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GREYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BOARD General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1917. Receipts. £ s. d. ■ Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Fee paid for keeping accounts .. .. 0 15 0 of year .. .. .. .. 1,025 10 6 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,136 8 2 Revenue from secondary-education reserves (administered by Land Boards) .. 48 10 8 1 Interest on moneys derived from endowments .. .. ~ .. 63 2 0 £1,137 3 2 £1,137 3 2 j __ _ _—_ Statement of Monetary Assets and Liabilities on, 31st December, 1917. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. Seven debentures in Greymouth Borough 700 0 0 (lash in bank .. .. .. 138 14 10 Cash in savings-bank .. .. .. 297 13 4 Nil. £1,136 8 2 W. R. Kettle, Hon. Secretary. HOKITIKA HIGH: SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1917. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Overdraft or Dr. balance at beginning of of year .. .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 year .. .. .. .. 97 19 10 Endowments — Endowments— Current income from reserves vested in Office salaries .. .. .. 10 5 0 Board .. .. .. .. 42 10 6 Office expenses .. .. .. 216 10 Revenuo from secondary-education re- Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 100 0 0 serves (administered by Land Boards) 57 12 5 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 26 13 4 Interest on moneys derived from endow- j Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, fee) .. 39 16 (i ments .. .. .. 58 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. 1,400 0 0 Overdraft or Dr. balance at end of year .. 25 8 7 £1,683 II 6 £1,683 1.1 6 Statement, of Monetary Assets and, Liabilities on 31st December, 1917. Assets. £ s. d. j Liabilities. £ s. d. Fixed deposits (Bank of New Zealand) .. 1,200 00 | Overdraft (Bank of New Zealand) .. 33 8 7 Kixecl deposit (Hokitika Savings-bank) . . 200 0 0 Hokitika Savings-bank .. .. 8 0 0 Rent due .. .. .. .. 12 18 4 £1,420 18 4 £33 8 7 H. L. Michel, Chairman. Daphne Lloyd, Secretary. « RANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. General Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1917. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand and in bank at beginning Endowments—Agricultural plot, £11 lis. of year .. .. .. .. 175 14 2 3d.; sundries, £5 2s. .. .. 16 13 31 Endowments —Current income from re- Secondary Department— serves vested in Board .. .. 18!) 0 4 Teachers' salaries and allowances .. 1,016 131 4 Secondary Department— Incidental expenses .. .. .. 168 (i 5 From Government — Donation to Show .. .. .. 3 3 0 Capitation for free places (including Buildings, fee. — annual grant, £100) .. .. 1,358 19 8 Maintenance and repairs to buildings 157 17 8 Capitation for classes for manual in- Miscellaneous (rates, insurance, .fee).. 17 6 10 struction .. .. .. 17 14 2 Boardinghouses— Subsidies on voluntary contributions 28 10 9 General maintenance .. .. 558 3 6 School fees.. .. .. .. 07 4 0 Furniture, fee. .. . . ~ 7 5 6 Voluntary contributions for general pur- • Loans— poses .. .. .. .. 35 9 0 Principal repaid .. . . .. 50 0 0 Refunds .. .. .. .3 19 19 (i Interest .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Boardinghouses —Boarding fees . . 520 14 0 Technical instruction—Total expenditure 252 711 Technical instruction —Total jincome .. 279 11 .1 Work on agricultural plots .. .. 51 14 3 Rent of plots.. .. ... ~ 926 Balance at end of year .. .. 339 8 6 £2,693 2 8 £2,693 2 8 Examined and found correct. It. ,1. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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