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■ Totals. Tokerau. ManSpoto Waiariki. Tairawhiti. Aotea. lkaroa. South Island. Cash balance, 1st April, 1928 — I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. In hand and in bank .. .. .. .. 28,428 11 3 .. 4,168 6 10 11,616 Oil 3,145 15 4 3,956 19 2 3,047 13 2 1,782 16 0 710 19 10 Post Office imprests .. .. .. .. 8,758 11 10 .. 1,800 0 0 5,000 0 0 251 15 5 542 19 4 812 13 8 234 6 9 116 16 8 : — | 37,187 3 1 5,968 6 10 16,616 0 11 3,397 10 9 4,499 18 6 3,860 6 10 ! 2,017 2 9 827 16 6 Investments — Trust mortgages (section 9 (1), 1926) .. .. 89,600 17 7 .. ! 12,124 3 10 .. .. 39,786 9 6 16,100 0 0 19,645 4 3 1,945 0 0 Trust mortgages (section 9 (2), 1926) .. .. 104,139 11 6 .. j 119 12 3 37,416 5 0 1,500 0 0 10,141 7 5 19,417 0 0 33,195 6 10 2,350 0 0 Other investments — New.Zealand Government inscribed stock .. .. 27,540 0 0 .. 1 .. 1,240 0 0 .. 25,000 0 0 j 1,300 0 0 New Zealand Government war-loan debentures .. 2,000 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. J 500 0 0 1,500 0 0 On deposit with Native Trustee .. .. .. 290,681 4 1 .. 17,315 3 7 82,117 0 0 73,839 8 6 14,822 1 9 76,735 0 0 13,665 2 10 12,187 7 5 Company debentures under Native Land Amendment 1,150 16 5 .. i .. .. .. .. 1,150 16 5 Act, 1913, section 29 Trust freehold property .. .. .. .. 7,030 19 10 .. ; 1,730 19 10 5,300 0 0 Board mortgages .. .. .. .. 22,864 1 11 .. .. 12,716 2 6 8,947 19 5 .. 1,200 0 0 —545,007 11 4 31,289 19 6 138,789 7 6 84,287 7 11 89,749 18 8 116,402 16 5 68,005 13 11 16,482 7 5 Advances to other Boards .. .. .. .. 750 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. •. I 750 0 0 Advances on overdraft to blocks .. .. .. 26,274 5 7 .. 6,337 7 2 2,221 3 11 104 5 10 180 13 8 i 17,179 9 7 i 218 10 11 32 14 6 Morikau and other loan blocks .. .. .. 39,624 2 4 .. 6,420 12 11 .. .. .. 33,203 9 5 Printing and stationery stock on hand .. .. 170 6 7 .. 33 9 4 27 4 5 21 6 4 40 6 3 32 17 2 15 3 1 Sundry debtors — Trust receipts (as per contra) — Bents .. .. .. .. .. 24,465 7 8 .. 1,433 14 7 9,516 13 10 5,245 15 1 .. 5,768 4 10 1,251 18 11 1,249 0 5 Royalties .. .. .. .. .. 21,665 2 0 .. 30 0 0 649 0 8 .. ... 20,986 1 4 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 5,157 0 4 .. 12 11 10 3,077 15 8 .. .. 1,996 14 10 69 18 0 Purchase-money instalments .. .. .. 9,645 13 7 .. 88 3 8 6,084 12 8 I 1,569 4 0 .. 1,903 13 3 Accrued interest on investments .. .. 21 17 1 .. .. .. 21 17 1 Board receipts — Sundry miscellaneous transactions .. .. 55 4 11 .. 41 0 1 .. 5 13 10 .. 8 11 0 Interest. .. .. .. .. .. 1,242 15 6 .. 358 17 9 202 4 3 144 8 1 .. 375 4 9 137 2 2 24 18 6 Commission .. .. .. .. .. 1,182 6 7 .. 43 2 3 255 10 1 234 14 10 .. 596 5 2 3 13 8 49 0 7 130,254 2 2 14,798 19 7 22,034 5 6 j 7,347 5 1 220 19 11 82,050 11 4 2,446 6 9 1,355 14 0 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 11,759 11 3 .. .. .. 2,144 8 9 6,732 12 1 j 2,882 10 5 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. 12,066 2 6 .. 221 6 5 201 14 6 596 17 8 871 6 10 9,999 11 2 127 1 10 48 4 1 23,825 13 9 221 6 5 201 14 6 2,741 6 5 7,603 18 11 12,882 1 7 127 1 10 48 4 1 Loans from Treasury under Native Land Act, 1909, .. 13,418 2 8 .12,147 2 8.. .. .. 1,271 0 0.. section 274, charged on blocks 749,692 13 0 : 64,425 15 0 177,641 8 5 97,773 10 2 102,074 16 0 216,466 16 2 72,596 5 3 18,714 2 0 | _J I 21st June, 1928. E. N. Jones, Under-Secretary. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments, Income and Expenditure Account, Appropriation Accounts, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the unaudited accounts and Balance-sheets of the respective Maori Land Boards submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.