EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS. BALANCE-SHEET AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1918.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1920 Session I, G-03

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1920. NEW ZEALAND.

EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS. BALANCE-SHEET AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1918.

Presented to both Houses of the General, Assembly in pursuance of Section 13 of the East Coast Native Trust Lands Act, 1902.

EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS. Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Receipts. Payments. Rents— £ s. d. £ s. d. Mangahoia No. 2d . . .. .. 1,520 11 10 Bank overdraft, 31st March. 1917 .. 82,290 14 0 Mangapoike .. .. .. 1,754 0 6 Land purchased .. .. .. 460 0 0 Paremata .. .. .. 570 0 3 Surveys, plans, inspections, and valuations 98 15 0 Tahora No. 2 .. .. .. 1,022 110 Clearing bush .. .. .. 1,214 II 9 Tawapata South No. 1 .. .. 600 0 0 Fencing .. .. .. ... 2,034 13 2 Whangawehi Nos, In and lo .. ■ 60 2 0 Splitting and packing posts .. .. 727 12 1] Whaitiri No. 2 .. .. .. 36 0 0 Sowing .. .. .. .. 53 1 0 Lease of hall .. .. .. 710 0 Planting trees .. .. .. 1113 Sales of Farm Produce— Buildings, yards, and gates . . . . 705 19 1 Wool .. .. .. .. 10,163 2 1 Drains ' .. .. .. .. 235 6 2 Sheep .. .. .. .. 11,417 3 9 Tracks .. .. .. .. 22 11 (i Cattle .. .. .. .. 4,018 810 Repairs .. .. .. .. 144 7 3 Hides and skins .. .. .. 312163 Cutting noxious woods .. .. 23 15 0 Pelts .. .. .. .. 236 411 Payments to Native owners (rents, farm Meat and sundries . . .. .. 44 2 8 profits, and purchase-moneys .. 4,551 5 5 Land sold .. .. .. .. 460 0 0 Tolaga Bay rents (W. E. Holder) .. 510 0 0 Interest on unpaid purchase-money .. 453 19 1 Rates and taxes .. .. .. 1,940 10 8 Refunds .. .. .. .. 771 411 Water-supply .. .. .. 22 11 2 Mortgage advances .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 5,622 4 4 Estates Company—Bank of New Zealand Law-costs .. .. .. .. 24 10 4 Working Account .. .. .. 47 13 10 Salaries — Commissioner .. .. .. 400 0 0 35,595 2 9 Secretary.. .. .. .. 260 0 0 Bank overdraft, 31st March, 1918 .. 36,024 9 9 Office assistance .. .. .. 169 0 0 Supervision farms .. .. .. 494 0 0 Petty cash .. .. .. .. 130 0 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. . . 157 6 9 Audit and office expenses, advertising and printing .. .. .. .. 207 12 11 Office appliances and fittings . . . . 27 0 (i Fire and accident insurance . . . . 49 0 4 Wages (droving) .. .. .. 3,398 15 8 Crops .. .. .. .. 148 17 9 Shearing, dipping, and wool charges .. 1,526 111 Live-stock purchased— Sheep .. .. .. .. 7,463 14 0 Cattle .. .. .. .. 2,606 10 0 Horses .. .. .. .. 237 8 0 Cartage .. .. .. .. 684 11 11 Plant and station requisites .. .. 334 4 11 Household requisites .. . . . . 69 14 6 Horse-shoeing .. .. .. 95 16 3 Provisions and stores.. .. .. 512 4 9 Telephone erection, repairs, and subscriptions' .. .. .. .. 89 12 4 Furniture .. .. .. .. 75 14 9 Contributions to patriotic funds .. 151 I 0 Shares— Gisborne Sheep-farmers' Frozen MeatCompany (Limited) . . . . 250 0 0 Wairoa Farmers' Frozen Meat Company (Limited).. .. .. .'. 250 0 0 Native advances on account relative interest .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Sundry advances .. .. .. 1,099 3 0 £71,619 12 3 £71,619 12 6 £ s. d. Bank of Australasia, Gisborne —Overdraft 36,068 4 10 Union Bank of Australia (Limited), Wairoa —Overdraft .: .. .. 50 7 10 36,124 12 8 Bank of Australasia, Wairoa —Credit . . 100 2 11 Bank overdraft as shown above .. £36,024 9 9

