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LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT—continued. GREYMOUTH TECHNICAL AND HOKITIKA HIGH SCHOOLS ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. Balance at Ist April, 1936— Payments to Consolidated Fund under section 50, £ s. d. Cash in Treasury Deposit Account .. .. 234 18 0 Finance Act, 1932, and section 31, Education Rents .. .. .. .. .. .. 324 0 8 Reserves Act, 1928 — £ s. d. Compensation for improvements .. 400 0 0 Interest on compensation-money .. 14 2 5 Administration expenses . . .. 17 5 6 431 7 11 Balance at 31st March, 1937 —- Cash in Treasury Deposit Account .. .. 127 10 9 £558 18 8 £558 18 8 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Administration expenses: Section 31, Education Re- £ s. d. £ s. d. serves Act, 1928, and section 50, Finance Act, 1932 Accrued rents .. .. .. .. .. 291 15 1 (No. 2) .. .. .. .. 16 4 0 Consolidated Fund : Interest on amount paid as compensation for improvements, Poerua Run .. 6 2 5 Remissions granted under Land Act, 1924 .. .. 61 12 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 207 16 8 £291 15 1 £291 15 1 £ s. d £ s. d. Transfer of rents to meet capital liabilities .. .. 400 0 0 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 334 12 4 Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 142 9 0 Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 207 16 8 £542 9 0 £542 9 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Land— £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 5,327 14 2 Leased .. .. .. 5,889 15 0 Reserve Account: Rents diverted to Unleased .. .. .. 574 7 6 repayment of advances from Con- —. 6,464 2 6 solidated Fund .. .. 1,136 8 4 Sundry debtors for rent .. .. .. 56 19 4 6,464 2 6 Sundry debtors for royalties .. .. .. 213 0 Sundry creditors : Rent paid in advance .. .. 0 3 4 Postponed rents .. .. .. .. 39 12 0 Departmental creditors : Administration expenses.. 8 18 Cash : Treasury Deposit Account as at 31st March, Rents charged but not due .. .. .. 76 1 1 1937 .. .. .. .. .. 127 10 9 Revenue Account: Balance carried forward .. 142 9 0 £6,690 17 7 £6,690 17 7 W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wm. E. Shaw, Chief Accountant. I hereby certify that the Revenue 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.—J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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