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Lowest. — Boys' College : Mathematics—Arithmetic, Standard IV Southern Cross. English —> Standard V Crown Eeader ; parts of speech ; very easy analysis ; Standard V Zealandia Geography ; No. 1 Southern Cross History ; spelling, dictation, &c. Science—Physical geography (Geikie's Primer). Drawing—Elementary design. Girls' College : English—Nesfield's Parts of Speech ; In Golden Realms (Arnold's Literary Reading-books); The Chimes, and The Christmas Carol; Laureata (Arnold). Latin—Bell's Latin Course, I and 11. French—Nursery Rimes (Hachette and Co.). Arithmetic—Pendlebury's Smaller Arithmetic. Geography—Longmans' First Book. History—Macmillan's New History Reader. Botany—Youman's Botany for Beginners. Naturestudy—Cassell's Eyes and No Eyes, Books 11-IV. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,918 14 5 : Office salaries .. .. .. .. 210 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 2,739 2 9 Other office expenses .. .. .. 28 11 10 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 375 5 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 5,099 18 9 School fees .. .. .. .. 5,184 9 6 Examiners'fees .. .. .. 103 19 0 Discounts .. .. .. .. 0 6 2 Other expenses .. .. .. .. 72 8 2 Donations for prizes .. • .. 4 7 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 86 2 7 Interest on deposits .. .. .. 52 10 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 451 10 6 Rents from buildings .. .. .. 210 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. 221 7 5 New works .. .. .. .. 1,817 10 1 Fencing, repairs, grounds, furniture, and apparatus .. .. .. 382 18 5 Interest .. .. .. 557 12 0 Miscellaneous (insurance) .. .. 55 19 9 Interest on cost of reclaimed land .. 104 14 6 Rates .. .. .. .. 7 9 0 Fees refunded .. .. .. .. 1 19 8 Contract deposit returned .. .. 10 0 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. .. 18 0 Grant to Games Fund .. .. .. 133 6 8 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 930 9 0 £10,277 5 4 £10,277 5 4 A. de B. Brandon, Chairman. Chas. P. Powles, Secretary.

NAPIER HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.— Mr. A. S. M. Poison, B.A. ; Mr. E. W. Andrews, B.A. ; Mr.W. Kerr, M.A. ; Mr. J. Stewart; Mr. H. H. Allan, 8.A.; Mr. C. F. Rockel; Mr. D. A. Tuck. Girls' School.— Miss A. E. J. Spencer, B.A. ; Miss C. R. Kirk, 8.A.; Miss F. J. W. Hodges, M.A. ; Miss J. Gillies ; Miss D. Gillam, M.A.; Miss T. King ; Miss J. E. Page ; Miss Lousley ; Miss Ivey. 1. Report of the Governors. The Governors of Napier High Schools have the honour to report that the schools are carried on with success. Another enlargement had to be made to the master's residence, and an increase to the tennis-court of the girls' school during the year. The following is a list of the successes of the schools in the December examinations : Boys' school—Junior University Scholarship, 1 secured the sixth scholarship and 1 passed ; Medical Preliminary, 1 passed ; Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge, 2 passed; Matriculation, 2 passed ; Junior Civil Service, 18 passed (14 " with credit ") ; senior free places, 4 passed ; Education Board Senior Scholarship, first scholarship, and 6 others qualified; Senior Civil Service, the one candidate passed the whole examination (six subjects). Girls' school—Junior University Scholarship, 3 placed on the credit list and 1 passed for matriculation (two of these were awarded Senior Queen's Scholarships); Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge, 2 ; Matriculation, 8; Junior Civil Service, 12 (all passed "with credit"); Education Board Senior Scholarship, 1; senior free places, 4; junior free places, 2, who qualified for Queen's Junior Scholarship. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Boys' School: Mathematics—Geometry, Godfrey and Siddons; algebra, Hail and Knight, and C. Smith; trigonometry, Pendlebury; solid geometry and arithmetic: all to Junior Scholarship standard. English—Nesfield's English Past and Present; Emerson's History of English Language; Skeat's Principles of English Etymology; Shakespeare's King Lear and the Tempest; G. Eliot's Rornola ; general literature and composition : all to Junior Scholarship standard. Latin—Selections from Cicero (Bell); Virgil, iEneid VI; Horace's Odes, I and II; Bryan's Prose Composition ; Bradley's Arnold ; Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer ; Abbott's Latin Prose through English Idiom; Creighton's Rowe ; sight translation: all to Junior Scholarship standard. French —iiacine's Athalie; Hugo's Bug Jargal; Berthou's Modern French Verse ; Balzac's Une Tenebreuse Affaire ; Blouet's Prose Composition ; Brachet's Grammar; Bue's Idioms; phonetic transcript: all to Junior Scholarship standard. Science—Mechanics and hydrostatics, Tutorial and Loney; heat, Tutorial Advanced, and Tait; chemistry, Jago, and Remson : all to Junior Scholarship standard. Physiology, Furneaux ; history, Ransome, &c. ; geography, Gill, &c. : all to Matriculation standard. Girls' school : English literature—George Eliot's Romola ; Shakespeare's King Lear and the Tempest. English grammar and composition—Junior Scholarship syllabus : Nesfield's English Grammar Past and Present. French—Junior Scholarship syllabus : Weekley's Matriculation Course; Wellington College French Grammar (Eve and Baudiss) ;