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Working-expenses and Revenue Account (Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service), Year ended 31st March, 1924. Working-expenses. £ s. d. Revenue. £ s. d. To Wages and servicos .. .. 7,361 010 By Ordinary passengers .. .. 3,730 3 9 Stores and material.. .. .. 2,965 6 3 Season tickets .. .. .. 220 17 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 129 5 11 Parcels, luggago, and mails .. .. 1,174 8 6 Goods .. .. .. .. 3,626 5 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 22 2 5 Rents and commission .. .. 98 7 10 Total revenue .. .. .. 8,872 5 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,583 8 0 £10,455 13 0 £10,455 13 0 Railway Sawmill and Bush Accounts. —Trading, and Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1924. To Stock of timber, firewood, and logs £ s. d. By Sales, issues, and £ s. d. £. s. d. on hand at Ist April, 1923 .. 120,940 15 7 transfers — Purchases —• £ s. d. Timber .. 129,240 5 1 Timber .. 80,332 2 0 Firewood .. 5,649 2 2 Firewood .. 4,299 11 0 Logs.. .. 7,477 2 3 Logs.. .. 14,776 2 6 142,372 9 6 99,407 16 0 Stocks on hand at Royalty payments .. .. 8,699 17 9 31st March, 1924— Wages .. .. .. .. 27,345 16 0 Timber .. 130,045 13 0 Salaries and miscellaneous expenses 13,495 11 0 Firewood .. 281 2 0 Balance to Reserve Account .. 3,558 11 9 Logs .. .. 5,329 15 5 136,256 10 5 Rents .. .. .. .. 819 8 8 £279,448 8 7 £279,448 8 7

RETURN No 2. Reconciliation of Revenue and Working-expanses with Treasury Receipts and Payments as per Public Accounts, Year endisd 31st March, 1924. Revenue. Cash in hand, freights, &c, outstanding £ s. d. I £ s. d. at stations, Ist April, 1923 .. 140,100 18 0 | Receipts as per Treasury Accounts .. 6,954,468 18 2 Revenue from passenger, parcels, and ! Collections for refund —Treasury paygoods traffic, as per Return No. 5.. 0,984,210 1110 ments .. .. .. 474,393 15 8 Collections for refund to Harbour Cash in hand, freights, &c, outstandBoards, shipping companies, car- ing at stations 31st March, 1924 .. 146,431 11 5 riers, &c. .. .. .. 450,982 14 11 £7,575,294 5 3 £7,575,294 5 3 i -i i n. -sb —a it i J — .. ~ -. ... Expenditure, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Liabilities outstanding at 31st March, Treasury payments— 1923 .. .. .. .. 195,627 2 8 Vote 6 .. .. 5,730,558 8 3 Classified expenditure as per Roturn Less recoveries.. 577,417 17 6 No. 4.. .. .. .. 5,403,705 12 5 — — Add— 5,153,140 10 9 Accounts duo to the Unauthorized expendiDepartment out- ture .. .. 4,488 711 standing at 31st £ s. d. . 5,157,628 18 8 March, 1924 .. 88,310 2 0 Liabilities outstanding at 31st March, Less outstanding at 31st 1924 .. .. .. .. 263,254 1 4 March, 1923 .. 74,896 15 3 13,413 6 9 5,612,806 1 10 Deduct— Stock of stores - material and plaut on hand 31st March, 1923 .. ..1,007,588 19 11 Less on hand 31st March, 1924 .. 815,665 18 1 191,923 1 10 £5,420,883 0 0 . £5,420,883 0 0 L. Hamann, Chief Accountant.