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NEW ZEALAND STATE COAL-MINES— continued. Table showing the Position of the State Coal-mines Account from Inception to 31st March, 1932.

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m i i .11 Total Amount of Liabilities as per N a m eof W orKs. E£Sg£ D ™«£ *«*«**■ ***>-• Balance-^eet, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Point Elizabeth Colliery .. 98,210 9 0 Less sales and loss by fire .. 2,291 6 11 95,919 2 1 95,919 2 1 .. 147,583 4 11 Liverpool Colliery .. .. 315,243 4 10 Less sales, transfers, and loss 4,773 14 4 by fire 310,469 10 6 228,240 4 3 82,229 6 3 43,181 18 10 .. 7,193 4 10 Seddonville Colliery.. .. 38,243 2 5 Less sales .. .. 548 17 0 37,694 5 5 37,694 5 5 .. .. 37,239 14 3 Briquette-works property .. 16,135 2 6 Less sales of plant .. 2,066 5 0 14,068 17 6 14,068 17 6 .. .. 22,660 18 10 Prospecting on State Coal 3,875 15 4 389 4 0 3,486 11 4 .. .. .. Reserve Plant, buildings, &c, on hire 6,447 10 5 Less, sales, transfers, &c. .. 3,101 6 10 3,346 3 7 2,053 8 2 1,292 15 5 102 7 2 Charming Creek prospecting .. 5,956 18 6 5,956 18 6 .. .. 5,780 15 1 James Colliery .. .. 70,592 7 1 Less sales, transfers, &c. .. 1,036 2 3 69,556 4 10 44,518 16 8 25,037 8 2 .. 7,209 18 10 5,086 15 10 MacDonald Colliery .. .. 93,600 4 11 38,684 19 6* 54,915 5 5 .. 38,623 2 5* 10 16 8 Wellington Depot property .. 18,977 7 1 Less sales and transfers .. 863 14 9 18,113 12 4 9,728 0 6 8,385 11 10 .. 1,635 3 4 503 9 2 Christchurch Depot property 13,440 3 6 Less sales and loss on horses 291 19 0 13,148 4 6 9,507 11 3 3,640 13 3 12,639 5 7 .. 2,260 19 10 Wanganui Depot property .. 3,732 9 3 Less sales and loss on horses 174 12 5 3,557 16 10 3,059 19 6 497 17 4 .. 1,054 0 0 88 6 7 Dunedin Depot property .. 2,023 3 7 Less sale of plant .. .. 641 10 0 1,381 13 7 1,381 13 7 .. .. 4,248 3 5 Hulks property .. .. 4,033 15 5 Less sales " .. .. 1,948 17 0 2,084 18 5 2,084 18 5 .. 1,786 12 11 Office furniture .. .. 189 13 9 Less sales .. .. 17 5 0 172 8 9 172 8 9 .. .. 172 8 9 Grand total .. 690,701 7 7 Less losses and sales 17,755 10 6 £672,945 17 1 £493,460 8 1 179,485 9 0 Carried forward .. .. .. 179,485 9 0 205,293 9 5 118,624 4 11 | 15,143 12 11 * Includes interest (£30,285 19s. lOd.) capitalized from date of purchase to date lease was granted—now written off.