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Museum Account. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. & s. d Balance, Ist January, 1905 .. .. 55 17 1 Salaries .. .. .. .. 803 6 8 Contribution from Museum, Library, and Insurance .. .. .. .. 49 9 0 School of Technical Soienoe Endowment 1,225 0 0 Contribution towards expenses of Regis Sale of guide-books .. .. .. 216 6 trar's offioe .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 Sale of crocodile .. .. .. 5 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. 319 6 Interest .. .. .. .. 418 5 Legal expenses .. .. .. 110 Taxidermist's requisites .. .. 10 8 7 Purchases (speoimens) .. .. .. 210 1 6 Freight and oharges .. .. .. 14 7 6 Fuel .. .. .. .. 16 6 General expenses .. .. .. 8 9 4 Guide-book Sinking Fund .. .. 10 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 151 2 5 £1,293 12 '0 £1,293 12 0 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. £151 2 5 Museum Guide-book Sinking Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1905 .. .. 40 0 0 Balance, 31st December .. .. 50 0 0 Museum Maintenance Account transfer .. 10 0 0 £50 0 0 , £50 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. £50 0 0 Astronomical Observatory Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1905 " .. .. 379 4 8 Balance, 31st December .. .. 394 12 4 Interest ........ 15 7 8 . £394 12 4 £394 12 4 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. £394 12 4 Mortgages of Freeholds. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Poninghaus, H., repayment of loan .. 500 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1905 .. .. 16,350 0 0 Drinnan, J., „ .. 2,700 0 0 Christchurch Club (loan) .. .. 4,000 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 17,150 0 0 £20,350 0 0 ' £20,350 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. £17,150 0 0 General Investment Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe, 31st December, 1905 .. .. 2,000 0 0 Purchase of seotions, Hereford Street .. 2,000 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. ..£2,000 0 0 Emily Foster Memorial Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ b. d. Balanoe, Ist January, 1905 .. .. 61 210 Whitcombe and Tombs (prizes) .. .. 116 0 Interest on debentures .. .. .. 2 14 10 Balance .. .. .. .. 62 1 8 £63 17 8 £63 17 8 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. £62 1 8 Helen Macmillan Brown Memorial Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1905 .. .. 82 9 8 Whitcombe and Tombs (prizes) .. .. 4 0 0 Further amount handed to Board .. 5 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 87 5 4 Interest on debentures .. .. .. 315 8 £91 5 4 £91 5 4 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. £87 5 4 Thomas Miller Prize Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1905 .. .. 98 2 7 Whitcombe and Tombs (prizes) .. .. 210 0 Interest on debentures .. .. .. 4 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 99 12 7 £102 2 7 £102 2 7 Balanoe, Ist January, 1906 .. .. £99 12 7 A. Cracroft Wilson, Eegistrar. Canterbury College, , 1906. G. H. Mason, Accountant. Examined and found correct, except that the purchase of the Hereford Street sections is not a transaction authorised by law, and that the investment of £2,000 of trust funds in the purchase of such property is not an investment in one of the modes approved by the Governor under the authority of section 25 of the Act.— J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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