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Commissioners' office staff, £41 ss. 6d.; deposited on account of valuation expenses, £6 Is. 7d.; insurance premiums collected from tenants, £2 4s. 6d.; and office rent, £10"; and should be deducted from the amount of expenses of management. The following amounts also go to swell the total expenses of management—viz., £96 13s. 9d., river protection, drainage, and road-making; and £86 10s. 9d. for train-fares, stamps, and telegrams returned to the Government, of which £41 18s. 7d. represents the Commissioners' trainfares in connection with their attendance at meetings at Dunedin. By deducting the foregoing figures, it will be seen that the actual cost of management was £1,110 14s. 7d., or about £5 9s. 4d. per cent, on the money collected during the year. I have, &c, Alfred Baldey, Acting-Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.

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

Primary. Secondary. Total. Receipts. To Balances— Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit National Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit... Arrears of revenue for previous years,— Eents of reserves ... Interest on mortgages £ s. d. £ s. d. ... £ s. d. 308 12 8 6,950 0 0 5,850 0 0 5,087 11 3 278 7 5 87 0 9 5,174 12 0 278 7 5 ... Eevenues, — Eents of reserves for current year ... - ... Interest on mortgages ... ... ... Interest on fixed deposits Other receipts, — Net proceeds of land sales ... Eepayment of loans Cash received for preparing leases ... Valuation from incoming tenants Deposit Account valuation expenses... Insurance premiums collected from tenants ... Office-rent from Otago High Schools Board ... Deposit on contract, H. I. Hood 8,436 19 10 1,052 18 11 378 0 0 552 19 5 ... 8,989 19 3 1,052 18 11 378 0 0 1,094 18 5 1,306 0 5 41 15 6 1,950 10 6 6 1 7 2 4 6 10 0 0 10 0 0 Total receipts ... 33,404 1 2 Expenditw, 3y Salaries and allowances to officers, — Secretary, £300; clerk, £120; agent at Invercargill, £250 ... School Commissioners' travelling-expenses at-") tending meetings at Dunedin— A. Baldey, train-fares, £22 5s. Id.; hotel expenses, £27 T. MacGibbon, train-fares, £5 7s. Id. ; hotel j~ expenses, £9 D. Borrie, train-fares, £14 6s. 5d.; hotel expenses, £19 10s. W. Dallas, hotel expenses, £19 10s. J Surveying reserves ... Office-rent, cleaning, fuel and light Printing and stationery Incidentals Stamps, £23 15s. 4d.; telephone, £7; telegrams, £2 15s. Legal expenses Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission Advertising ... ... ... ... Inspection of reserves : Travelling-expenses and valuation-fees ... Expenditure on reserves : Eiver protection, drainage, and road-making Insurance premiums ... ... Bates Interest, Bank of New Zealand, on temporary overdraft £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 670 0 0 116 18 7 44 14 0 114 12 2 20 5 3 35 0 0 1,324 3 4 29 7 8 33 12 2 19 4 10 16 5 0 75 7 3 84 10 1 96 13 9 16 17 6 7 2 11 2 7 6