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Extract from the Report of the Managers of rut: Ashburton Associated Classes. In submitting the annual report for the year ended 31st December, 1909, the Managers have pleasure in reporting another year's successful work. The attendances at most of the classes have been well maintained, while a marked increase is noticeable in several instances, and the. instructors aud students continue to take an enthusiastic interest in the work. During the year several new classes have been started, including drawing, painting, repousse work, and enamelling, which, under capable and enthusiastic instructors, have made highly satisfactory progress. A dressmaking class was opened at Dunsandel for the last term of the year, twenty students attending, and the financial results being very satisfactory. An exhibition of work done by students attending the cookery, dressmaking, woodwork, wool-sorting, drawing, painting, and repousse-work classes was held in December, and proved the most successful of the kind ever held in Ashburton, and it has done much towards awakening public interest in the classes. The main difficulty with which the Managers have to contend is still the. lack of proper accommodation for the steadily increasing number of classes, which acts as a serious deterrent to the proper development of the work. We sincerely hope that it will not be long before suitable buildings are erected on the very desirable site offered by the Borough Council. Generous financial assistance has been received from the Ashburton County and Borough Councils, High School Board, Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and the borough and Hampstead School Committees, and also from a number of private subscribers. The lively interest exhibited by members of the above bodies in our work has been of great assistance to, and is appreciated by, the Managers. In conclusion, the Managers desire to acknowledge their appreciation of the courteous consideration and assistance they have received at the hands of the North Canterbury Education Board and its officers during the year. Henry Davis, Chairman j of Mana „ erB J. B. Christian, Secretary i - Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1909, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Ashburton Technical Classes Association. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ a. A. Capitation on associated classes .. .. 121 19 6 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 24 16 7 Rent .. .. .. .. ... 10 10 6 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 384 19 0 Furniture, fittings, apparatus .. .. 14 11 0 Office expenses (inoluding salaries, stationery, Material.. .. .. .. 13 11 0 &c.) .. .. .. .. ..6048 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 113 5 0 Advertising and printing .. .. .. 11 0 0 Fees .. .. .. .. .. 162 14 11 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 27 6 1 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 68 5 0 Insurance and repairs .. .. .. 10 2 4 From controlling authority, on ac- Rent .. .. .. .. .. 210 0 oount of school olasses .. .. 43 2 0 Examinations, &c. .. .. .. 4 6 6 From High School Board, capitation 27 7 6 Material for class use .. .. 34 16 1 Proceeds breaking-up ceremony .. .. 10 17 0 Caretaker .. .. 13 10 0 Sales .. .. .. .. 35 9 9 Sharpening tools .. .. .. .. 312 0 Examination fees .. .. .. 110 0 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 110 0 Text-books .. .. .. .. 2 5 0 Hire of wool .. .. .. .. 2 18 6 Sundries .. .. .. 1 12 9 Contracts (new buildings, additions, Ac.) .. 5 17 6 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. .. 29 15 7 Balanoe at end of year .. .. .. 2 0 7 £623 3 2 £623 3 2 Henry Davis, Chairman i , ~ J. B. Christian, Secretary, of M ™»g«'*Extract from the Report of the Managers of the Rangiora Technical Classes Association. The Managers have much pleasure in stating that the two subjects (cooking and dressmaking) taught during the past year have been very satisfactory, and a good attendance has been maintained. The Managers established classes for dressmaking at Cust and Oxford during the last term of the year. The classes were well supported. The new school buildings have been completed, and the Managers have decided to establish classes in woodwork, wool-classing, typewriting, shorthand, and book-keeping during the year. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1909, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Rangiora Technical Classes Association. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 21 11 11 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 96 0 0 Capitation on associated classes .. .. 47 1 3 Office expenses (including salaries, stationBuildings 726 10 0 cry, &c.) 016 10 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 800 Advertising and printing .. .. 2 16 3 Furniture, fittings, apparatus .. .. 912 3 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 20 6 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 10 0 0 Insurance and repairs .. .. .. 117 9 Fees .. .. .. •• •• 60 9 9 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 11 0 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. 10 0 0 Material for class ÜBe .. .. .. 814 10 From controlling authority on account of Caretaker .. .. .. .. 90 0 school classes .. .. .. 14 7 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 1 12 0 Prize fund .. .. . • • • 0 8 6 Bank charges .. .. .. .. 014 0 g a j es ~ .. .. .. .. 2 115 Board and lodgings of instructor .. 615 0 Contracts (new buildings, additions, &c.) .. 698 14 0 Architeot, &o. .. .. .. .. 28 0 0 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 8 12 3 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 33 19 2 £910 12 7 £910 12 7 J. Carmichael Chairman I_ { Ma _ J. Marshall*, Secretary i °

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