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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR—continued. EMPLOYMENT DIVISION. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Advertising .. .. .. •• 11 1 1 Sale of surplus stores .. .. .. .. 8 18 3 Pitting up Labour Bureaux .. .. .. 4,680 810 Contribution from Employment Promotion Fund Law-costs .. .. .. • • • ■ 17 12 4 under section 34 of the Employment Promotion Medical expenses .. .. .. •. 32 0 0 Act, 1936 .. .. .. .. .. 240,000 0 0 Motor-vehicles, maintenance of .. .. 3,076 8 3 Balance carried down.. .. .. .. 33,163 18 10 Office expenses .. .. .. • • 786 1 8 Overtime and meal allowances .. . . 639 18 8 Postages .. .. •• •• •• 4,175 8 5 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 4,041 10 9 Rent, heating, and lighting .. .. •• 10,499 5 4 Salaries and allowances .. .. . . 95,434 7 1 Salaries of clerical assistants .. .. .. 125,440 7 3 Services by other Departments.. .. .. 10,089 9 7 Telephone services .. .. • • • • 4,200 12 7 Transfer and removal expenses.. .. .. 601 15 10 Travelling-expenses .. .. •• •• 6,470 0 2 Typewriters, maintenance of .. .. .. 110 0 0 Furniture, &c., written off .. .. .. 293 14 0 Depreciation.. .. •• •• 2,572153 £273,172 17 1 £273,172 17 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. .. 33,163 18 10 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 33,845 4 3 Interest on capital .. .. . • • ■ 681 5 5 £33,845 4 3 £33,845 4 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. •• •• 16,714 3 4 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 503 11 3 Creditors — £ s- d. Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 10,263 910 Sundry .. .. .. 1,060 15 7 Typewriters.. .. .. .. .. 1,693 4 4 Departmental .. .. 4,837 6 1 Motor-vehicles .. . . . . •. 4,253 17 11 ——• 5,898 1 8 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 14 5 0 Writings-off in Suspense .. . • . • 293 14 0 Debtors—■ £ s. d. Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 28,297 0 9 Sundry .. .. .. 9 0 2 Departmental .. .. 326 13 0 335 13 2 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 293 14 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 33,845 4 3 £51,202 19 9 £51,202 19 9 A. J. Ridler, Assistant-Secretary of Labour. H. Parsonage, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the 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 Auditor-General.

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