B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. to 1929.

IIIU-LUU-CIJ. uuuci lulo auuvc JJaicliiOB-yiltJeL. Chas. E. Bennett, Assistant Undersecretary. J. J. Gibson, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts and General Balance-sheet, and the subsidiary accounts for irrigation schemes in operation and timber - supplies and sawmills, 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. The following comments are appended : (1) The book values of the existing assets purchased out of " Plant, Material, and Stores " vote, and of permanentway material, do not agree with the stock-sheets submitted. (2) The asset represented by accumulated expenditure from " Departmental " vote (£2,171,998 6s.) should be allocated to the various accounts upon which the sum has been expended.— J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929—continued. Assets.

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• | | j | ! Stores, &c. Name of Account. Land. Buildings. | Ma^htalry M &c. 1 3 I Materia"! SUndr y Debtors ' j outstanding. ' other As8ets - Total. Acts, 1929-30.) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. National Development .. ! .. 4,964 8 0: .. .. 32,087 9 1 27,970 7 5 5,182 5 11 591 13 1 .. .. 1,149,375 9 5(a) 1,220,171 12 11 2. Railway Construction .. j .. 144,985 19 9 .. .. 307,866 9 11 6,229 0 11 .. 6,500 2 32,147,806 18 5 .. 4,266,607 9 11(6) 6,879,996 1 2 3. Irrigation (under Construe- j .. 776 0 0 .. .. 4,587 10 4 153 6 8 .. .. .. .. 165,954 1 2 c) 171,470 18 2 tion) i 4. Irrigation (in Operation) 1 .. 3,353 0 0i .. .. 3,606 1 6 19,632 17 4 .. 59 18 5 .. 59,110 12 0 /664,928 8 2(c) \ 752,290 17 5 \ 1,600 0 0(d) / 5. Public Buildings (Public 799,572 6 61,012,367 5 2 2,015 12 0 (See No. 12) , 1,353 6 6 : 2,243 16 4 6,185 5 4 4,125 4 0 17,327 4 10 .. .. 1,845,190 0 8 Works Fund) f 307 6 2(e) ~| 6. Timber-supplv and Saw- .. 591 9 4 1,596 10 7 .. 682 9 5; 1,306 3 51 .. 20 0 0 5,103 19 10 .. < 5,172 2 11(f) > 15,074 18 9 * mills ' 1 294 17 1(<?) j 7. Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. 266,754 3 4 .. 53,971 10 11128,147 8 8 .. 1,337 18 9 3,129 6 7.. .. 353,340 8 3 8. Public Works, Depart- .. .. 6,173 15 3 .. 1,185 16 5,89,032 16 10 .. 1 4 1 .. / 1,208 0 2(h) \2,269,599 18 9 mental 1 \ 2,171,998 6 0(i) J 9. Acquisition and Operation 643 12 2 1,682 19 7 6,095 7 2 .. 4,177 11 6 3,906 3 11 .. 1 3 2 2,339 1 3 .. f 1,542 16 6(j) \ 20,653 18 6 of Quarries \ 265 3 3(£) f 10. Maintenance of Roads, .. .. .. .. 525 17 4 4,217 11 1 .. .. .. .. 154,932 0 6(I) 159,675 8 11 Bridges, Rivers, &c., (Consolidated Fund) 11. Maintenance of Govern- .. .. .. •• 289 2 5 109 6 9 .. .. .. .. 5,449 5 3(1) 5,847 14 5 ment and other Domains (Consolidated Fund) 12. Maintenance of Public .. .. .. 29,270 13 11 7,478 7 0! 33,563 9 1 .. 160 0 7 80,741 12 4 .. 30,241 6 7(I) 181,455 9 6 Buildings (Consolidated Fund) 13. Wellington Workshops .. .. 3,396 8 5 107 0 9 3,359 7 5j 4,563 0 11 .. .. .. 1,504 5 8 814 3 4(ro) 13,744 6 6 (Consolidated Fund) 800,215 18 81,168,721 1 10286,031 16 929,377 14 8421,170 19 9|221,075 9 411,367 11 312,797 4 42,256,448 3 360,614 17 88,620,690 16 5 13,888,511 13 11 (a) Expenditure on national development for 1928-29. (b) Unopened lines. (c) Dams, weirs, races, <fcc. (d) Telephone system. (e) Tram-lines, roads, &c. (/) Timber rights. (g) Survey. &c., expenses. (li) Library. (i) Unallocated. (j) Stripping (in advance). (J-) Installation of plant. (0 Maintenance Account, 1928-29. <m) Work in progress. Note. —(a) In the figures for " Sundry debtors " is included £10,071 2s. 8d. due from other Government Departments. (6) Interest during construction is not added to the capital cost of any of the assets included under the above Balance-sheet.