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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Administration expenses— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Cables prepaid .. .. .. 949 18 2 Salaries— Exchange . . .. .. . • 0 7 3 New Zealand .. .. .. 4,196 18 0 Profit on sale of blankets .. .. 2 8 6 London .. .. .. 5,200 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income, Temporary assistance .. .. 408 0 0 carried down .. .. .. 48,888 12 0 9,804 18 0 Office expenses .. .. .. 2,547 10 11 Supervision of domestics .. .. 2,277 3 10 Supervision of public-school boys .. 689 17 4 Rent .. .. .. .. 1,41.8 0 0 16,737 10 1 Grants, &c., to immigrants .. .. .. 479 9 7 Passage-money paid .. .. 77,862 4 2 Less contributions by— £ s. d. Immigrants .. 16,253 19 2 Imperial Government .. .. 30,598 10 0 46,852 9 2 31,009 15 0 Passage-money, undesirables .. .. .. 390 6 3 Cost of cables .. .. .. .. 1,055 13 2 Exchange .. .. .. .. .. 1 10 9 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 78 0 1 Loans of passage-money written off .. .. 77 2 10 Defalcations, R. P. Crawford .. .. .. 11 18 2 £49,841 5 11 £49,841 5 11 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 48,888 12 0 By Recoveries of expenditure Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 44 6 1 on account of previous years — £ s. d. £ s. d. New Zealand Government contributions .. 2,534 2 5 Passage-money, undesirables .'. .. 33 6 0 New Zealand Loan Account .. .. 10 0 Supervision Domestics Account .. .. 250 0 0 2,818 8 5 Excess of expenditure over income after charging interest .. .. 46,114 9 8 £48,932 18 1 £48,932 18 1 ===== - =& Note. —Interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1928, has been included in the account although the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital liability to Treasury— £ s. d. £ s. d. Furniture and fittings .. .. 993 12 5 On account of fixed assets .. 984 11 2 Stock of stationery .. .. .. 188 6 5 On account of national develop- Official stamps .. .. .. 26 17 6 ment expenditure .. .. 3,279,905 3 4 Stock of blankets .. .. .. 117 6 3,280,889 14 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 35 0 0 Creditors — Loans of passage-money to immigrants .. 1,691 8 2 Departmental .. .. 59 19 1 Cash in Deposit AcSundry .. .. .. 686 15 1 Account— £ s. d. 746 14 2 Emigrants' deposits 157 15 0 Reserves — Remittances to immiDepreciations .. .. 496 0 3 grants .. .. 194 15 0 Bad debts .. .. .. 50 0 0 352 10 0 546 0 3 National Development Passage-money deposited on behalf of Account— immigrants .. .. .. 4,597 5 6 Immigration expendiCable fees paid in advance on behalf j ture to 31st March, of immigrants .. .. 4 5 0 1928 .. .. 3,279,905 3 4 Amounts deposited as gratuities for | Excess expenditure matrons, &c. .. .. .. 13 32 1 overincome, 4,614 13 8 1928-29 .. 46,114 9 8 Imperial Government — 3,326,019 13 0 Loans to immigrants recovered but not paid .. .. 228 13 11 Loans to immigrants recovered and held in Suspense - .. .. 10 0 Contributions of passage - money recovered but not paid .. 1,897 14 0 Contributions of passage - money recovered and held in Suspense 1,001 18 8 3,129 6 7 Recoveries on behalf of Commonwealth Migration Department (Australia) .. .. .. .. 31 5 0 Emigrants' deposits (amount deposited with High Commissioner for repayment in New Zealand .. .. 157 15 0 Remittance to immigrants (amounts deposited in New Zealand for payment in England) .. .. 194 15 0 Writings-off in Suspense (passage-money) .. .. 77 210 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 38,921 18 0 £3,329,309 5 0 £3,329,309 5 0 H. D. Thomson, Under-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 note. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.