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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries, agents'allowances, and overtime .. 36,216 8 4 By Penalties imposed by the Court in action Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 4,389 9 2 brought for breaches of awards and certain Motor-car, motor-cycles, and bicycles mainten- sections of the Industrial Conciliation and ance and repairs .. .. .. 578 6 10 Arbitration Act, 1925, and the Apprentices Fees payable to Assessors on Conciliation Act, 1923 .. .. .. .. 298 15 0 Councils .. .. .. .. 390 19 8 Sale of departmental publications .. .. 209 17 2 Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. 120 17 0 Factory registration fees .. .. .. 3,335 3 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 51 15 8 Servants' registry offices license fees .. 25 0 0 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. 268 1 2 Weights and measure verification fees .. 8,817 12 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 4 10 7 Sale of scales, &c., seized under Weights and Postage, telegrams, telephone services, &c. .. 2,084 11 10 Measures Act .. .. .. .. 0 7 6 Printing, stationery, office requisites, and type- Rent of buildings .. .. .. .. 78 9 8 writer repairs .. .. .. .. 1,620 3 5 Charges for use of motor-vehicles and other Rent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,829 13 11 incidental services in connection with weights Commission on sale of publications .. .. 42 10 2 and measures verification .. .. 1,384 18 10 Rates and repairs on property .. .. 15 12 11 Services to Unemployment Board .. .. 10,921 10 5 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 16 16 10 Excess of expenditure over income before Losses on realization of property .. .. 3 14 charging interest carried down .. .. 25,783 9 4 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 1,076 5 4 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 145 18 9 £50,855 2 11 £50,855 2 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Excess of expenditure over income before charg- By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 26,546 13 4 ing interest brought down .. .. 25,783 9 4 Interest on capital ~ .. .. 763 4 0 £26,546 13 4 ' £26,546 13 4 Note. — The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4£ per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1931." Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets £s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 17,232 18 7 Land and buildings .. .. .. 920 0 0 Creditors— £ s. d. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles 2,045 16 1 Departmental .. .. .. 825 13 11 Additions .. .. .. 375 19 2 « Sundry .. .. .. 217 19 4 Factory fees received in advance 0 11 0 2,421 15 3 1,044 4 3 Sold and destroyed .. .. 159 0 9 Reserves— 2,262 14 6 Depreciation .. .. .. 8,528 9 6 Furniture and fittings .. .. 6,805 8 0 Bad debts .. .. .. 333 12 9 Additions .. .. .. 166 17 8 — 8,862 2 3 Amounts held on deposit .. .. .. 161 10 10 6,972 5 8 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 82 3 8 Sold and destroyed .. .. 29 16 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 18,950 0 2 6 942 9 8 Mechanical office appliances .. 793 10 0 Additions .. .. .. 55 10 9 849 0 9 Sold and destroyed .. .. 20 8 0 828 12 9 Library books .. .. .. 1,531 8 7 Additions .. .. .. 1.15 0 1 1,646 8 8 Sold and destroyed .. .. 8 17 1,638 7 1 Weights and measures standards .. 4,590 16 9 Additions .. .. .. 128 18 8 4,719 15 5 Sold and destroyed .. .. 79 0 10 4,640 14 7 Stationery .. .. .. .. 421 17 4 Stamps.. .. .. .. .. 127 14 0 Payments in advance .. .. .. 512 15 1 Debtors — Departmental .. .. .. 216 19 10 Sundry ~ .. .. 1,029 15 7 1,246 15 5 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. 82 3 8 Deposit accounts— Consolidated Fund deposits .. .. 134 12 4 Other deposits .. .. .. 26 18 6 Cash in hand .. .. .. .. 0 116 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 26,546 13 4 9 £46,332 19~9 Henry E. Moston, Acting Secretary of Labour. 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. Eowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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