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TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1925. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 444,002 2 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 4,059 410 Land .. .. .. 183,501 4 1 Passenger bookings—Ticket-sales Account .. 6,417 311 Additions .. .. .. 229 11 1 Suspense Account .. .. .. .. 60 5 5 183,790 15 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 31,229 2 9 Buildings .. .. . ■ 109,574 8 7 Writings-off Suspense Account .. .. 167 11 9 Additions .. .. .. 1,905 3 6 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 22,209 16 2 • 111,479 12 1 Reserve for doubtful debts .. .. .. 4,812 5 2 Water and drainage systems .. 74,497 18 8 Additions .. .. .. 2.637 12 7 77,135 11 3 Rotorua electric system— Land, buildings, transmissionlines, plant, &c. .. .. 33,448 8 11 Additions.. .. .. 2,780 5 3 — — 36,228 14 2 Furniture and fittings .. .. 15,460 12 4 Additions .. .. .. 950 15 7 16,411 7 11 Plant and machinery .. .. 2,690 6 11 Additions .. . . .. 298 5 6 2,988 12 5 Wharves and beacons .. .. 5,407 15 6 Additions .. .. .. 452 7 1 5,860 2 7 Electric systems at hostels .. .. 4,093 19 11 Steamers, launches, and boats . . 5,288 14 9 Additions .. .. . . 196 3 6 5,484 18 3 Bridges .. .. .. .. 3,699 11 0 Motor-vehicles .. .. 665 3 7 Additions .. .. .. 41 0 0 706 3 7 Garden implements . . . . 438 3 3 Additions .. .. .. 104 0 6 542 3 9 Linen, crockery, cutlery, playing-material, tools, guiding equipment, &c. .. .. .. 5,189 9 2 Live-stock .. .. .. . . . . 608 13 1 Telephone-lines .. .. .. .. 1,249 14 7 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 9,901 311 Stores .. .. .. .. .. 2,756 6 5 Cash on deposit and at credit of Receiver-General's Deposit Account .. .. .. .. 4,788 1 9 Remittances in transit and outstanding balances at Tourist Bureaux .. .. .. 397 6 5 Payments in advance .. .. .. 22 4 11 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 39,622 19 11 £512,957 12 3 £512,957 12 3 Note. —The accounts include charges against the Department for assessed rent, interest, and capital expenditure from Public Works Fund for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriations. B. M. Wilson, General Manager. J. Houston, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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