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POLICE DEPARTMENT— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land— £ s. d. £ s. d. Public Works Fund, 31st Gross yalue at Ist April, March, 1931 .. .. 662,082 7 5 1930 .. .. .. 224,343 10 7 Consolidated Fund, Ist Additions .. .. 20 22 April, 1930 .. .. 54,679 9 6 716,761 16 11 224,363 12 9 Creditors — £ s. d. Value of land disposed of, &c. 215 0 0 Departmental .. .. 262 6 8 224,148 12 9 Sundry .. .. .. 1,398 7 8 Buildings— 1,660 14 4 Gross value at Ist April, 1930 431,113 14 2 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 118,629 17 11 Additions .. .. 8,884 13 4 Writings-off, Suspense Account— £ s. d. Costs of prosecutions, irre- 439,998 7 6 coverable .. .. 5 16 6 Sale of buildings, £54; depreBuildings demolished, &c. (loss ciation provided on buildon) .. .. .. 935 19 0 ings sold, &c, £289 Is.; loss Stores sold, &c. (loss on) .. 45 16 0 I on buildings demolished. Books, lost, &c. .. .. 017 4 £935 19s. ' .. .. 1,279 0 0 Arms and accoutrements lost, 438,719 7 6 &c. .. .. .. 5 8 4 Stores and equipment — Furniture, &c, worn out (loss Value at Ist April, 1930 .. 7,685 18 8 on) .. .. 40 3 2 Additions .. .. 2,821 9 8 Mechanical office appliances worn out (loss on) .. 7 14 6 10,507 8 4 1,041 14 10 I Sales, £77 19s. sd. ; free Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 391,907 11 10 j issues, £2,587 7s. Id. ; worn out, &c, £228 Is. 2d. ; stores lost, &c, £45 16s. .. 2,939 3 8 7,568 4 8 Motor-vehicles — Gross value, at Ist April, 1930 6,572 3 5 Value of vehicles sold .. 215 0 0 6,357 3 5 Horses—Value at 31st March, 1931 .. .. .. .. 115 0 0 Office furniture — Value at Ist April. 1930 .. 10,632 10 3 Additions .. .. 232 12 8 10,865 2 11 Worn out, &c. .. 73 1 1 10,792 1 10 Mechanical office appliances — Value at Ist April, 1930 .. 788 5 5 Additions .. .. 19 18 6 808 3 11 Worn out, &c. .. 19 5 6 788 18 5 Libraries — Value at Ist April, 1930 .. 8,548 17 7 Additions .. .. 431 1 6 8,979 19 1 Worn out, &c, £47 14s. Bd. ; books lost, &c, 17s. 4d. .. 48 12 0 8,931 7 1 Arms and accoutrements— Value at Ist April, 1930 .. 11,695. 18 1 Additions .. .. 291 14 9 11,987 12 10 Sales, &c, £4 7s. Bd. ; worn out, &c, £34 19s. 4d. ; lost, &c, £5 Bs. 4d. .. 44 15 4 11,942 17 6 Automatic pistols — value at 31st March, 1931 .. .. 8,483 19 7 Official stamps on hand .. .. 1,153 4 10 Debtors Departmental .. .. 12 1 6 Sundry .. .. .. 154 2 5 166 3 11 , Assets in Suspense— Costs of prosecution irrecoverable .. .. 5 16 6 Buildings .. .. 935 19 0 Stores and equipment .. 45 16 0 Libraries .. .. 0 17 4 Arms and accoutrements .. 5 8 4 Office furniture .. .. 40 3 2 Mechanical office appliances 7 14 6 1,041 14 10 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 509,792 19 6 £1,230,001 15 10 £1,230,001 15 10 i The proportion of police to population was 1 to 1,292, and the cost per inhabitant for the year 1930-31 (exclusive of expenditure on the erection and maintenance of buildings, interest, and depreciation charges) was 6s. o£d. J. F. Madden, Secretary, Police Department. 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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