THE CARNIVAL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE DALANCE, £795.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 3

THE CARNIVAL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE DALANCE, £795.

A meeting of the Carnival Committee was held in the Mayor's room jesterday afternoon, the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) piesiding. The Treasurer (Mr. J. H. Pollock) presented the following provisional financial statement :—: — .Receipts. — Art union, £800 ; gate receipts, £73 4s 3d ; programmes (advertising and sales), £112 7s 7d ; donations, £225 12s 6d. Stalls : Refreshments, £133 16s Id; toy and fancy, £88 10s; sweets. £62 6s 8d ; tobacco and cigarettes, £36 7s Id ; ilowers and fruit, £12 14s. 2^d. Side-shows : Professional, £60 4s 10d ; wireless, £8 8s 3d ; Hoopla, £61 18s ; Aunt Sa-lly, £25 6s 7d ; fortune-tell-ing, £13 15s ; guessing, £16 lie Id ; slot machines, £12 13s 9d ; kick football, £5 7s 6d ; picture show, £8 3s 9d ; baby show, £1 18s 6d. Total, £1764 5s 7Jd. ' Payments.— 'Adveitising, £93 8s lOd ; printing au'd stationery, £30 *40s 9d ; 'programmes, £73 15e : • wages, £49 13^. City Corporation's permanent stalls, £35; light department, £22 12s Id; tram department, £49 lls 8d ; advertising, 8s j Aunt Sally, £11 lls ; chocolates, £11 13s Id ; hoopla, £26 13s lid ; sundries, £11 4s ; tobacco, £7 Is 3d ; refreshment stalls. £f(50 ; commission (advertising), £25 j marquees, tents, etc.-, £30 6s Id ; carting, £34 14s ; hire of chairs, etc., £4 10s ; sundries, £63 12s 4d. Prizes : Provincial championship, £50 ; men-of-waramen, £6 17s 6d ; sundries, £50 14s. Art union, £100 ; secretary, £100 ; balance, £795 9e lid. Total, £1764 5s 7Jd. Mr. Pollock suggested the possibility of their being able to add £200 or £300 to the fund as the results of the boxing, swimming, and bowling; competitione. and the presentation of prizes. Mrs. Luke announced a further gain from the refreshment stall of £14. The Mayor, in commenting on the position disclosed by the baJance-eheet, said he thought they were particularly unfortunate in having the Carnival at a time of the year when there was no public holiday. (Heat,, hear.) To got the Wellington public to give a full measure of assistance it was necessary to hold the Carnival at a time when there was an important public holiday. That was a phaee of the question that would have to be considered. In addition, there- had been a restricted finance in the city, and also there was a considerable decrease in the attendance compared with tho previous year. As a matter of fact, the Wellington public 'did not attend the Carnival to the extent that had been anticipated. The people did not come in from the country, although there was a full attendance of the children, and in this counection he paid a tributo to tho hearty co-operation of the teachers and the Wellington public. His Worship went on to remark that when the committee entered on an active canvase for subscriptions it found itself faced with the Day's Bay proposal, and afc one© ceased the canvass. Some of the people they had approached had promised both for the Carnival and Day's Bay, and in many cases the promises had not matured. In addition, he want on to say, the committee had received a considerable sum by -fv'ay of donations. The executive was not going to submit this balance-sheet as a complete balancesheet; at the /eame\ time he regietted that the credit balance shown was not bigger. He hoped that the ¦ balancewould be brought up to a total of £10065 he believed that could be done. Hie Worship went on to isay that the City Engineer had, sent jn an account of £69 for labour, -which was in exceos of the amount paid last year., Whatever accounts tho council could produce the Carnival Committee had the right to "ask the -council to reimburse it with something from the tramways during the Carnival., In conclusion, his Worship thanked everyone who had been connected with the Carnival, with special reference to the ladies and the self-sac-rifice which they had exhibited in endeavouring to promote the success of the undertaking. He moved that the provisional balance-sheet be adopted. In seconding the motion, Mr. Watkins emphasised the necessity of having one public holiday come into the period of the Carnival, and he added that it was a question whether four days was not too long, especially for tho ladies who gave their services. Councillor Frost said he did not feel at all depressed by the fact that their finances were 'not too strong. He fell sure the sum would be considerably increased by donations which had been piactically promised. Mr. Watkins said that in future the chief consideration would be how to increase the gross receipts. He «Jid not think they could reduce the expenditure. Aa .to the children's day, there was a feeling among teachers that they should take the school day from the Carnival and handle it themselves. That waa a point of view that they should seriously consider. Mr 3. Luke intimated that the refreshment side of the Carnival would result in a profit of about £79, besides which they would have assets to the value of about £6. Mr. Pollock said that in hie past experience refreshments had always resulted in a loss. He thought the profit made on tins occasion reflected the highest credit on all concerned. (Applause. ) Speaking of the expenditure, Mr. Morton, City Engineer, pointed out that last year a good deal had been j»iven ; this year everything had to be 'paid for. The great trouble had been the falling off in receipts. The statement of receipts and expenditure was adopted, and great satisfaction was expressed at the manner in v/hich Mr. Amos, the secretary, had carried out his arduous and responsible duties.' It was decided to leave in the hands 1 of the Entertainment Committee the duty of fixing the date of the final concert and the drawing of the Art Union. The secretary reported that the Skating Carnival would result in a profit of between £5 and £6.