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POLICE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Administrative charges — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Subsidies from local bodies .. 3,470 1 0 Salaries .. .. .. 321,756 10 6 Sale, of confiscated liquor .. 32 2 4 Rent , .. .. 2,039 3 2 License fees, Arms Act .. 2,266 17 0 Office expenses .. .. 835 4 I Sale of confiscated firearms ... 55 17 4 Printing and stationery .. 5,092 19 11 — 5,824 17 8 Postage and telegrams .. 4,093 10 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. 459,984 10 1 Telephones .. .. 5,916 14 11 | House allowances .. .. 20,845 12 11 Transfer expenses .. .. 4,502 17 3 Travelling-expenses.. .. 16,509 3 0 — 381,591 15 9 Other charges— : Upkeep of bicycles, horses, pis and motor-vehicles .. 9,798 1 5 Freight, cartage, &c. .. 212 0 7 stores, &c. .. 9,921 19 3 ; Fuel, light, water, scavenging 4,731 12 1 Police prosecutions .. 1,225 0 9 Prisoners' rations.. .. 1,005 11 5 Maintenance and repairs to buildings, &c. .. .. 12,751 18 6 Rewards .. .. 695 11 0 Medical expenses .. .. 227 13 10 Police examinations .. 105 18 9 Compensation claims .. 891 1 6 Allowance in lieu of leave .. 475 0 0 Sundries.. .. .. 29 5 4 42,070 14 5 Depreciation r n— Buildings .. 9,764 12 11 Motor-vehicles .. .. 898 6 8 Furniture and fittings .. 666 9 9 Automatic pistols .. 636 8 0 Horses .. .. .. 76 2 6 Stores and equipment .. 764 1 7 12,806 1 5 Loss on— Buildings sold for removal.. 530 0 0 Unserviceable stores sold .. 24 7 4 Motor-vehicles sold .. 161 0 0 Value of stores lost .. .. 14 6 716 11 10 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 28,624 4 4 £465,809 7 9 £465,809 7 9 Note. —The accounts include charges for interest, assessed rent, expenditure on construction of buildings, and the value of buildings transferred from other Departments, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, and also credits for rent from the Valuation Department, for which that Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.

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