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Lowest. —Reading: Star Eeader No. 111. History : Chambers's Historical Eeader No. I. Grammar : How to tell the Parts of Speech. Arithmetic : Simple rules. Dictation : Transcription, spelling. Composition : Simple stories. Geography : Outlines of geography of continents. Writing : Upright. Class-singing: Drill. Sewing.

6. SCHOLABSHIPS HELD DUBINO LAST QuAETEE OF YeAE. College. College Scholarships. —Free education, four. Levin Scholarships. —£lo, two. Rhodes Scholarship. —£3s, one. Girls' School. College Scholarships. —Free education, six.

Sixteen scholarships of the Education Board were held at the College, and fourteen at the Girls' School.

NAPIER HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Repoet of the Boaed. The Board of Governors as at present constituted is composed of the following gentlemen : Messrs. J. D. Ormond, M.L.C., and J. W. Carlile, elected by the Education Board of Hawke's Bay; Messrs. G. H. Swan, M.H.R., and J. W. Neal,,elected by the Municipal Council of Napier; Messrs. J. N. Williams and W. Shrimpton, elected by the Hawke's Bay County Council; Messrs. D. Grey and G. E. Sainsbury, elected by the Waipawa County Council; Mr. J. W. Twigg, by the Wairoa County Council; and Mr. H. L. Tiffen, by the Governor in Council. The schools were inspected by the Inspector-General during the last term, and were examined by A. Macarthur, M.A., LL.D., immediately before the recess. His report to the Governor, and his marks on the schedules, show that the schools are both doing good work. Three boys from the Boys' School and two girls from the Girls' School have passed in the matriculation examination. The Governors still believe that it would be a great advantage to the secondary schools to have some recognised public examination of the same, and are prepared to aid, to some small extent, a movement now being contemplated in this direction. The average attendance at the Boys' School for the year was fifty, and at the Girls' forty. J. D. Oemond, Chairman. Napier, 29th January, 1891. David Sidey, Secretary.

2. Geneeal Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1890. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 876 12 5 By Office—salary .. .. .. 60 0 0 Mortgage repaid .. .. .. 500 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 7 7 8 Current income from reserves .. .. 275 4 6 Other expenses of management .. 5 9 6 Income from property not a reserve .. 745 0 01 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,457 0 0 Interest on moneys invested a,nd on un- Board fees and railway-fares paid by paid purchase-money .. .. 149 16 4 School Commissioners to scholarship Paid by School Commissioners .. 120 0 0 ! holders .. .. .. .. 127 6 8 School fees .. .. .. 979 11 6 i Examiners' fees .. .. .. 20 0 0 Board and railway-fares paid by School Music-teachers .. .. .. 87 19 6 Commissioners to scholarship holders 127 6 8 I Prizes .. .. .. .. 919 0 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 69 12 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 17 13 8 Cleaning, fuel, light, &a. .. 123 1 0 Book and stationery account and other temporary advances .. .. 58 2 8 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 115 13 10 Eents. insurance, and taxes .. .. 130 11 9 Piano .. .. .. .. 36 15 0 Balance in hand and in bank at end of year .. .. .. .. 1,586 3 8 £3,843 8 11 £3,843 3 11 David Sidey, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek op Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Mathematics : Books I. to 111., with deductions and exercises ; algebra to quadratics; elementary trigonometry and mechanics ; general arithmetic. Latin : Cicero de Senectute, Virgil's iEneid I.; selected sentences from prose composition ; grammar. Natural Science: Physiology. Frnch : Moliere's L'Avare ; composition ; selected readings ;■ grammar. English : Composition

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