money .. .. 144 7 0 and rail .. .. .. .. 92 4 0 ■ Paid by School Commissioners —£80 Examiners'fees—two years .. .. 40 7 0 grant to paint buildings; £20 exa- Music teachers .. .. .. 121 4 0 miner's fee .. .. 100 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 913 6 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,144 10 2 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 23 2 0 Boarding-house fees—Portion of School Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 109 1 6 Commissioners' scholarships paid on Book and stationery account, and other board of scholarship-holder, and rail temporary advances.. •■ .. 69 0 4 charges* .. .. .. .. 92 3 0 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 77 1 6 Purchases and new works .. .. 10 14 10 Other receipts— Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 170 9 9 Half of dividing fence .. .. 6 13 7 Eents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 156 19 5 Deposit of contractor .. .. 5 0 0 Deposit of contractor returned.. .. 5 0 0 Balance at end of year — Current account .. .. .. 313 16 1 On fixed deposit in bank .. .. 1,425 0 0 £4,178 4 5 £4,178 4 5 * The value of the scholarships was J3326 15s. j>234 12s. are included in school fees; the remainder as above. J. D. Oemond, Chairman. David Sidet, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General. 3. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Mathematics: Euclid, Books 1.-IV., with deductions and exercises. Algebra: To binomial theorem. Trigonometry :To solution of triangles. Statics, dynamics, and hydrostatics. General arithmetic. Latin: Cicoro, De Ofticiis ; Virgil, iEneid V. ; GflSsar; prose composition and grammar. French: Le Consent ; composition, selected readings, and grammar. English: Historical; grammar ; composition ; and Shakespeare's Henry V.; Prologue to Canterbury Tales. Geography : Physical and general. History : 1600-1837. Natural Science : Physiology. Classsinging and Drawing. Lowest. —The work of the lowest form was that of the Third Standard of the elementary code of the Education Department. Girls. Highest. —Latin : Virgil, /Eneid II.; Belcher's Latin Prose Composition. French: Macmillan's Third; Geruzer Histoire de le Litteratare Franchise ; Dumas, Tulipe Noire. German: Macmillan's Second German Course ; Otto's Eeader. Arithmetic : Complete course. Algebra :To permutations and combinations, quadratics &c. included. Euclid 1.-VI. Chemistry: Matriculation work. Geography : Outlines of World, Europe, India, and Australian Colonies. Grammar : Meiklejohn's Historical English Grammar, Accidence, and Syntax. History : 1689-1837. Literature: Shakespeare's Henry V. Physiology : Matriculation work. Drawing: Freehand, model, and geometrical. Calisthenics. Lotuest. —Arithmetic: Simple and compound rules; reduction. French: Bue's First French Course ; easy conversation lessons. Geography : New Zealand and Europe. Physical Geography : Geikie, easy lessons on. Grammar: Parts of speech, easy analysis and parsing. History: 1066-1377. Object-lessons on animals, light, heat, &c. Beading: Eoyal Eeader No. 5. Mental Arithmetic. Drawing: Freehand and model. Sewing. Calisthenics. 4. Scholarships. The school gave free education to twenty-one holders of scholarships given by the School Commissioners, five by the Education Board, and four by the Caledonian Society.

GISBOENE HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 984 0 0 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 109 8 6 Endowments — Teachers' salaries and allowances, under Current income from reserves .. .. 50 0 0 section 4of " Gisborne High School Paid by School Commissioners .. 208 12 4 Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1887" .. 150 0 0 Other receipts .. .. .. 47 18 9 Interest on current account .. .. 1 710 Balance at end of year— Current account .. .. .. 10 14 9 Fixed deposit .. .. ..1,079 0 0 £1,350 11 1 £1,350 11 1 W. L. Williams, Chairman. C. A. De Lautoue, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edwakd FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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NELSON COLLEGE. 1. Eepoet of the Governors. Last year the Governors had to report changes in the staffs of both Colleges, but they are glad to say that during the year just ended no change in that respect has taken place in either school; and they have to record a steady increase in the number of pupils in each. In the early part of the year the Council found it necessary, in consequence of the increasing difficulty in collecting the boarding and tuition fees, to make stringent provision to carry out the original rule—which had for many years fallen more and more into disuse —of payment in advance. The new regulations have in almost every instance been cheerfully complied with. An important change in the financial position of both Colleges has been made by paying off the large overdraft at the bank, caused by the building and establishment of the Girls' College, from the foundation funds, by which the Girls' College overdraft had all along been in reality provided for, although the accounts were kept in a form in which that fact did not appear on the surface. The Colleges are now as a matter of finance treated as one, and the original endowment of the College, then for boys only, is made a common fund for both branches. The original foundation scholarships are also equally divided between the two Colleges, and the Governors have treated the scholarships created from the interest accruing from the accumulation of their unclaimed fees, payable to them under the provisions of "The Nelson College Act, 1858," in the same manner. The accounts now presented are made out in accordance with the arrangement above noted, and show very favourably in comparison with those for the previous year. In 1890 the accounts of the two Colleges together showed a loss of £600, those for 1891 show an apparent gain of £1,200 instead. This result has, however, been arrived at mainly by the collection of a large amount of arrears, while under strict adherence to the principle of payment in advance no new ones have accumulated. The term of office as Governors, of Mr. W. C. Hodgson, the Hon. Joseph Shephard, and Mr. A. Greenfield, having expired in November, His Excellency the Visitor has reappointed Messrs. Hodgson and Shephard, and has appointed Mr. Joshua Bird to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Greenfield. The Council is therefore now constituted as follows: Mr. John Sharp, Mr. C. Y. Pell, and the Hon. J. C. Richmond, whose term of office expires 14th November, 1894; Mr. Albert Pitt, Mr. James Sclanders, and the Hon. J. W. Barnicoat, term of office expires 14th November, 1897 ; Mr. W. C. Hodgson, Hon. Joseph Shephard, and Mr. Joshua Bird, term of office expires 14th November, 1900. By order of the Council of Governors. Oswald Cuetis, Secretary.

2. Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure of Nelson College for Boys for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. Expenditure. £ a. d. £ s. a. To Boarding Account .. .. .. 1,501 0 0 By Boarding Account .. .. .. 809 11 3 Tuition Account .. .. .. 1,163 10 1 Tuition Account .. .. .. 1,258 G 0 Miscellaneous Account ~ .. GO 0 0 Stationery Account .. .. .. 85 15 10 Joynt Scholarship .. .. .. 613 4 I Miscellaneous Account — Audit charges .. .. .. 7 10 0 Examiners' fees, &o. .. .. 43 7 7 Fire insurance .. .. .. 67 4 0 City rates .. .. .. 42 3 10 Printing and advertising .. .. 24 16 3 Science appliances .. .. .. 44 18 0 Gas Account .. .. .. 35 18 3 Office rent and expenses .. .. 57 11 1 Law costs .. .. .. .. 38 14 7 Governors' fees .. .. .. 11 0 0 Subscriptions to sports, &o. .. .. 25 0 0 Small repairs .. .. .. 14 4 6 Sundries .. .. .. .. 12 11 0 Secretary's salary .. .. .. 200 0 0 Scholarships— Foundation .. .. .. 70 0 0 Endowed .. .. .. 124 0 0 Balance — Transferred to Governors' Fees .. 50 8 0 Account .. .. .. 355 1G 9 Simmons prize .. .. .. 60 0 0 2 J £3,089 (7~2~ Oswald Curtis, Secretary. We hereby certify that we have examined the above accounts and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and found them correct. J. T. Catley, ) A ~, Geo. Hodgson, } Audltors -

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3. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Nelson College for Girls for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Tuition Account .. .. .. 1,186 19 1 By Tuition Account .. .. .. 793 10 11 Boarding Account .. .. .. 411 11 7 Boarding Account .. .. .. 531 1 9 Edger Scholarships .. .. .. 35 0 0 Stationery Account .. .. .. 53 14 3 Tinline Scholarship .. .. .. 40 0 0 Edger Scholarships .. .. .. 30 0 0 Governors' Fees Scholarships .. .. 30 0 0 Miscellaneous Expenses— Printing and advertising .. .. 35 0 9 Fire insurance .. .. .. 42 0 0 City rates .. .. .. .. 31 12 4 Gas Account .. .. .. 29 15 2 Overdraft at the Bank of New Examiners' fees .. .. .. 36 7 0 Zealand on the 31st De- Proportion of office expenses and law cember, 1891 .. £184 7 3 costs .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Cheques not presented 8 16 Auditors' fees . .. .. .. 5 5 0 192 8 9 Small repairs .. .. .. 14 14 3 (Being amount transferred to Endowment Sundry expenses .. .. .. 218 0 Account.) Secretary's salary .. .. .. 100 0 0 £1,825 19 5 £1,825 19 5 Oswald Cuiitis, Secretary. We hereby certify that we have examined the above accounts and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and have found them correct. J. T. Catley, ) . ~, Geo. Hodgson, ) Audltors -

4. Woek Done by Highest and Lowest Forms. College. Highest. —Latin : Virgil—Georgics, Book II.; iEneid, Book VIII. ; Horace—Odes, Books I. and II.; Epistles, Book I.; Livy—Book VIII., and general readings at sight over other books; Ceesar —De Bell. Gall., Books 111. and IV.; composition—Bradley's "Aids to Latin Prose," Eoman History. Greek: Homer, Iliad, Book I.; Plato, " Apologia Socratis," and portion of " Crito;" composition— Sidgwick. French: Guizot, " Alfred le Grand ;" Racine, " Athalie ;" Blouet's Classbook of French Composition. Mathematics —Trigonometry: Lock, to include solutions and properties of triangles. Algebra: Aldis, to include binomial theorem. Geometry: Books I. to VI., Hall and Stevens; Statics and Dynamics ; Todhunter's Mechanics ; Hydrostatics, Besant. Science—Chemistry: Nonmetals, Metals, and Atomic Theory; Eoscoe's Tex-t-book of Science. Physics: Sound, light, heat; Wright's Elementary Science Text-book. English—Grammar : Smith and Hall's English Grammar; Morris's Historical Outlines; Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader. Composition: As for Junior Scholarship Examination. Literature: Shakespeare's Tempest, and King Lear; George Eliot's Romola; the chief authors of the Commonwealth Period. History: Commonwealth Period in Green. Lowest. —Latin : Principia Latina, Part 1., about half the book. English : Lady of the Lake ; Cantos I. and II.; Hall's Primary English Grammar; Hughes'Elementary Physical Geography; Edith Thompson's History of England, William I. to Richard 111., inclusive ; writing and dictation. Arithmetic : Lock, about half the book. Girls. Highest. —Mathematics —Arithmetic : The whole subject. Algebra :To the end of Progressions. Euclid : Books I. to VI. Trigonometry: Lock's Smaller Trigonometry, to the end of the solution of triangles. Latin—Grammar : Bradley's Arnold; Latin prose composition; translation —Offisar, Book IV., Georgics, II.; Livy, Book VIII; translation at sight. English Grammar: Morris's smaller Historical English Grammar ; Abbott's How to Write Clearly ; Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons for English People ; composition ; essays on subjects from books read ; correction of sentences, &C. Literature: Lectures on the Commonwealth Period; Shakespeare's Tempest, and King Lear ; George Eliot's Romola. French —Grammar : Book 11., Chardenal and Brachet's Public School Grammar; prose selections from Blouet; translation—Athalie, Andromaque, Oraisons, Funebres (Bossuet). Science: Electricity and magnetism. History: Epochs of English History; the Settlement of the Constitution; England and the American War. Geography: Longmans' Geography. Class-singing. Sewing. Club exercises. Lowest. —English —Reading: Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare ; spelling; writing ; composition. Grammar: Definitions of parts of speech; easy parsing. French: Chardenal, Part I. to lesson 100. History: Gardiner's, Part 11., to the end of George 11. Geography: General geography of the world, New Zealand more particularly. Object-lessons. Sewing. Class-singing. Club e xercises.

