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2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — Boys' School: English—Shakespeare, King Henry V; Chaucer, Squire's Tale; Spenser, Faerie Queene, Book I; Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I; Pope, Essay on Criticism; Addison, Essay on Imagination; Nesfield's Historical English and Senior Composition. Latin — liivy, Book XXII; Horace, Epodes and Odes, Bogk II (selections); Virgil, VI; sight translation, prose composition, and grammar papers; Woman History and Antiquities. French— Selections from various authors; composition, grammar, phonetics, &c. Mathematics—Arithmetic (whole subject); algebra, Hall and Knight, to permutations; geometry, Baker and Bourne, Books I-VII : trigonometry, Pendlebury. Science —Chemistry, the metals, revision of non-metals, elementary qualitative analysis; physics, heat. Girls' School: English—Chaucer, The Knightes Tale and part of The Prologue; Shakespeare, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, and Henry V; Spenser, Faerie Queene (part); Milton's Paradise Lost, Book IV (part) and Samson Agonistes; Historical English Grammar: composition, &c. ; literature, general, with readings from modern poets. Latin —Livj', Book I, some chapters; Cicero, De Senectute; Horace, Odes Book 111, Book IV two Satires; Juvenal, three Satires; Middleton's Latin Verse; Reid's Translation at Sight; composition, grammar, dkc. ; Roman History and Antiquities. French—Macmillan's Advanced Exercises; Wellington College Reader; Boielle, poetry; Barlet and Masom, Higher French Reader; grammar, composition, &c. ; Berthon, Specimens of Modern French Verse; Scribe, Le Verre d' Eau. Mathematics —Arithmetic, the whole subject; Algebra, to permutations and combinations, inclusive; Geometry, Euclid, Books I, 11, 111, V, VI, VII, Baker and Bourne; Trigonometry, Lock's Trigonometry, to solutions of triangles. Science —Botany, the morphology and physiology of the botanical types specified in the Junior Scholarship schedule; Physics, as defined in the Junior Scholarship schedule. Lamest. — Boys' School: English —Longmans' Advanced Literary Reader; Hartley's Poetry Reader; Nesfield's Grammar Outlines and Oral Composition. English History—Ransome's Elementary History (IIIa) 1689-1901, (Mb) 1689-1820. Geography—British Isles, Europe, Asia (Meiklejohn). Latin—Caesar, Invasion of Britain; Welch and Duffield's Accidence; Allen's Exercises. French —Chardenal's First Course. Mathematics—Workman's School Arithmetic; Algebra, Hall and Knight, to simultaneous equations; Geometry, Baker and Bourne (Hla) Books I and 11, 1-4, (IHb) Book I, with some omissions. Science —Elementary Physiology (Murche). Bookkeeping—Thornton's Easy Exercises. Girls' School: English—Literature, Tennyson's Princess (part); Reader, Modern Authors; Grammar, Nesfield's Manual, parsing and analysis; Composition, Nesfield's Oral Exercises. French—Siepmann, Part I. Mathematics—Arithmetic, fractions, decimals, proportion, profit and loss, simple interest; Algebra, Hall and Knight, to simultaneous equations; Euclid, Baker and Bourne, Experimental Work, Book I. Science- I —Botany, structure of flowering plants. 3. Geneeal Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1907. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 761 13 1 Management - Government capitation— Office salaries .. .. .. 227 10 0 For free places .. .. .. 3,751 6 9 Other office expenses .. .. .. 34 17 6 Under Manual and Technical Instruction Other expenses of management .. 10 0 0 Regulations .. .. .. 7 11 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 4,945 4 5 Subsidy—Voluntary contributions .. 205 0 6 Boarding-school account .. .. 61 10 5 Current inoome from reserves .. .. 2,208 18 6 ! Laboratories .. .. .. .. 17 6 7 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Prizes .. .. .. .. 35 7 8 purchase-money .. .. .. 23 19 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 37 G 8 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 475 5 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 127 17 2 School fees .. .. .. .. 565 18 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, and wages of two Books, &c, sold, and other refunds .. 2 10 0 janitors .. .. .. .. 313 17 11 Sale of material from cooking olasses .. 2 10 Books for use of roasters .. .. 5 3 4 Voluntary contribution .. .. 208 17 0 Maintenance of classes for manual instruoOther receipts— tion.. .. .. .. .. 11 3 1 Valuation for improvements from in- Government grants — coming tenants .. .. .. 28 4 0 For site, buildings, furniture, &o. .. 205 0 6 Proceeds from sale of debentures .. 3,300 0 0 ! Manual instruction .. .. .. 25 12 0 Premium from sale of debentures .. 44 0 0 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 305 19 6 From sinking fund to redeem deben- Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 58 10 0 tures .. .. .. .. 176 17 7 Buildings, equipments, &c, for manual instruction .. .. .. .. 447 16 0 Interest on debentures .. .. .. 155 5 0 Valuation for improvements to outgoing tenants .. .. .. .. 8 12 0 Legal account .. .. .. .. 12 12 0 Other expenditure— Sundries and incidentals .. .. 19 14 1 Expenses of leasing endowments .. 20 3 6 Redemption of debentures due Ist March, 1907 .. .. .. .. 3,500 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,175 12 4 £11,762 1 8 £11,762 1 8 J, E. Sinclaie, Chairman. C. Macandkew, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Waebubton, Controller and Auditor-General.