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3. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Hinhest-Boys: English-Taine's History of English Literature, Vol. 11. ; Macauky, Essays (selected) Lamb Essays of Elia ; George Eliot, Romola ; Stead's Penny Poets, Keats, Shelley, ColeJ LSl "'Grammar Past and Present; NichoPs English Composition and Rhetonc. Latvia Latina ■ Bradley's Arnold's Latin Prose ; Virgil, Book V. ; Horace, Odes ; Livy, Book I. , fesar Roman History, Book 11. French-Hogben's Methode Naturelle ; Moliere's Le Misanthrope and Les F— SavLtes. Arithmetic-Goyen's Higher Arithmetic •Algebra-Hall an Kmght s Advanced Text-book ; Hall and Knight's Graphical Algebra. Trigonometry-Lock s, Hall and Kmght s. EuS-Hall and Stevens's, Books 1.-IV., and Book VI. Physics-Glazebrook's Heat Deschanel s Heat Chemistry-Roscoe and Hardens Inorganic Chemistry; Newth's Inorganic Chemistry. Geology SS Geikie's Field Geology. Girls : English-Nesfield's Past and Present; Morell s Literature Essay on Warren Hastings; Shakespeare's Hamlet; Chaucer's Prologue, Kng£ Tale &c. \ kats's Specimens of Early English (selections) ; and Miscellaneous Selections Lm Standard Authors. Latin-Bradley's Arnold; Bryans's Caesar (exercises m prose); Readmgs from Virgil tear, Horace, Livy, Cicero, Ovid ; Roman History (Menvale) French-Blouet s Lorn Son Part II; Saintine's Picciola, Book I. ; Chardenal's Advanced Course; Bue s Idioms Stedman's Examination-papers; Wellington College French Grammar. Arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, ; Bowen's Studies in EngHsh ; d t^:^= ; s a f rcSardis p. French—Chardenal's First Course, to exercise 80.

4. Scholarships. Three Education Board scholarships and one free place granted by the Governors were held at the boys' school, and two Education Board scholarships and one free place granted by the Governors at the girl's school.

OTAGO BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. JJKt s£££■ Si" I iSt* a mS, M, 3. itoS, *. W. 1. T.yl«, ».E.0.b., Mi- ~ 0. Longford. 1. Report of the Governors. It is gratifying to find that the acceptance of the Government's offer to provide free places at the hieh cho£ under the regulations of last year has, notwithstanding disabilities incidental to the Nidation of such an important scheme, been fully justified by the large increase m the attendance at both schol, whicl are P now enabled to give the full benefits of a secondary education to all classes ° f th Wh"™ing satisfaction with the scheme generally, with the scale of grants under "The Serondarv Schools Act 1903," which will enable it to maintain the efficiency of the teaching staff, the Board is strongly of opinion that the age qualification should be removed, as it bears very hardly on f Treat num be g r y o f pupils, especially from the country districts, many of whom, whilst able to pass test are excluded by the age test. The Board is also of opinion that the umform examinareferred "to in section 12 of the regulations governing free places is tion test tor an 1 maiority of pupils, but that it is undesirable as tending to perpetuate th hTe woried InjuSly in the primary schools. The Board suggests that the fitneTfor continuance should be determined bythe Minister from the results of examination-papers Sbt the several principals of the schools in conjunction with examiners appointed by the Minister. The Board w 0 P u r ld bri ng under your notice the hardship which is the parents of .umls from country districts who have to travel daily by rail past district high schools on their way to P the Schools, through the refusal of the Railway Department to grant them passes and to SectMly urge that steps be taken to remove the disability. We may be permitted to point out that f restrictiol is unreasonable, inasmuch as some of the pupils in question are offered free education under the Government regulations, but are refused the privilege conceded to other children education under th {or readjustmen t of th scnoo l course with a view to suit the requirements of boys who propose to follow commercial or industrial pursuits, and also of those whr, rlpqire to proceed to the University without taking Latin. In the girls' school three classes of forty pupils each received instruction in cookery, the work being arranged so g a to make a two-years course of thoroughly practical work. In addition to cookery, a fu ly g aded course of technical training has been provided in the sewing and dressmaking classes.