EDUCATION: REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-9, 1893.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, E-09

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EDUCATION: REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-9, 1893.]

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

SECONDARY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED OR ENDOWED.

SUMMARY OF THE ACCOUNTS OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR 1893 FURNISHED BY THE GOVERNING BODIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

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Name. Act of Incorporation or Institution. Bemarks. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School 1877 No. 51, Local. 1878, No. 55, Local Under management of Education Board. Not in operation in 1893. Thames High School Whangarei High School. 1878, No. 54, Local. 1878, No. 63, Local Act may be repealed by Gazette notice under Act of 1885, No. 30. New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School Wanganui Collegiate School 1889, No. 2, Local. 1878, No. 42, Local [Nil] Board identical with Education Board. Endowment, Reg. I., fol. 52. See also D.-16, 1866, p. 9. Wellington College and Girls' High School Napier High Schools Gisborne High School Nelson College Nelson College for Girls Greymouth High School.. Hokitika High School Christ's College Grammar School 1887, No. 17 Local. 1882, No. 11, Local. 1885, No. 8, Local 1858, No. 38. 1882, No. 15, Local 1883, No. 21, Local 1883, No. 7 Local Canterbury Ordinance, 1855 1878, No. 30, Local [Nil] Not in operation in 1893. Under management of Nelson College. Not in operation in 1893. Not in operation in 1893. A department of Christ's College, Canterbury. Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Under management of Canterbury College. Under management of Canterbury College. Endowment, Gazette, 1878, Vol. 1, p. 131. Rangiora High School Akaroa High School Ashburton High School Timaru High School Waimate High School Waitaki High School Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools 1881, No. 15, Local. 1881, No. 16, Local. 1878, No. 49, Local. 1878, No. 26, Local. 1883, No. 19, Local 1878, No. 18, Local. 1877, No. 52, Local. 1877, No. 82, Local. Not in operation in 1893.

Receipts. 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1893 .. Endowment reserves sold Rents of reserves Interest on investments Reserves Commissioners School fees Boarding-school fees Books, &c, sold, and refunds Sundries not classified Interest on current account Debit balances, 31st December, 1893 . £ s. d. 12,768 1 2 6,456 4 6 21,680 3 11 2,171 5 11 2,499 11 8 19,810 2 8 3,249 15 4 627 11 11 1,783 13 5 156 15 3 9,025 14 11 Expenditure. By Liabilities on 1st January, 1893 Office management and expenses Teachers' salaries Boarding-school accounts Examination fees and expenses Scholarships and prizes Printing, stationery, and advertising Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. Buildings, furniture, rent, insurance, rates, &o. Interest Sundries not classified Credit balances, 31st December, 1893. £ s. d. 15,300 3 11 2,026 19 2 30,719 6 0 3,408 14 10 387 10 11 1 792 3 2 1 253 17 2 1 288 5 6 5,734 2 6 3,029 4 6 3,071 15 7 12,216 17 5 £80,229 0 8 £80,229 0 8

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Income of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1893.

'roni lownieui ;s. Schools. Cr. Balances on Jan. 1,1893. Paid by School Conmiissioners. School Fees. Boardingschool Fees. Stationery and Books sold, and Eefunds. Sundries unclassified. Interest on Current Account. Dr. Balances, Dec. 31,1893. Totals. Sales. Bents. Interest on Moneys invested. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School .Whangarei High School isew .riyinouth High School ' > Wanganui High School Wanganui Collegiate School .. Wellington College and Girls' High School Napier High Schools Gisbome High School Nelson College Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar School 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. a. 486 9 10 32 15 7 £ S. d. £ s. d. 2,Y80 12 8 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ S. d. 2,196 6 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 19 12 11 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. 106 9 6 £ s. a. 5,589 11 1 82 15 7 1 191 5 3 368 18 5 1,060 12 8 4,382 16 9 922 11 4 6,838 11 1 53 3 11 89 5 8 12 0 0 398 14 9 66 19 6 401 14 11 226 0 0 736 12 11 1,599 8 7 348 7 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 264 9 1 201 18 9 123 12 0 97 13 0 304 2 0 1,094 10 4 1.312 - 0 8 0 2 0 300 12 0 10 0 106 6 6 ' 69 7 4 0 12 0 1 1 0 1,200 0 0 113 18 3 63 13 0 72 0 2 2,198 8 3 2,907 1 11 1,869 8 10 1,283 16 1 1,300 12 0 769 16 7 969 1 7 60 4 2 1,017 2 0 1,105 10 0 50 0 0 1,166 13 3 2 10 0 3'J 15 0 3,296 0 6 313 5 4 *2,696 14 6 96 14 0 152 6 0 554 14 1 1,199 19 8 246 4 6 1,263 8 7 2 722 13 1 563 12 1 165 11 0 941 0 1 33 17 5 47 10 0 435 0 8 262 3 8 300 0 0 966 0 8 1,953 3 5 1,488 2 8 84 17 6 86 6 0 0 10 66 6 0 34 19 6 44 18 9 4,626 8 8 1,662 5 9 7 235 17 5 806 5 0 1,056 6 7 4,902 3 2 3,096 7 10 13,726 7 3 270 2 9 404 18 11 1,091 5 5 3 233 2 11 1,499 18 5 2,298 12 6 10,310 16 3 3,570 19 8 122 11 11 6,050 0 0 260 10 9 1,510 19 0 1,457 8 0 2,317 9 0 71 9 0 127 9 0 244 19 0 536 9 8 3 3 0 8 17 3 2 12 0 2,653 6 6 101 19 9 866 8 6 1,102 6 11 404 3 10 99 19 0 70 0 0 224 5 6 119 6 2 51 8 0 19 15 0 100 7 6 83 13 0 58 15 1 358 15 9 99 1 4 482 10 0 2,937 17 0 481 3 6 21 13 6 500 0 0 3 19 11 6 19 0 269 18 10 3,517 5 5 2,340 13 9 449 12 0 0 14 0 2 2 0 Totals 12,768 1 2 6,456 4 6 21,680 3 11 2,171 5 11 2,499 11 8 19,810 2 8 3,249 15 4 627 11 11 1,783 13 5 156 15 3 9,025 14 11 80,229 0 * Rents and interest.

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Expenditure of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1893.

Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1,1893. Expense of Boards' Management: Office and Salaries. School Salaries, Boardingschool Account. Examiners' Fees and Expenses. Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes. Printing, Stationery, Advertising, &c. Land, Buildings, Furniture, Insurance, Bent, Bates. Cleaning, Fuel, Light, &c. Interest. Sundries unclassified. Cr. Balances, Dec. 31,1893. Totals. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui Girls' High School Wanganui Collegiate 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 School Rangiora 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. £ s. d. 302 19 11 £ s. d. 3,500 5 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 112 4 8 £ s. d. 104 6 9 £ s. d. 1,057 12 7 81 15 11 47 6 0 60 8 0 154 14 6 306 17 4 656 17 1 284 18 5 £ s. d. 71 0 8 £ s. d. 251 4 9 £ s. d. 189 16 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 5 589 11 ] 82 15 r i 1,191 5 £ 368 18 t 1,060 12 6 4,382 16 £ 922 11 4 6,838 11 1 •• 296 7 11 27 5 3 10 15 6 27 13 9 45 4 1 i 69 8 0 121 7 8 725 0 0 195 6 8 716 10 0 1,001 11 6 7 10 0 18 16 9 20 6 3 37 11 0 1 15 6 188 18 2 36 18 10 7 9 5 53 13 1 47 14 0 23 12 6 5 15 9 27 4 9 32 5 6 0 8 0 68 5 8 0 19 8 1,100 14 4 36 19 0 2,425 18 4 1,341 1 4 26 18 3 55 1 6 157 11 9 1,014 6 10 38 0 10 60 8 10 378 16 0 2,478 11 8 159 14 8 73 14 3 134 9 11 116 5 10 683 12 2 69 12 7 1,868 15 8 150 0 0 2,019 12 0 20 0 0 16 9 6 2 17 9 231 6 9 2 10 0 244 18 2 28 1 0 0 ' e 10 351 4 8 1,535 4 11 1,509 1 2 1,583 8 4 764 0 0 1,005 14 7 472 2 2 873 12 2 4,626 8 £ 1,662 5 £ 7,235 17 t 806 5 C 1,056 6 7 4,902 3 S 3 096 7 1C 13,726 7 S 270 2 £ 404 18 11 1,091 5 5 3,233 2 11 1 499 18 5 2 298 12 6 10 310 16 3 3,570 19 8 395 7 4 5 0 0 1,416 8 10 63 0 4 398 0 0 571 9 7 4 5 0 5 10 0 431 7 0 109 6 3 565 7 5 14 5 10 52 5 10 15 15 5 145 15 10 73 1 2 132 18 5 30 10 0 0 2 0 53 4 1 28 3 2 138 6 0 0 15 10 3 6 6 24 17 4 1,052 10 9 85 5 5 262 18 8 233 14 4 23 10 7 8,098 0 8 32 1 6 360 5 4 80 0 0 70 0 0 231 9 0 0 15 0 22 8 5 119 15 5 13 12 0 70 0 0 230 4 1 114 1 2 45 0 0 3 188 16 0 1 600 9 2 3,333 10 2 200 0 0 200 0 0 542 10 0 1,465 10 10 75 0 0 1,062 18 8 5,173 2 10 1,176 15 6 30,719 6 0 73 12 1 80 1 9 61 7 6 12 12 0 60 13 6 254 17 0 654 15 6 2 14 6 7 2 6 20 0 0 21 18 6 5 0 0 85 0 0 8 8 10 171 1 7 50 13 0 67 10 1 6 0 9 6 10 8 47 11 5 90 18 3 46 6 9 29 5 4 211 18 8 10 11 6 12 2 0 29 16 0 132 12 10 325 0 0 364 2 3 6 7 4 0 10 28 7 C 127 3 5 3 3 0 18 9 0 102 4 9 60 9 3 143 1 0 490 12 0 289 13 4 77 12 0 247 2 8 56 13 9 105 17 4 340 5 0 205 19 0 1 300 19 6 540 5 10 2,949 16 10 12 10 0 458 13 9 20 6 3 Totals 15,300 3 11 2,026 19 2 3,408 14 10 387 10 11: 1,792 3 2 1 253 17 2 1,821 1 0 5,734 2 6 1,288 5 6 3,029 4 6 3,071 15 7 12,216 17 5 80,229 0

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

a Seven guineas each for two; six guineas each for three. b Headmaster has no salary; seven masters board at school, and one Boards and resides. oThree assistants have board and rooms in addition to salary. iiNot including the fees by which the teachers ot music are remunerated. c Four masters board at school. ( Three mistresses board at school. g Five masters have houses. h£3o for an Education Board's scholar. i And house. i There is a residence for the Bector. k One teacher has board and lodging. l Boys, 1,317; girls, 934.

Schools. Staff. iendance fc Quarte Dr Last Ten ir of 1893. CO - ,_, ■ or © tog ? « p- © W u o rO U tS O « O 3 s Annual Eai ;es of Fees. Salaries at Ei End of ates paid at Year. © CO o to 0) erj o 43 o 00 o For Ordinary Day-school Course. For Board, exclusive of Day-school Tuition. Eegular Staff. Visiting Teachers. £ s. a. | 10 10 0 "( 8 8 0 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. Auckland College and } Grammar School } 13 (' 62 66 72 58 4 2 i.139 0.126 j'b. 9 \g- s 6. 32 g. 24 (6. 26 Iff. 19 134 115 (' 1 1 3,235 0 0 110 0 0 Whangarei High School Thames High School 1 9 ('19 (14 4 13 9 1 )>„ I 55 | 43 "8 8 0 »8 8 0 190 0 0 725 0 0 New Plymouth High ] School } Wanganui Collegiate ) School J 3 10 22 22 1 6 6 0 (12 0 0 [900 ] 10 10 0 J880 ( 13 4 0 \ 10 12 0 113 4 0 I 10 12 0 j 9 9 0 1 8 8 0 (990 [700 ( 12 12 0 18 8 0 j 12 12 0 [880 18 0 0 15 0 0 (12 0 0 (990 {660 ( 12 12 0 19 9 0 ] 10 10 0 (880 f10 10 0 \ 9 9 0 (880 (990 j 7 7 0 j 10 0 0 (800 710 0 0 Wanganui Girls' Wellington College Wellington Girls' High ] School Napier Boys' High School Napier Girls' High School Nelson College Nelson Girls' College Christ's College Gram- ) mar School 4 1 3 1 69 23 37 36 28 24 18 28 57 7!) 36 94 86 32 31 56 50 56 8 11 155 67 138 131 61 59 77 89 128 150 04 135 119 58 56 74 85 119 120 32 33 11 11 25 11 32 I 45 0 0 I 40 0 0 I 42 0 0 i L J I 40 0 0 I 40 0 0 I 40 0 0 I 40 0 0 I 52 10 0 } ■ I 1 I 40 0 0 I ) | h 42 0 0 H 1,725 0 0 «660 0 0 1,225 0 0 1,025 0 0 830 0 0 730 0 0 • 1,170 0 0 '535 0 0 e2,705 0 0 d 160 0 0 50 0 0 and fees. 50 0 0 and fees. 100 10 0 Pees. Pees. 283 0 0 15 Christchurch Boys'High 1 School j Christchurch Girls'High) School J 124 70 200 193 2,800 0 0 140 0 0 6 6 5 58 52 3 118 111 1,180 0 0 250 4 0 Rangiora High School (Te pora rily elos ed) Akaroa High School 7 6 (6. 10 U 3 6. 14 g. 25 b. 51 g. 25 | 10 i 200 0 0 Ashburfcon High School 3 P i 8 12 17 26 12 8 20 12 1 2 1 I 36 I 72 550 0 0 Timaru High School Waitaki High Schools— Boys' (i 1,441 0 0 50 0 0 19 14 34 32 8 J 10 0 0 {880 £8 8/to £i 10/ | 42 0 0 '630 0 0 12 0 0 Girls' 17 23 40 34 390 0 0 Otago Boys' High School 38 165 212 208 10 (10 0 0 j 8 10 0 10 0 0 8 10 0 (440 (10 0 0 {800 44 0 0 38 10 0 p2,806 2 6 260 0 0 and fees. Otago Girls' High School 68 90 16 176 165 20 ) 40 0 0 j 35 0 0 I 35 0 0 "1,684 7 0 340 0 0 and fees. Southland High School. 30 28 (6. 31 \g. 27 '2,251 I 55 4 1 190 0 0 Totals 119 101 2,133 28,336 9 6 1,811 14 0 47 24 940 1186 330

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EEPOET OF THE INSPECTOR-GENEEAL OE SCHOOLS.

