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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1897— continued.

Nat. J. Tone, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—J. K. Waebubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HAWKE'S BAY. Sic,— Napier, 23rd March, 1899. In compliance with your circular of the 7th December last, I have the honour to report as follows for the past year : — In order to give access to one of the reserves, it was found necessary to acquire a small piece of land from the Native owners, and this was obtained at a cost of £15. During the year two auction sales of leases were held. At the first, one rural and five suburban lots were offered, and the whole of the lots were sold at an aggregate rental of £73 19s. 2d. All of these lots had been previously held under lease. At the second auction sale three rural and four town lots were offered. All the lots had previously been held under lease, but the town sections had been unoccupied for a long time. The whole of the lots were sold at an aggregate rental of £127 lis., and it is satisfactory to report that the rural land has been leased at a rental of £126 45., as against £46 14s. under the old lease. Two additional scholarships, of the annual value of £50 4s. each, have been set apart for competition in the country schools within the Hawke's Bay Provincial District. I have, &c, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. Eeic C. Gold Smith, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1898.

Primary. Secondary. Total. Assets. * Balances on 31st December, 1898 Arrears of rents ! £ s. d. 74 5 11 103 12 2 £ s. 105 10 0 0 d. 5 5 £ s. 179 16 103 12 d. 4 7 Total ... 177 18 1 105 10 10 283 8 11 Liabilities £ s. a. 70 18 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 70 18 6 iand Purchase Account ...

'eceipts. Primary. Secondary. Total. To Credit balances on 1st January, 1898 ... Arrears of rents, &c. ... Interest on overdue rents Bents, &c, of reserves for current year ... Interest on fixed deposits Arrears of rent written off £ a. 704 15 435 15 20 8 2,408 14 15 3 105 0 d. 1 7 3 4 7 0 ■ £ a. 2,144 0 185 19 1 8 561 18 51 0 d. 5 7 4 2 0 £ s. 2,848 15 621 15 21 16 2,970 12 66 3 105 0 d. 6 2 7 6 7 0 Total receipts ... 3,689 16 10 [2,944 6 6 6,634 3 4 Expenditun ly Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Legal expenses ... Surveying, &c. Auctioneer's commission on sale of leases Advertising ... Bates Insurance ... Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board Fees, board, and rail-fares of pupils attending Napier High Schools Amount written off (as per contra) Purchase-money of land taken for road... Balances, — Fixed deposits ... ... Current Account ... £ a. 78 5 7 6 14 16 50 10 4 2 19 3 16 6 2 0 2,600 0 d. 3 7 0 0 2 7 5 0 0 £ a. d. 21 14 9 2 0 2 3 8 10 14 0 6 1 2 10 5 6 6 22 7 10 3 9 0 £ s. d. 100 0 0 9 6 9 18 4 10 64 10 6 5 5 0 24 10 1 38 14 3 5 9 0 2,600 0 0 105 "O 11 14 0 9 559 4 0 559 4 0 105 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 3 506 6 274 6 0 1 2,000 0 0 308 6 10 2,506 6 0 582 12 11 Total expenditure 3,689 16 10 12,944 6 6 6,634 8 4