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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending the 31st December, 1905 — continued.

Primary. Secondary. Total. Expenditw, • ■e. ly Salaries and allowances to officers — Secretary, £300; clerk, £150; Southland agent, £83 6s. 8d.; Banger, £200 Clerical assistance ... School Commissioners' travelling-expenses attending meetings at Dunedin : Hon. A. Baldey— fare £7, hotel expenses £11 5s.; Hon. H. Feldwick — hotel expenses, £9; John Hay, hotel expenses, £15 15s. ; William Dallas— fare £6 10s., hotel expenses £18; T. MacGibbon — fare £13 7s. 8d., hotel expenses £24 15s.; Donald Borrie, fare £11 12s. 10d., hotel expenses £16 10s. Survey of reserves and preparation of field-books of endowments Office rent, cleaning, fuel, and light Printing and stationery Incidentals Stamps and telegrams, £49 12s. 3d.; telephone, £7 0s. 9d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 733 6 s. d. 6 8 0 0 133 15 6 135 14 6 106 2 2 89 11 3 11 7 3 56 13 0 55 17 6 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 Office furnishing ... Land purchase (part Greenfield Estate) Payments of valuation 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 Credit balances on the 31st December, 1905 373 6 9 53 14 9 60 10 9 202 12 11 265 14 4 10 0 0 4 0 2 373 6 9 2,090 18 10 2,000 0 0 9,703 12 11 4,095 5 5j 13,798 17 6 391 5 10) 213 16 7\ 141 3 3j 746 5 8 2,578 0 1 Total expenditure 23,512 9 I Assets. Arrears on the 31st December, 1905, viz.— Arrears of rent due in and prior to 1902... Arrears of rent due in 1903 Arrears of rent due in 1904 Arrears of rent due in 1905 Arrears of interest due in 1905... Amount due on fixed deposit Amount of balance in bank and in hand ... Amount advanced on mortgage ... £ s. d. 0 10 0 6 6 6 90 18 8 2,892 2 8 32 2 1 1,800 0 0 2,427 19 11 40,761 5 1 £ s. d. 10917 6 £ s. 0 10 6 6 90 18 3,002 0 32 2 d. 0 6 8 2 1