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CHRISTIE PRIZE ACCOUNT. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance—Capital, 31st December, 1927 .. 161 0 7 Balance, 31st December, 1926 .. .. 129 1 2 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 31 19 5 . • ' £161 0 7 £161 0 7

SIR .T. (i. WILSON PRIZE ACCOUNT. £ s. d. i £ s. d. Balance—Capital, ,'j Ist Beoember, .1927 .. .. 220 7 1 . Balanoe, 31st Deoember, 1926 .. .. .. 17(i 0 | Interest .. .. .. .. .. 44 ti 10 £220 7 1 £220 7 1

GENERAL BALANCE-SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1927. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. <1. Bank of New Zealand-—■ £ s. d. £ a. d. General Account .. .. 12,766 11 10 General Account .. .. 6,674 0 3 Income and expenditure .. 4,274 19 9 Less unpresented cheques.. 2,604 10 II 17,041 11 7 4,009 15 4 Ordinary Scholarship Account 45,526 8 3 Ordinary Scholarship Account 500 9 7 Income and expenditure .. 16 13 II Less unpresented cheques.. 21 411 45,543 2 2 479 4 8 Macmillan-Brown Scholarship Account .. 4,516 1 4 Tinline Account .. .. .. ... 117 6 1 Tinline Scholarship .. .. .. 2,162 11 4 Post Office Savings-bank— £ s. d. Prize Accounts— General Aocount .. .. 4,829 2 8 Bowen .. .. .. .. .. 223 0 4 Ordinary Scholarship Account 1,577 12 6 Macmillan-Brown .. .. .. .. 428 9 9 6,406 15 2 Cook .. .. .. .. .. 207 9 10 Cash in hand .. .. .. .. 15 5 11 Habens .. .. .. .. .. 227 1 4 Cash, English Agent .. .. .. .. 2,397 13 5 von Haast .. .. .. .. 439 9 4 Fixed deposits .. .. .. .. 3,143 0 3 Arnold Atkinson .. .. .. .. 162 3 6 Mortgages .. .. .. .. .. 16,100 0 0 Haydon .. .. .. .. .. 42 12 3 Municipal, county, and other trust debentures .. 22,182 8 3 Christie .. .. .. .. .. 161 0 7 New Zealand Government inscribed stock .. .14,249 8 3 Sir .T. G. Wilson .. .. .. .. 220 7 I Westport-Stockton Coal Company shares .. 50 0 0 Sundry debtors (accrued interest) .. .. 1,036 14 2 Post Office Savings-bank (accrued interest) . . 155 3 8 Insurance'premium .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 £ s. d. Office furniture .. .. 1,076 8 3 Less depreciation .. .. 107 13 0 968 15 3 £71,375 0 5 £71,375 0 5 Wellington, May, 1928. E. T. Noruis, Registrar.

The Audit Office, having examined the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts required by law to be audited, hereby certifies them to be correct. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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