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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-12, 1901.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of Hi<> Excellency.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED OR ENDOWED.

SUMMARY OP THE ACCOUNTS OP INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR 1901 FURNIKIEED BY THE GOVERNING BODIES OP SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Credit balances on Ist January, 1901 .. 24,724 17 10 Liabilities on Ist January, 1901 .. 2,467 410 Endowment reserves sold .. .. 5,040 10 7 Expenses of management .. .. 2,605 12 3 Mortgage moneys repaid .. .. 2,870 0 0 School salaries .. .. .. 34,923 19 3 Rent of reserves .. .. .. 23,468 811 Boarding-school accounts .. .. 5,168 8 0 Interest on investments .. .. 1,931 3 8 Examination expenses .. .. 354 0 1 Reserves Commissioners' payments .. 3,766 15 1 Scholarships and prizes .. .. 2,511 310 School fees (tuition) .. .. .. 26,435 7 0 Printing, stationery, fuel, light, Ac. .. 3,076 9 f> Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 6,019 8 0 Buildings, furniture, insurance, rent, Books, &c, sold, and refunds .. .. 263 4 0 and rates .. .. .. .. 9,412 1 1 Sundries not classified .. .. 1,245 12 8 Expenditure on endowments .. .. 3,751 13 5 Debit balances, 31st December, 1901 .. 1,357 110 Capital invested .. .. .. 19,386 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 1,243 3 8 Sundries .. .. .. .. 2,291 13 3 Credit balances, 31st December, 1901 .. 9,930 10 5 £97,122 9 7 £97,122 917 I—E. 12.

Name. Act of Incorporation or Institution. Remarks. Whangarei High School 1878, No. 63, Local .. Act may be repealed by Gazette notice under Act of 1885, No. 30. Auckland Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School 1899, No. 11, Local. 1878, No. 55, Local .. Under management of Education Board. Not in operation in 1901. Thames High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui Girls' College Wanganui Collegiate School 1878, No. 54, Local. 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 Marlborough High Sjhool Nelson College 1887, No. 17, Local. 1882, No. 11, Local. 1885, No. 8, Local .. 1899, No. 27, Local. 1858, No. 38, and 1882, No. 15, Local. 1883, No. 21, Local .. 1883, No. 7, Local .. Canterbury Ordinance, 1855 1878, No. 30, Local .. [Nil] Not in operation in 1901. Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Christ's College Grammar School Not in operation in 1901. Not in operation in 1901. 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. 181. 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. 1C, 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 1901. Not in operation in 1901.

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Income of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1901.

Cr. Balances on 1st Jan. 1901. Sales. From Endowments. Paid by School Commissioners. School Fees. Boardingschool Fees. Stationery and Books sold, and Eefunds. Sundries unclassified. Dr. Balances, 31st Dec. 1901. Totals. Schools. Mortgage moneys repaid. Bents. Interest on Moneys invested. Whangarei High School Auckland Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui Girls' College Wanganui Collegiate School Wellington College and Girls' High School Napier High Schools Gisborne High School Marlboroug" High School Nelson College Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar School Bangiora High School Akaroa High School Ashburton High School Timaru High School Waimate High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ s. d. £ s. d. 141 12 10 542 18 4 "3,000 0 0 8,557 9 11 1,520 10 7 549 116 1,103 7 0 969 13 4 36 3 8 £ s. d. '■ ■• ! & s. d. 75 0 2 4,205 10 4 304 1 11 513 16 4 197 10 0 978 14 2 ! 2,391 8 5 £ s. d. 198 10 0 397 0 0 10 0 0 225 2 7 15 8 £ s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 164 18 8 207 11 11 £ s. d. 210 14 0 3,310 8 4 238 9 0 372 17 11 1,949 17 4 460 0 0 4,445 10 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 0 0 0 6 6 £ s. d. 150' 6 10 £ s. d. 320 5 8 £ s. d. 547 7 0 11,677 19 2 10,475 0 6 1,342 9 3 2,164 19 11 6,477 8 2 1,542 3 6 7,146 9 0 550 0 0 2,345 11 0 32 2 0 9 15 0 21 1 0 56 5 0 61 13 0 226 15 8 3,428 3 0 12 3 8 1,019 3 11 1,040 11 4 996 6 6 1,518 3 6 1,370 0 0 1,363 12 9 I 80 0 0 ' 915 10 0 4 4 0 20 3 1 3.076 2 6 288 7 2 2,585 11 4 157 5 6 119 0 10 527 3 0 1,378 12 0 179 8 8 1,092 15 11 2,146 8 8 868 2 2 134 9 2 142 12 6 368 14 2 18 12 0 50 12 6 222 17 1 45 0 0 33 15 0 39 3 0 37 10 0 1,500 12 3 206 1 6 60 0 0 112 10 0 150 4 0 150 0 0 1,035 19 3 404 11 0 2,740 13 3 334 2 8 2,995 11 8 79 17 6 47 17 10 3 4 10 H15 19 0 136 10 0 ■=200 0 0 2 0 0 14 5 6 20 9 1 2 12 0 209 5 4 7,924 14 5 1,814 2 6 1,899 13 11 8,310 0 5 1,369 6 6 1,746 19 1 4,823 19 0 2,066 15 4 6,802 2 1 543 9 5 187 10 0 948 6 6 3,183 10 6 1,360 10 3 2,662 15 2 7,158 14 4 2,946 3 8 120 0 0 117 6 5 68 9 2 .. 950 0 0 1,733 11 0 1,535 2 0 2,859 13 5 268 5 6 75 0 0 0 12 0 ■■ •■ 177 3 9 578 13 4 4 10 0 "101 0 11 24 17 8 i io o 7 10 239 9 9 588 1 1 1,080 4 3 1,102 8 11 20 0 0 1,187 14 9 400 0 0 1,253 5 10 24,724 17 10 5,040 10 7 65 7 2 380 6 1 242 7 10 915 15 0 2,660 5 2 537 16 10 016 0 343 6 8 • • Totals 23,468 8 11 1,931 3 8 263 4 0 1,245 12 8 ' 1,357 1 10 5,040 10 7 2,870 0 0 3,766 15 1 26,435 7 0 6,019 8 0 97,122 9 a Borrowed from Diocesan Pension Fund on Mortgage. ') Includes £ 400 annual grant from Government under incorj >orat ill! Act. c Grant from Government. '1 Includes £75, valuation of crops.

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Expenditure of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1901.

Schools. Expense of Liabilities Boards' on Managelst Jan., 1001. ment: Office and Salaries. School Salaries. Printing. Land, -p. -j. Examiners' Scholar- Stationery, I Buildings, Expenditure "„,"",*> Fees ships, Advertising, ; Furniture, on , s ™,' and Exhibitions, Cleaning, ; Insurance, EndowAccount. Expenses. Prizes. Fuel, Light, Rent, nients. &c. Kates. 1 I _ i I Capital invested. Interest. Cγ. Sundries Balances, unclassified. 31st Dec, 1901. Totals. Whangarei High School .. Auckland Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School New Plymouth High School Wanganui Girls' College .. Wanganui Collegiate School Wellington College and Girls' High School Napier High Schools Gisborne High School Marlborougti High School Nelson College Greymouth High School .. Hokitika High School Christehureh Boys' High School Christehureh Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar School Bingiora High School Akaroa High School .. j Ashburton High School .. Timaru High School Waimate High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools .. I Southland High Schools .. Totals £ s. d. •• .. 279 5 10 .. £ s. d. 18 9 4 45a 15 10 0 10 0 34 0 0 58 8 11 i 187 4 5 97 8 0 230 10 0 93 15 1 0 12 6 1 19 0 359 5 5 7 14 0 22 14 7 100 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 286 8 0 .. .. 3 16 0 13 15 0 29 7 1 60 10 0 4,111 1 10 .. .. 94 17 8 324 3 11 2,190 8 3 3,147 15 6 "1,000 0 0 17 9 2i .. 10,000 0 0 700 0 0 .. 3 3 0 .. 47 16 6 67 7 11 10 5 5 864 13 4 .. 29 11 6 21 i 1 81 0 11 82 16 0 .. 854 0 0 1,537 12 5 2,286 5 4 2 10 0 .. 58 17 7 1,347 15 665 0 5 .. 6 10 .. 37 1 3 667 19 8 4,292 13 4 .. 136 2 3 63 11 0 542 13 3 713 3 1 113 13 9 1,769 3 3 .. 23 2 1 346 17 9 168 17 9 363 6 6 .. 3,107 10 0 138 16 0' 3 0 6 .. .. 1,300 0 0 431 13 4 .. .. 5 3 0 54 9 6 1,168 2 1 2,700 11 112,436 3 10, 57 10 0 668 7 10 348 19 4 703 19 9 .. 775 0 0 0 10 0 .. 100 0 0 92 13 6 .. 900 0 0 3,681 17 11 33 6 8 28 10 11 22 5 9 136 0 10 117 2 11 126 19 1 1,429 5 3 33 6 8 30 2 4 257 11 0 80 18 10 13 6 10 6 10 8 3,143 12 i .. .. 758 6 5 297 5 8 251 8 5 225 6 6 309 3 41 .. .. 3 9 0 22 2 8 62 6 9 577 10 0 .. .. 7 17 0 53 0 3 38 8 8 1,559 18 4 .. 29 3 0 22 13 10 154 18 7 80 12 9 25 4 0 1,000 0 0 4 4 0 32 14 6 9 5 6 18 19 7 .. 350 0 0 1,290 19 9 .. .. 2 12 6 150 17 10 918 5 5 4,383 17 10 379 5 6 .. 48 7 5 343 19 0 330 2 4 35 8 6 1,188 16 8 .. 4 0 0 12 13 1 147 4 10 137 3 0 £ s. d. 226 2 9: .. .. •• 19 19 9 559 1 6 3 3 6 £ s. a. £ s. d.. £ s. d 135 1 7 547 7 0 123 13 5 .. 11,677 19 2 , b 397 0 0 60 1 410,475 0 6 479 16 5 1,342 9 3 2 15 0 170 10 2 2,164 19 11 88 14 0 969 3 0 6,477 8 2 32 5 2i 16 8 3 1,542 3 6 51 17 6 163 17 6 7,146 9 0 99 9 11 1,952 12 1 7,924 14 5 "154 4 3 217 9 3 1,814 2 6 28 6 8 206 16 10 : 1,899 13 11 161 14 6] 98 7 10: 8,310 0 5 °350 0 0 911 2 6 1,369 6 6 C 100 0 0 631 11 0 1,746 19 1 112 3 0 123 19 0 4,823 19 0 141 12 11 200 0 0 9 16 3 60 0 0 G3 17 4 82 0 2' 2,066 15 4 ! 1,659 17 G 233 19 2 51 15 1, 180 11 0 .. 6,802 2 1 223 18 7 1 10 0 37 3 8 185 17 6 16 11 3 115 15 0 207 1 3 75 7 4 2 8 10 6 13 6 139 14 2 543 9 5 »25 0 0 161 0 0 187 10 0 10 S 4 .. 948 6 6 91 15 0 30 18 8 3,183 10 (i "100 0 0 828 15 5 1,360 10 3 16 13 8 .. 2,662 15 2 63 7 10 1,202 19 8 7,158 14 4 31 3 2 1,348 5 7 2,946 3 8 152 13 9 14 17 3 164 5 0 1 10 0 2,467 4 10 2,605 12 3 34,923 19 35,168 8 0 354 0 12,51i 3 10 3,076 9 6 9,412 1 13,751 13 5 19,386 10 0 1,243 3 8 12,291 13 3 9,930 10 597,122 9 7 a Loau repaid to Diocesan Pension Fund. i> nterest paid over to Grammar School Board. c Paid to Education Board for District Hi| (h School.

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Staff, Attendance, Febs, and Salaries at certain Secondary Schools. The income for 1901 of the secondary schools which have been subsidised or endowed by Government was, from school fees, not including fees for boarding, £26,435 7s. ; from rents and interest, £25,399 12s. 7d.; from endowments administered by the School Commissioners, £3,766 15s. Id. The total number of pupils on the rolls in the last term or quarter of the year was 1,826 boys and 1,073 girls.

