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EXTEACT PEOM THE EEPOET OF THE MINISTEE OF EDUCATION FOE 1885. Twenty -thbee secondary schools have furnished reports, which will be printed in full in another paper (E.-9). Most of them are under a legal obligation to make an annual report, but this is not the case with Nelson College (affiliated to the University of New Zealand), Wanganui Endowed School, Wellington College, or Christ's College Grammar School. Whangarei High School has been closed for some time. " The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885," gives power to utilise its resources for the purpose of a School of Forestry, and the matter is now under the consideration of the Government. Steps have not yet been taken under the several local Acts to establish high schools at Wanganui, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Gisborne. Particulars as to staff, salaries, attendance, and fees are stated in the following table :—

TABLE Z.—Staff, Attendance, Fees, and Salaries at certain Secondary Schools.

The income of the schools for 1885 (exclusive of Christ's College, which has not furnished accounts) was £62 ; 373 Bs., derived from several sources as follows : Current revenue from endowments, £19,650 12s. 3d.; parliamentary grants, £4,250; fees for tuition, £18,826 4s. lid.; fees for board, £3,819 14s. 6d.; sundries, £2,077 4s. lOd.; sale of reserves, £13,749 11s. 6d. The expenditure for the year amounted to £67,121 7s. lid., including £6,283 13s. 5d reinvested.

AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GEAMMAE SCHOOL. 1. Boaed's Eepokt foe 1885. Constitution and Moating s of Board. —Eleven ordinary and thirteen special meetings were held during the year. The membeis of the Board of Governors at its close were as follows : Elected by the Senate of the University of New Zealand: the Hon. Colonel Haultain, the Eev. C. M. Nelson

Stal Attendance for Last Term or Quarter of 1883. Ages for Last Tern Quarter of 1885, or I 1 3 Annual Eai ;gs of Feos. Schools. 6 . tc Salaries paid in 1885. © at "7 o £ I 10 O o r-t CO £O B Si 1o i For Ordinary Day-school Course. For Board, exclusive of Day-sohool Tuition. £ s. a. f 8 8 0| !"( 10 10 0! 1(880 \ 10 10 0 8, 7, 6, ana 5 guineas £ s. d. £ s. Auckland College ana Grammar School Auckland Girls' High School .. 13 8 202 5 199 2 243 D 180 .<■ i 151 113 101 77 262 199 If " 3,950 0 0 2,201 10 0 Thames High School.. New Plymouth High School .. o \b. 31 3 \g- si 16. 33 ' Iff- 24 1} 61 38 35 21 18 4 C2 57 _ I 850 0 0 715 0 0 5 0 0 Wanganui Enaowed School Wellington College Wellington Girls' High School Napier Boys' High School 134 1 180 1 120 1 84 4 130 D 148 3 104 1 80 10 4 2 6 3 45 I 152 2 64 5 27 2 24 t 54 77 Q 4j 6 ■J 134 180 126 I 84 75 40 26 f12 -0 0 19 0 0 ( 13 4 0 I 10 12 0 ( 13 4 0 I 10 12 0 ( 9 11 6 I 8 10 6 J 9 9 0 |880 I 8 10 0 I 12 10 0 ( 12 12 0 { 8 8 0 f15 15 0 I 12 12 0 j 12 12 0 19 9 0 I 12 12 0 '19 9 0 ( 10 10 0 '{880 10 10 0 8 8 0 I 42 0 0 j. 50 0 0 I - I 40 0 0 1- 40 0 0 | 50 0 0 I SO 0 0 1,225 0 0 2,125 0 0 1,150 0 0 905 0 0 Napier Girls' High School r; 3 57 f 54 5 i 24 [ 27 1 57 14 851 0 0 Nelson College 5 86 3 79 1 . 36 i 37 12 86 28 1,550 0 0 Nelson College for Girls O 3 91 L 73 ! 44 [ 39 91 11 775 0 0 Christ's College Grammar School 10 5 240 ) 227 ■ 115 i 102 ll [( 240 89 52 10 0 47 0 0 j 3,325 0 0 Christchurch Boys' High School 6 1 95 > 90 . 52 ! 40 2 95 ) ) I ) - 40 0 o! 2,570 0 0 Christchurch Girls' High School 1 125 > 115 : 69 1 51 125 1,280 0 0 Rangiora High School Akaroa High School .. 0 ft. 16 1 (?• i [6. 8 \g. 8 16. 27 Iff. 80 |6. 63 [g. 60 1 15 ! 3 j 8 ! 7 ' 27 21 00 58 i) •i " 1 .. "3 4 12 4 i 19 16 34 30 ! 8 4 4 5 10 22 21 1 20 e a? 30 63 60 3 J 330 0 0 33S 17 0 Ashburton High School ) 6 6 0 i 705 0 0 Timaru High School "2 4 8 8 0 6 6 0 I 10 10 01 18 8 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 I 10 0 0 ( 8 0 0 10 0 0 18 0 0 ) I i 1,840 0 C Waitaki High School 3 2 ! 58 54 26 32 58 17 970 0 0 Otago Boys' High School Otago Girls' High School 11 10 1 3 247 ; 181 233 174 6 2 163 84 75 88 3 7 247 181 30 12 40 0 0 40 0 0 3,897 0 0 2,275 0 0 Southland Boys' High School.. Southland Girls' High School.. ;•! 2 i 45 33 1 I 40 28 26 13 18 18 1 45 33 ) I 850 0 0 025 0 0 Q 2 Totals .. .. ] 137 'J ( V [ |_ 2,578'2 6.16!)J \g. 959 I 2,363 74 1305 1 1020 89 2,578 345 35,530 7 0 Note.—In the last column no notice lias been taken of the fees paid to vi siting masters, in the case oi headmasters and others. or of capitation allowances, and hous ®