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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT— continued. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Administration expenses— By Imperial Government contributions .. 1,757 15 0 Salaries— Miscellaneous credits .. .. .. 1,016 12 6 New Zea- Cables .. .. .. .. 1,490 4 0 land.. £3,768 2 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. 79,267 17 10 London 6,000 0 0 9,768 2 5 Office expenses— New Zealand .. £1,153 0 7 London .. 859 3 0 2,012 4 1 Supervision of domestics .. 3,892 10 3 Rent .. .. .. 887 10 0 16,560 6 9 Grants to Overseas Settlement Scheme immigrants .. .. .. .. 2,229 11 10 Passage-money paid Account 132,215 3 10 Less passage-money paid by immigrants ' .. 09,640 12 0 62,574 11 10 Remittances Account .. .. .. 0 10 Cables Account .. .. .. 2,136 8 11 Depreciation Itesorve Account .. .. 31 9 0 £83,532 9 4 £83,532 9 4 £ s. cl. To Balance brought down .. .. 79,267 17 10 By Furniture and Fittings Account (profit on £ s. d. Interest .. .. .. .. 35 12 9 ! sale of typewriters) .. .. .. 15 7 0 Miscellaneous credits for expenditure incurred prior to Ist April, 1922.. .. 1,651 15 0 Excess of expenditure over income, after charging interest .. .. .. 77,630 8 7 £79,303 10 7 £79,303 10 7 Receipts and Payment Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Receipts. Payments. To Passage-money— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Salaries. £s. d. £ s. d. London .. .. 43,715 0 0 New Zealand .. .. 3,783 0 2 New Zealand.. .. 24,914 0 8 London .. .. 0,000 0 0 Imperial Government .. 1,519 10 0 9,783 0 2 70,148 10 8 Supervision of domestics .. .. 3,871 8 7 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 060 17 1 Office expenses— Remittances .. .. .. .. 909 0 0 New Zealand .. .. 1,179 11 6 Cables .. .. .. .. 1,461 14 0 London .. .. 1,609 3 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 90,61111 0 ■ 2,788 15 0 Remittances .. .. .. .. 859 10 0 Posters and pamphlets .. .. .. 83 0 11 Cables— New Zealand .. .. 1,544 0 0 London .. .. 402 1 0 1,946 1 0 Passage-money— Nominated .. .. 75,971 10 I Applied .. .. 56,190 12 3 Undesirable .. .. 40 0 0 132,202 2 4 Refunds passage-money .. .. 10,020 1 3 Oversoas-settlement-scheme expenses .. 2,231 14 0 £163,791 13 3 £163,791 13 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. Assets. Capital liability to Treasury on account of fixed £ s. d. National Development Account — £ s. d. assets .. '.. .. .. 791 18 10 Excess expenditure over income, 1922-23 .. 77,636 8 7 Passage-money held on behalf £ s. d. Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 629 0 3 of immigrants .. .. 17,673 0 0 Stocks on hand— £ s. d. Remittances held on behalf of Stationery .. .. 75 0 0 immigrants .. .. 324 10 6 Posters and pamphlets .. 141 II 2 Imperial Government loans .. 574 10 0 Blankets .. .. 4 0 0 18,572 0 6 220 11 2 Sundry creditors (outstanding expenses) .. 930 8 0 Foreign Imprest Account — Depreciation Reserve Account .. .. 109 6 0 Advances in hands of Iligh Commissioner .. 28,438 9 7 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 87,390 9 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 812 15 0 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 17 13 9 Payments in ad vance .. .. .. 39 5 6 £107,794 3 10 £107,794 3 10 H. D. Thomson, Under-Secretary. I hereby certify that the statement of receipts and payments, Income and Expenditure Account, and balancesheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. Outstanding Imperial shipping claims have not been included. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.