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1907. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: SECONDARY EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-12, 1906.]

fresented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

1. BXTEACT FEOM THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. The Education Board scholarship scheme by which the Education Boards, under local regulations approved by the Minister of Education, award annually a large number of scholarships of varying value out of an allowance of old standing, amounting to Is. 6d. per head of the average attendance, still remains the chief door of entry to secondary schools for the most promising of the primary school pupils. The regulations adopted in the different districts commonly provide for two classes of scholarships, junior and senior—the former limited to children under fourteen or in some cases under thirteen years of age resident in the district, and tenable usually for two years ; the latter, more restricted in number, continuing the secondary education of the holders for two or three years longer. During the year 1906 Education Board scholarships—junior and senior— were current to the number of 463, as against a total of 394 for 1905. The actual monetary value of these scholarships in most instances is small, the object in view being generally to spread the benefits as widely as possible rather than to provide attractive prizes for a few. Each scholarship, however, through the operation of the provisions for free places, which give a preference to scholar-ship-holders, carries with it in all but certain exceptional circumstances the substantial benefit of free tuition, and a lodging or travelling allowance is added where necessary. The total expenditure of Education Boards on scholarships

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of this class during the year 1906 was £8,487. The following table shows the number and value of Education Board scholarships current at the end of 1906 : —

Table G.—Number and Value of Education Board Scholarships.

Under the National Scholarship scheme, pupils of public schools have also the chance of obtaining a Junior National scholarship, tenable for three years, or in special cases for a longer period. These scholarships, of a more uniform value than the Education Board scholarships, and generally on a level with the best of those scholarships, are awarded on the results of an examination conducted annually by the Education Department, and the examination is now in nearly all the districts adopted by the Education Boards for the award of their own scholarships. The actual award of Junior National scholarships is also intrusted to the Education Boards, who exercise a certain control over the holders and pay over to them from time to time the amounts- falling due. At the end of 1906 the number of Junior National scholarships current was 79, 66 of which were held at secondary schools and 13 at district high schools. Of this number, 30 were in the first year of their currency, 27 in the second year, and 22 in the third year. A few of the scholarships have been extended to a fourth year, but, the first award dating only from January, 1904, there has not been time for the names of any fourth-year holders to appear in the annual record. Thirtythree of the scholarships were of the annual value of £10, and 46 of £40, with free tuition added in all cases. Apart from fees otherwise accounted for under the heading of free-place expenditure, the cost of Junior National scholarships for the year was £2,170. The amount actually paid through the Boards on account of these scholarships was £2,241. The total disbursements by Education Boards for scholarship purposes (Board and National) for 1906 thus amounted to £10,698. The examination for Junior National scholarships, with which is associated the special examination for junior free places in secondary schools, district high schools, and technical schools, is held annually in December. For this examination in 1906 entries were received from 1,458 candidates seeking to qualify for the Junior National scholarships, for Education Board Junior scholarships, for Junior Queen's scholarships in connection with the Middle University District, or simply for the free places. In 1905 the number of entries received was 870. On the results of the examination 593 of the candidates qualified for a scholarship award, and 129 satisfied the conditions for free places. In extension of the provisions for scholarships, the arrangements now in force, by which pupils of fair promise are admitted to free tuition in secondary and other schools, are very comprehensive and far-reaching in their effects. For all who deserve it there is now a free course from the initiatory stages of the primary school

Number Education Districts. Dec', 0 1906.' „ - , Boards' Period Expenditure Boys. Girls. of 0 n Scholarships Tenure. in 1906 i I Annual Value, &c. 97 71 26 Years. 3 £ s. d. 2,259 19 9 22 at £40; 6 at £30; 13 at £25; 8 at £20; 19 at £15 ; 29 at £10. 4 at £35; 1 at £16; 2 at £14 ; 12 at £10. 11 at £40; 11 at £15; lat£12; 11 at £10. 4 at £40 ; 4 at £35 ; 1 at £18 18s.; 18 at £15 ; 28 at £5. 14 at £30; 1 at £16; 1 at £15 ; 2 at £7 10s.; 10 at £2 10s. 3 at £25 ; 4 at £10. 3 at £40; 1 at £25 ; 2 at £7 ; 22 at £1 5s. 1 at £26; 6 at £8. 2 at £24 ; 1 at £20; 1 at £10 ; 1 at £4. 11 at £40; 8 at £30; 9 at £20; 17 at £10. 7 at £27 ; 24 at £7. 10 at £40 ; 7 at £30 ; 6 at £25 ; 4 at £12 10s.; 6 at £10; 11 at £7 10s.; 17 at £6 ; 18 at £4. 19 at £30 ; 9 at £5. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington .19 34 55 18 14 83 6 20 22 2 322 0 6 757 4 7 965 0 10 2 or 3 2 Hawke's Bay 28 16 18 2 501 0 0 Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otagcr 7 28 7 5 45 31 79 4 11 4 3 25 23 52 3 17 3 2 20 8 27 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 or 3 115 0 0 281 15 7 66 7 0 83 0 0 995 17 7 339 1 2 1,186 11 8 Southland 28 16 12 2 or 3 615 0 0 Totals, 1906.. Totals, 1905.. 463 394 284 242 179 152 8,487 18 8 8,013 6 6

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to the doors of the University, and by means of further scholarships and bursaries, making classes at the colleges free "to all duly qualified students, a further step of progress to the distinction of a University degree is also possible in terms of similar advantage. Under the regulations for free places in secondary schools and district high schools boys and girls who qualify for junior scholarships, whether they obtain scholarships or not, or who pass the special examinations for free places, become entitled to two years' free tuition, and the privilege is extended with various conditions to a very large group of other aspirants whose claims may in some cases be less convincing. At the end of the period a further free place is obtainable to the age of nineteen by all who succeed in passing the Civil Service Junior Examination within the age of sixteen years, who qualify under a similar condition for Education Board senior scholarships, whether within the age of sixteen years or not, gain a credit pass in the Civil Service Junior Examination, or qualify for matriculation in the University. Beyond the limits of the secondary school the opportunities given to promising students are now also great. Besides the scholarships offered by the University, there are available four Senior National scholarships in each of the four University districts, four Senior Queen's scholarships on terms of a similar character in connection with Victoria College, and one or more Taranaki Scholarships under special enactment, making a total of some thirty-six scholarships of very substantial value offered at the close of 1906 on the results of the Junior Scholarship examination of the University. University bursaries, covering free tuition at University college classes for a period of three years, are also offered out of the public funds to all who obtain credit in the Junior University Scholarship examination, and otherwise possess the qualifications for a National scholarship without obtaining one. With these provisions there can be few indeed entitled to special consideration who are deterred from a University course by the question of the cost of classes. At the end of 1906 the secondary schools giving free tuition to duly qualified pupils, and receiving grants therefor under section 87 of the Education Act, numbered twenty-three,' as against twenty-one for the previous year. The total number of pupils on the roll of these schools was 3,261, and of this total 2,435 (1,324 boys and 1,111 girls), or 76 per cent, of the roll-number, were given free places under the regulations for free places at a mean average cost to the Treasury of £8 17s. 4d. per pupil; the approximate annual rate as determined on the payments for the last term of the year being £21,240. In 1905 the number of such free pupils was 1,906, and the approximate annual rate £16,414, with a mean capitation of £8 14s. 4d. per. pupil. There is thus a very substantial increase to be noted in the grant of free places under this heading, with an approximate increase in capitation payments of £4,826. In addition, free tuition was given to 335 holders of scholarships or exhibitions granted by these schools, by Boards of Education (in some circumstances), or by endowed secondary schools not coming under the conditions, making the total number of free places held at secondary schools 2,770, as against 2,265 for 1905. Further, however, in reckoning the amount of free secondary education in the colony there has to be included an almost equal number of pupils in attendance at the secondary classes of district high schools. As shown below, there were on the roll of the secondary departments of these schools 2,594 pupils who had passed through the elementary school course and were in receipt of secondary instruction, not differing materially in character from the instruction given in the secondary schools. All but a comparatively small number of these were free pupils within the meaning of the regulations for free places, and a number still nearer in approach to the complete enrolment actually received free tuition at a total cost in salaries of £18,484, and an average annual cost per pupil enrolled of £7 2s. 7d. The number of district high schools in operation at the end of 1906 was 61, as against 59 for 1905 and 52 for 1904. In the secondary departments of these schools the teachers employed, apart from the principals, who may or may not have taken part in the secondary instruction, but whose added responsibility is in all cases recognised by some increment of salary, numbered 99, and the number of pupils in attendance was 2,594—an increase of 21 teachers, and a decrease of 278 pupils. In 1905 a very substantial rise in the attendance had to be noted ; the present move-

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ment in the opposite direction may be attributed to various causes, among which increased facilities for higher education in other directions and somewhat stricter tests of admission have doubtless much to do. The total annual rate of salaries paid to the teachers of district high schools on the basis of the last quarter of 1906, over and above the amounts payable in respect of ordinary primary schools of similar average, was £19,747, of which a sum of £1,263, payable only to present occupants under section 82, (c), of the Act in virtue of earlier arrangements, is not of the nature of a permanent charge. The remainder, £18,484, represents the present annual cost of secondary education in these schools, and may be compared with the totals £13,854 for 1905 and £11,034 for 1904 respectively under previously existing conditions. With a further deduction from the amount for 1906 in respect to allowances to principal teachers, under Part VI of the Fourth Schedule to the Act, the average salary of secondary assistants at the close of the year was £170 17s. 4d. The programme followed in the upper departments of district high schools embraces generally a secondary course in English, mathematics (including arithmetic), and science. Where possible, handwork is also included, and in many cases Latin, French, geography, and history are taken up by a greater or less proportion of the pupils. With few exceptions—-the secondary departments attached to the training colleges for teachers in the four chief centres, two other schools in Wellington, and one in Christchurch—the schools are really rural schools, situated in the smaller boroughs or in townships, without any of the features of urban environment, and it is to be hoped that as opportunities occur every effort will be made to adapt the course of study accordingly. In many cases steps in this direction have already been taken, and with the introduction of more teachers on the staff of these schools who have been trained on modern lines a further extension of the work in the direction of agricultural science for agricultural districts, chemistry, or geology and allied knowledge for mining centres, and some branch of handwork to cultivate manual dexterity in all, could be profitably undertaken. The difficulty at present experienced of finding suitable teachers who will be content to remain long enough in such a position is undoubtedly great; but that so many are secured well equipped in point of attainment for the work they have to do is already a ground for much gratification. Exclusive of the principals of the schools, some thirty of whom possess University degrees, 64 of those employed are graduates, several holding degrees in both arts and science, 17 have a Class C certificate, and 12 a certificate of Class D, out of a total number of 99.

Table H.—District High Schools: Staff, Salaries, etc., in Secondary Departments.

The following table (Xl) gives the usual information of the attendance at the schools and the staff employed. The total number of pupils on the rolls in the last term or quarter of the year was 2,528 boys and 1,742 girls, as against 2,467 boys and 1,593 girls at the end of 1905.

Education District. cc O O £ o DO o u o SI s a O o o u a ce CD©,? rr - Number of Pupils. From lleceipts from Government. Amounts paid in Sail ■ies during the "ear. h M. F. Total. Arrears for 1905. 1906. Sources. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui .. Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland .. 9 1 5 10 3 ! l 9 4 10 5 ; 22 3 14 31 8 I 3 24 10 24 11 180 56 122 273 52 43 16 16 217 96 197 63 197 26 73 303 53 55 24 23 167 85 187 70 377 82 195 576 105 98 40 39 384 181 384 133 £ s. d. 60 0 0 81 0 0 189 10 4 573 8 10 148 0 0 £ s. d. 2,592 1 2 416 15 8 1,530 9 9 3,849 7 3 998 19 0 755 0 0 251 13 4 376 9 0 3,155 18 8 1,364 8 0 2,887 7 0 891 18 8 £ a. d. 2 2 0 £ s. d. 2,654 3 2 497 15 8 1,720 0 1 4,422 16 1 1,304 9 0 755 0 0 321 13 4 500 0 0 3,631 2 2 1,539 9 8 3,191 17 0 1,048 6 2 157 10 0 375 3 6 161 15 0 304 10 0 156 7 6 70 0 0 123 11 0 100 0 0 13 6 8 Totals for 1906 1905 61 59 160 137 1,331 1,509 1,263 1,363 2,594 2,872 2,049 15 2 19,070 7 6 466 9 8 21,586 12 4

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Table K1.—Staff, Attendance, Fees, and Salaries at Secondary Schools.*

The balance sheet (Table K2) shows that the finances of the Boards generally are on a sound basis. Except .in the matter of buildings, on which there is a large increase of expenditure, the various items, including the final credit balance, bear a close relation to those of the previous year. The income of the schools for 1906 from school fees, not including fees for boarding, amounted to £21,190; from rents and interest, £30,263 ; from endowments administered by the School Commissioners,

Staff. Attendance Quar for Last Term or •ter of 1908. m E ■<-• O Annual Bai ;esofFees. Sal ™f 0 ?' ites paid at Year. Schools. 6 3 '*? DC w O W CM Si J- ® eS O 3 3»' -go eg 0 u CD 3 z For Ordinary Day-school Course. * For Board, exclusive of Day-school Tuition. Begular Staff. Part-time Teachers. £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ s. d. £ s. d. Whangarei High School Auckland Grammar 1 School j Thames High School 3 20 3 ft::: ft::: (6... ?-.. "... 1<7... 15 9 150 92 14 23 16 11 24 11 173 98 10 8 31 33 "7 6 39 20 330 196 24 31 47 44 J- 8 8 0 f10 10 0 (880 j 8 8 0 [660 ( 10 10 0 (880 1 - .. 390 0 0 4,947 0 0 600 0 0 110 0 0 1 New Plymouth High 1 School ) " 1,095 0 0 19 0 0 •• Wanganui Girls' College 12 54 76 12 154 61 I 40 0 0: «1,300 0 0 (390 0 0 (and fees. tWanganui Collegiate 1 School J Palmerston North High) School I Wellington Boys' College Wellington Girls' College 12 6 3 I 6 " 6 29 26 31 89 131 60 30 180 15 1 2 15 178 87 63 290 138 12 0 0 1 10 0 0 45 0 0 1 b 2,900 0 0 «1,320 0 0 120 0 0 85 0 0 14 88 11 17 9 ( 11 17 9 '( 9 11 0 10 4 0 9 9 0 42 0 0 3,205 0 0 9 6 63 106 3 178 ) - 1,465 0 0 Napier Boys' High School Napier Girls' High School 7 6 » 7 6 48 39 21 10 25 22 53 37 11 17 27 26 4 5 112 87 32 27 54 51 28 13 40 0 0 40 0 0 "11,344 0 0 e1,010 0 0 76 11 7 Dannevirke High School Marlborough High School 2 (6 .. if16... {«■■■ 2 3 ' 'I I I 10 0 0 I 8 11 0 j 10 10 0 (880 j 10 10 0 (880 J 10 10 0 ( 7 10 0 f 12 12 0 (990 f 14 3 6 11 0 6 ( 7 17 6 j 9 9 0 j- 6 6 0 410 0 0 885 0 0 .. Nelson Boys' College Nelson Girls' College Christchurch Boys' High 1 School Christchurch Girls'High) School } fChrist's College Gram- 1 mar School f 8 11 1 10 14 72 66 74 91 67 108 14 8 13 178 151 209 55 36 I 40 0 01 [40 0 0' I - J ! - 45 0 0; 42 0 O! '1,715 0 0 s1,070 0 0 3,413 10 0 90 0 0 40 0 0 (185 0 0 { a,nd fees. 8 2 109 70 8 189 1,405 0 0 310 4 0 12 29 94 76 10 209 73 } h 3,255 0 0 231 15 0 Rangiora High School .. y IS::: { b ,:: 17 16 22 21 22 23 28 22 1 1 40 40 50 44 i 626 0 0 780 0 0 Ashburton High School.. 1 Timaru Boys' High ) School I Timaru Girls' High i School J 30 44 1 75 9 0 0 1,205 0 0 25 0 0 4 23 36 8 67 9 0 0 810 0 0 Waitaki Boys' High School 3 1 2 39 45 3 89 37 7 10 0 (49 4 0; I 42 18 0; } 835 0 0 9 0 0 Waitaki Girls' H'gh School Otago Boys' High School Otago Girls' High School 3 9 2 4 39 166 24 160 4 10 67 336 19 7 10 0 10 0 0 43 io 0' 520 0 0 12,802 10 0 90 0 0 208 0 0 (210 0 0 (and fees. 44 14 0 9 5 83 103 4 190 10 0 0 1,710 0 0 Southland Boys' High Sohool Southland Girls' High Sohool 5 2 76 69 4 149 10 0 0 J 1,184 0 0 66 75 2 143 10 0 0 835 0 0 34 10 4 Totals for 1906 .. 195 54 (6.62 117-36 (6.65 'i(/.44 1023 777 1064 712 1343 862 1243 767 100 67 95 70 2,528 1,742 2,467 1,593 548 43,037 0 0 12,278 14 11 Totals for 1905 .. 195 ,51 537 42,326 15 0 )2,337 4 0 * In six cases no secondary High School, Greymouth Hii>h funds are applied, in whole c secondary schools. 1 E Education Act, 1904." a Four assistants have boa £39 house allowance for secor has residence. f Headmaster residence. h Headmaster am ' school 1 Schoc or in p; Sndowe <1 is mai: ol, Hokit »art, to 1 ad schoc intaine itika H the es 10I of 1 pd by th ligh Sch -tal)lisln secondat ie gove 100I, A :iient ry edi srning b< ikaroa E of schol ucation ody: ligh larsl not these are th School, Waii lips or in aid coming with ie Auckland Girls' High Rch< mate High School; but in i of local district high scht lin the definition of sectior ool, Gisborne all cases the ools or other i 84 of " The ird. b id mas ■ and f d five i Seven ai ster; al Qve assi assistan bssistai lso her sistanti tits hai nts have admaste s have 1 ve reside ) boarc ar haB board ence. d. 0 Incl resident and ree i Headi ludi] ce, t side] ma si Qg £50 house md three as ice. g Princ ter has resid' ) allowance for headmaster. ;sistant masters have board jipal and five assistants ha 1 Lence. . d Including L e Principal ve board and

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£3,840 ; from Government payments (irrespective of building grants), £20,257. The principal items of expenditure were—for salaries, £47,457; and for buildings, &c, £34,802. Table K2.—Summary of the Accounts of Income and Expenditure for 1906 furnished by the Governing Bodies of Secondary Schools. Receipts. £ „_ $ Expenditure. £ B $ Credit balances on Ist January, 1906 .. 38,797 13 9 Liabilities on Ist January, 1906.. .. 480 3 4 Endowment reserves sold and mortgage Expenses of management .. .. 3,029 15 4 moneys repaid .. .. .. 1,534 10 8 -School salaries .. .. .. 47,457 11 10 Eenls of reserves .. .. .. 26,027 6 7 Boarding-school aoeounts .. .. 5,846 15 8 Interest on moneys invested .. .. 4,236 1 2 Examination expenses.. .. .. 299 12 2 Reserves Commissioners'payments .. 3,840 8 9 Soh< larships and prizes .. .. 2,032 10 2 Government payments— Printing, stationery, fuel, light, &c. .. 4,325 0 2 For technical instruction .. .. 665 3 10 Buildings, furniture, insuranoe, rent, and For free places .. .. .. 19,588 15 10 rates .. .. .. .. 34,802 611 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 89 12 0 Expenditure on endowments .. .. 3,152 14 1 Grants for buildings, sites, furniture, &o. 9,547 211 Interest .. .. .. .. 1,022 18 7 Statutory grant (Marlborough High Sundries not classified.. .. .. 4,227 11 11 School) .. .. .. 400 0 0 Credit balances, 31st December, 1906 .. 38,236 12 4 School fees (tuition) .. .. .. 21, 190 1-0 3 Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 6,669 9 3 Loans for buildings, sites, furniture, &o. 8,800 0 0 Books, &c, sold, and refunds .. .. 512 16 10 Sundries not classified.. .. .. 1,420 14 0 Debit balances, 31st December, 1906 .. 1,593 6 8 £144,913 12 6 £144,913 12 6

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2. FURTHER DETAILS RELATING TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

