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LABOUR DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. dTo Salaries, agents'allowances, and overtime .. 42,724 16 7 By Penalties imposed by the Court in actions Travelling allowances and expenses .. 6,768 14 8 . brought for breaches of awards and certain Motor-car, motor-cycle, and bicycles mainten- sections of Industrial Conciliation and Arbiance and repairs .. .. .. 806 2 1 tration Act, 1925, and Apprentices Act, 1923 680 8 3 Fees payable to assessors on Conciliation Sale of departmental publications .. .. 255 15 1 Councils .. .. .. .. 898 4 0 Factory registration fees .. .. .. 3,822 12 6 Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. 363 5 10 Servants' registry-offices license fees .. 28 0 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 76 14 4 Weights and measures verification fees .. 7,234 9 6 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. 225 19 10 Sale of scales, &c., seized under Weights and Law-costs .. .. .. .. 12 5 7 Measures Act .. .. .. .. 5 4 5 Postage, telegrams, telephone services, &c. .. 2,102 5 5 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 78 4 0 Printing, stationery, office requisites, and type- Excess of expenditure over income before writer repairs .. .. .. .. 3,128 5 3 charging interest carried down .. .. 51,321 19 7 Rent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,849 11 11 Commission on sale of publications .. .. 55 9 11 Rates on property and repairs to building .. 19«15 10 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 43 15 0 in connection with National Industrial Conference .. .. .. .. 796 6 1 Losses on realization of property .. .. 263 14 10 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 1,125 14 3 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 165 11 11 £63,426 13 4 £63,426 13 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Excess of expenditure over income before By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 51,985 17 10 charging interest brought down .. .. 51,321 19 7 Interest on capital .. .. .. 663 18 3 £51,985 17 10 £51,985 17 10 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 41 per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1927. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. Assets. Capital funds—Liability to Treasury on Capital £ s. d. Cash — £ s. d. £ s. d. Account .. .. .. .. .. 14,753 12 6 In hand .. .. .. 1 14 6 Sundry creditors —Sundry unpaid accounts .. 1,835 13 4 Deposit Accounts .. .. 325 17 1 Deposits .. .. .. .. 325 17 1 ' 327 11 7 Reserve for bad and doubtful debts .. .. 369 5 5 Official stamps .. .. .. 82 19 5 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 5,518 12 7 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 761 10 2 Writings-off Reserve .. .. .. 421 9 7 Office furniture, fittings, and typeTreasury Adjustment Account .. .. 45,629 4 2 writers .. .. .. 6,121 17 4 Purchased .. .. .. 496 10 4 6,618 7 8 Sold and destroyed .. .. 12 4 0 • 6,606 3 8 Motor - cars, motor - cycles, and bicycles .. .. .. 3,363 19 3 Purchased .. .. .. 119 14 10 3,483 14 1 Sold and destroyed .. .. 1,034 15 11 2,448 18 2 Library .. .. .. 1,213 3 6 Additions .. .. .. 18 9 1 1,231 12 7 Land and buildings .. .. .. 920 0 0 Standard weights and measures .. 3,134 12 5 Purchased ... .. .. 238 8 7 3,373 1 0 Sold and destroyed .. .. 113 0 3,371 8 0 Printed forms, stationery, and supplies on hand .. 305 7 5 Subscriptions and other payments in advance .. 354 10 3 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 51,985 17 10 Writings-oif Suspense Account — £ s. d. Property .. .. .. 421 9 7 Debtors .. .. .. 36 6 0 457 15 7 £68,853 14 8 ; £68,853 14 8 15th June, 1928. 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 note. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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