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1925-26. j Liabilities. 1926-27. 1925-26. Assets. 1926-27. I I I ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,464,931 0 8 Brought forward .. .. .. 1,618,073 12 0 ! 1,061,997 2 11 Brought forward .. .. .. 1,163,419 16 10 — Primary distribution — 7,021 16 1 Supply cables —Christchurch City .. 7,258 16 6 4,889 19 10 Christ-church Tramways .. 5,171 13 2 7,210 15 11 Lyttelton .. .. 7,624 4 2 20,720 19 11 Northern .. .. 26,161 4 9 13,096 2 0 Southern .. .. 14,016 14 0 4,064 7 7 Motukarara .. .. 4,064 7 7 6,190 13 0 Substations —Hororata .. .. .. 10,101 12 6 12,838 1 11 Ashburton .. .. 17,930 4 0 14,974 13 2 Timara .. .. .. 25,599 17 5 Oamaru .. .. .. 2,623 8 9 622 9 9 Lightning-arresters .. .. .. 622 9 9 300 4 5 Tools and equipment .. .. .. 300 4 5 1,516 12 8 Alterations to public telegraph-lines .. 1,516 12 8 122,991 9 8 i 93,446 16 3 Secondary distribution —- 15,490 5 2 Supply cables and reticulation .. .. 15,502 10 6 26,675 3 2 Local substations .. .. .. 30,253 17 3 45,756 7 9 42,165 8 4 7,003 9 6 Service transformers and meters .. .. .. 6,000 11 5 9,460 18 4 Motor-cars, lorries, and cycles, &c. .. ; .. 8,475 1 2 108 5 4 Test room equipment .. .. .. .. 109 2 7 17,846 3 11 Loose tools, plant, and equipment .. .. .. 15,147 17 9 1,729 3 9 Public telephones to the lake .. .. .. 1,729 3 9 Telephones to Christchurch City Council and 173 19 1 Tramway Board and local offices.. .. .. 173 19 1 255 1 0 Christchurch office —-Furniture and fittings .. .. 255 1 0 Engineering, office, and general expenses on 47,030 10 9 preliminary surveys and during construction .. 53,637 12 2 Salaries of Engineers and others on preliminary 35,152 17 11 surveys and during construction .. .. .. 38,437 8 4 Cost of raising loans .. .. .. .. 21,396 0 0 50,580 14 4 Interest during construction .. .. .. 61,039 0 4 1,366,950 11 5 1,538,568 11 10 69,504 16 11 Stocks of material, &c., on hand at date .. .. 33,222 16 9 Telephone subscriptions, fire insurance, &c., 162 13 6 paid in advance .. ■. .. .. 88 18 7 Sundry debtors —• 28,312 18 10 For current, rent, work carried out, &c. .. .. 37,000 10 8 Sinking Fund — Investment and cash in hands of Treasury 9,055 7 5 Interest accrued .. .. .. 20 13 3 Interest due and unpaid .. .. 116 13 6 — 9,192 14 2 £1,464,931 0 8 £1,618,073 12 0 £1,464,931 0 8 £1,618,073 12 0 , ■ i I hereby certify that the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby.- — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.