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Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1918. Liabilities. i Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Mortgages secured on free- Freehold lands .. .. 391,798 0 0 hold land .. .. 58,900 0 0 Unpaid purchase-money Creditors on Loan Account 2,650 0 0 on sale of freehold land 8,417 1 0 Interest accrued on same 226 13 8 61,550 0 0 ■ 8,643 15 2 Interest accrued .. 1,014 2 0 Rents due .. .. .. 1,117 4 0 62,564 2 0 Wool, frozen meat, and Overdraft at bank .. 36,024 9 9 farm produce unrealized 3,30.7 0 0 Interest accrued .. 982 16 6 Less advances .. 655 19 1 37,007 6 3 2,651 0 II Sundry creditors .. .. 8,837 1 9 Sundry debtors and adUnpaid rents, farm profits vances on account of and purchase-money .. .. 6,584 3 2 rents, farm produce, &c. .. 8,544 1 0 Surplus .. .. .. 336,016 810 Live-stock on farms .. 37,055 13 0 Investments — Wairoa Farmers' Cooperative Meat Company (Limited) .. .. 750 0 0 Gisborne Farm c r s' Frozen Meat Company (Limited) .. .. 250 0 0 Office furniture and travelling plant .. .. 17600 Cash in hand .. .. 3 17 9 Suspense Account .. .. 18 10 2 £451,008 2 0 £451,008 2 0 Auditor's Certificate. I have audited the accounts of the East Coast Commissioner for the year ended 31st March, 1918, and my report on the audit of the accounts is contained in my letter of even date to the Minister of Native Affairs. Wellington, Ist September, 1920. Arthur Clarke, A.C.A., Auditor. Statement showing the position of the Different Blocks as at 31st March, 1918. Amount at Debit of the Undermentioned Blocks on Current Amount at Credit of the Undermentioned Blocks on Current Account. Account. Principal security blocks —• £ s. d. £ sd. £ s. d. General Account .. 43,128 0 3 Mangapoike A .. .. .. 113 10 8 Live-stock Account .. 996 0 0 Mangapoike B .. .. .. 131 3 1 44,124 6 3 Maraetaha No. 2, Sec. 4 .. .. 8,537 5 3 Mangaheia No. 2d .. .. 201 5 9 Paremata No. 64 (No. 1 Account) .. 11,660 611 Mangapoike No. 2a 3 .. .. 1,033 010 Paremata No. 64 (No. 2 Account) .. 232 16 2 Mangapoike No. 2b— Tahora No. 2o 2. Sec. 2 .. .. 322 11 3 General Account .. 3,825 5 10 Tahora No. 2c 3, Sec. 2 .. .. 2,372 9 10 Live-stock Account .. 7,453 10 0 ——■ Amounts to Credit of Hie Undermentioned Blocks for the Value 11,278 15 10 of their Freehold. Less amount at credit of Mangatu Nos. 5 and 6 1 £ s. d. Farm Account .. 5,756 13 3 Mangakura No. 1 5,522 2 7 Pakowhai .. Lr 594 0 0 Mangapoike No. 2d—• Tangoteto Nos. 1 and 2 ' ' ' General Account .. 158 18 3 Te Kuri Farm Account .. 1,088 11 6 Whataupoko G, Sec. 22 1,247 9 9 Mangaheia No. 2d .. 39,858 0 0 Maraetaha No. 2, Sees. 3 and Mangapoike A .. .. 39,798 0 0 6— Mangapoike No. 2a 3 .. 21,995 0 0 General Account .. 734 10 8 Mangapoike B .. .. 1,018 0 0 Farm Account .. 1,789 3 11 Mangapoike No. 2n .. 10,484 0 0 Livo-stook Account .. 4,49118 0 Mangapoike No. 2d .. 10,779 0 0 7,015 12 7 Mangapoike No. 2R .. 4,470 0 0 Maungawaru No. 2 .. .. 10,265 0 9 Maungawaru No. 2 .. 5,500 0 0 Maungawaru No. 3 .. .. 2,807 7 2 Maungawaru No. 3 .. 7,000 0 0 Paremata No. 3— Mareataha No. 2, Sees. 3 General Account .. 7,801 0 1 and 6.. .. .. 27,342 0 0 Live-stock Account .. 3,821 10 0 Paremata, Sec. 48 .. 390 0 0 —— Paremata, Sec. 64 .. 9,550 0 0 11,622 10 1 Paremata, Sees. 73 and 73a 1,012 0 0 Less amount at credit of Paremata, Sec. 4.. .. 4,348 0 0 Farm Account .. 10,326 810 Paremata, Sec. 3. . .. 20,867 0 0 1,296 1 3 Tahora No. 2c 3, Sec, 2 ..22,772 0 0 Paremata No. 73 and 73a .. 127 12 11 Tahora No. 2c 1. Sec. 3 39,307 0 0 Tahora No. 2c 1, Sec. 3— Tahora No. 2o 2, Sec. 2 3,800 0 0 li'arm Account .. 5,478 12 0 Tahora No. 2r, Sec. 2 .. 30,034 0 0 Ltvo-stoek Account .. 5,627 0 0 Tahora No. 2g, Sec. 2 .. 1,346 0 0 — ■ Tawapata South No. 1 .. 12,000 0 0 11,105 12 0 Whangawehi No. Inandlo 4,120 0 0 Less amount at credit of Whaitiri No. 2 .. .. 1,565 0 0 General Account 3,137 1 8 Maraetaha No. 1D (Te Ko- — 7,968 10 4 pua) .. .. .. 23,849 0 0 Tahora No. 2p, See. 2— 391,798 0 0 General Account .. 4,771 15 11 Live-stock on farms, as per contra .. 37,055 13 0 Farm Account .. 5,759 16 6 Live-stock Account .. 6,409 17 0 — 16,941 9 5 Tahora No. 20, Sec. 2 .. .. 200 16 3 Tawapata South No. 1 .. .. 2,576 3 6 Whangawehi No. Ib and 1c .. 3,494 1 5 Whaitiri No. 2 .. .. .. 232 12 8 Maraetaha I. D (Te Kopua) — General Farm Account .. 2,884 4 0 Live-stock Account .. 8,255 18 0 11,140 2 0 116,208 7 4 Balance— Surplus, as per balance-sheet 336,015 810 £452,223 16 2 £452,223 16 2

