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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. Public Works Fund .. ..520,026 5 10 Land .. .. .. .. 211,263 0 0 Consolidated Fund .. .. 49,641 10 2 liuildings— 569,667 16 0 Brick .. .. .. 233,011 9 3 Creditors— Wood .. .. .. 74,001 10 8 Sundry .. .. .. 2,472 1 0 307,012 19 11 Departmental .. .. 8.070 7 3 Patent Office Library .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 10,542 8 3 Office furniture and fittings .. 41,248 15 9 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 79,913 10 11 . Less writings-off, Suspense Account 33 10 1 Excess income over expenditure .. 8,253 18 9 41,215 5 8 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 4,108 8 fi Debtors— Sundry .. .. .. 278 14 I Less wrilings-on", Suspense Account .. .. .. 82 18 0 195 16 1 Departmental . .. 83 1 7 278 17 8 Expenses paid in advance .. .. 485 14 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 99,013 7 4 £668,377 13 11 £668,377 13 11 Note.—The following charges are included far which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (o) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department ; (l>) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930. The cost of erection and maintenance of buildings are appropriated in votes under the control of the Public- Works Department. R. P. Ward, Under-Secretary. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts and Balance-sheet Lave lieen 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 note. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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