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5. Scholarships. College. Endowed.— Tinline, £52 125.; Newcome, £24 ; Bichrnond, £24 ; Stafford, £20 ; Fell, £16. Foundation. —First classical, £20; second classical, £10 ; third classical, £5. First mathematical, £20 ; second mathematical, £10 ; third mathematical, £5. Governors' Fees.- Modern languages, science, first and second English literature, £12 12s. each. For third year Education Board scholars, £32 12s. and £12 12s. Girls' College. . Tinline.— £s2 12s. Edger.— £ls. Governors' Fees. —At £15, two. Additional Scholarships. —At £15, two ; at £12 10s., two ; at £5, one. School Commissioners. —At £12 125., six. Eleven scholarships of the Nelson Education Board and two of the Marlborough Education Board were held at the College, and eleven of the Nelson Board at the Girls' College. GEEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891-

Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 24 8 3 By Office salary .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Interest on moneys invested .. .. 50 0 0 Other expenses of management.. .. 110 6 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 0 6 Prizes .. .. .. 12 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 4 2 0 Grant to Greymouth Education Board for half-year ending 30th June, 1891 .. 25 0 0 Balance at end of year.. .. .. 26 16 3 £74 8 9 £74 8 9 J. Nancarrow, Chairman. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. ; Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 943 19 6| By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 615 5 Kent of building .. '.. .. 37 10 0 I Allowance to Westland Education Board Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 44 13 6 i for District High School .. .. 60 0 0 Interest on current account <. .. 0 16 Expended on buildings .. .. 12 5 0 Insurance .. .. ~ .. 3 10 0 Balance in bank at end of year — On fixed deposit .. ' .. .. 931 9 6 On current account .. .. .. 12 17 £1,026 3 0 £1,026 3 0 J. Bevan, Chairman. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

CHEISTS' COLLEGE GEAMMAE SCHOOL, 1. Genbbal Statement of Eeoeipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 15th May, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d, To Endowments— By Liabilities, being Dr. balance, 15th May, Sales of land .. .. 100 0 0 1890 (Including £6,009 7s. advance from Kent of land .. .. .. 1,922 8 11 land fund).. .. .. .. 7,591 3 1 Scholarship endowments .. .. 1,158 10 10 Expenses of management .. .. 237 810 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,925 9 5 School salaries .. .. .. 3,476 2 5 Stationery,books,&c,sold,andrefunds .. 12 13 9 Examiners'fees .. .. .. 62 10 9 Dr. balance (including £6,167 17s. 7d. ad- Scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes .. 1,136 9 8 vance from the land fund for buildings Stationery and school material, printing and improvements, in accordance with and advertising .. .. .. 96 19 8 " Christ's College Act, 1885," to be Buildings, repairs, furniture, insurance, repaid out of sales of land) .. .. 7,688 17 2 and rates .. .. .. .. 468 8 4 Caretaker and other labour, fuel, lights, &c. 252 15 5 Boys' games fund .. .. .. 160 14 9 Sundries unclassified .. .. .. 25 19 7 Interest .. .. .. .. 299 7 7 £13,808 0 1 £13,808 0 1 Christ's College, 25th February, 1892. W. G. Beittan, Accountant.

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2. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin: Cicero, Select Letters; Livy, Book XXIII.; Horace, Odes I. and 11., Epistles I.; composition, grammar, sight translation. Greek: Euripides, Troades; Homer, Odyss. I. and VI. ; Plato, Apology; Lysias, Selections ; composition, grammar, sight translation. English : Paradise Lost, Book I.; Bacon's Essays ; Shakespeare, Henry V.; Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale ; grammar, composition, &c. Mathematics and Science: Euclid, algebra, arithmetic, and trigonometry to Junior Scholarship standard; statics, dynamics, hydrostatics, sound and light. French: Junior Scholarship work ; composition, authors, Brachet's Grammar. German: Karavane, Minna yon Barnhelm ; Otto's Grammar ; composition. Lowest. —English: History (Gardiner's Outline). Geography. Grammar and simple analysis, composition, Eelfe's Third Eeader, repetition, dictation. French : Gase's First Book, 1—:28. Latin : Shorter Primer to regular verbs. Arithmetic to compound rules. Loewy's Natural Science, Part I.

3. Statement bespecting Scholaeships. Scholarships founded in connection with the School. Gould Scholarships. —These scholarships are two in number, and are given to deserving boys who require assistance. These scholarships cover the school fees and cost of books. Somes Senior and Junior Scholarships. —About £450 annually is available for these scholarships. Four senior and eight junior scholarships are open for competition from time to time. In addition to the amount given for the scholarships, an amount is given to assist the boarding expenses of boarders. Somes Entrance Scholarships. —The subjects for examination for these scholarships are English, geography, English history, and arithmetic. Five scholarships are offered for competition each year. There were seventeen scholars on this foundation during the past year, all of whom are from Government primary schools. Buller and Beay Scholarships. —£3oo a year is set apart for exhibitions for sons of the clergy, and £60 for other exhibitions. Tancred History Prize Fund. —Prizes are given annually from this endowment for proficiency in history and English literature. The amount so expended last year was £43. The remainder of the funds available from various scholarship endowments is devoted to the collegiate department of Christ's College, students in which are required to study for their degree at Canterbury College. G. Cotteeill. Christchurch, Ist March, 1892. Bursar of Christ's College.

CHEISTCHUECH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure, for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 164 15 4 By Office —salary .. .. .. 80 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 3,193 3 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 2,864 8 4 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,109 17 0 Examinations— Interest on current account .. .. 36 18 7 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 52 10 0 Sale of pump.. .. .. .. 15 0 Other expenses .. .. .. 14 12 0 Scholarships (leaving exhibitions) .. 45 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 29 19 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 115 18 5 Cleaning, fuel,.light, &c. .. .. 38 0 9 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works and fittings 48 6 6 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. 24 14 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes.. .. 95 18 2 Fencing on Reserve 1308 .. .. 3 10 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 29 19 0 Grants to cricket club and cadet corps 45 0 0 Inspecting reserves and advertising 94 3 0 Workshops, annual expenses of .. 25 0 0 Protective works on Reserve 1124 .. 27 16 10 Interest on loan .. .. .. 300 0 0 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 14 9 4 Sundries .. .. .. .. 5 19 Balance at end of year .. .. 551 12 4 £4,505 19 5 £4,505 19 5 F. de C. Malet, Chairman. A. Ceaceopt Wilson, Eegistrar.