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EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS. Mangapoike No. 2a 3.—Statement oe Account for Year ended 31st March, 1918. Principal Security Blocks.—Statement oe Account £ s, d. for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 1,058 1 8 £ s. d. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 40,453 11 11 Payments. £ s. d. Payments. Rents to beneficiaries .. 471 0 0 Improvements, Pakowhai, To £ s. d. County and harbour rates .. 9 11 Kuri, Tangoteto Blocks .. 412 8 11. Land-tax .. ~ 107 18 10 Law-costs and mortgage ox- Law-costs .. .. .. 0 11 0 penses .. .. 515 6 Interest .. .. .. 63 15 0 County rates .. .. 141 18 11 Salaries, office and travelling Interest .. .. .. 2,467 12 6 expenses.. .. ... 67 0 3 Salaries, office and travelling 719 6 2 expenses .. .. 107 18 9 3,135 9 7 1,777 7 10 Receipts. £43,589 1 6 Rents .. .. .. 744 7 0 Receipts. Balance Estate Company's Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 ..£1,033 0 10 Working Account .. 47 13 10 m "' Surplus from Pakowhai Farm 413 1 5 Area of block, 9,438 acres 3 roods 22 perches. . 460 15 3 Value, £21,995. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 . .£43,128 6 3 =====*= Mangapoike B.—Statement of Account for the Year ended 31st March, .1918. area and value of principal security blocks. £ s - d. Acres. Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 11l 11 1 Mangatu Nos. 5 and 6 .. .. ..30,630 Mangaokura No. I .. .. .. .. 2, 027 Receipts. Pakowhai .. .. .. .. 374 £ s. d. Tangoteto No. 1 .. .. .. .. 5 Rents .. .. .. 15 0 0 Tangoteto No. 2 .. .. .. .. 75 Interest .. .. .. 6 2 0 Te Kuri .. .. ... .. .. 216 21 2 0 Whatupoko G, Sec. 32 .. .. .. 10 132 13 1 33,337 Value, £48,594. Payments. Salaries, oflico and travelling expenses .. 110 0 Mangaheia No. 2d.-43tatembwt of Account fob the Balanoc at credit > 31st Maroh > 1919 ' ■ 3 ] Year ended 31st March, 1918. . .. ~ . „„„ „„ , „ , ... ~.., Area of block, 383 acres 38 perches. Value £1,018. £ a £ a d Mangapoike No. 2b.—Statement of Account for the Rents to beneficiaries .. 1,588 13* 6 Yl!AB BNDBD 31sT Maucm ' 1918 ' Land^ax tio " toPat .™ 234 9 7 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 3,389% 1 Interest ...... 46 6 0 „ , Law-cost, .. .. 3 3 0 Payments Salaries, office and travelling _, , ~ , , ~.„ .'_ '_ mo ii ii County and harbour rates .. 138 17 5 expenses .. .. 102 11 11 T ' 1 on 4 0 Interest ~ .. .. 210 2 8 Law-costs.. .. .. 16 8 Receinti Salaries, office and travelling Balance at credit, 31st March, " £ s. d. expenses .. .. 85 10 0 . 1917 88 18 5 m 16 8 Uonta '• ■• ■" x ' 759 19 1Q j Big l 3 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 ..£3,825 510 „ , . jt •. oi iht i inio com m Area of block, 3,024 acres. Value, £10.484. Balance at debit, .51st March, 1918 .. £201 5 9 Area of block, 5,965 acres 3 roods 16 perches. ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ . . ' ,'r , ~,„ Kll ' Mangapoike No. 2b (Mah[jranoi Farm Account). — value, £011,000. ,-, . * , T ~, Statement of Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. £ s. d. Mangapoike A, —Statement of Account for the Year Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 615 011 ended 31st March, 1918. £ s. d. Debits. Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 184 13 3 Wool unrealized, 31st March, £ s. d. 1917 .. .. .. 180 0 0 Receipts. Fencing .. .. 165 11 6 Rents.. .. .. .. .. 722 18 6 Sheep bought .. .. 1,101 4 0 Interest .. .. .. 10 3 8 Cattle .. .. .. 920 0 0 Shearing and dipping .. 170 8 3 917 15 5 Wages, supervision, and Payments. droving .. .. 462 18 0 £ s. d. Plant and station requisites 15 1 0 Rents to beneficiaries .. 578 14 6 Travelling-expenses .. 21 12 11 Land-tax .. .. .. 156 17 6 Telephones .. .. 6 7 0 Law-costs .. .. .. 110 Fire and accident insurance 8 18 4 Salaries, office and travelling ex- Rabbit Board rate .. 8 16 penses .. .. .. 67 11 9 Interest.. .. .. 142 8 4 804 4 9 Miscellaneous charges .. 8 10 Repairs.. .. g*.. 3 12 6 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 ..£ll3 10 8 3,214 4 10 Area of block, 16,420 acres. Value, £39,798. 3,829 5 9 *

