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NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD—continued. Balance-sheet as at 30th September, 1941. Liabilities. General bounded Total. Assets. Wounded Total, .buna. Fund. , ' *una. £ £ £ £ £ £ Accumulated funds, Ist October, 1940 124,341 458,216 582,557 Recreational hutsAdd surplus of income over ex- In camps in New Zealand .. 60,870 penditure for year ended 30th Overseas 11,972 September, 1941 .. .. 18,089 3,948 22,037 72 842 72 842 Accumulated funds, 30th September, , . . t< 142,430 462,164 604,594 Furniture, fittings, and equipment m 1 camps and hospitals, &c., in New o lti j £ Zealand . . .. • • 25,440 393 "" 1 Bag-pipes Fund .. *28 Furniture, fittings, and equipment B.M.A. War Service Fund 5,575 m camps and hospitals, &c., over5,603 .. 5,603 seas .. .. •• 6,54b 1,025 Sundry creditors .. .. •• 27,365 620 27,985 Exchange Fluctuation Reserve .. 51 51 ' ' ' Furniture, fittings, equipment (general)— Office.. .. •• •• 91 Mechanical office appliances .. 206 Store .. .. . ■ ■ • 85 Air Force Relations .. .. 150 Lady Galway Guild .. .. 15 War Library Services Branch .. 22 569 .. 569 Papakura Hostel.. .. • • 1,293 .. 1,293 New Zealand Forces Club for cash advanced and goods supplied .. 8,171 .. 8,171 Investments — Treasury bills .. . ■ • • • • 360,000 Fixed deposit .. .. .. • • 60,000 Accrued interest thereon . . .. 1,824 421,824 421,824 Sundry debtors .. .. •• 27,701 .. 27,701 Stocks on hand, overseas, and afloat 13,257 .. 13,257 Imprests outstanding in New Zealand and overseas and cash in hands of agents .. •• 11,230 10,332 21,562 Cash in bank and in hand, 30th September, 1941 .. .. 1,549 36,061 37,610 £638,233 £638,233 a==:. IT-ssbs " Contingent asset: Salvage of furnishings, radio, &c., supplied to Army, Navy, and Air Force messes and guard posts in Now Zealand and overseas. Geo. A. Hayden, Secretary and Treasurer. I hereby certify that the Statements of Receipts and Payments, Statements of Income and lixpenditure, and the 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 following exceptions : (1) Certain books of receipts supplied by the Board to authorized collectors in connection with the Fighting Services Welfare Appeal, 1940 and the Sick, Wounded, and Distress Fund Appeal were not returned to the Board for audit; (2) owing to the loss of certain statements and vouchers the Audit Office was unable to certify wholly to the accounts of certain canteens in Egypt. —Cyeil G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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