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PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1938. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. 54,359 0 0 Public Works Fund .. 112,623 6 0 Buildings .. .. .. .. 37,015 13 7 Consolidated Fund .. .. 131,645 9 7 Plant and machinery— £ s. d. 244,268 15 7 Composing plant .. .. 978 11 2 Creditors — Machine-composing plant .. 10,117 13 8 Departmental .. .. 2,211 10 6 Addressograph plant .. .. 138 18 0 Sundry .. .. .. 9,425 18 8 Printing plant .. .. 15,356 12 8 ■ 11,637 9 2 Binding plant .. .. 8,515 0 9 Wages accrued .. .. .. .. 2,392 6 5 Litho plant .. .. .. 2,020 19 8 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 163 18 6 Photo plant .. .. .. 1,420 16 7 Writing-off Suspense Account.. .. .. 2,376 19 9 Stereotype plant .. .. 1,003 611 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 7,070 18 0 Engine-room plant .. .. 538 11 9 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 12,036 511 Miscellaneous plant .. .. 5,998 6 3 : 46,088 17 5 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. .. .. 738 6 9 Type and type metal .. .. .. 11,912 1 6 Accessories — Composing Branch .. 2,277 4 9 Machine-composing Branch .. 59 8 2 Printing Branch .. .. 62 17 7 Binding Branch .. .. 346 4 11 Litho Branch .. .. 72 16 5 Photo Branch .. .. 48 10 5 Stereotype Branch .. .. 813 7 Engine-room .. .. 38 12 9 Paper Store .. .. .. 168 13 0 3,083 1 7 Payments in advance .. .. .. 27 13 6 Debtors— Departmental .. .. 24,960 0 3 Sundry .. .. .. 5,389 12 7 30,349 12 10 Work in progress .. .. .. 12,700 0 7 Stock— On hand .. .. .. 78,690 14 5 In transit .. .. .. 2,366 7 1 On consignment .. .. 238 4 4 — 81,295 5 10 Stock Suspense Account .. .. 2,254 12 4 Assets to be written ofi .. .. .. 122 7 5 £279,946 13 4 £279,946 13 4 A. W. Gyles, 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, £11,912 Is. 6d. " is not supported by stock-sheets. —J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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