THE EXHIBITION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 26 November 1907, Page 3

THE EXHIBITION.

Nearly £90,000 Lose.

A return showing the receipts and expenditure of the recent Exhibition, from 27th May, 1905, to 31st October, 1907, was presented to Parliament last Saturday. The total expenditure was £239,970, and the actual loss made good by the Government was £87,617. The receipts included the following items :—Space fees, £24,686 ; admissions, £44,322; realisation of properties, £16,469 ; season tickets, £8483 ; side-show royalties, £5854 ; concert hall revenue, £5166 ; Besses-o’th-Barn Band, £3419 ; Seddon Memorial concert, The expenditure items include the following ;—Refunds to Government, £27,117 ; main building, £67,872 ; concert hall, £6433 ; organ, £3346; art gallery, £5639: machinery hall, £16,417 ; fernery, £2567 ; lavatories, £3149; preparation and maintenance of grounds, £4466; decorative expenses, £1328; statuary, £3776; furniture and fittings, £2660 ; concert hall, working expenses, £2859 ; orchestral expenses, £4044; general exhibits (handling), £6005 ; West Coast Court, £1453 ; fireworks, £1159 ; Besses-o’th-Barn Band, £2528 ; wages of gatekeepers and attendants, £3376; fire prevention, £2704; salaries and office expenses, £7612 ; travelling expenses and allowances. £1953 ; printing, advertising and stationery, £7599 ; insurance, fire and accident, £4504 ; gas, £5221 ; electric light and power, £7606 ; general expenses. £2597 ; realisation expenses, £3392.