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PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. ■ £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. 60,600 0 0 Public Works Fund .. 109,587 17 2 Buildings .. .. .. .. 48,987 17 2 Consolidated Fund .. 105,996 17 2 Plant and machinery— .. £ s. d. 215,584 14 4 Composing plant .. .. 953 14 9 Creditors— Monotype plant .. .. 11,226 7 9 Departmental .. .. 2,060 4 6 Addressograph plant .. 624 15 0 Sundry .. .. .. 2,703 0 0 Printing plant .. .. 26,558 6 3 ■ 4,763 4 6 Binding plant .. .. 12,195 3 4 Wages accrued .. .. .. .. 559 07 | Litho plant .. .. 3,161 4 1 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 194 13 6 Photo plant .. .. 1,687 18 4 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 51,028 12 8 Stereotype plant .. .. 1,739 14 6 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. 191 12 6 Engine-room plant .. .. 1,363 2 9 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 4,378 22 Miscellaneous plant .. 6,687 18 7 66,198 5 4 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. .. 2,299 18 9 Type .. .. .. .. 9,194 0 2 Accessories — Composing Branch .. .. 3,586 3 3 Monotype Branch .. .. 102 J5 6 Addressograph Branch .. 48 0 0 Printing Branch .. .. 101 17 2 Binding Branch .. .. 762 12 9 Litho Branch .. .. 207 12 0 Photo Branch .. .. 60 18 11 Stereotype Branch .. .. 16 6 2 Engine-room .. .. 66 17 9 Paper-store .. .. 53 7 10 5,006 11 4 Payments in advance .. .. .. 16 9 Debtors— Departmental .. .. U, 462 0 0 Sundry .. .. .. 2,326 14 4 13,788 14 4 Work in progress .. .. .. 11,021 18 3 Old stores for disposal .. .. 2 0 0 StockOn hand .. .. .. 52,650 19 11 On consignment .. .. 28 16 0 52,679 15 11 Stock Suspense Account .. .. 39 18 9 Assets to be written off .. .. 151 13 9 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 6,727 19 9 £276,700 0 3 £276,700 0 3 Notes. —Public Works Department administration expenses (£3B) are included, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Interest at the rate of 4J per cent, has been charged on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. E. V. Paul, A.E.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Eeceipts and Payments, Trading, and Profit and Loss Accounts, 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 notes.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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