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Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1931. To Salaries— £ s. d. £ s. d. , * ■• d - Permanent .. .• 10,289 1 9 By Net interest, commission, fees, and other income 22,90b 19 3 Non-permanent .. .. 965 8 9 11,254 10 6 Additions, improvements, repairs, maintenance, and insurance of office premises and plant — Office furniture and fittings .. 14 1 1 Office instruments and machinery .. .. • • 18 11 1 Office insurances .... 13 7 0 Motor-vehicles .. .. 816 10 7 862 9 9 Audit fee .. .. .. •• •• 50 0 0 Agent's commission .. • • • • 10 0 0 Contingencies .. .. •• •• 110 Legal expenses .. .. . • ■ • 414 0 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes.. .. 290 16 2 Post and Telegraph Department —Payment for , services .. .. • • .. 113 1 0 I Printing and stationery .. .. .. 276 8 7 J .' Public Service Superannuation Fund, contributions towards .. .. • • • ■ 362 1 5 Rent 545 13 0 Services for cleaning, &c. .. .. • • 158 7 9 Telephone charges .. .. . • • • 134 3 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. • • 896 14 4 Depreciation of office fittings, furniture, plant, &o. 548 1.2 11 Net profit to Appropriation Account .. .. 7,398 5 10 ~.,, . , h £22,906 19 3 £22,906 19 3 -*■:< I ?aS ' : ' '.''Appropriation Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. /> , £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Reserve and Assurance Fund .. .. 6,659 5 10 By Net profit for year ended 31st March, 1931, Investment Fluctuation Fund .. :. 739 0 0 transferred .. .. .. .. 7,398 ° w £7,398 5 10 £7,398 5 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Amounts held under— £ 8. d. Sundry assets— £ s. d. £ s. d. West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892 .. 53,784 11 1 Office fittings, furniture, plant, Native Reserves Act, 1882 57,483 4 9 &o .. 2,062 17 11 Native Land Act, 1909, Part X .. .. 117,702 10 4 Less depreciation .. .. 548 12 11 Native Land Act, 1909— £ s. d. — ~— Maori Land Board Funds .. 191,152 19 10 1.614 5 0 Special 3,000 0 0 Stationery 123 16 4 ; — 1,038 1 4 194,152 .19 10 Stocks, bonds, debentures, and Miscellaneous .. .. 37,390 6 1 other securities— „„ „„„ r „ 231,543 5 11 Local-body securities .. 23,039 5 0 Native Trustee Act, 1930 .. .. .. 44,589 2 3 Mortgages, including special inMiscellaneous funds 80,079 6 11 vestments .. ..602,699 16 10 Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2), section 6— Properties acquired .. .. 4,210 3 5 Advances under .. .. 100,000 0 0 & ll'lf n I ? Interest accrued .. .. 322 18 7 Interest and rent due and accrued .. .. 22,882 8 1 100,322 18 7 Sundry debtors, including advances to estates _ .. 127,149 7 8 Sundry creditors Suspense Account —Realizations, &c, being written Post Office Account .. 4,416 6 4 off •• 1.739 5 0 Various .. .. .. 51 1 5 Balances— £ s. d 4,467 7 9 At bank .. .. .. 8,112 10 5 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 1,739 5 0 Cash in hand .. .. 165 7 4 Reserve and Assurance Fund .. .. 91,751 2 8 8,277 17 J Investment Fluctuation Fund.. .. .. 8,173 910 £791,636 5 1 £791,636 5 1 W. E. Rawson, Native Trustee. Native Trust Office, Wellington, 30th May, 1931. 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 comments : (1) The rate of interest allowed on the Assurance and Reserve Fund and the Investment Fluctation Reserve has this year been fixed at 3 per cent., compared with 4| per cent, last year and 6 per cent, in previous years. (2) Interest has not been credited to certain benefit funds as required by regulations. (3) Advances exceeding the statutory margin of security have been made by the Native Trustee to the East Coast Maori Soldiers' Fund — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given : printing (475 copies), £2 7s. 6d.

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