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SCENIC RESERVES ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st March. 1929. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Rents from reserves .. .. 504 0 9 By Refunds of rent .. .. .. 21 4 4 Royalties from timber, &c. .. .. 303 18 2 Scenery-preservation vote Amounts received in reduction of vote — " expenses " — Expenditure as per contra .. 1 17 0 'Cost of acquiring Refund of " thirds " wrongly deducted 0 12 6 reserves and effectBalance transferred to Treasury Ad- ing improvements of justment Account .. .. 13,351 16 6 a capital nature on £ s. d. reserves .. .. 12,567 7 9 Administration of reserves .. 629 11 1 Administration of Trounson Kauri Forest .. .. 620 6 3 Surveys and valuations 23 11 9 Expenses of Board .. 0 18 9 Miscellaneous .. 299 5 0 14,141 0 7 £14,162 4 11 £14,162 4 11 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Expenses administering Trounson Kauri : By Accrued rents .. .. .. 552 3 0 Forest .. .. .. .. 620 9 9 Accrued royalties .. .. .. 579 16 11 Expenses administering reserves .. 629 11 1 Miscellaneous receipts —Credits in reCost Of surveys and valuations .. 23 11 9 duction of expenditure .. .. 17 0 Expenses of Scenery Preservation Board 0 18 9 Balance carried down .. .. 8,930 16 9 Miscellaneous expenditure .. .. 299 5 0 Rebates .. .. .. .. 3 10 4 " Thirds " and " halves " .. .. 24 16 0 Writings-off in Suspense—Rents irrecoverable .. .. .. 48 8 0 Interest on capital invested in scenic reserves .. .. .. 8,413 13 0 £10,064 3 8 £10,064 3 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 8,930 16 9 By Balance —Accumulated excess of charges Adjustment on account previous year 127 18 4 over revenue .. .. .. 38,135 1 9 Balance forward .. .. .. 29,076 6 8 £38,135 1 9 j £38,135 I 9 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. Assets. Capital Account —• £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance, Ist April, 1928 .. .. 186,970 1 0 Land —Scenic reserves .. .. 312,283 19 7 Capital expenditure during year .. 12,567 7 9 Sundry debtors — £ s. d. Rent .. .. 71 16 6 199,537 8 9 Royalties .. .. 264 0 0 Less capital repaid .. .. 0 10 0 335 16 6Consolidated Fund — Amount wrongly 199,536 18 9 credited to Territorial Revenue— Value of Crown lands set aside as reserves 115,202 13 5 Rents from leases .. .. .. 13 4 Losses in Suspense .. . . .. 48 8 0 314,739 12 2 Revenue Account —Accumulated excess of Treasury Adjustment Account .. 35,804 7 5 charges over revenue .. .. 38,135 1 9Sundry creditors — £ s. d. Lands and Survey vote .. 28 12 0 Department of Agriculture . . 0 3 6 Compensation payable for land taken .. .. 50 0 0 78 15 6 Rents paid in advance . . .. 11 0 Rents charged in advance . . .. 132 5 1 Writings-off in Suspense . . .. 48 8 0 £350,804 9 2 £350,804 9 2 J. B. Thompson, Under-Secretary for Lands. J. H. O'Donnell, Controller of Accounts. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments Account, Revenue 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. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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