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GISBORNE HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1912. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Government capitation— j Dr. balance at beginning of year.. .. 368 18 6 For free places .. .. .. 1,287 10 0 Management— For recognized school classes for manual Office salary .. .. .. 75 0 0 instruction .. .. .. 50 1 6 Other office expenses .. .. .. 213 4 Current income from reserves .. .. 454 17 0 I Other expenses of management .. 16 17 8 Interest on moneys invested and on un- j Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,469 7 5 paid purchase-money .. .. .. 12 10 0 j Boarding-school Account .. .. 56 16 7 Revenue of secondary-education reserves .. 573 19 4 Scholarships'*' .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 School fees .. .. .. .. 150 18 0 Prizes ".. .. .. .. 515 6 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 14 9 1 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 50 15 8 Rent of schoolhouse .. .. .. -240 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. (including careDr. balance at end of year .. .. 321 17 5 taker's salary) .. .. .. 184 16 9 Purchases and new works .. 280 18 0 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 70 12 9 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 35 5 6 Buildings, equipment, <fee, for manual instruction .. .. .. .. 50 8 5 Interest on current account .. .. 11 2 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 14 0 4 Interest .. .. .. .. 289 12 6 Repayment on acoount of loan .. .. 148 7 6 £3,106 8 4 £3,106 8 4 W. Morgan, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. General Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities on the 31st December, 1912. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Advance .. .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 Overdraft, Union Bank of Australia .. 821 17 5 Interei-t on loan .. .. .. ..650 Hawke's Bay Education Board, salaries teohCapitation on school olasses, manual .. 55 0 0 nical instructors .. .. .. 60 0 0 special . , .. 43 12 0 free pupils 3rd term, 1912 .. 872 18 4 Technical fees overdue .. .. .. 42 0 0 £769 15 4 £381 17 6 W. Morgan, Secretary.

NAPIER HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement ok Accounts fob the Year ended 31st Decembek, 1912 Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 1,441 19 7 Management— £ p. d. Government grant — Office salary .. .. .. 110 0 0 Buildings .. .. .. .. 57 10 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 22 18 6 Apparatus .. .. .. .. 20 8 6 Other expenses of management (legal) .. 3 4 0 Government capitation— Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 2,482 3 4 For free places .. .. .. 1,424 9 4 Boarding-school Account .. .. 20 13 6 For recognized school classes for manual Scholarships .. .. .. 80 0 0 instruction .. .. .. .. 51 12 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 18 0 7 Price of reserves sold (Capital Account) .. 760 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 71 2 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 465 16 2 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c, including janitor's Rent and interest, property not reserves .. 1,001 15 0 "salary .. .. .. .. 168 18 1 Interest on moneys invested and on unpaid Books and stationery for sale to pupils and purchase-money .. .. .. 51 1 1 other temporary advances .. .. 81 5 8 Revenue of secondary-education reserves .. 751 15 4 Maintenanceof classes for manual instruction 67 3 2 School fees .. .. .. .. 176 9 0 Ordinary (Government grants)—manual in-Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 74 17 0 struction .. .. .. 77 18 6 Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 114 17 9 Purchases and new works .. .. 246 2 9 Hire of pianos .. .. .. .. 7 12 4 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 196 0 4 Cooked food sold .. .. .. 9 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 185 19 10 Dressmaking .. .. .. .. 112 0 Buildings, equipment, &o , for manual instruction .. .. .. .. 94 8 6 Endowments, Sales Account — Proceeds invested .. .. .. 2,010 0 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. '.. 5 5 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 469 11 10 £6,410 15 7 £6,410 15 7 T. C. Moore, Chairman. David Sidey, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that £32 16s. of the Board fund has been improperly used for the maintenance of the school magazine, £27 16s. N lod. to meet deficiency, and £5 grant, charged in the item "Printing, &c, £71 2s."—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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