2. Wobk op Highest and Lowest Foems. Highest. —Latin. Mathematics (including arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and Euclid). English, French, chemistry, and heat, as for Junior University Scholarships. Also Greek for same standard. Special Authors read. —Horace, selections from Satires and Epistles; Georgics, Book I.; Cicero, De Amicitia; Csesar, Book VI.; unseen passages from various authors. Dryden, Selections; Shakespeare's Henry V. ; Macaulay's Essay on Johnson; Eob Eoy. Alfred de Musset; Moliere, Tartuffe. Euripides—Scenes from Greek plays, Alcestis and Medea (edited by Sidgwick); Thucydides, Book IV., the Capture of Sphacteria ; Selections from Cyropasdia.

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Lowest. —Star Beader, Standard IV. ; Brief History, Nelson; Longmans' Junior School Grammar; Hill's First Lessons in Geography. Drawing. Singing. Writing (vertical), Nelson's Arithmetic (No. IV), simple and compound rules. Composition : Park's composition books, and on easy stories. Transcription. Dictation. Spelling. Parsing and simple analysis. Drill. Swimming.

3. Scholarships. The school gave free education to twenty-nine scholars. Seventeen scholarships of the Education Board, three at £40, fourteen at £20, were held at the school.

CHBISTCHUBCH GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Bboeipts and Expendituee for the Tear ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. ■d. ■ Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 829 211 By Office—salary .. .. .. 70 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 371 9 2 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,646 15 3 Interest on moneys invested .. .. 260 15 3 Examinations— School fees .. .. .. .. 1,786 1 0 Examiners'fees .. .. .. G8 5 0 Interest on current account .. .. 57 3 6 Other expenses .. .. .. 13 2 6 Scholarships .. .. .. 245 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 28 10 6 Printing, stationery, stamps, and advertising (including telegrams).. .. 53 17 8 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 26 12 11 Site and buildings— New desks and forms .. .. 5 3 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 27 16 9 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. 51 18 2 Expenses of cooking-classes .. .. 14 5 3 Music, and tuning pianos .. .. 916 0 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 4 19 4 Sundries .. .. .. .. 2 15 6 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,035 13 6 1110 £3,304 11 10 F. de C. Malet, Chairman. A. Ceaceoft Wilson, Begistrar.

2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English : Grammar —Mason's English Grammar; Morris's Smaller English Historical Grammar. Composition—Essays on subjects from books read, correction of sentences, &c. Literature—Morell's sketch of English Literature from Chaucer to Wordsworth; Stopford Brooke's Primer of English Literature; Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Borneo and Juliet; Chaucer's Prologue and the Knight's Tale ; Selections from the Faerie Queen. Latin : Grammar and Composition—Bradley's Arnold; Abbott's Idioms, Cesarean Prose, and various passages for translation into Latin. Books prepared—Cicero, De Amicitia and Pro Milone ; Virgil, the iEneid, Books I. and 11. ; the Eclogues; Livy, Book XXI.; Tacitus, Agricola ; sight-reading from various authors. French : Grammar and Composition—Brachet's Public School French Grammar and Exercises; French Prose, Bue's Idioms; translation—Saintine's Picciola; Voltaire's Ja'ire; Balzac's Eugenic Grandet; Moliere's Femmes Savantes and Medecin malgre lvi; Corneille's Le Cid; Topfer's Histoire de Jules et Charles. Mathematics : Arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, trigonometry, as prescribed for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Science : Botany and heat as prescribed for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Dress-cutting; cooking; swimming. Lowest. —English : Simple rules of grammar, easy parsing, easy composition, writing, dictation, spelling, reading, Star Beader No. V. History: Gardiner's History, Part 1., from Boman Invasion to end of Henry Ill's reign. Geography : Principal physical features of the world, outline of New Zealand. French : Elements of grammar, simple sentences. Arithmetic : Simple and compound rules. Science : The elements of botany and physiology. Drawing. Sewing. Drill. Swimming. Class-singing. 3. Scholarships. The school gave sixteen scholarships of £15 each. Twelve scholarships of the Education Board, at £20 each, were held at the school.

BANGIOBA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Ebpokt of the Boabd, g IK) Eangiora, 15th February, 1892. I have the honour to inform you, with reference to the remarks made in the report for the past year, that, in letting the school reserve, the Board obtained a most substantial tenant, but had to accept a reduced rent of £186 Bs. per annum as against £233; however, notwithstanding this reduction, the annual statement shows the debit balance as now only £5 14s. 3d., which the Board considers most satisfactory. I have, &c, Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. Geo. John Leech, Chairman.

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2. Genebal Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituke for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. S. s. d. To Current income from reserves .. .. 302 15 0 By Overdraft at beginning of year .. .. 150 7 3 School fees .. .. .. .. 272 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 380 0 0 Overdraft at end of year .. .. 514 3 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 15 13 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 15 17 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 5 3 6 Rents, insurances, and taxes .. .. 4 0 5 Interest on current account .. .. 6 0 0 Certificate of title • .. .. ' .. 16 8 Furnishing .. .. .. .. 110 Postage- and receipt-stamps .. .. 019 9 £580 9 3 £580 9 3 Geokge John Leech, Chairman. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin Grammar : Public School Latin Primer. Latin Composition : Belcher's Exercises ; Bradley's Arnold's Latin Prose Composition, Ex. Ito 16. Authors : Ccesar, De Bell. Gall., Book I. Ovid, Selections. Mathematics—Arithmetic: The whole subject. Algebra: To simple equations and problems. Euclid, Books 1., 11., 111. English Grammar : Mason's Elementary Grammar; Stopford Brooke's Primer of English Literature; Goldsmith's Traveller, with notes. History : Gardiner's Outlines, to the Civil War in Charles I.'s reign. Eoman History: Smith's Smaller, to end of Second Punic War. Geography: Hughes's Class-book (Africa, Asia, America). Physics: Balfour Stewart's Primer. Physiology: Murche's Elementary Physiology. French : Macmillan's First Year. Book-keeping, mapping, drawing. Loiuest. —Arithmetic : Simple and compound rules ; easy mental arithmetic; numeration and notation. 'English : Grammar; classification of words, simple parsing (Morrison's First Grammar); easy composition ; dictation from Star Eeader No. III.; poetry, reading, and spelling, from Star Eeader No. 111. English History: Brief History to end of reign of Henry 111. Geography : Phillips's First Geography (definitions New Zealand, iVustralia, and England). Writing: Vere Foster's Copy-books, Nos. 3-J- to 5. Drawing: Blair's Drawing-books for Standards 1., 11., 111. 4. SCHOLABSHIPS. The school gave free education to two boys and one girl.

