B.—l [PT. IV].

DEPARTMENT OP INTERNAL APPAlRS—continued. Combined Income and Expendituee Account foe the Yeab ended 31st Maech, 1932. (Including Subdivisions I to VIII and Special Acts.) Expenditure. Income. To Balances from separate accounts as under : — £ s. d. By Balances from separate account as under : £ s. d. Head Office .. .. .. .. 181,467 14 0 Explosives Branch .. .. .. 3,596 211 Government Actuary .. .. .. 651 16 6 Balance carried to Combined Balance-sheet .. 224,780 9 2 High Commissioner .. 40,450 13 4 Museum .. .. .. .. 5,806 8 3 228,376 12 1 £228,376 12 1 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Interest at 4f per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1931 ; (6) rental assessed by Public Works Department; (c) proportion of cost of raising public-works loans ; (d) Public Works Department administration charges. Combined Balance-sheet as at 31st Maech, 1932. (Including Subdivisions I to VIII and Special Acts.) Liabilities. * Assets. Capital £ s. d. £ s. d. Departmental Assets —Head Office Public Works Pund .. .. 180,299 18 3 and Sub-Departments— £ s. d. £ s. d. Consolidated Pund .. .. 194,420 14 6 Land .. .. .. 12,633 10 6 374,720 12 9 Buildings .. .. .. 171,597 7 1 Creditors — Consumable stores .. .. 496 5 8 Departmental .. .. 1,054 4 9 Tools and utensils .. .. 529 14 4 Sundry .. .. .. 9,444 14 1 Purniture and fittings .. 17,876 16 5 10,498'18 10 Mechanical appliances .. 3,680 8 8 Payments in advance — Motor-vehicles .. .. 3,718 12 4 Loans .. .. .. 32 8 4 Bicycles .., .. .. 9 9 6 Rent .. .. .. 4 8 6 Library .. .. .. 3,286 0 4 36 16 10 Photographic apparatus .. 448 9 8 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 43,129 15 10 214,276 14 6 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 137 18 5 Special departmental assets — Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 180,908 12 5 Head Office — Turnbull Library .. .. 57,390" 211 Turnbull Library building .. 9,292 4 5 Pish-hatcheries .. .. 3,130 15 10 Wharves and beacons .. 295 0 0 Launches .. .. .. 317 18 4 Traps, horses, and dogs .. 22 0 0 Camping outfit —Inspector under Animals Protection and Game Act .. .. .. 22 14 4 Camp equipment .. .. 110 3 6 Hunting-equipment.. .. 107 12 4 — • 70,688 11 8 Loan on mortgage .. .. .. 5,899111 Interest accrued on loan .. .. 8 6 8 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 1,175 6 3 Sundry .. .. .. 1,601 16 7 Stranded New-Zealanders .. 865 10 10 3,642 13 8 High Commissioner— Lease of buildings .. .. 20,425 0 0 Lease of buildings, Suspense Account.. .. .. 14,623 0 2 Motor accessories .. .. 10 0 0 35,058 0 2 Museum exhibits .. .. .. 54,725 3 2 Explosives Branch—Explosives Appliances 215 15 9 Losses in Suspense .. . . .. 137 18 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. 224,780 9 2 £609,432 15 1 £609,432 15 1 Malcolm Feasee, Under-Secretary. F. B. Dwyee, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the 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 note. —J. H, Fowlee, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General,

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