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PENSIONS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Expenditure. Income. To Pensions— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Credits from national-endowment residue for £ s. d. War Pensions Act, 1915 .. 1,202.452 5 0 old-age pensions .. .. .. 40,502 9 9 Pensions Act, 1926 .. 1,496,921 19 7 Credits from sundry outstanding pensions, Epidemic (vote) pensions 7,380 0 5 1928-29 .. .. .. .. 2,375 7 1 Special annuities .. 4,804 1 11 Credits from gold duty (Miner's Phthisis Act, Family Allowances Act, 1915) .. .. .. .. 2,477 12 7 1926 .. .. 60,041 16 11 Commission for paying Imperial pensions .. 2,535 16 11 Public Service Superannua- Credits from Post and. Telegraph .Department tion Act, 1927, sec- for pensions paid to retired officers .. 234 14 0 tion 62 .. .. 776 18 11 Credits from Canadian Government on acDefence Act, 1909 .. 2,630 13 3 count of payments made .. .. 136 9 9 Civil Service Act, 1908 .. 10,933 13 1 Credits from Commonwealth Government on Judicature Act, 1908 .. 3,333 6 8 account of payments made .. .. 25,815 12 3 Reserves and other Lands Credits from Imperial Government on account Disposal and Public of payments made .. .. .. 191,813 7 2 Bodies' Empowering Credits from Union Government of South Act, 1916 .. .. 78 0 0 Africa on account of payments made .. 115 1 4 Finance Act, 1923 .. 150 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income ..2>906,902 13 7 Finance Act, 1924 .. 200 0 0 'Finance Act, 1926 .. 1,088 1 11 Annuities charged to unauthorized .. .. 238 9 0 | 2,791,029 6 8 Administration charges— Advertising .. .. 915 3 Appeal Board expenses .. 4,377 8 5 Cartage .. .. 5 19 6 Sundry expenses .. 17 4 Translation fees .. 9 19 6 Depreciation .. .. 498 18 5 Exchange and commission 177 1 4 Fees for certificate of age 132 12 10 Fuel and light .. .. 123 7 I Medical fees .. .. 6.717 4 7 Office-cleaning .. .. 5 2 6 Office fittings written off.. 12 6 11 Office mechanical appliances written off .. 13 6 3 Overtime .. .. 75 8 11 Postages and telegrams .. 2,692 18 2 Post-office services .. 15,476 3 6 Printing and stationery .. 2,131 5 0 Rent of offices .. .. 3,988 15 11 Repairs to office equipment .. .. 85 10 9 Salaries .. .. 40,673 0 6 Telephones .. .. 271145 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 99 19 0 Travelling-expenses .. 3,040 6 3 80,619 12 4 Adjustment, " Imperial pensions" vote .. 16 2 9 Clothing-allowances to amputees .. .. 247 4 2 Expenses of Soldiers' Economic Commission 553 5 11 Grants to recipients of New Zealand Cross .. 20 0 0 ; Grant to G. C. Fache .. .. .. 475 0 0 Grant to A. G. McCullock .. .. 20 5 0 Grant to T. G. Waitt .. .. .. 150 0 0 Loading of life insurance premiums .. 210 0 6 Medical treatment of returned soldiers .. 79,586 910 Medical treatment of South African War veterans .. . . . . .. 54 12 7 Medical treatment of Defence and Naval Forces .. .. .. .. 45 9 4 Pensions to retired Postal officers .. .. 234 14 0 Railway concessions to disabled soldiers .. 1,766 10 10 Payments on account of other Governments — £ s. d. Canadian Government .. 136 9 9 Commonwealth of Australia .. .. .. 25,815 12 3 Imperial Government .. 191,813 7 2 Union of South Africa . . 115 1 4 217,880 10 6 £3,172,909 4 5 £3,172,909 4 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. ..2,906,902 13 7 By Balance after charging interest .. ..2,907,158 4 8 Interest on capital .. .. .. 255 ] I 1 £2,907,158 4 8 £2,907,158 4 8 Note.—lncluded in above expenses are items representing interest on capital, £255 lis. Id., and rental assessed by Public Works Department, £2,054, which do not appear in annual appropriations. Percentage of cost of administration to total expenditure : 2-54.