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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— continued. DOMINION LABORATORY. Income and Expenditure Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. £ s. d. I Income. £ a. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 6,050 15 5 By Sundry recoveries .. .. .. .. 6 14 11 Books, periodical papers, &c. .. .. 80 18 11 Analysis fees .. .. .. .. 345 13 11 Chemicals, apparatus, and repairs to apparatus.. 659 8 9 Balance carried down .. .. .. 8,453 11 6 Cost of collecting analysis fees .. .. 2 15 0 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 131 10 4 Fuel, light, power, water .. .. .. 416 10 6 Hospital treatment.. .. .. .. 0 2 6 Laboratory accommodation and maintenance .. 35 5 10 Office fittings and requisites .. .. 0 17 5 Postage, telegrams, rent of box .. .. 24 14 5 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 136 6 7 RentAuckland Branch .. .. .. 147 3 4 Head Office and Christchurch Branch .. 881 0 0 Dunedin Branch .. .. .. 31 13 8 Subscriptions to technical societies .. .. 44 11 5 Telephone services .. .. .. .. 98 14 3 Losses : Laboratory appliances broken and otherwise rendered useless .. .. .. 63 12 0 £8,806 0 4 £8,806 0 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 8,453 11 6 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 9,530 10 2 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 436 13 3 Provision for depreciation .. .. .. 640 5 5 £9,530 10 2 £9,530 10 2 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value for Head Office and Christchurch Branch as assessed by the Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 3,737 17 0 By Sales of tools .. .. .. .. 0 4 3 Books and periodical papers .. .. 20 12 10 Sales of bulletins and maps .. .. .. 47 9 2 Compassionate allowance .. .. .. 125 0 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 5,123 9 5 Field expenses .. .. .. .. 260 8 7 Freight, cartage .. .. .. . . 22 7 2 Fuel, light .. .. .. .. 47 8 3 Instrument and outfit allowances .. .. 152 3 0 Office accommodation and maintenance .. 14 10 6 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 2 8 0 Postage, telegrams, rent of box .. .. 18 13 1 Printing of bulletins .. .. .. 68 8 3 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 43 8 8 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 317 0 0 Telephone services .. .. .. .. 25 15 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 89 4 5 Wages of field hands .. .. .. 224 8 2 Losses : Equipment broken, lost, or destroyed.. 19 11 £5,171 2 10 £5,171 2 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 5,123 9 5 By Excess of expenditure over income ~ .. 6,029 710 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 583 15 1 Provision for depreciation .. .. .. 322 3 4 £6,029 7 10 £6,029 7 10 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value a3 assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4|- per cent, on capital. METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. • £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 3,009 19 4 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 7,342 15 8 Books and periodical papers.. .. .. 36 16 8 Fuel and light .. .. .. .. 10 15 3 Instruments : Purchase and repairs .. .. 72 0 0 Observatories, maintenance and establishment of 62 8 9 Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. 11 10 0 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 0 9 2 Postage, telegrams, broadcasting weather messages and reports.. .. .. .. 3,546 2 8 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 274 17 2 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 230 0 0 Telephone services .. .. .. .. 64 5 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 23118 £7,342 15 8 £7,342 15 8 £ s. d. £ s . d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 7,342 15 8 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 7,905 13 11 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 216 16 5 Provision for depreciation .. .. .. 346 1 10 £7,905 13 11 £7,905 13 11 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital.

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