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[Appendix B.

Statement of Balances. £ s. d. £ s. d. Primary Education Account .. .. 278 16 8 Balance, 31st December, 1910— Secondary Education Account .. .. 235 5 2 Fixed deposits, Bank of New Zealand.. 1.442 0 8 Land Fund— Current account, Bank of New Zealand 358 3 5 Primary .. .. .. .. 028 o 1 Cash in hand and overdrawn .. 138 19 0 Secondary .. .. .. .. 796 4 2 1,939 2 8 Outstanding cheques .. .. 0 16 7 £1,938 6 1 £1,938 6 1 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Cash in hand ... ... .. ... ... ... L3B L 9 0 Cash in bank (current) ... ... ... ... ... 358 3 5 (fixed deposits) ... ... ... ... 1,442 0 3 Rents in arrears... ... ... ... ... ... 393 1 5 Office furniture (safe and two typewriters), say ... ... 40 0 0 Total assets ... ... ... ... £2,372 4 1 Liabilities. £ s. d. Outstanding cheques ... ... ... ... ... 0 16 7 Rents paid in advance ... ... ... ... ... 56 15 10 Total liabilities ... ... ... ... £57 12 5 James Wade, Chairman. New Plymouth, 11th April, 1911. F. P. Cobkill, Secretary. Examined and found correct, except that the payment of £15 os. 6d. travelling-expenses of members, is without authority of law, and is therefore disallowed. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

WELLINGTON. Sir,- — School Commissioners' Office, Wellington, 21st March, 1911. I have the honour to forward herewith the report and statement of receipts and expenditure of the School Commissioners for] the Wellington Provincial District for the year ended 31st December, 1910. The following are the members of the Board of Commissioners : Mr. J. R. Blair (Chairman), Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.P., Mr. F. Y. Lethbridge, and Mr. James Mackenzie (Commissioner of Crown Lands). No new reserves were added during the year to the area vested in the Commissioners. The total area at present included in the educational reserve estate in this provincial district is 108,151 acres 2 roods 20 perches, of which 618 acres 3 roods 38 perches (consisting principally of rough and inferior country) were unlet at the end of the year. The reserves let during the year numbered seven, containing 2,583 acres 3 roods, the annual rental realized being £155 13s. sd. The total number of leases now on the. books is 491, comprising an area of 107,532 acres 2 roods 22 perches, on which is payable an annual rental of £11,539 10s. lid., as against £10,672 Is. lid. last year, the increase in the amount being mainly due to renewals of expiring leases at higher rentals fixed by arbitration. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. J. R. Blair, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1910.

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Primary. J_ Secondary. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. 3alance on 31st December, 1909 ... ... 1,135 11 10 Jent paid on account of year 1908 ... ... 0 0 7 itent paid on account of year 1909 ... ... 207 16 5 Jent paid on account of year 1910 ... ... 7,493 18 8 iient paid on account of year 1911 ... ... 190 17 10 interest and sinking fund on improvements ... 107 14 0 of stock ... ... ... ... 12 7 0 interest on fixed deposit (Land Purchase Account) ... 18 19 3 and registration of leases ... ... 17 10 0 ■2 & s. d. 479 1 5 2 0 1 2,445 7 11 0 0 5 £ s. d. 479 1 5 2"0 1 1,445 7 11 0 0 5 i I > I 1, 9, £ s. d. 1,614 13 3 0 0 7 209 16 6 9,939 6 7 190 18 3 107 14 0 12 7 0 18 19 3 17 10 0 £ ,614 ] 0 209 : ,939 190 ] 107 ] 12 18 ] 17 J I 1 1 1 1 I 1 li B. [3 0 L6 6 L8 U 7 L9 .0 Total receipts ... ... ...9,184 15 7 9,184 15 7 2, 2,926 ,926 9 10 9 10 12, 12,111 ,111 5 5 5