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£ s. d. Bank balance at beginning of year, Cr... .. .. .. .. .. 175 9 1 . £ s. d. Bank balance at end of year, Cr. .. .. .. .. 306 19 6 Less unpresented cheques .. -.. .. .. .. 112 12 3 Total at end of year, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. £194 7 3 H. J. Bignell, Chairman. Education Office, Greymouth, 29th February, 1912. P. F. Daniel, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. The balance-sheet has been duly examined by the Audit Office, but cannot be certified as correct inasmuch as various transfers therein, together with the expenditure of £100 of the Board's fund on Coronation celebrations and the payment of fixed allowance in lieu of actual travelling-expenses of members, are without authority of law.— B. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — Maintenance and small additions (a) 1 and ordinary rebuilding (6) j Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire Rents of buildings and sites for school purposes New buildings, furniture, additions, sites — Public schools Manual instruction Technical instruction Rent of buildings for manual- instruction purposes Rent of buildings for technical-in-struction purposes Site-ssales Other separate accounts — Contractors' deposits ! : i I i ! ! i . ; ((o)390 9 1 | 1(6)131 11 2 I .. 124 10 0 ~| )> 1,344 7 8 1 .. 418 13 6 27 1 | l 777 10 11 J 1,245 0 0 3i 13 0 24 13 6 28 29 '.'. 2413 6 125 1 I 30 31 32 33 .. 836 7 9 301 2 i 619 2 7 617 0 0 261 11 2 384 6 11 68 9 10 18 0 0 19 11 0 145 15 2 12,204 12 4 838 10 4 284 13 4 330 1 0 60 0 0 68 9 H 34 35 i 209 19 9 209 19 9 1,727 5 5 1,532 18 2 1,038 2 6 36 Totals .. 1 11 0 1,162 7 ll I 986 18 0 11,693 8 5 592 1 i ' ! I * Exclusive of secondary departments of district high schools, salaries and allowances of pupil-teachers, and half of the total cost of the training-college staff. t In terms of the Order in Council of 13th February, 1911, but exclusive of cost of works paid for out of Government grant for maintenance of school buildings and included below under that heading.