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WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for thiii Year ended «31st December, 1917. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure,. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Overdraft or Dr. balanco at boginning of of year .. .. .. .. 48 3 2 year .. .. .. .. 027 5 6 Current income from reserves vested in Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 5,199 2 4 Board .. .. .. .. 3,303 19 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 1,9911810 School fees .. .. .. .. 2,825 0 0 Scholarships .. .. .. .. 314 2 2 Boarding-school foes .. .. .. 11,572 7 1 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and Books, ifee., sold and other refunds .. 3,646 10 4 other temporary advances .. .. 3,733 19 3 Income from prize funds .. .. 11 11 10 Boarding-school account .. .. 7,338 II 4 Music fees .. .. .. .. 526 1 0 Salary of medical officer .. .. 129 10 0 Sundry school fees (games fund, &o.) .. 546 7 6 Buildings, &o. — Sundry school funds (in trust) .. .. 45 5 3 New buildings or additions .. .. 5.30 14 4 Overdraft or Dr. balance at end of year .. 2,072 0 4 Maintenance and repairs to buildings and grounds .. .. .. .. 277 0 5 Furniture and apparatus .. .. 116 12 0 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, ifcc.) .. 307 13! 7 Endowments- — Proportion of office salaries .. . . 200 0 0 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 47 18 6 Travelling-expenses of board .. .. 3 0 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 33 3 6 Rates, surveys, insurances, &o. .. 248 13 7 Interest on overdraft .. .. .. 157 4 11 Interest on loans .. .. .. 2,650 0 0 Roading estate .. .. .. 518 18 6 Sundry refunds .. .. .. 57 10 5 Extraordinary school expenses .. .. 114 6 4 £24,597 6 0 £24,597 6 0 I hereby certify to the correctness of the above return. —Fred. Bourne, F.I.A.N.Z. Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities on 31st December, 1917. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Rents outstanding .. .. .. 572 2 9 Accrued interest .. .. .. 708 2 6 Boys' accounts outstanding .. .. 1,8111411 House accounts .. .. .. 336 2 0 Boys' extras paid but not charged ~ 995 6 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 141 5 0 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 115 16 2 Sundry school funds .. .. .. 679 17 6 Loan from A.M.P. Society .. ..55,000 0 0 Bank .. ..' .. .. 2,072 0 4 £3,494 19 10 £58,937 7 4 A. G, Bignell, Chairman. J. P. Williamson, Secretary.

PALMERSTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1917. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Endowments —Revenue from secondary- Overdraft or Dr. balance at beginning of education reserves (administered by Land year .. .. .. .. 419 4 0 Boards) .. . . .. . . 409 12 7 Secondary Department— Secondary Department— Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 3,277 8 9 From (government— Jneidental expenses .. .. .. 548 12 8 Capitation for free places (including iMaintenance (including material) of annual grant, £100) an! for classes classes for manual instruction .. 106 18 11 for manual instruction .. .. 3,747 0 11 ' Buildings, &c. — Subsidies on voluntary contributions 7 2 0 Purchase of sites, College House .. 300 0 0 School fees.. .. .. .. 373 0 6 j New buildings, additions, or other new Voluntary contributions for general pur- 10 5 0 works .. .. . . .. 165 8 6 poses .. .. .. .. Maintenance and repairs to buildings 125 7 6 Boardinghouses—Boarding fees .. 1,419 2 0 Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, &c.).. 12 12 10 Technical instruction—Total income .. 2,315.3 .14 10 Boardinghouses—General maintenance .. 1,419 2 0 Interest (Manson Fund) .. .. 6 0 0 , Technical instruction —Total expenditure.. 2,120 14 10 Overdraft or Dr. balance at end of yoar .. 178 18 11 Interest on overdraft .. .. .. 9 6 9 £8,504 16 9 £8,504 16 9