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TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ a. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 4,435 910 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 6,538 3 4 Advertising, books, newspapers, &c. .. .. 43 1 10 Grant to Overseas Mechanical Transport Council 250 0 0 Printing, stationery, and office requisites .. 366 18 0 Postages, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 139 4 0 Rent of office accommodation .. .. 474 0 0 Services of Post and Telegraph Department .. 300 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 302 17 11 Motor-omnibus Traffic Act—Appeals .. .. 100 12 10 Services of Census and Statistics Office .. 50 9 7 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 75 9 4 £6,538 3 4 £6,538 3 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,538 3 4 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 6,573 3 6 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 35 0 2 £6,573 3 6 £6,573 3 6 Note.—The above account includes assessed rental of office accommodation and interest on capital for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 777 194 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. 807 8 9 Sundry creditors— £ s. d. Departmental library .. .. .. .. 30 18 0 Departmental .. .. .. 516 8 Typewriters and other mechanical office appliances .. 138 0 0 Sundry .. .. .. 252 810 Sundry payments in advance .. .. .. 8 8 1 303 15 6 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 18 3 Depreciation reserves— Forms and stationery on hand .. .. .. 10 0 0 Departmental library .. .. 212 0 Income and Expenditure Account .. .. 6,573 3 6 Office furniture and fittings .. 106 19 5 Typewriters .. 26 14 6 136 5 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 6,351 5 10 £7,569 6 7 £7,569 6 7 J. S. Hunter, Commissioner, Department of Transport. 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. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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