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Havet's Composition; translation—Valeric; Femmes Savantes; Les Anecdotes dans Havet, pp. 43-58. English: Correction of sentences; critical essays on Shakespeare's Hamlet and Borneo and Juliet, and essays on set subjects ; Morris's Elementary English Historical Grammar; Smith and Hall's Grammar —syntax ; part of Chaucer's Prologue and Canterbury Tales ; Abbott's How to Write Clearly. Botany :As for Junior Scholarship. Heat: As for Junior Scholarship. Lowest. —Arithmetic : Easy numeration and notation ; simple addition, subtraction ; short and long multiplication ; short division. Beading: Longmans' New Beader, Standard 11. ; Longmans' New Geographical Beader. Spelling: Words selected from reading lessons. Composition on simple subjects. Poetry : Seven short selections, chiefly from reading-books. Grammar : How to distinguish the parts of speech. Geography: A very brief sketch of the continents. Writing: Vere Foster's Copy-books, 1.-IV.

4. Scholarships. College. College Scholarships. —Free education, six. Moore Scholarship. —£35, one. Bhodes Scholarship.^ —£3s, one. Levin Scholarships. —£lo, two. Girls' School. College Scholarships. —Free education, five.

NAPIEB HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Beport of the Board. 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.8., 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. E. 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 examined by A. Macarthur, M.A., LL.D., immediately before the recess. His report to the Governors shows that the work of the schools is satisfactory, and especially so in the upper forms. Five boys and four girls passed in the Matriculation Examination. The average attendance at the Boys' School for the year was fifty-six, and for the Girls' School, fifty-six. J. D. Ormond, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1892. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 1,738 16 1 By ManagementEndowments— Office salary .. .. .. 60 0 0 Current income from reserves .. 292 16 6 Other office expenses .. .. 10 7 6 From property not a reserve.. .. 745 0 0 Other expenses of management .. 3 9 8 Interest .. .. .. .. 157 5 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,656 1 8 Paid by School Commissioners —Exa- Boarding-school account —■ miner's fee .. .. .. 20 6 0 Portion of scholarships spent on board School fees .. .. .. .. 1,092 13 5 and railway fares .. .. 170 8 0 Boarding-school fees—Portion of School Examiner's fee .. .. .. 20 6 0 Commissioners' scholarships paid on Music teachers .. .. .. 94 8 0 board of scholarship-holders, and rail Prizes .. .. .. .. 15 0 6 charges* .. .. .. .. 170 1 4 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 23 9 4 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 76 15 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 114 710 Book ancl stationery account ana other temporary advances .. .. 67 14 9 Site and buildings, new works .. ... 15 1 1 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 38 7 2 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 135 3 3 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,869 8 10 £4,293 13 7 £4,293 13 7 * The value of the scholarships was £397 17s. 4d. £227 9s. Id. were included in school fees, and the remainder as above. J. D. Ormond, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Boys. Highest. — Mathematics: Euclid, Books 1.-IV., with deductions and exercises; Algebra, to quadratic equations; Trigonometry, solution of triangles. Mechanics:; Statics, dynamics, hydrostatics (elementary). ' General arithmetic. Latin: Livy, XXII.; Horace, Ode I.; Prose composition and grammar. French: Le Conscrit; composition; conversation and grammar.