ASHBUBTON HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituke for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. & a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. .. 479 11 9 By Balance from 1890 .. .. .. 385 310 School fees .. .. .. .. 239 2 2 Management— Books sold .. .. .. 20 6 6 Office salary .. .. .. 5 0 0 Overdraft at 31st December, 1891 .. 392 0 6 Office expenses .. .. .. 310 10 Teachers' salaries .. .. .. 485 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 15 15 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 7 10 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 54 13 2 Cleaning, fuel, and light .. .. 30 13 0 Premises— New work-water .. .. .. 55 13 5 Repairs .. .. .. 25 8 3 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 2 11 11 Interest on current account .. .. 35 10 6 Law costs .. .. .. 18 13 0 Tracing .. .. .. .. 0 7 6 Sundries .. .. .. .. 5 10 0 £1,131 0 11 £1,131 0 11 W. C. Walkeb, Chairman. Charles Beaddell, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

AKAEOA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Genbeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituke for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 21 15 11 By Office expenses .. .. .. 0 9 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 238 7 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 183 6 8 School fees .. .. .. .. 11l 16 3 Prizes .. .. .. .. 3 13 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 5 5 9 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 916 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 8 8 0 Book and stationery account and other temporary advances .. .. .. 6 19 11 Purchases and new works .. .. 3 3 6 Rent, insurance* and taxes .. .. 40 0 0 Inspection of reserves .. .. .. 3 5 0 Land registration .. .. .. 12 6 Placed on fixed deposit .. 50 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 67 12 11 £377 4 11 £377 4 11 H. C. Jacobson, Chairman. Examined and found correct. —James Edwakd FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : Via Latina ; Caesar, Helvetian War. English : Mason's Outlines of English Grammar; Merchant of Venice ; II Penseroso, L'Allegro, and Lycidas ; Epochs of English History. Euclid, Books 1.-, 11., and part of 111. Arithmetic: The whole subject. Algebra: To simple equations. French : Macmillan's Second Course. Chemistry : Primer. Lowest. —English : Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare; Eoyal Eeader V.; Goldsmith's Traveller. Via Latina (18 exercises). Arithmetic: To vulgar fractions. Chemistry: Primer. Gardiner's History.

3. SCHOLAESHIPS. The school gave free education to three boys and one girl.

TIMAEU HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 204 10 9 By Management— Endowments— Office salary .. .. .. 73 15 0 Current income from reserves .. 1,275 0 0 ■ Other office expenses .. .. 211 5 Interest on moneys invested and on Steward of reserves .. .. 13 4 6 unpaid purchase-money .. .. 190 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,571 10 6 Paid by School Commissioners .. 60 0 0 Scholarships.. .. .. .. 110 School fees .. .. .. 025 19 2 Prizes .. .. .. .. 18 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 78 8 1 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 115 14 8 Book and stationery account and other temporary advances .. .. 38 0 5 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works .. .. 97 5 0 Fencing, Eepairs, &c. .. .. il7 5 Eents, insurance, and taxes.. .. 19 5 1 Interest on current account .. .. 0 5 6 Travelling expenses of Board .. .. 11 10 8 Bank balance .. £256 19 0 Less outstanding cheques 7 2 4 In bank .. .. 249 16 8 On deposit .. .. .. .. CO 0 0 In hand .. .. .. .. 0 4 0 £2,355 9 11 £2,355 9 11 Henry W. Harpee, Chairman. J. H. Bamfield, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English : Mason's English Grammar; Composition, exercises, and essay writing; Shakespeare's Henry IV. (Part I.), Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Macaulay's Warren Hastings, Burkes Thoughts on the Present Discontents, Eaiie's Philology. Latin : Cicero, De Senectute (Shuckburgh); Horace, Odes, Book 111., sight translation; Bennett's Latin Passages; first twenty chapters of Sallust's Catiline ; Ctesar, Books V. and VI. (Colbeck); continuous prose composition up to Junior Scholarship Standard; Abbott's Via Latina; Horton's History of the Eomans. Greek : Homer's Odyssey (Book I.); Thucydides, Eise of the Athenian Empire (Colson); Euripides, Hecuba ; Smith's History of Greece ; Abbott and Mansfield's Greek Grammar ; Greek prose up to Junior Scholarship Standard. French: Macmillan's Composition; ditto Organic Method of teaching French; Lazare Hoche (Bonnechose); Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Moliore); Enfants d' Edouard (Delavigne) ;Vecqueray's Grammar papers. German : Macmillan's First Beader, second year's course ; Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. Mathematics : Lock's Arithmetic, Barnard Smith's Exercises ; algebra, Hall and Knight; geometry, Cuthbertson's Euclidian Geometry; trigonometry, Lock's. Science : Lock's Statics and Dynamics ; Sanderson's Elementary Hydrostatics ; Garnett's Heat; Eemsen's Elementary Chemistry; Zouman's Botany; Bettany's Primer of Botany. Geography: Longmans' for Australasia. History: Buckley's; Epochs (Gardiner). Commercial Class : Tot's Book-keeping ; correspondence; shorthand ; indexing. Drawing: Freehand, model, geometrical, mechanical. Loivest. —Gatty's Parables from Nature (Bell), Gardiner's First History, Abbott's How to tell the Parts of Speech, Longmans' Geographical Eeader (Europe), Star Arithmetics, Bue's Early French Lessons, Paul Bert's First Year of Scientific Knowledge, Southern Cross Copy-books, Colo" nial Drawing-books (freehand and geometrical). Boys. —Cadet corps and junior drill; gymnastics, seniors and juniors; singing, juniors. Girls. —Gymnastics and drill with Indian clubs, French wands, and dumb-bells ; plain and fancy needlework, knitting, cutting-out; singing. Twenty-eight boys belonged to the carpentry classes during the last term. The work of the year was very favourably reported on by Mr. Marchant, C.E.

3. Scholarships. Free education was granted to twelve scholars of the Board of Education. The Cain Exhibition, amounting to £10 per annum, was awarded on the results of the annual examination.

