At the meeting of tho Board of Education yesterday, tbe Secretary of the Board, Mr V. E. Rico, made a statement to the effect that the accounts for the year ending Decomber 31st, 1890, had boon audited by tho Auditor - General's Department, and that by the last mail the report of the Auditor-General upon those accounts had bean received. There were two sees of ac counts for the Board. The first waa a abatement of receipts and expenditure of the Board in administration of the Educa bion Act, 1877, and bhis was signed, as ex amined, and found correct, by J. E. Fitz gerald, Controllor and Auditor-General. The other account was a special account in which the Board had to administrate funcleand property vested in them under tho Auck land Girls' High School Acb, 1878. That statement of accounts had been returnod by the Auditor-General with this note: "Ex amined and found correct, except as re gards bbc payment of six guineas paid to Mr R. Monk, and six guineas paid to Mr D. Goldie for inspecting a reserve, which those gentlemen, being trustees of the in stitution, were debarred from receiving."

The Chairman snid, in explanation of this matter, thab tho Board had 5,000 acres of Crown land, and they thought it advis able bo realise upon ib in some shape or form, for bhe benefit of tho Girls' High School. Messrs Monk and Goldie, being experts in timber lands, were requested to report to cho Board upon the beat way to deal wibh this land, and the money thoy received was simply travelling expenses. Tho Secretary went on to state that wibh respect to tho Board's accounts under the Education Act, tho Auditor returned bhem certified as audibed and found correct, and forwarded the following lettor under cover of the Chairman :—" Audit Office, Welling ton, April 30th, 1890. Sir,—l have the honour in returning tho accounts of tho Auckland Education Board to inform you bhab the Inspector has reported that large numbers of documenbs pass through your office not bearing stamps re quired by law. 