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LABOUR DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 28,708 5 1 By Penalties imposed by the Court in Travelling allowances and expenses .. 5,003 14 4 actions brought for breaches of the Overtime and tea-money .. .. 16 1 0 Industrial Conciliation and ArbitraPrinting and stationery .. .. 2,077 17 11 tion Act and Labour Disputes InTelephone services .. .. 375 8 0 vestigation Act .. .. 865 15 0 Postage, telegrams, and rent of letter- Sale of publications .. .. 306 10 0 boxes .. .. .. 1,254 9 2 Factory registration foes .. .. 3,684 5 0 Repairs to and rates on dwelling-house 94 17 10 Rent of house .. .. .. 70 17 7 Rent of office accommodation .. 3,121 011 Servants' Registry Office registration Depreciation (amount added to re- fees .. .. .. .. 42 0 0 serves) .. .. .. 806 13 1 Weights and measures verification fees 2,755 12 9 Fees to assessors on Conciliation Coun- Sales of scales, &c, seized under the oils .. .. .. .. 916 16 5 Weights and Measures Act .. 16 18 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges 50 4 7 Excess of expenditure over income Law-costs .. .. .. 177 4 5 before charging interest carried Sundry office expenses .. .. 61 8 1 down .. .. .. .. 37,047 11 4 Fuel and lighting services .. .. 180 4 2 Cost of special typewritten reports under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act .. .. 12 9 0 Advertising .. .. .. 388 8 2 Allowances to police and other officers acting as departmental agents .. 930 19 6 Typewriter repairs . . .. 34 8 5 Motor-car, motor-cycle, and bicycle maintenance and repairs .. 373 10 10 Commission on sale of publications .. 63 10 10 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. 20 3 5 Audit of accounts of industrial unions under section 3 (2) of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1922 .. .. .. .. 115 14 0 £44,795 9 8 £44,795 9 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Excess of expenditure over income By Excess of expenditure over income before charging interest brought after charging interest .. .. 37,507 1 1 down .. .. .. .. 37,047 11 4 Interest on capital .. .. 459 9 9 £37,507 1 1 £37,507 1 1 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. Assets. Capital funds—Liability to Treasury on £ s. d. Cash — £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. 10,210 16 8 In hand .. .. 19 6 11 Sundry creditors — Deposit Accounts .. 135 0 3 Factory registration fees re- £ s. d. 154 7 2 ceived in advance .. 1,908 7 0 Official stamps .. .. .. 135 10 6 Sundry unpaid accounts .. 1,302 1 7 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 1,172 10 4 Unclaimed wages, &c. .. 310 7 7 Office furniture, fittings, and — 3,520 10 2 typewriters .. ..4,991 5 10 Deposits— Purchased .. .. 239 0 2 Arrears of wages .. 132 2 3 Factory registration fees .. 0 15 0 5,230 12 0 Miscellaneous .. .. 2 3 0 Sold .. .. .. 9 17 135 0 3 5,221 10 5 Reserves for bad and doubtful debts .. 891 19 11 Motor-cycles, cars, and bicycles 820 7 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 2,229 19 8 Purchased .. .. 1,127 13 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 34,217 10 0 1,948 0 8 Sold .. .. .. 308 0 0 1,640 0 8 Departmental libraries .. 1,120 0 1 Additions .. .. 30 12 9 1,150 12 10 Freehold premises. . .. .. 900 0 0 Standard weights and measures .. .. 2,379 3 3 Purchased ... .. 245 9 0 2,024 12 3 Printed forms, stationery and stores on hand 422 13 9 Subscriptions and other payments made in advance .. .. .. .. 277 9 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. 37,507 1 1 £51,200 8 8 ; £51,206 8 8 F. W. Rowley, Secretary of Labour. 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 for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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