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SWAMP LAND DRAINAGE SCHEMES —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. L Assets. Capital Account, Public Works Fund .. ..689,541 9 2 Kaitaia Drainage Area— £ s. d. £ s. d. Reserve : Repayment capital costs— Allocated cost of works on which Kaitaia Drainage Dis- rates are levied— £ s. d. £ s. d. Rural subdivision .. .. 60,000 0 U Rural subdivision 1,657 14 3 Town subdivision .. .. 8,200 0 0 Town subdivision 226 11 1 , 0 0 1,884 5 4 Excess cost of works not recoverWaihi Drainage Dis- able •• •• .. 155,518 9 1 trict— Interest Account : Proportion Pukehina subdivi- chargeable to district ..123,145 8 9 sion .. .. 170 1 0 — 278,663 Kaikokopu subdivi- Waihi Drainage Area gior| _ _ 255 1 7 Allocated cost of works on which 425 2 7 rates are levied-*-Poukawa Drainage District .. 343 13 8 Pukehina subdivision .. 5,W 0 0 2,653 1 7 Kaikokopu subdivision .. 7,500 0 0 Rate Accounts- Central subdivision .. 50,000 0 0 Special Rate Accounts : Capital— o/,ouu Kaitaia Drainage Excess cost of works not recoverDistrict— £ s. d. able .. .. .. 23,809 3 1 Rural subdivision 786 9 4 Interest Account : Proportion Town subdivision 25 7 2 chargeable to district .. 39,058 14 3 811 16 6 62,867 17 4 Waihi Drainage District: Puke- Poukawa Drainage Area— hina subdivision .. .. 743 14 1 Drainage works .. .. 15,87., 8 5 Poukawa Drainage District .. 215 1 3 Interest Account : Proportion 1,770 11 10 chargeable to district .. 2,868 15 11 General Rate Accounts: Mainten- 18,741 4 4 anoe Hikurangi Drainage Area — Kaitaia Drainage Dis- Drainage works .. ..245,656 5 10 tr j ct £ s . d. Interest Account : Proportion Town subdivision . . 102 14 4 chargeable to district ..110,434 18 10 Rural subdivision .. 109 14 7 j ' 356,091 4 8 _ 212 8 11 Mangawai Drainage Area — Waihi Drainage Dis- Drainage works .. .. 1,877 19 3 Interest Account : Proportion Pukehina subdivi- chargeable to district .. 1,206 7 0 77 A Q 0,084 O 6 Sion . • • • 774 6 t) Kaikokopu subdivi- Hanhan Dramage Area— aion .. .. 585 911 Drainage works .. .. 4,355 211 1,359 13 5 Interest Account: Proportion Poukawa Drainage District .. 290 10 9 chargeable to district .. 2,441 6 5 1,862 13 I M 96 9 4 Snn<W prprlit.nrs Buildings .. .. •• •• 1,505 0 0 Miscellaneous 381 12 7 Wharves " v 29 779 15 '"l Departmenta l g g ;; ;; A Rents charged in advance .. •• 223 0 0 Live-stock 11 in S Payments in advance — -Fuel ■ • ■ • • • * • " . 9Qfl „ 9 R en t.. .. .. .. 2 0 3 Stores on hand .. .. •• 4,290 6 2 T> nt '' . 312 2 Sundry debtors for rates — ' " " 5 12 5 Drainage District. Capital. Maintenance. Suspense Account 0 6 0 10 , 323 3 9 3,095 15 7 13,418 19 4 Writmgs-off m Suspense . .. •• 1/11 u WaiM _ .. 4,11519 3 5,908 17 3 10,024 16 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. -dl,y/lia 4 p oukawa _ 1,619 18 8 176 9 0 1,796 7 8 Sundry debtors — Rent under section 4 (2), Swamp Land Drainage Amendment £ s. d. Act, 1926.. .. 1,015 18 3 House-rent .. .. . • 27 15 10 Law-costs .. .. • • 341 10 7 Miscellaneous .. .. 72 8 6 Departmental .. • • 87 4 10 1,544 18 0 Rate Account — Special Rate Account —Capital — Waihi Drainage District: Kaikokopu subdivision .. •• •• •• 40 16 10 General Rate Account —Maintenance— Waihi Drainage District: Central subdivision 105 11 10 Postponed rent .. . • • • • • 17 19 10 Premiums on conversion . • .. • • 204 0 0 Revenue Account : Waihi Drainage District, central ward .. .. •• •• 8,314 6 5 Losses in Suspense .. .. . ■ • • 171 1 0 Cash in transit from Post-office .. • • 13 7 4 £928,582 19 10 £928,582 19 10 W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wm. E. Shaw, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Rate Accounts 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, subject to the comment that no charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included m the Account, and to the accounts of the Auckland Office and Chief Drainage Engineer, the audit of which has not yet been completed by the local Audit Inspector, being in agreement with the Head Office books.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper— Preparation, not given; printing (650 copies), £7 10s.

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