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RETURN No. 1 —continued. Railway Sawmill and Bush Accounts. —Trading, and Profit and Loss Accounts for Year ended 31st March, 1925. To stock of timber, firewood, and logs on £ s. d. By sales, issues, and £ s. d. £ s. d. hand at Ist April, 1924 .. .. 136,256 10 5 transfers— Purchases and trans- Timber .. 190,958 5 0 fers— £ s. d. Firewood .. 4,587 11 5 Timber.. .. 104,657 16 9 Logs .. .. 35,294 15 8 Firewood .. 3,683 6 0 — 230,840 12 1 Logs .. .. 43,649 7 5 Stocks on hand at 151,990 10 2 31st March, 1925— Royalty payments .. .. 16,555 4 5 Timber .. 156,758 7 7 Wages .. .. .. .. 51,364 610 Firewood .. 335 15 0 Salaries and miscellaneous payments, Logs .. .. 2,444 14 9 including interest on capital .. 31,313 8 6 159,538 17 4 Balanoe to Reserve Account .. 3,516 18 5 Rents .. .. .. 617 9 4 £390,996 18 9 £390,996 18 9 1 H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant.

RETURN No. 2. Reconciliation of Revenue and Working-expenses with Treasury Receipts and Payments as per Public Accounts, Year ended 31st March, 1925. £ s. d. £ s. d. Revenue as per Public Accounts (Consolidated Fund, Ordinary Revenue Account) .. 7,105,100 5 2 Add Collections for refund : Balance brought forward, Ist April, 1924 .. 31,999 18 3 Cash in hand, freights, &c , outstanding at stations, 31st Maroh, 1925 155,478 12 0 ■ 187,478 10 3 7,292,584 15 5 Deduct Collections for refund : Balance carried forward, 31st March, 1925.. 33,028 18 3 Cash in hand, freights, &c., outstanding at stations, Ist April, 1924 146,431 11 5 180,060 9 8 Revenue as per Return No. 5 .. .. .. .. £7,112,524 5 9 Expenditure as per Publio Aocounts (Consolidated Fund, Ordinary Kevenue Account) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,636,583 3 8 Unauthorized expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 517 8 7 5,637,100 12 3 Add Aooounts due to Department for work done, &c., Ist April, 1924 .. 88,310 2 0 Stock of stores at Ist April, 1924 .. .. .. .. 815,665 18 1 Liabilities outstanding, 31st March, 1925 .. .. .. 332,984 16 0 1,236,960 16 1 6,874,061 8 4 Deduct Accounts due to Department for work done, &0., 31st March, 1925 77,382 9 5 Stock of stores at 31st March, 1925 .. .. .. .. 988,009 6 10 Liabilities outstanding, 31st March, 1924 .. .. .. 263,254 1 4 1,328,645 17 7 Working-expenses as per Return No. 4 .. .. .. £5,545,415 10 9 H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant,