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CROWN LAW OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 4,565 15 9 By Law-costs .. .. .. 263 1 6 Annual certificates .. .. 21 0 0 Sales of Index .. .. .. 463 0 5 Postages .. .. .. .. 29 14 2 Sale of obsolete stores . . . . 3 13 2 Printing and stationery .. .. 94 17 1 Balance carried down .. .. 4,720 4 11 Telephone services . . .. . . 66 210 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 40 4 6 Drafting expenses .. .. .. 21 0 0 Printing " Index to Laws of New Zealand " .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Depreciation Reserve — £ s. d. Library .. .. 125 19 2 Furniture .. .. 21 12 0 147 11 8 Rent .. .. .. 170 0 0 £5,450 0 0 £5,450 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 4,720 411 By Excess of expenditure over income .. 4,852 11 8 Interest on capital .. .. .. 120 6 9 £4,852 11 8 £4,852 11 8 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 2,807 10 0 Office furniture .. .. .. 310 2 1 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 20 0 2 Library .. .. .. .. 2,593 15 8 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 677 16 (i Sundry debtors .. .. .. 158 0 3 Treasury Adjustment Account . 4,429 2 9 Expenses paid in advance .. .. 19 13 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. 4,852 11 8 £7,940 9 5 £7,940 9 5 Arthur Fair, Principal Law Officer. 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 and interest on capital for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.