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REPORTS OP GOVERNING BODIES. WHANGAREI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. R. Lupton ; Mr. H. E. G. Smith ; Miss I. D. Bruce, M.A. ; Miss E. G. B. Lynch, M.A. ; Mr, W. J. Bishop ; Miss. E. Blumhardt; Mr. F. Layzell; Mrs. Hale. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1908, I have the honour to furnish the following brief summary of the proceedings of the Board and school for the year ended 31st December, 1913. The personnel of the Board as at present constituted is as follows : Messrs. J. M. Killen, M.A. (Chairman), W. A. Carruth (Treasurer), R. Thompson, A. H. Mason, J. D. McKenzie, A. G. MacKenzie, and R. C. M. Harrington. During the year Mr. Thomas McClintock resigned as a member of the Board owing to his removal to Onehunga. Mr. R. C. M. Harrington was appointed by His Excellency the Governor to fill the vacancy. The attendance at the High School during the school year was satisfactory, and showed an increase in the number of pupils. The work of the school has been good, pupils qualifying for University and District Senior Scholarships, Senior and Junior Public Service Entrance Examinations and Matriculation. Inspector T. H. Gill inspected the school in July last, his report showing that the school is doing good work. This school affords facilities for secondary education to the children of the Auckland Peninsula, and is attended by pupils as far north as Hokianga and Bay of Islands Counties, and as far south as Maungaturoto. The boarding-school provides excellent accommodation for boys who require to live away from home in order to attend the High School. The house is conveniently placed in the school playfield of 9J acres, and is under the capable supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Lupton, who are in residence in the boarding-school. The boarding fee is £35 per school year, and is payable in three instalments in advance. The number of boarders during the year was fourteen. The school buildings and grounds are in good order. Improvements have been made to the tennis and cricket grounds, while an armoury and game-room have been provided for the boys. A number of new desks and furniture have been provided for the school, while the footpaths have been improved and asphalted. The greatest portion of the Board's reserve of about 4,000 acres at Kioreroa has been leased ; the tenants are obliged to carry out certain improvements during the term of their lease. Efforts are being made by a local syndicate to raise money in London to develop the coal and oil measures said to exist on the reserve. If financial matters are arranged, and coal or oil found on the reserve in payable quantities, this will tend to strengthen the Board's financial position. J. McKinnon. Secretary. 2. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Pope, Essay on Criticism ; Chaucer, Prologue, Nonne, Priestes Tale ; selections from Middle English and Anglo-Saxon ; Emerson, History of Language ; Morris and Skeat, Historical English ; Addison, Essays ; Mason's English Grammar. Latin—Csesar's Civil War ; Sallust, Cataline ; Terence, Phormio ; Higher Latin Unseens; Becker's Gallus; iEneid, VI; Smith's Smaller History; Wilkins's Roman Antiquities. French—Balzac, Ursule Mironet; Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac ; Victor Hugo, Ruy Bias ; Weekly's French Prose ; Wellington College and Brachet's French Grammar ; Yorke's French Literature. German—Schiller, Maria Stuart; Novellen, Naturgeschichtliche ; Eve's Wellington College Grammar ; Examination Questions. Mathematics—Hall and Stevens's Geometry ; Hall and Knight's Algebra ; Hall and Knight's Trigonometry ; Ward's Trigonometry Exercises. Lowest. —English—Longfellow, Hiawatha ; Addison, Essays ; Scott, Lay of the Last Minstrel; Jones, First English Course ; Murdoch, Struggle for Freedom ; chief events of early history ; spelling and dictation ; essays and paraphrase. Latin—Macmillan's Shorter Course, Part I; Csesar's Invasion of Britain. French—Siepmann's Primary French Course, Part I. Arithmetic—Bradford, Intermediate Arithmetic. Mathematics—Hall and Stevens's, Geometry; Hall's School Algebra. Agriculture, practical and theoretical—First-year course of Junior Civil Service syllabus. AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School. —Mr. J. W. Tibbs, M.A. ; Mr. H. J. D. Mahon, B.A. ; Mr. J. Drummond, M.A. ; the Rev. J. King Davis, M.A. ; Mr. E. Caradus, B.Sc. ; Mr. P. A. Doherty ; Mr. P. Drummond, B.A. ; Mr. J. D. Dinneen, B.A. ; Mr. P. W. Eamble, M.A. ; Mr. D. A. Watt, B.A. ; Mr. H. W. King, B.A. ; Mr. G. P. O'Shannassy; Mr. A. W. Short, B.A. • Mr. J. L. I. Newhook ; Mr. M. D. Rohan, M.A. ; Mr. W. Eraser, M.A. ; Mr. K. J. Dellow. M.A. • Mr. F A Taylor M.A.; Mr. H. E. Brock, M.A. ; Mr. R. P. Worley, B.Sc. ; Mr. H. -W. Mayo, 8.A., B.Sc. Girls' School—Miss B. Butler, B.Sc. ; Miss E. G. Wallace ; Miss A. C. Morrison, M.A. ; Miss W. Picken, M.A. ; Mrs. L. Heap ; Miss T. V. J. Jacobsen, M.A. ; Miss F. E. Macdonald, B.A. ; Miss J. Moore, 8.A., M.Sc. ; Miss C. L. Beaumont, M.A. ; Miss Uhlmann ; Miss M. A. Dive, 8.A.; Miss N. L. Maclean, M.A. ; Miss M. McLean, B.A. ; Miss Edgcrley, M.A.; Miss. F. I. Paterson, M.A. ; Miss H. Kirkbridge, M.A. ; Miss Metoalfe, B.A. ; Mrs. B. G. Markstedt ■ Mr. K. Watkins.