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CROWN LAW OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 5,630 18 3 By Law-costs .. .. .. .. 226 1 6 Annual certificates.. .. .. .. 26 5 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,153 6 9 Office fittings, repairs, and requisites .. 7 19 Postage .. .. .. .. .. 29 0 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 107 6 1 Purchase of Law Reports, &c. .. .. 45 0 8 Telephone subscriptions .. ~ .. 78 10 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 10 5 2 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 3 19 11 Rent (a) .. .. .. .. .. 254 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 181 1 5 £6,379 8 3 £6,379 8 3 £ s. d. £ g. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,153 6 9 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,306 411 Interest on capital (b) .. .. .. 152 18 2 £6,306 4 11 £6,306 4 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 3,397 18 9 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 335 7 6 Creditors — £ s. d. Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 62 5 0 Departmental .. .. 16 14 7 Library .. .. .. .. .. 3,100 0 3 Sundry .. .. .. 10 0 2 Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 42 4 11 26 14 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 6,306 411 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 1,680 17 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 4,740 11 11 £9,846 2 7 £9,846 2 7 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value of premises as assessed by the Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4i per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1929. Arthur Fair, Solicitor-General. 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. —J. EL Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.