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2. Wobk of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Latin: Cicero, Select Letters; Livy, Book XXIII.; Horace, Odes I. and 11., Epistles I.; composition, grammar, sight translation. Greek: Euripides, Troades; Homer, Odyss. I. and VI. ; Plato, Apology; Lysias, Selections ; composition, grammar, sight translation. English : Paradise Lost, Book I.; Bacon's Essays ; Shakespeare, Henry V.; Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale ; grammar, composition, &c. Mathematics and Science: Euclid, algebra, arithmetic, and trigonometry to Junior Scholarship standard; statics, dynamics, hydrostatics, sound and light. French: Junior Scholarship work ; composition, authors, Brachet's Grammar. German: Karavane, Minna yon Barnhelm ; Otto's Grammar ; composition. Lowest. —English: History (Gardiner's Outline). Geography. Grammar and simple analysis, composition, Eelfe's Third Eeader, repetition, dictation. French : Gase's First Book, 1—:28. Latin : Shorter Primer to regular verbs. Arithmetic to compound rules. Loewy's Natural Science, Part I.

3. Statement bespecting Scholaeships. Scholarships founded in connection with the School. Gould Scholarships. —These scholarships are two in number, and are given to deserving boys who require assistance. These scholarships cover the school fees and cost of books. Somes Senior and Junior Scholarships. —About £450 annually is available for these scholarships. Four senior and eight junior scholarships are open for competition from time to time. In addition to the amount given for the scholarships, an amount is given to assist the boarding expenses of boarders. Somes Entrance Scholarships. —The subjects for examination for these scholarships are English, geography, English history, and arithmetic. Five scholarships are offered for competition each year. There were seventeen scholars on this foundation during the past year, all of whom are from Government primary schools. Buller and Beay Scholarships. —£3oo a year is set apart for exhibitions for sons of the clergy, and £60 for other exhibitions. Tancred History Prize Fund. —Prizes are given annually from this endowment for proficiency in history and English literature. The amount so expended last year was £43. The remainder of the funds available from various scholarship endowments is devoted to the collegiate department of Christ's College, students in which are required to study for their degree at Canterbury College. G. Cotteeill. Christchurch, Ist March, 1892. Bursar of Christ's College.

CHEISTCHUECH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure, for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year .. .. 164 15 4 By Office —salary .. .. .. 80 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 3,193 3 6 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 2,864 8 4 School fees .. .. .. .. 1,109 17 0 Examinations— Interest on current account .. .. 36 18 7 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 52 10 0 Sale of pump.. .. .. .. 15 0 Other expenses .. .. .. 14 12 0 Scholarships (leaving exhibitions) .. 45 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 29 19 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 115 18 5 Cleaning, fuel,.light, &c. .. .. 38 0 9 Site and buildings— Purchases and new works and fittings 48 6 6 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. 24 14 0 Rents, insurance, and taxes.. .. 95 18 2 Fencing on Reserve 1308 .. .. 3 10 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 29 19 0 Grants to cricket club and cadet corps 45 0 0 Inspecting reserves and advertising 94 3 0 Workshops, annual expenses of .. 25 0 0 Protective works on Reserve 1124 .. 27 16 10 Interest on loan .. .. .. 300 0 0 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 14 9 4 Sundries .. .. .. .. 5 19 Balance at end of year .. .. 551 12 4 £4,505 19 5 £4,505 19 5 F. de C. Malet, Chairman. A. Ceaceopt Wilson, Eegistrar.

2. Wobk op Highest and Lowest Foems. Highest. —Latin. Mathematics (including arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and Euclid). English, French, chemistry, and heat, as for Junior University Scholarships. Also Greek for same standard. Special Authors read. —Horace, selections from Satires and Epistles; Georgics, Book I.; Cicero, De Amicitia; Csesar, Book VI.; unseen passages from various authors. Dryden, Selections; Shakespeare's Henry V. ; Macaulay's Essay on Johnson; Eob Eoy. Alfred de Musset; Moliere, Tartuffe. Euripides—Scenes from Greek plays, Alcestis and Medea (edited by Sidgwick); Thucydides, Book IV., the Capture of Sphacteria ; Selections from Cyropasdia.