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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1924. Administrative Services. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries, overtime, and meal £ s. d. £ s. d. By Interim profit on Government sugar allowances .. .. 5,181 18 4 contract .. .. .. 20,000 0 0 Less recoveries .. 7 10 6 5,174 7 10 Advertising, periodicals, newspapers, &c. .. .. - 76 9 6 Freight, cartage .. 7 0 7 Less recoveries .. 2 13 1 .4 7 6 Fuel, light, and office, cleaning .. .. ... 64 3 3 Less recoveries .. 4 17 8 _____ sij 5 7 Expenses of participation in industrial exhibitions 109 5 10 Less recoveries .. 8 11 0 — 100 14 4 Office requisites, printing, r stationery: departmental publications and typewriter repairs.. .. 113 14 5 Less recoveries .. 013 0 113 1 5 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes, registration of code addresses and telephone services .. 285 11 1 Loss recoveries and stamps on hand, 31st March, 1924 .. 75 0 5 ■ 210 10 8 Travelling expenses and allowances, removal expenses of officers transferred .. .. 496 9 4 Less recoveries .. 28 12 8 467 16 8 Rent and rates .. .. 260 7 3 Depreciation .. .. .. 270 8 5 Balance carried down .. .. 13,262 10 10 £20,000 0 0 £20,000 0 0 Non-administrative Services. Expenditure. Income,. £ s. d. To Subsidies to steamer services— By Balance brought down .. .. 13,262 10 10 £ 's. d. £ s. d. Balance carried, down (excess of exNew Zealand - Van- penditure over inoome) .. .. 9,605 9 o couver ... .. 10,000 0 0 New Zealand - San Francisco .. .. 12,500 0 0 New Zealand - Chatham Islands .. .. 62 10 0 22,562 10 0 Interest on capital outlay .. 305 9 10 £22,867 19 10 £22,867 19 10 To Balance brought down (excess of expenditure over income) .. .. £9,605 9 0

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