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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Courts and General. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d' To Salaries— £ s. d. By Supreme Court revenue .. .. 51,723 910 Judges .. .. .. .. 18,250 0 0 Magistrates'and Wardens' Courts revenue .. 122,885 16 2 Magistrates .. .. .. .. 24,200 2 2 Licensing revenue .. .. .. 2,157 15 0 Staff .. .. .. .. .. 66,071 10 10 Land-agents'license fees .. .. .. 1,212 9 6 Travelling allowance and expenses .. .. 9,864 19 7 License fees re King's Counsel .. .. 110 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 869 16 7 Fees re Shorthand Reporters Act .. .. 44 2 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 231 18 3 Assessed rent, Patent Office and Bankruptcy.. 761 0 0 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 3,281 13 9 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 010 0 Law-costs .. . . . . .. 46 19 8 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. 2,438 15 10 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 5,408 15 9 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 826 7 8 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 62 1 4 Telephones .. .. .. 2,245 3 3 Courthouse cleaning .. .. .. 1,862 19 1 Commission on money-orders .. .. 340 12 6 Cost of inquests .. . . .. 6,024 2 5 Criminal prosecutions .. .. .. 12,453 15 0 Expenses Circuit Courts .. .. .. 424 2 2 Expenses under Juries Act, 1908 .. .. 610 4 11 Expenses under Reformatory Institutions Act, 1909 .. .. .. .. .. 3,169 17 11 Expenses under Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908 25 4 0 Subsidy Chatham Islands steamer service .. 135 8 4 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 21 5 6 Special grants .. .. .. .. 442 18 4 Misappropriations .. .. .. . . 470 7 9 Writings off Suspense Account— £ s. d. Fees irrecoverable .. .. 114 6 Building, &c., destroyed by fire 777 2 3 788 6 9 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 7,832 10 2 Repairs and maintenance .. .. .. 4,62932 Balance being excess of income over expenditure 5,757 0 10 £178,786 3 6 £178,786 3 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. « To Interest on capital .. .. .. 21,845 8 6 By Balance, being excess of income over expenditure 5,757 010 Balance, being excess expenditure over income after charging interest .. .. 16,088 7 8 £21,845 8 6 £21,845 8 6 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4 J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1926 ; (c) repairs and maintenance. Patent Office. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries and Head Office administration .. 3,942 3 5 By Revenue .. .. .. .. .. 12,188 14 8 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 81 7 4 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 1,576 3 2 Postage, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. .. 97 3 7 Typewriters, repairs . . .. .. 4 2 10 Contingencies .. .. .. . . 6 2 8 Assessed rent .. .. .. .. 650 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 57 15 1 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 271 3 5 Balance, being excess of income over expenditure 5,502 13 2 £12,188 14 8 £12,188 14 8 Bankruptcy. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries and Head Office administration . . 5,295 010 By Revenue .. .. .. .. 12,362 12 9 Advertising .. .. .. .. 367 15 11 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 27 15 9 Grant on retirement .. .. .. 295 0 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 22 2 8 Postage, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. .. 337 4 11 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 314 17 3 Renewal fidelity guarantee premiums .. 52 10 0 Remuneration to Deputy Assignees .. .. 3,513 14 7 Rents .. .. .. .. 672 6 11 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 67 18 6 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 90 0 4 Compensation under Civil Service Reform Act, 1866 .. .. .. .. .. 2,098 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. . . 4 6 10 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 40 5 7 Interest ~ .. .. .. 33 11 7 By Balance, being excess of expenditure over income 869 18 11 £13,232 11 8 £13,232 11 8

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