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LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT—continuedWANGANUI RIVER TRUST ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ 8. d. To Balance, Ist April, 1925 .. .. .. 323 9 2 By Refund of rent .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 753 13 4 Payments to Wanganui River Trust under Wanganui River Trust Act, 1891 .. .. 671 10 1 Balance 31st March, 1926, in Local Bodies' Deposit Bank Account of the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington .. .. .. 355 12 5 £1,077 2 6 £1,077 2 6 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. dTo Rebates .. .. .. .. .. 116 0 By Accrued rent .. .. .. .. 1,000 1 5 Writings off in Suspense—Amount irrecoverable transferred to Suspense Account pending appropriation .. .. .. .. 0 0 3 Amount paid to Wanganui River Trust under Wanganui River Trust Act, 1891 .. .. 671 10 1 Balance carried down .. .. .. 326 15 1 £1,000 1 5 £1,000 1 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance carried forward .. .. .. 785 7 2 Balance brought down .. .. .. 326 15 1 Balance brought forward from previous year .. 458 12 1 £785 7 2 £785 7 2 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 19,621 0 0 Land .. .. .. .. .. 18,516 0 0 Sundry creditors—Rents paid in advance .. 82 14 7 Sundry debtors for rent .. .. .. 648 14 6 Rents charged in advance .. .. .. 224 15 0 Sundry debtors, miscellaneous .. .. 213 0 Revenue Account—Balance carried forward .. 785 7 2 Reduction in capital values by Revaluation Board 1,105 0 0 Rents remitted by Revaluation Board .. .. 60 1 6 Rents written off by Revaluation Board .. 25 15 4 Cash in Local Bodies' Deposit Bank Account of the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington .. 355 12 5 £20,713 16 9 £20,713 16 9 17th December, 1926. J. B. Thompson, Under-Secretary for Lands. J. H. O'Donnell, Controller of Accounts. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments, Revenue Account, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with copies of unaudited journal entries of the Wellington District Land Office submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, except that no charge for administration has been made as provided by section 6 of the Wanganui River Trust Act, 1891. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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