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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT—continued. Consolidated Fund Deposits Account. Remittances to Immigrants. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist April, 1925 .. .. .. 489 10 0 By Payments, Ist April, 1925, to 31st March, 1920 1,970 15 0 Receipts, Ist April, 1925, to 31st March, 1926 1,893 5 0 Balance, 31st March, 1926 .. .. 412 0 0 £2,382 15 0 j £2,382 15 0 Emigrants Deposits Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist April, 1925 .. .. .. 4,921 11 1 By Payments, Ist April, 1925, to 31st. March, 1926 42,788 12 8 Receipts, Ist April, 1925, to 31st March, 1926 44,179 11 8 Balance, 31st March, 1926 .. .. 6,312 10 1 £49,101 2 9 £49,101 2 9 Balance-sheet as at 31st Maeoh, 1926. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital as at Ist April, 1925 .. .. .. 710 19 10 National Development Account — £ s. d. £ s. d. Passage-money deposited on behalf £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over of immigrants .. .. 25,874 10 0 income, 1925-26 .. .. 115,196 19 11 Cable fees paid in advance on Additional ascertained expendibehalf of immigrants .. 265 0 8 ture on account of passageAmounts deposited as gratuities for money deposited, 1913-22.. 4 0 0 matrons, &c. .. .. 135 4 11 115,200 19 11 26,274 15 7 Furniture and fittings .. 923 15 2 Imperial Government — Less provisionally written off 8 0 0 Loans of passage-money to New Zealand Go- 915 15 2 vernment .. .. .. .. 2,569 3 9 Stock of stationery .. .. .. 189 6 0 Loans to immigrants recovered but not paid.. 1,895 18 9 Loans of passage-money to imContributions of passage-money recovered but migrants .. .. 2,046 10 11 not paid .. .. .. .. 931 4 10 j Less bad debts in Suspense .. 9 12 6 Contributions of passage-money recovered and ! — 2,036 18 5 held in Suspense .. .. .. 254 10 0 Cash in Deposits Account--Recoveries on behalf of Commonwealth Migration Emigrants deposits .. .. .. 6,312 10 1 Department (Australia) .. .. .. 34 10 0 Remittances to immigrants .. .. 412 0 0 Immigrants' deposits (amounts deposited with I Sundry debtors .. .. .. 67 15 0 High Commissioner for repayment in New Official stamps .. .. .. 32 2 3 Zealand) .. .. .. .. 6,312 10 1 Remittances to immigrants (amounts deposited in New Zealand for payment in England) .. 412 0 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 1,389 13 4 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 265 4 11 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 84,036 15 9 £125,167 6 10 £125,167 6 10 Wellington, 20th August, 1926. H. D. Thomson, Under-Secretary. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments, 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. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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