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Statement op Receipts and Payments poe the Year Ended 31st March, 1949 £ £ £ £ Cash in Public Account, Purchase of shares—--Ist April, 1948 .. 217,564 Coal Products, Ltd. .. 33 Imprests outstanding as at Star Coal Co., Ltd. Ist April, 1948 .. 5,706 (balance) .. .. 15,957 223,270 Taupiri Coal Mines, Ltd. 807,637 Proceeds sale of coal, &c. Westport Coal Co., Ltd. 8,153 (including subsidy) .. 3,628,073 831,780 Recoveries, refunds, &c... 74,526 Purchase of— Royalties .. .. 7,940 Devlin's Opencast Interest on investments . . 3,568 property .. .. 10,084 Housing loan repayments 12,368 Morley property .. 40,000 Other loan repayments ... 10,065 Pyramid Mine .. 7,750 » 3,736,540 57,834 Realization New Zealand Expenditure oninscribed stock. .. .. 276,225 Buildings .. .. 25,917 Capital raised .. .. .. 1,500,000 Cottages .. .. 29,047 Land .. .. 844 Plant .. .. 268,939 324,747 Mines development .. 67,290 Boring and prospecting . . 1,104 Opencast coal - mining : development and working expenses .. 475,379 Audit fees .. .. 484 Briquetting .. .. 1»249 Bus and rail fares . . 37,728 Cartage .. .. 16,569 Coal-miners' Relief Fund 5,824 Compensation .. .. 40,109 Electric power .. 43,458 Fire insurance . . .. 2,884 General expenses .. 11,434 «. Haulage— New Zealand Railway 173,320 Private railway-line .. 40,194 Marine freight (1947-48) 27,133 Postages .. .. 4,494 Printing and stationery .. 2,460 Public Service Superannuation Fund .. 2,458 Rates .. .. 8,233

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