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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERC E—-continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d- Assets. £ s. d. £ s, d. Capital Account .. .. .. 6,587 9 5 Office furniture and fittings— Sundry creditors —• Head Office— Capital expenditure .. .. 272 3 8 Balance from 1921-22 .. 1,139 15 8 Revenue expenditure .. 379 0 7 Additions, 1922-23 .. .. 147 6 2 651 4 3 Depreciation Reserve Account— 1,287 1 10 Balance from 1921-22 .. .. 347 2 6 Less transferred and disposed of 52 0 0 Balance for 1922-23 .. .. 263 16 2 1,235 110 610 18 8 Auckland OfficeExcess of incomo over expenditure for 1922-23, as Balance .. .. .. 275 7 0 per Income and Expenditure Account .. 7,908 10 2 Additions .. .. 2 14 2 278 1 2 Less returned to Public Works and transferred .. .. 57 0 7 221 0 7 Christchurch Office — Balance .. .. .. 198 16 8 Transferred and additions .. 18 11 6 217 8 2 Less transfers, &c. .. .. 38 3 9 179 4 5 Dunedin Office—Balance .. 153 10 0 Less returned to Public Works and transferred .. .. 97 18 0 55 12 0 Office of New Zealand Trade Commissioner, Melbourne .. .. .. .. 7 4 0 Land and buildings .. .. 4,634 19 0 Standardized boot samples .. .. 104 16 2 Library, Head Office—■ Balance, 1921-22 .. .. 73 0 11 Additions .. .. .. 6 19 3 80 0 2 Half-share in refrigerating plant, High Commissioner's Office, London .. .. 270 13 8 Expenditure in advance— Rail tickets, rentals post-office boxes, telephones, &c. .... .. .. 138 8 9 Official stamps on hand .. .. 16 4 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 8,574 3 1 British Empire Exhibition —Expenditure to date .. 240 14 7 £15,758 2 6 £15,758 2 6 J. W. Collins, Secretary. I hereby certify that the 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, except that the accounts include charges for rent and interest on capital for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.