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Auckland, Mr James Job Holland, elected by the Auckland Board of Education, Mr. Theophilus Cooper, Mr Samuel Luke, Mr Bichard Udy (Chairman of the Auckland Board of Education), 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 the said district, Mr Frederick Douglas Brown, M.A., B.Sc. (Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics in the Auckland University College) the Hon. Sir George Maurice O'Borke, 8.A., M.H.B. (Speaker of the House of Bepresentatives and 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 Canon Charles Mosely Nelson, M.A., and the Hon. Joseph Augustus Tole, 8.A., LL.B. Roll. —ln the last term of the year 1894 the total number of pupils was 346—viz., 191 male and 155 female. The number of pupils receiving free tuition in the last term of 1894 was fortyseven—viz., twenty-four male and twenty-three female. Drawing, Workshops, &c. —The usual classes on the girls' side have been held under Mr Kenneth Watkins, and good work has been done in shading from the flat and round , and, by the more advanced pupils, in water-colour and oils. The boys, under Mr Trevithick, have made good progress in geometrical and mechanical drawing, and from the workshop, under the same master, some work of great merit has been turned out. These workshop classes were attended by sixty boys. Cookery. —Classes in cookery were held by Miss Millington during part of the second and third terms. Gymnastics and Drill. —The classes on both sides of the school have been continued under Mr. Carrollo. 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 schoolhours, for receiving instruction and for practice, and performs on the occasions of the school " speeches " and prize-day German. —Mr Watkins, French master, has continued to conduct classes for the teaching of the German language, which are 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 playground, 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 six years. The present accommodation in both departments is barely adequate. W Wallace Kidd, Secretary

2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1894. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves 2,859 5 2 By Dr. balance at beginning of year 106 9 6 School fees, 1894 2,861 3 6 ManagementArrears, 1893 49 0 0 Office salary 100 0 0 Interest on fixed deposit 15 17 0 Other office expenses 53 7 11 Other expenses of management, commission, &0., to Collector 153 13 7 Teachers' salaries and allowances 3,527 7 6 School requisites 90 3 10 Election expenses . 1 13 4 Law expenses 3 3 0 Scholarships 79 0 0 Prizes 40 14 3 Printing, stationery, and advertising 80 0 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, AcSchool 42 0 9 Property 22 7 5 Book and stationery account, and other temporory advances 116 9 4 Fencing, repairs, &c.— School 182 3 8 Property 544 0 6 Rents, insurance, and taxes— School 17 7 6 Property 166 5 1 Interest on current account 3 13 9 Interest on loans 240 0 0 Compensation 90 0 0 Contribution to swimming sports 3 3 0 cricket club 3 0 0 „ athletic sports . 10 0 0 Balance in Bank of New Zealand 46 17 3 Cash in Collector's hands 61 4 6 Petty cash in hand 0 19 9 £5 785 5 8 £5,785 5 8 W Wallace Kidd, Secretary Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.