A. Number of Scholars Holding Scholarships and Free Places in Secondary Schools during the Last Term, 1906.

B. Net Income and Cost per Head of Roll.

2. FURTB :er details relating to secondai Y SCHCN )LS. A. Number o: ? Scholars holding Scholarships and Free Places in S: during the Last Term, 1906. 1CONDARY SO :ools Nui iber of Holders of Fret Places. •3 3 Scholi Holi irship lers. a§g •a w © . > > tc "hie a (1.) School. 39 gS ° 3§ Ju: iior. 3 5 u „o ■ t s 09 Totals. dl.) |«s otals. Annual a Rate of H 2 2 ! Capitation S | g, for the ~-2 « .„, (10.) Term. g^ <£' Grand . g, *• Total. a ■< (13.) Included amongst Freeplace Holders (Column 10). (14.) Not also Holders of Free Places. -tjiCM Q (8.) M. A. E Indowed Scho SCHOOLS^INCLUDE (1.) Providi CLUDE :d 1: N TI 3E~Eli e Plac ghth Schedule to tb Sche: IE Educa 1 LTION Al IT. 'rovidi ing Fret ;es under Section 87. ider S £ 520 3,715 366 456 5 99 2 13 Whangarei High Auckland Grammar Thames High New Plymouth High Palmerston North High Dannevirke High Napier High Marlborough High Nelson College .. Rangiora High .. Christohuroh Girls' High C h r i s to hu r 0 h Boys' High Ashburton High .. Timaru High WaitakrHigh .. Otago High Southland High .. 25 ! 3 46 169 12 2 17 ' 4 49 | 2 4 22 20 27 8 40 6 3 .. 14 169 .. 114 2 .. 15 4 .. 20 2 .. 37 4 .. 33 20 .. 36 8 .. 32 6 .. 62 2 .. 52 7 .. 62 14 114 15 5 32 3 7 10 5 8 8 27 4 11 5 76 2 9 22 8 28 13 52 17 24 33 262 15 30 67 30 66 46 101 39 £ s. d. 19 52 10 0 0 175 437 8 10 0 19 34 10 15 0 27 57 8 0 0 53 120 10 15 0 20 50 10 15 0 48 114 6 10 0 42 88 9 5 0 86 187 10 15 0 36 75 10 15 0 150 150 9 5 0 1,290 538 741 824 2,010 806 1,388 6 4 27 10 32 4 32 5 6 1 23 '32 ±6 10 12 2 11 2 46 j 7 2 "2 • • I 46 £46 .. 2 20 68 68 6 0 0 408 15 1 28 ; 7 46 ; 4 2 j 11 163 ] 35 46 ! 26 (i 7 .. 20 4 .. 28 11 .. 75 35 .. 165 26 ' .. Ill 6 8 9 6 10 17 32 10 96 42 39 64 53 289 122 39 78 8 10 0 54 118! 6 0 0 54 107' 8 0 0 176 465| 8 10 0 113 235 1 8 10 0 663) 708 856 3,953 1,998 : 7 22 13 65 33 12 2 7 i2 5 Wanganui Girls' College Wellington Colleges (ii.) Not prow, idin ig f 'ree P laces under Section 8/ t 3 23 V •■ i i 31 52 Wanganui Collegi- I ate Sohool Christ's College .. B. Endo Endowed School IT :NCLur jed in the Eighth S< 3HEDULE. 5 6 356 .. 878| 1,lllls,485 8 17 4f 40 14 Totals .. ! i 569 356 i 159 473 1,324 £21,240 i 389 I 130 205 * Undei r regulations in >ree prii >r ti October, 1905. t.VIeai a rate. B . Net Inc< JOST PI is Head c if Roll. IME an: School. . ® •S5a §.sa g P • B: . J a "oV°a ■* a a & OouQ ID ' CD iS»S o w i< s » 2 a o S 0"a H O f-l Total Ex] for . Denditure 1906. Netlucome from Endowments per Head of Eoll. Cosi For Salaries of School Staff. t per Heai For Managemeut. On Salaries of School Staff. On Management and Office Expenses. Total. rVhangarei High Sohool Auckland Grammar School Phames High Sohool tfew Plymouth High School iVanganui Girls' College iVangariui Collegiate .school Palmerston North High School .. Wellington College (Boys' and Girls') tfapier High Schools dannevirke High Sohools ifarlborough High Sohool kelson College (Boys' and Girls') Jangiora High School .. Jhristohurch Boys' High School .. Jhristchuroh Girls' High Sohool.. ;hrist's_College Grammar School Lshburton HighJSchool .. ?imaru Vaitaki High Sohool Hago High Sohools louthland High Sohools 13 21 59 513 55 91 133 178 150 449 £ 121 2,478 291 540 256 £ 446 4,873 684 1,133 1,854 2,847 1,743 4,884 £ 27 535 26 74 197 138 150 239 £ 2-05 483 5-29 5-93 1-92 £ 7-55 9-50 12-44 12 45 13-94 1599 11-62 10-88 £ 0-46 1-04 0-47 0-81 1-48 0-78 100 0-53 £ 8-01 10-54 12-91 13-26 15-42 16-77 12-62 11-41 19 "76 1.197 6 51 2-67 2!) 37 23 170 59 105 292 80 186 189 183 94 142 153 526 292 1,161 86 297 18 2,991 405 2,015 401 883 3,268 657 3,670 1,815 3,185 780 2,060 1,695 4,882 2,207 139 4 40 234 8 100 60 259 42 94 124 327 141 6-83 1-46 2-83 0-23 16-08 2-14 11-85 6-80 8-41 11-19 8-21 19-73 9-60 17-40 8-30 14-51 11-08 928 7-56 0-82 0-07 0-38 0-80 0-10 0-54 032 1-42 0-45 0-66 0-81 0-62 0-48 12-67 6-87 8-79 11-99 8-31 20-27 9-92 18-82 8-75 15-17 11-89 9-90 8-04 26 0-44 9-40 4-07 3-64 1-52 3 41 1,335 622 1,918 443 Totals for 1906 Totals for 1905 171 187 4,099 3,873 14,276 14,489 45,982 45,817 2,958 3,045 348 3-74 11-22 11-83 0-72 0-79 11-94 12-62

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C. Income of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1906.

From Endowments. From Government. Boardingschool Fees. Stationery and Books sold, and Befunds. Cr. Balances on 1st Jan., 1906. Sales and Mortgage Moneys repaid. Bents. School Fees. Sundries unclassified. Dr. Balances, 31st Dec, 1906. Totals. Schools. Interest on Moneys invested. Paid by School Commissioners. For i Capitation Technical : for Instruction. Free Places. £ s. d. 34 15 2 2,565 0 4 10,163 14 8 360 10 1 419 7 11 2,316 7 0 £ s. d. 255 0 0 £ s. d. 83 0 0 4,851 2 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. 71 10 0 413 10 0 £ s. d. 35 4 9 £ s. d. 524 3 4 2,644 18 4 £ s. d. 113 8 0 1,104 8 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3 13 1 3 0 0 £ s. d. *932 16 6 65 6 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,053 10 10 11,893 9 10 10,989 8 2 1.989 13 2 2,123 0 2 7,358 5 0 4,695 12 6 2.990 18 0 10,277 5 4 7,944 4 1 916 1 9 4,139 7 10 2,185 8 10 23,870 19 4 1,528 12 10 1,697 5 3 972 19 3 5,479 2 10 2,200 19 4 6,310 16 10 477 17 7 2,647 13 10 5,832 11 2 2,757 15 10 3,409 0 8 7,375 13 5 10,795 18 10 Whangarei High School Auckland Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School .. Thames High School New Plymouth High School .. Wanganui Girls' College Wanganui Collegiate School .. Palmerston North High School Wellington College Napier High Schools Dannevirke High Schools Gisborne High School Marlborough High School Nelson College Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Rangiora High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar School Akaroa High Sohool Ashburton High School Timaru High School.' Waimate High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools Southland High Schools 363 3 11 1,918 14 5 4,276 19 9 3,025 6 11 808 11 10 2,312 10 9 1,344 1 6 1,427 0 3 41 1 9 204 1 0 14 2 4 425 13 6 36 14 3 214 ±2 1 590 9 3 698 10 0 418 9 8 1,350 7 11 2,739 2 9 1,180 7 6 150 0 0 6 0 0 866 6 0 10 10 0 64 0 0 189 6 4 3,659 2 11 288 7 2 689 16 2 304 12 0 819 8 7 1,862 10 4 246 16 9 1,386 5 4 2,208 18 4 1,363 16 11 26,027 6 7 246 4 0 400 0 0 1 16 1 14 11 6 80 0 0 5210 0 160 2 6 151 0 9 17 15 0 319 14 11 73 18 10 66 5 0 35 10 0 200 0 0 97 10 0 127 4 6 375 5 6, 621 11 4 155 6 7 404 5 5 12 0 0 290 0 0 100 2 6 100 0 0 28 7 7 9 5 0 113 ii 8 30 15 0 3 9 0 49 10 3 12 15 0 53 5 0 307 11 8 516 0 0 l,304'i5 10 916 i6 8 545 10 0 775 9 2 1,908 2 6 78 8 0 212 3 3 2,101 3 10 2,594 3 6 489 0 11 5,184 9 6 601 15 5 18 13 4 126 0 0 1,888 11 10 - 2,286 12 9 578 0 0 3,804 16 6 .. 18 13 7 142 7 11 25 0 0 0 2 4 2 19 9 •• I 1587 0 6 25 13 3 30 3 2 45 6 0 }593 1 2 7 3 2 13 8 0 §193 2 10 334 4 6 ||426 15 6 1T12,210 0 0 .. •• •• 127 15 1 " .. 40 0 0 686 4 2 228 10 0 1,119 5 0 55 2 6 1,352 19 9 398 19 0 2,956 6 9 1 4 6J 5 10 0 13 4 2 181 17 7 2,153 1 8 .. 15 15 0 44 13 1 1614 3 45 17 10 137 0 11 315 14 5 150 0 0 173 5 7 90 0 35 i5 0 87 12 6 693 0 0 776 6 8 77 14 0 164 0 0 •• l,012'i6 3 2,806 18 0 2,093 19 7 31 6 5 320 4 4 1,776 10 3 112 13 4 108 16 0 •• 22 10 4 306 18 6 181 9 5 360 10 9 294 12 9 - 848 15 0 3,562 11 8 2,230 15 10 436 15 0 750 12 2 485 15 0 1 5 0 302 3 6 13 11 8 222 6 0 34 15 5 "4,450 0 0 20,257 8 11 66 2 4 25 0 0 819 3 73 10 7 49 7 6 95 17 6 38,797 13 9 1,534 10 8 4,236 1 2 3,840 8 9 665 3 10 6,669 9 3 512 16 10 1,593 6 8 144,913 12 6 Totals 19,588 15 10 21,190 10 3 *wi,„iin,>anvAr„ir,«nt. ; ra.nt £895 for site building furniture *c. t Including Government grant, £550, for site, building, furniture, &c. J Including Government grant, £4C» 0s Id., for building, fur. iture, 4c. § Government! JrSftforTte binding? furniture, &c § ' |! Including Government annual grant, £400. 1! Including Government grant, £5,000, for sites, buildings, furniture, Ac. and loan, £7.000, for building purposes. *♦ Including Government grant, £2,5l0, for sites, building, furniture, etc., and loan, £1,800, for building purposes.

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D. Expenditure of certain Secondary Schools for the Year 1906.

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Schools. Expense of Liabilities Boards' ou Managelst Jan., 1906. ment: Office and Salaries. School Salaries. Boardingschool" Account. Examiners' Fees and Expenses. Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes. Printing, Land, Stationery, . Buildings, Advertising, ! Furniture, Cleaning, Insurance, Fuel, Light, ! Bent, &c. Bates. Expenditure Cr. t, "? n Interest i Sundries : Balances, Endow- -"".eiesi. | unclassifledi :u st Dec, 1906. ments. Totals. Whangarei High School Auckland Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School .. Thames High School.. New Plymouth High School .. Wanganui Girls' College Wanganui Collegiate School .. Palmerston North High School Wellington College Napier High Schools.. Dannevirke High School Gisborne High Schools Marlborough High School Nelson College Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Bangiora High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Christ's College Grammar School Akaroa High School Ashburton High School Timaru High Schools Waimate High School Waitaki High Schools Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ s. d. •• •• 152 4 3 -- . £ s. d. £ s. d.l 26 18 0 : 445 16 5 535 9 7' 5,003 15 2 1 10 0 26 0 0 683 13 0 74 7 10 1,133 8 0 197 7 9 1,919 12 0 i 137 10 8 2,846 15 7 150 9 o: 1,742 16 6 238 11 10, 5,099 18 9 139 9 7 2,243 4 10 3 16 7 401 5 0 6 3 llj 40 0 0 883 6 8 234 6 1 3,557 13 3 26 17 8 17 8 0 7 18 2 057 6 0 100 0 0 3,818 17 0: 60 0 0! 1,815 6 0 258 17 9 3,580 5 0 0 11 0 42 6 5 780 0 0 94 6 2 2,059 13 7 17 17 1 124 2 1 1,695 3 9 326 18 7 4,882 7 0| 140 17 o! 2,207 8 4 J3.029 15 4J47,457 11 10/ . £ s. d. 1 I .. -I J •2,145 15 4 - j - 18,651 0 4 £ s. d.| £ s. d. 6 18 6 33 12 6 2 2 0 24 0 5 20 9 6 55 10 10 10 10 0 11 17 7 176 7 2 86 2 7 106 13 0 5 0 0 7 16, 47 19 0 54 2 0 4 4 0 473 17 11 £ s. d.j 45 3 3! 299 16 l| 36 13 6 93 6 6 301 6 2 240 1 2 105 5 9 672 17 11 289 2 3 29 17 5 20 9 0 82 18 6 341 3 6 £ s. d.j 910 18 9l 1,598 7 5j 1,049 14 4 83 16 9 772 8 11 1,235 7 6 573 16 0 2,814 0 3 1,023 16 6 402 2 9 87 13 2 47 8 10 15,095 10 3 £ s. d. £ s. d.j 400 0 0 712 10 8 413 0 3 216 18 0 78 1 9i 1 11 0 19 12 Oi 0 3 0 2 0 6 112 3 6 !! ' ' .. -. 0 2 6 266 7 0 151 2 10 £ s. d. £ s. d.| £ s. d. 217 15 ll 1 2,053 10 10 1,569 19 6 1,726 18 8 11,893 9 10 400 0 010,371 0 2 10,989 8 2 26 6 7 85 11 0 1,989 13 2 18 18 0, 675 7 8 2,123 0 2 44 10 81 1,901 3 10 7,358 5 0 81 12 HI .. ! 4,695 12 6 20 3 0 376 0 2 2,990 18 0 146 14 4 930 9 0; 10,277 5 4 37 14 8 4,104 3 3 7,944 4 1 74 0 0, 916 1 9 556 15 9 3,413 5 61 4,139 7 10 7 17 2 1,069 13 2 2,185 8 10 77 2 4 18 11 lOi 23,870 19 4 160 10 0 1,341 5 7 1,528 12 10 130 0 0 1,510 15 5 1,697 5 3 0 18 0 161 15 9 972 19 3 135 2 9 615 4 7 5,479 2 10 30 11 2 .. 2,200 19 4 251 12 5 .. 6,310 16 10 108 0 0 360 12 7 477 17 7 69 9 5 .. 2,647 13 10 75 14 0 2,186 17 10 5,832 11 2 100 8 8 2,480 13 6 2,757 15 10 17 12 9 614 4 11 3,409 0 8 144 19 5 761 13 1 7,375 13 5 14 18 6 3,239 8 11 10,795 18 10 I I 110 1 2 217 17 11 ,j ■• '! i j 50 0 0 ■ 3 13 9 14 15 6 51 7 9 13 3 6 106 18 10 50 19 0 686 12 2 2 15 0 13 17 6 78 12 2 95 14 0 11 7 6 31 16 7 41 0 V 1 16 0 34 19 11 198 15 7 76 0 11 293 15 6 5 19 0 66 8 0 169 11 8 43 15 7 151 5 3 511 0 5 213 11 4 37 10 10 106 6 8 231 15 0 42 0 3 262 8 10 1,422 3 7 1,115 15 11 0 10 113 4 8 200 0 0 6 18 8 788 5 0 28 0 0 35 11 0 51 19 10 18 19 6 0 7 6 333 12 Oi 34 1 6 157 10 0 33 9 0 •• - 461 12 5 525 6 10 4,902 5 2 . ! .. Totals I- •■ I 480 3 4i J5,846 15 8 299 12 2'2,032 10 2 4,325 0 2,34,802 6 11 3,152 14 1 1,022 18 7 • 4,227 31 11: 38,236 12 4 ! 144,913 12

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E. Lower Departments of Schools.

F. List of Secondary Schools incorporated or endowed.

Name of School. Number of Pupils. Proportion of Annual Rate of Salary of Teachers. Total Pees received for Year. Auckland Grammar School Wanganui Girls' College Wellington College (boys) Wellington College (girls) Napier High School (boys) Napier High School (girls) Nelson College (boys) Nelson College (girls) Christchurch Boys' High School ... Christ's College Grammar School... Waitaki High Schools (boys) Totals 13 21 12 7 15 14 10 27 23 26 3 171 £ s. d. 130 10 0 65 6 8 118 0 0 100 0 0 103 6 8 125 0 0 150 0 0 139 4 0 148 10 0 395 0 0 120 0 0 £ s. 86 2 200 4 105 2 47 15 119 9 127 1 98 0 216 8 148 10 254 8 d. 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 1,594 17 4 1,402 19 8

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 1905. 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 .. TNil] Board identical with Education Board. Endowment, Reg. I, fol. 52. See also D.-16, 1866, p. 9. Scheme of control, Gazette, 1904, Vol. i, p. 903. Palmerston North High School Wellington College and Girls' High School Dannevirke High School Napier High Schools Gisborne High School Marlborough High Sohool Nelson College 1904, No. 20, section 88 1887, No. 17, Local. 1904, No. 20, section 88 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 .. 1881, No. 15, Local. 1878, No. 30, Local .. [Nil] Scheme of control, Gazette, 1905, Vol. ii, p. 2, 407. Not in operation in 1905. Board identical with Education Board. Greymouth High School Hokitika High School Rangiora High School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Not in operation in 1905. Not in operation in 1905. Under management of Canterbury College. Under management of Canterbury College Endowment, Gazette, 1878, Vol. i, p. 131. A department of Christ's College, Canterbury. Christ's College Grammar 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 Canterbury Ordinance, 1855 1881, No. 16, Local .. 1878, No. 49, Local. 1878, No. 26, Local. 1883, No. 19, Local .. 1878, No. 18, Local. 1877, No. 52, Local. 1877, No. 82, Local. Not in operation in 1905. Not in operation in 1905.

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3. FURTHER DETAILS RELATING TO SECONDARY DEPARTMENTS OF DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS.

Staff and Pupils of Secondary Departments of District High Schools at 31st Decembeh, 1906.

Note.—In the colui " A " Assistant in the Se mn for " Position on Staff," (4), " M " ai icondary Department. "F" distinguish Sex, "H" means Head of a School, and . Annual Bates of Salary paid bv Govern- w „_k_ „ f t,„„,-, 4 ment at 31st December, 1906. Number of Pupils. 1 2 3 Num ler of School. Name of Teacher. Classification or Degree. Position on Stall'. ° n ... ..►S'S Additions to 5 ~ ru > *j*p Additions to v Salary under s '£5% Seciion82(»)ol SP'Sfl Act. 7 8 9 ■fotr t'Ss Auditions to tt ' «««'S- Salary under [ Total. M. P. Total. Total. M. P. Auckland— Aratapu .. Cambridge Coromandel Hamilton West Normal Onehunga.. Hockin, Harry Lewis, Percy G. .. Walker, William R. C, Kenny, Arthur A. Tanner, Thomas B. Gatland, Alfred H. Worsley, William H. Wilson, Ebenezer Robertson, May B. Cousins, Herbert G. Shrewsbury, Elsie Mcintosh, William N. Winter, Nathaniel A. Patterson, Florence I, Munro, Agnes S. .. Murphy, Francis Meredith, Charles Algie, Ronald Flavell, Dennis R. Roberts, William P. Benge, Alfred Large, George E. .. Dl Lie. B.A., Bl D2 Dl D2 Dl M.A., A2 B.A. M.A., Al M.A., Al Dl B.A., Bl M.A., Lie. Lie. Dl 03 H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. H M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. £ 30 180 30 180 20 150 40 190 125 40 200 55 230 165 135 40 190 125 30 180 30 180 £ s. d. 90 0 0 £ s. d. 30 0 0 180 0 0 80 0 0 180 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0* 200 0 0 55 0 0 320 0 0 165 0 0 135 0 0 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 30 0 0180 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 M 10 45 10 '23 : 6 ) 10 i : 21 ) 8 ) 31 ) 'i'7 i 55 20 '44 •13 60 27 100 Paeroa 31 22 53 Pukekohe West D2 D3 Dl D2 ii 17 28 Waihi 16 i 16 82 Taranaki— Stratford .. Tyrer, Florence A. R. Gatland, Arthur .. Urquhart, Edith .. Dl B.A. B.A. H.M. A.M. A.F. 45 200 135 45 0 0 200 0 0 135 0 0 56 26 82 ' * ' * Wanganui— Eltham .. Thomas, Taliesin Chorlton, Arthur F. T. Hill, John D. C. Amos, William H. N. Browne, Robert H. S. Strack, Conrad A. Niven, James Poynter, Zoe E. .. Mossman, Edwin.. Wilkes, Frederick J. Baron, Alice M. M. Aitken, James Rutherford, John R. Blair, Jeanie G. .. Dl 04 CI 02 D3 Dl M.A., A2 B3 CI M.A., B3 M.A., B3 B.A., Bl M.A., Al B.A., B3 H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. 30 180 30 180 125 40 190 125 40 190 125 40 190 125 io"o 0 io o o 10 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0125 0 0 10 5 15 Feilding .. 17 13 '30 Hawera .. *28 30 58 Marton 24 12 36 Wanganui '43 13 '56 Wellington— Carterton .. Burns, Andrew N. Talbot, Arthur E. Hogg, Ellen C. .. Parkinson, Henry A. Cromie, George .. Yeats, Duncan M. Lyne, Christopher J. Livingstone, Fanny R. Mclntyre, James Harding, Albert J. Tasker, Annie H. .. Jackson, William H. Charters, Alex. B. Williams, Ethel .. McLandress, Isabella Gill, Thomas H. .. Low, Benjamin H. Rowley, Elizabeth M. Rigg, Maude M. .. Webb, James C. .. Caughley, John .. Thomas. Joseph .. Wedde, Elizabeth F. Avery, Rose E. Home, James Lynskey, James H. Myers, Phoebe B.A., Bl M.A., D2 E4 M.A., Bl B.A., B2 Dl B.A. B.A. Dl 03 B.A.,B4 Dl B.A., B2 B.A., B2 'M.A.,B2 M,A.,LTj.B,Bl B.A.,B1 M.A., Al M.A. B.A., Bl M.A,, Bl CI B.A., B3 B.A., B3 Dl CI B.A., B2 H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. A.F. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.F. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. 40 190 125 40 190 40 190 125 30 180 125 50 220 165 135 45 200 135 135 40 280 40 190 125 45 200 135 10 0 0 26 'o 0 15*'o 0 40 0 0 15 0 0 I 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 125 0 0 50 0 0 246 0 0 165 0 0 135 0 0 45 0 0 200 0 0 - 150 0 0 135 0 0 40 0 0* 280 0 0* 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 45 0 0 240 0 0 150 0 0 31 25 56 Greytown .. 'is 19 31 Hutt 'i 9 j 22 41 Levin 'l9 'ii 30 '" 1 MaBterton.. 43 49 92 Newtown .. 35 40 - 75 Normal " 13 ''20 33 Pahiatua .. 'l8 23 41 Petone 44 49 93 ■• I * Amon; its included also in Talili Xo. 8, i-l.

