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WHANGAREI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. I!. Lupton ; Mr. H. G. Smith ; Miss H. M. L. Woolley ; Miss B. Blumhardt; Mis-< B. Griffiths ; Mr. Q. Jump. 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Nesfield, Past and Present; Shakespeare, Merchant of Venire ; Thackeray's Esmond ; selections from Chaucer and Spenser. Latin—Cicero, De Officiis, III ; Vergil, VIII ; Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia ; Postdate's Latin Grammar; Bryan's Latin Prose; Bradley's Arnold ; Wilkins, Roman History. French — Quatre-vingt-treize, Victor Hugo ; Rousseau, Le Contrat Social; Corneille, Polyeucte ; Wellington College French Grammar ; Weekley's French Prose Composition ; Chardinal's Advanced Course. Mathematics —Geometry, Hall and Stevens ; algebra, Hall and Knight's Higher Algebra ; trigonometry, Hall and Knight; mechanics. Bryan and Briggs. Science -Heat, Stewart; physiology, Coleman. Geography —Commercial, Chisholm, as for Senior Civil Service. Lowest. —English—Nesfield's English Grammar and Composition. Parts 1 and II ; Evangeline ; Lay of the Last Minstrel ; dictation and essays. History —General Introduction ; The Struggle for Freedom. Latin —Shorter Latin Course, Part I. French — Siepmann's First Year. Mathematics — Arithmetic, general revision ; algebra. Hall and Knight, to simultaneous equations ; geometry, Hall and Stevens, Book I. Book-keeping Thornton's First Lessons. Drawing Freehand ; brush, from nature; plane and solid geometry. .Manual Woodwork for boys ; cookery and hygiene for girls. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1909. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 67 1 11 Management— Government capitation— Office salaries .. .. ..■ .. 46 4 5 For free places.. .. .. .. 813 5 0 Other expenses of management .. .. 2 19 4 Under Manual and Technical Instruction Teachers' salaries and allowances .. .. 718 5 4 Regulations .. .. .. 51 8 3 Prizes .. .. .. .. 12 4 0 Subsidy on voluntary contributions, secondary Material for classes other than classes for schools .. .. .. 12 6 6 manual instruction .. .. .. 12 14 10 Endowments— Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 7 16 Current income from reserves .. .. 57 5 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. .. 18 9 7 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 60 0 0 Maintenance of classes for manual instruction 51 3 3 School fees .. .. .. 53 18 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 7 5 6 Voluntary contributions on account of general Miscellaneous (rates, &c).. .. .. 7 3 2 purposes of the school .. .. .. 12 G 6 Site or buildings .. .. .. • .. 120 15 2 Other receipts, sundries .. .. .. 0 1 10 Other expenditure—Construction of cricket and tennis grounds .. .. .. 12 18 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 110 4 5 £1,127 8 6 £1,127 8 6 J. M. Killen, Chairman. J. McKinnon, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Boys , School— .Mr. .1. \V. Tibbs, M.A. : Mr. J. 11. Turner, M.A. ; Mr. 11. J. D. Mahon, B.A. : Mr. F. Heaton, M.A.. B.Sc. ; Mr. J. Drummond, M.A. ; Mr. J. (J. Trevithick, M.A. ; Eev. J. K. Davis, M.A. ; Mr. P. Drummond, B.A. ; Mr. J. D. Dinneen, B.A. ; Mr. F. W. Gamble, M.A. : Mr. D. A. Watt, B.A. ; Mr. H. W. Kins; : Mr. A. G. Marshall, B.A. ; Mr. P. S. Bridson, B.A. QirU , School— Miss A. \\. Wliitelaw, M.A. ; Miss E. G. Wallace; Miss A. C. Morrison; Miss P. E. A. Grellet : Miss F. E. Macdonald, B.A. ; Miss F. V. J. Jacobsen, M.A. ; Miss E. M. Griffin, M.A. : .Miss .1. V. Harcourt, M.A. ; Miss M. A. Dive, B.A. ; Miss D. R. Robertson, M.A. ; Mr. K. Watkins : Miss 8. Heap; Miss K. Grellet; Miss A. Walker ; Miss E. Whitelaw. 1. Report of the Board op Governors. Cadet Corps. —The following extract from the headmaster's annual report has reference to the school battalion of Defence cadets : " As soon as we had settled down to our year's work we numbered our cadet force, and found that exactly four-fifths of the boys had volunteered for service. It seemed a fitting opportunity to bring the whole school into the scheme, and the Board passed a resolution making cadet work obligatory on all. I happened to be writing to Lord Roberts later aboul another