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alike, and the utmost good feeling prevails. The headmaster and his staff spare no pains to advance the intellectual and physical well-being of the pupils, and their hearty co-operation is the inevitable result." As a number of scholars from a distance are now making use of the school and boarding in Rangiora, the Board is taking steps to arrange for a suitable school boardinghouse, which could be supervised and recommended by the headmaster. Those pupils who entered for the annual examinations acquitted themselves well, and a larger number passed the Senior Free Place, the Civil Service, and Matriculation than in the previous year. One pupil, while still under thirteen and a half years of age, won the coveted Senior North Canterbury Board of Education Scholarship, with a high percentage of marks. The engagement of an instructor in physical development has produced very satisfactory results. The High School Cadet Corps continues to be a valuable auxiliary to the school-work, and the corps lias been commended by the authorities for efficiency and marksmanship. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Grammar as for Junior University Scholarship; 0. W. Holmes's Professor at the Breakfast-table: Shakespeare, Borneo and Juliet. French —Grammar as for Junior University Scholarshi p; Scribe, Le Verre d'Eati : Eugenic Grandet. Latin—Bradley's Arnold; Bryan's Prose; Csesar, Book VII; Livy, Book XXI; Horace, Odes, 111 and I V : Cicero, Pro Milone. Arithmetic—As for Junior University Scholarship. Algebra—Baker and Bourne, to binomial theorem. Geometry —Baker and Bourne, Books I to IV. Trigonometry—Hall and Knight, to solution of triangles. Botany—As for Matriculation and Senior Civil Service. Roman History —Wells, as for Junior University Scholarship. Lowest. —English--Nesfield, Part I; Scott, Richard of the Lion Heart; Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome. French —First Chardenal to exercise 150. Latin—Macmillan's First Course Arithmetic—Pendlebury, 1-200. Geometry—Baker and Bourne, practical introduction, and propositions 1-15. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, to simultaneous equations. Botany —Murche, and notes. 3. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 161 15 9 I Management— Government capitation for free places .. 662 18 4 Offioe salary .. .. .. .. 15 15 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 189 6 4 Other office expenses .. .. .. 10 8 School fees .. .. .. .. 51 19 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 613 9 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 8 10 0 Class material .. .. .. .. 4 0 5 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 9 0 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 30 17 8 Site, buildings, furniture, &o.— Installing gas .. .. .. 11 14 0 Penoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 12 11 7 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 912 10 Interest on current account .. .. 0 3 6 Other expenditure— Drainpipes for reserve .. .. 1 10 0 Bank charges, 10s.; cheque-book, 2s. 6d. 0 12 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 347 2 0 £1,065 19 11 £1,065 19 11 Robert Ball, Chairman. C. I. Jennings, Treasurer. Examined and found correct. —J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

CH.RISTCHURCH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. C. E. Bevan-Brown, M.A. ; Mr. B. K. 8. Lawrence, B.A. ; Mr. W. Walton, B.A. ; Mr. R. M. Laing, M.A., B.So. ; Mr. A. Merton ; Mr. R. Speight, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. T. H. Jaokson, B.A. ; Mr. J. H. Smith, M.A. ; Mr. T. W. Cane, M.A. ; Mr. S. A. Clark; Mr. J. Cook; Mr. A. Merton ; Sergeant-major Farthing; Mr. W. S. Malaquin; Mr. T. S. Tankard; Miss B. E. Digby. 1. Report of the Headmaster. The school roll for 1907 was as follows: For the first term, 214; for the second term, 225; for the third term, 228. This number includes the Preparatory Division, which amounted in the three terms respectively to 18, 23, and 25. Included in the above number (228) for the third term there were 53 junior-free-place holders and 41 senior-free-place holders, and these have been with very slight variations the number of free-place holders throughout the year. Senior free