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GOVERNMENT FIRE INSURANCE FUND. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. £ s. d. Claims — £ 3. d. Accumulated Fund as at 31st April, 1935 .. 52,109 16 0 Defence Department .. .. .. 631 13 3 Interest on funds invested in Common Fund of Education Department .. .. .. 3,031 14 8 Public Trust Office .. .. .. .. 2,003 17 10 Industries and Commerce Department .. 49 16 7 Police Department .. .. .. 1700 Public Works Department .. .. .. 160 3 8 Small-farms schemes ~ .. .. 449 17 6 4,340 5 8 Accumulated Fund as at 31st March, 1936 .. 49,773 8 2 £54,113 13 10 £54,113 13 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Accumulated Fund as at 31st March, 1936 .. 49,773 8 2 Investment in the Common Fund of the Public Claims due but not paid departmental creditors .. 3,833 5 0 Trust Office .. .. .. 53,513 4 8 Sundry debtors for claims overpaid . . ~ 93 8 6 £53,606 13 2 £53,606 13 2 Contingent liabilities : Estimated value of Govern- £ s. d. ment buildings at Napier destroyed by fire during the earthquake on 3rd February, 1931, which will become a claim on the fund if it is desired to rebuild .. .. .. .. .. 11,500 0 0 Estimated cost of replacing Defence Department buildings destroyed by fire .. .. .. 4,490 0 0 £15,990 0 0 B. C. Ashwin, M.Com., A.R.A.N.Z., 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. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General. GOVERNMENT STORES MARINE INSURANCE FUND. (Established under section 134 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. £ s. d. Accumulated Fund as at Ist April, 1935 .. 21,340 9 11 Claims— Insurable Value Defence Department .. .. 10 15 8 ° fI S rtS Lands and Survey .. .. 1115 10 Exports. Post and Telegraph .. .. 7 3 11 Premiums — £ £ s. d. Printing and Stationery . . .. 012 2 Agriculture .. .. 3,650 9 2 6 Public Works .. .. .. 59 1 3 Customs .. .. 108 0 5 5 Railways ~ .. 113 4 4 Defence .. .. 156,470 391 3 6 ' 202 13 2 Education .. .. 5,070 12 13 6 Accumulated Fund as at 31st March, 1936 .. 25,376 6 8 External Affairs .. 110,603 276 10 2 Health .. .. 4,263 10 13 2 Internal Affairs .. 204 0 10 2 Justice .. .. 662 4 3 1 Lands and Survey .. 385 912 6 Marine .. .. 1,473 3 13 8 Mental Hospitals .. 20,071 50 3 6 Mines .. .. 3,958 9 17 11 Naval Defence .. 61,687 154 4 4 Police .. .. 1,133 2 16 8 Post and Telegraph .. 172,213 430 10 8 Printing and Stationery 61,422 153 11 1 Public Works .. 147,504 368 17 2 Railways .. .. 621,912 1,554 15 7 Scientific and Industrial Research .. .. 2,920 7 6 0 Stamp Duties .. 5,568 13 18 5 3,464 9 0 £1,381,276 Interest on funds invested in Common Fund of the Public Trust Office .. .. .. 774 0 11 £25,578 19 10 £25,578 19 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Accumulated Fund .. .. .. .. 25,376 6 8 Investments in Common Fund of Public Trust Sundry creditors (departmental) .. .. 65 18 3 Office .. .. .. .. .. 24,157 16 10 Cash in transit .. .. .. .. 50 13 8 Sundry debtors (departmental) .. .. 1,233 14 5 £25,442 4 11 £25,442 4 11 B. C. Ashwin, M.Com., A.R.A.N.Z., 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, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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