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CROWN LAW OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 5,645 911 By Law-costs .. .. .. .. 175 0 1 Annual certificates.. .. .. .. 26 5 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,311 12 3 Office fittings, repairs, and requisites .. 26 7 8 Postage .. .. .. .. .. 37 0 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 133 16 4 Purchase of Law Reports, &c. .. .. 75 12 2 Telephone subscriptions .. .. .. 79 9 7 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 7 5 10 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 24 1 1 Rent (a) .. .. .. .. .. 254 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 177 4 9 £6,486 12 4 £6,486 12 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,311 12 3 By Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous Interest on capital (b) .. .. .. 149 10 9 years .. .. .. .. .. 0 13 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,460 10 0 £6,461 3 0 £6,461 3 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 3,323 2 8 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 331 10 0 Creditors— £ s. d. Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 57 15 0 Departmental .. .. 31 4 2 Library .. .. .. .. .. 3,008 13 9 Sundry .. .. .. 3 0 5 Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 43 16 9 34 4 7 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,460 10 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. .. 1,499 15 9 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 5,045 2 6 £9,902 5 6 £9,902 5 6 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value of premises as assessed by the Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1928. Arthur Fair, Solicitor-General. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental note. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.