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ARAWA DISTRICT TRUST BOARD—continued. 2. Statement of Income and Expenditure. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. Grants — £ s. d. £ s. d. New Zealand Government : Annual payment under Aged and infirm .. .. 350 11 1 statute .. .. .. .. .. 6,000 0 0 Education . . .. .. 760 5 7 £ s. d. Hospital (General and Waikato) .. 252 12 9 Hospital (General) : Levies and conHealth .. • • ■ • 6 0 0 tributions .. .. . . 126 1 0 Maraes .. . • •• 1,316 4 3 Hospital (Waikato): Commission fees Special .. • • • • 332 0 0 collected .. .. .. 216 0 Depreciation — 3,017 13 8 Maraes: Contributions .. .. 350 13 1 Maketu Farm .. . . .. 89 18 7 Special contributions .. .. 6 8 0 Office furniture .. .. 10 6 10 485 18 1 100 5 5 Interest — Maketu Farm: General .. .. 23 1 4 Shares (Europa) . . .. .. 0 9 0 Legal costs . . .. • • 100 0 0 Board loans .. .. .. 238 2 3 Interest — 123 1 4 238 11 3 Treasury loans .. .. 935 2 9 Whakapoungakau 4k : Rent .. .. 19 19 6 Robert King bonds .. . . 177 19 5 Commissions : Temporary accommodations .. 18 17 0 Accommodations paid .. .. 88 6 4 Arawa Maori Council: Fees .. .. 2 0 0 1,201 8 6 Members' expenses and allowances .. 127 9 9 Office rent .. . • • • 65 0 0 Office expenses .. .. ■ • 176 16 5 Salaries .. . • .. 435 13 0 804 19 2 Balance carried down .. .. .. 1,517 17 9 £6,765 5 10 £6,765 5 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. Instalments on loans repaid ... .. 1,538 2 9 Balance brought down .. .. .. 1,51717 9 Balance to balance-sheet .. .. .. 19,579 13 5 Balance, 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. 19,599 18 5 £21,117 16 2 £21,117 16 2 3. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. Sundry creditors — £ s. d. £ s. d. Maketu Farm property (including £ s. d. £ s. d. Materials and goods .. .. 938 2 3 £11,000 paid Native Department) 26,724 9 1 Services rendered .. .. 404 13 6 Maketu Farm (improvements, £1,983 Rent: Office .. .. . ■ 37 18 4 14s. Id. ; less depreciation, £89 Temporary advances .. .. 50 0 0 18s. 7d.) .. .. .. 1,893 15 6 1,430 14 1 Maketu: Implements .. .. 15 12 7 Otamarakau rents .. .. 63 0 0 Maketu Consolidation: Purchases.. 5,808 10 5 Opotiki rents .. .. 41 6 3 Sundry Board properties— 34,442 7 7 104 6 3 Harakekeroa .. .. 30 0 0 Maketu purchases: Robert King .. .. 3,192 5 0 Maketu, Section 122 .. .. 20 16 1 Native Trustee (Treasury)— Taheke Consolidation: Purchase 336 14 6 (a) Finance Adjustment Loan .. 22,482 19 9 Whakapoungakau 4k .. .. 438 6 6 (b) Village Improvement Loan .. 1,598 0 4 Whakapoungakau 15 .. .. 15 13 0 24,081 0 1 Puketawhero .. .. .. 72 16 5 Ngati Whakaue — — 914 6 6 Tamatekapua Renovation Fund 159 18 4 Taheke Blocks (Incorporated) . . .. 51 16 5 Whakaue Carnival .. .. 20 6 3 Tauranga Archdeaconry: Native 180 4 7 parishes .. .. .. .. 1,171 6 3 Sundry villages .. .. • • 417 9 0 Suspense (unallocated grants) .. . . 70 7 9 Sundry tribes .. .. .. 20 0 0 Shares (Associated Motors) . .. 5 0 0 Sundry Natives .. .. .. 267 6 3 Office furniture and fittings . . 124 10 8 704 15 3 Less depreciation .. . . 10 1 0 Development-scheme contracts .. .. 79 19 8 114 9 8 Maketu rates (General) .. .. . • 718 2 Tools .. .. .. 4 11 Sundries .. .. • • • • 14 0 9 Less depreciation .. . . 0 5 10 Loans Repayments Reserve .. .. 1,538 2 9 3 15 3 Income and expenditure .. .. 19,579 13 5 Carvings .. .. .. .. 6 10 0 Maketu water-supply .. .. .. 80 7 2 Library .. .. .. .. 31 3 6 Materials and goods overpaid .. .. 44 7 5 Manupirua Bath .. . . . . 109 7 3 Koutu Road .. . . .. . . 19 2 9 Sundry debtors for interest . . .. 10 0 0 Sundries .. . . .. .. 4 18 0 Development scheme contracts .. .. 160 16 II Sundry villages .. .. .. 175168 Sundry tribes .. . . .. 322 I 4 Loans (including interest) — 497 18 0 Miscellaneous .. 5,688 4 3 Workers'dwellings .. .. 5,109 11 10 Agricultural .. .. .. 2,165 19 6 — 12,963 15 7 Cash at bank .. ... .. 217 9 7 Less unpresented cheques .. 32 0 8 185 8 11 Cash in hand .. .. .. 25 15 1 211 4 0 £50,913 0 0 £50,913 0 0 Ranieba King, Secretary. The Audit Office, having examined the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts required by law to be audited, hereby certifies them to be correct subject to the following comments: (1) Receipted vouchers were not produced at audit in respect of two payments totalling £19 4s. lid. ; (2) Loans and Advances Ledger Accounts, other than those for workers' dwellings and agricultural loans, show only the amounts of interest received and not the interest receivable ; (3) certain costs of fencing of private properties adjacent to the Maketu Farm that were wrongly charged against the Native development schemes, but the responsibility for which has now been accepted by the Board, have not yet been charged by the Board to the owners of the properties concerned. —J. H. Fowleb, Controller and Auditor-General.

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