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THAMES HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1912. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. t s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 644 4 9 Management— Government capitation— Office salary .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 792 18 10 Other office expenses .. .. .. 6 0 0 For recognized school classes for manual Teachers' nalaries and allowances .. 984 12 0 instruction .. .. .. 21 5 0 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 12 10 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 690 13 1 Prizes .. .. .. .. 5 010 Revenue of secondary-education reserves .. 77 16 8 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 11 12 3 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 11 4 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &o. .. .. 32 4 8 Refund of charges .. .. .. 4 5 9 Maintenance of classes for manual inInterest on mortgage .. .. .. 33 11 1 Btruction .. .. .. , . 16 17 10 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 940 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. 36 12 3 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. 21 15 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 16 6 9 Endowments— Management, &c. .. .. .. 36 9 0 Site or buildings .. .. .. 100 0 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. .. 31 9 8 School requisites .. .. .. 29 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 958 2 11 £2,306 18 2 £2,306 18 2 Henry Lowe, Chairman. Jas. Kernick, Secretary. Examined and found correct —It. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1912. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. Cr. balance, Bank of New Zealand .. 83 2 11 Post Office Savings-bank (Trust Account) .. .. 39 15 6 Mortgage invesiment .. .. .. 875 0 0 Unpaid school fees .. .. .. 37 16 0 Nil. Unpaid rents .. .. .. .. 343 11 3 Capitation payment, third term, 1912 .. 267 11 10 £1,646 17 6 Jas. Kernick, Secretary.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1912. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,403 4 0 Management— Government capitation— Office salary .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 740 4 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 16 311 For recognized school classes for manual Other expenses of management .. 4 16 instruction .. .. .. 79 1 5 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,966 2 6 Subsidy on voluntary contributions— Boarciing-sohool Account— Rent .. .. 552 15 3 Secondary schools .. .. .. 35 0 0 Examination—Examiners' fees .. .. 44 15 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 963 17 6 Prizes (including £5 Sports Committee) .. 8 0 6 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 68 19 5 purchase-money .. .. .. 17 4 3 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 103 12 10 Revenue of secondary-education reserves.. 881 4 4 Maintenance of olasses for manual instrucSchool fees .. .. .. .. 109 2 0 tion.. .. .. .. .. 57 13 2 Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 409 13 3 Purchases and new works .. .. 2,798 7 9 Voluntary contributions—On account of Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 18 14 10 general purposes of the school .. .. 35 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 20 7 6 Other receipts, namely— Insurances .. .. .. .. 29 6 9 Refunds .. .. .. .. 0 7 6 Interest on current account .. .. 8 10 0 Loan from Bank of New Zealand .. 1,200 0 0 Inspection .. .. .. .. 8 4 0 Debit balance at end of year .. .. 31 11 0 Other expenditure, namely— School magazine (refund voluntary contribution and subsidy) .. .. 70 0 0 Capitation—Technical classes, Taranaki Education Bjard .. .. 69 14 4 £5,905 9 3 £5,905 9 3 E. Dockrill, Chairman. Walter Bewley, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that the refund of voluntary contribution and subsidy for the purposes of the school magazine is without authority of law. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1912. Assets. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Rent outstanding .. .. ..009 Unpresented cheques .. .. .. 7 511 Boarding fees .. .. .. .. 6 10 Overdraft, Bank of New Zealand.. .. 24 5 1 Tuition fees .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Loan from Bank of New Zealand .. 1,200 0 0 £8 11 9 £1,281 11 0 E. Dockrill, Chairman. Walter Bewley, Secretary.

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