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3. Work op Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English: Morris's Elementary Historical Grammar; Mason's Grammar ; Hodgson's Errors in English (part); Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons for English People (part); Bowen's Studies in English (part); Nicholls and McCormick's Exercises on English Composition; Shakespeare's Julius Cassar; Milton's Paradise Lost, Book I.; Macaulay's Essay on Milton; Scott's Quentin Durward. Latin: Livy, Macedonian War; Virgil, ißneid II.; Smith's Smaller Latin Grammar; Horton's History of the Bomans; Latin Prose to Junior Scholarship Standard ; sight translation from Virgil, Cicero, Sallust, Horace. Greek: Plato, Apology and Crito; Sophocles, (Edipus Tyrannus; Selections from Thucydides; sight translation from Homer, Euripides, and Herodotus ; Sidgwick's Greek Prose : Smith's Smaller History of Greece ; Abbott and Mansfield's Grammar. French: Bacine's Athalie; Souvestre's Philosophe sous les Toits; sight translation from La Fontaine, Voltaire, Fenelon, Erckmann-Chatrian, Moliere, Hugo, Ponsard, About, Scribe, &c.; Grainmaire Brachet-Dussouchet, Cours Superieur; Vecqueray's Grammar Questions (last part); Prose, various. German: Goethe, Egmont; sight translation; Macmilllan's Second Beader; Macmillan's Courses 11. and 111. ; Prose; Schmidt's Grammar. Mathematics: Arithmetic, various ; Geometry, Hall and Stevens', I. to VI.; Algebra—Hall and Knight, Todhunter's Larger; Trigonometry, Lock. Science : Blaikie's Elementary Dynamics ; Worthington's Practical Physics ; Botany —Edmonds's, and Thome and Bennett's; Chemistry, Bemsen and Howard's Practical; Heat—Garnett and Wright's Physics. Geography: Longmans' for Australasia, and Mill's Commercial Geography. History : Yonge's Primer of French History, supplemented by notes from Freeman's Summary of European History ; Buckley's History of England; and Lectures. Commercial Class: Book-keeping; Pitman's shorthand; tots; correspondence; indexing of letters. Drawing: Freehand, model, geometrical, mechanical. Lowest. —Longmans'Fourth Beader; Longmans' Geographical Beader, Nos. 5 and 6; Abbott, How to tell the Parts of Speech; English composition; Gardiner's First History; Star Arithmetics ; Southern Cross Copy-books; Colonial Drawing-books—freehand (IV. to VI.) and geometrical; Botany and Natural History (Paul Bert). ■ Physical education : Boys—Cadet corps, seniors, and drill, juniors; gymnastics, seniors and juniors; singing, juniors. Girls—Gymnastics and drill with clubs, dumb-bells, and wands; plain and fancy needlework, knitting, cutting-out, singing. 4. Scholarships. The school gave free education to thirteen holders of Education Board Scholarships, and to three others.

WAIMATE HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1892. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 904 8 1 By Management— Rents .. .. .. .. 296 12 6 Office salary .. .. .. 12 12 0 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 38 15 0 Other office expenses .. .. 10 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 75 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 3 3 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 36 5 0 Solicitor's account .. .. .. 2 8 0 Letter-press .. .. .-. 2 5 8 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 3 3 0 Tracing of reserve .. .. .. 110 Exchange, 65.; cheque-book, ss. .. 011 0 Balance ... .. .. .. 1,102 611 £1,239 15 7 £1,239 15 7 G. H. Graham, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1892. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 198 17 0 By Management—Office salary .. .. 60 0 0 Endowments — Teachers' salaries and allowances— Reserves sold .. .. .. 292 0 0 Girls' School .. .. .. 352 1 8 Amount paid on account of reserves Boys' School .. .. .. 972 4 8 sold last year .. .. .. 138 0 0 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 10 0 0 Current income from reserves .. 1,275 5 9 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 28 4 6 Paid by School Commissioners .. 63 1 8 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 82 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 18 18 0 Book and stationery account and other School fees — - tomporarv advances .. .. 11 4 0 Girls .. .. .. .. 235 11 8 Site and buildings .. .. .. 30 9 3 Boys .. .. .. .. 318 7 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 38 16 7 Interest on current account .. .. 015 0 Interest on loan .. .. .. 155 13 2 Expenses of endowment .. .. 11 11 6 Solicitor's fees .. .. .. 38 3 0 Amount paid off mortgage .. .. 300 0 0 Boarding establishment .. .. 37 10 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 6 13 11 Balance .. .. 406 2 8 Less amount due secretary, petty cash .. 1 18 10 -104 3 10 £2,540 1 1 £2,540 1 1 David Dunn, Chairman. George Sumpter, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.