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NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTING SERVICE— continued NATIONAL DIVISION— continued Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1946 Liabilities £ - Assets £ Creditors .. .. .. .. .. 25,994 Cash in bank .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,135 Appropriation Account .. .. .. .. .. 2,160,904 Debtors and Prepayments .. .. .. .. 83,970 Works in progress, stock of technical equipment, disks, and needles .. .. .. .. .. 58,864 Newsprint stocks .. .. .. . . .. 1,693 Unplayed episodes of features .. .. .. . . 8,204 Investments in New Zealand Government securities .. 1,830,000 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 158,420 Machinery and plant .. .. .. .. .. 13,669 Office and studio equipment .. .. .. .. 23,958 " B " station purchases .. .. . . .. .. 985 £2,186,898 £2,186,898 r~ ttt J i-nT-nam , -i James Shelley, Director of Broadcasting. E. L. Hutchens, Acting-Accountant. 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.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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