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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1923. Kauri-gum Industry Account. Receipts and Payments. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Cash in hand, Ist April, 1922 .. .. 1,945 6 2 Wages to workmen, overseers, and gumSales of kauri-gum .. .. .. 32,814 9 9 buyers .. .. .. .. 2,537 5 9 Miscellaneous receipts and proceeds from I'hint, machinery, stores, &c. .. . . 367 6 7 consignments .. .. .. 986 2 8 Purchases of kauri-gum .. .. 21,157 711 Freights, &c. .. .. .. 3,471 13 6 Genera! and office expenses, administration, &c. ... .. .. .. 1,288 7 11 Interest on loan debentures and sinking fund .. ' .. .. .. 4,835 510 Cash in hand at Treasury, 31st March, 1923 .. .. .. .. 2,088 11 1 £35,745 18 7 £35,745 18 7 • Trading Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Gum on hand, Ist April, 1922 .. 60,276 18 7 By Gum on hand, 31st March, 1923 .. 60,753 9 9 Purchases of gum .. .. .. 20,883 11 9 ' Sales of gum .. .. .. 32,814 9 9 Wages .. .. .. .. 2,679 0 1 Gum sent on consignment .. .. 11l 17 11 Freights inward .. .. .. 980 18 1 Balance, being gross profit, to Profit and Loss Account .. .. 8,859 8 11 £93,679 17 5 £93,679 17 5 Profit and Loss Account. £ s. d. I £ s. (1. To Freights outward .. .. .. 2,657 16 4; By Trading Account .. .. .. 8,859 811 General expenses .. .. .. 136 19 8 Profit from sales of stores, &c. .. 114 2 8 Cables, &c. .. .. .. 77 6 5 Sacks, gum-cases, and consumable stores .. .. . . . . 787 8 2 Fire insurance .. . . . . 210 10 10 Printing and stationery .. .. 37 19 5 Depredation .. .. .. 69 15 0 Rent .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 481 10 11 Loss on consignments .. . . 242 14 1 Balance carried down .. .. 3,971 4 9 £8,973 11 7 £8,973 11 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance on Ist April, 1922 .. .. 5,873 4 8 By Balance brought down .. .. 3,971 4 9 Interest on debentures .. .. 3,275 0 0 Balance as per balance-sheet .. 5,176 19 11 £9,148 4 8 £9,148 4 8 Balance-sheet. Inabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Land at face-works and elsewhere, with Loan Account —Debentures buildings, fences, and improvements .. 5,127 12 6 issued under Kauri - gum Vacuum-tank, fittings and plant, and Industry Act, 1914 .. 75,000 0 0 royalties, short-workings .. .. 2,900 610 Less sinking fund in hands Plant and store fittings .. .. 251 310 of Treasury .. . . 347 8 0 Tools, Auckland and depots .. .. 44 3 4 74,652 12 0 Live and dead stock .. .. .. 52 14 3 Crown Lands Account .. .. .. 500 0 0 Furniture and office fittings .. .. 107 11 5 Sundry creditors, for supplies, &c. .. '923 6 2 Sacks, gum-cases, and consumable stores 364 6 (i Sundry creditors, for gum-purchases .. 509 17 9 Charges paid in advance .. .. 102 11 0 Interest on debentures. . .. .. 1,342 12 3 Gum on hand .. .. .. 00,753 9 9 Gum on consignment .. .. . . 894 15 1 Sundry debtors .. .. . . 64 2 8 Cash on hand .. .. . . 2,088 11 1 Profit and Loss Account .. .. 5,176 19 11 £77,928 8 2 £77,928 8 2 R. P. Greville, Kauri-gum Superintendent. I hereby certify that the balance-sheet and supporting statements have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit and correctly state the position as thereby disclosed ; also that the stocks on hand are as certified by the Kauri-gum Superintendent. G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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