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DEPAETMENT OF LABOUR. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. t s. d. To Salaries, agents'allowances, and overtime .. 42,275 10 3 By Penalties imposed by the Court in artimi 'I allowances and expenses .. 5,557 0 5 brought for breaches of awards and certain Motor-car, motor-cycles, and bicycles mainten- sections of the Industrial Conciliation and ance and repairs .. .. .. 527 1 2 Arbitration Act, 1925, and the Apprentices IVcs payable to assessors on Conciliation Act, 1923 .. .. .. .. 602 Hi 0 Council .. .. .. .. 572 10 0 Sale of departmental publications .. .. 257 19 6 Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. 152 13 7 Factory registration fees .. .. .. 3,908 19 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 66 4 5 Servants' registry offices license fees .. 2!t 5 0 I dating and lighting of offices .. .. 289 5 1 Weights and measures verification fees .. 8,935 611 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 10 5 8 Sale of scales, \c. seized under Weights and Postage, telegrams, telephone services, &c. .. 1,880 7 4 Measures Act .. .. .. .. 0 6 0 Printing, stationery, office requisites, and type- Kent of buildings .. .. .. 91 12 2 writer repairs .. .. .. .. 2,141 Id li Charges for use of motor-vehicles and other Kent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,736 8 8 ; incidental services in connection with weights Commission on sale of publications .. .. 63 17 5 j and measures verification .. .. 1,304 14 2 Rates and repairs on property .. .. 30 :i 5 Excess of expenditure over income before Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 27 10 7 charging interest carried forward .. .. 46,743 1 (i Expenses in connection with shops and offices committee .. .. .. .. 831 9 7 Expenses in connection with committee investigating unemployment .. .. 170 3 2 Expenses in connection with Workers' Compensation Commission .. .. .. 400 18 8 Expenses of Delegation to Geneva Conference 1,769 12 6 Earthquake loss .. .. .. .. 161 8 8 Losses on realization of property .. .. 50 J 1 9 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 1,092 16 11 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 65 11 7 £61,873 19 3 £61,873 19 3 To Excess of expenditure over income before £ s. d. £ s. d. charging interest brought forward .. 46,743 1 6 j By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 47,499 1 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. 755 19 6 £47,499 1 0 £47,499 1 0 >Jote. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930.

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