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The following gentlemen are members of the Board of Commissioners : Mr. J. E. Blair (Chairman), Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.H.E., Mr. F. Y. Lethbridge, M.H.8., Mr. F. Pirani, M.H.E., and Mr. J. W. A. Marchant, Surveyor-General. The usual sales of leases were held in the country districts during the year, at which 8,440 acres 2 roods 18 perches were let at an annual rental of £450 os. 7d., comprising fifty-three sections, to fifty-one tenants. The number of sections vested in the Commissioners not exceeding 1 acre in area is 136, and of these seventy-eight are only of 1 rood or under, and the total number of tenants now on the rent-roll of the Commissioners is 440. The total area of reserves set aside and vested in the Commissioners during the year was 37 acres, comprising two sections. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J. E. Blaie, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1901.

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

Primary. Secondary. Total. Receipts. "o Balances on 1st January, 1901 Eeceipts on account of previous years ... Eeceipts on account of year 1901 Eeceipts on account of year 1902 Preparation and registration of leases ... Fencing Interest and sinking fund on improvements I £ a. d. ... 190 9 0 ... I 33 2 10 ... 3,713 16 2 ... 196 5 1 ... ! 122 10 0 5 4 0 ... 60 9 5 £ s. d. i 0 1 10 754 6 5 0 19 £ s. d. 190 9 0 33 4 8 4,468 2 7 196 6 10 122 10 0 5 4 0 60 9 5 Total receipts ... ... 4,321 16 6 754 10 0 5,076 6 6 Expenditun iy Payments to Boards— Wellington Education Board Wanganui Education Board Wellington College Wellington Girls' High School Wanganui Girls' High School Napier Boys' High School ... Salaries of officers ... Printing, stationery, and office contingencies Commissioners' travelling-expenses Commission on sales of leases Advertising sales of leases Fencing Preparation and registration of leases ... Crown-grant fees Travelling-expenses of Secretary Masterton Town Lands Trust Arbitration... Government Printer ... Land Purchase Account Law Bank balance ... ... £796 i Cash in hand ... ... 7 ' i 6 9 9) 2J £ e. d. I £ s. d. 2,075 4 2;) 1,124 15 10 I) I 113 7 10 ) i 113 7 10 I 122 12 1 0 12 3 270 8 6 29 11 6 92 0 0 10 3 4 10 11 2 24 14 0 87 18 6 22 10 0 102 10 0 7 2 5 27 19 6 4 9 2 2 0 0 19 17 8 0 13 0 5 12 10 ; 4 9 0 £ s. d. 3,200 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 102 3 4 10 11 2 24 14 0 87 18 6 22 10 0 102 10 0 7 2 5 32 8 8 2 0 0 19 17 8 0 13 0 5 12 10 4 9 0 443 9 11 360 6 0 803 15 11 Total expenditure 4,321 16 6 I 754 10 0 5,076 6 6 Assets. Balances on 31st December, 1901 Arrears of rents Total assets ... £ s. d. 443 9 11 56 8 3 1— 499 18 2 J £ s. 360 6 0 2 360 8 d. 0 1 1 £ s. d. 803 15 11 56 10 4 860 6 3 860 6 3 Liabilities. I £ 83 a. d. 0 4 £ s. d. £ 83 s. d. 0 4 /and Purchase Account I