B.—l rp T . 111.

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STATEMENT SHOWING THE DETAIL OF SUMS IRRECOVERABLE BY THE CROWN, ETC. - continued.

Department and Particulars. Reason for writing off. Claims abandoned. Value of Stores, Cash. Rents, &o. Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. 37,823 5 9 1,083 13 9 Native: — Interest due under mortgage to the Crown by the Native owners of Lot 67, Parish of Waipa (interest due to 4th January, 1920; mortgage dated 4th January, 1875) Fees on Native Land Court orders on 31st Maroh, 1920 : Waikato-Maniopoto Native Land Court No funds with which to pay the interest Officer responsible left the service before the deficiency was discovered 324 0 0 3 0 0 Post and Telegraph :— Sundry items of material Fees for bureau communications and cost of alterations to telephones As result of stook-taking, material has been found deficient, due ohiefiy to errors in book-keeping which cannot be traced Condemned as useless Debtors left last known addresses and all efforts to traoe them have proved futile 307 6 10 338 2 5 17 3 7 Public Health :— Outstanding accounts due to St. Helens Hospital— Auoklaud Invercargill Gisborne Treatment in Otaki Sanatorium and Hospital Treatment in Te Waikato Sanatorium .. Registration fees due during period 1st April, 1915, to 30th September, 1916, and brought forward from year to year in Head Offioe books Patients in indigent ciroumstanoes, or addresses unknown Ditto .. Debtors in poor financial oircumstanoes, or oannot be traced Ditto .. Owing to faulty accounting records, debtors cannot be traoed 33 12 0 2 0 0 8 5 6 113 8 0 37 10 8 3 10 0 Public Works: — Tools supplied to J. J. Chelley, Te Matai Blook roadworks The man left the works and his whereabouts are unknown 14 18 6 14 18 6 Repatriation: — Balance of loans for furniture and equipment, and business loans to various returned soldiers Grantees deceased, left the country, unsuccessful in business, or burnt out 786 2 6 Treasury: — Cost of oable to High Commissioner re delay in remittance of £12 Poor ciroumstanoes of remitter 1 8 10 38,483 13 6 38,483 13 6 2,413 14 10 Total £40,897 8 4