B.—l [PT. IV, Sup.].

INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT—continued. Combined Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1928. (Including Subdivisions I to X and Special Acts.) Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. dTo Balance from separate accounts, as under :— By Balance from separate accounts, Head Office .. .. .. .. 273,576 15 6 asunder— £ s. d. Government Actuary .. .. .. 514 8 3 Registrar-General .. .. 396 6 1 Census and Statistics .. .. .. 36,451 0 4 Explosives Branch.. .. 1,888 3 8 High Commissioner . . . . .. 34,893 6 9 2,284 9 9 Museum .. .. .. .. 6,503 10 4 Balance.. .. .. .. .. 349,654 11 5 £351,939 1 2 £351,939 1 2 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (a) Rental assessed by the Public Works Department; (6) interest on capital at 4-| per cent.; (c) the amounts include transfer of assets to other Departments for which no parliamentary authority is provided. Combined Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. (Including Subdivisions I to X and Special Acts.) Liabilities. £ s. d. A ssets. Fixed capital as at Ist April, 1927 .. .. 350,293 16 0 Departmental assets —Head Office Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 25,863 16 9 and sub-Departments — £ s. d. £ s. d. Advance payments — £ s. d. Land .. .. .. 9,109 9 0 Loans .. .. .. 22 2 6 Buildings .. .. .. 167,621 3 7 Subscriptions .. .. .. 406 18 3 Office furniture £ s. d. Rent .. .. .. .. 4 8 6 and fittings .. 18,942 16 6 433 9 3 Less Suspense .. 8 5 11 Unpaid purchase price of building, London .. 77,500 0 0 18,934 10 7 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 26,717 19 6 Mechanical appliances .. 15,972 16 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 256,821 6 9 Photographic apparatus .. 2,351 19 5 Library .. .. .. 3,370 17 4 Tools .. .. .. 241 10 1 Saleable publications.. .. 8,389 14 9 Motor-vehicles .. .. 2,700 1 6 228,692 3 2 Head Office— Turnbull Library building .. 9,292 4 5 Fish-hatchery .. .. 3,028 12 3 Turnbull Library .. .. 56,815 1 6 Launches .. .. .. 311 10 0 Traps and horses .. .. 7 0 0 Wharves and beacons .. 295 0 0 Consumable stores .. .. 588 10 5 70,337 18 7 Census and Statistics — Payment in advance —Printing publications .. .. .. 605 0 0 High Commissioner — Motor accessories .. .. 10 0 0 Lease of building .. .. 20,425 0 0 20,435 0 0 Museum—Exhibits .. .. .. 54,267 14 10 Explosives Branch—Explosives appliances .. .. .. .. 188 0 9 Loan on mortgage .. .. .. 7,149 111 Sundry debtors — Stranded New-Zealanders .. 1,564 5 9 Less Suspense .. .. 50 17 7 1,513 8 2 General .. .. .. .. 4,787 9 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. 349,654 11 5 £737,630 8 3 £737,630 8 3 ===== G. P. Newton, Under-Secretary. A. W. Pyne, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure 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 above departmental notes.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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