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Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for 1898— continued. Boys' College. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Brought forward .. .. 1,649 18 7 Brought forward .. ..1,030 10 10 To Boarding-fees .. .. .. 1,147 12 4 By Boarding expenses .. .. .. 892 12 4 Tuition-fees .. .. .. 1,342 16 0 Tuition expenses .. .. .. 1,367 16 9 Scholarships— Foundation .. .. .. 60 0 0 Endowed .. .. ... 169 4 0 Free tuition .. .. .. 176 8 0 Governors', examiners', and auditors' fees .. .. .. .. 65 10 1 Stationery and prizes .. .. 88 13 0 Printing and advertising .. .. 17 12 10 Gas .. .. .. .. 56 18 6 Bates and taxes .. .. .. 15 0 0 Law-oosts .. .. " .. .. 1 11 6 Insurance .. .. .. .. 23 10 0 Bepairs .. .. .. .. 41 6 9 Furniture .. .. .. .. 46 17 2 Telephone .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Subscriptions to sports and magazines 28 3 0 Cadet Corps .. .. .. 7 0 0 Secretary .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 8 610 Girls' College. To Boarding-fees .. .. .. 1,046 12 4 By Boarding expenses .. .. .. 741 13 4 Tuition-fees .. .. .. 1,427 7 8 Tuition expenses .. .. .. 1,018 711 Scholarships— Foundation .. .. .. 60 4 0 Endowed .. .. .. 82 12 0 Free tuition .. .. .. 113 8 0 Governors', examiners', and auditors' fees .. .. .. .. 65 10 1 Stationery and prizes .. .. 107 16 5 Printing and advertising .. .. 18 17 10 Gas .. .. .. .. 59 5 1 Bates and taxes .. .. .. 15 0 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 1 11 6 Insurance .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Bepairs .. .. .. .. 80 0 2 Furniture .. .. .. .. 12 14 6 Secretary .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 13 4 6 £6,614 6 11 £6,614 6 11 J. Holloway, Secretary. We certify that we have examined the above accounts, and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and have found them correct. John King, ) . ■~, A. A. SoAiFEj Audltors -

3. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Latin—Cicero, De Amicitia ; Horace, Odes 111. and IV; grammar and composition; liistory, Horton. Greek—Demosthenes, Olynthiacs, and first Philippic ; Sophocles, Ajax ; grammar and composition. Mathematics—Euclid, 1.-VI., with riders, Hall and Stevens; algebra, to binomial theorem, Hall and Knight, and Jones and Cheyne's Exercises; trigonometry, Hall and Knight, and Ward's papers; statics, Hamblin Smith and Loney ; hydrostatics, Hambliu Smith ; dynamics, Loney. English—Mason's Grammar; Abbott's How to Write Clearly ; Scott and Dalgleish's Higher-grade English; Stopford Brook's Primer of Literature; Lamb's Essays ofElia; Shakespeare, Henry IV., Parts I. and 11., and Henry V. Science—Chemistry, Jago's Advanced ; practical chemistry. French—Grammar and composition, Eve and De Baudiss, Blouet; Buffon's Discours sur le Style ; Moliere, Tartuffe ; Corneille, Le Cid; literature, Saintsbury. Lowest. —English—Composition, parsing, analysis ; grammar, Mason's Outlines; history, Gardiner's Outlines; geography, Longmans' Geographical Series, Part I.; reading, Macaulay's Lays, New Zealand Geography Eeader. Latin—Morris, Elementa Latina. French—Chardenal, Part 1., exercises Ito 100. Science—-Object-lessons. Arithmetic—As for Standards IV. and V. Drawing is part of the school curriculum for all forms except the highest. Particular attention is given to geometrical and scale drawing, as well as to model and freehand. Girls. Highest. —Mathematics—Todhunter's Larger Algebra, to binomial theorem; Lock's Trigonometry; Hall and Stevens's Euclid, Books I. to VI. Latin—Bradley's Arnold's Latin Grammar; Abbott's Latin Prose Composition; Latin Prose; sight translation, Cicero, De Amicitia; Horace, Odes, Books 111. and IV. English—Morris's Historical Grammar; Mason's Grammar; Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons for English People; Abbott's How to Write Clearly; Anglo-Saxon Primer; First and Second Middle English Primers; lectures on Queen Anne Period ; readings from authors of Queen Anne Period; Shakespeare's Henry IV., Parts I. and 11., and Henry V. ; Lamb's Essays of Elia. French —Brachet's Historical Grammar ; Wellington College Grammar; Bue's Idioms; Vecqueray's Questions; Blouet's French Prose; Buffon, Discours sur le Style; Moliere, Tartuffe ; Corneille, Le Cid; literature of the sixteenth century, from Saintsbury.

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