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Cabinetmaking. —The work of this section has chiefly been directed to drawing and design. Some excellent furniture studies in colour were executed by students of this department in the applied design classes. Teachers and Pupil-teachers. Classes were held on Saturday mornings as well as m the evenings for elementary drawing, design, brushwork, blackboard, modelling, and elementary still-life work. The accommodation of the school was eeverely taxed on Saturday mornings. A large room for blackboard work is urgently needed. Normal College Students.— Special classes were held on Tuesday afternoons for blackboard, freehand and model drawing, and useful work was done by the students in this section. . I rts and Crafts Guild. —The Arts and Crafts Guild was continued on the same lines as those of former years, with the exception that, in addition to the monthly lectures, a monthly members' working-night was commenced. A subject was set, and the members illustrated the subject in various mediums. This addition proved very successful, and many excellent compositions were the result. The Guild's membership numbers upwards of 200, many of which are ex-students of the school. Staff. —No resignations have been received during the year. The staff now numbers fourteen, all of whom worked loyally in the interests of the school. Thanks are due to Messrs. William Sey and J. W. Gibb for prizes kindly donated for painters' and decorators' work and painting, and also to those gentlemen who assisted in making the monthly meetings of the Guild so instructive by lectures and demonstrations. In conclusion, I have to thank the Board—firstly*, for instituting two scholarships, value £25 each cine for pure art and one for applied art, which I am sure will be keenly competed for during the next year. and which will, perhaps, form .a stepping-stone to a New Zealand Government travelling art scholarship, which is urgently needed if our art students in the Dominion are to keep pace with those in Australia, where such scholarships have been available for many years past, and have been the means of gaining for Australia a name for producing artists and sculptors of the first rank ; secondly, for granting me leave of absence to visit the art schools of Europe during the coming year, and also for the grant to purchase specimens of the best students' works in the schools I visit. ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE-SHEET. Statement of Balances at 31st Decembeb, 1908. q Ti Accounts. £ s. d. £ s. d. School of Art Account .. .. .. ■• •• •• •• 618 8 2 Boys'Higl) School Maintenance Accomii .. .. •• ■• •• 145 19 10 Boys' High School, preparatory department .. .. .. ■• ■• 444 Chemical Laboratory, Building Fund .. .. .. •■ •• •• 4,760 10 7 Astronomical Observatoiy Account .. .. .. .. .- •■ 411 0 7 School of Engineering and Technical Science Account .. .. .. .. 2,084 13 1 Girls , High School, Capital Account .. .. .. .. .. •• 5,002 8 1 Public Library, Capital Account .. .. .. •• •• •• 1,666 8 6 Public Library, Sinking Fund Account .. .. .. .. •• 229 6 4 Medical School, Reserves Account .. .. .. .. .. •• 4,361 15 9 Museum, Library, and School of Technical Scienoe, Capital Account .. .. 18,941 8 4 MuSeum, Library, and School of Technical Science, Endowment Aocount.. .. 223 3 3 Museum Guidebook, sinking fund .. .. .. .. . • • • 20 0 0 Emily S. Poster Memorial Fund .. .. .. ■ • • • • • 65 2 8 Helen Macmillan Brown Memorial Fund .. .. .. ■■ •• 98 7 6 Thcmas Miller Prize Fund .. .. .. .. • • • • • • 100 16 11 Joseph- Haydon Prize Fund .. .. .. . • • • • • • ■ 216 7 7 Dr. College Maintenance Account .. .. .. •■ •• 6,497 5 9 Girls' High School Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. ■ • 572 12 8 Public Library Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. • • • • 619 8 0 Museum Account £30,931 3 7 Bank and Investments. £ s. d. £ s. d. Drawing Account U, ?tS in I Less outstanding chequee 457 lv & 1Q 63g g g Mortgages of freeholds 8,700 0 0 Mortgages of debentures .. •• •• •• •• ■• •• •• •• °''"" " " Debentures (Foster and Brown Memorial Funds) Debentures (Observatory) .. .. .. .. •■ •• •• •• •• 30 ° "j> Debentures (Miller Prize Fund) .. .. .. • • ••• • • • • • ™° J Debentures (Haydon Prize Fund) .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• 200 0 0 Fixed deposits, Bank of New South Wales .. .. .. •• •• ■• ..5,142 13 10 £30,931 3 7 Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank of New South Wales (No. 2 Account) •.. .. .. .. •• ■• .. 10,834 0 0 Public Trust Department Loan .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• 4,000 0 0 Public Library scrip .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ef 2 o Emily Foster Memorial Fund.. Helan M. Brown Memorial Fund .. .. .. • ■ • • • • • • • • 98 7 6 £15,096 0 4