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Statement of Monetary Assets imd Liabilities at 31st December, 1915. Assets. £ s. A. Liabilities. £ 8. d. Balance in bank of New Zealand .. 697 8 7 Loan (Government Insurance Department) 4,608 15 0 Unpaid school fees .. .. .. 59 4 0 Unpaid purchase-monpy, new site .. 2,425 0 0 Unpaid rents .. .. .. .. 878 19 4 Outstanding account .. .. .. 42 8 0 Free-place capitation .. .. 618 6 8 £2,253 18~~7 - _______ Henry Lowe, Chairman. Jas. Kernick, Secretary.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. Geneeal Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1915. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 59 18 7 Management— Government grants— Office salary .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 For sites, building, furniture, £485; rent, Other office expenses .. .. .. 44 0 2 £200 .. .. .. .. 685 0 0 Other expenses of management ■ ' .. 50 17 5 For buildings, furniture, fittings, and Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,533 2 10 apparatus for recognized sohool classes Boarding-sohool account .. .. 2,338 17 1 for mannal instruction .. .. 66 12 3 Prizes .. .. .. .. 43 13 4 Oapitation— Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 139 711 For free places .. .. .. 2,047 4 9 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 240 18 6 For manual instruction .. .. 68 12 6 Temporary advances to pupils .. .. 756 16 10 Government grant .. .. .. 66 13 4 Material for school athletics .. .. 43 6 8 Current income from reserves vested in From current revenue— . Board .. .. .. .. 990 0 3 Purchases and new works .. .. 569 13 9 Revenue of secondary-education reserves.. 992 14 7 Fencing, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 102 19 4 School fees .. .. .. .. 687 8 9 Miscellaneous (rates, &c.) .. .. 301 10 8 Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 2,981 9 6 Interest on current aocount and on mortAdvances to pupils .. .. .. 667 7 5 gage .. .. .. .. 178 0 3 Voluntary contribution .. .. 25 0 0 Other expenditure, namely— (prize) .. .. 2 2 0 Taranaki Education Board refund .. 88 0 0 Royalties .. .. .. .. 33 19 6 Refund part royalties, £21 12s. Id.; reRefunds and sundries .. .. .. 910 0 funds, £6 2s. .. ~ .. » 27 14 1 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 2 16 5 Loan expenditure—Furnishing, &o. ;. 421 15 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 300 2 8 £9,383 13 5 £9,383 13 5 Examined and found correct.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1915. Assets. Liabilities. £ a. A. £ s. d. Balance at bank .. .. .. 314 7 8 Unpresented cheques .. .. .. 14 5 0 Rents outstanding .. .. .. 11 17 9 Loan by way of mortgage from Public Tuition fees .. .. .. 25 14 6 Trustee .. .. .. .. 3,000 0 0 Boarding fees, &o. .. .. .. 63 13 6 Capitation free places, third term .. .. 753 15 0 Secondary-education reserves revenue, Deoember quarter .. .. .. 100 0 0 Grant, girls' class-rooms and boardinghouse, Deoember quarter .. .. .. 100 0 0 Capitation grant, one-third of £100, payment for 1915 .. 33 6 8 Grant for material .. .. .. 59 9 7 Advanoed on acoount of pupilß .. .. 268 12 3 ——***m imi ii ■ I £1,730 16 11 £3,014 5 0 Datid Hutchen, Chairman. Walteb Bewley, Secretary.