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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending the 31st December, 1904— continued.

14th February, 1905. J. H. W. Wardrop, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HAWKE'S BAY. Sir, — Office of the School Commissioners, Napier, 18th March, 1905. I have the honour to forward herewith statement of the Commissioners' accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1904, duly audited, and to report as follows : — An auction sale of leases was held during the year, when thirteen town sections and seven rural sections were offered. The whole of the sections were sold, the town and rural sections realising an aggregate annual rental of £72 10s. and £167 16s. respectively. For one of the rural sections (which had previously been held under lease) a rental of £102 was obtained, as against the old rental of £31 7s. 3d. All the town sections had previously been leased at slightly higher rentals. A further sum of £109 18s. has been expended in rabbiting during the year. The sum of £1,271 was obtained for timber on six of the rural sections sold. I have, &c, Eric C. Gold Smith, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending the 31st December, 1904.

sse: ,$. Balance on the 31st December, 1904 Arrears of rents Total assets ... £ s. 370 6 88 10 458 16 d. 0 6 6 £ s. 38 18 0 0 d. 7 9 £ s. d. 409 4 7 88 11 3 38 19 4 497 15 10 Liabilities. iand Purchase Account £ s.' d. I 97 13 3 ! £ s. d. £ s. d. 97 13 3

Primary. Seconaary. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. To Credit balances on the 1st January, 1904 ... 793 18 6 Arrears of revenue for previous years—viz., rents, issues, profits, or receipts from reserves ... 270 0 9 Interest on overdue rents ... ... ... 24 12 8 Revenues, viz.,— Rents, &c, of reserves for current year ... 2,607 11 11 Other receipts for current year, viz.,— Rents collected by Receiver of Land Revenue 320 10 5 Interest on fixed deposits ... ... 218 Rates recovered ... ... ... j 2126 Sales of timber ... ... ...1,271 0 0 Instalment on account of fencing ... 9 16 2 £ s. 1,561 18 91 15 0 18 768 10 a. 1 3 3 8 £ s. a. 2,355 16 7 361 16 0 25 10 11 3,376 2 7 42 0 0 320 10 5 44 1 8 2 12 6 1,271 0 0 9 16 2 Total receipts ... ... ...5,302 4 7 ... 5,302 4 7 12,465 2 8 7,767 6 10 Expenditun ly Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Auctioneer's charges Advertising Rates Insurance ... ... ... ... ... Law charges Valuation fees Surveying ... Repairs to buildings ... Destroying rabbits ... Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board Payments to Governors of Napier High Schools... Credit balances at the 31st December, 1904— Deposit at Post-Office Savings-Bank Current Account at bank .., ... £ s. 93 12 7 6 3 1 19 18 29 15 3 19 10 6 6 12 30 16 19 10 109 18 3,000 0 a. 0 8 9 2 5 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 £ s. 36 8 2 11 0 11 3 18 39 0 10 13 2 15 1 15 a. 0 2 9 4 3 0 8 9 £ s. a. 130 0 0 9 17 10 3 13 6 23 16 6 68 15 8 14 12 6 13 1 10 8 8 0 30 16 0 21 17 3 109 18 0 3,000 0 0 2,155 7 4 2 7 3 2,155 '7 4 506 6 1,461 2 0 8 209 13 9 506 6 0 1,670 16 5 Total expenditure 15,302 4 7 2,465 2 3 7,767 6 10