B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. to 1934.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1934. Liabilities. Assets. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land — £ s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure out of I'ublio Works Institutions .. .. 43,534 3 6 Fund to Ist April, 1933 .. 418,449 2 8 Quarantine stations, &e. .. 2,473 6 6 Expenditure out of Public Works 46,007 10 0 Fund for year ended 31st Buildings— March, 1934, £1,346 os. Bd., less Institutions .. .. 186,986 5 5 reduction for year, £3,706 Quarantine stations, &o. .. 49,196 12 0 11s. 7d. .. .. .. 2,360 10 II 236,182 17 5 Stores on hand — 416,088 11 9 At institutions .. .. 7,280 5 8 £ s. d. Sera, vaccine, and laboratory Land at Otaki .. 3,235 0 0 stores .. .. .. 1,402 0 7 Transferred to Pal- Head Office bulk store .. 5,342 15 2 merston North 14,025 1 5 Hospital Board 3,235 0 0 «tores afloat .. .. .. 592 18 1 .. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, ambuExpenditure out of Consolidated lances, and lorries — Fund .. .. .. 92,925 5 3 Institutions .. .. 823 9 6 509,0K! 17 0 Other .. .. .. 8,807 11 5 Creditors- 9,631 0 11 Departmental .. .. 991 6 6 Live-stock and consumable farm Sundry .. .. 60,287 1 7 stores at institutions.. .. .. 715 17 0 61,278 8 1 Furniture, fittings, and equipment— Institutional fees paid in advance.. .. 213 15 6 Institutions .. .. 38,925 16 7 Medical practitioners' fees paid in Dental climes .. .. 9,597 13 9 advance .. .. .. .. 445 10 3 Other .. .. .. 20,367 18 (i Institutional Fees Suspense Account .. 3,777 6 0 68,891 8 10 Promotion of Health Fund .. .. 921 8 5 Mechanical office appliances— Reserve for depreciation— Institutions .. .. 264 6 7 Institutions.. .. .. 93,396 14 10 Other .. .. .. 1,788 0 6 Other .. .. .. 47,746 6 8 2,052 7 1 141,143 1 6 libraries (other than institutional) .. 954 4 4 Writings-off, Suspense Account — Push bicycles— Institutions .. .. .. 8,407 15 7 Institutions .. .. 31 13 0 Other .. .. .. 154 2 7 Other .. .. .. 158 22 8,561 18 2 189 15 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 614,810 4 1 Plant and machinery at institutions .. 3,755 15 5 Other improvements— Institutions .. .. 29,282 6 6 Quarantine stations .. .. 2,852 19 5 32,135 5 11 Debtors — Sundry .. .. .. 22,981 17 0 Departmental .. .. 157 13 5 23,139 10 5 Assets in Suspense — Institutions .. .. 1,616 411 Other .. .. .. 154 2 7 1,770 7 6 Bad debts in Suspense : Institutions . . .. 6,791 10 8 National Development Expenditure Account .. 93,879 15 5 Cash in Post Office or in transit . . .. 1,546 7 1 General Revenue Account : Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. .. 797,903 16 4 £1,340,165 9 0 £1,340,165 9 0 Note.—(l) The accounts include the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriations: (a) Rent assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4| per cent, on capital. (2) Sundry debtors, £23,139 10s. 5d., includes £3,636 12s. 6d. in respect of subsidies advanced to Hospital Boards. (3) No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the accounts. (4) No part of the premium on conversion of the loan.liability of the Public Works Fund General Purposes Account is reflected in these accounts. (5) Validating legislation is being obtained in respect of the transfer to the Waipawa Hospital Board of the property in Pukeora Sanatorium. A. Keisenberg, A.R.A.N.Z., Secretary. W. T. Findlay, A.E.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the various 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. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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