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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries, agents' allowances, and overtime .. 47,919 3 7 Penalties imposed by the Court in action brought Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. .. 203 14 5 for breaches of awards and certain sections of the Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles: Main- Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, tenance and repairing .. .. .. 1,188 19 11 1925, and the Apprentices Act, 1923 .. .. 743 8 0 Fees payable to assessors on Conciliation Councils 4,890 10 4 Factory-registration fees .. .. .. 3,914 5 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges . . .. 75 6 3 Servants' registry office license fees .. .. 35 15 0 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. .. 289 3 5 Weights and measures verification fees .. 8,655 16 4 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. 43 10 0 Kent of buildings . . .. ~ .. 58 19 1 Postage, telegrams, telephone services .. , * 3,016 210 Revenue from sale of seized articles ~ .. 012 6 Printing, stationery, office requisites, and type- Charges for use of motor - vehicles and other inciwriter repairs .. .. .. .. 4,038104 dental services in connection with weights and Rates and repairs on property .. .. .. 13 6 4 measures verification .. .. .. 1,354 8 3 Rent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,912 19 3 Sale of departmental publications .. .. 406 19 4 Transfer expenses, travelling allowances and ex- Excess of expenditure over income before charging penses— interest carried down .. .. .. 64,775 1 8 Arbitration Court and Conciliation £ s. d. Councils .. .. .. 6,114 7 5 Departmental . . .. 4,444 6 2 10,558 13 7 Commission on sale of literature .. .. 88 2 9 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 21 16 9 Expenses of Conference, freezing-workers' strike .. 203 0 11 Expenses of delegation to Geneva Conference .. 2,150 2 0 Losses on realization of property .. .. 11 18 0 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 1,21712 1 Bad debts .. .. .. .. .. 102 12 5 £79,945 5 2 £79,945 5 2 Excess of expenditure over income before charging £ s. d. £ s. d. interest brought down .. .. .. 64,775 1 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 65,186 18 3 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 411 16 7 £65,186 18 3 £65,186 18 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. . £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 10,990 18 3 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 478 2 0 Creditors — £ s. d. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles .. .. 3,271 12 4 Departmental .. .. 1,294 15 9 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 2,354 19 1 Sundry .. .. .. 503 11 8 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 469 17 9 1,798 7 5 Library books .. .. .. .. 983 15 8 Reserve for bad debts .. .. .. 188 15 5 Weights and measures standards .. .. 3,432 11 5 Amounts held on deposit .. .. .. 1,544 1 9 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 346 10 6 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 74 18 9 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 143 9 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 64,720 5 2 Payments in advance .. .. .. 46 6 9 Debtors — £ s. d. Departmental . . .. .. 73 3 8 Sundry .. . . .. 907 10 1 980 13 9 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 74 18 9 Deposit Accounts .. .. . . .. 1,544 1 9 Cash in hand .. .. .. .. 3 9 6 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 65,186 18 3 £79,317 6 9 £79,317 6 9 Henry E. Moston, Assistant Secretary of Labour. Gr. M. E. Jackson, Chief Clerk. 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. —J. H. Eowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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