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Staff and Pupils of Secondary Departments of District High Schools at 31st December, 1906.—contd.

3 4 Annual Bates of Sal Government at 31st D lary paid by lecember, 1906. Nnml ter of 'npils. 1 2 School. Name of Teacher. Classiiication or Degree Position on Staff. I 5 c3i>S = a *o 2 5 a£s} M ocn 6 Addition to Salary under Seclion 82 («) of Act. 7 8 9 10 Total. M. F. 1 Total. Wellington — 'continued. Terrace £ 50 220 165 135 £ s. d. £ s. d. 50 0 0 240 0 0 165 0 0 135 0 0 39 45 84 MacMorran, George King, F.us'ace' Wilson, Marion K. Roberts, Florence G. Dl M.A.,B.Sc.Bl M.A., A2 B.A., C2 H.M. A.M. A.F. A.F. 20 0 0 Hawke's Bay— Gisborne Rowley, F. J. Kinder, John Gow, Harriet Smi'h, John A. Pegler, Leonard F. King, Esther A. .. Stevenson, Andrew Hodgson, Ruth J. B.A., Bl B.A., B2 M.A., A3 B.A..B1 Cl M.A. Dl D3 H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.F. 40 190 125 45 200 135 30 180 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 45 0 0 273 7 6 135 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 17 26 9 12 29 Hastings 73 7 6 '28 54 Woodville 1 is 22 Nelson— Motueka Harris, T. A. Stoddarr, Franci s Haikncss, J. H. .. Ainsworth, Emma F. Neve, Frederick Gifiord, Arthur J. McElwee, Marion E. M.A., Al B.A.. B3 B.A., Bl B.A., B2 M.A., Bl M.A., A2 D4 (prov.) H.M. A.F. H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. 20 150 20 150 40 190 125 20 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 175 0 0 40 0 0 225 0 0 125 0 0 6 11 26 i 12j .i IS Reefton ::J '20 25 0 0 ; '34 Westport 00 35 0 0 Grey— Greymouth Adams, Allan A. .. Wood, Robert T. .. Thompson, Marion Dl B.A., Bl D2 H.M. A.M. A.F. 1 30 180 125 30 0 0 180 0 0 125 0 0 16 i 24 40 Westland — Hokitika Wake, Hugh G. .. Wither George B. Olliver, Margaret, F. L. B.A., Bl B.A., B4 M.A.,B.Sc, H.M. A.M. A.F. 40 190 125 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 16 > 23' I 39 North Canterbury— Akaroa Nicholls, Alfred .. Gray, Alexander Alley, Frederick J. Hardey, Mary I. .. Hardie, Charles D. Waller, Frank D. .. Irwin, James Chaplin, Emily A. Malcolm, Thornton G. Smith, Rose M. .. Penlington, Benjamin Williams, Florence W. A. .. Bean, William D. Mayne, Arthur J. .. Cr okson, Arthur .. Gibton.G. F. Just, Emile U. .. Burley, William E. Osborn, Mabel E. .. Aschman, C. T. .. Mcllraith, James, W. Gates, Thomas A. Hicks, Charles HassaH, Edith G. Dl B.A., Al Cl C5 B.A., Bl B.A., Bl Cl B.A., B2 Cl C2 Dl D5 Cl M.A., B2 Dl M.A. Dl B.A., B3 B4 Cl C2 Dl Cl B.A. H.M. A.M. H.M. A'F. H.M. A.M. A.M. A.F. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.F. 30 180 20 150 60 240 190 165 150 135 20 150 30 180 20 150 45 200 135 40 250 40 190 125 30 0 0 180 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 00 0 0 315 19 0 190 0 0 206 16 0 211 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 45 0 0 235 0 0 135 0 0 40 0 0* 250 0 0 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 16 "7 ioi "8 17 10 22 19 i7 ! 12 ! 28 Amberley ' 11 19 Christchurch West 69j I 170 75 19 0 41 16 0 01 0 0 15 0 0 Darfield i "8 i '16 Kaiapoi j 13 i '30 Lincoln i is 1 '23 Lyttelton 35 6 0 i io ) 32 Normal 3 io 1 29 Southbridge 1 '21 I 38 South Canterbury— Geraldine Montgomery, J. R. Campbell, Eliza Thomas. William Irwin, Major George McLeod, Murdoch McCaskill, Donald Reid, Jessie B. .. Pitcaithly, George Laing, Thomas M. M. Park, George J. .. M.A., Bl M.A., A3 B.A., B2 D3 B.A., Bl B.A.,B1 B.A., B4 B.A., Bl B.A., B2 D4 H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.M. 20 150 30 180 40 190 125 45 200 135 20 0 0 150 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 87 1 0 225 5 0 125 0 0 180 18 8 231 3 4 135 0 0 ' I 5 19 26 '46 5 11 I 16 Pleasant Point 3 '±5 5 '34 Temuka 47 1 0 35 5 0 3 21 1 47 Waimate 135 18 8 31 3 4 5 '38 3 *84 Otago— Balclutha McElrea, William Munro, William F. J. McGregor, Isabella Allan, Mary K.f .. Patterson, T. A. .. McGregor, Charlotte E. Stenhouse, John Btrucban, Jamt s E. Palerson, Janrt .. • .. Di-rton, Henry 8.f Fi wltr, Jane B.f Pit dor, Edwatd Urquhart, Henry R. B.E., Bl M.A., B3 C4 El M.A., Bl M.A., A3 01 B.A., B8 M.A., Bl Dl El M.A., Al C3 H.M. A.M. A.F. t H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. A.F. i t H.M. A.M. 40 190 125 23 5 6 63 5 6 190 0 0 125 0 0 13 9 6f 20 0 0 150 0 0 152 2 1 200 0 0 135 0 0 81 6 6f 38 3 5+ 36 19 0 ISO 0 0 29 i7 40 19 9 14 4 43 Hampden 13 "9 6 7 "6 5 23 Lawrence 20 150 45 200! 185 107"2 1 0 '27 7 *67 Mosgiel "30 180 81 6 6 38 3 5 6 19 0 9 'is 3 32 in Table No. R, F.-1. I Assists ite on he prim try staffs who receive additions to salary under section 82 (e) of th Act. * Amounts included also

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Staff and Pupils of Secondary Department of District High Schools at 31st December, 1906— contd.

4 Annual Bates of Salary pai at 31st Decembf id by Government jr, 1906. Number of 'upils. 1 2 School. Name of Teacher. Classification or Degree. Position on Staff. 5 s " ODD 6 Additions to Salary under Section 82 (e) of Act. 7 Total. 8 M. 9 V. 10 Total. Otago— continued. Naseby Normal Palmerston Port Chalmers Tapanui .. Tokcmairiro .. Malcolm, Jas. P. Will, Louisa .. Marshall, Angus .. Hardy, James W. McArthur, Grace A. .. Ferguscn, Daniel Cox, Annie .. Rennie, James Rodger, William ., Gray, James H.f Orkney, Eva M.f .. Eudey, Walter .. Johnson, Alfred G. .. Graham, Walter B. Ferguson, Albert J. Dare, Olive J. M. Coutts, T. R, W.f McLaren, Marjf Dl B.A., B3 B.A., Bl Dl Cl M.A.. Bl M.A., A5 B.A., Bl C3 B.A., Bl Cl Cl B.Sc. Cl M.A., B2 C3 B.A., Bl El H.M. A.F. HM. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. 1 t H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.F. t t £ 20 150 40 200 135 20 150 30 180 £ s. d. 818 0 24 10 0 11 0 0 31 0 0 £ s. d. 20 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0* 200 0 0 135 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 38 18 0 180 0 0 24 10 Of 11 0 0t 51 0 0 150 0 0 40 0 0 190 0 0 125 0 0 32 16 Of 13 18 Of 9 '33 "5 *18 15 41 i2 22 24 '74 'i7 40 20 150 40 190 125 'l2 'is 13 '24 25 39 32'l6 0 13 18 0 Southland — Arrow J Gore Lumsden§ Riverton .. Winton .. Orr, James Mehaffey, Maurice W. .. Golding, Jonathan Brunton, John .. Sinclair, Agnes .. .. Clark, William H. Wild, Cyril T. .. .. Hewat, Ebenezer C. Hamilton, Janet A. .. Hutchinson, James B. Budd, Alice M. .. Dl H.M. A.M. H.M. A.M. A.F. H.M. A.M. H.M. A.F. H.M. A.F. 20 150 45 200 135 20 150 20 150 20 150 20 0 0 150 0 0 45 0 0 212 10 0 135 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 7 11 18 B.A., Bl B.A., B2 C4 B.A., Bl B.A., B4 B.A., Bl D2 Cl M.A. '34 30 64 12 io 0 io "7 "vi "7 'i2 19 "5 io 15 1,263 2,594 J18.485 1,262 14 6 19,747 14 6 1,331 ' m * Amounts included also i: t Secoi 1 Table No. 8, B-l. I AsBistal idary department opened 37th Nc its on the primi jvember, 1906. Lry staffi If* 1 who rei scondary :eive additions to department open salary under sectit ed 1st March, 1906. in 82 (, i) of tb. Act.

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4. EEPOETS OF GOVERNING BODIES.

WHANGAREI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. Roger Lupton, Miss A. L. Gavey, and Miss A. L. M. Woolley. 1. Woek or the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— English—Nesfield's Grammar, Past and Present; Shakespeare, Julius Cassar; Chaucer, Prologue; English Composition and Essays. Latin—Ovid's Tristia, Book I; Caesar', Gallic War, V; Cicero, De Senectute ; Maidment's Unseens ; Allcroft's Composition; Tutorial Latin Grammar. French—Monte Cristo; Fasnacht's Exercises ; Weekley's Prose Exercises. Mathematics—Geometry, as for University Junior Scholarship ; trigonometry, Hall and Knight, chapters 1 to 17 ; algebra, Hall and Knight, to end of progressions in larger book ; arithmetic, all. Mechanics—Bryan and Briggs. Heat—Stewart's, chapters Ito 11. History—Stuart period. Manual—First year's woodwork, City and Guilds' syllabus (boys); cookery (girls). Lowest.— English—"West's Grammar, chapters 21 to end; Wood's Composition, Book VII; Cowper's Task, Book V ; Temple Eeader, dictation and essays. History—General introduction, with English history to end of Peasants' Eevolt. Latin—Ora Maritima. French—Siepmann's First Year. Mathematics—Geometry, Baker and Bourne, Book I; algebra, Hall and Knight, to simultaneous equations; arithmetic, general revision, short methods. Physiology — Murche's Elementary. Drawing—Freehand ; brush from nature ; geometrical. Book-keeping—Thornton's First Lessons. Manual—First year's woodwork, City and Guilds' syllabus (boys); cookery (girls). 2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ a. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 34 15 2 ! Office salary .. .. .. . 23 18 0 Government grant for sites, building, furni- | Other office expenses .. .. .. 30 0 ture, &o. .. .. .. .. 895 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 445 16 5 Government capitation— Prizes .... 618 6 For free places.. .. .. .. 524 3 4 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 29 4 0 Under Manual and Technical Instruction I Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 15 19 3 Regulations .. .. .. .. 35 4 9 Government grant for site, buildings, furniEndowments— j ture, &c. .. .. .. . 855 3 7 Price of reserves sold .. .. .. 255 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c).. .. 410 2 Current income from reserves .. .. 83 0 0 Endowments—Site .. .. .. 400 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 71 10 0 Rent, school building and land .. .. 51 5 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 113 8 0 Balance at end of year.. .. .. ..217 15 11 Voluntary contribution—General purposes of the school .. .. .. .. 37 16 6 Refund account overpaid .. .. .. 313 1 £2,053 10 10 £2,053 10 10 J. M. Killen, Chairman. J. McKinnon, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

AUCKLAND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s d Balance at beginning of year .. .. 10,163 14 8 Bank charges for commission and safe Endowments— security of debentures .. .. 110 0 Price of timber sold .. .. .. 425 13 6 Rates to Hobson County Council .. 57 6 0 Interest on moneys invested .. .. 400 0 0 Fencing .. .. .. .. 159 12 0 Auckland Grammar School—lnterest paid over .. .. .. .. 400 0 0 Balance at end of year— On mortgage .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 In debentures .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 On current acoount .. ' .. .. 371 0 2 £10,989 8 2 £10,989 8 2 L. J. Bagnall, Chairman. Vincent E. Eice, Secretary and Treasurer.

AUCKLAND GEAMMAE SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. W. Tibbs, M.A. ; Mr. W. J. Morrell, M.A.; Mr. F. Heaton, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. J. P. Sloman, B.A. ;Mr 3. G. Trevithick, N.A.; Mr. J. H. Turner, M.A. ; Mr. H. J. D. Mahon, 8.A.; Mr. J. Drurnmond, M.A. ; 'Rev. J. King Davis, M.A. ; Mr. P. Drammond, 8.A.; Mr. C. J. A. Griffin, M.A., B.Sc. ; Mr. F. P. Worley, M.A., M.Sc.; Mr. E. H. Severne, B.A. ; Miss E. G. Wallace ; Miss A. 0. Morrison, M.A. ; Miss N. Pickrn. M.A.; Miss B. Blades ; Miss F. V. J. Jacobsen, M.A. ; Miss E. M. Griffin, M.A. ; Miss M. A. Dive, 8.A.; Mr. Kenneth Watkins ; Mr] F. Potter.

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1. Report of the Boaed op Governoes. The School. —There were 364 boys and 230 girls in the school at the beginning of the year, of whom 281 boys and 192 girls held free places under the regulations, the capitation being £8 10s. The Board was compelled to continue to rent St. Paul's Schoolroom for another year to accommodate about half of the girls, and will continue to do so until the erection of the new Girls' Grammar School at Howe Street. "The Auckland Girls' Grammar School Act, 1906," vests this site, containing 3 acres, in this Board, as well as all the endowments and moneys held by the Board of Education for the Girls' High School. The new Girls' Grammar School, which was originally estimated at £5,000, will cost some £16,000, and will be ready for the first term of 1908. The site affords a very fine view of the Waitemata Harbour, but through the great fall in the ground the Board will have to spend some £2,000 to £3,000 in the basement of the buildiug. The Board has secured as headmistress of the Girls' Grammar School Miss A. W. Whitelaw, M.A., who, being originally an Auckland Grammar School girl, received her university education at Girton College of Cambridge University, and her M.A. degree at the Dublin University. Miss Whitelaw was engaged by the Board last June, and is expected to arrive in Auckland in January, 1907. Distinctions. —Five pupils of the school (four boys and one girl) gained University Junior Scholarships :of these, A. G. Marshall was first on the list. Eleven others passed the examination " with credit." Twenty-six passed the Matriculation and two the Medical Preliminary Examination. Twenty-seven passed the Civil Service Junior Examination. The usual distribution of prizes was made in the Choral Hall on the 20th December, 1906, by the Chairman. Ninety-two prizes were given, among which were two for English essays given by Mr. J. P. Hooton in memory of his son, a former pupil of the school, and two by Mr. P. J. P., a former member of the Board, for note-books on the practical work done in the laboratories on both sides of the school. G. Maueice O'Rokkb, M.A., LL.D., Chairman. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Nesfield, English Past and Present; Nichol's Primer of English Composition ; Palgrave's Golden Treasury ; Bacon's Essays; Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream; Selections from Chaucer. Latin —-North andHillard's Latin Prose Composition ; Smith's Smaller History of Borne ; Livy, V; Virgil, Georgics, I and II; Horace, Odes, III; Cicero, Pro Mareello. French—Wellington College French Grammar; Chardenal, Exercises for Advanced Students ;Lβ Eoi dcs Montagues; Les Maitres Mosaistes ; Select Poems of Chenier. Mathematics—Todhunter and Loney's Algebra; Baker and Bourne's Geometry; Hall and Knight's Trigonometry. Science—Boys'side —Boscoe and Harden, Inorganic Chemistry; E. W. Stewart, Advanced Heat: girls' side —Structural Botany, Parts I and 11, D. H. Scott ; Jessop's Mechanics. Lowest. —Nesfield's Outlines of English Grammar ; Temple Eeader. Latin—Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, Part I; Scalae Primse ; Postgate's Shilling Latin Primer. French— Macmillan's Progressive French Course, First Year; Janau, Elementary French Eeading-book. Mathematics —School Arithmetic, Clive and Co. ; Longmans' Junior School Algebra; Baker and Bourne's Geometry. Science—Boys—Elementary Physical Measurements; girls —Elementary Botany. 3. Geneeal Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. . Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 2,565 0 4 Secretary's salary .. .. .. 158 3 4 Government capitation for free places .. 2,644 18 4 Office expenses ~ .. .. 68 6 8 Current income from reserves .. .. 4,851 2 8 Commission, &c, to collector .. .. 306 17 3 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 413 10 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 5,003 15 2 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,104 8 6 Election expenses .. .. .. 2 2 4 Interest on fixed depo-it, Bank of New School requisites .. .. .. 102 14 11 Zealand .. .. .. .. 46 4 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 28 5 0 Other receipts— School library .. .. ~ 19 0 Grant from Auckland Education Bjard Prizes .. .. .. .. 33 12 6 under seotion 23 of "The Auckland Girls' School rent .. .. .. 50 0 0 Grammar School Act, 1899 " .. 200 0 0 Cleaning, gas, &c. .. .. .. 31 1 6 Sale of old buildings.. .. .. 63 G 0 Requisites .. .. ~ ... 58 17 9 Refund of advance to Girls' High School Printing and advertising .. .. 15 0 10 Account .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 83 7 9 Stationery allowance .. .. ~ 170 fi 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 99 4 4 Compensation for old buildings .. 55 0 0 New buildings .. .. .. 629 5 8 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 884 16 1 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 401 5 4 Interest on current account .. .. 0 2 9 Interest on loans .. .. .. 412 17 6 Part payment of loan to Diocesan Pension Board and City Council .. .. 1,400 0 0 Crioket wickets .. .. .. 6 0 0 Crioket coach .. .. .. 30 0 0 Swimming sports .. .. .. 5 0 0 Girls' playground .. .. .. 4 12 0 Athletic sports .. .. .. 21 1 5 Appointment of teachers, London .. 103 6 1 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,726 18 8 £11,893 9 10 £11,893 9 10 W. Wallace Kidd, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. AVahburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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THAMES HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. B. J. Thompson, 8.A.; Miss M. R. Poy; Miss E. Renshaw. 1. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin —Via Latina (Abbott); Latin Prose (Walters); Latin Examination Papers (Stedman); Livy, XXI; Caesar, Book 11. English —English Grammar Past and Present (Nesfield); Questions and Exercises on English Grammar and Composition (Nichol) ; Shakespeare's King Bichard II (Clark and Wright). French —Macmillan's French Course, II and 111 (Fasnacht) ; Macmillan's Eeader, II ; French Unseens for Upper Forms (Pellissier). Arithmetic—Arithmetic for Schools (J. B. Lock). Geometry —Hall and Stevens, Parts I, 11, 111, and IV. Algebra — Elementary Algebra (Hall and Knight). Chemistry —Eoscoe and Lunt's Chemistry. Trigonometry—J. B. Lock. Electricity—S. Thompson. Geography—Longmans', Book 11. Lowest. — Latin — Via Latina (Abbott), fifty exercises; First Latin Eeader (Beresford). French—Macmillan's French Course, First Year (Fasnacht); My Own French Book (M. Nivet). English—Nesfield's English Grammar and Composition ; How to Write Clearly (Abbott) ; the Temple Eeader (E. E. Speight). Arithmetic —Arithmetic for Schools (J. B. Lock). Geometry— Hall and Stevens, Parts I and 11. Algebra —Hall and Knight (to simultaneous equations). Chemistry—Eoscoe's Primer. Geography—Longmans', Book II; Physical Geography. 2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 360 10 1 ManagementGovernment grants for sites, building, fur- Office salary .. .. .. ... 20 0 0 niture, apparatus, &c. .. .. 579 8 6 i Other expenses of management .. 6 0 0 Government capitation— Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 683 13 0 For free places .. .. .. 307 11 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 2 2 0 Under Manual and Technical Instruction Class material .. .. .. 32 0 5 Regulations .. .. .. 28 7 7 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 13 5 6 Current income from reserves .. .. 548 15 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 23 8 0 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 35 10 0 Government grants for site, buildings, furSchool fees .. .. .. .. 78 8 0 niture, &c. .. .. .. .. 984 3 5 Interest on current acoount .. .. 116 1 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. 25 1 4 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. 41 14 3 j Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 8 9 2 Sale of old building .. .. .. 712 0 : Interest on current account .. .. 111 0 [ Management, &c, of endowments .. 45 4 9 Buildings .. .. .. .. 32 17 0 Other expenditure— Refund capitation, technical classes .. 819 3 Legal expenses .. .. .. 11 910 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 517 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 85 11 0 13 2 £1,989 13 2' Arch. Burns, Chairman. Jas. Kernick, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that, the Board not being authorised by law to overdraw its account, the charge of £1 11s. for interest on current account is without authority of law.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. E. Pridham, M.A. ; Miss C. D. Grant, M.A. ; Mr. H. H. Ward ; Mr. E. Jardine. 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin —Virgil, Book VI, to line 703; Livy, Book VIII, chapters 1-10; Horace, Ep. I, 1-6, and some odes; Eamsay's Prose Exercises, 1-77; Tutorial Grammar, pp. 21-38 (Victoria College first year's terms). English —General Paper; Anglo-Saxon; Specimens of Early English; History of English Language; Eornola ; Morris, chapters Ito 11; Mason, the whole; composition, general (Victoria College first year's terms). French—General Paper; Pellissier, Unseens, the whole; Blouet's Excerpts, to page 45; Vecqueray's French Papers ; Bue's and Prosper Belin's French Idioms; Kastner's Composition, 20-30; Chardenal, Advanced Course, rules and exercises, to 60. Greek—lnitia Graeca, to exercise 42a, page 89 ; Xenophon's Anabasis, chapters 1 and 11 ; iEschylus, Prometheus Vinctus, 100 lines. Geometry Hall and Stevens, to end of Book III; Baker and Bourne, Books VI and VII, with some omissions. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to XXXb. Trigonometry—Pendlebury, to end of exercise 21, omitting projections ; logarithms 61-69. Lowest. —Latin—Scott and Jones, to chapter 18, page 41 ; Via Nova, to lesson 19. French Methode Naturelle, to lesson 38. Arithmetic—Vulgar and decimal fractions, simple and compound interest, practice, present worth, square root, mensuration and metric measurements, &c. Algebra —Hall and Knight, to XIId. Geometry—Hall and Stevens, theorems 1-20, and exercises, problems 1-10. History--Gardiner's, William and Mary to the accession of Victoria, pp. 278-40s! Geography—Longmans', pp. 1-118 and 468-505. Grammar—Shorter Mason, to end of conjunctions; parsing and analysis. Literature—Evangeline, 1-865 ; Ivanhoe, to chapter 22. Science Gillies' First Studies in Plant-life in Australasia. Drawing—Blackboard, model, and freehand, Composition —Essay and letter writing, punctuation and paraphrasing. Sewing.

