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TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. £ s. d. ; Assets. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 458,225 15 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 13,856 13 5 Land .. .. .. 183,790 15 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 55,241 5 8 Add additions .. .. 1,181 13 3 Passenger bookings—Ticket Sales Account .. 9,737 1 1 184,972 8 11 Writings-off Suspense Account .. .. 841 15 1 Buildings .. .. .. 111,725 5 1 Passenger bookings—Suspense Account .. 3 4 6 Add additions .. .. 22,127 15 4 Reserve for depreciation .. .. .. 28,602 7 8 133,853 0 5 Reserve for doubtful debts .. .. .. 4,713 17 5 Water and drainage systems .. 77,135 11 3 Add additions .. .. 6,177 19 3 — 83,313 10 6 Rotorua electric system— Land, buildings, transmissionlines and plant .. .. 36,22814 2 Add additions .. .. 3,566 8 11 39,795 3 1 Furniture and fittings .. .. 16,411 711 Add additions .. .. 2,144 7 8 18,555 15 7 Plant and machinery .. .. 2,988 12 5 Add additions .. .. 77 9 3 — — 3,066 1 8 Wharves and beacons .. .. 5,860 2 7 Add additions .. .. 139 0 1 5,999 2 8 Electric systems at hostels .. 4,093 19 11 Add additions .. .. 12,946 13 8 17,040 13 7 Steamers, launches, and boats .. 5,484 18 3 Add additions .. .. 2,140 7 10 —— 7,625 6 1 Bridges .. .. .. 3,699 11 0 Add additions .. .. 1,390 16 0 5,090 7 0 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 706 3 7 Garden implements .. ~ .. .. 529 2 2 Roads from intake, Lake House, Waikaremoana.. 758 7 5 Linen, crockery, cutlery, playing-material, guiding equipment, &c. .. .. .. .. 6,063 15 7 Live-stock .. .. .. .. .. 569 8 4 Telephone-lines .. .. .. .. 1,249 14 7 Stores .. .. .. .. .. 5,333 17 8 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 14,051 13 3 Cash on deposit and at credit of Receiver-General's Deposit Account .. .. .. .. 4,999 12 8 Remittances in transit and outstanding balances at bureaux .. .. .. .. 1,060 8 5 Payments in advance .. .. .. 22 4 11 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 36,566 2 1 £571,222 0 2 £571,222 0 2 - -J! Note. —The accounts include charges against the Department for assessed rent, interest, and capital expenditure from Public Works Fund for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. B. M. Wilson, General Manager. J. Houston, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure 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 above departmental note.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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