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COOK ISLANDS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. . £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 14,202 12 2 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 28,780 12 3 Advertising, &c. .. .. .. .. 17 6 0 Cook and other Islands Administration expenses 634 4 5 Cook Islands lepers, maintenance of .. 2,052 10 2 Cost of inquiry into loss of fruit .. .. 49 19 6 Freight, &c. .. .. .. .. 4 12 6 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 49 0 0 Grants — Bureau of Tropical Diseases .. .. 50 0 0 Education— Niue .. .. .. .. 500 0 0 Northern Cook Islands .. .. 500 0 0 Medical services— Niue .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 Rarotonga .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Purchase of fruit-graders .. . . 1,000 0 0 Compensation, Niue banana-growers .. 287 2 0 Accommodation for Cook Islands lepers at Fiji (miscellaneous expenses).. .. .. 15 12 0 Maintenance of students at Training-college, Rarotonga .. .. .. .. 227 12 2 " Hinemoa " —Working-expenses .. .. 2,473 11 11 Postages, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 302 9 4 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 67 12 9 School Journal, Cook Islands, cost of printing.. 49 7 7 Removal of Cook Islands lepers to Fiji .. 2,152 19 1 Telephone subscriptions, &c. .. .. 76 11 9 Travelling allowances and expenses . . .. 122 18 10 Tropical allowances .. .. .. 1,873 18 1 Wireless station, Mauke —Cost of erection .. 200 0 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 0 4 1 Medical students, Fiji, maintenance of .. 205 4 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Depreciation . . .. .. .. 335 3 11 £28,780 12 3 £28,780 12 3 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 28,780 12 3 By Cost of bringing out m.v. "Maui Pomare," " Maui Pomare" Revenue Ac- £ s. d. . previously charged to revenue, now capital- £ s. d. count .. .. .. 2,930 18 2 ized .. .. .. .. .. 1,003 13 2 Interest on capital .. .. 2,373 8 4 Balance carried down .. .. .. 33,408 8 7 Special repairs .. .. 327 3 0 5.631 9 6 £34,412 1 9 £34,412 1 9 £ s. d. £ g . d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 33,408 8 7 By Excess of expenditure .over income .. .. 33,746 7 9 Interest on capital .. .. .. 337 19 2 £33,746 7 9 £33,746 7 9 Note.—The following charges for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation are included : (a) Rental value as assessed by the Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4-| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1928.