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MARINE DEPARTMENT—continued. ROCK-OYSTER INDUSTRY. Proftt and Loss Account for 1929 Season. Dr. £ 3. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Salaries and wages.. .. .. .. 3,869 14 0 By Sales .. .. .. .. .. 7,678 17 4 Maintenance of ketch and launches .. .. 489 8 7 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 19 3 5 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 433 4 6 Sacks and stores .. .. .. .. 242 18 11 Wharfage and cranage .. .. .. 56 7 3 Rent, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 56 17 3 Administration expenses .. .. .. 176 10 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 67 17 11 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 16 9 8 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 29 5 4 Advertising .. .. .. .. 14 18 9 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 271 18 1 Balance carried down .. .. .. 1,972 10 6 £7,698 0 9 £7,698 0 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 122 7 2 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 1,972 10 6 Net profit .. . . .. .. 1,850 3 4 £1,972 10 6 £1,972 10 6 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 28,821 17 0 Public Works Fund .. .. 261,781 16 11 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 8,174 11 2 Consolidated Fund .. .. 336,535 8 2 Lighthouse (including land, towers, buildings, • —-— 598,317 5 1 furniture, apparatus, and equipment) .. 301,742 17 3 Creditors— Fog-signals.. .. .. .. .. 5,140 3 1 Departmental .. .. 806 8 4 Radio direction-finding experiments .. .. 1,971 3 8 Sundry .. .. .. 2,628 011 Radio direction-finding beacons .. .. 1,517 12 2 —— 3,434 9 3 Beacons, buoys, and moorings .. .. 7,400 10 2 Rentals, &c., paid in advance .. .. 184 2 2 Government steamers .. .. .. 39,687 6 0 Reserves — Wharves .. .. .. .. .. 2,354 0 0 Depreciation .. .. 81,701 14 8 Harbour equipment (including launches, flagstaffs, Bad debts .. .. .. 45 5 0 signalling-apparatus, tools, &c. .. .. 2,999 7 4 Rebates .. .. .. 921 17 6 Oyster-beds.. .. .. .. .. 129,174 9 4 82,668 17 2 Oyster ketch and launches .. .. .. 6,235 7 9 Deposit Accounts .. .. .. 682 810 Fish-hatcheries and equipment .. .. 2,643 3 3 Writings-off Reserve Account .. .. 2,998 5 2 Fisheries Development Account .. .. 55,871 4 3 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 1,579 19 2 Automatic flashing lamps .. .. .. 258 12 10 Test-pumps and pressure-gauges .. .. 277 15 0 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. 5,933 8 5 Mechanical office appliances .. .. . . 978 17 9 Library .. .. .. .. .. 1,556 18 6 Stores, tools, &c. .. .. .. .. 14,131 19 9 Stationery .. .. . . .. .. 320 18 9 Charts, saleable books, and forms .. .. 2,544 5 0 National health, pensions, and unemploymentinsurance stamps .. .. .. .. 214 2 11 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 99 4 4 Payments in advance .. .. .. 60 15 8 Debtors — £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 331 0 2 Sundry .. .. .. 9.284 19 0 9,615 19 2 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. 2,998 5 2 Deposit Cash Account— Consolidated Fund deposits .. 60 11 7 Receiver-General's deposits . . 10 0 0 Other deposits .. .. 611 17 3 682 8 10 Cash in transit .. .. . . . . 89 11 6 Cash in Post Office .. .. .. .. 532 7 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 43,735 18 4 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 8,940 6 3 £688,285 7 8 £688,285 7 8 G. C. Godfrey, Secretary. J. E. Engel, A.8.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts 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.