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PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 60,600 0 0 Public Works Fund .. 113,576 19 5 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 50,047 14 0 Consolidated Fund .. 103,663 17 1 Plant and machinery— £ s. d. 217,240 16 6 Composing plant .. 1,075 2 9 Creditors — Monotype plant .. .. 11,320 17 1 Departmental .. .. 762 18 4 Addressograph plant .. 624 15 0 Sundry .. .. .. 2,910 18 10 Printing plant .. .. 26,366 6 3 3,673 17 2 Binding plant .. .. 12,268 11 1 Wages accrued .. .. .. .. 759 910 Litho plant .. .. 3,099 14 I Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 189 13 3 Photo plant .. .. 1,781 6 4 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 59,816 6 2 Stereotype plant .. .. 1,740 4 6 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. 62 611 Engine-room plant .. .. 1,555 2 9 Miscellaneous plant .. .. 9,353 11 6 69,185 11 4 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. 2,305 16 4 Type .. .. .. .. .. 9,220 5 2 Accessories. £s. d. Composing Branch .. .. 3,583 19 2 Monotype Branch .. .. 104 0 3 Addressograph Branch .. 48 0 0 Printing Branch .. .. 101 8 2 Binding Branch .. .. 757 1 1 Litho Branch .. .. 207 12 0 Photo Branch .. . . 77 14 2 Stereotype Branch .. .. 16 6 2 Engine-room .. . . 67 13 8 Paper-store . . .. 53 7 10 5,017 2 6 Debtors— Departmental . . . . 7,215 13 8 Sundry .. .. 2,953 6 1 10,168 19 9 Work in progress .. .. 6,391 13 0 Stock — On hand .. .. .. 39,170 0 2 In transit .. .. .. 3,471 16 2 On consignment .. .. 118 13 11 42,760 10 3 Stock Suspense Account .. .. .. 52 4 11 Assets to be written off .. .. .. 10 2 0 j Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 22,733 8 9 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 3,249 1 10 £281,742 9 10 £281,742 9 10 Note. —The following charges are inctuded for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Proportion of cost of raising Public Works loans, £105 ; (b) Public Works Department administration expenses, £212. E. V. Paul, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments, Trading, and Profit and Loss 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 notes. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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