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OTAGO HIGH SCHOOLS BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1916. Receipts. s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government— Overdraft or Dr. balance at beginning of For buildings, furniture, fittings, and year .. .. .. .. 1,222 6 6 apparatus for recognized classes for Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 7,152 6 10 manual instruction ~ .. 734 18 6 Incidental expenses— Capitation— Proportion of office salaries . . .. 200 0 0 For free places .. .. .. 9.962 12 7 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 55 5 6 For recognized classes for manual in- Board's travelling - allowances (not on struction .. .. .. 71 12 6 account of endowments)' .. .. 10 7 8 Endowments — Material for classes other than classes Current income from reserves vested in recognized under manual regulations.. 2 12 0 Board .. .. .. .. 2,929 5 1 Printing, stationery, and advertising in Revenue from secondary - education re- connection with school . . .. 200 0 6 serves .. .. . . . . 393 11 0 Cleaning and sanitary service in connocSchoolfees .. .. .. .. 335 15 0 tion with school buildings .. .. 328 19 8 Typewriting, singing, stationery, &c., charges 211. 16 10 Heating, lighting, and water - supply in Share of Rectory ground-rent—F.H.Camp- connection with school buildings .. 175 2 11 bell .. .. .. .. 16 5 6 Care of school-grounds • .. 95 2 5 Dalrymple Prize Fund .. .. . . 4 0 0 Games and physical exorcises (excluding Cost of leases .. .. .. .. 9 18 0 buildings and permanent apparatus) . . 16 0 0 Valuation Account .. .. .. 118 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 34 18 9 G. H. Stewart Prize Fund bequest .. 100 0 0 Maintenance (including material) of classes . for manual instruction .. .. 91 13 10 Books and stationery for sale to pupils, and other temporary advances .. .. 9 19 11 Boarding - school Account (repairs and ground rent) .. .. .. 105 0 0 Buildings, &c. — Maintenance and repairs to buildings and grounds (from current revenue) .. 137 12 0 Furniture and. apparatus (from current revenuo) .. .. . . .. 68 5 2 Buildings, furniture, &c, for classes recognized under manual regulations (from Government grants) . . . . 600 8 (i Miscellaneous — Rates, insurance, &o. (from current revenue) . . .. 713 10 Endowments — Proportion of office salaries . . 100 0 0 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 25 0 0 Miscellaneous (surveys, &c.) .. . . 41 6 0 Interest on overdraft . . . . . . 15 18 0 Interest on loans . . . . .. 149 15 0 Other expenditure— Rector's travelling - expenses attending Secondary Schools Conference .. 812 4 G. H. Stewart Prize Fund invested (transferred to special account) .. .. 100 0 0 Sinking Fund Account . . . . 10 10 0 Valuation for improvements .. .. 118 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. . . 3,735 7 8 £14,887 15 0 £14,887 15 0 Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities at 31st December, 1916. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Rents overdue .. .. .. 45 18 5 Contract for painting and renovating .. 124 15 0 Government capitation due on free pupils.. 358 4 4 Tradesmen's accounts unpaid (estimated).. 160 0 0 Amount on fixed deposit .. .. 2,000 0 0 Public debt debentures .. .. 3,300 0 0 Amount at credit of Sinking Fund Account 172 16 0 Outstanding cheques .. .. .. 16 13 4 Credit balance in bank .. .. 1,752 I 0 £4,328 19 9 £3,601 8 4 T. K. Sidey, Chairman. P. J. Ness, Secretary. ■ Examined and found correct, except that in the opinion of the Audit Office the Board has no authority to pay the travelling-expenses incurred by the Rector attending the Secondary Schools Conference. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.