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, Accrued interest .. . . .. .. .. 8,573 8 5 Stocks of comforts on hand.. .. . . .. 18,020 2 3 Cash in hand and in bank, 30th September, 1949 .. .. 10,794 16 10 Cash in hand of agents, 30th September, 1949 .. .. 21,842 15 8 £1,386,126 16 5 £1,386,126 16 5 A. H. Gibson, Secretary. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments Account, 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 comment that Imprest Accounts have been established by the Board and operated on without authority of law.—J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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By Authority: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1950.

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