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MARINE DEPARTMENT. HEAD OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ 8. d. Income. £ s. d To Salaries 8,770 12 4 By Miscellaneous receipts 14 » 10 Kent _ __ ~ .. 793 o 0 Balance carried down .. .. •• IU,O»O 1. o Printing and stationery .. .. .. 251 9 0 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 34 2 9 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes.. .. 278 10 0 Telephone rentals, &c. .. .. • • 82 6 1 Books, newspapers, &c. .. .. • • 43 16 5 Maintenance of typewriters, &c. .. ■ • 43 4 3 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. 74 1 4 Transfer expenses .. .. .. •• 9 4 (I Travelling-expenses .. .. •• 91 12 11 Compassionate allowance to Mrs. J. C. Rice .. 85 0 0 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 1 15 0 Depreciation .. .. •• •• 141 7 5 £10,700 1 6 £10.700 1 <» £ s. d. * e - ''• To Balance brought down 10,685 12 8 By Apportionment of cost of administration to Interest on capital 77 1 6 branches— . . ~„ ,„ „ Mercantile Marine Branch .. ■• :>,'49 19 8 Harbours Branch .. .. ■ • 702 15 l> Inspection of Machinery Branch .. .. 3,066 13 2 Fisheries Branch .. .. • • 383 5 10 Ross Dependency Account .. .. 10 <> (i Westport Harbour Account .. • • "50 0 0 Hock-oyster Industry Account .. .. 100 0 0 £10,762 14 2 £10.762 ™ 2 MERCANTILE MARINE BRANCH. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ 8. d. £ s. d. I Income. £ sd. To Lighthouses- > By Light Dues 84,062 0 5 General maintenance ..23,691 3 4 Survey of ships .. 4,184 18 11 Working-expenses of tender ..21,257 :\ 11 Engagement and discharge of seamen.. .. 2,230 .i f> 44,948 7 :) Fines and forfeitures .. .. .. « » ' Mercantile Marine offices, ftr.— Deck-cargo licenses 59 17 0 Salaries 19,646 10 4 Examination fees .. .. .. .. 00l i " Services of Customs officers .. 2,600 0 0 Sale of charts, books and forms .. .. 1,067 411 Rent . 1,374 0 0 Sale of ' New Zealand Nautical Almanac " .. 121 18 8 Fuel light,,(p. .. .. 20 10 11 Registry of shipping fees .. .. .. 117 8 0 Printing and stationery .. Iβ:! II 6 Costs awarded the Department— Office fittings and requisiteH .. 68 3 6 (") Nautical inquiries .. .. .. 48 14 ;> Postage, telegrams, and rent of 0) Prosecutions under Shipping and .Seamen i_ i-w ii in Art .. .. .)b Jo J boxes .. .. •• l->» 11 I" •<""•. •• „.„ „ Q Telephone rentals, &c. .. 182 16 11 Fares freight, &c. 1,213 3 8 Books, newspapers, &c. .. 67 19 I Sale of surplus stores .. .. .. 49 15 11 Nautical inquiries .. .. 198 2 8 Services of lighthouse tender in respect of Legal expenses .. 44 15 6 harbours .. .. .. •■ 16 4 Transferexpenses '.'. .. 414 4 Rents of buildings and reserves .. .. 117 90 Travelling-expenses.. .. 868 0 6 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 91 1 U Examination expenses .. 225 14 1 Charts, saleable books and forms 418 18 11 "New Zealand Nautical Almanac" .. .. 571 16 1 Preparation of tide-tables .. 550 0 0 Checking passenger traffic .. 120 8 0 Relief of distressed seamen .. 17 17 0 Miscellaneous expenses .. 72 4 1 27.363 3 1 Head Office administration .. .. .. 5,749 19 8 Reserve for bad debts .. .. •• 10 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 8,179 0 10 Balance carried down .. .. •■ 8,81552 £95,065 16 0 £95,065 16 0 £ s. d. £ «• d - To Interest on capital 16,639 48 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 8,815 6 2 Excess expenditure over income transferred to General Income and Expenditure Account .. 7,823 Hi li £16,639 4 8 £16,638 ■! 8

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