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ARAWA DISTRICT TRUST BOARD— continued Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1946 Liabilities £ Assets Native Trustee: Mortgage No. 1 .. .. .. .. 13,137 Property Investments— £ £ Sundry creditors: Warden fees .. .. .. .. 30 Maketu Farm investment .. .. .. 36,471 Sundry accounts in credit (maintenance, meeting-houses) . . 320 Tautara No. 20a .. .. .. 110 Amounts held in trust .. . . .. . . .. 87 Whakapoungakau No. 4k .. . . . . 438 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Harakekeroa A 2 .. . . . . .. 45 Sundry villages .. .. .. .. .. ..1,474 Maori arts and crafts buildings .. .. .. 903 Sundry tribes .. .. .. .. . . .. 17 Prentices House . . . . .. . . 387 Deposits .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 178 38,304 Loans repayment .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,904 Loans, including interest— Income and expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 20,336 Workers' dwellings .. .. .. .. 3,091 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 3,158 6,249 Sundry debtors : Ordinary, villages, tribes, Natives . . .. 4,380 Equipment, plant, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 389 Bank of New Zealand .. . . , . .. 282 Less outstanding cheques .. .. .. 150 132 War Loans investment .. .. .. .. .. 2,100 £51,554 £51,554 J. Z. N. Mitchell, Chairman. T. K. Thompson, Secretary. The Audit Office, having examined the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts required by law to be audited, hereby certifies them to be correct.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor- General,

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