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Astronomical Observatory Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. 394 12 4 Balance, 31st Deoember, 1906 .. .. 410 12 9 Interest .. .. .. .. 16 0 5 £410 12 9 £410 12 9 Balance, Ist January, 1907 .. .. £410 12 9 Mortgages of Freeholds Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe, 31st Deoember, 1906 .. .. 17,150 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. 17,150 0 0 Balanoe, Ist January, 1907 .. £17,150 0 0 General Investment Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d Balance, 31st Deoember, 1906 .. .. 2,000 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. 2,000 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1907 .. ..£2,000 0 0 Emily Foster Memorial Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balanoe, Ist January, 1906 .. .. 62 1 8 Prizes .. .. .. .. 018 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 2 15 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 63 18 8 £64 16 8 £64 16 8 Balanoe, Ist January, 1907 .. .. £63 18 8 Helen Macmillan Brown Memorial Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. 87 5 4 Prizes.. .. .. .. .. 3 9 0 Additions to Trust Fund .. .. 9 10 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 97 6 4 Interest .. .. .. .. 4 0 0 £100 15 4 £100 15 4 Balanoe, Ist January, 1907 .. .. £97 6 4 Thomas Miller Prize Fund. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance, Ist January, 1906 .. .. 99 12 7 Prizes.. .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 4 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 101 2 7 £103 12 7 £103 12 7 Balanoe, Ist January, 1907 .. .. £101 2 7 Joseph Haydon Prize. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. 18th August, 1906. Balance, 31st December, 1906 .. .. 208 0 0 Donation from J. Haydon, Esq. .. .. 200 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 800 £208 0 0 £208 0 0 Balance, Ist January, 1907 .. .. £208 0 0

A. Cracroft Wilson, Eegistrar. Geo. H. Mason, Accountant. Examined and found correct, except that (1) 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, and (2) the payment of a sum of £66 13s. 4d. to the widow of Captain Hutton, late Curator, is without authority of law.—J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

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