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£ s. d. Bank balance at Ist January, 1912, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. 1,033 2 9 £ s. d. __ Bank balance at 3lst December 1912, Cr. .. .. .. 977 10 0 Less unpresented cheques .. .. .. .. 116 12 3 860 17 9 On hand.. .. .. .. .. ~ .. 006 Total at 31st December, 1912, Cr. .. .. .. .. £860 18 3 Harold Trimble, Chairman. Education Office, New Plymouth, 15th April, 1913. P. S. Whitcombe, Secretary. i Auditor's Certificate. Examined and found correct, except that the following payments are without authority of law: Mr. Morton, £7 7s. (expenses attending Conference, Wellington); Mr. Trimble, £1 15s. (expenses attending Royal Commission, Wanganui; and they are, therefore, disallowed. — R. -T. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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24a Training of uncertificated teachers .. .. 50 0 0 .. .. si 10 (i .. .. .. 31 10 0 Buildings : .Maintenance, rebuilding, ren' 25 Iα) Maintenance and small additions I o ,.» no , ■> i-t- n n «» n n f (<*)2,924 17 2 and (ft) ordinary rebuilding I i (6) Iβ 4 .. .. u>40410 n 70a 14 31 26 Rebuilding schools destroyed by tire 80 7 3 .. \ 2,950 0 0 .. .. 2,936 8 0 .. .. Id 11 .. /8» ih * 27 Rents of buildings and sites for .. 298 12 3 | 104 13 0 .. .. 107 9 3 .. .. J school purposes New buildings, furniture, additions, sites — 28 Public schools .. .. .. .. 1,507 14 0 3,007 0 0 .. 9 11 10 3.420 15 0 .. .. .. 1,91117 2 59111 2 29 Manual instruction .. .. ■• I afi a a a! ' '" ' •• •• 81 3 4 .. .. 7 q s lf) ,, ]( \i ( , - 30 Technical instruction .. .. .. 888 4 8N 263 15 10 .. .. 102 3 1 .. .. ' ™ W " - 31 Rent of buildings for manual-in- 3 0 .0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 struetion purposes SS Rent of buildings for technical-m- 25 14 0 .. 6 10 .. .. 2 10 0 .. .. 29 5 0 .. 14 10 0 struetion purposes 33 J Sites-salts .. .. .. .. .. .. . • • • ■ • ✓• Other separate accounts — Contractor/ deposits .. .. 8230 .. .. .. .. 76 30 .. .. 600 25 26 27 :4a 268 6 6 6 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 4,838 10 11 3,805 8 8 11 3,40110-2 903 6 2 43,107 9 9 .. .. 4,202 11 1 3,34112 10,3,71111 4 4,202 11 1 3,341 12 10 3,711 11 4 490 18 6 490 18 • (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 and rebuilding of school buildings and included below under that heading.