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MARLBOROUGH. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Receipts, Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- _ . tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. J.oral. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist January, 1879 ... ... ... 35 10 0 2 15 0 38 5 0 Arrears due Ist Jan., 1879, collected in year 1879 ... 58 10 0 9 7 0 67 17 0 Moneys payable and collected within year 1879 — Rents, &c, of reserves ... ... ... 137 2 6 10 3 6 147 6 0 Total receipts ... ... ... £ 231 2 6 22 5 6 253 8 0 Expenditure. Total. £ a. d. By Office —Salaries and allowances to officers ... ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 ~ Allowances to Commissioners ... ... ... ... ... 440 ~ Printing, stationery, &c. ... ... . ... ... ... ... 119 8 Advertising and other expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 0150 Expenditure on reserves, surveying, fencing, and other expenditure ... ... 2 2 0 Balance in hand or in Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... 219 7 4 Total expenditure .... ... ... ... ... £ 253 8 0 Arrears. Primary Educa- Secondary Edu- _ tion Eeserves. cation Eeserves. lotal. £ s. d. £ s. a. Arrears due on 31st December, 1879— (1.) Arrears at 31st December, 1878, still unpaid... 16 10 0 ... 16 10 0 (2.) Arrears of payments due within year 1879 ... 39 15 0 ... 39 15 0 Total arrears ... ... ... £ 56 5 0 ... 56 5 0 John Robinson, Secretary. NELSON. The School Commissioners, in forwarding the annual statement of their accounts for the year ended "31st December, 1879, have only to report the leasing of 1 rood 36 perches of town and 555 acres of ■country land, summarised thus : — Primary. Secondary. Annual Eental. A. R. P. A. B. P. £ S. d. Town land ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 36 ... 4 0 0 Country land ... ... ... ... ... 555 0 0 190 0 0 20 0 0 Totals ... ... ... ... ... £555 136 190 0 0 24 0 0 They may again repeat here the remark made in their last report, " That the leases already issued include the more immediately available reservations." The rents received during the year, accruing for purposes of primary education, were paid or are awaiting pavment to the several Education Boards within the Nelson Provincial District, as follows : Nelson, £454 Is. lid.; Westland, £58 17s. 10d.; North Canterbury, £14 ss. lid.; total, £527 ss. Bd.