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Architecture. —The course in this department included geometry, perspective, elementary and advanced building-construction, quantity surveying, mensuration, specification-writing, history of architecture, interior design, historic ornament, and architectural design. The attendance in this section was fairly satisfactory. The duplication of several of the more elementary subjects by the authorities of the Christchurch Technical College has tended to slightly reduce the number of students in this department. The course of instruction in this department ranges over five evenings per week, and the work necessitates the services of five specialists as lecturers and instructors. Oabinetmaking. —The work in this department has been chiefly directed to drawing and design, subjects which are strongly allied to a school of art. Teachers and Pupil-teachers. —A complete course of instruction in elementary drawing, colouring, and design, together with modelling, was given on Saturday mornings, to meet the requirements of the teachers' examinations held by the Education Department. The attendance at these classes has been very large, and the accommodation of the school was severely taxed in consequence. Normal College Students. —Classes were held on Tuesday afternoons in freehand, model, and blackboard drawing for students in training from the Normal School. The time devoted to these subjects—namely, two hours per week—is too small to go vary thoroughly into these subjects. Arts and, Crafts Guild. —The work of the Guild was continued on similar lines to tKat of last year. The attendance at the monthly meetings was excellent, and several valuable lectures and demonstrations were given by well-known artists and craftsmen. The members of the Guild number over two hundred, many of whom are ex-students of the school. Staff. —At the beginning of the year Mr. John Cook was appointed Instructor in Buildingconstruction and Quantity Surveying, Mr. C. F. Kelly was appointed Instructor in Elementary Art, and Mr. J. H. Wilson Lecturer in English Literature and Instructor in Mensuration. The appointment of Mr. F. G. Gurnsey as Instructor in Applied Art at the beginning of the year has proved very satisfactory. No resignations have been received during the year. The staff now numbers fourteen, all of whom worked loyally in the interests of the school. Thanks are due to Messrs. J. W. Gibb, A. H. Fielder, and W. Sey for prizes kindly given for painting, architecture, and decorating, and also to those gentlemen who assisted in making the monthly meetings of the Guild so instructive by lectures and demonstrations.

Statement of Area, Letting-value, and Capital Value of Reserves belonging to each Account. (Capital values computed on a 5-per-cent. basis.)

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Acreage. Annual Rent, 1907. Annual Rent at „ ..,,., 1st May, 1908. 1 ** 1 Value - Jollege— Agricultural reserves Town reserves Pastoral runs (superior education) A. R. P. 8,085 3 36 9 0 20 99,294 0 0 £ s. d. 5,511 4 0 248 10 0 2,210 0 0 £ s. d. 5,511 4 0 448 10 0 2,213 10 0 £ 110,220 8,970 44,270 Total .. lirls' High School Joys' High School Jedical School luseum, Library, and School of Technical Science Endowment 'hysics and chemistry (College) .. .. 107,389 0 16 2,578 3 10 8,939 0 32 5,000 0 0 93,787 0 0 7,969 14 0 288 7 2 3,642 13 8 436 10 0 2,100 0 0 8,173 4 0 288 7 2 3,933 3 2 436 10 0 2,100 0 0 163,460 5,760 78,660 8,730 42,000 1,487 1 10 195 0 0 3,900 Total .. 219,181 1,28 l£14,437 4 10 £15,126 4 4 £302,510