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APPENDIX.

STATEMENT OF SUMS IRRECOVERABLE BY THE CROWN, AND VALUE OF STORES, ETC., IN RESPECT OF WHICH AUDIT CONCURRENCE HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE WRITING-OFF AND DISCHARGE FROM THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT SINCE LAST REPORT.

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Department and Particulars. Keason for writing off. Value of Stores. Cash. Agriculture. £ s. d. £ s. d. Value of stores .. .. .. • ■ Stolen .. .. .. .. 0 10 1 Value of stores .. .. .. • • Deficient, broken, &c. .. .. 126 0 6 Value of live-stock .. .. • ■ Died and destroyed .. .. .. 411 6 8 Value of publications .. .. .. Issued gratuitously .. .. .. 3 10 0 Value of stores .. .. .. • • Loss on realization .. .. .. 18 17 6 Fees for fruit-destruction, slaughtering, inspec- Debtors unfinancial or deceased .. .. 2 17 tion, and translations Quarantine fees reduced .. .. .. Stock died .. .. .. .. 21180 Wine and seed sales .. .. .. Debtors unfinancial .. .. .. .. 61146 Audit. Value of stores .. .. .. • • Broken .. .. .. .. 0 14 8 Census and Statistics. Fee overpaid to Sub-enumerator .. .. Distress warrant returned nulla bona .. .. 3 0 0 Defence. Value of stores .. .. .. •• Deficient, broken, and destroyed by fire 911 3 2* Value of stores .. • ■ ... • • Stolen .. .. .. .. 68 4 5 Value of stores .. .. .. •• Loss on realization .. .. .. 18,620 17 5 Value of stores .. .. .. ■■ Issued gratuitously .. .. .. 11 11 11 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Died .. .. .. .. 271 2 6 Value of aeroplanes .. .. • • Crashed .. .. .. .. 107 13 10 Damage to ear .. .. .. .. Nugatory expenditure .. .. .. 4 5 10 Rent .. .. .. .. • ■ Debtors unfinancial; remission in con- .. 71 14 9 sideration of improvements Education. Value of stores .. .. .. • ■ Lost, deficient .. .. .. 139 0 8 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Died .. .. .. .. 72 14 1 Fares .. .. . . . • ■ ■ Money lost by inmate .. .. .. 0 10 0 Maintenance fees .. .. •• Debtors deceased, unfinancial, or un- .. 7,186 13 10 traceable Tuition fees .. .. .. • ■ Debtors unfinancial .. .. .. .. 3 7 6 External Affairs. Value of stores .. .. .. • ■ Deficient, unserviceable .. .. 225 8 2 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Died .. .. •. .. 10 0 0 Value of buildings .. .. .. Loss on realization .. .. .. 1,577 8 4 Value of buildings .. .. .. Loss on demolition .. .. .. 82 0 0 Damage to clothes .. .. .. Nugatory expenditure .. .. .. 5 0 0 Goods supplied .. .. .. .. Debtor deceased .. .. .. .. 0 19 11 Rent .. .. .. • • ■ ■ Debtors unfinancial .. .. .. .. 739 3 1 Health,. Value of stores .. .. .. .. Lost, deficient, unserviceable .. .. 309 13 11 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Destroyed .. .. .. .. 22 1 0 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Loss on realization .. .. .. 18 10 0 Value of stores .. .. .. •. Stolen .. .. .. .. 125 7 5 Value of vehicles .. .. .. Loss on realization .. .. .. 56 6 2 Maintenance and treatment .. .. Debtors unfinancial and untraceable .. .. 4,350 16 3 Repairs to cars damaged in accidents .. Nugatory expenditure .. .. .. 127 12 3 Sera supplied .. .. .. .. Debtor unfinancial .. .. .. .. 0 15 10 Industries and Commerce, Tourist, and Publicity. Value of stores .. .. .. .. Lost, deficient, unserviceable .. .. 590 0 5 Value of stores .. .. .. ■. Stolen .. .. •. .. 2 16 7 Value of stores .. .. .. .. Loss on realization .. .. .. 66 1 6 Value of live-stock .. .. .. Died .. .. .. .. 57 10 4 Value of buildings .. .. .. Tarawera Bath-house abandoned .. 257 19 9 Accommodation .. .. .. Gratuitous —approved by Minister; special .. 90 3 6 circumstances Defalcation .. .. .. . • Debtor unfinancial .. .. .. .. 9 3 0 Dishonoured cheques .. .. .. Debtor unfinancial .. .. .. .. 6 3 3 Electric and water charges .. .. Debtors unfinancial and untraceable .. .. 144 16 7 Freight .. .. • ■ • • Nugatory expenditure; package wrongly .. 5 12 4 addressed Sanatorium X-ray fees .. .. .. Debtors unfinancial and untraceable .. .. 129 6 6