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TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 514,521 18 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 6,997 8 2 Land .. .. .. 184,972 811 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 27,934 9 9 Add additions .. .. 602 15 6 Passenger booking—Ticket-sales Account .. 8,599 4 11 185,575 4 5 Writings-off Suspense Account .. .. 1,476 6 8 Buildings .. .. .. 133,853 0 5 Passenger Bookings—Suspense Account .. 70 10 6 Add additions .. .. 4,718 10 8 Reserve for depreciation .. .. .. 37,374 2 3 138,571 11 1 Reserve for doubtful debts .. .. .. 4,821 17 5 Water and drainage systems .. 83,313 10 6 Add additions .. .. 12,728 3 10 96,041 14 4 Rotorua electric system— Land, buildings, transmissionlines and plant .. .. 39.795 3 1 Add additions .. .. 2,939 5 9 42,734 8 10 Furniture and fittings.. .. 18,555 15 7 Add additions .. .. 1.251 15 9 19,807 11 4 Plant and machinery .. .. 3,066 1 8 Add additions .. .. 198 13 4 3,264 15 0 Wharves and slipways .. 5,999 2 8 Add additions .. .. 156 2 8 6,155 5 4 Electric systems at hostels .. 17,040 13 7 Add additions .. .. 526 0 8 17,566 14 3 Steamers, launches, and boats .. 7,625 6 1 Add additions .. .. 1,349 7 7 8,974 13 8 Bridges .. .. .. 5,090 7 0 Add additions .. .. 377 15 11 5,468 2 11 Motor vehicles .. .. 706 3 7 Add additions .. .. 147 5 9 853 9 4 Garden implements .. .. 529 2 2 Add additions .. .. 12 9 0 541 11 2 National Development Account .. .. 841 17 1 Road from intake, Lake House, Waikaremoana.. 1,594 4 1 Linen, crockery, cutlery, silverware, tools, playing- material, &c. .. .. .. .. 6,782 6 8 Live-stock .. .. .. .. 588 16 0 Telephone-lines .. .. .. .. 1,249 14 7 Stores .. .. .. .. .. 6,959 6 4 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 16,049 13 3 Cash on deposit and at credit of Receiver-General's Deposit Account .. .. .. .. 3,550 18 11 Remittances in transit and outstanding balances at bureaux .. .. .. .. 644 10 9 Payments in advance .. .. .. 22 4 11 | Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 37,957 4 3 £601,795 18 6 £601,795 18 6 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 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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