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Museum Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Contribution from Museum, Library, and By Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. .. 10 5 0 School of Technical Science Endow- Salaries .. .. .. .. 795 0 0 ment Fund .. .. .. 1,125 0 0 Insurance .. .. •• •• 53 0 0 Sale of guide-books .. .. .. 311 0 Interest on Loan Account (£2,000) .. 100 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 2 6 6 Incidentals and exchanges .. .. 171 9 8 Balance .. .. .. .. 37 14 8 Contributions towards expenses of Registrar's office .. .. .. 30 0 0 Repairs .. .. . • .. 817 6 £1,168 12 2 - £1.168 12 2 By Balance, Ist Jan., 1898 .. £37 14 8 Astronomical Observatory Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. .. 272 511 By Balance .. .. .. .. 284 1110 Interest .. .. .. .. 12 5 11 £284 11 10 £284 11 10 To Balance, Ist Jan., 1898 .. £284 11 10 Mortgages of Freehold Account. Receipts. £ s. d. [ Expenditure. £ s. d. To Mrs. Kennedy, part repayment .. 550 00j By Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. ..10,650 0 0 E. Crowe, repayment .. .. 250 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 9,850 0 0 £10.650 0 0 By Balance, Ist Jan., 1898 .. £9,850 0 0 I ~ Freehold Securities Account. 1897. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Ruddenklau, H., deposit on account By Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. .. 16,975 11 9 purchase Neill's land .. .. 25 0 0 Wall, J., balance of purchase-money for Burkes land .. .. .. 45 6 9 Gould, Beaumont, and Co., deposit of 10 per cent, of purchase-money for Saxton's Estate (£20,000) .. .. 2,000 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 14,905 5 0 £16,975 11 9 £16,975 11 9 Contractors' Deposit Account. Receipts. £ s. d. 1897. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. .. 26 0 0 21 July. By Smith, W., refund of deposit .. 26 0 0 School of Agriculture, Capital Account. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. .. 18,586 8 6 By Share of expenses in connection with Saxton's Estate .. .. .. 10 7 4 Advance to Canterbury Agricultural College .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 17,576 1 2 £18,586 8 6 £18,586 8 6 School of Agriculture, Maintenance Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. -.. .. 962 3 3 By Balance, Ist January, 1897 .. .. 756 7 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 0 10 6 Interest on current account .. .. 37 16 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 167 9 3 £962 3 3 £962 3 3 Examined and found correct, subject to the same exception as that taken to accounts of the previous year. —J. K. Waebueton, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (1,550 copies), £9 ss.

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