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ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,644 14 5 By Sundry revenue .. .. .. 112 0 General election— Balance carried down .. .. 6,517 13 11 Expenses of taking .. .. 460 17 10 Preparation of rolls .. .. 393 3 11 Licensing poll .. .. .. 82 7 2 Postage .. .. .. .. 596 4 9 Printing and stationery .. .. 121 10 3 Rent .. ..'•.. .. 447 19 8 Sundries .. .. .. 772 7 11 £6,519 5 11 £6,519 5 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 0,517 13 11 By excess of expenditure over income .. 7,807 19 5 Depreciation .. .. .. 815 2 0 Interest on capital .. .. 475 3 0 £7,807 19 5 £7,807 19 5 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital as at Ist April, 1923 .. .. 10,834 1 4 Furniture and fittings .. .. 10,537 19 11 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 57 14 3 Mechanical appliances .. .. 264 19 11 Depreciation Reserve .. .. 2,563 18 4 Saleable rolls .. .. .. 1,257 16 0 Treasury Adjustment Account.. .. 6,413 14 j Excess of expenditure over income .. 7,807 19 5 £19,868 15 3 £19,868 15 3 J. LTislop, Chief Electoral Officer. A. W. Pyne, 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, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for rent, interest on capital, furniture, and services rendered by the Internal Affairs Department for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.