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2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. „ , , . Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 419 711 Office salary .. .. .. 60 0 0 Government grant for buildings, furniture, Other offioe expenses .. '.. 9 410 fittings, apparatus, &o. .. .. 22 16 3 Other expenses of management .'.' 5 3 0 Government capitation for free places .. 516 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances 1 133 8 0 Endowments— I p r j ze s .. .. ' 24 0 5 Price of reserves sold .. .. .. 36 14 3 I Class material .. . \ " 916 Current income from reserves .. .. 698 10 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising 25 12 10 Interest on moneys (Savings-Bank) .. 14 11 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 67 13 8 Paid by School Commissioners .. 200 0 0 Purchases and new works .. ' 12 18 0 Transfer fees .. .. .. 110 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. 39 10 6 School fees .. .. .. .. 212 3 3 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) " 15 7 6 Voluntary contributions .. .. 110 Insurance .. .. .. 619 3 Diaoounts .. .. .. .. 06 0 Interest on current account .. '.. 03 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, &o.) .. .. 19 12 0 Law .. .. .. .. .. 18 18 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 675 7 8 £2,123 0 2 £2,123 0 2 E. Wilson, Chairman. Walter Bewley, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warbukton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WANGANUI GIBLS' COLLEGE. Staff. ™ ™ M It S M ' L u Fr ™ er, M-A - ; Miss J - Kna PP. BA- ! Miss J- R- Ourrie, M.A.; Miss A. Blennerhassett, BA. ; Miss E. M. Molntosh, M.A.; Miss h. Beckingsale, 8.A.; Miss M. B. Richmond, B.A. ; Miss A. M. A. Maunder- Miss h. Kiss, B.A. ; Miss E. Fraser; Miss L. Reichert; Miss M. Blennerhass tt; Miss E. Briggs ■Mr D E Hutton • Miss M. Browne. ' ' 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— English, French, Latin, mathematics, German, mental science, as for decree of 8.A., University of New Zealand. Lowest.— English — Westward Ho ! Miss Wood's Poetry-book : Macbeth ; grammar ; composition. French—Chardenal's First Course (part). Latin—Declensions ; easy translation and retranslation from Scalae Primae. Arithmetic—Decimals, square root; revisal. History—Stuart period. Geography—From Longman, Book 11. Gymnastics—Deep-breathing exercises. Swimming—Swimming, diving, life-saving. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. „ . ... . Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s d Balance at beginning of year— Management— Mortgage 1,600 0 0 Office salaries.. .. 102 18 4 Bank 716 7 0 Other office expenses .. .. 31 6 2 Government capitation for manual and teoh- Other expenses of management 8 13 nioal instruction .. .. .. 9 5 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .'. " 1 919 12 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 396 16 4 Boarding-school account ' 2*145 15 4 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Examinations—Examiners' fees ' 20 9 6 purchase-money 80 0 0 Scholarships .. .. " 20 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 97 10 0 Prizes .. o C 10 ln School fees 2,101 310 Class material .. .'." " " 34 7 R Boarding-school fees .. ..2,286 12 9 Printing, stationery, and advertising '.'. 56 6 2 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 6 13 Books and stationery for sale to pupils and Refund, J. Cannons 12 12 4 other temporary advances ". 245 0 0 Church sittings .. .. .. .. 30 3 2 Purchases and new works .. 225 2 9 Rent of section .. .. .. .. 21 13 4 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 402 13 10 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 42 5 2 Bank charge .. .. .. .. 010 0 Other expenditure— Prize-giving .. .. .. .. 4 8 0 Caretaker .. .. ~ ~ 54 12 0 Fire insurance .. .. .. 26 19 8 Refund .. .. .. .. 514 8 Rent .. .. .. .. 41 0 0 Church sittings .. .. ~ 34 8 0 Balance at end of year— On mortgage .. .. .. .. 1,600 0 0 In bank .. .. .. .. 301 310 £7,358 5 0 £7,358 5 0 Gilbekt Carson, Chairman. W. J. Carson, Secretary.

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WANGANDI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. W. Empson, B.A. ; Mr. J. R. Oxford, M.A. ; Rev. 0. Price, M.A.; Mr. H. B. Watson MA.; Mr. J E. Bannister M.A. ; Mr. E. C. Hardwire, M.A. ; Mr. J. G. Lomas, 8.A.; Mr. J. Harold ; Mr. P. L. Peck ; Mrs. Atkinson ; Mr. J. R. Neame, B.A. ; Mr. J. Allen, B.A. ; Mr. G. Pownall. 1. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— Latin, Greek, French, English, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, chemistry, botany, all as for Junior University Scholarships. Lowest.— Latin, French, English, history, geography, arithmetic, science. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 1,350 711 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 152 4 3 Interest on prize-moneys invested .. 8 1110 Management— Schoolfees 2,328 0 0 Office salary 84 9 6 Boarding-school fees 578 0 0 Other office expenses 18 15 0 Musio fees .. .. .. • • 266 3 6 Other expenses of management .. d 4 6 2 Other receipts— Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 2,846 15 7 Leasefees 33 5 0 Prizes .. .. . ... •■ 477 2 Insurance .. .. .. 3 2 8 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 98 11 3 Management ' .. .. ■ • 06 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 141 911 Balance at end of year 127 15 1 Purchases and new works .. .. •Wβ 9 2 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 317 5 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 79 15 5 Insurance .. .. .. •• 34 10 9 Interest on current account .. .. 2 0 6 Other expenditure— Lease fees 39 18 0 Chemicals .. .. .. •• 818 6 Law expenses .. .. .. 32 16 4 £4,695 12 6 £4,695 12 6 Frederic Wellington, Chairman. S. W. Adams, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the books of the Wanganui College Board of Trustees, and further certify that the foregoing statement of accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1906, is correct.—W. Rodwell, F.1.A.N.Z., Auditor.

PALMEESTON NOETH HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr J E Vernon, M.A., B.Sc. ; Mr. P. Foote, 8.A.; Mr. J. Murray, M.A.; Miss C. B. Mills, M.A., B.Sc. ; Miss E. M. B. Lynch, M.A. ; Miss G. Wyatt; Miss B. Mollisou ; Mr. E. H. Clark ; Miss M. Dufi; Mr. G. H. Elliott. 1. Eeport of the Governors. The Board of Governors consists of the Eev. C. C. Harper, Chairman; Mr. W. H. Collingwood, Treasurer ; the Key. I. Jolly, Messrs. W. Eutherfurd, J. L. Barnicoat, W. Park, G. Hirsch, W. T. Wood, M.H.E., and G. H. Bennett. The last-named was nominated by the Wanganui Education Board, vice Mr. F. Pirani, resigned. There has been no change in the teaching staff, with the exception of the arrival of Mr. G. H. Elliott, whose appointment was reported last year. The year's work has been very satisfactory, the following honours having been gained by pupils in the school: One gained first year's terms at the University ; 12 matriculated, 8 with credit; 17 passed for Junior Civil Service, 10 with credit (in addition to these 17, 16 gained Senior Free Places) ; 1 gained a Wanganui Education Board Senior Scholarship. , , The grounds have been greatly improved, the girls playground having been levelled and necessary "fences erected. A caretaker's cottage has been built, so that there is now regular supervision of the High School property. In all a sum of £375 has been spent. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— English—Literature—Julius Csesar, Macaulay's Clive, Chaucer's Prologue, Byron (Penny Poet) ; grammar and composition—Nesfield's Manual of English Grammar and Composition, Higher-grade English (Dalgleish), essays. Mathematics (to Junior University Scholarship standard)— Arithmetic, miscellaneous ; algebra, Baker and Bourne ; geometry, Baker and Bourne ; trigonometry, Pendlebury's Shorter Course. Science (Junior University Scholarship standard)— Magnetism, Poyser ; mechanics, Loney. Latin—Selected continuous passages, Virgil Book V, Livy Book VIII; Welsh and Duffield's London University Tutorial. French—Chardenal. II; Moliere's L'Avare ; idioms ; prose ; unseen and conversational ; essays. Lowest. English—Literature—Marmion, Hereward the Wake, Historical Eeader No. 4 ; grammar—Nesfield's, Parts I and II ; composition —essays. History — Eansome, to 1603. Geography — Europe, British possessions; physical (from Longmans', Book 11, The World). Mathematics —Arithmetic — Standard VI, Zealandia Arithmetic; algebra—Baker and Bourne, chapters 1-17 ; geometry, Baker and Bourne, Books I and 11. Drawing—Elementary design and colour-work. Botany. Woodwork or cooking,

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3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 363 311 Management— Government grant for sites, buildings, furni- Office salary .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 ture, fittings, and apparatus .. . 409 0 1 Other office expenses .. .. .. 9 5 0 Government capitation— Other expenses of management, careFor free places .. .. .. 1,304 15 10 taker, &c. .. .. .. .. 11l 4 0 For manual and technical instruction .. 113 11 8 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,742 16 6 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 67 16 0 Examiners'fees.. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 127 4 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 11 17 7 School fees .. .. .. 234 3 0 Class material .. .. .. .. 67 0 4 Technical school fees .. .. .. 254 17 11 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 78 5 6 Voluntary contributions.. .. .. 74 1 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 27 0 3 Other receipts, namely— Government grants for site, buildings, furniCookery and woodwork olasses—Material 14 19 9 ture, &c. .. .. .. .. 322 3 6 Wanganui Education Board —Proportion Purchases and new works, furniture, apcleaning, fuel, &o. .. .. .. 26 4 4 paratus .. .. .. .. 82 5 2 Sale of hay .. .. .. .. 10 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 54 4 4 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 28 17 1 Rent (sundry) .. .. .. .. 16 1 9 Fitting technical rooms .. .. .. 19 5 7 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. .. 4 13 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 376 0 2 £2,990 18 0 £2,990 18 0 Walter Eutherpurd, Chairman. William Hunter, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Waeburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. College.—Mi. J. P. Firth, 8.A.; Mr. A. Heine, M.A.; Mr. J. Bee, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. W. F. Ward, M.A.-; Mr. A. C. Gifiord, M.A. ; Mr. G. G. S. Robison, M.A.; Mr. T. Brodie, 8.A.; Mr. F. M. Renner, M.A. ; Mr. T. Jordan, MA. ; Mr. R. B. Rudman, M.A.; Mr. D. Matheson ; Mr. J. H. Goulding, B.A. ; Mr. G. V. Bogle ; Mr. J. C. Pope. Girls' High School—Miss M. A. McLean, M.A.; Miss M. C. Morrah, M.A.; Miss M. N. Gellatly, M.A. ; Miss I. Ecclesfield, M.A.; Miss W. S. Fraser, M.A.; Miss A. M. Batham, B.A. ; Miss E. A. Newman, M.A.; Miss B. Jack, B.A. ; Miss A. P. Tomlinson, B.A. 1. Eeport of the Governors. The Board of Governors have to report that at both the institutions under their control—the Wellington College and the Wellington Girls' College—the work of tuition is being well carried on. The results of the University and Civil Service Examinations were as follows : Wellington College—2 pupils won Junior University Scholarships, 1 a Senior National Scholarship, 1 passed the Junior University Scholarship Examination with credit, 34 passed the Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge Examination, 20 passed the Junior Civil Service Examination ; Wellington Girls' College—l pupil gained a Senior National Scholarship, 5 pupils matriculated on Junior Scholarship Examination papers, 22 pupils passed the Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge Examination, 20 pupils passed the Junior Civil Service Examination (19 with credit). Senior Education Board Scholarships were gained by 3 pupils. The Board would refer to the negotiations now being conducted with the Government, and hope that proposals now under consideration for erecting another building on the College ground will relieve the pressure in the present College building and enable the free-place scheme to be efficiently worked in Wellington. Annual returns and copy of balance-sheet for the year 1906 are enclosed. 2. WOBK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. — Boys' College : Mathematics (as for Junior University Scholarship)— Godfrey and Siddons's Geometry ; Hall and Knight's Algebra; Loney's Trigonometry. Latin (as for Junior Scholarship)— Cicero, In Catilinam, Pro Archia ; Virgil, 2Eneid,ll; Horace, Odes, IV. English— Hamlet; Palgrave's Golden Treasury; Lamb's Elia; Chaucer's Prologue. French—La Mare au Diable (Sand); Mile, de la Seigliere (Sandeau) ;Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Moliere) ; grammar and composition, Junior Scholarship standard. German —Wilhelm Tell (Schiller) ; Die Hut dcs Lebens (Rippmann); Zwischen den Schlachten (Elster); Eve's German Grammar. Science— Jago's Inorganic Chemistry; Peyser's Electricity and Magnetism (advanced). Girls' College: English—Nesfield's Historical English and Derivation ; Warwick Shakespeare, Hamlet; Macaulay's Essay on Bacon; Bacon's Selected Essays; Longmans' Handbook of Literature, Part III; Chaucer's Prologue ; Nicol's English Composition Primer; Allardyce's Stops. Latin—Ovid's Tristia, I; Virgil's Georgics, I; Horace's Odes, I; Tacitus, Germania; Cicero's De Senectute ; Hints in Latin Prose (Walters) ; Horton's History of Romans; Bradley's Latin Prose Composition ; Steadman's Latin Papers ; Wilkins's Primer of Roman Antiquities, Res Romanaa; Rivington's Unseens, Book VI; Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer. French—Wellington College Grammar and Exercises; French Idioms and Proverbs (Payne); Federer's Material for French Translation ; L'Aigion, Rostand ;' Le Joueur et Le Verre d'Eau. Mathematics—Jones and Cheyne's Algebra, exercises; Ward's Examination-papers in Trigonometry; Briggs and Bryan's Middle Algebra ; Hall and Knight's Algebra; Baker and Bourne's Elementary Geometry; Hall's Introduction to Graphic Algebra; Pendleburv's Elementary Trigonometry. Botany—Dendy and Lucas's Botany; Aitken's Text-book on Botany; Thomson's New Zealand Botany. Physics — Drapier's Heat.

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Lowest. — Boys' College : Mathematics—Arithmetic, Standard IV Southern Cross. English —> Standard V Crown Eeader ; parts of speech ; very easy analysis ; Standard V Zealandia Geography ; No. 1 Southern Cross History ; spelling, dictation, &c. Science—Physical geography (Geikie's Primer). Drawing—Elementary design. Girls' College : English—Nesfield's Parts of Speech ; In Golden Realms (Arnold's Literary Reading-books); The Chimes, and The Christmas Carol; Laureata (Arnold). Latin—Bell's Latin Course, I and 11. French—Nursery Rimes (Hachette and Co.). Arithmetic—Pendlebury's Smaller Arithmetic. Geography—Longmans' First Book. History—Macmillan's New History Reader. Botany—Youman's Botany for Beginners. Naturestudy—Cassell's Eyes and No Eyes, Books 11-IV. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,918 14 5 : Office salaries .. .. .. .. 210 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 2,739 2 9 Other office expenses .. .. .. 28 11 10 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 375 5 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 5,099 18 9 School fees .. .. .. .. 5,184 9 6 Examiners'fees .. .. .. 103 19 0 Discounts .. .. .. .. 0 6 2 Other expenses .. .. .. .. 72 8 2 Donations for prizes .. • .. 4 7 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 86 2 7 Interest on deposits .. .. .. 52 10 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 451 10 6 Rents from buildings .. .. .. 210 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. 221 7 5 New works .. .. .. .. 1,817 10 1 Fencing, repairs, grounds, furniture, and apparatus .. .. .. 382 18 5 Interest .. .. .. 557 12 0 Miscellaneous (insurance) .. .. 55 19 9 Interest on cost of reclaimed land .. 104 14 6 Rates .. .. .. .. 7 9 0 Fees refunded .. .. .. .. 1 19 8 Contract deposit returned .. .. 10 0 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. .. 18 0 Grant to Games Fund .. .. .. 133 6 8 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 930 9 0 £10,277 5 4 £10,277 5 4 A. de B. Brandon, Chairman. Chas. P. Powles, Secretary.

