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MARINE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. Income. To Stock on hand as at Ist April, £ s. d. £ s. d. By Shipping and Seamen Aot — £ s. d. £ s. d 1923— Engagement and discharge Marine stores .. .. 13,957 13 1 of seamen .. .. 4,026 15 5 Charts, saleable books, and Surveys of ships .. .. 4,785 2 ti forms .. .. 2,588 5 0 Measurement of ships .. 22 10 0 16.5-15 IS 1 Examinations of masters, Head Office— mates, &o. . . .. 309 12 0 Salaries and allowances .. 0,793 13 0 Light dues .. .. 76,867 15 6 Office expenses .. .. 1,780 10 2 Kines and forfeitures .. 1,105 4 7 8,574 3 2 Miscellaneous receipts .. 207 15 2 Harbours— — 87.384 15 2 Salaries, wages, and allow- Harbours Act— ances .. .. .. 2,472 1 2 Pilotage and port charges .. 768 13 1 General maintenance .. 1,267 10 3 Foreshore revenue, &c. .. 2,909 0 4 — 3,739 17 5 ■ 3,677 13 5 Lighthouses Fisheries Act — Salaries, wages, and allow- Profit on oysters, as per sepaances .. .. 18,271 9 5 rate Profit and Loss AcGeneral maintenance .. 0,370 12 II count attached .. 2,310 19 9 Maintenance of automatic Miscellaneous receipts .. 927 4 1 lights.. .. .. 660 17 0 3,238 3 10 25,302 19 4 Inspection of Machinery Act— Meteorological Branch.— Inspection of boilers and Salaries, wages, and allow- machinery .. .. 10,123 14 S ances .. .. .. 1,704 2 3 Examinations of engineOffice and general expenses.. 3,868 3 11 drivers .. .. 634 18 0 5,572 6 2 Miscellaneous receipts .. 1 16 6 Mercantile Marine— 16,760 9 2 Salaries and allowances ~ 11,098 7 8 Tramways Act— Office and general expenses 5,487 7 5 Examinations of elcctric- — 16,585 15 1 tram drivers .. .. .. 104 0 0 Inspection of Machinery — Miscellaneous revenue— Salaries and allowances .. 17,870 4 9 Sales of obsolete stores .. 196 16 8 Travelling-expenses .. 4,731 0 0 Sales of charts, books, and Office and general expenses.. 3,200 16 5 forms .. .. 584 16 8 —— 25,802 1 2 Sales of " New Zealand NauFisheries— tical Almanac " .. 135 18 2 Salaries, wages, and allow- Sales of fishing-gear .. 742 18 3 ances.. .. .. 2,129 9 10 Sale of wreck .. .. 53 18 3 Office and general expenses. . 1,014 1 10 Rents of buildings and rc--3.743 11 8 serves .. .. 154 2 8 Working - expenses of Govern- Ross Sea Dependency .. 200 0 0 ment steamers .. .. .. 20,031 7 1 Miscellaneous receipts .. 35 11 11 Miscellaneous services— 2,104 2 7 Charts, saleable books, and Stock as at 31st March, 1924— forms .. .. 1,949 10 0 Marine stores .. .. 1.1,787 4 9 Checking passenger traffic .. 353 19 5 Charts, saleable books, and Maintenance of castaway de- forms .. .. 3,833 8 3 pots .. ...'.. 16 2 6 15,620 13 0 "New Zealand Nautical Excess expenditure over inoome .. 9,759 8 1 Almanac" . . .. 623 6 8 Preparation of tide-tables .. 550 0 0 War medals and ribandsfor mercantile marine .. 27 9 9 Relief of distressed seamen. . 65 18 2 Miscellaneous expenses .. 21 17 5 Ross Sea Dependency .. 331 3 6 3,939 7 5 Grants .. .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 7,911 18 S £138,049 5 3 £138,649 5 3 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 9,759 8 1 By Excess expenditure over income after charging £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. 17,471 10 8 interest on capital ~ ~ .. 27,231 4 9 £27,231 4 9 £27,231 4 9

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