Staff, Attend. wstce, ICees, and Salabies at certain Secondary Schools. The income for 1901 c jovernment was, from schc nterest, £25,399 12s. 7d £3,766 15s. Id. )f the secondary schools which have been subsidised or endowed by iol fees, not including fees for boarding, £26,435 7s. ; from rents and .; from endowments administered by the School Commissioners, The total number of pi nnd 1,073 girls. lpils on the rolls iu the last term or quarter of the year was 1,826 boys Staff. ocan. Schools. . Staff. . © 3. 3, OB « 0) >. 00 Attendance for Last Term or | AnmmlflntM. of P fi « K Salaries at Kates paid at Quarter of 1901. * Annual Kates ot * ees. End of Year. o K » .' .I I «8 o "T ■ 3 g 3» j -a ~ S>B ■- For For Board, <8 S o o S« s? _;■_ & Ordinary exclusive of M . _. _ Part-time t& Z " >£\ &§> II 3 Day-school Day-school Staff. Teaohers . £* S 2 Q (w ! mh_ j» 2 g Course. Tuition. _Z S a £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. l«r-'a (6 22 \g- 5 16 " 1(7' |6... \9- 3 £ s. d. Whangarei High School Auckland Grammar | School j 2 16 3 7 8 131 41 9 9 12 13 HI 7 85 83 6 7 15 12 2 6 1 1 1 0 18 17 240 135 16 17 28 28 J 32 I 350 | 33 | 51 8 8 0 J 10 10 0 | .8 8 0 ) - a 3,815 0 0 110 0 0 Thames High School .. 8 8 0 700 0 0 New Plymouth High ) School J Wanganui Collegiate ) School } 6 6 0 J 12 0 0 {900 ] 10 10 0 (880 j 13 4 0 110 12 0 ( 13 4 0 "( 10 12 0 (990 (880 (990 (880 b 80S 0 0 61 0 0 Wanganui Girls' College Wellington College (Boys') Wellington Girls' High ) School J 10 12 6 1 6 8 82 57 73 29 102 72 178 73 11 10 11 5 196 145 270 114 193 137 245 108 148 60 72 I 45 0 0 | 40 0 0 1 42 0 0 ) - j 40 0 0 J 40 0 0 "2,150 0 0 d l,350 0 0 3,025 0 0 1,095 0 0 400 0 0 230 0 0 75 0 0 7 Napier Boys' High School 3 15 37 55 52 20 •855 0 0 30 0 0 Napier Girls' High School 3 34 31 68 63 9 780 0 0 | 25 0 0 {and fees. Marlborough High School lb 1 [a. 0 15 5 15 13 3 3 34 21 | 49 9 0 0 '400 0 0 75 0 0 Nelson College .. 9 55 55 5 124 122 52 f 10 10 0 (880 ( 10 10 0 (880 I 14 3 6 11 0 6 I 7 17 6 (990 (660 (12 12 0 1 9 9 0 I 40 0 0 1.40 0 0 1 45 0 0 42 0 0 1 40 19 0 1 ■■ 1,630 0 0 ( 40 0 0 {and fees. Nelson Girls' College 6 48 51 106 102 25 • 745 0 0 Pees. Christ's College Gram- ) mar School ) 12 26 96 80 206 196 | h 2,960 13 4, i 238 12 6 54 Christchurch Boys'High 1 School Christchurch Girls'High) School f 5 83 211 203 '3,275 0 0 412 10 0 10 6 116 7 6 9 50 62 (i i 127 120 *950 0 0 220 4 0 Rangiora High School .. (6.8 \9 1 14 8 7 6 24 15 | 38 9 9 0 40 0 0 "350 0 0 Ashburton High School.. ( 6.15 g. 8 15 8 21 32 16 | 45 (990 (660 ) 595 0 0 3 Timaru Boys' High | School ) Timaru Girls' High | School J 3 1 14 31 4 50 49 ( 13 0 0 (11 0 0 110 0 0 (800 f ■■ 845 0 0 : 17 10 0 3 1 16 29 48 44 625 0 0 72 0 0 Waitaki High Schools— Boys' j 12 0 0 (600 ( 9 10 0 "(600 j 12 0 0 | 10 0 0 12 0 0 ( 10 0 0 I 40 0 0 1 ■■ I 43 10 0 1 40 0 0 1850 0 0 10 0 0 45 42 9 96 94 57 Girls' 20 32 7 59 51 405 0 0 35 0 0 Otago Boys' High School 9 2 61 105 12 178 170 14 k 2,639 14 0 60 0 0 Otago Girls' High School 11 1 35 67 12 115 111 11 k 1,735 6 0 Fees. Southland High School. . j 5 ■■{ 6.19 ff.13 746 394 27 27 2 2 48 42 f - 86 (10 0 0 (500 . 1,175 0 0 I \LA Totals il57 (6.79 \g.4i 927 580 i 74 55 1,826 !l,073 2,744 530 I .. 33,755 13 4 2,111 16 6 54 a Headmaster received £7; c Seven masters board at the s dence. e Two masters had ret also receives fees for drawinghouses ; three others get resid masters have board and resid* Jo an scho :side: ;-less clenc lence id f )ol. inc. jom ees, and d Prin 3, and oj s; print i One t( it Two n I paii icipal ne bi .ipal caclK naste iall e I recei oard _ a-id t] sr rec< jrs tea sxpen ived ( and i hree eives ich ii s f s of £ ill fees •e side n> teacbei £40 tO' i both s issistanl for boai ee. t H rs have 1 wards tl schools. t tei rder .e&d boai be i lachers and stationery, t rs except £4 each ; five tef [master received _40 houi rd and residence, ii Head maintenance of a boardir Position of second assista: b Headmaster h( achers bave boa se allowance. 8 ' [master and five agbouse for sch< nt master vacan as residence, ird and resiOne teacher others have olars. i Two +■ e. ). t.

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WHANGAEEI HIGH SCHOuL. Staff. Mr. Roger Lupton, Miss A. L. Gavey, and Miss Edith Oolquhoun. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ f>. d. Balance at beginniug of year .. .. 141 12 10 Secretary's commission .. .. .. 16 4 8 Rents from endowments .. .. .. 75 0 2 Other office expenses .. .. .. 2 5 1 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 286 8 0 Sohool fees, £182 145.; arrears, £28 .. 210 14 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 3 Iβ 0 Refund —Hutohinson, advance for building.. 20 0 0 Printing and advertising .. .. .. 0 4 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. .. 7 10 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 19 18 9 Rates, iasuranee, and taxes .. .. 9 8 4 Transfer to separate account, No. 1. .. 60 10 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 135 1 7 £547 7 0 £547 7 0 Separate Account, Building Fund. £ t>. A. £ s. d. Grant from Government .. .. .. 150 0 0 Additions to High School .. .. .. 210 10 0 Transfer from General Account .. .. GO 10 0 £210 10 0 £210 10 0 J. M. Kilden, Chairman. J. McKinnon, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —(Junior University Scholarship Work). —Latin —Virgil; Horace; with prose extracts from various authors ; Allcroft's Latin Composition ; Walter's Continuous Prose; Smith's Eoman History; Wilkins's Primer of Antiquities. French—Contauseau's Selections; Weekley's Prose Composition ; Wellington College Grammar ; advanced Chardenal. English—Nesfield ; Chaucer's Prologue; Spenser's .Faerie Queen; Shakespeare's Julius Cassar. Mathematics—Hall and Knight's Trigonometry ; Loney's Algebra ; Murray's Higher Arithmetic ; Layng's Euclid, I-VI. Chemistry —Newth. Mechanics—The Tutorial Series. Lowest. —Latin—Principia Latina, Part 1., 1-28; Gradatim, 1-28. French —Chardenal, First Course, exercises Ito 30. English —Crown Beader, Standard V. ; simple analysis and parsing. History—Plantagenet Period. Geography—New Zealand, Australia, outlines of Asia. Arithmetic —As for Standard IV. Drawing—Elementary freehand, model, and geometrical.

3. Arrangements for Drawing; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction; Gymnastics, DiiiiiL, Swimming, etc. The whole school receives two lessons a week in drawing—freehand, model, geometrical, and perspective—but there is a sad deficiency in all appliances for the drawing classes. Manual, commercial, and technical instruction is not attempted. There is not a gymnasium. The whole school drilled regularly during the past year: Mr. Lupton is in command of the company. There are no swimming classes, but all the boys have learnt to swim; no arrangements have been made to teach the girls.

4. SCHOLARSHIPS. The Governors gave free tuition to six scholars, and one senior and two junior Education Board scholarships were held at the school.

AUCKLAND GEAMMAE SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. W. Tibbs, M.A. ; Mr. W. J. Morrell, M.A. ; Mr. J. H. Ho«ell, B.A ,B.Sc.; Mr. J. F. Sloman, 8.A.; Mr. J. G. Trevithick ; Rev. J. King Davis, M.A. ; Mr. J. H. Turner, M.A. ; Mr. H. J. D. Mahon, 8.A.; Mr. E. G. Atkinson, B.A. ; Mr. R. A. MoCullough, M.A. ; Mr. T. Drummond, B.A. ; Miss E. G. Wallace; Miss F. A. Haultain ; Miss A. C. Morrison, M.A. ; Miss W. Picken, M.A. ; Miss S. M. Rice; Mr. Kenneth Watkins; Mr. W. M. Carrollo. 1. Eepokt of the Governors. Endowments. —ln accordance with the announcement made in last year's report, the Board has completed the two fine brick buildings at the Junction of Grafton Eoad and Symonds Street, at a total cost of £3,147 15s. 6d., and they are bringing in to the Board a net annual income of £250; and, as regards the other experiment at Devonport, also mentioned in last year's report, the Board was enabled to pay off the £1,000 borrowed for the erection of the three buildings (which cost £1,364 3s. 7d.) when the mortgage fell due in June last. The land offered for lease by the Board at Eden Terrace has not been taken up. At Devonport four lots have been leased. Distinctions. —At the examination for University junior scholarships held in December, 1900,

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three pupils of the school gained scholarships, of whom Miss I. Eobertson was first in the list; six passed with credit, and two were allowed matriculation. Seventeen boys and thirteen girls passed the ordinary Matriculation Examination. Four pupils passed the Senior Civil Service Examination, and twenty the Junior, Miss I. Eobertson being placed first on both lists. G. Maurice O'Eoeke, M.A., LL.D., Chairman.

2. Genbbal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 542 18 4 Management— Ground-rente .. .. .. .. 2,523 12 0 Salary of Secretary .. .. .. 120 0 0 Weekly rents .. .. .. .. 1,68118 4| Other office expenses .. .. 45 17 9 School fees .. .. .. .. 3,310 8 4 Commission, &c, to collector .. .. 251 12 7 Prom Education Board under section 23, Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 4,111 110 " Auckland Grammar School Act, 1899 " 198 10 0 I School requisites .. .. .. 139 17 6 Prom School Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 ; Election expenses .. .. .. 112 4 Loan from Auckland Diocesan Pension i Legal expenses.. .. 40 13 2 Board .. .. .. .. 3,000 00 ! Scholarship expenses '.'. '.'. '.'. 22 0 0 Refunds .. .. .. .. 0 6 6 Prizes.. .. .. 72 17 8 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 320 5 8 Printing and advertising .. .. 133 18 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 62 8 4 Stationery allowance .. .. .. 127 17 4 Fencing, repairs, &O.— Grammar School .. .. .. 164 1 4 Other property .. .. .. 1,428 3 8 Insurance and taxes— Grammar School .. .. .. 59 14 3 Other property .. 398 11 6 Interest on current account .. .. 12 9 Interest on loans .. .. .. 225 0 0 Repayment of loan to Auckland Diocesan Pension Board .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 i Athletic sports.. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Swimming sports .. .. .. 5 0 0 Domain wickets .. .. .. 3 0 0 New buildings .. .. .. .. 3,147 15 6 Obtaining services of new master .. 105 13 5 £11,677 19 2 £11,677 19 2 W. Wallace Kidd, Secretary. Examined and found correct — J. K. Warrukton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. WoiiK of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest (Boys' and Girls' sides). —Virgil, iEneid, VI.; Livy, Book IX.; Sallust, Catiline; Ciceio, Pro Eoscio Amerino; Sargoant's Latin Prose ; Stedman's Latin Grammar Papers ; Tod and Longworth's Latin Unseens ; Smith's Smaller History of Some. Wellington College French Grammar ; Chardeual's Advanced Exercises; Hamonet's Select Passages from Standard French Authors; Coppce, Contes Choisis; Berthon, Specimens of Modern French Verse. Nesfield's English Grammar, Past and Present; Lamb's Essays (Upcote); Wordsworth's Shorter Poems; Shakespeare, King Lear ; Chaucer, Prologue and Knightes Tale ; Nichol's English Composition, Primer, and Exercises. Hall and Stevens's Euclid; Hall and Knight's Trigonometry; Todhuuter's and Loney's Algebra; Barnard Smith and Hudson's Arithmetic; Ward's Trigonometry Exercises. Science: Boys' side—Chemistry, Eoscoe and Harden ; Tilden's Practical Chemistry ; L. Cumming, Electricity Treated Experimentally. Girls' side—Miss Aitken's Botany ; C. M. Jessop, Elements of Applied Mechanics. Lowest. —Graphic Eeader, V. ; Mason's First Notions of Grammar. English history—Boys, Symes; girls, Brief History. Geography —Boys, Southern Cross; girls, Longmans' The World. Arithmetic — Longmans' Shilling Arithmetic. Freuch—Chardenal, I.; Longmans' Illustrated First French Eeader. Latin—Morris, Elementa Latina.

4. Arrangements fob Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Drawing.—Boys' side : The upper forms take plane and solid geometry, followed by workingdrawings from actual machinery. The lower forms are taught model and freehand drawing, brushwork, drawing from memory, and the conventional treatment of subjects with a view to originality of design. Girls' side : Outline from the flat and from model; shading ditto ; drawing and shading from the antique ; and (to advanced pupils) still life in oil and water colour. Manual, commercial, and technical instruction : Instruction is given in the workshop in carpentry, joinery, and turning. The classes meet in the luncheon-hour and after afternoon school. The only charge is the actual cost of the timber used. Book-keeping and shorthand are among the optional subjects of the course. The study of science, theoretical and practical, is begun as early as possible. The lowest forms take elementary mensuration and the properties of matter, force, &c.; the upper forms, mechanics and chemistry. In the Sixth Form, chemistry and heat are the subjects. The work is so arranged that all forms may have practical work in the laboratory. The girls study mechanics and botany : on this side of the school science is begun at the Special Form. Gymnastics, drill, and swimming: Gymnastics and drill are taught on both sides; and the cadet corps, which is under the Defence Department, numbers sixty-five. Swimming sports are held in connection with both sides of the school during the first term of the year. The Board of Governors subsidise the prize fund for the sports.

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5. ScHOLABSHIPS. The school gave free education to 22 foundation scholars, 12 holders of certificates from the Education Board, and 4 daughters of members of the staff. Other scholarships held at the school were 9 John Williamson, 4 Eawlings, 7 Auckland Girls' High School, and 69 district (Education Board) scholarships.

AUCKLAND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 190]. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 8,557 9 11 Bank commission .. .. .. 0 10 0 Price of timber sold .. .. .. 1,520 10 7 Auckland Grammar Sobool—interest paid Interest on moneys invested .. .. 397 0 0 over .. .. .. .. 397 0 0 Rates on endowment, Hobson County .. 17 9 2 Balance at end of year— On mortgage .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 In debentures .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 On current acoount .. .. .. 60 1 4 £10,475 0 6 £10,475 0 6 L. J. Bagnall, Chairman. Vincent E. Eice, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Waebubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

THAMES BOYS' AND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. James Adams, B.A. ; Mr. Benjamin H. Low, 8.A.; Miss Mary R. Poy. 1. Genekal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. ! Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 549 11 6 j Management— Current income from reserves .. .. 304 1 11 Office salary .. .. .. .. 27 10 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 6 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 238 9 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 700 0 0 Interest on current aocount .. .. 9 0 0 Examinations—examiners' fees .. .. 3 3 0 Goldfields' revenue .. .. .. 141 6 4 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 8 2 0 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 0 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. .. 39 14 6 Purchases and new works .. .. 4 10 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 510 6 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 41 18 1 Expenses of survey, sales, management, &c. 10 5 5 Bank fee ~ .. .. .. 0 10 0 School requisites .. .. .. 15 9 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 479 Iβ 5 £1,342 9 3 £1,342 9 3 Fbank Tkembath, Chairman. Albert Bkuce, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Wobk of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English grammar —Nesfield; English composition—Nichoi's Primer and Exercises; English literature —Stopford Brooke's Primer ; precis —Monkhouse ; books—King Lear, Eomola. Latin —Livy, Book I. ; Horace, Odes; unseen passages ; Stedman's Examination Papers ; Walton's First Steps in Latin Prose. French —Easnacht's Grammar; Fasnacht's French Composition. Arithmetic—Locke. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to binomial theorem. Geometry—Hall and Stevens, 1.-VI. Chemistry—Roscoe's Elementary Chemistry. Trigonometry—Locke's Elementary Trigonometry. Lowest. —English grammar and composition—Outlines of English Grammar, Mason ; easy essays. English history — Period 1603-1660, Struggle for Absolute Monarchy, Gardiner. Geography—General elementary geography. French —Fasnacht, First Year; M. Ninet, My First French Book. Geometry—Book 1., 1-26, Hall and Stevens's Euclid. Arithmetic—Elementary arithmetic, to unitary method; Locke's School Arithmetic. Drawing—Easy plain and shaded freehand.

3. Arbangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Dbill, Swimming, etc. Drawing: All junior classes have two hours' drawing per week, on Monday and Thursday mornings, as follows: Form 111., freehand, two hours; Form IVb., freehand one hour, geometrical one hour ; Form IVα., freehand two hours for first half-year, geometrical one hour, model one hour, for second half-year. In the model-drawing the laws of perspective are carefully explained. Gymnastics and drill: Drill (foot-drill only) and dumb-bell exercises taken for half an hour per week.

4. Scholabships. The Governors gave free tuition to seven scholars, and six district scholarships were also held at the school.

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NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. Ernest Pridham, M.A. ; Mies G. D. Grant, M.A. ; Mr. H. H. Ward; Miss G. Drew, B.A. ; Mrs. Hooker; Mi3s Smith. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,103 7 0 Office salaries .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 513 16 4 Other office expenses .. .. .. 3 17 11 Interest .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Other expenses of management .. .. 411 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 164 18 8 Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 864 13 4 School fees .. .. .. .. 372 17 11 I Examiners' fees .. .. .. 29 11 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 21 4 1 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 22 18 4 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c... .. .. 58 2 7 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 61 8 6 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 21 7 6 Telephone-rent .. .. .. .. 215 0 Balance in hand and in bank at end of year.. 1,024 10 2 £2,164 19 11 £2,164 19 11 N. K. MacDiarmid, Chairman. Walter Bewley, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : V. (one pupil)— Via Latina, the whole ; Csesar, Book I.; and extracts from Horace, Odes, Lib. III.; Livy, Syracuse War; and Tacitus, Annals: IV.—Via Latina, exercises 1-68; Csesar, Book 1., 1-30. French—Chardenal Advanced Course, rules 1-80, exercises 1-44; Le Cid, Acts i.-iii., inclusive; Meihode Naturelle, pieces 1-15, pages 276-282; irregular nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Arithmetic—All. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to end of permutations, and combinations to binomial theorem (not included). Euclid: VI. (one pupil)— Books 1.-VI., inclusive, and deductions : V.—Books 1.-111., inclusive, and deductions. History— Gardiner, period 1485-1685. Geography—Chisholm, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia, and physical features, industries, and chief towns of Europe. Grammar—Mason, paragraphs 24-296 (omitting Anglo-Saxon and Early English), analysis and parsing. Science—Wright's Physics, pages 1-54 and 136-186. Literature —King Lear. Geometrical drawing — Gill's Imperial Geometry, problems 1-77. Composition—Abbott's How to Write Clearly, exercises 1-50; paraphrasing; simple essay-writing ; figures of speech. Lowest. —Latin—Elementa Latina, pages 1-23. French—Methode Naturelle, lessons 1-27 ; verbs " avoir," " otre," "dormer." Arithmetic—Southern Cross, Standard 11. Algebra—Hall and Knight (Beginners), pages 1-20. Euclid—Hall and Stevens, Book 1., propositions 1-26. History —Primary, period 1066-1485. Geography—Petrie, pages 15-44. Grammar—Mason's, First Notions, 1-43, easy parsing. Science—Grieves Mechanics, chapters 1-5. Literature—Lady of the Lake, Canto 1., knowledge of the text and metre and meanings of words without derivation. Drawing—Gill's School Geometry, problems 1-30. Composition—Simple essay-writing, correction of sentences, paraphrasing, and punctuation.

3. Arrangements for Drawing; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Dating 1901 geometrical drawing was taught throughout the school by the regular teachers; for 1902 arrangements hive been made for a visiting teacher, who gives instruction to all the school in model and freehand drawing. Sewing : During 1901 instruction was given to all the girls in the school by the regular staff: for 1902 arrangements have been made for a visiting teacher (a dressmaker) to teach higher sewing, including cutting-out and fitting to such of the girls as are sufficiently advanced to profit by it ; the rest of the girls learn from the regular staff as before. Gymnastics and drill : Both boys and girls have regular instruction in these subjects, including dumbbells, clubs, and wand exercises for the girls ; and in addition gymnastic exercises on the horizontal and parallel bars for the boys.

4. Scholarships. Six district scholarships and one district and Victoria College combined are held at the school, and to four other scholars the Governors give free tuition.

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WANGANUI GIELS' COLLEGE. Staff. Miss Mary I. Fraser, M.A.; Miss S. E. Gifford, M.A.; Miss L. G. Fenwick, 8.A.; Miss J. R. Currie, M.A.; Miss Jessie Knapp, B.A. ; Miss A. Blennerhassett, 8.A.; Miss I. McKellar, B.A. ; Miss Blanche Richmond; Miss F. G. Scaly ; Miss Clara Maling; Miss E. Gurr ; Mr. D. E. Hutton ; Miss G. E. Browne ; Mr. Charles Naylor. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 969 13 4 Office salaries— Interest on mortgages .. .. .. 225 2 7 Secretary .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Mortgage discharged .. .. .. 550 0 0 Clerk .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Rents from endowments .. .. 197 10 0 Other expenses of management .. .. 60 11 5 School Commissioners— Teachers'salaries and fees .. .. 1,537 12 5 Wellington .. .. .. .. 122 12 1 Boarding fees .. .. .. .. 2,286 5 4 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 84 19 10 Caretaker .. .. .. .. 54 12 0 School fees — School stationery and books .. .. 58 17 7 Tuition .. .. .. .. 1,949 17 4 Furnishing account .. .. .. 107 16 6 Boarding .. .. .. .. 2,345 11 0 Church sitting .. .. .. 37 0 0 Church sittings .. .. .. 32 2 0 Rates .. .. .. .. 11 16 6 Repairs .. .. .. .. 64 3 6 Fire insurance.. .. .. .. 37 13 0 Building .. .. .. .. 896 15 9 Telephone .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Site .. .. .. .. .. 49 18 6 School furniture .. .. .. 120 12 2 Plans and supervision .. .. .. 58 5 6 Examination expenses .. .. .. 2 10 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 110 Contractors' deposit refunded .. .. 51 14 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 969 3 0 £6,477 8 2 £6,477 8 2 Geo. S. Beidge, Chairman. A. A. Beowne, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English, French, Latin, mathematics, to B.A. standard, University of New Zealand. Science (botany and heat) to Junior University Scholarship standard. Scripture —Book of Job (not quite all). Lowest. —Reading, spelling, composition, grammar, geography, history, more advanced than for Standard 111. of primary schools. Arithmetic as for Standard 111. French—Seventy exercises, First Chardenal. Scripture—Life of Christ.

3. Aeeangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Insteuction ; Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Drawing: Instruction given by and under the supervision of the art master, Wanganui Technical School. Manual instruction : Sewing, all non-Latin pupils. Commercial instruction : Shorthand. Gymnastics: The whole school (with necessary exceptions), two gymnasium lessons per week. Swimming : Swimming is a most common accomplishment. The pupils go thrice a week during the summer months to the Corporation baths, and have systematic teaching. The College authorities are contemplating the preparation of a swimming-bath for College purposes only.

4. SCHOLAESHIPS. Nine district scholarships were held at the school, and the Governors gave free tuition to sixteen other scholars.

WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. W. Empson, 8.A.; Mr. F. G. Shields, M.A.; Rev. T. M. Marshall, M.A. ; Mr. J. R. Orford, M.A.; Mr. H. B. Watson, M.A.; Mr. E. G. Atkinson, M.A. ; Mr. E. W. Andrews; Mr. J. Harold; Mr. R. Dunn; Mr. W. B. Taylor, M.A. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 36 3 8 Management— Current income from reserves .. .. 978 14 2 Office salary and commission .. .. 80 3 6 Interest .. • ■ • • • • 15 8 Other office expenses .. .. .. 15 14 6 Sohool fees .. .. .. •. 460 0 0 Other expenses of management .. .. 110 0 Lease fees collected .. .. .. 56 5 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 665 0 5 Refund of insurance moneys .. .. 415 0 Examinations — Refund of over-payments .. .. .. 5 0 0 Supervisor's fees .. .. .. 1 1 o Other expenses .. .. .. 5 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 37 1 3 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Purchases and new works .. .. 551 6 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 74 3 3 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 42 911 Interest .. .. .. 19 19 9 Sundry expenses and valuation .. .. 11 5 2 Lease fees .. .. .. ..2100 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 16 8 S £1,542 3 6 £1,542 3 6 Frederic Wellington, Chairman. Ed. N. Liffiton, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and ound correct.—A. C. Ritchie.—llth January, 1902. 2—E. 12.

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2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin, English, mathematics, French, and science (chemistry and botany), all as for junior University scholarship. Lcnvest. —Latin, English (history, geography, composition, grammar, spelling, writing), arithmetic, drawing, elementary science.

3. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Drawing is taught up to the Fourth Form. Shorthand is a voluntary subject; about twenty boys learn it. Carpentering: Voluntary ; about sixty receive instruction, but most have learnt. Book-keeping : Voluntary ; about twenty learn, paying a small fee. Gymnastics : Every boy has half an hour a day. Drill: Two half-hours a week for whole school. Swimming : Every boy learns in the school bath. Gardening: About thirty boys have gardens. Photography : About twelve boys have cameras.

4. Scholarships. Five district scholarships were held at the school, and the headmaster granted scholarships, varying in amount, to twenty-eight other scholars.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. College—Mr. J. P. Firth, 8.A.; Mr. A. Heine, 8.A.; Mr. J. Bee, M.A.; Mr. W. P. Ward, M.A.; Mr. A. C. Gifford, M.A.; Mr. G. G. S. Eobison, M.A.; Mr. A. D. Wilkinson, M.A. ; Mr. P. G. Hutohinson, P.I.A. (N.Z.) ; Mr. T. Brodie, B.A, ; Mr. T. Jordan, 8.A.; Mr. P. Renner, M.A. ; Mr. R. E. Rudman, B.A. Girls' High School.— Miss M. McLean, M.A.; Miss M. Morrah, M.A. ; Miss M. N. Gellatly, M.A.; Miss I. Eoolesfield, M.A.; Miss W. Praser, B.A. ; Miss M. K. Wilson, 8.A.; Mr. R. Parker ; Mr. Harrison. 1. Eeport of the Governors. The Board of Governors have to report the continued success of the Wellington College, although the boarding accommodation is still insufficient, and pupils on that account have been refused. The question of title alluded to in the last report as having been raised by Mr. Travers, was settled, the Supreme Court giving judgment in favour of the Board of Governors. The matter of proceeding with further provision for boarders is now under consideration. At the last University examinations one pupil gained a junior scholarship, one passed the Junior Scholarship Examination with credit, six matriculated on junior scholarship papers, two passed the Medical Preliminary, two the Solicitors' General Knowledge Examination, thirty-four passed the Matriculation Examination, and ten also passed the Junior Civil Service Examination. The Girls' High School has also done good work. At the University examinations one pupil passed (in the fourth place) on the credit list of the Junior Scholarship Examination, and fourteen passed the Matriculation Examination. Five pupils passed the Junior Civil Service Examination. The want of a boarding establishment for this school is much felt, and the Governors would again urge the Government to provide the cost of the school buildings, the interest on which is a heavy burden on the funds of the school. Chas. P. Powles, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 2,391 8 5 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 279 510 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 22G 15 8 Office salaries .. .. .. 200 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 4,445 10 11 Other office expenses .. .. .. 30 10 0 Refunds .. .. .. .. 21 1 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 4,292 13 4 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 55 0 0 Examinations — Prizes — Examiners' fees .. .. .. 95 0 0 Donations .. .. .. .. 4 4 0 Other expenses .. .. .. 41 1 9 Refund from School accounts .. .. 2 8 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 63 11 0 Discount .. .. .. .. 0 10 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 362 7 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. 180 6 0 Site and buildings— New works .. .. .. .. 41 0 0 Grounds .. .. .. 314 18 2 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 151 18 1 Insurance .. .. .. .. 72 7 0 Furniture and apparatus .. .. 132 19 10 Interest on current account .. .. 1 19 6 Endowments — Interest on cost of reclaimed land .. 104 14 6 Rates .. .. .. .. 0 11 3 Expenses of survey, management, &o. 8 8 0 Tuition fees refunded or paid over to Technical School .. .. .. .. 51 17 6 Interest on oost of buildings .. .. 557 2 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. 163 17 6 £7,146 9 0 £7,146 9 0 A. de B. Brandon, Chairman. Chas. P. Powles, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waeburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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3. WOBK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. College. Highest. —Latin—Virgil, iEneid, 111. ; Cicero, In Catilinam, 111., IV.; Bryan's Prose ; Allen's Grammar ; Shuokburgh's History ; Bradley's Arnold ; sight translation. English—Shakespeare's Twelfth Night; Chaucer's Prologue; Hales's Longer English Poems; Nesfield's Historical English and Derivation; Nichol and McCormick's Exercises in English Composition ; Meiklejohn's Outlines of English Literature; essays, paraphrases, &c. French — Moliere's Les Fernmes Savantes ; About's Le Eoi dcs Montagnes ; composition and grammar to University Junior Scholarship standard. Mathematics—Algebra, Hall and Knight's Higher Algebra, and Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra to end of combinations; Euclid, Books 1.-IV., VI., Hall and Stevens; trigonometry, Lock's Elementary, whole book; arithmetic, general. Science — Chemistry, Jago's Advanced Chemistry, practical chemistry, elements of qualitative analysis; heat, Wright's Advanced Heat. Lowest. —English —Reading and spelling—lmperial Eeaders 111., IV., Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-glass, Water-babies, dictation, spelling ; writing; grammar—parts of speech ; composition ; geography—Zealandia, Standard 111, maps; history, Southern Cross No. 1. Arithmetic—Numeration and notation ; simple and compound rules ; practice ; Southern Cross, Standards 111. and IV. Science—Object-lessons. Drawing —Elementary freehand and blackboard drawing. Music —Elementary tonic sol-fa. Girls' High School. Highest. —English—Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book I.; Shakespeare's Henry V. ; Thackeray's Esmond; Nesfield's Grammar, Past and Present; Abbott's How to Write Clearly; Longmans' Literature, Part IV. Latin—The Gallic War, Book 1., Ceesar ; De Amicitia, Cicero; Odes of Horace, Book I. ; Aids to Latin Prose, by Bradley ; Latin Exercises, by Bryans; Soman History, Horton ; Primer of Roman Antiquities, Wilkins. French—L'Avare ; Hachette's French Classics ; Le Trfeor, by Coppee; selections from the Correspondence of Madame de Sevigne ; Chardenal's Advanced Exercises; Brachet's French Grammar. Botany —Dendy and Lucas's Botany; Thomson's Handbook of Botany. Physics—Draper's Heat. Mathematics—Hall and Knight's Algebra; Hall and Stevens's Euclid ; Pendlebury's Arithmetic ; Pendlebury's Elementary Trigonometry. History—Gardiner's Outlines of English History. Geography —Longmans' Geographical Series, Book 111. Lowest. —Nesfield's Parts of Speech; Little Nell; Bell's Readers ; The Laureate Poetrybook, Book IV.; Longmans' Ship Historical Reader; Stories and Biographies ; Longmans' First Book of Geography; Tollman's First Book of Botany; Southern Cross Arithmetic.

