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Prisons department—continued k Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabililifi. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital as at Ist April, 1922 .. .. (550,605 911 Land .. .. 118,613 12 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 158,509 1 4 Leasehold .. .. 14,438 611 Sundrj'creditors .. .. .. 1,541 I II 133,051 19 5 Depreciation reserve .. .. 27,641 13 6 Buildings .. .. 481,247 9 7 Additions during the year .. .. 12,037 10 1 » 493,284 19 8 Fixed plant .. .. 14,437 0 0 Implements and machinery . . . . 8,383 310 Loose tools .. 4,062 3 9 26,882 7 7 Furniture and fixtures— Prisons and institutions 8,301 16 7 Offices .. .. 1.573 9 7 0,875 6 2 Motor-vans and accessories .. .. .. 490 6 8 Lighters .. .. .. 1,064 0 0 Clothing and bedding .. .. 17,516 18 3 Band instruments .. . . 230 0 0 Stationery .. .. 70 0 0 Stamps .. .. 16 12 3 86 12 3 Sundry debtors . . 2,624 7 8 Less reserve for claims in dispute 91 6 2 2,533 1 6 Live-stock .. .. .. 13,725 7 9 Growing crops .. 4,472 16 8 Stored crops .. .. 4,741 10 3 Orchard trees .. 500 0 0 Honey .. . . 50 0 0 9,764 6 11 Quarries —Spawls, metal, Sr c. .. .. 500 18 0 Brickmaking—Bricks .. 538 0 0 Sawmilling — T i m be r, posts, &e. . . . . 339 3 7 Tailoring — F i n i s he d articles, &c. .. 270 5 5 Bootmaking — Finished articles, Sic. .. 661 17 11 Blockmaking — Concrete blocks and tiles .. 506 5 7 2.816 10 6 Stocks in general stores 6,930 13 3 Stocks in local stores .. 4,754 18 4 11,691 11 7 Accounts paid in advance .. 288 13 10 Losses on tradinc . • .. 624 3 10 Net cost of institutional upkeep .. .. .. 114,461 0 9 £838,387 6 8 £838,387 6 8 M. Hawkins, Inspector, Prisons Department. I hereby certify that the Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts 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 expenditure includes charges for rent, interest on capital, and repairs and additions for which the Prisons Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. —G. F. 0. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.