E.—6.

4. REPORTS OF GOVERNING BODIES.

WHANGAREI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. R. Lupton, Mr. H. G. Smith, Mr. H. L. M Woolley, Miss E. Blumhardt, Mr. D. Grant, Miss Wallden. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. I have the honour to say that the school continues to make satisfactory progress. During the year the Board has had a number of new single desks placed in tin- school to replace tin- old-fashioned ordinary long ones. Through the efforts of the Principal, Mr. Lupton, a cadet company has been formed in connection with the school, which is drilled fortnightly by a Defence officer from Auckland. The Board has now the question of establishing a swimming-bath for the girls attending the school, and hope to be successful in this undertaking. 2. Work of-the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. English —Nesfield's English Past and Present; Shakespeare's Richard 11, Henry IV: Chaucer and Spenser, selections; essays. Latin Allcroft's Latin Prose Composition. Bryan's Prose; Horace, Odes, selections ; Ovid, Elegiac selection ; Cicero, In Catilinam, I; Roman history. French WVekley's Prose Exercises ; Rey's composition ; books set for Senior Civil Service. Mathematics Hall and Knight's Trigonometry and Algebra and Hall and Stevens's Geometry, as lor Junior University Scholarship ; mechanics, Bryan and Briggs. Physiology —Shore and Foster. GeographyCommercial, syllabus for Senior Civil Service. History —As for University Scholarship, Junior. Lowest. —English —Nesfield's English Grammar and Composition, Parts I and II ; Temple Reader ; Deserted Village ; selections from Browning ; dictation and essays. History —General Introduction ; The English as a Colonising Nation. Latin —Ora Maritima. French —Siepmann's First Year. Arithmetic —General revision, stocks, mensuration. Algebra —Hall and Knight, to simultaneous equations. Geometry —Hall and Stevens, Part I. Physical Measurements —Kerr's First Year. Book-keeping — Thornton's First Year. Drawing —Freehand ; brush, from nature ; plane and solid geometry, elementary. Manual —Woodwork (boys) ; cookery (girls).

3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908.

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.—Mr. J. W. Tibbs, M.A. ; Mr. J. H. Turner, M.A. ; Mr. H. J. D. Mahon, B.A. ; Mr. F. Heaton, MA. ; B.Sc. ; Mr. j. G. Trevithick, MA.; Mr. J. Drummond, MA. ; Bey. J. K. Davis, M.A. ; Mr. P. Drummond, B.A ; Mr. F. W. Gamble, MA.; Mr. J. D. Dinneen, B.A. ; Mr. E. Caradus, B.Sc. ; Mr. H. B. Tomlinson, M.A. ; Mr. A. Watt, MA. ; Mr. F. Potter. Girls' School.— Miss A W. Whitelaw, MA. ; Miss E. G. Wallace ; Miss A. C. Morrison, M.A. ; Miss F. E. A. Grellet; Miss W. Picken, M.A. ; Miss F. E. Macdonald, B.A. ; Miss F. V. J. Jacobsen, M.A. j Miss E. M. Griffin, M.A. ; Miss B. Blades ; Miss M A Dive, B.A ; Mr. Kenneth Watkins.

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Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. 6 s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 141 7 1 Management— Government capitation— Office salaries .. .. .. 29 8 6 For free places.. .. .. .. 687 19 2 Other office expenses .. .. .. 5 11 7 Under Manual and Technical Instruction Other expenses of management .. .. 0 13 6 Regulations .. .. .. 84 4 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 635 12 8 Current income from reserves .. .. 65 1 8 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 3 9 3 Paid by Scbool Commissioners .. •.. 76 12 0 Material for classes other tban classes for School fees .. .. .. 40 12 0 manual instruction .. .. .. 74 8 8 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 0 6 8 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 27 15 9 Other receipts— Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 15 11 0 Sale of tanks .. .. .. .. 1 10 0 Maintenance of classes for manual instiuction 84 4 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. . .. .. 2 8 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.).. .. .. 8 118 Site or buildings .. .. .. .. 126 5 0 Other expenditure— Cricket and tennis grounds .. .. 16 11 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 67 1 11 £1,097 12 7 £1,097 12 7 J. M. Killen, Chairman, J. McKinnon, Secretary.