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instruction was given to children attending primary and secondary schools as under : Woodwork, 159 pupils ; cookery, 112 pupils. New classes started during the year were millinery and machine sfeeep-shearing, a generous donation of £50 from the Canterbury Sheepowners' Union of Employers being responsible for the starting of the latter. At both these classes attendances were satisfactory. The grant of £1,885 from the Department for a new Technical School is welcomed by the ■Managers, and-although some £600 is required to add a room for woodwork it is confidently anticipated that the amount will be raised locally, the Ashburton County Council already having contributed £100 and the Borough Council £50 toward the object. The thanks of the Managers are due to Messrs. Friedlander Bros., James Hampton, and the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the free use of rooms in which to hold the woolclassing, sheep-shearing, and shorthand and typewriting classes ; also to the Ashburton County and Borough Councils, High School Board, Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Borough and Hampstead School Committees, Canterbury Sheepowners' Union of Employers, and to private subscribers, for generous financial assistance during the year. Henry Davis, Chairman | , ~ t T) n a roi M.anaeers. ,). B. Christian, Secretary 1 °

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1911, in respect of Associated Classes conducted by the Ashburton Technical Classes Association.

Extract from the Report of the Managers op the Rangiora Technical School. During the past year the work at the Rangiora Technical School has been, on the whole, successful and efficient. The following subjects have been taught: Cookery, dressmaking, book-keeping, English, shorthand, typewriting, woodwork, painting, millinery, and wool-classing. The school was attended during the year by 213 pupils, there being 5 free-place pupils. The auxiliary classes held at Oxford and Cust for dressmaking proved popular and successful. Arrangements were made for inaugurating a class for wool-sorting at Oxford, and this will commence in April, 1912. The arrangement of school classes for cookery and woodwork, by which the pupils of Ashley, Fernside, and Southbrook Schools are served, has proved a success, these classes being well attended. The Managers have every reason to be satisfied with the staff of teachers, who have shown themselves commendablv efficient and most attentive to their duties. The Rangiora Borough Council, the Rangiora Road Board, and the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association have again contributed to the funds of the school, and this money, together with the Government subsidy thereon, has materially assisted the finances of the Board of Managers. Towards the end of the year (1911) it was deemed advisable, owing to the extension of the classes, to have the control placed in the hands of the Rangiora High School Board of Governors, and a resolution suggesting this was given effect to, the High School Board taking over the control from January, 1912. Thos. Hills, Secretary.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1911, in respect of Associated classes conducted by the Rangiora Technical Classes Association.

Receipts. £ a. d. Japitation on associated classes .. .. 228 10 6 furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. .. 34 11 6 iubsidies on voluntary contributions .. 242 1G 6 .. .. .. .. .. 274 17 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 327 11 7 from controlling authority, on account of school classes .. .. .. 74 2 6 from High School Board, on account of school classes .. .. .. 64 7 6 tales .. .. .. .. .. 9 18 6 fjxamination fees .. .. .. 2 0 0 Expenditure £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 121 13 2 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 587 10 4 Office expenses (including salaries, stationery, &c.) .. .. .. .. .. 56 9 3 Advertising and printing .. .. .. 16 1 6 Lighting and heating .. .. . . 32 11 4 Insurance and repairs ., .. .. 16 16 0 Rent .. .. .. .. 55 12 0 Material for class use .. .. .. 97 18 11 Caretaker .. .. .. 29 8 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 27 14 10 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. .. 33 3 2 Expenses re lease .. .. .. 5 15 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 178 2 1 £1,258 15 7 £1,258 15 7 Henry Davis, Chairman ] , ,„ J. B. Christian, Secretary | "f Managers.

Receipts. Balance at beginning of year Capitation on associated classes .. Capitation on account of free places Fees Voluntary contributions Sundries £ s. d. 4 10 6 160 10 9 10 5 3 136 16 10 10 0 0 0 16 6 Expenditure. £ a. d. Salaries of instructors .. .. .. 246 12 0 Office expenses (including salaries, stationery, &c. .. .. .. .. 2 11 1 Advertising and printing .. .. 6 14 2 Lighting and heating .. .. .. 7 12 1 Material for class use .. .. .. 26 3 7 Sundries .. .. .. .. 4 15 10 Bank charges, &c. .. .. .. 0 17 6 Caretaker .. .. .. .. 14 0 0 Furniture, fittings, and apparatus .. 9 14 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 3 19 1 £322 19 10 £322 19 10 J. Carmichael, Chairman) „ ,,- J. Marshall, Treasurer jof Managers.