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examination for Senior District Scholarships given by the Auckland Education Board, the school gained all the six scholarships and eighteen certificates of proficiency. The following honours were gained by former pupils of the school at the University of Cambridge : Mr. E. C. Maclaurin was twelfth wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos; Mr. B. N. Tebbs took a first class in the Natural Science Tripos; and Mr. W. S. La Trobe a scholarship and prize at St. John's College. 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 seven years. The present accommodation in both departments is barely adequate. W. Wallace Kidd, Secretary.

2.—General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1895. Receipts. & s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. 109 1 -6 By Management— Current income from reserves.. .. 3,090 4 2 Office salary .. .. .. 100 0 0 School fees, 1895 .. .. .. 2,76110 0 Other office expenses .. .. 43 14 2 Arrears, 1894 24 6 0 Commission, &c, to collector .. 178 16 3 Refunds .. .. 513 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,625 0 0 School requisites .. .. .. 85 4 7 Election expenses .. .. .. 1 13 4 Scholarship expenses .. .. 15 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 46 11 9 Printing and advertising .. .. 114 11 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. — School .. .. .. .. 39 7 3 Property .. .'. .. .. 26 6 10 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 75 2 8 Fencing, repairs, &c.— School .. .. .. .. 57 8 6 Property .. .. .. .. 378 18 3 Insurance and taxes — School .. .. .. .. 7 3 6 Property .. .. .. .. 134 19 7 Interest on loans .. .. .. 240 0 0 Compensation .. .. .. 496 7 6 Contribution to swimming sports .. 3 3 0 „ athletic sports .. 10 0 0 Purchase of workshop appliances from cadet corps .. .. .. 75 0 0 Cab for funeral of Mr. Moat .. .. 1 15 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 234 11 6 Total .. .. ..£5,990 14 8 Total .. .. ..£5,990 14 8 T. M. Haultain, Vice-Chairman. W. Wallace Kidd, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— James Edwabd .FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. WOBK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —Boys : Latiu, mathematics, English, French, chemistry, electricity and magnetism, as for University Junior 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 Eeader; 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. SCHOLABSHIPS. The College gave free education to seventeen foundation scholars (nine boys, eight girls), eleven holders of certificates of proficiency from the Education Board (four boys, seven girls), and eleven children of members of the teaching staff (four boys, seven girls). Fifty-two scholarships of the Education Board (twenty-seven boys, twenty-five girls) were held at the College.

AUCKLAND GIELS' HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1895. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 010 10 By Rates on endowment for two years ending Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 107 17 7 31st March, 1896 .. .. .. 108 8 5 £108 8 5 £108 8 5

E. Udt, Chairman. Vincent E. Bice, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.