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received for the preparation of leases by the Commissioners' office staff, and should therefore be deducted from the costs of management. After deducting the foregoing amounts from the figures shown under the head of " Expenditure," the actual cost of management was £951 4s. 2d., or a little under 5 per cent, on the money collected during the year. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. P. Maitland, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1895. Receipts.

Expenditure.

104

Primary. Secondary. Total. 'o Credit balances, 1st January, 1895 — Colonial Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit ... Arrears of revenue for previous years, viz.— Bents of reserves ... Interest on mortgages Revenues, viz.— Rents of reserves for current year Interest on mortgages Interest on fixed deposits Other receipts, viz.— Net proceeds of land sales ... Repayment of loans Costs.received for preparing leases Deposits on account of expenses of revaluing ... Valuation of fencing, &c, on Wairaki Runs Valuation of fencing (account Dickson Brothers) £ s. 2,988 17 231 12 8,700 1 1,691 12 50 0 a. 8 9 4 1 0 £ s. d. 112 2 3 509 4 3 £ s. d. 6,587 13 4 1,000 0 0 3,100 19 11 231 12 9 9,209 5 7 1,691 12 1 50 0 0 585 9 4,285 0 18 18 22 0 5 0 3 0 585 9 5 4,285 0 0 18 18 3 22 0 0 402 10 0 9 18 0 9 18 0 Total receipts ... 27,194 19 4

ly Salaries and allowances to officers, viz. — Secretary, £300 ; clerk, £120; agent at Invercargill, £225 ... School Commissioners' travelling-expenses at- 1 tending meetings— J. Green, £11 lis. J. W. Bain, train-fares, £21 Is. ; other ex-1 penses, £19 A. Baldey, train-fares, £22 13s. 3d.; other expenses, £19 ... W. Dallas, £8 Is. ... ... . Office rent, cleaning, fuel, &c. ... Printing and stationery Incidentals, £13 6s. 9d.; stamps, £27 Is. 5d.; telegrams, £2 3s. 8d.; telephone, £5 ... Legal expenses Expenses of leasing: Auctioneer's expenses and commission Advertising ... Inspection of reserves : Travelling-expenses and valuation-fees Expenditure on reserves : Protective works, surveying, and road-making ... Insurance premiums ... ... ... . ... County, borough, river, and road rates ... Interest on temporary overdraft Destroying rabbits Payment to outgoing tenant : Valuation on Wairaki Buns Amount advanced on mortgage Payments towards primary education— Otago Education Board Southland Education Board Payments towards secondary education — Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Board Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools Board Waitaki Boys' and Girls' High Schools Board ... Credit balances 31st December, 1895 1,227 18 8 £ s. a. 37 £ s. 5 d. 9 £ s. d. 645 0 0 101 6 3 113 6 6 16 5 0 47 11 10 30 15 7 6 16 0 37 19 3 44 2 0 195 4 4 12 0 0 5 12 0 16 6 7 19 2 503 2 6 400 0 0 13,139 4,823 5 6 7 3 | 17,962 11 10 500 0 210 13 73 18 0 6 1 ) [■ 784 11 7 6,279 9 0 Total expenditure 27,194 19 4