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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance— By Office staff—Salaries .. .. 306 9 5 On Building Account, Dr. 88 3 4 Clerical assistance .. .. .. 23 17 3 On General Account, Cr. 2,563 15 7 Departmental contingencies .. .. 211 15 7 Contractors' deposits 6 0 0 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 645 0 0 2,481 12 3 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 71 15 6 Receipts for buildings—Waimate Dis- Teachers' salaries and allowances (intrict High School .. .. 109 5 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. .. 15,441 15 1 Government statutory capitation .. 14,172 9 6 Incidental expenses of schools .. 1,281 1 3 Government scholarship grant .. 340 14 10 ScholarshipsInspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Paid to scholars .. .. ■ .. 347 15 9 Payments by School Commissioners, for Examination expenses .. .. 81 14 0 primary education .. .. 2,918 13 5 School buildings— District High School fees .. .. 169 0 0 i New buildings .. .. .. 852 3 0 Rents .. 16 15 6 Improvemnts of buildings .. .. 355 10 9 Contractors' deposits.. 5 0 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 244 4 0 Contributions, School Committees .. 70 3 2 Sites .. .. .. .. 12 0 6 Waimate subsidy .. .. 100 0 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 90 3 6 Refunds .... 13 11 8 Contractors' deposits .. .. 1100 Balance— Building Account, Dr. £1,533 0 1 General Account, Cr. 2,253 19 10 720 19 9 £20,697 5 4 i £20,697 5 4 Wμ. B. Howell, Chairman. J. H. Bamfield, Secretary. Examined and found correct— J. K. Wabbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

REPORT ON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Sib,— Education Office, Timaru, 3rd February, 1897. I have the honour to submit the following report of the examination in secondary subjects at the District High Schools of Waimate and Temuka. Thirty-three scholars took part in the examination at Waimate, and fourteen at Temuka. In Waimate the subjects were English, Latin, French, Enclid, and Algebra; in Temuka the same subjects with Trigonometry. The following tables show the subjects taught, the number of pupils examined, the marks gained by each class, and the amount of work done in each subject:—

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Subject. Course. Number lOfPupds. perCent . Amount of Work done. English French Latin it Second First, Sec. II. Sec. I. Third Second 25 1 4 4 1 4 84 88 93 75 60 (12 (1) Higher Grade English, pages 1 to 68, and 100 to 110 ; (2) Nichol's English Composition, to page 70; (3) Mason's Outline of English Grammar; (4) Julius Ceesar (Clarendon Press Series). Macmillan's Second Year Course, pages 1 to 54, and 82 to 119. Bue's First French Book, to page 141 (omitting pages 114 to 125). Macmillan's French Course, First Year, 26 pages. (1) Abbott's Via Latina; (2) Helvetian War; (3) Re-translation of continuous passages. (1) Abbott's Via Latina, to page 142; (2) Helvetian War. Abbott's Via Latina, to page 83. Abbott's Via Latina, to page 39. Fractions and simultaneous equations. Factors, H.C.F., L.C.M., and easy simple equations. Definitions, brackets, and four simple rules. Books III., IV., with easy riders on Book III. Books I. and II. Book I. Book I., to prop. 24. it Algebra First, Sec. II. Sec. I. Second ... j First, Sec. II. 4 15 6 8 72 75 70 94 Euclid Sec. I. Third ... j Second ... First, Sec. II. ; Sec. I. 13 1 4 2 18 94 100 98 80 97 t/