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3. General Statement of Accounts for the Year- ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. 1,794 811 Management— Government grants for sites, building, fur- Office salaries.. .. .. .. 210 0 0 niture, &c. .. .. .. .. 8,021 0 0 Other office expenses .. .. .. 31 1 6 Government capitation for free places .. 1,245 13 4 Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 5,314 4 4 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 150 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 103 4 0 Current income from reserves .. .. 3,469 18 2 Other expenses of examination .. .. 61 4 1 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 184 14 9 Prizes .. .. .. .. 73 0 6 Sohool fees .. .. .. .. 3,109 0 3 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 295 2 5 Voluntary contributions .. .. 150 0 0 Cleaning, fuel, light, &c. .. .. 214 8 10 Other receipts— Maintenance of classes for manual instrucIntereet on deposit .. .. .. 31 19 7 tion .. .. .. .. 68 3 0 Donations for prizes .. .. .. 5 5 0 Government grants for site, buildings, fumiDiscount .. .. .. .. 0 6 3 ture, &o. (ordinary) .. .. .. 8,021 0 0 Refund .. .. .. .. 7 0 0 Purchases and new works .. .. 959 0 2 Repayment of loan on building .. .. 257 18 4 Fencing, repairs, insurance, &o. .. .. 782 18 4 Inter?? i .. .. .. 682 2 0 Bank charge .. .. .. .. 010 0 Interest on cost of reclaimed land .. 104 14 6 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. .. 38 17 0 Other expenditure— Fees refunded .. .. .. 1 19 8 Contract deposit refunded .. .. 10 0 0 Grant to Games Fund .. .. .. 25 0 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 0 7 6 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 914 10 1 £18,169 6 3 £18,169 6 3 A. de B. Brandon, Chairman. Chas. P. Powles, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that moneys amounting to £17 19s. 3d. of Turnbull, Liverton, Cocks, and Mary Izard Trusts have been used for the purposes of the Moore, Rhodes, Barnicoat, and Levin Trusts, and that such moneys should not be shown as assets of the four last-named Trusts. —J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

GISBORNE HIGH SCHOOL. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. The year now closed is the last of a long series of years during which the Governors have aided secondary education in the District High School at Gisborne. The work of the year, within the necessarily limited lines upon which it has been based, has been fair. Having regard to the rapid development of the east coast, and the increase of population at and near Gisborne, the Governors concluded, after very careful consideration, that the time had come when it high school should be established. Arrangements have been made to open such a school at the opening of the ensuing school year. The Governors will be able temporarily to utilise the high-school room and the Gisborne Technical School not at present fully utilised for technical instruction. At the earliest moment a high-school building standing in its own grounds should be provided. Negotiations have been proceeding with the Minister for the acquirement of a suitable education reserve in the Borough of Gisborne as a site for the permanent school. The work of the Technical School in all its branches has been excellent, and a good interest has been maintained. 2. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 3,704 17 3 ManagementGovernment oapitation for technical classes *25 8 6 Office salary .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Subsidy on voluntary contributions, tech- Other office expenses .. .. 4 5 10 nical instruction ".. .. .. *20 0 0 Other expenses of management .. 5 8 3 Current income from reserves .. .. 150 0 0 Boarding allowances .. .. .. 50 0 0 Interest on moneys invested and on un- Prizes .. .. .. .. 2 16 6 paid purobase-money .. .. 180 17 7 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 22 18 3 Paid by Sohool Commissioners .. .. 337 9 0 Maintenance of classes for technical inInterest accrued on ourrent acoount, Post- struction .. .. .. .. "365 15 5 Office Savings-Bank .. .. .. 8 Hi 5 Government grants for site, buildings, furVoluntary contributions, technical instruc- niture, &c. (technical instruction) .. *103 18 4 tion .. .. .. .. *20 0 0 Interest on current account .. .. 0 2 0 Other receipts— Other expenditure— From Hawke's Bay Education Board, Hawke's Bay Education Board .. 145 1I 8 capitation, sohool and teachers' olasses 275 16 2 Insurance .. .. .. .. 9 li I Grant from Education Board for teachers' Balance at end of yoar .. .. .. 4,003 0 9 classes .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Grant from Cook County Council on account of Education Board, towards cost of winter school for teachers .. 15 0 0 •£4,763 4 11 : *£4,763 4 11

' Detail! oi reueiptb and expenditOM <»i tctiniicitl school are shown in supplementary statement printed on next payu.