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£ s. d. £ s. d. Maraetaha No. 2D, Sees. 3 and 6 (Patemaru Farm Debits brought forward .. .. 3,829 5 9 Account). —Statement of Account for the Year (j ret H ti ended 31st March, 1918. Wool sold .. .. 1,342 18 9 ~ ~, Cattle sold .. .. 17 0 0 Vetnta. Sheep sold .. 670 9 8 „, • V. „ * , h ; c „ l *' "' Skins sold .. .. 56 10 7 Sheep bought .. ..6,635 15 0 Wool unrealized, 31st March, °*°™ s ." ,*•,.. " \„Z „ , iqio « q a Station plant and requisites.. 126 0 1 Refunds-Shearing A 10 10 0 Buildings and yards .. 187 7 6 2,132 9 0 £r aoks , n Horses .. .. .. 136 15 0 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 ..£1,696 16 9 Surveying.. .. .. 71 11 0 Fencing .. .. .. 850 511 Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918— Splitting.. .. .t 360 6 9 £ j Seeds .. .. .. 61 18 2 3,970 sheep .. .. 4,330 10 0 Wages and droving .. 28917 0 292 cattle .. .. 3,091 0 0 Packing posts .. .. 241 15 0 4 horses .. .. 32 0 0 Shearing .. -.. .. 168 1 2 1 raveilmg-expenses .. 25 19 0 £7,453 10 0 Cartage 48 4 0 Clearing . . .. .. 120 15 0 Horse-shoeing .. .. 13 13 0 Repairs .. .. .. 7)20 Mangapoike No. 2d.—Statement of Account for tiie House requisites .. .. 30 11 7 Year ended 31st March, 1918. Sundries . . . . . . li 18 8 £ a d Interest . . .. .. 262 10 7 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 218 11 1 Eire and accident insurance.. 2117 0 Grazing .. .. .. 10 4 2 Payments. <J > 942 6 <J County and harbour rates .. 30 8 5 Credits. Land-tax .. .. ..18 19 10 Sheep sold .. ..2,632 10 1 Law-costs .. .. . . 2 2 0 Horses sold .. .. 20 0 0 'Interest .. .. .. 11 12 9 Wool sold.. .. .. 986 0 9 Salaries, office and travelling ex- Hides, skins, and pelts sold . . 9 19 4 penses .. .. .. 25 0 0 Meat sold .. .. 9 4 0 94 3 0 Stores sold .. .. 3 9 8 3,661 3 10 312 14 1 Receipts. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £6,281 111 Rents .. .. .. .. 153 15 10 -.«=«.««««. Livo-atock on farm, 31st March, 1918 — Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £158 18 3 £ s. d. -. . 2,858 sheej) .. .. 3,274 8 0 Area of block, 5,419 acres. Value, £10,779. 96 cattle .. ..1,137 10 0 16 horses .. .. 80 0 0 £4,491 18 0 Mangapoike No. 2e.—Statement of Account for the i=»»™««=»™™ki Year ended 31st March, 1918. Payments. £ s. d. £ s. d. Rents to beneficiaries .. 115 0 0 Maraetaha No. 2, Sec. 4.—Statement of Account Land-tax .. .. .. 8 4 6 rO R the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Law-costs ...... 010 6 £ s d Interest .. .. , .. 010 2 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 ..8,195 0 3 Salaries, office and travelling exP° nscs 16 10 ° ... ... . Receipts. „. t 14u ld l Interest .. .. .. 409 15 0 Receipts. Balance at credit, 31st March, 8,604 15 3 1917 .. .. .. 8 4 0 Payments. Rents •• ■■ •• 117 1!) 2 _ Salaries, office and travelling expenses ... 67 10 0 .., , . , ~. Q1 ~. , ,„.„ 7T770"a Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 ..£8,537 5 3 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 . . £14 12 0 a ill i o nan „ , „, ._,' ~ Block Sold. Area of block, 2,980 acres. Value, £4,470. Maraetaha No. 2, Sees. 3 an"d 6.—Statement or Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Maongamaru No. 2. —Statement of Account for £ s. d the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 498 10 8 £ By d. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 ..9,502 6 11 Payments. £ S. d. Payments. Erection of boundary-fences 10 0 0 £ s. d. County iates .. .. 11l 13 4 County rates .. .. 50 0 0 Interest . . .. .. 30 10 0 Mortgage expenses .. .. 34 0 Law-costs .. .. ..068 Interest .. .. .. 585 1 10 Salaries, office and travelling Salaries, office and (ravelling expenses .. . . .. 83 10 0 expenses .. .. ..' 34 8 0 236 0 0 (572 13 10 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £734 10 8 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 ..£10,265 0 9 Area of block, 4,658 acres. Value, £27,342. Area of block, 14,802 acres. Value, £5,500.

