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Statement of Monetary Assets and Inabilities on 31st December, 1917. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d Cash in bank.. .. .. .. 1,317 15 II Unpresented cheques .. .. .. 291 13 11 Cash in hand. . .. .. .. 118 0 8 Teaching staff .. .. .. 154 0 0 Capitation due .. .. .. 176 1 8 Fees due .. .. .. .. 613 4 £1,518 17 7 £445 14 5 Geo. Edgeoumbe, Chairman. R. English, Secretary. THAMES HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement ©p Accounts foe the Year ended 31st December, 191.7. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. •£ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Endowments —Proportion of office salaries of year .. .. . . .. 106 2 5 | and expenses .. .. . . 01 10 2 Endowments — Secondary Department— Royalty on metal .. .. .. 7 0 3 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,663 8 3 Current income from reserves vested in Incidental expenses .. .. .. 355 19 4 Board . . .. .. .. 928 ,'! 0 Maintenance (including material) of Revenue from secondary-education re- classes for manual instruction . . 13 12 7 serves (administered by Land Boards) 126 19 10 Scholarships .. .. .. 13 14 0 Goldfields revenue .. . . .. 25 0 0 Buildings, &c. — Secondary .Department— !\ow buildings, additions, or other new From Government— works .. . . . . .. 409 1 7 For sites, buildings, furniture, &c. Maintenance and repairs to buildings.. 32 10 2 (general purposes) .. .. 500 0 0 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, &c).. 12 19 8 Capitation for free places .. .. 1,318 0 0 . Loans — Capitation for classes for manual in- j Principal repaid .. .. .. 321 19 3 struction .. .. .. 65 5 0 j Interest .. .. .. .. 345 9 7 School fees.. .. .. .. 138 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. 180 10 11 Rent .. .. .. .. 28 16 8 Interest on mortgage investment .. 89 14 0 Contractor's deposit . . .. 40 0 0 Auckland Education Endowment .. 37 14 4 £3,411 I 6 £3,411 1 6 Statement of Monetary Assets and LiabiMties on 31st December, 1917. Assets. £ s. d. i Liabilities. £ s. d. Balance, Bank of New Zealand.. .. 180 10 11 Loan, balance duo, Government Insurance Mortgage investment .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 Department .. .. .. 6,423 1 4 Unpaid school fees .. .. .. 23 12 0 Unpaid rents .. .. .. 700 4 2 j £2,410 7 I | £6,423 1 4 Henry Lowe, Chairman. Jas. Kernick, Secretary. NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1917. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Secondary Department— of year, Ist January, 1917 .. .. 4,824 1.6 9 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 3,380 14 1 Endowments — Incidental expenses .. .. .. 705 3 4 Current income- from reserves vested in Maintenance (including material) of Board .. .. .. .. 930 15 3 classes for manual instruction .. 39 18 1 Revenue from secondary-education re- Library .. . . .. .. 40 3 3 serves (administered by Land Boards) 955 6 I I Books, &c, for sale to pupils, and other Secondary Department— temporary advances .. .. 1,786 17 1 From Government — Buildings, &c. — Capitation for free places (including Rent; of sites .. . . . . 00 0 0 annual grant, £100) .. .. 3,370 8 5 New buildings, additions, or other new Capitation for classes for manual in- works .. .. .. .. 2,.304 6 4 struction .. .. .. 71 6 3 j Maintenance and repairs to buildings 249 3 II School fees.. .. .. .. 399 15 0 ! Eurniture and apparatus (excluding Refunds from pupils for advances .. 1,553 10 10 boardinghouses).. .. .. 503 10 11 Grazing school-grounds .. .. 4 17 0 .Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, <fcc.).. 07 16 0 Bequests and voluntary contributions Lower Department— for prizes . . .. .. 78 3! 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 463 2 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. 5 It) 5 Incidental expenses .. .. ... 200 (i 9 Lower Department —School fees .. 580 10 6 Boardinghouses— Boardinghouses — General maintenance .. .. 4,491 13 7 . Boarding fees .. .. .. 5,092 9 0 Furniture, &e. .. ..• .. 945 17 1 Sales and refunds .. .. .. 15 0 (i Proportion'of office salaries and expenses 100 0 0 General— Interest on loans .. .. .. 742 10 0 Interest on current account .. .. 90 18 7 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,982 0 0 Deposits on contracts .. .. 150 0 0 1318,129 8 II £18,129 8 II Examined and found, correct, except that there is no authority of law for the Board's deposit of £1,000 with the the Mortgage, Loan, and Agency Company (Limited) of New Plymouth.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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