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POLICE DEPARTMEiN T —continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Asset*. Capital—Liability to Treasury at Ist April, 1923 608,562 17 9 Land and buildings— £ s. d. £ s. d. Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 402,089 8 10 Gross value at Ist April, 1923 .. 530,898 4 6 Writings-off Suspense Account .. .. 1,324 7 3 Additions .. .. .. 13,844 10 7 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 4,750 2 5 ——— —-— Depreciation reserve .. .. .. .. 40,196 13 1 544,742 15 1 Value of buildings sold, &c. .. 1,110 9 0 543,632 6 1 Reserves .. .. 27,821 0 0 571,453 6 1 Stores and equipment— Valuation at Ist April, 1923 .. 20,427 3 9 Additions .. .. .. 5,901 19 10 26,329 3 7 Sales .. .. .. 195 2 9 Free issues .. .. .. 4,206 9 2 Destroyed by fire, &c. .. 19 4 9 21,908 6 11 Office furniture and fittings— Valuation at Ist April, 1923 .. 6,015 16 5 Additions, &c. .. .. 418 1 4 6,433 17 9 Destroyed by fire .. .. 10 11 11 6,423 5 10 Motor-vehicles —■ Gross value at Ist April, 1923.. 4,146 4 3 Additions .. .. .. 873 16 11 5,020 1 2 Value of vehicles sold .. 486 1 6 4,533 19 8 Horses—Valuation at 31st March, 1924 .. .. .. .. 143 0 0 Automatic pistols— Valuation at Ist April, 1923 .. 15,789 15 9 Additions .. .. .. 23 1 6 15,812 17 3 Value of pistols sold, &c. .. 22 9 11 — 15,790 7 4 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 1,210 511 Cash in hands of imprestees .. .. .. 28 3 0 Expenditure paid in Advance Account —Rents of telephones, letter-boxes, &c. .. .. 181 6 3 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 1160 Excess of expenditure over income, 1923-24 .. 435,240 2 4 £1,056,923 9 4 £1,056,923 9 4 17th March, 1925. A. H. Weight, Commissioner of Police. 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, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for interest and expenditure on construction and maintenance of buildings for which the Department possesses no Parliamentary appropriation. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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