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and spelling, Royal Reader IV. History : Brief outlines from Norman period to end of George 111. Geography : Philip's First Geography, Europe, New Zealand and Australia; mapping. Arithmetic : Compound rules, weights and measures, easy mental arithmetic. Elementary drawing and writing.

3. Scholarships. The school gave free education to three boys.

ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. L Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1889. Receipts. £ s. d. ! Expenditure. £ s. d. To Current income from reserves.. .. 549 17 8 By Dr. balance at beginning of year .. 390 6 1 School fees .. .. .. .. 297 11 7 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 615 9 6 Books, &0., sold, and other refunds .. 17 14 10 j Prizes .. .. .. .. 913 6 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 337 111 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 24 9 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c, .. .. 28 0 6 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 33 19 7 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 54 0 5 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 2 11 11 Interest on current account .. .. 36 13 0 Other expenditure, unclassified .. 7 2 6 £1,202 6 0 £1,202 6 0 W. 0. Walker, Chairman. J. E. Buchanan, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest ol_ssesHighest.— Matriculation work. Lowest. —Various stages.

AKAROA HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1889. Receipts. £ s. d. : Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 170 510| By Total cost of management .. .. 12 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 123 6 G I Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 275 0 0 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 410 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 215 0 School fees .. .. ... .. 86 2 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. 15 14 0 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 7 17 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 16 9 4 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 8 5 6 Rents, insurance, and taxes .. .. 45 11 0 Interest on current account .. .. 1 16 6 Legal expenses • .. .. .. 417 8 Incidentals .. .. .. .. 010 11 Balance at end of year.. .. .. 19 4 0 £391 5 11 £391 5 11 W. B. Tosswill, Chairman. Examined and found correct —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. Work of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin: Virgil, JEneid, Book I.; Eutropius, History of Rome; Public School Primer; Bennett's Prose Exercises. French : Macmillan's Course, I. and part of 11., with First Reader. English : Smith and Hall's Grammar, Contie's Word Expositor, Gray's Elegy, Macaulay's Horatius, Milton's Lycidas, &c.; parsing, analysis, composition. Arithmetic: Whole subject. Euclid: Books I. and 11. Algebra: Hall and Knight's, to simple equations. History : Epochs of Modern History (The Settlement of the Constitution). Geography : Cornwell's School Geography, Patterson's New Zealand. Drawing. Lowest.- —-Latin : Macmillan's First Year. English : Morrison's Grammar, parsing, composition. Arithmetic: Weights and measures. Euclid: Book I. History: Gardiner's History, to end of Charles 11. Geography : European outlines, New Zealand, and Australia. Drawing.

3. Scholarships. The school gave free education to five scholars,

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