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AUDIT DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 60,488 16 1 Fees due .. .. .. .. .. 34,716 9 7 Advertising, books, &c. .. .. .. 177 5 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 38,180 5 2 Allowances, London and Samoa . . .. 582 7 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. 220 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 111123 Postages .. .. .. .. . . 271 19 4 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 1,489 310 Telephone services .. .. .. . . 242 18 7 Temporary assistance .. .. . . 802 15 3 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. 6,927 8 0 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 22 5 Transfer expenses : London .. . . .. 78114 Depreciation— £ s. d. Mechanical appliances .. .. 26 16 2 Furniture and fittings .. .. 91 13 2 Books .. .. .. 63 3 5 181 12 9 Compassionate grant .. .. .. .. 74 0 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 419 11 6 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 667 6 0 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. 376 8 0 Assets provisionally written off .. .. 0 14 8 £72,896 14 9 £72,896 14 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance .. .. .. .. 38,180 5 2 Excess of expenditure over income, carried Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 47 2 0 forward .. .. .. .. .. 38,227 7 2 £38,227 7 2 £38,227 7 2 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 1,173 14 10 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 392 3 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 40,560 3 1 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 269 22 Creditors— £ s. d. Books .. .. .. .. .. 512 9 0 Departmental .. .. .. 80 15 10 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 166 10 1 Sundry .. .. .. 324 18 6 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 52 18 10 405 14 4 Debtors: Sundry .. .. .. .. 2,528 1 4 Fees paid in advance .. .. . . .. 9 0 0 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 014 8 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 0 14 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 38,227 7 2 £42,149 6 11 £42,149 6 11 Cyril G. Collins, F.R.A.N.Z. 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. —J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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