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Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1916. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Balance in bank .. .. .. 106 2 5 Balance due on loan, Government Insurance Mortgage investment .. .. 1,500 0 0 Department .. .. .. 6,745 0 7 Unpaid school fees .. .. . . 31 12 0 Unpaid rents .. .. .. .. 876 17 5 £2,514 11 10 £6,745 0 7 Henry Lowe, Chairman. Jas. Kernick, Secretary.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOLS BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1916. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure.. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 3,477 5 2 of year .. .. .. .. 300 2 8 Incidental expenses— From Government — Proportion of office salaries .. . . 100 0 0 For sites, buildings, furniture, So. (general Proportion of office expenses .. .. 107 15 11 purposos) .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Board's travelling - allowances (not on For buildings, furniture, fittings, and ap- account of endowments) .. .. 44 16 6 ratus for recognized classes for manual Material for classes other than classes instruction .. . . .. 59 9 7 recognized under manual regulations.. 145 1 6 Capitation— Printing, stationery, and advertising in For free places .. .. .. 2.882 18 3 connection with school .. .. 241 14 8 For recognized classes for manual, in- Cleaning and sanitary service in eonnecstmction .. .. .. 37 10 0 tion with school buildings .. .. 315 7 6 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 25 0 0 Heating, lighting, and water-supply in Grant for rent, Girls' boardinghouse and connection with sohool buildings . . 45 1 10 class-rooms .. .. . . 100 0 0 Care of school grounds .. .. 40 0 6 Endowments — Games and physical exercises (excluding Current income from reserves vested in buildings and permanent apparatus) . . 32 2 I Board .. . . .. .. 957 13 9 Prizes .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 Revonuo from secondary - education re- Boarding Account—Advances to pupils .. 1,110 7 5 serves .. .. .. .. 907 010 Boarding-school Account .. .. 3,077 12 7 School fees .. .. .. .. 797 17 0 Buildings, Sc— Boarding-school fees .. .. .. 3,494 5 4 Purchase of sites (title) (from current Refunds, advances to pupils .. . . 939 7 9 revenue) .. .. .. .. 10 0 Fire insurance (buildings, £3,588 ; furniture Now buildings or additions (from Governand apparatus, £350).. .. .. 3,938 0 0 ment grants) .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Public Trustee —Loan .. .. .. 9,000 0 0 Furniture and apparatus (from current Contractors'deposits .. .. .. 8 2 0 revonue) .. .. .. .. 155 3 11 Sale of furniture .. .. .. 2 11 6 Buildings, furn'ture, &c, for classes reRefunds .. .. .. .. 12011 cognized under manual regulations Suspense Account .. .. .. I 11 1 (out of current revenue) .. .. 157 2 8 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, Sc.) (from current revenue) .. .. 131 11 7 Interest on loans .. .. .. 365 9 9 Loan expenditure on buildings .. .. 8,971 5 11 Telephones .. .. .. .. 21 611 Library .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Refund fees .. . . .. 13 0 0 Charges, Public Trustee (first instalment of loan, 1916, deducted) .. .. 18 11 0 Office furniture .. .. .. 31 16 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 4,824 16 9 £25,463 10 8 £25,463 10 8 Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1916. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand .. .. .. 2,754 2 7 Loan Account.. .. .. .. 12,000 0 0 Deposit Account .. .. 2, 100 0 0 Contractors' deposits .. .. .. 8 2 0 Rent due .. ... ■ • • • 21 10 6 Sundry eieditois .. . . .. 366 17 8 Secondary reserves .. • • • • 108 13 2 Cheques drawn unpresonted .. .. 29 510 Advances to pupils .. .. .. 439 1111 Contracts . . .. ~ .. 1,250 0 0 Fees .. .. .. ■• •• 189 14 2 Arcditeot's fees .. .. .. 200 0 0 Capitation, free places .. .. .. 396 15 1 £6,010 7 5 £13,854 5 6 Walter Bewlby, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that—(l.) The books and papers of this Board having been destroyed by fire, the balance-sheet is of necessity certified subject to the reservation that it is in accordance with the data supplied. It must also be added that in the opinion of'the Audit Office, duplicate receipts for a large proportion of the £6,140 os. Id. unvouched expenditure might have boon obtained with a reasonable degree of trouble. (2.) There is no authority of law for the Board's deposit of £1,000 with the Mortgage, Loan, and Agency Company (Limited) of New Plymouth — R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Note.- —This is an amended statement received after tables and summaries had been prepared for E.-l and E.-rJ. There will therefore be some slight discrepancies if figures are compared.