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Enclosure in No. 14. Abstract of Accounts of the Univeesitt of Otago, for the Tear ending 31st March, 1878. Receipts. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance in bank, on 31st March, 1877 ... 658 5 5 I. Endowments — Rent of Runs—Benmore ... ... 1,035 8 4 Burwood and Mararoa ... 1,300 0 0 Barewood ... ... 500 0 0 Forest Hill ... ... 343 15 0 3,179 3 4 Rent of building ... ... 212 10 0 Church Trustees ... ... ... 600 0 0 11. Fees— 3,991 13 4 Matriculation ... ... ... 880 College ... ... ... ... 76 13 0 Class ... ... ... ... 357 0 0 442 1 0 Analysis ... ... ... ... 7 7 0 449 8 0 111. Debenture sold ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 IV. Interest ... ... ... ... 34 19 6 V. Government subsidy— Salary of Professor of Mineralogy and Metallurgy ... ... ... 500 0 0 Appliances (School of Mines) ... ... 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 111. University building sale account ... ... 27,432 12 2 £33,666 18 5 Expenditure. I. Salaries and allowances— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Professors—Classics ... ... ... 600 0 0 Mathematics and natural philosophy ... ... ... 600 0 0 Chemistry ... ... 600 0 0 Mental science ... ... 600 0 0 Anatomy ... ... 500 0 0 Natural science ... ... 600 0 0 Lecturers —Law ... ... ... 50 0 0 French ... ... ... 16 13 4 Clinical medicine ... ... 66 13 4 ~ surgery ... ... 75 0 0 3,708 6 8 Officers—Registrar ... ... ... 200 0 0 Jauitor ... ... ... 50 0 0 250 0 0 Fees—University of New Zealand (matriculation) ... ... ... 8 8 0 Professors and lecturers ... ... 345 9 0 353 17 0 Local Analyst ... ... ... 4 18 0 4,317 1 8 11. Fittings, furniture, and repairs ... ... 78 19 5 111. Apparatus and chemicals ... ... 14 13 2 IV. Library ... ... ... ... 78 8 8 V. Professors' passage and outfit ... ... 200 0 0 VI. Incidental expenses — Insurance, £39 135.; city rates, £276 12s. lOd. 316 5 10 Gas, water, and fuel ... ... 85 14 0 Printing, advertising, stationery, and bookbinding ... ... ... ... 123 19 4 Law, £90 os. lOd. ; sundries, £101 Is. 1d.... 191 1 11 717 1 1 VII. Maintenance of Museum ... ... ... 336 10 7 VIII. New University Buildings ... ... 8,926 19 3 Balance in Bank of New Zealand ... 491 11 8 Balance in Colonial Bank of New Zealand... 18,505 12 11 18,997 4 7 £33,666 18 5 I have examined the above abstract, and have compared it with the Registrar's books, the bank pass book, the vouchers for payments, and the other documents produced, and I declare it to be correct. H. Livingston. Auditor. By Authority: Geoege Didbbuet, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7B. Priec 6d.]