B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1930.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930— continued. Assets.

(a) Expenditure on National Development to 31st March, 1930. (6) Unopened Lines, (c) Water-races, pipe-lines, dams, &c. (d) Timber rights, &c. (e) Library. (/) Departmental Suspense Account, (g) Sidings, rails, stripping in advance, &c. (h) Maintenance Account, 1929-30. (t) Work in progress, (j) Cost of raising loans unallocated. Note.—Interest during construction is not added to the capital cost of any of the assets included under the above Balance-sheet. Sundry debtors— Departmental, £81,935 Bs. Bd. ; other Government Departments ,£4,045 18s. 5d.; others, £87,949 9s. 7d. 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 comment is appended : The book values of the existing assets purchased out of " Plant, Material, and Stores " vote, and of permanent-way material, do not agree with stock-sheets submitted.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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: Stores, &c. ,,, w , , T ,,,„- a+„„v„ t.„, (Deficits to be Profit and ! Cash in Treasury Name ol Account, Land. Buildings. Fittings. Materials. Sundry Debtors. out^ ing . PubUc Works Adjustment Other Assets. Total. Acts.) j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.| £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. National Development .. .. 4,344 10 0 .. .. 38,243 1 0 23,582 18 7 5,059 13 10 943 9 8 .. .. .. 21,968,760 13 7(a) 22,040,934 6 8 2. Railway Construction .. .. 158,453 14 6 .. .. 449,121 9 5 9,155 11 3 .. 684 18 10 .. .. .. 5,787,785 3 4(6) 6,405,200 17 4 3. Irrigation (under construo- 1,334 10 0 .. .. j 4,007 15 7 410 9 10 .. .. .. .. .. 210,709 4 1(c) 216,461 19 6 tion) i 4. Irrigation (in operation) .. .. 2,110 0 0 .. •• 9,019 12 2 16,562 16 11 .. 1,125 18 087,394 10 6 .. .. 701,862 0 9(c), 818,074 18 4 5. Public Buildings (Public 829,201 15 91,034,028 5 4 2,015 12 0 (See No. 12) 2,151 3 2 552 2 1 6,185 5 4 4,129 18 2 .. .. .. .. 1,878,264 1 10 Works Fund) 6. Timber-supply and Sawmills .. 447 9 7 888 11 41 .. 677 0 11 570 2 8 .. .. .. 3,243 1 10 .. 4,822 8 2(d) 10,648 14 6 7. Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. 249,599 4 8 .. 46,524 16 6 14,245 9 9 1,224 10 4 5,599 5 11 .. .. .. .. 317,193 7 2 8. Public Works, Departmental .. .. 6,111 0 8 .. 1,442 11 2 67,424 4 1.. 23 15 1 .. .. \*>'718 9 10(/j / '9,135 8 9 9. Acquisition and Operation of 643 12 2 1,577 6 6.. .. 3,740 14 7 1,269 12 4 .. 3,173 3 11 .. .. .. 8,151 18 9(g) 18,556 8 3 Quarries 10. Maintenance of Roads, .. .. .. •• 427 17 7 5,656 7 2 .. .. .. .. 208,254 4 0(h) 214,338 8 9 Bridges, Rivers, &c., (Consolidated Fund) 11. Maintenance of Government .. .. .. 387 6 10 21 17 10 .. .. .. .. 5,151 7 0(h) 5,560 11 8 and other Domains (Consolidated Fund) 12. Maintenance of Public .. .. .. 27,154 16 0 6,661 17 3 31,273 9 0 .. 82 3 8 .. .. 109,916 2 7 35,132 14 5(h) 210,221 2 11 Buildings (Consolidated Fund) 13. Wellington Workshops .. .. .. 2,244 1 6 118 11 9 4,252 18 6 3,205 15 2 .. 18 4 10 1,818 6 4 .. .. 1,486 7 0(i) 13,144 5 1 14. Cost of raising Loans .. .. .. .. • • • • • • .. .. .. .. .. 339, 166 4 5(j) 339, 166 4 5 „ 829,845 7 11 1,202,295 15 11260,858 10 227,273 7 9566,658 4 8173,930 16 812,469 9 615,780 18 189,212 16'10 3,243 1 10 109,916 2 7 29,275,416 3 3 132,566,900 15 2