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LABOUR DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account f0» the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Expenditure. £ s. d. ! Income. £ s. rl. To Salaries, agents' allowances, and overtime .. 40, 870 14 8 By Penalties imposed l)y the Court ill actions Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 7,345 18 0 j brought for breaches of awards and certain Motor-car, motor-cycle, and bicycle mainten- | sections of the Industrial Conciliation and ance and repairs .. .. .. 1,133 14 1 Arbitration Act, 1925, and the Apprentices Fees payable to assessors on Conciliation Act, 1923 .. .. .. .. 524 2 0 Councils .. .. .. .. 1,482 11 3 Sale of departmental publications .. .. 318 2 0 Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. 618 14 7 Factory registration fees .. .. .. 3,915 2 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges 131 1 7 Servants'registry-office license fees .. .. 34 10 0 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. 180 17 1 Weights and measures verification fees .. 5,989 12 10 Law-costs . . .. .. . . 60 10 3 Sale of scales, &c., seized under Weights and Postage, telegrams, telephone services, &c. .. 2,078 14 4 j Measures Act .. .. .. .. 10 0 Printing, stationery, office requisites and typo- 1 Rent of buildings .. .. . . 78 4 0 writer repairs .. .. .. .. 2,879 J8 6 Excess of expenditure over income before Kent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,581 16 5 charging interest, carried down .. .. 51,015 4 5 Commission on sale of publications . . .. 61 8 10 Rates on property and repairs to buildings .. 9 6 0 j Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 7 19 9 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 1,333 0 8 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 99 11 3 £61,875 17 3 £61,875 17 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Excess of expenditure over income before By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 51,674 1 3 charging interest (brought down) .. .. 51,015 4 5 Interest on capital .. . . .. 617 1 10 Penalties, &c., imposed in previous years remitted .. .. .. .. 41 15 0 £51,674 1 3 ; £51,674 1 3 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 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1926. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Funds—Liability to Treasury on Capital Cash — £ s. d. £ s. d. Account .. ' .. .. .. 13,713 2 7 In hand .. .. .. 016 0 Sundry creditors—Sundry unpaid accounts .. 2,272 7 8 Deposit Accounts .. .. 233 9 2 Factory registration fees paid in advance .. 5 2 0 234 5 2 Deposits .. .. .. . • •. 233 9 2 Official stamps .. .. . . .. 106 19 4 Reserve for bad and doubtful debts .. .. 266 15 9 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 766 12 7 Depreciation reserves .. .. ... 4,621 911 Office furniture, fittings, and typeTreasury Adjustment Account .. .. 47,142 8 2 writers .. .. .. 5,928 10 3 Purchased .. .. .. 406 5 0 6,334 15 3 Sold and destroyed .. .. 212 17 11 6,121 17 4 Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles .. .. .. 2,775 4 3 Purchased .. .. 1,398 15 5 4,173 19 8 Sold . . .. . . 810 0 5 3,363 19 3 Library .. .. .. 1,190 4 I Additions .. .. .. 22 19 5 1,213 3 6 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 920 0 0 Standard weights and measures . . 2,899 4 0 Purchased .. .. . . 246 2 7 3,145 6 7 Destroyed .. .. .. 10 14 2 3,134 12 5 Printed forms, stationery, and supplies on hand . . 293 14 6 Subscriptions and other payments in advance .. 425 9 11 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 51,674 1 3 Writing-off Suspense Account—Property .. .. .. 755 17 5 Debtors .. .. .. 98 0 3 853 17 8 Less reserves.. .. .. 853 17 8 £68,254 15 3 £68,254 15 3 4th July, 1927. F. W. Rowley, Secretary of Labour. 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, subject to the above departmental notes. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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