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REPORTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GEAMMAE SCHOOL. .1. Eepoet of the Boaed. Board.—Oi the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School, fourteen meetings were held during the year 1891. At the end of that year the Board was constituted as follows: Chairman, Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, 8.A.; Vice-Chairman, the Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain. Member of the board ex officio, as being Mayor of the City of Auckland, Mr. William Crowther. Elected by the Board of the Education District of Auckland : Mr. Theophilus Cooper, Mr. James Marshall Lennox, and Mr. Samuel Luke. Elected jointly by the members of the Legislative Council usually resident within the Provincial District of Auckland, and the members of the House of Eepresentatives for the several electorates of that district: Mr. Frederick Douglas Brown, M.A., B.Sc, Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics in the Auckland University College; Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, 8.A., Chairman of the Auckland University College Council; and Mr. William Pollock Moat. Elected by the Senate of the University of New Zealand : The Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain; the Eev. Charles Mosely Nelson, M.A.; and the Hon. Joseph Augustus Tole, 8.A., LL.B. 801 l the last term of the year 1891 the total number of pupils was 250 —viz., 158 male and 92 female. In the last term of the previous year the total number of pupils was 242, viz., 149 male and 93 female. The number of pupils receiving free tuition in the last term, of 1891 was 35—viz., 18 male and 17 female. Drawing, Workshops, &c. —Attention has been paid, as hitherto, to freehand, geometrical, and (especially) mechanical drawing. Good results have been obtained in the workshop. Gymnastics. —For the gymnastic training the services of Mr. Carrollo were engaged before the end of December, to commence attendance at the beginning of the ensuingterm. Improvements and additions have been ordered to be made in the gymnastic appliances. Orchestra. —The orchestra instituted in the previous year by Mr. Trevithick, Assistant Master, has continued to receive his gratuitous services. The orchestra meets once a week, outside of school hours, for receiving instruction and for practice. German. —Mr. Watkins, French Master, has continued to conduct a class for the teaching of the German language, which is held outside school-hours, and without any payment of fees. Endowments. —The endowments which were set apart for the Auckland Girls' High School remain unutilised; and at the same time the wants of this school, caused by the opening of the Girls' Department, are urgent. When the Girls' High School was closed, a portion of this building and of the playground, which were designed exclusively for boys, was appropriated to the school for girls ; and this arrangement, which was intended to be temporary, has now been in operation for more than three years. The present accommodation in both departments is barely adequate to the present number of pupils, while a continued increase of numbers is to be expected. Auckland, 24th March, 1891. Eobert B. Kidd, Secretary.

2. General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, 31st December, 1890 .. .. 524 0 0 By Office salary, expenses, and commission Endowments. — Current income from to collector .. .. .. 287 16 7 reserves .. .. .. 2,676 17 6 ■ Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,337 0 8 School fees .. .. .. .. 2093 15 6 Scholarships .. .. .. 26 0 0 Books sold .. .. .. .. 712 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 35 10 3 Compensation for land taken for railway Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 44 1 10 purposes .. .. .. 300 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c.— Interest on deposits .. .. .. 16 3 2 School .. .. .. .. 68 17 7 Insurance refund .. .. .. 41 2 7 Property .. .. .. .. 13 7 4 Book and stationery account, and other temporary advances .. .. 88 7 2 Fencing, repairs, &c.— School .. .. .. .. 96 17 11 Property .. .. .. .. 380 17 9 Rents, insurance, and taxes — School .. .. .. .. 49 2 0 Property .. .. .. .. 72 17 11 Insurance .. .. .. 115 1 8 Interest on overdraft.. .. .. 0 8 9 Interest on loans .. .. .. 250 0 0 Balance on 31st December, 1891— Post Office Savings Bank £420 3 2 Bank of New Zealand 88 12 8 508 15 10 Less unpresented cheques 15 12 0 493 3 10 Balance, fixed deposit, Bank of New Zealand ... .. .. 300 0 0 11 3 £5,659 11 3 Eobt. B. Kidd, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—James Edwabd FitzGebald, Controller and Auditor-General.