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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH- continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 500,738 4 0 National Development Expenditure Account— £ s. d. Institutional fees paid in advance .. .. 489 0 0 Capital subsidies payable to Hospital Boards, Institutional fees, Suspense Account .. .. 2,806 4 0 1927-28 .. .. .. .. 80,012 15 9 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 39,528 10 1 Land — £ a. d. Reserve for depreciation— £ s. d. Institutions .. .. 53,755 14 0 Institutions .. .. 62,212 15 5 Quarantine stations. &c. .. 2,266 0 0 Other .. .. .. 23,537 6 10 85,750 2 3 56,021 14 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 852,682 18 0 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 66 0 0 55,955 14 0 Buildings — Institutions .. .. 235,649 2 3 Quarantine stations, &c. .. 48,375 3 6 284,024 5 9 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 6,094 10 11 • 277,929 14 10 Other improvements— Institutions .. 29,345 1 8 Quarantine stations.. .. 2,852 19 5 32,198 1 1 Plant and machinery at institutions .. .. .. 10,189 19 9 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 10 5 0 10,179 14 9 Furniture, fittings, and equipment — Institutions .. .. 56,303 2 9 Other .. .. .. 24,091 11 3 80,394 14 0 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 872 8 11 79,522 5 1 Mechanical office appliances .. 1, 294 3 0 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 20 0 0 1,274 3 0 Motor cars, ambulances, lorries, and cycles— Institutions .. .. 4,061 18 6 Other .. .. .. 7,066 510 11,128 4 4 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 385 6 10 10,742 17 6 Push-bicycles .. .. 271 12 3 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 6 0 0 265 12 3 Live-stock and consumable farm stores at institutions .. 2,404 4 9 Less written off Suspense .. 92 3 6 2,312 1 3 Libraries (other than institutional) .. 677 0 11 Stores in hand— At institutions .. .. 18,229 13 0 Sera, vaccine, and laboratory stores .. .. .. 1,808 2 7 Drugs, disinfectants, &c., other than institutional.. .. 7,358 13 5 27,396 9 0 Less book value in Suspense prior to writing off .. 345 13 2 27,050 15 10 Cash in transit .. . . . . 148 15 8 Sundry debtors — Institutional .. .. 25,214 1 4 Other .. .. .. 4,188 6 2 29,402 7 6 Less bad debts and allowances in Suspense .. . 2,316 11 8 • 27,085 15 10 General Revenue Account —Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. 876,639 10 7 £1,481,994 18 4 £1,481,994 18 4 Note.—The accounts include the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rent assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1927. E. Killick, Secretary. W. T. Findlay, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the various 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 discksed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General,