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DEPARTMENT OP SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued. DOMINION LABORATORY. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Yeae ended 31st Maech, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. | Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 8,633 3 0 By Analysis fees .. .. .. .. 311 6 0 Books, periodical papers .. .. .. 57 10 8 Sundry credits .. .. .. .. 3 10 Chemicals, apparatus, and repairs to apparatus.. 585 15 8 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 11,284 3 1 Cost of collecting analysis fees .. .. 3 9 6 Fees of officers attending universities .. 77 3 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 147 15 2 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 345 18 3 Grant towards cost of passage of officer appointed in England .. .. .. 60 0 0 Laboratory accommodation and maintenance .. 164 18 5 Physical apparatus in connection with standards 12 11 9 Postage and telegrams, rent of boxes.. .. 69 14 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 158 18 7 Rent, Auckland Branch .. .. .. 245 10 10 Rent, Christchurch and Wellington Branches .. 707 0 0 Rent, Dunedin Branch .. .. .. 52 16 8 Subscriptions to technical societies .. .. 37 11 4 Telephone services .. .. .. 123 9 3 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 115 3 3 £11,598 10 1 £11,598 10 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward .. .. .. 11,284 3 1 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 12,150 10 5 Interest on capital .. .. .. 405 1 8 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 461 5 8 £12,150 10 5 £12,150 10 5 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value for Christchurch Branch and Wellington as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4| per cent, on capital. DOMINION OBSERVATORY. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Yeae ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 1,182 7 7 By Sundry credits .. .. .. .. 126 1 2 General expenses .. .. .. .. 623 7 5 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 2,395 19 2 Grounds —Maintenance .. .. .. 75 0 0 Expenses, investigations Takaka earth-tremors 28 5 4 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 613 0 0 £2,522 0 4 £2,522 0 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward .. .. .. 2,395 19 2 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 2,804 411 Interest on capital .. .. .. 155 17 4 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 252 8 5 £2,804 4 11 £2,804 4 11 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital.

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