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Geography—Physical. English History—Ransome's Elementary Course. Latin—Welch and Duffield's Accidence ; Latin Reader—Caesar's Invasion of Britain ; composition. French—Beuzemaker's First French Course ; grammar ; and poems (Louis A. Barbe). Non-Latin —Book-keeping and commercial arithmetic; mensuration; European history. Non-French—Book-keeping, commercial arithmetic and woodwork. Mathematics—Arithmetic, the whole subject; mental; algebra, to H.C. factor; geometry, Godfrey and Siddons, Books I and 11. Science—Elementary physics; elementary chemistry. Girls' School: English—West's Junior Grammar; punctuation, synthesis, direct and indirect narration (Wright's Exercises) ; Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales ; Scott's Ivanhoe; Longfellow's Evangeline; Colman's Poetry Book ; Meiklejohn's Spelling-book. Latin as in Form 111. French—ll and I: Grammar, including all irregular verbs ; Methode Naturelle ; compositions, L'Araignee, Le Chat, La Pomme, Ses Fruits, La Tete, Se Puits et se Seau, II; also Sa Rose, LArbre, Le Jardin, 1 ; also La Chandelle, Scenes of Child Life, 11, to p. 114 ; I, to p. 60. MathematicsArithmetic, Loney and Grenville's Arithmetic Rules, G.C.M., S.C.M. vulgar and decimal fractions, metric system, mensuration, proportion, practice, percentages, profit and loss, interest, discount, stocks ; algebra. 11 to factors, Ito easy equations (Longmans) ; Geometry, 22 propositions. Botany— Blowers of orders studied ; roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, germination of seed. (Youman's Botany.) Geography—The British Empire generally—Canada, West Indies, India, Burmah, and Africa. History—Ransome's Elementary History of England up to end of George the Third's reign. Sewing, drawing, cooking, singing. 3. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. . £ a. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 453 11 3 Management - Government grants for sites, building, furni- Office salary .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 ture, &c. (general purposes) .. .. 500 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 62 7 6 Government capitation— Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 2,641 1 8 For free places .. .. .. 2,657 5 0 Physical Instructor's salary .. .. 162 10 0 Under Manual and Technical Instruction Printing, stationery, aud advertising .. 105 7 2 Regulations .. .. .. 128 16 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 216 15 6 Subsidy on voluntary contributions—second- Maintenance of classes for manual instrucarysohools .. .. .. 25 0 0 tion .. .. .. .. .. 103 3 5 Current inoome from reserves .. .. 1,322 16 0 Site, buildings, furniture, &o.— Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 253 19 7 Valuation for improvements, CorporaSchool fees .. .. .. .. 393 11 1 tion lease, Section 1, Blook XIII, on Voluntary contributions on account of gene- account (£800) .. .. .. 625 0 0 ral purposes of the school .. .. 44 2 0 Rent, Corporation lease, Section 1, Other receipts—Gymnasium subsidies .. 133 6 8 Block XIII, Invercargill .. .. 14 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. . 179 0 3 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 23 3 4 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 70 8 3 Interest ou loan .. .. .. 78 15 0 Part repayment loan .. .. .. 500 0 0 Other expenditure— Prizes .. .. .. •• 23 17 5 Libraries (schools) .. .. .. 10 0 8 Athletics .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 46 7 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 47 1 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 948 14 8 £5,912 7 10 £5,912 7 10 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. ! Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand—Balance, 31st Decern- Bluff Harbour Board—Balarce loan still due 1,500 0 0 bor, 1908 .. .. .. 948 14 8 Balance due compensation improvements, Sohool fees due and unpaid .. .. 25 10 0 Section 1, Block XIII, Invercargill .. 175 0 0 RentH of reserves duo and unpaid .. 183 16 9 Various small accounts— Froe-place capitation due by Education De- Prizes, £24 lis. Bd. ; repairs, (is. 6d. ; rates part meat for third term, 1908 .. .. 872 10 10 and rent, £10 17s. .. .. 15 2 Subsidy, gymnasium, due by Education Advertising, £9 Is. 3d.; printing, £33 os. 42 1 9 Hoard .. .. .. .. 86 0 0 Ink-wells, 9s. 4d. ; commission purchase* Subsidy due liv Department on voluntary lease, £20 .. .. .. 20 9 4 contributions .. .. 44 2 0 ; Refundjrrates, £4 Is. 7d.";J drainage, £2 I3s. lOd. 5 J 6 15 5 £2,099 14 3 £1,780 1 8 W. Macalister, Chairman. Jno. Neill, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not Riven ; printing copiesl, £52 4s.

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