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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CARILLON COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1938. The Committee has met as occasion required. Programmes of appropriate music continue to be played on Sundays and war anniversaries and broadcast once a month. Investigations continue to be made with a view to improving the transmission of the music over the air. The Carillon has been played solely by the mechanical equipment, programmes having been arranged from the thirty-five rolls of music provided by the Wellington War Memorial Carillon Society. A passenger lift has been installed in the Carillon Tower and visitors can now be conveyed to the clavier, from which a comprehensive view of Wellington is obtainable. It is now possible to arrange for the exhibition of war trophies, a great number of which are now being received by the Museum. With the assistance of ex-soldiers and Toe H the goods are being sorted and classified. They are to remain the property of the Museum, and exhibitions will be arranged from time to time. The interior of the campanile is still in a very rough state, but it is hoped that the necessary improvement will be made in the near future. The Wellington War Memorial Carillon Society (Incorporated) and the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association have taken a very active and beneficent interest in the completion of the National War Memorial, of which the Carillon forms part. The society obtained plans and sketches of the proposed Hall of Memories from Messrs. Gummer and Ford, the architects of the main block of buildings. These were submitted to the annual Conference of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, which unanimously resolved to ask the Government to erect the Hall of Memories and thus complete the National War Memorial. In due course the resolution was submitted to the Right Hon. the Prime Minister, who extended to the deputation a sympathetic reception. The Committee desires to record its appreciation of the consideration of the Board of Trustees in providing funds for the erection of the lift. The technician has kept the machinery in good order, thus enabling the bells to be played at regular intervals, and the Committee records its appreciation of his work. Alfred Cowles, Chairman. John G. Osborne, Hon. Secretary. TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1938. To the Chairman, — I beg to submit the following audited financial statements for the year Ist April, 1937, to the 31st March, 1938 :— (1) Main Income and Expenditure Account. (2) Tea-rooms Account. (3) Statement of Income and Expenditure Balances. (4) Balance-sheet. Balance-sheet. The assets have been maintained in the books at cost or valuation. The revenues of the Board will not permit the provision of depreciation, and, consequently, values at which the fixed assets stand (except land and ground improvements) are overstated. Tbe building, and, in fact, all the assets the values of which diminish, should be reduced each year by percentages fixed in regard to the life of each asset. For instance, 20 per cent, would not be too great a percentage to reduce the Cinematograph Equipment Account. Accumulated Fund. The surplus profit from the previous year's working was £401 7s. 9d., but this has been reduced by an amount of £70 12s. Id., made up of two sums—viz., £37 ss. sd. loss on the 1937-38 operations and the writing-off of a debt of £33 6s. Bd. due to the Board. Building Fund. _ A further contribution from the Employment moneys of £5,000 is still intact, but payment for the Carillon lift and the completion of the roading and grounds will probably be made during the coming year, when request will be made to the Employment Board to pay over this additional contribution. The sum of £28 was paid by subscribers to the Building Fund during the year, and the outstanding subscriptions at date total £1,082. Receipts are coming to hand very slowly. Main Income and Expenditure Account. Expenditure for the year exceeded income by £31 os. 3d. This is an actual cash loss, and should properly be increased by an amount for depreciation correctly chargeable to the Income and Expenditure Account. £8,521 was expended, the principal items being— £ Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 611 Fuel, light, water, and gas .. .. .. .. .. .. 765 Photographic supplies .. .. .. .. .. 107 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. .. . _ 14$

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