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Maungawaru No. 3.—Statement of Account for the Paremata, Sec. 48.—Statement of Account for this Year ended 31st March, 1918. Year ended 31st March, 1918. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 2,570 16 7 Rent& d. £s. d. Interest .. .. .. 012 10 Payments. § 20 5 4 £ s. d. i County rates .. .. .. 33 6 8 Mortgage expenses .. .. 017 6 Payments. Interest .. .. .. 156 16 5 Payments to beneficiaries .. 18 15 4 Salaries, office and travelling Salaries, office and travelling cxexpenscs.. .. .. 45 10 0 penses .. .. .. 110 0 230 10 7 20 5 4 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £2,807 7 2 Area of block, 12 acres 3 roods. Value, £390. Area of block, 18,720 acres. Value, £7,000. i'aremata no. 3. —statement of account for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 5,354 13 'i Baramata, Sec. 64 (No. 1 Account).-Statkment of Account for the year ended 31st March, 1918. Payments. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance at crodit, 31st March, 1917 .. 11,147 9 5 Payments to beneficiaries from farm profits .. . . 1,836 0 0 Receipts. Contribution to Patriotic ■ Interest .. .. .. .. 557 17 6 Fund .. .. .. 75 0 0 County rates .. .. 157 11 1 11,705 611 Law-costs .. .. 2 2 0 Payments Interest 308 3 9 I ayments. Salaries, office and travelling Salaries, office and travelling expenses .. 45 0 0 expenses .. .. 74 19 5 2 453 17 0 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 .. £11,660 (> 11 7,808 10 1 Receipts. Rent of hall .. .. .. 7 10 0 — Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £7,801 0 1 Area of block, 1,224 acres. Value, £20,867. P AU fmata, Sec. 64 (No. 2 Account).-Statement of Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. £ s. d. Paremata No. 3 (Farm Account). —Statement of Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 381 11 0 Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. £ s. d. Receipts. Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 5,041 2 3 „L , s ; d : Rents .. .. .. 366 18 6 P«vW/« Interest .. .. .. 20 311 £ s. d. 387 2 5 Wool sold .. .. 1,097 19 8 _ fiQ _ Sheep sold .. .. 679 15 4 7es v ° Skins sold .. .. 177 6 3 Payments. Cattle sold .. .. 703 10 0 Rents to beneficiaries .. 476 0 0 Meat sold .. .. 1,435 6 3 Land-tax .. .. .. 37 16 3 Interest .. .. 224 18 10 Law-costs .. .. .. 110 Wool unrealized .. .. 40 0 0 Salaries, office and travelling cx4,358 16 4 penses .. .. .. 21 0 0 535 17 3 9,399 18 7 Debits. Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 .. £232 16 2 Wool unrealized, 31st March, £ s. d. , , .„,„ ~ . ~,. JZZ |ni7 80 0 0 Area "look, 2,380 acres. Value, £9,550. Frozen mutton unrealized, 31st March, 1917 .. 1,750 0 0 Wages, supervision, and droving .. .. 236 211 Cattle bought .. .. 675 0 0 Shearing .. .. 119 0 6 Wool charges .. .. 15 13 6 Seeds '•• ■■ ■■ 11 18 0 Paremata, Sees. 73 and 73a.—Statement of Account Rabbit Board rate .. 2 0 1 KOR THE Year ended 31st March, 1918. Fire and accident insurance 3 14 0 £ s d Sundries .. .. 110 9 ... , _, ~ ~, ~, , ~,,_ ... '„ „ 2 894 19 9 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 114 b I Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 .. £6,504 18 10 Payments. ______ £ s. d. Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918 — - County rates .. .. ..666 £ s. d. Interest .. .. ..703 2,602 sheep .. .. 2,673 10 0 13 6 9 82 cattle .. .. 1,148 0 0 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £127 12 11 £3,821 10 0 "~ r Area of block, 115 acres. Value, £1,012.

