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3. Work or the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Mathematics —Hall and Knight's Algebra ; Loney's Trigonometry, Part I. ; Hall and Stevens's Euclid ; Hall and Knight's Graphic Algebra. Latin—Horace's Odes, Book III.: Virgil's iEneid, Books VI. and 111. ; Cicero's Orations in Catilinam, 1, 2, and 3 ; Livy, Book IX., chapters 1-19 ; Bradley's Prose Composition ; Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer; Stedman's Examinationpapers ; Horton's Roman History ; Wilkins's Roman Antiquities Primer. English —Shakespeare, Henry IV., Part I. ; Lamb's Essays, First Series ; From Blake to Arnold ; Handbook of English Literature (Longmans'), Part IV. ; Nesfield's Grammar Past and Present and Manual of English Grammar and Composition ; Chaucer, Selections (Bilderdeck). French — Racine, Athalie ; Balzac, Eugenic Grandet; Musset, Pierre et Camille ; Chardenal's Advanced Course. Science —Draper's Heat; Evans's Botany. All work to the standard required for Junior Scholarship Examination. Lowest. —Arithmetic —As for Standard IV. English —Selections from Wordsworth ; Coleridge's Ancient Mariner ; Gatty's Parables from Nature, First Series ; Dickens's Christmas Carol (abridged) ; Nesfield's Outline of English Grammar ; Stronach's English Literature ; spelling and composition. French —Chardenal's First Course. Dent's First French Book. English History—Ransome's Elementary History (William I. to Henry VII.). Geography—Southern Cross Geography, No. VI., Asia and North America. Science —Elementary Botany (without text-book). Drawing —Brushwork. Writing —Southern Cross Copy-book No. 9, or Public Service Copy-book No. 9. 4. Scholarships. Nineteen pupils held Education Board scholarships at the school, and twenty received free tuition granted by the Board of Governors. CHRIST'S COLLEGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. C. F. Bourne, M.A. ; Rev. F. A. Hare, M.A.; Mr. E. G. Hogg, M.A. ; Mr. W. D. Andrews, B.A. ; Mr. C. Harling; Mr. J. U. Collins, B.A. ; Mr. A. E. Flower, M.A., B.Sc. ; Mr. E. Jenkins, B.A. ; Rev. F. G. Brittan, M.A. ; Mr. G. H. Merton, B.A. ; Mr. C. L. Wiggins ; Mr. A. J. Merton ; Mr. J. M. Madden ; Sergeant-major F. Farthing. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 15th May, 1903. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure: £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 750 0 4 Office salary and expenses .. .. 255 17 0 Endowments — Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,199 11 8 Capital Account—Price of land sold .. 370 0 0 Examination fees and other expenses .. 55 6 9 Current income from land .. .. 1,627 5 6 Scholarships .. . . .. 733 18 5 Current income from scholarships endow- Prizes .. .. .. .. 61 12 7 ments .. . . . . .. 812 1 10 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 75 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,933 9 5 Cleaning, fuel,, light, &c. .. .. 206 9 0 Payment on account buildings .. . . 18 11 3 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Sinking fund, transferred from income .. 50 0 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 50 0 0 Sundries unclassified .. .. .. 10 0 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 11l 6 4 Overdraft at end of year .. .. 149 13 2 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 64 17 6 Interest on current account .. .. 7 14 8 Investments on mortgage .. .. 1,500 0 0 Boys' Games Fund . . .. .. 160 6 0 Boys' Cadet Fund .. .. .. 23 1 3 Coronation celebrations .. .. 10 0 0 .-,., Expenses in connection with land estate .. 206 0 10 £6,721 2 0 £6,721 2 0 C. Christchurch, Warden. W. G. Brittan, Bursar. Examined and found correct. —A. A. M. McKellar, Auditor. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin, French, English, Greek, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, arithmetic, chemistry, heat, as for Junior Scholarship Examination, together with divinity. Lowest. —Reading and Spelling — Imperial Reader 111., Southern Cross Series. Repetition — Twell's. Grammar —Public School Grammar 111., Southern Cross Series. Composition. Geography. —Zealandia 11. and 111. History—Blackwood's Stories. Divinity —Ainslie's Gospel Lessons, and the Catechism to the end of "Duty to your Neighbour" (Mrs. Francis). Arithmetic —The simple and compound rules to long division. 3. Scholarships and Exhibitions. There are many scholarships so arranged that, taken in succession, they cover the whole period of school life from an early age until the higher limit of age for junior University scholarships has been reached. The entrance scholarships are open to all boys who have not already entered the school; the others, both to boys already attending it and to those from other schools. For Somes Scholarships a preference is to be given ceteris paribus to the kin of the foundress, Mrs. Maria Somes, or of her husband, the late Joseph Somes ; and candidates must be members of the Church of England, or of some church in communion with it. This restriction does not apply to entrance scholarships, or to the special grants of free education sometimes made by the governing body to meet special cases. In 1903 the number of scholarships held was fifty-six (foundation).

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