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£ s. d. Net balance at Ist January, 1917, Cr. .. .. .. .. 8,354 14 7 Net balance at 31st December, 1917, Cr. .. .. .. 20,295 5 3 Education Office, Dunedin, 6th March, 1918. D. T. Fleming, Chairman. S. M. Park, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that (1) Messrs. Smith and Livingstone, having drawn travelling-expenses from the Land Purchase Board for attendance at meetings held on the same dates as those of the Education Board, have unlawfully drawn corresponding expenses from the latter; (2) the accounts credits are not supported by equivalent funds.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

16 16 17 L8 Technical instruction —Receipts from capita- I tion, contributions, subsidies, grants for material, fees, sales, &c, expended on — Classes conducted by Board — Salaries of instructors .. • • 1 Material .. .. .. ■■ f ■■ 2,498 3 7 866 6 3 Direction, administration, &c. .. J Classes conducted by managers —All ser- .. .. 9,220 4 6 vices except buildings, equipment, and rent Teachers' house allowances .. .. 34 18 1 .. 1,313 4 9 School buildings —Rebuilding — Rebuilding for the whole year.. .. .. .. I 11 Ml II) i Maintenance and small additions prior to .. .. I ' 1st November Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire .. .. .. 15 0 0 Rents of buildings and sites for school .. .. 58 8 0 purposes prior to 1st November School buildings —Maintenance(Nov.-Dec.) — Ordinary maintenance .. ~| f 1,095 0 0 Rents of buildings and sites .. .. j>*7,844 18 3 .. «j Deposits forfeited ...... j Rents of buildings for manual instruction .. 206 12 6 Public schools —New buildings, additions, .. 4,803 15 0 8,630 0 0 furniture, apparatus, sites New buildings, apparatus, &c, for manual and technical classes — Manual instruction (exclusive of element- .. 334 6 1 ary handwork) Technical instruction .. .. .. .. 329 2 11 Sites-sales .. .. .. .. .. 2,933 10 10 Contractors' deposits .. .. .. 257 6 0 Contributions and subsidies for public-school j .. 64 18 3 61 4 1 purposes Incidental expenses of schools —Special war I .. .. 975 16 0 payment Teachers' train fares .. .. .. .. .. 25 3 5 Teachers' war bonus .. .. .. .. 5 19 8 2,509 14 8 Patriotic funds .. .. .. 80 15 11 Daniel Clarke Shield 327 0 2 206 17 7 62 11 0 122 10 0 81 11 11 0 5 4 3,01619 8 14 1 0 { I 848 8 6 ~) 296 2 1 }■ 36 4 5 j 8,360 4 6 1,320 14 0,762 6 8 I *** 2 6 163 11 9l 34 10 0| 1,886 6 3 18 5 e| I I 5,934 2 6 860 0 0 28 1 6 ! 9 8 • i>1.163 15 0 2,485 12 2 88 9 9 3 9 11 I 435 0 8 1,479 18 4 2,485 12 2 • • 860 0 0 28 1 6 500 0 0 2,581 8 2 20 147 12 6| 4,439 8 11 435 5 7 354 5 0 177 18 4 177 18 4 177 18 4 21 334 6 1 22 23 28 3 7 60 6 0 257 6 0! 114 7 4J 122 10 0 307 13 0 106 3 9 357 6 6| 2,993 16 10 36 9 7" }■ 830 9 3 793 19 8 122 10 0 106 3 9 0 9 668 3 0 25 8 9 3,297 14 8 2,991 11 10 14 1 0 : I 1 Totals .. .. .. i 22,680 6 51 14,325 11 10i 178,130 0 8 14,325 11 10 178,130 0 8 4,329 17 8 4,329 17 8 170,519 7 8 6,369 8 1 6,369 8 1 31,886 16 111,591 10 10 4,478 17 2 5,539 5 i * Erroneously credited to Account No. 18 instead of to Account No. 17. Adjustment to be made by Board in 1918.