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MARLBOROUGH 111011 SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. limes, M.A., LL.D. : MY. J. H. Colliding, B.A. : Miss M. ('. Roes, M.A. ; Miae E. M. Allen. M.A. ; Mies \V. Ham ; Mr. P. Blirk. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. I have the honour to submit the following report of the Marlborough High School for the year ending 31st December, 1910 : — The number of new pupils enrolled at the beginning of the year was 50, 31 being girls and 19 boys. The total roll number was 126. On the external examinations, 17 passed the Senior Free Place Examination, 3 the Civil Service Junior with credit, 1 obtained a partial pass and 1 a full pass for the Civil Service Senior, and two passed the first year's terms examination of Victoria College. The curriculum comprises English, Latin, French, pure mathematics, heat, botany, physical measurements, history, and geography. In the lower forms book-keeping, cookery, and woodwork are also taken. It is proposed to add agricultural science next year. This is rendered possible by the appointment of an additional teacher. In addition to the Principal, the staff comprises four qualified teachers, all holding the M.A. degree. The gymnasium erected and equipped last year has been systematically and regularly used. The success achieved by several of the old pupils is very gratifying, more especially that of one who gained the Ettles Scholarship at Edinburgh. The growth of the school has made the buildings unsuitable for effective working, and extensive Iterations and additions are in progress which will bring about a great and much-needed improvement. These include the erection and equipment of a science-room, the use of which the Board of Governors propose to allow to the Education Board for the purpose of Saturday classes for teachers. R. McCalltjm, Chairman. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English —Nesfield, English Grammar Past and Present, chapter 21-25 ; Nesfield's Aids ; Wilson's Literature ; Chaucer's Prologue ; Carlyle's Sartor Resartus ; Milton's Samson Agonistes ; composition and essay-writing. Latin—Bradley's Arnold's Latin Prose Composition ; Ramsay's Latin Prose, Vol. II; Caesar, Gallic War, Book VII ; Horace, Epistles, Book I ; Shuckburgh's History of Rome; Antiquities. French—Wellington College French Grammar; Berthou and Onions's Advanced French Composition; Daudet's Petit Chose; Victor Hugo's Hernani; Moliere's Le Misanthrope. Mathematics — Pendlebury's Arithmetic; Pendlebury's Trigonometry ; Hall and Stevens's Geometry ; Baker and Bourne's Algebra. Heat—Glazebrook's Heat; Jones's Examples in Physics. Botany—Dendy and Lucas's Botany. Lowest. —English —Nesfield's Outlines ; Meiklejohn's Spelling ; Nesfield's Junior Composition ; Scott's Lady of the Lake and Tales of a Grandfather. Geography—Arnold's Handbooks, Nos. 2, 4, 5. History—Tout's History, up to Tudor Period. Arithmetic—Pendlebury's New School Arithmetic, up to proportion. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, to the end of simple problems. Geometry—Hall and Stevens's, Part I. Latin —Bell's Illustrated Latin Course, Parts I and II; Bell's Scalae Primae, about half. French—Dent's First French Book. Botany—Elementary work. Physics—Gregory's Exercise-book. Book-keeping — Bolton's Book-keeping, Parts I and 11. Woodwork (for boys). Cookery and needlework (for girls). 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1910. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 476 17 9 Management— Government capitation— Office salary .. .. .. .. 52 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 1,277 1 8 Other office expenses .. .. .. 5 011 For recognized school classes for manual Other expenses of management .. 5 3 8 instruction .. .. .. 63 7 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,006 10 0 Statutory grant, 1910-11 .. .. 400 0 0 i Superannuanon: Amount deducted 1909, Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 65 0 0 paid Public Trustee 1910 .. .. 0 12 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 132 10 6 I Scholarships .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 136 18 5 j Prizes .. .. .. .. 99 9 Interest on current account .. .. 14 17 1 I Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 7 10 6 Voluntary contributions on account of ! Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 59 ;) 3 general purposes of the school .. .. 5 0 0' JBooks and stationery for pale to pupils, and Contractors' deposits .. .. .. 30 0 0 other temporary advances .. .. 140 0 3 Maintenance of classes for manual instruction .. .. .. .. .. 83 17 8 Purchases and new works .. .. 854 A 10 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 114 2 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 8 12 6 Hefund of deposit .. .. .. 10 0 0 Intereet on current acoount .. .. 10 6 Interest on Nosworthy bequest .. .. 115 0 Hire of hall for lecture, &c. .. .. 4 3 5 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 5 5 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 306 4 0 £2,601 12 11 £2,601 12 11 R. McCallum, Chairman. E. Hylton, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that a sum of £500, bequeathed for the foundation of the Wrigley Scholarship, lias been unlawfully used for other purposes. Note. —This exception has been taken on the balance-sheets of the years 1907, 1908, and 1909.— R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General,