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Statement of Assets and Liabilities — continued. Assets £ s d £ s d. I Liabilities. £ s. d. Brought forward '.. .. ' ' 291,563 2 2 Brought forward 332,046 19 9 Real estate — continued Land between Jervois Quay and Queen's Wharf — Wharves and quays depart-ment—Stores-site .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 Office-site 1,300 0 0 Bond-site 3,500 0 0 Weighbridge-site .. .. .. 200 0 0 Woolshed-site at Railway Wharf .. 5,000 0 0 Featherston Street endowment.. .. 4,000 0 0 Boat-harbour reclamation endowment 5,000 0 0 Structures, rights, &c.— Railway Wharf and approach— Estimated value, 31st December, 1893 .. .. .. 12,971 4 5 Less 5 per cent., depreciation 648 11 3 12,322 13 2 Additions, 1894, per Statement (F) .. 76 10 0 Foreshore, as vested in the Board .. 500 0 0 Reclamation rights at Waterloo Quay 500 0 0 Bilot- and signal-station reserves — Interest in land, pilot-station reserve, Worser's Bay .. .. 150 0 0 Signal-station reserves .. .. 125 0 0 Harbour-pilot and signal services (buildings, plant, &c.) — Estimated value, 31st December, 1893 2,700 17 5 Less 5 per cent., depreciation .. 135 0 11 ■ 2,565 16 6 Additions, 1894, per Statement (F)— Harbour department .. .. 11 11 8 Pilot service .. .. .. 5 10 5 Signal-stations— Beacon Hill .. .. .. 205 19 1 Mount Victoria .. .. .. 20 16 9 £332,046 19 9 £332,046 19 9 Note.—The total amount written off for depreciation is £9,921175. sd. 31st January, 1895. William Feeguson, Treasurer. Examined.—P. P. W. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General. I hereby certify that this statement was examined and allowed at the adjourned annual meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board, held this 7th day of March, 1895.—Thomas Gale, Chairman.

WESTPOBT HAEBOUE BOAED. Balance-sheet of the Westport Harbour Boaed for the Year ended 31st December, 1894. 1. Geneeal Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance from last statement, 31st Decern- Transferred to Interest Account No. 1 .. 6,030 0 0 ber, 1893 .. .. .. .. 7,813 2 1 Transferred to Interest Account No. 2 .. 14,951 810 Buller Coalfields and Westport Colliery Transferred to Sinking Fund Account, Reserve .. .. .. .. 8,013 3 9 4-per-cent. loan .. .. .. 1,501 0 0 Westport Railway and wharf .. .. 16,236 16 1 Harbour expenses .. .. .. 2, 238 18 9 Interest on fixed deposit, Bank of New Office-expenses (proportion of) .. .. 178 2 1 Zealand, Westport .. .. .. 37 10 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 275 0 1 Interest on overdraft, Bank of New Zealand, Westport .. .. .. 14 17 3 £25,189 7 0 Balance, 31st December, 1894 .. .. 6,911 4 11 £32,100 11 11 £32,100 11 11