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MEW ZEALAND NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD— continued Balance-sheet as at 30th September, 1946 Liabilities £ Assets £ Accumulated funds for all purposes—- £ Convalescent homes and hospitals : Land, buildings, furniture, Balance Ist October, 1945 .. .. .. 933,418 and equipment .. .. .. .. .. 54,382 Add surplus from Income and Expenditure I Recreational huts in New Zealand (residual value) .. .. 8,607 Account for year ended 30th September, 1946 89,481 Launch, Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 1,737 Balance 30th September, 1946 .. .. .. 1,022,899 Furniture and equipment— Sick and Wounded Reserve .. .. .. .. 400,000 Joint Council .. .. .. . . . . 915 Special funde— Offices and stores . . .. .. .. . . 1,233 B.M.A. War Services Fund . . .. .. .. 868 | Investments : New Zealand Government stock and local-body New Zealand Sheepowners Acknowledgment of Debt to j debentures— British Seamen .. .. .. .. .. 9,152 j General Fund .. .. .. .. .. 852,046 Helen Ross (deceased) estate .. .. .. .. 5,539 j Held against Sick and Wounded Reserve .. .. 363,015 Allied Nations Appeal .. .. .. .. 789 ! Held in trust .. .. .. .. .. 26 Miscellaneous deposits .. .. .. .. 1,225 Helen Ross (deceased) estate . . .. . . .. 3,900 Sundry creditors in New Zealand and overseas .. .. 5,833 Investments: First mortgage, Helen Ross (deceased) estate .. 782 Sundry debtors : New Zealand and overseas .. .. 47,456 Accrued interest . . .. .. .. . . 8,174 Stocks of comforts on hand . . .. .. . . 23,605 Remittances in transit .. .. .. .. .. 10,314 Cash in hand and in bank, 30th September, 1946 .. .. 45,815 Cash in hands of agents, 30th September, 1946 .. .. 24,298 £1,446,305 £1,446,305 Note.—Rent of premises and salaries of staff of the National Patriotic Fund Board are met from the Public Account. A. H. Gibson, Acting-Secretary. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments Account, 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.—J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (638 copies), £2O

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