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1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1899. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. a s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 820 6 2 Balanoe .. .. .. .. 81 0 8 Lease-fees oollected .. .. .. 2 7 0 Office salary .. .. .. .. 62 10 0 Fire insurance recovery .. .. 5 0 0 Other expenses of management .. 10 10 0 Insurances collected .. .. .. 3 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 78 13 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 810 3 Site and buildings .. .. .. 331 8 8 Fencing, repairs, Sea. .. .. .. 76 12 7 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 41 3 4 Interest .. .. .. .. 75 2 1 Lease-fees .. .. .. .. 14 5 0 Trustees' expenses .. .. .. 3 5 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 5 4 0 Balanoe .. .. .. .. 42 8 7 £830 13 2 £830 13 2 Examined and found correct.—A. 0. Eitchie, Auditor.—2nd January, 1900.

2. Woek op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —The work is supposed to be up to the University Junior Scholarship standard in Latin, Greek, French, English, mathematics, and science. Lowest. —The lowest division is taught Latin, English (grammar, history, geography), arithmetic, science, divinity, drawing.

3. Arrangements fok Manual, Gommeecial, and Technical Instruction ; for Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Drawing is regularly taught as a school subject up to the middle of the school. Shorthand is regularly taught throughout. Book-keeping is an extra subject. Gymnastics (Sandow system): All boys go through half an hour's course every day. Drill: There are two companies in the cadet corps. The whole school is drilled twice a week Swimming : Boys who cannot swim are obliged to attend the bath (at the school) regularly, where they receive instruction. Carpentry : This is a voluntary subject taught in the school workshop. Many of the buildings have been erected by the boys.

4. Scholarships. Eight Education Board scholarships were held at the school. The headmaster gave free tuition to twenty-four scholars.

WANGANUI GIELS' COLLEGE. Staff, j Mies M. I. Fraser, M.A.; Miss J. B. Hudson ; Miss A. C. Tendall, M.A. ; Miss E. E. Broome, M.A.; Miss Jessie Knapp, 8.A.; Miss J. R. Ciirrie, M.A.; Miss 0. Maling ; Miss F. E. Blaok; Miss E. Huxtable ; Mr. Charles Naylor ; Mr. H. T. Spackman ; Mr. David Hutton ; Miss May Watt.

1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1899. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £. s. d. Rates refund .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 Balance .. ... .. .. 442 12 3 Expenses .. .. ■ • • ■ 2 2 0 Office staff .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 Interest .. ■ ■ • • • • 217 15 6 General expenses .. .. .. 48 911 Rents from endowments .. .. 295 10 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 0 6 8 School Commissioners — Teachers'salaries and fees .. .. 1,409 9 7 Wellington.. .. .. •• 176 0 6 Boarding-fees .. .. .. 2,044 1 0 Taranaki .. .. .. ■• 329 17 3 Caretaker .. .. .. .. 48 9 0 School fees— Sohool-books and stationery .. .. 67 8.11 Boarding .. .. .. •• 2,134 14 4 School requisites and furniture.. .. 88 17 10 Tuition .. .. ■• ■• 1,874 12 2 Furnishing Acoount .. .. .. 244 1 ] Mortgage Account— Church-sittings .. .. .. 24 17 0 Mortgage discharged ... .. 1,300 0 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 31 12 6 Churoh sittings .. .. .. 30 16 0 Borough rates .. .. .. 17 1 6 Rent .. • • • • • • 2 2 6 Telephone .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 16 13 0 Examination expenses.. .. .. 34 6 1 Tution-fees refund .. .. .. 8 15 0 Building .. .. .. .. 379 3 7 Improvements .. .. .. 109 5 11 Repairs .. .. .. .. 29 0 0 Site.. .. .. .. .. 6 5 0 Bank interest.. .. .. .. 6 16 Gymnasium .. .. .. .. 12 2 6 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 16 13 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,265 8 5 £6,380 8 3 £6,380 8 3 Geo. S. Bridge, Chairman. A. A. Browne, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warbueton, Controller and Auditor-General,

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