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Tahora No. 2c 1, Sec. 3.—Statement of Account for Tahora No. 2c 1, Sec. 3 (Huia Farm Account). — the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Statement of Account for the Year ended . ( ] 3 Ist March, 1918. Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 2,897 8 2 ... . ~'„, 1 .. .„.„ „f_ ?• d " Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 357 10 1 Receipts. £ s. d. _, ~, Rents 404 13 10 l)dnls - Interest 156 2 0 Wool unrealized, 31st March, £ s. d. . 560 15 10 1917 530 0 0 Frozen moat unrealized, 31st 3,458 4 0 March, 1917 .. .. 600 0 0 Payments. \ ,VM) 0 0 Cutting boundary-lines .. 10 0 0 Fencing .. .. .. 63 4 0 Expenses re lists of owners .. 10 4 5 Sheep bought .. ..174 18 0 County rates .. .. 139 12 10 Cattle bought .. .. 324 0 0 Land-tax .. .. .. 46 3 1 Wool charges .. .. 18 6 Mortgage expenses • .. 2 5 0 Wages, supervision and drovSalaries, office and travelling ing •■ •• .. 83 14 9 expenses .. .. 112 17 0 Stores .. .. .. 37 14 10 321 2 4 Station requisites .. .. 7 2 6 Shearing . . .. .. 35 6 5 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 ..£3,137 1 8 Travelling-expenses .. 4 0 0 Plant .. .. .. 14 10 0 Value, £39,307. Interest .. .. .. 13 11 0 Rabbit Board rate .. .. 110 Fire and accident insurance .. 0 16 0 Cartage .. .. .. 32 10 1 Sundries .. .. .. 10 0 ■ 794 17 I 2,282 7 2 Credits. Tahora No. 2o 1, Sec. 3 (Waimaha Farm Account). — Wool sold .. .. 464 1 5 Statement of Account for the Year ended Meat sold .. .. 603 19 9 31st March, 1918. Sheep sold .. .. 417 14 9 £ s. d. 1,485 15 11 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 6,811 0 3 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £796 11 3 • Debits. -- - Wool unrealized, 31st March, £ s d Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918--I.o\ i , , .. I . 4*h\J \) U Frozen meat .... 330 0 0 £ s. d. 1,570 0 0 1,106 sheep .. .. 1,264 4 0 Sowing .. .. .. 31 3 3 Clearing .. .. 0 18 9 Buildings .. .. 431 2 3 Fencing, yards, and gates .. 420 14 10 ■ 883 19 1 Horses bought .. .. 78 8 0 Sheep bought .. .. 637 8 0 Wages and droving .. 668 0 3 Shearing and wool charges 314 2 0 Tahora No. 2c 1, Sec. 3 (Pamoa-Ponui Farm Account). Horse-shoeing .. .. 20 13 6 —Statement of Account for the Year ended Stores .. .. . . 266 0 7 31st March, 1918. House and station requisites 26 0 6 £ s. d. Plant .. .. .. 130 0 3 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 2,536 11 6 Telephones .. .. 9 2 0 Interest .. .. 429 15 10 Rabbit Board rate .. 1 17 3 Debits. Repairs.. .. .. 17 1 3 Wool unrealized, 31st March £ s. d. Fire and accident insurance 9166 1917.. .. .. 280 00 Travelling-expenses .. 16 11 I Frozen meat unrealized, 31st Miscellaneous charges .. 9 14 2 March, 1917 .. .. 370 0 0 2,634 II 8 050 0 0 Shearing .. .. .. 20 14 5 11,899 11 0 Stores .. .. .. 18 18 9 Credits. Wages . . .. .. 47 3 0 Wool sold .. .. 1,250 10 3 Sheep bought .. .. 413 8 0 Sheep sold .. .. 780 10 3 Wool charges .. .. 412 2 Stores and moat sold .. 43 2 3 Droving .. .. .. 6 9 9 Hides and skins .. .. 12 710 Fire and accident insurance .. 011 0 Wool unrealized .. .. 1,090 0 0 Interest .. .. ..137 18 9 Refunds— Fencing .. .. .. 13 0 0 Fencing .. .. 29 0 3 Station requisites .. .. 2 5 0 Stores .. .. 4 1 11 665 0 10 Timber sold .. .. 6 9 0 3,216 1 9 3,851 12 4 Credits. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £8,683 9 3 Wool sold .. .. 344 15 9 ____■_. Sheep sold .. ..1,878 2 4 Interest .. .. .. 3 2 9 Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918— 2,226 010 £ s. d. 3,047 sheep .. .. 3,248 I 0 Balanco at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £1,625 11 6 2 cows and calves .. 24 0 0 ' Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918— £3,312 10 £ s. d. iin 1,000 shoop .. .. 1,050 15 0

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Tahora No. 2c 1, Sec. 3.—Recapitulation of the Whole of the Accounts of the Block as at 31st March, 1918.

