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GEEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1909. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, 31st December, 1908 .. .. 1,534 16 2 Secretary's salary .. .. .. 10 0 0 Westland School Commissioners.. .. 100 0 0 Bank oharges and cheque-book .. .. 0 13 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 78 10 2 Office requisites .. .. .. 0 10 3 Balance, 31st December, 1909— National Bank .. .. .. 43 6 6 Post-Office Savings-Bank .. .. 208 16 7 Grey Borough debentures .. .. 1,390 0 0 Loan on mortgage .. .. .. 60 0 0 £1,713 6 4 — £1,713 6 4 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Asset*. £ s. d. Liabilites. National Bank .. .. .. .. 43 6 6 Post-Office Savings-Bank .. .. 208 16 7 Grey Borough debentures .. .. 1,390 0 0 Mortgage loan .. .. .. 60 0 0 Nil. Interest in arrear .. .. .. 8 2 0 £1,710 5 1 W. B. Kettle, Chairman. P. F. Daniel, Secretary. Examined and Found correct. —R. J. Cot.t.ins, Controller and Auditor-General. HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1909. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,724 3 7 Management— Current income from reserves .. .. 45 0 0 Office salary .. .. .. .. 15 15 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Other office expenses .. .. .. 12 0 purchase-money .. .. .. 66 5 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (grant to Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 100 0 0 Westland Education Board) .. .. 200 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 13 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 44 19 6 Other expenditure— Grant in aid of tennis-court at Hokitika District High School .. .. 20 0 0 '■ Balance at end of year .. .. ,. 1,640 12 1 £1,935 8 7 . £1,935 8 7 Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Credit balance in Bank of New Zealand, cur- Office salary due (three months) .. .. 3 IS 9 rent account .. .. .. 32 12 1 Fixed deposits, Bank of New Zealand .. 1,200 0 0 Fixed deposit, Hokitika Savings-bank .. 200 0 0 Balance Current Account, Hokitika Savingsbank .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 Hokitika Borough debentures .. .. 200 0 0 Interest due on debentures .. .. 5 0 0 Rent due, Government House .. .. 2 5 0 Government House and grounds (estimated value) .. .. .. 900 0 0 £2,547 17 1 £3 18 9

Summary of Rent.

H. L. Michel, Chairman. Chas. Kiek, Secretary. Examined and found correct, subject to the remark that the Hokitika Borough debentures, in which school funds are invested, are not securities in which the Governors are authorized by Jaw to invest such funds. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General, 6—E. 6.

Arrears Previous Year. Charge for Current Year. £ s. a. £ s. d. 8 5 0 39 0 0 Collected. £ s. d. 45 0 0 I Arrears. Previous Year. Nil. Current Year. t 8. d. 2 5 0