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Balance-sheet.—A copy of the balance-sheet and statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ended the 31st December, 1893, duly certified to by the Controller and Auditor-General, was forwarded to the Education Department on the 28th ultimo. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. J. P. Maitland, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1893.

\eceipts. Primary. I Secondary. Total. 'o Credit balances, 1st January, 1893—■ Colonial Bank of New Zealand Colonial Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit ... Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit ... Arrears of revenue for previous years — Eents of reserves ... ... ... ... Interest on mortgages & s. d. & s. d. £ s. d. 443 5 5 3,675 0 0 3,950 0 0 2,688 2 2 240 18 8 81 5 3 2,769 7 5 240 18 8 Bevemies — Eents of reserves for current year Interest on mortgages for current year Interest on fixed deposits for current year Other receipts— Net proceeds of land sales ... Repayment of loans Costs received for preparing leases 9,548 7 10 1,165 0 8 381 5 0i 542 0 ... ... 0 10,090 7 10 1,165 0 8 381 5 0 2,013 2 1,201 10 0 0 2,013 2 0 1,201 10 0 46 4 0 Total receipts ... 25,976 1 0 Expenditure. By Salaries and allowances to officers — Secretary, £300; clerk, £112; agent at Invercargill, £225 ... School Commissioners' travelling expenses attending meetings— J. Green J. W. Bain, train-fares, £23 18s. 2d.; other expenses, £20 0s. 3d. ... A. Baldey, train-fares, £18 5s. 2d.; other expenses, £14 ... W. Dallas, £4 10s. T. Denniston, train-fares, £5 2s. 4d.; other expenses, £3 9s. Office-rent, fuel, cleaning, &c. ... Printing and stationery Incidentals, £26 5s. lid.; stamps, £30 10s. 6d.; telegrams, £3 5s. 4d.; telephone, £5 ... Legal expenses Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission and expenses Advertising Inspection of reserves Expenditure on reserves : Protective works, surveying, and road-making Insurance premiums ... County, borough, river, and road rates ... Interest on temporary overdraft Crown-grant fees Amount advanced on mortgage Payments towards primary education —■ Otago Education Board Southland Education Board Payments towards secondary education— Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools ... Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools Waitaki High School Credit balances on 31st December, 1893— Colonial Bank of New Zealand Fixed deposits — Colonial Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand 1,869 6 £ s. a. 5 & 40 s. 8 d. 0 S, s. 637 0 15 15 43 18 32 5 4 10 8 11 122 11 "> 21 7 65 1 18 19 14 9 27 9 42 12 d. 0 0 5 2 0 4 6 6 9 1 0 9 2 751 15 14 0 62 2 [ 13 5 14 0 8,300 0 5 0 9 7 0 0 8,926 15 3,276 17 9 6 J 12,203 13 3 358 15 151 1 52 17 9 0 6 [■ 562 14 3 99 19 2,600 0 300 0 1 0 0 ! 2,999 19 1 Total expenditure 25,976 1 0