17

E.—l2

4. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Boys' College. Drawing : All boys below Form VI. have one hour a week, the branches taken up being freehand, model, scale, and geometry ; the school has a large supply of plaster casts. Manual, commercial, and technical instruction : Book-keeping is taught to boys who do not take Latin ; chemical laboratory practice and theoretical mechanics form part of the curriculum; a physical laboratory, a workshop, and a dark-room are in course of construction. Gymnastics, drill, swimming : Every boarder has twenty minutes in the gymnasium every day—day-boy 3 that are not in the cadet corps have three half-hours a week; there are two companies of cadets, each fifty strong, and they drill for two periods of forty minutes a week ; swimming and athletic contests are held every year. Except that a visiting drawing-master attends for two hours a week, all the instruction specified above is given by the ordinary staff of the school. Girls' College. Drawing: Classes of one hour each held weekly for the whole school. Calisthenic classes held three times a week. Swimming club open to the school during the summer. Cookery classes held, and very popular, in winter; classes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dressmaking class held weekly during winter term.

5. Scholarships. At the boys' college six foundation scholarships (supplemented by free tuition given by the Governors), three district scholarships, and one district scholarship supplemented by the Governors were held, and free tuition was granted to eighteen other scholars. At the Girls' College one foundation scholarship, five district (three Nelson Education Board and two Marlborough), four granted by the School Commissioners, and seven by the Governors were held, and the Governors gave free tuition to nine other scholars.

GEEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 996 6 6 Salary of Secretary .. .. .. 5 0 0 Grant from Treasury .. .. .. 200 0 0 Grey Education Board (for Distriot High Endowments— School) .. .. .. .. 350 0 0 Bent .. .. .. .. 4 4 0 Insuranoe .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 18 12 0 Loan on mortgage .. .. .. 100 0 0 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. 150 4 0 Bank commission .. .. .. 010 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 2 0 0 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 4 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 911 2 6 £1,369 6 6 £1,369 6 6 W. B. Kettle, Chairman. F. W. Beimenschneider, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 1,518 3 6 Office salary .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 56 12 6 Other office expenses .. .. .. 2 4 7 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 150 0 0 Westland Education Board (for District Rent of house and grounds .. .. 20 3 1 High School) .. .. .. 100 0 0 Deposit on tender for painting .. .. 2 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 81 0 3 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 11 13 3 Deposit on tender for debentures .. 10 0 0 Balance at end of year — Fixed deposits .. .. .. 400 0 0 Debentures .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 Current account .. .. . • 231 11 0 £1,746 19 1 £1,746 19 1 H. L. Michel, Chairman. Chas. Kirk, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General. 3—E. 12.