B.—l [Pt. IV], Sup. to 1940.

TARANAKI MAORI TRUST .BOARD—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1940. Liabilities. Assets. Grants ]. Compensation grant outstanding— £ s. d. £ s. d 1. Marae renovations— £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance as at 31st March, 1939 3,000 0 0 Carved meeting-house .. 90 8 0 Grant due 1939-40 .. .. 5,000 0 0 Ketetahi Pa . . 17 1 3 Ketemarae Pa . .. 560 0 0 8,000 0 0 Kotahimarao Pa .. 560 0 0 Less payment during period 5,000 0 0 Puniho Pa . . 2 9 1 3,000 0 0 Taikatu Pa 1 0 0 2. Furniture and fittings— Takere Pa 560 0 0 Balance as at 31st March, 1939 110 19 10 Waipapa Pa . . . . 51 10 6 Less depreciation .. . . 5 110 1,842 8 10 105 8 10 -■ Marae, miscellaneous— 3. Sundry debtors— Waipapa Pa .. 50 0 0 Bills receivable .. .. 88 8 6 Pariroa Pa .. .. 10 0 0 West Coast Reservos Association 166 13 7 Ketetahi Pa .. 61 0 0 Maori Purposes Board .. 25 0 0 Aotearoa Pa .. 17 7 2 280 2 1 Puniho Pa .. .. 50 0 0 4. Office: Salary .. .. .. .. 0 9 6 Manukorihi Pa .. 47 19 1 5. Cash balances — £ s. d. 236 6 3 In bank .. .. 4,545 6 4 3. Medical, Health — Petty cash .. .. 5 0 2 Health Department: 4 550 g g Nurses .. .. 375 0 0 6. Sundry debtors: Social Security tax .. .. 15 18 6 Sanitation Fund .. 200 0 0 ■ 575 0 0 4. General: District— Sundry .. .. 46 0 3 Ngarauru .. .. 151 7 10 Ngatiruanui ... .. 56 13 7 Ngaruahine .. .. 200 0 0 Taranaki .. .. 65 10 0 Te Atiawa .. .. 136 4 5 Ngatimaru .. .. 192 15 2 848 11 3 5. Scholarship: Riina Wakarua Memorial Fund 121 0 0 3,623 6 4 ! 6. Reserve Fund— £ s. d. Reserve for depreciation 19 8 7 General Reserve . . 600 0 0 Whenuakura Pa .. 39 0 0 658 8 7 7. Sundry creditors : Social Security tax .. 15 18 6 4,297 13 5 Appropriation Account — £ s. d. Balance as at 31st March, 1939 .. 3,075 0 6 Less sundry— £ s. d. General Reserve .. 100 0 0 Whenuakura Pa .. 39 0 0 139 0 0 2,936 0 6 Plus excess of income over expenditure 718 11 6 3,654 12 0 £7,952 5 5 £7,952 5 5 W. Wakarua, Secretary. The Audit Office, having examined the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts required by law to be audited, hereby certifies them to be correct, subject to the following comment: As Parliament has not provided in the appropriations for the payment of the compensation grant of £3,000, the item " Compensation grant outstanding, £3,000," should not be shown in the Balance-sheet as an asset of the Board. —Cyril G. Collins, Controller and AuditorGeneral.

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