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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Administration expenses— By Recoveries, New Zealand Government Salaries— £ s. d. £ s. d. contributions . . . . . . 155 8 6 New Zealand .. .. 4,676 18 3 Cables prepaid .. .. .. 3,164 7 8 London .. .. .. 7,500 0 0 Exchange .. .. .. 014 7 Temporary assistance .. .. 482 10 10 Excess of expenditure over income Office expenses .. .. 4,137 4 2 carried down .. .. .. 161,933 12 9 Supervision of domestics .. 3,458 13 3 Supervision of public - school-boys .. .. 7 7 7 18 10 Rent .. .. .. 1,433 0 0 22,466 5 4 Grants, &c., to immigrants .. .. .. .. 3,757 14 4 Passage-money paid .. .. 352,251 17 2 Less contributions by— £ s. d. Immigrants .. 96,987 17 2 Imperial Government .. .. 120,508 5 0 — 217,496 2 2 — — 134,755 15 0 Passage-money, undesirables .. .. .. 968 1 0 Cost of cables .. .. .. .. • .. 3,140 14 2 Exchange .. .. .. .. .. 239 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 75 8 9 Loans for passage-money written off .. .. 88 1 2 £165,254 3 6 £165,254 3 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 161,933 12 9 By Recoveries of expenditure on account Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 41 4 2 of previous years— New Zealand Government contributions .. .. .. 3,064 17 5 Excess of expenditure over income after charging interest .. .. 158,909 19 6 £161,974 16 11 £161,974 16 11 Note.- —Interest at 4£ per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1926, had been included in the account although the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Passage-money deposits .. .. .. 90,933 11 4 By Passage-money deposits .. .. .. 96,966 17 2 Cables prepaid .. .. .. .. 2,736 8 2 Cables .. .. .. .. .. 2,730 14 8 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 3,833 011 New Zealand Government contributions toOffice expenses recovered .. .. .. 3 5 0 wards passage-money .. .. .. 134,755 15 0 Grants, &c., recovered .. .. .. 112 1 1 Imperial Government contributions towards Recoveries from immigrants on account of passage-money .. .. .. 120,505 10 0 Imperial Government contributions towards New Zealand Government loans of passage-passage-money .. .. .. 1,865 310 money to immigrants .. .. .. 2,280 3 4 Imperial Government loans of passage-money.. 1,910 5 3 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Repayments of New Zealand loans of passage- to immigrants advanced by New Zealand money to immigrants .. .. .. 1,497 17 7 Government .. .. .. .. 2,513 18 4 Recoveries on behalf of Australian Government 125 0 0 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Recoveries of Imperial Government .. 485 0 0 to New Zealand Government .. .. 2,015 1 3 Supervision of domestics .. .. .. 998 15 11 Refunds of passage-money .. .. 6,640 7 2 Gratuities payable to matrons .. .. 255 9 2 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 612 15 0 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 12,169 3 10 to New Zealand Government .. .. 1,460 5 0 Supervision of domestics .. .. .. 4,257 3 5 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Grants, &c., to immigrants .. .. 3,971 8 4 to immigrants advanced by New Zealand Office expenses .. .. .. .. 4,368 15 0 Government .. .. .. .. 2,282 18 4 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 1,418 0 0 Salaries .. .. . . . . . . 17 2, Payments on behalf of Australian Government 58 10 0 Supervision of public-school boys .. .. 218 14 9 Passage-money, undosirables . . .. 734 18 9 Imperial Government contributions towards j Gratuities paid to matrons, &c. .. .. 360 16 1 passage-money .. .. .. 107,635 10 0 | Temporary assistance .. .. .. 482 10 10 Blankets account .. . . .. 3 0 0 Supervision of public-school boys .. .. 807 14 0 Net payments from vote .. .. .. 184,918 5 10 j Imperial Government loans of passage-money to immigrants recovered and repaid to Imperial Government .. .. .. 2,382 14 11 Recoveries of Imperial Government contributions towards passage-money paid out of Suspense Account .. .. .. 160 5 0 Recoveries of Imperial Government contributions refunded to migrants .. .. 89 5 0 Furniture and fittings . . .. . . 43 12 3 Blankets Account . . .. . . 8 19 0 Recoveries of Imperial Government contributions refunded to Imperial Government .. 939 910 Exchange .. .. .. .. 1112 .— — i —.— £401,275 19 4 | £401,275 19 4

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