4. arrangements for drawing ; manual, commercial, and technical instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. College. Drawing* Special classes, from 12.10 to 12.50, twice a week ; class-work for Forms 1., 11., and 111., in school hours, twice a week. Book-keeping : Five times a week in regular classes for all boys who do not take French (about 100). Woodwork : Special classes, from 12.10 to 12.50, twice a week. Gymnastics : Boarders (70), 3 times a week before breakfast; day-boys not in either cadet company, twice a week, 12.10 to 12.45. Drill : Two cadet companies, drill from twice to four times a week, about 110 boys; shooting-range on our own ground. Swimming : Classes for beginners, three or four times a week after 4 o'clock, in warm weather ; baths open for bathing three times a day; swimming-baths in our own grounds. Cricket, football, tennis, and other school games regularly played. Girls' High School. Drawing is taught to all forms, except the Sixth, for three hours a week, as a regular class subject, for which no extra charge is made. Freehand, model, and geometrical drawing are taught by Mr. Bastings and Miss Lingard, instructors at the Technical School, assisted by two certificated teachers of the staff. Brushwork is also taught to the junior school, and pupils are encouraged to make drawings as part of other regular lessons. Two rooms have been fitted with drawing-boards on the walls, more especially for memory work and designing. Another room is specially arranged for light and shade work. The school is well supplied with casts, models, &c. Needlework, darning, and knitting are taught as class-subjects twice a week to the lower and middle forms of the school. Drill is taught with pianoforte accompaniment throughout the school by Mr. Harrison, director of the Physical Training School. The classes have lessons two hours a week. Dancing is taught after school hours by two visiting teachers. Shorthand is also taught as an extra out of school hours. Swimming-races are held annually at the Thorndon Swimming-baths, and the events are well contested, owing to the swimming-baths being conveniently near the school. Class singing is taught to the whole school, except the Sixth Form ; and the classes, two hours a week, are conducted by Mr. Parker.

5. Scholarships. Twenty-three district scholarships, and nine Queen's scholarships (given by the Victoria College Council) were held at the College; and nineteen district, and three Queen's scholarships at the Girls' High School. There were eight foundation scholars, and ten received free tuition.

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NAPIEE HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School—Mr. W. Wood, A.0.P.; Mr. A. S. M. Poison, 8.A.; Mr. J. P. Dakin, 8.A.; Mr. C. E. Fox, M.A.; Mr. E. N. Anderson. Girls' School— Miss A. E. J. Spenoer, B.A. ; Miss C. R. Kirk, 8.A.; Miss S. M. Gordon, M.A.; Miss H. Veillard ; Miss K. Scott, M.A.; Miss J. E. Page ; Mrs. Maefarlane ; Miss Loudon; Mrs. Stuart. 1. Eepoet of the Goveenoes. The Board of Governors have the honour to report that they have reason to be well satisfied with the work of the institutions under their control. In the boys' school additions are being made to the buildings, which will provide a separate cubicle for each boarder. The girls' school has a similar provision for boarders. The following is a summary of candidates from the schools who were sent up for public examination in December and January:—Boys : Matriculation, &c, seven (all passed) ; Civil Service Junior Examination, ten (all passed, the two highest gaining ninth and thirteenth places in the colony); Civil Service Senior Examination, two (one pass and one partial pass). Girls : Matriculation, ten (of whom nine passed) ; Civil Service Junior Examination, three (all passed). The schools were examined by Mr. T. W. Bowe, M.A., who in the course of his report remarks, " Taken as a whole, both schools have passed a highly satisfactory examination I am afraid this report reads somewhat like a panegyric, but I have been unable to find any substantial ground for even mild censure in the work of either school. The work of both has been excellent." H. A. Coknpobd, Chairman. 31st December, 1901. David Sidby, Secretary.

2. Genebal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 3,428 3 0 Management— Current income from reserves .. .. 293 6 6 Office salary .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 Prom property not a reserve .. .. 1,070 6 3 Other offioe expenses.. .. .. 12 17 9 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Other expenses of management .. 12 1 6 purchase-money .. .. .. 134 9 2 Legal expenses .. .. .. 815 10 Paid by School Commissioners— Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,720 0 0 To meet repairs of past year .. .. 500 0 0 Music-teaoher .. .. .. .. 49 3 3 To erect new dormitories .. .. 1,000 0 0 Examinations— Examiner's fee and expenses .. .. 22 18 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 20 0 0 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 1,035 19 3 Other expenses .. .. .. 3 2 1 Rail and coach fares of scholarship- Board, rail and coach fares of scholarshipholders .. .. .. .. 334 2 8 holders .. .. .. .. 332 11 9 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 79 17 6 Prizee .. .. .. .. 14 6 0 Old stable sold .. .. .. 0 10 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 36 12 6 Discount .. .. .. ... 0 5 10 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 132 5 3 Gas sold .. .. .. .. 012 0 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and Wellington School Commissioners .. 012 3 other temporary advances .. .. 95 4 6 Builder's deposit .. .. .. 23 5 0 Site and buildings— Refund, Evening Post .. .. .. 0 7 0 Purchases and new works, and refurnishing .. .. 233 11 0 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 46 13 0 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 83 2 6 Expenditure on Royal visit under Indemnity Act.. .. .. .. 4 5 5 Investments on mortgage .. .. 2,650 0 0 Balance at end of year— At bank .. .. .. .. 1,952 12 1 On fixed deposit .. .. .. 457 10 0 £7,924 14 5 £7,924 14 5 H. A. Coenfobd, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. WOEK OF THE HIGHBST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Boys' School. Highest. —Mathematics—Geometry, as in Euclid, Books 1.-IV. and VI. and riders ; algebra, to permutations and combinations (Hall and Knight); trigonometry, to solution of triangles ; Kennedy's Grammar. French — Daudet's Tartarin de Tarascon; Continuous Prose and arithmetic, general. Latin—Cicero, De Amicitia; Virgil, JEneid, I, ; Bradley's Arnold; and Grammar. English —Eomola ; The Tempest; historical grammar composition. Geography— General, and physiography. History —England, 1688-1837. Physiology—Human (Murche, Books 1.-IV.). Drawing —Model, perspective, geometrical, and mechanical. Carpentry— Certain boys only. Lowest. —Mathematics—Geometry, elementary notions ; algebra, simple rules and manipulation ; arithmetic, Standard IV. Latin—Chiefly oral; Macmillan's Shorter Course; five declensions. French —Chiefly oral, elementary. English—The work of Standard IV. History— England, B.C. 55 to A.D. 1199. Geography—Australia and New Zealand, and the elements of physiography. Science—Elementary physics. Drawing—Freehand, brushwork, and design; scale-drawing. Carpentry —Elementary.

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Girls' School. Highest. —English literature —Shakespeare's Tempest; Elizabethan Period (Stopford Brooke). English history —Period 1588-1688 ; also general history from 449 to 1850: text, Gardiner's History of England (Student's). English grammar—Language and composition; outlines of historical grammar: text, Nesfield's English Grammar, Past and Present. Geography, political —General, to Matriculation standard : text, Gill's Geography and Zealandia, highest standard. Geography, physical —General : text, McTurk's Physical Geography, and notes. Latin grammar —To Matriculation standard : texts, Abbott's Via Latina and Kennedy's Public School Primer. Latin translation —Virgil's iEneid, Book I, ; Cicero's De Amicitia. French—To first-year college standard : grammar text, Brachet's Elementary French Grammar. French translation—Bossuet's Oraisons Funebres; Racine's Athalie; and Andromaque. Arithmetic —General: text, Pendlebury's Arithmetic. Algebra—To binomial theorem : text, Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra. Euclid —Books I. to VI. : text, Hall and Stevens's Euclid. Science—Botany, to Matriculation standard : text, only teacher's notes. Political economy—To first-year college standard : text, Marshall's Economics of Industry. Lowest. —English literature — Poetry (selected). English history — From Conquest to Richard II.; Gardiner's Short History for Beginners. English grammar — Parts of speech, simple parsing, and analysis. Geography (political and physical)— New Zealand, Australia, England, France ; definitions of terms in physical geography. French—Simple rules and vocabulary, chiefly conversational. Arithmetic—Simple and compound rules (no text). Science— Object-lessons from notes. Latin in lowest division taught—Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, to page 53. Algebra in lowest division taught—Four rules, brackets, substitutions, easy equations : text, Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra. Euclid in lowest division taught—Book 1., propositions 1 to 26; easy riders : text, Hall and Stevens. Drawing —Freehand, model, geometrical, brushwork.

4. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Boys' School. Drawing : Freehand, model, geometrical, mechanical taught by the whole staff, with a special master ; brushwork and design to younger boys. Manual: Carpentry and carving ; the workshop accommodates fourteen boys at a time ; instruction by a special master, the headmaster, and the janitor ; material and larger tools provided by school. Commercial : Shorthand and book-keeping daily by members of the staff. Gymnastics: Classes twice a week (one hour each) during the cooler weather, April to September. Drill : All boys over thirteen are members of the cadet corps —the remainder (three boys) are drilled in the gymnasium ; all members of the regular staff are or have been Volunteer officers. Swimming, &c. : At present there are no regular classes, but all masters are swimmers, and there are very few boys unable to swim. Science : Physics, two periods of forty-five minutes, or physiology, two periods, and elementary chemistry are taught to all boys by members of the staff. There is no extra charge for any of the above. Girls' School. Drawing : Freehand and model drawing taught to two classes for one hour each every fortnight, the alternate weeks being occupied with brushwork and designing taught to two classes for one hour each every fortnight; blackboard drawing an hour once a week; geometrical drawing half an hour per week. Drilling and calisthenics : About two hours per week (ten minutes every day). Plain needlework : One hour a week. Class singing : One hour a week.

5. Scholarships. The scholarships held at the school were twenty-one granted by the School Commissioners for Hawke's Bay, and fifteen by the Education Board. The Governors also gave free tuition to ten scholars.

GISBORNE HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Report op the Governors. The Governors have, as during past years, defrayed the cost of the secondary education taught at the Gisborne District High School. It is hoped that the District High School, under the regulations of last year for the better support of such schools will in future be self-supporting. If this proves to be the case the income of the Governors will more properly be available for the advancement of clever pupils after matriculation at a university. C. A. de Lautour, Honorary Secretary.

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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 12 3 8 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 133 16 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 80 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 0 6 purchaso-money .. .. .. 142 12 6 Subsidy to Education Board .. .. 154 4 3 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 206 1 6 Bank charge and cheque-book .. .. 0 12 6 Interest on deposit account .. .. 0 410 Investments on mortgage .. .. 1,300 0 0 Principal repaid .. .. .. 1,370 0 0 Balance at end of year — Lodged in error in bank by Chairman At Union Bank .. .. .. 208 13 4 School Committee .. .. .. 3 0 0 At savings-bank .. .. .. 815 11 £1,814 2 6 £1,814 2 6 W. Morgan, Chairman. C. A. de Lautoue, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

MAELBOEOUGH HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. John D. Innes, M.A., LL.D.; Miss L. A. N. Downes, B.A. ; Mr. William P. Burgess. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,019 311 Teaohers'salaries and allowances .. 431 13 4 Grant under section 17 of "The Marl- Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 3 0 borough High School Act, 1899 " .. 400 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 24 10 6 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 60 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 29 19 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 404 11 0 Site and buildings .. 1,012 510 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 11 19 0 Furniture .. .. .. .. 95 4 9 Grazing in school-ground .. .. 4 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 52 15 6 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 716 0 Interest on current account .. .. 3 3. 6 Deposit returned .. .. .. 25 0 0 Cartage .. .. .. .. 0 9 0 Repairs to temporary premises .. .. 19 3 Bank fee and cheque-book .. .. 10 0 Accident insurance .. .. .. 010 0 Books.. .. .. .. .. 1 17 5 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 206 16 10 £1,899 13 11 £1,899 13 11 John Smith, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Nesfleld's Grammar, Parts 1 and 2 ; analysis and parsing ; composition, theory and practice; lessons on the history of literature; Merchant of Venice. History and geography—As for Matriculation. Arithmetic—As for Matriculation. Euclid—To end of Book 111. Algebra—lncluding quadratics. Trigonometry—Elementary. Latin—Via Latina ; Virgil, ißneid, Book 1., 370 lines ; Cicero, In Catilinam, 111. and IV. French—Grammar as for Matriculation ; Mademoiselle de la Seigliere; translation into French of passages of continuous prose. Physics —Text-book, Wright's Physics. Book-keeping. Lowest. —Grammar—Nesfield, adapted to the standards, Parts V. Spelling, composition, poetry, reading, writing from copybooks. History—Gardiner's Outline, beginning up to Henry VII. Geography and arithmetic —As for Standards IV. and V. French —Chardenal's First Course, 50 pages ; oral work. Latin —Via Latina, to end of active voice ; translation from Latin.

3. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. A drawing class is formed of half the school for two hours' instruction on one afternoon, and of the other half for two hours on another afternoon. Needlework is taught to the girls for one hour a week. Book-keeping is taught to all but the youngest pupils, in two lessons a week, each of forty minutes' duration.

4. Scholarships. Eight district scholarships were held at the school, and the Governors gave free tuition to four other scholars.

