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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. £ s. <1. To Administration expenses— j By Cables prepaid .. .. .. 455 lit i Salaries. £s. d. £ s. d. Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 5 9 New Zealand .. .. .. 3,905 17 7 Profit on sale of blankets .. .. 0 7 6 London .. .. .. 4,500 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income carried Temporary assistance .. .. 177 12 9 down .. .. .. .. 35,025 14 4 8,583 10 4 Offico expenses .. .. .. 2,649 19 4 Supervision of domestics .. .. 1,880 5 7 Supervision of public-school boys . . 476 1 5 Supervision of New Zealand farm boys 49 10 9 Rent .. .. .. .. 1,418 0 0 15,057 7 5 Grants, &c, to immigrants .. .. .. 230 16 5 Passage-money paid .. .. 43,616 12 9 Less contributions by — £ s. d. Immigrants .. 7,897 2 9 Imperial Government .. .. 17,712 15 0 25,609 17 'J 18,00(> lii (I Passage-money, undesirables .. .. .. 321 16 0 <'ost of cables" .. .. .. .. .. 688 17 II Exohange .. .. .. .. .. 160 Charges and expenses raising loans (Public Works — proportion chargeable Vote, Immigration) .. 1,187 0 0 Depreciation Reserve Account .. .. .. 77 5 10 Loans of passage-money written off .. .. 57 2 1 £35,482 6 8 £35,482 6 8 £ s. (I. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 35,025 14 4 I By Recoveries on account of expenditure Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 147,585 10 7 of previous years — New Zealand Government contributions towards £ s. d. passage-money .. .. .. 1,874 15 11 Excess of expenditure over income after charging interest — Public Works Fund, National Development Account 180,736 9 0 £182,611 4 11 £182,611 4 11 NoTB. — Interest at 4i per rent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930, and proportionate cost of raising Public Works loans have been included in the account, although the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. i Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Furniture and fittings .. .. 986 14 11 Public Works Fund, Ist April, Stock— £ s. d. 1930 .. .. .. 3,279,678 8 1 Stationery .. .. 112 4 3 Net expenditure, 1930-31 .. 33,544 8 8 Stamps .. .. 7 4 0 Proportionate charges and expenses Blankets .. .. 6 18 7 of raising Public Works loans, 126 6 10 1930-31 .. .. .. 1,187 0 0 Payments in advance .. .. 159 19 3 3,314,-109 17 10 Loans of passage-money to immigrants.. 1,331 5 1 Creditors— Assets in Suspense — Loans, passageDepartmental .. .. 28 8 6 money .. .. .. .. 57 2 1 Sundry .. .. .. 400 18 7 Cash in Deposits Ac129 7 1 count— £ s. d. Reserves— Emigrants' deposits 15 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 644 19 11 Remittances to immiBad debts .. .. .. 50 0 It grants.. .. 28 0 0 694 19 11 43 0 0 Passage-money deposited on behalf Interest Account .. .. .. 147,585 10 7 of immigrants.. .. .. 1,221 2 6 National Development £ s. d. Amounts deposited as gratuities for Account .. .. 3,283,665 6 7 matrons, &c. .. .. .. 25 8 6 Kxcess expenditure 1,246 11 0 over income, Imperial Government— 1930-31 .. .. 33,160 18 5 Loans to immigrants recovered but 3,316,816 5 0 not paid ...... 152 11 8 Contributions of passage - money recovered but not |>a m I .. 1,707 8 7 Contributions of passage-monev recovered and held in Suspense 773 f> 0 2,633 5 3 Recoveries on behalf of Commonwealth Migration Department (Australia) .. .. .. 6 10 0 Emigrants' deposits (amount deposited with High Commissioner for repayment in New Zealand) .. 15 0 (I Remittances to immigrants (amounts deposited in .\V\\ Zealand for payment in England) .. .. 28 0 0 Writings-off in Suspense (passage-money) .. .. 57 2 1 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 147,585 10 7 £3,467,106 3 9 £3.467,106 3 9 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.

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