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MAORI PURPOSES FUND BOARD Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1943 Receipts £ £ Payments £ Balance, Ist April, 1942: Native Trust Office ..44,388 Administration expenses .. .. •• . • 284 Plus Imprest Account with Waiariki Board .. 4 Grants— £ 44,392 Educational scholarships and assistance .. 750 Interest: Native Trust Office, 3 per cent. .. .. 1,317 Publishing: Polynesian Society, Inc. .. 300 Grant from Consolidated Fund .. .. .. 375 Meeting-houses and marae .. .. .. 040 Grants from Maori Land Boards for specific pur- Miscellaneous .. . . . ■ . • 119 poses (contra) .. .. .. .. 015 - 1,809 Rent from cottages, Rotorua .. . . .. . . 24 Purchase books . . .. . • • • • • 3 Employment-promotion subsidy on repair wages -. 18 Publishing costs, " Native Custom ' .. .. .. 11Sales of Balance, 31st March, 1943, Native Trust Office .. 45,035 Board's publications .. .. .. 11l Plus : Imprest Account with Waiariki Board .. 18 Assets not required .. .. 9 " 45,053 Workshop, cottages at Rotorua (first instalment) 400 520 £47,201 £47,201 .. . Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1913 Expenditure ' £ Income £ Administration expenses .. .. .. •• 278 Interest: Native Trust Office .. .. •• 1,317 Grants— Grants— £ Educational— £ Consolidated Fund . . .. ■ • .S7o Government Free Place Scholarships .. 500 Maori Land Boards for specific purposes (contra.) 015 Special assistance .. .. .. 250 ' 990 Publishing: Polynesian Society, Inc. .. 300 Sale of publications (net) .. .. .. 4 Meeting-houses and marae .. .. .. 640 Profit on sale assets . . ... Miscellaneous .. .. •• 119 Employment-promotion subsidy on repair wages .. 18 1,809 Balance : Excess of income over expenditure, transferred to Accumulated Fund .. .. .. • • 284 £2,371 £2,371 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 194.3 Liabilities £ Assets £ £ Creditors .. .. .. .. •• •• 4 Cash with Native Trust Office .. .. 45,035 Special funds — Plus Imprest Account, Waiariki Board .. 18 Carnegie Corporation grant for Maori arts and £ 45,053 crafts .. .. .. .. • • 342 Debtors .. .. . . .. .. • • 402 Katikati Carved Meeting-house .. .. 38 Publications for sale .. .. .. 2,310 Ngati-Kahungunu Trust .. .. . • 10 Piugao for sale .. .. .. .. 23 Publication, " Native Custom" .. .. 31 - 2,333 Ruatoki Carved Meeting-house .. .. 41 Library .... .. .. . . 290 " Western Samoa" translation grant .. 165 Furniture and fittings, &e. .. .. .. 82 627 372 Accumulated Fund as at Ist April, 1942 .. 47,240 PlusExcess income over expenditure .. .. 284 Net increase publications at stocktaking .. 5 47,529 £48,160 £48,100 O. N. Campbell, Deputy Chairman (Native Trustee). Colin W. Morrison, Secretary to Board. I licreby oortify that the Receipts and Payments Account, Income and Expenditure Account, and Balancc-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby.—Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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