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3. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : Via Latina. French : Chardenal's First French Course. Algebra : Hamblin Smith, first four rules, brackets and factors. Euclid : Hamblin Smith, Book 1., twenty propositions. Arithmetic : The subject generally, and mental arithmetic. English history—Buckley, Boman period to Edward 111. History: European history—Freeman; New Zealand history —Bourke. Geography : Political—Longmans' ; physical—Findlater. Grammar : Trotter, Morris, and Mason ; outlines, parsing, analysis. Composition : Nichol, and paraphrasing. Chemistry: Non-metallic elements, with experiments. Beading: Sixth Globe Beader, the Shakespeare Eeader. Eecitation : Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and Goldsmith's Traveller. Shorthand : Phonetic Teacher. Lowest. —Latin : Elementa Latina. Arithmetic : Fractions. History : Boyal, Brief. Geography : Longmans' Shilling. Grammar : Trotter ; verbs and parsing. Composition : Cornwell's Young Composer. Beading : Longmans' Fourth Beader. Eecitation. Drawing: Optional. Special class on Saturday mornings; crayon, mechanical, freehand, model, geometrical. Writing and map-drawing in all classes. Sewing for the girls. Drill, both. There is a night school attached. Fees, £4 4s. per annum. Twenty on roll. Class held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Owing to newness of the school, nearly all are quite beginners in high-school subjects.

THAMES BOYS' AND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Endowments — By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 166 10 5 Current income from reserves .. 239 9 4 Management— Paid by School Commissioners .. 250 0 0 Office salary .. .. .. 30 0 0 Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 144 13 0 Other office expenses .. .. 016 8 Other receipts— Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 725 0 0 Goldfields Revenue .. .. .. 230 G 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 10 Sale of cottages (old) .. .. .. 115 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. 35 7 5 Balance at end of year.. .. .. 173 2 2 Site and buildings, from current revenue—■ Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 9 18 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 5 8 0 Interest on current account .. .. 7 8 11 Management of endowment .. .. 18 11 0 School requisites .. .. .. 17 6 7 Balance in hand at end of year .. 29 8 0 S,X,<M 16 0 £1,048_l 0 James Eenshaw, Chairman. E. A. Heald, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General. 2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— That prescribed for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Lowest.— That prescribed for Sixth Standard pupils in primary schools, with the addition of elementary Latin, French, algebra, and geometry. 3. Scholarships. Free education was given by the school to five holders of Education Board's certificates of proficiency, and twenty-seven Sixth Standard pupils from primary schools.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in bank at beginning of year .. 46 17 4 By Management— Endownents— Office salary .. .. .. 25 0 0 Current income from reserves.. .. 418 15 1 Other expenses of management .. 318 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. 165 15 4 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 710 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 260 8 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 6 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 13 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 42 13 0 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 8 0 0 Rents, insurance, taxes .. .. 21 8 10 Balance at end of year .. .. 62 9 5 £891 15 9 £891 15 9 A. F. Halcombe, Chairman. B. Veale, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.