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WESTPORT HARBOUR ACCOUNT. Revenue Account for the Two Years ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Stock as at Ist April, 1921 .. 11,635 10 1 By Endowment revenue .. .. 30,127 10 1 Salaries.. .. .. .. 1,265 17 3 Special wharfage on coal .. .. 15,182 710 Dredging .. .. .. 31,149 3 8 Port charges .. .. .. 4,917 3 3 Harbour maintenance .. .. 13,936 12 9 Ships'dues .. .. .. 3,370 15 11 Working-expenses of tug .. .. 1,753 3 9 Special coal rate .. .. 5,876 14 7 Accident insurance .. .. 730 0 7 Rent .. .. .. .. 175 19 8 Retiring-allowances .. .. 716 14 4 Hire of dredge .. .. .. 3,326 13 4 Office expenses .. .. .. 515 12 0 .Sale of stores .. .. .. 976 11 2 Grants .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Hire of plant .. .. .. 86 18 0 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. 104 1 0 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. 496 13 6 Depreciation .. .. .. 6,030 1 6 .Stock as at 31st March, 1923 .. 8,701 17 2 Interest on loans .. .. 45,354 9 0 Balance carried down .. .. 40,052 1 5 £113,291 5 11 £113,291 5 11 £ s. d. £ s. d To Balance brought down .. .. 40,052 1 5 By Transfer from Reserve Account .. 6,463 19 8 Transfer to sinking fund .. .. 10,099 10 6 Balance.. .. .. .. 43,687 12 3 £50,151 11 11 £50,151 11 11 Special Coal Rate Cash Account for the Two Years ended 31st Maroh, 1923. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Baianco as at Ist April, 1921 .. 33,740 2 6 By Balance .. .. .. .. 44,406 3 3 Interest on investments .. .. 1,945 19 0 Amount collected to 31st March, 1923— Proportion due to £ s. d. Treasury .. ..3,838 15 10 Proportion due to Railway Department 4,851 5 II 8,720 1 9 £44,406 3 3 £44,406 3 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st Marcpi, 1923. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Loan capital .. .. .. 530,495 0 0 Eastern Breakwater .. .. 202,142 0 0 Sinking fund .. .. .. 168,688 18 5 Western Breakwater .. .. 163,545 0 0 Depreciation Reserve Account .. 6,030 1 6 Training-walls .. .. .. 102,998 0 0 Sundry creditors— £ s. d. Limestone-quarry . . .. .. 128 0 0 Accrued interest payable 4,024 12 2 Orowaiti protective works and Buller Special Coal Rate Ac- relief of channel .. .. .. 7,141 0 0 count .. .. 7,406 3 3 Floating basin .. .. .. 73,575 0 0 (In open account ..2,523 4 3 Gridiron .. .. .. .. 2,196 0 0 13,953 19 8 Dredge wharf .. .. .. 2,790 0 0 Treasury Advance Account .. .. 89,445 3 4 Martin's Island .. .. .. 700 0 0 Harbour buildings .. .. .. 4,619 0 0 Dredges, tug " Mana," &o. .. .. 25,361 0 0 Stock and material .. .. .. 8,70.1 17 2 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 2,339 15 1 Sinking fund investments .. .. 165,588 18 5 Balance—Revenue Account .. .. 43,687 12 3 £805,513 2 11 £805,513 2 11 A. D. Park, Secretary. J. E. Engel, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. (Note. —The Cape Foulwind Railway, taken over by the Government on the abolition of the Westport Harbour Board, is rot included in this balance-sheet. It has now been vested in New Zealand Railways, and will be included in the future balance-sheets of that Department.)—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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