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sorial chairs were instituted by the Senate for the following subjects : (1) Classics and English; (2) Mathematics and Mathematical Physics; (3) Chemistry and Experimental Physics; and (4) Natural Science. A like number of Professors were selected in the Home Country by a Commission composed of the AgentGeneral of the colony and other gentlemen. The Professors reached Auckland a short time ago, and it is a matter of the deepest regret that one of them, the late Professor Walker, was drowned by an accident in the harbour shortly after his arrival. The University College was recently opened; the work which had been allotted to the late Professor Walker has been undertaken by his colleagues. The governing bodies of certain secondary schools are required by law to submit annual reports to the Government; others, though under no obligation to do so, have also furnished reports or statements of their accounts. The schools that have furnished information are : the Auckland College and Grammar School; Auckland Girls' High School; Thames Boys' and Girls' High School; Whangarei High School; New Plymouth High School; Wanganui High School; Wanganui Industrial School; Napier High School; Wellington College; Nelson College; Christ's College Grammar School, Christchurch ; Christchurch Boys' High School; Christchurch Girls' High School; Rangiora High School; Akaroa High School; Ashburton High School; Timaru High School; Waitaki High School; Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools; and the Southland Boys' and Girls' High School. The reports of all these schools are contained in another paper (E.-8). The schools above named were all in operation at the close of the year, except the High Schools of Wanganui, Napier, liangiora, and Akaroa. The first of these was constituted by an Act of the General Assembly in the session of 1878; the second was similarly constituted in 1882 ; and the other two in 1881. By the passing of "The Napier High School Act, 1882," the Napier Trust School has merged in the Napier High School. Since the close of the year a girls' high school has been opened in Wellington by the Governors of Wellington College, and, under the authority of an Act of the Qeneral Assembly passed in the session of 1882, the Governors of Nelson College have opened a similar school in Nelson. A summary of the accounts of the secondary schools from whose governing bodies reports have been received, is given in Table U. Table V shows the number of the teachers and pupils, together with the rates of fees and salaries.

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

Schools. Balance on Jan. 1, 1882. From Public Votes. Interest, Rents, Sales, and Proceeds of Endowments.* From School Commissioners for Eeserves. Day, Evening, and Boardingschool Eees. Sundries. Overdrafts or Deficit, Dec. 31, 1882. Total. Auckland College and Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School Thames High School Whangarei High School... New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School ... Wanganui Industrial School Wellington College Nelson College Nelson College for Girls... Christ's College Grammar School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Eangiora High School ... Akaroa High School Ashburton High School ... Timaru High School Waitaki High School ■Otago High Schools ..,-' Southland High Schools... £ s. d. 2 2 0 £ £ s. d. 7,246 15 1 £ s. d. 69 0 3 £ a. d. 1,209 18 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,527 16 1 606 2 2 1,100 69 0 3 1,500 4 8 3,275 7 1 185 15 0 578 13 2 500 200 854 11 4 10 0 0 258 13 0 1,839 13 4 691 19 10 69 0 3 207 0 9 315 0 11 20 0 0 386 13 5 89 0 6 163 0 0 11 0 0 14 12 5 t350 0 0 1,821 5 0 506 14 8 1,865 7 1 1,890 0 0 1,080 10 10 30"6 8 388 11 0 1,063 13 2 1,047 8 10 1,423 11 4 1,472 4 8 3,603 8 6 20 0 0 108 16 2 639 19 4 3,179 12 10 6,199 9 2 3,144 4 5 4,510 18 2 1,786 2 3 2,172 8 0 414"l 5 3,144 4 5 138 6 6 668 8 3 1,809 12 11 1,438 10 0 76 0 0 3,992 11 2 200 538 10 0 100 0 0 1,089 7 6 1,927 17 6 390 8 4 309 2 8 100 9 4 • 44 13 7 "300 243 13 3 21 0 0 304 9 0 3,567 12 4 826 16 0 8,158 16 2 1,481 18 5 10 10 0 100 0 0 133 0 0 344 9 10 107 16 2 162 II 9 1,018 16 6 20 15 5 27 4 5 3,414 19 6 243 13 3 31 10 0 1,005 8 11 5,028 11 6 4,342 4 10 13,004 17 10 2,831 15 0 68,409 15 t 4,156 18 3 992 1 0 79 2 8 170 16 9 Totals 3,949 7 8 2,300 32,111 3 1 1,544 18 5 19,844 0 6 1,094 8 1 7,565 17 7 * The proceeds from sales :5,564 Is. 2d.; Southland, £1,03 of reserves \ 15s. 8d.: total vere as L, £11,20J follows: Wanj i 5s. 8d. ranui, £1,839 1 \ Advance from Is. 4d.; Timaru, £2,442 lis. £d.; Waitaki, £324 4s.; Otago, Education Board.