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General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 4,754 17 9 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 1,311 1 2 Grants from Government for — Office contingencies .. .. .. 405 0 8 Teachers'and pupil-teachers'salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers .. 15,414 19 8 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 18,977 16 9 Reserves revenue for primary education 3,631 7 6 Relieving-teacbers'salaries .. .. 135 4 5 Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 115 0 0 Conveyance and board of school-children .. 305 13 3 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 2,837 7 3 Special capitation to School Committees .. 168 19 6 Special capitation at 9d. for School Com- Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 1,214 4 0 mittees .. .. .. .. 168 19 6 Erection of Board offices, first pa) ment .. 250 0 0 Conveyance and board of school-children 304 13 3 Contributions, Canadian Park Fund .. 510 2 Postage on pamphlets .. .. 116 7 Teachers' shares of rents .. .. 20 11 0 Receipts from other sources— Allowance to scholarship-holders, and exContributions, Canadian Fund (Imperial penses of examination — Park, Quebec) .. .. .. 510 2 Board scholarships .. .. .. 336 411 Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 60 0 0 National Scholarships .. .. 40 0 0 Rents .. .. .. .. 142 9 6 Salaries of teachers and additions to salaries Truancy fines .. .. ■. 5 4 6 of head teachers on staffs of district high Uncashed cheques, owners not found .. 6 7 9 schools .. .. .. .. 1,341 18 9 Grants from Government for— Manual and technical— Scholarships— School classes .. .. .. 879 2 1 Education Board .. .. .. 320 14 0 Special classes .. .. .. 122 11 3 National .. .. .. .. 32 10 0 Payments to managers of associated District high schools — ■ classes .. .. .. .. 450 18 0 Salaries of teachers .. .. 1,350 15 0 Paid to instructors .. .. .. 80 0 0 Subsidies on voluntary contributions, Paid to director .. .. .. 100 0 0 &o. .. .. ..... 265 13 6 Instructors, High School clasfes .. 30 0 0 Receipts from other sources for district high Rent, cookery-room, Pleasant Point .. 217 6 schools—Voluntary contributions : Te- Maintenance of school buildings - muka, £65 13a. 6d. ; Geraldine, £50; . Alterations, small additions, repairs, rePleasant Point, £150 .. .. 265 13 6 painting, &c. .. .. .. 1,886 19 0 Grants from Government for manual and Rebuilding .. .. .. .■ 3,324 11 0 technical instruction — Rent .. .. .. .. .. 44 8 0 Capitation— ' House allowances .. .. .. 188 11 7 On all classes .. .. .. 984 12 0 N ew school buildings, additional classOn account of frte plaoes .. .. 110 4 0 rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 1,090 3 0 Subsidies on voluntary contributions and Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for bequests .. .'. .. • • 202 9 0 manual and technical purposes— Receipts from other sources, manual and School classes .. .. .. 24 19 6 technical — Payments to managers of associated Fees .. .. •• •• 2 0 0 classes .. .. .. .. 2,228 2 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. 32 9 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 5,340 911 Cookery sales .. .. ■ • 18 5 6 Refund carving material .. .. 2 9 0 Sale of range .. .. .. 610 0 High School Board woodwork .. .. 30 0 0 „ ' cookery .. .. 15 0 0 Grants from Government for— Maintenance of school buildings, rebuilding, rents, sites, &c. .. .. 5,671 12 7 House allowances .. .. .. 179 4 6 New school buildings, additions, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 1,023 0 0 Technical-sohool buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 2, 248 2 0 Other receiptsInterest on fixed deposits .. .. 67 10 0 Sale of tanks .. .. .. 16 4 8 Contributions from School Committees.. 12 5 3 £40,305 17 5 £40,305 17 5 J. Jackson, Chairman. 6th February, 1909. A - Bbll - Secretary. OTAGO. g IR Education Office, Dunedhi, 31at March, 1909. In accordance with the provisions of section 174 of " The Education Act, 1908," the Education Board of the District of Otago has the honour to submit the following report of its proceedings for the year 1908: — Board. At the beginning of the year the Board was composed of the following members : Messrs Donald Borrie, Andrew McKerrow, and James Mitchell, representing the Northern Ward; the Hoii Thomas Fergus, Messrs. George C. Israel, and William Scott, representing the Central Ward • the Rev P B Fraeer, M.A., the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie, M.P., and Mr. William Snow, representing the Southern Ward. The Hon. Thomas Fergus, Rev. P. B. Fraser, and Mr. Andrew McKerrow were the members who retired in the ordinary course, but at the elections in the month of August they were all re-elected, the two first-named without opposition. There has thus been no change in the personnel of the Board during the year. At the first meeting of the Board m September the Hon. Thomas Fergus was elected Chairman. Twenty-eight meetings of the Board were