B. —1 [PT. IV}, Sup. TO 1936.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Expenditure,. £ s. d. Income. £ s . d. Salaries, agents' allowances, and overtime .. 37,072 13 11 Penalties imposed by the Court in action brought Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. .. 183 0 10 for breaches of awards and certain sections of Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles, maintenance the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and repairing .. .. .. .. 755 4 6 1925, and the Apprentices Act, 1923 .. .. 588 14 6 Pees payable to assessors on Conciliation Councils 1,449 18 0 Factory registration fees .. .. .. 3,586 2 6 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. .. 47 16 0 Servants' registry office license fees .. .. 39 10 0 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. ... 198 0 4 Weights and measures verification fees . .. 9,525 5 9 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. 366 Rent of buildings .. .. .. .. 58 10 0 Postage, telegrams, telephone services .. .. 1,634 5 10 Revenue from sale of seized articles .. .. 0 6 0 Printing, stationery, office requisite's, and type- Charges for use of motor-vehicles and other inwriter repairs .. .. .. ; .. 2,162 4 6 eidental services in connection with weights and Rates and repairs on property .. .. .. 13 6 8 measures verification .. .. .. 1,554 10 0 Rent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,455 10 4 Sale of departmental publications .. .. 204 10 10 Transfer expenses, travelling allowances and ex- Services to Unemployment Board .. .. 4,175 17 4 penses (Arbitration Court and Conciliation Coun- Excess of expenditure over income before charging cils, £3,641 ss. 4d.; departmental,£2,lls Bs. 2d.) 5,756 13 6 interest carried down .. .. .. 35,063 14 9 Commission on sale of literature .. .. 41 18 5 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 24 1 8 Expenses of delegation to Geneva Conference .. 954 10 1 Losses on realization of property .. .. 42 14 8 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 979 15 4 Bad debts .. .. .. .. ~ 22 6 7 £54,797 7 8 £54,797 ' 7 8 Excess of expenditure over income before charging £ s. d. £ S. d. interest brought down .. ..35,063 14 9 Profit on realization of assets .. .. .. 54 14 0 Interest on capital .. ... .. .'. 359 13 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 35,368 14 6 £35,423 8 6 ■ £35,423 8 6 ; » ■ r.\! h yv/m-j Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 8,389 4 9 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 499 14 0 Creditors— Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles .. 1,504 6 10 Departmental .. .. 348 2 I Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,789 13 6 Sundry .. .. .. 147 6 6 Mechanical office appliances .. .. . . 256 8 0 495 8 7 Library books .. .. .. .. 958 9 4 Reserve for bad debts .. .. .. 147 12 2 Weights and measures standards .. .. 3 ~380 13 1 Amounts held-on deposit .. .. .. 311 1 8 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 296 7 4 Writings-tiff,, Suspense Account .. .. 183 5 8 Stamps * .. .. .. .. 104 8 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 36,134 5 0 Payments in advance .. '' 51 3 10 Debtors — £ s. d. • Departmental .. .. 25 7 2 Sundry .. .. .. 931 4 0 956 11 2 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. 183 5 8 Deposit Accounts .. .. .. .. 311 1 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 35,368 14 6 ' £45,660 17 10 £45,660 17 10 Henry E. Moston, Assistant 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 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. 11. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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