A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Otaki Mail, 30 June 1922, Page 4

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING.

Tjhie sixteenth annual meeting' of the Associaton jyas beta on Saturday. The president (Mr A. McLeavey) .was in the chair, and there jvere 25 members present.

The Council of Agriculture lor.varded the preliminary prder paper or ilie annual conference, which was sent out to give ihe associations an jppo-rtunity of considering the various uatters before the delegates left for no conference.

It u'iis decided Unit the order J?.aper be handed to the Association's delegate to the conference. .Mr 3. McLeavey was subsequently appointed delegate. REPORT; AND BALANCE-SHEET. The annual report was presented as follows: Your committee has pleasure in presenting to you the sixteenth annual report and balance-sheet, and, in doing so, wish to express their appreciation of the support which, has been accorded the Association by all concerned. ,You will note from the appended statement that the past year's working of the Association has suffered financially, as is .the ease of many similar bodies, owing to the adverse times experienced; as commencing the year with a credit .balance of £ll3 .7s lld z it .ended with a debit #JL' £63 1/4. .To meet this deficiency, youi committee made satisfactory arrangements with the Association's bankers for an advance of £foo .until su»ii time as sufficient money is in hand to redeem the liability. The entries for the last show, although not equal to the previous year, exceeded expectations, and. the quality of all @xI hibits was exceedingly good, including several outside competitors. The post entry, competitions showed a decrease of so.'me £7 as 'compared with tiie previous year. Taking the chief items ot ievenue, viz., donations, Members' (annual! subs., entry fees, and gate receipts, as compared with the previous year, it will easily disclose the reason oi the present financial position, as in these lour items alone there , is a difference of £165. The guessing competitions and sale of stock also show a decrease of £47. In addition to the general-expenditure hi connection wilt: the show, your committee also had the competition ring fenced in and partly regrassed at a cost oi £52, whii h proved a. great benefit in ihe judging oi the horse classes ami ting events. Your committee wish to thank all who so willingly assisted in various wavs with donations, etc.,

also the many stewards in charge ol the various classes and. competitions in helping to carry the show through. They have every confidence in the future, and feel sure that, with the continued support of members as in the past, together with that of exhibitors and general public, Hie Association will continue to advance in spite of the bad times experienced during the past year. As the annual subscription lor the ensuing year is now falling due, members would be greatly assisting the Association by making an early payment, which would be much appreciated. The balance-sheet showed receipts (o the amount oi £BBS 18/3, .which in eluded a sum of £ll3 VII balance in hand at June 1, 1921. The principal items of revenue were: Donations £llO J 2,3, subscriptions £270 10/, entry lees -£162 2,6. gates Wi T: 0, ground ices £22 13 6, privileges £29 10/, guessing competitions £ls 3/, saie stock £3B 2/6, catalogues £lO 13/. Expenditure amounted to £948 I'.', 7, leaving a debit balance lor the year oi £63 1/4. The chief items id' expenditure were: Prize money £-106 3/6, printing and stationery £65 7/3, postages ,etc, £27 4/9, wages ami salaries Clb'j 0/10, competition ring £52 12/2, amusement tax £25 8/7; band £lO 10/, insurance £ll 15/6, luncheons £36 3 , leed £l2, sundry accounts iS'SJ li,- ; - finance committee £SO, besides several smaller amounts.

The assets totalled £572 18,6, us to I low.-: Hurdles, yards and tools £SO cattle and pig buildings £425, members' subscriptions outstanding £7l', entrance lees outstanding £0 10/6. ground fees outstanding £■'■ dona-

tions outstanding £8 8/. The chairman stated that the Fin ance Committee thought it advisable ro make arrangements with the bank tor an overdraft of £IOO to meet some outstanding accounts. Tins had been done, the hunk meeting the wishes ol the committee in the. must satisfactory- way.

Mr J. sigley asked how wages and salaries amounting to £lB9 0/10 were made up.

The secretary explained that the sunt comprised his salary, cost of all the labour done on the grounds, and ihe gatekeepers* expenses _ for the two days' of the show.

Mr Sigley: It seems a large amoun .or the work done.

