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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account fob, the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditvre. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Permanent charges—Salaries .. .. 2,592 0 0 By Kxaminations .. .. .. .. 410 110 Appropriations — £ s. d. Balance.. .. .. .. .. 9,677 16 1 Printing and stationery .. 238 14 4 Postage and telegrams .. 91 12 7 Advertising .. .. 68 7 0 Appeal Board .. .. 1,447 18 11 Sundry payments .. .. 12 12 2 Bent .. .. .. 437 13 4 Travelling-expenses .. 150 12 6 Salaries .. .. . . 4,788 14 1 Telephone services.. .. 81 5 0 Office fittings and requisites.. 37 5 9 7,354 15 8 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 141 2 3 £10,087 17 11 £10,087 17 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 9,677 16 1 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 9,752 16 6 Interest on capital .. .. .. 75 0 5 £9,752 16 6 £9,752 16 6 Note.—4| per cent, interest on capital as at Ist April, 1930, is included in the above charges. The office possesses no parliamentary appropriation for this item. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ e . d. Office furniture .. .. .. .. 1,647 4 5 Capital Account .. .. .. .. 1,667 2 1 Stationery on hand .. .. .. .. 50 10 0 Sundry creditors — £ s. d. Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 24 11 6 Post and Telegraph .. .. 5 2 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 9,752 16 6 Railways .. .. .. 12 19 3 Other than Government Departments 115 9 19 17 8 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 945 9 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 8,842 13 8 £11,475 2 5 £11,475 2 5 ====== T. Mark, Secretary, Public Service Commissioner. 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. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND. Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1931. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount of fund at beginning of year.. 2,819,057 18 5 Retiring allowances— Members' contributions— To members .. .. .. 346,548 4 2 Under section 19 (ordinary) .. 271,179 9 0 To widows and children .. .. 10 5 Transferred from other superannua- Contributions returned—tion funds .. .. .. 243 110 Under section 37 (left service) .. 24,679 16 4 Interest on arrears of contributions.. 263 17 11 Under section 42 (death) .. .. 12,538 13 5 Government subsidy— Under section 34 (retirement) .. 3,535 10 9 Statutory .. .. .. 86,000 0 0 Contributions transferred to other Section 114, Public Service Super- superannuation funds (section 120).. 47 0 8 annuation Act, 1927 (widows and j Loss on realization of securities .. 8,620 13 10 children) .. .. .. 15,361 7 3 Interest (section 38, Public Service Interest on investments .. .. 162,888 5 0 Superannuation Act, 1927) .. 107 910 Fines, &c. .. .. .. 421 12 11 ExpansesSubsidy, Cook Islands and Samoa .. 927 14 7 Medical fees .. .. .. 72 9 0 Salaries .. .. .. 2,775 10 10 Audit fees .. .. .. 50 0 0 Heating and lighting .. .. 9 5 10 Rent .. .. .. .. 197 0 0 Cleaning .. .. .. 54 1 4 Messenger service .. .. 46 0 0 Public Trustee's charges .. .. 4,035 12 7 Furniture and fittings .. . . 2 17 6 Contingencies .. .. .. 11 14 11 Printing and stationery .. .. 151 15 3 Typewriters and other machines (upkeep) .. .. .. 5 0 1 Postages, telegrams, and services .. 181 12 4 Post and Telegraph charges .. 824 12 0 Balance as at 31st March, 1931 .. 2,917,153 15 10 £3,356,343 6 11 j £3,356,343 6 11

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