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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS.

AUCKLAND.

Sir, — Office of the School Commissioners, Auckland, 3rd June, 1904. I have the honour to forward herewith the statement of the School Commissioners' accounts for 1903. The total income for the year was £4,347 13s. Bd., and the amounts paid over for primary and secondary education purposes respectively were £3,135 and £521 14s. lid. At the beginning of the year the whole of the unlet sections in the provincial district were advertised for lease, with the result that twenty-eight sections—town and suburban lands (32 acres 2 roods 36 perches) and forty-one sections of country lands (3,757 acres) —were taken up. The. annual rents from these and the increased rents obtained from seven sections relet on expiry of old lease will increase the revenue by £355 13s. 6d. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. R. Udy, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending the 31st December, 1903. I.—General Account.

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Primary. Seconaary. Total. Receipts. 'o Balance at 31st December, 1902 Eents collected — Arrears, 1902, &c.... Due in 1903 Arrears, 1902, &c. ... Due in 1903 Gisborne SchoolArrears, 1902, &c.... Due in 1903 Interest account Miscellaneous account Lease deposits account £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. 154 19 3 899 3 2,558 17 3 4 } ■ 3,458 0 7 128 6 334 7 3 4 i 462 13 7 181 18 143 2 10 17 0 0 3 1 325 0 0 91 2 68 17 3 0 18 14 0 10 17 3 91 2 3 87 11 0 Total receipts ... 4,590 3 11 Expenditure ly Office salary Office expenses ... Legal expenses Crown-grant fees Bank interest ... ... ..^ Expenses of leasing ... Expenditure on reserves Paid Education Boards— Auckland ... • Hawke's Bay Paid secondary schools— Auckland District High School Thames High School Wanganui High School Gisborne High School Lease deposit paid out Balance in bank, 31st December, 1903 (less charges outstanding) £ s. 105 0 26 19 33 17 6 12 2 6 133 3 153 9 a. 0 4 3 1 6 9 2 £ s. d.' 35 0 0 8 19 8 6 11 3 £ s. a. 140 0 0 35 19 0 40 8 6 6 12 1 2 6 6 159 8 5 155 13 2 26 4 8 2 4 0 2,934 7 200 12 6 6 I 3,135 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 321 14 11 26 5 0 521 14 11 78 15 0 105 0 0 288 1 4 Total expenditure 4,590 3 11