The Inspectoe-Geneeal of Schools to the Hon. the Ministeb of Education Sic, — Department of Education, Wellington, 30th May, 1894. I have the honour to submit my report on secondary schools inspected by me in 1893.. In the month of June 1 set out with the intention of inspecting the schools at Napier, Wanganui, and New Plymouth. In the course of my journey I received telegrams advising me that the Wanganui Collegiate School and the Wanganui Girls' School had suspended operations on account, of ah epidemic of measles, and that it would be useless for me to visit them. Owing to the same epidemic only about one-third of the pupils at the Napier Boys' High School, and about one-half of the pupils of the Napier Girls' High School, were present. In October I inspected the Auckland College and Grammar School, the Thames High School, the Whangarei High School, Miss Edger's and I)r Macarthur's private schools at Auckland (at the special request of the Auckland Board of Education), the "Wellington College, and the Wellington Girls' High School, and in November, the Southland Boys' and Girls' High School, the Otago Boys' High School, the Otago Girls' High School, the Waitaki Boys' High School, the Waitaki Girls' High School, the Timaru High School, the Ashburton Boys' and Girls' High Schools, Christ's College Grammar School, the Christchurch Boys' High School, and the Christchurch Girls' High School. The Bangiora High School was at. that time temporarily closed, it has since been reopened. A visit to the Akaroa High School would have involved the expenditure of more time than I had then at my disposal. I have no hesitation in saying that the local authorities charged with the administration of the several public institutions for secondary education are discharging their functions with due vigilance, and are making good and faithful use of their powers, and of their endowments , and, further, that they have succeeded in obtaining the services of a large body of able and highlyqualified teachers—in some cases, eminently qualified, and in most cases more than equal to all the requirements of the positions they occupy I regret that some of the teachers are working under conditions that obscure their merit, especially in the small towns, where it is impossible to have large schools, and where, on that account, the staff is too small for proper classification, or for due attention to every class, and the number of pupils who come sufficiently prepared, and who stay long enough to receive the best teaching the staff is competent to give, is discouragingly low In such cases it is not only the teachers that are discouraged, the managers, too, are disappointed, and are too readily disposed to think that more pupils would attend if the teachers, by greater efficiency, made themselves and their schools more popular There is no need for me to enter into particulars with respect to the staff, the attendance, and the kind of work being done in the several schools when I inspected them, the annual reports of the schools, to be printed with this report, supply all information under these heads brought down to a later date, and they show quite clearly how unfair it would be to apply any common standard in judging of the efficiency of schools differing so widely among themselves in constitution and resources. lamin a position to testify that in each of the schools the course of study defined in its own report is strictly followed. The schools at Whangarei and Akaroa, with only one teacher to each, afford opportunities of education that are not to be despised, and are doing useful work but the special advantages of class teaching, and the stimulus of emulation, are almost entirely wanting in cases like this. It is, true there is some compensation in the individual attention necessarily bestowed on each pupil, but this is to a great extent nullified by the very limited time that the master can devote to each. The relation between these institutions and the strong schools at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin is one of contrast rather than of comparison. It is scarcely possible for a school that has less than six forms, with six good teachers, to win distinction year after year by getting its pupils placed high in the Junior Scholarship examination list of the University In this respect a large school has a double advantage it may be expected to have a larger number of promising candidates than a smaller school, and, secondly, having more teachers, it can give the larger number of promising candidates more thorough training for the competition. The disturbing elements that enter into calculations made on this basis, and that give interest to the competition, are, of course, the individual qualifications of the candidates for the year, and the comparative skill of the teachers, or the comparative value they set on the competition. It is fair to assume that, on the whole, and in the average supplied by a comparison of the results of several years among the large schools, with advantages approximately equal, the most efficient will secure the largest number of high places. This result ought not to be discouraging to the managers and teachers of the smaller schools, and they ought to limit their expectations, and their professions, with regard to their means and appliances. I am convinced that the Junior Scholarship examination is a very useful and fitting test of the comparative efficiency of the schools. I am inclined to think that no other external examination of the schools is necessary But what I wish to show is that it is not an adequate test of their merits. As an illustration of what I mean I may refer to the small High School at the Thames, the merits of which I am every year constrained to recognise, but which certainly cannot claim tobe equal in efficiency with the larger schools. It is a school of about sixty pupils, in three divisions, each under one teacher It is peculiar in this respect that it admits without fee any public-school pupil who has passed the Sixth Standard, and contains very few pupils except those who have in this way qualified for admission. In the lowest division careful instruction is given (by a lady) in the elements of the subjects that are studied in the secondary school, but not in the primary In the middle division the settled habit of attention to work is very conspicuous, and a great part of the instruction takes the form of lecture, with judicious use of the blackboard. In the upper division, under the immediate tuition of the headmaster, there is an air of alacrity and a manifesta-

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tion of mental activity that I always find refreshing. The very promptitude with which the master ceases his instruction of one class, and, leaving it to silent study, turns his attention to another, has something inspiring in it. There is not time, perhaps, for niceties of scholarship, but the school is alive, and I may add that, in proportion to its size, it has not done badly in outside examinations. I am very sorry to learn that, in consequence of financial difficulties, the governors are dispensing with the services of the second master My experience leads me to believe that schools where, on grounds of economy, it is found necessary to teach boys and girls in the same classes suffer in efficiency in a way that I should not have anticipated. A certain shyness, explicable enough when one comes to think of it, imposes a reticence on boys and girls alike that makes it comparatively difficult for the teacher to get at their minds so as to gauge their difficulties and estimate their progress , and, further, some boys appear to be much disheartened when they find themselves distanced by girl competitors. Difficulties of this kind emerge, I think, at New Plymouth, at Timaru, and perhaps at Invercargill. I understood that since my last visit the governors at New Plymouth have resolved to have boys and girls taught separately, though how this is to be well done with only three teachers I do not see. At Timaru the staff is larger, and the difficulties of separation will be less. The schools in which boys and girls are taught together are Whangarei, Thames, Akaroa, and Bangiora, at New Plymouth, as I have already mentioned, a change has just been made. At Auckland College and Grammar School boys and girls are under the same roof, but in different rooms, and the girls are taught by ladies, except in the classes for Latin, French, mathematics, and science, in which subjects they have the same teachers as the boys. At Timaru and Invercargill the most advanced girl pupils attend the same classes as the boys in classics and some other subjects. I have observed great progress during the last sixteen years in methods of instruction in high schools, especially in the substitution of class-teaching for wasteful superintendence of individual work, in the employment of concrete illustrations of abstract principles, and in the rearrangement of the parts of a subject to facilitate the apprehension of the several parts and of their inter-rela-tions. I mention with special approval the use made of the workshop as part of the Timaru High School, where the pupils make their own scientific apparatus, and the illustrations of their school studies , and I take this opportunity of expressing my high sense of the value of studies that can be illustrated in this way I feel that it is somewhat invidious to refer to special features of individual schools, and I refer to them only as illustrations of what I should like to find in all schools, and of what in different degrees I have found in several. At the Dunedin Boys' High School, and at the Girls' High School at Christchurch, I was struck with the wide range of the reading in Latin, and at the last-named school I was much impressed with the very excellent construing of one pupil. It is satisfactory to find that at schools like Christ's College, where Greek is still cultivated, and the Christchurch Boys' High School, where it is not neglected, excellent arrangements are made for instruction in modern science. The study of English literature is a marked feature of the Girls' High School at Dunedin, and so is the student-like application of the girls of the highest form. I have not considered it my duty to report in detail on the minor defects and weaknesses that have come under my notice in the course of inspection. It would be strange if I had detected none in visiting so many schools, spending a whole day in each, and observing all the proceedings with a critical eye. But I hold that only harm can come of entering these things in a public report. If I observed any fault serious enough to be reported to you I should beg that the report might be regarded as confidential except as between you and the institution criticized. But such defects as I have found—weak discipline, for example, in a class intrusted to the care of a junior teacher or a mistake made by a teacher in the spelling of an unfamiliar and technical word—l regard as matters for subsequent conference with the head master I believe that this quiet treatment of such matters is useful as well as right. Occasionally I find that my indication of a weak place in the organization confirms a half-formed judgment in the mind of the principal, and at other times I have reason, after a discussion of the subject, to feel that I must suspend my judgment, or that a perfectly satisfactory explanation is possible. It may afford some poor satisfaction to governors and masters of schools in which the numbers are declining to point out the commonness of the decline. Comparing the attendance reported at the end of 1886 with the attendance seven years later, I find that three schools open at the later date were not in existence at the earlier time—Wanganui Girls', Waitaki Girls', and Whangarei, and that these together make up an average attendance of 108. Yet the average attendance at all schools was less by 80 last year than it was seven years ago, and consequently less by 188 than it would have been but for the opening of the new schools. The schools that have grown are • Christchurch Boys' High School (from 66 to 193), Wanganui Collegiate School (from 150 to 180), the Wellington and Nelson Schools, and the Thames School. Altogether, these show a gain of 200. Consequently the other schools have lost 358. This seems to indicate the influence of some widely-operating social cause or causes, such as a general necessity of curtailing expenses, or a general acknowledgment of the sufficiency of the primary-school course, and to suggest that it may be very unfair to attribute the decline of any school to inefficiency, unless the inefficiency can be proved without reference to the decline. The marked and, as I think, the well-deserved success of the Wanganui Collegiate School should not be quoted to the disparagement of any other school without making due allowance for the special feature of the Wanganui School as being distinctly a Church of England boardingschool , and, if the declining numbers at Christ's College are brought into comparison with the very large increase of the Christchurch Boys' High School, it is fair to remember that not only is the High School a very excellent school, but the fees are very much lower there than at Christ's College. 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acceptance of the headmastership of Christ's College Grammar School, has been conferred on the former mathematical master, Mr Tibbs. The governors may be congratulated upon the excellent provision made, by the appointment of Mr Übert, for the instruction of the senior forms in Latin, taught by Mr. Bourne when he was headmaster The headmastership of the Southland High School was vacant at the time of inspection, but has now been filled by the appointment of Mr. Fowler, formerly the classical master of the same school. At the Waitaki High School I found that Mrs. Burn had resigned, and that Miss Ferguson had taken her place as principal. Last year I inspected the Lincoln School of Agriculture for the first time, the governors having determined to open the school to inspection, in order that it might be able to receive the holders of Education Board scholarships. Of course, Ido not profess to be able to report on the management of the farm. The arrangements made for instruction in theory and applied science seem to me to be all that can be desired. The number of students last year was very small compared with the accommodation provided. The new principal did not arrive till the month of March in the present year, and it was perhaps not to be expected that, under temporary management, the school should be in a normal condition. I fear that it may be found that holders of Board scholarships are placed at a disadvantage by receiving their instruction here at an earlier age than most of the other pupils, and being, therefore, at the end of the course, too young to take positions where their training would be of most value. On the other hand, they are, perhaps, more likely than the average student to take a genuine interest in the studies of the place, and to profit by them. My impression, while I was listening to two or three excellent lectures at the school, was that they were more interesting to me than to the students. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wm. Jas. Habens.

