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NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Administration charges- £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sundry fees .. .. .. 317 6 Salaries .. .. 10,437 11 4 Sale of office furniture and fittings .. 5 6 0 Audit .. .. 50 0 0 Balanoe carried down.. .. .. 20,379 15 9 Meal allowances and overtime .. 88 0 2 Rent .. .. 1,047 1 10 Commission allowances, &c. .. . 5,173 8 1 Postages, telephones, &c. 790 19 4 Post and Telegraph I Apartment charges 575 1.7 0 Payment to Department of Interna Affairs for charing servioes 34 16 6 Travelling-allowances, &o. 455 11 0 Printing and stationery 576 8 11 Office maintenance .. 64 4 3 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 63 4 5 Contingencies .. 33 8 5 »~ 19.390 11 3 Other items — Maternity allowances .. .. 6 0 0 Payments for statistical returns of sickness and mortality .. .. 821 14 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 170 14 6 £20,388 19 9 £20,388 19 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 20,379 15 9 By Excess of expenditure over income after Intorest on capital .. .. 103 6 5 charging interest.. .. .. 20,483 2 2 £20,483 2 2 £20,483 2 2 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. 1,769 1 2 Telephone subscriptions paid in advance 52 17 6 Treasury Adjustment Account., .. 20.077 8 3 Stationery .. .. ... .. 469 19 7 Capital Account .. ' .. 2,187 10 0 £ s. d. Mechanical appliances .. 469 0 0 . Less depreciation .. 46 4 0 422 1.6 0 Furniture and fittings .. 1,218 10 0 Add additions .. .. 3 10 6 1,222 0 6 Less depreciation .. 124 10 6 1,097 10 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. 20,483 2 2 Treasury Liability Aooount .. .. 1,507 14 2 £24,033 19 5 £24,033 19 5 A. T. Traversi, Superintendent. 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.-—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.