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£ s. d. Bank balance at beginning of year, Or., net balance .. .. .. .. 1,180 13 2 £ s. d. Bank balance at end of year, Or. .. .. .. .. 1,957 0 10 Less unpresented cheques .. .. .. .. 923 18 7 1,033 2 3 On hand.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 006 Total at end of year, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. £1,033 2 9 Harold Trimble, Chairman. Education Office, New Plymouth, Ist May, 1912. P. S. Whitcombe, Secretary. No audited balance-sheet was received at the time of going to press.

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27 28 29 Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — Maintenance and small additions (a) 1 ; | and ordinary rebuilding (6) J ! I 2,294 1 10 Refunds .. .. ) Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire Rents of buildings and sites for ! school purposes New buildings, furniture, additions, sites — Public schools .. . . .. j Manual instruction . . .. I | 2,485 0 0 700 o o: 246 11 7 81 2 10! 51 6 0-1 21 10 10 93 19 3 (o)l,706 17 11!) (b) .. J 71312 0 133 3 6 •• y 3,145 0 9 80 7 3 298 12 3 682 0 0 2,950 0 0 119 11 4 V163 10 1 3,100 0 0 42 5 0 30 31 908 6 7! 1,138 4 3 1 ! f 60 6 ll > 600 6 8<[ J 98 6 8 9 16 o; 18 0 0 2 9 0 1,755 11 8 136 8 7 f 1 10 O'^l < 273 19 3 y I 34 12 11 j 3 0 0 1,507 14 0 3,160 0 0 2,564 11 5 32 Technical instruction .. 888 4 8 f 39 9 10 } 193 18 11 } ■■ 33 Bent of buildings for manual-in- 3 0 0 struction purposes Rent of buildings for technical-in- 14 19 0 struction purposes Sites-sales .. .. Other separate accounts — Contractors' deposits .. .. 6 0 Oi 34 1 10 0 25 14 0 6 1 0 35 I • 2,617 8 11 32,353 0 10; 2,448 17 8 76 3 0 883 10 5 35,832 19 4 82 3 0! 4,838 10 11; 3,805 8 2 •■ 9,097 3 10 82 3 0 1 Totals .. .. .. 3,798 2 1 6,022 19 0 * Exclusive of secondary departments of dist: t In terms of the Order in Council of 13th Fe trict high schools, salaries and allowances of pupil-teachers, and half of the total cost of the training-college staff. ebruary, 1911, but exclusive of cost of works paid for out of Government grant for maintenance of sehool buildings and included below under that heading.