B.—l [PT. IV].

ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1938. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 6,314 10 5 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. .. 216 0 Preparation of rolls .. .. .. . . 119 7 0 Sale of rolls .. .. .. .. .. 34 19 0 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 577 0 1 Balance carried down .. .. .. ... 10,608 12 0 Printing and stationery . . .. .. 128 6 9 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 748 4 1 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 232 9 10 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. .. 0 3 1 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 32 19 6 Registration of electors .. .. .. 150 0 0 Electoral boundaries revision .. .. 2,343 6 3 £10,646 7 0 £10,646 7 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. .. 10,608 12 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 10,672 9 9 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 63 17 9 £10,672 9 9 £10,672 9 9 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1938. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 1,881 3 9 Furniture, fittings, and mechanical appliances .. 1,605 3 3 Creditors— £ s. d. Stock of electoral maps .. .. .. 167 7 6 Departmental .. .. 1,774 10 11 Postage-stamps on hand .. .. .. 108 13 0 Sundry .. .. .. 142 3 10 Debtors: Departmental .. .. . „ 17 9 1,916 14 9 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 0 3 1 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 8,757 2 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 10,672 9 9 Losses in Suspense .. .. .. .. 0 3 1 £12,555 4 4 £12,555 4 4 G. G. Hodgkins, Chief Electoral Officer. G. 0. Hall, Accountant. 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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