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£ s. d. Net balance at Ist January, 1914, Cr. .. .. .. .. .. 2,933 7 5 £ s. d. Bank balance at 31st December, 1914, Cr. . . . . . . 3,685 19 2 Less unpresented cheques . . .. . . . . 543 18 5" Total at 31st December, 1914, Cr... .. .. .. ■■ £3,142 0 9 J. H. Sheath. Chairman. Education Office, Napier, 12th March, 1915. G. Cbawshaw, Secretary. Auditors Certificate. Examined and found correct, except that- the expenditure of £78 for hot-Water installation having been legally charged against the General Fund last year there is no authority of law for recharging it to another fund (New Buildings).— B. J. Collixs, Controller and Auditor-General.

V Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, j ; rent — 23 j Teachers' house allow?nces .. • ■ 1 8 6 1,205 14 5 .. .. 1,208 9 3 .. .. .. 4 3 4 4 3 4: 24 j Maintenance and small additions .. ) jj 409 n j ( 5,638 0 0 .. 79 15 0 4,867 11 10 .. • • I 12 1 81 9 10 1 929 18 6j 1,316 16 0 26 \ Rents of buildings and sites for j ' " j 246 6 1 .. .. 317 10 6 .. j ' school purposes 27 | Rents of buildings for manual in- • • 29 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 5 0 struction 28 i Rents of buildings for technical in- .. 8 8 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. I .. 8 8 0 struction (special classes) j New buildings, additions, furniture, apparatus, sites — 30 Public schools .. .. .. .. 7,203 5 7 8,230 0 0 .. 42 0 0 9,077 3 6 .. 78 0 0 .. 8,086 9 1 2,173 15 0 1,543 19 10 31 j Manual instruction .. .. .. 462 3 8 57 7 6 .. .. 77 8 3 .. .. .. 482 4 5 35 0 0 35 0 0 32 ! Technical instruction (special classes) .. 107 15 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 107 15 3 35 j Contractors 5 deposits .. .. 60 0 0 .. .. .. 131 0 0 155 0 0 .. .. 36 0 0 .. . . 36 0 0 Totals .. .. .. 12.275 17 4 9,342 9 11 72,688 17 11 5,262 14 2 775 15 3 78,518 14 0 111 13 10 111 13 1013,398 11 610,256 10 9 9,153 14 1 4,924 18 2 ! * Exclusive of secondary departments of district high schools, but including salaries and allowances of pupil-teachers. fin 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 heading.