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J. J. Gibson, Accountant. C. E. Bennett, Assistant Under-Secretary. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts and General Balance-sheet and the subsidiary accounts for irrigation schemes in operation and timber-supply and sawmills 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. The following comment is appended : The book value of the existing assets purchased out of " Plant, Material, and Stores " vote, and of permanent-way material, do not agree with stock-sheets submitted.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931— continued. Assets.

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Name of Account. Land. Buildings. FU jm5^? nd Material Sundry Debtors. out^ ng . • Other Assets. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. National Development .. .. 4,351 13 4 .. .. 53,837 10 8 22,188 4 2 4,780 16 8 805 6 4 .. .. 1,340,035 14 9 23,629,552 18 3(a) 25,055,552 4 2 2. Railway Construction .. .. 183,053 3 6 .. .. 406,753 15 3 17,413 6 2 .. 1,205 3 8 .. .. .. 6,458,468 8 9(6) 7,066,893 17 4 3. Irrigation (under Construction) .. 221 0 0 .. .. 3,022 3 3 233 10 8 .. .. .. .. .. 165,555 12 2(c) 169,032 6 1 4. Irrigation (in Operation) .. .. .. I .. .. 8,648 15 10)18,603 7 11 .. 40 6 0123,036 9 6 199 15 4| .. 1 825,803 1 11(c) 976,331 16 6 5. Public Buildings (Public 849,861 13 111,024,990 16 2 2,015 12 0 See No. 12 2,236 9 4 ! 419 2 7 6,185 5 4 62 0 0 .. 2,125 0 Oj .. 10,664 5 5(d) 1,898,560 4 9 Works Fund) 6. Timber-supply and Sawmills .. 355 0 9 1,213 8 1 .. 101 0 0; 7 13 5 .. .. .. .. .. 3,650 0 0(e) 5,327 2 3 7. Plant, Material, and Stores.. .. .. 211,898 10 1 .. 37,411 0 11 13,927 15 5 1,214 12 22,164 3 8; .. .. .. 1,554 8 4(f) 266,616 2 3 8. Public Works, Departmental .. .. 6,645 15 4 .. 1,583 11 9 55,259 13 5 .. 13 8 2: .. .. ; .. 28,214 9 7(g) 93,271 6 7 9. Acquisition and Operation of 688 3 0 1,500 7 3 11,081 4 8 .. 2,782 3 5 582 13 6 .. 3,587 11 10 .. .. .. 1,315 9 6(7i) 21,537 13 2 Quarries 10. Maintenance of Roads, &c., .. . • •• •• 53 15 0 7,143 15 2 .. .. .. .. .. 144,145 3 4(i) 151,342 13 6 (Consolidated Fund) 11. Maintenance of Government .. .. .. .. 236 9 10 .. .. .. .. •. • ■ 4,763 9 4(0 4,999 19 2 and other Domains (Consolidated Fund) 12. Maintenance of Public Build- .. .. .. 27,142 4 9 6,714 6 11 22,316 17 2 .. 152 9 10 .. 133,620 13 6 .. 32,213 4 2(i) 222,159 16 4 ings (Consolidated Fund) 13. Wellington Workshops .. .. .. 2,247 1 6 120 6 9 3,354 18 6 1,494 14 7 .. 10 2 6' 18,620 9 5 .. .. 798 12 5(j) 26,646 5 8 850,549 16 111,214,472 1 0235,101 11 827,262 11 6526,736 0 8159,590 14 212,180 14 28,040 12 o|l41 ,656 18 11135,945 8 101,340,035 14 9 31,306,699 3 2 35,958,271 7 9 ! I ! (a) Expenditure on national development to 31st March, 1931. (b) Unopened lines. (c) Water-races, pipe-lines, dams, &c. (d) Earthquake Loss Suspense Account. (e) Timber rights. (/) Departmental library. (g) Departmental Suspense Account. {h) Stripping in advance. (i) Maintenance Account, 1930-31. (j) Incomplete work.