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Revenue Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Dr. Or. £ s. d. To Salaries. £s. d. £ s. d. By Not interest, commission, fees, and other income 16,066 5 9 Permanent .. .. .. 9,191 11 0 Non-permanent .. ~ 543 17 3 9,735 8 3 Additions, improvements, repairs, maintenance, and insurance of office premises and plant— Office furniture and fittings .. 13 6 5 Office instruments and machinery 17 0 4 Office insurances .. .. 8 18 11 Motor-vehicles .. .. 490 7 3 529 12 11 Audit fee .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Native Trust Office Board—Fees to members .. 22 10 0 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. 1 13 0 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. 200 14 6 Post and Telegraph Department—Payment for services .. . . .. .. 127 19 6 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 228 12 5 Public Service Superannuation Fund, contribution towards ........ 171 2 8 Rent .. .. - .. .. .. 501 0 0 Services for cleaning, &c. .. .. .. 154 4 8 Telephone charges .. .. .. 108 2 1 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 558 18 6 Agents' commission .. .. . . 13 0 4 Legal expenses .. .. .. . . 818 0 Depreciation of office fittings, furniture, plant, &c. 344 5 7 Net profit to Appropriation Account .. 3,310 3 4 £16,066 5 9 £16,066 5 9 Appropriation Account for the Year ended 31st Maech, 1930. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Reserve and Assurance Fund .. .. 2,979 3 4 By Net profit for year ended 31st March, 1930, Investment Fluctuation Fund .. .. 331 0 0 transferred .. .. .. .. 3,310 3 4 £3,310 3 4 £3,310 3 4 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Amounts held under— £ s. d. Sundry assets— £ s. d. £ s. d. West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892 .. 54,776 1 3 Office fittings, furniture, plant, Native Reserves Act, 1882 .. .. .. 54,838 11 &c. .. 1,962 8 6 Native Land Act, 1909, Part X .. ..120,104 5 3 Less depreciation .. 344 5 7 Native Land Act, 1909— £ s. d. Miscellaneous .. .. 275,108 5 4 1,618 211 On special investment .. 3,000 0 0 Stationery .. .. 150 311 278,108 5 4 1,768 6 10 Native Trustee Act, 1920, and amendments .. 37,581 2 8 Stocks, bonds, debentures, and Miscellaneous funds .. .. .. 89,316 6 6 other securities. £s. d. Government securities .. 40,000 0 0 634,724 2 1 Local-body securities .. 39,300 0 0 Sundry Creditors— £ s. d. Mortgages, including special Post Office Account .. 4,068 14 9 investments .. .. 571,134 2 7 Various .. .. .. 99 16 7 Properties acquired .. 3,630 3 5 4,168 11 4 654,064 6 0 Reserve and Assurance Fund .. .. .. 82,613 810 Interest and rent due and accrued .. .. 16,778 17 3 Investment Fluctuation Fund .. .. 7,21719 1 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 55,249 9 2 Balances — £ s. d. At bank .. .. .. 854 3 4 Cash in hand .. .. 8 18 9 863 2 1 £728,724 I 4 £728,724 1 4 W. E. Rawson, Native Trustee. 29th May, 1930. 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, subject to the following comment : The rate of interest allowed on the Assurance and Reserve Fund and the Investment Fluctuation Reserve, which in the past has been fixed at 6 per cent., has this year been fixed at 4J per cent. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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