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DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR (EMPLOYMENT DIVISION). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. I Income, ... £ s. d. & 3- d. Contribution from the Employment Promotion £ s. d Advertising .. . . 14 11 7 Fund under section 34 of the, Employment ProEx gratia payments to workers 100 0 0 motion Act, 1936 .. 60 000 0 ft Expenses of visit of representative Balance .. " " io,'« of British Ministry of Labour to '" New Zealand . . . . 136 2 0 Fitting up Labour Bureaux .. 2,298 911 Law-costs .. .. .. 15 18 0 Motor-vehicles, maintenance of 1,849 9 2 Office expenses .. '. . 1,031 7 10 Overtime and meal allowances 343 4 0 Postages .. .. . . 4,475 6 0 Printing and stationery .. 5,008 17 5 Rent, heating, and lighting .. 5,323 510 Salaries and allowances .. 157,380 5 5 Services by other .Departments 11,427 7 9 Telephone services .. .. 2,851 8 1 Transfer and removal expenses 652 9 6 Travelling-expenses .. .. 3,263 17 8 Typewriters, Maintenance of .. 137 19 2 Furniture, &c., written off . . 128 6 10 Depreciation .. .. 1,105 6 8 197,543 12 10 £197,543 12 10 £197,543 12 10 Balance brought down 137,543 12 10 Balance, excess of expenditure over income . 137 768 B'l Interest on capital .. .. .. 224 15 3 ' £137,768 8 1 £137,768 8 1 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. £ s. d Assets. £ B d Capital .. .. .. .. .. 10,577 1 2 Buildings 703 19 8 Creditors £ H , d . Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 6 454 11 3 Sundry .. .. .. 2,896 4 9 Typewriters .. .. .. '051) 9 ô Departmental .. .. 7,850 18 3 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. 3 437 jo 9 „. . . „. _ 10,747 3 0 Official stamps .. .. ' 36 15 4 Writings off m Suspense .. .. .. 128 610 Debtors— £ s d Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 128,382 110 Sundry .. .. .. 31 13 11 Departmental . . .. 273 4 9 . , . c , 304 18 8 Assets 111 Suspense .. .. .. .. 128 6 10 Excess of expenditure over income . . .. 137,768 8 1 £149,834 12 10 £149,834 12 10 J. S. Hunter, Secretary of Labour. H. L. Bockett, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been dulv 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. Fowler, Controller and Audi tor-General.

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