B.—l [Pi. IV], Sup. to 1937.

TARANAKI MAORI TRUST BOARD—continued. Appropriation Account. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Carved meeting-house, Waitara .. .. 2,988 9 2 Balance, Ist April, 1936 .. .. .. 2,085 4 5 Waitara celebrations, Manukorihi Pa .. .. 4,392 14 7 Balance: Income and Expenditure Account .. 1,531 9 9 Adjustment, office expenses .. .. .. 1 10 0 Reserve transferred .. .. .. .. 3,000 0 0 Balance, 31st March, 1937 .. .. . . 434 0 5 Contributions— Carved meeting house— Government grant .. .. 150 0 0 Maori Purposes Board grant .. 550 0 0 Uruahi and Whareponga Stations .. 100 0 0 800 0 0' Waitara celebrations : Government grant .. 400 0 0 £7,818 14 2 £7,816 14 2 Carved Meeting-house Account. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Government grant .. .. .. .. 150 0 0 Carved meeting-house, Waitara (payments on Maori Purposes Board grant .. .. .. 550 0 0 account) .. .. .. .. .. 2,704 16 3 Uruahi Station, Gisborne, grant .. .. 50 0 0 Whareponga Station, Gisborne, grant .. .. 50 0 0 Taranaki Maori Trust Board contribution .. 1,899 3 0 Sundry refunds ~ .. .. .. • 5 13 3 £2,704 16 3 £2,704 16 3 Manukorihi Pa Celebrations Account. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Government grant .. .. .. .. 400 0 0 Celebrations: Payments on account .. .. 3,110 19 4 Taranaki Maori Trust Board contribution .. 2,686 19 10 Sundry refunds .. .. .. .. 23 19 6 £3,110 19 4 £3,110 19 4 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Grants outstanding— £ s. d. £ s. d. Compensation grant outstanding .. .. 3,000 0 0 Marae renovation — Furniture and fittings— Ihupuku Pa .. .. .. 016 3 Balance, Ist April, 1936 .. .. 11l 12 9 Kai Iwi Pa ... .... ... 016 4 Less depreciation .. .. 11 3 3 . Oeo Pa .. .. .. 0 4 6 ■ ' ■ 100 9 6 Manukorihi Pa .. .. .. 1113 Motor-truck— Puniho Pa .. .. .. 500 0 0 Balance, Ist April, 1936 .. .. 327 13 7 Kaipopako Pa .. .. .. 15 7 11. Less depreciation .. .. 81 18 5 Meremere Pa .. .. .. 37 011 245 15 2 555 17 2 Sundry debtors Health .. .. .. .. .. 62 10 0 Oeo Pa .. .. .. .. 0 4 6 General committees— Maori Purposes Board .. .. 25 0 0 Ngarauru .. .. .. 120 0 0 West Coast Reserve Association .. 159 10 9 Ngatiruanui .. .. . . 75 0 0 Bills receivable .. .. .. 88 8 6 Ngaruahine .. .. .. 125 0 0 273 3 9 Taranaki .. .. .. 125 0 0 Office: Paid in advance— Te Atiawa .. .. . . 75 0 0 Salary .. .. .. .. 066 Ngatimaru .. .. .. 150 0 0 Telephone .. .. .. 510 0 670 0 0 5 16 6 Cash balance— 1,288 7 2 In bank— ..... Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 2,322 0 3 (a) On Current Account .. ...... 462 ' 1 7...; Office sundries outstanding— (6) Invested on fixed deposit— Rates .. .. .. .. 0 7 8 Reserve for depreciation .. 8 9 7 Power .. .. .. .. 10 0 Interest accrued .. .. 0 2 6 Audit ........ 27 0 0 Sundry ........ 4 4 0 470 13 ~8 32 11 8 In hand: Petty cash .. .. 0 9 6 Reserve for depreciation .. .. .. 19 8 7 471 3 2 Appropriation Account .. .. .. 434 0 5 £4,096 8 1 £4,096 8 1 W. Wakarua, 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 : Comment—As Parliament has not provided in the Appropriations for the payment of the compensation grant of £3,000, the item " Compensation grant outstanding, £3,000," should not be included in the Balance-sheet as an asset of the Board. Exceptions—(l) Payments in several instances were unsupported by adequate receipts, the endorsed cheques only having been produced in evidence of payment; (2) the Audit Office is unable to certify wholly to the expenditure of the committees from gnlnts made to them by the Board owing to the non-production at audit, in many instances, of the necessary receipts for payments made and invoices or other evidence of services rendered. —J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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