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GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD : SPECIAL COAL RATE. Crown's proportion of special coal rate collected by the Greymouth Harbour Board under Section 12, Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884. Income and Expenditure Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Interest at 5 per cent, on capital liability .. 7,081 19 0 By Coal rate received .. .. .. 1,426 1 0 Amount collectible outstanding .. .. 512 7 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 5,143 11 0 £7,081 19 0 £7,081 19 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance at 31st March, 1926 .. .. 172,219 011 By Balance .. .. .. .. 177,362 11 11 Balance brought down .. .. .. 5,143 11 0 £177,362 11 11 £177,362 11 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital liability .. .. .. .. 141,639 1 0 Amount collectible outstanding .. .. 512 7 0 Interest due and unpaid .. .. .. 177,874 18 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. '.. 141,639 1 0 Balance of income and expenditure .. .. 177,362 11 11 £319,513 19 11 £319,513 19 11 31st August, 1927. A. D. Park, F.1.A.N.Z., Accountant to the Treasury. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby.—G. E. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General. HAURAKI PLAINS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account eor the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Cash in Public Account, Ist April, 1926 33,505 17 0 : By Drainage-works, stop-banks, clearing Public Revenues Act, 1926, section 40— channels, and other expenditure Temporary transfers from other ac- incidental to conducting drainage counts . . .. . . 10,000 0 0 operations (including metalling and Sales of land .. .. . . 2,294 12 0 | formation of roads), material, supRents .. .. .. .. 10,227 4 2 j plies, &c. .. .. .. 33,043 211 Interest on sales of land .. .. 106 8 6 Machinery and plant . . .. 682 16 6 Artesian-well boring— £ s. d. Loose tools .. .. . . 50 4 11 Repayment of advances 178 18 7 Material and stores .. .. 3,116 8 5 Interest . . 53 11 10 Fuel .. .. .. .. 5,542 4 6 232 10 5 Compensation for land acquired in conRates .. .. .. .. 5,208 11 10 nection with drainage-works .. 147 2 0 Tram-freights .. .. .. 676 14 11 Maintenance of completed works .. 6,669 10 6 Law-costs .. .. .. 510 6 Management and engineering expenses 2,332 10 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,728 0 9 Recoupment of rates to Consolidated Fund .. .. .. .. 4 0 5 Interest paid on temporary transfers from other accounts .. .. 38 7 1 Cash in Public Account, 31st March, 1927 .. .. .. .. 12,359 210 £63,985 10 1 £63,985 10 1 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Interest on loans under Local Bodies' By Rents .. .. .. .. 11,235 1 1 Loans Act, 1908 .. .. 1,240 0 0 Rates .. .. .. .. 7,880 15 0 Interest on debentures issued under Miscellaneous .. .. . . 653 5 5 Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, Interest on sales, &c. .. .. 298 16 6 1913 .. .. .. .. 28,120 18 4 Net loss carried down .. .. 18,560 810 Interest on expenditure from Public Works Fund .. .. . . 202 16 0 Maintenance of completed works .. 7,736 4 4 Rebate of rent .. .. .. 605 1 0 Rebate of rates .. , . .. 68 4 4 Remissions of rent .. . . 305 2 0 Irrecoverable rates .. .. 120 17 2 Writings off Suspense . . .. 229 3 8 £38,628 6 10 £38,628 6 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Net loss bought down .. .. 18,560 810 By Adjustments on account of previous Balance from previous year .. 35,689 9 3 years interest overcharged on loans Adjustment on account of previous under Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908 8,301 14 2 years interest short-charged on ex- Miscellaneous .. .. .. 48 10 8 penditure from Public Works Fund 1,368 18 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 47,268 11 3 £55,618 16 1 | £55,618 16 1

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