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STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAIL OF SUMS IRRECOVERABLE BY THE CROWN OR VALUE OF STORES, ETC., REQUIRED TO BE WRITTEN OFF DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS.

Department and Particulars. Ltoason for writing off. Claims abandoned. Value of Stores, Cash. Rents, Ac. Value of Stores, Tcpr.ta Ac. Rents, Ac. Agriculture : — Payments made for destroying rabbits and cutting noxious weeds £ a. d. £ s. d. 237 2 2 Work done for persons without means, whose land has since been resumed by the Crown and for absent soldiers Defence : — Stores, clothing, and equipment— Trentham and Featherston Military Camps Canterbury Military District (various groups and units) Attributable to disorganization brought about by the influenza epidemic Inability to allocate responsibility for losses, and in order to adjust ledgers and stock under the new permanent Ordnance Service Ditto .. 274 18 6 2,532 4 7 14,787 19 3 Wellington Military District (various groups and units) Auckland Military Distriot (various groups and units) Ordnance stores, ex s.s. " Mokoia " Equipment in King George V Hospital, Rotorua Equipment in Officers' Clothing Department, London Cash in Maintenance Grant Acoount, Group 10, Senior Cadets, for year ended 31st May, 1916 Damage done by New Zealand troops at Sling Camp on 14th and 15th Maroh, 1919 Stores on charge to Walton-on-Thames Hospital, England Sum of £8 8s. was alleged by Lieutenant E. A. Nilsson, Awanui Wireless Guard, to have been handed by him to LanceCorporal Thompson for delivery to Corporal C. W. Pink as pay, but stated by Pink to be £4 only Greatcoats lost in Group Office, Inveroargill Grazing-rights from Trentham Rifle Range Reserve, paid by Mr. James Hagan Stores purchased for use in connection with vocational training of returned soldiers Value of steamship passage - warrants issued without authority Value of clothing-warrants misappropriated Negligence could not be proved Inability to allocate responsibility for loss .. ii .... Inability to allocate responsibility for loss to individuals concerned Ditto .. Insufficient evidence to fix responsibility .. 9,006 11 9 487 19 5 23 14 3 121 2 6 8,272 13 11 215 15 4 10 19 1 4 8 0 Inability to enforce refund, as the officer concerned is not now in the service The amount was expended on urgent repairs, but cash-book showing disposal thereof cannot now be traced Defective book-keeping, and improper handing over of stores by instructresses Officer responsible has left the service 38 9 6 518 11 2 10 0 0 2 18 0 Persons concerned have absconded and cannot be traced 36 15 0 Immigration: — . Balance of passage-money, England to New Zealand— Miss E. F. Gilbert .. A. T. Rogers Soldier's dependant Indigent circumstances, and illness of wife .. 10 0 0 6 0 0 Mines: — Boiler and stores, supplied to Murray's Freehold Gold-dredging Company, Ltd. Company has long ceased operations, and there is no possibility of satisfaction through legal proceedings f Coal short at year ended 31st Maroh, 1920 ( Coke short at year ended 3lst March, 1920 Debtors insolvent, in liquidation, deceased, or address unknown Claims proved unprofitable. The men are unable to make any refund, and it is not advisable to take proceedings Most of the enterprises have proved unprofitable. Cost of legal proceedings would probably be greater than amount to be collected 241 1 6 881 0 5 143 4 8 277 19 0 241 1 6 New Zealand State Coal-mines Depot, Wellington Amounts owing by various persons and companies for coal supplied Balance of loan, with interest, granted to W. Buchanan and party to develop their mining claims at Runanga Amounts owing for water supplied from Kumara-Waimea water-races to various parties for alluvial mining 881 0 5 143 4 8 277 19 0 403 0 7 302 10 11 Carried forward 37,823 5 9 1,083 13 9 37,823 5 9