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NELSON. General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending the 31st December, 1902.

Liabilities. Nil. Alpd. Thos. Jones, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Wakbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

WESTLAND. Sib, — Education Office, Hokitika, 10th February, 1903. I have the honour to forward a copy of the certified balance-sheet for the year ending the 31st December, 1902, and to report as follows on the transactions of the same period:— The reserves of the Westland Provincial District form an area of nearly 19,000 acres, and of this 6,600 acres are let at a total rental of only £34 12s. 6d., while the remaining portion has not been rented for either pastoral or agricultural purposes. The chief reason for the smallness of the income is the unsuitability of most of the land included, and it is with regret that the Commissioners learned that their proposal to exchange some of the reserves for more suitable Crown lands could not be entertained. The greater part of the income consists of royalties on timber, and a personal inspection of several reserves by a committee obtained information that warrants the expectation

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Primary. Secondary. Total. Receipts. 'o Balance, 1st January, 1902 ... Rent of reserves Balance, 31st December, 1902 & s. 104 18 798 18 d. 3 8 £ s. d. 327 12 10 68 16 1 £ s. d. 104 18 3 1,126 11 6 68 16 1 Total receipts ... 903 16 11 396 8 11 1,300 5 10 Exfenditw, £ s. d. £ s. d. 90 14 10 £ s. d. 90 14 10 635 4 0 88 0 0 26 16 0 108 15 0 168 15 0 4 19 0 1 18 0 4 4 0 4 10 0 0 10 0 50 10 5 115 9 7 By Balance, 31st December, 1901 Nelson Education Board Grey Education Board North Canterbury Education Board Nelson College District high schools Advertising Printing Examiners' fees Commissioners' travelling-expenses Bank charge, keeping account Secretary, exchange, &c. Balance, 31st December, 1902 635 4 0 88 0 0 26 16 0 16 0 108 15 0 168 15 0 4 19 0 0 12 0 4 4 0 1 10 0 0 3 4 16 15 9 3 0 0 0 6 8 33 14 8 115 9 7 Total expenditure 903 16 11 396 8 11 1,300 5 10 Statement of Assets a: Ld Liabilities. Assets. Balance, Union Bank, 31st December, 1902 ... ... ... £104 19 6 Less unpresented cheques ... 58 6 0 £ s. d. J £ s. d. £ s. d. 46 13 6 267 3 3 115 7 8 46 13 6 382 10 11 Bents outstanding Total assets 313 16 9 115 7 8 429 4