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Swamp Land Drainage Account. Receipts and Payments Account for Year ended 31st March, 1923. Receipts. £ s. d. Payment*. Balance at Ist April, 1922 .. .. 18,221 11 11 Kaitaia Drainage District— £ s. d. £ s. d. Debentures issued under Swamp Land Drainage-works, &c. .. 10,773 19 3 Drainage Act, 1915 .. .. 45,000 0 0 Loose tools .. .. 82 8 3 Interest on surplus funds temporarily Live-stock .. . . 22 5 0 invested .. .. .. .. 72 2 0 Fuel and stores .. 3,069 13 II Management and engineering expenses.. . . 985 3 2 14,933 9 7 Waihi Drainage District— Drainage -works, &c. .. 7,979 10 1 Loose tools ... . . 28 8 8 Stores and fuel .. 2,352 1 9 Management and engineering expenses.. .. 482 8 0 10,842 8 6 Poukawa Drainage District— Drainage-works, &o. .. 91 5 0 Management expenses .. 3 0 0 94 5 0 Hikurangi Drainage District — Drainage-works, &o. .. 11,192 19 4 Loose tools .. .. 199 19 10 Live-stock .. .. 32 10 0 Fuel and stores .. 5,616 14 7 Management and engineering expenses .. 1,271 16 10 18,314 0 7 Mangawai Drainage District— Drainage-works, &c. .. 1,723 310 Management and engineer ing expenses.. .. 35 14 0 1,758 17 10 Plant and machinery .. .. 3,367 16 9 Interest on debentures .. .. 10,268 16 0 Cash in Public Account at 31st March, 1923 3,713 19 8 £63,293 13 11 £63,293 13 11 Swamp Land Drainage Account. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabailities. Assets. Debentures issued under Swamp Land £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Drainage Act, 1915 .. .. 268,000 0 0 Kaitaia Drainage District — Public Works Fund—Land Improvement Drainage-works ..110,590 6 4 Vote .. .. .. .. 4,563 19 7 Interest Account (proporSundry creditors for interest on deben- tion chargeable to disturos .. .. .. .. 4,779 7 4 trict) .. .. 20,094 15 7 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 4,146 0 5 130,085 111 Waihi Drainage District— Drainage-works .. 34,774 6 9 Interest Account (proportion chargeable to district) .. .. 5,331 0 4 40,105 7 1 Poukawa Drainage District— Drainage-works .. 2,528 5 10 Inlcrest Account (proportion chargeable to district) .. .. 646 17 8 3,175 3 6 Hikurangi Drainage District— Drainage-works .. 29,501 19 6 Interest Account (proportion chargeable to district) .. .. 2,539 2 6 32,041 2 0 Mangawai Drainage District — Drainage-works .. 1,864 14 6 Interest Account (proportion chargeable to district) .. .. 113 19 7 ; 1,978 14 !. Buildings .. .. .. 1,301 6 0 Plant and machinery .. .. 63,754 15 4 Loose tools .. .. .. (its 5 6 Live-stock .. . . .. 171 0 0 Fuel .. .. .. .. 2,026 9 10 Stores on hand .. .. .. 1,857 11 0 Cash in Public Account .. .. 3,713 19 8 £281,489 7 4 £281,489 7 4 J. B. Thompson, Under Secretary. J. H. O'Donnell, Chief Accountant.

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