NAPIER HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.— Mr. A. S. M. Poison, B.A. ; Mr. E. W. Andrews, B.A. ; Mr.W. Kerr, M.A. ; Mr. J. Stewart; Mr. H. H. Allan, 8.A.; Mr. C. F. Rockel; Mr. D. A. Tuck. Girls' School.— Miss A. E. J. Spencer, B.A. ; Miss C. R. Kirk, 8.A.; Miss F. J. W. Hodges, M.A. ; Miss J. Gillies ; Miss D. Gillam, M.A.; Miss T. King ; Miss J. E. Page ; Miss Lousley ; Miss Ivey. 1. Report of the Governors. The Governors of Napier High Schools have the honour to report that the schools are carried on with success. Another enlargement had to be made to the master's residence, and an increase to the tennis-court of the girls' school during the year. The following is a list of the successes of the schools in the December examinations : Boys' school—Junior University Scholarship, 1 secured the sixth scholarship and 1 passed ; Medical Preliminary, 1 passed ; Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge, 2 passed; Matriculation, 2 passed ; Junior Civil Service, 18 passed (14 " with credit ") ; senior free places, 4 passed ; Education Board Senior Scholarship, first scholarship, and 6 others qualified; Senior Civil Service, the one candidate passed the whole examination (six subjects). Girls' school—Junior University Scholarship, 3 placed on the credit list and 1 passed for matriculation (two of these were awarded Senior Queen's Scholarships); Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge, 2 ; Matriculation, 8; Junior Civil Service, 12 (all passed "with credit"); Education Board Senior Scholarship, 1; senior free places, 4; junior free places, 2, who qualified for Queen's Junior Scholarship. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Boys' School: Mathematics—Geometry, Godfrey and Siddons; algebra, Hail and Knight, and C. Smith; trigonometry, Pendlebury; solid geometry and arithmetic: all to Junior Scholarship standard. English—Nesfield's English Past and Present; Emerson's History of English Language; Skeat's Principles of English Etymology; Shakespeare's King Lear and the Tempest; G. Eliot's Rornola ; general literature and composition : all to Junior Scholarship standard. Latin—Selections from Cicero (Bell); Virgil, iEneid VI; Horace's Odes, I and II; Bryan's Prose Composition ; Bradley's Arnold ; Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer ; Abbott's Latin Prose through English Idiom; Creighton's Rowe ; sight translation: all to Junior Scholarship standard. French —iiacine's Athalie; Hugo's Bug Jargal; Berthou's Modern French Verse ; Balzac's Une Tenebreuse Affaire ; Blouet's Prose Composition ; Brachet's Grammar; Bue's Idioms; phonetic transcript: all to Junior Scholarship standard. Science—Mechanics and hydrostatics, Tutorial and Loney; heat, Tutorial Advanced, and Tait; chemistry, Jago, and Remson : all to Junior Scholarship standard. Physiology, Furneaux ; history, Ransome, &c. ; geography, Gill, &c. : all to Matriculation standard. Girls' school : English literature—George Eliot's Romola ; Shakespeare's King Lear and the Tempest. English grammar and composition—Junior Scholarship syllabus : Nesfield's English Grammar Past and Present. French—Junior Scholarship syllabus : Weekley's Matriculation Course; Wellington College French Grammar (Eve and Baudiss) ;

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Berthou'e Select Specimens of Modern French Poetry, Part II; Eacine's Athalie; Les Proteges de Mdlle. de Laudrellie (Lectures pour Tous); phonetic transcript, idioms, &c. Latin—Junior Scholarship syllabus: Kennedy's Eevised Latin Primer; Bradley's Arnold's Latin Prose; Horace's Odes, Book II; Cicero's De Amicitia; Virgil's Book VI. Mathematics—Junior Scholarship syllabus : Arithmetic, Pendlebury ; geometry, Godfrey and Siddons's Elementary Geometry ; algebra, Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra ; trigonometry, Pendlebury's Elementary Trigonometry. Science —Botany, Junior Scholarship syllabus, Dendy and Lucas's Botany, notes; mechanics, Junior Scholarship syllabus, Elements of Statics and Elements of Dynamics (Loney), Matriculation Hydrostatics (Briggs and Bryan). Loivest.—Boys' School: Mathematics—Geometry, Godfrey and Siddons, whole of Part I (Experimental) and a portion of Part II ; algebra, Hall and Knight, chapters 1 to 7 ; arithmetic, Pendlebury, Standard VI. English—Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice ; Dickens's Christmas Carol; parsing, analysis and synthesis, composition, correction of errors and use of words, punctuation, paraphrasing, figures of speech, letter-writing, essay-writing, &c. Latin— Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, Part I, to page 91. French — Hogben's Methode Naturelle, to Lesson 36. Physiology—Murche, Books I, 11, and 111, with lessons on first aid. Chemistry — Furneaux, to Lesson XIX, with practical work to correspond. History— Macmillan's New History Eeaders, intermediate, to page 127. Geography (5.0.), Imperial Geography, Standards V and VI, Course A. Girls' School : English grammar—NesaWs Grammar, Standards V and VI; easy parsing and analysis. English literature — Dickens's Christmas Carol; Scott's Lady of the Lake; Stronach's Literature, chapters 27 and 28; composition, reading, writing, and spelling, more advanced than Standard VI. History —Gillies's Simple Studies in English History, to the end of the Commonwealth. Geography—lmperial Geography, Standards V and VI, Course A; British possessions, in Geographical Eeader. Mathematics—Arithmetic, elementary rules, easy fractions, decimals, practice, area, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, "square root, proportion ; algebra, Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra to end of simple equations and problems, easy factors; geometry, Godfrey and Siddons's Practical Exercises to No. 165. Physiology—Murche's Animal Physiology, to page 82. Latin— Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, Part I, to end of section 38. French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle, to end lesson 24. Drawing—Model-drawing of simple forms; brushwork ; simple designs from flowers, &c. Sewing —Simple garment. 2. General Statement or Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. ..4,276 19 9 Management— Government capitation— Office salaries .. .. .. 11U v v For free places .. .. • • 916 16 8 Other office expenses .. .. .. 16 17 9 For manual and technical instruction .. 30 15 0 Other expenses of management—Legal .. 12 11 10 Current income from reserves .. .. 299 2 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 2, 154 0 4 From property not a reserve .. .. 881 5 0 Music-teachers.. .. .. •• 89 4 6 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Scholarships .. .. .. . ■ 83 lo 0 purchase-money 160 2 6 Prizes 22 17 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 621 11 4 Class material .. .. .. ■ • ™i( / Sohool fees .. • • • • 521 16 11 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 29 10 6 Music fees .. .. ■• •• 79 18 6 Gleaning, fuel, light, &c.. .. .. 148 4 3 Books, &0., sold and other refunds .. 142 711 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and Half oost boundary-fence .. ■ • 80 0 other temporary advances .. .. 11l 7 6 common drain .. . • ■■ 5 8 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 679 11 2 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 153 211 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 91 410 Travelling-expenses of member of Board .. 7 14 8 Loan, Napier High School Cadet Corps (uniforms).. .. .. • • 30 ■0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 4,104 3 3 £7,944 4 1 £7,944 4 1 T. C. Mooee, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that the loan to the Cadet Corps is without the authority of law.— J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

DANNEVIRKE HIGH SCHOOL. Stafi. Mr. J. M. Simmers, M.A.; Miss M. W. Spence. 1. WOBK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest.— English—Nesfield's Grammar, Past and Present; Nelson's Great Authors, Third Period; Shakespeare's Tempest. Latin—Abbott's Via Latina; Ramsay's Latin Prose Composition; Heatley and Kingdom's Gradatim ; Csesar, Books II and 111. Algebra —Hall and Knight, to theory of indices. Geometry—Hall and Stevens, Parts 1, 11, 111. Arithmetic— Pendlebury. Geography—Longmans' No. 3, The World. History—Eansome ; as for Matriculation and Junior Civil Service. French —As for Matriculation ; Brachet's Grammar ; Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Moliere). Science—Wright's Physics. Loivest. —Nesfield's Grammar, Past and Present, Parts I and II; Great Authors, Third Period (Nelson's Eoyal English Class-books). Geography—Longmans' The World, No. 3. History —Eansome (1603-1820). Latin—Via Latina (Abbott), to page 80; Bell's Scalse Primaj. French— Macmillan's First Course. Geometry—Hall and Stevens, Part I. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to simple equations. Arithmetic—Pendlebury. Book-keeping—Thornton's Primer.

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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Government grants for sites, buildings, Management—Office expenses .. .. 219 7 furniture, fittings, and apparatus for Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 401 5 0 recognised sohool classes for manual in- Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 500 struction .. .. .. 193 210 Class material .. .. .. .. 48 18 5 Government capitation— Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 910 11 For free places .. .. .. 545 10 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c... .. .. 20 6 6 For manual and technical instruction .. 3 9 0 Government grant for building, &c. .. 282 1 0 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 155 6 7 From current revenueSchool fees .. .. .. •■ 18 13 4 Purchases and new works .. .. 30 411 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 118 5 Other expenditure, namely— Rent for school building .. .. 39 0 0 Bank charges, &c. .. .. .. 017 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 74 0 0 £916 1 9 £916 1 9 J. J. Patterson, Chairman. A. Grant, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

GISBOENE HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Report op the Governors. The Governors have renewed the arrangement with the Education Board of Hawke's Bay for two years. As before, secondary education is taught in the District High School at Gisborne. There is no separate high school. The standard for admission is a certificate of proficiency, but holders of certificates of competency are admitted on payment of a fee of £2 per annum on being approved by the management. Boarding-allowances and travelling-expenses are granted to children residing in the country districts who have shown merit in their schools. The comparatively small number of children in so wealthy a district who avail themselves of free secondary education at Gisborne is remarkable. Possibly, the district being to so large an extent a pastoral one with unformed roads, the boys are drawn at too early an age into the permanent work of life. Whatever the reason, the result will be a matter of regret to them in later years. , , Liberal support has again been given to technical education, and technical instruction is now firmly established as an indispensable part of the primary-school course. The teachers have loyally supported the introduction of technical classes, while the Committees of the country schools have done everything in their power to facilitate the attendance of children at the Gisborne Technical School. The children on their part take a keen interest in the classes formed under capable teachers for woodwork, dressmaking, and cookery. Specimens of the children's work in woodwork were sent to the Exhibition at Christchurch. In some quarters there was a slight feeling expressed that the introduction of technical subjects would impair the standard of excellence previously maintained in the primary schools. The Governors are informed that the recent readjustment of the school syllabus has proved sufficient to avoid any such loss. Classes for elementary instruction in agriculture, arboriculture, and horticulture would be of great value to senior pupils in the Counties of Wairoa, Cook, and Waiapu. Such classes would receive aid from local governing bodies, unions, and pastoral societies. The difficulty of obtaining suitable instructors alone hinders this desirable advance. 2. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 3,025 611 Office expenses.. .. .. .. 15? Government grants for buildings, furniture, , Examiners' fees .. .. •• o t> t> fittings, apparatus, &o. .. .. 10 32 | Other examination expenses .. .. old 0 Government capitation for manual and j Scholarships .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 technioal instruction .. .. .. 27 14 3 i Prizes .. .•• ■ • • 219 0 Subeidy on voluntary contributions, manual i Class material .. .. _.. ■ • 2b 11 7 and technical instruction .. .. 2116 0 j Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 10 9 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 150 0 0 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and Interest on moneys invested and on un- other temporary advances to teohmcal paid purchase-money .. .. 151 0 9 olasses .. .. .. •• 10 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 404 5 5 Government grants for furniture, fittings, Interest accrued on current acoount, Post- &c. .. .. .. •• •• 10 3 2 Office Savings-Bank .. .. .. 74 8 Purchases and new works .. .. 6b 610 Voluntary contributions on account of Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 5 7 6 manual and technical instruction .. 21 16 0 | Other expenditureOther receipts— Insurance 9 A ,1 I Capitation from Hawke's Bay Educa- Commissions .. .. •■ 4 18 3 tion Board on account of school and Balance Hawke's Bay Education Board .. 185 3 4 teachers' olasses .. .. •. 270 0 8 Technical classes .. .. ..371125 Grant from Education Board on acoount Balance at end of year .. .. .. 3,41;} 5 b of teachers' classes.. .. .• 25 0 0 Refund office salary .. .. .. 25 0 0 £4,139~7~10 £4,139 7 10 C. A. de Lautour, Chairman. W. Morgan, Secretary.

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MARLBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. Innes, M.A., LL.D.; Mr. R. V. White, B.A. ; Miss M. C. Ross, M.A.; Miss E. M. Allen, M.A. 1. WOBK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English—Nesfield's English Grammar Past and Present; grammar and composition ; essays ; Wilson's Literature ; Chaucer's Prologue ; Macaulay's Warren Hastings ; Shakespeare's Tempest; miscellaneous selections. French—Erckmann-Chatrian's Histoire dun Consent; Racine's Athalie; sight translation; Wellington College Grammar; composition. Latin—Livy, Book VIII; Virgil, Book VI; sight, Virgil, iEneid I-IV, Eclogues, miscellaneous selections; grammar and composition; Schuckburgh's Roman History; Wilkins's Antiquities. Pure mathematics—As for University Junior Scholarship. Physics (heat)—As for University Junior Scholarship. Botany—As for University Junior Scholarship. Lowest.— English—Nesfield's Outline, and Junior Composition; composition; Kingsley's Heroes ; Macaulay's Lays. History—Tout, Book 11, beginuing to end of reign of Henry V. Geography —Longmans' Geography No. 3, Physical Geography, and Great Britain; Marshall's New Zealand (as a reader). Latin —Scott and Jones's First Latin Course. French—Dent's First French Book. Arithmetic—Pendlebury's New Arithmetic, Pan I. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to simultaneous equations; Baker and Bourne's chapters on graphs. Geometry—Hall and Stevens's School Geometry, to theorem 19. Botany—Elementary work; examination and description of leaves, stems, and flowers, and of the bean-seed. Physics—Measurements in inches and centimetres ; length of circumference of a circle, diameter of a circle, a cylinder, a sphere; area of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, polygons, circles, spheres, hemispheres, cylinders ; volume of cubes, spheres, cylinders, pyramids, irregularly-shaped bodies ; proof of Archimedes' law ; finding density of solids and liquids by application of Archimedes' law, by specific-gravity bottle, by hydrometer; law of flotation; balancing columns of liquids; capillary action, levers, steelyard, air-pump, water-pump, siphon ; latent heat of evaporation and of fusion; distillation ; freezingmixtures ; specific heat of mercury and of lead ; construction of mercurial thermometer. Drawing— Freehand. Cookery (for girls). Needlework. 2. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 808 11 10 Management—Offioe salary .. .. 40 0 0 Government grant for buildings, furniture, Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 883 6 8 fittings, and apparatus .. .. 2G 15 C Scholarships .. .. .. .. 43 15 0 Government capitation— Prizes .. .. .. • • 10 7 0 For free places .. .. .. 775 9 2 Class material .. .. .. .. 7 5 0 For manual and technical instruction .. 12 15 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 28 14 0 Statutory grant .. .. .. 400 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 47 18 8 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 12 0 0 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and School fees .. .. .. .. 126 0 0 other temporary advances .. .. 6 510 Other receipts— Purchases and new works .. .. 6 0 0 Refund of gas acoount .. .. 0 2 4 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 28 19 10 Interest on fixed deposit, Bank of New Miscellaneous—Rates, insurance, &o. .. 54 0 Zealand .. .. .. .. 9 0 0 Interest on ourreut account .. .. 0 2 6 Rent of paddook .. .. .. 6 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 717 2 Interest, Post-Office Savings-Bank .. 8 15 0 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,069 13 2 £2,185 8 10 £2,185 8 10 R. McCallum, Chairman. John Smith, Secretary.

NELSON COLLEGE. Staff. Boys' College.—Mi. H. L. Fowler, M.A. ; Mr. G. J. Lancaster, M.A.; Mr. C. H. Broad, B.A. ; Mr. M. K. McCulloch, M.A. ; Mr. J. G. McKay, B.A. ; Mr. M. N. Skelton; Mr. O. W. Williams, M.A. ; Mr. D. S. Chisholm, M.A. ; Mr. W. S. Hampson; Mr. F. F. C. Huddleston. Girls' College.— Miss M. Lorimer, M.A.; Misa E. Gribben, 8.A.; Miss F. M. Kirton, M.A. ; Miss I. Robertson, M.A. ; Mias M. McEachen, M.A.; Miss N. I. Maclean, M.A.; Miss M. M. Strang, M.A. ; Miss B. F. Ohisuohn; Mr.'F. F. C. Huddleston. 1. Report of the Governors. The Governors desire to express their deep regret at the loss which the College, in common with the community at large, has sustained in the deaths of the Right Hon. Mr. Seddon and of the Hon. Mr. Pitt. The new Boys' College is rapidly approaching completion, and will be in use for classes and boarders before the publication of this report. A commodious swimming-bath has been constructed, and is greatly appreciated by the pupils. The levelling of the playground has been completed, and the sowing of the middle area with suitable grasses is now being undertaken. The Governors desire to express their appreciation of the good work done by the Principals and staffs of both colleges during the year. The staff of the Boys' College had to labour under the disadvantage of having class-rooms in separate buildings ; while in the Girls' College the work had to be reorganized under a new head. In these circumstances the Governors can point with much satisfaction to the excellent results of the year's work. With a new Boys' College, in every respect worthy to rank among the first in the colony, and with each College under a fully organized and thoroughly competent staff, they consider that they are justified in anticipating a brilliant future for both institutions.

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During the year the term of office as Governors of Mr. T. H. Bannehr, Mr. W. N. Franklyn, and Mr. F. H. Eichmond expired. All of these gentlemen were reappointed. The Staff. — Boys' College: Mr. F. Milner, M.A., first assistant master, was appointed during the year to the important position of Rector of the Waitaki Boys' High School. Mr. Milner has been on the staff of the College for several years, and the great interest which he has taken in the pupils and in the conduct of the College magazine, the Nelsonian, causes the Governors to regret that his services are lost to the College, while they are pleased at his advancement. Mr. M. K. McCulloch, M.A., and Mr. D. S. Chisolm, M.A., also left to join the Waitaki Boys' High School. Mr. B. H. Severne, 8.A., received an appointment in Auckland Grammar School. The vacancies caused by these resignations have been filled by the appointment of Mr. W. H. Moyes, M.A. (an old College boy), Mr. J. G. McKay, 8.A.. and Mr. J. H. Wills. Girls' College: Miss M. Pickmere, M.A., and Miss H. Jenkins, 8.A., left during the year, their places being filled by the appointment of Miss I. Robertson, M.A., and Miss M. M. Strang, M.A. Boys' College. The classes were carried on during the year in the same temporary class-rooms as in the previous year. The attendance was well maintained, and the examination results were satisfactory. A. Sandel and L. Jennings gained Junior University Scholarships, the former heading the list for the colony. J. Ogg won a Senior National Scholarship. Twelve boys passed the Matriculation Examination, all with one exception passing also the Medical Preliminary or the Solicitors' General Knowledge Examination. Thirty-three passed the Junior Civil Service Examination, most of them thus qualifying for senior free places. Two passed the Senior Civil Service Examination. The average number of free pupils (senior and junior) for the year was 108. The average number of boarders was 56. The junior department made very satisfactory progress during the year. The College pupils are eligible for free tuition, subject to regulations, upon gaining a Sixth Standard certificate of proficiency. Girls' College. The first year of Miss Lorimer's occupancy of the position of Lady Principal produced a gratifying increase in the numbers both of ordinary pupils and of boarders, the average attendance for the year being 153, of whom 34 were boarders. The number of boarders for the three terms was respectively 31, 34, and 36. The number of free pupils (senior and junior) was 84. The public examinations resulted as follows : Connie Palmer and Quinice Cowles passed the first section of the B.A. degree; Gladys Everett and Ella Garland passed the examination for first year's terms. Seven girls matriculated; 8 passed the Junior Civil Service Examination, 5 with credit; and 13 obtained continuation (senior free places). In the preparatory department, 11 girls gained certificates of competency, thus qualifying for admission to the upper school. The pupils have also had opportunities of learning cookery, shorthand, gymnastics, swimming, and dressmaking, in addition to the ordinary school course. Recitals by the music pupils were given from time to time in the School of Music. Average Attendances for 1906. —Boys' College, 187 ; Girls' College, 153. 2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. — Boys' College : English —As for Junior Scholarships and University terms: King Lear, the Tempest ; the Age of Elizabeth ; Romola; selections from Tennyson and Emerson ; Nesfield's English Past and Present; Skeat's Primer of English Etymology ; Sweet's AngloSaxon Primer ; Morris and Skeat's Specimens. Latin—Cicero, Select Orations (King) ; Tristia, I; iEneid, VI; Livy, VIII; Bryan's Latin Prose; Bradley's Arnold and Aids to Latin Prose; Horton's Roman History. French—Half-hours with Modern Authors; and selections, Wellington College French Grammar; Blouet's Composition; Clapin's Primer of Philology. German —W'hitney's Reader; Fassnacht's German Composition ; Eve's German Grammar; Minna yon Barnhelm; Lubovins' German Philology. Mathematics — Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, to scholarship standard. Science —Chemistry, mechanics, heat, to same standard. Girls' College : As for first and second year's terms at Victoria College and Junior University Scholarship. English—King Lear, the Tempest, Shakespeare ; Romola, George Eliot; Longer English Poems, Hales ; Age of Shakespeare, Seccombe and Allen; Primer on Shakespeare, Dowden ; Composition, Nicholl; Historical English and Derivation, Nesfield; Anglo-Saxon Primer, Sweet; Specimens of Early English, Morris and Skeat. French—Wellington College French Grammar; Bossuet's Oraisons Funebres; Andromaque, Athalie, Racine; Primary French Course (first term), Siepmann ; Rapid French Exercises, Victor Spiers. Latin— Arnold's Latin Prose Composition, Aids to Latin Prose, Bradley; vEneid, Book VI, Virgil; Book VIII, Livy; Elementary Latin Grammar, Allen; Latin Grammar, Roby ; Outlines of Roman History, Pelham ; Primer on Roman Antiquities, Wilkins. German—Public School German Grammar, Meissner; Wilhelm Tell, Schiller. Mathematics—Algebra, Hall and Knight, Briggs and Bryan; geometry, Baker and Bourne ; trigonometry, Locke. Lowest.—Boys' College: English—Reading, composition, &c, as prescribed for Standard VI. History —Southern Cross Historical Reader I. Geography—lmperial Geography, Standards V and VI, and Mathematical, as for Standard VI. Drawing—Freehand, copybooks. Arithmetic—As for Standard VI. Algebra—Hall and Knight's, for Beginners. Science—Elementary Practical Physics (Gregory's Exercise-book). Latin—Elementa Latina, Scalae Primse. French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle. Commercial book-keeping and commercial correspondence. Girls' College : Form IVb : English—The Heroes, Kingsley; Quentin Durward, Sir W. Scott; Evangeline, Longfellow; Word-building; Manual of English Grammar, Nesfield; English History, Tout. Geography (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and the British possessions in America)— Longmans, Book 111. Physical geography. Physiology—Murche. French—Cran's First Course. Arithmetic (as for Standards VI and VII) —Pendlebury. Form IVa have used in addition—First