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WAIMATE HIGH SCHOOL. Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. 1 Expenditure. £ s. d To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 718 14 9 By Management — Current income from reserves .. .. 222 6 0 Office salaries .. .. .. 9 9 0 Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 34 10 0 i Other office expenses .. .. 10 0 Other expenses of management .. 1 11 0 Subsidy to South Canterbury Education Board .. .. .. 37 10 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 11 15 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 2 2 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 2 9 6 Travelling expenses—members .. .. 4 13 0 Cheque-book .. .. .. .. 0 4 2 Exchange on cheques .. .. .. 0 9 0 Balance at end of year .. .. ~ 904 8 1 £975 10 9 ! £975 10 9 H. H. Lee, Chairman. G. H. Geaham, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet of the Boaed. Sik,— Oamaru, 19th March, 1892. I have the honour to report that during the year Miss Little, the third assistant in the Waitaki Girls' High School, tendered her resignation, which was accepted. No fresh appointment was made, the attendance of pupils having decreased, the Lady Principal stating that she thought this was partly attributable to there being no arrangements for boarders. The Governors have decided to give this matter their favourable consideration, and with this object in view have agreed to give a subsidy not exceeding £50 by way of one year's rent to the matron of a private boarding establishment in connection with the Girls' High School. A very commodious gymnasium in connection with the Boys' High School has been erected without cost to the Board on the school-site. Nearly all the land set aside for sale at Eveline has been disposed of at very little advance on the reduced upset price. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary for Education, Wellington. Geoege Sumptee, Secretary. 2. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. dTo Capital account—Price of reserves sold 2,269 1 1 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 123 7 0 Endowments — Office salary .. .. .. 75 0 0 Current income from reserves .. 1,118 13 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances— Interest on moneys invested and on Girls .. .. .. .. 371 13 4 unpaid purchase-money .. .. 214 0 Boys .. .. .. .. 939 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. 57 7 3 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 10 0 0 School fees— Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 81 5 C Boys' .. .. .. .. 407 7 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 11l 7 0 Girls' .. .. .. .. 178 8 4 Book and stationery account and other Valuation .. .. .. .. 32 10 6 temporary advances .. .. 20 1 3 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Purchases and new works .. .. 42 8 0 Furnishing Girls' High School .. 25 10 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. 25 8 11 Interest on current account .. .. 22 4 0 Interest on loan .. .. .. 228 0 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 3 16 5 Expenses of survey, sales, management, &c, .. .. .. .. 141 3 3 Solicitors' fees .. .. .. 46 19 6 Amount paid off mortgage .. .. 1,600 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. 198 17 0 £4,060 1 2 £4,066 1 2 11. J. Millee, Chairman. Geoege Sumptee, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1891. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s . d Petty cash in hand .. .. .. 015 6 Loan on buildings .. .. .. 1,900 0 0 Rents uncolleoted .. .. .. 491 8 0 Scholarship fund .. .. .. 125 0 0 Fees uncollected, girls .. .. .. 162 3 4 Salaries accrued and unpaid .. .. 159 0 0 Fees uncollected, boys .. .. .. 280 1 0 Interest on mortgage .. .. .. 93 18 2 Deferred-payment balances .. .. 688 2 2 Cash in hand, Colonial Bank .. .. 198 1 6 £1,820 11 6 School buildings £997710 o Reserves vested in Board by " The Waitaki High School Act, 1878." Geoege Sumptee, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— James Edwaed FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General,

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4. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Latin and Greek: Bradley's Arnold, 1-40; Simpson's Cassarean Prose; Mayor's Greek Course, all; Virgil, Mα.. I. to VI. once, Books V. to VI. revised; Cassar, De Bell. Gall., Books 111. to IV. ; Selections from Eoman Literature. English : Macmillan's Sixth Eeader, 600 lines, repetition ; Wordsworth's Excursion, Book I.; Much Ado About Nothing. Science : Botany (Thomson's Lect. Book and Practical); Mechanics, Blackie's ; Light and Heat, Lectures. Mathematics : Arithmetic, Hamblin Smith; algebra to binomial theorem; Euclid, Books I. to VI.; trigonometry, elementary. Drawing : Freehand and mechanical. French : Macmillan's First and Second Course, no translation. Lowest. —Latin : Via Latina, Ito 25; Primer, revised edition. French: Macmillan's First Course. Mathematics : Arithmetic to fractions, algebra to simple factors. Drawing: Hutton's, Books I. to IV. Science : Paul Bert's Introduction. Writing: Geikie's copies. English: Gardiner's History, Petrie's Geography, Nelson's Poetical Eeader, Tom Brown's School Days, Washington Irving's Old Christmas. Girls. Highest. —English: Paradise Lost, Book 1., and Tennyson's Princess, repetition; Mason's Grammar. Latin: Principia, Part 1., syntax and irregular verbs; Cffisar, De Bello Gallico, I. to IX. French. History: Period, 1688 to Victoria. Geography: British Empire. Science: Home Life. Mathematics : Hamblin Smith's Arithmetic; algebra to simple equations; Euclid, Book 11., revise from Bookl. Special Work (scholarship candidate) : Morris's Grammar, Brooke's Primer of English Literature, Chaucer's Prologue to Canterbury Tales. Latin : Principia, Part IV., Sallust, Bellum Catilinarium ; Cicero, De Amicitia; Virgil, iEneid I. Algebra: To permutations and combinations (inclusive). Euclid : Books I. to VI., Book V. (definitions only), Exercises. Trigonometry : Lock's Trigonometry to solution of triangles, inclusive. Mechanics: Blackie's Dynamics, all. Chemistry: Miller's Inorganic Chemistry, all. Loiuest. —English: Blackie's Grammar; Eeefe's Eeader VI. History: Plantagenet Period. Geography: Europe, Asia. Latin: Principia, Part 1., to passive verbs. French: Oxford and Cambridge Grammar, First Part. Mathematics : Arithmetic to simple interest, algebra to factors. Science : Elementary botany.

