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LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT— continued. CROWN LANDS ACCOUNT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Dr. £ s. d. ; Cr. £ s. d. To Administration expenses .. .. .. 8,950 14 6 By Accrued rent .. .. .. .. 192,623 13 2 Rebates .. .. .. .. 7,236 810 Accrued interest .. .. .. .. 17,319 2 1 Remissions, Dominion Revaluation Board .. 306 5 1 Accrued royalties .. .. .. 11,585 12 0 Remissions of rent, &c. .. .. .. 13,628 10 8 Residue of receipts from mining district land Irrecoverable rents, &c. .. .. .. 6,825 13 8 occupation licenses paid to Public Account Thirds, halves, and fourths under sections 139 under section 317, Land Act, 1924.. .. 842 16 5 iind 358, Land Act, 1924 .. .. 7,776 16 7 Interest under section 13, Land Laws AmendDepreciation of buildings, Kapiti .. .. 15 18 0 ment Act, 1926 .. .. .. 72,532 Oil Balance carried down .. .. .. 258,650 8 10 Interest under section 47, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. .. .. 8,405 12 0 Miscellaneous fees .. .. .. 13 18 0 Recovery, bad debts .. .. .. 15 15 11 Suspense Account, Deteriorated I,ami Act, 1925 (balance unclaimed) .. .. 52 4 11 £303,390 16 2 £303,390 16 2 £ s. d. £ g. d. To Balance previous year .. .. .. 14,231 10 9 By Transfer to Treasury Adjustment Account .. 14,231 10 9 Payment on account of previous years .. 010 0 Balance brought down .. .. .. 258,650 810 Balance, Thermal Springe District Revenue Balance, Mining District Land Occupation Account .. .. .. .. 166 13 1 Revenue Account .. .. .. 1,453 18 6 Interest on capital .. .. .. 315,735 16 7 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 55,798 12 4 £330,134 10 5 £330,134 10 5 Note. —Owing to the loss of all records for the Hawke's Bay Land District as result of the earthquake and fire on the :trd February last, accruing charges for the year relating to that district have been estimated pending the re-establishment of records. The above account includes charges for interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Mining District Land Occupation Account Revenue Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Irrecoverable rents .. .. .. 10 11 11 By Accrued rent .. .. .. .. 1,669 14 11 Balance carried down .. .. .. 1,659 3 0 £1,669 14 II £1,669 14 11 To Disbursement of residue as at Ist April, 1930, in £ s. d. £ s. d. terms of section 317 (3), Land Act, 1924 — By Balance brought down .. .. .. 1,659 :) 0 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 842 16 5 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 1,480 8 0 Local bodies .. .. .. .. 842 16 1 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 1,453 18 6 £3,139 11 0 £3,139 11 0 i , , Thermal Springs District Account Revenue Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Administration expenses .. .. .. 89 10 0 By Accrued rent .. .. .. .. 1, 785 5 (i Payment to Rotorua Borough Council .. 1,695 7 1 Balance carried down .. .. .. 0 8 5 £1,785 5 6 £1,785 5 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance from previous year .. .. .. 167 1 6 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 0 8 5 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 166 13 1 I £167 1 6 j £167 1 6

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