B. -1 [PT. IV, SUP.] .

INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. HEAD OFFICE (INCLUDING SUBDIVISIONS I, 111, IV, X, AND SPECIAL ACTS). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. Departmental Administrative Chabges. By Commissions of Inquiry .. .. .. 236 13 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. Fire-hose .. .. .. .. 208 1 7 To Salaries .. . . .. 31,696 17 5 Aliens Act—Registrations .. .. .. 256 7 0 Dominion Observatory ex- Passport fees .. .. .. .. 2,035 10 2 penses .. .. .. 649 12 7 By-laws Act—Fees .. .. .. 25 4 0 Postage .. .. .. 639 16 9 Cinematograph-films consorship .. 1,520 0 7 Printing and stationery .. 1,965 0 2 i Opossum royalty receipts .. .. .. 10,661 16 0 Publications, purchase of .. 746 210 | Sales —Fish .. .. .. .. 759 12 0 Rent .. .. .. 4,431 15 0 j Sales —Miscellaneous .. .. .. 31 510 Telephones .. .. 1,406 19 11 Land-agents'license fees .. .. .. 10,912 5 6 Travelling allowances and ex- Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. 2,012 2 1 penses of officers .. .. 1,471 4 6 Balance carried down .. .. .. 346,246 7 0 Advertising New Zealand .. 33,873 16 4 Deer herds —Bonus for reduction .. .. .. 686 5 0 Entertaining visitors to New Zealand .. .. .. 3,802 4 2 Opossums —- Distribution of royalty, &c. .. .. 10,111 14 2 Totalizators inspection .. 38 0 11 Turnbull Library expenses .. 929 13 2 War graves upkeep, &c. .. 8,798 311 Saleable publications —Loss .. 53 5 8 Sundries Account .. .. 5,247 15 3 106,548 7 9 General Public Service Administbative Charges. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. 74,946 16 9 Fuel for Government officers .. 2,128 16 5 Light, power, and water .. 4,788 14 7 Printing and stationery for Ministers'offices .. .. 1,019 14 2 Travelling allowances and expenses of Ministers .. 7,321 7 3 Travelling allowances a,nd expenses of Private Secretaries 3,742 18 0 Cleaning offices .. .. 1,966 2 3 Imperial Conference, London .. 3,552 7 1 New Zealand Gazette .. 5,750 19 11 Stores Control Board .. 1,201 1 10 106,418 18 3 Less sundries .. .. 1,272 10 2 • 105,146 8 1 Special Acts. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. 24,063 11 9 Appropriation Act, 1925, sec. 15 36,779 0 3 Appropriation Act, 1926, sec. 15 8,194 8 2 Appropriation Act, 1926, sec. 24 216 5 10 Finance Act, see. 7 .. .. 1,500 0 0 Fire Brigades Act, 1908 .. 2,716 2 4 73,469 8 4 Other Charges. £ s. d. To Fire Brigades —Rail passes .. 849 5 9 Young Citizens League—Rail passes .. .. .. 1,048 1 7 Cost-of-living bonus to annuitants.. .. .. 4,488 5 1 Ex gratia payments for injury (enemy action) .. .. 1,891 8 2 Grants .. .. .. 9,427 11 6 Maintenance of New Zealand prisoners of war in Turkey.. 3,408 0 0 Royal Commission re agricul tural banks .. .. 4,337 6 10 Subsidies .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Royal visit to New Zealand .. 61,343 8 6 Sundries .. .. .. 1,947 J 3 7 89,741 1 0 £374,905 5 2 £374,905 5 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 346,246 7 0 By Balance.. .. .. .. .. 349,459 .16 0 Interest on capital .. .. 1,789 18 0 Depreciation .. .. 1,423 11 0 3,213 9 0 £349,459 16 0 £349,459 16 0

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