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PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 2,556 19 4 By Sundry revenue .. .. .. .. 3 13 League of Nations .. .. 9,711 2 1 Balance carried down .. .. .. 12,680 12 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 193 5 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 222 7 7 £12,683 14 0 £12,683 14 0 £ s. d. • £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 12,680 12 9 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 13,515 311 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 704 0 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. 130 11 2 £13,515 3 11 £13,515 3 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d* Fixed capital .. .. .. .. 2,901 7 0 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 2,097 12 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 128 13 3 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 92 10 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 13,386 10 8 Library .. .. .. .. .. 711 5 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 13,515 311 £16,416 10 11 £16,416 10 11 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental assessed by the Public Works Department; (b) interest on capital at 4J per cent. ; (c) the amounts include transfer of assets from other Departments for which no parliamentary authority is provided. F. D. Thomson, Permanent Head. A. W. Pynb, Accountant. 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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