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NAPIEB HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Bepoet of Boaed. The Board of Governors, as at present constituted, is comprised of the following members The Hon. J D. Ormond and Mr J W Carlile, elected by the Education Board of Hawke's Bay, Messrs. G H. Swan and J W Neal, elected by the Municipal Council of Napier, Messrs. W Shrimpton and B. D D McLean, elected by the Hawke's Bay County Council, Messrs. G. E. Sainsbury and H. P Cohen, elected by the Waipawa County Council, Mr. J W Twigg, elected by the Wairoa County Council, and Mr H. S. Tiffen, by the Governor in Council. The schools were examined, immediately before the recess, by A. Mac Arthur, LL.D., of Auckland. His report to the Governors shows that the work of the schools was generally satisfactory The average attendance at the Boys' School for the last quarter of the year was fifty-eight, and at the Girls' School, seventy Three boys passed in the Matriculation Examination, and three girls. One girl matriculated on the Junior Scholarship papers. J D. Oemond, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary

2. General Statement of Bbceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1894. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance . 1 535 4 11 By Office salary 60 0 0 Current income from reserves 363 2 10 Other office expenses 15 11 1 From property not a reserve 683 15 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances 1 733 6 8 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Portion of scholarships spent on board, paid purchase-money 226 11 1 rail, and coach 271 8 0 Paid by School Commissioners—Exami- Examiners' fees 20 6 0 ner's fee 20 0 0 Music teachers 233 0 6 School fees— Prizes 10 6 6 Paid by School Commissioners, £289; Printing, stationery, and advertising . 16 18 0 from scholarship pupils of Education Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. 30 4 0 Board, £102 ; scholars, including Book and Stationery Account and other music, &c, £934125. 6d. .. .. 1 325 12 6 temporary advances 81 16 5 Boarding school fees received from Site and buildings— School Commissioners for board of Purchases and new works 210 0 0 scholarship pupils, and for rail and Fencing, repairs, &c. 116 8 9 coach fares 271 8 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes . 105 18 0 Books, &0., sold and other refunds 84 18 9 Interest on current account 3 10 4 Timber sold .. 14 7 6 Endowments, lent on mortgage 1,300 0 0 Mortgages paid off 968 6 8 Balance .. £1 286 13 2 Less unpresented cheque 2 0 2 1,284 13 0 £5,493 7 3 £5,493 7 3 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' School. Highest. —Latin Livy Book 1., Virgil, iEneid, 1., Prose Composition and Grammar (Public School). Greek Arnolds Prose, Xenophon s Anabasis, Book 1., Parry's Grammar French Extracts from modern authors, newspapers, &c. , conversation, and composition (continuous prose). Wellington College Grammar Mathematics Euclid, Books 1.-111. with riders, algebra, to quadratics , trigonometry to solution of triangles • mechanics and hydrostatics elementary) arithmetic, the whole subject. English Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, grammar, Meiklejohn and Morris , composition. History 1689 to 1837 Geography General and physical. Natural science Physiology Loiuest. —English and arithmetic About Third Standard, New Zealand Elementary Code. Latin To regular verbs. Euclid To proposition 15. Girls' School. Highest. —Arithmetic Whole subject. Geometry, algebra, trigonometry, as for Junior Scholarship. English Mason's Grammar, Morris's Historical Grammar composition literature, from 1744 to 1800. French Voltaire's Charles XII., Brachet's Grammar, composition. Latin Livy, Book 1., Kennedy's Latin Grammar German Macmillan, Second Course, Das Bild dcs Kaisers. Science Botany, as for Junior Scholarship. Applied mathematics, Newth. Lowest. —Arithmetic Simple and compound rules, reduction, mental arithmetic. Grammar Parts of speech easy analysis. Geography England, New Zealand, Australia. History Gardiner, 1066 to 1485. French : Loly and Goujon. Object lessons on common things, animals, plants. Reading No. 4 Royal Reader Singing , drawing, sewing, drill. 4. SCHOLAESHIPS. The School Commissioners gave twenty-eight scholarships, ranging in value from £50 4s. to £10 4s. Ten scholarships of the Education Board were held at the schools,

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