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PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT —continued. Profit and Loss Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Office salaries .. .. .. 6,261 16 11 By Balance from Trading Account .. 38,794 10 9 Repairs and alterations to buildings Storing and handling stationery for and plant .. .. .. 916 12 10 other Departments .. .. 651 19 2 Postages and telegrams .. .. 1,589 14 5 Commission on sale of publications .. 3,150 1 2 Freight (outward).. .. .. 1,486 1 6 Rent receivable .. .. .. 392 5 0 Insurance .. .. .. 185 13 9 Interest receivable .. .. 55 5 11 Exchange .. .. .. 7 16 5 Discounts allowed .. .. 70 2 6 Telephone rental .. .. .. 139 7 6 Medical services .. .. .. 169 9 0 Lighting (proportion) .. .. 40 0 0 i Loss on sale of printing-machine .. 100 0 0 j Proportion of rent, High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Office expenses .. .. 394 15 7 Audit fee .. .. .. 50 0 0 Wages—Charwomen and watchmen 2,193 15 4 Interest on capital .. .. 10,823 7 5 Depreciation .. .. .. 6,987 3 1 Balance carried down .. .. 11,328 5 9 £43,044 2 0 £43,044 2 0 Note.—lnterest at the rate of 4J per cent, has been charged on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. 240,519 6 9 Buildings .. .. .. 46,000 0 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 6,874 8 2 Land .. .. .. .. 60,600 0 0 Wages accrued .. .. .. 41.7 18 7 Plant and machinery— Bad Debts Reserve Account .. 215 15 2 Composing plant 56110 7 Stock Suspense Account .. .. 8 14 9 Monotype plant 8,697 1 2 Cash Suspense Account .. .. 3 0 8 Addressograph plant 669 15 0 Depreciation Reserve Account .. 18,269 5 4 Printing plant 17,351 19 2 Losses to be Written Off Account .. 128 7 3 Binding plant " 10831 8 0 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. 11,328 5 9 Litho plant 2'074 6 2 Photo plant .. 1,473 5 5 Stereotype plant 673 1 0 Engine-room plant 1,627 4 9 Miscellaneous plant 1,697 0 0 45,656 11 3 Motor-van .. .. .. 735 0 0 Furniture and office equipment .. 2,101 2 0 Type .. .. .. .. 8,089 9 9 Accessories— Composing Branch 3,388 4 7 A[d dress 0 graph 48 0 0 gßranch Printing and Bind- 838 1 9 ing Branch Litho Branch .. 252 0 9 Stereotype Branch 8 17 6 Engine-room .. 17 13 3 Paper store .. 62 1 1 4,614 18 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 26.364 17 1 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 30,057 5 2 Writing-off Suspense Account .. 154 13 5 Suspense, s.s. " Northumberland ".. 1,208 19 0 Work in progress .. .. 4,149 5 8 Stock on hand .. .. .. 48.033 0 2 £277,765 2 5 £277,765 2~~5 1 —' — i , _ W. Hutchings, Acting Accountant. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payment Account, Trading Account, Profit and Loss 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 note. —G. F. 0. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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