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f s. d. £ s. d. Net balance at 1st January, 1916, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. 46,286 14 7 Bank balance at 31st December, 1916, Or. .. .. .. 30,286 10 0 Less unpresented cheques .. .. .. .. 61 13 0 30,224 17 0 On Contractors' Deposit Account .. .. .. .. 90 0 0 On fixed deposit .. .. .. .. .. .. 30,702 18 4 Total at 31st December, 1916, Cr... .. .. £61,017 15 4 J. 0. McKenzee, Chairman. Education Office. Auckland, 8th January, 1917. R. Crowe, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. Examined and found correct, except that there is no authority of law for the transfer of £2,000 from No. 16 to No. 21.— R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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15 Manual instruction: Receipts from capitation, contributions, subsidies, sal«s, &c, expended on — , (a.) Direction and administration .. h (6.) Salaries of instructors .. > ... (c.) Material for manual instruction .. ; 16 Technical instruction : Receipts from capitation, contributions, subsidies, grants for material, fees, sales, &c, expended on — (i.) Salaries of instructors .. ■• I (ii.) Material .. .. .. I J> 1,895 9 11 (iii.) Direction, administration, &c. 17 Teachers' house allowances .. .. 18 Buildings —Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — (a.) Maintenance and small additions .. "j (6.) Ordinary rebuilding .. .. | J>41,528 2 2 (c.) Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire.. jj (d.) Rents of buildings and sites for school ; purposes 19 Rents of buildings for manual and technical instruction — (a.) Manual instruction (6.) Technical instruction 20 | Public schools —New buildings, additions, furniture, apparatus, sites 21 New buildings, apparatus, &c., for manual and technical classes — (a.) Manual instruction (exclusive of elementary handwork) (6.) Technical instruction (classes conducted by Board) 22 Sites-sales 23 I Contractors' deposits .. .. .. 40 0 0 5 i 4,932 10 6 22 18 3 I 823 12 8 172 19 6 4,154 1 3 800 5 1 108 6 3: 2,225 17 8 18.602 I 10 1.253 1 4 15,561 4 0! 2,468 18 6'J 9,066 12 2J | 18,813 17 1 1,158 7 8 ] 231 16 7 1,421 0 5 200 15 6 9,987 0 6 1,233 0 5 474 13 6 58 14 9 118 11 1 420 17 2 376 4 8 1,076 13 9| 5,917 2 1 > .. .. 5,527 19 1 5,838 0 0 500 0 0 3,456 15 II J 8,076 15 5! .. il 1,047 5 10 .. 3-5,411 14 6 .. 6,243 0 0 325 0 0 3,389 16 SI .. 2,000 0 0J 9,078 12 11! .. .. 34 19 0 34 19 0 10,094 1 9 1 359 11 4 )■ .. .. 50,123 12 81 .. 5.914 10 0 2.137 0 0 1,154 17 9 J 1,483 7 lli .. .. .. 886 0 2 1.502 11 11 661 13 2 6 10 0 .. .. .. 6 10 0 201 2 6 .. .. .. 173 6 6 182 0 0 99 15 0 11,337 6 10 .. .. .. 5,504 7 7 6.884 6 11 2,375 0 0 1,012 18 10 .. .. .. 105 10 0 686 2 6 350 0 0 2,394 4 1 2,000 0 0 .. .. 325 4 6 63 18 0 .. .. 1,868 18 6 2,590 0 0 326 4 8 .. .. 90 0 0 .. 90 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 63,133 0 1 16,846 5 6 16,846 5 6j 351,436 13 0 6,632 9 1 3 351,436 13 0 6,632 9 1 343,338 1 4l 343,338 1 4 3.496 12 11 3,496 12 11 79,402 19 lo|l8,385 4 631,812 4 9 7,894 16 11 3.496 12 11 3,496 12 11 79,402 19 1018,385 4 6 31,812 4 9 7,894 16 11