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At the Trinity College examination in the theory, of music, held in June last, ten pupils passed—viz., one in intermediate honours, one intermediate pass, two junior honours, and six junior pass ; and at the Trinity College practical examination in pianoforte-playing six pupils passed—viz,, two senior passes, two junior passes, and two junior honours. Athletics and swimming have received a proper amount of attention, the former under the direction of Miss Watt, the newly-appointed teacher, and the latter under Mr. Mowtell. The whole of the boarders are now able to swim, I have, &c, Gilbert Caeson, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. 2. Eevenub Account, 1895. £ s. A. £ s. d. £ s. a. To Balance from 1894 .. .. .. 1,247 2 7 By Office StaffInterest on mortgages .. .. 197 15 0 Secretary .. ..21 5 0 Eents from endowments leased .. 130 10 0 Clerk .. .. ..18 6 8 School Commissioners — 39 11 8 Taranaki .. .. £151 2 2 General expenses .. .. .. 48 18 8 Wellington .. 39 611 Teachers'salaries and fees .. .. 1,141 8 0 190 9 1 Caretaker .. .. .. .. 46 16 0 School fees — School books and stationery .. .. 39 2 3 Tuition .. .. .. •■ 1,247 19 2 School requisites (including piano) .. 97 16 6 Boarding .. .. .. ■• 1,492 10 0 Boarding-school Account .. .. 1,439 11 0 Mortgages discharged .. .. 1,800 0 0 Furnishing Account.. .. .. 93 14 11 Building .. .. .. .. 148 0 0 Plans and supervision .. .. 7 7 0 Site .. .. .. .. 9 10 Borough rates .. .. .. 25 10 0 Fire insurance .. .. 24 12 6 Legal expenses .. .. .. 2 10 Bank interest .. .. .. 017 6 Repairs .. .. .. .. 10 4 9 Telephone .. .. 6 0 0 Mortgage Account .. .. .. 2,350 0 0 Balance, 31st December, 1895— Fixed deposit .. £1,656 0 0 Less bank overdraft 880 6 11 . 775 13 1 £6,306 5 10 £6,306 5 10 A. A. Bbowne', Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—James Edwabd FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English: Mason's Grammar; Morris's Grammar; Abbott's How to Write Clearly; Tennyson's Princess; Spenser's Faerie Queen, Book 1., Cantos 1-6; Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. History: William 111. to Victoria. Geography: Great Britain and her colonies ; general physical geography. French : Grammar — Historical and Formal; Eacine's Phedre ; Moliere's Bourgeois Gentilhomme ; Taine's Voyage aux Pyrenees; Blouet's Composition. Latin: Arnold's Latin Prose Composition ; General Grammar; Csesar, Gallic War, Book VII., 51 chapters ; Virgil, ißneid, Book I. ; Horace, Satires, Book 1., Nos. 1, 3, 4; Eoman History, Creighton (all), and Merivale and Pullar to end of Augustus Cassar; General Antiquities. Mathematics: Euclid, Books 1.-IV. and Book VI., with deductions; algebra, to permutations and combinations (inclusive); trigonometry, to solution of triangles (inclusive). Mechanics :To Junior Scholarship standard. Heat : To Junior Scholarship standard. Lowest. —English: Chambers' sth Eeader; Trotter's Grammar; Geography of Australia; elementary physical geography ; history, 55 B.C. to 1087 a.d. ; analysis and parsing, elementary; composition, elementary. Arithmetic : Long division, long multiplication, compound rules, reduction of money. French : Chardenal, Part 1., Ito 70; verbs avoir and etre. Latin : Smith's Principia, Part I. to end of compounds of sum.

WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. 1. Eepoet of the Teustees. Undeb Mr. Empson's excellent management the school continues to maintain its high position, and to command the support of the public, there being always a full complement of boarders. The trustees have recently entered into an arrangement with Mr. Empson for a renewal of his present agreement for a period of five years from Ist January next. G. H. Bethune, Secretary to the Trustees.

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