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MARLBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1912. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Government grant for buildings, furniture, Dr. balance at beginning of year .. .. 273 4 6 fittings, and apparatus for recognized Management— school classes for manual instruction .. 46 6 8 Office salary .. .. .. .. 52 0 0 Government capitation— Other expenses of management .. 010 0 For free places .. .. .. 1.252 1 8 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,275 12 6 For recognized school classes for manual Scholarships .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 instruction .. .. .. 58 12 6 Prizes .. .. .. .. 25 16 6 Statutory grant .. .. .. 400 0 0 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 8 6 8 Revenue of secondary-education reserves .. 38 4 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 88 17 11 School fees .. .. .. .. 46 7 0 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and Books, &c, sold and other refunds .. 113 1 10 j other temporary advances .. .. 113 13 3 Interest on current account .. .. 0 9 1 Maintenance of classes for manual instrucVoluntary contributions on account of tion.. .. .. .. .. 53 15 11 general purposes of the school .. .. 110 Purchases and new works .. .. 50 13 4 Other reoeipts, namely— Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 18 19 0 Manual and technical: Sale of £ s. d. Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. -20 18 11 potatoes .. .. ..240 Buildings, equipment, Ac, for manual inManual and technical: Fees, struotion .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 agricultural class .. ..300 Interest on current account .. .. 14 1 9 5 4 0 Interest on Nosworthy bequest .. .. 22 10 0 Interest on Young's bequest .. .. 6 0 0 Dr. balance at end of year .. 87 1 4 £2,049 9 10 £2,049 9 10 R. McCallum, Chairman. E. Hylton, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that (1) the payment to Mr. E. H. Penny, a member of the Board, for supplies of books contravenes the principle of trustee law that persons holding a position of a fiduciary character must not benefit from their relation to their trust; (2) the sum of £500, bequeathed for the foundation of the Wrigley Scholarship, has been unlawfully used for other purposes.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1912. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Giants from Government — Dr. balance, 31st December, 1912 .. 287 1 4 Capitation on free places .. .. 408 6 8 Manual and technical classes .. .. 80 1 0 Capitation, manual and technical classes 49 12 6 Buildings .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Reserves revenue .. .. .. 4 13 11 Prizes .. .. .. .. 10 0 From other sources— Rent of section .. .. .. 10 0 Sale of books .. .. .. 10 1 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 3 19 6 School fees outstanding .. .. 6 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 2 10 3 Wrigley Scholarship bequest .. .. 500 0 0 £478 14 7 £895 12 1 == — E. Hylton, Secretary.

NELSON COLLEGE. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1912. Endowment Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Rents .. .. .. .. .. 938 0 0 Rates and taxes .. .. .. 14 17 10 Interest .. .. .. .. 82 5 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 4 5 2 Government revenue endowments .. .. 265 16 9 Insurances .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Printing and advertising .. .. 911 0 Governors' fees .. .. .. 33 6 8 Seoretary .. .. .. .. 90 4 10 Office-rent .. .. .. .. 12 10 0 Office-cleaning and gas.. .. .. 4 9 7 Telephone and letter box .. .. 4 15 0 Interest on bank overdraft .. .. 0 5 9 Bank charge .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Office furniture .. .. .. 2 10 0 Petty cash, postage, and sundries .. 30 9 4 Total .. .. .. 1,286 1 9 Total .. .. .. 213 15 2

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