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CHBIST'S COLLEGE GBAMMAE SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 15th May, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure, £ s. d. To Sales of land . 6,050 0 0 By Liabilities,being Dr. balance, 15th May, Rent and interest 2,006 12 0 1892 (including£6,23s 4s. lOd. advance [ Scholarship endowments 690 2 0 from land-fund) .. 8,098 0 8 School fees . 2,317 9 0 Expenses of management 231 9 0 Sundries, unclassified .. 8 17 3 Masters'salaries and allowances 3,333 10 2 Dr. balance, 15th May, 1893 (including Examination expenses .. .. 61 7 6 £490 14s. 7d. advance from land-fund . Scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes 654 15 6 for buildings and improvements) 2,653 6 6 Stationery, school material, printing, and advertising .. .. . 67 10 1 Scientific apparatus and fittings, laboratory 71 5 0 Timber, tools, and material, carpenter's shop 14 19 0 Buildings, repairs, furniture, insurance, rates 479 2 11 Caretaker and other labour, fuel, lights, &c. .. 211 18 8 Boys' Games Fund 128 15 0 Sundries 9 11 0 Interest .. ~ 364 2 3 £13,726 7 3 £13,726_ 7 3 W. G. Brittan, Accountant.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —The work done during the year by ihe highest form Latin, English, French or German, Greek or science, mathematics, as for Junior University Scholarship Examination, divinity Lowest. —Work done by lowest form during the last term of the year 1893 (there was a change of arrangements in the course of the year) —Latin Shorter Primer, pp. 7 to 34, 40 to 59, 62 to 66 , Collar and Daniell, pp. 7 to 73. English Grammar, Longmans' Junior (the whole), analysis and parsing of simple sentences. History House of Tudor Geography New Zealand, Australia, India, Africa, North America. Writing, dictation, spelling, and reading, from Belfe's Fifth Beader Composition. Bepetition. Object-lessons. French Gasc's First Book to Ex. 30, avoir, etre. Divinity St. Luke, eh. 12 to 18, repetition, catechism, to sacraments, Maclear on Commandments. Arithmetic Longmans', pp. 71 to 117, G.C.M., L.C.M., vulgar fractions. 3. Scholarships. The following scholarships are offered in connection with the school: — Four Senior Somes Scholarships. —For boys under eighteen years of age, of the value of £25 a year, or £45 if the scholar is a boarder Tenable for one year Four Junior Somes Scholarships. —Two for boys of fourteen and two for boys of fifteen years of age, of the value of £18 per annum, and four scholarships, two for boys of twelve and two for boys of thirteen years of age, of the value of £15 per annum, tenable for two years, £15 per annum being added in each case if the scholar is a boarder Ten Entrance Somes Scholarships. — Six for boys under thirteen and four for boys under twelve years of age. The subjects for examination for these scholarships are English grammar and composition, English history, arithmetic, and geography Five scholarships are offered for competition each year, and are tenable for two years. The value is sufficient to cover tuition fees, with the addition of £10 a year if the scholar is a boarder The amount expended for Entrance Scholarships last year was £137 The holders were all from Government primary schools. Entrance Somes Scholarships (No. 2). —These are offered from time to time, as funds permit, to (a) boys under eleven, (b) boys under twelve, and (c) boys under thirteen years of age. The prescribed subjects are divinity, Latin, English, and arithmetic. The scholarships are of the value of £6 per annum if the scholar is in the lower school, or £9 when he has reached the upper school, tenable, in the first instance, for two years, but may be extended on the special recommendation of the headmaster. Butler and Reay Foundation. —£3oo a year is set aside from this endowment for exhibitions to assist the sons of clergy ministering in the Diocese of Christchurch, and to others who may require assistance, at the discretion of the governing body Two exhibitions of £12 per annum for two years are given to boys from the Cathedral School, and six choir exhibitions of £6 per annum. Any of the above scholarships may be terminated if the scholar fails to obtain from the headmaster a certificate of regular attendance, good conduct, and satisfactory progress. The junior and senior scholarships given by the Board of Education are tenable in the school, and may be held together with Somes Scholarships. G Cotteeill, Christchurch, 10th February, 1894. Bursar, Christ's College.