RIVER AND ROSE CARNIVAL.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15465, 18 December 1915, Page 12

RIVER AND ROSE CARNIVAL.

* . 'TAKINGS ESTIMATED AT £5000. The chairman of the eftcutive of the Aiver and Rose Carnival, Mr W. J. Jenkin, made a statement to a representative of "The Press" yesterday regarding the financial results of the Carnival. "The amount stated as having been banked—£3ooo—is no criterion," v said Mr Jenkin, "of what has been done in the matter of receipts. Up to the present the treasurers have not handled any of the money for the 14,000 one shilling tickets sold by the churches, nor any of the money received for art union tickets sold before Thursday. In the case of some stalls no returns have been made yet, and there are also a number of subscriptions received by some of the stallholders that have not been handed over. The scholars attending one of the Sunday schools in the city decided not to, hoJd their annual troat, and to hand over the amount that they would have contributed thereto to the Carnival Funds. Tickets, each representing threepence, were :ssued to the children, and the money represented by them has still to come m. The money collected on Daffodil Day and on Dardanelles Day— both held in conjunction with and as part of the Carnival—has to be added to tho amount taken on Thursday. The profits from the programmes—between £50 and £60—have also to be added. "As far as the gross takings are concerned,'' Mr Jenkin said. "I expect that they will total at least £5000. Expenses have to bo paid out of this, out as the expenditure has been carefully watched and kept as low as possible. I don't expect that they will be heavy. We hope to publish n"general balance-sheet about the end of January. This cannot be done earlier, as the art union will not be drawn till January 13th, and it will take a few days to settle accounts and square matters up generally." An important department connected with the Carnival was «the treasury, and Mr Jenkin expressed his complete satisfaction with tho manner in which tho joint treasurers—Messrs H. R. Best and 8..C. Pratt—carried out their onerous and exacting duties, they started work at 7.30 on Thursday morning and finished at 1.30 a.m. yesterday. The chairman of the executive also eulogised the manner in which the books of account were kept. ] Associated with the treasurers and] discharging very important functions were the following tellers from the National Bank : Messrs J. S. Sliddleton, C. Buchanan. H. Tribe. J. Petrie. J. S. Hawkins, and W. Davidson; from the Union Bank, Mr O. L. Jones; and from the National Mortgage, Mr Riley. The following stewards also facilitated the work of those handling the cash: Messrs L. B. Thompson, W. Fenncr, W. Fcnner, jtui.. and — Rogers. In connexion with the Carnival, Miss Leach's baby doll, with cradle and basket, at No. •*» stall (Mrs Secretan) was won by Miss Esson, Ranfurly street. The timber used in connexion with the Carnival, which was given bv the timber merchants of the city, is' to be disposed of by auction on tho Carnival grourxfc at 1 : >.m. to-day. The auction will bo conducted bv Messrs H. B. Sorcnsen and Sons. The proceeds of the auction will g 0 to the Carnival Funds. The winner of the dressing case at Mrs H. Cross's bran-tub tent was Mr Longnet. The elephant was won by Miss Reading. At the samo tent Mrs do la Mare's fortune-telling realised tbd satisfactory sum of £10 17s 6d.