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EXTEENAL AFFAIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ 8. d. Income. 1 s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 761 7 7 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 23,051 12 1 Advertising, &c. .. .. .. .. 17 8 3 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 49 0 0 Allowance to officer for legal services .. 31 10 0 Grants — Bureau of Tropical Diseases .. .. 100 0 0 Samoan Administration, for educational, medical, and wirelesß services .. .. 21,000 0 0 Office expenses .. .. .. .. II 11 3 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 486 3 8 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 209 18 3 Telephone services .. .. .. 40 13 8 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 11l 9 2 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 0 16 5 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 152 3 10 Losses written off .. .. .. .. 7 10 0 £23,051 12 1 £23,051 12 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 23,051 12 1 By Recoveries of expenditure on aocount of Samoar Interest on capital .. .. .. 164 :i 7 Military Polioe in previous years .. .. 727 311 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 22,478 11 9 £23,205 15 8 £23,205 15 8 Note. —The following charges, for which the Department possess no parliamentary appropriation, are included : («) Rental value as asseaaed by Public Works Department: (')) interest at 4| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ 8. d. Assets. C s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 3,426 12 11 Office fittings .. .. .. .. 275 14 10 Creditors — £ s. d, Official stamps .. .. .. .. 8113 Departmental .. .. 138 7 3 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. II 0 0 Sundry .. .. .. 15 811 S.s. " Lady Roberts" .. .. .. 2,650 16 0 153 16 2 Advances to New Zealand Reparation Estates .. 11,136 17 2 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 1,193 18 6 Photographic film .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Writings-off Reserve .. .. .. .. 710 0 Losses in Suspense .. .. .. .. 710 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 32,085 3 5 Excess of expenditure out income .. .. 22,478 11 9 £36,867 1 0 £36,867 1 0 A. B. W. Ross, for 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. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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