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Latin Course, Bell; geometry, Baker and Bourne ; algebra, Hall and Knight; botany (in place of physiology), Murche. 3. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1906. Endmument Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Rents .. .. .. .. .. 866 6 0 Rates and taxes .. .. .. 10 15 8 Interest .. .. .. .. 177 18 11 Legal expenses .. .. .. 9 9 0 School Commissioners' subsidy .. .. 290 0 0 j Insurances .. .. .. .. 614 Contractors' deposits .. .. .. 20 0 0 Printing and advertising .. .. 22 17 (i Stationery .. .. .. .. 4 911 Governors' and auditors' fees .. .. 35 16 8 Office-rent .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Office-cleaning and gas .. .. 11 13 11 Contractors' deposit repaid .. .. 20 0 0 Furniture .. .. .. .. 17 6 Interest on bank overdraft .. .. 28 0 9 Telephone and letter-box .. .. 6 2 6 Valuation of property .. .. .. 2 2 0 Clearing land .. .. .. .. 1 12 0 Secretary .. .. .. .. 66 13 0 ! Petty oash, postage, and sundries .. 34 f> 3 Boys' College. Boarding fees .. .. .. .. 2,499 9 2 | House expenses .. .. .. 2,335 18 3 Tuition fees .. .. .. .. 1,009 19 10 Tuition expenses .. .. .. 2,159 8 4 Government capitation for free places .. 1,060 13 4 Scholarships Interest .. .. .. .. 0 15 8 Endowed .. .. .. .. 104 10 0 Foundation.. .. .. .. 42 0 0 Governors' and auditors' fees .. .. 37 6 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 2 2 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 58 211 Prizes .. .. .. .. 26 17 6 Printing and advertising .. .. 48 10 4 Gas .. .. .. .. .. 88 19 6 Rates and taxes .. .." .. 29 4 4 Repairs .. .. .. .. 34 15 11 Insurance .. .. .. .. 20 14 10 Legal expenses .. .. .. 0 10 6 Interest on mortgage .. .. .. 151 210 Subscriptions to sports and magazine .. 35 0 0 ! Class-rooms— Rents .. .. .. .. 143 8 0 Fuel, &c. .. .. .. .. 11 18 5 Boardinghouse—Rent .. .. 42 0 0 Chemicals .. .. .. .. 13 1 5 Telephone .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Grounds .. .. .. .. 810 0 Sanitation .. .. .. .. 711 i Secretary .. .. .. .. 66 14 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 7 7 9 Girls' College. Boarding fees .. .. .. .. 1,305 7 4 House expenses .. .. .. 1,315 2 1 Tuition fees .. .. .. .. 878 12 0 Tuition expenses .. .. .. 1,398 411 Government capitation for free plaoes .. 847 9 2 Scholarships — Government capitation for cookery classes 53 5 0 Endowed .. .. 67 6 8 Refunds .. .. .. .. 219 9 Foundation.. .'.' .. .. 62 12 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 10 4 Tuition .. .. .. .. 160 0 0 Governors' and auditors' fees .. .. 37 6 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 2 2 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 49 13 5 Prizes .. .. .. .. 10 11 9 Printing and advertising .. .. 89 15 11 Gas .. ~ .. .. .. 44 3 0 Rates and taxes .. .. .. 15 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. 97 3 9 Insurance .. .. .. .. 28 8 7 Painting .. .. .. .. 100 5 0 Telephone and letter-box .. .. 6 0 6 Subscription to magazine .. .. 3 3 0 Rent of hockey-field .. .. .. 3 0 0 Sanitation .. .. .. .. 2 18 0 Secretary .. .. .. .. 66 13 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 6 7 0 Capital Account. Repayments on account of mortgages .. 34 12 1 New Boys' College .. .. .. 12,409 18 9 Land sold .. .. .. .. 180 0 0 New gymnasium .. .. .. I.OOC 0 0 Mortgage on Colleges, to account .. 7,000 0 0 Swimming-bath .. .. .. 365 19 3 Education Department, to account of Levelling playground .. .. .. 612 13 11 grant for rebuilding Boys' College .. 5,000 0 0 Furniture Boys' College .. .. 82 14 5 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 140 0 0 Furniture Girls' College .. .. 97 2 1 Donation from Nelson College Old Boys' Balance in bank, 31st Association .. .. .. 100 0 0 December, 1906 .. £63 010 Donation from Nelson College Old Girls' Less unpaid cheques .. 44 9 0 Association .. .. .. 45 0 0 18 11 10 Government subsidy on ditto .. '.. 45 0 0 Balance in bank, 31st December, 1905 .. 2,312 10 9 £23,870 19 4 £23,870 19 4 James Blaib, Secretary. We hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing accounts, and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and have found them correct.—John Kino, Ambrose E. Moore, Auditors.

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GEEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. ■ & v. d. Expenditure. £s. d Balance, 31st December, 1905 .. ..1,344 1 6 Grant to Grey Education Board .. 150 0 0 Westland School Commissioners.. .. 100 2 6 Rent paid to Education Board .. .. 10 10 U Interest .. 73 18 10 Secretary, eighteen months .. .. . Bent .. •• 10 10 0 Bank charges ,i I q Law-costs .. .. .. • • n » » Balance, 31st December, 1906— At National Bank 26 0 7 Post-Office SavingH-Bank .. . • 35 5 0 Debentures, Grey Borough, £800, £390 .. 1,190 0 0 Loan on mortgage .. .. • • 90 0 0 £17 5 29 12 10 £1.528 12 10 W. E. Kettle, Chairman. F. W. Eiemenschneideh, Secretary. Examined and found correct— J. K. Wabburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. ..1,427 0 3 ManagementPrice of reserves sold 40 0 0 Office salary i m Current income from reserves .. .. 64 0 0 Other office expenses . .. .. 18 0 lD Sa:emo°nT inVeStedand ° nUnpaid «• 0 S^T ' **> 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 P r e i^ g ' r 8 e ta^° s r ' e^ c , and adverUsing 2 \ *l 6 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 16 9 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,510 15 5 £1,697 5 3 5 3 H. L. Michel, Chairman. Chas. Kirk, Secretary. Examined and found correct, subject to the remark that the Hokitika Borough debentures and the Kumara debentures, in which school funds not set apart as a reserve fund are invested, are. not securities in which the Governors are authorised by law to invest such school funds.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

EANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. T. R. Cresswell, M.A. ; Miss O. S. Howard, M.A.; Miss B. Martin, M.A.; Sergeant-major Hoare. 1. Eeport op the Board op Governors. I have the honour to report that the progress and attendance of scholars at the Eangiora High School during 1906 was very satisfactory. The school year commenced with seventy-two pupils on the roll and closed with eighty—a record for the school. Admirable work has been done during the year by the school staff Mr. T E. Cresswell and the Misses Howard and Martin—all Masters of Arcs—and the Board has been pleased to express approbation of their zealous efforts. The High School Cadets Corps has proved a valuable disciplinary adjunct and the Board was gratified by a letter from Colonel Bauchop in December commending the corps for efficiency. The resignation of Miss Martin, second assistant mistress, was re-eived last term with regret, and the Board appointed Miss I. M. Keith in her stead. The membership of the Board is the same as at last report, but there has been a change in the officers At the last annual meeting Mr. J. Johnston retired from the chairmanship, after some years of valuable service. At the same meeting Mr. E. Ball was appointed Chairman and Secretary, and Mr. C. I. Jennings was appointed Treasurer. In order to make the school somewhat more efficient in one direction, the Board hopes to be able to obtain the services of a well-qualified auxiliary teacher to give extra instruction to those pupils who intend following commercial pursuits. The Board also contemplates engaging a teacher of physical development, should ways and means permit. With regard to the commercial side of the curriculum, thanks to the efforts of the Headmaster, it has always , received a very fair share of attention. The school premises and outbuildings have been kept in good order, and improvements have been made in so far as funds would permit.

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2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English—Nesfield's Manual; Nesfield's Historical Grammar ; Shakespeare's Julius Csesar and As You Like It; Thackeray's Esmond; Tennyson's Princess; selections from Chaucer, Milton, Pope, Spenser, Addison, De Quincey, Carlyle, Tennyson, &c.; philology, &c. Latin— Bradley's Arnold ; Bryan's Prose; iEneid, Book I; Livy, Book XXI; selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses ; Cicero, De Amicitia; Csesar, Book VII. French—Hossfeld's Method (Huguenet); Chardenal's Idioms; Picciola (Saintire); Eugenic Grandet; composition. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, to binomial theorem. Trigometry—Borchardt and Perrott, to solution of triangles. Geometry—Baker and Bourne, Books I-VI. Botany—Ewart; Dendy and Lucas. Heat— Glazebrook ; Ganot. All subjects to Junior University Scholarship standard. Loivest. —Nesfield's Manual; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield ; Scott's Lady of the Lake (Canto I). Arithmetic—Pendlebury. Algebra—Baker and Bourne, to simple equations. French— Chardenal (Part I) and French without Tears (Part I). Botany—Murche. Geography — Longmans' Geography, Book 111. Physiology—Elementary. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. < Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 41 1 9 Honorarium to Secretary .. .. 5 5 0 Government capitation for free places .. 686 4 2 Other office expenses .. .. .. 213 2 Current income from reserves .. .. 189 6 4 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 657 6 0 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 55 2 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 3 13 9 Exchange on cheque .. .. .. 0 2 6 Class material .. .. .. .. 5 110 Sale of old building material .. .. 12 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 4 13 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 30 6 5 Site, buildings, furniture, &c. — Purchases and new works .. .. 43 0 8 IVnoing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 54 2 11 Miscellaneous—Rates, insurance, &o. .. 4 13 Interest on current account .. .. 0 10 Bank charges and sundry expenses .. 018 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. .. 161 15 9 £972 19 3 J £972 19 3 Eobeet Ball, Chairman. C. I. Jennings, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Wakburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

CHEISTCHUECH 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., 8.50.; Mr. A. Merton ; Mr. R. Speight, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. T. H. Jaokson, B.A. ; Mr. J. H. Smith, M.A. ; Mr. T. W. Cane, M.A. ; Mr. J. Cook ; Mr. S. A. Clark; Sergeant-major Farthing; Mr. A. Merton ; Mr. W. S. Malaquin; Mr. T. S. Tankard; Miss E. E. Digby. 1. Eepoet of the Headmaster. The numbers during 1906 were —206 for the first term, 203 for the second term, and 209 for the third term. Of this latter number the Preparatory class for young boys below Standard V numbered 23, and did excellent work not only in primary subjects, but in modelling, drawing, and nature-study. Samples of their work were displayed at the school on the 13th October, and are now in the Exhibition. The number of free places last year amounted to 50 junior and 23 senior, making a total of 73. The ignorance of the conditions on which free places may be obtained is very great, and even teachers of primary schools seem unaware of the privileges offered, and do not inform parents. A much larger number than usual of boys from the school presented themselves for Matriculation and the Junior Civil Service Examinations in December last. For Matriculation 25 boys presented themselves: this number included all the Lower Sixth save two, and all the Upper Fifth save five. Of these 25 there were 19 who passed and 6 who failed. As the average number of failures for the colony in Matriculation is, I believe, some 50 per cent., this is a good result. Twenty-seven entered for senior free places on the Junior Civil Service Examination, and all but i passed ; a separate Credit List of these is not published. Eighteen boys were from our Lower Fifth, 3 from the Upper Fourth, and 6 from the Upper Fifth ; in addition, 7 boys entered for Junior Civil Service proper; all passed, 4of them on the Credit List. Two boys, W. S. Wauchop and H. Edgar, passed the Senior Civil Service Examination, the former with distinction. Six boys of our Lower Fifth competed for Senior Education Board Scholarships, and won five out of the six scholarships awarded—a satisfactory result. Finally, 5 boys sat for Junior University Scholarships : of these, M. B. Martin was awarded a Junior University Scholarship, G. W. D. Mulgan and D. L. Sinclair Senior National Scholarships, H. Broadhead was placed on the Credit List, and E. E. Bevan-Brown satisfied the examiners. M. B. Martin was top of all the University scholars in English, and Mulgan was sixth in chemistry. Two boys sat for the London Matriculation : the results are not yet known. It will be seen that of the Upper School, comprised in forms Upper and Lower Sixth and Upper and Lower Fifth, and numbering 73 boys, all but 14 boys were examined, either by the University, the Government, or the Board of Education, at the end of the year. A year ago only 15 entered for Matriculation, some 6 for Junior Civil Service, 4 for Junior University Scholarships, and 7 for Senior Board Scholarships, making a total of 32 boys examined in public examinations in December, 1905, as against 59 in December, 1906. This large increase of candidates is caused

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by the senior free places being now awarded to all boys passing the above examinations. The system only came into operation fully in 1906. It renders a formal examination by examiners appointed by the Board at the end of the year not only unnecessary, but really harmful; the strain of two examinations each lasting over a week following one another would be injurious to most boys. Accordingly there was only a short examination, held by the masters themselves, at the end of the year for the three upper classes, and the examinations of the first and second terms were taken into account in awarding prizes. The examinations for the Middle and Lower School were as full as usual. The senior free place system tends to make our upper classes larger, and a boy's stay at school longer. The numerous district high schools established have affected our numbers—mainly, however, in cutting off the supply of boys who only stay a short time. One result of the facts enumerated is that the length of a boy's stay at school has increased. We were honoured last year by visits from His Excellency Lord Plunket, and Sir John Gorst, who gave interesting and valuable addresses to the boys. On the 13th October the school celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its foundation, when there was a display of school-work, and a large and enthusiastic gathering of old boys and friends. The old boys determined to raise funds towards erecting a gymnasium as a memorial of the occasion. At the annual speech-night on the 14th December last, Mr. T. Eace, the Canadian Commissioner, was present, and gave an eloquent and stimulating address. The Miller Prize for English Literature, and Professor Wall's Newspaper Prize, were adjudicated by Mr. Harkness. Of the Miller Prize competition he says, " I have examined the papers sent in for the Miller Prize : they were very even in point of merit, the chief difference being in literary style and clearness of arrangement. I congratulate the candidates on their good work." On the Newspaper Prize he says, " Donnelly's paper showed good judgment in the selection of important facts and the omission of unimportant details, combined with an excelllent knowledge of contemporary history. I note also that, though sending in a paper of fifteen pages, he was able to preserve a good literary style throughout, and to avoid errors of good taste. The papers generally display a very creditable knowledge of current events. Very few mistakes were made." Professor Blunt also kindly examined for his own prize in oral French, and awarded it to F. V. Bevan-Brown. Dr. Hight was also good enough to examine for our reading prizes. It will be necessary to add two benches to our chemical laboratories to allow all the classes to do practical work. The distinctions won by former pupils during the year were as follows : Mr. T. I. Bennett passed the London Matriculation in the First Division; Messrs. V. Mahoney, T. McLennan, and J. E. Cull obtained the degree of B.E. ; Mr. H. G. Denham the degree of M.Sc, and the 1851 Exhibition Science Scholarship ; Mr. B. C. E. Atkinson obtained his M.8., Ch.B. (First Class), Edinburgh ; and Messrs. E. H. B. Milson and A. O'Brien the degree of M.D. at London University ; and four old boys obtained their medical degree at Otago University. We have now two companies in the cadet corps, practically the whole Upper School. We have not. however, sufficient uniforms for the increased numbers, and a great many of the old uniforms need replacing, as they are worn out. We require, in fact, fifty new uniforms. The above report, coupled with the report just sent down by the acting Inspector-General, should give the Board of Governors and the public a fair idea of the condition of the school. 0. E. Bevan-Bbown. 2. WoEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest, —Latin—Cicero, Select Letters (Jeans, Macmillan) ; First Catiline Oration (Keene, Blackie); Horace, Selections from Satires and Epistles (Macmillan); Virgil, Georgics, Book IV (Macmillan); Bradley's Arnold ; Bradley's Aids to Latin Prose ; Kennedy's Eevised Latin Primer ; Gepp and Haigh's Latin Dictionary; Eobinson's First History of the Eomans ; Eivington's Classbook of Latin, Unseen, Book VI. English-—As You Like it, Warwick Shakespeare (Blackie) ; Palgrave's Golden Treasury ; Spenser, Faerie Queene, Book I (Clarendon Press); Thackeray, Esmond, with Introduction and Notes (Macmillan); Nesfield's Manual; Nesfield's Historical English; Stopford Brooke's Literature Primer. French — Modern French Verse, Berthon (Macmillan) ; Advanced French Composition, Duhamel (Eivington's) ; Moliere, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Fasnacht (Macmillan); Coeurs Eusses (Siepmann's Advanced Series); Parallel French Grammar (Sonnenschein); Waterloo, Erckmann-Chatrian (Cambridge University Press). Mathematics —Loney's Trigonometry, Part I; Hall and Knight's Algebra; Elements of Applied Mathematics (Jessop, Bell); Hall and Stevens's School Geometry, Parts V and VI (Macmillan); Baker and Bourne, Elementary Geometry, Books I to IV; Hogben's Trigonometry Tables. Science—Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Theoretical), (Bailey, London, W. B. Clive). Gymnastics, Scripture, Greek. Loivest. —Latin—Elementa Latina, to end of active verbs; Scalse Primse; Shorter Latin Primer, for revision of verbs. English—King Arthur and his Court (Greene); Lyra Heroica, " The Bevenge," &c. ; Nesfield's Outlines ; Parsing Notes ; dictation, composition, parsing, analysis (four forms of predicate and easy subordinate clauses) ; also one of sixpenny editions in Lower IV list to be read at home per term. History—First Book of British History (Tout); Longmans' Historical Series for Schools, Book I. Geography—Longmans' Geographical Series, Book II; Mathematical and Physical Geography. French—Siepmann's Primary French Course, first year ; oral French. Mathematics—New School Arithmetic, Pendlebury's (Bell and Sons), without answers ; tots and mental arithmetic ; Practical Exercises in Geometry (Eggar, Macmillah). Science. Nature-study. Art—Same as Lower 111, but more advanced, and with addition of elementary model drawing. Writing — Twice, a -week. Gymnasium — Two lessons a week. Singing—Twice a week. Scripture.

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3 k General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ B. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 204 1 0 Management—Office salaries .. .. 100 0 0 Government capitation— Teachers' salaries— For free places .. .. .. 228 10 0 Main School.. .. .. .. 3,670 7 0 For manual and technical instruction .. 15 15 0 Preparatory School .. .. .. 148 10 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 3,659 211 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 2 2 0 School fees— Other examination expenses .. .. 12 13 6 Main School.. .. .. .. 1,204 9 9 Scholarships .. .. 15 0 0 Preparatory School .. .. .. 148 10 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 36 7 9 Interest on current account .. .. 13 4 2 Glass material .. .. .. 40 5 8 Sale of benches and old fenoing-materials.. 510 0 Printing, stationery, advertising, and boobs .. .. .. .. 148 6 7 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 50 9 0 New works .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 Renewals, fittings, &c. .. .. .. 49 1 2 Miscellaneous—lrisuranoe .. .. 18 17 0 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 113 4 8 Interest on Loan Account, £5,000 .. 200 0 0 Grants to Sporte Fund and cadet oorps .. 75 0 0 Bent of section (playground) .. .. 83 11 2 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 60 2 9 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 615 4 7 £5,479 2 10 £5,479 2 10 G. W. Eussbll, Chairman. A. Ceaceoft Wilson, Begistrar. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warbuhton, Controller and Auditor-General.