Tahora No. 2c 2, Sec. 2. —Statement of Account for I Tahora No. 2f, Sec. 2 (Papuni Farm Account). — the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Statement of Account for the Year ended 31st £ s. d. March, 1918. Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 193 12: £ s. d. ■ Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 12,295 18 8 Receipts. £ s. d. Rents .. .. .. 163 6 8 Debits. £ s. d. Interest .. .. .. 14 16 6 Wool unrealized, 31st March, 178 3 2 j 1917 .. .. .. 2,140 0 0 I Frozen meat unrealized, 31st 371 4 4 March, 1917 .. .. 710 0 0 Payments. 2,850 0 0 County rates .. .. 20 15 4 Stores .. .. .. 233 13 3 Land-tax .. .. .. 14 7 9 Repairs .. .. .. 88 4 0 Salaries, office and travelling j Plant and station requisites 47 11 3 expenses .. .. .. 13 10 0 i Wages and droving .. 626 14 5 48 13 1 Shearing, dipping, and wool I charges .. .. 242 4 6 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918. ..£322 11 3 Interest.. .. .. 680 19 6 -= Rabbit Board rate .. 2 16 I Area of block, 3,755 acres. Value, £3,800. Fire and accident insurance 9 6 0 Cattle bought .. .. 13 0 0 Sheep bought .. .. 402 2 6 Travelling-expenses .. 28 13 11 Miscellaneous charges .. 717 9 Cutting noxious weeds . . 54 0 0 Tahora No. 2c 3, Sec. 2.—Statement of Account for Buildings .. .. 2 4 0 the Year ended 31st March, 1918. Clearing.. .. .. 200 0 0 £ s d Telephones .. .. 14 18 0 Balance at credit, 31st March, 1917 .. 2.040 12 2 Eurniture and house requisites 12 5 8 Receipts. Shooing . .. .. 8 3 6 1 £ a d Horse-feed .. .. 017 3 Rents 423 6 4 187 211 a oao m Interest .. .. .. 112 11 8 2 > 8,>8 ° ° 535 18 0 £,8,014 3 8 9 *i7fi I n 9 CTedus, Payments. ' Wool sold .. .. 2,040 17 0 County rates .. .. 113 0 7 ® h ??? so \* •■ ■■ 1,7 22 1 S I Land-tax 55 19 9 oattle s " ld • • • • 28 0 0 Salaries, office and travelling Stores sold .. .. 22 10 6 expenses .. " 85 0 0 s " d , ■; ■ • \ s a " ° 1 204 0 4 Skins sold .. .. 19 2 9 Wool unrealized, 31st March, Balance at credit, 31st March, 1918 ..£2,372 910 „ 1918,I 918 , " " " 1,97 ° ° ° _ Refunds — Area of block, 11,577 acres. Value, £22,772. " Wool charges .. 44 6 Station requisites .. 4 7 0 5,844 10 2 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 . . £12,169 13 6 Tahora No. 2f, Sec. 2.-Statement of Account for Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918— the Year ended 31st March, 1.91.8. . onl , . *,„ . s „ "• £ j 4,291 sheep .. .. 4,517 17 0 Balance at debit, 31st March 1917 .. 4,853 13 6 200 cattle .. .. 1,716 0 0 22 horses .. .. 176 0 0 % PaVment3, £ s. d. £6,409 17 0 County rates .. .. 95 110 Land-tax .. .. .. 27 7 9 Mortgage expenses 13 1 0 m „ „ „ _ „ Expenses re lists of owners .. 10 4 4 Tahora No. 20, Sec. 2.-Statement of Account for Interest 288 2 6 the Year ended 31st March, 1918. • Salaries, office and travelling ~ , , , ... „, ~» . ,„,_ ~. s ' "• expenses .. .. 90 0 0 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 165 6 3 523 17 5 „ Payments. £ s. d. r, Q77 in ii County rates .. .. 18 8 9 BeeeipU ' Merest 10 1 3 ontg gftg , 5 q Salaries, office and travelling exfi m ir. a P enses •• ■• •• 7 0 0 " '- 85 10 0 Balaneo at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £4,771 15 11 13 , . ~ .. ... . „ , ,„,„ " ' Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £200 16 3 Area, of block, 11,870 acres. Value, £30,034. Area of block, 1,346 acres. Value, £1,346. ~

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Account. Balance, 31st March, 1917. Transactions. Balance, 31st [arch, 1918. Dr. Or. Dr. Cr. I Dr. Or. Waimaha Farm Te Huia Farm Kahunui - Pamoa - Ponui Farms £ a. d. 6,811 0 3 357 10 1 2,536 11 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,088 10 9 1,924 17 I 1,315 0 10 £ s. d. 3,216 1 9 1,485 15 11 2,226 0 10 £ s. d. 8,683 9 3 796 11 3 1,625 11 6 £ s. d. Farm totals General Acoount 9,705 1 10 0 70K 1 10 9,705 1 10 2,897 8 2 8,328 8 8 560 15 10 6,927 18 6 321 2 4 11,105 12 0 8,187* 1 8 Area of 1>] 9,705 I 10 llook, 22,065 aor 9,705 1 10 2,897 8 2 8,889 4 6 7,249 0 10 11,105 12 0 3,137 1 8 lock, 22,065 acres. Value of block, £39,307 ; value of live-stock, £5,627.

