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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending the 31st December, 1906.

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Primary. Secondary. Total. Receipts. "o Credit balances on the 1st January, 1906— Bank of New Zealand and in hand Bank of New Zealand on 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 Valuation for improvements collected from incoming tenants ... Office-rent from Otago High Schools Board ... Deposit on contract £ s. d. 2,767 15 2 32 2 1 10,086 14 2 1,835 1 10 24 10 0 £ s. d. 99 16 8 656 19 9 £ s. d. 778 0 1 1,800 0 0 2,867 11 10 32 2 1 10,743 13 11 1,835 1 10 24 10 0 70 5 8 4,743 6 8 223 19 6 20 0 0 32 10 0 Total receipts ... 23,171 1 1 Expenditui ■e. >y Salaries and allowances to officers — Secretary, £300; clerk, £150; Ranger, £208 6s. 8d. School Commissioners' travelling-expenses attending meetings at Dunedin : W. Dallas—train-fare, &c, £15, hotel expenses, £21; T. MacGibbon — train-fare £17 0s. 8d., hotel expenses, £31 10s.; D. Borrie—train-fare, £10 lis. 8d., hotel expenses, £15; Hon. H. Feldwick, hotel expenses, £22 10s. ; J. Hay, hotel expenses, £24 15s. ... Survey of reserves ... Office rent, cleaning, fuel, and light Printing and stationery Incidentals Stamps and telegrams, £29 ; telephone, £7 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 furniture Land-purchase Payments of valuation for improvements to outgoing tenants Refund, rent on coal areas not taken up 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 Contractors' deposits returned Credit balances on the 31st December, 1906 £ s. a. £ a. d. £ s. d. 658 6 8 157 7 ,4 7 13 6 111 10 6 23 16 3 17 14 4 36 0 0 80 5 0 16 16 1 71 12 6 213 3 9 717 15 11 10 5 8 3 9 0 31 18 3 219 19 0 3 10 0 8,956 3,780 i 6 » 4 4 7 I 12,736 10 11 360 10 9 210 2 3 122 18 5 693 11 5 32 10 0 7,327 5 0 Total expenditure 23,171 1 1