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EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. ~ .. .. 2,568 5 4 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 23,448 18 8 Advertising, &c. .. .. .. .. 63 17 7 ! Expenses of upkeep, Apia Observatory .. 2,271 1 4 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 49 0 0 Grants — Bureau of Tropical Diseases .. .. 100 0 0 Samoan Administration, for educational, medical, and wireless services .. .. 8,000 0 0 To officer on retirement .. .. .. 412100 Ministerial visit to Western Samoa, expenses of 582 16 4 Motor-vessel for Island services (miscellaneous expenses) .. .. .. .. 3,499 12 10 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 8 16 1 , Postages, &c. .. .. .. .. 404 19 7 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 276 10 9 Royal Commission to inquire into Samoan matters, expenses of .. .. .. 4,408 211 Samoan petition: Professional services of counsel .. .. .. .. 315 0 0 Telephones, &c. .. .. .. .. 34 15 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 156 16 1 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 14 15 6 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 201 19 4 £23,448 18 8 | £23,448 18 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 23,448 18 8 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 23,784 7 4 Interest on capital .. .. .. 335 8 8 £23.784 7 4 i £23,784 7 4 . Note.—The following charges, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, are included : (a) Rental value as assessed by the Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1927. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. £ s. d. ( Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 7,454 4 1 S.s. " Lady Roberts" .. .. .. 2,650 16 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 20,272 9 0 £ s. d. Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 845 13 10 Office fittings .. .. 377 1 1 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 35,603 7 9 Additions .. .. 40 9 5 417 10 6 Photographic film .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 11 18 4 Stores on hand .. .. .. .. 3,117 19 6 New motor-vessel (part-pa3'ment) .. .. 33,893 3 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 23,784 7 4 £64,175 14 8 £64,175 14 8 27th June, 1928. C. A. Berendsen, 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, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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