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NATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 3U>t March, 1940. Expenditure. Income. Administration expenses — £ £ Departmental receipts: Native Land Court and Maori £ Salaries and allowances .. .. .. !)'J,744 Land Board fees .. .. .. .. 5,020 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 13,590 Administration receipts— £ Advertising, books, and newspapers .. 90 Native Trustee .. .. .. .. 12,200 Agent's commission .. .. .. 10 Maori Land Boards .. .. .. 10,009 Audit fees .. .. .. .. 250 Wi Pere Trust .. .. .. .. 300 Expenses of Board of Native Affairs .. 59 22,509 Expenses of consolidation of Native lands .. 092 Other receipts . . .. . . . . . . 12 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 143 Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 540,899 Fuel, light, and cleaning .. .. .. 706 Law-costs . . .. .. . . 202 Maintenance of furniture, equipment, and motor-vehicles .. .. .. 3,507 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 5,323 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 3,128 Public Service Superannuation Fund : Native Trustee's contribution . . .. . . 78 Kent .. .. .. .. .. 2,677 Services of Lands and Survey Department.. 166 Services of Post and Telegraph Department 719 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 58 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 1,062 Furniture and equipment written off .. 11 Native housing: Special fees .. .. 26 132,241 Expenses of other services— Ahuwhenua Trophy : Expenses of presentation .. .. .. .. .. 20 Centennial Exhibition Maori participation .. 6,637 Compensation to Natives for Taranaki lands 5,000 Destruction of rabbits on Native lands .. 807 Eradication of noxious weeds .. .. 5,000 Maori Purposes Fund Board, expenses of .. 600 Recoupment to Public Works Fund : Survey liens written off .. .. 8,000 Water-supplies for Natives .. .. 50 Contribution towards cost of memorials .. 300 Grant to Chief Judge .. ... .. 81 Hawke's Bay flood relief .. .. .. 19 Payment to widow of officer deceased .. 26 Transfer to Public Works Fund for employment promotion .. .. .. 400,000 426,540 Expenditure under special Acts of the Legislature : Native Purposes Act, 1931, scction 51 (Arawa Lakes Claim) .. .. .. .. 6,000 Expenditure under Civil List Act, 1920, Part V (Native Purposes)— £ Medical services.. .. .. .. 3,600 Food and clothing .. .. .. 262 Funeral and tangi expenses .. .. 85 Water-supplies and sanitation .. .. 8 Native hostels, expenses of .. . . 197 Hawke's Bay flood relief .. .. .. 64 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 48 4,264 ! . £569,045 £569,045 - I —— £ £ Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 541,516 Balance brought down .. .. .. 540,899 Interest on capital .. .. .. ■. 617 £541,516 £541,516 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1940. Liabilities. £ Assets. £ Capital Account: Consolidated Fund .. .. 15,436 Land . . .. .. .. .. .. 6,765 Sundry creditors— £ £ Departmental .. .. .. .. 1,665 Buildings .. .. .. .. 3,402 Miscellaneous .. . . .. . . 700 Less Reserve: Unemployment subsidies .. 2 2,365 * 3,400 Amounts held on deposit .. . . . . .. 286 Furniture ond fittings . . .. .. .. 2,250 Writings-ofl in Suspense .. . . . . .. 11 Office appliances and survey equipment . . 766 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 558,373 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. . .. 2,255 Sundry debtors— £ Departmental .. . . .. .. 353 Sundry .. .. .. ..18,205 18,558 Stationery on hand . . .. .. .. 439 Stamps on hand .. .. .. .. .. 225 Deposits Account .. . . .. .. .. 286 Losses in Suspense .. .. .. .. 11 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. 541,516 £576,471 £576.471

0. N. Campbell, Under-Secretary. M. J. Lawless, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant.

I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit and correctly stato the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. —Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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