ROYAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12351, 13 May 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)

ROYAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the .Royal Reception Committee was liold at the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon, Mr R. Chisliolm presiding. An apology was received from Ills Worship tlio Mayor. The Secretary submitted a detailed statement of all the receipts and expenditure in Connection with tlio reception, and expressed regret that owing to several local bodies declining to nay their contributions promptly lie was unable to submit tlio staierannt at rin earlier date. He explained that there are still a lew outstanding subscriptions to collect, and also a few disputed accoiint.s to settle. He had prepared a general statement of the accounts to date, which was fluty certified to by Messrs W. Brown and Co. (hi llie morion of Mr Thomas.Scott, the audited balance sheet was received and adopted, and the chairman, Mr T. R. Christie, and the mover were itnnointed to deal with the amounts still outstanding. ' It was decided to communicate with the Roslyn Borough Council requesting them to pay the balance of their contribution and thus enable the committee to finally close the account. The following is a statement of the receipts and expenditure: — IiP.CF.IPTS. Dnnediii City Council flflOO 0 0 Wuikouaili Council 05 0 0 Maori flill Council 25 0 0 South Dunedin Council .. .. .. 70 0 0 Greeli Island Council ~ ~ ~ 819 0 Caversuhm Council .. .. ~ f. 95 |) 0 St. Kilda Council 2o 0 0 Roslyn Council, on account .... BO 0 0 llorniuytoii Council ;. GG 3 3 North-Kust Valley Council „ ~ 50 0 0 Deposit on contracts ; .. 5 0 0 Sale 3 Octagon seats 10J 15 0 Sales sundries and donations .. 411 0 Sale? an<l subscriptions account arch decorations 78) 11 8 Sales and subscriptions account evening tecjplion , „ 507 1C 0 £!720 15 11 Expenditure. Goneral espenafs £399 \ a Arch decorations 2C54 13 9 Reception account G3G 12 5 Balance , .. ;... .. ~ 30 5 0 JE3720 15 11 We have examined the records of tlio treasurer of the Royal Reception Fund and the vouchers for the expenditure shown, and certify th|it the foregoing statement is in accordance with the exhibits.—(Signed) 'William Brown and Co., Dunedin, 2nd May, 1902. It may bn added that in addition to the above detailed statements wero submitted of the expenditure wider each heading. A glance through this statement shows that the expenditure on the whole was carefully supervised, especially when it is remembered that & good deal of work had to be done under great pressure of time.