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NATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. Income. To Administration charges— £ s. d. £ a. d. By Fees — £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. 21,623 13 2 Native Land Court .. 6,365 311 Travelling expenses and Maori Land Board .. 2,323 8 6 allowances.. .. 2,938 13 11 Translations .. .. 115 14 0 Special allowances .. 58 6 8 Native Interpreters' Supervisor's fees .. 38 17 0 license .. .. 10 10 0 Freight and cartage .. 198 3 2 ——-— 8,814 16 5 Fuel, light, and cleaning, Contributions fro m &c. .. .. 83116 Maori Land Boards .. .. 8,833 0 0 Postages and telegrams 730 13 11 Balance carried down .. .. 25,981 14 1 Printing and stationery 822 5 1 Rent .. ..1,432 7 10 Refund to Chief Judge 23 17 0 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 42 19 5 Miscellaneous.. .. 31 13 8 28,025 2 4 Civil List, Native purposes— Pensions .. .. 221 10 0 Food and clothing .. 1,864 14 0 Health .Department .. 3,600 0 0 Native hostelries .. 77 17 11 Maori Ethnological Fund 300 0 0 Maori welfare .. 88 3 11 Miscellaneous.. .. 26 16 0 6,179 1 10 Other items— Depreciation .. .. 183 12 0 Destruction of rabbits on Native lands .. 6,085 19 1 Ohihemuri water-supply 50 0 0 Public ation of Kahiti £1,582 4 6 Less reve- * nue receipts .. 22 11 3 • — — 1,559 13 3 Clearance of noxious weeds on Native lands 8 2 0 Part cost of partition survey,Waitara Survey District .. .. 92 0 0 Cost of litigation by Arawas .. .. 500 0 0 Costs re South Island Maori claims .. 946 0 0 • 9,425 6 4 £43,629 10 6 £43,629 10 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 25,981 14 1 By Excess of expenditure over income .. 26,337 15 9 Interest on capital at 4£ per cent. .. 356 1 8 £26,337 15 9 £26,337 15 9 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital—Liability to Treasury at Ist April, Crown land .. .. .. 5,265 0 0 1923 .. .. .. .. 7,912 15 10 Furniture and fittings .. 2,447 15 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 25,386 3 0 Additions .. .. 53 17 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. 540 3 8 2,501 13 4 Sundry creditors .. .. ... '1,389 5 3 Stationery .. .. .. 200 0 0 Sundery debtors .. .. .. 774 2 9 Expenditure paid in advance .. 149 15 11 Excess of expenditure over income .. 26,337 15 9 £35,228 7 9 £35,228 7 9 11. N. Jones, Under-Secretary. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and balance-sheet have been duJy examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for rent and interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—G. P. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.