CHEISTCHUECH GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Miss M. V. Gibson, M.A.; Miss C. K. Henderson, B.A. ; Miss M. B. Hay; Miss F. Sheard, M.A. B.Sc; Miss K. M. Gresson, M.A. ; Mrs. C. V. Loughton, M.A.; Miss E. T. Crosby, B.A. ; Miss E. L. Cull, M.A. ; Miss L. Bing, B.A. ; Miss N. Gardner; Miss A. Rennie; Miss H. L. Smith; Miss E. Eaaterbrook; Mr. C. H. Gilby; Sergeant-major Farthing. 1. Eepoet of the Lady Pbincipal. As the new regulations (October, 1905) of the Secondary Schools Act came into force at the beginning of the year, in addition to pupils holding junior free places, duly qualified applicants were for the first time admitted to senior free places. Twenty-three premium pupils of the school and three new applicants were admitted under this qualification. This had the effect of increasing the size of the upper forms of the school, the roll-number for the three terms being 171, 177, and 189. The provisions for free secondary education throughout the school course are thus now in full working-order in this school, and promise to give good results. The tendency noticed last year on the part of holders of junior free places to resign these before the completion of the two-years tenure has not continued, and it is satisfactory to note that almost all completed the course and sat for the Senior Free Place Examination, or offered reasonable explanations for not doing so. The syllabus of work, however, required for this examination is too extensive to be thoroughly mastered in the space of two years unless the whole school week were devoted to the five, or at most six, subjects chosen for this examination. As this specialisation of subjects does not seem desirable in the real interests of education, especially in the case of a girls' school, such restriction of subjects was not allowed, and consequently the percentage of passes in the Senior Free Place Examination was not high, 16 passing out of 37. There is therefore in a large number of cases a break of one year in the continuity of the free-place system. Iv December the year's work of the Sixth Upper Form in English and Latin was examined by Professor Wall and Mr. C. F. Bourne, M.A., respectively, for the purpose of awarding the Helen Macmillan Brown Memorial Prize, the marks in Latin ranging from 52 per cent, to 71 per cent, (average 64 per cent.), and in English from 43 per cent, to 63 per cent, (average 52 per cent.). No other part of the school was examined individually by outside examiners, but the technical classes were inspected at the end of the first term by Mr. Isaac, and the whole school was seen at work on the 10th and 11th October by Dr. W. J. Anderson. In the December public examinations four pupils gained both Junior University Scholarship and Senior National Scholarships, and, as two elected to take up the latter, a fifth scholarship (Junior University) was awarded to another pupil who came fourth on the Credit List. Fourteen entered for Matriculation, and 12 passed. Two passed the Medical Preliminary Examination, 12 the Junior Civil Service, 10 of whom were placed in the Credit List. Another pupil headed the list of successful candidates for the North Canterbury Education Board Senior Scholarship, and 16 pupils qualified on the Senior Free Place Examination. The general health of the scholars was good, and the average attendance—l67 —satisfactory. The event of the year of most vital importance to the school was the passing of the Government grant of £3,000 for the urgently needed increased accommodation. The work will be set in hand at once, and will give five additional up-to-date class-rooms, and a proper science-room. This will allow a much needed subdivision and rearrangement of classes, and give very much improved facilities for practical science work.

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Among the successes of the year of pass pupils of the school, that of Ada O'Callaghan, who won the Senior University Scholarship in Mathematics, is noteworthy, as it is the first time in the history of the University of New Zealand that a mathematical scholarship has been awarded to a lady student. One past pupil took her M.A. degree, 4 the degree of 8.A., 1 gained an Exhibition in Applied Mathematics at Canterbury College, and 1 passed the Matriculation Examination of the London University. M. V. Gibson. 2. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —All work to the requirements for Junior University Scholarship Examination. Mathematics—Baker and Bourne's Elementary Algebra, Part II; Hall and Knight's Algebra; Loney's Trigonometry, Part I; Hall and Steven's Geometry, Parts I to VI. Latin—Bradley's Latin Prose Composition; Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer; Walter's Hints and Helps in Continuous Latin Prose; Georgics (Virgil), Book I; iEneid, Selections, Books VII-XII (Bell's) ; Livy, Book IX, chapters 1 to 19; Cicero, Pro Archia and In Catilinam, 111-IV. French— Spier's Practical French Grammar; Rapid French Exercises and Graduated Course of Translation into French Prose ; Le Cid (Corneille); La Petite Fadette (Sand) ; Colomba (Merimee). Physical science (heat) —Drapoer's Heat. Natural science (botany)—Evans's Botany. English —Nesfield's Past and Present; Chaucer's Squire's Tale; Tennyson's In Memoriam (selected); Dickens's Tale of Two Cities ; Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats (selections). Lowest. —English — Grammar, Nesfield's Outlines of English Grammar, Parts I, 11, III; Composition and lessons on great English writers; set books; Parables from Nature (Mrs. Gatty); Richard of the Lion Heart (Scott, abridged) ; Ancient Mariner (Coleridge) ; Laureate Poetry, Book No. V. Arithmetic—Weights and measures, vulgar fractions, practice, proportion (unitary method), decimals, simple interest, practice, discount, profit and loss. French—Dent's First French Book ; Spier's French Drill. Algebra—First three simple rules. English history— Mrs. Ransome's History. Geography—Southern Cross Geography, No. VI. Nature-study— Plant-life, and Trees and Shrubs (Buckley). Drawing—Brush work. Singing, sewing, and drill. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 14 2 4 Management— Office salaries .. .. 60 0 0 Government capitation— Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 1,815 6 0 For free places .. .. .. 1,119 5 0 Grant in aid to boardinghouse .. .. 50 0 0 For manual and technical instruction .. 44 13 1 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 414 6 Current income from reserves .. .. 288 7 2 Other examination expenses .. .. 8 9 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Scholarships .. .. .. .. 81 3 4 purchase-money .. .. .. 181 17 7 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 22 15 6 School fees (including fees for gymnastic Printing, stationery, advertising, and books 59 0 3 class) .. .. .. 398 19 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 17 0 8 Proceeds from cooking classes .. .. 16 14 3 Purchases and new works .. .. 13 3 7 Debtor balance at end of year .. .. 137 0 11 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 21 5 3 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 711 5 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 6 18 8 Expenses of cooking classes .. .. 17 711 Rent of eports-ground, &c. .. .. 3 10 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 9 13 3 £2,200 19 4 £2,200 19 4 G. W. Russell, Chairman. A. Cracropt Wilson, Registrar. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

CHRIST'S COLLEGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Rev. C. H. Moreland, M.A.; Rev. Canon F. A. Hare, M.A.; Mr. E. G. Hogg, M.A.; Mr. A. E. Flower, M.A., M.Sc.; Mr. E. Jenkins, M.A.; Mr. J. Monteath, 8.A.; Mr. J. E. S. Dudding, M.A.; Mr. H. Hudson, 8.A.; Mr. H. B. Lusk, M.A.; Mr. T. R. Southall ; Mr. G. H. Merton, 8.A.; Mr. C. L. Wiggios ; Mr. A. J. Merton; Mr. I. M. Madden ; Sergeant-major Farthing. 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Work as for Junior Scholarships at the University of New Zealand. Lowest. —Reading and spelling—lmperial and Longmans' New Zealand Reader 111, IV to page 80. Repetition—Battle of Blenheim, Rosabelle, The Brook, Wreck of the Hesperus, Burial of Sir John Moore. Geography—Zealandia, II and 111. History—Short Stories from English History (Blackwood). Grammar—Longmans', I; a general knowledge of the parts of speech. Composition—The simple sentence, short descriptive compositions, letters, &c. Writing—Public Service Copybooks, Nos. 3 and 4. Arithmetic—Numeration ; the simple rules, up to and including division by factors.

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2. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 15th May, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Price of land sold (Capital Acoount) .. 150 0 0 Overdraft at beginning of year .. .. 110 1 2 Current income— Cost of management .. .. .. 258 17 9 Prom land .. .. .. .. 2,153 1 8 Teachers'salaries andallowances .. .. 3,580 5 0 Prom scholarships endowments.. .. 689 16 2 Examiners'fees and other expenses .. 50 19 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,956 6 9 Scholarships .. .. .. 621 17 8 Cadet fees .. .. .. .. 27 12 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 64 14 6 Sundries, unclassified .. .. .. 3 5 4 Class material .. .. .. .. 35 13 2 Depreciation Fund .. .. .. 15 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 94 15 1 Overdraft at end of year .. .. .. 315 14 5 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 199 0 5 Buildings, &c. — Penoing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 125 15 2 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, &c.) .. 54 16 8 Interest on current account .. .. 28 0 0 Proceeds from sales invested .. .. 700 0 0 Expenses in connection with land estate .. 88 5 0 School chapel .. .. .. .. 46 310 Boys' Games Fund .. .. .. 223 19 11 Boys' Oadet Fund .. .. .. 27 12 6 £6,310 16 10 £6,310 16 10 C. Chbistohueoh, Warden. W. Guise Beittan, Bursar. I hereby certify that I audited the books of the Christ's College Grammar School and that the above statement is correct. —A. A. M. McKellab, Auditor.—Chriscchurch, 22nd December, 1906. Depeeciation and Sinking Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Transfer from income to Sinking Fund .. 68 11 3 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 178 11 3 Transfer from income to Depreciation Fund 110 0 0 i £178 11 3 £178 11 3 15th May, 1906.—T0 balanoe .. .. £178 11 3

AKAROA HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. B.alance at beginning of year ... .. 173 5 7 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 011 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 304 12 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 215 0 Class material—Chemioal and other appliances, District High School .. .. 8 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 519 0 Paid North Canterbury Education Board, grant to District High School .. .. 100 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 360 12 7 £477 17 7 £477 17 7 H. Jacobson, Chairman and Secretary.

ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. W. F. Watter*, 8.A.; Mr. 0. F. Salmond, M.A. ; Miss P. E. Kershaw, M.A.; Miss M. Steven, 8.A., B.Sc. 1. Repoet of the Boaed op Goveenoes. The personnel of the Board is the same as for the preceding year—viz., the Rev. G. B. Inglis (Chairman). His Worship the Mayor (Henry Davis, Esq.), and Messrs. David Thomas, M. Stitt, C, Reid, S. S. Chapman, and Andrew Orr. The Board held thirteen meetings, the average attendance being six. During the year the work of the school has been carried on very satisfactorily, the staff remaining the same as the previous year. With regard to free-place pupils, the Board expresses its sense of the great benefit conferred on those who desire a higher education than can be obtained at the primary schools. New Building. —The new school was completed, and opened by the late Premier, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, on the 12th February, and is found of great comfort both to teachers and pupils, though not as complete and efficient as the Board desires. It hopes, during the next year, to make, by the aid of a further grant from the Government, additional improvements—viz., the erection of a science-room and a large room the whole of the school can meet in. School Attendance. —The school has a roll-number of 104, and an average attendance for the year of, say, ninety. The Board regrets that no provision is to be made for the proper and systematic examination of secondary schools by officers of the Department.

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2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English—Vlb—Nesfield's Grammar and Composition, Parts I and II to page 252 ; Tennyson, The Brook, iEnone, Ulysses, Locksley Hall; Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 1-391, 522-621 : Vla—Higher Grade English ; Abbot's How to Write Clearly; Lees' English Grammar on Historical Principles ; Nesfield, as for Vlb ; Selections from Chaucer and Spenser; Paradise Lost, as for Vlb. Latin—Vlb —Via Latina; Caesar, De Bello Gallico, Book I to chapter 40, Book 111 to chapter 10; easier translation: VIa —Bradley's Arnold; prose versions; Caesar, Book IV, to chapter 22 ; Virgil, iEneid. Book I; Ovid, Metamorphoses (White's Grammar-school Texts); Livy, Book XXII, to chapter 28 ; Horace, Odes, IV, 1-5 ; Cicero, De Amicitia, 1-4. French—Vlb—Blouet's French Prose; Chardenal's Advanced Exercises, to page 75; Hachette's French Translations: Vla—Chardenal's Advanced Exercises, to page 142; Wellington College French Grammar, to page 127; Bue's Idioms ; general translation and lessons on pronunciation and phonetic symbols. Arithmetic—Goyen, to page 290. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to permutations and combinations ; graphs. Geometry—Vlb—Baker and Bourne, 111 and IV, with exercises : Vla—Baker and Bourne, as for Vlb, and Hall and Stevens's Solid Geometry and Exercises. Trigonometry—Lock, to solution of triangles (inclusive). Geography—As for Matriculation. Drawing—Freehand, geometrical, and model, as for Matriculation. Botany and heat — As for Junior University Scholarship and Matriculation. Lowest. —English—Nesfield's Grammar and Composition, to page 70; Advanced Globe Reader; parsing, analysis, synthesis, essays. Latin—Scott and Jones's Latin Course. French—Methode Naturelle, to lesson 52; verbs, regular and irregular, of first conjugation. Arithmetic—H.C.F., L.C.M., vulgar and decimal fractions, percentages, interest, discount. Algebra —To problems in simple equations (Hall and Knight). Geometry — Morgan's Introductory Mathematics; Baker and Bourne, Book I, with exercises. Geography —Longmans', Part 111, Physical, to page 33; British Isles and Europe, to page 243. History—Warner's Brief Survey, to page 110. BotanyEvans ; roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. Drawing—Model and freehand (ornament). Bookkeeping—Thornton's Primer and Grierson's Book-keeping. Woodwork and cookery—Department's course. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. . £ s. d. Government capitation— Dr. balance at beginning of year .. .. 217 17 11 For free places .. .. .. 693 0 0 Office salary .. .. .. .. 38 0 0 For manual and technical instruction .. 35 15 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 4 6 5 Current income from reserves .. .. 819 8 7 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 780 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 77 14 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 13 17 6 Trees and old desks sold .. .. .. 9 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 23 9 0 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 1,012 16 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &p. .. .. 42 19 0 Site, buildings, furniture, &c. .. .. 1,275 5 3 Fencing repairs, &c. .. .. .. 56 17 10 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 14 0 10 Interest on current account .. .. 35 11 0 Bank charge, and cheque-book .. .. 15 0 Borough Council, culverts .. .. 3 2 0 Gas company, water-suprjly and pipes .. 42 7 8 New gates .. ".. .. .. 26 10 0 Chemicals .. .. .. .. 4 4 7 Sports Association .. .. .. 3 0 0 Insurances .. .. .. .. 7 2 0 Technical classes .. .. .. 42 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 15 17 10 £2,647 13 10 £2,647 13 10 Geo. B. Inglis, Chairman. John Davison, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warbuuton, Controller and Auditor-General.

TIMAEU HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.—Mr. G. A. Simmers, M.A.; Mr. R. H. Rockel, M.A.; Mr. G. T. Palmer, M.A.; Mr. W. H. Moyes, M.A., 8.50.; Mr. Frank Cameron. Qirls' School.— Miss B. M. Watt, M.A.; Miss J. Mulholland, M.A. ; Miss O. Cunninghame, 8.A.; Miss E. Reid. 1. Repoet of the Board of Governoes. At the end of the year the members of the Board were : Messrs. William B. Howell (Chairman), Charles Bowker, R. Gillingham, John Jackson, B. R. Macdonald, James McCahon, John Talbot, the Rev. G. Barclay, Dr. H. C. Barclay, and the Yen. Archdeacon Harper. During the year Mr. J. S. Gibson, the Government nominee, resigned on account of continued illness, after having filled the position for many 'years with great credit to himself and much use to the Board, and the Governor appointed Mr. J. Jackson in his place. Mr. R. H. Bowie also resigned at the end of the year in order to take a trip to the Old Country, and Mr. Charles Bowker was appointed in his place. The Board held six ordinary and two special meetings during the year, the average attendance of members being seven.

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Again the Board has to report that the work of both schools has been carried on very satisfactorily, the success of pupils entering for the various public examinations being such as to show that the efficiency of the schools is being well maintained. The school staffs are the same as for last year, except that Mr. Amos, of the Boys' School, left for Peilding early in the year. His place was taken by Mr. W. H. Moyes, M.A., B.Sc, for a time, but the latter left in December, having obtained a better position in Nelson College. Mr. A. G. Johnson, B.Sc, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Moyes. During the year the Board purchased a site of 12 acres of land in North Street for the purpose of erecting a residence for the Headmaster and providing accommodation for boarders. It is hoped that the Board will in a few years be justified in building a boys' school on the same site, leaving the present grounds and buildings for the use of the girls only. The procuring of this site is considered by the Board to be a step in the right direction, because the present grounds are too small and altogether unsuited for a playground for the boys, and because it has long been felt that an up-to-date boarding-school for boys from the country has been wanted in the district. It is confidently hoped that the new grounds and buildings will add to the attractiveness and success of the school. 2. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Boys' School: Latin—Tutorial Latin Header; Macmillan's Latin Course, Part III; Tutorial Latin Grammar. French —Tutorial Advanced French Eeader; Tutorial French Composition ; Tutorial French Grammar. English—Low's English Language; Nichol's English Composition and Exercises; Second Middle English Primer; Tutorial History of Literature ; "Linesman's' Words by an Eye-witness; George Eliot's Eomola; selections from Tennyson. German —Buchheim's Composition; Eve's German Grammar; Schiller's Wilhelm Tell; Heine's Harzriese. Mathematics —Hall and Stevens's Geometry ; Pendlebury's Trigonometry ; Hall and Knight's Algebra ; Tutorial Advanced Algebra. (In the above subjects the classes do University Junior Scholarship work). Geography—Matriculation work: Longmans' No. 3 Geography. Geometrical drawing—Matriculation work. Girls' School : English—Nesfield's Historical English Derivation; Great Authors, Part I; Second Middle English Primer; Great Odes, Tennyson (The Princess), Euskin's Sesame and Lilies. Latin—Bryan's Latin Prose Exercises; Arnold's Latin Prose Composition ; Allan's Elementary Latin Grammar ; Matriculation Selections from Latin Authors. French—French Prose Composition; Bue's Idioms ; Advanced French Eeader. Mathematics —Hall and Stevens's Geometry, Books I to VI; Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra; Pendlebury's Elementary Trigonometry. Botany—Study of Botany, by Dendy and Lucas; Aitken's Botany. Mechanics —Mechanics and Hydrostatics for Beginners, by Loney. History—Creighton's History Primer, Eome ; Wilkin's Primer of Eoinan Antiquities. Lowest. — Boys' School : Latin —Bell's Concise Latin Course ; Scalar Primse (or shorthand and book-keeping—Preceptor's Junior Book-keeping, to page 65 ; Pitman's Shorthand Instructor). French — Siepmann's Primary French Course, first term and first year. English — Nesfield's Manual of Grammar and Composition; Eichard II; Hereward the Wake. Algebra—Baker and Bourne's Elementary Algebra, to page 105. Geometry—Hall and" Stevens's School Geometry, to page 89. Arithmetic—Pendlebury. Geography—Longmans' No. II Geography. Elementary magnetism and electricity—Teacher's notes. Woodwork—First Year Exercises. Girls' School: English —Nesfield's Manual of English Grammar; Miss Mitford's Our Village; Southern Cross Poetry-book, II; Word Builder and Speller. Latin—Bell's Concise Latin Course; Bell's Scalse Primse. French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle. Mathematics—Pendlebury's Arithmetic ; Baker and Bourne's Elementary Algebra; Hall and Stevens's Geometry, I and 11. Botany —Youman's Botany. History — Struggle for Freedom. Geography—Longmans' Pictorial Eeaders, Africa and Australasia. Scripture—Life of Christ. 3. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 2,806 18 0 Management— Government grant for woodwork, tools, &c. 2 5 4 Office salary .. .. .. .. 71 0 2 Government capitation— Other office expenses .. .. 23 6 0 For free places .. .. .. 776 6 8 Endowments and investments .. 31 19 7 For manual and technioal instruction .. 87 12 6 Members' travelling-expenses .. .. 20 0 3 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,862 10 4 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 2,059 13 7 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Scholarhhips .. .. .. .. 42 12 0 purchase-money .. .. .. 97 10 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 36 0 2 School fees .. .. .. .. 164 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 30 7 2 Interest on current account .. .. 15 3 4 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 139 4 6 Voluntary contributions —Uniforms .. 20 0 0 Purchases and new works .. 1,008 15 6 Summer School: Gas .. .. .. 0 5 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 79 211 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 25 7 6 Rent of hall .. .. .. .. 210 0 Refund of fees .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 School technical classes — Salaries .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 Apparatus .. .. .. ' ■ 15 11 0 Material .. .. .. .. 18 3 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. ..2,186 17 10 .£5,832 11 2 £5,832 11 2 Wμ. B. Howell, Chairman. A. Bell, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Wahbueton, Auditor-General.

