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PENSIONS DEPABTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. To Pensions ■ £ s. d. £ s. d. By Credits from national-endowment residue for £ s. d. War Pensions Act, 1915 1,244,844 1 5 old-age pensions .. .. .. 34,017 18 9 Pensions Act, 1926 .. 1,558,118 16 8 Credits from sundry outstanding pensions, Epidemic (vote) pensions 5,708 11 6 . 1929-1930 .. .. .. .. 2,533 711 Special annuities (vote) 4,506 5 2 Credits from gold duty—Miners'Pensions Act, Family Allowances Act, 1926 .. .. .. .. 2,507 12 10 [926 .. .. 62,795 10 0 Commission for paying Imperial pensions .. 2,404 14 4 l'ublic Service Superannua- . Credits from pensions paid tion Act, 1927, sec- to retired officers — tion 62 .. .. 1,742 10 0 On account of Post and £ s. d. Defence Act, 1909, sec- Telegraph Department 208 10 3 tions 75-86 .. .. 2,572 2 3 On account of Internal Civil Service Act, 1908, Affairs Department .. 22 19 3 sections 28-30 .. 9,376 0 2 231 9 6 Judicature Act, 1908, sec- Credits from other Govemtions 12-14 .. 2,409 18 11 ments on account of Reserves and other Lands payments made — Disposal and Public Canadian Government 269 10 6 Bodies Empowering Commonwealth GovernAct, 1916, section 67 .. 78 0 0 ment .. .. 27,293 6 9 Finance Act, 1923, sec- Imperial Government .. 194,503 13 8 tion 13 .. 150 0 0 Union of South Africa 118 0 0 Finance Act, 1924, sec- 222,184 10 11 tion 30 .. .. 200 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. 3,020,194 0 5 Finance Act, 1926, section 34 .. .. 1,448 13 9 . Annuities charged to " unauthorized ".. 8 13 4 — ■ 2,893,959 3 2 Administration charges— Advertising .. .. 9 711 Appeal Board expenses .. 4,713 3 6 Sundry charges to Contingencies Account — Cartage, £9 4s. 6d.; cost of destroying old records, £2 145.; expenses in connection with Economic Commission, £8 Is. 2d. ; legal expenses, £7 10s. 2d.; office - cleaning, £10 12s. 6d.; sundry repairs, £1 12s. lid.; signwriting, £5 10s.; translation fees, £6 17s. 6d. ; sundry expenses, 11s. 6d. .... 52 14 3 Depreciation reserve .. 503 4 2 -, Exchange and commission 176 7 1 Fees for certificate of age 136 4 9 Fuel, light, and power 99 8 2 Office fittings ,18 12 11 Overtime .. .. 76 8 0 Postage and telegrams .. 2,883 16 5 Post Office services .. 16,076 2 0 Printing and stationery .. 1,903 17 10 Rent of offices .. 3,382 16 7 Repairs to office equipment .. .. 74 13 6 Salaries .. .. 41,219 16 5 Telephone services .. 258 8 3 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 76 0 3 Travelling - expenses (departmental officers} .. 1,108 0 0 Travelling-expenses (pensioners) .. .. 1,938 15 3 74,707 17 3 Clothing-allowances .. • ■ • • 337 14 2 Insurance loadings .. .. • • 198 1 2 Medical fees .. .. ■• •• 7,448 9 3 Medical treatment of returned soldiers .. 82,738 2 7 Medical treatment of South African war veterans .. .. • • • • 75 10 0 Medical treatment of Defence and Naval Forces 210 4 3 Pensions to retired Postal officers .. .. 208 10 3 Pensions to retired officers, Internal Affairs Department 22 19 3 Railway concession to disabled soldiers .. 1,917 6 2 Losses through earthquake .. .. 65 6 3 Payments on account of other £ s. d. Governments — Canadian Government .. 269 10 6 Commonwealth Government .. .. 27,293 6 9 Imperial Government .. 194,503 13 8 Union of South Africa .. 118 0 0 222,184 10 11 £3,284,073 14 8 £3,284,073 14 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 3,020,194 0 5 By Balance after charging interest .. .. 3,020,470 11 2 Interest on capital .. .•■ 276 10 9 £3,020,470 11 2 £3,020,470 11 2 Percentage of cost of administration to total expenditure, 2'27 = £2 ss. sd. Note. Included in above expenses are items which do not appear in annual appropriations—i.e., interest on capital, £276 10s. 9d.; "ental assessed by Public Works Department, £2,048.

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