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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAlRS— continued. (INCLUDING SUBDIVISIONS 1 TO 10 AND SPECIAL ACTii)—continued. Combined Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. Assets. Fixed capital as at Ist April, 1922 — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Head Office .. .. 77,834 10 8 Land .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Registrar-General .. .. 1,714 14 0 Buildings— Census and Statistics .. 7,702 3 0 Head Office .. .. 1,354 10 7 High Commissioner .. 10,307 10 6 Dominion Laboratory .. 3,814 11 3 Museum .. .. .. 54,021 15 10 5,169 7 10 Dominion Laboratory .. 0,242 8 2 Turnbull Library building .. .. 9,244 0 4 157,823 2 8 Office furniture and fittingsSundry creditors— Head Office .. .. 4,920 4 1.1 Head Offioe .. .. 9,125 0 9 Registrar-General .. .. 1,539 8 1 Registrar-General .. .. 900 9 0 Census and Statistics .. 547 1 0 Census and Statistics .. 083 18 3 High Commissioner .. 0,724 17 2 High Commissioner .. 0,508 210 Museum .. .. .. 014 Hi 0 Museum . . .. .. 281 12 4 Dominion Laboratory .. 388 5 5 Dominion Laboratory .. 5811110 14,740 13 1 18,141 1 0 Mechanical appliances — Depreciation Reserve — Head Office .. .. 2,007 12 5 Head Office .. .. 3,288 6 0 Registrar-General .. .. 179 3 5 Registrar-General .. .. 303 8 2 Census and Statistics .. 7,235 13 0 Census and Statistics .. 901 13 3 High Commissioner .. 1,856 19 2 High Commissioner .. 1,416 8 4 Museum .. .. .. 227 18 0 Museum .. .. .. 359 16 0 Dominion Laboratory .. 30 2 3 Dominion Laboratory .. 696 11 5 12,143 8 3 0,900 3 2 Photographic apparatus— Treasury Adjustment Account— Head Office .. .. 335 18 8 Head Office .. .. 330,548 0 6 Museum .. .. .. 365 10 10 Census and Statistics .. 27,447 1 0 701 9 6 High Commissioner .. 31,542 15 10 Library— Museum .. .. .. 5,093 0 4 Head Office .. .. 339 5 5 Dominion Laboratory .. 4,751 18 9 Census and Statistics .. 45 0 0 High Commissioner .. 1,837 10 0 399,382 10 5 Dominion Laboratory .. 474 5 1 Less Registrar-General .. 475 0 10 2,696 0 0 398,907 15 7 Museum exhibits .. .. .. 53,150 3 7 Tools .. .. .. .. 379 6 4 Launches .. .. .. .. 263 0 9 Traps and horses .. .. .. 61 6 8 Motor vehicles — Head Office .. .. 2,138 16 4 High Commissioner .. 250 0 0 2,388 10 4 Turnbull Library .. .. .. 54,097 12 1 Landing-place at Wingatui .. .. 350 0 0 Laboratory appliances .. .. 1,517 13 6 Explosive appliances .. .. .. 188 0 9 Motor accessories .. .. .. 18 17 3 Loan on mortgage .. .. .. 9,649 111 Sundry debtors— Head Office .. .. 2,158 6 10 Registrar-General .. .. 1 10 0 Census and Statistics .. 220 15 3 High Commissioner .. 150 0 0 Museum .. .. .. 417 6 Dominion Laboratory .. 5 9 7 2,540 19 2 Goods in transit .. .. ... 579 3 4 Imprests outstanding .. .. .. 903 14 3 Expenditure paid in advance — Head Office .. .. 43 7 10 Dominion Laboratory .. 44 14 8 88 2 6 Excess of expenditure over income— Head Office .. .. 331,004 3 3 Registrar-General .. .. 723 9 4 Census and Statistics .. 28,080 6 3 High Commissioner .. 38,996 13 11 Museum .. .. .. 5,392 18 1 Dominion Laboratory .. 5,453 7 8 410,910 18 0 £581,838 2 5 £581,838 2 5 J. Hislop, Under-Secretary. A. W. Pyne, Accountant. 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 —(1) Outstanding fees have not been included ; (2) no provision has been made for the stock of publications held by branches and by the Government Printer ; (3) the accounts include charges against the Department for rent, interest, and furniture for which there is no appropriation by Parliament, and also charges for services rendered and assets transferred to other Departments for the payment of which those Departments possess no parliamentary appropriation. —G, F, C, Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General,