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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1902. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 612 0 8 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 239 9 9 School fees .. .. .. .. 178 10 0 Office salary or salaries .. .. .. 26 6 0 Sale of shed on Reserve 1120 .. .. 15 0 0 Other office expenses— Capitation—Technical classes .. .. 810 0 Postage .. .. .. .. 2 5 5 Refund —Amount overpaid on fuel account 1 18 9 Exchange on cheques .. .. .. 0 2 6 Exchange on cheque .. .. .. 0 0 6 Bank oharge .. .. .. .. 010 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 239 18 5 Cheque-book .. .. .. ~ 015 0 Cab-hire .. .. .. .. 10 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 595 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 6 19 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 30 7 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 40 9 3 Site and buildings, from current revenue— Purchases and new works .. .. 58 3 10 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 13 3 Grounds .. .. .. .. 8 3 3 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 510 6 Interest on current account .. .. 19 7 8 Flag, £3; requisites, £1 9s. 3d. .. .. 4 9 3 Asphalting footpath (paid Borough Council) 2 10 0 Sohool library .. .. .. .. 6 3 0 Technical classes .. .. .. 5 0 0 Rent cricket-ground .. .. .. 2 0 0 Postage—Reports, &c. .. .. .. 0 3 6 £1,055 18 4 £1,055 18 4 Andrew Orr, Chairman. Charles Braddell, Secretary Examined and found correct —J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

3. Work op the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Nesfield's Grammar, Parts 1., 11., and 111. ; King Lear ; Paradise Lost, I. and 11., L'Allegro and II Penseroso ; higher-grade English, Stopford Brooke's Primer. Latin— Via Latina ; Bradley's Arnold, to exercise 46 ; iEneid, Book I. ; Ovid's Metamorphoses ; Caesar's Gallic War, Books 111., IV., and VI. French—Wellington College Grammar, to page 181; Chardenal's Advanced Course, to page 276; Paul et Virginie (St. Pierre). Arithmetic (Pendlebury), Algebra (Hamblin Smith), Euclid (Brent), Trigonometry (Lock) —As for junior University scholarship. Botany —As for junior University scholarship. Chemistry—Jago, to page 100. Lowest. —English—Writing, as for Sixth Standard ; Nesfield's Grammar, to page 120 ; Selections from Modern Authors, Fights for the Flag (Fitchett). Latin—Principia Latina, to deponent verbs. French —Methode Naturelle, to page 90; Chardenal's Stories, pages 175-82. Arithmetic— Sixth Standard syllabus. Algebra—Hamblin Smith, to simple equations. Geometry—Euclid, propositions 1-36. Geography —Mill's Commercial Geography. History—Beadings from English History (Green); Primer of Roman History (Creighton's). Botany —A general description of a flowering plant. Shorthand —Pitman's Primer. Book-keeping —Cash-book and ledger ; com-mercial-letter writing. Woodwork (boys).—Sandford's first twelve exercises. Sewing (girls).

3. Arrangements for Drawing ; Manual, Commercial, and Technical Instruction ; Gymnastics, Drill, Swimming, etc. Drawing: Two hours a week, covering matriculation syllabus; geometrical drawing, covering the important problems of Euclid, Books 1., 111., and IV. Manual instruction : A school class for boys meets one a week for two hours under Mr. F. W. Sandford of Christchurch for woodwork, taking his first twelve exercises; the girls take sewing. Commercial: Shorthand (Pitman's Primer) is taken for half an hour twice a week ; book-keeping (cash-book and ledger and commercial-letter writing) twice a week for forty-five minutes each time. Physical drill is taken once a week for forty-five minutes. (The class was discontinued during the winter term). Swimming-lessons are given once a week as weather permits during December and February.

4. Scholarships. The Board of Governors gave free tuition to fourteen scholars, and one district scholarship was held at the school.

TIMAEU HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.—Mr. G. A. Simmers, M.A.; Mr. T. A. H. Wing, M.A. ; Mr. R. T. Wood, B.A. ; Sergeant-major T. Jones. Girls' School.— Miss B. M. Watt, M.A.; Miss J. Mulholland, M.A. ; Miss C. M. Cruickshank, M.A., B.Sc.; Mr. S. Wolf; Mr. W. Greene; Sergeant-major T. Jones; Miss K. O'Brien; Miss M. Fyfe. 1. Beport of Governors. In compliance with a circular from the Education Department dated the 4th December, 1902, I have the honour to report that the work of the schools has been carried on during the year in a highly satisfactory manner, the attendance being well maintained, and the successes of pupils in outside examinations being very gratifying.

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