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HAURAKI PLAINS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1943 Receipts Payments Ordinary Revenue Account— £ Ordinary Revenue Account— £ Interest on advances : Artesian-well boring.. .. 1 Drainage-works: Stopbanks, clearing channels, and TnwLt SwM nUI | , ' • • • 3,805 other expenditure incidental to conducting drainage Interest on.sales of land and buildings .. .. 2,178 operations (including formation and metalline of " •• '• •• •• ■/ 3,404 roads), materials supplied, &c. .. .. 6 602 Miscellaneous •• •• .. .. 719 Maintenance of completed works .. 2*334 Credits in reduction oi expenditure .. .. 1,018 Refund of rent ' YT Public Works Account- ' Koihere Ferry expenses !! " " " 405 bales oi land and buildings .. .. .. 2,237 Transfer to ' Repayment of advances: Artesian-well boring .. 2 Treasury Adjustment. Account •> ,rrj Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years 40 Public Works Account .. .. " " Land for Settlements Account: Recoveries on account of Land for Settlements Account " 2'B7'! expenditure of previous years .. .. ..2 873 ' " ' £17,006 £17,006 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1943 Dr - £ Or. £ Interest on capital .. .. .. .. .. 6,29!) Accrued rents .. .. .. .. 4 400 Administration expenses, rebates, and remissions . . 877 Accrued interest on sales of land, &c. . . .2 530 Kaihere r erry (net cost of operating) .. .. .. 280 Loss for year carried down ' KO4 Writings off .. .. ~ .... 1 ...... £7,463 £7,403 £ £ Net loss brought down 524 Balance carried forward .. .. 379 8fl o Balance from previous year .. .. .. .. 379,339 ' " ' £379,803 £379,803 Rate Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1943 Or. £ „ Balance at Ist April, 1943 .. .. .. .. 754 Rates levied for 1942-43 .. 3 059 Maintenance of completed works .. .. .. 2,537 Penalty on 1942-43 rates '35 Remissions 3 Balance " 2 00 CL29I Treasury Adjustment Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1943 O'■ £ Or. £ Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account .. .. .. 43 Balance at Ist April, 1942 .. 380 103 Lands and Survey Department Account .. .. 6 Interest on loan capital .. " '* ' «'oqo Receipts and Payments Account 2,433 Lands and Survey Department Account: AdministraBalanoe, 31st March, 1943 390,282 tion expenses .. 302 £392,764 £392,764 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1943 Liabilities Assets Capital Account £ £ £ Improved lands handed over to Land Board Loan capital .. .. .. 822, 370 for settlement— £ £ Less redemptions .. .. 665,000 Leased .. .. .. ..89 624 157,370 Unleased .. .. .. 'gj] Value of Crown land jet apart under Act .. 45,000 Unpaid purchase-money for land sold on liansierreu from Discharged Soldiers sSettle- deferred payment 4.4 ment Account .. .. .. 405 ' '' '' ' ggj Unimproved value of lands .. .. . 14*755 r , , 'i*j f i ~ „ 202,775 Improvements on adjoining Crown lands .. .. 7*710 Less cash to credit of Land for Settlements Works in progess : Expenditure on land in Account .. .. .. .. 2,873 course of reclamation, including fonna- ,, , . „ , „ , 199,902 tion, metalling of roads .. .. 092,364 Employment Promotion Fund : Capital .. .. 10,084 Less amount written off .. 065'000 Consolidated Fund: Capital .. .. ..0,112 '* ' OC4 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. .. 8 4 Capital Expenditure— "* Rent charged in advance 1,001 Employment Promotion Fund .. 10 084 Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 838 Consolidated Fund . 6 112 Writings off m Suspense .. .. .. .. 51 Artesian wells— " " Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 389,809 Crown tenants .. .. .. .. .. 7 Crown lands .. .. .. .. ~ 217 Buildings .. .. . . .. 1 4 0r Wharves 5 Machinery, plant, and tools .. .. . . u 023 Stores . . .. .. .. .. 5397 Sundry debtors: Rates .. .. .. . . l'2oB Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 6*807 Postponed rent .. .. .. .. .. *122 Cash in transit . . .. .. .. . . 50 Rate Account .. .. .. ~ .. 200 Losses in Suspense .. . . .. . . 5] Interest accrued but not due . . .. .. 580 Revenue Account .. .. . . ~ . . 379 863 £607,88! £607,881 R. G. Macmorran, Under-Secretary for Lands. G. 1. Beeson, Chief Accountant. I hereby certify that the Rate Account, the Revenue Account, 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV].— Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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