AUCKLAND RACING CLUB ANNUAL REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 54, 6 August 1891, Page 2

AUCKLAND RACING CLUB ANNUAL REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET.

To the Members Auckland Racing Clnb — Gentlemen, In submitting the Annual Statement of Accounts to you, your Committee must congratulate you upon the continued prosperity of your Club, notwithstanding the severe weather we experienced, both at our Summer and Winter Meetings. During the year we have held four meetings, giving in added money the sum of as against /6,94 c at the corresponding meetings last year ; your Committee have under consideration the advisability of holding an early Spring Meeting in addition to the usual date, and of also making the Winter gathering a two day’s fixture. During the season the amount of money put through the Machine has been /■50,565, as against /48,095, which shows an increase of /2,47 c. An alteration in the Railway fares and tariff is under consideration, but at the present moment nothing has been finally agreed upon. A conference of delegates has been held in Wellington, when it was resolved to form a New Zealand J ockey Club; the Dunedin Jockey Club strongly objecting. As the proposed Rules have only just been received, your Committee have not yet considered them, but another meeting is to be held in Christchurch during their November fixture, and the first meeting of the Club will be held in Auckland, on 2nd January, if all things are finally completed. You will have to elect six Committee men in the place of Messrs. McLaughlin, Kirkwood, Lanigan, Marks, Buckland and Nathan, who retire in terms of Rules, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Mr. Richard Duder has also given the necessary notice that he intends to stand for election as a Member of Committee. m n/r z"'* 1 _ •

Thomas Morrin,

Chairman.