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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 123, 26 May 1903, Page 3

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LORD HA.WKES TEAM'S TOUR FINANCIAL RESULTS. THE QUESTION OF SURPLUS. PBR TfRESS ASSOCIATION. Ohristohurcit, May 25. At a me-ling of the New Z'.aland Cricket Council, tin seb-commit'ee in cinnrction with the (oar of Lord Hiwke's team repo ted that tbe programme of 16 nntch?s hnd b en crripd out, with tbe exept'on of ihe match agai st South Otigo, snd 'hit th* local receipts appeared to have covered gua v an'ce? and match expenses, except in the following cases: -Auckhnd, deSciency, £9l Us Bd, New Plymouth £4O 14< 31, Hawera £66 16s 9i, Wanganui £37 9) 6', M<naw a >;ii 2s S', Hawked Bty £BS 6s lid, Wainnpa £9l 16s 6d, Nelson £1 3s 2'.Southland £45, h Oan'erbury £46 14s 6d. Tutal £506 14? BJ. The a«socia'ions which had paired on th ir matches were : -Wellington £293 9s 91, Marlborough £44 4", West Coast £4 12s 61, (hago £B7 18s 3d, Cantor-bu-y £25 it sd. Total £683 8s SJ. The sup'us in e?ch cisi had be n retained, by the Association managing tha ma'-cb, but the Council had rereiv d all the profits of the South Island and 'he two New Z-wtand mitches as follows:-S u'h Llmdat Duntdin £llO 3s 4d, ngiirst New Zealand at Chris-church £551 2s 10'. and [against New Zalard at Wellington £215 15s 6J. The net share of the proceeis of the Aus'ralian nuteh°s received by tin Council was £255 13s 2d, the tota 1 credit balance held by tbe Council being £597 3>. The Council inti Goramitee to connier the disp s\l of tbi* surplus. and on resuming it was tint no motion had been adopted, and there fore the money woul 1 remain in tbe Council's hind. A motion that tin total surplus shiull he amongst the «swc ations who hid lost on tin tour, in propir'ion to the'r lo3?, had not besn »greed to