B. —1 [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1930.

STATE BALANCE-SHEET. Amalgamation of Departmental Balance-sheets, comprising Accounts within the Public Account AND INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC DEBT. 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. Land and buildings, including Crown, settlement, and £ s. d. Loan .. .. .. 267,383,342 18 4 endowment land, departmental lands and buildings 42,369,986 410 Rural Advances bonds .. 2,771,200 0 0 State forests, nurseries, plantations, &c. .. .. 36,209,690 10 li Public Debt Redemption Fund .. 22,075,644 10 6 Advances on loan or mortgage .. .. .. 57,810,655 8 5 Sundry creditors, including rents, &c. 2,321,143 19 0 Railways, including permanent-way and works, rollingInterest due and unpaid .. 35,277 19 10 stock, and unopened lines .. .. .. 64,768,543 6 0 Payments in advance, amounts Telegraph, telephones, and wireless system .. 10,228,424 14 10 charged in advance .. .. 420,809 19 10 Electrical schemes .. .. .. .. 9,390,445 15 10 Interest accrued but not due .. 643,472 13 1 Drainage schemes .. .. .. .. 3,392,115 1 0 Reserves — Colleries, sawmills, quarries, &c. .. .. .. 641,168 15 0 General .. .. .. 6,390,296 15 5 Armaments and military stores, aviation equipSinking fund and reserves for ment, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 3,221,197 4 1 loan-redemption .. .. 3,195,851 16 3 Fish-hatcheries, oyster-beds, equipment, &c. .. 134,846 410 Depreciation .. .. 6,917,036 10 2 Wharves, bridges, and harbour-works .. .. 534,839 9 9 Fire, accident, and marine in- Plant, material, machinery, stores, &e., including surance, bad debts, &c. .. 307,674 5 11 furniture, &c. .. .. .. .. 3,984,783 9 10 Suspense .. .. . 279,338 011 Libraries, books, stationery, stamps, &c. .. .. 345,039 11 7 Amount held on deposit .. 526,808 18 3 Live and dead stock, farm crops, &c. .. .. 161,541 7 2 Excess of Assets over Liabilities . 63,388,538 711 Government steamers, launches, motor-cars, &c. .. 588,069 12 3 Debtors— Sundry .. .. .. .. .. 2,540,264 10 10 Unpaid purchase-price of land and buildings .. 1,525,474 14 4 Postponed rents .. .. .. .. 241,163 12 5 Special investments : — Nauru phosphate rights .. .. .. 592,055 13 3 Bank of New Zealand shares .. .. .. 2,109,375 0 0 Public Trust Office (Public Debt Redemption Fund) 7,966,688 11 2 * Special assets of various accounts : — Native land-settlement development schemes, including surveys and liens .. .. .. 317,794 19 1 Advances to other Governments .. .. 35,169 13 7 Unallocated expenditure (cost of raising loans) .. 174,896 18 6 State Advances Loan Charges Account .. .. 555,813 13 10 State Advances Realization Account .. .. 156,799 5 7 Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 195,079 14 4 Rents and interest, &c., accrued .. .. .. 1,006,903 14 6 Investments — Reserve Fund .. .. .. .. 1,996,725 2 5 Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. 452,362 15 9 Public Trust .. .. .. .. 66,125 2 II Miscellaneous, including investments of Treasury accounts .. .. .. .. .. 6,147,312 15 8 National Development Account— Expenditure on main highways, £ s. d. roads, roads on goldfields .. 22,839,932 19 6 Development of mining .. 867,777 15 11 Education .. .. .. 7,240,704 4 3 Immigration .. .. 3,240,757 3 8 Harbour-works .. .. 1,020,808 4 0 Land-development .. .. 608,595 15 6 35,818,576 2 10 Other loan expenditure— War expenditure .. .. 69,529,963 19 7 Naval defence .. .. 1,431,168 6 7 Local bodies .. .. 3,041,217 12 0 Maori-land settlement .. 247,050 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. 6,159,391 3 1 80,408,791 1 3 Cash— Public Account .. .. .. .. 1,659,107 19 1 Receiver-General .. .. .. .. 21,059 18 2 State Advances Office Account .. .. 177,788 9 6 Railway-stations .. .. .. .. 14,94728 Post Office .. .. .. .. .. 109,660 2 6 Deposit accounts .. .. .. .. 79,166 2 7 Post Office Account (including Postmasters' balances) .. .. .. .. .. 477,877 17 2 In hand and in transit .. .. .. 1,276 15 4 Public Trustee .. .. .. .. 24,774 15 4 Miscellaneous assets .. .. .. .. 2,057 14 6 £378,656,436 15 5 £378,656,436 15 5 Note. —To account for the whole of the Public Debt, Loan Expenditure oil War and Other Purposes not represented by tangible assets has been included in the assets under the heading of " Other Loan Expenditure." Interest is received in respect to portion of the local bodies' loan expenditure. A. D. Park, F.1.A.N.Z., F.R.A.N.Z., Secretary to the Treasury. G. C. Rodda, F.R.A.N.Z., Accountant to the Treasury. I hereby certify that the above amalgamation of Balance-sheets has been compared with the relative audited accounts, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental note.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (514 copies), £90.

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