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Tawapata South No. 1. —Statement of Account for | Maraetaha No. Id (Te Kopua). — Statement of thio Year ended 31st March, 1918. Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. £ s. d. ; £ s. d. Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 2,764 8 5 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 8,184 410 p Debits, laymenls. Wool unrealized, 31st March, £ s. d. s - "• 1917 5() o 0 Rents to beneficiaries .. 150 0 0 Frozen meat unrealized, 31st Lafd,tax 42 4 4 March, 1917 .. .. 720 0 0 j! 1 ™ 17 * * « Rates and taxes .. 92 19 9 Mortgage expenses .. 018 0 Cutting noxious weeds .. 30 2 0 Salaries, office, and travelling Clearing .. .. 239 8 6 expenses .. .. 39 14 0 IntereB £ __ _ 542 1 1 d Shearing, dipping, and wool ™ i 7f j o , charges .. .. 651 911 n ■ , ' Wages, droving, and super- „ , Receipts. . 923 3 g Uenta 60 ° ° ° Sowing 47 3 4 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £2,576 3 5 49 10 """"" Fencing.. .. .. 320 3 6 Area of block, 4,370 acres 2 roods 5 perches. Value, Repairs.. .. .. 199 19 0 £12,000. Sheep bought .. . . 825 0 6 Cattle bought .. .. 845 10 0 Horses bought .. . . 50 0 0 Fire and accident insurance 14 9 11 Station requisites and plant 97 18 3 Telephone .. .. 73 5 5 Whancawehi 1b and lc.—Statement of Account for Stores . . . . . . 531 17 11 Tin.; Year ended 31st March, 1918. Horse-shooing .. 20 10 0 £ s. d. Drainage .. .. 31 18 9 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 3,334 15 3 Travelling-expenses .. 16 11 0 Splitting . . .. 25 12 0 Payments Buildings .. .. 165 12 4 Gates _ _ _ _ 29 18 4 , , . ~ .'. '. Furniture anil house requiLandtax .. .. 6 14 4 .. n .„. n „ T . * „» „ . sites .. .. .. 104 9 7 Interest .. .. .. 202 6 4 -pi no o o M ,i ~ of Yards .. .. .. 33 8 0 □ i ■ B ii- i i ii- Management, audit, office, Salaries, ofhee and travelling f, ,;. ~„ ,_ . p n r a ana travelling-expenses 113 17 4 expenses .. ..9 50 T , or oiko 1 91 o o o Law-costs .-. .. 215 0 Z1!) 8 z Tree-planting .. .. 18 16 6 3 554 3 5 Grazing.. .. .. 13 15 0 o,oo* a a p aymonts to beneficiaries 2,303 0 0 Receipts. Cutting tracks .. .. 13 4 0 Rents .. .. .. .. 60 2 0 Miscellaneous charges .. 3 5 4 9,220 13 11 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £3,494 1 5 — Credits. Area of block, 1,201 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Meat sold .. .. 135 13- 10 Value, £4,120. Wool sold .. .. 2,241 6 3 Sheep sold .. .. 1,276 7 3 Cattle sold .. .. 1,337 15 7 Hides and skins sold .. 125 16 8 Stores sold .. .. 234 18 8 Timber sold .. .. 3 7 9 Whaitiri No. 2. —Statement of Account for the Refunds — Year ended 31st March, 1918. Shearing .. .. 545 5 3 £ s . d. Fencing .. .. 132 0 0 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1917 .. 240 5 7 Drainage .. .. 15 0 0 Telephone .. .. 13 4 0 Sowing .. .. .. 18 15 0 Payments. Clearing .. .. 10 0 0 ~ s - <*• Station requisites .. 3 6 6 Land-tax .. .. ..231) Frozen meat unrealized .. 172 0 0 Interest .. .. .. 14 3 7 6,264 16 9 Salaries, oinco and travelling ex- '_ , P 6 " 868 •• •• .. 12 0 0 Balance at debit, 31st March, 1918 ..£11,140 2 0 •28 7 1 —J Live-stock on farm, 31st March, 1918— 268 12 8 £ Bi d _ Receipts. 3,953 sheep .. .. 4,518 18 6 Rents •• •• . •• •• 36 0 0 267 cattle.. .. 3,707 0 0 „,»,,„, 3 horses.. .. 30 0 0 Balanoe at debit, 31st March, 1918 .. £232 12 8 = _.._, £8,255 18 0 Area of block, 426 acres. Value, £1,565. —=

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Statement of Live-stock depastured on Farms, 31st March, 1918.

Summary. ~ , 23,704 sheep, valued at ~ .. .. .. 25,734 3 0 939 cattle, valued at .. .. .. .. 10,823 10 0 57 horses, valued at .. .. .. 498 0 0 £37,055 13 0

Approximate Cast of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (450 copies), £16.

By Authority: Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.- 1920

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Sheep. Cattle. Horses. in rses. Total Value. Farm where depastured, Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ s. d. £ s. d. 40 0 0 3,312 1 0 1,264 4 0 1,050 15 0 176 0 0 6,409 17 0 32 0 0 7,453 10 0 3,821 10 0 30 0 0 8,255 18 0 80 0 0 4,491 18 0 140 0 0 i 990 0 0 yaimaha 'ehuia tahunui-Ponui-Pamoa 'apuni lahurangi 'aremata 'e Kopua 'atcmaru 'akowhai 3,047 1,106 1,000 4,291 3,970 2,602 3,953 2,858 877 £ s. d. 3,248 1 0 1,264 4 0 1,050 15 0 4.517 17 0 4,330 10 0 2,673 10 0 4.518 18 0 3,274 8 0 856 0 0 2 £ s. d. 24 0 0 5 200 292 82 267 90 1,716 0 0 3,091 0 0 1,148 0 0 3,707 0 0 1,137 10 0 22 4 3 16 7 23,704 23,704 25,734 3 0 939 10,823 10 0 57 498 0 0 37,055 13 0