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COAL RATE—GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD. CROWN'S PROPORTION OF SPECIAL COAL RATE COLLECTED BY THE GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD UNDER SECTION 12, GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD ACT, 1884. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Yeae ended 31st Maech, 1926. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Amount applied in terms of section 9, Finance By Coal rate received .. .. .. 1,254 15 0 Act, 1925, in reduction of debt due by Collections in hands of Board .. .. 64 6 0 Board under section 7, Greymouth Harbour £ s. d. Amount collectable outstanding .. .. 449 0 0 Board Amendment Act, 1920 .. .. 6,145 2 1 Balance .. .. .. .. 11,459 0 1 Interest at 5 per cent, on capital liability .. 7,081 19 0 £13,227 1 1 £13,227 1 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance at 31st March, 1925 .. .. 160,760 010 By Balance at 31st March, 1926 .. .. 172,219 011 Balance brought down .. .. ~ 11,459 0 1 £172,219 0 11 £172,219 0 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital liability .. .. .. .. 141,639 1 0 Collections in hands of Board .. .. 64 6 0 Interest due and unpaid .. .. .. 172,732 611 Amount collectable outstanding .. .. 449 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 141,639 1 0 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 172,219 0 11 £314,371 7 11 £314,371 7 11 25th August, 1926. A. D. Park, F.1.A.N.Z., Accountant to the Treasury. 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.—G. E. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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