The secretary then read the individual amounts included in the total sum. Mr Sigley said lie was quite satisfied with the explanation given. Replying to Mr R. V. Brown, the secretary stated it was necessary for the Association to take out a risk oi C3OO to cover possible accident to the public at the show. This cost was £6 lor the two days, and, with the insurance against fire, totalled £ll 15/6 for the year. Mr Sigley: Do the outstanding members' subscriptions include any for vears prior to last year. The secretary: Ko, they are outstanding for last year only. • Mr B. V. Biown considered that.allowing the public entrance to the stand "enclosure free had made a difference to the revenue. People could go right through, and were only-sepa-ted from the stand and the front portion of die enclosure by a partition of

netting wire Mr Tu!ly faid this.should be looked into this year. Mr'Tulty then moved the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, and. in doing so, congratulated the Association on the position it was in considering the hard times. It was worse, he considered, with associations in other places, and instanced the Walrarapa. Taking all things into con-

thought members could ■ congratulate themselves on the year's results. The motion was seconded by Mr R 1.. Horn, and carried. » ELECTION OFOFFICERS.

Tiie election oi officers for the year resulted: Patron, Mr YV. H. Field, M.P.; president, Mr A. McLeavey (reelected); vice-presidents, Messrs. j. Kebbeli and J. McLeavey (re-elected); committee, Messrs. C. Bartholomew, F. tl. Best, S. A. liroadbelt, 1!. V. Brown, 1). V. Brown, F. Davies, H. E. Denton, R. W. B. Evans, F. 11. B. Corringe, L. Griffith, C. i. Harkness, R. L. Horn, J. Howell, N. Horrobiu, S. L. Jackson, G. H. Kb scion, If. J. Lancaster, Ranald A. MacDbnald, Bod. A. McDonald. 1. A. Mitchell, G. Tully, C. E. Waller, \Y. ii. Weggery, F. B. Wright, and C. 11. Vviklsmilh; auditor. M. C. H. Fyke (re-elected); treasurer, su- I'. \V. Goldsmith (re-elected).

In taking the chair lor another term, Mr McLeavey stated thai though the past year had been a diffleuK one for the Association owing to the changing conditions, the members should .work all the harder for the success of the next show. He took the opportunity of thanking the (committees and officials for the way in. which they had worked during the past year, and was sure they would (do the same in the coming term,

Messrs. J. Kebbeli and J. McLeavey briefly returned thanks for their election as vice-presidents. hi reading the names of tiie committee iliat had been elected, the chairman said he regretted to notice that several old committeemen were not on the list. He specially mentioned ill' Sigley and Mr Stickles, both of whom had been hard-working members of the ommittee. Mr P. YV. Goldsmith, honorary treasurer, stated that since the two-days' show bad been instituted, and the new arrangement in regard to the gate receipts, his duties as treasurer had been very light, more so as they had such excellent officials as Mr Wallace secretary) and Mr. Pykc auditor). Although it had been stated that the !,asi year had not been a good as they could wish, the Association had paid out more prize-money than lot the previous year—£lo6 as against £3'jo—which was noi a bad sign alter all. Except thai there had been a deficit on the year's working, the bal-ance-sheet wits in other respects quite satisfactory. On the motion of Mr J. McLeavey, a vote of thanks was passed to Mi' P.yke and Mr Goldsmith for their pasl services, lie fell quite sure thai the interests of the Association would always be clesely watched when they had smh a capable auditor and treasurer. MEMBIiBS- OVERDUE SUBSCRIPTIONS. in accordance witli notice, the chairman moved: "That no member's tickets be issued to any member whose previous year's subsciiption is in arrears." The chairman said the large number of overdue subscriptions m

the pasl year made it necessary for the Association to draw the tine. The motion was seconded by Mr I-■ i;. Wright. Mr .). McLeavey said the motion was

a wise move. There were members who overlooked paying once they bad ..ot their tickets. They should not have the privileges of membership il tlu;; did not pay for them. The motion was carried. SHOW COMPARISONS.

The secretary (Mr Wallace) presented a comparison sheet of the receipts ami expenditure lor the years 1021 and 1922 which contained some interest-

ing details Of the- Association's operalions lor the periods mentioned. The particulars are as follows:

RECEIPTS

£969 10/6 £738 16,6 It will be seen, the report states, that alter allowing the small increase in ■noun i .ees and catalogues, the decrease in the general revenue lor the past year is some £230.

mere is an increase in the general expenditure during the past year of £7, although the sum of £2l was saved in printing -and- advertising.

1021 1932 £ s. d. £ s. d Donations 13t) lla Members' subs ■ 335 -^ 6 Entrv fees 182 I 6 ' 2 Gates IfJ 02 Guessing t-omp 47 '■ ■ privileges 45 29 10/ Sale of'stock 53 38 >u!e of Ulilfc - Picture benefll 13 tiule catalogues 8 !'■' 10 Ki Ground fees 20 iyb _jf_^

EXPEND1TI RE L921 xazi 390 406 Printing and Stationery £6 65 Postage and Petty? '■Ik •li Salary and Wages 153 189 Finance Committee <J9 50 Commissioner of --Stanr pa 1#' 25 133