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2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —English—Nesfield's Manual; Nesfield's Historical Grammar ; Shakespeare's Julius Csesar and As You Like It; Thackeray's Esmond; Tennyson's Princess; selections from Chaucer, Milton, Pope, Spenser, Addison, De Quincey, Carlyle, Tennyson, &c.; philology, &c. Latin— Bradley's Arnold ; Bryan's Prose; iEneid, Book I; Livy, Book XXI; selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses ; Cicero, De Amicitia; Csesar, Book VII. French—Hossfeld's Method (Huguenet); Chardenal's Idioms; Picciola (Saintire); Eugenic Grandet; composition. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, to binomial theorem. Trigometry—Borchardt and Perrott, to solution of triangles. Geometry—Baker and Bourne, Books I-VI. Botany—Ewart; Dendy and Lucas. Heat— Glazebrook ; Ganot. All subjects to Junior University Scholarship standard. Loivest. —Nesfield's Manual; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield ; Scott's Lady of the Lake (Canto I). Arithmetic—Pendlebury. Algebra—Baker and Bourne, to simple equations. French— Chardenal (Part I) and French without Tears (Part I). Botany—Murche. Geography — Longmans' Geography, Book 111. Physiology—Elementary. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. £ s. d. < Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 41 1 9 Honorarium to Secretary .. .. 5 5 0 Government capitation for free places .. 686 4 2 Other office expenses .. .. .. 213 2 Current income from reserves .. .. 189 6 4 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 657 6 0 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 55 2 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 3 13 9 Exchange on cheque .. .. .. 0 2 6 Class material .. .. .. .. 5 110 Sale of old building material .. .. 12 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 4 13 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 30 6 5 Site, buildings, furniture, &c. — Purchases and new works .. .. 43 0 8 IVnoing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 54 2 11 Miscellaneous—Rates, insurance, &o. .. 4 13 Interest on current account .. .. 0 10 Bank charges and sundry expenses .. 018 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. .. 161 15 9 £972 19 3 J £972 19 3 Eobeet Ball, Chairman. C. I. Jennings, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Wakburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

CHEISTCHUECH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. C. E. Bevan-Brown, M.A. ; Mr. B. K. S. Lawrence, B.A. ; Mr. W. Walton, B.A. ; Mr. R. M. Laing, M.A., 8.50.; Mr. A. Merton ; Mr. R. Speight, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. T. H. Jaokson, B.A. ; Mr. J. H. Smith, M.A. ; Mr. T. W. Cane, M.A. ; Mr. J. Cook ; Mr. S. A. Clark; Sergeant-major Farthing; Mr. A. Merton ; Mr. W. S. Malaquin; Mr. T. S. Tankard; Miss E. E. Digby. 1. Eepoet of the Headmaster. The numbers during 1906 were —206 for the first term, 203 for the second term, and 209 for the third term. Of this latter number the Preparatory class for young boys below Standard V numbered 23, and did excellent work not only in primary subjects, but in modelling, drawing, and nature-study. Samples of their work were displayed at the school on the 13th October, and are now in the Exhibition. The number of free places last year amounted to 50 junior and 23 senior, making a total of 73. The ignorance of the conditions on which free places may be obtained is very great, and even teachers of primary schools seem unaware of the privileges offered, and do not inform parents. A much larger number than usual of boys from the school presented themselves for Matriculation and the Junior Civil Service Examinations in December last. For Matriculation 25 boys presented themselves: this number included all the Lower Sixth save two, and all the Upper Fifth save five. Of these 25 there were 19 who passed and 6 who failed. As the average number of failures for the colony in Matriculation is, I believe, some 50 per cent., this is a good result. Twenty-seven entered for senior free places on the Junior Civil Service Examination, and all but i passed ; a separate Credit List of these is not published. Eighteen boys were from our Lower Fifth, 3 from the Upper Fourth, and 6 from the Upper Fifth ; in addition, 7 boys entered for Junior Civil Service proper; all passed, 4of them on the Credit List. Two boys, W. S. Wauchop and H. Edgar, passed the Senior Civil Service Examination, the former with distinction. Six boys of our Lower Fifth competed for Senior Education Board Scholarships, and won five out of the six scholarships awarded—a satisfactory result. Finally, 5 boys sat for Junior University Scholarships : of these, M. B. Martin was awarded a Junior University Scholarship, G. W. D. Mulgan and D. L. Sinclair Senior National Scholarships, H. Broadhead was placed on the Credit List, and E. E. Bevan-Brown satisfied the examiners. M. B. Martin was top of all the University scholars in English, and Mulgan was sixth in chemistry. Two boys sat for the London Matriculation : the results are not yet known. It will be seen that of the Upper School, comprised in forms Upper and Lower Sixth and Upper and Lower Fifth, and numbering 73 boys, all but 14 boys were examined, either by the University, the Government, or the Board of Education, at the end of the year. A year ago only 15 entered for Matriculation, some 6 for Junior Civil Service, 4 for Junior University Scholarships, and 7 for Senior Board Scholarships, making a total of 32 boys examined in public examinations in December, 1905, as against 59 in December, 1906. This large increase of candidates is caused