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HAWKE'S BAY Sib, — Office of the School Commissioners, Napier 13th April, 1892. In compliance with your circular of the 14th December last, I have the honour to report as follows for the past year : — During the year Mr G. W Williams resigned his office as a Commissioner Mr Williams held the office for four years, and during the whole of that period w T as Chairman of the Commissioners. His place as a Commissioner and Chairman has been filled by the appointment of Mr Thomas Humphries. Mr J W Carlile was appointed as a Commissioner during the year vice Mr Frederick Sutton. There were two auction sales of leases during the year At the first, eleven town, nine suburban, and two rural lots were offered. All of these lots with the exception of three had previously been held under lease for twenty-one years. The rentals under the old leases aggregated £12 11s. per annum, and it is satisfactory to be able to report that under the new leases the same lands are let at a total rental of £96 6s. 6d. per annum. Of the three previously-unlet lots, two were leased for £69 ss. per annum. At the second auction sale only one section was offered, and this was passed in. The general statement of receipts and expenditure for the past year has been prepared. It has been audited and certified to as correct by the Controller and Auditor-General, and a copy of same is forwarded herewith. It will be observed, from the statement of assets and liabilities which accompanies the statement of receipts and expenditure, that the rents outstanding at the end of the year amounted to £367 18s. 4d. , but since then some of the arrears have been recovered, and it is expected that they will be materially diminished at an early date. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. Thos. Humphries, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1891. Receipts

Expenditure.

'rimary. iecom .ary ;al 'o Credit balances on 1st January, 1891 Arrears of revenue for previous years Bents, &c, of reserves Interest on overdue rents Eates recovered £ s. a. 666 19 4 £ s. 521 9 a. 5 & s. a. 1,188 8 9 219 11 2 4 5 3 7 18 0 14 16 6 234 7 8 4 5 3 7 18 0 Eevenues — (1.) Eents, &c, of reserves for current year (2.) Other receipts for current year — Interest on deposits . Eates recovered from lessees For gravel taken from reserve 3,521 10 7 22 15 5 5 2 6 2 2 0 671 2 13 10 2 0 2 0 5 3,192 12 9 36 5 5 7 2 11 2 2 0 Total receipts 3,450 4 3 1,222 18 6 4,673 2 9

iy Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission Advertising Rates to local bodies, &c, Surveying, &c. Legal expenses Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board Pees, board, and rail-fares of pupils attending Napier High School Grants to Napier High School Credit balances on 31st December, 1891— Fixed deposits Current account £ s. 103 18 3 0 a. 8 6 £ s. 26 1 0 15 a. 4 4 £ s. a. 130 0 0 3 15 10 3 7 7 10 11 17 21 0 23 12 2,200 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 17 1 18 3 3 5 7 1 6 0 6 2 0 2 4 4 0 9 8 6 15 0 11 26 7 0 24 18 6 2,200 0 0 326 15 100 0 0 0 326 15 0 100 0 0 506 6 569 12 0 0 600 0 156 15 0 0 1,106 6 0 726 7 0 Total expenditure 3,450 4 3 1,222 18 6 4,673 2 9