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MINES DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 4,349 0 0 Consolidated Fund .. 10,482 9 3 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 311 17 6 Public Works Fund .. .. 806,648 5 11 Stores .. .. .. .. .. 14 1 4 817,130 15 2 Motor-cars .. .. .. .. .. 785 0 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 15,091 19 3 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,047 15 10 Creditors Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 342 6 8 Departmental .. .. 74 12 2 Stationery .. .. . . .. .. 10 0 0 Sundry .. • • • • 7,139 12 10 Stamps .. .. .. .. . • 16 7 3 7,214 5 0 Saleable publications.. .. .. .. 212 15 11 Reserves —• £ s - d. Depreciation .. .. 3,826 19 1 Mortgages .. .. .. 6,100 0 0 Bad and doubtful debts .. 1,965 0 0 Interest accrued due .. 53 12 6 5,791 19 1 — 6,153 12 6 Amounts held on deposit .. .. 8,336 11 8 Advance to coal-mining party.. .. 1,465 0 0 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 1,067 111 Debtors— Departmental .. .. 475 11 4 Sundry .. .. .. 9,952 15 3 10,428 6 7 National Development Account—Development of mining .. .. .. .. .. 793,900 511 Drills and equipment .. .. .. 8,020 17 4 Library and maps .. .. .. .. 184 7 0 Exhibits .. .. .. .. .. 273 2 5 Mineral collections .. .. .. .. 66 11 0 Instruments .. .. .. .. 219 15 11 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 1,067 111 Deposit Accounts — £ s. d. Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1922 10 0 0 Mining Act, 1926, section 47 .. 118 19 1 Receiver-General .. .. 315 12 1 Local bodies .. 6,002 6 1 Receivers of Gold Revenue .. 731 0 1 Post Office .. .. .. 9 10 0 Fixed deposits .. 1,149 4 4 8,336 11 8 Excess of expenditure over income— Mines Department .. .. 26,438 17 8 Less excess of income over expenditure—Coal Revenue Accounts .. .. .. 9,011 2 9 17,427 14 11 £854,632 12 1 £854,632 12 1 Notes. —Subsidies totalling £5,919 17s. made to mining companies are recoverable, but only if payable gold in sufficient quantities is won. The following charge is included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : Interest at 4| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1929. The item National Development Account, £793,900 ss. lid., represents expenditure out of the Public Works Fund from 1870 to 1922, and which is not included in the other items of the Balance-sheet. A. H. Kimbell, Under-Secretary. A. W. Gyles, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account, Revenue 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 AuditorGeneral.