BEPOETS OF SECONDABY SCHOOLS

AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GBAMMAE SCHOOL. 1. —Bepoet of the Boaed. Board. —Of the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School twelve meetings were held during the year 1893. At the end of the year 1893 the Board was constituted as follows Chairman, Sir George Maurice O'Borke, 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 Auckland Board of Education, Mr Theophilus Cooper, Mr Samuel Luke, Mr Bichard Udy (Chairman of the Auckland Board of Education), elected jointly by the members of the Legislative Council usually resident within the Provincial District of Auckland, and the members of the House of Bepresentatives for the several electorates of the said district, Mr Frederick Douglas Brown, M.A. B.Sc. (Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics in the Auckland University College), Sir George Maurice O'Borke, 8.A., M.H.B. (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 Bey Canon Charles Mosely Nelson, M.A., and the Hon. Joseph Augustus Tole, 8.A., LL.B. Roll. —ln the last term of the year 1893 the total number of pupils was 263 —viz., 137 male and 126 female. The number of pupils receiving free tuition in the last term of 1893 was forty— viz., twenty-three male and seventeen female. Staff. —Mr C. E Bourne, M.A., who had held the headmastership of the school for ten years, resigned in May, having accepted the headmastership of Christ's College Grammar School at Christchurch. The Board of Governors elected as his successor Mr J W Tibbs, M.A., who for the past nine years had held the post of mathematical master of the school. At the same time Mr Owen Übert, M.A., was appointed senior classical and English master Drawing, Workshops, &c. —The classes on the boys' side under Mr. Trevithick have done good work in geometrical and mechanical drawing. Some of the more advanced pupils prepare workingplans from machinery The Board of Governors authorised the expenditure of a small sum for fitting up the lecture-hall as a studio for the girls. As a result of this, good work has been done under the direction of Mr Kenneth Watkins. The boys have continued to do good work in the workshop. Gymnastics and Drill. —The classes on both sides of the school have been continued under Mr Carrollo. Orchestra. —The orchestra instituted in the year 1890 by Mr Trevithick, assistant master, has continued to receive his gratuitous services. The orchestra meets once a week, outside school hours, for receiving instruction and for practice, and performs on the occasions of the school " speeches " and prize day Singing. —The classes on the girls' side held each week under the direction of Mr Trevithick have been continued as last year German. —Mr Watkins, French master, has continued to conduct classes for the teaching of the German language, which are held outside of school hours, and without any payment of fees.

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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 had been 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 five years. The present accommodation in both departments is barely adequate. W Wallace Kidd, Secretary.

2. Geneeal Statement of the Accounts of the Auckland College and Geammab School for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year 486 9 10 By Management— Current income from reserves. . 2,780 12 8 Office salary . 100 0 0 School fees, 1893 .2,136 9 2 Other office expenses .. 60 5 0 „ arrears 59 17 0 Other expenses of management, colBooks, &c, sold, and other refunds 1 18 6 lector's commission, &c. 142 14 11 Interest on current account and deposits 17 8 5 Teachers'salaries and allowances 3,500 5 4 Overbanked by collector . . 0 6 0 School requisites 71 2 1 Election expenses 16 6 Legal expenses 13 7 6 Scholarships . 70 0 0 Prizes .. 42 4 8 Printing, stationery, and advertising . 104 6 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o.— School 41 17 5 Property 29 3 3 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances 88 17 4 Fencing, repairs, &c.— School 31 11 0 Property 832 16 1 Insurance and taxes — School .. 61 3 10 Property .. 132 1 8 Interest on current account 3 14 9 Interest on loans . 247 10 0 Contribution to swimming sports 3 3 0 „ cricket club 2 0 0 Dr. balance at end of year 106 9 6 „ athletic sports 10 0 0 £5,589_ 11 1 £5,589 11 1 Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. To Cash on fixed deposit 317 18 4 By Overdraft, Bank of New Zealand 435 11 6 Cash in hand 13 6 0 Owing to Treasurer 2 2 4 Fees outstanding 49 0 0 Overbanked by collector 0 6 0 Rents outstanding 730 16 2 Loan from Auckland City Sinking Fund Commissioners 3,000 0 0 Loan from J H. Upton, Esq. 1,000 0 0 £1,111 0 6 £4,437 19 10 W Wallace Kidd, Secretary Examined and found correct. —James Edwabd FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Boys : Latin, mathematics, English, French, chemistry, electricity and magnetism, as for Junior University Scholarships. Girls The same, with the substitution of heat and botany for chemistry and electricity, and the addition of drawing and painting. German is taught on both sides as an optional extra subject. Lowest. —Boys Latin Elementa Latina (Morris), French Chardenel's First Course, English—Davidson and Alcock's Intermediate Grammar with easy parsing and analysis, reading and repetition from Longmans' Fifth Beader, the Brief History of England; Geography—Longmans' Shilling, English composition , Arithmetic—Longmans' Shilling, as far as vulgar fractions, inclusive. Girls. Same as boys, except that Latin is not taught. 4. SCHOLAESHIPS. The College gave free education to sixteen foundation scholars (eleven boys, five girls), fourteen holders of certificates of proficiency from the Education Board (six boys, eight girls), seven Bawlings scholars (boys), and eight children of members of the teaching staff (five boys, three girls). Fortysix scholarships of the Education Board (twenty-five boys, twenty-one girls) were held at the College. The Board of Governors has increased the number of Junior Foundation Scholarships from three to six. Of these six, three are open to children from the district schools only Senior Foundation Scholarships are now awarded to all under the age of eighteen who have passed the examination for Junior University Scholarships " with credit."

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AUCKLAND GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Reccipits. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 32 15 7 By Rates on endowment for 1893 . 45 18 5 Paid by School Commissioners 50 0 0 Legal expenses 35 17 6 Balanco .. 0 19 8 £82 15 7 £82 15 7 B. Udy, Chairman. Vincent E. Bice, Secretary and Treasurer Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

WHANGABEI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet of the Boaed. The Board has succeeded in leasing a considerable portion (about 2,800 acres) of the Kioreroa Beserve, but on account of the poverty of the soil some of the tenants find it difficult to earn their rents, and have expressed a desire to be allowed to surrender their leases. About 1,000 acres are still unlet. The Government plantation and the orchard have received attention. Neither of them, however, is likely for many years to afford the Board much revenue. The school has been in regular operation during the year It continues to be under the sole charge of Mr B. D. Duxfield, M.A. The want of a suitable schoolroom is felt to be a hindrance to the prosperity of the school. This want the Governors are anxious as soon as possible to supply, and they hope ere long to be able either to erect or otherwise secure suitable buildings on a convenient site. There is a night-school conducted by Mr. Duxfield in connection with the school. It is attended chiefly by candidates for the Teachers', Civil Service, and other examinations. There were during the year three pupils presented by the district primary schools as candidates for the Junior Board Scholarships, being stimulated thereto by the existence of the High School. The Mason-Carruth Scholarship, open to the pupils attending the public primary schools throughout the county, has been attached to the school. It is equal in value to the school fees for one year Four candidates, who came from different schools in the county, competed for it, and it was won by a pupil of the Whangarei District School. The Inspector-General visited the school in October last, and expressed himself satisfied with the work. Whangarei, 16th March, 1894. J M. Killen, Chairman.

2. Genebal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. To Balance . 53 311 By Office salary 9 4 0 Current income from reserves 66 19 6 Other office expenses 1 11 6 Paid by School Commissioners 150 0 0 Teacher's salary 195 6 8 School fees 97 13 0 Printing and advertising 18 16 9 Interest on current account 10 0 Cleaning school, &c. 7 9 5 Sale of wire 0 2 0 School appliances and furniture 32 5 6 Rent 10 8 0 Interest on current account 0 2 0 Paid on account of building-site at Newtown extension, Whangarei 50 0 0 Paid interest on mortgage on above property . 5 13 9 Balance . 38 0 10 £308 18_5 £368 18 5 J M. Killen, Chairman. J McKinnon, Secretary Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Lowest. —Arithmetic Chiefly fractions and practice, Barnard Smith and Colenso. Algebra : Simple rules and brackets, Hall and Knight. Geography (general) Longmans' Geography (New Zealand) Patterson, with map-drawing. History Brief. English Grammar Trotter English Composition Longmans' French Chardenal's First Course. Latin Elementa Latina. Drawing Freehand. Spelling, with meanings Carpenter Beading Globe 11. Beader

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Highest. —Arithmetic Whole, Hamblin Smith. Algebra Fractions and equations, Hall and Knight. Geometry : Books I. and 11., Hamblin Smith. Political Geography Findlater. Physical Geography Longmans' New Zealand Geography Patterson, with map-drawing. History of England Buckley and Curtis, outlines. History of New Zealand Bourke. History of Europe Freeman. English Grammar Mason, Morris, Trotter, with lessons from Hewitt and Beach's Manual, and Earl's Saxon Grammar English Composition Abbott's How to Write Clearly, and Nichols's Composition. French Chardenal's Second Course , La Canne de Jonc, for translation, and exercises from Blouet's composition Latin Abbott's Via Latina, Caesar I. Drawing Perspective, light and shade, with special reference to model. Greek (optional) Smith's. Spelling, with meanings Carpenter Literature Wordsworth's Excursion; Shakespere's Merchant of Venice, Globe Eeaders, V and VI. Science Elementary chemistry and biology Gymnastics ■ Whole school.

THAMES HIGH SCHOOL 1. Bepoet of the Boabd. The Board of Governors reports that the system that has been adopted for the .past few years of admitting to free tuition children under fourteen years of age from the primary schools who have passed the Sixth Standard has claimed their attention since the date of the last annual report, and they have now under consideration a proposal for abolishing the System. The school has fully kept up its reputation during the year Two of the pupils passed the Junior Civil Service Examination, six passed the Matriculation Examination, and three competed for University Junior Scholarships, one of whom passed with credit, and two were placed in the third division. At the Senior District Scholarship Examination two obtained scholarships, and two certificates of proficiency Fourteen pupils altogether distinguished themselves at the public examinations, or one-fourth of the whole number of pupils attending the school. In the matter of technical education, the Board can report that due care is bestowed on practical chemistry, and needlework is taught on the best and most practical system The Governors regret that the financial condition of the school will not allow them to have drawing taught in the manner that our wants require. H. J Geeenslade, Secretary The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.

2. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. 22 0 0 By Dr. balance at beginning of year 318 7 11 Grant from vote of the General Assembly 300 0 0 Office salary 22 10 0 Current income from reserves 364 14 9 Other office expenses 4 15 3 Paid by School Commissioners 250 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 725 0 0 School fees 123 ]2 0 Printing, stationery and advertising 7 10 0 Goldfields revenue 34 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 36 18 10 Court fees refunded 0 12 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. 28 0 8 Sale of house 12 0 0 Insurance and taxes .. 19 5 4 Dr. balance at end of year 106 6 6 Interest on current account 23 12 6 School requisites 21 3 6 Legal expenses 6 13 £1,213 5 3 £1,213 5 3

3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1893. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Uncollected rents . 437 3 5 Bank overdraft 106 6 6 Uncollected fees . 143 8 0 £580 11 5 £106 6 6 H. J Gbeenslade, Secretary and Treasurer Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

4. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— -The work done by the highest form consists of Latin, French, English, mathematics, and science (chemistry and electricity) for University Junior Scholarship Examination, and precis literature as required for the Senior Civil Service Examination. Lowest. —As to the work done by the lowest form, it may be mentioned that many of the pupils admitted to the school have passed the Sixth Standard in the primary schools. They therefore commence Morris's Historical Grammar, and Abbott's How to Write Clearly They also begin Latin, French, geometry, and algebra.

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NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet of the Board. The retiring members of the Board for the year were Dr. Hutchinson and W K. McDiarmid, Esq., both of whom were re-elected. The resignation of Mr S. Weetman, who was removed from the district, was accepted with extreme regret. On the recommendation of the Governors, Mr C. F Bichmond was appointed to fill the vacancy The Board now consists of A. F Halcombe, Esq. (Chairman), the Hon. T Kelly, M.L.C., Dr Hutchinson, Captain Cornwall, and Messrs. McDiarmid, Bichmond, and J. B. Boy The average number on the roll for the year was forty-five, with the remarkably high average attendance of 96 per cent. The Board has been able to spare funds out cf current income to erect a substantial gymnasium and to supply the necessary fittings for the same. The total cost of the building was £130. An instructor has been engaged to give gymnastic lessons to the pupils one hour each week, and the building is thrown open to the scholars daily The erection of this building has met a long-felt want in connection with the school. In October last the Board decided upon separating the boys' and girls' classes, and, in order to carry out this arrangement, it was found necessary to dispense with the services of the second master, and to engage a junior master (at a lower salary than that paid to the late second master) and an assistant mistress. The Board has been most fortunate in securing the services of Mr. A. J. D. Mahon, of Auckland, and Miss G. Drew, recently arrived from England. It is hoped that this change of organization will result in an increase in the attendance of boys at the school. The Board has decided upon offering annually six free-tuition scholarships, four of which will be open to all children under fourteen years of age attending any public or private school in the district, and two open to children attending the High School only The Board has long felt that boarding-accommodation in connection with the school is a matter of pressing necessity, and during the year several schemes have been proposed for meeting this want, but, as the Act precludes them from borrowing for any purpose whatever, no advance has been made in this direction. The Board, however, hopes the revenue now accruing from the University reserve at Patea will soon be available for this purpose, when they venture to think that, with a good teaching staff, a magnificent site, a fair climate, and the school situated in the centre of a rapidly-advancing district, there is nothing to hinder the school from becoming a most useful institution. A. Follett Halcombe, High School Office, New Plymouth, 28th March, 1894. Chairman.

2. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. 89 5 8 By Management— Current income from reserves . 401 14 11 Office salary . 25 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners 264 9 1 Other office expenses 2 13 9 School fees 304 2 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 710 10 0 Donation for prizes . 110 Prizes 26 18 3 Printing, stationery, and advertising 20 6 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 53 13 1 Site and buildingsPurchases and new works . 122 10 6 Rents, insurance, and taxes, including New Plymouth Borough water, £10, and fee, 10s. ; New Plymouth Harbour Board rates, £12 19s. 32 4 0 Refund of school fee 0 8 0 Balance 60 8 10 12 8 £1,060 12 8 A. F Halcombe, Chairman. E. Veale, Secretary and Treasurer Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin Principia 1., all, gradatim; Caesar, part of Book 1., part of Arnold's Prose Composition. French Grammaire dcs Grammaires, pp. 13 to 135, Le Conscrit, pp. 3to 15, and irregular verbs. Arithmetic All. Algebra t Simultaneous quadratics, and miscellaneous. Euclid Books 1., 11., 111., and deductions. History General, and Henry VII. to Victoria, special. Geography Chisholm, pp. Ito 42 and 64 to 160, and topography of New Zealand. Grammar Smith and Hall, pp. 90 to 142, with parsing, analysis, and correction of sentences. Science Optics. • Lowest. —Latin Principia, Part 1., to ex. 9. French De Jardin, exs. 1 to 100, verbs avoir and etre. Arithmetic Colenso, exs. 18 to 29, inclusive. Algebra : Todhunter for Beginners, exs. I. to XL Euclid Book 1., Props. Ito 20. History Primary History, Henry VII. to George 111. Geography Petrie, pp. 51 to 61, and 96 to 121. Grammar Morrison, pp. 12 to 68. Science Harrison's Physics, pp. Ito 96,

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Drawing: Boys, geometrical, girls, model and freehand. Composition, dictation, reading, and recitation in all the classes. 4. SCHOLAESHIPS. Four scholarships of the Education Board (one boy, three girls) were held at the school.

WANGANUI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bevenue Account, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. To Interest on mortgages 348 7 0 By Balance from December, 1892 1,100 14 4 Rents from endowments leased 226 0 0 Offico staff, secretary 25 0 0 Taranaki School Commissioners 160 10 11 Departmental expenses, viz.,— Wellington School Commissioners 41 7 10 Members' expenses 5 4 7 School fees— Stamps, stationery, telegrams, and Tuition .. 1,094 10 4 ! petties 14 19 6 Boarding 1 312 0 8 Advertising 16 15 6 Mortgage discharged 1 200 0 0 Teachers' salaries and fees .. 1,001 11 6 Caretaker 47 14 0 School books and stationery 46 17 11 School requisites .. 20 15 6 Boarding-school account . 1,341 1 i Teachers' incidental expenses 21 17 9 House furniture 106 16 4 Borough rates . 20 9 6 Fire insurance 27 15 0 Bank interest 55 1 6 Building— Improvements 66 6 0 Repairs 57 17 6 Plans and supervision (balance) 3 3 0 School site, levelling, &c. . 24 10 0 Balance 378 16 0 £4,382 16 9 £4,382 16 9 Wanganui, sth February, 1894. A. A. Beowne, Secretary Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General. 2. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. Arithmetic General. Algebra To binomial theorem. Euclid Six books. English Morris's Historical Grammar, Earle's Philology, Shakespeare, Henry IV (1 and 2), Milton, Comus. History Matriculation work. Geography Matriculation work. Latin General grammar, Bradley's Arnold, Horace, Odes I. and 11., Cicero, De Senectute, Sallust, Catilina. French Brachet's Grammar, Composition, St. Pierre, Etudes de la Nature, Bruey and Malaprat, Le Joueur and Le Grondeur German Grammar , general, composition, Schiller's Wilhelm Tell and Eber's Die Schevestem. Lmvest. —Arithmetic Simple rules. English Trotter's Grammar , reading and composition. History Gardiner's Child s History Geography Elementary political, and physical. French Chardenal s First Course, to Exercise 100.

WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves 736 12 11 By Balance 36 19 0 Refund insurances 2 2 3 Management— rates 2 8 0 Office salary 40 0 0 „ law-costs 9 8 0 Other office expenses 16 10 0 Special account, insurance company re fire 100 0 0 Other expenses of management 12 12 0 Dr. balance at end of year . 72 0 2 Printing, stationery and advertising 115 6 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works . 317 4 9 Fencing, repairs, &c. 76 9 7 Rents, insurance, and taxes . 140 17 3 Interest 157 11 9 Special account— Cottage rebuilt . 100 0 0 Costs re leases 12 16 6 Survey and maps 9 9 0 t £922 11 4 £922 11 4 Ed. N. Liffiton, Treasurer. Audited and found correct.—A. C. Eitchie, Auditor 18th January, 1894.

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2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin, Greek, French, English, mathematics, science, drawing, divinity The work is supposed to be up to the University Junior Scholarship standard. Lowest. —The work consists of Latin, English (including history, geography, reading, and composition), arithmetic, and geometrical drawing. 3. Scholarships. The headmaster gave free education to nine boys. Six scholarships of the Education Board were held at the school.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. BEPOET OF THE BOAED. The Governors of the Wellington College and Girls' High School, in presenting their annual report to the Hon. the Minister of Education, can congratulate themselves upon the satisfactory working of both these institutions. The College had at the close of last year 138 pupils on the roll, there are now 170. At the recent University examinations five pupils went up for the Junior Scholarship Examination and matriculated on its papers, and twenty sat for the Matriculation Examination, out of whom fifteen passed, making a total of twenty who matriculated. The Girls' High School keeps up its numbers, having 132 on the roll, and at the University Examinations in December, out of twenty-two who presented themselves for the Matriculation Examination, fifteen passed, while four others matriculated on the Junior Scholarship papers. Out of the fifteen who passed the Matriculation Examination, five partially qualified for a D certificate. One girl, who has been educated entirely at the High School, passed her second year's College terms and the first section of the B.A. degree. The Governors are still greatly hampered by want of money The legislation of last session has relieved them from payment of municipal rates after the 31st March, but they still have to pay arrears of these rates, amounting to £754 3s. 4cL, and the burden of interest referred to in the last annual report is still pressing upon them. They had hoped by disposing of one of their reserves to relieve themselves of part of their debt, and last year asked the Government to obtain legislative sanction to the sale of the reserve to the Crown at a price agreed upon. They were led to believe that this had been arranged, but are now disappointed to find that such is not the case, and they have therefore to continue as best they can to manage the College and Girls' High School upon totally inadequate funds. They would again urge upon the Government that Wellington has claims for help which should not bo ignored. The Girls' High School is especially deserving of consideration. Its endowments consist only of bush-lands, producing the small rental of £162—a very poor endowment for such an institution, especially when compared with similar schools in other parts of the colony The Governors would also again refer to the miserably small area of lands set aside in this provincial district for secondary education. The rental derived from them is under £120 a year, which sum has to be divided among three institutions. Wellington, 29th March, 1893. Chas. P Powles, Secretary

2. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves 1 599 8 7 By Balance 2,425 18 4 Paid by School Commissioners 69 7 4 Management— School fees 2,907 111 Office salary 100 0 0 Refunds 0 12 0 Other office expenses : 21 7 8 Prizes 15 13 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances 2,405 16 8 Levin Scholarship money 20 0 0 Examinations— Transfer from Turnbull Fund for scholar- Examiners'fees 72 9 0 ship 28 0 0 Other expenses 15 3 Scholarships 66 13 4 Prizes 67 16 7 Printing, stationery and advertising 188 18 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 116 5 10 Fencing, repairs, &c.. 96 4 2 Insurance 94 11 6 Interest on current account 180 8 2 Endowments— Rates . . 53 10 4 Interest on cost of reclaimed land 125 13 4 Interest on cost of buildings 708 5 4 Furniture and apparatus 23 4 4 Chemicals 7 0 6 Drawing fees received and paid to School of Design 72 15 0 Balance . . 2,198 8 3 Miscellaneous 10 7 7 £6,B3SJU_Jf £6,838 11 1 J B. Blaie, Chairman. Chas. P Powles, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1893. Assets. Liabilities. General Account— £ s. d. General Account— £ s. d. Fees due .. .. .. .. 94 12 11 Bank overdraft . .. . 2,500 14 11 Rents due . 207 12 0 Unpresented cheques .. 56 0 8 Balance Bank of New Zealand (No. 2 Ac- Sundry accounts . 25 0 0 count) 358 7 4 Loan contracted for College buildings . 5,000 0 0 College buildings and reserves, not less Loan contracted for Girls' High School. 5 118 3 2 than . .. .. .. 7,000 0 0 Cost of reclaimed land . .. 2,094 7 6 Girls' High School buildings and re- Turnbull Fundserves, not less than . 7,000 0 0 For scholarships awarded 12 0 0 Reclaimed land, not less than 3,000 0 0 Moore Scholarship Fund— Turnbull Fund— For scholarship, 1893 11 13 4 Invested on mortgage 800 0 0 Rhodes Scholarship Fund— At interest . .. .. .. 1,433 9 8 For scholarship, 1893 .. ~ 35 0 0 Interest accrued to date (not received Barnicoat Prize Fund Nil. yet) 28 0 0 Moore Scholarship Fund — Capital and accrued interest (on deposit) 547 8 0 Rhodes Scholarship FundCapital and accrued interest (on deposit) 547 8 0 Barnicoat Prize Fund — Capital and accrued interest (on deposit) 116 2 6 £21,133 0 5 £14,852 19 7

4. Statements of Beceipts and Expenditure of Scholarship Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. Expenditure. Turnbull Fund— £ s. d. Turnbull Fund— £ s. d. Balance brought forward 2,138 11 2 Paid to General Account for scholarships 28 0 0 Interest .. . 122 18 6 Balance 2,233 9 8 £2,261 9 8 £2,261 9 8 Balance down . £2,233 9 8 Moore Scholarship Fund— Moore Scholarship Fund — Balance brought forward .. .. 521 6 9 Balance . .. £547 8 0 Interest . 26 1 3 £547 8 0 £547 8 0 Balance down .. .. . £547 8 0 Rhodes Scholarship Fund— Rhodes Scholarship Fund — Balance brought forward "-521 6 9 Balance £547 8 0 Interest .. .. .. . 26 1 3 £547 8 0 £547 8 0 Balance down £547 8 0 Barnicoat Prize Fund— Barnicoat Prize Fund— Balance brought forward .. .. 117 11 3 Prize, 1892 and 1893 .. . 10 0 0 Interest .. . 8 11 3 Balance .. 116 2 6 £126 2 6 £126 2 6 Balance down . .. .. £116 2 6 Chas. P Powles, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

5. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. College. Highest. —Latin: Bradley's Arnold, Bryan's Caesarian Prose, and general, Virgil, iEneid, 1., Livy, XXII.; Horace, Odes, I.; sight translation, Boman History and Antiquities. English Morris's Historical English Grammar; Shakspeare's Julius Caesar, Canterbury Tales, 1., general reading, Nichols's Composition Exercises, English Lessons for English People, essays, &c. French: Brachet's Elementary Grammar, Havet's Exercises (composition), Perrichon, Les Femmes Savantes. Mathematics : Euclid, I. to VI. (V , definitions only), exercises in Euclid, trigonometry, Lock's Elementary, algebra, Hall and Knight's (omitting the binomial theorem, theory of notation, and exponential series) Arithmetic, papers on whole subject. Science Garnett's Heat, Jago's Inorganic Chemistry (Advanced). Lowest. —Latin Via Latina, to Exercise XXIV English. Hall's Primary Grammar, essays on subjects read , dictation and spelling (much) , analysis of simple sentences , easy parsing. English History Gardiner's first period to end of Edward I. Geography Nelson's Beader No. 4 , maps , Longmans' New Beader No. 5. French Gasc's, Part I. to end of Lesson 41. Arithmetic Simple and compound rules and reduction. Science Experimental work, with easy sections of Balfour Stewart's Physical Primer.

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Girls' High School. Highest. —Latin Translation, Horace, Odes I. and 11., Cicero, De Senectute; and sight translation. Grammar and Composition Bradley's Arnold, &c. History and Antiquities, Mathematics As for Junior Scholarship. English Mason's English Grammar, Morris's Historical Grammar, Abbott's How to Write Clearly, Chaucer, Shakspeare , composition. French: Havet's French Grammar, composition from Havet's Composition-book , Le Joueur , Le Grondeur , Esther, Le Misanthrope. Science . Botany and heat, as for Junior Scholarship. Lowest. —Arithmetic ■ Four simple rules. Beading and Dictation Chambers's Expressive Beader No. 3 , Longmans' New Beader No. 3 ; poetry, easy selections. Grammar ■' Parts of speech. Geography Short sketch of geography of world. Object-lessons on miscellaneous subjects.

