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APPENDIX.

STATEMENT OF SUMS IRRECOVERABLE BY THE CROWN, AND VALUE OF STORES, ETC., IN RESPECT OF WHICH AUDIT CONCURRENCE HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE WRITING-OFF AND DISCHARGE FROM THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT SINCE LAST REPORT.

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Department and Particulars. Reason for writing off. Value of Stores. Cash. Agriculture. £ s. d. £ s. d. Value of stores.. .. .. .. Loss on sale, broken, missing, stolen, or 267 1 3 burnt Value of stock .. .. .. Loss on sale, died, or replaced .. 1,534 0 9 Value of publications .. .. .. Gratuitously issued .. .. .. 8169 Value of buildings .. .. .. Loss on sale or destroyed by fire .. 121 8 0 Value of motor-vehicles .. .. Loss on realization .. .. .. 156 6 4 Destruction of rabbits .. .. .. Debtor unfinancial .. .. .. .. 1080 Destruction of fruit .. .. .. Department unable to collect; debtor's .. 0 14 8 whereabouts unknown Orchard-tax .. .. .. .. Debtors bankrupt, unfinancial, or un- .. 6 16 2 traceable Supply of stationery to student, and sale of Department unable to collect .. .. 0 2 7 publications Railage .. .. .. .. Debtor untraceable .. .. .. .. 14 3 Audit. Value of furniture .. .. .. Worn-out and unserviceable .. .. 4 8 4 Fee for auditing Hospital Board accounts .. Fee reduced owing to special circum- .. 100 0 0 stances Cook Islands. Overpayment of allotment of salary of ex- Allottee in poor circumstances .. .. 35 2 8 officer Customs. Value of stores.. .. .. .. Stolen .. .. .. .. 100 Defence. Value of stores.. .. .. .. Lost, stolen, broken, deficient at stock- 2,338 8 2 taking, or destroyed by fire Value of clothing and equipment on issue to Untraceable or destroyed by fire .. 1,282 18 0 trainees Value of horses .. .. .. Died, destroyed, or loss on realization .. 139 111 Value of buildings .. .. .. Loss on realization .. .. .. 480 5 1 Value of hat-bands .. .. .. Gratuitously issued to members of New 0 19 0 Zealand rifle team visiting Australia Education. Value of stores.. .. .. .. Broken, burnt, or stolen .. .. 99 13 4 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Died .. .. .. 89 6 0 Gramophone records supplied to a School Supply in excess of requirements .. .. 0 15 10 Committee Maintenance fees .. .. .. Debtors deceased, in poor circumstances, .. 1,256 14 11 or untraceable Electoral.. Value of stores.. .. .. .. Broken, lost, or unserviceable.. .. 12 14 8 Electoral rolls .. .. .. .. Lost in transit through post .. .. .. 0 2 0 Government Insurance. Rent of office .. .. .. .. Debtor's address unknown .. .. .. 4 6 8 Debit balance of commission accounts .. Moneys not accounted for by ex-officers .. 9 14 1 of the Department Loan on mortgage .. .. .. Loss, on realization of security, owing to .. 3,411 18 5 deterioration of land Health. Value of stores.. .. .. .. Lost, stolen, obsolete, or destroyed by fire 975 19 8 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Died, destroyed, or loss on realization .. 141 18 10 Value of motor-vehicles and surplus stores.. Loss on realization .. .. .. 314 3 5 Value of equipment at Otaki Hospital .. Handed over to Palmerston North Hos- 1,213 13 pital Board Value of monkeys .. .. .. Handed over to Wellington Zoo .. 57 0 0 Value of sera .. .. .. .. Expired .. .. .. .. 7 18 8 Maintenance and treatment .. .. Debtors in poor circumstances, deceased, .. 3,536 1 5 or untraceable Maintenance and treatment .. .. Free treatment for members of Hospital .. 239 17 0 Board and nursing staff License fees, maternity home .. .. Charge overlooked and claim waived .. .. 10 0 Stores supplied and rent of cottage .. Debtor deceased .. .. .. .. 3 12 1 Sera supplied .. .. .. .. Debtor left New Zealand .. .. .. 0 5 0 Salary overpaid .. .. .. Officer no longer in the Service and has .. 0 16 i left New Zealand Lodging-allowance overpaid to dental nurse Person receiving overpayment is no longer .. 12 1 7 in the Service, and through illness and other circumstances was unable to refund the amount