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"WESTPORT HARBOUR ACCOUNT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Stock as at Ist April, 1923 .. .. 8,70117 2 By Endowment revenue .. .. .. 15,724 5 4 Salaries.. .. .. .. .. 4,960 13 7 Special wharfage on coal .. .. .. 14,176 17 3 Dredging .. .. .. .. 8,430 4 7 Port charges .. .. .. .. 3,941 8 1 Harbour maintenance .. .. .. 2,014 18 9 Special coal rate .. .. .. .. 5,087 11 2 Working-expenses of tug .. .. . . 364 1 5 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 147 10 0 Compensation for accidents .. .. 7 0 8 Sale of surplus stores .. .. .. 2,337 12 4 Retiring-allowances .. .. .. 342 8 8 Workshops jobs .. .. .. .. 172 3 3 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 296 3 7 \ Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 97 19 I I Grants .. .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Stock as at 31st March, 1924 .. .. 9,296 3 1 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 3,015 010 Interest on loans .. .. .. .. 22,677 4 6 Balance carried down .. . . .. 721 16 8 £51,581 10 5 £51,581 10 5 £ s. d. ■ £ s. d. To Transfer to sinking fund .. .. .. 5,055 II 3 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 721 16 8 Balance (Excess expenditure over income for year 1923-24) carried down .. .. 4,333 14 7 £5,055 11 3 £5,055 11 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 4,333 14 7 By Special Coal Rate Account adjustment .. 10,600 0 9 Balance brought forward from previous year.. 43,687 12 3 Balance .. .. .. .. 37.355 0 I £48,021 6 10 £48,021 6 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Loan capital .. .. .. .. 530,495 0 0 Eastern Breakwater .. .. .. 202,142 0 0 Sinking fund .. .. .. .. 178,525 11 3 Western Breakwater .. .. .. 163,515 0 0 Depreciation Reserve Account .. .. 9,045 2 4 Training-walls .. .. .. .. 102,998 0 0 Sundry creditors— £ s. d. Limestone-quarry .. .. .. ~ 128 0 0 Accrued interest .. .. 4,024 12 2 Orowaiti protective works and Buller relief channel 7,141 0 0 On open account .. .. 573 2 7 Floating basin .. .. .. .. 73,575 0 0 4,597 14 9 Gridiron .. .. .. .. .. 2,190 0 0 Treasury Advance Account .. .. .. 140,185 510 Dredge wharf .. .. .. .. 2,790 0 0 Martin's Island .. . . .. .. 700 0 0 Harbour buildings .. .. .. .. 4,619 0 0 Dredges, tug " Mana," &c. .. .. .. 25,361 0 0 Stock and stores .. .. .. .. 9.290 3 1 Sundry debtors— £ s. d. For interest, &o. .. .. 32,436 7 9 On open account .. .. 632 0 0 33,068 8 3 Sinking fund investments .. .. .. 178,525 11 3 Cash in Public Account .. .. .. 19,408 5 0 Revenue Account —Balance . . . . . . 37,355 (i I £802,848 14 2 £862,848 I I 2 J. E. Engel, Accountant. G. C. Godfrey Secretary. 1 hereby certify that the Revenue. Account anil 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 terms of section 7, Westport Harbour Act, 1920, require the whole charge lor interest and sinking fund to be included in the accounts. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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