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3. Wobk op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Chaucer, Prologue ; Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice ; Milton, Shorter poems; Stopford Brooke's English Literature; English Lessons for English Eeaders; Bain's Ehetoric and Composition. Latin—Tacitus, Annals I. ; Selections from Propertius, &c. ; Bradley's Arnold; Bryan's Latin Prose ; Unseens. French —Sainte-Beuve, Causeries; Gautier's Scenes of Travel; Braehet's Grammar ; Blouet's Composition. Mathematics—Euclid, Books 1., IV., VI., with exercises; arithmetic, general; algebra, to binomial theorem; trigonometry, to solution of triangles. Science—Chemistry, nonorganic, with laboratory practice ; heat. Loivest. —English—Scott's Lady of the Lake ; Mason's Grammar; Longmans' Composition; history, geography. Latin—Latin Prineipia, gradatim; Bennett's Exercises. French— Principia ; Macmillan's First Eeader. Mathematics —Arithmetic ; algebra, to simple equations ; Euclid, Book 1., with exercises. Science —Chemistry; physics; botany (girls), the elements. Bookkeeping; shorthand.

4. Abeangements fob Dbawing ; Manual, Commebcial, and Technical Instbuction ; Gymnastics, Deill, Swimming, etc. Boys. Military drill, shorthand, bookkeeping, mensuration. Girls. Sewing; freehand drawing once a week; drill twice a week, with clubs; swimming at beginning of season.

5. SCHOLAESHIPS. Scholarships granted by the Education Board were held by thirteen boys and eight girls, and free tuition was also given by the Governors to ten boys and eleven girls.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,380 copies), £21 2s.

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