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Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities as at 31st December, 1918. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Gr. balance, ourrent account, Bank of Contracts in progress .. .. .. 671 0 0 New Zealand .. .. .. 1,364 4 7 Science indent .. .. .. 240 0 0 Rents uncollected .. .. .. 431 12 3 Sundry accounts .. .. .. 130 1 9 Capitation due— Ordinary .. .. .. .. 75 4 2 Manual and technical .. .. 151 15 0 £2,022 16 0 £1,041 I 9 Duncan Sutherland, Chairman. A. A. McKinnon, Secretary.

OTAGO HIGH SCHOOLS BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1918. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d, Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Endowments— of year .. ... .. .. 2,561 1.8 I Proportion of office salaries .. .. 112 0 0 Endowments— Proportion of office expenses .. 32 16 10 Current income from resorves vested in Secondary Department— Board .. .. .. .. 2,951 18 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 8,512 12 5 Revenue from secondary-education re- Incidental expenses .. .. .. 1,302 9 2 serves .. .. .. .. -149 5 7 Maintenance of classes for manual inSecondary Department— struction .. .. 74 2 3 From Government— Buildings, &c. — Capitation for free places (including New buildings, additions, or other new annual grant, -£100) .. .. 7,519 4 1 works.. ' .. .. .. 1,266 14 3 Capitation for classes for manual in- Maintenance and repairs to buildings 240 8 3 struction .. .. .. 120 2 6 Furniture and apparatus (excluding School fees .. .. .. 540 13 4 boardinghouses) .. .. 58 2 5 Typewriting, singing, stationery, &c, Buildings, furniture, &0., for manual charges .. .. .. .. 251 15 10 classes.. .. .. .. 35 5 6 G. H. Stewart prize .. .. .. 4 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, &c).. 68 14 5 Dalrymple prize . . .. .. 4 0 0 Boardinghouses— Rectory ground.rent . . . . 72 0 0 General maintenance .. .. 2 0 3 Stamp on remittance . . . . 0 0 2 Ground-rent .. .. .. 72 0 0 War bursaries .. .. .. 33150 General— War bursaries .. .. .. 33 15 0 Refund of school fee .. .. 3 6 8 Balance at end of year .. .. 2,694 5 8 £14,508 13 1 £14,508 13 I Examined and found correct.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities as at 31st December, 1918. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Cr. balance, 31st December, 1918 .. 2,729 5 8 Unpresented cheques .. .. .. 35 0 0 Rents overdue .. .. .. 44 3 3 Tradesmen's accounts unpaid (estimated) 03 17 0 Capitation on free pupils due .. .. 19 10 3 Capitation on free pupils overpaid .. 729 2 9 £2,792 19 2 £827 19 9 T. K. Sidey, Chairman. P. J. Ness, Secretary.

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1918. Receipts. £ s. d. ; Payments. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning g| i Secondary Department— of year .. .. .. .. 146 17 2 : Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,990 0 0 Endowments —Revenue from secondary- ."' $ Incidental expenses .. .. .. 374 9 0 education reserves .. .. .. 96 19 2 Buildings, &c. — Secondary Department— Maintenance and repairs to buildings 09 2 2 From Government— Furniture and apparatus (excluding Maintenance buildings (section 100, boardinghouses) .. .. JO9 7 1 Education Act).. .. .. 39 10 3 Buildings, furniture, &c., for manual Capitation for free places (including classes.. .. .. .. 53 1.8 5 annual grant, £66 13s. 4d.) .. 2,185 7 1 Technical instruction—Total expenditure 123 15 0 (Japitation for classes for manual in- Balance at end of year .. .. 126 10 10 struction ...... 27 15 0 X- jgrgj t' . School fees.. .. .. .. 118 0 0 "f-'..",. Refunds from pupils for books, &c. . . 41 0 8 ;.»r,. v Voluntary contributions .. . . 63 7 0 Technical instruction —Total income . . 128 6 2 £2,847 8 6 . £2,847 8 6 Examined and found correct. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.