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3. General, Statement op Accounts kok thk Yeah ended 31st Deoembkk. 1910. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 468 1 4 Management— Government grant for buildings, furniture, Office salaries .. .. .. 200 0 0 Stiings, and apparatus for recognizod Other expenses of management .. 14 0 4 school elaeses for manual instruction .. 814 6 Teachers' saluries— Government capitation— Main school .. .. .. .. 3,747 6 2 For free places .. .. .. 713 16 2 Preparatory department .. .. 167 0 0 For recognized school classes for manual Examinations— instiuction .. .. .. 8 13 4 Examiners'fees .. .. .. 5 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 4,338 13 3 Other expenses .. .. .. 11 9 6 School fees— Scholarships (bursaries) .. .. 45 0 0 Main school .. .. .. .. 672 11 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 16 13 9 Preparatory department .. .. 167 0 0 Printing, stationery, books, and advertising 101 18 5 Contributions from pupils for instruction i Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 65 2 10 in life saving .. .. .. 1 5 0 Maintenance of classes for manual instruction .. .. .. .. .. 816 1 Site, buildings, furniture, &c. — Manual instruction (Government grants) 191 16 3 Purchases and new works, repairs, &c. 66 16 8 Miscellaneous (insurance and keeping grounds in order) .. .. .. 43 15 6 Interest on Buildings Loan Account of £5,000 .. .. £200 0 0 Less credit of interest on current account .. .. 24 19 3 — 175 0 'J Other expenditure— Contribution to Buildings Loan Account towards extinction of debt on school buildings .. .. .. .. 500 0 0 Grants to Sports Fund and cadet corps.. 85 0 0 Expenses connected with endowments .. 270 1 11 Kent of playground .. .. .. 63 11 2 Grant to school library .. .. 18 17 10 Sundries .. .. .. .. 33 12 11 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 547 14 9 £6,378 15 1 £6,378 15 1 I. C. Adams.. Chairman. Geo. H. Mason, Registrar and Treasurer. Examined and found correct, —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at Hist December, 1910. Assets. t r. d. Liabilities. Credit balance at bank .. .. 543 10 5" Excluding £4 is. 4d., bank balance, preparatory department. Geo. H. Mason, Registrar.

CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Miss M. V. Gibson, M.A. ; Miss ( . K. Henderson, B.A. : Mis- M. Bell-Hay ; Miss F. Sheard, M.A.. B.So. ; Miss K. Gresson, M.A. ; Miss L. Bing, B.A. j Mrs. Longton, M.A.; Miss E. T. Crosby, 8.A.; Miss E. Greenstreet, 8.A. ; Miss A. 1,. Wilson. M.A. : Mise M. Wills: Miss ('. M. Farrow, M.A. : Captain Farthing; Miss .V. Qard'ner; Miss A. Rennie ; Miss H. Smith; .Mrs. S. Mayne; Miss Webster; Miss A. Partridge; Mr, T. S. Tankard. 1. Report of thk Lady Pmncipai.. The school roll again marked a record number, rising from 226 at the close of 1909 to 255 for the first term of 1910, second term 250, third term 238. I]he drop in numbers in the third term is unusualljlarge, and both last year and this there have been indications of an undesirable tendency on the part of some parents to allow their children to take up Junior I ,, ice Places, but to throw them up- —for no very adequate reason—before the completion of the two-years course, [n 1909, of 17 pupils who left during the year. 18 resigned their Junior Free Places during their first year. In 1910, out of a total of 21 who left during tin , year, 15 were Junior Free Place scholars. 7 still in their first year. This is in marked contrast to the Senior Free Place scholars, only 2 of whom resigned during the year, one to take up a pupil-teachership, and one after an attendance of nearly six years. The number of Senior Free scholars staying for a fourth year or even longer, also shows a satisfactory increase. In all 64 Senior Free scholars attended. 165 Junior Free scholars, 3 pupils held school free places, and 26 paid fees. 12 of these being in the preparatory class. The general health of the pupils was very good, and the average attendance for the year is 228 out of an average roll of 248. In January Miss M, Barkas, M.A., resigned her )i<isiti<>n mi the teaching staff to take up a more remunerative post at the Christchurch Technical College. Her place was filled by Miss A. 1. Wilson, M.A., a past pupil of the school. Miss Bell-Hay was absent on leave for the year, and Miss Margaret