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NELSON COLLEGE. Staff. Boys' College.- Mr. W. S. Littlejohn, M.A. ; Mr. T. A. H. Wing, M.A. ; Mr. G. T. Major, M.A., B.Sc, D.S.O. ; Mr. F. Milner, M.A. ; Mr. James Drummond, M.A. ; Mr. G-. T. Palmer, M.A. ; Mr. E. J. Parr, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. P. C. C. Huddleston ; Mr. W. J. Marris ; Miss Scaly ; the stafi of the Nelson School-of Music. Girls' College.— Miss A. C. Tendall, M.A.; Miss E. Gribben, 8.A.; Miss E. Gibson, M.A.; Miss E. Graham 8.A.; Miss C. E. Macgregor, M.A.; Mrs. E. P. W. Cooke; Miss Huddlestou; the staff of the Nelson School o_ Music. 1. Report op the Governors. Mr. P. Best has been appointed to the seat in the Council rendered vacant by the death of Mr. 11.I 1 . Hamilton. Boys' College. The roll, more particularly in respect to the number of boarders, shows a steady increase. The result of the public examinations held during the year shows a highly satisfactory list of successes gained by resident pupils of the College. At the degree examinations one pupil passed the first section of the B.A. degree, and three passed the first section of the LL.B. degree. In the Junior Scholarships Examination one gained the third place, and one the sixth place. Two took places in the credit list, and two others passed the examination. Two pupils passed the Medical Preliminary Examination, and eleven others matriculated. In all these public examinations there was only one failure. Several of the old College boys have gained university distinctions during the year in the colony, at Home, and in the United States. Some thirty old College boys have served their King and country in South Africa. We regret to record the death of Lieutenant George Leece, of the Seventh Contingent, who fell at Vereeniging, fighting bravely. While the results show that earnest attention has been given to the work of the class-room, athletic pursuits, including drill, football, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, and swimming, have been carried on with enthusiasm. During the year contracts, amounting to about £2,000, were let for the construction of a sanatorium, a new laundry, an improved chemical laboratory, a physical laboratory, a workshop, a photographic dark-room, and additional house-accommodation to make room for seventy boarders. Most of this work is now completed, and the College is thoroughly well equipped for all branches of scholastic work, whether literary, scientific, technical, or commercial. Girls' College. In the public examinations the pupils have done well, the examination results continuing to increase with the growth of the College. First-year-terms examinations have been passed by three pupils. Of fourteen girls who entered for Matriculation, twelve passed, three of these taking the Junior Scholarship papers. Several of the old girls have had a gratifying measure of success at the University examinations. Great interest has been shown during the year in the cookery and calisthenic classes, the former having been taken by nearly half the school, the latter by almost the whole of it. No actual building has been done this year, but the college has been thoroughly overhauled, at a cost of about £400, with a view to alterations and additions in the near future.

2. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Endowment Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Rents .. .. .. .. 915 10 0 Bates and taxes .. .. .. 9 9 4 Interests .. .. .. .. 368 14 2 Insurance .. .. .. .. 614 0 School Commissioners' subsidy .. 112 10 0 Printing and advertising " .. .. 5 0 6 Contractor's deposits .. .. .. 91 10 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 6 11 Repairs .. .. .. .. 012 10 Governors' and auditors' fees .. .. 35 16 8 Office-rent .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Office-cleaning and gas .. .. 10 2 5 Secretary .. .. .. .. 58 6 0 Petty cash, poetage, and sundries .. 33 0 0 Boys' College. Boarding fees .. .. .. 1,992 10 6 House expenses .. .. .. 1,502 511 Tuition .. .. .. .. 1,422 5 0 Tuition expenses .. .. .. 1,697 18 11 Refund on acoount oi "Old Boys' Register" 45 0 0 Scholarships—free tuition .. .. 375 10 0 Governors' and auditors' fees .. .. 37 6 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 32 5 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 76 14 9 Prizes .. .. .. .. 19 17 7 Printing and advertising .. .. 24 9 6 Gas .. .. .. .. .. 82 6 2 Rates and taxes .. .. .. 15 0 0 Insuranoe .. .. .. .. 31 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. 163 310 Furniture .. .. .. .. 139 911 Subscriptions to spores and magazines .. 55 10 0 Secretary .. .. .. .. 58 7 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 14 1 0 Advance for " Old Boys' Register " .. 80 0 0 Law costs .. .. .. .. 9 16

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Girls' College. £ c. d. £ s. d. Boarding fees .. .. .. 1,003 1 2 House expenses .. .. .. 933 17 11 Tuition fees .. .. .. .. 1,318 8 3 Tuition expenses .. .. .. 1,002 13 0 Scholarships— free tuition .. .. 258 6 0 Governors' and auditors' fees .. .. 37 6 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 25 5 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 53 2 7 Prizes .. .. .. .. 14 14 3 Printing and advertising .. .. 37 14 8 Gas .. .. .. .. .. 59 8 9 Rates and taxes .. .. .. 15 0 0 Insuranoe .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. 207 2 0 Furniture .. .. .. .. 61 2 8 Subscription to magazine .. .. 3 3 0 Secretary .. .. .. .. 58 7 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 9 0 0 Improvements to grounds .. .. 29 18 6 Capital Account. On account of enlargement of Boys' College 250 0 0 Nil. Purohaae 2 aores land, Boys' College .. 525 0 0 7,269 9 1 I 8,211 12 7 To bank balance brought forward from By balance in bank, 31st Dβprevious year .. .. .. 1,040 11 4 oember, 1901 120 210 Loan on mortgage account 762 11 4 Less outstanding cheques 21 15 0 Working account .. 278 0 0 98 710 £8,310 0 5 £8,310 0 5

Statement of Loan on Mortgage Account on 31st December, 1901. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount outstanding on loan at 31st De- Amount outstanding on loan at 31st December, 1900 .. .. .. 5,864 0 0 cember, 1901 .. .. .. 5,864 0 0 J. Holloway, Secretary. We hereby certify that we have examined the above accounts, and have found the same correct; and have duly examined all deeds of mortgage and other securities, and have found the same in full force and virtue. John King, ) . •,-, Ambrose E. Moore, j Audltors -

3. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys' College. Highest. —Science —Chemistry (Newth's Inorganic Chemistry) ; statics, dynamics, and hydrostatics (Loney). Mathematics—Euclid, 1.-VI. (Hall and Stevens); algebra, to binomial theorem (Todhunter and Loney), and Hall and Knight's Higher Algebra; trigonometry, Hall and Knight, and Ward's Trigonometry"Papers. Latin—Livy, XXII.; Virgil, iEneid, VI.; unseens; Bradley's Aids; Bamsay's Antiquities ; Horton's Eome. French—Wellington College Grammar ; Duhamel's Advanced Prose; Cinq Mars ; unseens. English—Nesfield's Grammar, Nichol's Composition; Eomola ; King Lear; Tempest; Chaucer's Prologue ; Anglo-Saxon Primer. Lowest. —English—Mason's First Notions of Grammar; Longmans' No. 1 Geography; Bansome's Elementary History of England, pages 1-100; Junior Temple Eeader ; New Graphic copybooks ; spelling, dictation, and composition. Arithmetic—Pendlebury's Shilling Arithmetic, to include simple and compound practice, but excluding decimal fractions. Latin—Morris's Elementa Latina, to the end of the adjective. French—Oral lessons taken from Hogben's Natural Method. Science —Object-lessons. Girls' College. Highest.— English—Eomola; Sweet's First and Second Middle English Primers; Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer; Mason's Grammar; Morris's Grammar; The Tempest; King Lear; Period, 1558-1625. Latin—iEneid, VI.; Livy, XXII. ; Bradley's Arnold; Abbott's Latin Prose ; Merivale and Puller's History. French—Bossuet, Funeral Orations; Athalie; Andromaque; Wellington College Grammar; Brachet's College Grammar; Bue's French Idioms; Blouet's Composition. Science—Wright's Physics. Mathematics—As set for the B.A. degree. Lowest. —English—Mrs. Wood's First Poetry Book ; Macmillan's Sixth Eeader; simple analysis and parsing, spelling, and dictation. French —The " Natural Method "of teaching has been adopted for half the beginners ; Chardenal, Book 1., for the others. Latin—The Via Latina is used. Arithmetic—The simple rules ; the compound rules. Botany —Simple lessons illustrated from nature.

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4. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Boys' College. Drawing : All boys below Form VI. have one hour a week, the branches taken up being freehand, model, scale, and geometry ; the school has a large supply of plaster casts. Manual, commercial, and technical instruction : Book-keeping is taught to boys who do not take Latin ; chemical laboratory practice and theoretical mechanics form part of the curriculum; a physical laboratory, a workshop, and a dark-room are in course of construction. Gymnastics, drill, swimming : Every boarder has twenty minutes in the gymnasium every day—day-boy 3 that are not in the cadet corps have three half-hours a week; there are two companies of cadets, each fifty strong, and they drill for two periods of forty minutes a week ; swimming and athletic contests are held every year. Except that a visiting drawing-master attends for two hours a week, all the instruction specified above is given by the ordinary staff of the school. Girls' College. Drawing: Classes of one hour each held weekly for the whole school. Calisthenic classes held three times a week. Swimming club open to the school during the summer. Cookery classes held, and very popular, in winter; classes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dressmaking class held weekly during winter term.

5. Scholarships. At the boys' college six foundation scholarships (supplemented by free tuition given by the Governors), three district scholarships, and one district scholarship supplemented by the Governors were held, and free tuition was granted to eighteen other scholars. At the Girls' College one foundation scholarship, five district (three Nelson Education Board and two Marlborough), four granted by the School Commissioners, and seven by the Governors were held, and the Governors gave free tuition to nine other scholars.

GEEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 996 6 6 Salary of Secretary .. .. .. 5 0 0 Grant from Treasury .. .. .. 200 0 0 Grey Education Board (for Distriot High Endowments— School) .. .. .. .. 350 0 0 Bent .. .. .. .. 4 4 0 Insuranoe .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 18 12 0 Loan on mortgage .. .. .. 100 0 0 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. 150 4 0 Bank commission .. .. .. 010 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 2 0 0 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 4 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 911 2 6 £1,369 6 6 £1,369 6 6 W. B. Kettle, Chairman. F. W. Beimenschneider, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 1,518 3 6 Office salary .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 56 12 6 Other office expenses .. .. .. 2 4 7 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 150 0 0 Westland Education Board (for District Rent of house and grounds .. .. 20 3 1 High School) .. .. .. 100 0 0 Deposit on tender for painting .. .. 2 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 81 0 3 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 11 13 3 Deposit on tender for debentures .. 10 0 0 Balance at end of year — Fixed deposits .. .. .. 400 0 0 Debentures .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 Current account .. .. . • 231 11 0 £1,746 19 1 £1,746 19 1 H. L. Michel, Chairman. Chas. Kirk, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General. 3—E. 12.

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CHEISTCHDECH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. C. E. Bevan-Brown, M.A. ; Mr. B. K. S. Lawrence, B.A. ; Mr. W. Walton, B.A. ; Mr. R. M. Laing, M.A., B.Se.; Mr. R. Speight, M.A., B.So. ; Mr. 0. T. J. Alpers, M.A.; Mr. A. Merton; Mr. T. H. Jackson, B.A. ; Mr. J. H. Smith, M.A. ; Mr. T. W. Cane, M.A.; Mr. S. H. Seager, A.R.1.8.A. ; Major V. V. Richards; Mr. R. Kent; Mr. G. French. 1. Bepobt. The headmaster, Mr. C. E. Bevan-Brown, M.A., resumed his place at the school at the commencement of the year, restored in health. He expressed to the Board his satisfaction with the state in which he found the school, and his appreciation of Mr. Lawrence's conduce of affairs in his absence. The school felt great regret at the death of Mr. H. E. Webb, the late Chairman. Masters and senior boys attended the funeral, and the boys collected £7 to erect a flagpole, a matter in which Mr. Webb took much interest. The year 1901, like the year 1900, was marked by public and national events of exciting interest, which were duly taken notice of in the life of the school. On the occasion of the memorable visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York the cadets took part in the review, and also in keeping the streets on the day of arrival. The school itself had erected a special stand near the Worcester Street Bridge, on the line of route, duly decorated with motto and colours. The masters in academicals, and a good muster of the school, with old boys, took their places on this, and gave the Duke and Duchess an enthusiastic reception. In 1901 Mr. M. C. Keane, an old boy, was awarded his M.A., with first-class honours in mathematics, and Mr. S. S. D. Eobertson obtained a senior scholarship for the same subject. Mr. J. S. St. George Cooper obtained the degree of B.Sc. Of present boys, one won a junior scholarship in the December examinations, being second on the list, while seven were placed among those deemed to have passed with credit. Three boys passed the Medical Preliminary, and ten passed Matriculation. Two won senior scholarships given by the Board of Education. The general conduct and tone of the boys has been very satisfactory.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. a. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 3,076 2 6 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 141 12 11 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,733 11 0 Office salaries .. .. .. 100 0 0 Interest on current account .. .. 0 4 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,681 17 11 Contribution towards cost of removing tree- Boarding-sohool account .. .. 33 6 8 stumps on section adjoining sohool .. 10 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 28 10 11 Contribution from tenant of Reserve 916b Prizes .. .. .. .. 22 5 9 towards cost of putting reserve in order.. 13 1 0 Printing, stationery, advertising, and books 100 1 1 Fuel and gas .. " .. .. .. 35 19 9 Repairs, renewals, fittings, &o. .. .. 35 9 6 Insuranoe .. .. .. .. 30 4 1 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 51 9 4 Inspecting reserves and advertising .. 113 1 1 Interest on Loan Account, £5,000 .. 200 0 0 Grant to oadet corps .. .. .. 15 0 0 Grant to sports fund (rent of ground inoluded) .. .. .. .. 35 0 0 Surveying Reserves 1135 and 1187 .. 13 18 0 General expenses .. .. .. 62 3 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. 123 19 0 £4,823 19 0 £4,823 19 0 Thos. S. Weston, Chairman. A. Cracroft Wilson, Eegistrar. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Wabbueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —Mathematics—Euclid, Books I. to VI. ; trigonometry, to solution of triangles, Ward's Examination Papers on Trigonometry, Loney's Trigonometry; algebra, to permutations, Hall and Knight's Algebra, Hall and Knight's Algebraical Exercises ; arithmetic, general, standard of Junior University Scholarship. Latin—To Junior University Scholarship standard; Virgil's iEneid, Book V.; Horace's Odes, Book II,; Livy (extracts), Lee-Warner; history, Smith's History of the Eomans ; Bradley's Arnold, and Bradley's Aids to Latin Prose ; grammar and antiquities, and unseens. English—Milton's Samson Agonistes; George Eliot's Silas Marner ; Chaucer's Prologue; Nesfield's Manual of English Grammar and Composition; Nesfield's Historical English and Derivation ; Abbott's How to Write Clearly; Stopford Brooke's Literature Primer; miscellaneous work as for Junior University Scholarship. French —Tartarin de Tarascon (Daudet) ;Le Voyage de M. Perrichon; Third French Reader and Writer; Moriarty's French Grammar; grammar, &c, as for Junior University Scholarship. Science —Jago's Inorganic Chemistry, advanced; physics, Wright's Physics, Draper's Heat. Lowes £.—Latin —Shorter Latin Primer ; Abbott's Via Latina, exercises 1-15. English—David Copperfield (abridged) ; selected poems—The Keeping of the Bridge, Sir Patrick Spens, Honour of

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Bristol, The Perfect Sailor, Arethusa, Ballad of the Armada ; for repetition —Battle of the Baltic, Private of the Buffs, seven verses of Keeping of the Bridge. Grammar—English Grammar, by J.Hall; analysis of simple sentences (three forms of predicate); parsing all words in an easy sentence ; dictation, spelling, reading, composition. Geography—Standard V. geography ; also New Zealand and Australia. History of George IV., William IV., Victoria, as in Brief History and Gardiner's Outlines. Drawing—Elementary design and brushwork; elementary modelling ; freehand drawing. Arithmetic—Simple and compound rules ; weights and measures; reduction.

