E.—l2,

22

3. Woek op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English, Latin, French, science (chemistry and heat), mathematics, to standard of Junior Scholarship Examination of the University of New Zealand. Divinity—The Prayer-book, its history and general contents; the Gospel of St. John. One boy takes Greek instead of the greater part of English—Xenophon, Hellenica, Book II.; exercises from Arnold and from North and Hillard's Greek Prose Composition; Abbott and Mansfield's Primer (the whole) revised ; easy " unseens." Lowest. —Reading—Southern Cross Imperial Reader 111. Repetition—Boadicaea, Excelsior, Casabianca, The Lighthouse, Inch Cape Bell, Burial of Sir John Moore. Geography—Zealandia for Standard II.; Zealandia for Standard 111. History—Blackwood's Stories from English History, dates from William I. to Edward VII. Grammar—Picking out the parts of speech, and giving reasons. Composition—The construction of sentences, easy descriptive pieces, and letters. Divinity—Catechism, to the end of the duty to your neighbour ; the Acts of the Apostles. Arithmetic—Numeration, up to and including division by factors; text-book, Southern Cross No. 111.

4. Arrangements foe Drawing ; Manual, Commeecial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Drawing is taught to all boys in the lower school, and to all who desire it in the upper school, classes being held both in and outside ordinary school hours without extra fee; in the lower school the branches taught are freehand, mechanical and plan drawing, and the use of mechanical instruments and scales, and, for certain boys, geometrical drawing —all, of course, elementary; in the upper school the subjects are, according to taste and ability: freehand, geometrical and mechanical drawing (including scales), map-drawing and elementary design, perspective and water-colour work. A few boys who do not learn Latin take book-keeping in school hours ; for others there is a class outside these : there is no fee. Carpentry is an optional subject, taken outside school hours at a fee of ss. a term. Forgework is taken in the same way. As far as possible the carpentry is connected with the work in drawing ; there is an elementary class for the boys of the lower school. There is no boy at present learning shorthand at the school, but when there is a sufficient demand a class is taken by a visiting master, who makes his own arrangements as to fees. There is a nourishing cadet corps, which is inspected by the Commandant of the District; the officers are boys. All boys take drill and gymnastics, unless exempted by the headmaster on special grounds. All boys in the lower school who are willing to learn swimming are regularly instructed, in school hours, by one of the masters. The boys of the upper school, especially the boarders, are very eager to use the swimming-bath outside school hours ; for the sake of the younger and more timid, a master attends at fixed hours when there is any demand. There is a subscription of 2s. 6d. a term to the uniform fund of the cadet corps; but, except for carpentry and shorthand, there are no extra fees.

RANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. T. R. Cresswell, M.A.; Miss F. Schneider, B.A. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe at beginning of year .. .. 117 6 5 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 309 3 4 Current income from reserves .. .. 157 5 6 Prizes.. .. .. .. .. 3 9 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 268 5 6 Pririting, stationery, and advertising .. 6 9 3 Refund at end of year .. .. .. 0 12 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 15 13 5 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 58 8 0 Insurance .. .. .. ... 3 18 9 Apparatus .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 0 13 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 139 14 2 £543 9 5 £543 9 5 J. Johnston, Chairman and Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —All work to Matriculation standard. Latin—Via Latina; Kennedy's Revised Primer ; Caesar, 11. and 111. French—Chardenal, first and second course. English—Nesfield's Manual. Literature —Ivanhoe, As You Like It, Deeds that Won the Empire. History —Ransome's Shorter History, 1688-1815. Geography —Meiklejohn's Comparative Geography. Arithmetic—Goyen's Arithmetic and Mensuration. Algebra—Hall and Knight, and Layne's Exercises. Euclid—Hall and Stevens, Books I. and 11. Lowest. —English—Longmans' Junior School Grammar. Latin —Macmillan's First Course. French—French without Tears, Part I. Geography—Raleigh Readers. History—Southern Cross Series. Arithmetic—Elementary. Reading —Imperial Reader.