OTAGO HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Eepoet op the Boaed. Sir,— Dunedin, sth April, 1892. In conformity with section 8 of " The Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Act, 1877," and in terms of circular from the Education Department of date 25th November last, I have the honour to forward herewith the report of the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools for the year ending 31st December, 1891. The attendance in the Boys' School for the first half of the year was 232, and for the second half 221; the average daily attendance being 98-2 per cent., or nearly as high as that of 1890, which was the largest recorded. In the Girls' School the numbers on the roll for the four quarters of the year were 152, 154, 167, and 164, which shows a slight decline on the attendance during the previous year. The average daily attendance for the last quarter was 153. I have pleasure in stating that the schools are in a satisfactory condition, and that the discipline and efficiency are being fully maintained. The results of the recent examination are gratifying, and prove that the scholars are doing good work. During the year the Grey-Eussell Scholarship, open only to boys of the Otago High School, was awarded to A. E. Falconer; while the Scott Scholarship, open to all-comers, was awarded to A. H. Adams. In the course of the year the Board sold five town and seven rural sections at Strath Taieri, the areas being \\ acres and 372 acres respectively. The price obtained for the town sections was £7 cash per quarter-acre section, and for the rural sections £2 ss. 4d. per acre, payable by four instalments spread over seven years, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum. The Board also leased fifty-three rural sections in the Strath Taieri and Mokoreta Districts, containing 2,487 acres, at a yearly rental of £296 3s. 9d., or 2s 4|-d. per acre. : ' ; During the year the Board gave effect to the concessions offered to its tenants at Wyndham Valley, referred to in last year's report, and also came to a satisfactory settlement with "Messrs. Graham and Bews, who could not formerly see their way to accept the concessions offered. I take this opportunity of referring to the great loss which the Board has sustained by the lamented death of the late Hon. James Pulton, which took place in November last. Mr. Fulton was a member of the Board of Governors for a period extending over twelve years, during which time he rendered most valuable services, often at great personal sacrifice and inconvenience. Annexed hereto is the balance-sheet and statement of receipts and expenditure during the year, duly certified by the Controller and Auditor-General. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. D. M. Stuaet, D.D., Chairman.

* The areas of the fifty-three rural sections range from 2 to 348 acres each, and thirty-four of the number are under 10 acres each.

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2. Geneeal Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d To Capital Account—Price of reserves sold.. 888 8 0 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 3 253 0 6 Endowments— ManagementCurrent income from reserves .. 2,560 4 8 Office salary .. .. .. ]80 0 0 Interest on moneys invested and on Incidentals .. .. 38 11 4 unpaid purchase-money .. .. 156 12 3 Stamps and telegrams .. 22 19 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. 428 16 3 Other expenses (legal account) .. 11 5 0 School fees— Teachers' salaries and allowancesBoys ■ • ■• .. .. 1,732 7 6 Boys'school .. .. .. 3,097 17 10 Girls ■• ■• •• •■ 1,244 8 0 Girls'school .. .. .. 1,830 15 4 Boarding-school fees—Girls .. .. 765 7 0 Boarding-oohool account— Dr. Balance— £ s. d. Boys' school .. 42 15 0 Bank overdraft .. 2,589 1 9 Girls'school .. .. .. 548 16 1 Less cash in hand 60 10 0 High-school laboratories .. .. 3 16 Scholarships .. .. 20 0 0 2,528 11 9 Prizes .. .. 37 12 6 Outstanding cheques 135 1 3 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 124 15 7 2,663 13 0 Cleaning, fuol, light, &c, including wages of two janitors .. .. 259 10 3 Book and stationery account— Boys' school .. .. .. 96 5 0 Girls' school .. .. .. 64 8 0 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Rates, county, city, &c. .. .. 282 12 4 Repairs, &c. .. .. .. 89 11 2 Insurance .. .. .. 51 9 0 Interest on current account and advances .. .. .. .. 303 3 0 Endowments, sales account— Auctioneer's commission and expenses 38 12 i Reporting on reserves .. .. 12 6 0 Destroying rabbits .. .. 24 9 2 £10,439 16 8 £10,439 16 8 D. M. Stuaet, D.D., Chairman. C. Macandeew, Secretary.

Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1891. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Eents overdue .. .. .. 320 2 7 Tradesmen's accounts unpaid .. .. 191 0 6 School fees overdue .. .. .. 299 12 0 Board fees overdue .. .. .. 615 0 Amounts due on mortgage land, instalments, including interest .. .. 2,870 14 8 D. M. Stuaet, D.D., Chairman. C. Macandeew, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Latin, French, German, English, Mathematics, Science : To the extent required by the Junior University Scholarship Examination of the University of New Zealand. Lowest. —Latin: An easy primer, with translation and exercises. French: An easy primer, with translation and exercises. English : Elementary Grammar, with memoriter work and exercises in reading and common-sense; History of England to 1485. Geography of the Australasian group. Drawing: Freehand, with writing. Gymnastics form part of the compulsory school course, and are included in the daily time-table. Girls. Highest. —English: Chaucer, the Nonne PrestesTale; Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing; Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II.; Selections from Prose Writers, 1490-1684; Boman History, the Later Eepublic ; Historical English Grammar; Composition, &c. Latin: Virgil, Georgics, Book IV.; ißneid IV., 500 lines; Caesar, Gallic War, Book II.; Livy, Siege of Syracuse. Advanced section (in addition) :At sight translation—Livy : Book I.; Horace, Odes, Book 11., part of Book 111. ; composition, grammar, &c. French: Saintine, Picciola ; Boielle, poetry; grammar, etymology, composition, &c. German : Macmillan's First German Course. Mathematics : Arithmetic, the whole subject. Algebra: To permutations and combinations, inclusive. Geometry: Euclid—Division A., Books 1., 11., 111., IV., VI.; Division B, Books 1., 11., 111. Trigonometry: Division A., Lock's Trigonometry; Division B, Lock's Trigonometry, Chaps. 1.-XL Science: Botany, the Morphology and Physiology of the Botanical Types specified in the Junior Scholarship Schedule. Chemistry : The metallic elements ; revision of the non-metallic elements. The Senior Division have revised the whole of inorganic chemistry. Lowest. —English : Longmans' Fourth Beader. History: Blackwood's Short Stories. Geography : Australasia, chief oceans, seas, &c.; physical geography, explanation of geographical terms, &c. Grammar: Simple analysis and parsing. Object-lessons : Simple lessons on common objects, with a view to subsequent composition on the subject of lesson. French : Chardenal's First French Course. Arithmetic : Simple and compound rules in money, simple problems, mental arithmetic.

