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Freehold Securities Account. 1898. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Goulfl, Beauniont, and Co., purchase of By Balance, Ist January, 1898 .. .. 14,905 5 0 Saxton'a estate ~, ~ ~ 18,000 0 0 Transfer of surplus realised by sale of Brown, J. A., purchase of Gilmour's Saxton's estate .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 land ~.,, ... ~ ... 1,532 10 6 Transfer of surplus realised by sale of Ruddenklau, H., further payment on Gilmour's land .. .. .. 102 5 6 account of purchase of Neill's land .. 50 0 0 Amount written off to cover loss on . Neill's seourity .. .. .. 100 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 325 0 0 £20,007 10 6 £20,007 10 6 By Balance, Ist Jan., 1899 .. £325 0 0 School of Agriculture Account. Receipts. ~ £ a.] d. 1898. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, lat January, 1898, Capital By Share of expenses in connection with Account; .. .. .. 17,576 1 2 sale of Saxton's estate .. .. 68 9 2 Balance, Maintenance Account .. 167 9 3 Share of amount written off to cover Share of surplus realised by sale of loss on Neill's security .. .. 37 8 2 Saxton's estate .. .. .. 2,810 0 0 Payments to Canterbury Agricultural Share of surplus realised by sale of College .. .. .. .. 21,139 7 7 Gilmour's land .. .. .. 57 9 7 Share of interest on unpaid purchasemoney for Saxton's estate .. .. 250 3 5 Interest .. .. .. .. 384 1 6 £21,245 4 11 £21,245 4 11 Examined and found correct, subject to the same exception as that taken to the accounts of the previous years.— J. K. Wabbueton, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,825 copies), £12 49. o<l.

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