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NATIVE DEPARTMENT—NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Receipts. Payments. To Cash balance, Ist April, 1925 — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Payments on account of pro- £ s. d. £ s. d. Investment Account .. 90,000 0 0 claimed lands — Cash in Public Account .. 67,982 15 6 Charges on rents received — Imprests outstanding .. 29 9 4 Refund of rents and in158,012 4 10 terest .. .. 1,493 7 4 Receipts by Lands Depart- Loan repayments (prinment — cipal and interest) on Rents, royalties, and in- account of roading, &c., terest .. .. 64,714 13 4 opening up lands for Sales of land .. .. 42,916 9 1 settlement .. .. 5,404 0 0 Survey liens .. .. 11,940 14 8 "Thirds" paid to local Miscellaneous receipts .. 0 6 5 bodies .. .. 5,613 11 5 119,572 3 6 12,510 18 9 Repayments of advances to Other payments— Maori Land Boards — Refunds of deposits unPrincipal .. .. 379 2 8 completed sales .. 1,444 17 3 Interest .. .. 621 8 9 Cost of sundry repairs to 1,000 11 5 buildings on unsold lands 32 4 7 Repayment of mortgage ad- Refund of survey liens .. 49 10 8 vance on— Cost of surveys of Urewera Native land from Public and other blocks .. 2,372 10 0 Works Fund (1913-14) — Cost of surveys secured by Principal .. .. 65 13 11 liens .. .. 17,801 13 7 Interest .. .. 64 6 I Recouping Discharged Sol130 0 0 diers Settlement Account Temporary investments—lnterest earned .. 4,431 4 7 for advances made for Refund of interest overcharged in previous improvements on Native years—Amount credited, 1921-22 (recoup- lands ment under section 4, Finance Act, 1919), Section 20, subsection 4, interest .. .. .. .. 1,712 14 4 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1923 .. .. 2,031 10 0 Sundry creditors for interest in Moerangi Block .. .. 40 0 0 Administration expenses (recouping Lands and Survey Department for services rendered) .. 7,487 8 0 31,259 14 1 Payments on account of unproclaimed lands — Purchase-money .. .. 52,987 3 6 Less credits in aid .. 0 2 8 52,987 0 10 Purchase expenses .. 2,721 19 6 55,709 0 4 Recoupments to Consolidated Fund— Charges and expenses of raising loans .. .. 429 18 5 Payment for premiums overallowed previous year .. 1 16 3 Interest on outstanding loans paid out of Consolidated Fund .. .. .. 76,749 16 5 77,181 11 I Loan capital— Debentures redeemed .. .. 2,400 0 0 Interest on Urewera debentures .. .. .. .. 1,466 3 4 Cash balances, 31st March, 1926— Investment Account .. 63,000 0 0 Cash in Public Account .. 41,331 11 1 104,331 11 1 £284,858 18 8 £284,858 18 8

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