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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1900.

HAWKE'S BAY. Office of the School Commissioners, Napier, Bth May, 1901. ~ I have the honour to forward herewith statement of the Commissioners' accounts for the ri a qiot Dpcpmbpr 1900 duly audited, and to report as follows: —

Primary. Seoonaary. Eeceipts. & s. 78 17 0 2 745 19 0 0 a. 7 9 0 3 £ 8. a. 181 8 0 54 8 11 4,216 10 8 32 18 1 60 0 0 5 12 0 48 3 8 43 11 7 'o Balances ... Eeceipts on account of previous years ... . ... Eeceipts on account of year 1900 Eeceipts on account of year 1901 Preparation and registration of leases ... Fencing Land Purchase Account Interest and sinking fund on improvements £ s. a. 102 10 5 54 6 2 13,470 11 8 32 17 10 60 0 0 5 12 0 48 3 8 43 11 7 Total receipts ... 3,817 13 4 824 19 7 4,642 12 11 Expenditure. By Payments to Boards — Wellington Education Board Wanganui Education Board Wellington College Wellington Girls' High School Wanganui Girls' High School Napier High School Auckland Girls' High School Salaries of officers ... • • • _ • • • . Printing, stationery, and office contingencies Allowances to Commissioners Commission on sales of leases Advertising... Fencing ... ••• _ ••• Preparation and registration of leases ... Crown-grant fees Travelling-expenses of Secretary Masterton Town Lands Trust Valuation and arbitration ■ Government Printer (lithographs) Surveys ... •■'•■' Land Purchase Account Balance £ s. a. 1,942 10 0 1,057 10 0 £ s. a. £ a. a. I 242 9 0 242 9 0 264 0 0 10 8 0 14 52 0 2 17 17 3 2 15 4 3,000 0 750 0 o 0 247 19 10 85 3 2 13 4 0 9 15 0 87 9 0 3 10 0 47 10 0 34 9 4 24 19 5 2 0 0 22 9 1 5 10 0 12 16 6 30 9 0 190 9 0 300 0 103 0 15 19 9 15 87 9 3 10 47 10 34 9 27 6 2 0 22 9 5 10 12 16 30 9 190 9 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 6 10 Tot al expenditure 3,817 13 4 824 19 7 4,642 12 11 Assets. Balances Arrears of rents Total assets £ s. 190 9 38 9 228 18 a, o i i £ s. a. 0 1 10 £ s. d. 190 9 0 38 10 11 0 1 10 228 19 11 Liabilities. Land Purchase Account £ s. a. 88 13 2 £ s. a. & s. a. 88 13 2 Nat. J. Tone, Secretary. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Waeburton, Controller and Auditor-General.