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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. i Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital.. .. .. .. .. 16,799 810 Land and buildings .. .. .. 920 0 0 Creditors — £ 8. d. Motor-cars, motor-cyclee, and bicycles 2,226 9 0 I)< partmental .. .. 288 15 3 Additions .. .. .. 11 10 8 Sundry .. .. .. 286 5 5 ■ 575 0 8 2,237 19 8 Reserves Sold and destroyed .. .. 192 3 7 Depreciation 7,628 17 4 2,045 16 1 Bad debts .. .. .. 265 15 2 Furniture and fittings .. .. 6,884 6 0 7,894 12 6 Additions .. .. .. 70 10 10 Amounts held on deposit .. .. L9B l> i> Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 537 10 1 I 6,954 16 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 40,448 11 0 Sold and destroyed .. .. 149 810 * ' 6,805 8 0 Mechanical office appliances .. 761 13 6 Additions .. .. .. 49 6 6 811 0 0 Sold and destroyed .. .. 17 10 0 793 10 0 Library books .. .. .. 1,470 1 9 Additions .. .. .. 80 0 6 1,550 2 3 Sold and destroyed .. .. 18 13 8 1,531 8 7 Weights and measures standards .. 4,536 18 7 Additions .. .. .. 182 17 5 4,719 16 0 Sold and destroyed .. .. 128 19 3 4,590 16 9 Stationery .. .. .. .. 394 6 7 Stamps .. .. .. .. 130 5 0 Payments in advance .. .. .. 73 13 9 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 51 11 10 Sundry .. .. .. 880 7 5 931 19 3 Assets in suspense .. .. • . 537 10 1 Deposit Accounts— Other deposits .. .. .. 198 6 0 Cash in hand . . .. .. ISO Excess of expenditure over income.. .. 47,499 1 0 £66,453 9 1 £66,453 9 1 W. Newton, Secretary of Labour. 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 note. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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