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£ s. d. £ s. d. Net balance at Ist January. 1914, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,673 19 2 Bank balance at 31st December. 1914, Cr. .. .. .. 9,706 6 3 Less unpresented cheques .. .. 420 13 2 • 9,285 13 1 On Contractors' Deposit Account .. .. .. 55 0 0 On fixed deposit .. .. .. .. 21,749 11 7 Total at 31st December, 1914, 0r... .. .. £31,090 4 8 George J. Oakland, Chairman. Education Office, Auckland, 19th January, 1915. R. P. J. Ray, Assistant Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. » The balance-sheet has been duly examined, but cannot be certified as correct as sundry transfers therein are without, authority of law.— R. J. Collins, Control er and Auditor-General.

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Special classes — | 16 I Capitation on attendances .. f 6,735 17 9 .. 1,510 4 2 7,592 11 5 17 j Capitation on free and compulsory 1,046 18 10 pupils 18 | Material .. .. .. >1,693 16 4 .. J 539 5 11 .. 297 5 10 809 6 8 I .. 4,932 18 2 2,694 5 0 .. 4,829 6 11 277 12 9 19 J Voluntary contributions and be- j j .. 36 8 9 quests and subsidies 20 Fees from pupils .. •• J I •• •• 1,169 3 8 21 | Direction and administration (school .. .. .. .. .. 2,585 0 12,585 0 1 and special classes) Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — 23 ; Teachers' house allowances .. .. 103 18 7 6,883 17 I .. 2 10 0 6,778 6 11 .. .. 417 .. .. 417 24 j (a) Maintenance and small additions) ") a n i qno io a f ®14,507 13 11 .. .. and (b) ordinary rebuilding J J>28,021 12 6 .. <; 18 ' /aa " • 6 998 16 0 200 0 0 .. >32,855 4 6 .. 5,653 0 0 5,905 10 3 25 Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire j ' 335 0 0 .. .. 387 16 5 .. .. J 26 Rents of buildings and sites for .. 1,644 9 0 1,621 9 0 .. .. 1,449 18 6 .. .. .. 1,472 18 6 1,485 18 6 13 0 (, school purposes 28 Rents of buildings for technical in- .. 96 19 0 217 9 6 .. .. 271 17 4 .. .. .. 151 6 10 190 17 4 struction (special classes) New buildings, additions, furniture, apparatus, sites — 30 Public schools .. .. .. .. 4,279 10 10 33.467 10 3 .. 92 10 0 31.543 14 6 .. 237 10 0 .. 2,500 15 1 8,946 10 0 7,175 0 0 31 Manual instruction .. .. .. 209 10 3 645 5 1 .. .. 957 1 4 .. .. .. 521 6 6 1,435 0 0 1,254 16 5 32 Technical instruction (special classes) .. 9.540 10 3 3.625 2 11 .. 64 0 0 1.137 17 11 .. .. .. 6,989 5 3 2,286 5 7 34 Site-sales .. .. .. .. 1.261 2 11 .. .. 644 3 6 1,876 13 11 37 10 0 .. .. 2,456 3 4 2,590 0 0 35 j Contractors' deposits .. .. 50 0 0 .. . . .. 856 16 0 851 16 0 .. .. 55 0 0 .. .. 55 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 43,254 12 10 21,580 13 8304.692 13 9 6,560 6 0 6,930 17 3 308,767 11 62,928 13 62,928 13 651,316 6 520,226 1 931,907 8 11 16,405 13 11 * Exclusive of secondary departments of district high schools, but including 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 and rebuilding of school buildings and included under that headins*.