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POLICE DE PARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital: Public Works Fund .. .. 689,965 10 3 Land .. .. .. .. . • 224,944 1 7 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 406,080 3 2 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 295,141 19 4 Creditors — £ s. d. Stores and equipment .. .. .. 7,018 7 3 Departmental .. .. 509 19 4 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 2,071 19 6 Sundry .. .. .. 1,671 410 Bicycles .. .. .. .. .. 100 6 9 2,181 4 2 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 3,033 5 0 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 1,154 2 8 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 117 11 2 Libraries .. .. .. .. .. 8,144 3 0 Arms and accoutrements .. .. .. 6,763 15 3 Horses . . .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 1,092 4 7 Debtors — £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 91 9 5 Sundry .. .. .. 71 14 0 163 3 5 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 1,154 2 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 549,591 0 9 £1,099,381 0 3 £1,099,381 0 3 Note.—The proportion of police to population was 1 to 1,265, and the cost per inhabitant for the year 1936-37 (exclusive of expenditure on the erection and maintenance oi buildings, interest, and depreciation charges) was 6s. 3d. |{. P. Madden, Secretary, Police Department. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account 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. Powleb, Controller and Auditor-General.

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