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The grounds have been put in order, and thus facilities are provided for physical exercise in the way of sports, which are taken advantage of by boys and girls. The school in an increasing manner is commanding the confidence of the public, as is shown by the rapid growth in attendance. This has led the Governors to advertise for a third assistant. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. ff n/liest. — English Nesfield's Grammar; Anglo-Saxon and early English; Shakespeare's Henry IV (Parts I and II). Henry V : Lamb's Essays of Elia ; The Age of Pope; Indexing and precis writing. Latin—Livy, I; Virgil's Georgics, IV ; Tacitus Annals, I; Grammar and composition as for Junior University Scholarship ; Tutorial History of Rome ; Ramsay's Roman Antiquities. French Wellington College Grammar; Macmillan's Course. II: Le Roi dcs Montagues; and miscellaneous translation. Mathematics As for Junior University Scholarship. Mechanics —Loney's Mechanics and Hydrostatics. Heat -Glazebrook's Heat. Physiology —Furneaux, Hill. Lowest.—'English —Ivanhoe ; Merchant of Venice, Acts I and II ; Great Authors, First Period ; Nesfield's Grammar, pages 1-115. Latin—Via Latina. to conjugation of verbs. French—Chardenal's First Course and Methode Naturelle. Arithmetic—General, Pendlebury, pages 1-280. GeographyGeneral, as for Junior Civil Service. History Genera] as for Junior Civil Service. Algebra—Hall and Knight, to addition and subtraction of fractions. Geometry —Hall and Stevens, Parts I and 11. Book-keeping—Thornton's First Lessons, i to xi. , Drawing—Freehand and geometrical. 3. General Statement ok Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ R- '1- Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 163 2 0 Management—Offioe expenses .. .. 318 6 Government grants— Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 617 18 4 For sites, building, furniture, &c. (general Prizes .. .. .. .. 11118 purposes) .. .. • ■ 600 0 0 Material for classes other than olaesv-'S for Rent Technical School.. .. .. 8 7 6 manual instruction .. .. 11 3 8 For buildings, furniture, fittings, and ap- Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 28 4 8 paratus for reoognised sohool classes for Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 47 111 manual instruction .. .. .. 146 8 9 Maintenance of classes for manual instrucTechnical instruction .. .. .. *626 6 6 tion .. .. .. 58 5 1 Material, technioal instruction .. *12 14 0 Government grant for site, buildings, furniGovernment capitation— ture, &c. .. 600 0 0 For free places .. .. • • 607 13 4 Manual instruction .. 146 8 9 Manual classes .. .. 23 9 6 Technical instruction .. .. .. *626 6 6 Technical classes .. • • '24 4 6 Purchases and new works .. .. 226 17 7 Subsidy on voluntary contributions, tech- Fencing, repairs, Ac. .. .. 121 9 0 nical instruction* .. .. .. *40 0 0 Insuranoe, bank charges, and exohange .. 518 10 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 271 0 0 Buildings, equipments, &c, for technical inSchool fees . • 78 19 6 struotion *69 10 10 Technical class fees .. .. *120 10 0 Interest on current account .. .. 0 3 0 Interest on current account 3 10 7 Other expenditure : Technical classes — Voluntary contributions— Salaries .. .. .. .. *156 19 6 On acoount of general purposes of the Material .. .. .. .. *22 9 3 school 19 12 0 Lighting "3 10 0 Technical instruction .. .. .. '40 0 0 Insuranoe, technical building .. .. "0 17 4 Other receipts— Balance at end of year .. .. .. 84 18 2 Sale of hyloplate .. .. • • 5 9 9 Part half-cost fenoing .. .. .. 1 19 8 •£2,793 7 7 -£2,793 7 7 * Details of receipts and expenditure of technical school are shown in supplementary statement printed below. Supplementary Statement, Dannevirke Technical School. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ c. d. For buildings teohnioal instruction .. 626 6 6 ; Buildings, &c, from Government grants .. 626 6 6 Material, technical classes .. .. 12 14 0 I . from current revenue .. 69 10 10 Capitation, technical olasses .. .. 24 46 ' Salaries .. .. .. 156 19 6 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 40 0 0 Material .. .. .. .. 22 9 8 Technical class fees .. .. .. 120 10 0 Lighting .. .. .. .. 310 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 40 0 0 Insurance .. .. .. 017 4 £863 15 0 £879 13 5 A. Gbant, Chairman. T. Macallan, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that Thomas Bain, as a member of the Board virtually invested with a fiduciary character, the payment to him of sums amounting to £22 ss. for books, stationery, and stamps,"contravenes the established rule that Trustees shall not buy from one of themselves.—J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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