B. —1 [PT, IV], SUP, TO 1939,

ARMY DEPARTMENT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account — £ s. d. £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. .. 264,140 8 6 Public Works Fund .. 70,506 13 3 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 483,510 2 1 Consolidated Fund .. 3,600,149 3 6 Military stores and equipment 3,670,655 16 9 (includes £115,137 paid on Creditors— account of work in proDepartmental .. .. 13,313 3 6 gross)— Sundry .. .. .. 14,387 6 5 Armament, heavy-gun, and £ s. d. — 27,700 911 small-arms ammunition 1,142,730 14 2 Rents received in advance .. .. . . 84 7 11 Ordnanoe Depot stocks at Nelson Rifle Prize Fund .. .. .. 1,106 0 0 vocabulary prioes .. 1,250,369 4 3 Writing-off, Suspense Account .. .. 3,883 1 0 Unit equipment and clothing Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 656,922 13 11 stocks .. .. 485,457 19 8 Motor-vehicles .. .. 39,933 13 8 2,918,491 11 9 Horses .. .. .. .. .. 1,984 14 0 Army Service Corps supplies.. .. .. 4,437 1 1 Office furniture .. .. .. .. 1,063 1 8 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 531 10 10 Libraries .. .. .. .. .. 467 14 1 Stationery and publications .. .. .. 8,706 17 5 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 271 9 3 Medals and decorations .. .. .. 4,185 5 6 Defence vessel "Janie £ s. d. Seddon" .. .. 65 7 2 Coal and oil supplies abroad .. 16 14 2 82 1 4 Wireless installation, short-wave .. .. 401 6 8 Rents accrued— Departmental .. .. 200 0 0 Sundry .. .. .. 190 12 5 . 390 12 5 Debtors—• Departmental .. .. 361 8 6 Sundry.. .. .. 4,879 12 5 5,241 0 11 Eire loss, Suspense Account .. .. .. 3,140 8 10 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 3,883 1 0 Nelson Rifle Prizo Fund .. 1,000 0 0 Balance of interest on same 106 0 0 — 1,106 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income— Ordnance Revenue Account 122,857 14 3 Headquarters Revenue Account .. .. 242,779 19 9 Territorials Revenue Account.. .. .. 254,611 8 3 Cadets Revenue Account .. 38,191 8 0 658,440 10 3 Less excess of income over expenditure " Janie Seddon" Account .. .. 122 8 1 658,318 22 £4,360,352 9 6 £4,360,352 9 6 H. Turner, Army Secretary. W. H. Wiiyborn, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Revenue Accounts and Balance-sheet have bean 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]. —Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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