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3. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — (Work to Junior Scholarship standard) — English — Shakespeare's Coriolanus ; selections from Wordsworth ; Paradise Lost, Book I. ; Mason's Grammar ; Morris's Elementary Historical Grammar; Stopford Brooke's Primer of English Literature ; Abbott's How to Write Clearly; Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons ; Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer. Mathematics— Arithmetic (without text-book); Hamblin Smith's Algebra, and Todhunter's Larger Algebra; Lock's Elementary Trigonometry; Euclid (Hall and Stevens), to Junior Scholarship standard. Latin —Horace, Satires and Epistles (selections) ; Livy, Book XVIII.; Virgil, iEneid, Books 11. and IX.; Cicero, Catiline Orations, I. and part of 11. ; Pliny's Letters, Books I, and 11. ; Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, selections ; Cicero, De Ofnciis, Book 111. ; Simpson's Caesarian Prose ; Bradley's Arnold's Latin Prose Composition ; Abbott's Latin Prose through English Idioms. Science—Wright's Heat; Dendy and Lucas's Botany. French—Theuriet, Les enchantements de la foret ; Peuillet, Soman dun jeune hoinine pauvre ; Daudet, Le petit Chose ; Chardenal's Third or Advanced Course. Lowest. —Eoyal Star Eeader No. V. ; Longmans' Junior Grammar ; composition from readingbook ; Eansome's Elementary English History; Petrie's Geography ; elementary botany without text-book ; elementary arithmetic. 4. Scholarships. The school gave free education to seventeen pupils. Nine scholarships of the Education Board were held at the school.

BANGIOEA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves.. .. 279 12 0 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 6 15 4 School fees.. .. .. .. 137 8 9 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 213 6 8 Rail fares allowed pupils .. .. 2 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 2 13 10 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 12 5 0 Site and buildings— Fencing, repairs, and painting .. 32 16 10 Insurance .. .. .. .. 4 4 4 Interest .. .. . . .. 016 6 Balance .. .. £218 15 7 Less unpresented cheques 76 13 4 142 2 3 £417 0 9 £417 0 9 E. E. Good, Chairman and Secretary. Audited and found correct— J. K. Warbueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Bradley's Arnold's Latin Prose ; Livy, Book I.; Euclid—(Hall and Stevens) ; Hall and Knight's Algebra; Shakspeare, Tempest and King Lear; Hughes's Geography; Mason's Grammar ; Hamlin Smith's Arithmetic. Lowest. —Star Eeader, IV. ; Eound the Empire ; Southern Cross Arithmetic ; Longmans' Junior Grammar. 3. Scholarships. The school gave free education to three pupils.

ASHBUETON HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Genehal Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. .. 618 12 8, By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 167 910 School fees .. .. .. 193 10 9 Office salary or salaries .. .. 20 0 0 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 2 10 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 7 6 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 52 13 8 Other expenses of management .. 317 6 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 527 1 8 Teachers' house allowance .. .. 40 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 13 1 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 26 11 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 32 16 11 Site and buildings— Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. 16 15 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 2 19 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 7 12 6 Clock .. .. .. .. 10 0 Bxohange .. .. .. .. 015 6 £867 7 1 £867 7 1 Andkew Oee, Chairman. Chakles Beaddell, Secretary. Audited and found correct — J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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