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3. Woek op Highest and Lowest Classes. College. Highest. —Latin : Virgil, Georgics, II.; Cicero, In Catilinam, 111. and IV.; Smith's Students' Grammar, sections 391 to 541; Latin prose, (a) Wilkins, pp. 12 to 22; Potts, pp. 12 to 21 ; (/?) Moir, pp. 14 to 23 ; Bennett, pp. 70 to 94; sight translation, (a) Collins, pp. 125 to 158; (/3) Anglice redd., pp. 101 to 111. Greek: Thucydides, IV., pp. Ito 10; grammar — Abbott and Mansfield, pp. 14 to 28 ; Sidgwick's First Greek Writer. English :As for junior scholarships ; and Samson Agonistes, lines Ito 724. Mathematics :As for junior scholarships. French : Havet, all Part I.; Havet, Part 11., up to end of verb (p. 332), omitting pp. 292 up to 299, and 310 up to 319; Mademoiselle de la Seigliere, from Act III.; Le Diplomate, to Act 1., Scene 8. Science: Chemistry, heat, electricity, as for junior scholarships. Lowest. —Latin: Principia, pp. 1 to 26 ; Exercises and Vocab., pp. Ito 18. Mathematics: Arithmetic—compound rules, reduction, decimals (terminating), practice. English : Smith and Hall's Grammar; etymology ; parsing and analysis of simple sentences; composition—reproduction of easy stories. History : Mary, Elizabeth, and James I. Geography : Europe and Asia. Girls' School. Highest. —English: Morris's Elementary English Historical Grammar ; Smith and Hall's Grammar —syntax; Chaucer's Prologue to Canterbury Tales (part); Abbott's How to write clearly (part) ; composition —correction of sentences ; critical essays on Shakespeare's Tempest and King Lear ; reproduction of part of Arnold's Light of Asia; and essays on The higher education of women (its advantages and disadvantages), Influence, The causes of the extension of the British Empire, The influence of climate and natural scenery on individuals and nations. History: Elizabeth to William IV., inclusive ; notes from Green's Short History of the English People. Geography: As for junior scholarship examination ; notes and oral lessons. Latin : Translation—Livy, Book VIII. ; Virgil, Georgics II.; and translation at sight; grammar and composition—Bradley's Arnold's Latin prose, the whole book; Roman history—Macmillan's primer; Eonian antiquities—Macmillan's Primer.- -French : Havet's Grammar, omitting less important parts ; Havet's French Composition ; translation — Gringoire, by Theodore de Beauville ; Mademoiselle de la Seigliere. Mathematics: Trigonometry (Lock's), to end of solution of triangles; algebra (Hall and Knight's)— the elementary parts, quadratics, surds, indices, ratios, proportion, variations, the progressions, permutations and combinations. Euclid (Hall and Stevens's): Book I. to IV., Book VI., and definitions of Book V., and numerous deductions. Arithmetic : The whole subject. Science : Heat; Garnett's Treatise on Heat, with use of Balfour Stewart's Heat, and Deschanel's Heat, for reference. Botany : As for junior scholarships. Lowest. —English : Parts of speech ; English literature —extract from Longfellow's Golden Legend; The May Queen, first part; Lay of the Last Minstrel, 140 lines; extract from the Execution of Montrose —all committed to memory. Composition : Part of Longfellow's Evangeline and Song of Hiawatha. Geography: Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and New Zealand; principal places; mapping. Latin: The declension of nouns (Principia, Part I.). French: Bue's First French Book, to exercise 10 ; avoir and etre. Arithmetic : Simple rules. 4. SCHOLAESHIPS. College. College Scholarships. —Free education, four. Moore Scholarship. —£3s, one. Rhodes Scholarship. —£35, one. Levin Scholarships. —£lo, two. Girls' School. College Scholarships. —Free education, five. Ten scholarships of the Wellington Education Board were held at the College, and ten at the Girls' School; and one of the Auckland Education Board at the Girls' School.

NAPIEB HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepokt op the Boaed. The Board of Governors, as at present constituted, is composed of the following gentlemen:— The Hon. J. D. Ormond and Mr. J. W. Carlile, elected by the Education Board of Hawke's Bay; Messrs. G. H. Swan, M.H.E. and J. W. Neal, elected by the Municipal Council of Napier; Messrs. J. N. Williams and W. Shrimpton, elected by the Hawke's Bay County Council; Messrs. D. Guy and G. B. Sainsbury, elected by the Waipawa County Council; Mr. J. W. Twigg, by the Wairoa County Council; and Mr. H. L. Tiffen, by the Governor in Council. The schools were inspected by the Inspector-General during the last term, and were examined by A. Macarthur, M.A., LL.D., immediately before the recess. His report to the Governors, and his marks on the schedules, show that the schools are doing good work. One boy from the Boys' School passed in the Preliminary Medical Examination, and two boys and two girls passed in the Matriculation Examination. The average attendance at the Boys' School for the year was sixty-two, and at the Girls' School forty-seven, J. D. Osmond, Chairman. Davip Sidey, Secretary,