Appendix A.]

E.—2

£ s. d. Balance at beginning of year, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. .. 333 17 0 £ b. d. Bank balance at end of year, Dr. .. .. .. .. 325 15 0 Plus unpresented cheques .. .. .. £352 2 3 Amount overbanked ...... 0 7 0 352 9 3 678 4 3 On hand, Post-Office Savings-bank .. .. .. .. 739 6 2 Total at end of year, Cr. .. .. .. .. ■. .. £61 1 11 Education Office. Blenheim, 12th April, 1912. R- McCallum, Chairman. E. Hylton, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. The balance-sheet has been duly examined by the Audit Office, but cannot be certified as correct inasmuch as the transfer therein of £49 from the Manual and Technical to the General Account is without authority of law.— R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

XXXIX

Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — Maintenance and small additions (a)) \ and ordinary rebuilding (6) J I Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire I 1,949 0 6 Rents of buildings and sites for school purposes j New buildings, furniture, additions, sites — Public schools Manual instruction Technical instruction Rent of buildings for manual-in-struction purposes Rent of buildings for technical-in-struction purposes Sites-sales Other separate accounts — Deposits .. .. .. 18 0 0 Interest .. .. .. 58 18 10 v Totals .. .. .. 2,163 7 6 1,080 0 0 5 10 0 1,451 1 3 323 10 0 84 17 0 1,829 10 6 14,510 3 2 414 2 6 I J 27 ' I ! ! o 18 o ( ( a > 952 8 V b 18 ° ((6) 15 0 0!j '.'. 510 o! > 2,070 10 2 763 16 11 28 29 326 0 0 J 34 14 9 30 31 32 33 j 825 6 4; I I 1,952 17 7 84 17 0 683 2 2 34| .. •■ ' I i 35 10 0 o! 18 0 0 19 6 5 10 0 0 78 5 3 ' 51 17 11 15,248 18 8 49 0 0 49 0 0 2,482 17 5 2,421 15 6 l 2,061 14 ll I I 1,144 6 5 51 17 11 15,248 18 8 * Exclusive of secondary departments of district high schools, salaries and allowances of pupil-teachers, and half of the total cost of the training-college staff. t In terms of the Order in Council of 13th February, 1911, but exclusive of cost of works paid for out of Government grant for maintenance of school buildings and included below under that heading.