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MINES DEPARTMENT— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. Asaeto. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ B. d. £ 8. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 4,349 0 0 Consolidated Fund .. .. 10,417 14 1 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 311 17 6 Public Works Fund .. 806,388 5 11 i Stores .. .. .. .. .. 606 81(),806 0 0 Motor-cars.. .. .. .. .. 785 0 5 Treasury Adjustment Account '.. 17,187 4 10 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,085 8 0 Creditors — Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 342 6 8 Departmental .. .. 755 5 + Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 10 0 (I Sundry .. .. •• 10,018 15 0 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 29 10 6 10,774 0 10 Saleable publications .. .. .. 233 11 7 Reserves— £ s>. d. Depreciation .. .. 4,L'.'Sl> 7 .! Mortgages .. .. .. 5,840 0 0 Bad and doubtful debts .. 1,066 0 0 Interest accruod due .. .. ">1 5 6 6,201 7 3 ! 5,891 0 6 Amounts held on deposit .. .. 5,993 7 7 Advance to coal-mining party .. .. 1,465 0 0 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. 7 6 0 Debtors — Departmental .. .. 807 10 6 Sundry .. .. .. 11,961 13 3 12,769 12 9 National Development Account—Development of mining .. .. .. .. .. 793,900 5 II Drills and equipment .. .. .. 7,799 8 11 Library and maps .. .. .. .. 184 7 0 Exhibits .. .. .. .. .. 273 2 5 Mineral collections .. .. .. .. 66 11 0 , Instruments .. .. .. .. 218 13 9 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 7 6 0 Deposit Accounts S. s. cl. Coal-mines Amendment Act, l'J22 10 0 0 Mining Act, 1926 .. .. 81 6 5 Receiver-General .. .. 505 12 1 Local bodies .. .. 3,506 4 3 Receivers of Gold Revenue .. 717 14 6 Post Office .. .. .. 17 10 0 Fixed deposits .. .. 1,155 0 4 5,993 7 7 Excess of expenditure over income Minus Department .. 30,284 3 2 Less excess of income over expenditure, Coal Revenue Accounts .. .. .. 9,036 12 8 ■ 21,247 10 6 £856,96!) 6 6 £856,969 6 6 Notes.—Subsidies totalling £6,634 2s. 2d. made to mining companies are recoverable, but only if payable gold in sufficient quantities is won. The following charge is included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : Interest at 4£ per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930. The item National Development Account, £793,900 ss. lid., represents expenditure out of the Public Works Fund from 1870 to 1922, and which is not included in the other items of the Balancesheet. A. H. Kimbell, Under-Secretary. A. W. Gyles, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account, Revenue Account, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative hooks and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and AuditorGeneral.

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