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2. Geneeal Statement of Accounts of the Industrial School Estate for the Year ending 31st December, 1889. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from endowments .. 832 0 7 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 197 10' 5 Law cost's refunded .. .. .. 0 310 ManagementRates refunded .. .. .. 2 0 0 Salary .. .. .. .. 44 0 0 Sale of _ro)i .. .. .. .. 0 119 Other office expenses .. .. 517 0 Sale of timber .. .. .. 0 5 0 Other expenses of management .. 10 10 0 Insurance refunded .. .. .. 012 0 Law costs .. .. .. 16 12 8 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 129 1 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 215 0 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works .. .. 194 15 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 151 18 8 Insurance .. .. .. 38 8 9 Taxes .. .. .. .. 80 13 6 Interest on current account .. .. 221 13 8 £964 14 8 £964 14 JS E. N. Liffiton, Secretary. Audited and found correct. —A. C. Ritchie, Accountant. 7th January, 1890.

3. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Greek, Latin, French, English, science, arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, trigonometry— all as for University junior scholarships ; divinity. Lowest.— Elementary Latin, reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography, divinity.

4. Scholarships held at the School during the Last Quarter of the Year. Headmaster's Scholarships. —Six valued at £33; one valued at £12. Six Education Board scholarships were held at the school.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Report of the Board op Governors. The Governors of the Wellington College and Girls' High School have to report that the two institutions under their charge continue to do good work. The College has suffered a slight diminution in the number of pupils, due, it is believed, to the great improvement in the primary schools of late years, to the establishment of St. Patrick's College, and to the success of the Wanganui Collegiate School. Both these, being denominational schools, naturally attract a large number of pupils. That the tuition at both institutions is good is evidenced by the result of the late University examinations. The College sent up nine pupils for the junior scholarship examination, four pupils for the matriculation examination, and one for the medical preliminary, and all passed. From the Girls' High School seventeen girls were presented, of whom fifteen were successful: eleven passed the matriculation examination, two matriculated on the junior scholarship papers, and two passed the junior scholarship examination " with credit." The Governors have again to report being greatly hampered by want of funds, chiefly brought about by their having been compelled to borrow moneys for the erection of buildings, and being therefore under the necessity of paying a large sum annually for interest—a position in which no other similar Board in the colony is placed. They are bringing the matter again before Government, with the hope that the pledge given by Sir B. Stout, when Premier and Minister of Education, maybe fulfilled. Wellington, 27th March, 1890. J. B. Blair, Chairman.

2. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Wellington College and Girls' High • School for the Year ending 31st December, 1889.

Receipts. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves .. 1,546 7 5 School fees .. .. .. 2,607 610 Interest for scholarships .. .. 76 0 0 Levin scholarship .. .. .. 20 0 0 Donation for prizes .. .. .. 210 0 Barnicoat Prize Fund .. .. 5 0 0 Refund .. .. .. • • 2 0 0 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 2,926 17 2 ■ -_7lBtT T~5

Expenditure. £ s. d. By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 2,378 9 7 Management .. .. .. 18110 11 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 2,752 10 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 7 7 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 90 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 30 17 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 184 3 1 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 189 2 0 Book and stationery account and other temporary advances .. .. 5 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c, .. . 39 15 1 Insurance .. .. .. .. 95 9 6 Interest on current account .. .. 194 6 9 Endowments, rates, fencing, &c. .. 322 310 Interest on cost of buildings .. :. 708 5 4 Sundries .. .. .. .. 7 010 £7,186 1 5