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MINES DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Assets. £ Liabilities. .. 4 349 0 0 Capital Account — £ s. d. £ s. d. Land •• •• " " '203 16 7 Consolidated Eund .. . • 5,352 14 10 Buildings .. •• 216 10 Public Works Fund .. -806,338 5 » 811 , 691 Q 9 MoZ-ears " " " •• •• 0 0 „ Furniture and fittings.. .. •• •• oo ok Departmental .. .. 22.11 0 Mechanical office appliances .. .. •• 38 2 5 Sundr y 9 ' 682 — 9,705 0 4 Stamps ! .. •• •• •• *> 2 5 Reserves : Reserve for bad and doubtful debts .. 1,050 0 0 Saleable publications Amounts held in deposit .. •• Mnrtoaees •• 6,623 6 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 10,046 19 Mo /XL accrued and unpaid .. 146 1 1 — 051 oy • y Debtors— .. KA , r , Departmental .. • • 100 d u gll n drv 12,709 9 10 ftunary _ 12,859 12 10 National Development Account: Development of mining .. •• •• •• Iqul2 10 Drills and equipment .. •• '7016 10 Library and maps .. • • • • • • ,f? , Exhibits in t ?, Mineral collections .. .. • • • • ° ° Instruments .. • • Deposit accounts — £ d - Post Office .. •• •• 56 10 0 Mining Act, 1926 .. 142 13 9 Receiver-General .. ■■ 3, 5Z7 91U Receivers of Gold Revenue .. 1,582 15 6 Receivers of Gold Revenue Cash 20 0 3 Local bodies .. •• ' 9 Fixed deposits .. •• 850 n,056 17 2 Excess of expenditure over income: Mines Department .. 15,749 3 4 Less excess of income over expenditure, Coal Revenue Ac- — 8,694 11 0 £843,549 17~1 £843 ' 549 17 4 01. r + + ill „ « B>5R !1 „ od paid to mining companies and syndicates are recoverable, but only if payable Notes. Subsidies totalling £5,858 lis. paid to mm g p Department possesses no parliamentary 3S&T.S - » — - — - A. W. Gyles, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. i a .t 52 SfpSt dtS P £»b™! subject the departmental note, ,uf«,d H. Few™, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General. MINING ADVANCES ACCOUNT. Income and Expenditure Account eor the Year ended 31st March, 1935. „ j Income. £ s - d. Expenditure. ! 444 13 6 By Interest on advances J45 10 0 To Interest on capital 745 10 0 Balance, loss 1,444 13 6 Reserved for losses .. • • • • • • £2,190 3 « g -"° 3 " NoTe.-The above >«„„„» feM. «. <«' '»'«»' » *»' "«* "" """""" " appropriation. BALANCE-SHEET AS AT 31 ST MARCH, 1935. Capital Account— £ £ <L Advances .. •• •• " 14, qi2 „ 2 Loans— ~o 545 Sundry debtors • • • • • • 01 ' A9fi a At 3J per cent. .. •• ' 5 , 5 Treasury Adjustment Account •• •• 2 *>626 6 6 At 4 per cent. •• •• ' 39,060 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income •• •• 1,444 Reserve for losses 2,907 9 0 £41 * 967 9 ° H. Tyndall, Under-Secretary. A. W. Gyles, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. Tl, v that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined Auditor-General.

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