B— 1 [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1936.

NATIVE DEPARTMENT —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st Maech, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4sseis. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital account 10,800 6 1 Land 6,765 0 0 Sundry creditors — Buildings ■■ ■■ ■■ •• 1 >425 Departmental.. .. .. 1,052 5 3 Buildings at Tikitiki .. .. 524 10 0 Sundry . ■ • • • 786 15 5 Less reserve unemployment subsidies 2 5 0 1,839 0 8 522 5 0 Payments in advance .. • • •• 016 8 Furniture and fittings .. .. •• 1,256 12 8 Amounts held on deposit . • ■ • • • 405 19 0 Mechanical office appliances .. .. 487 0 2 Writings-off in Suspense .. . • 274 11 7 Survey equipment . . .. .. 19 7 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. •• 73,982 1 3 50b 7 10 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. • • 238 16 0 Equipment for Maori gatherings .. .. 85 16 0 Sundry debtors .. .. ■■ 16,542 4 8 Stationery on hand .. .. 458 12 0 Stamps on hand .. .. .. 90 8 1 549 0 1 Losses in Suspense Account . . . . . . 274 11 7 Deposit Account . . .. .. . ■ 405 19 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 58,730 13 10 £87,302 15 3 £87,302 15 3 0. N. Campbell, Under-Secretary. R. Jellicoe, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. 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].—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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