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NATIVE DEI'ARTMENT. Income and Expend.tube Account foe the Year ended 31 st March, 1926. Expenditure. ■ Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Departmental receipts — £ s. d. £ s. d. To Salaries, temporary assistance, and Native Land Court fees .. 6,618 5 7 allowances .. .. .. 24,034 2 4 Maori Land Board fees .. 2,356 11 6 Fees to assessors .. .. 58 0 0 8,974 17 1 Fees to supervisors . . .. 6 16 6 Administration receipts — Contributions from Travelling-expenses and allowances 2,897 15 3 Maori Land Boards .. .. .. 8,833 0 0 Transfer and removal expenses .. 108 6 2 Other receipts— £ s. d. Freight and cartage .. .. 195 16 7 Translation fees .. .. 115 10 6 Fuel, light, water, and cleaning.. 79 14 4 Interpreters'licenses, &c. .. 29 8 0 Postages and telegrams.. .. 674 4 9 144 18 6 Printing and stationery.. .. 1,145 2 1 Balance carried down, being excess of expenditure Rent of circuit rooms .. .. 195 6 9 over income • .. .. .. 34,055 17 8 Rent of departmental offices assessed .. .. 1,156 6 0 Overtime and meal allowances .. 7 10 0 Depreciation on buildings, office furniture and mechanical appliances, &c. .. .. 269 19 4 30,829 0 1 Expenses of other services— Printing and publication of Kahiti .. .. .. 1,674 14 3 Less proceeds —Sales, advertising, &c. .. .. .. 25 19 7 1,648 14 8 Destruction of rabbits on Native land .. .. .. 5,590 5 2 Eradication of noxious weeds on Native land.. .. .. 342 1 7 5,932 6 9Contributions —Water-supply, Ohinemuri River 50 0 0 Grants —Cost of litigation incurred by Arawa Tribes re lakes-bed claim .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Expenditure under special Acts of the Legislature —Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, section 27 (Arawa lakes settlement) .. .. .. .. 6,000 0 0 Expenditure under Civil List Act, 1920 (Part V, Native Purposes)— £ s. d. Food and clothing . . .. 2,267 14 0 Pensions and cash allowances.. 286 7 3 Water-supply and miscellaneous services .. .. .. 8 10 6 Ensigns .. .. .. 23 13 8 New Plymouth Hostelry expenses .. .. .. 134 19 9 Tauranga Hostelry expenses .. 9 19 7 Contributions — Health Department —Medical services . . .. 3,000 0 0 Health Department—Nursing services .. .. 600 0 0 Whakatane flood relief .. 190 9 5 6,521 14 2 Grants—Funeral and other allowances .. 26 17 7 £52,008 13 3 £52,008 13 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 34,055 17 8; By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 34,568 3 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 512 5 4 £34,568 3 0 £34,568 3 0 Note. —The following charges, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, are included: (a) Rental value as assessed by the Public Works Department and the Justice Department; (b) interest at 4| per cent, per annum on capital as at Ist April, 1925.

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