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Rh their ages range between four and thirteen―the members of the oldest group being in their thirteenth year, This is the first year that we have children under six, and this has been made possible through the liberality of friends in Honolulu, H. I., who are building up there a memorial kindergarten along the same lines.

The expenses of the school during the first year, of two terms only, were between $ and $. The expenses this year will be about $. Of this amount $ will come from tuitions; $ has been given by friends interested in the school, and there remains about $ yet to be raised for the conduct of the school. This is an indication of the increase of expenses. The average expense per pupil is about the same since the start, i. e., $ per child per school year. Relatively speaking, this year the expenses of the school took something of a jump, through the expense of moving to a new building, and the repairs and changes there necessary. An increase in the staff of teachers has also enlarged the work as well as the debits of the school. Next year we hope to have about children, and apparently the expenses will be about $ more than this. Of this amount $ will be met by the increase in tuition from the pupils. The cost of a child to the school, $ a year, is precisely the tuition