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CROWN LAW OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 5,667 I 0 By Law-costs .. .. .. .. 438 910 Aiimial certificates.. .. .. .. 26 5 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,0:J3 1!) '.\ Printing and stationery .. .. .. L 33 16 8 Postage .. . . .. .. .. 16 14 4 Purchase of Law Reports, &o. .. .. 36 5 4 Telephone subscriptions .. .. .. 79 15 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 6 3 10 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 21114 Office fittings, repairs, and requisites .. 7 4 6 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. !iS 4 6 Rent (a) .. .. .. .. . . 254 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 186 7 7 £6,472 9 1 £6,472 9 1 £ G. d. £ s. (1. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,033 19 3 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,191 7 1 Interest on capital (6) .. .. .. 157 7 10 £6,191 7 1 £6,191 7 1 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 3,497 12 9 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 349 6 7 Creditors — £ s. d. Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 62 5 0 Departmental .. .. ..044 Library .. .. .. .. .. 3,199 14 11 Sundry .. .. .. ..110 Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 36 10 7 15 4 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,191 7 1 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 1,867 4 9 Treaeury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 4,47)5 1 4 £9,839 4 2 £9,839 4 2 Note. —The following charges are inoluded for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value of premises as assessed by the Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4£ p< i cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930. Arthur Fair, Solicitor-General. 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 department.-iI note. —G. F. C. CAMPBELL, Controller and Auditor-General.

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