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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. A ssets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 501,162 18 10 Buildings and sites .. .. 455,025 5 6 Creditors— £ s. d. Additional .. .. .. 6,110811 Sundry .. .. .. 2,562 910 :— 461,135 14 5 Departmental .. .. 5,562 5 4 Patent Office library .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 8,124 15 2 Office furniture and fittings .. 37,549 13 4 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 62,039 5 9 Additional .. .. .. 2,068 7 5 39,618 0 9 Less writings off Suspense Account 98 6 5 39,519 14 4 Mechanical appliances .. .. 3,588 0 0 Additional .. .. .. 220 6 6 3,808 6 6 Less writings off Suspense Account 13 2 0 ■ 3,795 4 6 Debtors — Sundry .. . . .. 244 5 11 Departmental .. .. 153 8 9 397 14 8 Less writings off Suspense Account 137 11 0 260 3 8 Expenses paid in advance .. .. 518 4 7 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 47,599 9 0 Excess expenditure over income .. .. 13,498 9 3 £571,326 19 9 £571,326 19 9 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4 J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1928 ; (c) the cost of erection and maintenance of buildings are appropriated in votes under the control of the Public Worl;s Department. R. P. Ward, Under-Secretary. 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 notes. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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