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CHEISTCHUECH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. (Account furnished by Eegistrar of Canterbury College) Eeceipts and Expendititee for the Year ending 31st December, 1881. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d* Balance ... ... ... ... 1,765 7 8 Salaries ... ... ... ... 1,631 16 8 Reserves, rents ... ... ... ... 1,102 11 8 Other ordinary expenditure ... ... 159 16 3 Fees ... ... •• ■•■ 686 & 6 Buildings, sites, furniture, and apparatus ... 703 11 7 Contribution from School of Art and Girls' Interest on loans on account of buildings ... 179 14 4 High School towards salary of caretaker ... 25 17 0 i Passage of masters from England ... ... 333 16 4 Interest 97 2 7 Balance 668 8 3 £3,677 3 5 £3,677 3 5

CHEISTCHUECH G-lELS' HIGH SCHOOL. (Account furnished by Eegistrar of Canterbury College.) Eeceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1881. Receipts. £ s. A. Expenditure. £ s. A Interest from money lent ... ... 125 4 5 Balance ... ... ... ... 142 5 0 Fees ... ... ... ... ... 1,201 0 9 Salaries ... ... ... ... 1,609 10 3 School Commissioners'grant ... ... 300 0 0 Other ordinary expenditure ... ... 412 19 0 Government grant ... ... ... 400 0 0 Buildings, sites, furniture, and apparatus ... 60 17 3 Interest ... ... ... ... 179 4 0 Bala-nce ... ... ... ... 17 2 4 £2,225 11 6 £2,225 11 6

ASHBUETON HIQH SCHOOL. Slit, — Ashburton, 15th January, 1882. According to the provisions of "The Ashburtou High School Act, 1878," I beg to forward, for your information, a statement of the Board's proceedings ending the 31st December, 1881, since I have had the honour of reporting to you last year. The Board is now composed of the following members, viz., J. E. Trevor, Chairman ; C. P. Cox, ~W. C. Walker, J. Jackson, E. G. Wright, J. Grigg, and D. Williamson, Mayor of Ashburton. The Board has the great pleasure of intimating to you since the school's formation the gradual influx of scholars, and the benefit parents and guardians of children apparently have derived from a school like this, especially in this county, so far removed from centres of population where high schools can be reached. From the increasing number of scholars attending the school, the Board found it necessary to appoint a second master to assist the headmaster. Mr. John Edgar Buchanan, London University, was therefore appointed to that post. The Board again thanks the School Commissioners for the assistance they have rendered it by placing at its credit the sum of £300. The Inspector-General of Schools has visited and inspected the school, but no report of the inspection has yet been received. Copy of the accounts duly audited by the Board's Auditor is attached to this report, also printed instructions forwarded from your office filled up and returned. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. James E. Tbetoe, Chairman.

Income and Expendituee for the Tear ending 31st December, 1881. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d< Deposit in Building.Society £375 0 0 I Salaries ... ... ... ... 500 0 0 Less overdraft ... ... 105 10 5 j School boots ... ... ... ... 53 7 7 ; 269 9 7 j Secretary, commission on collecting school fees 14 7 1 School foes ... ... ... ... 212 1 0 Cleaning school, &C; ... ... ... 24 2 3 i, books ... ... ... ... 18 19 2 Advertising ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Rent reserves ... ... ... ... 413 19 3 Buildings ... ... ... ... 43115 6 School Commissioners ... ... ... 550 0 0 Planting ... ... ~, ... 12 16 6 Interest ... ... ... ... 1 18 6 Miscellaneous ... ~, ... ... i 3 13 3 Balance, Bank of New Zealand £315 8 4 „ Building Society 75 0 0 390 8 4 £1,464. 9 0 £1,464 9 0 [Note. —The above is an abstract of the Board's audited account,]