B.—l [PT. IV].

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 366,497 3 2 National Development Expenditure Account— Institutional fees paid in advance •. •. 370 16 6 Capital subsidies payable to Hospital Boards, Sundry creditors — £ s. d. 1923-24 .. .. .. .. 74,700 3 11 Trade .. .. .. 56,886 18 1 Land— £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 4,855 14 1 Institutions .. .. 50,707 16 4 61,742 12 2 Quarantine stations .. 1,900 0 0 Reserve for depreciation— 52,607 16 4 Buildings .. .. 15,579 5 3 Improvements— Other improvements .. 189 14 0 Institutions .. .. 2,831 10 9 Plant and machinery .. 243 6 5 Quarantine stations .. 1, 265 0 0 Furniture, fittings, and equip- ———— 4,096 10 9 ment .. .. .. 10,101 2 1 Buildings— Motor-vehicles .. .. 2,552 16 9 Institutions .. .. 176,712 8 1 —-—— 28,666 4 6 Quarantine stations .. 47,550 8 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 600,395 1 9 — 224,262 16 1 Plant and machinery at institutions .. .. .. .. 2,556 10 1 Furniture, fittings, and mentInstitutions .. .. 45,629 0 9 Other 22,354 17 7 67,983 18 4 Motor cars, ambulances, lorries, and cycles— Institutions .. .. 6,021 5 6 Other .. .. .. 4,303 17 5 10,325 2 11 Motor-cars on loan to Hospital Boards .. .. •• 4,187 0 0 Farm stock at institutions .. .. 5,857 14 7 Stores on hand—• At institutions .. •• 8,585 18 6 Sera, vaccine, and laboratory stores .. .. •• 2,449 1 10 Drugs, disinfectants, &c.,other than institutional .. 2,177 10 5 13,212 10 9 Cash— Imprest advances outstanding 468 10 3 Receipts in hands of General Post Office, &c. .. .. 1,695 16 6 : 2,164 6 9 Sundry debtors — Institutional •• •• 40,119 4 9 Less bad debts in suspense • • 9,950 10 10 30,168 13 11 Other 2,230 11 8 32,399 5 7 Revenue Account —Excess of expenditure over income . • .. •• •• 563,318 2 0 £1,057,671 18 1 £1,057,671 18 1 E. Killick, Secretary. H. G. Naylor, Accountant. 1 hereby certify that the various Income and Expenditure Accounts 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, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for rent, interest, services performed by the Legislative Department, the construction and maintenance of buildings, and the value of motor-vehicles transferred from War Expenses Account, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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