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MAORI PURPOSES FUND BOARD Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1944 Receipts £ £ Payments £ Balancc, Ist April, 1943 : Native Trust Office .. 45,035 Administration expenses .. .. .. 224 Plus Imprest Account with Waiariki Board .. 18 Grants— £ 45,053 Educational scholarship and assistance .. ..750 Interest: Native Trust Office, 3 per cent. .. .. 1,348 Ngarimu Scholarship Fund .. .. .. 250 Grant from Consolidated Fund .. .. .. 375 Publishing : Polynesian Society, Inc. .. .. 300 Requisitions on Maori Land Boards for specific purposes Meeting-house .. .. .. .. 30 (contra) .. .. .. .. .. .. 330 Recording Maori waiata, patere, &c. .. .. 100 Sales of— £ Miscellaneous .. .. .. 2 Board's publications .. .. .. 148 1,432 Pingao stocks .. .. . . .. 3 Purchase books .. .. .. .. 20 Workshop, cottages at Rotorua (final instal- Publishing costs, " Native Custom" .. .. 28 ment) .. .. .. .. .. 371 Refunds— 522 " Western Samoa" translation grant .. .. 165 Amount received in error .. .. .. . . 23 Requisition on Maori Land Board .. .. 50 Amount received in error .. .. .. 23 238 Balanoe, 31st March, 1944 : Native Trust Office .. 45,709 £47,651 £47,651 Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1944 Expenditure £ Income, £ Administration expenses .. .. .. .. 248 Interest: Native Trust Office .. .. .. .. 1,348 Grants — Grant from Consolidated Fund.. .. .. ~ 375 Educational — £ Requisitions on Maori Land Boards for specific purposes Government Free Place Scholarship .. .. 500 (contra) .. .. .. .. .. .. 280 Special assistance .. .. .. .. 250 Sale of publications (net) .. .. .. .. 30 Ngarimu Scholarship Fund .. .. .. 250 Publishing : Polynesian Society, Inc. .. .. 300 Meeting-house .. .. .. 30 Recording Maori waiata, patere, &c. .. .. 100 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 2 1,432 Balance : Excess of income over expenditure transferred to Accumulated Fund .. .. .. 353 £2,033 £2,033 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1944 Liabilities £ £ Assets £ £ Special funds— - Cash with Native Trust Office .. .. .. 45,709 Carnegie Corporation grant for Maori arts and Debtors .. .. .. .. .. 41 crafts .. .. .. .. .. 342 Publications for sale .. .. .. • • 2,092 Ngati-Kahungunu Trust .. .. .. 10 Pingao for sale .. .. .. .. 20 Ruatoki Carved Meeting-house .. .. 41 2,112 — 393 Library . . .. .. .. .. 297 Accumulated Fund as at Ist April, 1943 .. 47,529 Furniture and fittings, &c. .. .. .. 70 Plus— 367 Excess income over expenditure .. .. 353 Transfer Katikati Meeting-house contribution 38 47,920 Less publications issued (£72) and decrease stocktaking (£l2) .. .. .. .. 84 47,836 £48,229 £48,229 G. P. Shepherd, Deputy Chairman (Native Trustee). Colin W. Morrison, Secretary to the Board. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments Account, Income and Expenditure 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.—Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General,

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