6. Scholaeships. College. College Scholarships. —Free education, five. Rhodes Scholarship.—£3s, one. Girls' School. College Scholarships. —Free education, six. Eleven scholarships of the Education Board were held at the College and eleven at the Girls' School.

NAPIEB HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet of the Boabd. The Board of Governors, as at present constituted, is composed of the following members The Hon. J D. Ormond and Mr. J W Carlile, elected by the Education Board of Hawke's Bay, Messrs. G. H. Swan 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. G. E. Sainsbury and H. P Cohen, elected by the Waipawa County Council, Mr J W Twigg, elected by the Wairoa County Council, and Mr H. S. Tiffen, by the Governor in Council. The schools were examined by the four principal teachers in the schools immediately before the recess, aided by a committee of Governors and the secretary Their report to the Governors shows that the work of the schools is satisfactory, and specially so in the upper forms. The average attendance at the Boys' School for the last quarter of the year was fifty-eight, and at the Girls' School fifty-six. j D Qemond, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary. 2. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balance . . 1,869 8 10 By ManagementEndowments — Office salary . .. 60 0 0 Current income from reserves .. 360 10 0 Other office expenses . .. 9 12 7 From property not a reserve. 745 0 0 Other expenses of management, legal 5 17 6 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,742 19 2 paid purchase-money . .. 165 11 0 Boarding-school account— Paid by School Commissioners Ex- Portion of scholarships spent on board, aminer's fee . 20 6 0 rail, and coach . . 159 14 8 School fees .. .. 1,221 0 8 Examiners' fees .. .. . 20 0 0 Boarding-school fees (portion of School Music teacher .. .. .. 125 16 6 Commissioners' scholarships paid for Printing, stationery, and advertising . 16 9 6 the board of scholarship-holders, rail Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. . .. 28 1 0 and coach fare)* . . 159 14 8 Book and stationery account, and other Books, &c, sold, and other refunds 80 7 6 temporary advances .. 77 14 8 Timber sold .. 4 10 0 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works . 47 15 9 Fencing, repairs, &c. ... .. 66 19 2 Rents, insurance, and taxes . .. 130 3 3 Placed on mortgage . 600 0 0 Balance— On current account 386 12 5 On fixed deposit . 1,148 12 6 £4,626 8 8 £4,626 8 8 Amount received for scholarships from School Commissioners was £414145. 8<1.: of this sum £235 was included in school fees. J. D. Oemond, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys' School. Highest. —Mathematics Euclid, Books 1.-VI., with deductions and exercises, algebra, to binomial theorem , trigonometry, to solution of triangles, inclusive. Latin Horace, Odes; Cicero, De Senectute; prose composition and grammar French: Marietta's Half-hours of French

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Translation, extracts from French newspapers and modern authors, Historical Grammar English Morris's and Meiklejolm's Historical Grammar composition Shakespeare's Henry V extracts from Chaucer's Prologue to Canterbury Tales. Geography Physical and general. History England, 1689 to 1837, Borne, from Julius Caesar, Scripture, the Acts of the Apostles. Natural Science Agriculture and physiology Shorthand Pitman's. Drawing Perspective and freehand. Lowest. —Latin Principia Latina, 1., to Ex. 39. French Bue 1., to Ex. 52. Euclid, I. Ito 26. Algebra The simple rules. English Subjects Between the Third and Fourth Standards of the Elementary Code of the Education Department. Girls' School. Highest. —Mathematics Geometry, Books 1.-VI., algebra, Hall and Knight's, quadratics, ratio, &c., trigonometry, to solution of triangles; arithmetic, whole subject. Latin H. Smith's Grammar, Eclogas, Julius Caesar, Boets, Ovid to end. German Aue's Grammar, Beader, second course, Meissner Botany Flowering plants. Chemistry Non-metals. French Brachet's French Grammar, translation. English Henry V , Elia, period of Queen Anne, Morris's Historical Grammar (Mason) , Abbott's How to Write , precis, &c. History. 1688-1837 Geography General. Class-singing, drilling. Lowest. —Arithmetic Simple rules , weights and measures. History General, in outline. Grammar Parts of speech easy analysis. Geography Outlines of Australia and North America details New Zealand. Object-lessons Common objects and animals. French Henri Bue, Part I. Class-singing, needlework, drilling.

GISBOENE HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Beport of the Board. The Gisborne Public School has amply justified the step taken in 1887, when, at the request of the Education Board of Hawke's Bay it was raised in status from a primary school to that of a District High School. It is now permanently established as a school offering all its pupils who pass the Sixth Standard the advantages of education in the higher subjects, enabling them, with fair industry, to matriculate at the close of their second year It is gratifying to ascertain that the extra expense entailed upon the Education Board by changing the Gisborne Primary School into a District High School has been nearly met by fees paid by the pupils and the capitation allowance. In 1886, the Governors appointed under " The Gisborne High School Act, 1885," obtained statutory powers enabling them to pay a grant of £150 per annum to the Education Board of Hawke's Bay in aid of secondary instruction in the Gisborne Public School for seven years. During the six years that this subsidy has been paid, the assets derived by the Board from all sources have exceeded the expenditure by a sum of about £630, so that it is not unreasonable to suppose that the higher standards of the school, at the expiration of the seven years, will be selfsupporting. The Governors, in 1893, obtained power, by Act, to apply a portion of income to the grant of scholarships. Should this experiment prove satisfactory, it is proposed to ask for further powers to enable scholarships of a more substantial kind to be offered to clever children who have passed the standards with credit. They could thus be maintained in the large towns of the colony, where they could obtain the highest educational advantages. lam of opinion that all the income which will be at the disposal of the Governors will be required if the children in this district are to be placed on an equal footing with children in other districts. I enclose a copy of the balance-sheet, duly audited as required. W Morgan, Chairman. Gisborne, 27th April, 1894.

2. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 1,283 16 1 By Teachers'salaries and allowances 150 0 0 Current income from reserves. 50 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising 2 17 9 Paid by School Commissioners, Auckland 262 3 8 Interest on current account 0 610 Interest on deposit . . 66 6 0 Balance— On fixed deposit . 1,494 11 4 On current account . .. 14 9 10 £1,662 5 9 £1,602 5 9 W Moegan, Chairman. C. A. De Lautour, Secretary and Treasurer Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General,

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NELSON COLLEGE. 1. Bepoet of the Governors for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. The Governors find little to comment upon in the events of the past year. "■ The number of pupils in both Colleges is substantially the same as in the preceding year, and there is no, change calling for notice in the position of the College finances. A considerable outlay was required to repair the damage caused to the Boys' College by the severe earthquake which occurred in the early part of the year, but the annual revenue has nevertheless proved more than equal to the total expenditure. During the parliamentary session a Bill entitled the Endowed Schools Bill was introduced to the House by the Minister of Education, and another, called the Endowment and Educational Beserves Bill, by the Minister of Lands, each of which would, in the opinion of the Governors, have injuriously affected the interests of the Nelson College, and the Governors did their best in conjunction with other similar bodies to prevent their passing into law, and both Bills were ultimately dropped or withdrawn. In the course of the year a change was made in the management of the boarding establishment of the Boys' College, Miss Bell having been replaced by Miss Ollivier, of Christchurch. Mr Gibbs, M.A., the third master, resigned his post at the end of the year, to take that of headmaster of the chief public school of this district, and the Governors, while regretting his loss, can only congratulate him on his improved position. Mr Gibbs has been replaced by the appointment of Mr Thomas D. Pearce, M.A., of Dunedin High School, whose testimonials are of a very high character. The following distinctions have been gained by the pupils of the two Colleges during the year:— Boys' College. —Two Junior Scholarships (first time on record for Nelson). Eleven passed Matriculation in December Some scholastic successes have recently been obtained by old boys, which are worthy of note. The published list of degrees of the New Zealand University shows some remarkable distinctions won by old Nelson College boys. Of three M.A.s with double-first honours, Mr E. Butherford is one, another, it may be mentioned, being Miss Bearce, sister of one of the College masters. The Senior Scholarship in Mathematics has been won by Mr. C. A. Craig, and the degree of Bachelor of Science has been obtained by Mr C. Major Messrs. Butherford and Craig obtained Junior Scholarships from the Nelson College, and have since been pursuing their studies at Canterbury College. , j Girls' College. —The following pupils passed the first section of the B.A. examination Annie Dykes, Buth Deck, Ada Thompson, and Ida Lodking. The Canterbury College examinations for the third year's terms was passed by Annie Dykes, the second year's terms examination by Bertha Black, and the first year's terms examination by Bessie Graham and Daisy Max. The following passed the Matriculation examination' Minnie Demment, Fanny Hughes, Ethel Hodson, Lizzie Newman, and Emmie Tennent. The final section of the B.A. examination has been passed by Annie Dykes. The audited accounts of both Colleges for the year 1893, together with a comparative statement of the rolls for 1892 and 1893, and a schedule showing the number, value, and present position of the scholarships connected with both Colleges, are appended to this report. By order of the Council of Governors. Oswald Cuetis, Secretary

2. Abstbact of Eecbipts and Expendituue of Nelson College for Boys, for the Year ending the 31st December, 1893.

Receipts, S, s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Boarding Account . . 1 074 16 0 By Boarding Account 844 18 1 Tuition Account . .. 902 1 6 Tuition Account . 1 236 4 G Miscellaneous Account 8 10 0 Stationery Account 89 13 11 Joynt Scholarship . .. 52 12 0 Scholarships— Third-year day boy scholar .. 25 4 0 Foundation . 60 0 0 Endowed 124 0 0 Joynt and Education Board, third year 52 12 0 Third-year day boy scholar 25 4 0 Simmons Prize . .600 Miscellaneous AccountAudit charges . . .. 5 5 0 Examiners' fees, &c. .. 35 1 2 Fire insurance . 69 0 0 Gas Account . . 38 13 0 Printing and advertising . 83 14 9 Secretary's salary 200 0 0 Office rent and expenses (half) 24 8 8 Subscriptions to sports, &c. . , 25 O 0 Small repairs .. .. ... 8 14 6 Pianos—hire and tuning .. 22 15 0 Sundry furniture 17 10 0 Balance —Transferred to Endowment Ac- Science appliances . .. 2G 14 10 count .. . 901 1 3 Sundry expenses . . .. 18 15 4 £2,964 4 9 £2 964 4 9

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3. Abstract of Beceipts and Expendituee of the Nelson College for Giels, for the Year ending the 31st December 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £. s. d. To Boarding Account .. 413 6 8 By Boarding Account 571 10 9 Tuition Account . ..1,051 111 Tuition Account .. 783 7 6 Stationery Account . 78 9 7 Scholarships— Foundation 60 4 0 Endowed . 40 0 0 Governors' fees 30 0 0 Miscellaneous Account— Printing and advertising 29 8 0 Auditors' fees 5 5 0 Examiners' fees, &c. 27 19 2 Fire insurance . 42 0 0 Gas Account .. 34 8 2 Sundry expenses . 18 3 6 Balance —Transferred to Endowment Ac- Proportion of office rent and expenses 24 8 8 count 380 16 3 Secretary's salary 100 0 0 £1,845 4 10 £1 845 4 10

4. Abstract of the Endowment Account of Nelson College for the Year ending the 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Interest Account .. 879 5 1 By Interest (Girls' College) 351 4 8 Rent Account . 1,166 13 3 Debit balances— School Commissioners .. 300 0 0 Boys' College .. 901 1 3 Balance on 31st December, 1892 1 300 12 0 Girls' College .. 380 10 3 Loan Account . . 61 15 0 Repairs— .: Boys' College . 211 6 1 Girls' College .. 19 11 10 City rates (2 years)— Boys' College . 91 16 2 Girls' College .. 62 1 2 Law-costs, chiefly re city rates . 70 19 7 Governors' fees . 36 0 0 Balance carried down. . 1,583 8 4 £3,708 5 4 £3 708 5 4 Balance on 31st December, 1893, brought down . £1,583 8 4 Oswald Curtis, Secretary We hereby certify that wo have examined the above accounts and found them correct. J T Catley,) . -~, A. A. ScAiFE;| Audltors '

5. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys' College. Highest. —Latin Cicero, De Senectute, Virgil's JEneid, Book VI., Horace's Odes, Books I. and 11., Livy, Book XX., 1-20, Boman history, composition, Bradley's Aids to Latin Prose, translation at sight. Greek Stories from Attic Greek, Initia Graeca. English Lamb's Essays of Elia; Shakspeare, Henry IV and Henry V , Mason's English Grammar, general literature. French Guizot, Alfred le Grand; Bacine, Andromaque; grammar, Eve and De Baudiss, and Otto. Mathematics Algebra, Todhunter's, up to binomial theorem, Jones and Cheyne's Exercises, LXX. to C., trigonometry, Todhunter, 1.-XVI., Ward's Examination Bapers, LXXV.-GV , geometry, Hall and Stevens, 1.-VI., arithmetic, general, statics, Hamblin Smith, hydrostatics, Besant. Science Chemistry, Bemsen's Inorganic, Dobbin and Walker's Chemical Theory, physics, Deschanel's Sound and Light. Lowest. —Hall's Briniary English Grammar, elementary parsing. Gardiner's Outline of English History, Ist Period. Geography of New Zealand, Australia, British Isles, and outline of the world, Geikie's Primer of Physical Geography, to p. 61. Lock's Elementary Arithmetic, to vulgar fractions, inclusive. Abbott's Via Latina, to end of declensions. Girls' College. Highest, —Mathematics Algebra, to the end of binomial theorem; Lock's Trigonometry, to the solution of triangles, Euclid, Books I. to VI., with exercises, arithmetic, the whole subject. Latin: Bradley's Arnold, Abbott's Latin Brose Composition, Cicero, De Amicitia, Horace, Odes, Books I. and 11., prose and sight translation, antiquities, Boman History. English Morris's Historical Grammar, Abbott's How to Write Clearly, Abbott and Seeley's Lessons for the English Beople, Morley's Literature (Queen Anne Age), supplemented by lectures on the general characteristics of the age; Lamb's Essays of Elia; Henry V and Henry IV., Barts I. and II.;

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essays correction of faulty sentences, &c. French Selections from Blouet's French Composition, Wellington College Grammar, Saintsbury Literature (period the 16th Century), St Pierre's Paul et Virginie, La Chaumiere Indienne, and Etudes de la Nature; Begnard's Le Joueur; Brueys et Malaprat, Le Grondeur. English History Epochs, -the settlement of the Constitution, and England during the American and European Wars. Geography Gill's Student's Geography Science Heat, magnetism, and frictional electricity Lowest. —Arithmetic The simple and compound rules, and easy unitary method. English Grammar, the parts of speech, and easy parsing reading, spelling, dictation, writing; Mrs. Swing's Brownies letter-writing and easy compositions. Geography The continents generally; New Zealand more particularly. History Gardiner's, Part 11. Object lessons Elementary botany and physiology Sewing. Club exercises. 6. Scholarships. College. Endowed.— -Tinline, £52 125., Newcome, £24 , Bichmond, £24, Stafford, £20 ; Fell, £16. College. —One at £32 125., one at £14 , one at £12 125., one at £12 , one each at £6, £4, £5, and £3 respectively Girls' College. Tinline.— £s2 12s. Governors' Fees. — Two at £15. College. —Two at £15, two at £12 125., one at £5. School Commissioners.—Six at £12 12s. Eleven scholarships of the Nelson Education Board and two of the Marlborough Education Board were held at the Boys' College, and eleven of the Nelson Education Board were held at the Girls' College.

GBEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. dTo Balance at 31st December, 1892 19 10 7 By Secretary's salary 5 0 0 Interest . 33 17 5 Insurance 2 7 6 Rent . . 210 0 Advertising .. '. 210 0 Exchange 0 10 Rates .. 1 17 6 Sundries . 0 10 0 Balance .. 44 0 0 £50 5 0 £56 5 0 Eobert Nancarrow, Chairman.

HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in Bank of New Zealand at begin- By Payments to Westland Education Board ning of year — on account of Hokitika District High On fixed deposit account 950 0 0 School . . 45 0 0 On current account .. 19 1 7 Insurance on property 3 10 0 Interest from fixed deposits .. 47 10 0 Repairs to property .. 2 0 0 Bents 39 15 0 Cheque-book. .. .020 Balance— Cash on fixed deposit with Bank of New Zealand . . 950 0 0 On current account. . 55 14 7 £1,050 6 7 £1,056 6 7 John McWhieter, Chairman. VV A. Fendall, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1893. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. To Balance in Bank of New Zealand on 31st By Balance due to Westland Education December . 1,005 14 7 Board on account ot District High High School house and grounds 1,000 0 0 School '. 15 0 0 Rents outstanding 15 0 0 Excess of assets over liabilities 2,005 14 7 £2,020 14 7 £2,020 14 7 John McWhibtee, Chairman. W A. Fendall, Secretary

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CHBIST'S COLLEGE GBAMMAE SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 15th May, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure, £ s. d. To Sales of land . 6,050 0 0 By Liabilities,being Dr. balance, 15th May, Rent and interest 2,006 12 0 1892 (including£6,23s 4s. lOd. advance [ Scholarship endowments 690 2 0 from land-fund) .. 8,098 0 8 School fees . 2,317 9 0 Expenses of management 231 9 0 Sundries, unclassified .. 8 17 3 Masters'salaries and allowances 3,333 10 2 Dr. balance, 15th May, 1893 (including Examination expenses .. .. 61 7 6 £490 14s. 7d. advance from land-fund . Scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes 654 15 6 for buildings and improvements) 2,653 6 6 Stationery, school material, printing, and advertising .. .. . 67 10 1 Scientific apparatus and fittings, laboratory 71 5 0 Timber, tools, and material, carpenter's shop 14 19 0 Buildings, repairs, furniture, insurance, rates 479 2 11 Caretaker and other labour, fuel, lights, &c. .. 211 18 8 Boys' Games Fund 128 15 0 Sundries 9 11 0 Interest .. ~ 364 2 3 £13,726 7 3 £13,726_ 7 3 W. G. Brittan, Accountant.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —The work done during the year by ihe highest form Latin, English, French or German, Greek or science, mathematics, as for Junior University Scholarship Examination, divinity Lowest. —Work done by lowest form during the last term of the year 1893 (there was a change of arrangements in the course of the year) —Latin Shorter Primer, pp. 7 to 34, 40 to 59, 62 to 66 , Collar and Daniell, pp. 7 to 73. English Grammar, Longmans' Junior (the whole), analysis and parsing of simple sentences. History House of Tudor Geography New Zealand, Australia, India, Africa, North America. Writing, dictation, spelling, and reading, from Belfe's Fifth Beader Composition. Bepetition. Object-lessons. French Gasc's First Book to Ex. 30, avoir, etre. Divinity St. Luke, eh. 12 to 18, repetition, catechism, to sacraments, Maclear on Commandments. Arithmetic Longmans', pp. 71 to 117, G.C.M., L.C.M., vulgar fractions. 3. Scholarships. The following scholarships are offered in connection with the school: — Four Senior Somes Scholarships. —For boys under eighteen years of age, of the value of £25 a year, or £45 if the scholar is a boarder Tenable for one year Four Junior Somes Scholarships. —Two for boys of fourteen and two for boys of fifteen years of age, of the value of £18 per annum, and four scholarships, two for boys of twelve and two for boys of thirteen years of age, of the value of £15 per annum, tenable for two years, £15 per annum being added in each case if the scholar is a boarder Ten Entrance Somes Scholarships. — Six for boys under thirteen and four for boys under twelve years of age. The subjects for examination for these scholarships are English grammar and composition, English history, arithmetic, and geography Five scholarships are offered for competition each year, and are tenable for two years. The value is sufficient to cover tuition fees, with the addition of £10 a year if the scholar is a boarder The amount expended for Entrance Scholarships last year was £137 The holders were all from Government primary schools. Entrance Somes Scholarships (No. 2). —These are offered from time to time, as funds permit, to (a) boys under eleven, (b) boys under twelve, and (c) boys under thirteen years of age. The prescribed subjects are divinity, Latin, English, and arithmetic. The scholarships are of the value of £6 per annum if the scholar is in the lower school, or £9 when he has reached the upper school, tenable, in the first instance, for two years, but may be extended on the special recommendation of the headmaster. Butler and Reay Foundation. —£3oo a year is set aside from this endowment for exhibitions to assist the sons of clergy ministering in the Diocese of Christchurch, and to others who may require assistance, at the discretion of the governing body Two exhibitions of £12 per annum for two years are given to boys from the Cathedral School, and six choir exhibitions of £6 per annum. Any of the above scholarships may be terminated if the scholar fails to obtain from the headmaster a certificate of regular attendance, good conduct, and satisfactory progress. The junior and senior scholarships given by the Board of Education are tenable in the school, and may be held together with Somes Scholarships. G Cotteeill, Christchurch, 10th February, 1894. Bursar, Christ's College.

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CHBISTCHUBCH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 00 4 2 By Office salary .. . 80 0 0 Current income from reserves 3 296 0 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances 3 188 16 0 School fees 1,510 19 0 Examinations—■ Interest on current account 34 19 6 Examiners' fees „ 63 0 0 Other expenses .. 10 12 1 Exhibitions .. 30 0 0 Prizes 30 13 6 Printing, stationery, stamps, and advertising (including telegrams) 171 1 7 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 46 6 9 Fittings and furniture . 80 7 1 Fencing, repairs, &c. 28 12 2 Rents, insurance, and taxes 104 15 6 Laboratory chemicals, and apparatus 25 14 4 Grants to cricket club and cadet corps 45 0 0 Interest on loan . 325 0 0 Legal expenses . . 19 8 10 Inspecting reserves and advertising 116 18 1 Protective works, Reserve 1124 (endowment) .. 30 11 0 Exchange on cheques . 2 0 1 Sundries 6 4 0 Annual expense of workshops 25 0 0 Balance . .. .. 472 2 2 £4,902 3 2 £4 902 3~2 H. B. Webb, Jun., Chairman. A. Ceaceoft Wilson, Begistrar

2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. Latin • Cicero, Select Orations (J B. King), Virgil, JEneid 11. (Macmillan s Elementary Classics), Livy, Book XXII. (Macmillan's Elementary Classics), Terence, Scenes from the Andria (Macmillan's Elementary Classics) Horton's History of the Bomans Bradley's Arnold, Latin prose composition Bradley's Aids to Latin Prose Simpson's Caesarian Prose, Part I. , Kennedy's Bevised Latin Brimer Gepp and Haigh's Latin Dictionary, Bennett's Easy Graduated Latin Passages from Unseen Translation. English Mason's English Grammar, Abbott's How to Write Clearly , Tennyson's Idylls (School Edition of Tennyson, Part III.), Shakespeare's Macbeth (C.P S.), Scott's Woodstock (cheap edition) , Macaulay's Essays on Nugent's Memorials of Hampden (Longmans), Longmans' Handbook of English Literature, Part V , with composition and essay-writing. French Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Macmillan) Merimee, Mateo Falcone, &c, Bussell (Longmans), Erckmann-Chatrian, .Histoire dun Paysan (Percival), Macmillan's Progressive French Course, Part 11., Short Passages from Standard Authors (Hamouet, Hachette), Eve and Beaudais' Wellington School French Grammar (D. Nutt) Mathematics Ward's Examination Papers in Trigonometry (Bell and Sons), Hamblin Smith's Exercise on Algebra, Hall and Knight's Algebra, with answers, Hall and. Steven's Euclid, Parts I. and 11., Lock's Elementary Trigonometry, to Junior University Scholarship standard. Science Jago's Inorganic Chemistry (Longmans' Advanced Series), Garnett's Heat, Deschanel's Heat (Blackie) as for Junior Scholarships. Greek Mayor's Greek for Beginners. Drawing: Geometrical, Longmans' Drawing Books. Lowest. —Latin Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, Part I. English Boyal Beader, No. 4 , Children's Treasury of English Songs, 1., Brief History, Longmans' Junior School Grammar, with spelling, dictation, transcription, and composition as for Standard IV French First French Beader and Writer. Mathematics Nelson's B. Arithmetic, No. 4. Geography Hill's First Lessons in Geography Singing Nursery Bhyme Quadrilles, second set (Novello), Mendelssohn's Bart Songs (Novello) Drawing Freehand and model. 3. Scholaeships. The school gave free education' to twenty-nine scholars. Nineteen scholarships of the Education Board were held at the school.

CHBISTCHUBCH GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 1,017 2 0 By Office salary 70 0 0 Current income from reserves 313 5 4 Teachers'salaries and allowances 1,600 9 2 Interest on moneys invested . 260 10 9 Examinations— School fees 1,457 8 0 Examiners'fees 70 7 0 Interest on current account . 44 18 9 Other expenses 9 14 9 Refund of cost of inspection and report Scholarships 228 0 0 on Reserve 2208 .. 3 3 0 Prizes . 26 17 0 Printing, stationery, stamps, and advertising (including telegrams) 50 13 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 29 5 4 Fencing, repairs, &c. 49 3 10 Rents, insurance, and taxes 51 1 xi Music and tuning pianos 6 12 Mats and blinds 2 14 0 Inspecting reserves 9 0 6 Expenses of cooking classes 19 2 6 Sundries 0 5 6 Balance 873 12 2 S3.OM 7 10 £3,090 7 10 H. B. Webb, Jun., Chairman. A. Ceaceoft Wilson, Registrar

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2. WOEK DONE BY HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English Literature Morell's English Literature , Stopford Brooke's Primer of English Literature, selections from Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Beader, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Tennyson's Princess grammar and composition —Mason's English Grammar, Morris's Smaller Historical Grammar, selections from Abbott's How to Write Clearly composition on books read , correction of sentences. Latin . Translation—Livy, Book 1., Pliny's Letters, Book 11. Martial, Selections (Macmillan), Cicero's Catiline Orations, Virgil, Book IV translation at sight grammar—• Bradley's Arnold, Abbott's Idioms , Latin prose composition. Boman History Smith's Smaller History of Borne, Smith's Antiquities (selections) French Translation—Madame de Witt's Do Glacons en Glacon , Voltaire's Charles XII. Alfred de Vigny's Cinq Mars, first part grammar—■ Brachet's Bublie School French Grammar, with exercises Bue's Idioms, selections from the Wellington College Grammar French prose composition. Mathematics Arithmetic, Euclid, algebra, and trigonometry, as for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Science Botany, heat, as for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Cooking, dress-cutting, dress-making , drill; swimming. Lowest. —English Text-book, Star Beader No. V , reading, spelling, dictation, composition, easy sentences for correction. History Gardiner's History of England, Part 1., from invasion of Britain to end of reign of Edward I. Geography Petrie's First Geography (New Zealand and Europe). Science Elementary botany, physiology, and physics. Arithmetic Simple and compound rules of money Sewing elementary drawing, class-singing , drill, swimming. 3. SCHOLAESHIPS. Scholarships of the value of £15 each were given to fifteen pupils. Nine scholarships of the Education Board were held at the school.

