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PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 60,600 0 0 Public Works Fund .. 108,214 311 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 47,614 311 Consolidated Fund .. 118,642 13 6 Plant and machinery — £ s. d. 226,856 17 5 Composing plant .. 898 18 9 Creditors — Monotype plant .. ..11,216 5 0 Departmental .. .. 2,326 16 9 Addressograph plant .. 659 15 0 Sundry .. .. .. 3,185 10 3 Printing plant .. .. 26,433 5 11 5,512 7 0 Binding plant .. .. 12,079 3 6 Wages accrued .. .. .. .. 3,037 13 7 Litho plant .. .. 3,161 4 1 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 197 8 8 Photo plant .. .. 1,740 11 4 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 42,395 0 6 Stereotype pla,nt .. .. 1,739 14 6 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. 125 1 11 Engine-room plant .. .. 1,528 2 9 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 7,611 18 11 Miscellaneous plant .. .. 6,636 4 2 66,093 § 0 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. .. .. 2,274 13 6 Type .. .. .. .. 9,175 8 2 Accessories — Composing Branch .. .. 3,488 16 3 Monotype Branch .. .. 102 15 6 Addressograph Branch . . 48 0 0 Printing Branch .. .. 100 15 5 Binding Branch .. .. 763 12 2 Litho Branch .. .. 208 4 6 Photo Branch .. .. 60 13 9 Stereotype Branch .. .. 16 11 8 Engine-room .. .. 63 4 3 Paper-store .. .. 53 10 4 4,906 3 10 Debtors— Departmental .. .. 16,706 12 9 Sundry .. .. .. 2,361 17 9 19,068 10 6 Work in progress .. .. .. .. 17,720 17 1 Old stores for disposal .. .. .. 5 15 0 Stock on hand .. .. .. .. 37,913 19 10 Assets to be written off .. .. .. 125 111 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 20,238 9 3 £285,736 8 0 £285,736 8 0 Note. —Public Works Department administration expenses (£8) are included, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. E. Y. Paul, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Trading, and Profit and Loss 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. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.