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2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest.— English : Smith and Hall's Grammar, parsing, analysis; Shakespeare's Tempest, Smith's English Composition. French: Macmillan's Second Year Course and Reader. Latin : Caesar's Invasion of Britain; Principia, Part I. Arithmetic: Whole subject. History: Edith Thompson's, William I. to William 111. Geography: Cornwell and Patterson's New Zealand and Australia. Mathematics : Euclid, Book I.; algebra (Hall and Knight) to quadratics; trigonometry, elementary portions. . Lowest.—English : Morrison's English Grammar, Coutie s Word Expositor. French: Macmillan's First Year Course. Latin: Principia, Part I. to end of active verbs. Arithmetic: Compound rules, reduction, elementary problems. History: Brief history. Geography: Phillips's First Geography.

3. SCHOLAESHIPS HELD AT THE SCHOOL DUEING THE LAST QuAETEB OP THE YEAR. Headmaster's Scholarship. —Free education, 1.

WAIMATE HIGH SCHOOL. Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1887. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d' To Balance in bank at beginning of year— By Management— Fixed deposit 310 0 0 Secretary's salary 8 0 0 Current account .. .. .. 19 610 Postages .. .. .. .. 1 0 0 Current income from reserves.. .. 181 9 0 Travelling expenses of members .. 7 8 0 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 15 16 0 Subsidy to Soufh Canterbury Education Board .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 Examinations — Examiners' fees .. .. .. 5 5 0 Supervisor of examination .. .. 3 3 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 27 10 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 0 12 8 Advertising .. .. .. .. 4 10 High School fees paid .. .. 7 10 6 Closing Albury roads, expenses .. 4 10 Exchanges .. .. .. .. 0 10 6 Balance in bank at end of year —■ Fixed deposit .. .. .. 340 0 0 Current account .. .. .. 42 10 2 £526 11 10 £526 11 10 J. H. Geaham, Secretary.

ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Receipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1887. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves.. .. 502 8 1 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 460 1 4 School fees .. .. .. .. 227 15 2 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 596 13 4 Books, &c., sola, and other refunds .. 21 18 7 Prizes .. .. .. .. 7 0 0 Dr. Balance at end of year .. .. 504 5 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 26 17 6 Gleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 38 2 0 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 40 16 0 Fencing, repairs, &c... .. .. 38 7 8 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 2 12 0 Bank charges, interest, &c. .. .. 45 17 6 £1,256 7 4 £1,256 7 4 W. C. Walkee, Chairman. J. E. Buchanan, Secretary and Treasurer. I have audited this account, and have compared the items with the vouchers, and find it correct, and the balance due to the bank is accurately stated.'—J. Olliviee, Provincial District Auditor. 31st March, 1888.

2. Woek of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin : Bradley's Composition, Livy (Macmillan's), Ovid. French: Half-hours of French Translation, Public School Grammar; Moliere's Misanthrope. Algebra :To simultaneous equations. Euclid : Books I. and 11. English : Abbott, Morell's Literature, Taming of the Shrew. History: Green's English History, Roman History. Geography : Longman's. Drawing: Landscape and geometrical. Lowest. —French : Buo's Introduction. English : Hall's First Grammar ; Phillips's Readers. History : Brief English. Geography: Cornwell's Geography for Beginners. Writing: Forster's copies. Drawing: Freehand.

3. SCHOLAESHIPS HELD AT THE SCHOOL DUEING THE LAST QuAETEE OF THE YeAE. School, —Free education and books, 7.