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HAWKE'S BAYI Sm, — Office of the School Commissioners, Napier, 27th March, 1902^ I have the honour to forward herewith statement of the Commissioners' accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1901, duly audited, and to report as follows : — One auction sale of leases was held during the year, when one rural, two suburban, and fifteen town lots were offered. One of the suburban lots, containing 1 acre and 12 perches, was sold at the upset rental of 10s. per annum, and four of the town lots were sold at an aggregate annual rental of £6 ss. The other lots were passed in. Since the sale five of the town lots have been leased at the upset rentals. A block of 5,600 acres of poor land, which had been unoccupied for some time, and upon which money had to be spent to clear it of rabbits, has been let from year to year at a rental of £25 per annum. I have, &c, Ebic C. Gold Smith, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.

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

Primary. Secondary. Total. Receipts. Co Credit balances on 1st January, 1901 ... Arrears of revenue for previous year—viz., rents, issues, profits, or receipts from reserves Interest on overdue rents Eevenues, viz.,— (1.) Eents, &c, of reserves for current year ... (2.) Other receipts for current year, viz.,— Rents collected by Receiver of Land Revenue Interest on fixed deposits Proceeds of sale of buildings Arrears of rent written off £ s. d. 861 13 6 £ s. 2,654 0 d. 1 £ s. d. 3,515 13 7 240 6 11 25 15 7 138 4 1 2 9 5 378 11 8 26 18 0 2,435 16 8 602 9 8 3,038 6 4 255 10 5 15 3 7 60 0 37 13 0 9 255 10 5 75 3 7 37 13 9 39 18 6 39 18 6 Total receipts ... 3,874 5 2 3,493 10 8 7,367 15 10 Expenditurt >y Salaries and allowances to officers Printing, stationery, &c. Auctioneer's charges on sale of leases ... Advertising... Eates Insurance ... Repairs to buildings, &c. Payments to Hawke's Bay Education Board Fees, board ,and rail fares of pupils attending Napier High Schools Payments to Napier High Schools for buildings ... Amount written off (as per contra) Credit balances at 31st December, 1901— Fixed deposits Current account ... £ s. 71 15 4 17 1 11 19 9 16 18 1 12 31 14 2,900 0 d. 5 6 6 5 0 6 9 0 £ s. d. 28 4 7 1 18 4 4 13 9 & s. d. 100 0 0 6 15 10 1 11 6 19 9 5 21 11 9 1 12 6 34 19 7 2,900 0 0 3 "4 10 615 8 8 1,500 0 0 615 8 8 1,500 0 0 39 18 6 39 18 6 506 6 280 1 0 7 1,100 0 0 240 0 6 1,606 6 0 520 2 1 Total expenditure 3,874 5 2 3,493 10 8 7,367 15 10 Assets. Balance of cash on 31st December, 1901 ... Arrears due 31st December, 1901— Arrears of year 1898 ... Arrears of year 1899 ... Arrears of year 1900 ... Arrears of year 1901 ... £ S. d. £ s. d. '~ £ • s. d. 2,126 8 1 6 30 32 325 3 0 2 2 5 0 9 9 158 16 3 6 3 5 30 0 0 32 2 9 483 19 0 Total assets 393 8 11 158 16 3 2,678 13 3