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MARINE DE PARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. £ s. cl. Asset?. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 558,619 1 4 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 36,967 17 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 3,837 19 3 Lighthouses (including land, towers, buildings, Rentals, &c., paid in advance .. .. 40 15 6 furniture, apparatus, and equipment).. ..253,532 3 9 depreciation Reserve Account .. .. 53,655 6 2 Automatic lights .. .. .. .. 37,842 19 5 Fog-signals .. .. .. .. .. 4,042 17 8 Radio direction-finding experiments .. .. 1,971 3 8 Radio direction-finding beacons .. .. 628 15 0 Beacons, buoys, and moorings .. .. 7,810 10 2 Government steamers .. .. .. 19,855 711 | Wharves .. .. .. .. .. 2,354 0 0 Harbour equipment (including boats, flagstaffs, signalling-apparatus, tools, &c.) .. .. 2,021 14 0 Oyster-beds.. .. .. .. .. 123,897 0 3 Oyster ketch and launches .. .. .. 7,191 4 4 Fish-hatcheries and equipment .. .. 2,574 3 3 Fisheries Development Account .. .. 42,780 13 6 Motor-vehicles . . .. .. . . 1,194 15 1 Horses .. .. .. .. . . 698 9 5 Automatic flashing-lamps .. .. . . 258 12 10 Test-pumps and pressure-gauges .. .. 277 15 0 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. 5,350 19 6 Mechanical office appliances .. . . .. 936 1 9 Library .. .. .. .. .. 1,445 011 £ s. d. Stores.. .. .. .. 14,461 7 9 Less writing ofi Suspense Account 107 2 8 14,354- 5 1 Charts, saleable books and forms .. .. 2,724 0 7 National health, pensions, and unemployment insurance stamps .. 307 11 10 Sundry debtors .. .. 9,206 18 2 Less reserve for rebates, &c. .. 828 18 11 fegi 8,377 19 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 24,633 0 3 Excess expenditure over income .. .. 12,124 0 10 £616,153 2 3 £616,153 2 3 G. C. Godfrey, Secretary. J. E. Engel, A.R.A.N.Z.,. 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, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. E. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General. MINES DEPARTMENT. COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To National endowment .. .. .. 688 3 2 By Rents and royalties from leases and licenses under Primary-education reserves .. .. 865 8 3 the Coal-mines. Act, 1925 .. .. 29,029 7 0 Secondary-education reserves .. .. 263 19 6 Lands for settlement .. .. .. 79 6 6 Greymouth Harbour Board .. .. 2,767 7 2 Westport Harbour Account .. .. 18,317 13 8 Consolidated Fund—Territorial revenue (carried down) .. .. .. .. .. 6,047 8 9 £29,029 7 0 £29,029 7 0 Net Revenue. Account. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 240 19 4 By Territorial Revenue brought down .. .. 6,047. 8 9 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 22 4 2 Commission for collecting .. .. ... 500 10 11 Printing and stationery .. .. 100 0 0 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 25 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 148 Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,158 11 6 £6,547 19 8 — — = - £6,547 19 8 £ s. d. ' To Balance .. .. .. .. .. 6,203 13 0 £ s. d. By Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,15811 6 Rents relating to previous year .. .. 45 1 6 £6,203 13 0 £6,203 13 0 Note. —The Revenue Account includes rents for period Ist July, 1926, to 30th June, 1927, and royalties for period Ist January, 1926, to 31st December, 1926.

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