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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAlRS—continued. Combined Balance-sheet as at 31st Makch, 1929. (Including Subdivisions I to XI and Special Acts.) Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Fixed capital as at Ist April, 1928 .. .. 356,767 6 3 Departmental assets, Head Office £ s. d. £ s. d. Creditors— £ s. d. and sub-Departments— Departmental .. .. 17,633 0 4 Land .. .. .. 12,633 10 6 Sundry .. .. .. 20,384 12 2 Buildings .. .. .. 168,532 11 11 — 1 38,017 12 6 Consumable stores .. .. 641 911 Payments in advance— Tools and utensils .. .. 309 .1 7 Loans .. .. .. 45 0 0 Motor-vehicle's .. .. 2,461 7 7 Subscriptions .. .. 294 16 6 Furniture and fittings .. 20,293 6 9 Rent .. .. .. 4 8 6 Mechanical appliances .. 16,138 0 7 344 5 0 Library .. .. . . 3,380 13 4 Unpaid purchase price of buildings, London .. 77,500 0 0 Saleable publications—Stock .. 9,850 16 10 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 34,031 9 5 Photographic apparatus .. 3,760 2 4 Amounts held on deposit— ■—— 238,001 1 4 Auctioneers'license fees .. .. .. 3,600 0 0 Census and Statistics—Payment in advance— Writings-off in Suspense— £ s. d. Printing publications .. .. .. 470 0 0 Furniture and fittings .. ..186 Loans on mortgage .. .. .. 6,649 111 Sundry debtors (stranded New - Zea- Debtors — £ s. d. landers) .. .. .. 81 15 2 Departmental .. .. 3,541 16 11 Sundry debtors (general) .. .. 317 6 Sundry .. .. .. 1,741 8 6 Loan on mortgage .. .. 90 0 0 Stranded New-Zealanders .. 1,369 14 7 177 1 2 6,653 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 285,639 6 2 Special departmental assets— Head Office— Turnbull Library building .. 9,292 4 5 Turnbull Library .. .. 57,100 5 10 Fish-hatchery .. .. 3,028 12 3 Wharves and beacons .. 295 0 0 Launches.. .. .. 305 3 4 Traps and horses .. .. 7 0 0 70,028 5 10 High Commissioner — Motor accessories .. .. 10 0 0 Lease of building .. .. 20,425 0 0 ■ 20,435 0 0 Museum—Exhibits .. .. 54,438 7 4 Explosives Branch —Explosives appliances .. 188 0 9 Losses in Suspense .. .. .. .. 177 1 2 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 399,037 2 2 £796,077 0 6 £796,077 0 6 G. P. Newton, Under-Secretary. F. B. Dwyer, Acting 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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