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I; WOIORA HKill SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. T. R. Cresswell, M.A. ; Miss K. King, .M.A. ; .Miss 1. Keith, ,\l..\. ; .Mr. J. Lush; Sergeant-Major Thompson. 1. Report of Board of Governors. Excellent work has been done in the. school during the past year, ami the reputation of tin- school has been further enhanced by the high percentage of successes gained by the pupils. For the Matriculation Examination 7 pupils entered and <i passed; for the Junior Civil Service, 13 entered and 11 passed ; for the Senior Free Place, 13 entered and 13 passed ; for the Senior Civil Service. I entered and 1 passed ; for the Junior Free Place, 3 entered and 2 passed. For the Senior Board of Education Scholarship, 3 entered and 1 passed. An increased attendance for the first term of 1909 is assured, and it is expected thai the roll-number will reach 80. The, school boa.rdingh.ouse has been successfully inaugurated, under the supervision of the headmaster, and several pupils from the northern district ami elsewhere are finding it a great COD venience. The school has been inspected by Mr. G. Hogben, M.A., tin- Inspector-General of Schools, who signified his approval of the work of the school. The want of a proper science-room is still a serious handicap, and, as the school is growing, an extra class-room may soon be required. The school cadet corps has been commended for efficiency by Colonel Davies, and has won a good share of prize-money for marksmanship at the various competitions. Several pupils have shown a marked improvement in physique since the Board engaged the services of a teacher of physical development. 2. Work ok the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. English—Nesfield's English Grammar; The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (0. W. Holmes); King Hem \ V (Shakespeare); The Princess (Tennyson). Latin Livy. Siege, of Syracuse ; Horace, odes, 111 and IV (selected); Cicero, De Amicitia; Csesar, De Bella ('allien V; Virgil, Georgics, II; Bryan's Latin I 'rose. French —Chardenal's Second Course and Additional Noteo on Grammar; Marchand D'Allumettes (A. Gennevraye) ; L'apprenti (E. Souvestre). Arithmetic (to Junior University Scholarship standard) —Miscellaneous. Algebra and Geometry Baker and Bourne, to Junior University Scholarship standard. Trigonometry —Hall and Knight's Elementary Trigonometry, to Junior University Scholarship standard. Botany —Evans's Botany, to Matriculation and Junior Civil Service standard. Heat —Glazebrook, to Junior University Scholarship standard. Roman history- Wells, to death of Augustus. Mechanics —Jessop; elements of applied mathematics, to Junior University Scholarship standard. Lowest. —English —Nesfield's Manual; Miscellaneous Exercises; Marmion, canto iii (Scott); White Company (Conan Doyle). French —Chardenal's First Course, to exercise 130. Latin —Macmillan's Course, Part I, to exercise 74. Arithmetic —Pendlebury; factors, fractions, decimals, contracted methods, &c. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, to simultaneous equations. Geometry —Theoretical, to proposition xx, practical measurements and determinations. Botany —Murche's Botany. 3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 347 2 0 ManagementGovernment capitation for free places .. 554 0 0 Offioe salary .. .. .. 15 15 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 189 6 4 Other office expenses .. .. 5 0 0 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 125 9 6 Other expenses of management .. 2 5 1 Other receipts— Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 000 9 0 Bent of master's old resuienoe .. 11 0 0 Frizes .. .. .. .. 3 11 6 Exohange on cheques .. .. 0 2 6 Material for classes other than classes for Special loan from Union Bank for manual instruction .. .. 5 11 10 buildings .. .. .. .. 600 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 313 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 32 8 8 Purchases and new works .. .. 271 14 2 Fenoing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 82 16 9 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 20 17 3 Interest on current account .. .. 0 4 0 Other expenditure — On buildings from special loan .. 600 0 0 Bank charges, exchange, and sundries .. 18 5 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 181 5 2 £1,827~0 4 £1,827 0 4 Robert Ball, Chairman. C. I. Jennings, Secretary. Audited and found correct, except that the payment of £10 10s. and £5 ss. as honoraria to Messrs. Ball and Jennings respectively, who, as members of the Board, are virtually invested with a fiduciary character, are disallowed as contravening the established rule of law that Trustees shall have no allowance or remuneration for their services. They cannot lawfully make payment to themselves, or in respect of their personal labour and services.—J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.