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NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. : Assets. £ a. d. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 11,375 211 Land .. .. .. .. 6,765 0 0 Sundry creditors- £ s. d. Buildings .. .. .. 2,131 17 1 Departmental .. .. .. 434 5 0 8,896 17 1 Sundry.. .. .. ..273 17 10 Office furniture and fittinus .. 2,070 19 3 708 2 10 Hostelry furniture and fittings .. 86 <> !! Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 119 2,157 6 0 Reserve for depreciation .. .. .. 1,840 1 0 Mechanical office appliances .. 546 17 4 VVritings-off in Suspense Account .. .. 7 3 9 Technical instruments .. .. 710 0 Amounts held on deposit .. .. .. 410 11 2 554 7 4 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 62,079 0 0 Equipment for Maori gatherings .. .. 177 12 0 Stationery .. .. .. 1,062 8 3 Stamps .. .. .. 76 16 3 1,189 4 6 Sundry debtors — Departmental .. .. .. .'!(> \\) ■> Sundry .. .. .. 17,331 18 9 17,368 18 2 Losses in Suspense Account .. .. 7 3 9 Deposit Account— Consolidated Fund .. .. 314 19 8 Other deposits .. .. 95 11 8 410 11 2 Advances to Native Land Settlement Account in terms of section 8, Finance Act, 1929 .. .. 1,500 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 44,209 3 5 £76,421 3 5 £76,421 3 5 R. N. Jones, Under-Secretary. M. J. Lawless, A.E.A.N.Z., Accountant. 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. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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