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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1899.

Expenditure.

* Office now providea by Secretary, f Including postage- ana receipt-stamps; also, the expense of removal from Government Buildings. Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. To Bents in arrear .. .. .. 519 17 1 By Land Fund .. .. .. 326 5 1 Bank and oash balance .. .. 1,210 11 9 Balance of assets .. .. .. 1,404 3 9 £1,730 8 10 £1,730 8 10 R. Cock, Chairman. F. P. Cobkill, F.N. Z. A.A., Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct— J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WELLINGTON. 'Sib,— Wellington, sth February, 1900. I have the honour to forward herewith the twenty-first annual report and balance-sheet of the School Commissioners for the Wellington Provincial District for the year ended the 31st December, 1900. The Commissioners still consist of Messrs. J. R. Blair (Chairman), A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., F. Pirani, M.H.R., F. Y. Lethbridge, M.H.R., and J. W. A. Marchant, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Primary. Secondary. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. £ B. d. £ s. d. 917 10 11 3,697 3 11 15 0 0 15 17 3 'o Balance ... ... ... Rents from reserves... Transfer fees Accrued interest from Savings-bank deposits, now withdrawn Interest on fixed deposit to land fund account ... 3,067 5 7 14 0 0 11 17 11 629 18 1 0 3 19 4 0 4 9 14 4 Total 3,093 3 6 634 17 8 4,655 6 5

y office salaries* Printing, stationery, and office pettiest Travelling allowances to Commissioners Commission on sales of leases Advertising .-.-.-■ Surveying (including plan for office) Commission on rents collected Cost of bringing numerous sites under Land Transfer Act, comprising survey, £33 13s. 6d.; Land Transfer fees, £16 14s. 2d.; solicitor's fee, £2 2s. Fees paid District Land Registrar on certificate of title for 6,015 acres Accountant's fee (special) Supervision of reserves ... Labour on reserves ... Repairs to property ... Refund on lease cancelled Purchase of school-site Cab hire, 5s.; guarantee premium, £5 ... Rates, New Plymouth and Patea Bank charges for year ... ... Distribution from revenue— Taranaki Education Board... Wanganui Education Board New Plymouth High School Wanganui High School Balance £ s. d. 66 8 10 18 16 4 9 5 8 4 14 3 9 17 10 21 10 10 2 0 2 39 7 3 £ s. d. 22 2 11 6 5 5 3 1 10 3 5 11 7 3 8 0 13 4 13 2 5 £ s. d. 88 11 9 25 1 9 12 7 6 4 14 3 13 3 9 28 14 6 2 13 6 52 9 8 6 0 9 2 0 3 8 10 22 10 0 76 10 0 3 19 6 38 17 0 2 10 16 14 0 4 6 3 3 13 6 2 9 6 7 10 0 25 10 0 16 6 30 0 0 102 0 0 5 6 0 38 17 0 2 10 16 14 0 5 15 0 4 18 0 3 6 0 18 9 14 6 0 16 6 1,471 10 8 778 9 4 49010 3 259 9 9 1,471 10 8 778 9 4 490 10 3 259 9 9 1,210 11 9 Total 2,599 2 8 845 12 0 4,655 6 5