B. —1 [PT. IV], SUP. to 1932.

MARINE DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 28,941 17 0 Public Works Fund .. .. 271,654 5 7 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 8,195 10 S Consolidated Fund .. .. 349,177 15 2 Lighthouses (including land, towers, buildings, 620,832 0 9 furniture, apparatus, and equipment) .. 309,147 .14 4 Creditors— Fog-signals .. .. .. .. 7,581 0 2 Departmental .. .. 846 14 4 Radio direction-finding experiments .. .. 1,971 3 8 Sundry .. .. •• 1,741 16 2 Radio direction-finding beacons .. .. 1,517 12 2 2,588 10 6 Beacons, buoys, and moorings .. .. 8,147 5 3 Rentals, &c., paid in advance .. .. 70 5 7 Government steamers .. .. .. 80,684 13 8 Reserves Wharves .. .. .. .. .. 2,354 0 0 Depreciation .. .. 94,471 12 8 Harbour equipment (including launches, flagstaffs, Bad debts .. .. •• 180 0 0 signalling-apparatus, tools, &c.) .. .. 2,548 7 0 Rebates .. .. •• 502 8 9 Oyster-beds .. .. .. .. 132,602 15 11 95,154 1 5 Oyster ketch, launches, and boats .. .. 7,475 11 3 Deposit accounts .. .. •• 339 17 11 Fish hatcheries and equipment .. .. 2,649 10 2 Writines-off Reserve Account .. .. .. 825 10 7 Fisheries Development Account .. .. 2,833 3 7 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 1,854 1 1 Automatic flashing-lamps .. .. .. 258 12 10 Test-pumps and pressure-gauges .. .. 484 12 2 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. 6,535 17 10 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 994 0 9 Library .. .. .. .. .. 1,632 12 4 Stores, tools, &c. .. .. .. .. 12,421 19 2 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 497 0 0 Charts, saleable books, and forms .. .. 2,561 2 4 Unemployment-insurance stamps .. .. 188 6 7 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 82 16 10 Payments in advance .. .. .. 46 1 2 Debtors— £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 169 2 3 Sundry .. .. .. 8,435 16 4 ■ 8,604 18 7 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 825 10 7 Deposit Cash Account — Consolidated Fund deposits .. 11 3 0 Receiver-General's deposits .. 10 0 0 Other deposits .. .. 318 14 11 339 17 11 Cash in Post Office .. .. .. .. 650 8 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 70,865 11 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 14,316 12 6 £719,810 6 9 £719,810 6 9 J. E. Engel, 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 notes. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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