4. Arrangements fob Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Drawing : Linear drawing by aid of instruments ; linear geometry ; freehand outline-drawing of rigid forms from flat examples ; freehand outline-drawing from the "round "; elementary design ; elementary modelling : in 1902 we hope to do more drawing, and to include " shading " from round or solid forms, painting from still life, solid geometry and mechanical drawing, modelling in cardboard, &c. Manual work : Instruction in woodwork (as in Regulations 11., c), two classes, each two hours per week, under instruction by Mr. Kent; the drawings, &c, supervised by Mr. S. H. Seager :we hope in 1902 to have double the number of classes. Commercial work: Book-keeping and shorthand special classes; in place of Latin, correspondence and precis-writing and commercial arithmetic : in 1902 we hope to have special classes in typewriting, more advanced shorthand and book - keeping, commercial geography, and elementary economics. Technical instruction: An elementary physics class, practically taught; practical chemistry, two classes, of Matriculation and Junior Scholarship standard respectively, twenty hours a week in each for actual laboratory practice ; in addition, classes in theoretical physics, sound, light, heat, and electricity, a class in botany, and a class in physiology.

5. Scholarships. Eleven district scholarships, and eight foundation, and twenty-five other scholarships granted by the Board of Governors were held at the school.

CHBISTCHURCH GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Miss M. V. Gibson, M.A. ; Miss C. K. Henderson, 8.A.; Miss F. Sheard, M.A. ; Miss K. M. Gresson, M.A. ; Miss E. Low, M.A. ; Mies L. Bing, B.A. ; Mrs. Lane; Major U. V. Richards; Mrs. Gardner; Miss N. Gardner; Mrs. S. Hervey; Miss B. Basterbrook; Miss M. M. Cook. 1. Report. The School. —The roll for 1901 shows a steady and satisfactory increase on that of 1900, the number for the last term being 127. Thirty-seven pupils held scholarships or received free education : eighteen holding scholarships, &c, from the Board of Governors, eighteen scholarships from the North Canterbury Board of Education, and one a scholarship from the Canterbury Caledonian Society. The health of the pupils during the year has been remarkably good. Examination Besults. —At the December University examinations fourteen pupils passed the Matriculation test, one the Medical Preliminary Examination, and three gained places in the Junior University Scholarship credit list. Two of these were awarded the two Gammack scholarships offered by the Board of Education. Three pupils won senior Board of Education scholarships, two taking first and second places on the list. Four pupils sat for the Senior Civil Service Examination, and eight for the Junior. Amongst numerous distinctions gained by former pupils during the year the success of Miss Alice Moorhouse in gaining the degree of M.B. and CM. at Glasgow University is worthy of mention, as that of the first fully qualified lady-doctor coming from the school. Technical Glasses. —During the year an attempt has been made to bring the technical classes at this school under the Manual and Technical Instruction Act of 1900, in order to benefit by the subsidies in aid of such classes offered by the Act. The two cooking classes and two dressmaking classes were accepted, without alteration, by the authorities in Wellington, as in all particulars fulfilling the requirements of the Act; but it does not seem practicable for mora than the upper drawing class to attempt the programme of work required. The swimming class is also eligible for a grant as far as provision for instruction is concerned, but owing to the shortness of the bathing season in Christchurch, considerably shortened again by the summer holidays, and the very limited and somewhat inconvenient hours at which the bath—that at the Boys' High School —is available for use by the girls, the number who can make the required attendances is very limited.

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2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901; Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 288 7 2 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 916 3 Interest .. .. .. .. 222 17 1 Office salaries .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,535 2 0 Teaohers' salaries and allowances .. 1,429 5 3 Proceeds from cooking class .. .. 20 9 1 Boarding-school account .. .. 33 6 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 30 2 4 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 235 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 20 11 6 Printing, stationery, advertising, and books 71 3 4 Fuel .. .. .. .. .. 9 15 6 Repairs to buildings .. .. .. 219 4 Insurance .. .. .. .. 10 7 6 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 610 8 Expenses of cooking class .. .. 18 18 2 Emily Foster memorial prize .. .. 119 6 General expenses .. .. .. 44 19 2 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 82 0 2 £2,066 15 4 £2,066 15 4 Thos. S. Weston, Chairman. A. Cbacboft Wilson, Eegistrar. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waebubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. WOEK DONE BY THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —Mathematics —As for University Junior Scholarship ; text-books, Hall and Knight's Algebra, Loney's Trigonometry, Part 1., Hall and Stevens's Euclid. English —As for University Junior Scholarship ; text-books, Nesfield's Manual of English Grammar and Composition, Longmans' Handbook of English Literature, Part 11., Shakespeare's Tempest, Milton's Paradise Lost, Books I. and 11., Chaucer's Squire's Tale, Skeat's Specimens of English Prose. Latin—As for University Junior Scholarship; text-books, Bradley's Latin Prose Composition, Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer, Abbot's Latin Prose through English Idiom, Stedman's Latin Examination Papers, Cicero's Selected Letters, Virgil's iEneid, Books 11. and IV., Horace's Odes, Book 1., Horton's Roman History, Wilkin's Antiquities, miscellaneous prose and sight-reading. French— As for University Junior Scholarship ; text-books, Chardenal's Advanced Course, miscellaneous proses, About's Le Eoi dcs Montagnes, Michelet's Louis XI. et Charles le Temeraire, Zola's L'Attaque dv Moulin, Corneille's Le Cid. Natural science (botany) —As for University Junior Scholarship; text-book, Dendy and Lucas's Botany. Physical science (heat) —Text-book, Wright's Heat; as for University Junior Scholarship. Lowest. —Arithmetic—Simple and compound rules, reduction, elementary problems : No textbook used ; teaching on blackboard. English—Nesfield's Uses of Parts of Speech ; Stronach's Literature (selected lives) ; Little Nell (Nelson's Supplementary Reader Series); Children's Treasury of Lyrical Poetry; Hetty Gray (Blackie's Continuous Reader Series) ; spelling from readers ; composition, miscellaneous. French —Elementary ; class-book, Chardenal's First Course. History— Class-book, Ransome's Elementary History. Geography—Countries of Europe; Longmans' Geography, Book I. Natural science—Oral lessons on elementary botany. Writing—Southern Cross and Civil Service copybooks.

4. Aebangements fob Deawing ; Manual, Commeecial, and Technical Insteuction ; Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Instruction in drawing : Instruction is given in drawing during two afternoons a week at the school itself. All pupils, except those in the Sixth Form English and a few specially exempted, attend at least one class in drawing. There are four classes, each receiving instruction for two hours per week, as follows—(IV.) Shading from the "round" or solid forms ; (III.) second year, freehand and original design, including brushwork; (II.) first year, freehand and original design, including brushwork ; (I.) elementary freehand and elementary design in brushwork. The classes are conducted by Mrs. S. Hervey, who holds full art mistress certificates South Kensington and New Zealand, assisted by Miss Florence Sheard, a member of the teaching staff holding certificates in freehand and model from the Christchurch School of Art. Instruction in manual, commercial, and technical education : Plain sewing is taught throughout the middle and lower school by the members of the staff on two afternoons a week. There are classes in dress cutting and making on Saturday mornings, which can be attended without charge ; each class works for two hours a week, and receives instructions in taking measurements, the cutting out (theoretical or by use of paper pattern) and the putting-together, fitting, trimming, and finishing of a lined bodice and skirt, and some instruction in the use of the sewing-machine ; twenty-five pupils have received instruction in these classes during the year. Cookery is taught on Saturday mornings ; a small extra fee, 3s. per term, is charged to assist in defraying the cost of material; each class works two hours a week, the lessons being alternately demonstration lessons and practice lessons; the school is provided with a suitable room, two gas-stoves, and a thoroughly equipped scullery; altogether thirty-four pupils have attended the cookery classes during the year. A class in shorthand (theory) is held twice a week for half an hour, immediately before the opening of morning school— i.c, 9-9.30 a.m.; it is open to all pupils desirous of attending, but very few do so—only eight during the last term. Inscruotion in gymnastics, drill, swimming, &c. : Owing to the lack of a gymnasium or suitable room no instruction in gymnastics is possible at present. Drill and physical exercises are

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given twice a week in half-hour lessons ; all pupils, except those specially exempted on account of health, are expected to attend. A class in swimming is held twice a week during the school weeks between the 15th October and the 15th March. The class is taught by an efficient lady teacher, but owing to the very limited and somewhat inconvenient hours at which the bath (that at the Boys' High School) is available for the girls (i.e., Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 2.40) the average attendance is very small.

5. Scholarships. Eighteen scholarships granted by the Education Board of North Canterbury, eighteen by the Board of Governors, and one by the North Canterbury Caledonian Society were held at the school.

CHEIST'S COLLEGE GKAMMAE SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. C. F. Bourne, M.A.; Bey. F. A. Hare, M.A. ; Mr. W. P. Evans, M.A., Ph.D. ; Mr. W. D. Andrews, B.A. ; Mr. C. Harling; Mr. J. U. Collins, B.A. ; Mr. A. E. Flower, M.A., B.So. ; Mr. E. Jenkins, 8.A.; Rev. F. G. Brittan, M.A.; Mr. G. H. Merton, 8.A.; Rev. R. T. Mathews, B.A. ; Mr. C. L. Wiggins ; Major U. V. Richards; Mr. A. J. Merton ; Mr. J. M. Madden ; Mr. F. W. Sandford. 1. Scholarships and Exhibitions. There are many scholarships so arranged that, taken in succession, they cover the whole period of school-life from an early age until the higher limit of age for Junior "University Scholarships has been reached. The Entrance Scholarships are open to all boys who have not already entered the school; the others, both to boys already attending it and to those from other schools. For Somes Scholarships a preference is to be given ceteris paribus to the kin of the foundress, Mrs. Maria Somes, or of her husband, the late Joseph Somes; and candidates must be members of the Church of England, or of some church in communion with it. This restriction does not apply to Entrance Scholarships, or to the special grants of free education sometimes made by the governing body to meet special cases. Entrance Scholarships. —Pour are to be offered, if funds permit, in each year. The scholarships are tenable for two years, and cover the ordinary school fees for tuition. Somes Junior Scholarships. —Five are to be offered, if funds permit, in each year. The scholarships are tenable for two years, and of the value of £18 per annum, with the addition of £15 per annum in the case of boarders in one of the school houses. Somes Senior Scholarships. —Four are to be offered, if funds permit, in each year. The scholarships are tenable for one year, and of the value of £25, with the addition of £20 in the case of boarders in one of the school houses. Somes Scholarships for Music. —Sixteen scholarships covering the school fees for tuition, and eight of half the value are given after examination. The boys elected become members of the Cathedral choir. Tenure depends upon the satisfactory performance of duty both in the school and in the choir. The junior and senior scholarships given by the Board of Education are tenable in the school, and may be held together with Entrance or Somes Scholarships. Butter and Beay Foundation. —Exhibitions are given to the sons of clergy ministering in the Diocese of Christchurch, and to others who may require assistance ; also, six exhibitions of £2 are awarded at the end of each term to members of the chapel choir, and two of £12 a year for two years to specially deserving boys on leaving the Cathedral choir.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 15th May, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Capital Aooount—price of land sold .. 120 0 0 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,659 17 6 Current income from land .. .. 1,866 18 0 Salaries and other office expenses .. 233 19 2 Current income from scholarship endow- Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,143 12 4 merits .. .. .. .. 718 13 i Scholarships and special prizes .. .. 59 5 4 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 2,859 13 5 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 634 16 2 Mortgages repaid .. .. .. 950 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 64 4 11 Repayment on account of buildings .. 25 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 72 1 3 Sinking fund from income on account of Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 225 4 5 buildings .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Site ana buildings, from current revenue— Sundries unclassified .. .. .. 212 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 130 0 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. .. 209 5 4 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 54 5 11 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 67 2 6 Interest on ourrent account .. .. 51 15 1 Endowments Sales Account —proceeds invested .. .. .. .. 7 2 0 Expended on site or buildings .. .. 148 10 0 Boys' Games Fund .. .. .. 156 11 0 Cadet Fund .. .. .. .. 24 0 0 Expenses in connection with land estate .. 69 14 6 £6,802 2 1 £6,802 2 1 C. Chkistchurch, Chairman. W. G. Brittan, Bursar. The above is a summary of Accounts, audited by A. A. M. McKellab.

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3. Woek op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English, Latin, French, science (chemistry and heat), mathematics, to standard of Junior Scholarship Examination of the University of New Zealand. Divinity—The Prayer-book, its history and general contents; the Gospel of St. John. One boy takes Greek instead of the greater part of English—Xenophon, Hellenica, Book II.; exercises from Arnold and from North and Hillard's Greek Prose Composition; Abbott and Mansfield's Primer (the whole) revised ; easy " unseens." Lowest. —Reading—Southern Cross Imperial Reader 111. Repetition—Boadicaea, Excelsior, Casabianca, The Lighthouse, Inch Cape Bell, Burial of Sir John Moore. Geography—Zealandia for Standard II.; Zealandia for Standard 111. History—Blackwood's Stories from English History, dates from William I. to Edward VII. Grammar—Picking out the parts of speech, and giving reasons. Composition—The construction of sentences, easy descriptive pieces, and letters. Divinity—Catechism, to the end of the duty to your neighbour ; the Acts of the Apostles. Arithmetic—Numeration, up to and including division by factors; text-book, Southern Cross No. 111.

4. Arrangements foe Drawing ; Manual, Commeecial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Drawing is taught to all boys in the lower school, and to all who desire it in the upper school, classes being held both in and outside ordinary school hours without extra fee; in the lower school the branches taught are freehand, mechanical and plan drawing, and the use of mechanical instruments and scales, and, for certain boys, geometrical drawing —all, of course, elementary; in the upper school the subjects are, according to taste and ability: freehand, geometrical and mechanical drawing (including scales), map-drawing and elementary design, perspective and water-colour work. A few boys who do not learn Latin take book-keeping in school hours ; for others there is a class outside these : there is no fee. Carpentry is an optional subject, taken outside school hours at a fee of ss. a term. Forgework is taken in the same way. As far as possible the carpentry is connected with the work in drawing ; there is an elementary class for the boys of the lower school. There is no boy at present learning shorthand at the school, but when there is a sufficient demand a class is taken by a visiting master, who makes his own arrangements as to fees. There is a nourishing cadet corps, which is inspected by the Commandant of the District; the officers are boys. All boys take drill and gymnastics, unless exempted by the headmaster on special grounds. All boys in the lower school who are willing to learn swimming are regularly instructed, in school hours, by one of the masters. The boys of the upper school, especially the boarders, are very eager to use the swimming-bath outside school hours ; for the sake of the younger and more timid, a master attends at fixed hours when there is any demand. There is a subscription of 2s. 6d. a term to the uniform fund of the cadet corps; but, except for carpentry and shorthand, there are no extra fees.

RANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. T. R. Cresswell, M.A.; Miss F. Schneider, B.A. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 117 6 5 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 309 3 4 Current income from reserves .. .. 157 5 6 Prizes.. .. .. .. .. 3 9 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 268 5 6 Pririting, stationery, and advertising .. 6 9 3 Refund at end of year .. .. .. 0 12 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 15 13 5 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 58 8 0 Insurance .. .. .. ... 3 18 9 Apparatus .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 0 13 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 139 14 2 £543 9 5 £543 9 5 J. Johnston, Chairman and Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —All work to Matriculation standard. Latin—Via Latina; Kennedy's Revised Primer ; Caesar, 11. and 111. French—Chardenal, first and second course. English—Nesfield's Manual. Literature —Ivanhoe, As You Like It, Deeds that Won the Empire. History —Ransome's Shorter History, 1688-1815. Geography —Meiklejohn's Comparative Geography. Arithmetic—Goyen's Arithmetic and Mensuration. Algebra—Hall and Knight, and Layne's Exercises. Euclid—Hall and Stevens, Books I. and 11. Lowest. —English—Longmans' Junior School Grammar. Latin —Macmillan's First Course. French—French without Tears, Part I. Geography—Raleigh Readers. History—Southern Cross Series. Arithmetic—Elementary. Reading —Imperial Reader.

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3. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Book-keeping ia taught to all not taking University or Civil Service Examinations. Physical drill is taught to all boys ; sewing is taught to all girls.

4. Scholarships. There were two district scholarships and five granted by the Governors held at the school.

AKAEOA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 68 9 2 Paid Education Board for District High Income from reserves .. .. .. 119 010 ; School .. .. .. 25 0 0 Bank charge .. .. .. 0 10 0 Sundries.. .. .. .. ..100 [ Balance at end of year .. .. .. 161 0 0 £187 10 0 £187 10 0 Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

' ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. S. Tennant, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. C. F. Salmond, M.A. ; Miss A. Bauchop, M.A. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Current income from reserves .. .. 527 3 0 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 223 18 7 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 177 3 9 Offioe salary .. .. .. .. 26 6 0 Refund of cost of gorse-grubbing .. .. 410 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 2 6 C Balance at end of year .. .. .. 239 9 9 Exchange on cheques .. .. .. 0 3 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 577 10 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. ..7170 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 24 8 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 28 11 6 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Grounds .. .. .. ..163 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 4 14 0 Tennis-court .. .. .. 3 810 Bates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 5 10 6 Flagstaff, carriage and fixing .. .. 2 11 0 Interest on current account .. 18 13 3 Breaking-up expenses, 1900 and 1901 .. 3 0 2 Requisites .. .. .. 3 18 4 Cab-hire .. .. .. .. ..260 Bank charge .. .. .. ..0100 Water-rate .. .. .. 2 4 10 Gorse-grubbing .. .. .. 410 0 Law costs .. .. .. 2 11 6 Sports Association—rent, cricket-ground .. 2 0 0 £948 6 6 £948 6 6 Andrew Orr, Chairman. Charles Braddell, Secretary. Examined and found correct — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Work done as for Junior Scholarship Examination. English—Nesfield's Grammar; Great Authors, I. and II.; Higher Grade English ; Faerie Queene ; Merchant of Venice ; Locksley Hall; and Vision of Sin. Latin —Via Latina; Bradley's Arnold ; Bryan's Latin Prose ; Gallic War, 1.-V. ; Livy, Books I. and XXI.; De Amicitia; iEneid, Book VI.; Smith's Smaller Eoman History; and Creighton's Primer. French—Wellington College Grammar ; Chardenal's Advanced French Course ; Paul et Virginie ; Le Cid. Mathematics —Brent's Euclid, Books 1.-VI.; Hall and Knight's Algebra ; Pendlebury's Trigonometry ; Pendlebury's Arithmetical Exercises. Science— Scott's Structural Botany, Parts I. and 11., examination of scholarship types ; Loney's Mechanics and Dynamics ; Glazebrooke's Hydrostatics. Lowest. —English—Fights for the Flag (Fitchett) and Tennyson's Poems; Mort d'Arthur; Coming of Arthur ; Dream of Fair Women; Nesfield's Grammar, to page 176. Latin—Principia Latina, 1., to end of the active voice. French —Methode Naturelle, to page 96. Arithmetic— Standard VI. Algebra —Hamblin Smith, up to and including simple equations. Euclid—Book I. History —Fights for the Flag; outlines of New Zealand and Australian history. Geography— Mill's Commercial Geography ; outlines of physical geography. Botany —The root, stem, leaf, and flower (Thomson's Botany). Writing —As for Standard VI. Drawing—Geometrical, freehand, and model. Book-keeping — Cash-book, day and invoice books; the ledger; correspondence. Shorthand—Pitman's Teacher.

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3. Aebangembnts foe Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Manual : Drawing—Geometrical, one lesson forty-five minutes per week ; freehand and model, one lesson forty-five minutes per week ; modelling in plasticine, one lesson forty-five minutes per week during last two terms. Commercial : Book-keeping and shorthand, each two lessons thirty minutes per week. Gymnastics, &c. : Physical drill, one lesson thirty minutes per week; military drill, one lesson fifteen minutes per week ; swimming is encouraged by the granting of certificates of proficiency.

4. Scholarships. The Board of Governors gave free tuition to seventeen scholars.

TIMAEU HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School. — Mr. G. A. Simmers, M.A. ; Mr. A. J. Mayne, M.A. ; Mr. R. T. Wood, B.A. ; Sergeant-major T. Jones. Girls' School— Miss B. M. Watt, M.A.; Miss J. Mulholland, M.A. ; Miss C. M. Cruickshank, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. S. Wolf; Mr. W. Greene; Miss G. M. Bailey; Sergeant-major T. Jones. 1. Report op Goveenors. During the past year both the schools have maintained their progressive standard of excellence, and the attendance has been maintained. The buildings are in good repair. Miss Bailey having resigned the cooking class, Miss O'Brien has been appointed in her place, and an application will be forwarded for her recognition by the Department. The Board at its last meeting passed a resolution expressing their satisfaction at the good shooting made by the cadets, which, under the superintendence of the headmaster and assisted by his staff, obtained excellent results.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,080 4 3 Salary of Secretary .. .. .. 70 0 0 Grant from vote of the General Assembly 7 18 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 14 11 8 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,378 12 0 Other expenses of management .. .. 101 510 Interest .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,559 18 4 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 578 13 4 Examinations — Interest on current account .. .. 18 211 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 26 1 0 Valuation of crops .. .. .. 75 0 0 Other expenses ... .. .. 320 Prizes.. .. .. .. .. 22 13 10 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 67 2 5 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 87 16 2 Technioal apparatus .. .. .. 27 410 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 18 6 3 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 35 1 8 Interest on ourrent aooount .. .. 2 810 Endowments Sales Account— Proceeds invested on mortgage .. 1,000 0 0 Expended on protective works.. .. 25 4 0 Valuation .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 Refund of fees .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 Grant sports club £5, tennis £1 55., orohestra £2 10s. .. .. .. 815 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 30 18 8 £3,183 10 6 £3,183 10 6 Wμ. B. Howell, Chairman. J. S. Bamfield, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warbueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys' School. Highest. —English—Shakespeare's Henry IV., Part I.; Milton's Paradise Lost, Book I.; Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale; George Eliot's Silas Marner; Mason's English Grammar; Brooke's Primer of English Literature ; Trench's Study of Words ; Bain's English Composition. French— Moliere's Misanthrope; Le Gendre de M. Poirier; selections from Bo'ielle's French Poetry; Racine's Athalie ; Macmillan's French Composition, 11. Latin—Horace's Odes, Book I.; Virgil's iEneid, Book VI.; Livy, parts of Books I. and XXII.; Bradley's Aids to Latin Composition; selections from Sargeant's Unseen Passages; Smith's Latin Grammar; Horton's History of the Romans. Mathematics—University Junior Scholarship work; text-books, Hall and Stevens's Euclid, Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra and The Intermediate Tutorial Algebra, Lock's Trigonometry and Loney's Trigonometry. Electricity and Magnetism—University Junior Scholarship work; S. P. Thompson's Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism; and notes. Mechanics—University Junior Scholarship work ; Loney's Mechanics ; Sanderson's Hydrostatics for Beginners ; and notes. History and geography—University Junior Scholarship work,

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Lowest. —French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle, to page 96. History—Buckley's History of England, from accession of William 111. to present time. Arithmetic—Pendlebury, vulgar and decimal fractions, practice, proportion. Latin—Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, to page 77. Algebra—Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra, to page 113. Euclid—Hall and Stevens's Euclid, Book 1., to proposition 45. Elementary chemistry—Notes. English—Longmans' Grammar and Composition; Nelson's Supplementary Eeaders—Greek Heroes and David Copperfield; The Ancient Mariner. Commercial writing. Drawing—Freehand and model. Girls' School. Highest. —English—Nesfield's Historical English Derivation ; Literature of the Elizabethan Era ; King Lear ; Tempest; Chaucer's Prologue. Latin—Bryan's Latin Prose Exercises ; Arnold's Latin Prose ; Via Latina ; Livy, Book XXII.; Virgil's vEneid, VI. French —Bossuet's Oraisons Funebres ; Bacine's Athalie ; Andromaque; Macmillan's French Composition, Part 11. ; Bue's Idioms; Wellington College Grammar. Mathematics—As for first terms Canterbury College. Botany —Junior University Scholarship standard. Mechanics—Junior University Scholarship standard. History—Horton's Eoman History. Geography—Longmans' Geographical Series, 3. Lowest. —English—Nesfield's Manual of English Grammar and Composition; David Copperfield ; selections of Scott and Goldsmith. French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle ; Scenes of Child-life (Macmillan). Mathematics—Pendlebury's Arithmetic. Science —Youman's First Book of Botany; Poyser's Elementary Electricity and Magnetism; Furneaux's Physiology. Latin—Maemillan's Shorter Latin Course ; Via Latina. Geography—Longmans' Geographical Eeader, No. 6. History—Buckley's History of England for Beginners.

4. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Boys' School. Drawing: Teacher, Mr. E. T Wood, 8.A., second assistant in school: all except a few of the upper boys took drawing; one interval a week was given to freehand and one to model; three boys took extra work in plane and solid geometry during the Latin period. Manual work: Owing to changes in the staff the class in woodwork was discontinued—it is hoped that it will be resumed with greater vigour next year; the Sloyd class was also discontinued. Commercial instruction : All except the boys in the upper classes received instruction in our commercial writing class, and about fifteen attended a class in book-keeping. Gymnastics : Instructor, Sergeant-major Jones : the boys were divided into two classes, and received instruction during one interval a week. Drill: During the first term the drill was taken by Sergeant-major Jones, but during the last two terms it was taken by Mr. Wood, second assistant: all the boys except one belonged to the cadet corps, of whom forty-seven appeared in uniform at the royalties' review at Christchurch ; range-shooting was attended by about thirty boys; the cost of ammunition is a great hindrance to this part of our cadet-work. Girls' School. Drawing is taught by a visiting teacher one afternoon each week —the subject includes freehand and brush drawing for the junior pupils, and model-drawing for the seniors ; painting is taken one hour a week out of school time by a few of the most advanced pupils. Sewing is taken by almost all the girls. Cookery is taught by a visiting teacher one afternoon each week. Shorthand is taken out of school hours by a few girls ; it is taught by a visiting teacher, and is counted an extra subject, for which a special fee is charged. Gymnastics and calisthenics are taught to all, unless specially excused, by the drill-instructor; in the warm weather, swimming takes the place of this subject.

5. Scholarships. To twelve boys and thirteen girls holding district scholarships the Governors gave free tuition. The Governors also gave free tuition to twelve others (six boys and six girls).

WAIMATE HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Eeport op Governors. During the past year the Governors were glad to see that the Department had arranged for free tuition in the District High School of all pupils above the Sixth Standard. This provision on the part of the Education Department taking away any further need for the exhibition scheme, the Governors are extending, and in other directions continuing, the subsidies to both the headmaster and the extra assistant at the District High School, and instituting scholarships open to all South Canterbury —value each, if winner obliged to reside away from home, £22 10s. The disbursements last year were over £180, being a very considerable proportion of the whole income. George Barclay, Chairman. 4r— E. 12.

