submitted. Consequently, the balances under these accounts  totaling P392 654 508 debits and P392 691 353 credits could not  be verified.  The verification of the balances of these facilities remains a  challenge, as the Departments do not submit reconciliation  statements and where they are submitted they were incomplete. There should be concerted effort to bring the operation of these  accounts under control.  The latest available bank statement was for July 2017, with a  balance of P583 400 125.61, while the unspent development  deposit showed balances of P551 016 500 under the Support  Grant account and P250 731 504 under the Reemployment  account.  In my previous annual reports, I had commented on the necessity of  Government maintaining its own comprehensive and up-to-date registers for the recording of assets, which are to be reported on  through this Statement, instead of placing entire reliance on confirmations from entities in which these assets are held for the  preparation of this Statement. The maintenance of these accounts is  also in line with the requirements of the Registrar of Government  Securities Act (Cap 56:05). In his written submission to the last meeting  of the Public Accounts Committee, the Accounting Officer had 29. Statement of Assets Held by Government in Commercial Undertakings,  and International Organisations - (Statement No. 18 (n)  The Lome Sysmin account with a General Ledger balance of  P636 654 917 on the 31 March 2018 had not been reconciled  with bank statement balance as the bank statement was not  available as on that date. Although there were transactions in  other related accounts in the year under review, the above  General Ledger balance has been dormant since 2014, indicating that the project account was not properly maintained. (m) There are altogether 190 Point-of-Sale facilities operated by  Government Departments which had a total balance of P34 607 901 as at 1 March 2018.  (l) The General Ledger balances under the various Botswana Diplomatic Missions as at 31 March 2018 did not, in numerous  cases, agree with the certified bank/cash book balances submitted by the Missions.  26 