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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Balance at beginning of year .. .. 3,389 0 6 Staff salaries and olerical assistance .. 1,565 12 0 Grants from Government for— Office oontingenoiea .. .. .. 909 16 8 Teachers'and pupil-teachers'salaries, and i Teachers'and pupil-teachers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachejs.. .. 26,286 8 8 allowances to pupil-teachers.. .. 30,675 15 11 Reserves revenue for primary education 4,312 0 0 Relieving-teachers'salaries .. .. 210 4 0 Capitation at 6d. for relievingteaehers .. 206 7 6 ; Conveyance and board of sohool-children .. 33 5 3 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 4,892 17 9 i Special oapitation to School Committees .. 295 8 6 Special capitation at 9d. for Sohool Com- , Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 2,575 15 11 mittees .. .. .. .. 295 8 6 I Accident pay to disabled employee .. 95 14 0 Training of teachers other than at train- Donations, Canadian Park Fund .. 7 5 4 ing colleges .. .. .. 175 0 0 Payments on account of Gisborne High Conveyance and board of school-children 23 5 3 School Board .. .. .. 32 12 2 Postage on pamphlets distributed for Allowance to scholarship holders and exDepartment .. .. .. 112 9 penses of examination — Receipts from other sources—Donations to Board scholarships .. .. .. 557 0 0 teachers' salaries, £99; rents, £45 15s. National Scholarships .. .. 250 0 0 6d. ; truancy fines, £5 45.; interest on Salaries of teachers and additions to salaries deposit, £10; Government Insurance of head teachers on staffs of district Department, £95145.; donations,Cana- high schools .. .. .. 1,170 8 4 dian Fund (Imperial Park, Quebec), Manual and technical— £7 ss. 4d. ; refund from Gisborne High School classes .. .. .. 1,471 0 1 School Board, £32 12s. 2d, .. .. 295 11 0 Special olasses .. .. .. 1,453 4 9 Grants from Government for— Payment to managers, associated teohSoholarships— nioal olasses .. .. .. 19 1 3 Education Board .. .. .. 412 15 0 Maintenance of school buildings— National .. .. .. * .. 187 10 0 Alterations, small additions, repairs, reDistrict high schools— painting, &o. .. .. .. 2,445 4 9 Salaries of teachers.. .. .. 1,019 3 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 138 16 0 Subsidies on voluntary contributions, House allowances .. .. .. 1,937 3 8 &c. .. .. .. .. 191 0 9 New school buildings, additional classReceipts from other sources, district high rooms, furniture, school baths, sites, sciiools— &c. .. .. .. .. 3,652 19 5 Fees .. .. .. .. 896j Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for Donations to teachers' salaries .. 72 18 4 manual and technical purposes— Voluntary contributions .. .. 384 0 1 School classes .. .. .. 205 6 8 Grants from Government for manual and Special classes .. .. .. 1,417 1 2 technical instruction — Balance at end of year .. .. .. 6,186 15 3 Capitation on all classes .. .. 1,472 16 8 Material for class-work .. .. 115 6 7 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 85 3 6 Receipts from other sources, manual and technical—Fees, £299 9s. 6d. ; voluntary contributions, £135 3s. 6d. ; refunds, £8 12s. 4d.; sales, £72 10s. 4d. ; Dannevirke High School Board, instruction of classes, £56 6s. 3d. .. 572 1 11 Grants from Government for— Maintenance of school buildings, rebuilding, rents, sites, &c. .. .. 5,002 8 6 House allowances .. .. .. 846 10 11 New school buildings, additions, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 4,442 14 9 Techuical-school buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 1,439 19 5 Bubsidies on voluntary contributions .. 553 0 9 Voluntary contributions — Buildings Account .. .. .. .. 553 0 9 Other receipts— Contributions towards cost of clocks .. 15 18 9 Contractors' deposits forfeited .. .. 53 0 0 £57,305 11 1 £57,305 11 1 W. Ei. Russell, Chairman. 7th June, 1909. G. Ceawshaw, Secretary.

MARYBOROUGH. g IR) Education Office, Blenheim, 18th March, 1909. In accordance with the provisions of "The Education Act, 1908," the Marlborough Education Board has the honour to present the following report of the proceedings for the year 1908. Board. —The members in office at the beginning of the year were: Eastern Ward —Mr. John Conolly, Mr. W. H. Macey, and Mr. W. B. Parker; Central Ward —Mr. R. McCallum,.Mr. E. H. Penny,'and Mr. J. J. White; Western Ward —Mr. H. M. Reader, Mr. John S. Storey, and Mr. John Smith. The members who retired by effluxion of time were Messrs. Conolly, Penny, and Smith ; but at the annual election all were returned to represent their respective wards. At the 7—E. 2,

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