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OTAGO HIGH SCHOOLS BOARD. General Statement op Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1925. Receipts. Payments. Endowments Income Account : — £ s. d. Endowments Income Account :— £ s. d. Current income from reserves vested in Proportion of office salaries .. .. 155 0 0 Board .. .. .. .. 3,383 16 2 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 116 6 6 Revenue from secondary-education re- Miscellaneous .. .. .. 94 15 9 serves .. .. .. .. 560 12 9 Transfers to— New Buildings Account .. .. 3,173 14 3 General Account, for repairs to buildings—for salaries, &c. .. .. 381 2 5 Hostel Account — For " Methven Copper" .. .. .. 23 10 0 £3,944 8 11 £3,944 8 11 Buildings and Sites Capital Account :— Buildings and Sites Capital Account : — Transfer from Endowments Income Ac- Balance, 31st December, 1924 .. 5,578 9 10 count .. .. .. .. 3,173 14 3 Interest in overdraft, Bank of New ZeaBalance, 31st December, 1925 .. 2,507 1 10 land .. .. .. .. 102 6 3 £5,680 16 1 £5,680 16 1 Hostels Account :— Hostel Account :— Balance, 31st December, 1924 .. 205 1 2 Proportion of office expenses .. .. 69 11 1 Boarding fees .. .. .. 2,520 5 0 Provisions .. .. ... .. 742 5 7 Refunds of advances to boarders .. 252 8 6 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 165 5 8 Tennis fees, piano, and medicine charges 19 1 6 Salaries of teachers for supervision .. 119 10 0 Proceeds sale, fruit, and vegetables .. 5 9 5 Wages of Matron and staff .. .. 716 18 10 Boarders'payments, &c., repairs, &c. .. 0 19 0 Furniture, utensils, &c. .. .. 76 9 4 Transfer from Endowment Income Ac- Repairs to buildings .. .. 55 10 10 count .. .. .. .. 23 10 0 Insurance, rates, and rent .. .. 119 12 6 Advances to boarders .. .. 301 17 7 Other expenses .. .. .. 117 6 8 Balance, 31st December, 1925 .. 542 6 6 £3,026 14 7 i £3,026 14 7 Secondary Department General Ac- Secondary Department General Account : — COUNT: — Balance, 31st December, 1924 .. 2,851 7 3 J Teachers'salaries and allowances .. 15,993 8 7 Government payment for salaries of [ Incidental expenses .. .. 2,392 5 4 teachers .. .. .. 15,637 15 5 j Maintenance of classes for manual inGovernment payment for incidental ex- struction.. .. .. 333 1 7 penses .. .. .. .. 2,760 0 0 : Scholarships and bursaries .. .. 116 15 0 Government capitation for manual and Maintenance of buildings .. .. 424 7 10 science instruction .. .. 306 17 3 Piano, Girls' High School .. .. 280 0 0 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 22 12 9 Grant, New Zealand and South Seas Voluntary contributions for general pur- ] Exhibition .. .. .. 100 0 0 poses .. .. .. .. 14 7 2 | Sports material, ex locally raised funds 3 5 5 School fees .. .. .. 293 0 6 j School prizes, ex locally raised funds .. 83 4 2 Proceeds, entertainment .. .. 115 11 0 Library books, ex locally raised funds and Miscellaneous — Typewriting, cookery, subsidy .. .. .. .. 8 7 4 singing, &c. .. .. 439 11 8 Swimming classes .. .. .. 29 7 3 Proceeds sale office furniture .. .. 12 6 6 j Typewriting and singing classes .. 70 17 3 War bursaries .. .. .. 81 0 0 Grant, Ramblers' Club, Girls High Government grant for science apparatus 128 0 0 School .. .. .. .. 4 0 0 Dalrymple and G. H. Stewart prizes .. 1112 2 Refund tuition fees .. .. .. 2 15 0 Transfer from Endowments Income Ac- Balance, 31st December, 1925 .. 3,213 9 4 count .. .. .. .. 381 2 5 £23,055 4 1 £23,055 4 1 Statement of Amounts due to Board and of Liabilities as at 31st December, 1925. Liabilities. £ s. d. Amounts due to Board. £ s. d. Endowments Income Account —Rent paid Rents accrued and not paid .. .. 204 4 11 in advance .. .. .. 12 6 Hostels Account — Buildings and Sites Account —Girls' High Boarding fees .. .. .. 23 0 0 School basement rooms .. .. 22 10 0 Advances to boarders .. .. 187 12 8 Hostels Account —Sundry creditors .. 90 9 9 Secondary General Account— Secondary General Account—Sundry credi- Fees .. .. .. .. 5 3 0 tors .. .. .. .. 488 4 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. 77 18 1 Bank overdraft .. .. .. 2,696 19 1 Manual and sciencc capitation .. 309 7 0 Trust funds .. .. .. .. 2,669 17 7 Investments .. .. .. .. 2,450 0 0 Sundry creditors . . .. .. 217 9 Post Office Savings-bank .. .. 150 7 0 Dunedin Savings-bank.. .. .. 69 3 10 Balance, current account, less unpresented cheques, No. 1 Account .. 3,945 13 1 Cash on hand, Trust Account .. .. 0 6 9 £5,972 1 2 £7,422 16 4

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