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DEFENCE -DEPARTMENT. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1921. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital funds —Liability to Treasury Sundry debtors .. .. .. 350 11 11 on Capital Account, Ist April, 1920 2,386,996 2 3 Consolidated FundTreasury Adjustment Account .. 650,219 0 1 Live-stock-liorses at valuation .. 1,468 13 0 Creditors .. -. .. 16,396 0 9 Ordnance stocks at vocabulary figures .. .. .. 1,379,470 11 2 Stationery and publications .. 2,979 10 9 Armaments and ammunition (assessed value at date) .. .. 268,400 15 9 Defence vessels and stores (assessed value at date) .. .. 6,000 0 0 Office furniture and equipment (assessed value at date) .. .. 263,757 1 5 Public Works Fund— £ s. d. Land and buildings 588,859 17 4 Add additions .. 8,785 2 8 597,645 0 0 Less depreciation 5,802 0 0 591,843 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. 539,340 19 1 £3,053,611 3 1 £3,053,611 3 1 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1921. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. To Pay, Military, Civil, and Territorial, By Hire of launches .. .. .. 2,114 11 10 and cost-of-living bonus .. .. 294,665 19 7 Rent of drill-balls and houses .. 2,303 10 8 Grants for rifle shooting and cost of Grazing, rifle ranges .. .. 1,190 4 9 sending teams abroad .. .. 2,763 0 5 Sales, old iron .. .. .. 84 10- 0 Medical examination, attendance, and Balance of expenditure over income hospital charges .. .. 937 10 4 (carried dovn) .. .. ..431,166 18 0 Advertising, printing and stationery, postages, repairs, and washing .. 15,386 8 6 Maintenance, repairs, and hire of drillhalls, grounds, boat-sheds, and launches .. .. .. 15,658 2 0 Compensation, pensions, and special and compassionate allowances .. 8,428 4 0 Cost and upkeep of targets .. 238 6 9 Rations, fuel, light, and water .. 5,752 10 2 Maintenance grants to and military education of troops .. .. 7,553 10 1 Travelling - expenses, railway fares, freights, and cartage .. .. 31,879 2 2 » Amount to make good misappropriation by Trooper J. A. Will " .. 49 3 0 New Zealand Cross grants, law-costs, and funeral expenses .. .. 517 5 2 Passages and expenses of officers and cadets abroad on duty .. .. 11,586 0 8 Refund of Customs duty .. .. 265 8 0 Courts of inquiry .. .. .. 27 17 0 Depreciation on buildings .. .. 5,802 0 0 Special expenditure — Advancement of aviation in New Zealand 12,355 7 5 Contribution to Superannuation Fund 20,000 0 0 £436,865 15 3 ' £436,865 15 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance (brought down) .. .. 431,168 18 0 By Balance, excess of expenditure over Interest .. .. .. •■ 108,174 1 1 income after charging interest .. 539,340 19 1 £539,340 19 1 £539,340 19 1 H. M. Griffen, Lieut.-Colonel, Director of Financial Services.