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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1903. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,831 4 6 Clerk's salary .. .. .. .. 12 12 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 216 810 Petty cash .. .. .. .. 10 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid South Canterbury Education Board .. 100 0 0 purchase-money .. .. .. 67 5 0 Physical culture .. .. .. 20 5 0 Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 18 18 0 Technical classes .. .. .. 10 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 5 5 0 Scholarships and Exhibitioners' fees .. 59 17 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 14 7 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. IS 12 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 10 0 Members' travelling-expenses .. .. 3 0 0 High School Cadets .. .. .. 16 10 0 Interest on current account, Is. ; bank charge, 10s. ; exchange, 4s. .. .. 015 0 Balance at end of year— Fixed deposit .. 407 1 1 Less overdraft .. 33 9 6 373 11 7 On mortgage .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 £2,133 16 4 £2,133 16 4 G. H. Graham, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that the payment " High School cadets, £16 10s." made for prizes to cadet corps is without authority of law. — J. K. Wabbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WAITAKI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School.—Dr. J. R. Don, B.Sc, M.A., F.C.S., F.G.S.; Mr. W. Grave, 8.A.; Mr. T. A. Hunter, M.A.; Mr. G. A. Uttley, M.A. ; Sergeant-Major Kibblewhite. Girls , School. —MissC. Ferguson, M.A.; Miss V. M. Greig, M.A.; Miss M. 0. Cunninghame, 8.A.; Miss M. McCaw ; Sergeant-Major Kibblewhite. 1. Report of the Governors. Girls' School. —The Governors have again to thank the Minister for the liberal grant for the erection of the new Waitaki Girls' High School, and report that the building has been completed, and the school will be opened in the new building at the beginning of the new year. The contract for the erection of the school has been faithfully carried out, and the class-rooms and internal arrangements are quite up to date and are admired by all who have seen them. The laying-out of the splendid grounds is in hand, and will be completed early in the new year. Boys' School. —The class-room accommodation in the school is quite inadequate for the number of pupils who are now wishing to take advantage of secondary education in this district. In conclusion, the Governors have great pleasure in recording the continued excellent work done in both schools during the year, and it is their earnest hope that the class accommodation at the boys' school will at an early date be brought into line with that now provided at the girls' school. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1903. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 65 17 10 Office salary .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 Grant from Government for girls' new school 1,449 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,438 18 1 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,296 2 4 Drill-instruction .. .. .. 22 1 8 Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 153 811 School appliances .. .. .. 48 11 5 School fees—Boys, £657 ss. ; girls, £211 .. 868 5 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 415 0 J. M. Brown .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 52 8 9 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 40 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 86 0 8 Valuation for improvements .. .. 50 5 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 36 6 6 Rates, insurance, and taxes .. .. 50 511 Interest on current account .. .. 3 4 0 Progress payments, girls' new school (including refund of deposit, £40) .. .. 1,654 18 6 Incidental expenses, £7 7s. 6d. ; Petty cash, £10; Ranger, £15; solicitor's fees, £29 17s. sd. .. .. .. 62 4 11 Valuation paid .. .. .. 50 5 0 Balance in bank at end of year, 31st December, 1903 .. .. .. .. 338 1 8 £3,923 2 1 £3,923 2 1 Donald Borrie, Chairman. A. McKinnon, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.