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2. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1890. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Boarding account .. .. 792 10 oBy Boarding account .. .. .. 809 17 10 Tuition account .. .. .. 797 1G 1 Tuition account .. .. .. 1,153 18 8 School Commissioners' subsidy for science 112 10 0 Stationery account .. .. .. 79 18 1 Interest account .. .. .. 595 6 4 Miscellaneous accountRent account .. .. .. 779 16 3 Audit charges .. .. .. 8 6 6 Miscellaneous account .. .. 96 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 4 4 0 Fire insurance .. .. .. 83 2 6 City rates .. .. .. .. 41 310 Subscriptions to sports, &c. .. .. 22 2 0 Printing and advertising .. .. 43 16 0 Law-costs .. . „ .. .. 12 19 11 Science appliances .. .. .. 7 9 5 Office rent and expenses .. .. 47 1 8 Labour and small repairs .. .. 26 7 0 Governors' fees .. .. .. 11 0 0 Gas account .. .. .. 43 12 7 Secretary's salary .. .. .. 200 0 0 Exhibitions .. .. .. 26 5 0 New laboratory .. .. .. 252 4 0 Scholarships— Foundation .. .. .. 70 0 0 Endowed .. .. .. .. 124 0 0 Governor's fees .. .. .. 50 0 0 Simmons prize .. .. .. 6 0 0 Sundries —Repairs .. .. .. 13 14 0 Balance at the Bank of New Zealand on Balance at the Bank of New Zealand on 31st December, 1889 .. .. 307 3 0 31st December, 1890 .. .. 343 19 1 £3,481 18 - £3,481 1 8 Oswald Cubtis, Secretary. We hereby certify that we have examined the above accounts and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and found them correct.

3. Statement of Receipts and Expenditube of the Nelson College for Gibls for the Year ending 31st December, 1890. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d To Tuition account .. .. .. 1,027 12 0 By Tuition account .. .. .. 894 710 Boarding account .. .. .. 482 G a Boarding account .. .. .. 612 17 9 Eager Scholarships .. .. .. 10 0 0 Stationery account .. .. .. 47 8 0 School Commissioners' subsidy .. 150 0 0 Edger Scholarships .. .. .. 15 0 0 Miscellaneous account .. .. 11 5 0 Governors' Pees Scholarships .. .. 30 0 0 Tinline Scholarship .. .. .. 40 0 0 Miscellaneous expenses— Printing and advertising .. .. 40 7 8 Fire insurance .. .. .. 42 0 0 City rates .. .. .. .. 30 8 2 Gas account .. .. .. 34 0 0 Proportion of office expenses.. .. 30 0 0 Interest on loans .. .. .. 349 0 0 Auditors' fees .. .. .. 5 5 0 Small repairs, &c. .. .. .. 16 8 6 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 29 0 6 Secretary's salary .. .. .. 100 0 0 Edger Scholarship (forfeited by nonattendance) .. .. .. 15 0 0 Overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand on Overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand the 31st December, 1890 .. .. 1,391 10 0 on 31st December, 1889 .. .. 741 10 0 £3,072 13 5 £3,072 13 5 Oswald Ouetis, Secretary. We hereby certify that we have examined the above accounts and compared them with the several vouchers relating thereto, and have found them correct. J. T. Catley, ) . ~, n tt ' [ Auditors. Geo. Hodgson, j

4. ScHOLABSHIPS HELD DUBING LAST . QuAKTER OP YEAR. College. Endowed.— Tinline, £52 125.; Newcome, £24 ; Richmond, £24 ; Stafford, £20 ; Fell, £16. Foundation. —First classical, £20; second classical, £10; third classical, £5.- First mathematical, £20; second mathematical, £10 ; third mathematical, £5. Governors' Fees. —First modern languages, £12 12s. ; first English literature, £12 125.; second English literature, £12 12s. ■ chemistry, £12 12s. Simmons Prize.— £6.

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