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Governors to South Canterbury Education Board, in support of teaching-staff for secondary education at Waimate District High School, £209 ss. ; to scholarship holders, £32 10s. ; High School pupils' fees, £51 ; prizes, £3 3s. „. „ „, . W. Coltman, Chairman.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ i. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 1,553 12 1 By ManagementCurrent income from reserves .. 192 0 8 Office salary 12 12 0 Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 56 4 0 Other office expenses .. .. 10 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances to South Canterbury Education Board .. 209 5 0 Examinations—Examiners' fees .. 3 3 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 32 10 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 330 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 7 0 Other expenditure— High School pupils'fees paid .. 51 0 0 Members' travelling expenses .. 411 6 Exchanges, 3s. 6d.; cheques, 55.; bank interest, 10s. 9d. .. .. 0 19 3 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,480 6 0 £1,801 16 9 J £1,801 16 9 W. Coltman, Chairman. G. H. Gbaham, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that the rents under existing leases of some of the Board's reserves have been reduced without the authority of law.— J. K. Waeburton, Controller and

Auditor-General. 3. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin—Via Latina ; Csesarean Prose (Simpson); Caesar, Book II.; Virgil, iEneid, Book IV. English —Nichol's Composition; Higher Grade English; Shakespeare, Julius Caesar; Mason's Grammar; Nichol and McCormick's Composition Exercises. French—Macmillan's Second Course, to page 120; Contes dcs fees. Euclid, Books 111. and IV. Algebra, to simultaneous equations and surds. Science —Chemistry. Loivest. —Latin—Via Latina, fifty pages. English—Nichol's Composition ; Higher Grade English; Shakespeare, Julius Caesar; Mason's Grammar; Nichol and McCormick's Composition Exercises. French—Macmillan's First Course, to page 32. Euclid, Book I. to Proposition 25. Algebra—Four simple rules and brackets. Science —Chemistry.

WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Ebpoet of the Boaed. During the year Mr. Craddock, first assistant, resigned his position, and Mr. D. A. Watt was appointed pro tempore, so that scholars who were preparing for examination did not suffer from any insufficiency in the teaching staff. During the past year the Governors have taken steps to renovate and ventilate the buildings. The grounds surrounding both schools have been carefully attended to. Geoege E. Hislop, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 427 17 10 By ManagementEndowments— Office salary .. .. .. 60 0 0 Price of reserves sold .. .. CG 7 2 Other office expenses .. .. 10 0 0 Current income from reserves .. 1,301 12 1 Other expenses of management .. 11 4 9 Interest on moneys invested and on Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,045 14 0 unpaid purchase-money .. .. 30 4 9 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 19 19 3 Paid by School Commissioners .. 58 G 8 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. B0 G 8 School-fees .. .. .. .. 311 8 8 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and other temporary advances .. 612 9 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Purchases and new works .. 96 14 3 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. 30 0 6 Interest on Current Account .. .. 62 4 3 f Endowments, Sales Account— Solicitors' fees .. .. .. 23 8 4 Expenses of survey, sales, management, &c. .. .. .. 814 0 Cheque for fees dishonoured .. .. 10 11 0 Fixed deposit .. £125 0 0 Current Account .. .. 106 0 1 Cash banked, Jan. 5, 1897 .. 44 9 8 Deficit lodged, Feb. 18, 1897 .. 525 6 7 March 12, 1897 52 11 3 853 7 7 Unpresented cheques £34 3 4 Petty cash due Secretary .. ..18 16 10 53 0 2 Balance .. .. 800 7 5 £2,245 17 2 £2,245 17 2 Donald Boebie, Chairman. Geoeqe E. Hislop, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Warbukton, Controller and Auditor-General.