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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH— continual. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, L 931. Liabilities. Astels. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land— £ e. d. £ s. d. Expenditure out of Public Institutions .. .. 53,755 14 0 Works Fund to Ist April, 1030 400,933 18 10 Quarantine stations, &c. .. 1,200 0 0 Expenditure out of Public 54,955 14 0 Works Fund for year ended Buildings—31st March, 1931 ".. .. 17,417 12 0 Institutions .. .. 270,636 I 11 Quarantine stations, <fcc. .. 43,715 12 0 418,351 10 10 314,251 13 11 Expenditure out of Consolidated Stores on hand— Fund .. .. .. 142,532 010 At institutions .. .. 15,088 1 3 5(50,883 11 8 Sera, vaccine, and laboratory Creditors— stores .. .. .'. 1,793 2 3 Departmental .. .. 1,747 13 0 Drugs, disinfectant, &c, other Sundry .. .. .. 66,321 111 than institutional .. .. 3,081 10 5 68,068 14 11 Head Office bulk store .. 5,260 18 4 Institutional fees paid in advance .. 479 18 0 26,224 I :i Institutional Fees Suspense Ac- Motor cars, cycles, ambulances, count .. .. .. .. 4,700 17 8 and lorries— Promotion of Health Fund .. .. 2,694 13 10 : Institutions .. .. 4,066 Lβ 10 Reserve for depreciation— Other .. .. .. 7,425 6 6 Institutions .. .. 102,809 17 10 11,482 3 4 Other .. .. .. 32,209 7 7 Live-stock and consumable farm 135,019 5 5 stores at institutions .. .. 2,786 18 6 Writings-off Suspense Account .. .. 5, 236 7 S Furniture, fittings, and equipment— Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 794,480 9 0 Institutions .. .. 66,932 5 2 Dental clinics .. .. 8,543 19 0 Other .. .. .. 20,500 16 6 85,977 0 8 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 1,623 12 10 Libraries (other than institutional) .. 864 1 2 Push bicycles— Institutions .. .. 61 19 3 Other .. .. .. 189 9 7 251 8 10 Plant and machinery at institutions .. 7,812 14 4 Other improvements— Institutions .. .. 36,145 8 5 Quarantine stations .. .. 2,852 19 5 38,998 7 10 Debtors— Departmental .. .. 1,369 17 0 Sundry .. .. .. 22,500 9 10 23,860 6 10 Assets in Suspense— Institutions .. .. 4,924 6 8 Other .. .. .. 312 0 9 5,236 7 5 National Development Expenditure Aooount .. .. .. 12,900 11 7 Cash in Post Office or in transit . 857 14 8 Cash on deposit, Promotion of fHealthFund .. .. 2,253 6 5 3,111 1 1 General Revenue Account—Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. .. 982,227 14 5 £1,571,563 17 11 £1,571,563 17 11 Note.—The accounts include the following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriations : (a) Rent assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930. A. Kkisenberg, A.R.A.N.Z., 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 disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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