EDUCATIONAL RESERVES.

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These last consist of—l. Somes foundation. 2. Buller and Reay foundation. 3. Rowley foundation. 4. Dudley foundation. Of these scholarships those on the Buller and Reay, Rowley, and Dudley foundations have been appropriated, according to the regulations of 1868, to the maintenance of scholarships and other prizes in the upper or collegiate department in connection with the voluntary examination. The Somes fund is at present applied to the maintenance of the following scholarships. Ist. Students' Scholarship (upper department). 2nd. Three Senior Somes' Scholarships, of the annual value of £40, held by pupils in the Grammar School. 3rd. Three Junior Somes' Scholarships, of the annual value of £35, held by pupils of the Grammar School. 4th. Three scholarships, of the annual value of £35, open to sons of the clergy of the Diocese of Christchurch attending the Grammar School. The governing body of the Christ's College Grammar School consists of the Warden, Sub-Warden and ten Fellows originally appointed under an Ordinance of the Provincial Council, with power in future to add to their number by election within the body itself. The school is conducted by a head-master, and three assistant masters, one of whom teaches Mathematics and another Classics ; a singing master, a French master, and a drilling master also attend. The number of boys attending the school during the present quarter is ninety. The school is divided into forms according to proficiency in Classics and English subjects, and into divisions according to proficiency in Mathematics. At the present time there are eight Classical Forms (Upper VI., Lower VI., V., IV, Upper 111., Lower 111., 11. and I.) and ten Mathematical divisions. The boys are marked for every lesson, at the end of each week the marks are added up and made known, and at the end of each half year the totals of the marks obtained during the several weeks are added together, and, together with the marks obtained in the examination, determine each boys place in the form. An examination is held at the end of every half year upon all the subjects which are taught in the school. The sixth form is usually examined by Examiners appointed by the governing Bishop. The rest of the school is examined by the head and assistant masters. Prizes are given for proficiency in Classics, Mathematics, French, and Music, in each form or division. Two prizes (Mrs. Godley's prizes), of the value of £3 and £2, are given annually for the best English Essays on a given subject. The school hours are from 9to 12 and from 2to 4. Wednesday and Saturday are half holidays. In the sixth form two hours a week are given to Divinity, four hours to Latin, four hours to Greek, six hours to Mathematics, two hours to History, two hours to English Language, Literature, &c. In the fifth form the time is distributed in the same manner. In the fourth and lower forms more time is given to Mathematics. The following books are at present being read in the several forms :— Upper Sixth: Greek Testament (Epistles), Book of Genesis, Sophocles, Homer, Tacitus, Horace, Shakespeare; English, Roman, and Grecian History, students' series. Four exercises are done every week, viz., Latin Prose, Latin Verse, Greek Prose, English Essay. Lower Sixth : Greek Testament (Gospels), Book of Genesis, Homer, Euripides, Horace, and Cicero ; also four exercises per week; viz., Latin Prose, Greek Prose, Latin Verse, English Essay or Translation. Fifth Form: Greek Testament (Gospels), Caesar, Virgil, Xenophon, Arnold's Latin and Greek Prose Composition, English and Roman History, &c, Smith's (smaller) Histories, Cornwell's Geography, Allen and Cornwell's English Grammar. Fourth Form: Dr. Smith's Principia Latina, Part II.; Dr. Smith's Initia Grseca, Part I. ; Dr. Smith's English History (smaller) ; Landmarks of Ancient History; Dr. Reed's Geography. Third Form : Smith's Principia, Part I.; Initia Grseca; English books same as fourth form. Second Form : Principia Latina, Part I. ; Kings of England; other books as above. Public School Primer and Wordsworth's Greek Grammar in use throughout the school. Mathematics : The first, second, and third divisions do Euclid, Algebra, and Arithmetic ; the first and second, the Elements of Physical Science. In the lower divisions Arithmetic only is done. French: Racine, Telemaque, Chambaud's Fables. Religious Instruction: Two services are held on Sundays, and one on week days, for the special benefit of the boys of the Grammar School; attendance, except in the case of boarders, is optional. Candidates are proposed for confirmation by the Head Master. Fees, &c.: In the Upper School, including French, singing, and drilling, £13 per annum. In the Lower School, including singing and drilling, £11 per annum. Books and stationery are charged extra. Boarders are taken by the haed and second masters for £52 10s. per annum. Christchurch High School. With regard to the constitution of this school, no Act of Incorporation has as yet been obtained, but it has long been in view to apply for one. There is a Board of nine Directors, to whom the appointment of teachers and the general control of the school and of its funds are intrusted. The Minister of St. Andrew's (Scotch) Church, or First Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, is ex officio Chairman of the Board. The other eight directors arc appointed by the votes of the communicants or church members of the said St. Andrew's Church, two directors retiring annually, but being eligible for re-election. It is, however, in contemplation to appoint the present Chairman and four members for life, in consideration of their services in forwarding the school. There are at present three regular masters for junior English, English, Mathematics and Classics ; and three occasional masters, one for Music, one for Military Drill, and one for Drawing and French. To meet the wants of the population, and provide a superior school for boys from the earliest years, children were admitted to learn their letters, and this has not yet been quite discontinued. Tho ordinary branches of an English education are taught by the English and Mathematical Masters. Nelson's series of school books (followed by McCulloch's Course of Reading), Colenso's Arithmetic, Anderson's Geography, Simson's Euclid, the French Grammaire dcs Grammaires, are the principal books used, with Chambers' Histories of Britain, Rome, and Greece. In Classics the following books are used: —Edinburgh High School Rudiments of Latin, Edinburgh Academy Latin Delectus; Bryce's Selections from Nepos, Caesar, and Ovid ; also, Virgil, Horace, Ferguson's Greek Grammar, and Bryce's First Greek Reader. Along with the Classics are taught, for two hours a week, English Literature, based on Professor Spalding's History of English Literature ; and also, for two hours a week, Natural History, based on notes dictated to the pupils, accompanied by illustrative specimens, experiments, and diagrams. 16