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3. Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 31st December, 1889. Assets. £ s. d. Inabilities. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand— Sundry accounts unpaid .. .. 17 2 6 Fixed deposit .. .. .. 2,166 Oil Contracts entered into— Balance'current account .. .. 91 11 0 J. S. Aldred, painting .. .. .. 45 0 0 Rent of reserves due and unpaid.. .. 81 4 6 W. Peasey, school desks, fencing, &G. .. 32 7 0 Reserves, sold on deferred-payment instalments due and unpaid .. .. 329 2 0 £94 9 6 School fees due and unpaid (including sta- -^^ tionery) .. .. .. .. 197 14 10 Freehold property, Sections 27 and 28, Block XIII., Town of Invercargill .. * Reserves vested in Board by Acts of General Assembly .. .. .. .. * £2,805 13 3 * Value of property not estimated. Geo. Lumsden, Chairman. Charles Rout, Treasurer. Examined and found eorrect. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

i. Work, of Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —Requirements for the junior scholarship examinations of the University of New Zealand. Lowest. —The Fourth Standard of the primary schools.

5. Scholarships. Eighteen scholarships of the Southland Education Board were held at the school. [Approximate Cost of I'apcr. —Preparation, nil; printing {1,450 copies). £__.]

By Authority: Gbobge DIDSBXJBY, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9o.

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