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PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT —continued. Profit and Loss Account foe the Year ended 31st Maech, 1936. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Office salaries .. .. .. .. 5,580 5 8 By Balance transferred from Trading Account .. 38, 548 9 7 Repairs and alterations to buildings and plant.. 1,859 15 3 Storing and handling stationery, &c., for other Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 937 9 9 Government Departments .. .. 884 13 11 Ereight and cartage (outward) .. .. 2,603 14 3 Commission on sales of publications .. .. 917 II 0 Insurance . . .. .. .. 144 1 7 Rent receivable .. .. .. .. 303 1 8 Exchange .. .. .. ■■ 58 2 1 Discounts allowed .. .. .. 155 6 2 Telephones (rental) .. .. .. 108 16 3 Medical services .. .. .. .. 13 10 11 Lighting, &c. (proportion) .. .. .. 44 13 3 Proportion of rent, &c., High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. .. 299 12 0 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 283 17 11 Sundry trade expenses .. .. .. 244 1 11 Audit fee .. .. .. . • 100 0 0 Wages—Cleaners, watchmen, &c. .. .. 1,221 2 8 Interest on capital .. .. .. 9, 656 9 4 Depreciation— £ s. d. Buildings .. .. .. 1,011 15 10 Plant and machinery .. 5,547 5 8 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. 196 0 10 Type and type metal .. 58 10 8 Accessories .. .. 419 10 10 — 7,233 3 10 Loss on machinery, &c. .. .. .. 103 15 11 Compensation for injury .. .. .. 234 16 0 Grant in lieu of leave of absence .. .. 29 15 5 Bonus for special services .. .. .. 59 10 10 Balance carried down .. .. .. 9,681 15 2 £40,653 16 2 £40,653 16 2 £ s. d. By Balance brought down .. .. .. 9,681 15 2 Balance-sheet as at 31st Maech, 1936. Liabilities. Assets. £ s*. d. Capital Account— £ a. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. •• •• 58,999 0 0 Public Works Fund .. 112,623 6 0 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 39,039 5 3 Consolidated Fund .. .. 114,587 15 5 Plant and machinery— £ s. d. 227,211 1 5 Composing plant .. .. 937 11 1 Creditors Machine-composing plant .. 12,140 9 2 Departmental .. .. 529 19 10 Addressograph plant .. 185 4 0 Sundry .. .. •• 2,463 6 7 Printing plant .. .. 15,027 15 4 2,993 6 5 Binding plant .. .. 8,520 2 5 Wages accrued .. .. .. 1,225 8 9 Litho plant.. .. .. 2,453 10 5 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. 166 2 3 Photo plant . . .. 1,149 10 9 Writings-off Suspense Account .. 434 12 0 Stereotype plant .. .. 1,232 10 7 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 9,681 15 2 Engine-room plant .. .. 720 7 5 Miscellaneous plant .. .. 7,178 17 0 49,545 18 2 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. .. .. 689 11 10 Type and type metal .. .. .. 11,261 10 2 Accessories — Composing Branch .. .. 2,459 18 8 Machine-composing Branch .. 209 5 9 Addressograph Branch .. 38 8 0 Printing Branch .. .. 77 6 6 Binding Branch .. .. 441 19 3 Litho Branch .. .. 97 12 8 Photo Branch .. .. 59 8 10 Stereotype Branch .. .. 10 10 10 Engine-room .. .. 38 15 11 Paper-store.. .. .. 46 13 4 3,479 19 9 Payments in advance .. .. .. 14 17 8 Debtors— Departmental .. .. 11,105 5 3 Sundry .. .. .. 1,564 12 11 12,669 18 2 Work in progress .. .. .. 15,143 0 9 Stock — On hand .. .. .. 46,475 14 2 On consignment .. .. 387 22 46,862 16 4 Stock Suspense Account .. . . . • 312 13 6 Assets to lie written oft .. .. .. 121 18 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 3,571 15 11 £241,712 6 0 £241,712 6 0 E. Y. 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of Parliamentary Return 8.-l [Pt. IV], and to the comment that the asset " type and type-metal, £11,261 10s. 2d." is not supported by stock sheets.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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