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Dratving. —Upper Drawing School—Easel-work: Painting in oils—jars, drapery, and other objects of still-life, flowers from nature, copies of heads; painting in monochrome—casts; chalkdrawing—casts, drapery, geometrical objects, copies of cartoon heads. Copy-book work : Pencil drawing—Exercises in elementary perspective, Poynter's Outlines of Human Figure, outlines from nature. First and second forms : Pencil-drawing—Outlines, &c, from black-board. 4. Scholarships. Thirty-three scholarships of the Education Board were held at the Boys' School, and seventeen at the Girls' School.

SOUTHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Eepoet of the Boaed. Sic,— Invercargill, 28th March, 1892. In terms of your circular I have the honour to present the following report for the year ending 31st December, 1891: — At the beginning of the year the following gentlemen constituted the Board of Governors: Messrs. Lumsden and Carswell, appointees of the Government; Messrs. Matheson and Bain, representing the Southland Education Board ; and His Worship Mr. W. H. Hall, Mayor of Invercargill. Mr. H. L. Fowler, to whom reference was made in the last annual report as having been appointed to succeed Mr. Austin, entered upon his duties at the beginning of the year. Miss Pitcaithly resigned her position at the end of 1891, having decided to retire from the profession; and Miss Billing, of the Methodist College, Melbourne, was appointed her successor. The Collegiate Classes Association, referred to in last year's report, continue to occupy a portion of the High School building for their classes. Towards the end of the year a suitable building was leased, and a boarding establishment for boys opened under the personal supervision of the second Assistant-Master, Mr. W. Macalister. Although the Board retains control over this branch, and gives some pecuniary assistance in paying part of the rent and cost of furniture, the teacher who conducts the establishment collects the fees and pays to the Board a certain proportion as rent and interest on outlay for furniture. As it will take some time to assert in the minds of the public the advantage of such an institution, the Board can only report at present a partial success. The want of an institution of this kind has been long felt to be a hindrance to the advancement of the High School. The Board considers that a similar establishment for girls is highly desirable, although at present this is financially impracticable. By a reference to the accompanying return it will be seen that the number of pupils on the roll has increased, although not to a very marked extent. The Board expects that the advancement in this direction will be more pronounced during the current year. A copy of the annual balance-sheet for 1891, and replies to your queries in your circular, are appended hereto. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. Gbo. Lumsden, Chairman.

2. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in bank at beginning of year .. 235 10 4 By Office—salary .. .. .. 75 0 0 Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit from Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,280 0 0 last year .. .. .. .. 2,193 12 11 Boarding establishment, boys', .. 58 4 9 Bank of New South Wales, fixed deposit Prizes .. .. .. .. 617 9 from last year .. .. .. 403 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertisements 53 9 3 Endowments— Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 67 18 5 Capital account, price of reserves sold 150 0 0 Books and stationery account and other Current income from reserves .. 671 7 6 temporary advances .. .. 27 15 8 Interest on moneys invested and on Site and buildings from current revenue, unpaid purchase-money .. .. 198 19 4 fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 20 8 4 Paid by School Commissioners .. 167 13 3 Insurance and taxes.. .. .. 18 15 0 School fees, Boys' School .. .. 292 0 5 Reserves—Expenses of leasing, &c. .. 108 13 5 Books, &c, sold and other refunds, Boys' Thomas Green, amount valuation of imSchool .. .. .. .. 20 5 0 provements on Section 8, Block VI., School fees, Girls' School .. .. 162 15 8 Gore, payable to out-going tenant .. 120 0 0 Books, &c, sold and other refunds, Girls' Stamps, telegrams, &c. .. .. 8 17 7 School .. .. .. .. 11 3 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand on Boarding establishment, boys'.. .. 18 8 3 fixed deposit .. .. .. 2,219 14 9 Eepairs .. .. .. .. 018 0 Balance in Bank of New South Wales on W. S. Hurd, amount valuation of im- fixed deposit .. .. .. 453 0 0 provements on Section 8, Block VI., Balance in hand and in bank at end of Gore, payable to outgoing tenant .. 120 0 0 year .. .. .. .. 126 18 9 £4,645 13 8 £4,645 13 8 Geoege Lumsden, Chairman. Chaeles Bout, Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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3. Statement of Assets and Lialilities at 81st December, 1891. Assets. ;B s. d.l Liabilities. £, s. d. Bank of New South Wales, fixed deposit .. 453 0 0 Sundry accounts unpaid.. .. .. 32 ] 6 Bank of New Zealand— Thomas Quinn, fees paid twice on error .. 310 8 Fixed deposit.. .. .. .. 2,219 14 9 Balance current account .. .. 124 7 7 Cash in hand .. .. .. 2 11 2 Rent of reserves due and unpaid .. .. 155 15 5 Reserves sold on deferred payment, instalments due and unpaid.. .. .. 207 17 4 : Interest due and unpaid .. ■ .. 18 5 3 School and stationery fees due and unpaid.. 224 14 10 £3,406 6 4 £35 12 2 Freehold property, Sections 27 and 28, ™ Block XIII., Invercargill Reserves vested in Board by Acts of General Assembly George Lumsden, Chairman. Charles Bout, Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edward PitzGerald, Controller aud Auditor-General. 4. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin: Ovid, Fasti, 1., II.; Cicero, InVerrem; Bradley's Arnold ; Grammar; unseen translations and prose. French: Brachet's Grammar, translation, "Campaign of Jena ,, ; unseen translations, exercises, and prose. English : Shakespeare's Macbeth and Tempest, English Literature (Stopford Brooke), Historical Grammar (Morris); composition and essays. Mathematics: Arithmetic, the subject; algebra, to the binomial theorem; Euclid, Books I. to IV., the definitions of Books V. and'Vl. ; trigonometry, to end of solution of triangles. German : First Principles, 1., Macmillan's Eeader No. I. Science : Chemistry, the metallic and non-metallic elements, quantivalence, the atomic theory; Heat, the subject. History : English and Soman, George's General. Lowest. —English: Chambers's Eeaders, VI.; Mason's Grammar (first notions). Geography: Australasia and Europe. History : Gardiner's. Arithmetic : Weights and measures, vulgar and decimal fractions, practice, and proportion. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation (not givon); printing (1,450 copies), ±18 6s.

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