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NAPIER HIGH SCHOOLS BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1925. Receipts. Payments. Endowments Income Account £ s. d. Endowments Income Account :— £ s. d. Current income from reserves vested in Proportion of office salaries .. . . 7 8 8 Board .. .. .. .. 485 10 0 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 413 10 Revenue from secondary-education re- Legal expenses and commission .. 12 13 6 serves .. .. .. .. 1,541 1 9 Transfer to General Account— Interest on moneys derived from endow- For repairs to buildings .. .. 557 10 8 ments .. .. .. .. 123 19 1 For salaries .. .. .. 67 7 3 For rent, improvements, &c. .. 884 10 1 Buildings and Sites Account .. 616 6 10 £2,150 10 10 £2,150 10 10 Endowments Capital Account :— Endowments Capital Account : — Loan-moneys repaid.. .. .. £1,900 0 0 Transfers to Building Account .. £1,900 0 0 Buildings and Sites Capital Account :— Buildings and Sites Capital Account :• — Government grant for portable addition Balance, 31st December, 1924 . . 4,395 6 7 to Girls' High School .. .. 214 0 8 New Boys' High School buildings .. 26,458 12 5 Government grant for new Boys' High Additions, Girls' High School.. .. 90 0 5 School building . . .. .. 14, 500 0 0 Furniture and equipment, schools .. 2 8 9 Loans raised for buildings .. .. 4,650 0 0 Principal of loans repaid .. .. 538 11 6 Transfers from — Interest on loans for buildings .. 303 10 8 General Account .. .. .. 228 4 1 Endowments Capital Account .. 1,900 0 0 Endowments Income Account .. 616 6 10 Balance, 31st December, 1925 .. 9,679 18 9 £31,788 10 4 £31,788 10 4 Lower Department Account Lower Department Account :— Balance, 31st December, 1924 .. 160 9 11 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 531 6 8 School fees .. .. .. 476 3 9 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 69 3 5 Interest on depositb .. .. .. 24 15 0 School Journals .. .. . . 3 13 8 Investments .. .. . . 0 15 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 2 16 Balance, 31st December, 1925 ... 49 8 5 £661 8 8 £661 8 8 Hostels Account :— Hostels Account :— Balance, 31st December, 1924 .. 733 7 4 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 396 6 10 Boarding and luncheon fees .. .. 6,407 13 5 Provisions .. .. .. .. 1,922 5 8 Refunds of advances to boarders .. 1,018 8 2 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 294 10 8 Interest on deposits .. .. .. 25 12 0 Salaries of teachers for supervision .. 25 0 0 Wages of Matron and staff .. .. 1,710 14 1 Furniture, utensils, &c. .. .. 240 8 10 Repairs to buildings.. .. .. 64 19 7 Insurance rates, &c. .. .. 180 10 7 Advances to boarders .. .. 964 4 3 Caretaking and cleaning .. .. 140 7 3 Investments .. .. .. 5 17 0 Other expenses .. .. .. 1110 4 Balance, 31st December, 1925 .. 2,128 15 10 £8,185 0 11 £8,185 0 11 Secondary Department General Ac- j Secondary Department General Account : — count Balance, 31st December, 1924 .. 1,404 0 8 | Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 8,668 13 7 Government payment for salaries of | Incidental expenses .. . . .. 947 8 0 teachers .. .. .. .. 7,947 14 8 Material for classes for manual and Government payment for incidental ex- \ science instruction .. .. 160 4 0 penses .. .. .. .. 1,340 0 0 j Voluntary Contributions Account .. 617 9 7 Government grant for balopticon .. 11 00 j Maintenance of buildings .. .. 557 10 8 Subsidies on voluntary contributions for New Boys' School site, rates, and imgeneral purposes .. .. .. 13 0 0 provements .. .. .. 270 2 5 Voluntary contributions for general pur- 1 Interest on deposit reinvested .. 27 2 7 poses .. .. .. 1, 056 8 0 ! Contractors' deposit and prizes .. 108 15 2 School fees.. .. .. .. 265 18 4 Stationery, games, and miscellaneous Rents of reserves—not endowments .. 1,071 0 0 fees .. .. .. .. 1,367 8 6 Investments —Cash deposits matured .. 2,040 0 0 Improvements and plant .. .. 944 11 4 Magazine and prizes.. .. .. 43 15 6 Badges, private endowments, and sundry Contractors' deposits and badges .. 55 3 0 payments .. .. .. 223 15 1 Stationery, games, and miscellaneous fees 1,713 10 6 Transfer to Buildings and Sites Capital Sundry receipts .. .. .. 8 114 Account — Transfer from Endowments Income Ac- | Furniture .. .. .. 228 4 1 count — Rent, &c. .. .. .. 80 8 6 Repairs .. .. .. .. 557 10 8 Balance, 31st December, 1925 .. 4,277 16 3 Salaries .. .. .. .. 67 7 3 New boys' site . . .. .. 884 10 1 £18,479 9 9 £18,479 9 9

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