$2,000 from the environmental watchdog group.

Marylou Belvin, of Green Bay Road, Hamilton Parish, faces four counts of "larceny servant'' stemming from May 1995.

Belvin, who is represented by Victoria Pearman in the Magistrates' Court trial, was formerly responsible for all accounts receivable (including deposits and rental payments) and was office manager of the National Trust headquarters. Her employment with the Trust ceased in November 1995.

Crown counsel Lesley Basden cited three counts of theft of $500 each and one count of theft of $330.

Magistrate Arthur Hodgson has so far heard from four witnesses.

A former co-worker of Belvin, Wilhemina Heyliger of Devonshire, described Belvin as a "a giver, not a taker'' and a woman who was "willing to talk to other people about their problems''.

Heyliger -- who replaced Belvin -- also said she was very surprised when she first heard about the allegations of theft.

She also outlined the Trust's procedures for rent collection and the handling of cash and deposits within the headquarters.

Belvin's former supervisor, Nariette Savoi, of Jones Lane, Warwick -- who holds a part-time position at the Trust headquarters and is responsible for financial planning and budget control -- continued to outline the Trust's procedures for rental payments and gave detailed testimony about the security measures of the computerised financial records.

At the time of Belvin's employment, only Belvin and Ms Savoi were given the necessary computer passwords which allowed access to the Trust's financial records.

Ms Savoi said she discovered discrepancies in the account of Trust tenant Michael John Cauchi after returning from a vacation in the fall of 1995.

Mr. Cauchi, of Mullet Bay Road, St. George's, earlier told the court his rent increased from $300 to $330, then from $330 to $500 during the summer of 1995.

Following a paper and electronic trail of paper receipts, computer records and bank statements, Ms Savoi said she determined that Cauchi had paid his rent.

But the four cash payments were never deposited into the Trust's account.

Lengthy legal discussion ensued as Ms Pearman questioned the reliability of the computer records and requested that they be treated as "unreliable hearsay evidence which ought not to be admitted''.

Mr. Hodgson eventually permitted the computer records.

The trial will continue tomorrow afternoon.