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Expenditure — £ s. d. Salaries ... ... ... ... ... 4,860 8 4 Interest ... ... ... ... ... 29 19 0 Eopairs of buildings ... ... ... ... 232 13 7 Contingencies (of which £221 15s. is an exceptional payment for surveys) ... ... ... ... 591 14 8 Total ... ... ... ... £5,714 15 7 Since the schools were placed under the present Board the annual deficits have been met partly by grants from the Colonial Government, and partly by sums received from the Otago School Commissioners out of the proceeds of such reserves for secondary education as remained unappropriated. The highest number of pupils on the roll of the boys' school in 1879 was 188, and on the roll of the girls' school 144. The staff consists of six masters in the boys' school, and five lady teachers and one master in the girls' school, besides three masters who give their time in nearly equal proportions to both schools, and the teachers of music, drawing, and gymnastics. The cost of the site and buildings for the Christchurch Girls' High School was borne by the Provincial Government; the cost of the site was £1,030, and of the building £5,000. An endowment of 5,000 acres of land was set apart for this institution, of which 2,185 acres have been sold at £2 an acre. The money obtained from the sale has been lent on mortgage at 8 per cent.; the remaining 2,815 acres, being unlet, yield nothing. The site and braidings at present occupied by the Girls' High School have been sold to the Canterbury College for a sum of £5,500. A more suitable site has been purchased, and fresh buildings are about to be erected. The following is a statement of the income and expenditure of the school for the year 1879 : — Income — • £ s. d. Interest on investments ... ... ... ... 241 18 0 Fees ... ... ... ... ... 1,277 G 2 i °_ Total ... ... ... ... £1,519 4 8 Expenditure — £ b. d. Salaries ... ... ... ... ... 1,728 18 8 Repairs and furniture ... ... ... ... 28 7 3 Contingencies ... ... ... ... 580 17 11 Total ... ... ... ... £2,338 810 As against the deficit of £818 19s. 2d., the School Commissioners gave the school a sum of £625 from the proceeds of reserves for secondary education. But as the total annual proceeds of the reserves now in their hands for secondary education amount only to £370 2s. 6d., a large grant cannot be expected another year. The greatest number of pupils on the roll during the year 1879 was eightynine. There are five lady teachers on the staff, besides a teacher of class-singing. In addition to these there are three teachers of instrumental music, as well as one for singing and one for dancing; there are also masters for drawing and German : these, however, are all paid entirely by extra fees. The Auckland Girls' High School was established by the old Auckland Edu-. cation Board, under the authority of a Provincial Act. It was opened in 1877.: The school originally had no endowment, the intention being that it should be sup- \ ported by special votes of the Provincial Council. An Act of the General Assem- ■ bly was passed in 1878, endowing the school with land to the value of £5,000. Until June, 1879, the school was aided from the general funds of the Auckland: Education Board, who drew from the Government on behalf of this school the ' ordinary capitation allowance usually paid on account of scholars in primary schools. During last session of Parliament a vote of £1,200 was passed for the current expenses of the school. The buildings used for school purposes are leased at an annual rental of £200. They are insufficient and ill-adapted for their purpose, though some additions have recently been made to them. The income and expenditure of the school for the year 1879 was as follows :— Income — £ s. d. Fees ... ... ... ... ~. 1,599 3 4 2-H. 1.

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