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EEPOETS OF SCHOOL COMMISSTONEES.

AUCKLAND. Sir,— School Commissioners' Office, Auckland, 31st March, 1891. "I have the honour to forward a statement of the accounts of the Commissioners for the year 1890, and the following brief report of their proceedings for that year:—■ The reserves let comprise— £ s. d. 5 sections town and suburban lands, 21 acres, at ... 9 16 0 a year. 12 sections rural lands, 1,410 acres, at ... ... 63 16 3 „ 2 blocks pastoral land, 7,115 acres, at ... ... 127 0 0 „ Seventy-eight acres of rural land have been sold, realising £214, after paying cost of survey and charges by the Land Board. This money has been placed on fixed deposit at a bank pending the selection of a suitable investment in land. I have, &0., The Hon. the Minister of Education. Wm. P. Moat, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1890.

H. N. Garland, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

'eceip; ;s. [ Primary. Secondary. Total. £ s. a. £ s. a. & s. a. 1,695 7 9 Co Credit balance, 31st December, 1889 Arrears of revenue from previous years—Eents of reserves ... ... ... ...» Eevenues of current year— Eents of reserves ... ... ... Interest ... Miscellaneous Sale of reserves Lease deposits 585 3 o 202 19 5 788 2 5 1,108 14 l 341 1 4 24 2 10 1,449 15 5 24 2 10 3 0 0 214 0 0 59 0 0 3 0 143 0 47 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 12 0 0 Total receipts ... 4,233 8 5 Expenditure. By Salaries Office expenses Legal expenses Expenses of leasing—Advertising Expended on reserves — Fencing, &c. Bates Stamp duty ... Payments to Boards— Auckland Education Board ... Hawke's Bay Education Board Payments towards secondary education—Gisborne High School ... ' ... Lease deposits refunded Balance at credit on 31st December, 1890— Bank of N.Z., current account £933 2 2 Less unpresentod cheques 12 6 931 19 8 Fixed deposit, Bank of New Zealand 214 0 0 Post-Office Savings-bank ... 52112 10 Auckland Savings-bank ... 222 1 5 & s. d. 76 18 0 0 17 2 25 1 0 34 12 6 £ s. a. 23 2 0 5 5 0 12 12 3 £ s. a. 100 0 0 0 17 2 30 6 0 47 4 9 0 15 0 139 11 11 5 0 0 36 10 5 43 3 5 10 0 37 5 5 182 15 4 6 0 0 1,559 0 0 75 0 0 ) I 1,634 0 0 7l"l 8 222 6 10 11 17 4 222 6 10 82 19 0 ) 1,889 13 11 ) Total expenditure 4,233 8 5 Assets. Cash balance, 31st December, 1890 Arrears of rent for 1888 ... Arrears of rent for 1889 ... Arrears of rent for 1890 ... £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. 1,889 13 11 53 6 3 194 1 8 960 7 11 41 16 164 1 799 1 3 8 0 11 10 0 30 0 0 161 6 11 Total assets "... il,004 18 11 202 16 11 3,097 9 9 Liabilities. Lease deposits ... £ s. 7 10 a. _4 £ 6 s. 8 a. 4 £ s. a. 13 18 8