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a college and grammar school in connection with
the Church of England.

The number on the books is 74.

2nd. Christchurch Academy (high school), for
boys. The building contains one room, 37 x 17½,
originally built in 1858, and added to in 1862. The
whole cost of the building was £330, arising partly
from a special Government Grant, partly from the
general school building grant and fees. The site
consists of one-third of an acre granted by the
Government, and vested in trustees named by the
Presbyterian congregation, the buildings having
been formerly under the control of the Minister,
and deacons court of the congregation, now under
that of a Board of Directors of which the Minister
is Chairman. It is proposed shortly to erect a
larger and more complete building under the
designation of Christchurch High School, on a more
extensive site.

The number on the books is 91. The master
holds a certificate—1st division, 3rd class—gained at
the end of the first session at the Free Church Training
College, Edinburgh.

3rd. St. Michael’s, Church of England, boys’ and
girls’ school. The buildings consist of a schoolroom
and class-room, together with a master’s residence,
under the same roof. The dimensions of the school-
room are 37 x 25, of the class-room 14 x 10. The
building was erected in the year 1859, at a cost of
about £750 out of the grant appropriated by the
Provincial Council for school buildings in connection
with the Church of England on land set apart
in perpetuity for church purposes. The site is about
three roods in extent, and was obtained by purchase
by the Canterbury Association, on account of the
Ecclesiastical and Educational Fund, and forms part
of a reserve for the double purpose of church, parsonage,
and schools, both the site and the buildings
are under the control of the Church Property Trustees.
The number on the books is 133.

4th. Christchurch Wesleyan Day School for boys
and girls. The buildings here consist of two schoolrooms,
the dimensions of which are respectively 36
by 20 and 30 by 18, built in the years 1853 and 1862,
together with two class-rooms, each 12 by 10, built
in the year 1857. The whole of these buildings
were erected at a cost of about £800 or £900, of
which £300 was apportioned from the Government
Grant, and the remainder was raised principally by
private subscription, the deficiency being made up
from a reserve of school fees. The site of this
school is about one-eighth of an acre, a private donation
to the Wesleyan Church, vested according to
the provisions of the Wesleyan Methodist model
deed, in trustees appointed by the Superintendent
Minister of the Wesleyan Church, to whom, together
with the said minister, the control over the buildings
belongs. Number on the books, 132.

5th. Kaiapoi Island Church of England School for
boys and girls. There are two buildings in connection
with this school, a schoolroom, and a
master’s residence, detached. These buildings
were erected in the years 1858 and 1859,
at a cost of £349 13s 9d, of this sum £56 was raised
by voluntary subscriptions, and £299 13s 9d was ap-
portioned from the Government Grant for the building
of a school in connection with the Church of
England on land set apart in perpetuity for school
purposes, the site consists of two roods vested in the
warden, sub-warden, and fellows of Christ’s College,
and appropriated by them as a site for a school.

The schoolroom is in an unfinished state and re-
quires lining. Number on the books 73. The aver-
age attendance has increased under the present
master from 25 to 45.

6th. Kaiapoi Island Wesleyan school for boys and
girls. This school is held in a room attached to the
Wesleyan Church, its dimensions are 18 x 17, built
in the year 1860 at an expense of about £150, of
which £100 was raised by voluntary subscriptions
and £50 was apportioned out of the Government
Grant; this room, although attached to the church,
is used for no other than school purposes, and
stands together with the church on half-an-acre of
land, one half of which was a private donation, and
the other half acquired by purchase, and vested in
trustees as mentioned in the case of Christchurch
Wesleyan school. Number on the books 41.

7th. Rangiora Church of England school for boys
and girls. There are two buildings in connection
with this school, one for boys 36 x 18, the other for
girls 24 x 12, the former built in 1861, the latter in
1854, at a total cost of £345; the smaller room was
erected at a cost of £200, chiefly raised in England,
but the other appears to have been built by the
master with money placed at his disposal by a pri-
vate individual amounting to £145, this sum it is
represented is to be repaid by the Bishop of Christ-
church to the master.

The master’s house, with additions, appears to
have been erected at a cost of £280 paid for in the
first instance, out of money provided by the master
to be refunded by the Bishop.

The master has still a claim of £60 on account of
this, making with the sum of £145 advanced for the
erection of the larger schoolroom a total claim of
£205. The extent of the site forming the actual
school-ground, appears not to be accurately defined,
the schoolhouse and school buildings stand on a
piece of land five acres in extent, being a private
donation for church and school purposes combined;
of this the school site itself is said to be 1a. 2r. 22p.,
though it does not appear that any special dedication
of land has been made for this object.

The whole piece of land is vested in the Bishop of
Christchurch and his successors, in trust for a school
in connection with the Church of England, and for
other church purposes. On the other hand it
appears that the funds supplied out of the Govern-
ment grant, and employed in refunding to the master
the original outlay, were granted for the building of
schools on land set apart in perpetuity for school
purposes. Number on the books 70. The room
requires lining, and there is a deficiency in apparatus
generally.