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NAVAL DEFENCE. Income and Expenditure Account eor the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Expenditure. Income. £ s, d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Purchase of discharge .. .. .. 61 0 0 To Pay and salaries' .. . . .. 195,524 15 7 ' Rents of buildings .. . . .. 383 9 6 Clothing and victualling .. 30,385 16 2 Forfeited deferred pay .. .. .. 601 18 9 Add writings-off .. .. 1,549 14 11 Balance.. .. .. .. .. 401,002 17 6 31,935 11 1 Medical services .. .. 2,250 17 10 Add writings-off .. .. 2 3 7 2,253 1 5 Calliope Dock .. .. .. 3,525 0 0 Repairs to H.M. ships .. .. 19,930 0 11 Oil-fuel expenses .. .. .. 23,141 6 7 Coal .. .. .. .. 903 13 1 Lighting and electricity .. .. 2,373 5 1 Stores, Naval .. .. 6,921 2 7 Add writings-off .. .. 509 4 7 7,430 7 2 Stores, armament .. .. .. 16,891 19 7 Base stores .. .. .. 2,288 9 10 Works at base .. .. .. 3,047 4 5 Reserves (various) .. .. 9,552 9 9 Add writings-off .. .. 24 12 7 9,577 2 4 Freight.. .. .. .. .. 8,356 9 3 Office fittings ........ 47 5 7 Passages .. .. .. .. 24,880 19 6 Postages .. .. .. .. 314 0 4 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 987 9 4 Training in England and Australia .. .. 4,925 14 0 Deferred pay .. .. .. .. 35,430 19 3 Miscellaneous effective services .. .. 1,781 3 8 Miscellaneous non-effective services . . 1,346 14 0 Rental assessment .. .. .. 505 0 0 Depreciation—• £ s. d. Buildings .. .. 2,339 17 2 Plant .. .. .. 2,311 16 7 4,651 13 9 £402,049 5 9 £402,049 5 9 £ s. d. £ s . d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 401,002 17 6 By Recoveries on account of expenditure of Contribution to Singapore Base .. .. 100,000 0 0 previous years .. .. .. 45 18 5 Interest on capital .. .. .. 10,383 3 1 Balance.. .. .. .. .. 511,340 22 £511,386 0 7 £511,386 0 7 Notbs. —(1) The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (a) Rental value assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest on capital. (2) No charge for cost of exchange for payments made in London has been included in the accounts. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. 275,648 7 1 Land at Devonport .. .. .. .. 26,693 12 0 Sundry creditors — £ s. d. Bnildings .. .. .. .. .. 43,592 6 3 Departmental .. .. 309 12 2 Plant and fittings .. .. .. .. 30,085 15 9 Other .. .. .. 12,306 15 6 Stores— £ s. d. 12,616 7 8 Victualling and clothing .. 13,264 13 10 Amounts held on deposit— Naval and armament .. 141,358 8 5 Radiograms .. .. 92 10 1 Coal and oil fuel .. .. 20,147 10 4 Remittances .. .. 3,387 2 6 Medical .. .. .. 450 0 0 Naval Savings-bank .. .. 37 0 0 175 220 12 7 Deferred pay .. .. 81,998 14 2 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. ' 49 17 0 85,515 6 9 Stamps on hand .. .. .. .. 6 3 6 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 970 19 7 Sundry debtors: Departmental . . .. 10 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 498,733 14 6 Deposits Accounts— £ s. d. Radiograms .. .. 92 10 1 Remittances .. .. 3,387 2 6 Naval Savings-bank .. 37 0 0 Deferred pay .. .. 81,998 14 2 85,515 6 9 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 970 19 7 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 511,340 22 £873,484 15 7 £873,484 15 7 E. L. Tottenham, Naval Secretary. 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and AuditorGeneral.

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