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Girls' High School; Thames Boys' and Girls' High School, Whangarei High School New Plymouth High School, Wanganui High School; Wanganui Endowed (Collegiate and Industrial) School, Nelson Boys' College, Nelson Girls' College Christchurch Boys' High School, Christchurch Girls' High School; Kangiora High School, Akaroa High School, Ashburton High School, Timaru High School; Waitaki High School (Oamaru), Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools (Dunedin), and Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools (Invercargill). All these schools were in operation at the close of the year, except the High Schools of Whangarei, Wanganui, Napier Girls', and Akaroa. The Whangarei school was closed in consequence of the resignation of the master, but it has since been reopened, the governors of Wanganui school have not yet taken steps for the opening of their school, and the Napier Girls' High School and the Akaroa High School were not opened till the beginning of the present year Acts of the General Assembly were passed during the session of 1883, creating high schools for Waimate, Greymouth, and Hokitika respectively. The governing bodies of these schools have been constituted as provided for by the The following table shows the number of teachers and scholars, with the rates of fees and salaries, in the several secondary schools from whose governing bodies reports have been received: —

TABLE W.—Staff, Attendance, Fees, and Salaries at certain Secondary Schools.

The following is a summary of the accounts of receipts and expenditure for 1883 furnished by the governing bodies. An abstract of each Board's accounts is contained on pages 106-7 of the Appendix to this report:—

* Exclusive of visiting teachers paid by fees. ■_ Three of these teach also at the Girls' School.

Staff. Atter for Lai or Qi of: :dance stTerm larter L883. ;es foi Quai ■ Las' :ter c t Tern >f 1883. or Annual El utes ol Fees. Annual Salaries at Bate for Last Quarter or Term of 1883.* Schools. !! ■a I P M I O o 3 CO r-i O in i o H For Ordinary Day-school Course. For Board, exclusive of Day-school Tuition. £ s. d. f10 10 0 (990 10 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. Fob Boys only. Auckland Grammar School 232 4 168 74 249 45 0 0 3,785 0 0 12 1 249 Parnell Church of England Grammar School New Plymouth High School 3 2 61 60 I 11 40 10 61 515 0 0 Wanganui Endowed School Wellington College Napier High School Nelson College Christchurch Boys' High) School ) 2 5 8 3 5 3 1 4 59 84 179 63 102 53 1 81 179 58 95 10 3 4 4 41 38 149 47 45 18 35 27 12 47 1 59 84 179 63 102 43 I I 63 19 4'1 4 0 0 J 12- 0 0 1 9 0 0 f 13 4 0 t 10 12 0 8 8 0 12 10 0 ( 12 12 0 \990 f 9 9 0 8 17 6 8 0 0 42 0 0 50 0 0 35 0 0 50 0 0 509 0 0 1,070 0 0 2,070 0 0 1,575 0 0 6 7 133 25 94 22 3 3 109 17 20 4 1 1 133 25 . 42 0 0 40 0 0 2,325 0 0 575 0 0 Ashburton High School Otago Boys' High School 2 0 fll :i 275 263 2 149 120 4 275 3,875 0 0 Totals 58 17 1 230 44 803 367 16 1,230 218! 1 137 , Foe Gibls only. Auckland Girls' High School Wellington Girls' High ~> School j Christchurch Girls' High) School i 14 6 11 225 93 199 83 7 4 117 46 79 36 22 1 225 93 8 8 0 113 4 0 t 10 12 0 12 12 0 9 9 0 12 12 0 8 8 0 (10 0 0 (800 10 0 0 (800 } 1 } } 50 0 0 2,247 0 0 1,000 0 0 4 80 74 1 53 26 80 950 0 0 Nelson College (Girls) 4 118 103 6 59 50 118 26 725 0 0 Otago Girls' High School 8 187 172 8 112 67 187 1,600 0 0 6 Southland Girls' High ~) School i 3 45 41 1 23 19 45 625 0 0 Totals .. 39 SI ij 672 27 748 2(i 748 410 277 2H Fob Boys and Gibls. i Thames High School Timaru High School 3 7 (h. 27 to. 32 16. 48 \g. 40 16. 21 t<?. 6 26 ! 31 I 45 I 36 20 i 5 2 2 1 4 18 24 30 14 17 6 37 18 I 27 32 48 40 21 6 J 8 8 0 flO 10 0 (880 1,900 0 0 Bangiora High School 1 } 300 0 0 Totals - 11 a f 96 1 78 1,326 826 ) 91 ) 72 3 6 65 42 28 26 76 78 Grand totals | G °^ 5 1,228 3 744 47 33 868 452 395 303 Iβ 32 1,326 826