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POLICE DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st Makch, 1928. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital liability to Treasury at Ist April, 1927 .. 670,651 0 8 Land— £ s. d. £ s. d. Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 387,358 2 6 Gross value at Ist April, 1927 217,038 15 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 2,744 16 5 Additions .. .. .. 393 16 6 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 82,334 2 4 217,432 11 6 Value of land transferred to Lower Hutt Borough Council 840 0 0 216,592 11 6 Buildings— Gross value at Ist April, 1927 .. 400,974 4 4 Additions .. .. .. 5,699 15 3 £ s. d. 406,673 19 7 Sale of building .. 124 0 0 Depreciation provided on buildings sold 201 12 0 Loss on sale of building .. .. 530 0 0 855 12 0 405,818 7 7 Writings off Suspense Account— Loss on sales of buildings .. 534 8 0 • 405,283 19 7 Stores and equipment— Value at Ist April, 1927 .. 29,359 13 9 Additions .. .. .. 4,163 10 3 £ s. d. 33,523 4 0 Sales .. .. 314 13 6 Free issues .. 4,032 11 11 Worn out, &c. .. 423 18 7 4,771 4 0 28,752 0 0 Writings off Suspense Account— Loss on sales, &c. .. .. 176 18 1 28,575 1 11 Office furniture — Value at Ist April, 1927 .. 9,355 12 11 Additions .. .. .. 587 18 10 £ s. d. 9,943 11 9 ' Worn out, &c. .. 34 14 1 Sales .. .. 0 13 3 — 35 7 4 9,908 4 5 Writings off Suspense Account— Loss on sales .. .. 3 8 9 9,904 15 8 Motor-vehicles— Gross value at Ist April, 1927 .. 5,238 8 2 Additions .. .. .. 636 8 8 £ s. d. 5,874 16 10 Value of vehicles sold 540 0 0 Value of spare wheel lost .. .. 6 10 0 546 10 0 5,328 6 10 Horses —Value at 31st March, 1928 .. .. 194 0 0 Automatic pistols—Value at 31st March, 1928 .. 8,485 6 6 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 974 9 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 150 15 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 467,598 15 4 I £1,143,088 1 II j £1,143,088 1 11 E. F. Madden, Chief Clerk. 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.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.