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GEEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. ■ & v. d. Expenditure. £s. d Balance, 31st December, 1905 .. ..1,344 1 6 Grant to Grey Education Board .. 150 0 0 Westland School Commissioners.. .. 100 2 6 Rent paid to Education Board .. .. 10 10 U Interest .. 73 18 10 Secretary, eighteen months .. .. . Bent .. •• 10 10 0 Bank charges ,i I q Law-costs .. .. .. • • n » » Balance, 31st December, 1906— At National Bank 26 0 7 Post-Office SavingH-Bank .. . • 35 5 0 Debentures, Grey Borough, £800, £390 .. 1,190 0 0 Loan on mortgage .. .. • • 90 0 0 £17 5 29 12 10 £1.528 12 10 W. E. Kettle, Chairman. F. W. Eiemenschneideh, Secretary. Examined and found correct— J. K. Wabburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1906. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. ..1,427 0 3 ManagementPrice of reserves sold 40 0 0 Office salary i m Current income from reserves .. .. 64 0 0 Other office expenses . .. .. 18 0 lD Sa:emo°nT inVeStedand ° nUnpaid «• 0 S^T ' **> 0 0 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 P r e i^ g ' r 8 e ta^° s r ' e^ c , and adverUsing 2 \ *l 6 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 16 9 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,510 15 5 £1,697 5 3 5 3 H. L. Michel, Chairman. Chas. Kirk, Secretary. Examined and found correct, subject to the remark that the Hokitika Borough debentures and the Kumara debentures, in which school funds not set apart as a reserve fund are invested, are. not securities in which the Governors are authorised by law to invest such school funds.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

EANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. T. R. Cresswell, M.A. ; Miss O. S. Howard, M.A.; Miss B. Martin, M.A.; Sergeant-major Hoare. 1. Eeport op the Board op Governors. I have the honour to report that the progress and attendance of scholars at the Eangiora High School during 1906 was very satisfactory. The school year commenced with seventy-two pupils on the roll and closed with eighty—a record for the school. Admirable work has been done during the year by the school staff Mr. T E. Cresswell and the Misses Howard and Martin—all Masters of Arcs—and the Board has been pleased to express approbation of their zealous efforts. The High School Cadets Corps has proved a valuable disciplinary adjunct and the Board was gratified by a letter from Colonel Bauchop in December commending the corps for efficiency. The resignation of Miss Martin, second assistant mistress, was re-eived last term with regret, and the Board appointed Miss I. M. Keith in her stead. The membership of the Board is the same as at last report, but there has been a change in the officers At the last annual meeting Mr. J. Johnston retired from the chairmanship, after some years of valuable service. At the same meeting Mr. E. Ball was appointed Chairman and Secretary, and Mr. C. I. Jennings was appointed Treasurer. In order to make the school somewhat more efficient in one direction, the Board hopes to be able to obtain the services of a well-qualified auxiliary teacher to give extra instruction to those pupils who intend following commercial pursuits. The Board also contemplates engaging a teacher of physical development, should ways and means permit. With regard to the commercial side of the curriculum, thanks to the efforts of the Headmaster, it has always , received a very fair share of attention. The school premises and outbuildings have been kept in good order, and improvements have been made in so far as funds would permit.