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(d) General.—The grant of £104 was continued to the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, being half the allowance paid to Princess Te Puea Herangi for the year ended 31st March, 1942. A grant of £15 was made to the Poverty Bay and East Coast Federation of Children's Health Camps on behalf of, and from moneys received from the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board. The Board's paraphernalia for meetings and concerts —e.g., taiaha, piupiu, &c. —was again loaned to the Ngati-Poneke Young Maori Club, Wellington. Finance The Accumulated Fund of the Board is £47,529, in addition to which there are the balance of the Carnegie Fund of £342, and other special funds amounting to £285. The excess of income over expenditure for the year amounted to £284. The cash investment at call with the Native Trustee as at 31st March, 1943, was £45,035. Cash receipts and payments for the year are appended below : — Receipts £ Payments £ Cash balance as at Ist April, 1942 .. .. 44,392 Administration expenses .. .. .. 284 Grant from Consolidated Fund .. .. 375 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 3 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 1,317 Grants —• £ Requisitions under section 95, Native Land Government Free Place Scholarships 500 Act, 1931, from Maori Land Boards for specific Special educational .. .. 250 purposes .. . . .. .. 615 Polynesian Society, Incorporated .. 300 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 562 Meeting-houses and inaraes .. 640 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 119 1,809 Publishing costs book " Native Custom " .. 112 Cash balance as at 31st March, 1943 .. .. 45,053 £47,261 £47,261 Estimates The estimates of income and expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 1944, are as follows:— Income Expenditure Interest on cash with Native Trust Office at £ Administration expenses — £ £ 3 per cent. .. .. . . .. 1,300 Audit fee .. .. .. 21 Grant from Consolidated Fund . . . . 375 Commission: Native Trustee .. 60 Profit on sale of publications, &c. .. .. 5 Depreciation on assets .. .. 10 Freight . . .. .. .. 2 Insurance .. .. .. 8 Bent, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 104 Salary .. .. .. .. 35 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 10 Travelling-expenses .. .. 10 — 260 Grants (subject to separate approval of Board) — Educational scholarships and assistance .. .. .. .. 750 Ethnological: Publishing .. .. 300 — 1,050 Balance available for miscellaneous grants, publishing, or reserve .. . . .. 370 £1,680 £1,680

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