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NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT—continued. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 3930. J Jr. Cr. £ s. d. To Administration charges— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sundry fees .. .. .. .. 13 6 Salaries .. .. 1,064 6 7 Balance carried down .. .. .. 4,83314 8 Government Actuary—Charges for services rendered .. 2,192 12 7 Government Insurance Department—Charges for services of charwomen and messengers 23 0 0 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. 154 1 8 Printing and stationery .. 87 10 6 Rent .. .. .. 125 11 10 Telephone services .. .. 20 8 4 Travelling-allowances .. 14 11 10 Office maintenance .. . . 10 4 10 —— 3,694 8 2 Other items— Payment for statistical returns of sickness and mortality.. .. .. 1,122 10 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 18 0 0 £4,834 18 2 £4,834 18 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 4,833 14 8 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 4,841 16 8 Interest on capital.. .. .. .. 8 2 0 £4,841 16 8 £4,841 16 8 Note. —The above account includes a charge for interest on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 2,080 8 2 Furniture and fittings .. 1,554 9 8 Creditors — Additions .. .. .. 22 16 8 Departmental .. .. .. .. 253 14 3 Sundry .. .. .. .. .. 5,452 8 8 1,577 6 4 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 1,330 36 10 Less disposals .. .. 2 9 6 Writings-off Suspense .. .. 8 11 0 1,574 16 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 120,947 16 8 Mechanical appliances.. .. 528 8 0 Additions .. .. .. 56 16 0 585 4 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 362 19 4 Stamps .. .. .. . . 16 2 3 Payments in advance .. .. . . 3 17 8 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. 8 110 Excess of expenditure over income . National Provident .. .. 122,680 7 10 Friendly Societies .. .. 4,841 16 8 127,522 4 6 £130,073 15 7 £130,073 15 7 E. Witheford, Deputy Superintendent, National Provident and Friendly Societies Department. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts 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.- —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.