DIXFIELD — With 10 of 12 towns reporting, the RSU 10 budget of $35.1 million for 2012-13 was passing late Tuesday night by an unofficial vote of 1,110 to 967.

Tallies were: Buckfield, 155-174; Byron, 6-14; Canton, 79-53; Dixfield, 138-142; Hanover, 38-13; Hartford, 83-97; Mexico, 203-163; Peru, 332-227; Roxbury, 25-23; Sumner, 50-61; and Canton, 79-53.

Rumford and Carthage numbers were not available early Wednesday morning.

The budget is about 3 percent higher than the current year’s, and includes the elimination of about 36 full- and part-time positions.