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LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT continued. OTAGO BOYS' AND GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Receipts. Payments, To Balance in Local Bodies' Deposit Account of Be- £ s. d. By Administration expenses paid to Consolidated £ s. d. ceiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, at Ist April. Fund under section 4, Land Laws Amendment 1930 .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Act, 1927.. .. .. .. .. 15 1 II Rents .. .. .. .. .. .'((54 8 10 I'ayments to Otago Boys'and Girls' High Schools Board of Governors .. .. .. 286 3 2 Cash in Local Bodies' Deposit Account of Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, at 31st March, 1931 63 14 6 £364 18 10 £364 18 10 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Dr. . £ s. d. GV. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward from previous year .. 101 16 7 By Accrued rents .. .. .. .. 409 4 0 Administration expenses duo to Consolidated Fund under section 4, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1927 .. .. .. .. 18 4 5 Amount due to Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Board of Governors ' .. .. .. 286 3 2 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 3 0 4 £409 4 6 £4(19 4 6 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 8,439 10 10 Endowment lands .. .. .. .. 8,439 10 10 Sundry creditors for administration expenses .. 3 3 8 Sundry debtors for rent .. .. .. 44 15 8 Rents charged in advance .. .. .. 102 6 1 Cash in Local Bodies' Deposit Account of the ReRcvenue Account —Balance carried forward .. 3 0 4 reiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, at 31st March, 1931 .. .. .. ~ .. 63 14 5 £8,548 0 11 £8,548 0 11 W. Robertson, Under-Sccretary for Lands. Wμ. E. Shaw, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments, Revenue 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. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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