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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. .. 255 8 2[ By Balance .. .. .. 54 2 1 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 150 0 0 Management— School fees .. .. .. .. 239 10 i Office salary .. .. .. 30 0 0 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. 253 8 7 Other office expenses .. .. 718 6 Sundry .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 Other expenses of management .. 16 4 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 500 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 10 4 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. 24 8 4 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. .. 26 211 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 15 16 10 Insurance and taxes .. .. .. 14 16 9 Interest .. .. .. .. 406 Balance .. .. .. .. 194 17 8 £898 12 1 £898 12 1 Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1896. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. To Uncollected rents .. .. .. 427 5 2 Nil. Uncolleeted school-fees .. .. 228 13 8 Balance in bank .. .. .. 194 17 8 £850 16 6 Thomas Radfokd, Chairman. S. Cabteb, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct — J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Woek op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Same as for the Junior University Scholarship Examination, namely : Latin, French, English, mathematics, science (chemistry and electricity). Lowest. —Latin —Via Latina (Abbott). French—Macmillan's Progressive French Course, Part I. English Grammar —Mason. English Composition —Abbott's How to Write Clearly. Arithmetic —Hamblm Smith. English History —Nelson's Eoyal English History. Chemistry and Physics —Science Primers. 4. Scholarships. The Governors grant four free-tuition scholarships. The scholars are selected by competitive examination.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 113 9 8 By Management— Current income from reserves .. 449 16 1 Office salary .. .. .. 25 0 0 Paid by School Commissionerß .. 248 G 8 Other office expenses .. .. 110 3 School fees .. .. .. .. 354 14 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 778 3 0 Examinations—Examiners' fees .. 36 15 0 Other expenses .. .. .. 3 3 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 20 9 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 25 16 10 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 56 2 1 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works .. .. 84 12 9 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 28 0 2 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. 20 7 6 Bush-felling, surveys, &c, on endowments .. .. .. .. 17 14 6 Hire of piano, £2 ; shield, 15s. .. 2 15 0 Refunds to scholars .. .. .. 4 4 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 61 12 10 £1,166 6 5 £1,166 6 5 J. M. Boy, Chairman. E. Veale, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct— J. K. Wakbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin —Csesar, Book I.; Via Latina, exercises 49 to 82. French—Grammaire dcs Grammaires, pages 187 to 202, and even exercises 114 to 132; Chardenal's Advanced Course, exercises Ito 14; Le Conscrit; conjugation of irregular verbs. Arithmetic (general)— Algebra— Hall and Knight, pages 1 to 207, with omissions. Euclid (Hall and Stevens) —I. to IV., 10; exercises on Books I. and 11. History—Bansoine, matriculation period. Geography—. Chisholm, except Asia; Zealandia Geography. Grammar—Mason, pages 1 to 125, omitting declension and conjugation of Saxon words. Literature —Tempest. Science—electricity and magnetism.