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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Administrative Services. Expenditure. Income. £ 3. d. f s. d. £ s. d. By Interim profit on Government sugar contract .. 40,000 0 0 To Salaries, overtime, and meal al- Fines under Commercial Trusts Act .. . . 213 (i 6 lowances .. .. .. 6,828 6 3 Less recoveries .. .. 72 2 0 0,750 4 3 Advertising, periodicals, newspapers, &o. .. 87 17 4 Freight, cartage, and distribution of commodities .. .. 45 1 2 Less recoveries .. .. 32 4 4 12 16 10 Fuel, light and office cleaning .. .. 77 15 5 Industrial exhibitions .. 185 6 8 Less recoveries .. .. 78 17 10 106 8 10 Office requisites, including printing and stationery, departmental publications and typewriter repairs .. .. 143 18 6 Less recoveries .. .. 016 0 143 2 6 Postages, telegrams, rent of boxes, code addresses, and telephone services .. .. .. 529 16 11 Less recoveries and stamps on hand,3l/3/23 .. 120 14 2 400 2 9 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 823 10 1 Less recoveries .. .. 209 0 6 614 9 7 Promotion of sale of New Zealand commodities in outside markets .. .. .. 6 16 Expenses of British Empire Exhibition mission .. .. 304 3 7 Less recoveries .. .. 417 6 299 6 1 Rent and rates .. .. .. 401 8 6 Law-costs .. .. .. 13 2 6 Less recoveries .. .. 10 10 0 2 12 6 Expenses of New Zealand's participation in Lord Mayor's Show, London .. .. .. 77 16 4 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 263 16 2 Balance carried down (excess of income over expenditure) .. .. .. .. 30,954 7 11 £40,213 6 6 £40,213 6 6 £ s. d. I £ s. d. Interest on capital outlay .. .. .. 296 89 | Balance brought down .. .. .. 30,954 711 Balance carried down .. .. .. 30,658 10 2 , Recovery of expenditure in previous year ~ 0 11 0 £30,954 IS 11 ' £30,954 18 11 Non-administrative Services. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Balance brought down .. .. .. 30,658 10 2 To Subsidies to steamer services— New Zealand - Vancouver .. 10,000 0 0 New Zealand - San Francisco .. 12,500 0 0 New Zealand - Chatham Islands 250 0 0 —— 22,750 0 0 balance (net) excess of income over expenditure 7,908 10 2 £30,658 10 2 £30,658 10 2