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3. WOKK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —Latin — Cicero, In Catilinam; Virgil, Eclogues, Georgic 1., and selections; passages at sight; Bradley's Arnold; Bryan's Csesarean Prose. English — Julius Ceesar; Chaucer's Prologue; Bowen's Studies in English; Bain's Ehetoric; English Lessons for English Eeaders. Grammar. French—Sainte Beuve, Causeries; Brachet's Grammar ; Blouet's Composition. Mathematics—Arithmetic; algebra, to permutations and combinations ; Euclid, Books 1.-IV., VI.; trigonometry, to solution of triangles. Science—Chemistry ; heat. Lowest. —Latin—Principia; Gradatim. English—Lay of the Last Minstrel; Mason's Grammar; Longmans' Composition. History — English. Geography. French — Principia; Macmillan's First Eeader. Mathematics—Arithmetic ; algebra, to fractions ; Euclid, Book I. Science—Chemistry and physics primers (boys); botany (girls). Book-keeping and shorthand (boys). Freehand drawing, sewing (girls).

4. Abrangements foe Deawing ; foe Manual, Commeecial, and Technical Instbuction ; foe Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Beys' School. —Boys are formed into a cadet corps, are regularly drilled, and are inspected by the Officer Commanding the District. Commercial—Book-keeping in the lowest class; after that, extra arithmetic and English ; shorthand as an alternative to French. Girls' School. —Gymnastics twice a week (callisthenics) directed by one of the mistresses. Swimming will be introduced in 1900. Sewing—Plain, regularly; fancy, optional. Drawing— Freehand, regularly once a week. The boys have a cricket- and football-ground ; the girls a tennis-lawn.

5. SCHOLAESHIPS. Eighteen pupils held Education Board scholarships, and twenty-three received free education at the High School. 9 I Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,535 copies), £20 16s.

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