87

E.—l

Inspectors' Report on Riverton District High School.

REPORTS "OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

AUCKLAND. Sib, — School Commissioners' Office, Aucklaud, 31st March, 1890. I have the honour to forward the following brief statement of the proceedings of the Commissioners for the year 1889 : — The reserves let were — £ s. d. 4 sections timber land, 36 acres, realising ... ... 68 0 1 a year. 1 „ pastoral land, 5,140 acres, realising ... 64 5 0 „ 6 „ town land, 7-J acres, realising ... ... 16 10 0 „ 18 „ rural and suburban land, 1,160 acres, realising 158 13 0 „ Six of the last-named are sections re-let —one after expiry of previous lease, and five after re-entry for non-payment of rent. The audited statement of accounts enclosed herewith shows a considerable increase in amount of rent collected over that of 1888. No doubt this was due to the improvement in farming interests in this district last year. The Commissioners have, nevertheless, had to write off £166 11s. as rent unrecoverable. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wm. P. Moat, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1889. Receipts.

Subject. No. of Pupils Amount of Work Professed. PM ° Notes. English Shakespeare's Julius Caesarj 78 The three pupils showed a very failknowledge of the play, and grappled successfully with the analysis and parsing of a selected sentence. Both classes had a sound knowledge of accidence, and most of the scholars were able to render into correct English the sentences set. The translation from English into Latin, however, was poorly done by all except two pupils in Class 1, both of whom presented work of highly meritorious character. The pupils of the higher class have a very fair knowledge of syntax. All the pupils knew thoroughly the work professed. The pupil in this subject passed a fair examination. Latin (Class 1)... 5 Pt. I. Principia Latina, pp. 1-45, including exercises Principia Latina, Pfc. I., j pp. 1-87, with exercises ; Caesar's Commentaries, Book IV., Chaps. 20-36 76 Latin (Class 2)... ;i 68 French Macmillan's Progressive Erench Course, pp. 1-37 Euclid's Elements, Book I. 5 96 Geometry 1 55 Algebra (Class 1) 5 Elementary rules and easy factoring As far as simple equations, with easy problems ,86 I This subject has been very successI fully taught. Algebra (Class 2) 3 80

Primary Education Reserves. I Secondary Education Reserves. Total. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. 870 3 a c 'o Credit balance, 31st December, 1889 ... ... ! Arrears of revenue for previous years —Bents of reserves ... ... ... ... : 923 7 Revenues of current year— Bents of reserves ... ... ... ... 11,355 19 Interest ... ... ... ... ... j Miscellaneous ... « ... ... ... | 1 12 Deposits ... ... ... ... ... [ 57 0 7 4 0 0 202 11 9 497 15 4 15 19 8 3 8 0 15 0 0 1,125 19 1,853 14 15 19 5 0 72 0 Total receipts ... ... 3,942 16