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Lowest. —Star Beader, Standard IV. ; Brief History, Nelson; Longmans' Junior School Grammar; Hill's First Lessons in Geography. Drawing. Singing. Writing (vertical), Nelson's Arithmetic (No. IV), simple and compound rules. Composition : Park's composition books, and on easy stories. Transcription. Dictation. Spelling. Parsing and simple analysis. Drill. Swimming.

3. Scholarships. The school gave free education to twenty-nine scholars. Seventeen scholarships of the Education Board, three at £40, fourteen at £20, were held at the school.

CHBISTCHUBCH GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Bboeipts and Expendituee for the Tear ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. ■d. ■ Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 829 211 By Office—salary .. .. .. 70 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 371 9 2 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,646 15 3 Interest on moneys invested .. .. 260 15 3 Examinations— School fees .. .. .. .. 1,786 1 0 Examiners'fees .. .. .. G8 5 0 Interest on current account .. .. 57 3 6 Other expenses .. .. .. 13 2 6 Scholarships .. .. .. 245 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 28 10 6 Printing, stationery, stamps, and advertising (including telegrams).. .. 53 17 8 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 26 12 11 Site and buildings— New desks and forms .. .. 5 3 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 27 16 9 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. 51 18 2 Expenses of cooking-classes .. .. 14 5 3 Music, and tuning pianos .. .. 916 0 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 4 19 4 Sundries .. .. .. .. 2 15 6 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,035 13 6 1110 £3,304 11 10 F. de C. Malet, Chairman. A. Ceaceoft Wilson, Begistrar.

2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English : Grammar —Mason's English Grammar; Morris's Smaller English Historical Grammar. Composition—Essays on subjects from books read, correction of sentences, &c. Literature—Morell's sketch of English Literature from Chaucer to Wordsworth; Stopford Brooke's Primer of English Literature; Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Borneo and Juliet; Chaucer's Prologue and the Knight's Tale ; Selections from the Faerie Queen. Latin : Grammar and Composition—Bradley's Arnold; Abbott's Idioms, Cesarean Prose, and various passages for translation into Latin. Books prepared—Cicero, De Amicitia and Pro Milone ; Virgil, the iEneid, Books I. and 11. ; the Eclogues; Livy, Book XXI.; Tacitus, Agricola ; sight-reading from various authors. French : Grammar and Composition—Brachet's Public School French Grammar and Exercises; French Prose, Bue's Idioms; translation—Saintine's Picciola; Voltaire's Ja'ire; Balzac's Eugenic Grandet; Moliere's Femmes Savantes and Medecin malgre lvi; Corneille's Le Cid; Topfer's Histoire de Jules et Charles. Mathematics : Arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, trigonometry, as prescribed for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Science : Botany and heat as prescribed for the Junior University Scholarship Examination. Dress-cutting; cooking; swimming. Lowest. —English : Simple rules of grammar, easy parsing, easy composition, writing, dictation, spelling, reading, Star Beader No. V. History: Gardiner's History, Part 1., from Boman Invasion to end of Henry Ill's reign. Geography : Principal physical features of the world, outline of New Zealand. French : Elements of grammar, simple sentences. Arithmetic : Simple and compound rules. Science : The elements of botany and physiology. Drawing. Sewing. Drill. Swimming. Class-singing. 3. Scholarships. The school gave sixteen scholarships of £15 each. Twelve scholarships of the Education Board, at £20 each, were held at the school.

BANGIOBA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Ebpokt of the Boabd, g IK) Eangiora, 15th February, 1892. I have the honour to inform you, with reference to the remarks made in the report for the past year, that, in letting the school reserve, the Board obtained a most substantial tenant, but had to accept a reduced rent of £186 Bs. per annum as against £233; however, notwithstanding this reduction, the annual statement shows the debit balance as now only £5 14s. 3d., which the Board considers most satisfactory. I have, &c, Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. Geo. John Leech, Chairman.

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