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AUCKLAND GIBLS' HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Endowments, paid by School Commis- By Bates on endowments, for year ending sioners .. .. .. 41 13 4 31st March, 1897 .. .. .. 41 13 4 £41 13 4 £41 13 4 James Muib, Chairman. Vincent E. Eice, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warbueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WHANGAEEI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Eeport of the Board. Sir,— Whangarei, 30th March, 1897. I have the honour, by direction of the Whangarei High School Board, to submit to you the following report for the year ended 31st December, 1896 : — During the year Mr. E. D. Duxfield, M.A., resigned the principalship, and Mr. Eoger Lupton (London University) was appointed in his place. Mr. Lupton has succeeded admirably in building up the school, the number on the roll for last term was 22 ; average attendance, 18 : under twelve, 3 ; between twelve and fifteen, 10; between fifteen and eighteen, 9. Mr. Duxfield received as salary £55 2s. for first term, and his successor £121 125., for last two terms of the year. The annual fee for the ordinary course of instruction was £8 Bs. The work done in the highest form was that required for Matriculation and Civil Service Examinations. In the lowest form : Latin —Principia Latina, Part I. to XXXIX. ; Fxench— Chardenal's First Course, to exercise 93; Euclid—l., 1 to 26; algebra—elementary rules; arithmetic—simple and compound rules; English grammar—Trotter; history—Brief; geography (general) —Longmans'. Beading—Eoyal, IV ; composition, spelling, and drawing. Whole school: gymnastics. During the year the Board founded two scholarships, tenable for three years, at the discretion of the Board—which were won by Catherine Kinross Kerr, of Otonga public school, and John Dunsmuir of Kamo public school. Several parents residing in the country districts around have commenced to send to the High School their children who have passed through the primary schools, and there is a promise of the school's usefulness being increased and its stability secured. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. McKinnon, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. S, s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 117 17 3 By Management— Grant from vote of General Assembly .. 100 0 0 Office salary .. .. .. 5 0 0 Current income from reserves.. .. 55 4 6 Other office expenses.. .. .. 3 17 4 Paid by School Commissioners .. 150 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 176 14 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 84 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 2 13 6 Interest .. .. .. .. 012 6 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 19 6 6 Expended on site or buildings .. 200 0 0 School appliances and furniture .. 19 19 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 80 3 11 £507 14 3 £507 14 3

J. M. Killen, Chairman. J. McKinnon, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

THAMES HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Eepoet op the Board. This term there is some increase in the number of pupils, Sixteen new pupils have been enrolled, and the number on the roll is now thirty-five, instead of twenty-eight as during the third term of 1896. Out of this small number two passed the Matriculation examination ; one gained a certificate at the District Senior Scholarship examination, and two passed the Junior Civil Service examination. An assistant master is at present urgently needed, but the funds hitherto would not allow the additional expense. The governors are quite sensible of the difficulties of carrying on a High School with two teachers only, and better work could be done with the assistance of another competent teacher. Thames, 23rd February, 1897. 8. Caeter, Secretary.