BANGIOBA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet of the Board. The Bangiora High School was closed during a portion of the year 1893. Owing to the fallingoff in the attendance of pupils during the first term, and consequent increase of the Board's indebtedness, it was decided to dispense with the services of the assistant teacher At the end of the second term the headmaster resigned his position, and, there being no improvement in the condition of the school, the Board decided to close it temporarily Subsequently, the master's house having undergone needed repairs, and with a view of reopening in the new year on a more economical basis, the Board invited applications for a headmaster. To this thirteen responded, when, after due consideration, the Board appointed the Bey G. J Sim, M.A., to the position of headmaster 2. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. i Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves 96 14 0j By Dr. balance at beginning of year . 32 1 6 School foes 71 9 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances 200 0 0 Balance . . 101 19 9 , Printing, stationery, and advertising 6 0 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 10 11 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. 10 5 5 Rents, insurance, and taxes 4 0 5 Interest on current account 6 7 4 Postage and receipt stamps 0 15 10 £270 2 9 | £270 2 9 Geoege John Leech, Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Elementary Latin, French, history (English), physics, Euclid, and ordinary branches. Loivest.— Ordinary branches.

ASHBUETON HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893 Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves . 554 14 1 By Dr. balance at beginning of year 360 5 4 School fees . .. . 244 19 0 Office salaries .. 22 8 5 Books sold .. 21 13 6 Teachers' salaries .. .. 542 10 0 Balance at end of year 269 18 10 Examiners' fees 12 12 0 Prizes 7 2 6 Printing and stationery .. 47 11 5 Cleaning, fuel, and light 29 16 0 Fencing and repairs 12 7 11 Insurance, &c. 3 7 6 Interest 28 7 0 Annual soiree .. 14 .3 0 Tree-planting 2 11 6 School requisites 3 0 6 Subscription cricket club 2 2 0 Cab-hire 1 XX o Law-costs 0 13 4 Scavenger 0 13 0 £1,091 5 £1,091 5 5 andeew Oee, Acting Chairman. Chables Beaddell, Secretary Examined and found correct. —James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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2. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Upper Division. —Latin Virgil s iEneid, Book I. Sallust's Catiline War Abbott's Via Latina,, commencing Bradley's Arnold Boman History French Selections from modern authors Macmillan's Second Year's Course. Mathematics Hall and Knight's Algebra, up to but not including quadratic equations , Euclid, Books 1.-IV English subjects and prose authors. Lower Division. —Elementary work in all subjects.

AKAROA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 122 11 11 By Office expenses 0 15 0 Current income from reserves 152 6 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances 200 0 0 School fees . 127 9 0 Prizes . .. 2 14 6 Interest on current account 212 0 Printing, stationery and advertising .. 610 8 Gleaning, fuel, light, &c. . 12 2 0 Book and stationery account and other temporary advances 3 2 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. . . 2 5 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes 40 11 10 Inspection and reletting reserve 9 9 0 Interest on overdraft 0 10 Exchange 0 4 6 Balances— On fixed deposit . 54 17 0 On current account 72 6 5 £404 18 11 £404 18 11 H. C. Jacobson, Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct .-James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Stopford Brooke's Brimer of English Literature, Byron's Brisoner of Chillon and Mazeppa, Morris's Smaller Historical Grammar, Longmans' School Composition. Latin Via Latina, Livy, Hannibalian War, Virgil, iEneid, Book I. (Macmillan's Elementary Classics) French Macmillan's Second Course and Second Beader. Junior Scholarship work in arithmetic, Euclid, algebra, and trigonometry, also in heat and mechanics. Lowest. —Via Latina, to page 53 Coleridge's Ancient Mariner Longmans' edition Boyal Beader No. V , Gardiner's History, from the reign of William 111. to Victoria, Boyal Geographical Beader No. IV , Longmans' School Grammar and Junior School Composition, arithmetic, Standard V ; Euclid, Props. Ito 23, Book 1., physics, Primer

TIMABU HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. s. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 866 8 6 By Office salary 70 0 0 Current income from reserves 1,199 19 8 Other office expenses 30 15 8 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Other expenses of management .. 18 19 9 paid purchase-money . 119 6 2 Teachers' salaries and allowances 1,465 10 10 School fees .. 518 12 8 Prizes . .. .. 20 0 0 Interest on fixed deposit . 6 19 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising 90 18 3 Investment repaid .. 500 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 132 12 10 Workshop fees 17 17 0 Book and stationery account and other Outstanding cheques . 3 19 11 temporary advances 52 10 9 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. 100 8 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 21 2 7 Endowments, sales account — Proceeds invested 1,000 0 0 Expenses of survey, sales, management, &c. 24 5 3 Balance . . 205 19 0 £3,233 2 11 £3,233 2 11 Heney W Haepee, Chairman. J H. Bamfield, Secretary The money belonging to Cain's legacy is still invested in the South Canterbury Building Society, without the authority of law, at the personal liability of the members of the Board. The accounts are otherwise correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English Mason's Grammar, Morris's Historical Outlines; Beile's Philology, Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons for English People , Bowen's Studies in English (part) Shakspeare's Richard 11., Wordsworth s Wanderer, Macaulay's Boswell's Life of Johnson,

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WAIMATE HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance . 1,102 611 By Office salary 12 12 0 Rents . 246 4 6 Other office expenses 10 0 Compensation . 99 19 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances 75 0 0 Interest on fixed deposit 51 8 0 Examiners' foes 3 3 0 Scholarships 18 15 0 Prizes .. 3 3 6 Printing, stationery and advertising 22 10 9 Solicitor 13 18 8 Travelling-expenses . 5 5 6 High School fees 28 0 0 Surveyor 9 16 6 Sundries 0 9 0 Exchanges 0 5 0 Balance— On current account . . 6 7 6 On fixed deposit . 1,294 12 0. £1,499 18 5 £1,499 18 5 H. C. Barclay, Chairman. G. H. Graham, Secretary Examined and found correct—James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. . 404 310 By Secretary 60 0 0 Reserves sold 70 0 0 Ranger . 10 0 0 Current income from reserves 1,263 8 7 Teachers'salaries and allowances— Interest on moneys invested and on Girls 320 0 0 unpaid purchase-money 19 15 0 Boys 742 18 8 Paid by School Commissioners 58 15 1 Boarding-school account—girls 12 10 0 School fees— Prizes 5 0 0 Girls 226 1 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising 18 9 0 Boys . . 256 9 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. . 77 12 0 Book and stationery account and other temporary advances 21 6 6 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works 115 7 6 Rents, insurance, and taxes 27 13 6 Interest on loan .. 105 17 4 Expenses of survey sales, management, &c.— Commission 8 12 6 Advertising 10 11 0 Valuation 2 2 0 Solicitor's fees 17 5 5 Amount paid off mortgage 200 0 0 Incidental expenses 3 13 Balance 540 5 10 £2 298 12 6 £2 298 12 6 Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1893. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Rents uncollected 428 16 8 Loan on buildings 1,400 0 0 Fees uncollected, girls 85 2 0 Scholarship fund 125 0 0 Fees uncollected, boys . . 206 4 0 Interest on mortgage 45 10 0 Deferred-payment balances 588 2 2 Amount due secretary .. 010 6 Interest on purchase-money 68 11 9 Cash in Colonial Bank . 540 16 4 £1 571 0 6 School-buildings. Reserves vested in Board by " The Waitaki High School Act, 1878." Donald Bobbie, Chairman. Geoege Sumptee, Secretary and Treasurer

3. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Latin, Greek, English, mathematics, light and heat, to Junior Scholarship standard , French and mechanics, to matriculation standard drawing, shorthand, and book-keeping. Lowest. —Latin Via Latina, Ex. 20 to 40. French Macmillan's First Course, 20 to 35. Science: Paul Bert. Parsing and English grammar English Gardiner and Aubrey's Ivanhoe. Geography Petrie, and Primer Shorthand , book-keeping , drill. Girls. Highest. —English. Shakespeare, King Lear , Tennyson, selections from School Edition, Part 1., 9 poems , Bowen's Studies in English Selections. Grammar Smith and Hall s English Grammar, the whole, with exercises in analysis and parsing. Composition Dr Morris's Primer, nearly the whole, w T eekly essays. History of Literature A general brief account of the lives and works of English writers, from the seventh century to the nineteenth. History Morris's Class-book of English History, from the Bevolution of 1689 to end of book. Geography Longmans' School Geography for Australasia (Chisholm) , mathematical geography , political geography of Australasia, Oceania, British Isles, part of Europe , physical geography—Geikie's Primer, the whole. French Chardenal's Second French Course , Oxford and Cambridge Grammar (second year of Part L, and part of third year of Part II.), reading—Le Luthier de Gemoni, La Mare au Diable, and translation at sight. Latin Grammar and composition, from irregular verbs to the end in Principia Latina Part 1., and from the beginning up to the end of uses of the dative case in Principia Latina Part IV., also supplementary exercises prepared by teacher, reading—Heatley and Kingdom's Excerpta Facilia, all the anecdotes and part of scenes from the Civil War, Caesar, Gallic War, Book 1., a third of the book , sight translation from Bennett's Easy Latin Stories, and easy selections from Casar Science : Botany—the general principles as well as some of the chief orders of flowering plants in G. M. Thomson's Botany, physiology—general lessons in the structure of the human body, its organs and their functions. Arithmetic The whole subject, text-books used —Hamblin Smith's Arithmetic and Goyen's Higher Arithmetic. Algebra Hall and Knight's Algebra, to the end of quadratic equations. Euclid Books I. and 11. of Euclid (Todhunter)

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N.B.—Advanced work has been done in most subjects by one pupil, whose work comprises, in addition to these—mechanics (whole of Blackie's Elementary Mechanics), trigonometry, to ratios of submultiple angles in Lock's Trigonometry , advanced botany (the morphology of anatomy of plants, and the orders of flowering plants required for Junior University Scholarship Examination) ; Euclid, six books, algebra, whole subject as given in Hall and Knight's, except the binomial theorem. Lowest. —English Longmans' New Beader No. 5. Grammar Parsing of all parts of speech, analysis of easy sentences. Composition Lessons on the structure of sentences, punctuation, with exercises, paraphrasing, reproduction, and original composition. History Miss Buckley's History of England, from 55 B.C. to 1327 a.d. Geography Petrie's School Geography, introduction, Geography of New Zealand the British Isles and Europe. Arithmetic Highest common factor and lowest common multiple practice, simple problems by unitary method, vulgar fractions. French Chardenal's First French Course, from the beginning up to conjugation of auxiliary verbs. Object lessons. N.B. —A lower division was formed at the beginning of third term for two pupils who had entered second term but were absent through sickness most of the term.

