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MARINE DEPARTMENT— continued. ROCK-OYSTER INDUSTRY. Profit and Loss Account for 1930 Season. Dr. £ s. d. I Or. £ s - dTo Salaries and wages .. .. .. .. 3,222 14 1 By Sales .. .. .. •• ■• 6,422 8 8 Maintenance of ketch and launches .. .. 384 11 5 Rent .. .. •• •• ■• i) 5 0 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 468 16 5 , Sacks and stores .. .. .. .. 163 15 2 Wharfage and cranage .. .. .. 50 2 9 Rent, fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 53 19 7 Administration expenses .. .. .. 190 0 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 63 8 4 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 19 12 6 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 27 16 3 Advertising .. .. .. .. 6 10 6 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 5 9 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 260 17 7 Balance carried down .. .. .. 1,514 0 1 £6,431 13 ~8 £6.431 13 JS £ s. d. £ s- d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 121 13 10 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 1,514 0 1 Net profit .. .. .. .. 1,392 6 3 £1,514 0 1 £1,514 0 1 ROSS DEPENDENCY. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. | Ineome. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .■ 18 810; By Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 2 1(1 0 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 618 (I Balance carried down .. .. .. 140 0 4 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 3 10 1 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 16 4 2 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 10 14 7 Refund of royalty overpaid in 1929-30 .. 74 15 0 Head Office administration .. .. .. 10 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 1 19 8 142 10 4 £142 10 4 £ s. d. : £ B. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 140 0 4 By Excess expenditure over income transferred to Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 3 10 2 General Income and Expenditure Account .. 143 10 6 £143 10 6 £143 10 6 General Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended .31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. To Deficits transferred from branch Income and £ s. d. By Balance, being excess expenditure over income £ s. d. Expenditure Accounts— after charging depreciation and interest on Mercantile Marine Branch .. .. .. 7,823 19 6 capita] .. .. .. .. .. 16,305 I) 9 Harbours Branch .. .. .. 891 12 1 Inspection of Machinery Branch .. .. 5,397 16 10 Fisheries Branch .. .. .. .. 2,108 110 Ross Dependency Account .. .. 143 10 6 £16,365 0 9 £16,365 0 9 Notes. —The following ohargea are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (o) Services of Customs officers ; (6) rental value as assessed by Public Works Department ; (e) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930; (d) proportion of cost of raising public-works loans; (f) Public Winks Department overhead cost. Depreciation has been allowed for on balances of assets as at Ist April. 1930, the total charge being carried to Depreciation Reserve. Credit has been taken without appropriation for services rendered to the Customs Department.

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