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5. ScHOLABSHIPS. The school gave free education to 22 foundation scholars, 12 holders of certificates from the Education Board, and 4 daughters of members of the staff. Other scholarships held at the school were 9 John Williamson, 4 Eawlings, 7 Auckland Girls' High School, and 69 district (Education Board) scholarships.

AUCKLAND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 190]. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 8,557 9 11 Bank commission .. .. .. 0 10 0 Price of timber sold .. .. .. 1,520 10 7 Auckland Grammar Sobool—interest paid Interest on moneys invested .. .. 397 0 0 over .. .. .. .. 397 0 0 Rates on endowment, Hobson County .. 17 9 2 Balance at end of year— On mortgage .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 In debentures .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 On current acoount .. .. .. 60 1 4 £10,475 0 6 £10,475 0 6 L. J. Bagnall, Chairman. Vincent E. Eice, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Waebubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

THAMES BOYS' AND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. James Adams, B.A. ; Mr. Benjamin H. Low, 8.A.; Miss Mary R. Poy. 1. Genekal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. ! Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 549 11 6 j Management— Current income from reserves .. .. 304 1 11 Office salary .. .. .. .. 27 10 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 6 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 238 9 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 700 0 0 Interest on current aocount .. .. 9 0 0 Examinations—examiners' fees .. .. 3 3 0 Goldfields' revenue .. .. .. 141 6 4 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 8 2 0 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 0 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. .. 39 14 6 Purchases and new works .. .. 4 10 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 510 6 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 41 18 1 Expenses of survey, sales, management, &c. 10 5 5 Bank fee ~ .. .. .. 0 10 0 School requisites .. .. .. 15 9 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 479 Iβ 5 £1,342 9 3 £1,342 9 3 Fbank Tkembath, Chairman. Albert Bkuce, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Wobk of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English grammar —Nesfield; English composition—Nichoi's Primer and Exercises; English literature —Stopford Brooke's Primer ; precis —Monkhouse ; books—King Lear, Eomola. Latin —Livy, Book I. ; Horace, Odes; unseen passages ; Stedman's Examination Papers ; Walton's First Steps in Latin Prose. French —Easnacht's Grammar; Fasnacht's French Composition. Arithmetic—Locke. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to binomial theorem. Geometry—Hall and Stevens, 1.-VI. Chemistry—Roscoe's Elementary Chemistry. Trigonometry—Locke's Elementary Trigonometry. Lowest. —English grammar and composition—Outlines of English Grammar, Mason ; easy essays. English history — Period 1603-1660, Struggle for Absolute Monarchy, Gardiner. Geography—General elementary geography. French —Fasnacht, First Year; M. Ninet, My First French Book. Geometry—Book 1., 1-26, Hall and Stevens's Euclid. Arithmetic—Elementary arithmetic, to unitary method; Locke's School Arithmetic. Drawing—Easy plain and shaded freehand.

3. Arbangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Dbill, Swimming, etc. Drawing: All junior classes have two hours' drawing per week, on Monday and Thursday mornings, as follows: Form 111., freehand, two hours; Form IVb., freehand one hour, geometrical one hour ; Form IVα., freehand two hours for first half-year, geometrical one hour, model one hour, for second half-year. In the model-drawing the laws of perspective are carefully explained. Gymnastics and drill: Drill (foot-drill only) and dumb-bell exercises taken for half an hour per week.

4. Scholabships. The Governors gave free tuition to seven scholars, and six district scholarships were also held at the school.