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PENSIONS DEPARTMENT— continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st Makch, 1933. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 6,084 19 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. Creditors Furniture and fittings .. .. 4,820 4 8 Departmental .. .. .. .. 2,056 13 7 Mechanical appliances .. 990 4 0 Sundry .. •■ •• •• 4,232 6 4 Permanent fittings, Auckland Pensions due but'unpaid.. .. .. 45,738 13 2 office .. .. .. 274 10 8 Rent due but unpaid .. .. .. 2 19 6,084 19 4 Pensions paid but not cleared .. .. 872 15 8 Medical stores on hand .. .. 651 14 6 Reserve for depreciation .. .. .. 4,075 19 8 Stationery on hand .. .. .. 794 16 4 Writing off Reserve Account .. .. 266 10 7 Stamps on hand .. .. .. 75 18 10 Deposits Account, Miscellaneous (J. Petrie), Pensions prepaid .. .. .. 221,192 1 3 (Canadian Government) .. .. .. 39 7 4 Accounts prepaid .. .. .. 71 12 10 Deposits Account, Imperial Pensions .. 18,028 511 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. 266 10 7 Imperial pensions not cleared .. .. 15,546 411 Sundry debtors— £ s. d. Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 3,358,461 8 8 Departmental .. .. 22,831 2 0 Canadian Government .. 233 9 9 Commonwealth Government .. 13,653 5 5 Imperial Government .. 2,007 16 1 South African Government .. 11l 8 11 38,837 22 Deposits Account, miscellaneous cash .. 39 7 4 Deposits Account, Imperial pensions cash 34,323 13 7 Excess expenditure over income .. 3,153,067 10 2 £3,455,405 6 11 £3,455,405 6 11 J. H. Boyes, Commissioner of Pensions. 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 notes.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General. POLICE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d £ s. d. To Administrative charges— By subsidies from local bodies .. .. 466 10 0 Salaries .. .. •• 341,014 13 3 License fees, Arms Act .. .. .. 3,352 15 6 p> ent ~ 3,115 8 2 Sale of confiscated firearms .. .. 86 5 7 Office expenses .. .. 901 11 1 Sale of confiscated liquor .. .. .. 4 8 4 Printing and stationery .. 3,825 19 5 Payment for special police services.. .. 1,100 2 4 Postage and telegrams .. 4,400 14 8 „,„~i I Telephones .. .. 6,341 17 3 32« \ ~ House allowances .. .. 21,584 19 8 Excess of expenditure over income.. .. 472,658 0 7 Transfer expenses.. .. 3,261 19 3 Travelling-expenses .. 13,739 12 2 398,186 14 11 Other charges — Upkeep of bicycles, horses, and motor-vehicles .. 8,286 9 7 Freight, cartage, &c. .. 155 6 3 Clothing, stores, &c. .. 8,382 15 10 Fuel, light, water, scavenging 4,587 15 6 Police prosecutions .. 2,604 10 4 Prisoners' rations .. .. 743 6 2 Maintenance and repairs to buildings, &o. .. .. 4,500 6 2 Rewards.. .. .. 120 0 0 Medical expenses .. .. 452 15 6 Police examinations .. 112 9 0 Suppression of street rioting 2,678 8 9 Sundry expenses .. .. 10 12 11 32,634 16 0 Depreciation on — Buildings .. .. 11,774 12 9 Motor-vehicles .. .. 470 6 1 Furniture and fittings .. 831 11 6 Horses .. .. • • 54 11 3 Libraries 489 13 0 Mechanical Office appliances 79 3 3 Arms and accoutrements .. 352 3 1 14,052 0 11 Loss on stores sold, &c. .. 106 17 1 Costs of prosecutions irrecoverable 16 0 108 3 1 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 32,686 7 5 £477,668 2 4 £477,668 2 4 Note. The accounts include charges for interest and expenditure on construction of buildings for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, and also credit for rent from the Valuation Department for which that Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.

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