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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Administration expenses — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Recoveries, New Zealand GovernSalaries — ment contributions .. .. 40 16 8 New Zealand .. .. .. 4,191 15 1 Cables prepaid .. .. .. 2,677 0 9 London .. .. .. .. 7,000 0 0 Exchange .. .. .. 114 4 Temporary assistance .. .. 400 3 4 Excess of expenditure over income Office expenses .. .. .. 3,654 19 3 carried down .. .. .. 117,624 18 6 Supervision of domestics .. .. 2,791 19 6 Supervision of public-school boys .. 427 13 5 Bent .. .. .. .. 1,397 11 5 19,864 2 0 Grants, &c., to immigrants .. .. .. 1,916 11 4 Passage-money paid .. .. ..254,145 1 5 Less contributions by— £ s. d. Immigrants .. 79,267 16 5 Imperial Government 79,321 7 6 158,589 3 11 95,555 17 6 Passage-money of undesirables .. .. .. 310 11 11 Cost of cables .. .. .. .. .. 2,613105 Exchange .. .. .. .. .. 213 Depreciation .. .. .. . . . . 72 3 4 Loans for passage-money written off .. .. 9 12 6 £120,344 10 3 £120,344 10 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 117,624 18 6 By Recoveries of expenditure on acInterest on capital .. .. .. .. 31 19 11 count of previous years — New Zealand Government contributions .. .. .. 2,016 15 6 Passage-money .. .. . . 443 3 0 2,459 18 6 Excess of expenditure over income after charging interest .. .. 115,196 19 11 £117,656 18 5 £117,656 18 5 Interest at 4£ per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1925, has been included in the account although the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Passage-money deposits .. .. .. 82,354 0 2 By Passage-money deposits .. .. .. 73,590 17 0 Cables prepaid .. .. .. .. 2,529 1 1 Cables .. .. .. .. .. 2,214 10 5 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. . . 2,486 0 8 ; New Zealand Government contributions Office expenses recovered .. .. .. 2 0 1, towards passage-money .. .. 95,555 17 6 Grants, Sc., recovered .. .. .. 100 5 9 j Imperial Government contributions towards Recoveries from immigrants on account of passage-money .. .. .. 79,351 12 6 Imperial Government contributions to- i New Zealand Government loans of passagewards passage-money .. .. .. 930 14 10 money to immigrants .. .. .. 1,774 3 9 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Imperial Government loans of passage-money repaid .. .. .. .. 2,534 10 4 to immigrants advanced by New Zealand Repayments of New Zealand loans of passage- Government .. .. .. .. 2,146 2 6 money to immigrants .. .. .. 1,428 18 10 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Recoveries on behalf of Australian Govern- to New Zealand Government .. .. 2,885 1 3 ment .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Refunds passage-money .. .. .. 5,381 11 5 Recoveries of Imperial Government contribu- Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 428 8 6 tions towards passage-money held in Salaries .. .. .. .. 11,192 191 Suspense .. .. .. .. 229 5 0 Supervision of domestics .. .. .. 3,729 12 6 Supervision of domestics .. .. .. 1,045 10 4 Grants, &c., to immigrants .. .. 1,929 16 9 Gratuities payable to matrons .. .. 206 19 1 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 3,321 13 7 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Rent .. .. .. .. .. 1,233 1 5 to New Zealand Government .. .. 1,933 5 0 Payments on behalf of Australian Government 25 0 0 Imperial Government loans of passage-money Passage-money of undesirables .. .. 310 11 11 to immigrants advanced by New Zealand ! Gratuities paid to matrons, &e. .. .. 96 14 2 Government .. .. .. .. 2,407 12 6 Temporary assistance .. .. .. 401 5 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 14 0 Supervision of public-school boys .. .. 432 9 0 Supervision of public-school boys .. .. 140 14 9 Imperial Government loans of passage money Imperial Government contributions towards to immigrants recovered and repaid to passage-money .. .. .. 82,673 2 6 Imperial Government .. .. .. 1,416 15 5 Net payments from Vote (carried down) .. 107,520 18 11 Recoveries of Imperial Government contributions towards passage-money paid out of Suspense Account .. .. .. 31 10 0 Recoveries of Imperial Government contributions refunded to migrants .. .. 10 10 0 Subsidy to— British Isles Association .. .. 125 0 0 Public-school Boys' Employment Bureau .. 100 0 0 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 204 15 4 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 18 2 Recoveries of Imperial Government contribu- p ■ tions refunded to Imperial Government .. 683 6 8 £288,574 3 10 £288,574 3 10 Recoveries on account of previous years — £ s. d. £ s. d. Public Works Fund—Miscellaneous .. 443 3 0 Balance brought down .. .. .. 107,520 18 11 Balance to Treasury Adjustment Account .. 107,077 15 11 £107,520 18 11 £107,520 18 11

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