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AKAEOA HIGH SCHOOL. Genekal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended Ist December, 1900. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance .. .. .. .. 30 19 8 Teaohers' salaries and allowances .. 66 13 4 Current income from reserves .. .. 119 0 10 Prizes .. .. .. .. 13 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 10 9 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 6-9 Interest on same .. .. .. 14 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 2 11 3 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 17 10 0 Interest on current aocount .. .. 111 0 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 68 9 2 £161 14 6 £161 14 6 H. C. Jacobson, Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Wabbueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

ASHBUETON HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. J. S. Tennant, M.A., B.Sc.; Miss J. Mulholland, M.A.; Mr. C. F. Salmond, M.A. 1. Genebal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1900. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Endowments—Current income from reserves 621 13 9 Overdraft at beginning of year .. .. 83 19 11 School fees .. .. .. .. 141 17 0 Office salary .. .. .. .. 26 6 0 Refund—sports prizes .. .. .. 112 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 4 4 4 Overdraft at end of year .. .. .. 223 18 7 Other expenses of management .. .. 5 5 0 Teachers' salaries .. .. .. .. 570 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 9 11 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 11 610 Cleaning, fuel, and light .. .. .. 29 11 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. .. 89 6 9 Alterations .. .. .. .. 119 5 8 Insurance .. .. .. ..472 Grounds .. .. .. .. ..409 Interest on overdraft .. .. .. 15 1 0 Cab hire .. .. .. .. ..146 Chemical apparatus .. .. .. 5 2 3 Sports fund .. .. .. ..966 Plans on leases .. .. .. 015 0 Plans for proposed house .. .. .. 3 3 0 Requisites .. .. .. 0 12 9 Exchange on cheques .. .. .. 0 13 0 £989 1 4 £989 1 4 Andeew Oeh, Chairman. Chaeles Beaddell, Secretary. Audited and found correct. — J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

2. WOEK OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST CLASSES. Highest. —Work done up to the standard required for the Junior Scholarship examination. English—Mason's Grammar ; Higher Grade English; Great Authors, Parts 1., 11., and 111. ; As You Like It; Tennyson's Princess; Chaucer's Prologue. French—Brachet's French Accidence ; Chardenal's Advanced Exercises, 1-135 ; Au Coin dv Feu (About) ; Tartuffe (Moliere) ; Continuous Prose (English into French) to correspond. Latin—Bradley's Arnold; Via Latina; De Senectute ; iEneid, Book II.; Horace's Odes, Book III.; Smith's Smaller Eoman History ; Bryan's Latin Prose. Euclid—Books 1.-VI. (Hall and Stevens). Algebra— Todhunter's Larger Algebra, to the binomial theorem. Trigonometry—Lock's Trigonometry. Arithmetic —Pendlebury's Exercises. Science —Botany : Scott's Structural Botany, I. and II.; Chemistry : Jago's Inorganic ; Mechanics : Loney's. Lowest. —English—The Temple Eeader, to page 180 ; Mason's Grammar for Junior Classes. Latin—Principia Latina I. to page 80. French—Chardenal, Book 1., to Exercise 181. Euclid — Book I. to Proposition 32 (Hall and Stevens). Algebra—Hamblin Smith, to page 168. Arithmetic—As for Standard VI. Bookkeeping —Jackson (Cash- and Day-books, Ledger). History— 1688-1880 (Eansome); Outline of New Zealand History. Geography —Mills' Commercial Geography. Writing —As for Standard VI. Science —Botany : Boot, stem, leaf, and flower.

3. Arbangements foe Drawing ; Manual, Commeecial, and Technical Insteuction ; Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Drawing: One hour per week which is devoted to freehand, model, and elementary perspective. Manual: The only manual work attempted is the dissection of flowers, &c, in the botany class. Commercial: Book-keeping is taught three half hours per week. Technical: The senior chemistry class have tested ores (qualitatively) and made one quantitative analysis of soil. Physical drill is taught two hours a week. Swimming : Weekly lessons are given during the season as weather permits. Certificates are granted to all who can swim 100 yards.

4. SCHOLAESHIPS. The Board of Governors gave free tuition to fourteen scholars.