B.—l [PT. IY], SUP. TO 1937.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. General Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 1937—continued. Assets.

J. W. Scott, A.R.A.N.Z., Chief Accountant, Public Works Department. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts and General Balance - sheet and the subsidiary accounts for irrigation schemes and quarries in operation 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon, and to the explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. The following comment is appended : The deficiency in contributions towards expenditure in connection with the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account has not been met by levying a rate as required by section 15, subsection 4 (d), of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910.— J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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Number of ! , „ . Plant and Furniture and Stocks of Sundry Loans Stores, Ac., Profit and Loss Treasury Adjust- : nth., r n „ f _. Account. | [ Buildings. Machinery. | Fittings. Materials. Debtors. Outstanding, i Deficits. Account. ment Account. Assets. lotai. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 69,360 2 3 5,288 11 295,978 2 3 832 1 0 .. .. 2,110,671 18 627,889,417 5 5(a) 30,171,548 0 7 2 .. .. .. .. 295,040 14 1 22,235 14 8 .. 334 13 2 .. .. .. 5,731,590 1 4(6) 6,049,201 3 3 3 .. .. .. .. 21,244 0 3 1,163 7 0.. 4 4 6.. .. .. 266,833 9 9(c) 289,245 1 6 4 .. .. 3,853 7 6.. .. 4,852 18 6 29,839 2 4 .. 784 15 3424,083 3 10 .. .. 1,344,926 10 7(c) 1,808,339 18 0 5 .. 924,001 7 81,068,460 2 0 .. .. 662 12 10 5,707 6 10 .. 7 19 2 .. 38,138 7 3 .. .. 2,036,977 15 9 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,520 18 9 200 0 6 .. .. .. .. 4,720 19 3 7 .. .. .. 257,388 9 2 .. 97.516 15 7119,820 5 7 .. 631 19 2 .. .. .. .. 475,357 9 6 8 .. .. 7,291 13 8 .. 2,047 18 8 32,867 15 1 .. 30 14 10 .. .. .. 1,204 3 6(e) 43,442 5 9 9 .. 1,011 8 4 .. 3,296 9 10 .. 2,679 12 2 870 19 1 15 7 9 4,024 0 2 .. .. .. 11,897 17 4 10 .. .. .. .. .. 6,600 16 7 23,193 6 11 .. .. .. .. .. 548,555 4 1(/) 578,349 7 7 11 .. .. .. .. .. 317 2 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,043 11 3(/) 6,360 13 11 12 .. .. .. 254 16 9 22,308 12 10 1,171 7 1 1,430 12 7 .. 14 14 11 .. .. .. 40,934 2 11(/) 66,114 7 1 13 .. .. .. 470 9 4 71 13 9 2,146 7 1 6,506 5 10 .. .. 26,883 10 1 .. .. 5,223 8 8(g) 41,301 14 9 14 .. .. .. 405 2 11 .. 1,910 13 4 4,189 12 0 .. 27 15 1 7,103 3 2 .. .. 3,351 12 life) 16,987 19 5 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. 953 8 6.. .. .. .. .. 81,509 11 8(f) 82,463 0 2 16 .. .. 186 2 6 813 0 0 .. 1,104 14 1 33,989 0 11 .. 29 8 0 .. .. .. 733,280 12 0(d) 769,402 17 6 925,012 16 01,072,499 12 0269,920 1 822,380 6 7506,655 15 2292,576 7 395,978 2 3 2,913 13 4462,093 17 3 38,138 7 32,110,671 18 636,652,869 14 1 42,451,710 11 4 (a) Expenditure on National Development to 31st March, 1937. (6) XJnopened Lines. (c) Water-races, pipe-lines, dams, &c. (d) Stopbanks, drainage canals, &c. (e) Departmental Library. (/) Maintenance Account, 1936-37. (g) Incomplete work.