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Table B. PRISONS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for Year ended 31st March, 1931.

Expenditure. £ s. d. ; Income. £ s. d. To Rations .. .. .. .. 27,494 4 0! By Rents of departmental buildings .. .. 3,653 14 10 Clothing, footwear, and equipment .. .. 9,938 76 | Sundry credits and recoveries .. . . 4,982 16 9 Earnings and wages—Prisoners and dependants 17,184 I 4 1 Gross cost of departmental upkeep (£ll5 Is. 9d. Hospital maintenance anrl medicines .. 2, 441 26 j per prisoner per annum) .. ..175,545 2 o Transport and travelling-expenses .. .. 6,652 11 2 Maintenance, buildings, and grounds .. 2,300 13 3 Salaries and allowances .. .. 55,757 310 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 7,585 18 5 Postage, telegrams, stationery, &c. .. .. 1,410 12 11 £ s. d. 130,764 14 11 Prison labour (domestic) .. 20,806 4 2 Less earnings and wages paid 16,951 18 0 3,854 6 2 Interest and depreciation .. .. .. 43, 905 3 9 Administrative expenses .. .. .. 5,657 9 2 £184,181 14 0 £184,181 14 0 £ s. d. £ To Gross cost, brought down .. .. .. 175,545 2 5 By Prison labour .. .. .. .. , j ® Public Account surplus on industries .. 21,771 1 1 7 Net cost —Departmental upkeep (£BB lis. 4d. per prisoner per annum.) .. .. 135,095 9 1 £175,545 2 5 £175,545 2 5 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 921,076 3 5 Land, buildings, and improvements .. .. 829,401 510 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 134,564 7 3 Farm live-stock, implements, &c. .. .. 43,477 10 2 Sundrv creditors .. .. 6,348 11 8 Plant, machinery, equipment, and stores .. 97,067 8 8 Accrued earnings 6,635 4 0 Sundry debtors 8 957 4 6 Deposits .. .. .. .. •• 1,153 10 11 Deposits .. .. .. .. 2,068 6 5 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 2,308 18 5 Expenditure paid in advance .. .. 165 1 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 68,642 6 3 Terrace Prison Demolition Account .. .. 17,550 710 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 2,308 18 5 Departmental cost for year— £ s. d. Prisons and administration 135,095 9 1 Prisons Board and probation 4,637 9 4 139,732 18 5 £1,140,729 1 11 £1,140,729 1 11

The above account and balance-sheet have been audited, and a duly certified copy thereof will appear in Parliamentary Statement B. 1 [Pt. IV], G. 0. Hall, A.R.A.N.Z., Departmental Accountant.

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