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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 6,211 0 6 By Gas Regulations Account .. .. .. 355 11 10 Advertising, periodicals, newspapers, &c. .. 216 19 6 Balance carried down .. .. .. 31,627 17 9 Fuel, light, and office cleaning .. .. 87 8 0 Industrial exhibitions .. . . .. 130 15 2 Office requisites, printing and stationery .. 220 0 4 Postages, telephones, &c. .. .. .. 324 1 9 Rent of offices .. . . .. .. 892 10 0 Subsidies to steamer services .. .. 22,500 0 0 Travelling-expenses and allowances .. 618 7 3 Expenses Trade Representatives overseas .. 180 0 8 Railway passes, Trade Commissioners .. 236 5 7 General expenses .. .. .. 34 17 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 311 3 3 Losses in Suspense written off .. .. 20 0 7 £31,983 9 7 £31,983 9 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 31,627 17 9 By Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous Interest on capital .. .. .. 136 12 5 years: Royalties, New Zealand deer heads.. 0 4 2 Balance .. .. .. .. 31,764 6 0 £31,764 10 2 £31,764 10 2 Note.—The above account includes interest on capital and an assessed rental of office-heaters for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 3,035 19 11 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,526 14 3 Sundry creditors — £ s. d. Mechanical appliances (including gas-testing apDepartmental .. .. 152 6 8 paratus) .. .. .. .. .. 1,061 17 1 Other .. .. .. 148 1 9 Half-share refrigerating plant, London .. .. 270 13 8 ■ — 300 8 5 Exhibition material .. .. .. .. 445 1 10 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 1,434 12 8 Head Office library .. .. .. .. 140 0 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 30,595 17 3 Expenditure in advance .. .. .. 611 0 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 20 0 7 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 34 011 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 117 13 0 Income and Expenditure Account .. .. 31,764 6 0 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 20 0 7 £35,386 18 10 £35,386 18 10 J. W. Collins, Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce. 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.