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Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. j Cr. £ s. d. To Salaries— By Net interest, commission, fees, and other income 16,158 6 1 Permanent .... 8,367 17 5 Non- permanent .. .. 666 6 5 9,034 3 10 Additions, improvements, repairs, maintenance, and insurance of premises, plant, &o.— Office furniture and fittings .. 6 17 11 Office instruments and machinery 11 7 0 Office premises .. .. 5 4 9 Office insurance . . . . 8 110 Motor-vehicles .. .. 365 1 7 397 2 3 Agent's commission .. .. .. 20 0 0 Audit fee for inspection of accounts .. .. 50 0 0 Native Trust Office Board—Foes to members .. 30 0 0 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. 0 110 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. 178 1 11 Post and Telegraph Department—Payment for services .. .. .. .. 99 13 6 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 226 15 11 Public Service Superannuation Fund, contribution towards .. .. .. .. 154 11 4 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 517 10 0 Services for cleaning, &c. . . ... .. 154 4 3 Telephone charges .. .. .. 111147 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 484 11 10 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 24 10 9 Depreciation of office fittings, furniture, plant, &c. 360 4 9 Net profit to Appropriation Account .. 4,314 10 2 £16,158 6 1 £16,158 6 1 Appropriation Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. £ s. d. | £ s. d. To Reserve and Assurance Fund .. • .. 3,883 10 2 By Net profit for year ended 31st March, 1928, Investment Fluctuation Fund .. .. 431 0 0 transferred .. .. .. .. 4,314 10 2 £4,314 10 2 £4,314 10 2 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Amounts held under — £ s. d. Sundry assets— £ s. d. £ s. d. West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892 .. 61,606 7 1 Office fittings .. .. 125 7 1 Native Reserves Act, 1882 .. .. .. 51,465 8 7 Less depreciation .. .. 61 15 4 Native Land Act, J909 (Part X) .. .. 122,255 3 6 63 II 9 Native Land Act, 1909 (Miscellaneous) .. 38,881 5 10 Office furniture .. .. 475 10 4 Native Trustee Act, 1920, and Amendments .. 36,035 9 10 ; Less depreciation .. .. 70 16 5 Miscellaneous funds (including Maori Land Board 404 13 11 accounts) .. .. .. .. .184,938 17 1 Office instruments and machinery 239 13 2 Sundry creditors — £ s. d. Less depreciation .. .. 70 12 2 Post Office Account .. 3,204 8 9 169 1 0 Various .. .. .. 53 3 5 Motor-vehicles .. .. 408 13 4 3,257 12 2 Less depreciation .. .. 157 0 10 Writings-off in Suspense ...... 1 4 0 25.1 12 6 Reserve and Assurance Fund .. .. .. 69,069 6 10 Stationery .. .. .. 169 9 2 Investment Fluctuation Fund .. .. 6,560 18 11 1,058 8 4 Stocks, bonds, debentures, and other securities— Local bodies'securities .. 167,790 0 0 Mortgages (including special investments) .. .. 559,389 11 9 Properties acquired .. .. 4,761 8 0 731,940 19 9 Interest due and accrued .. .. .. 17,853 15 0 Sundry debtors —Advances to accounts, &c. .. 17,664 9 2 Suspense; Account —Realizations, &c, being written off .. .. .. .. 14 0 Balances — £ s. d. At bank .. .. .. 5,548 2 3 Cash in hand .. .. 4 15 4 5,552 17 7 £774,071 13 10 ' £774,071 13 10 W. E. Rawson, Native Trustee. 13th April, 1928. R. Sinel, Accountant. The Audit Office, having examined the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts and compared them with the relative books, documents, and securities, hereby certifies them to be in accordance therewith.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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