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2. Statement of the Eecbipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1890. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in hand and in bank at beginning By Office—salary .. .. .. 75 0 O of year .. .. .. .. 91 11 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,250 0 0' Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit from Prizes .. .. .. .. 8 19 6 last-year .. .. .. 2,1G6 011 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 17 10 0 Endowments— Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. G2 7 8 Capital account, price of reserves sold 762 3 6 Book and stationery account and other Current income from reserves .. 641 4 2 temporary advances .. .. 24 17 7 Interest on moneys invested and on Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 103 12 1 unpaid purchase-money .. .. 110 9 0 Insurance and taxes .. .. .. 18 15 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. 160 15 11 Expenses of survey, sales, management, &o. 25 10 1 School fees, Boys' School .. .. 328 12 2 C. W. Brown, refund deposit .. .. 40 0 0 Books, &c, sold and other refunds, Boys' Reserves—Rates, expenses of leasing, &c. 25 17 2 School .. .. .. .. 21 11 9 School furniture .. .. .. 216 6 School fees, Girls' School .. .. 199 7 2 Chemicals .. .. .. .. 0 9 7 Books, &c, sold and other refunds, Girls' Stamps, telegrams, &o. .. .. 5 1111 School .. .. .. .. 13 0 9 Legal expenses, suing for fees .. .. 16 0 Balance in bank at end of year— Current account .. .. .. 235 10 4 In Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit 2,193 12 11 In Bank of New South Wales, fixed deposit .. .. .. 403 0 0 £4,494 16 4 £4,494 16 4 Geo. Lumeden, Chairman. Chaeles Eout, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1890. Assets. & s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank of New South Wales, fixed deposit .. 403 0 0 Sundry accounts unpaid .. .. 19 0 0 Bank of New Zealand — Fixed deposit .. .. .. 2,193 12 11 Balance current account .. ... 235 10 4 Rent of reserves due and unpaid .. .. 112 2 3 Reserves sold on deferred-payment instalments due and unpaid .. .. 415 4 6 School and stationery fees due and unpaid 182 17 8 £3,542 7 8 £19 0 0 Freehold property, Sections 27 and 28, Block XIII., Invercargill Reserves vested in Board by Acts of General Assembly Geo. Lumsden, Chairman. Chaeles Bout, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —Jambs Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

4. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. —Latin : Livy, Book XXII.; Horace, Odes, Books 11. and III.; Bradley's Arnold; grammar, prose, unseen translation. French : Eacine, Athalie ; Moliere, Le Misanthrope ; grammar, prose, unseen translation. English: Morris's Historical Grammar, Brooke's English Literature, Shakespeare's As you like it, Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II.; composition and essays. History: English (Eansome), Eome (Creighton). Mathematics: Arithmetic, the whole subject; algebra to the binomial theorem; Euclid, Books I. to IV., and the definitions of Books V. and VI.; trigonometry, to end of solution of triangles (H. Smith). Natural Science : Eoscoe's Chemistry of the Metals, Tilden's Practical Chemistry, heat, mechanics. Lowest. —Work equivalent to Standard V. of the primary schools. Girls. Highest. —Latin : Csesar, Books 11. and III.; Bradley's Arnold, exercises 15 to 49; grammar, unseen translation, and prose. French: Eacine's Athalie, Moliere's Le Misanthrope, grammar, unseen translation, and prose. English: Morris's Historical Grammar, Brooke's English Literature, Shakespeare's As you like it, Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II.; composition and essays. History : Eansome's History of England. Geography: Longman's Geography. Mathematics: Arithmetic, the whole subject; algebra, to end of quadratic equations; Euclid, Books I. to IV.; trigonometry, introductory chapters (H. Smith). Natural Science : Eoscoe's Chemistry of the Nonmetallic Elements. Plain sewing. Lowest. —Work equivalent to Standard IV. of the primary schools. I have, &c, Geo. Lumsden, Chairman. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation (not given); printing (1,450 copies), £20.

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