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Appendix A.]

f s. d. Bank balance at beginning of year, Cr. .. .. ■■ ■• •• 6» 701 17 He. £e. d. Bank balance at end of year, Or. .. .. .. •• 5,592 19 11 Less unpresented cheques .. . ... • • • • 376 811 Total at end of year, Cr .. .. • • ■ • £5,216 11 0 Duncan Gilchrist, Chairman. Education Office, Invercargill, 14th March, 1912. JoHN Neill > Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. The balance-sheet has been duly examined by the Audit Office, but cannot be certified as correct, inasmuch as the transfer therein of £3,345 18s. Bd. from the Maintenance to the New Buildings Account is without authority of law.— R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. [Note.— This transfer ia not shown in the statement printed above.—Education Department^

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. 175 0 0 .. - 186 11 7 .. j | 43 11 7 162 4 1 r f(o)3,751 1 9h :> | f 5,780 0 0 .. 85 0 0<J (b) 765 15 llj V .. I 1(e) 228 15 -7|J _ U.810 9 9j .. < j 108' 2 oi '.. ■■ 115 8 5 I 5,015 0 0 .. : 3,879 14 0 ... ... 3,854 8 8 997 10 0 .. .. 2,330 8 4 .. .. .. ,991 5 10 184 18 9 .. •• 2,284 8 8 .. .. •• 1,004 15 11 t a fi 2 10 0 .. ■ •• 7 10 0 .. .. •. 12 6 ; .. .. 39 15 0 187 8 6 .. .. .. 365 17 9 l^6oT233 _ T1~A/m~ 2~9 _ U>46 4 7 67,546 1 101,430 12 91,430 12 912,649 9 3 7,432 18 3 4 175 0 0 17 15 5 25 26 Training of teachers Direction and administration (school and special classes) Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — Maintenance and small addittons(a)) ordinary rebuilding(6) and h bath-rooms and wash-houses(c) 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-in-struction purposes Rent of buildings for technical-in-struction purposes Sites-sales 55 3 2 162 4 1 27 1 j J>7,795 7 7 96 18 2 i i - j 1,566 0 OJ 1,856 9 2 28 29 115 3 5J .. J j i ! 30 31 32 33 \ 4,989 14 8i 658 7 6 1 1,094 14 Oi ; 737 5 7 I 125 0 0 50 0 736 0 I 60 0 0 i 5,849 14 0 4,189 0 34 3 17 6 35 218 4 3 14.170 8 11 7,468 11 0 Totals I I and included below under that heading.