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MARINE DEPARTMENT—continued. ROSS DEPENDENCY. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Head Office administration . . .. .. 50 0 0 Whaling-license fees .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 £100 0 0 £100 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 0 4 2 Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 49 15 10 £50 0 0 £50 0 0 Aggregate Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Head Office .. .. .. ■ • 10,067 13 2 Head Office .. .. .. .. 28 17 11 Mercantile Marine .. .. .. .. 71,978 611 Mercantile Marine .. .. .. .. 108,306 16 11 Harbours .. .. .. .. .. 3,489 18 4 Harbours .. .. .. .. .. 4,329 16 4 Inspection of machinery .. .. .. 18,191 10 1 Inspection of machinery .. .. .. 20,675 5 6 Fisheries .. .. .. .. .. 12,319 8 5 Fisheries .. .. .. .. .. 7,040 3 7 Ross Dependency .. .. . . . . .. Ross Dependency .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 116,046 16 11 140,481 0 3 Depreciation .. .. .. 12,960 7 5 Proportion of administration charges transferred Balance carried down .. .. .. 11,973 15 11 to Westport Harbour Account .. .. 500 0 0 £140,981 0 3 £140,981 0 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. 13.483 19 9 Balance brought down .. .. .. 11,973 15 11 Balance, being excess of expenditure over income after charging depreciation and interest on capital .. .. .. .. .. 1,510 310 £13,483 19 9 £13,483 19 9 Notes. —(1) The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Services of Customs officers ; (b) rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (c) interest at 4J per cent, on capital; (d) proportion of cost of raising public-works loans ; (e) Public Works Department overhead cost. Depreciation has been allowed for on balances of assets as at Ist April, 1936, the total charge being carried to Depreciation Reserve. Credit has been taken without appropriation for services rendered to the Customs Department. (2) No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the account. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 28,941 17 0 Public Works Fund .. 282,324 11 3 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 3,875 3 10 Consolidated Fund .. .. 172.729 2 10 Lighthouses (including land, towers, buildings, Employment Promotion Fund 137 11 2 furniture, apparatus, and equipment) .. 216,441 1 9 455,191 5 3 Fog-signals .. .. .. .. 6,102 6 11 Creditors — Radio direction-finding beacons .. .. 801 6 0 Departmental .. .. 1,449 16 0 Beacons, buoys, and moorings .. .. 5,099 8 9 Sundry . .. •• 3,232 0 3 Government steamer " Matai" .. .. 56,898 10 8 4,681 16 3 Wharves .. .. .. .. .. 1,075 8 6 Rentals, &c., paid in advance .. .. 32 14 11 Harbour equipment (including launches, flag-staffs, Reserves for bad debts .. .. .. 356 18 4 signalling-apparatus, tools, &c.) .. .. 512 15 1 Deposit Accounts .. .. .. .. 896 19 6 Oyster-beds .. .. .. .. 118,932 8 4 Writing-off Reserve Account .. .. .. 145 17 10 Oyster ketch, launches, and boats .. .. 253 10 1 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 8,191 17 7 Fish hatcheries and equipment .. .. 1,682 10 3 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 1,198 18 7 Automatic flashing-lamps .. .. .. 44 5 0 Test-pump and pressure-gauges .. .. 535 16 1 Office furniture and fittings . . .. .. 443 9 6 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 90 18 2 Library .. .. .. .. .. 427 14 5 Stores, tools, &e. .. .. .. .. 11,033 16 4 Coastal survey: Office accommodation, &c., Suspense Account.. .. .. .. 800 0 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 341 2 0 Charts, saleable books, and forms .. .. 2,050 0 5 Unemployment insurance stamps .. .. 74 0 8 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 97 17 9 Debtors — £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 224 5 1 Sundry .. .. .. 8,528 18 2 8,753 3 3 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 145 17 10 Deposit Cash Account— Receiver-General's deposits .. 60 0 0 Other deposits .. .. 836 19 6 896 19 6 Cash in Post Office .. .. .. .. 436 19 2 Income and Expenditure Account .. .. 1,510 3 10 £469,497 9 8 £469,497 9 8 L. B. Campbell, Secretary. William C. Smith, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV], —J, H, Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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