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£ a. d. £ s. d. Net balance at Ist January, 1915, Cr. .. ~ .. .. .. .. 31,090 4 8 Bank balance at 31st December, 1915, Cr. .. .. .. 18,352 1 7 Less unpresented cheques .. .. .. .. 72 16 2 18,279 5 5 On Contractors' Deposit Account .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 On fixed deposit .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,967 9 2 Total at 31st December, 1915, Cr... .. .. £46,286 14 7 George J. Garland, Chairman. Education Office, Auckland, 10th January, 1916. R. Crowe, Secretary. Auditor's Certificate. Examined and found correct, except that the transfer between accounts Nos. 15 and 20 is without authority of law.— R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Note.—This statement, after having been examined by the Auditor, was altered slightly from the one included in the summary of receipts and expenditure in the Minister's Report.

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14 Manual instruction: Receipts from capitation, sales, &c, expended on — (a.) Direction and administration .. "j (b.) Salaries of instructors .. '.. } .. 3,058 13 2 7,316 14 4 (c.) Material .. .. .. j 15 Technical instruction : Receipts from oapitation, contributions, subsidies, grants for material, fees, sales, &c, expended on classes conducted by Board — (i.) Salaries of instructors .. •■ 1 (ii.) Material .. .. .. J- 2,694 5 0 .. 10,878 8 3 (iii.) Direction and adB>inistration .. J 16 Teachers' house allowances .. .. 4 17 .. 8,793 11 6 17 Buildings —Maintenance, rebuilding, rent — (a.) Maintenance and small additions, | ~j f „, j-q - q and (b) ordinary rebuilding j J>32,855 4 6 .. < ' < (c.) Rebuilding schools destroved by fire.. j \ [_ 395 0 0 (d.) Rents of buildings and sites for ' .. 1,472 18 6 1,461 8 6 school purposes 18 Rents of buildings for technical instruction . .. 151 6 10 202 17 4 (classes conducted by Board) 19 Public school buildings, furniture, sites, &c. .. 2,500 15 1 16,533 15 10 ■ New buildings, additions, furniture, apparatus, &c. — 20 («,) Manual instruction .. .. .. 521 6 6 1,341 18 3 (6.) Technical instruction (classes eon- .. 6,989 5 3 4,825 12 5 ducted by Board) 21 Site sales .. ' .. .. .. 2.456 3 4 22 Contractors' deposits .. •.. .. I 55 0 0 Totals .. .. .. ! 51,292 8 0 20,202 3 334,407 6 11 [ I 877 13 7 2,619 5 2 1,341 8 7 877 13 7 i { 1,129 12 8 5,118 13 0 3,819 19 7 7,060 16 11 890 8 7 3,215 10 5! 8,820 11 4i 13,805 16 6 J •• - }- Ll,895 9 11 3,129 12 7 J 41,528 2 2 | 7,376 18 0 22 18 3| 22 18 3 3,672 15 0 i 4,932 10 6 5,833 6 9 449 19 6 2,781 18 0 534 15 3 430 19 5; 812 2 8 823 12 8 1,421 0 5 613 0 3 -■ 224 10 0 172 19 6 219 5 0 62 10 0 .. i 4,154 1 3! 6,209 10 1 2,615 0 0 18,187 2 0 430 15 2 117 16 9 i 2,051 12 0 1,192 2 11 3,129 12 7 i 800 5 1, 1,560 0 0 108 6 3 1 100 0 0 2,000 0 0 253 19 2 389 0 0 i 23 13 6 404 0 0 2,225 17 8; 2,590 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 ■• 6,210 9 11 325,421 6 1116,721 11 7 16,721 11 7; 63,133 0 1 16,846 5 632,221 13 8 10,437 17 5