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2. Genebal Statement of Accounts for the .Year ending 31st December, 1895. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 501 9 0 By Teacher's salary and allowances .. 276 6 0 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 1,450 0 0 Examinations— Current income from reserves .. 55 12 8 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 12 12 0 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Supervision .. .. .. 4 4 0 paid purchase-money .. .. . 106 5 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 82 9 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. 195 1 8 Printing, stationery and advertising .. 919 0 School fees .. .. .. 201 12 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 2 0 0 Interest on deposits .. .. .. 20 15 0 Rents .. .. .. .. 46 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 115 Balance in hand and in bank at end of year .. .. .. .. 2,096 3 11 £2,530 15 4 £2,530 15 4 W. Morgan, Chairman. C. A. De Lautoub, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek op Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : Gradatim, pieces 101 to 150; Caesar, Book I.; Anglice Reddenda, pieces Ito 100; Belcher's Latin Exercises (Part I.) ; Dodds' Matriculation Latin; Allen's Latin Grammar. French: Macmillan's Second French Course; Translation, miscellaneous; Dejardin's French Class-book. English: Shakespeare's Macbeth; Coleridge's Ancient Mariner; Longmans' School Composition; Abbott's How to Write Clearly. Higher Grade English : Mason's English Grammar ; Hewitt and Beach's Manual of our Mother Tongue. Geography : Longmans' Australasian Geography. Algebra : Hamblin Smith (to quadratics). Arithmetic : Eepetition, from Hamblin Smith. Science: Mechanics, Grieves, Stages 11. and 111. Euclid: Hall and Stevens', Books I. and 11. Lowest. —Latin : Principia (Part I.); Gradatim, pieces Ito 100; Primer: Gender Rules. French: Macmillan's First French Course; Dejardin's First French Class-book. English: Shakespeare's Macbeth; Coleridge's Ancient Mariner; Longmans' School Composition. Euclid: Hall and Stevens, Book I. Algebra: Hamblin Smith (to quadratics). Arithmetic: Repetition, from Hamblin Smith. Science: Grieves Mechanics, Stage I. 4. Scholarships. Scholarships, tenable for one year, of £10 4s. each, were allotted during the year to four pupils, previously in attendance at the Government schools in the Poverty Bay District; travelling-allow-ances of £20 and £14 being made to two of the pupils, resident at Patutahi and Matawhero. These scholarships were granted in supplement to those allotted by the Hawke's Bay Education Board. The Education Board's annual examination was made use of in selecting pupils qualified for a scholarship, but who had not received one. A second year scholarship pupil also received £10 4s. for the year.

NELSON COLLEGE. 1. Ebpoet of the Goveenoes foe the Yeae ending 31st Decembee, 1895. The Governors have no special subject which appears to require comment on their part. The Boys' College. The Principal, who was absent on leave during the whole of last year, has returned from his holiday, and resumed his duties with renewed energy. The appended extracts from the roll show that the number attending the colleges has been well maintained, that of the Boys' College showing a considerable increase on the past year. The following honours have been taken by the two colleges during the year just ended: A Junior University Scholarship has been won by J. H. Baillie; while two other scholars, A. Crump and N. Fell, passed with credit. E. Strong passed the first terms examination of Canterbury College; and a considerable number of College boys passed matriculation, medical preliminary, and Senior and Junior Civil Service examinations. Among many distinctions gained by former pupils, may be mentioned the following: E. Eutherford, the Exhibition Scholarship of £150 a year for two years, tenable at an English or Continental University. This was open to competition to the whole colony. F. Milner, a Junior Latin Scholarship in the University of New Zealand. The same student has also completed his B.A. degree. Four former pupils are now pursuing their medical studies at Edinburgh University, and have been so far successful in passing the examinations of their course. During the year the Governors have spent a considerable sum in renovating and refurnishing the interior of the building. The Girls' College The work done at the school has been very satisfactory, and has been quite up to the standard of previous years. Four girls were sent in for the first annual examination at the Canterbury College, and one for the third annual examination, all of whom were successful. One was sent in for the final section of the B.A. degree, and has passed —namely, T. M. Max. Two others—E. Graham and B. Black—have also passed the final section, and, though they were not last year