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HAURAKI PLAINS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949 Receipts Payments Ordinary Revenue Account— £ Ordinary Revenue Account: Vote" Lands and Survey"— £ Departmental receipts : Rents, &c. .. .. .. 4,538 Drainage works : Stopbanks, clearing channels, and other exHauraki Plains Act, 1926— penditure incidental to conducting drainage operations (inRates .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,319 eluding formation and metalling of roads), materials supplied, Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 4,176 &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,879 Public Works Account: Finance Act, 1932, section 7 (4) .. 6,250 Maintenance of completed works .. .. .. .. 3,979 Transfer to Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 4,004 Kaihere Ferry— £ Pontoon renewal . . . . . . . . 1,627 Expenses ~ .. .. .. .. 552 2,179 Transfer to Public Works Account .. .. .. .. 6,250 £22,287 £22,287 Revenue Account for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949 Dr. £ | Cr. £ Interest on capital .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,978 Accrued rents .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,472 Administration expenses and rebates .. .. .. .. 599 Accrued interest on sales of land, &c. . . .. .. .. 1,767 Rates written off .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Loss for year carried down .. .. .. .. .. 2,991 Loss of interest: Claim abandoned .. .. .. .. 2,217 Kaihere Ferry (net cost of operating) .. .. .. 416 £8,230 £8,230 £ | £ Net loss brought down .. .. .. .. .. 2,991 j Balance carried forward: Loss to 31st March, 1949 .. .. 386,779 Balance from previous year .. .. .. .. 383,788 j £386,779 | £386,779 _ j __ Note.—In accordance with Treasury approval T. 40/436 of 25th March, 1946, no allowance has been made in the above Revenue Account for rent charged in advance of, or interest accrued to but not payable at, 31st March, 1949.

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