OTAGO HIGH SCHOOLS. 1. Report of the Board. The attendance in the Boys' School for the first half of the year was 221, and for the second half 212, which shows a slight increase on the figures for corresponding periods of the previous year The average daily attendance was 983 per cent. The numbers on the roll in the Girls' School for the four quarters of the year were 180, 185, 183, and 176 respectively, and these figures show an increase on the attendance during the previous year The average daily attendance in the Girls' School for the last quarter of the year was 165. I have pleasure in stating that the outcome of the year's work as evidenced by recent examinations is highly satisfactory, and that the discipline and efficiency of the schools have been fully maintained. The following are the results of the examinations referred to : — Boys' School. —Twenty boys passed University Entrance Examinations, four of whom won Junior Scholarships, four passed "with credit" on scholarship papers, ten on matriculation papers, and two in the medical preliminary papers. Among those who won Junior Scholarships, one attained first place in the scholarship competition generally, one attained first place in Latin, one the same place in German, and two the first and second 'places in English. Outside the University examinations four boys gained Senior Provincial Scholarships, while seven othersqualified for various objects and privileges. Girls' School. —Twelve pupils from this school passed the University Matriculation Examination at the end of the year, one occupying first place in the credit matriculation list, and two obtaining places on the list. In the competition for the Education Board's Senior Scholarships, three girls obtained scholarships, whilst two obtained the necessary percentage of marks to entitle them to the Board of Governors' Scholarship. In order to encourage the entry of boys from the lower standards, the Board, at the commencement of the year, reduced the fee for pupils entering the Boys' School who were classed below the Upper Third Form from £10 to £6 per annum, but as yet the reduction has made little or no difference in the numbers attending the school. I regret to have to state that a serious diminution of revenue has compelled the Board to face an estimated deficit for the current year of £483, and, in order to meet this deficit, and so bring the expenditure within the income, the Board has found it absolutely necessary to make a large reduction in the salaries of the staff. The amount which will thus be saved is £568 125., and if the present income keeps up the Board does not anticipate any difficulty in maintaining the efficiency of the schools, it fears, however, that the low price of wool and the recent unfavourable farming season will entail a further shrinkage of the revenue from the endowments, which may possibly render an additional reduction in expenditure necessary The reduction in salaries ranges from 238 per cent, to 5 per cent., and it will come into effect on the Ist proximo, except in the case of a teacher who has recently been appointed. While on this subject I may say that the decrease in revenue has been caused partly by a falling-off in revenue from the endowments, partly by the entrance of a large number of pupils who receive free education in virtue of their having gained 50 per cent, of marks in the competition for scholarships granted by the Education Board, partly by the reduction of fees in the Lower Third Form of the Boys' School, and partly by a falhng-off in the attendance at the girls' boarding establishment. The Board will probably find it necessary to consider the advisableness of raising the limit of marks required to qualify Education Board Junior Scholarship candidates for free education to more than 50 per cent, of those attainable. The attendance of pupils in both of the schools for the first quarter of the present year shows signs of a steady increase, and, notwithstanding the fact that there are now on the rolls eighty-six free pupils, the Board cherishes the hope that the income derivable from fees and board will not materially decrease. D M Stuart, D.D., Chairman. Dunedin, 23rd April, 1894. (Per C. Macandrew, Secretary.)

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2. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893, Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Capital Account—Reserves sold 224 5 6 By Dr. balance at beginning of year 2,949 16 10 Current income from reserves 2 722 13 1 ManagementInterest on moneys invested and on un- Office salary 180 0 0 paid purchase-money 100 ' 7 6 Rent 10 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners.. .. 358 15 9 Legal expenses 5 7 6 School fees — Telephone Exchange 12 0 0 Boys 1,598 15 6 Stamps, &c. 22 16 7 Girls 1 339 1 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances— Boarding-school fees, girls 449 12 0 Boys' 3 159 5 10 Balances— Girls' 2,013 7 0 Overdraft Colonial Bank Boarding-school account— of New Zealand £449 13 10 Boys' 41 5 0 Less cash in hand 29 5 0 Girs' 417 8 9 Sundry incidentals .. 56 8 7 420 8 10 Scholarships 40 0 0 Outstanding cheques 729 11 10 Prizes 45 0 0 1,150 0 8 Printing, stationery and advertising 102 4 9 Overdraft Colonial Bank Cleaning, fuel, light, &c, including wages of New Zealand, No. 4 of two janitors 247 2 8 Account 2,381 4 9 Book and stationery account 176 9 9 Less cash in hand 14 0 0 Laboratory requisites.. 26 4 6 2,367 4 9 Repairs, &c. 101 8 8 Insurance and taxes 362 18 10 Interest on current account 340 5 0 Endowments—Auctioneer's commission 0 16 0 £10,310 16 3 £10,310 16 3

3. Statement of Income and Expendituee of the Geay Bussell Scholarship Fund for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. 1893. Expenditure. £ s. d. Jan. 1. To Balance brought forward 101 18 4 Dec. 31. By Balance in Colonial Bank of New . Zealand . 101 18 4 Note.—Since this balance-sheet was made up £X 6s. has been received for interest. 4. Statement of Income and Expenditure of the Bichaedson Cadet Corps Fund for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. 1893. Expenditure. £ s. d. Jan. 1. To Balance brought forward .. 72 17 9 Dec. 7By Cash, Otago High School Cadet Corps 7 10 6 Cash, Normal School Cadet Corps 710 6 Dec. 31. Balances on 31st December, 1893— In Colonial Bank 20 6 9 Short-paid on sale of security 37 10 0 £12 17 9 £72 17 9 Note.—Since this balance-sheet was made up, £15 Is. has been received for interest. Examined and found correct—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

5. Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1893. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Rents overdue 380 12 11 Tradesmen's accounts unpaid 98 9 6 School fees overdue 152 14 6 Bank overdraft 3,517 5 5 Board fees 59 10 0 Equitable Investment Company 509 8 0 Amounts due on mortgage (land instalments, including interest) 2 670 0 4 D M. Stuart, Chairman. , C. Macandeew, Secretary

6. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. The work done in the highest form (Form VI.) during the year 1893, and in the lowest form (Lower III.), was as follows : — Highest. —The Sixth Form works for the Junior Scholarship (Dniversity) Examination. Every boy, as a rule, presents himself for the examination. The subjects taken are Latin, English, French, German, mathematics, and science (in two branches), chemistry, and mechanics. Lowest. —The Lower 111. in 1893 did the work of Standard V of the primary schools, with Latin and French. Boys in the class begin Latin and French. Every one in the school attends a gymnastic lesson of one hour every week, which hour is included in the time-table. Book-keeping is optional with drawing in every class to the Lower V , above this class neither book-keeping nor drawing is included in the time-table. Boys in 1893 above Lower V were allowed an option between science and German.

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Girls. Highest. —English Chaucer, Prologue (part), Shakespeare, Macbeth, Spenser, Faerie Queene, Canto I. (part), Wordsworth, Excursion, Book 111., selections from prose writers, 1490-1684; Boman history, Late Bepublic, Historical English Grammar, composition, &c. Latin iEneid, Book VI., 11. 620 to end, Book VII. 326 11., Livy, Book XXII., 9 chaps., Horace, selected odes (at sight) , Caesar, Books I. and 111., Chaps. I. to VII. (at sight) , composition, grammar, &c. French Wellington College Beader, Boielle, poetry, grammar, composition, &c. German Homann's Deutsche Maerchen, Macmillan's Second Beading Book. Mathematics Arithmetic, the whole subject , algebra, to permutations and combinations, inclusive, geometry—Euclid, Division A, Books 1., 11., 111., IV , VI., trigonometry, Division A, Lock's Trigonometry 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 Fourth Star Beader, history, Blackwood s Short Stories, geography, Macdonald's Zealandia Geography, Parts I. and 11., physical geography, explanation of geographical terms , grammar, simple analysis and parsing, object lessons, simple lessons on common objects, with a view 7 to subsequent composition on the subject of lesson. French Vocabulary, and easy sentences. Arithmetic Simple and compound rules in money , simple problems, mental arithmetic. Drawing. —Easel Work: Painting in oils —jars, and other objects of still-life, copies of heads , painting in monochrome—casts , chalk-drawing—casts, drapery, geometrical objects, copies of carton heads. Fifth and Sixth Forms : Pencil-drawing —outlines of geometrical figures , shading of solid objects, chalk-drawing from casts and still life. First and Second Forms Outlines, &c, from blackboard outlines and shading of simple cartons. 7 Scholarships. The Gray Bussell Scholarship of £40 per annum, tenable for three years, is attached to the Boys' High School. School fees are not charged to any candidate who obtains 50 per cent, of the attainable marks of the scholarship examinations of the Otago Education Board but does not win a scholarship.

SOUTHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Report of the Board. The personnel of the Board continued unchanged during the year, and was composed of Messrs. G Lumsden and H. Carswell, nominees of His Excellency the Governor, Messrs. J W. Bain and B. McNab, who were elected by the Southland Education Board, and his Worship Mr. D. McFarlane, Mayor of Invercargill. Mr Lumsden was elected Chairman. The teaching staff at the beginning of the year comprised Mr A. H. Highton, M.A., headmaster of both boys' and girls' schools, Mr H. L. Fowler, M.A., first assistant in boys' division, and Mr W Macalister, 8.A., second assistant. On the girls' side, Miss Billing was first assistant and Miss Waterhouse second assistant. Miss Waterhouse resigned her position in February, and Miss A. E. Tindel, M.A., was appointed to fill the vacancy thereby caused. In August, Mr Highton resigned the headmastership, and Mr Fowler was temporarily appointed acting headmaster the Bey Mr White, M.A., receiving the temporary appointment of science and mathematical master It was subsequently decided that Mr Fowler be appointed headmaster, and applications were invited for the position of science and mathematical master, with the result that Mr J E. Vernon, M.A., B.Sc. (Edinburgh University), received the appointment. The Collegiate Classes Association continued their classes through the winter season in part of the school-buildings. The boys' boarding establishment has been carried on under the direct supervision of the second assistant master, and so far as the management is concerned the Board have every reason to be satisfied. It would have been more successful, however, had a few more country scholars availed themselves of this provision. The High Schools Board Committee appointed at the end of 1892 sent in their report to the Board in May This report contains valuable information and many practical suggestions, some of which the Board have already acted upon, and others are of such a character that they will take some time to give effect to. Towards the end of the year steps were inaugurated with the view of introducing into the school annually a number of pupils from the primary schools, who passed good examinations at such an age as it was desirable for them to enter the High School. Too frequently pupils present themselves at fourteen and a half to fifteen years of age, with the result that the school life is too short to enable them to secure the objects of secondary education. It was intended about September or October to hold an examination by outside examiners, but the resignation of the headmaster just at the time this would have been carried out and other simultaneous causes prevented the Board from prosecuting their plans in this matter The leases of several of the Board's endowments matured during the year, and the properties have in each case been leased again by the previous lessee at the upset price. J Walker Bain, Chairman.

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2. Geneeal Statement of Beceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in hand and in bank at begin- By Management—Office salary 75 0 0 ning of year 582 9 2 Teachers' salaries and allowances 1,176 15 6 Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit from Boarding establishment 20 6 3 last year 1,355 4 7 Prizes 8 8 10 Bank of New South Wales, fixed deposit Printing, stationery, and advertising 60 9 3 from last year .. 403 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 56 13 9 Endowments — Fencing, repairs, &c. . 33 18 0 Current income from reserves 563 12 1 Insurance and taxes £18 15 0 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Less refund part rates on paid purchase-money 83 13 0 boarding establishment 2 9 0 Paid by School Commissioners 99 1 4 16 6 O School fees, Boys' School 253 7 6 Expended on buildings, boys' boarding Books, &c, sold, and other refunds, Boys' establishment 239 9 4 School 0 8 0 Reserves —Rates, and expenses of leasing 22 5 3 School fees, Girls' School . 227 16 0 Chemicals 014 10 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds, Girls' Legal expenses, obtaining payment of School 0 6 0 school fees 0 10 6 Donation for prizes 2 2 0 Expenses of High Schools Board special committee 22 4 0 Sundry expenses, stamps, telegrams, &c. 16 17 2 Balance— In Bank of New Zealand on fixed deposit 1,355 4 7 In Bank of New South Wales on fixed deposit 403 0 0 In hand and in bank at end of year 62 16 5 £3,570 19 8 £3,570 19 8 J Walkee Bain, Chairman. Chaeles Bout, Treasurer Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1893. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit 1 355 4 7 Sundry accounts unpaid—W Craig and Co., Bank of New South Wales, fixed deposit 403 0 0 £5 10s. ; Christchurch Press Company, Bank of New Zealand, balance current ac- £1 Lyttelton Times Company £1 Wescount 62 16 5 ney Bros., £12 12s. 19 12 0 Rent of reserves due and unpaid 250 18 7 Reserves sold on deferred payment, instalments due and unpaid 365 5 7 Interest due 54 15 9 School fees due and unpaid 65 1 1 Furniture of boarding establishment 60 0 0 Freehold property, Sections 26, 27, and 28, Block XIII., Town of Invercargill. Reserves vested in Board by Acts of the General Assembly. Invercargill, Bth February, 1894. Chaeles Bout, Treasurer Examined and found correct—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

4. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin Livy, XXII., JEneid, 1., Bradley's Arnold , prose , unseen translation , Boman History and Antiquities. English Chaucer, Brologue, Julius Caesar (part), Henry V (part), Comus Stopford Brooke's English Literature, Morris's Historical English Grammar, Mason's Grammar, essays, paraphrasing. French Moliere, L'Avare, Gautier's Scenes of Travel, Brachet's French Grammar, Blouet's Brose, Part 11. Mathematics Arithmetic, the subject, algebra, up to progressions , Euclid, Books 1.-VL, with deductions, trigonometry, solution of trig, equations. Science Chemistry heat. Lowest. —English Scott's Waverley, Macaulay's Lays, recitation, Mason's First Notions of Grammar, Longmans' English Composition. History Gardiner's, 1603-1714. Geography Betrie's. Latin Principia, Part 1., gradatim. French Bue's First French Book, Macmillan's First Beader. Arithmetic Compound rules, weights and measures. Science The elements of sound and chemistry

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