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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended the 31st December, 1903.

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Primary. Secondary. Total. J Receipts. 'o Credit balances on the 1st January, 1903— Bank of New Zealand and in hand Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposit Arrears of revenue for previous years, viz.,— Rents of reserves ... Interest on mortgages Revenues, viz.,— Rents of reserves for current year Interest on mortgages Interest on fixed deposits Other receipts, viz.,— Net proceeds of land sales ... Repayment of loans Cash received for preparing leases Valuation for improvements collected from incoming tenants ... Office rent from Otago High Schools Board ... Deposit on contract £ s. a. 3,018 9 11 148 3 7 9,389 9 4 1,718 6 10 67 10 0 £ s. d. 180 0 10 519 0 9 £ s. a. 37 12 8 2,250 0 0 3,198 10 9 148 3 7 9,908 10 1 1,718 6 10 67 10 0 - 632 14 3 503 1 10 41 11 0 1,054 13 9 10 0 0 27 0 0 ... Total receipts ... 19,597 14 9 Expenditu •e. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. a. Sy Salaries and allowances to officers — Secretary, £300; clerk, £150; Southland agent, £250 ... School Commissioners' travelling-expenses attending meetings at Dunedin—Hon. A. Baldey— train fares, £5 17s.; hotel expenses, £16 10s. : Thomas MaeGibbon--train fares, £14 12s.; hotel expenses, £27 : Donald Borrie —train fares, £12 14s.; hotel expenses, £18: William Dallas—hotel expenses, £16 10s. Survey of reserves, office furnishing, typewriter ... Office rent, cleaning, fuel, and light Printing and stationery Incidentals Stamps and telegrams, £33 16s.; telephone, £7 Is. 6d. ... Legal expenses Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission, &c. Advertising Inspection of reserves —Travelling-expenses and valuation fees Expenditure on reserves—Drainage and protection from river encroachment Insurance premiums Rates Interest, Bank of New Zealand Payment of valuations for improvements to outgoing tenants Amounts advanced on mortgage Payments towards primary education — Otago Education Board Southland Education Board Payments towards secondary education — Otago High Schools Board... Southland High Schools Board Waitaki High Schools Board Purchase of land Refund of deposit on contract Credit balances on the 31st December, 1903 1,637 10 0 111 3 0 21 10 0 118 0 5 22 14 3 15 14 2 40 17 6 41 6 4 53 16 5 55 16 0 59 19 2 700 0 0 365 18 4 12 0 6 1 19 8 16 14 3 1,054 13 9 1,660 0 0 9,090 19 10) 3,836 16 1) 12,927 15 11 323 11 204 8 161 15 § 689 15 4 37 14 9 2 0 0 37 14 9 2 0 0 1,588 5 0 Total expenditure 19,597 14 9