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(Lobban); Byron, Childe Harold, Cantos 111. and IV. ; Longmans' Handbook of Literature, Part V.; Nesfield's English Past and Present. French—Moliere, Les Femmes Savantes ; Dumas, La Tulipe Noire ; Loti, Pecheur d'lslande; Chardenal's Advanced Course; Spiers' Graduated Passages for Translation into French Prose ; miscellaneous sight translation. Mathematics —Hall and Knight's Algebra; Loney's Trigonometry, Part I.; Hall and Stevens's Euclid. Physical Science—Draper's Heat. Natural Science —Evans's Botany. Lowest. —Work to public-school Standard V. requirements. English—Kingsley's Heroes ; Laureate Poetry-book, No. IV. ; Nature in New Zealand ; Nesfield's Outlines of English Grammar ; Stronach's Literature. French—Dent's First French Course; conversational French. Arithmetic—As for Standard V. History—Mrs. Ransome's First History of England. Geography— Southern Cross Geography, No. V. Natural Science—Eyes and No Eyes Series ; Plant-life in Field and Garden. Writing— Southern Cross Copybooks Nos. 9 and 10; or Public Service Copybook No. 9. Drawing—Elementary brushwork. CHRIST'S COLLEGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Rev. C. H. Moreland, 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, M.A. ; Rev. F. G. BritUn, M.A. ; Mr. J. Monteath, B.A. ; Mr. G. H. Merton, B.A. ; Mr. C. L. Wiggins ; Mr. A. J. Merton; Mr. J. M. Madden ; Sergeant-major, F. Farthing. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 15th May, 1904.

Receipts. £ s. d. Price of land sold (Capital Aooount) .. 270 0 0 Mortgage repaid (Capital Account) .. 500 0 0 Current income — From lands .. .. .. .. 1,941 011 j From scholarships endowments.. .. 743 9 7 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,949 14 0 Payment on account buildings .. .. 18 11 3 Sinking funds, transfer from inoome .. 50 0 0 Sundries unclassified .. .. .. 15 17 5 Overdraft at end of year.. .. .. 1,671 1 9 £8,159 14 11

Expenditure. £ s. d. Overdraft at beginning of year .. .. 149 18 2 Office expenses, cost of management .. 253 8 9 Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 3,621 19 4 i Examiners'fees.. .. .. .. 36 15 0 Other expenses of examinations .. .. 22 13 9 Scholarships .. .. .. 662 11 4 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 55 17 11 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 99 7 5 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 192 9 0 Laboratory material .. .. .. 34 12 4 Buildings and new works .. .. 129 10 0 Fenoing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 335 3 6 Miscellaneous (rateß and insurance) .. 64 17 6 Interest on ourrent account .. .. 19 17 3 Moneys invested .. .. .. 2,100 0 0 Purohase of lands .. .. .. 26 12 4 Boys' Games Fund .. .. .. 186 18 6 Boys' Cadet Fund .. .. .. 26 6 3 Expenses in connection with land estate .. 141 1 7 £8,159 14 11

Walter Harper, Subwarden. W. Guise Brittan, Bursar. Audited and found correct. —A. A. M. McKellar, Auditor. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English — Lowe's English Grammar ; Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Macbeth ; Chaucer, Knight's Tale. French—Tartarin de Tarascon ; Principia; Spiers' Drill; Bue's French Idioms ; Wellington College French Grammar. Latin—Livy, Book XXI.; Horace, Political Odes (Church). Greek—Xenophon, Anabasis ; Euripides, Hecuba. Arithmetic—All Pendlebury's Arithmetic (occasional revision and problems during the year). Geometry, Euclid—Books I. to IV. with Book VI. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to end of permutations and combinations. Trigonometry —Loney, to end of solution of plane triangles. Science —Chemistry, Newth, Elementary Practical Chemistry; Roscoe and Harden, Inorganic Chemistry for Advanced Students; heat, Glazebrook. History (Roman) —Tutorial History of Rome. Lowest.— Reading and spelling—Longmans' "Ship" Reader 111. Repetition—Easy Selections (Twells). Grammar and Composition—Longmans' Grammar and Composition; parts of speech ; elementary analysis of easy simple sentences ; practice in forming simple sentences ; reproduction of short stories ; dictation and spelling. Geography —Zealandia, Books 11. and 111. History— Longmans' Short Stories from English History. Divinity—Ainslie's Gospel Lessons ; Catechism (Mrs. Francis's), to the end of The Desire. Arithmetic—Southern Cross Series, Books 11. and 111. AKAROA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1904.

Receipts. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .... 4 5 10 On fixed deposit .. .. .. '.. 150 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 160 4 9 Interest on fixed deposit.. .. .. 4 10 0 £319 0 7

Expenditure. £, a. d. Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 6 10 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 010 0 Balance in hand and in bank at end of year— Current account .. .. .. 155 9 7 On fixed deposit .. .. .. 154 10 0 £319 0 7

H. Jacobson, Chairman and Secretary. Examined and found correct. —J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General,

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