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Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. • Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ b. d. Office salaries .. .. .. 6,054 17 8 Balance transferred from Trading Account .. 38,381 4 7 Repairs and alterations to buildings and plant . . 850 0 2 Storing and handling stationery, &c., for other Postages and telegrams .. .. •• 1,004 13 10 Government Departments .. • • 903 17 8 Freight and cartage (outward) .. .. .. 2,509 16 3 Commission on sales of publications .. •• 1,102 0 7 Insurance .. ■ • • • • ■ ■ • 222 1 0 Rent receivable .. .. • • • • 302 10 4 Exchange . . . ■ ■ • ■ • • ■ 51 1 6 Discounts allowed . . . ■ • ■ • • 112 1 5 Telephones (rental) . . . . .. ■ • 110 19 10 Medical services . . . ■ ■ ■ • • 25 9 8 Lighting, &c. (proportion) .. .. . . 54 0 0 Proportion of rent, &c., High Commissioner's Office 316 0 0 Office expenses .. •. •• •• 242 19 11 Sundry trade expenses .. •. • • 365 19 8 Audit fee • ■ ■ • ■ • ■ • ■ • 100 0 0 Wages —Cleaners, watchmen, (fee. .. .. 1,558 15 9 Interest on capital .. .. ■■ 9,916 210 Depreciation— £ s. d. Buildings .. .. •• 1,011 15 10 Plant and machinery .. 5,683 0 1 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment . . .. 208 9 0 Type and type metal .. 61 4 5 Accessories •. •. 435 5 3 7,399 14 7 Rent of storage space .. . • • ■ ■ • 89 0 0 Loss on machinery, &c. .. • • • • 102 7 9 Travelling-expenses to Australia .. .. 150 0 0 Grants to widows of deceased officers . . . . 60 11 0 Balance carried down .. .. •• •• 9,453 0 4 £40,749 13 2 £40,749 13 2 £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. . • 9,453 0 4 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. Capital Account — £ s. d. £ s. d. • Public Works Fund .. .. 112,623 6 0 Land 54,359 0 0 Consolidated Fund .. .. 120,697 14 8 Buildings ■ • ■ 38,027 9 5 : 233,321 0 8 Plant and machinery— ~ s. d. Creditors Composing plant .. .. 1,026 10 9 Departmental .. .. 1,836 15 8 Machine-composing plant .. 11,300 13 6 Sundrv .. .. •• 3,704 12 1 Addressograph plant .. .. 162 1 0 5,541 7 9 Printing plant .. •• 17,566 9 7 Wages accrued 1,789 11 4 Binding plant .. .. 9,503 11 2 Bad Debts Reserve 164 16 2 Litho plant 2,233 16 8 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. •• 352 1 0 Photo plant .. .. .. J '„-,2 ! I Treasury Adjustment Account .. •• 1,494 14 7 Stereotype plant .. .. 1,078 9 3 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 9,453 0 4 Engine-room plant .. .. 636 13 0 Miscellaneous plant . . .. 6,644 6 8 ■ 51,758 22 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. ■ . .. ■• 648 10 7 Type and type metal .. .. .. 11,638 11 7 Accessories — Composing Branch .. .. 2,625 10 1 Machine-composing Branch . . 185 8 4 Addressograph Branch .. 33 12 0 Printing Branch . . .. 67 4 10 Binding Branch . . .. 390 7 9 Litho Branch . . .. 86 1 1 Photo Branch .. .. 52 0 2 Stereotype Branch .. .. 9 3 0 Engine-room . . .. 35 7 6 Paper Store .. .. • ■ 47 7 5 3,532 22 Payments in advance . . .. ■ • 11 10 0 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 13,709 7 10 Sundry 4,379 17 7 18,089 5 5 Work in progress .. .. 13,547 7 4 Stock— On hand .. .. .. 49,267 17 10 In transit .. .. .. 10,489 16 6 On consignment .. .. 394 ] 7 10 60,152 12 2 Stock Suspense Account .. • • 248 7 2 Assets to be written oft . . .. . . 103 13 10 £252,116 11 10 £252,116 11 10 O. A. Ohlsson, Acting 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 lor 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, £11,638 lis. 7d." is not supported by stock-sheets. —J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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