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DEPARTMENT OE J USTICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended .'3lst March, 1924, Expenditure. Income. To Salaries— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Judges .. .. .. 19,377 15 7 By Supreme Court revenue 51,117 9 4 Magistrates .. .. .. 23,536 9 10 Magistrates' Court Staff .. .. .. .. 03,126 .15 7 rcvcnuo .. .. 118,755 11 11. Grants in lieu of leave .. .. 755 0 0 Warden's oou r t s Subsidy, Chatham Islands steamer revenue .. .. 169 10 6 service .. .. .. 62 10 0 Bankruptcy revenue 7,884 10 8 Travelling-expenses .. .. 9,343 2 1.1 Licensing revenue .. 2,452 12 7 Advertising .. .. .. 416 16 0 Patents revenue .. 11,670 17 10 Cost administering licensing laws in districts where Counties Act not in 192,050 12 10 operation .. .. .. 59 16 5 Less refund of fees, Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. 3,329 17 1 fines, &c. .. 8,235 0 2 Postage .. .. .. .. 3,392 3 4 183,815 12 8 Printing and stationery .. .. 5,993 8 7 Land Agents' license fees .. .. 1,154 2 0 Bent .. .. .. .. 476 II 1 License fees re King's Counsel .. 11 11 0 Telephones .. .. .. 1,402 6 1 Estreated recognizances .. .. 92 0 0 Typewriter repairs .. .. 164 18 (i Fee re Shorthand Reporters Act .. 2 2 0 Bankruptcy Commission .. .. 5,312 2 2 Pee re searchers, Warden's Courts .. 519 6 Courthouse cleaning .. .. 1,962 14 4 Native reserve, Urcwera district .. 010 0 Criminal prosecutions .. ... 16,086 17 11 Police penalty .. .. .. 2 0 0 Cost of inquests .. .. .. 6,066 11 8 Expenses under Juries Act .. 1,516 11 2 Commission on money-orders .. 246 16 9 Contingencies .. .. .. 301 4 9 Expenses Circuit Courts .. .. 1,396 11 8 Expenses reformatory institutions .. 4,059 17 6 Office requisites .. .. .. 6 2 3 Special grants .. .. .. 318 6 0 Law-costs .. .. .. 65 7 2 Depreciation .. .. .. 7,707 10 5 Repairs and maintenance .. .. 4,321 1.4 3 Balance . . .. .. .. 4,277 18 2 £185,083 17 2 £185,083 17 2 I £ s. d. ' £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. 21,325 10 0 By Excess income over expenditure, before charging interest .. .. 4,277 18 2 Salary, Clerk, Chalmers Licensing Committee, Ist April, 1915, to 31st March, 1923, recovered from Port Chalmers Borough Council .. .. 160 0 0 Excess expenditure over income .. 16,887 17 10 £21,325 16 0 £21,325 10 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st Marco, 1924. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 473,906 14 5 Buildings and sites .. 432,422 0 S Sundry creditors .. .. .. 6,872 17 7 Additional .. .. 2,975 8 9 Suspense Account .. »-.. .. 231 1 9 435,397 9 5 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 22,734 10 4 Patent Office library .. .. 5,000 0 0 Office furniture and fittings 34,219 II 3 Additional .. .. 806 II 9 35,026 3 0 Mechanical appliances .. 2,265 2 6 Additional .. .. 358 11 0 2,023 13 0 Railway season tickets paid in advance 532 5 6 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. 217 9 8 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 428 2 7 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 7,032 2 7 Excess expenditure over income .. 10,887 17 10 £503,745 4 1 £503,745 4 1 0. E. MATTHEWS, Under-Secretary. 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, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for rent, interest, repairs and additions to buildings, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, and also a credit for rent from the Native and Prisons Departments for which those Departments possess no parliamentary appropriation.- -C. E. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.