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POLICE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. Income. To Administrative charges— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 294,995 18 6 By Subsidies from local bodies .. 1,833 5 0 Rent .. .. .. 1,399 3 1 Sale of confiscated liquor .. 60 2 0 Office expenses .. .. 1,441 17 7 License fees under Arms Act 1,755 19 0 Printing and stationery .. 5,391 9 7 Cash seized in gaming raid .. 0 5 9 Postage and telegrams ..6,053 13 2 3,649 11 9 Telephones .. .. 3,082 5 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. 423,412 10 3 House allowances .. .. 19,954 911 Travelling-expenses .. 16,642 12 3 348,961 9 10 Other charges— Upkeep of bicycles, horses, and motor-vehicles .. 9,048 5 4 Freight, cartage, &c. .. 1,993 911 Clothing, stores, &c. .. 10,643 18 4 Fuel, light, water, scavenging 4,136 18 5 Expenses of prosecutions .. 1,487 9 0 Prisoners'rati ons.. .. 885 12 9 Rewards .. .. 784 4 0 Medical expenses .. .. 370 18 0 Police examinations .. 143 1 6 Maintenance and repairs to buildings, &c. .. .. 5,703 16 0 Compassionate allowances .. 915 0 0 Expenses under Arms Act, 1908 .. .. .. 20 1 0 Sundries .. .. 10 12 3 36,143 6 6 Depreciation on— Buildings .. .. 11,323 2 2 Motor-vehicles .. .. 1,015 11 9 Furniture and fittings .. 282 13 1 Automatic pistols, &c. .. 1,121 1 7 Horses .. .. .. 31 7 9 Stores and equipment .. 961 210 14,734 19 2 Interest on capital.. .. .. 27,222 6 6 £427,062 2 0 £427,002 2 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital—Liability to Treasury at Ist April, 1922 604,940 10 8 Land and buildings— £ s. d. £ s. d. Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 397,197 3 10 Gross value at Ist April, 1922 525,044 0 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 7,086 16 8 Additions .. .. 6,443 4 6 Depreciation reserve .. .. 26,041 6 9 531,487 4 6 Value of buildings sold .. 600 0 0 530,887 4 6 Reserves .. .. .. 27,821 0 0 558,708 4 6 Stores and equipment—Value at 31st March, 1923, as per stock-sheets .. .. 20,427 3 9 Office furniture and fittings—Value at 31st March, 1923, as per stock-sheets .. .. 5,418 10 5 Motor-vehicles— £ s. d. Gross value at Ist April, 1922 3,651 1 9 Additions .. .. 605 2 6 4,256 4 3 Valuo of vehicles sold .. 210 0 0 4,046 4 3 Horses —Valuation at 31st March, 1923 .. 196 0 0 Automatic pistols and ammunition— £ s. d. Cross value at Ist April, 1922 15,673 8 0 Handed in during year .. 235 9 3 15,908 17 3 Sales .. .. .. 119 1 6 15,789 15 9 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 1,318 3 5 Cash in hands of imprestees .. .. 3,268 13 1 Expenditure paid in advance—Rents of telephones, letter-boxes, &c. .. .. 2,406 5 5 Sundry debtors .. .. .. . . 274 7 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 4 3,412 10 3 £1,035,265 17 11 £1,035,265 17 11 A. H. Wright, Commissioner of Police. 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 for interest and expenditure on construction and maintenance of buildings for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. —G-. P. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.