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PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 2,675 0 0 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 15,580 8 5 League of Nations .. .. .. 11,628 17 1 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 150 0 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 712 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 219 10 9 Sundries .. .. .. .. 195 0 7 £15,580 8 5 £15,580 8 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 15,580 8 5 By Balance .. .. .. .. ..£15,721 7 11 Interest on capital .. .. .. 140 19 6 £15,721 7 11 £15,721 7 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. | Assets. £ s. d. Capital at Ist April, 1930 .. .. .. 3,132 15 0 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 2,386 710 Creditors —Sundry .. .. .. .. 17 6 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 163 2 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 633 16 3 Library .. .. .. .. .. 711 5 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 15,214 4 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 15,721 7 11 £18,982 2 9 £18,982 2 9 Notk —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930; (c) the amounts include transfer of' assets from other Departments for which no parliamentary authority is provided. F. D. Thomson, Permanent Head. F. B. Dwyer, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. 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 notes. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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