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the teaching of science ; and the new brick science-room and class-room are being equipped with the latest and best scientific apparatus. Agricultural science, theoretical and practical, is being taught to those scholars who intend to follow the farmers' occupation. For the practical work in this connection the Board has leased a piece of land near the school. On the scholastic side the school has done well. This is shown by the large percentage of successful pupils in the various examinations. The school was inspected by the secondary schools Inspector during the year, and his report says, " The methods of teaching were, in general, very satisfactory. . . . There appeared to be a good spirit of work, and a really fine tone." The school cadets have again proved that their reputation for drill, marksmanship, and enthusiasm was well deserved. The large playing-grounds attached to the school give unusual opportunities for school sports and pastimes, in which the Principal and staff take much interest. The inauguration of the school boardinghouse has proved a very successful step ; and, as the tariff is low, it has brought boarding pupils to the school from the further ends of the North Canterbury railways. During the year provision was made for teaching certain technical subjects, and the school is now in a position to provide wider facilities for scholars. Robert Ball. Chairman. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English —Morris and Skeat's Specimens of Early English ; Morris's Outlines of Accidence ; Hamlet ; Merchant of Venice ; Milton's shorter poems ; Hales's Longer English Poems ; selections from Buskin, Carlyle. and Tennyson. Latin —Kennedy's Primer; Bradley's Arnold; Clement Bryan's Caesarian Prose ; Aeneid, II; selections from Horace's Satires ; Livy, Book II; Cicero, In Verrem Actio Secunda. &c. French —Hossfeld's Manual; Pierre Lotis, Pecheur d'lslande ; Molieres Le Misanthrope; Victor Hugo's Quatre-vingt-treize. Mathematics—Arithmetic generally ; geometry, Baker and Bourne ; trigonometry, Hall and Stevens's, to solution of triangles ; algebra, Baker and Bourne, to binomial theorem. Mechanics —Loney's, to Junior Scholarship standard. Heat—Glazebrook, to Junior Scholarship standard. Botany—Evans's Botany, notes, to Matriculation standard. Lowest. —English—Nesfield's Manual, easier portions. Latin—Longmans' First Latin Course, pages 1-50. French—Chardenal, Part I. Arithmetic —Pendlebury, pages 1-228, 269-294. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, pages 1-80. Geometry —Baker and Bourne, pages 1-80. Botany- —Elementary Botany (Charlotte Laurie), Parts I and 111. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Yeah ended 31st December, 1910. Receipts. £ s. d : Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Management— of year .. .. .. .. 209 18 10 \ Office expenses .. .. .. 3 12 7 Government crant for sites, building, furni- Other expenses of management .. 15 15 0 ture, &c. (general purposes) .. .. 163 0 0 Teachi rs' salaries and allowances .. 820 5 4 Government capitation for free places .. 936 19 1 Expenses cf examination .. .. 3 3 0 Government grant for conveyance of j Prizes .. .. .. .. 710 9 children to schools .. .. 5 6 6 Material for classes other than classes for Current income from reserves .. .. 189 6 4 manual instruction .. .. .. 14 10 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 25 14 6 ; Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 513 0 Kent of school boardinghouse .. .. 26 0 0 : Cleaning, fu»d, light, &o. .. .. 38 3 8 Situ, buildings, furniture, &c. (Government grants) .. .. .. 163 0 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 191 2 6 Pi-ncing, repairs, &c. .. .. 10 2 6 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 22 4 0 ; Bank interest on building loan .. .. 25 0 0 Conveyance of pupils to school .. .. 5 6 6 Contribution to sports fund (school) .. 5 0 0 lli.nk charges .. .. .. .. 010 0 i Balance at, end of year .. .. .. 225 6 5 £1,556 5 3 £1,556 5 3 Bobert Ball, Chairman. C. I. Jennings, Treasurer. Examined and found correct, excepl that the payment of £10 10s. and £o ss. as honoraria to Messrs. Ball and Jennings respectively, who as members of the Board are virtually invested with a fiduciary character, are disallowed as contravening the established rule of law that trustees shall not benefit from theii relation to thoir trust. They cannot lawfully make payments to themselves lor or in respect of their personal labour and services. Note. —A similar exception has been taken on each balance-sheet since 1908. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities as at 81st December, 1910. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. 6 s. d. Unpaid fees, third term, 1910 .. .. 22 1 0 ! Sundry small accounts .. .. .. 2 111 Capitation, third term, 1910 .. .. 275 00 ! Bank, credit balance .. .. .. 225 6 5 £522 7 5 £2 1 11 Robert Ball, Chairman. [. -Iknnings, Treasurer.