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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the NELSON NATIVE RESERVE FUND, from the 1st July, 1873, to the 30th June, 1874.

Date. Eeceipts. Amounts. Totals. 1873. Julyl To Balance to credit of Fund Rents collected and paid to Public Account, as under, — Nelson Moutere and Motueka Westport Pelorus D'Urville's Island... Queen Charlotte Sound ... £ s. d. £ s. d. 234 10 3 532 10 10 537 17 6 75 5 0 30 10 0 22 10 0 20 0 0 Interest on mortgages ... Repayment of loans Miners' Rights fees, and Native land ... Sale of Town Acre No. 205, Nelson ... 45 16 56 11 39 5 200 0 0 6 0 0 1,218 13 341 12 1,794 16 1 Date. Expenditure. Amounts. Totals. 1873. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Amounts expended on behalf of the Natives,as under, — Rations and clothing supplied to sick and indigent Natives Agricultural implements, harness, &c. Funeral expenses Buildings and materials, &c. Passages of Natives ... ... ... Medical aid Loans Allowances paid for rent Fuel and Potatoes 219 6 0 68 11 7 29 15 0 62 9 7 125 14 6 16 13 6 1 10 0 276 12 6 9 3 11 Printing and advertising Stationery Water rate Road contracts, "Wakapuaka and West Whanganui ... Commission, collecting rents Clerical assistance Travelling expenses Sundries ... Miscellaneous Plans 809 16 7 2 0 0 5 14 0 2 14 0 206 10 2 30 4 4 31 16 4 20 4 0 21 3 6 11 5 10 11 13 0 343 6 Total expended out of Imprests 1,153 1 Supplemental Amountspaid direct fromtheTreasury, — Proportion of Commissioner's salary charged against the Fund (13 months) Secretary's salary (12 months)... Interpreter's salary (12 months) Medical Officer, Nelson, salary (12 months) ... „ „ Motueka, salary (6 months) ... ,, „ Takaka, salary (12 months) ... „ „ Wairau, salary (12 months) „ „ Queen Charlotte Sound (6 months) 216 13 50 0 40 0 50 0 25 0 60 0 50 0 12 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 o Proportion of the cost of the Wairau Native School charged against the Fund 504 3 100 0 Total expenditure Balance to credit of Fund ... 1,757 5 37 11 £1,794 16 Alexandeb Cor Mackat, imissioner, Natie Resi