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DEPARTMENT OE JUSTICE —continued. WI TAKO PRISON. Farm Working Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. Opening stocks — £ s. d. £ s. d. Sales and transfers of live-stock and produce .. 2,944 3 4 Live-stock .. .. .. 1,174 10 9 Rent of pig-farm .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Crops, &c. .. .. ■ • 452 10 10 Horses and motor-truck charges transferred .. 194 6 8 Miscellaneous stores and tools . . 124 10 10 Closing stocks — £ s. d. 1,751 12 5 Live-stock .. .. .. 1,327 4 6 Purchase of live-stock , . . . . . . . 392 16 6 Crops, &c. .. . . . . 449 16 0 Farm-produce consumed on farm . . .. 303 2 4 Miscellaneous stores and tools .. 137 16 3 Purchase of feed .. .. .. 68 1 3 1,914 16 9 Seeds and manures .. . . . . .. 259 17 10 Loss on working .. .. .. .. 529 210 Fencing-wire and trees.. .. .. .. 11 4 6 Repairs and replacements to tools and implements.. 33 10 4 Motor-vehicle expenses .. . . .. 163 3 2 Fuel .. .. .. •• 20 5 0 Sundry expenses . . .. .. ■ . 76 18 1 Prison labour.. .. .. .. .. 1,036 18 9 Supervision and officers' labour .. . . 1,102 5 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. . . 343 6 9 Depreciation of plant, &c. .. .. .. 29 7 8 £5,592 9 7 £5,592 9 7 COURTS, PRISONS, PATENTS, OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES, AND BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGE OFFICES. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. Assets. Capital — £ s. d. £ s. d. Land and buildings — £ s. d. £ s. d. Public Works Fund .. 893,529 19 9 Freeholds .. .. 360,060 19 7 Consolidated Fund .. 345,582 0 5 Leaseholds .. .. 10,850 13 7 Taupo land-development com--1,239,112 0 2 pleted .. .. .. 82,813 14 1 Donation for buildings .. 2,250 0 0 Taupo land-development in 1,241,362 0 2 progress .. .. 2,735 10 0 Treasury Adjustment Account 152,450 12 8 Buildings .. .. 662,032 18 5 Sundry creditors — 1,118,493 15 8 Departmental .. .. 3,505 1 10 Libraries .. .. .. .. .. 4,198 4 10 Sundry .. .. .. 8,840 1 8 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 17,359 14 9 12,345 3 6 Stocks of stores on hand .. .. .. 20,130 6 9 Accrued earnings of prisoners .. .. 5,224 4 7 Fixed plant .. .. .. .. 15,699 18 3 Accrued bankruptcy remuneration .. .. 936 12 3 Implements and machinery .. .. .. 8,442 8 4 Deposits .. .. .. 34,230 16 9 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 2,631 17 11 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 2,248 18 10 Arms and accoutrements .. .. .. 550 7 9 Buildings, maintenance in Suspense .. .. 3,300 0 0 Loose tools and harness .. .. .. 4,248 13 1 Live-stock .. .. .. .. 26,609 5 9 Crops and gardens .. .. .. .. 8,707 15 4 Clothing and bedding .. .. .. 11,83560 Future instalments on property sold .. 710 17 9 Sundry debtors — £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 1,484 511 Sundry .. .. .. 5,088 9 8 6,572 15 7 Cash in Deposit Accounts .. .. .. 34,230 16 9 Expenditure paid in advance .. .. 27 3 11 Butterfat bonuses held on deposit .. .. 1,157 6 4 Postage-stamps on hand .. .. . . 586 1 8 Accrued bankruptcy commission .. .. 2,023 0 4 Writings-off in Suspense : Stores and live-stock, &c. .. .. . . .. . . 2,248 18 10 Expenditure and revenue balances for year 1935-36 — £ s. d. Courts and Head Office administration . . .. 56,660 2 0 Prisons and Borstal maintenance .. .. .. 113,578 5 2 Prisons Board and probation 4,046 17 7 Bankruptcy .. .. 3,378 16 8 Patents, trade-marks, &c. .. Cr. 6,689 18 11 Births, deaths, and marriages Cr. 5,340 9 4 165,633 13 2 £1,452,098 8 9 £1,452,098 8 9 B. L. Dallard, Under-Secretary of Justice. G. 0. Hall, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Institutional Accounts, Subsidiary Working Accounts, 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, subject to the explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return B. —1 [Pt. IV] and to the following comment: No charge for Head Office administration has been made against the various Industry Working Accounts. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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