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2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 15th May, 1908. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 416 11 11 Cost of management .. .. .. 263 13 7 Endowments— Teachers'salaries and allowances.. .. 3,520 19 2 Price of land sold (Capital Account) .. 1,316 15 0 Examinations— Temporary investment repaid (Capital Examiners' fees .. 21 16 3 Account) .. .. .. .. 1,350 0 0 Other expenses of examination .. .. 115 11 Current income from land .. .. 2,101 4 3 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 693 19 6 Current income from scholarships endow- Prizes .. .. .. .. .. 43 5 8 ments .. .. .. .. 728 0 4 Material for classes other than classes for Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid manual instruction .. .. .. 33 0 5 purchase-money .. .. 260 4 4 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 94 15 10 School fees .. .. .. .. 3,098 4 6 Cleaning, fuel, light, <fto. .. .. 193 5 4 Old buildings sold, and other refunds .. 189 16 11 New works .. .. .. 126 19 8 Voluntary contributions on acoount of Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 235 0 6 general purposes of the school .. .. 1,926 19 8 Miscellaneous (rates, insurances, &c.) .. 57 12 0 Other receipts — Interest on ourrent account .. .. 8 15 8 Depreciation and sinking funds transfer to Endowments, Sales Account— Capital Account (see contra) .. .. 698 6 9 Proceeds invested .. .. .. 2,250 0 0 Sundries unclassified .. .. .. 3 0 0 Buildings .. .. .. .. 1,838 0 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, Ac) .. .. 13 0 0 Other expenditure— Expenses connected with land estate .. 114 12 4 Expenses oonneoted with school chapel .. 18 1 3 Grant, Boys' Games Fund .. .. 286 19 5 Grant, Boys' Cadet Fund .. .. 28 7 6 Depreciation and sinking funds (transfer; • see contra) .. .. .. .. 698 6 9 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,546 16 11 £12,089 3 8 £12,089 3 8 C. Christchurch, Warden. W. Guise Brittan, Bursar. Kxamined and found correct. —A. A. M. McKellar, Auditor.

AKAROA HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 397 18 3 Cost of management—Bank fees .. .. 010 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 133 011 Prizeß .. .. .. .. .. 300 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 3 5 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, Ac.) .. .. 2 2 0 Paid to North Canterbury Education Board— Grant to District High Sohool .. .. 150 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 372 2 2 £530 19 2 £530 19 2 H. C. Jacobson Chairman and Secretary.

ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. W. F. Watters, B.A. ; Mr. E. T. Norris, M.A. ; Miss F. E. Kershaw, M.A. ; Misß M. Steven, 8.A., B.Sc. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. The 'personnel of the Board is as follows : Mr. J. Tucker (Chairman), His Worship the Mayor (Henry Davis, Esq.), and Messrs. C. Reid, S. S. Chapman, J. Studholme, W. B. Denshire, and W. H. Collins ; Mr. J. Studholme being appointed by the County Council in the place of Mr. Stitt, who retired from the County Council. The Board sincerely regretted the death of Mr. D. Thomas, the late Chairman, who had always taken a great interest in the school, and to whom was due much of the credit in the school-buildings being completed and a science-room erected. Mr. Joshua Tucker was elected Chairman in his place. The Board held eleven meetings, the average attendance being six. During the year the work has been carried on in an efficient manner, the staff being the same as the previous year. Six pupils passed the Matriculation Examination, 1 pupil obtained a Senior Education Board Scholarship, 12 pupils passed the Junior Civil Service Examination, 2 passing with credit, 1 pupil passed the Senior Free Place Examination.