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2. Genebal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,102 811 Secretary's salary- .. .. .. 12 12 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 179 8 8 Postage and petty cash .. .. .. 10 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Paid to South Canterbury Education Board purchase-money .. .. .. 33 15 0 for District High Sohool .. .. 100 0 0 Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 24 17 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 4 4 0 Refund of exhibitioners' fees .. .. 20 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 619 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 9 5 6 Laboratory benches .. .. .. 4 0 0 Furniture and apparatus .. .. 14 19 7 Invested on mortgage .. .. .. 350 0 0 Other expenditure— Members' travelling-expenses .. .. 2 0 0 Exhibitioners' and High School fees .. 25 15 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 0 19 3 Balance in hand and in bank at end of year 828 15 5 £1,360 10 3 £1,360 10 3 Geo. Baeclay, Chairman. G. H. Geaham, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waebubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOLS. Staff. Boys' School.— Dr. J.R.Don, M.A., D.Sc, F.C.S., F.G.S.; Mr. W. G. Grave, 8.A.; Mr. Thomas A. Hunter, M.A. ; Mr. Robert J. Thompson, B.A. ; Sergeant-major Kebblewhite. Girls' School. —Miss C. Ferguson, M.A. ; Miss E. Crosby, B.A. ; Miss J. Paterson, M.A. ; Miss McCaw; Sergeant-major McPherson. 1. Eepoet of the Goveenoes. Boys' School. —The Board of Governors have had many alterations made which they considered necessary in order to cope with the large number of pupils, especially boarders. Girls' School. —On account of the Board having received notice from the Waitaki County Council, whose buildings are at present used as a girls' sshool, that they (the Council) wish to reoccupy their premises, it has become necessary to make arrangements for obtaining a new building and site. The Board trust the Education Department will give them every assistance in obtaining this end, by getting a vote passed during this session of Parliament for both building and site. D. Boeeie, Chairman.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Endowments— Balance .. .. .. .. 152 13 9 a. Income from reserves .. .. 1,092 15 11 Management— b. Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. 65 7 2 Secretary .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 Fees— Ranger .. .. .. .. 7 10 0 Boys' School .. .. .. 660 5 0 Survey valuation .. .. .. 713 3 Girls' Sohool .. .. .. 255 10 0 Solicitor's fees .. .. .. 25 11 9 Refund, Building Acoount .. .. 0 16 0 Teachers'salaries — Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 588 1 1 Boys' School .. £865 0 0 Girls' School .. 425 19 9 1,290 19 9 Prizes .. .. .. .. 2 12 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 50 18 8 Cleaning, fuel, and light .. .. 99 19 2 Site and building: new works .. .. 883 4 1 „ rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 28 5 6 Interest on current account .. .. 14 17 3 Petty cash .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Incidentals .. .. .. .. 1 10 0 School appliances .. .. .. 2 18 1 Refund, rents .. .. .. .. 1 13 8 Rates .. .. .. .. 15 9 Refund, fees .. .. .. .. 1 10 0 Fencing .. .. .. .. 212 0 £2,662 15 2 £2,662 15 2 G. E. Hislop, Secretary, Examined and found correct — J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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3. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys' School. Highest. —English —Matriculation and Junior University Scholarship; English text-books, Higher Grade English (Nelson and Sons), Chaucer's Prologue and Knightes Tales, Goyen's English Composition, Shakespeare's Julius Ceesar, Tempest, Hamlet, Dr. Smith's English Grammar ; spelling, Professor Meiklejohn's Spelling-book. Arithmetic—The more difficult part of the subject; text-books, Goyen's Higher Arithmetic and Elementary, Capel's Catch Questions on Arithmetic and Mensuration. Euclid—First four books, with deductions ; text-book, Hall and Stevens's Euclid. Algebra—Equations, simple and quadratic. Trigonometry —Including use of logarithms; simpler cases of solution of triangles. Latin, grammar and translation : GrammarAllan's Latin Grammar, and Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer : Translation—Eutropius, Historia Eomania; Heatly and Knydon, Pacilia Excerpta ; Livy, Siege of Syracuse ; Csesar, De Bello Gallico, Book II.; Virgil's iEneid, Book 11. Geology—Physical geology, elementary. Chemistry —The theory of chemical action; non-metallic elements. French —Chardenal's French Course ; Moliere. Loivest.— English—Reading, Longmans' Ship Reader, No. 6; grammar, Dr. Smith's English Grammar; composition, Longmans' School Composition ; spelling, Tubeld's Builder and Speller. Latin —Dr. Smith's Principia Latina. French—Chardenal's French Course, Book I. Arithmetic —Vulgar fractions, decimals, commercial rules, interest, discount. Euclid—Hall and Stevens's Euclid, Book I. Algebra—To end of simple equations. Geography —Longmans' Geography, Part II.; the World, with details of Europe, Asia, and New Zealand. Girls' School. Highest. — English — Shakespeare, The Tempest; selections from Tennyson ; and essays. History and geography—As for Matriculation. Latin—Bradley's Arnold ; Caesar's Gallic War, Book I.; selections from prose and poetry. French—Wellington College Grammar : Oxford and Cambridge Reader; Advanced Chardenal. Arithmetic — Whole subject. Algebra — Hall and Knight, whole, except chapters 38-41. Euclid—Books 1.-V. Trigonometry—Lock, whole. Mechanics—Lock's Dynamics ; Goodwin's Statics. Physiology—Furneaux, whole. Scripture— Old Testament. Lowest. —English —Derivations, grammar, analysis of easy sentences, composition lessons and essay-writing, recitation of prose and poetry. History—Miss Buckley's English History. Geography—Longmans' Junior School Geography, up to France. Latin—Principia Latina, part. French—Chardenal's First French Course, up to exercise 144. Arithmetic—Compound rules, practice, highest common factors, simple problems. Science—Paul Bert's Text-book, the sections on animals and plants. Scripture—Matthew's Gospel. Drawing—Model and freehand. Sewing —Plain and fancy work. Drill —Physical exercise with and without rods.

4. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. The commercial side of the boys' school receives instruction in typewriting, shorthand, and bookkeeping ; and the whole school in drill, swimming, and gymnastics.

5. Scholarships. Six boys and five girls held district scholarships at the school, and the Governors gave free tuition to one boy and two girls in addition.

OTAGO BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.—Mr. A. Wilson, M.A.; Mr. D. Brent, M.A. ; Mr. M. Watsou, M.A. ; Mr. G. M. Thomson, P.L.S.; Mr. T. D. Pearce, M.A. ; Mr. J. MacPherson, P.E.1.5.; Mr. G. H. Broad, 8.A.; Mr. F. H. Campbell, M.A. ; Mr. J. Hanna; Mr. D. Sherriff; Mr. G. B. Butler. Girls' School. —Miss M. E. A. Marchant, M.A. ; Miss K. Browning; Miss P. M. Allan, M.A. ; Miss H. Alexander, B.A. ; Miss E. E. Little; Miss M. W. Alves ; Miss P. M. Wimperis; Miss P. Campbell, M.A. ; Mr. G. M. Thomson, P.L.S.; Mr. J. Hanna; Miss J. L. Buckland ; Mr. W. E. Taylor, P.8.C.0. ; Miss J. C. Longford. 1. Report of the Governors. Owing principally to the causes referred to in the report from the rector of the boys' school, the attendance in both schools shows a falling-off from that of the previous year, and if the decrease continues the finances of the Board will be seriously affected, and the efficiency of the schools will suffer accordingly. With the exception of an epidemic of influenza during the winter term, the health of the scholars has been good, and the general efficiency of the schools has been maintained. During the year eighteen boys and sixteen girls received free education owing to their having obtained the requisite number of marks in the Otago Education Board's Senior and Junior Scholarship Examinations. Wμ. Brown, Chairman.

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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,187 14 9 Office salaries .. .. .. .. 165 0 0 Price of reserves sold .. .. .. 400 0 0 Other office expenses — Current income from reserves .. .. 2,146 8 8 Rent .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 39 3 0 Stamps and telegrams .. .. 18 7 6 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 380 6 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 710 3 School fees— Teachers' salaries and allowances— Boys' school .. .. .. 1,663 16 8 Boys' echool .. .. .. 2,671 710 Girls'school .. .. .. 996 8 6 Girls' school .. .. .. 1,712 10 0 Boarding-school fees (girls' sohool) .. 343 6 8 Boarding-school Account— Donation to prize fund by Otago Institute.. 110 0 Boys'school.. .. .. .. 63 1 2 Girls' school .. .. .. 316 4 4 Legal account .. .. .. 3 13 6 Sundries and incidentals (including £3 6s. Bd. expended under " Local Authorities Indemnity Act, 1901," reception of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York) .. 45 17 10 Prizes .. .. .. .. 48 7 5 Printing and stationery for schools .. 62 8 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c, including wages of two janitors (£150) .. .. 230 17 4 Laboratories .. .. .. .. 1 18 11 Telephone .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Repairs and furnishing .. .. 173 10 3 Insurance .. .. .. .. 55 13 2 Interest on debentures .. .. .. 164 5 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 50 13 6 Water rates, &o. .. .. .. 99 0 0 Amount transferred to sinking fund .. 17 10 0 Expenses management, &c. leasing, .. 35 8 6 Balance— At bank .. .. .. .. 824 6 7 In hand .. .. .. .. 330 15 5 On fixed deposit .. .. .. 47 17 8 £7,158 14 4 £7,158 14 4 Wμ. Brown, Chairman. C. Macandbew, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waeburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Wobk op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys' School. Highest. —English — Chaucer, Prologue; Shakespeare, King Lear; Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I. ; historical English grammar, composition, &c. Latin—Livy, Book XXII.; Horace, Odes, Book 11. ; Virgil, iEneid, Book VIII.; prose composition ; Roman history. French —Selections from various authors ; composition, grammar, &c. Mathematics—Arithmetic (whole subject); Euclid, six books; algebra; trigonometry. Science—Botany: The morphology and physiology of botanical types. Chemistry—The metallic elements ; revision of nonmetallic elements. Lowest. —English — Macmillan's New Literary Eeader, No. VI.; Tennyson, selections. English history—Up to 1603. Geography —-United Kingdom, Europe, and New Zealand ; simple physical and mathematical geography. Latin—Grammar and easy translation. French— Grammar and easy translation. Mathematics: Arithmetic—Vulgar fractions, simple and compound proportion, simple interest, practice, &c.; Euclid—Book 1., 1-12, with exercises ; algebra— Simple rules. Book-keeping —Cash-book, day-book, invoice-book, &c. Drawing—Geometrical. Science —Elementary physics. Girls' School. Highest. —English—Chaucer, The Knightes Tale; Shakespeare, The Tempest; Spenser, Faerie Queene, Book 1., Canto IV.; Milton, Samson Agonistes; historical English grammar; composition, &c.; literature of the Elizabethan period. Latin—Livy, Book XXI., chapter 42 to end; Horace, Book 1., Odes, Book 11., selected satires and epistles; Cicero, De Senectute, chapter X. to end; Middleton's Latin Verse, unseens; composition, grammar, &c.; Eoman history. French—Chardenal's Advanced Exercises ; Wellington College Reader; Bo'ielle, poetry ; grammar, composition, &c. ; Berthon, Specimens of Modern French Verse. German (Upper)— Macmillan, Parts I. and 11., Children's Own Reading-book. Mathematics—Arithmetic, the whole subject; algebra, to permutations and combinations, inclusive; geometry, Euclid, Books 1., 11., 111., IV., VI. ; trigonometry, 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). Loivest. —English—Macmillan's Literary Reader, No. V.; English history, Charles 11. to Victoria ; geography, Europe; grammar and composition. French—Chardenal's Part of First French Course; vocabulary. Arithmetic — Compound rules in money, weights and measures, practice, and mental arithmetic. Science—Lessons in the elements of botany.

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4. Arrangements foe Dbawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Boys' School. Book-keeping taught in Forms Lower 4, Bemove, and 3, also to non-Latin boys. Shorthand taught in Forms Upper 4 and Lower 4. Commercial arithmetic throughout the school. Geometrical drawing in Forms Lower 5, Upper 4, down to Form 3 inclusive. Drawing, freehand and from the " round," two hours a week for those who desire it. Mechanical drawing, one hour a week. Gymnastics, two hours a week for Form 3, one hour for the other forms. Drill, once a week for cadets, and special drill for non-cadets on Wednesdays, except at midwinter. Swimming : A course of lessons for those who wish it by the gymnastic master. Girls' School. Drawing: Drawing is included in the school course, and the pupils receive one, two, or more lessons weekly in freehand, model, light and shade, drawing from the cast, &c. ; there are also classes for advanced pupils, for which models are engaged, and the pupils make life studies in chalk and oils; these pupils also learn the painting of still life and of flowers ; the studios are well equipped with casts, easels, &c. Manual instruction: The usual school teaching of sewing is carried on in the four lower classes of the school. Gymnastics : There is a thoroughly equipped gymnasium, and every girl in the school is drilled by an expert drill-master in calisthenics and gymnastics. Technical instruction : During the winter months a course of cooking lessons is given by Mrs. Miller, of the Technical School, to the five lowest classes of the school. Swimming : A course of lessons is given for those who wish it by the gymnastic master.

5. Scholarships. Seventeen pupils at the boys' school and fourteen at the girls' school received free tuition as having obtained 50 per cent, of the attainable marks at the Senior, or 60 per cent, at the Junior District Scholarship examinations.

SOUTHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. H. L. Fowler,-M.A. ; Mr. J. E. Vernon, M.A., B.Sc. ; Mr. F. Foote, 8.A.; Miss J. E. Billing; Miss E. L. Brown, M.A. 1. Eeport of the Board. Since the inauguration of the system referred to in the last report, by which about twenty of the most promising pupils in the public schools are admitted each year free into the High School, it has been bearing good fruit, and owing partly to this cause the attendance at the school is steadily increasing. During the year the highest attendance on record was obtained. Instruction in swimming has been given to the girls, and in drill to both sides of the school, and satisfactory progress has resulted. Efforts were also made and steps taken with the view of establishing a well-equipped gymnasium. The prospects of the erection of a building for that purpose are hopeful. The boys' cadet corps is still under the captaincy of Mr. J. E. Vernon, and very satisfactory progress has been made by the boys. The school has maintained the excellent position attained in previous years in University examinations. Improvements have been made in the school building by which the sciences can be much more conveniently and efficiently taught. The girls' school grounds have also been much improved, and a pavilion has been erected. The sewing class for the girls established during the year is much appreciated, and satisfactory advancement has been made in this department. W. Macalister, Chairman.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,253 510 Office salary .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 805 4 8 Other expenses of management .. .. 15 7 4 Interest .. .. .. .. 37 10 0 Teachers'salaries and allowanoes .. 1,188 16 8 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 242 710 Other expenses .. .. .. 4 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 537 16 10 Prizes .. .. .. .. 12 13 1 Rent from freeholds .. .. .. 62 17 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 60 1 6 Donations for prizes .. .. .. 7 10 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 87 3 4 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 124 10 6 Rates, insuranoe, and taxes .. .. 8 8 0 Interest on current account .. .. 110 0 Athletics .. .. .. .. 19 6 3 Chemicals and appliances .. .. 1 16 11 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 4 4 6 Swimming .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,348 5 7 £2,946 3 8 £2,946 3 8 Wμ. Macalistek, Chairman. Charles Bout, Secretary and Treasurer. .Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General, s—B. 12.

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3. WOHK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English—Shakespeare's Tempest; Longer English Poems (Hales); selections from Tennyson; Chaucer's Prologue; English Lessons for English People; Bain's Composition and Bhetoric; elementary philology; essays. Latin —Horace, Satires, Book I.; Ovid's Tristia, Book III.; Cicero, selections; Bradley's Arnold; Bryan's Prose; unseen passages. French— Macmillan's Second Eeader ; Gautier's Scenes of Travel; Brachet's Grammar ; Blouet's Composition. Mathematics—Arithmetic, the subject; algebra, to progressions and logarithms ; Euclid and trigonometry, to Junior Scholarship standard. Science —Chemistry, inorganic; metals and non-metals ; qualitative analysis of a simple salt; heat, as for Junior Scholarship. Lowest. —English—Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel; Mason's Grammar; Longmans' Composition. Latin—Principia ; Gradatim ; Bennett's Exercises. French—Principia ; Macmillan's First Eeader. Mathematics —Arithmetic, fractions, proportion, interest; algebra, to simple equations without fractions ; Euclid, Book 1., with exercises. Science—General course, elementary, for boys ; botany for girls. Freehand drawing and sewing for girls.

4. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Drawing : Freehand for girls, two lessons a week; boys have geometrical drawing. Drill : Clubs and dumb-bells for girls ; boys are formed into a cadet corps, and have military and other drill—they also attended a gymnasium one hour per week. Commercial education : Shorthand, two lessons for all boys who desire to take the subject, and for a few girls; book-keeping for boys. No classes were brought under the Manual and Technical Instruction Act in 1901.

5. Scholarships. Fourteen boys and seven girls held district scholarships, and seventeen boys and eleven girls received free tuition at the school. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (1,380 copies), £20 10s.

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