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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908.

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'iimnry. .cou lary. Total Receipts. Credit balances on the 31st December, 1907 — Bank of New Zealand and in hand Bank of New Zealand on fixed deposit ... Arrears of revenue for previous years, viz.— Rents of reserves Interest on mortgages Revenues, viz.— Rents of reserves for current year .. • Interest on mortgages Interest on fixed deposits Other receipts, viz.— Net proceeds of land sales Repayment of loans Cash received for preparing leases Valuation for improvements collected from incoming tenants Office-rent from Otago High Schools Board Proceeds, sale of timber Deposit on contract, surveys Instalment on account of judgment against Otokia Drainage Board Valuation fee Proceeds, sale of old safe Royalties from coal leases Refund on expenditure on reserves Goldfields revenue from endowments £ s. a. 529 2 8 3,700 0 0 2,710 14 11 21 11 4 10,821 6 7 1,887 14 1 111 0 0 415 10 8 1,189 10 11 0 10 6 226 5 0 £ s. 12 3 116 18 718 0 d. 8 6 7 £ s. a. 541 6 4 3,700 0 0 2,827 13 5 21 11 4 11,539 7 2 1,887 14 1 111 0 0 415 10 8 1,189 10 11 0 10 6 226 5 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 11 13 4 20 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 11 13 4 110 3 15 0 184 11 9 3 6 8 501 8 10 1 1 0 3 15 0 184 11 9 3 6 8 501 8 10 Total receipts ... 22,356 3 3 847 2 9 23,203 6 0 Expenditu: ■e. Salaries and allowances to officers—Secretary, £300; clerk, £165; Banger, £200 School Commissioners' travelling-expenses attending meetings at Dunedin : W. Dallas—train fare, £8 11s. 8d., hotel expenses, £19 10s.; T. MacGibbon —train fare, £15 16s. 4d., hotel expenses, £29 5s.; D. Borrie —train fare, £10 11s. 8d., hotel expenses, £17 5s. ; Hon. H. Feldwick—hotel expenses, £15; E. H. Wilmot —hotel expenses, £27 Survey of reserves Office-rent, cleaning, fuel, and light Printing and stationery Incidentals Stamps and telegrams, £31; telephone, £7 Is. 6d.. ... Legal expenses Expenses of leasing— Auctioneer's commission, &o. ... Advertising Inspection of reserves — Travelling - expenses and valuation fees Expenditure on reserves —Drainage and protection from river-encroachment Insurance premiums Hates Interest, Bank of New Zealand ... Payments of valuation for improvements to outgoing tenants £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. 665 0 0 142 19 8 9 7 6 93 10 5 17 14 1 15 8 0 38 1 6 84 5 10 [-1,091 8 0 23 12 0 38 13 6 253 8 9 285 2 9 \ 9 3 0 14 17 6 0 3 6 278 13 6 278 13 6 Amounts advanced on mortgage ... Payments towards primary education — Otago Education Board Southland Education Board Payments towards secondary education— Otago High Schools Board Southland High Schools Board Waitaki High Schools Board ... Land-purchases Credit balances on the 31st December, 1908 2,600 0 0 2,600 0 0 10,369 9 4,305 8 2 4 ! I 14,674 17 6 375 6 253 19 177 7 4 7 4 1 - 806 13 3 338"l8 40 9 9 6 2,772 5 6 338 18 9 2,812 15 0 Total expenditure 19,624 7 8 3,578 18 9 23,203 6 0