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Appendix.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts fob the Year ended 31st December, 1911. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 982 11 7 Management— Government capitation— Office salary (including bonus to Secretary, For free places .. .. .. 640 810 £5) .. .. .. .. 65 0 0 For recognized school classes for manual Other office expenses .. .. .. 16 10 11 - instruction .. .. .. 104 12 6 Other expenses of management .. 3 0 6 Current income from reserves .. .. 1,028 16 11 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,600 16 6 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Boarding-school Account — purchase-money .. .. .. 30 0 5 Board .. .. .. .. 207 1 0 Revenue of secondary education reserves.. 894 16 7 Rent .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 115 5 0 Prizes (including £11 175., Sports Corn-Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 207 1 0 mittee) .. .. .. .. 55 16 8 Advance to cadets refunded .. .. 4 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising (includes £2 donation to cadets) .. .. 47 14 1 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. (includes oaretaker, £67 125.) .. .. .. .. 79 11 6 Expenses entertainment, breaking-up .. 4 0 4 Tennis-oourt .. .. .. .. 79 0 4 Purchases and new works .. .. 96 2 1 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 93 5 5 Miscellaneous —Rates, &c, £20 7s. 6d.; insurance, £11 10s. Id.; aocident, £3 2s. 4d. 34 19 11 Taranaki Education Board— Chemistry, Agricultural Course .. 23 17 3 Capitation on Technioal classes .. 72 0 0 Inspection of endowments .. .. 6 5 0 Travelling-expenses applications, Principal 8 15 4 Technical school donation • .. .. 32 2 0 Law .. .. .. .. -. 3 10 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,403 4 0 £4,007 12 10 £4,007 12 10 Waltee Bewley, Secretary, Examined and found correct, except that—(l.) The following payments are without authority of law, and are therefore disallowed: Bonus Secretary, £5; donation Cadets, £2; expenses entertainment, breaking up, £4 os. 4d.; travelling-expenses, applications for Principal, £8 15s. 4d. (2.) There is no authority of law for the deposit of the Board's fund with the New Plymouth Savings-bank. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1911. Assett Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Rents unpaid .. .. .. .. 1,431 6 8 Unpresented cheques .. .. .. 28 2 8 Cash in banks .. .. .. ■ ■ 410 0 Interest on deposit, but not uplifted .. 1,854 0 0 £3,289 16 8 £28 2 8 Walteb Bewley, Secretary. WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts fob the Year ended 31st December, 1911. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Current income from reserves .. .. 1,744 96 | Debit balance at beginning of year .. 527 19 8 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid I Management— purchase-money .. .. .. 813 11 Office salaries .. .. .. 217 2 6 Sohoolfees .. .. .. •■ 2,496 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 120 3 4 Boarding-school feee .. .. .. 9,135 14 6! Other expenses of management .. 47 8 6 Sundry school fees .. .. .. 606 17 6 j Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 3,823 1 6 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 2,913 15 9 Music-teaohers .. .. .. 439 16 4 Music fees .. .. .. ■■ 5 0 Medical officer .. .. .. .. 123 5 0 Balance of loan from A.M.P. Society .. 23,100 0 0 Boarding-school account .. .. 5,624 10 0 Sale of old buildings .. .. .. 550 110 Sundry school funds .. .. .. 608 10 0 Debit balance at end of year .. .. 3,450 16 0 | Fees remitted .. .. .. .. 189 11 2 Prizes .. .. .. .. 54 15 3 Material for classes other than classes for manual instruction .. .. .. 108 5 1 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 168 9 5 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and other temporary advances .. .. 3,125 10 4 Maintenance of classes for manual instruction.. .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 239 410 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 315 6 4 Interest on current acoount and loan .. 1,086 8 6 '■ Expenses of removal to new school .. 80 8 8 i New buildings, &c .. .. ..27,523 17 7 £44,431 14 0 ■ £44,431 14 0 A. G. Bignell, Chairman. J. P. Williamson, Secretary Audited and found to be correct. —W. Eodwell, F.1.A.N.Z., Auditor.

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