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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS. The following statement shows the receipts to and payments from the Unemployment Fund for the financial year ended 31st March, 1932 : — UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. Receipts and Payments Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Receipts. Payments. To Balance at beginning of By Annual appropriation, Vote, £ s. d. £ s. d. year — £ s. d. £ s. d. " Unemployment exCash .. .. 68,619 17 1 penses"— Imprests outstanding 495 5 2 Salaries .. .. 8,291 8 9 69,115 2 3 Advertising .. .. 144 6 1 Unemployment Act, Board members' fees, 1930: Receipts under salaries, and travelling - the Act — expenses .. .. 1,658 2 6 Unemployment levy 538,503 5 6 Contributions towards cost Emergency unemploy- of registration of unemment charge— ployed women .. 400 0 0 Tax on salary or Fitting up labour bureaux 68 4 5 wages (£490,053 Law-costs .. .. 37 11 6 7s. 6d.) and tax on Office equipment .. 288 11 7 income other than Office expenses .. .. 119 7 3 salary or wages Overtime and meal a110w(£220,245 Is. 5d.) 710,298 811 ances .. .. 110 17 5 Fines .. .. 411 5 1 Postages, telegrams, and Subsidy from Con- telephones .. .. 2,885 17 9 solidated Fund in Printing and stationery .. 1,290 8 9 terms of section 3 Rent, heating, and lighting 613 12 5 (2) (6), Unemploy- Services rendered by other ment Act, 1930 1,118,752 15 6 Departments.. .. 17,658 7 0 Interest on invest- Special Advisory Comments .. .. 1,851 6 1 mittees, expenses of .. 142 7 1 Interest on loans under Travelling allowances and section 18, Unem- expenses .. .. 595 19 5 ployment Act, 1930 240 13 2 Contingencies .. .. 0 4 0 Interest on temporary 34,305 5 11 transfers to other Grants under section 18, Unaccounts in terms of employment Act, 1930 — section 40, Public Schemes Nos. 1, 2, and 3.. 10,348 7 3 Revenues Act, 1926 25 15 1 Scheme No. 4a .. .. 115,164 14 2 Donations .. .. 0 10 0 Scheme No. 4b .. .. 10,706 5 2 2,370,083 19 4 Scheme. No. 4o .. .. 222 2 6 Schemc No. 4d (Farm Camp) 8 0 0 Scheme No. 5 .. ..2,002,873 17 1 Scheme No. 6a .. .. 11,093 17 10 Scheme No. 6b .. .. 291 5 5 Scheme No. 6o .. .. 1,159 6 10 Scheme No. 7 .. .. 7 15 Scheme No. 8a .. .. 12 0 0 Special grant for relief in earthquake area .. 9,024 4 6 Assistance to flax industry 1,997 15 0 Special Christmas relief, 1931 .. .. 9,547 12 3 Assistance to gold-pros-pectors .. .. 1,639 7 6 Relief of unemployment among Maoris .. 10,635 0 0 Relief of unemployment among women .. 1,550 0 0 Pakiri Block Scheme .. 946 18 11 Miscellaneous grants and subsidies .. .. 13,317 13 10 2,200,545 9 8 Loans under section 18, Unemployment Act, 1930 .. .. 16,340 4 6 Administration expenses — £ s. d. Salaries .. .. 1,345 9 10 Office equipment .. 45 15 11 Office expenses .. .. 7 18 9 Postages, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 480 9 2 Printing and stationery .. 277 2 8 Services rendered by other Departments .. .. 0 3 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 2 7 3 2,159 6 7 Fees and travelling-expenses under section 16, Unemployment Act, 1930 .. .. .. 882 2 3 Balance at end of year — Cash .. .. .. 184,941 10 0 Imprests outstanding .. 25 2 8 184,966 12 8 £2,439,199 1 7 £2,439,199 1 7 G. C. Godfrey, Commissioner of Unemployment. W. Yates, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant, Unemployment Board. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General. Note, —i n the above statement of payments, the items " Administration expenses " and " Fees and travelling-expenses " are shown in two sections. This is due to the fact that up to the passing of the Unemployment Amendment Act, 1931, these expenses were payable without parliamentary appropriation.

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