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NATIVE DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 11,383 13 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. . . .. . . 1,735 13 8 Land .. .. .. .. 6,765 0 0 Depreciation Reserve (buildings, furniture, and Buildings .. .. .. 2,131 17 1 equipment) .. .. .. .. 1,013 11 7 8,896 17 1 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. ..41,999 2 0 Office furniture and fittings .. 2,291 11 8 Hostelry furniture and fittings .. 50 9 0 Mechanical office appliances .. 298 11 9 Technical instruments .. .. 13 10 0 2,654 2 5 Stock on hand—Stamps and stationery .. .. 269 10 3 Sundry debtors for — £ s. d. Court and Land Board fees, &c. .. 7,513 16 7 Recoverable expenditure ..1,758 9 7 Whangamarino Advances Account 271 13 8 Rent debtors (temporary grazing right) .. .. .. 1 12 2 ; 9,545 12 0 Expenditure paid in advance .. .. .. 197 16 2 Excess of expenditure over income for the year ended 31st March, 1926 .. .. .. 34,568 3 0 £56,132 0 11 £56,132 0 11 R. N. Jones, Under-Secretary. E. B. Peck, A.K.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify tliat the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been 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. —Gr. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Audito."-General.

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