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CHRIST'S COLLEGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 15th May, 1894. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Rent and interest 1,664 0 7 By Liabilities, being Dr. balance, 15th May, Scholarship endowments 623 10 8 1893 2,653 6 6 School fees 2,036 13 10 Expenses of management 221 5 0 Sundries, unclassified 8 19 10 Masters' salaries and allowances 2,936 1 0 Dr. balance, 15th May, 1894, including Examination expenses 75 14 0 £729 18s. Id., advance from land-fund Scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes .. 583 6 6 for building and improvements 3,354 15 5 Stationery school material, printing and advertising 67 5 1 Scientific apparatus and material 26 9 5 Fittings and requisites, infirmary 25 16 6 Timber and tools, carpenter's shop 13 9 3 Building, repairs, furniture, insurance, and rates 627 2 10 Caretaker and other labour, fuel, lights, &c. 208 4 0 Boys' games fund 124 4 2 Law costs, &c. .. 24 6 5 Interest 101 9 8 £7,688 0 4 £7,688 0 4 W. G. Beittan, Bursar

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin, French, English, mathematics, and either Greek or science (chemistry and heat) to standard of Junior University Scholarship Examination , divinity Lowest. —Latin Elementa Latiua, to page 61. French Gasc's Course, Part 1., to exercise 33, verbs avoir, etre, marcher, &c. Geography Zealandia, Part 11., to page 69. English History Gardiner's Outlines, to page 165. English Grammar Longmans' Junior, to page 80. Composition, reading, spelling, repetition. Divinity Arithmetic Longmans' School, chapters 1.-XIII., XV 3. Scholarships and Exhibitions. Scholarships on the Foundation of Mrs. Maria Somes. —These are open, without restriction as to place of birth or of previous education, to boys of good character who are members of the Church of England or of some Church in communion with it. Preference is given, cceteris paribus, to the kindred of Mrs. Somes and to that of her late husband, Mr Joseph Somes. Senior Somes Scholarships. —Four are to be offered, if funds permit, in each year —namely, (a) two to boys who will be under the age of eighteen years on the first day of December in that year, and (b) two to boys who will be under the age of seventeen years on the same day Candidates must compete at the examination held by the University of New Zealand for Junior University Scholarships, and, to be eligible, a candidate in Class (a) must obtain at least 2,000 marks, a candidate in Class (b) at least 1,500 marks in that examination. Scholarships in either class for which there is no qualified candidate may be awarded to qualified candidates in the other The scholarships are tenable for one year, and of the value of £25, with the addition of £20 in the case of boarders in one of the school-houses. A holder of a Junior Somes Scholarship gaining a Senior Scholarship ipso facto vacates the former Junior Somes Scholarships. —Five are to be offered, if funds permit, in each year—namely, (a) two to boys who will be under the age of sixteen years on the first day of December in that year, and (b) three to boys who will be under the age of fourteen years on the same day Candidates, to be eligible, must pass satisfactorily a preliminary examination in Divinity The subjects of the competitive examination, which is to be held in the month of September, are, for both classes Latin, English, Mathematics, French, and either Greek or English History and Geography No candidate will be elected who fails to obtain at least 50 per cent, of full marks. Scholarships in either class for which there is no qualified candidate may be awarded to qualified candidates in the other The scholarships are tenable for two years, and of the value of £18 per annum, with the addition of £15 per annum in the case of boarders in one of the school-houses. A holder of an Entrance Scholarship gaining a Junior Scholarship ipso facto vacates the former Entrance Somes Scholarships (No. 1). —Four are to be offered, if funds permit, in each year namely, (a) two to boys who will be under thirteen, and (b) two to boys who will be under twelve years of age on the first day of December in that year but scholarships for which there is no qualified candidate in the one class may be awarded to qualified candidates in the other The subjects of the examination, which is to be held in December are English History, Geography, and Arithmetic. No candidate will be elected who fails to obtain at least 50 per cent, of full marks. The scholarships are tenable for two years, and of a value sufficient to cover the tuition fees of the scholar, with an allowance of £3 per annum for books, and with the addition of £10 per annum in the case of boarders in one of the school-houses. Entrance Somes Scholarships (No. 2). —These are offered from time to time, as funds permit, to (a) boys under thirteen, (b) boys under twelve, and (c) boys under eleven years of age on the first day of the examination. The prescribed subjects are Divinity, Latin, English, and Arithmetic. The scholarships are tenable for two years, and reduce the ordinary fees by one half. Boys already entitled to free education on other grounds are not eligible for Entrance Scholarships No. 2. No text-books or portions of subjects are prescribed for Junior or Entrance Scholarships, it being left to the discretion of the Examiners to make the papers suitable to the age of the candidates.