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LABOUR DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. , Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 28,920 7 8 By Penalties imposed for breach of Acts Travelling allowances and expenses.. 4,035 411 administered by the Department .. 1,793 12 6 Overtime and tea-money .. .. 014 0 Sale of literature .. .. .. 333 14 7 Printing and stationery .. .. 2,859 14 3 Factory registration fees .. .. 3,408 6 0 Telephone services .. .. 298 10 5 Rent of house .. .. .. 71 10 0 Postage, telegrams, and rent of letter- Servants' Registry Office registration boxes .. .. .. .. 1,149 18 7 fees .. .. .. .. 37 0 0 Repairs to and rates on dwellinghouse 12 2 10 Weights and measures verification fees 574 4 2 Rent of office accommodation .. 201 14 9 Excess of expenditure over income Depreciation (amount added to reserve) 875 15 2 before charging interest carried down 35,433 7 4 Fees to assessors on Conciliation Councils 901 19 0 Donation to the funds of the North Canterbury Unemployment Committee 10 0 0 Fees to medical referees under the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908.. 4 4 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges 19 5 11 Law-costs .. .. .. 30 1 7 Sundry office expenses .. .. 71 310 Fuel and lighting services .. .. 190 10 1 Cost of special typewritten reports under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act .. .. .. 42 14 0 Advertising .. .. . . .. 228 1 4 Allowances to police and other officers acting as departmental agents .. 844 9 0 Weights and Measures Act (administration expenses) .. .. .. 86 14 9 Typewriter repairs .. .. 31 13 9 Motor-cycle and bicycle repairs .. 130 510 Commission on sale of literature .. 04 4 8 Reserve for bad debts (addition to) .. 000 0 0 Expenses of witness attending' Court of Arbitration sittings .. .. 82 13 0 Rent restriction valuations .. .. 19 0 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. 6 19 £41,711 14 7 £41,711 14 7 To Excess of expenditure over income £ s. d. By Excess of expenditure over income £ s. d. brought down .. .. .. 35,433 7 4 after charging interest .. .. 35,709 2 1 Interest on capital .. .. 275 14 9 £35,709 2 1 £35,709 2 1 Balance-sheet as at 31 st March, 1923. Liabilities. Assets. Capital Funds —Liability to Treasury on £ s. d. Cash — £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. 0,127 9 7 In hand .. .. 22 16 4 Sundry creditors — Deposit Accounts .. 178 2 i Factory registration fees £ s. d. In Public Account .. 29 13 0 received in advance .. 726 3 0 230 11 8 Miscellaneous unpaid ac- Official stamps .. ... .. 329 12 1 counts .. .. 1,104 9 2 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 1,608 12 4 Unclaimed wages, &c, held 207 15 5 Official furniture, fittings, and 2,098 7 7 typewriters .. .. 4,089 0 3 Deposits— Additions during year .. 312 5 7 Arrears of wages .. 165 18 4 - Miscellaneous .. 12 4 0 5,001 5 10 178 2 4 Less sales .. .. 10 0 0 Reserve for bad and doubtful debts .. 950 0 0 4,991 5 10 Depreciation Reserve .. .. 1,592 3 7 Motor-cycles and bicycles .. 781 17 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 37,806 9 2 Additions during year .. 62 10 0 844 7 6 Less sales .. .. 24 0 0 820 7 6 Departmental libraries .. 1,074 3 4 Additions during year .. 45 16 9 1,120 0 1 Freehold premises .. .. .. 900 0 0 Standard weights and measures .. 2,379 3 3 Printed forms and stationery .. .. 130 0 0 Telephone subscriptions paid in advance and value of unexpired annual railway tickets .. .. .. .'. 533 17 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. 35,709 2 1 £48,752 12 3 £48,752 12 3 F. W. Bowley, Secretary of Labour. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General,