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2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin: Virgil, _Eneid 1., and XII., lines 1-444, also Georgic I.; Horace, Odes, Book 111. (Classical Side only); Cicero, Phil. 11., 1-24 ; Livy, Book XXIII., 1-16 ; Revised Latin Primer ; Bradley^ Aids to Latin Prose; sight translation; Roman history. Greek (Classical Side only): -Eschylus, Prometheus Vinctus ; Thucydides, Book VI., 1-53; Demosthenes, De Corona, 1-101; Abbott- and Mansfield's Greek Grammar; Sidgwick's Greek Prose; sight translation ; Greek history. English: Grammar, descriptive and historical; composition ; essay-writing and paraphrase ; Chaucer's Prologue; Shakespeare's As you like it, Macbeth; selections from Tennyson. Mathematics: Arithmetic; Euclid, Books 1.-IV. and VI.; algebra, to simultaneous quadratic equations and surds ; trigonometry, Lock's Trigonometry for Beginners. French: Brachet's French. Grammar ; Hachette's Third French Reader; translation; composition. German (Modern Side only): Otto's Conversation Grammar ; Hauff's Karavane ; sight translation. Science (Modern Side only) : Statics, dynamics, hydrostatics, sound and light. Lowest. —English : Geography—British Empire ; Gardner's History, pp. 1-80 ; grammar— parsing and analysis ; composition ; dictation ; repetition ; reading ; writing. French : Aim's First Course, exercises 1-25. Latin: Subsidia Primaria, pp. 1-24. Mathematics : Arithmetic, to compound rules ; definitions of Euclid.

3. Statement respecting Scholarships. Gould Scholarships. —These scholarships are two in number, and are given to deserving boys who require assistance. These scholarships cover the school fees and cost of books. Somes Scholarships. —About £450 annually is available for scholarships; they consist of three or four senior scholarships and eight junior scholarships. In addition to the amount given for the scholarships, an amount is given to assist the boarding expenses of boarders. The amount to be given in each case is now under consideration by the governing body. Besides these scholarships a considerable number of exhibitions are given to the sons of clergy and other boys who may require assistance. The value of the exhibitions is determined annually, according to the amount available from an endowment called " The Buller and Reay Scholarship Fund." .\bout £450 available for school annually. Prizes are also given from an endowment called "The Tancred History Prize Fund," for proficiency in history and English literature.

RANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1889. Receipts. £ s. d. ] Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. .. 232 14 0■ By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. .. 131 1 9 School fees .. .. .. .. 212 15 0 ! Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 369 7 7 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 11l 210 . Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 11 411 ! Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 16 2 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 818 5 Bents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 4 0 5 Interest on current account .. .. 13 6 4 Travelling allowance to pupil .. .. 2 0 0 Postage, &c. .. .. .. ..059 Cheque-book .. .. .. ..042 £556 11 10 ; £556 11 10 A. H. Cunningham, Chairman. Geo. John Leech, Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.- —Latin : Grammar, Public School Latin Primer; composition, connected prose; translation, portions of Virgil's JEneid (Book II.), Livy (Book I.), Cicero; Roman history, Smith's Smaller History, pp. 1-177. Mathematics : Arithmetic, the whole subject; algebra and Euclid, as for junior scholarship; trigonometry (Lock's Elementary), one pupil. English: Mason's Outlines of English Grammar, Morris's Elementary Historical Grammar, Abbott's How to write clearly, Brooke's Primer of English Literature; parsing, analysis, and composition. French: Brachet's Grammar; composition; translation, Moliere's Misanthrope, Racine's Berenice. English history : Gardiner's Outlines; Stuart and Brunswick periods (one girl, matriculation work). Geography: Hughes's Class-book, most of Europe ; mapping. Science : Botany and physiology, Murche's text-books (one girl, junior scholarship botany and heat). Drawing, book-keeping,.&c. [Note. —One boy took Greek (Initia Grseca, Part 1., early portion); and one girl took German (Otto's Conversation-Grammar, early portion).] >.' Lowest. —Latin: Grammar and exercises as far as the fifth declension. French: First fifty exercises in Aim's First French Book. English : Easy composition and parsing, dictation ; reading