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Government the privilege of nominating one of its students in each year for a cadetship at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. A cadet so nominated will receive a commission after keeping one year's terms at the Military College. The annual report of the University of Otago is printed as a separate paper (E.-6). The term of five years during which that institution has received, a Government grant of £500 a year in aid of its School of Mines has just expired. The usual statement as to the proceedings of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College will be printed as a parliamentary paper (E.-7). The Agent-General has been requested to make arrangements in England for the selection and appointment of a Professor of Classics and English, and a Professor of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, for the proposed University College in Auckland. Several secondary schools are required by law to submit annual reports to the Minister of Education. Some other schools have furnished reports, though not under legal obligation to do so. The reports of all these schools are contained in another paper (E.-8). A summary of their accounts is given in Table U, and Table V shows the number of their teachers and pupils, together with the rates of fees and salaries.

TABLE U. —Income and Expenditure of Certain Secondary Schools. Income.

Expenditure.

Schools. Balance on Jan. i, 1881. From Public Votes, 1880-81. Interest, Rents, and Proceeds of Endowments. From School Commissioners for Reserves. Day, Evening, and Boardingschool Fees. Sundries. Overdrafts or Deficit, Dec. 31, 1881. Total. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School... Wanganui Collegiate School... Wellington College... Nelson College Christchurch Girls' High School Christchurch Boys' High School Ashburton High School Timaru High School Waitaki High School Otago High Schools Southland High Schools £ s. d. £ £ e. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. 3 1 6 287 2 o 55 13 7 188 10 1 1,888 o 10 1,394 18 9 900 500 400 1,500 4,021 10 o 116 19 6 500 71 19 6 587 17 5 1,073 6 7 1,416 3 3 3°4 8 5 1,199 14 3 4'3 19 3 i,i75 l6 5 742 10 2 1,798 6 6 947 " « 34 1 9 34 1 9 61 17 4 130 o 8 1,438 5 ° 1,620 2 o 35° 7 2 31 6 7 158 15 o 752 12 9 4,231 17 6 1,204 ° 9 686 4 6 212 1 o i,053 ° 7 25 o o 4 10 8 18 2 1 145 9 4 972 17 11 29 1 5 *90 14 8 S57 8 I0 1724 6,494 16 2 2,841 5 9 1,113 19 o 3S9 8 o 2,360 o 4 837 7 1 3,901 10 3 7,188 8 10 2,225 1I 6> 3.677 3 S 1,464 9 o 2.655 14 4 1,926 13 11 7,438 13 8 3,018 10 1 1.765" 7 8 269 9 7 167 16 3 293 7 10 601 18 10 20 3 6 6,935 IO 5 400 300 o o 25 17 o 18 19 2 42 1 1 55° ° ° 217 o o 896 1 6 167 5 2 2,390 8 2 890 15 11 4,142 6 10 1,049 '4 4 16,930 14 o 21 16 5 811 19 7 Totals 3,"oo 13,875 2 4 3°i 15 9 3,31° ° 8 47>5°3 " 4 * Not a liability, but difference between recei; )ts and ex] >enditure : which onl are shown in the accounts of the school.

Schools. Liabilities on Jan. 1, 1881. Teachers' Salaries. Boarding Account. Scholarships and Exhibitions. Buildings, Furniture, and Works. Other Expenditure. Balances, Dec. 31, 1881. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ b. d. £ s. d. luckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School L'hames High School tVhangarei High School tfew Plymouth High School... iVanganui Collegiate School... ! Wellington College... kelson College ]hristchurch Girls' High School Jhristchurch Boys' High School i-shburton High Scliool rimaru High School iVaitaki High School )tago High Scliools Southland. High Schools 942 18 o 229 14 2 I *2,93i 16 8 1,802 17 o 1 840 14 8 116 13 4 1 1 595 '6 8 2,016 00 72 9 o 1,780 10 10 2,130 o o' 1,609 10 3; 1,631 16 8] 500 o o. 1,635 10 S 5.417 13 7j 1,368 12 a 22,247 12 3 2,202 9 o 20 o o 381 10 o 854 12 7 ■95 l6 3 95 18 10 25 12 9 1,756 7 o 41 5 1 477 16 6 1.023 S 7 60 17 3 703 n 7 444 12 o 3°5 '5 6 1,788 2 5 700 10 9 8ro 17 9 9,185 1 10 1,763 6 11 336 10 4 177 5 6 31 6 11 25 o 2 200 5 4 1,085 i° 7 809 9 3 412 19 o 673 6 11 129 8 8 363 5 9 38 2 2 1.275 15 9 283 13 5 7,605 6 8 220 606 2 2 185 15 ° 578 13 2 1,063 '3 2 6,494 '6 2 2,841 s 9 1,113 19 o 359 8 o 2,360 o 4 837 7 1 3,901 10 3 7,188 8 10 2,225 11 6 3,677 3 5 1,464 9 o 2.65S 14 4 1,926 13 11 7.438 13 8 3,018 10 1 142 5 o 668 8 3 390 8 4 309 2 8 100 9 4 44 '3 7 42 o o 555 6 9 Totals 1,870 3 11 443 10 o 3.949 7 8 47.5°3 11 4 * Not including payment for evening classes.