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REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GEAMMAE SCHOOL. 1. Beport op the Board. Board.- —Of the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School, thirteen meetings were held during the year 1892. At the end of that year the Board was constituted as follows: Chairman, Sir George Maurice O'Borke, 8.A.; Vice-Chairman, the Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain. Member of the Board ex officio, as being Mayor of the City of Auckland, Mr. William Crowther; elected by the Board of Education, Mr. Theophilus Cooper, Mr. James Marshall Lennox, and Mr. Samuel Luke; elected jointly by the members of the Legislative Council usually resident within the Provincial District of Auckland, and the members of the House of Bepresentatives for the several electorates of that district, Mr. Frederick Douglas Brown, M.A., B.Sc. (Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics in the Auckland University College), Sir George Maurice O'Borke, B.A. (Chairman of the Auckland University College Council), and Mr. William Pollock Moat; elected by the Senate of the University of New Zealand, the Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain, the Bey. Charles Mosley Nelson, M.A., and the Hon. Joseph Augustus Tole, 8.A., LL.B. 801 l the last term of the year 1892, the total number of pupils was 274—viz., 143 male and 131 females. The number of pupils receiving free tuition in the last term of 1892 was thirtyfive —viz., twenty-one male and fourteen female. Drawing, Workshops, &c. —Attention has been paid, as hitherto, to freehand, geometrical, and especially mechanical drawing. Good results have been obtained in the workshop. Gymnastics. —lmprovements and additions have been made to the gymnastic appliances, and the classes under Mr. Carrollo, Drill Instructor, bave done good work. Orchestra. —The orchestra instituted in the year 1890, by Mr. Trevithick, Assistant Master, has continued to. receive his gratuitous services. The orchestra meets once a week, outside of school hours, for receiving instruction and for practice, and performs on the occasions of the school " speeches " and prize day. Singing. —ln August last, Mr. Trevithick commenced classes in singing on the girls' side of the school, giving one hour a week for that purpose. German. —Mr. Watkins, French master, has continued to conduct classes for the teaching of the German language, which is held outside of school hours, and without any payment of fees. Endowments. —The endowments which were set apart for the Auckland Girls' High School remain unutilised, and at the same time the wants of this school, caused by the opening of the girls' department, are urgent. When the Girls' High School was closed, a portion of this building and of the play-ground, which had been designed exclusively for boys, was appropriated to the school for girls ; and this arrangement, which was intended to be temporary, has now been in operation for more than four years. The present accommodation in both departments is barely adequate, seeing that there was an increase of thirty-two pupils for the third term over the third term of 1891, when the school was then considered somewhat crowded. W. Wallace Kidd, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1892. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 793 3 10 By Management— - Current income from reserves.. .. 2,589 19 2 Office salary .. .. .. 100 0 0 School fees.. ..' .. .. 2,243 8 0 Other office expenses .. .. 58 17 1 Interest on deposits— Commission, &c, to collector .. 188 5 10 Bank of New Zealand " .. .. 15 0 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,423 6 1 Post Office Savings Bank .. .. 16 16 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 4 0 0 Miscellaneous refunds .. .. 0 11 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 49 3 0 Printing, stationery, and aavertising .. 71 11 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, (feeSchool .. .. .. .. 55 13 9 Property .. .. .. .. 15 4 9 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 91 10 8 School requisites .. .. .. 107 14 7 Fencing, repairs, &c.— School .. .. .. .. 269 1 9 Property .. .. .. .. 257 10 2 Rents, insurance, and taxes — School .. .. .. .. 48 14 4 Property .. .. .. .. 83 0 11 Insurance .. .. .. 75 12 0 Interest on current account .. .. 3 2 9 Interest on loans .. .. .. 250 0 0 Contribution to swimming sports .. 3 0 0 „ cricket club .. 2 0 0 athletic sports .. 10 0 0 „ musical and dramatic entertainment .. 5 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 486 9 10 £5,658 18 6 18 6

W. Wallace Kidd, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.