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3. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —Boys Latin, mathematics, English, French, chemistry electricity and magnetism, as for Junior University Scholarships. Girls The same, with the substitution of heat and botany for chemistry and electricity, and the addition of drawing and painting. German is taught on both sides as an optional extra subject. Lowest. Boys Latin Elementa Latina (Morris) , French Chardenal's First Course English —Davidson and Alcock's Intermediate Grammar, with easy parsing and analysis , reading and repetition from Longmans' Fifth Beader, the Brief History of England Geography —Longmans' Shilling, English composition Arithmetic—Longmans' Shilling, as far as vulgar fractions, inclusive. Girls Same as boys, except that Latin is not taught. 4. Scholarships. The College gave free education to twenty foundation scholars (eleven boys, nine girls), sixteen holders of certificates of proficiency from the Education Board (seven boys, nine girls), seven Bawlings' scholars (boys), and eleven children of members of the teaching staff (six boys, five girls). Fifty-one scholarships of the Education Board (twenty-four boys, twenty-seven girls) were held at the College.

AUCKLAND GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December 1894. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance 0 19 8 By Legal expenses 25 18 10 Paid by School Commissioners 28 0 0 Repairs to Howe Street property 2 10 0 Balance 0 10 10 £28 19 8 £28 19 8 B. Udy, Chairman. Vincent E. Bice, Secretary and Treasurer Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

WHANGABEI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet op the Boaed. Seb,— Whangarei, sth March, 1895. I have the honour to send you a general report of the Whangarei High School Board for the year ended 31st December last. The personnel of the Board has remained unaltered, except that W A. Carruth, Esq., was appointed by the Auckland Board of Education in place of A. H. Mason, Esq., resigned. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in collecting the rents due by tenants of portions of the reserve, and in two cases the leases have been forfeited. Towards the end of the year arrangements were made for the purchase of a suitable site and the erection thereon of a schoolhouse. The Board will require considerable extraneous assistance before this property can be absolutely secured. The school continues under the sole charge of B. D. Duxfield, Esq., M.A., whose services as a teacher are fully appreciated by the parents of the pupils, and approved of by the Inspector-General, who visited the school towards the end of the year The average attendance (18-5) and the progress made by the pupils show that the school is more flourishing than it has ever been before. The Board regret that their funds did not permit of their offering any scholarships during the year. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. J M. Killen, Chairman.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1894. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balance 38 0 10 By ManagementCurrent income from reserves 55 18 0 Office salary 15 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners 50 0 0 Other office expenses 1 14 11 School fees .. 126 7 0 Other expenses of management 18 6 Mason-Carruth scholarship 8 8 0 Teacher's salary and allowances 191 5 1 Sale of building-site 108 17 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising 4 4 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 9 16 7 School appliances 0 7 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes 8 16 0 Deposit paid on account of new building site 108 0 0 Insurance premium paid in error, Kioreroa Maintenance Account 0 15 0 Balance 46 3 9 £387 10 10 £387 10 10 J M. Killen, Chairman. L. L. Cubitt, Treasurer. J S. McKinnon, Secretary Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.