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ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,783 12 6 By Sundry revenue .. .. .. .. 28 17 6 Postage .. .. .. .. 4,523 10 6 Balance carried down .. .. .. 19,804 9 7 Bent .. .. .. .. 909 16 1 Sale of rolls .. .. .. .. 45.11 0 Loss on sales .. .. .. .. 8 0 9 Compulsory registration of electors.. .. 9,606 12 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 956 4 3 £19,833 7 1 £19,833 7 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 19,804 9 7 By Balance .. .. .. .. 21,154 14 1 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 806 2 1 Interest on capital .. .. .. 544 2 5 £21,154 14 1 £21,154 14 1 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1925. Liabilities. £ s. d. I dsseis. £ s. d. Fixed capital as at Ist April, 1924 .. .. 12,106 2 4 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 11,127 3 4 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 5,497 10 6 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 274 19 11 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 3,336 1 6 Stock of rolls .. .. .. .. 1,215 7 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 12,833 16 3 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 16 3 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 21,154 14 1 £33,773 10 7 £33,773 10 7 J. Hislop, Chief Electoral Officer. A. W. Pyne, Accountant. 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 on capital, furniture, and services rendered by the Internal Affairs Department for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.