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Statements of Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923 -continued. Credits. Payments. £ s. d. £ s. (I. Transferred to Rent Distribu- £ s. d. £ s. d. Wool sold .. .. 808 18 9 tion Account for payment to Mutton and lamb sold .. 1,104 0 1 beneficiaries ..' .. 426 0 0 Sheep sold .. .. 2,636 14 5 Land-tax .. .. .. 016 0 Cattle sold .. .. 189 0 0 Management and office expenses 8 5 0 Horses sold .. . . 70 0 0 441 i o Saddlery sold .. .. 14 12 6 ______ Skins .. .. .. 34 7 3 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1923 .. £794 11 2 Wool unrealized, 31st - . . March, 1923 .. .. 668 0 0 Area of block, 420 acres. Valuo, £1,565. 5,585 19 0 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1923 . .£10,776 15 11 —i Maraetaha Id (Tf. Kopua). £ s. d. Live-stock at 31st Maroh, 1923— Balance at debit, 31st March, 1922 16 360 10 0 £ s. (I. 3,527 sheep .. .. 2,376 12 0 Debits 397 cattle .. .. 1,531 0 0 £ B . d. 36 horses .. .. 195 0 0 Advances against wool . . 728 19 5 Wool unrealized at 31st £4,102 12 0 March, 1922 .. .. 75 O 0 —— Beef unrealized at 31st March, 1922 .. .. 101 0 0 , „ - Skins unrealized at 31st Tahora 20, Sec. 2. Mar - hi 1922 6 0 0 _ , ~ . _ £ s. d. Hides unrealized at 31st Balance at debit, 31st March, 1922 .. 361 3 4 March 1922 25 0 Advances against pelts .. 15 8 4 / ayments. Advances against mutton ~, * , s : _ and lamb .. .. 104 1 2 County rates .. .. 15 13 5 . „„.> ao v Interest .. .. ..18 1 0 _ Stores on hand .. .. .. '10 0 0 33 14 5 Fencing .. .. 159 2 4 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1923 .. £394 17 9 Grass-seed 3*6 18 1 n=__a———— Trees .. .. 12 3 Area of block, 1,346 acres. Value, £1,346. 95Q 10 8 Sheep bought .. .. 1,482 2 5 Cattle bought .. .. 329 10 0 Tawapata South No. 1. Deficiency on 101 quarters £ s d beef .. .. .. 22 18 9 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1922 .. 1,272 11 4 " orses h "_ 17 0 0 Wages, droving, and superPayments. Q , vision •■ ■• 567 0 (i £s d Shearing .. .. 134 15 9 Land-tax .. .. .. 65 1 9 Woo! . char S es and station Interest 02 2 0 requisites .. .. 75 8 6 Management and office expenses 15 0 0 stores .. 58 3 9 r ~0 3 q " re > marine, and accident insurance .. .. 20 18 9 £1 414 15 1 Plant, tools, and furniture.. 22 8 9 ' "Ropairs and shooing .. 17 710 Receipts. Cartage.. .. .. 43 14 8 Rents .. .. .. ■.. • 600 0 0 Telephone .. .. 818 10 Rents to beneficiaries .. 5 10 7 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1923 .. £814 15 1 Rent (part Maraetaha No. 2) 289 0 0 1 Travelling-expenses .. 5 2 0 Area of block, 4,376 acres 2 roods 5 perches. Value, Rates .. .. .. 204 9 4 £12,000. Interest.. .. .. 1,059 16 8 Bad debt .. .. 26 0 0 Management and office expenses .. .. 189 1 1(1 Whangawehi Ib lc. 4,579 14 11 £ s. d. . _ Balance at debit, 31st March, 1922 .. 3,768 2 11 22,242 9 0 Credits. Payments. Sheep sold ~ .. 2,027 5 10 £ s. d. Cattle sold .. .. 428 5 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. 2 2 0 Horses sold .. .. 16 0 0 Land-tax .. .. .. 14 15 5 Skins and pelts sold .. 100 7 5 Interest .. .. .. 234 7 4 Wool sold .. .. 1,891 0 7 Management and office expenses 418 9 Hides sold .. .. 2 113 256 3 6 Sundry Natives: Expenses of meeting—refund .. 20 0 0 4,024 6 5 Freezing charges (charged Receipts. 31st. March, 1921 ; paid Rents .. .. .. .. 197 10 0 by bank, 28th April, 1922; now adjusted) .. .. 4118 3 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1923 .. £3,826 16 5 Compensation—Land taken __-_-_-__*_______„ for road .. .. ;{0 0 0 .Area of block, 1,201 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Value, Wool unrealized, 31st Man-h £4,120. 1923 .. .. .. 137 14 1 Advance against wool .. 270 5I I Mutton at works.. .. 1,116 14 3 3- „ 6,082 8 7 Whaitiri No. 2. ; £ 8. d. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1923 ..£16,160 011 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1922 .. 871 8 11 =_^_=__^ Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1923 :— Receipts. £ s d „ * s - d - 4,110 sheep .. .. 2,903 5 0 p ents 330 0 0 389 cattle .. .. 1,321 10 0 Interest 34 3 3 9 horBes 45 0 0 364 3 3 _______ £4,269 15 0 1,235 12 2 _______________

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