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The Annual Report. For the last few years I have distributed copies of my annual report to some fifty museums — not only to the museums of the British Dominions, but also to those in foreign countries, the United States, South America, Europe, Asia. In return for these reports this Museum receives in exchange the publications of most of these museums. In many cases these take the- form of reports such as ours, but in a good number ol instances they are valuable scientific publications containing accounts of recent research. Thus the following are amongst the important exchanges: Annals of the Natal Government Museum; Annals of the Queensland Museum: Records ami Memoirs of the Australian Museum; Records and Memoirs of the Indian Museum; Spolia Zeylanica (of the Colombo Museum); Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums; Annual Archaeological Report of the Canadian Museum; Revista and Annales del Museo de La Plata; Bulletin of the Philippine Museum. With the generosity which characterizes the institutions of the United States, we have for years received several of their valuable publications, such as the Report of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington); Report of the National Museum; various publications of the Bureau of Ethnology, of the American Museum of Natural History, and others; while the editor of the " Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologica della I!. Universita di Torino" has been supplying us with their bulletins for several years, in return for the yearly volume of the "Transactions of the New Zealand Institute." It will be seen, therefore, that the value of our receipts is far in excess of that of our annual report. ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE-SHEETS. Statement of Cash Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st March, 1911. Receipts. £ s. cl. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government grants specialization .. 2,000 0 0 By Overdraft, 31st March, 1910 .. 373 7 7 Annual for School of Mines .. 500 0 0 Water, light, and fuel .. .. 339 9 8 Subsidy for home science .. .. 660 00 j Sundry expenses .. .. 558 6 2 Equipment of electric and applied Insurance premiums .. .. 94 9 2 mechanics (portion of £500 grant) 328 2 1 Printing, advertising, and stationery 229 2 5 Equipment Dental School (balance of Salaries (£240 house rent in addition) 10,727 0 4 £2,100 grant) .. .. .. 225 0 0 Fees paid to professors and lecturers 3,363 3 0 Towards new additions to buildings Fees returned to students.. .. 23 19 2 (part of £8,000 grant) .. .. 500 0 0 Government commission on rents .. 169 11 10 Rents, Benmore .. .. .. 3,000 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. 167 15 3 ~ 79c, Barewood, arrears .. 10 15 9 Law-costs .. .. .. 212 6 „ 79c, current year .. .. 16 19 6 Materials and renewal of stock .. 588 13 0 „ Barewood, arrears .. .. 526 310 Equipment and apparatus .. 1,088 15 0 „ „ current year .. 900 0 0 Bank interest and charges .. 510 0 ~ Burwood and Mararoa, arrears 564 3 4 bid rest on £11,000 debentures .. 554 6 7 ~ Burwood and Mararoa, current Contractor's deposit returned .. 8 0 8 year .. .. .. 1,300 0 0 Library .. .. .. 147 18 0 „ Forest Hill, arrears .. 28 6 8 Advance to Mrs. Leask's Trust .. 417 8 ~ „ current year .. 20 0 0 Dental School equipment .. .. 74 14 li „ Lamb Hill, current year .. 400 0 0 Advance to Dental School Building „ Castle Street .. .. 273 0 0 Account .. .. .. 236 0 0 „ Education Board .. .. 0 5 0 Beverly Trust, cheque .. .. 250 18 8 Goldfields revenue .. .. 41 11 0 „ • advance .. .. 459 8 2 Timber license .. .. .. 16 13 2 „ fixed deposit and in-Hot-water refund .. .. 3 0 0 terest .. .. 217 7 7 Interest on investments .. .. 616 13 ~ half fencing .. 915 0 Interest, Mrs. Lothian's Trust .. 46 6 3 New works, &c. .. .. .. 513 2 9 Presbyterian Church Board .. 1,800 0 0 Advance Mining School Building AcSundry expenses refunded.. .. 14 10 1 count .. .. .. 8 17 5 Donation Dental Association .. 10 0 0 Advance Dental School Building Ac-Water-rates refunded .. .. 31 0 0 count .. .. .. 70 17 0 Calendars sold .. .. .. 610 0 Department of Public Health .. 18 9 8 Students' fees .. .. .. 5,622 18 0 Stock Exchange debentures bought 1,800 0 0 Transfer from Dental Building Ac- Premium on same .. .. 18 0 0 count towards equipment .. 628 6 8 Transfer part interest to Scholarship Refund from Dental School Building Account .. .. .. 8 8 9 Account .. .. .. 236 0 0 Home Science Department, Miss Beverly Trust Account— Hodges .. .. .. 220 11 2 Salary 1908-1910 .. .. 400 0 0 Transfer to Dental Building Aooount 428 19 5 Sundries refunded .. .. 5 16 6 Transter Mrs. Leask's capital to Fixed deposit and interest .. 217 7 7 Scholarship Trust Account .. 50 0 0 Grant towards electric light .. 222 9 2 * Balance in bank .. .. .. 2,126 15 2 Half fence, refunded .. .. 915 0 Salary 1910-11 .. .. .. 200 00 I Library .. .. .. 50 0 0 Physics.. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Mechanics .. .. .. 50 0 0 Advance refunded .. .. 459 8 2 Mining School Building Account, refund .. .. .. 8 17 5 Dental School Building Account, refund .. .. 70 17 0 Scott and Wilson, refund .. 11 14 0 Transfer balance Mining School Building Account .. .. .. 192 5 10 Home science, refund by Miss Hodges 135 0 0 „ subscriptions, Citizens' Committee .. 300 0 0 „ subscriptions, J. Studholme .. .. 300 0 0 Stock Exchange debentures paid .. 1,800 0 0 £24,959 3 3 £24,959 3 3