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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. 4ssete. Capital provided by Treasury, £ £ g . d . to E t Public Works' Fund ..7,374,935 9 6 cation Bo J ds nd Consolidated Fund .. 1,081,462 910 4 - p S, "t.! TTT . , i , f nr £ s. d. £ s. cu Boys and girls at servwe: Wages m hands Primary education ..5,084,992 7 4 Department .. .. •• "4, Kindergartens .. .. 8,336 16 2 "erS • .. 29,208 4 1 Post-primary education .. 2,015 045 16 6 Government Departments x hers " m',009 12 9 Amounts paid to Department Education of the blind .. 38,000 0 0 16 Q , GrTmophon°e e sTnd radio sets 590 16 10 Departmental assetsEducation Gazette .. 28 15 10 Land .. •• 0 School Journal 9 0 Hydro-flectric services .. 1,898 0 9 Teachers certificate fees .. 340 1 038 15 6 Water services .. .. 808 2 4 School for the Deaf, Sumner- Furniture fittings &c .. " .«0 410 Capital Account: Bequests for special pur- ( . P I;2n 2 2 Income from bequests for'special purposes .. ' 140 12 8 Motor buses, cars, and cycles 2,16116 10 Stores Suspense Account - •• 23 Ty JK^ B 666 4 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. •• 3,142,175 11 appliances .. g Q libraries .. . 342,722 3 6 Stocks of materials on hand, 31st March, 1935 — School books and requisites 1,701 3 5 General stores .. •• 6,208 12 6 Farm-produce .. •• 1,664 13 4 Live-stock .. •• 2,168 6 1 11,742 15 4 Stores Deficiency Account .. . • • • 233 13 6 Official stamps on hand, 31st March, 1935 . . 16 410 Premium on conversion : Education Loans Account .. . • • • • ■ • • 4,022 4 6 Amount paid in advance .. • • • • 010 v Sundry debtors — £ s - d. General .. •• 149,202 10 4 Less Reserve .. .. 19,896 1 6 129,306 8 10 Government Departments 96,097 17 11 225,404 6 9 Cash in hands of Public Trustee : Sumner bequests .. •• •• 2,710 14 0 Cash in hands of Post Office Savings-bank : Sumner bequests • • • • • • 12 8 Cash in hands of Post Office Savings-bank : Wages of boys and girls at service.. •• 64,094 13 9 Cash in hands of Post Office, 31st March, 1935.. 210 12 0 Balance from Income and Expenditure Account 2,948,128 19 9 £11,697,343 10 4 £11,697,343 10 4 Notts—m The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value of office^&c. as Sd by S the Public Works Department; (b) interest on capital. (2) No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included m the accounts. CRAWFORD, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant, W. S. La Trobe, Acting Director of Education. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure, Trading, and Profit and Loss Accounts, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the departmental notes enfaced thereon.—J, H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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