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DEPARTMENT OE JUSTICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries, Judges .. .. .. 18,250 0 0 By Supreme Court revenue .. .. 58,391 810 Salaries, Magistrates .. .. 23,196 17 8 Magistrate's Court revenue.. .. 107,899 17 1 Salaries, Staff .. .. .. 62,561 5 5 Warden's Court revenue .. .. 84 II 5 Travelling-expenses .. .. 12,564 14 6 Bankruptcy revenue .. .. 4,656 610 Advertising .. .. .. 418 15 9 Licensing revenue.. .. .. 1,987 3 0 Cost administering licensing laws .. 35 13 4 Patents revenue .. .. .. 11,941 I 3 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. 3,398 9 9 Land Agents license fees .. .. 596 210 Postage, &c. .. .. .. 4,117 8 3 License fees re. K.C.s .. .. 12 10 0 Printing and stationery .. .. 7,046 0 2 Estreated recognizances .. .. 56 18 6 Rent .. .. .. .. 345 10 0 Unclaimed moneys .. .. 958 7 4 Telephones .. .. .. 1,140 4 10 Fees re affidavits .. . . .. 14 0 Typewriter repairs .. .. 131 1 10 Fees re searches, Wardens' Courts .. 5 10 6 Bankruptcy commission and costs .. 2,446 10 6 Refund value cancelled stamp .. 0 4 0 Cleaning Courthouses .. .. 1,917 10 3 Balance .. .. .. .. 8,196 16 7 Criminal prosecutions .. .. 18,659 14 3 Cost of inquests .. .. .. 6,058 10 10 Expenses under the Juries Act .. 2,177 12 3 Commission on money-orders .. 284 8 4 Compassionate allowance .. .. 388 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 50 14 7 Expenses of Circuit Courts .. .. 1,300 11 7 Expenses under Reformatory Institutions Act .. .. .. 6,422 17 4 Refund of fees, fines, &c. .. .. 9,724 8 4 Compilation of " Justices' Handbook " 550 0 0 Compensation grant to A. L. Souter.. 250 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 7,651 19 11 Repairs and maintenance .. .. 3,693 2 6 £194,788 2 2 £194,788 2 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 8,196 16 7 By Excess expenditure over income .. 29,414 14 7 Interest on capital .. .. 21,217 18 0 £29,414 14 7 £29,414 14 7 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital, Ist April, 1922 .. .. 471,508 19 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. 3,910 6 9 Buildings and sites .. 430,404 0 0 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 15,026 19 11 Additional .. .. 2,018 0 8 Treasury Adjustment Account.. .. 19,017 9 6 432,422 0 8 Patent Office Library .. .. 5,000 0 0 Office furniture and fittings .. .. 29,657 8 2 Additional .. .. 4,562 3 1 34,219 11 3 Mechanical appliances .. 1,941 0 6 Additional .. .. 324 2 0 2,265 2 6 Telephone fees paid in advance .. 906 15 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 5,235 10 8 Excess expenditure over income .. 29,414 14 7 £509,463 15 2 £509,463 15 2 E. P. Hawthorne, for Under-Secretary. 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, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for rent, interest, repairs, and additions to buildings for which there is no appropriation by Parliament, and also a credit for rent from the Native Department, for which that Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—G. P. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.