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£ s. d. Net balance at Ist January, 1913, Or. .. .. .. .. .. 860 18 3 £ a. d. Bank balance at 31st December 1913, Or. .. .. .. 2,549 0 5 Less unpresented cheques .. .. .. .. 73 9 9 2,475 10 8 On hand.. .. .. .. .. .- -•• 141 Total at 31st December, 1913, Or. .. .. .. .. £2,476 14 9 Harold Trimble, Chairman. Education Office, New Plymouth, 2nd April, 1914. P. S. Whitcombe, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. Examined and found correct, except that in the opinion of the Audit Office the charges by sundry members of the Board as hotel expenses are not those of " expenses actually incurred," and they are furthermore unsupported by vouchers .— R. J. Collins, Controller and Audi tor-General.

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I Buildings : Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — 25 (a) Maintenance and small additions "1 2 490 0 0 and (6) ordinary rebuilding ' 26 Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire j>2.434 16 11 27 Rents of buildings and sites for I 84 19 7; school purposes J New buildings, furniture, additions, sites — 28 Public schools .. .. .. .. 1,91117 2 1,790 14 5 29 Manual instruction .. • ■ 1 70S mill 27 19 1 30 Technical instruction .. ..J " yB " I 102 17 4 31 Rent of buildings for manual in- 3 0 0, struction purposes 32 Rent of buildings for technical in- 29 5 0! .. 14 10 0 struetion purposes 33 Sites-sales Other separate accounts — Contractors' deposits .. .. 600 Superannuation Fund arrears Totals .. .. .. 4,202 11 1 3,341 12 10 34,730 15 10 3,664 3 3 „, „ u f (a) 2,160 14 81 8 U \(b) 87 2 8 79 5 6 i 653 9 9 113 13 1 170 7 8 U,764 15 11 '.'. 3 0 0 980 0 0 \[ 72 5 0 774 12 6 395 0 0 j J J 36 4 0 yei 10 6\ J 75 2 7 6 10 0 68 2 ( 32 10 l< ! 4 5 < 167'l8 I 16 6.. 6 0 0.. 244 9 8 245 0 11 1,091 18 5 37,871 1 0 148 19 8 42 8 6 ~* .. .. .. 2,352 16 2 4,068 18 6 148 19 8 1 4,829 10 11 I 360 15 11 * Exclusive of secondary departments of district high schools, but including salaries and allowances of pupil-teachers jnd half of the total cost of the training-college staff. t In terms of the Order in Council of 13th February, 1911, but exclusive of cost of works paid for out of Government grant for maintenance and rebuilding of school buildings and included below under that heading.