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SCENIC RESERVES ACCOUNT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Cost of administering reserves— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Accrued rents .. .. .. .. 414 17 3 Trounson Kauri Forest .. .. 337 2 4 Accrued royalties .. .. .. .. 194 13 9 Ranger's salary, Summit Road .. 270 0 0 Credits in aid: Fines for trespass, &c. .. 9 6 0 Destruction of noxious weeds, &c. 99 9 4 Balance carried down .. .. .. 264 15 4 Cost of trespass actions .. .. 31 4 2 Travelling-expenses .. .. 13 0 6 Printing, &c. .. .. .. 11 7 2 Fire-fighting .. .. .. 11, 7 0 Remuneration to sundry rangers .. 8 16 11 Destruction of rabbits .. .. 5 8 6 787 15 11 Depreciation on buildings, &c., Motuihi Island .. 95 8 9 Thirds .. .. .. .. .. 040 Rebates .. .. .. .. 038 £883 12 4 £883 12 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. I o Balance brought down .. .. .. 264 15 4 By Adjustment on account previous years .. 13 10 0 Balance brought forward from previous year .. 57,636 14 9 Balance: Accumulated excess of expenditure Interest on capital invested on scenic reserves 9,070 7 4 over income .. .. .. .. 66,958 7 5 £66,971 17 5 £66,971 17 5 Note.—A charge has been made in the above account for interest on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. Capital Account— £ s. d. Land— £ s. d. Moneys provided out of Consolidated Fund— Scenic reserves .. .. .. .. 290,268 19 9 Balance, Ist April, 1931 .. .. .. 201,563 12 7 Domain and recreation reserves .. .. 401,290 6 2 Expenditure during year ■ .. .. 3,816 19 2 £ s. d. Motuihi Island Domain .. 12,780 0 5 205,380 11 9 Less depreciation reserve on Moneys provided from Public Works Fund .. 11,491 16 9 buildings, &c. .. .. 1,383 12 5 Moneys provided from private sources for pur- 11,396 8 0 chase of reserves .. .. .. 1,706 7 9 Sundry debtors for— Value of Crown land set aside as reserves .. 487,214 610 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 145 1 9 — Royalties .. .. .. .. 409 Total capital .. .. .. .. 705,793 3 1 Sundry debtors—• £ s. d. Rents paid in advance .. .. .. 4 7 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 3 18 0 Rents charged in advance .. .. .. 117 13 6 Departmental .. .. .. 30 15 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 64,416 7 4 34 13 3 Postponed rent .. .. .. .. 25 18 6 Cost of milling timber (not yet sold) .. .. 207 15 10 Income and Expenditure Account .. .. 66,958 7 5 £770,331 11 5 £770,331 11 5 W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wm. E. Shaw, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure 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, subject to the above departmental note.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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