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WAIMATE HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Report of the Boakd op Governors. In accordance with the High School Act, the Board still continues to expend a considerable portion of its revenue in connection with the local district high school. The salaries scheduled for certain of the high-school staff are very generally regarded as inadequate, and hence a portion of our outlay goes to augment the smaller salaries. We continue to give prizes for proficiency—we provide a gold medal for the dux of the school, and we have a system of annual scholarships, junior and senior. During the last year we devised a system of scholarships with a view to evoke ambition to achieve matriculation —one condition being that the successful candidates are to remain another year, at least, at school, preparing for the University. The number of secondary pupils at present attending the school is seventy, and of these fifteen are scholarship-holders. The annual balance-sheet will, of course, furnish all financial particulars. The Governors are Eev. George Barclay (Chairman), Dr. Barclay, Mr. Beckett, J. P., Mr. Coltman, J. P., Rev. Mr. Morrison, Mr. Manchester, Mr. Hovell, J. P., and Mr. Sinclair, J.P. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 2,093 19 7 ManagementPrice of reserves sold .. .. .. 306 18 6 Offloe salary .. .. .. .. 15 1 4 Current income from reserves .. .. 246 16 9 Other office expenses .. .. .. 2 0 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Grant towards salaries and allowances of purchase-money .. .. .. 104 16 0 teachers at District High School .. 98 6 8 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 40 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 22 0 Refund- -E. Creiphton's scholarship .. 15 0 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Exhibitioners' fee 3 paid by Board .. .. 30 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. •• •• 15 14 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 42 15 7 Cleaning, fuel, light, &0... .. .. 10 0 Interest on current account .. .. 0 7 6 Members' travelling-expenses .. .. 7 2 6 Surveyors' account .. .. .. 11 17 0 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 010 0 Bank exchanges.. .. .. .. 0 5 9 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 2,480 13 6 £2,757 15 10 £2,757 15 10 Geo. Barclay, Chairman. G. H. Graham, Secretary.

WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School— Mr. F. Milner, M.A.; Mr. G. H. Uttley, M.A. ; Mr. P. W. Gamble, B.A. ; Sergeant-major Qirh? School— Miss C. Ferguson, M.A. ; Miss V. M. Greig, M.A., B.Sc.; Miss A. C. Finlayson, M.A. ; Miss M. MoCaw; Sergeant-major Kibblewhite. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors beg to report considerable change in the staff during the past year, Dr Don, Rector of the Boys' School, having, through ill health, seen fit to retire from the Board's service ' From a large number of applicants (forty-eight) from all parts of the Commonwealth and New Zealand, Mr. P. Milner, M.A., of Nelson College, was chosen as Dr. Don's successor. Mr. W. G. Grave, first assistant, after a useful period of service, also retired from the school, Mr. G. H. Uttley, M.A., second assistant, being promoted to the position vacated by Mr. Grave. Mr. M. K. McCulloch and Mr. D. S. Chisholm, M.A., joined the staff during the year. Notwithstanding these changes the school has continued to do excellent work during the year. The Girls' School has also done excellent work, and the attendance has increased to such an extent as to warrant the Board in appointing an additional teacher. In continuation of the remarks in last year's report, the Governors note with pleasure the advantage taken of the free-place regulation, and the satisfactory manner in which it is working.

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2. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Boys' School: As for Junior Scholarship requirements. English—Tennyson's In Memoriam, Idylls of the King, and selections; Shakespeare, selections; Chaucer's Prologue ; Lamb's Essays of Blia; Nesfield's English Grammar Past and Present; Dalgleish's Higher Grade English. Latin—Ovid's Metamorphoses, I; Virgil's iEneid, XII; Livy, XXI; Bryan's Csesar's Prose; Bradley's Arnold; Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer; Roby's School Latin Grammar. French—Wellington College French Grammar; selected pieces from Moliere, Racine, and Corneille; Vecqueray's Papers; Chardenal's Advanced French Course. Arithmetic— Goyen's Arithmetic and Workman's Arithmetic, the whole subject. Mathematics—Algebra, Hall and Knight; geometry, Hall and Stevens, I-VI; trigonometry, Lock, and Ward's Papers. Science—Physics (heat), Glazebrook's and Deschanel's; geology —Watts's Geology. Girls' School: English—Milton's Comus; Macaulay's Essay on Milton; The Tempest; Nesfield's Past and Present; essays and miscellaneous work; Higher Grade English (Meiklejohn). Latin— Bradley's Arnold; Horace's Odes. French—Advanced Chardenal; Half-hours with French Authors; Boielle's Poetry; Macmillan's Prose; Sans Famille; Wellington College Grammar. History—As for Matriculation and Junior Civil Service. Geography—As for Matriculation and Junior Civil Service. Science—Heat, Glazebrook; physiology, Furneaux. Scripture—Gospel of Mark. Arithmetic—Pendlebury. Algebra—Hall and Knight. Trigonometry—Hall and Knight. Geometry—Baker and Bourne. Drawing—Model, freehand, brushwork. Loivest. — Boys' School: English —Yoxall's Word-builder ; Dunlop's English Grammar ; Kingsley's Heroes; Robertson's Prose, Part I; Jennings's Poems, Part 11. Latin—Morris's Elementa Latina. Commercial—Thornton's Primer; Thornton's Manual of Book-keeping; commercial correspondence. French—Chardenal, Part I. Arithmetic —Laing's Arithmetic, Part I. Geometry—Hall and Stevens's New Geometry, Part I. Algebra—Hall and Knight. Drawing— Freehand and model. Science—Physiology, Murche, Parts I and 11. Geography—No text-book used. Girls' School: English—Bowen's Selections of Prose and Poetry; Nesfield's Manual; Meiklejohn's Spelling ; essays and composition. Latin—Blackboard lessons, natural method. French—Bell's First French Course, and part of Second Course. History—Miss Buckley's. Geography—Political, mathematical, physical, Longmans' 11. Science—Botany, elementary lessons; physiology, elementary lessons. Scripture—The Gospel of St. Matthew, thirteen chapters. Arithmetic —Goyen's. Algebra—Baker and Bourne's. Geometry—Elementary lessons. Drawing —Model, freehand. 3. Genebal Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. 6. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 31 6 5 Management— Government capitation for free places .. 848 15 0 Office salaries.. .. .. .. 105 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,386 5 4 Other office expenses .. .. .. 10 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 181 9 5 Other expenses of management.. .. 15 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 436 15 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. .. 1,682 15 5 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 2 0 6 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 310 0 Interest on scholarship deposit .. .. 7 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 717 6 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 200 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 44 16 0 Valuations .. .. .. .. 300 3 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c- .. .. 106 9 3 Waitaki County Council, for portion of re- Purchases and new works .. .. 318 2 6 serve taken for road .. .. .. 15 6 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 93 7 7 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 35 7 0 Valuation paid .. .. .. 315 12 0 Refund fees .. .. .. .. 17 2 3 Insurance .. .. .. .. 14 15 4 Drill-instructor .. .. .. 12 8 4 Valuator's fee .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 Petty expenses .. .. .. .. 9 2 1 Law costa .. .. .. .. 0 10 6 ; Balance at end of year .. .. .. 614 4 11 £3,409 0 8 I £3,409 0 8 W. H. Rose, for Chairman. A. A. McKinnon, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

OTAGO BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS. Staff. Boys' School —Mr. A. Wilson, M.A.; Mr. M. Watson, M.A. ; Mr. J. Macpherson, P. 8.1.5. ; Mr. P. H. Campbell, ill A• Mr K. A. McCnllough, M.A.; Mr. E. J. Parr. M.A., B.Sc; Mr. J. Reid, 8.A.; Mr. J. G. Pullarton, B.A. ; Mr H. Chapman ; Mr. J. Hanna; Mr. R. Cogbill ; Mr. D. Sherriff; Mr. T. D. Adams, B.A.

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Girls' School.—M\ss M. B. A. Marchant, M.A. ; Miss F. M. Allan, M.A. ; Miss H. Alexander, B.A. ; Miss S. C. C. McKnight, M.A. ; Miss B. B. Little; Miss P. Campbell, M.A.; Miss L. A. N. Downes, 8.A.; Miss M. W. Alves; Mies M. Salmond; Miss M. McLeod ; Mr. J. Hanna; Mr. W. E. Taylor, P.R.0.0. ; Miss J. 0. Longford; Miss S. E. Albert. 1. Report op the Board of Governors. In compliance with section 8 of " The Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Act, 1877," and in conformity with circular from your Department dated the 14th December, 1906, I have the honour to forward report from the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools for the year ending the 31st December, 1906. I am glad to state that the attendance in both schools has been highly satisfactory, the enrolment at the Boys' School being the highest in the history of the school. The free-education scheme of the Government is largely taken advantage of by all sections of the community, and has proved a pronounced success. The work of the schools has progressed satisfactorily during the year, and the high standard reached in the various competitive examinations in the past has been fully maintained. Towards the end of the year the Boys' and Girls' Schools were inspected by the Assistant Inspector-General of Schools, who expressed satisfaction generally with the efficiency and organization of both schools. At the end of the year Mr. A. Wilson, M.A,, Eector of the Boys' School, who had been in the service of the Board for upwards of thirty years, severed his connection with the school, and in accepting his resignation with regret the Governors expressed their appreciation of his long and valuable services. Mr. W. J. Morrell, M.A., formerly scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, and recently chief master of classics and English master of the Auckland Grammar School, has been appointed Eector, and in view of his high scholarship and attainments the Governors are confident that the welfare and high standard of the school will be preserved under Mr. Morrell's rectorship. Appended hereto are reports from the Eector of the Boys' High School, and the Lady Principal of the Girls' High School. The statement of receipts and expenditure and balance-sheet for year ending 31st December, 1906, duly audited, was forwarded to your Department on the 2nd instant. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Boys' School: English—Chaucer, Prologue; Shakespeare, Hamlet; Spenser, Faerie Queene ; Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II; Sonnets of the Century; Historical English Grammar, composition, &c. Latin —Livy, part of Book XXI; Horace, Odes, III; Virgil, ißneid, Book II; sight translation from various authors; prose composition; Soman History and Antiquities. French —Selections from various authors; composition, grammar, &c. German—As in French. Mathematics —Arithmetic (whole subject) ; geometry, Baker and Bourne, Books I-VII; algebra, Hall and Knight, to permutations and combinations, interest and annuities ; trigonometry, to solution of triangles (Pendlebury). Science —Chemistry, the metallic elements, revision of nonmetallic elements, elementary qualitative analysis ; physics, heat. Girls' School: English— Chaucer, The Knightes Tale ; Shakespeare, Eichard 111 and King Lear; Spenser, Faerie Queene (part); Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II; Addison's Spectator; Historical English Grammar; composition, &c.; literature, general, with readings from modern poets. Latin — Cicero, De Senectute ; Horace, Odes, Book II; Book 111, 9 odes, 3 satires ; Middleton's Latin Verse ; Eeid's Translation at Sight; composition, grammar, &c. ; Eoman History and Antiquities. French— Macmillan's Advanced Exercises; Wellington College Eeader; Boielle, poetry ; Barlet and Masom, Higher French Eeader; grammar, composition, &c. ; Berthon, Specimens of Modern French Verse ; Labdiche, Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon. German —Otto's German Grammar ; Second German Eeading-book; Schiller, selections ; Buchheim, composition. Mathematics— Arithmetic, the whole subject; algebra, to permutations and combinations, inclusive; geometry, Euclid, Books I, 11, 111, V, VI, VII, Baker and Bourne; trigonometry, Lock's Trigonometry, to solutions of triangles. Science—Botany, the morphology and physiology of the botanical types specified in the Junior Scholarship Schedule; physics, as defined in the Junior Scholarship Schedule. Lowest. — Boys' School: Third Form (A): English—Longmans' Advanced Literary Eeader; Hartley's Poetry Eeader ; grammar and composition. English history—l76o-1901. Geography— British Isles and Europe. Latin—Csesar, Invasion of Britain ; composition and grammar. French —Chardenal's First French Course ; composition and grammar. Mathematics—Arithmetic (whole subject) ; algebra, to equations; geometry, Book I, Baker and Bourne. Science—Elementary physiology. Book-keeping— Thornton's Easy Exercises. Third Form (B) : English—Hartley's Poetry Eeader; grammar and composition. English history—l6B9-1727. Geography—-Asia. Latin —Welch and Duffield's Accidence. French—Pronunciation, and first lessons in colloquial French. Mathematics — Arithmetic; algebra, to division; geometry, Book I, to proposition 7, Baker and Bourne. Science —Elementary physiology. Book-keeping—Thornton's Easy Exercises. Girls' School: English—Literature, Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette, Coming of Arthur, &c.; Longfellow, Miles Standish; history, William Ito George II; grammar, Nesfield's, to page 86, parsing, analysis, composition, &c.; geography, physical, Scotland, Ireland, France (in detail), three months' work; reader, Passages from Modern Authors. French—Conversational and oral work, Siepmann, Part I. Mathematics—Arithmetic, Pendlebury, fractions, decimals, simple and compound proportion, simple interest, percentages, profit and loss, areas; algebra, Hall and Knight, to equations ; Euclid, Baker and Bourne, experimental work, definitions, axioms, postulates, and seven propositions. Science—Botany, structure and flowering-plants..

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3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d Balance at beginning of year .. .. 320 4 4 Management - Government capitation— Office salaries .. .. .. 225 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 3,562 11 8 i Other office expenses .. .. .. 54 0 6 For manual and technical instruction .. 49 7 6 Telephones, schools .. .. .. 10 0 0 Price of reserves sold .. .. .. 32 7 4 > Teachers' salaries and allowanoes .. 4,882 7 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 2,208 18 4 \ Boys' School reotory .. .. .. 108 12 5 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid j Sundries and incidentals .. .. 37 18 1 purchase-money .. .. .. 819 3 i Expenditure on endowments .. .. 16 11 6 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 360 10 9 Laboratories .. .. ~ .. 12 6 6 School fees .. .. .. .. 750 12 2 Prizes .. .. .. ~ 31 1G 7 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 13 11 8 j Insurance .. .. .. .. 40 19 1 Proceeds of sale from cookery classes .. 2 3 0; Legal account .. .. .. .. 77 15 4 Valuation for improvements, inooming Auctioneer's commission .. 12 4 2 tenants .. .. .. .. 30 14 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 169 5 9 Interest on Prize Fund, on fixed deposit .. 1 18 5 Cleaning, fuel, light, and wages of two Sale surplus furniture .. .. .. 33 15 0 janitors .. .. .. .. 324 4 8 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and other temporary advances .. .. 17 10 0 Site, buildings, furniture, &o. .. .. 281 810 Cooking classes .. .. .. 4 13 11 Sinking fund .. .. .. .. 17 10 0 I Water-rates .. .. .. .. 82 0 0 Valuation for improvements to tenants .. 50 6 0 Interest on debentures .. .. .. 157 10 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 761 13 1 £7 : 375J.3_5 £7,375 13 5 J. E. Sinclaie, Chairman. G. Macandkew, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —J. K. Wabbcjrton, Controller and Auditor-General.

SOUTHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School—Mr. T. D. Pearce, M.A.; Mr. H. O. Stuckey, M.A.,B.Sc; Mr. J. MoKinnon; Mr. J. S McGrath • Mr. J. Pow; Mr. J. V, Hanna ; Mr. R. Brownlee. QirW School. —Miss C. M. Cruickshank, M.A., M.So.; Miss H. MeKibbin, B.A. ; Miss L. Wilkinson BA • Miss M. King, M.A. ; Miss M. Webb, M.A.; Mrs. G. A. Turner; Mr. J. Hanna. 1. Wokk op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.—Boys' School (Forms IV, V, VI): English—Chaucer, Milton, Macaulay (selections) ; Shakespeare, Macbeth; G. Eliot's Silas Marner; Historical English Grammar; composition; literature. Latin—Livy, Virgil, Horace (selections); unseens in prose and verse ; grammar ; prose composition; history; antiquities. French—Selections in prose and verse; grammar; prose composition. Mathematics—Forms V and VI —Arithmetic; algebra; geometry; trigonometry, up to Junior Scholarship standard: Form IV —Geometry, Godfrey and Siddons, Books I-IV ; algebra, up to end of surds; trigonometry, to end of sine S + sine T formulae ; arithmetic ; general. Science —V and Vl—Chemistry, inorganic ; metals and non-metals ; magnetism and electricity, to Junior Scholarship standard ; to Matriculation standard (Form IV) ; Practical Work, Jago. Girls' School (Forms V and VI): English—Vl — Shakespeare's Tempest; Chaucer's Prologue and Knight's Tale ; Literature Primer, Stopford Brooke ; Skeat's Specimens of English ; Macmillan's Advanced Eeader ; reading, Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV; Nesfield's English Grammar and Composition; parsing, analysis, composition. Latin — Vl—Bradley's, Arnold's Composition; selections from Cicero's Epistles; selections from Horace's Epistles and Satires; extracts from Senior Sight Translation ; Roman History ; Allen's Latin Grammar : V Allen's Latin Grammar; North and Hillard's Composition ; Oassar, Book I, chapters Ito 49; selections from Ovid and Intermediate Unseens, a few extracts. French—-Voyage autour de ma Chambre ; Racine's Athalie; Blouet's French Idioms ; Fasnacht's French Prose Composition; Wellington College French Grammar. Mathematics—Arithmetic, the subject : Vl—Godfrey and Siddons's Geometry and Euclid, Book XI; algebra, to permutations and combinations ; trigonometry, Lock's Trigonometry : Vα —Arithmetic, the subject; geometry, Godfrey and Siddons, Books I, 11, 111, IV; algebra, to quadratics: V 6 — Arithmetic, the subject; geometry, Godfrey and Siddons,' Books I, 11, and part III; algebra, to quadratics. Science—Botany, as for Junior University Scholarship and Matriculation, Dendy and Lucas's Botany; heat: Vl—Wright and Glazebrook. Lowest. — Boys' School (Forms I and II) : English—Macaulay's Clive; Blackmore's Lorna Doone; Globe Poetry Reader; grammar, composition, and spelling. Geography—Topographical and commercial, Europe and Britain ; physical, astronomical, mathematical, political. English history— Ransome's Elementary. Course. Latin—Welch and Duffield's Accidence; Beresford's First Latin Reader; Caesar's Invasion of Britain; composition; Well's Latin Prose. French Beuzemaker's First French Course ; Grammar and Poems (Louis A. Barbe). Non-Latin -Bookkeeping and commercial arithmetic ; drawing, freehand, scale, and geometrical; European history. Non-French —Book-keeping, commercial arithmetic, and woodwork. Mathematics—Arithmetic (the whole subject); mental; algebra (to H.C.F.); geometry, Godfrey and Siddons, Books I and 11. Science —Wright's Physics; elementary chemistry. Girls' School (Forms I and II) ;

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English—ll—Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare ; Selections from Modern Authors ; Colman's Book of Poetry; Meiklejohn's Spelling; Nesfield's Grammar and Composition, pages 1 to 80 and pa»es 114 to 170: I—lvanhoe ; Selections from Modern Authors; Colman's Poetry; Nesneld s Grammar, pages 1 to 80 ; Meiklejohn's Spelling; composition, &c. French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle: ll—Pages Ito 114 and pages 141 to 163, and grammar : I—Pages Ito 90, elementary rules of syntax, conjugation in indicative mood of verb. Arithmetic—ll—Decimals, metric system, square root, proportion, percentages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, discount and present worth : I—Fractions, decimals, proportion, time and work, profit and loss, metric system, simple and compound interest, discount and present worth, square root. Algebra—Longmans' Junior, addition and subtraction of fractions. Botany—Structure and function of root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit; description of flowers of lily, stock, flax, primrose, buttercup, clematis, blackberry, lawyer, sweet-pea, clianthus, manuka, blue-gum, parsley, grass ; Gillies's Plant-life. Physiology— Blackie's Human Physiology; ambulance-work, bandaging, &c. ; lessons on care of the body History—Ransoine's Elementary: ll—Eoman Invasion to Elizabeth. Geography—Political Geography of Europe, Meiklejohn ; physical, earth, rivers, plains, volcanoes, &c. Drawing—Geometrical, freehand, elementary lessons for light and shade, brushwork. Sewing—Seams, tucks, bands, trimming, buttons, and button-holes. Cooking, I, 11, lll—First Year's Course. 2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 1,776 10 3 Management— Government grant (or sites, building, furni- Office salary .. .. .. .. bU U V ture &c • $ 500 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 30 17 0 Government capitation-' Oiher expenses of management .. 50 0 0 For free places •• 2,230 15 10 Teaohers'salaries and allowances .. 2,094 18 4 P.,r manual and technical instruction .. 95 17 6 Gymnastic instructor's salary .. .. 11-2 10 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,363 16 11 Prizes.. .. .. .. » ' Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 294 12 9 Printing, stationery, and adverting .. 68 11 4 School fees 485 15 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 145 0 0 Interest • • 39 3 11 Government grants for site, buildings, furRents from freeholds '.'. .. .. 34 6 8 niture, &c. .. .. .. •• 2,500 0 0 Gymnasium subsidies 150 0 0 Prom current revenue and loan .. 2,182 18 10 Sale of old building, Ness Street.. .. 25 0 0 ; Boys' School contract 36 12 6 Special loan, Bluff Harbour Board .. 1,800 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. . w « J * Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 7 6 10 Interest on current aocount and loanmoneys .. .. .. •• 33 9 0 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 28 7 7 Teohnical classes .. .. . • 36 8 4 Athletios .. .. .. .. 2 2 0 Bent of temporary premises .. .. 40 10 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 14 18 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 3,239 811 iloTraTielo £10,795 18 10 W. Macalistbk, Chairman. Jno. Neill, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Wahbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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