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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 12 3 8 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 133 16 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 80 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 0 6 purchaso-money .. .. .. 142 12 6 Subsidy to Education Board .. .. 154 4 3 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 206 1 6 Bank charge and cheque-book .. .. 0 12 6 Interest on deposit account .. .. 0 410 Investments on mortgage .. .. 1,300 0 0 Principal repaid .. .. .. 1,370 0 0 Balance at end of year — Lodged in error in bank by Chairman At Union Bank .. .. .. 208 13 4 School Committee .. .. .. 3 0 0 At savings-bank .. .. .. 815 11 £1,814 2 6 £1,814 2 6 W. Morgan, Chairman. C. A. de Lautoue, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

MAELBOEOUGH HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. John D. Innes, M.A., LL.D.; Miss L. A. N. Downes, B.A. ; Mr. William P. Burgess. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,019 311 Teaohers'salaries and allowances .. 431 13 4 Grant under section 17 of "The Marl- Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 3 0 borough High School Act, 1899 " .. 400 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 24 10 6 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 60 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 29 19 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 404 11 0 Site and buildings .. 1,012 510 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 11 19 0 Furniture .. .. .. .. 95 4 9 Grazing in school-ground .. .. 4 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 52 15 6 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 716 0 Interest on current account .. .. 3 3. 6 Deposit returned .. .. .. 25 0 0 Cartage .. .. .. .. 0 9 0 Repairs to temporary premises .. .. 19 3 Bank fee and cheque-book .. .. 10 0 Accident insurance .. .. .. 010 0 Books.. .. .. .. .. 1 17 5 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 206 16 10 £1,899 13 11 £1,899 13 11 John Smith, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Nesfleld's Grammar, Parts 1 and 2 ; analysis and parsing ; composition, theory and practice; lessons on the history of literature; Merchant of Venice. History and geography—As for Matriculation. Arithmetic—As for Matriculation. Euclid—To end of Book 111. Algebra—lncluding quadratics. Trigonometry—Elementary. Latin—Via Latina ; Virgil, ißneid, Book 1., 370 lines ; Cicero, In Catilinam, 111. and IV. French—Grammar as for Matriculation ; Mademoiselle de la Seigliere; translation into French of passages of continuous prose. Physics —Text-book, Wright's Physics. Book-keeping. Lowest. —Grammar—Nesfield, adapted to the standards, Parts V. Spelling, composition, poetry, reading, writing from copybooks. History—Gardiner's Outline, beginning up to Henry VII. Geography and arithmetic —As for Standards IV. and V. French —Chardenal's First Course, 50 pages ; oral work. Latin —Via Latina, to end of active voice ; translation from Latin.

3. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. A drawing class is formed of half the school for two hours' instruction on one afternoon, and of the other half for two hours on another afternoon. Needlework is taught to the girls for one hour a week. Book-keeping is taught to all but the youngest pupils, in two lessons a week, each of forty minutes' duration.

4. Scholarships. Eight district scholarships were held at the school, and the Governors gave free tuition to four other scholars.