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NATIVE TRUST OFFICE. Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Dt ( s * To Salaries— £.s. d. £ s. d. By Net interest, commission,fees, and othep income 23,071 8 5 Permanent .. .. 9,342 8 4 Non-permanent .. •. 846 0 6 Deductions, section 5, Finance Act, 1931 (No. 2) .. .. 1,133 14 0 11,322 2 10 Additions, improvements, repairs, maintenance, and insurance of office premises and plant — Office premises •. • • 0 15 3 Office furniture and fittings .. 9 17 9 Office machinery . . • • 5 4 5 Office insurances .. .. 10 9 6 Motor-vehicles .. •• 676 11 8 Audit fee .. 10 0 0 I Agents commission .. ■ • • • " " Legal expenses .. • ■ • • • • t\ R \ Meal allowances .. •• •• - ° Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. ' 11 Post and Telegraph Department--Payment for services }"5 14 0 Printing and stationery .. • • • ■ 189 4 11 Public Service Superannuation Fund, contribution towards .. ;; ;; ;; 559 jo 'o Services for cleaning, &c. .. • • • • *52 14 2 Telephone charges .. . • • • • • 1. i Travelling-expenses •• •• •• 1,1 Hawke's Bay earthquake relief for Maoris, contribution towards .. •• •• g Net profit, to Appropriation Account .. 7,989 9 0 £23,071 8 5 £23,071 Appropriation Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1932. £ s d Cr £ s. d. To Assurance and Reserve Fund .. .. 7,191 90 By Net for year ended 31st March, 1932, g Q Investment Fluctuation Fund .. • • 798 0 0 transferred .. ■ £7,989 9 0 £7,989 9 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. „ t , . ~ ~ lin^pr £ s. d. Sundry assets — £ s - d. i s. a. WeTt Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892 .. 54,314 7 6 Office fittings, furniture, plant, () Native LTdXfmi'fpartX !! . . H8; 4 21 3 1 '«06 810 N Maori^Land A ßoaid 3 funds .. 174,227 2 8 , \ Special •• •• 0 0 Stationery .. •• 101 7 1 ]10911 3 176,077 2 8 Debentures and other securiMiscellaneous .. 38,513 311 g ? securities .. 11,895 5 0 1930 :: :: :: ??£! VI «n i Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2), section 6, advances under 92,000 0 0 Properties acquired .. 11,317 10 609 180 6 3 Native Land Act, 1931, section 621- £ a. d. and ront due and acoraed .. . . 27',154 0 6 Advances under .. '74 7 4 Sundry debtors, including advances to estates .. 135,152 14 11 Interest accrue .. •• 17,840 7 4 Suspense Account — Realizations, &c., being , ... • written off .. •• 1,295 5 0 ' "Post Office Account .. 475 911 "ttok 2,790 14 *2 Var,ous '• •' '■ 543 18 8 Cash in hand .. .. 113 0 1 K A 2,1.) 2. 7 2 Writings-off in Suspense 0r'049 11 s Assurance and Reserve Fund .. •• 98 ' 9^ Investment Fluctuation Fund .. .. •>■*&' s * £776,684 5 1 £776,684 5 1 W. E. Rawson, Native Trustee. R. Sjnel, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. The Audit Office, having examined the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts and compared them with the relative books, documents, and securities, hereby certifies them to be 111 accordance therewith, subject to e following comment: Advances exceeding the statutory margin of security have been made by the Native Trustee to the East Coast Maori Soldiers' Fund.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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