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WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts fob the Year ended 31st December, 1915. Receipts. £ a. A. ! Expenditure. £ s. d. Cash in hand at beginning of year .. 62 17 2,' Dr. balance at beginning "of year .. .. 396 710 Current income from reserves .. .. 3,118 8 8 j Management - Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Offico salaries .. .. .. 352 0 0 purchase-money .. .. .. 6 14 Other office expenses .. 151 7 4 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,700 0 0[ Other expenses'of management .. 55 12 10 Sundry sohool fees .. .. .. 545 5 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 5,096 1 4 Boarding-sohool fees .. .. .. 11,317 11 0 j Medical officer .. .. .. .. 130 15 0 Music fees .. .. .. .. 415 16 0 Boarding-school Account .. .. 6,794 3 8 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 3,407 15 6 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 380 7 2 Balance of loan from Australian Mutual j Prizes .. .. .. .. 65 15 9 Provident Society .. .. .. 1,000 00 I Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 164 16 8 Sundry school funds .. .. .. 102 15 4 : Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 1,575 18 8 other temporary advances .. .. 3,822 210 Laboratory expenses .. .. .. 132 1 9 Maintenance and repairs ol buildings .. 253 14 7 1 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, &c.) .. 331 6 6 j Interest on current account and on mortgage 2,750 7 5 Sundry school funds .. .. .. 545 5 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Extraordinary school expenses .. .. 134 6 8 Roading estate .. .. .. 1,689 8 1 Legal expenses, survey, &o. .. .. 127 6 0 : Buildings, equipment, &c. .. .. 149 16 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 359 16 1 Cash on hand .. 269 9 8 £24,252 8 8 £24,252 8 8 J. P. Williamson, Secretary. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1915. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Rents outstanding .. .. .. 410 4 7 Accrued interest .. .. .. 699 0 3 Boys' acoounts outstanding .. .. 1,543 15 11 House accounts .. .. 216 19 0 Boys' extras paid but not charged .. 875 1 3 Sundry creditors .. .. 110 0 0 Sundry debtors.. .. .. .. 600 0 3 Loans from Australian Mutual Provident Cash in hand .. .. .. .. 269 9 8 Society .. .. .. .. 55,000 0 0 Bank .. .. .. .. .. 1,575 18 8 £3,698 11 8 £67,601 17 11 ,). P. Williamson, Secretary. WANGANUI GIRLS' COLLEGE. General Statement of Accounts fob the Yeae ended 31st Decembeb, 1915. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Government capitation— Dr. balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,057 19 1 For free places .. .. .. 1,036 8 4 Management — For manual instruction .. .. 81 5 O Office salaries.. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 735 17 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 58 14 7 Revenue of secondary-education reserves .. 298 2 9 Board members' travelling-expenses .. 8 8 8 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,022 17 3 Rent.. .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 Boarding-sohool fees .. .. ' .. 3,137 18 7 Teachers'salaries and aliowanoes.. .. 2,913 0 8 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 1,259 7 2 Boarding-school Account.. .. .. 2,340 11 6 Other receipts, namely— Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 18 1 10 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 25 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 144 18 4 Churoh sittings .. .. .. 43 0 0 Grounds — Repair and upkeep of fenoes, Refund, New Zealand Railways .. 217 7 grounds, Ac. .. .. .. .. 182 16 11 Dr. balanoe at end of year .. .. 1,334 10 2 Books and stationery for sale to pupils and other tomporary advances .. .. 1,369 3 6 Maintenance of classes for manual instruction .. .. .. .. 247 1 6 Government grant (anticipated) for buildings, furniture, fittings, and apparatus for recognized classes for manual instruction .. 319 16 6 Maintenance and repairs of buildings and equipment .. .. .. .. 322 0 7 Miscellaneous—Rates, &c. .. .. 96 2 5 Building equipment, &c, for manual instruction .. .. .. .. 418 6 2 Interest on current account and bank charge 60 18 0 Endowments, Sales Acoount—Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. .. .. .. 36 8 8 Other expenditure, namely— Miscellaneous, £5 2«. 3d.; refunds, £62 lis. 67 13 3 Contractor's deposit, £25; overpaid, £2 17s. 7d.... .. .. .. 27 17 7 Accident insurance, £6 4s. Id.; firealarm, £7 13s. 6d. .. .. .. 13 17 7 Legal expenses, 10s. 6d. ; ohuroh sittings, £42 16s. .. .. .. .. 43 6 6 £9,977 3 10 £9,977 3 10 Feed. Pieani, Chairman. W. J. Cabson, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct, except that the payment of £23 os. 6d. for goods supplied by Mr. Luxford while a member of the Board, is contrary to law.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.