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CHEISTCHUECH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1895. „ n , . , Receipts. £ s , d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. 3,300 13 0 By Balance 409 6 6 School fees 1 i968 3 6 Management—Office'salary '.'. '.'. 80 0 0 Interest on promissory note, for rent of Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,726 14 0 _ 2 19 6 Examinations— Sale of books 6 10 Examiners'fees 70 19 2 bnarland and Co., London, refund .. 3 011 Other expenses .. .. 14 11 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 30 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 44 10 6 Printing, stationery, advertising, stamps, and telegrams .. .. .. 171 5 1 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 56 5 11 Fencing, repairs, &c.. .. .. 52 0 6 Insurance .. .. .. .. 28 9 8 Interest on current account .. .. 0 13 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 108 13 8 Cricket club and cadet corps, annual grants .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 7 5 6 Grant to school library .. .. 5 0 0 Interest on loan .. .. .. 325 0 0 Workshop—Material and tools .. 10 5 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 32 13 2 Protective-works on Eeserves 1124 and 1142 .. .. .. .. 15 10 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 23 17 10 Balance .. .. .. .. 32 13 9 £5,280 17 11 £5,280 17 11 H. E. Webb, Chairman. A. Ceaceopt Wilson, Eegistrar.

2. WOEK DONE IN HIGHEST AND LOWEST FOEMS. Highest. —Latin: Cicero, Stories from Eoman History; Virgil, Selections by Shuckburgh; Livy, Hannibal's Campaigns in Italy (H. Lee Warner); passages for sight translation; Smith's Smaller History of Eome; Bradley's Arnold, Latin Prose Composition ; Bradley's Aids to Latin Prose ; Simpson's Cassarian Prose, Part I. English : Abbott's How to Write Clearly ; Longmans' Handbook of English Literature ; Chaucer's Prologue ; Bowen's Selections from English Authors ; Scott's Guy Mannering ; Morris's Historical English Grammar; essays, abstracts, &c. French: L'Orient, Gautier; Dumas' Hidden Treasure (Kitchin), Monte Cristo; E. About, Le Eoi dcs Montagnes; Macmillan's Progressive French Course, Part II.; Eve and Beaudais' Wellington School French Grammar. Mathematics :As for University Junior Scholarships. Geography: Longmans' School Geography for Australasia. Science: Jago's Inorganic Chemistry; Wright's Heat. Greek: Thucydides' Capture of Sphacteria; Scenes from Greek Plays (Sidgwick) ; Sidgwick's Greek Prose ; Arnold's Greek Prose. Lowest. —Latin: Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course. English: Star Eeader; Children's Treasury of English Songs ; Brief History ; Longmans' 'Junior School Grammar; dictation, transcription, composition, spelling. French: First French Eeader and Writer (Swarm and Sonnenschein). Mathematics : Nelson's Eoyal Arithmetic, No. 4b. Geography : Hill's First Lessons in Geography. Science: Eoscoe's Chemistry Primer; Balfour Stewart's Physics. Greek: Mayor's Greek for Beginners. Drawing : Freehand, model, and geometrical. Modern Form (non-Latin). —Pitman's Phonographic Teacher; Pitman's Manual of Phonography ; Geikie's Geology Primer ; practical, plane, and solid geometry ; sloyd. 3. SCHOLAESHIPS. The school gave free education to twenty-five scholars. Nineteen scholarships of the Education Board were held at the school.

CHEISTCHUECH GIELS , HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1895. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 1,072 0 7 By Management—Office salary .. .. 70 0 0 Current income from reserves .. 371 9 2 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,576 9 8 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Examinations— paid purchase-money .. .. 235 10 11 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 52 3 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,681 1 0 Other expenses .. .. .. 918 10 Interest on current account and invest- Scholarships .. .. .. 235 0 0 ment .. .. .. .. " 118 8 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 28 18 6 Proceeds from cooking-class (fees, &c.) 27 17 9 Printing, stationery, advertising, stamps, Sale of piano .. .. .. 24 0 0 and telegrams .. .. .. 61 17 7 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 41 12 2 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works .. .. 6 15 5 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. 113 9 9 Bent and insurance .. .. 68 16 11 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 8 9 11 Expenses of cooking-class .. .. 70 13 7 Hire of chairs .. .. .. 5 0 0 Music .. .. .. .. 413 6 Legal expenses .. .. .. 110 Sundries .. .. ... .. 712 8 Balance .. .. .. ..1,167 14 11 £3,530 7 5 £3,530 7 5 H. E. Webb, Chairman, A. Ceaceoft Wilson, Eegistrar. n T7l .-V

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