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HAURAKI PLAINS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Receipts. £ s. d. . Payments. £ s. d. Cash on hand, Ist April, 1921 .. .. 9,378 211 | Drainage - works, stop - banks, clearing Debentures issued, Hauraki Plains Amend- channels, and other expenditure inciment Act, 1913 .. .. .. 122,000 0 0 dental to conducting drainage operaCash sales of land .. .. .. 3,505 10 8 tions (including metalling and formation Rents .. .. .. .. 7,846 14 11 of roads), material, supplies, &o. .. 02,848 2 2 Artesian bores— Erection of buildings .. .. .. 1,024 0 4 Repayments of advances .. .. 124 16 11 Machinery and plant .. .. .. 34,737 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 112 Loose tools .. .. .. .. 293 1 3 Rates .. .. .. .. 2,273 12 4 Artesian wells—Cost of sinking .. 1,390 14 7 Tram freights .. .. .. 546 4 9 Compensation for land acquired in eonneeMiscellaneous receipts .. .. 56 10 3 tion with drainage-works .. .. 1,905 3 1 Stores, fuel, &c. .. .. .. 14,21.9 0 J Maintenance of completed works .. 5,757 5 9 Management and engineering expenses .. 2,964 7 6 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 418 3 8 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 2 13 7 Rates refunded .. .. .. 3 16 11 Interest on debentures and sinking fund.. 11,820 19 10 Cash in hand .. .. .. 8,347 15 2 £145,732 13 11 £145,732 13 11 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Dr. £ s. d. Or. , £ s. d. To Interest on loans under Local Bodies' By Rents accrued .. .. .. 12,876 12 8 Loans Act, 1908 .. .. 1,240 0 0 Rates .. .. .. .. 6,703 8 ] Interest on debentures issued under Interest — £ s. d. Hauraki Plains Amendment Act. On investments 97 18 6 1913 .. .. .. .. 11,160 2 6 On outstanding accounts 93 18 0 Maintenance of completed works .. 6,932 5 5 191 16 6 Administration expenses .. .. 984 0 5 Tram freights .. .. .. 984 4 6 Rebate of rent .. .. .. 637 1 11 Grazing fees .. .. .. 25 16 0 Rents remitted .. .. .. 1,749 9 0 Hire of truck .. .. .. 0 15 0 Artesian wells —Amount written off Net loss for year carried down .. 1,967 6 5 where bores not effective .. 46 19 11 £22,749 19 2 £22,749 19 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. Net loss as above .. .. .. 1,967 6 5 Balance forward from previous year.. 28,402 12 10 Balance.. .. .. .. 26,435 6 5 £28,402 12 10 £28,402 12 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1922. Liabilities. Assets. Debentures — £ s. d. Improved lands handed £ s. d. £ s. d. Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908 .. 31,000 0 0 over to Board for Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1913 361,000 0 0 settlement.. .. 308,150 0 0 Hauraki Plains —Lands set apart under Less cash sales .. 64,853 4 5 the Act .. .. .. .. 45,000 0 0 243,296 15 7 Public Works Fund—Expenditure under Unimproved lands not yet disposed of .. 22,385 0 0 Land Improvements vote .. .. 5,070 0 0 Improvements adjoining Crown lands .. 7,710 0 0 Consolidated Fund—lnterest on deben- Works in progress —Expenditure on lands tures issued under Local Bodies' Loans in process of reclamation, including Act, 1908.. .. .. .. 19,013 10 2 formation and metalling of roads .'. 131,265 15 10 Interest accrued but unpaid on debentures Artesian wells— issued under Hauraki Plains Amend- Hauraki Plains Crown £ s. d. ment Act, 1913 .. .. .. 2,502 7 5 tenants .. .. 3,127 7 6 Sundry oreditors .. .. .. 4,648 13 11 Adjoining Crown lands.. 169 13 8 Rates paid in advance .. .. 7 16 5 3,297 1 2 Suspense Account .. .. .. 126 5 6 Buildings—Wharf-sheds, cottages, huts, Revenuo Account .. .. .. 26,435 6 5[ and offices .. .. .. 5,203 6 1 Machinery, plant, tools, and stores .. 60,403 5 1 Live-stock .. .. .. .. 237 12 0 Sundry debtors, rents, rates, &c. .. 9,168 6 6 Investments —Public Trustee .. .. 2,176 5 6 Sinking Fund- —Proportion under Public Debt Extinction Act .. .. 522 17 2 Consolidated Fund—lnterest on investments .. .. .. .. 789 19 9 Cash in hand .. .. .. 8,347 15 2 £494,803 19 10 £494,803 19 10 J. B. Thompson, Under-Secretary. J. H. O'Donnell, Chief Accountant.

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