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NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued SPECIAL MAORI REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE (LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT) Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1946 Receipts Payments £ Repayments by Natives— £ £ Advances to Natives .. .. .. .. .. 3,655 Principal .. .. .. .. .. 530 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 4 534 Deposits against advances .. .. .. .. 360 Balance (withdrawal from Land for Settlements Account) .. 2,761 £3,655 £3,655 Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1946 Expenditure £ Income £ Interest on loan capital .. .. .. .. 62 Interest earned .. .. .. .. .. 61 Balance, being excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. .1 £62 £62 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1946 Liabilities £ Assets Loan capital, Land for Settlements Account .. .. 2,923 Advances to Natives (29)— £ £ Sundry deposits against advances .. .. .. .. 360 Principal .. .. .. .. .. 3,287 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Interest outstanding .. .. .. .. 8 Liability to Consolidated Fund for interest .. .. .. 62 —— 3,295 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. .. .. 53 Accumulated Profit and Loss Account .. .. .. 1 £3,349 £3,349 G-. P. Shepherd, Under-Secretary. M. J. Lawless, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify tliat the Statement of Receipts and Payments, Income and Expenditure 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, subject to the explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV].— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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