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B. —1 [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1929.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 498,108 0 6 Land— £ s. d. £ s. d. Creditors— £ s. d. Institutions .. .. 53,755 14 0 Departmental .. .. 5,403 16 6 Quarantine stations, &c. .. 2,200 0 0 Sundry .. .. .. 38,896 7 8 • — — 55,955 14 0 44,300 4 2 Buildings— Institutional fees paid in advance .. .. 441 10 0 Institutions .. .. 246,312 8 6 Institutional fees, Suspense Account .. .. 3,880 7 9 Quarantine stations, &c. .. 43,715 12 0 Reserve for depreciation — £ s. d. 290,028 0 6 Institutions .. .. 75,483 4 8 Stores on hand— Other .. .. .. 27,418 6 11 At institutions .. .. 17,006 3 1 102,901 11 7 Sera, vaccine, and laboratory Writings off Suspense Account .. 9,197 10 I stores .. .. 1,466 15 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 847,198 0 11 Drugs, disinfectant, &c., other than institutional .. .. 8,491 14 6 26,964 12 7 Motor-cars, ambulances, lorries, and cycles— Institutions .. .. 3,962 12 8 Other .. .. .. 7,119 6 9 11,081 19 5 Live-stock and consumable farm stores at institutions .. .. 3,738 9 11 Furniture, fittings, and equipment— Institutions .. .. 55,134 10 1 Other .. .. .. 25,040 17 7 80,175 7 8 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 1,632 12 10 Libraries (other than institutional) .. 828 16 11 Push-bicycles— Institutions .. .. 61 6 9 Other .. .. .. 224 7 6 285 14 3 Plant and machinery at institutions .. 13,874 17 4 Other improvements— Institutions .. .. 30,209 8 8 Quarantine stations .. .. 2,852 19 5 33,062 8 1 Payments in advance— Institutions .. .. 0 18 5 Other .. .. .. 2 0 6 2 18 11 Debtors— Departmental .. .. 2,202 5 3 Other .. .. .. 28,698 8 10 30,900 14 1 Assets in Suspense— Institutions .. .. 1,139 17 1 Other .. .. .. 4,383 12 4 5,523 9 5 National Development Expenditure Account — Subsidies on capital expenditure to Hospital Boards, &c., for year ended 31st March, 1929 103,779 1 10 Cash in Post Office .. .. .. 1,389 18 1 General Revenue Account —Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. 846,802 9 2 £1,506,027 5 0 £1,506,027 5 0 Note. —The accounts include the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriations : (a) Rent assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1928. A. Keisenberg, Secretary. W. T. Findlay, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the various 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. Campbeli., Controller and Auditor-Genera 1.