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/Statement of Balances, 31st December, lUO'.t. Accounts. £ e. d. I Bank. Credit, Contractors' Deposit Account .. 10 0 0 Auckland City Council de- £ a. d. £ s. d. „ John Williamson Income Account .. 248 12 !) bentures .. .. 5,000 0 0 ,, General Account .. .. 1,732 14 7 Les» Overdraft, Bank of N.Z.. £2,1)97 12 10 Add unpresented cheqnes .. 36 0 !» 3,033 13 7 1,966 6 5 Auckland Savings-bank .. .. .. 10 6 10 Post-Office Savings-Bank .. .. 14 14 1 £1,991 T t £1,991 7 4 Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1909. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank balances, — Debit, Grammar School Account.. ... 2,997 12 10 Deposit in Post-Office Savings-Bank .. 114 14 1 Unpresented cheques .. .. .. 36 0 9 „ Auckland Savings-bank .. 100 6 10 Contractor's deposit .. .. .. 10 0 0 Fees outstanding .. .. .. 2,183 11 6 Loan from Auckland Diocesan Pension Board, Rents outstanding — under Auckland Grammar School Art, Ground .. .. .. r>12 6 i L899, section 27, due 1906 .. .. 1,000 0 0 Weekly .. .. .. .. 108 0 1(1 Loon from C. F. Jahn, Esq.. under Auck.Tohn Williamson Trust .. .. .. 1,110 0 0 land Grammar School Act, 1899, section 27, City Council debentures .. .. 5,000 0 0 due 1919 .. .. .. 500 0 0 £9,128 18 5 £4,543 13 7 Rent Account Balance. £ s. d. £ s. d. Arrears, 1908 .. .. .. f>44 l! '.» Collected .. .. .. ... r>.417 19 8 Charges, 1909 .. .. .. .. 5,490 7 11 Williamson .. .. .. .. 62 10 0 Williamson .. .. .. .. 6li 5 0 Arrears, 1909 .. .. .. ... 620 l> 0 £ti,l(M) 15 8 £6,100 15 8 W. Wallace Kiud, Secretary.

THAMES HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mi. X. A. Winter, B.A. ; Mr. C. A. Stewart, M.A. ; .Miss M. K. I'ov ; Staff Sergeant-major .McDonnell. 1. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. — English —Manual of English Grammar and Composition (Nesfiokl); Scott's Waverley. Geometry—Hall and Stevens, Parts I-IV. Algebra —Hall and Knight's Elementary Algebra. Arithmetic —Lock. Latin—Via Latina (Abbott) ; Ovid's Metamorphoses, selections ; Ovid's Elegiacs, selections. French —Macmillan's French Course, II ; Monte Cristo, Part I. Geography—Longmans, Book 11. Book-keeping—Thornton's First Lessons. Lowest. —English —Nesfield's Manual of English Grammar ; Merchant of Venice. French—■ Dent's First French Book. Latin —Macmillan's Shorter Latin Course, I ; Scalic Primse. Geometry —Hall and Stevens, I and 11. Algebra—Baker and Bourne's First Algebra. Geography —Longmans. Book 11. Book-keeping —Thornton's First Lessons. Arithmetic —Pendlebury and Robinson's First Arithmetic. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1909. Receipts. £ s. d. ExpemlUure. k. s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 331 7 4 Management— Government capitation— Office salary .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 499 16 2 Other office expenses .. .. .. 6 0 0 Under Manual and Technical Instruction Teachers' aalaries and allowance*. .. 700 18 4 Regulations .. .. .. 28 5 10 Material for classes .. .. .. 15 6 o Refund .. .. .. .. 0 19 0 ; Printing, statiouery, and advertising .. 10 14 3 Current income from reserves .. .. 715 3 7 [ Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 24 111 Goldfields revenue .. .. . . 57 10 9 Purchases and new works .. .. 136 311 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. '28 18 0 Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 219 6 School fees .. .. .. .. 62 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 12 11 2 Interest on current aocount .. .. 12 15 3 Interest on current acoount .. .. 16 9 Voluntary contributions on account cadet Endowments—Management, &c. .. 68 19 3 uniforms .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Other expenditure— Other receipts—Rent .. .. .. 2 16 0 I Cadet uniforms .. .. .. 28 6 6 Technioal instruction.. .. .. 5 4 0 Repayment special loan .. .. 300 0 0 Interest on special loan .. .. 19 10 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 402 10 4 £1,754 11 11 £1,754 11 11 Frank H. Claxton, Chairman. ■las. Kernick, Secretary. Ex&mined ami found correct.- R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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