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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. \ Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,745 0 1 Management— Government capitation under Manual and Offico salaries.. .. .. .. 130 0 0 Technical Instruction Regulations .. 39 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 34 18 9 Endowments— Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 2,513 2 4 Current income from reserves .. .. 384 10 3 Boarding-school account .. .. .. 2,707 5 0 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Prizes . . .. .. .. .. 58 4 4 purchase-money .. .. .. 80 0 0 Material for classes other than classes for Paid by School Commissioners .. .. 58 15 0 manual instruction .. .. .. 63 8 3 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,645 19 2 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 26 13 8 Boarding-sohool foes .. .. .. 2,774 0 7 Cleaning, fuel, light, Ac... .. .. 2 5 0 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 16 010 Purchases and new works .. .. 1,290 7 2 Other receipts— Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 118 10 1 Rent of site .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 120 17 2 Church sittings .. .. .. 38 0 0 Buildings, equipment, &0., for manual inGymnastic apparatus sold .. .. 10 0 0 slruotion .. .. .. 342 13 9 Interest on current account .. .. 33 5 6 Other expenditure— Bank oharge .. .. .. .. 010 0 Fire insurance .. .. .. 25 17 8 Caretaker .. .. .. .. 55 13 0 Church sittings .. .. .. 48 4 0 Members'expenses .. .. .. 4 9 10 « Legal .. .. .. .. 110 Acoident insurance .. .. .. 0 15 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 Fire-alarm .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 Balance at ond of year .. .. ~ 223 3 11 £7,806 5 11 £7,806 5 11 Fred Pikani, Chairman. W. J. Carson, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that payments which have been made to members of the Board of sums amounting to £4 9s. lOd. for travelling-expenses are without authority of law.— J. K. Warbukton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. W. Empson, B.A. ; Mr. H. B. Watson, MA. ; Rev. C. M.A. ; Mr. E. C. Hardwicke, M.A. ; Mr. J. Harold ; Mr. J. A. Neame, B.A. ; Mr. J. E. Bannister, M.A. ; Mr. G. F. McGrath, M.A. ; Mr. J. Allen, B.A. ; Mr. H. M. Butterworth ; Mr. B. D. Ashcroft; Mr. F. L. Peck ; Mr. C. Cox. 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Iliqhcst. —Up to University Junior Scholarship standard. Lowest— Latin, English (grammar, composition, history, geography), French, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, science, drawing. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 1,603 15 10 Balance at beginning of year .. .. 264 5 8 Interest on prize-moneys invested .. 10 13 0 ManagementSchool fees .. .. .. •• 2,208 1 1 Office salary .. .. .. 150 0 0 Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 6,520 7 6 Other office expenses .. .. .. 45 3 0 Sundry school fees .. .. •■ 593 611 Other expenses of management .. 63 10 0 Musio fees .. .. •■ •• 166 4 0 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,022 10 0 Boys'extras '.'. '.'. .. •• 2,278 3 0 Boarding-school accountMedical attendant .. .. .. 104 2 6 Boarding fees .. .. .. 5,676 2 0 Other receipts—Management .. .. 26 9 2 Sundry school fees .. .. .. 610 3 9 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 732 3 7 Music teachers .. .. .. 119 16 0 Boys' extras .. .. .. .. 2,610 8 10 Medical attendant .. .. .. 105 12 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 47 12 7 Printing, stationery, advertising, and stamps 65 3 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 202 9 11 Maintenance of classes for manual instruction .. .. .. .. .. 34 15 0 Workshop and engineering class .. .. 25 0 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 226 1 6 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 343 3 5 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 74 6 8 Insurances .. .. .. .. 50 18 10 Interest on current account .. .. 6 6 6 EndowmentsValuation .. .. .. .. 5 5 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. .. 53 16 0 Other expenditure— Legal expenses .. .. .. 66 2 3 Chemicals, &c. .. .. .. 29 0 6 New CollegeWages .. .. .. .. 475 6 6 Tools, &c. .. .. .. .. 170 6 8 £14,543 6 7 £14,543 6 7 Frederic Wellington, Chairman. S. W. Adams, Secretary. Audited and found to be correct. —W. Rodwell, F.1.A.N.Z., Auditor.