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3. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Book-keeping ia taught to all not taking University or Civil Service Examinations. Physical drill is taught to all boys ; sewing is taught to all girls.

4. Scholarships. There were two district scholarships and five granted by the Governors held at the school.

AKAEOA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 68 9 2 Paid Education Board for District High Income from reserves .. .. .. 119 010 ; School .. .. .. 25 0 0 Bank charge .. .. .. 0 10 0 Sundries.. .. .. .. ..100 [ Balance at end of year .. .. .. 161 0 0 £187 10 0 £187 10 0 Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

' ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. S. Tennant, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. C. F. Salmond, M.A. ; Miss A. Bauchop, M.A. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Current income from reserves .. .. 527 3 0 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 223 18 7 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 177 3 9 Offioe salary .. .. .. .. 26 6 0 Refund of cost of gorse-grubbing .. .. 410 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 2 6 C Balance at end of year .. .. .. 239 9 9 Exchange on cheques .. .. .. 0 3 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 577 10 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. ..7170 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 24 8 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 28 11 6 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Grounds .. .. .. ..163 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 4 14 0 Tennis-court .. .. .. 3 810 Bates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 5 10 6 Flagstaff, carriage and fixing .. .. 2 11 0 Interest on current account .. 18 13 3 Breaking-up expenses, 1900 and 1901 .. 3 0 2 Requisites .. .. .. 3 18 4 Cab-hire .. .. .. .. ..260 Bank charge .. .. .. ..0100 Water-rate .. .. .. 2 4 10 Gorse-grubbing .. .. .. 410 0 Law costs .. .. .. 2 11 6 Sports Association—rent, cricket-ground .. 2 0 0 £948 6 6 £948 6 6 Andrew Orr, Chairman. Charles Braddell, Secretary. Examined and found correct — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Work done as for Junior Scholarship Examination. English—Nesfield's Grammar; Great Authors, I. and II.; Higher Grade English ; Faerie Queene ; Merchant of Venice ; Locksley Hall; and Vision of Sin. Latin —Via Latina; Bradley's Arnold ; Bryan's Latin Prose ; Gallic War, 1.-V. ; Livy, Books I. and XXI.; De Amicitia; iEneid, Book VI.; Smith's Smaller Eoman History; and Creighton's Primer. French—Wellington College Grammar ; Chardenal's Advanced French Course ; Paul et Virginie ; Le Cid. Mathematics —Brent's Euclid, Books 1.-VI.; Hall and Knight's Algebra ; Pendlebury's Trigonometry ; Pendlebury's Arithmetical Exercises. Science— Scott's Structural Botany, Parts I. and 11., examination of scholarship types ; Loney's Mechanics and Dynamics ; Glazebrooke's Hydrostatics. Lowest. —English—Fights for the Flag (Fitchett) and Tennyson's Poems; Mort d'Arthur; Coming of Arthur ; Dream of Fair Women; Nesfield's Grammar, to page 176. Latin—Principia Latina, 1., to end of the active voice. French —Methode Naturelle, to page 96. Arithmetic— Standard VI. Algebra —Hamblin Smith, up to and including simple equations. Euclid—Book I. History —Fights for the Flag; outlines of New Zealand and Australian history. Geography— Mill's Commercial Geography ; outlines of physical geography. Botany —The root, stem, leaf, and flower (Thomson's Botany). Writing —As for Standard VI. Drawing—Geometrical, freehand, and model. Book-keeping — Cash-book, day and invoice books; the ledger; correspondence. Shorthand—Pitman's Teacher.