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2. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. A. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 675 7 8 Management— Government grant for buildings, furniture, Office salary .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 fittings, apparatus, &o. .. .. 22 8 4 Other offioe expenses .. .. .. 15 0 4 Government capitation for free places .. 497 0 8 Other expenses of management .. 417 0 Endowments— Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,147 10 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,043 4 10 Prizes .. .. .. .. 25 7 8 Paid by School Commissioners .. 300 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 26 15 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 208 19 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 66 19 5 Othes receipts— Purchases and new works .. .. 609 4 8 Transfer fees .. .. .. 10 0 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 6 3 3 Refund cost of school photos .. .. 17 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 14 17 6 Interest on deposits .. .. .. 11 2 10 Insurance .. .. .. .. 8 5 11 Buildings, equipments, &c, for manual instruction .. .. .. .. 60 1 4 Endowments—Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) 6 5 0 Other expenditure— Law .. .. .. .. 2 4 6 Pees refunded .. .. .. 7 7 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 699 17 9 £2,760 16 4 £2,760 16 4 J. E. Wilson, Chairman. Waltee Bewley, Secretary. Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WANGANUI GIELS' COLLEGE. Staff. Miss M. I. Praser, M.A. ; Miss S. E. Gifforo , , M.A.; Miss J. Knapp, 8.A.; Miss J. R. Currie, M.A.; Miss A. Blennerhassett, B.A. ; Miss E. M. Mclntosh, M.A. ; Miss J. O. Abernetby, M.A. ; Miss A. Reitzel; Miss M. Warren ; Mrs. A. J. Blandford, L.R.A.M.; Miss J. Cherrett; Miss L. Reichert; Mr. D. E. Hutton ; Miss M. Browne. 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English, French, Latin, German, mathematics, mechanics, as for degree of 8.A., University of New Zealand. Swimming, deep, breathing. Certain pupils receive instruction in cookery and dressmaking. Lowest. —Work beyond Standard VI in English. Books read—Evangeline, and King Arthur, and The Knights of the Round Table. Arithmetic—Fundamental rules and vulgar fractions. French —Conversation and written work. Geography, history, Scripture, sewing, brushwork and drawing, deep breathing. Some pupils take cookery. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1907. . Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,901 3 10 ManagementGovernment capitation under Manual and Office salaries.. .. .. .. 130 0 0 Teohnical Instruction Regulations .. 17 7 6 Other office expenses .. .. .. 31 5 2 Endowments — Other expenses of management.. .. 14 6 Current income from reserves .. .. 324 16 9 Teachers'salaries and allowanoes.. .. 2,083 7 3 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Boarding-school aocount .. .. .. 2,441 2 0 purchase-money .. .. .. 80 0 0 Examination expenses .. .. .. 119 0 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 139 8 0 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,441 18 8 Prizes and prize-giving .. .. .. 33 14 £ Boarding-sohool fees .. .. .. 2,889 2 7 Class material .. .. .. .. 618 8 Voluntary contributions .. .. .. 47 12 7 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 85 14 4 Other receipts— Cleaning, fuel, light, &c... .. .. 2 5 0 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 19 15 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 718 1 9 Churoh sittings .. .. .. 42 4 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 83 10 1 Rent of house.. .. .. .. 18 0 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 96 18 0 Refund passage-money.. .. .. 2 1 10 Rates .. .. .. .. .. 56 19 4 Baths .. .. .. .. .. 65 10 4 Buildings, equipments, &0., for manual instruotion .. .. .. .. 138 10 4 Other expenditure— Bank interest charge .. .. .. 3 14 6 Caretaker .. .. .. .. 54 12 0 Refunds .. .. .. .. 7 9 4 Fire insurance .. .. .. 27 2 8 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 19 15 0 Church sittings .. ... .. 48 17 0 Balance at end of year .. .. ~ 1,745 0 1 £7,923 10 9 £7,923 10 9 Peed Pieani, Chairman. W. J. Caeson, Secretary,

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