NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued DISTRICT MAORI LAND BOARDS— continued Combined and Separate Balance-sheets as at 31st March, 1942— continued Assets

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0. N. Campbell, Under-Secretary. M. J. Lawless, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. 1 hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments, Income and Expenditure Account, Appropriation Account, and Balance-sheet have been compared with the accounts and balance-sheets of the respective Maori Land Boards and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the following comment and exceptions - P accounts and balance sheets 9 rZIVn , Thl a" rPnm 18 ™ a^. e to certlf J to the adequacy of certain securities owing to the absence of information as to the values of the lands secured. • ~'i , ,f j Office is not aware of any statutory authority for the following payments made out of the accounts mentioned— (i) Te Kao Store Accounts ■ Transfer Te Kao exnensL f ITuT i nrf 6 ' h°J 8 0 ° a Centennial Hall, £400 ; Home Guard outfit, £104 7s. 3d. ; Hemi Manuera's expenses, £15 ; marae expenses, £38 ; grant towards tribal expenses, £1- 14s. lOd. ; hui expenses, £4 16s ; advance m respect of hospital and surgical fees, £93. (ii) Te Kao Cream Track Account : Grant towards cost of erection of dental clinic +'183 6« 8d • AuStof General expenSeS ' £ -°" (2) Insufficient particulars were supphed m respect of payments totalling £40 made out of the Parengarenga 5b 1 Block Account.— Cykil G. Collins, Controller and

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Totals - Tokerau. Waiariki. Tairawhiti. Aotea. Ikaroa. South Island. Cash balances— £ £ £ £ £ f f e e In hand and at bank .. jk 709 1 nw - -,1- , ~ ~ Add Post Office ininreqt ' none 1,956 5,23o lo,039 /,3o3 3,215 9,743 3,161 umce imprest.. .. .. .. .. .. 9,390 282 680 122 146 774 651 235 48,592 2,238 5,915 15,161 7,499 3,989 10,394 3,396 Investments — Common Fund — S:fo S pe a rtL Charge8 6 ' 6U 27 ' 508 26 ' 897 59 ' 265 I 62 ' 528 34 ' 628 S '034 On deposit with Native' 'Trustee'' " !! " " '' 178 36 " 289 Go;=n 0 t n s^tf to bIocks ' &c - " | 3 S *« u d% is 2 S 18 '^ PartiX eTtl™ 72 ' 08 ' 1 '' S65 6 ' 022 '■ 32 ' 600 n ' 300 3 ' 250 1.060 Mortgages lg , m 7 ln , q - 0 _ Government and other securities .. 34,850 .. j 679 ! 890 "32 624,206 27,124 83,140 126,033 148,200 146,447 67,232 26,030 Sundry debtors ........ ia 9in D -o ,, r ._ . , ~~T T - Interest and instalments (due and accrued) .. .. .. .. 4'797 ■ 4 99(5 ''' 8,053 19,007 997 782 8,379 499 8,053 213 84 Land and buildings 36 , 466 .. 11,083 6,901 13 256 Office equipment, &e 17 , 057 100 3,904 4,217 3,' 3 32 i j372 "650 53,523 100 14,987 9,443 10,383 16,588 1,372 650 Assets of special trusts under — —' Native Land Act, 1931, section 105.. .. .. .. .. 90 537 Native Land Act, 1931, section 358 .. .. .. .. " " ' 28 871 96 782 216,190 .. .. 90,537 28,871 96,782 Appropriation Account .. .. . . .. .. jg jyg jg — T ° talS " •' •' •' •• " •• •• 974,694 43,635 104,824 249,553 195,452 271,859 79,211 30,160