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HAMILTON HIGH SOHOOL. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1914. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 77 0 1 ManagementGovernment grant for sites, buildings, fur- Office salary.. .. . . .. 52 0 0 niture, &c. .. .. .. .. 862 2 9 Other office expenses .. .. .. 20 710 Government grant for equipment, &c, for Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 1,566 10 0 manual instruction .. .. .. 14 13 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 18 18 6 Government oapitation-- Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 23 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 1,856 5 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 74 0 10 For reoognized school classes for manual Material for classes other than classes instruction .. .. ~ 118 18 0 for manual instruction .. .. 311 5 Current income from reserves vested in Maintenance (includingmaterial) of classes Board .. .. .. . . 43 1 8 for manual instruction .. .. 188 4 4 Revenue of secondary education reserves.. 160 5 0 Sites, buildings, furniture, apparatus, &c. School fees .. .. .. .. 90 0 0 (from Government grant) .. .. 729 0 0 Books, &c, sold, and other refunds ... 2 4 0 Purohases and new works .. 538 14 9 Travelling expenses refunded .. .. 30 4 2 I Fencing, repairs, &o. .. .. .. 31 4 9 Dr. balance at end of year .. .. 164 4 0 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 21 8 9 Interest on current aooount .. .. 2 7 3 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 30 4 2 Papering cottage and commission on letting . same .. .. .. .. 3-42 6 Sports and sports materials .. .. 39 3 7 Library .. .. .. .. 515 9 Planting grounds and general upkeep .. 74 16 3 £3,417 17 8 £3,417 17 8 Examined and found correct, except that (1) the appropriation of £30 4s. 2d. from rents to make good the refund of illegal travelling-expenses of the previous year is unlawful, and the sum must therefore be paid to the Board's account; (2) the overdraft from the .bank on the personal guarantee of members of the Board is unlawful.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1914. Assets. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cash in hand .. .. .. .. 6 17 9 Balance due on contract for extensions to Pees owing .. .. .. .. 23 6 8 buildings .. .. .. .. 629 0 0 Capitation— Bank of New Zealand, overdraft.. .. 171 1 9 General classes .. .. .. 350 16 8 Technical .. .. .. .. 109 12 6 Education Department, balance of grant due in respect of extensions to buildings 550 0 0 £1,040 13 7 £800 1 9 Geo. Bdgecumbe, Chairman. ■„!. R. English, Secretary and Treasurer. THAMES HIGH SCHOOL. Genebal Statement op Accounts foe the Yeae ended 31st Decembeb, 1914. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 496 15 3 Management— Government capitation— Office salary .. .. .. .. 52 10 0 For free places .. .. .. 1,284 11 8 Other office expenses .. .. .. 7 0 0 For recognized school classes for manual Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 996 13 4 instruction .. .. .. 31 10 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 8 2 1 Endowments — Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 7 3 0 Current income from reserves vested in Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 31 15 7 Board .. .. .. .. 605 16 6 j Maintenance (including material) of classes Revenue of secondary-education reserves 109 13 2 for manual instruction .. 17 11 3 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 42 4 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 3,477 1 9 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. 91 11 10 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 3 16 Auckland education reserves .. .. 18 18 6 Miscellaneous (rates, &o.) .. .. 23 2 4 Interest .. .. .. •• 48 9 0 Endowments — Rent .. .. .. .. .. 890 Management .. .. .. 54 10 0 Sale of old buildings .. .. .. 288 9 9 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. .. 71 14 10 Speoial loan .. .. .. .. 4,000 0 0 School requisites .. .. 19 910 Conveyance of pupils from distance .. 910 0 Audit fee .. .. .. .. 1 13 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 2,245 9 10 £7,026 8 8 £7,026 8 8

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