B — 1 [PT. IV], SUP. to 1936.

MINES DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 4,349 0 0 Consolidated Eund .. .. 7,496 9 9 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 198 8 1 Public Works Eund .. ..806,195 15 11 Stores .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 3 ■ 813,692 5 8 Motor-cars.. .. .. .. .. 207 17 3 Creditors — Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 384 12 5 Departmental .. .. 308 11 9 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 37 14 4 Sundry .. .. .. 12,54110 1 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 1000 12,850 1 10 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 29 15 7 Reserves : Reserve for bad and doubtful debts .. 500 0 0 Saleable publications .. .. .. 365 16 5 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 623 711 £ s. d. Amounts held in deposit .. .. .. 7,341 18 5 Mortgages .. .. .. 7,40.1 6 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 10,144 810 Interest accrued and unpaid .. 97 15 1 7,499 1 9 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 152 12 4 Sundry .. .. .. 13,474 11 4 13,627 3 8 National Development Account: Development of mining .. .. .. .. 793,590 5 1.1 Drills and equipment .. .. .. 7,089 19 0 Library and maps . . .. .. .. 59 13 2 Exhibits .. .. .. .. .. 204 16 7 Mineral collections .. .. .. .. 56 15 4 Instruments .. .. .. .. 114 16 11 Assets in Suspense Account .. . . . . 623 7 11 Deposit Accounts — £ s. d. Post Office .. .. • • 46 0 0 Mining Act, 1926 .. .. 1,145 4 4 Receiver-General .. .. 2,686 0 0 Receivers of Gold Revenue .. 1,376 5 5 Local bodies .. .. 1,238 8 8 Eixed deposits .. .. 850 0 0 7,341 18 5 Excess of expenditure over income : Mines Department .. .. 17,412 18 6 Less excess of income over expenditure, Coal Revenue Accounts .. .. 8,049 8 10 —— 9,363 9 8 £845,152 2 8 £845,152 2 8 Notes. — Subsidies totalling £6,916 18s. lid. paid to mining companies and syndicates are recoverable, but only if payable gold in sufficient quantities is won. The item National Development Account, £793,590 ss. lid., represents expenditure out of the Public Works Eund from 1870 to 1922 which is not included in other items of the Balance-sheet. A. Tyndall, Under-Secretary. A. W. Gyles, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account, Revenue Account, 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon and to the explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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