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General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending :51st December, L9Ol. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance— £ s. d. Balance—On General Account .. .. 262 3 3 On Building Account .. .. .. 3,117 13 4 Offioe staff—Salaries .. .. .. 538 0 0 Palinerston North Teehnioal Sohool .. 206 0 0 Departmental contingencies .. .. 326 2 3 Government grant for buildings .. .. 4,473 0 0 Inspectors'salaries and travelling-expenses 1,004 15 0 Subscriptions and donations for biild- Truant Officer's salary and expenses .. 186 1 8 ings .. .. .. .. 1 H> !1 Examination of pupil-teachers .. .. 55 18 2 Other receipts for buildings— Scholarships— Refunds .. .. .. .. 2 11 8 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 591 16 9 School-sites leased .. .. .. 4J 10 9 Examination-expenses .. .. 30 16 6 Contractors' deposits .. .. 124 I 6 Training of teachers .. .. .. 787 6 9 Statutory capitation— Teachers'salaries .. .. .. 29,547 14 5 Paid by Government .. .. .. 3L,684 0 4 Teachers'house allowances .. .. 545 5 9 Paid by School Commissioners .. 1,883 1 6 Pupil-teachers'lodging-allowances .. 685 13 7 Addition to statutory capitation — For I Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 1,748 18 10 teachers'salaries .. .. .. 1,430 7 3 ! School buildings— Scholarship grant .. .. .. (123 9 8! New buildings .. ~ .. 2,071 611 District High Sohools — Improvements of buildings .. .. 1,825 18 5 Grants .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 374 0 0 Capitation .. .. .. .. 148 5 0 Sites .. .. .. .. 432 18, 0 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Plans, supervision, and foes .. .. 210 4 0 Grant for training of teacherd .. .. 150 0 0 Manual and technical instruction — Manual and technical instruction—Capi- Salaries .. .. .. .. 617 18 4 tation for special classes (ordinary) .. 257 3 3 I Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 25 13 10 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 10 10 0 Material .. .. .. .. 7 6 3 Grant for swimming .. .. .. 28 17 7 Buildings .. .. .. .. 12 9 9 Grants for rebuilding schools destroyed Apparatus .. .. .. .. 11 4 2 by fire .. .. .. .. 309 12 10 \ Rent .. .. .. .. 54 14 0 Distriot High School fees .. .. 172 16 J Incidentals .. .. .. .. 102 12 3 Other receipts for manual and teehnioal Fees refunded .. .. .. 016 0 instruction — Other expenses— Fees .. .. .. .. 555 1 4 Printing standard examination papers 1.2 8 6 Bequests .. .. .. .. 204 0 0 | Costs, Court of Appeal case .. .. 39 9 6 Sundries .. .. .. .. 386 Contractors' deposits .. .. ■ .. 120 16 f> Other receipts— Balance— Truant inspection—Fines received .. 114 0 Building Account .. .. .. 3,032 3 0 Training of teachers —Fees received .. 30 5 0 General Account .. .. .. 367 11 6 Interest on fixed deposit, Palmerston Palmerston North Teohnical School AcNorth Technical School .. .. 10 3 0 count .. .. .. .. 216 3 0 Educational Institute—Refund costs of appeal .. .. .. .. 39 9 6 Refund .. .. .. .. 12 6 £45,852 6 9 £45,852 6 9 •Geo. S. Bridge, Chairman. W. J. Carson, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —J. K. Warbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

REPORTS ON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Wanganui Boys'. Number of scholars on roll: —Passed Standard VI.—M. 23, F. nil; others —M. 38, F. nil: totals—M. 61, F. nil.

Geography. —South America and the Pacific Islands. Geology. —Primer of Geology (Geikie). Arithmetic. —Standard VI. work, with the addition of cube root and areas of circles and ellipses. English. —(a.) Sir Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel (the whole poem was read more than once, and Cantos V. and VI. were studied in detail, with meanings and such derivations as are given in the notes to the edition in use ; lines 1 to 136 of Canto 11, were committed to memory. 10— E. 1.

Subject taught. Number of Pupils in Class. Class during Last Quarlei of Year. Work done during the Year. English Standard VII. 23 Parsing, analysis, composition, and notes on Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel. More advanced arithmetic than that of Standard VI. Simple rules, brackets, factors, simple equations, and simple problems leading to such. Cook's First Latin Course, to the end of exercise 99; the four conjugations active (given the principal parts). Chardenal's First French Course, to the end of exercise 106 ; porter, to carry (active) ; French without Tears, Part I., Part II. to exercise 27. Book I., to the end of proposition 41. The Teacher; the Manual, to page 32. To make up a set of books by single entry from a given set of transactions. Practical plane and solid geometry ; and scale drawing as petsheet exhibited. Arithmetic ... Algebra ... 23 22 Latin ... 7 French LI Euclid Shorthand Book-keeping ■' -,; 9 13 12 Mechanical drawing 4