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GOVERNMENT STORES MARINE INSURANCE FUND. (Established under section 134 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1938. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. Accumulated Fund as at Ist April, 1937 .. .. 29,823 11 11 Claims— £s. d. £ s. d. Insurable "Value Armv ■> (I of Iraportsand ft ", *' " " " , ~ , , Exports. Premium. Naval Defence .. .. . , 17 11 6 Premiums— £ £s. d. Post and Telegraph .. .. 13 19 11 Agriculture .. .. 3,315 859 Printing and Stationery .. .. 11 2 3 Air .. ~ 1,122 216 1 Public Works .. .. .. 386 4 1 Army .. .. 65,142 162 17 1 Railways .. .. ..248 13 10 Customs .. .. 62 0 3 1 Scientific and Industrial Research .. 0 10 6 Education .. .. 10,866 27 3 4 680 11 4 External Affairs .. 160,300 400 15 2 Accumulated Fund as at 31st March, 1938 .. 38,092 17 10 Health .. .. 7,500 18 15 0 Industries and Commerce 2,219 5 10 11 Internal Affairs . . 781 1 19 1 Justice .. .. 735 1 16 9 Lands and Survey .. 4,580 11 9 0 Marine .. .. 1,638 4 1 11 Mental Hospitals .. 22,403 56 0 2 Mines .. .. 1,875 4 13 9 National Broadcasting 7,775 19 8 9 Police .. .. 1,235 3 1 9 Post and Telegraph .. 618,865 1,547 3 3 Printing and Stationery 129,488 323 14 5 Public Works .. 744,448 1,861 2 5 Railways .. .. 1,342,675 3,356 13 9 Scientific and Industrial Research .. .. 6,928 17 6 5 State Coal .. .. 533 1 6 8 — 7,836 4 6 £3,134,485 Interest on funds invested in Common Fund of the Public Trust Office .. .. .. 1,113 12 9 £38,773 9 2 £38,773 9 2 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1938. Liabilities. £ s. rl. Assets. £ s. d. Accumulated Fund .. .. .. .. 38,092 17 10 Investment in Common Fund of Public Trust Office 37,244 12 0 Sundry creditors (departmental) .. .. 253 16 1 Sundry debtors (departmental) .. .. 1,102 111 £38,346 13 11 £38,346 13 11 A. R. F. Mackay, M.CJom. (N.Z.)., Ph.D. (Lond.), Assistant Accountant to the Treasury. I hereby certify that the Revenue 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. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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