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MARINE DEPARTMENT. HEAD OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income,. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 9,776 0 9 Miscellaneous receipts. . .. .. .. 5 18 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 813 0 0 Balance carried down. . .. .. 11,433 16 2 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 276131 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 34 9 8 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. 179 6 9 Telephone rentals, &c. .. .. .. 105 16 0 Books, newspapers, &c. .. .. .. 58 16 6 Maintenance of typewriters, &c. .. .. 14 19 9 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. 13 4 9 Transfer expenses .. .. .. .. 5 5 2 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. 142 14 8 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1153 Depreciation : Furniture and equipment .. 16 15 6 £11,438 17 10 £11,438 17 10 £ s. d. Apportionment of cost of administration to Balance brought down .. .. .. 11,433 16 2 branches. £s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 1132 Mercantile Marine Branch .. .. .. 7,027119 Harbours Branch .. .. . . .. 584 18 5 Inspection of Machinery Branch .. .. 2,358 8 8 Fisheries Branch .. .. .. .. 774 0 6 Boss Dependency Account .. .. .. 50 0 0 Westport Harbour Account .. .. .. 600 0 0 Rock Oyster Industry Account .. .. 50 0 0 £11,444 19 4 £11,444 19 4 MERCANTILE MARINE BRANCH. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. Lighthouses — £ s. d. £ s. d. Light dues .. .. .. .. .. 106,430 1 2 General maintenance .. .. 28,206 18 5 Survey of ships .. .. .. .. 3,975 17 9 Working expenses of tender .. 26,704 3 3 Engagement and discharge of seamen .. .. 2,185 10 9 ——■ 54,911 1 8 Fines and forfeitures .. .. .. .. 49 7 9 Mercantile Marine Offices, &e. — Deck-cargo licenses .. . . .. .. 40 12 6 Salaries .. .. .. 16,974 3 0 Plans of vessels, preparation and examination of.. 14 0 0 Services of Customs officers .. 1,935 0 0 Examination fees .. .. .. .. 208 17 6 Services of Post and Telegraph Recoupment overtime, Surveyors of Ships .. 784 17 6 Department officers .. .. 50 0 0 Sale of charts, books, and forms .. .. 1,054 18 11 Coastal survey .. .. 8,784 19 7 Sale of " New Zealand Nautical Almanac" .. 162 16 0 Rent .. .. .. 1,253 6 8 Registry of shipping fees .. .. .. 125 2 0 Fuel, light, and cleaning . . 66 8 2 Repatriation expenses, distressed, &c., seamen .. 4 6 5 Printing and stationery .. 237 4 3 Salvage .. .. .. .. .. 22 2 6 Office fittings and requisites .. 77 310 Costs awarded the Department: Prosecutions Postages, telegrams, and rent of under Shipping and Seamen Act .. .. 22 0 boxes .. .. .. 106 6 9 Bahamas Island light dues, commission on colTelephone rentals, &c. .. .. 240 11 6 lection of .. .. .. .. .. 35 1 4 Books, newspapers, &c. . . 88 3 8 Blufl - Stewart Island steamer service: Mail Legal expenses .. .. 6 4 8 subsidy .. .. .. .. .. 600 0 0 Measurement of ships .. .. 20 12 8 Fares, freight, &c. .. .. .. .. 1,276 19 9 Inquiries into shipping casualties 129 7 4 Services of lighthouse tender in respect of harbours 789 10 0 Overtime .. .. * . . 775 14 4 Rents of buildings and reserves .. .. 157 10 0 Salvage expenses . . .. 5 14 1 Sale of stores .. .. .. .. 52 2 10 Transfer expenses . . .. 9 3 6 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 4 13 8 Travelling-expenses .. .. 946 8 2 Examination expenses .. .. 272 15 4 Charts, saleable books, and forms 315 19 10 " New Zealand Nautical Almanac " 587 13 6 Preparation of tide-tables .. 550 0 0 Checking passenger traffic .. 127 3 11 Relief of distressed seamen .. 45 1 4 Grant to Imperial Shipping Committee .. .. .. 160 0 0 Subsidy : Bluff - Stewart Island steamer service .. . • 800 0 0 Miscellaneous expenses.. .. 8 10 34,573 7 I Head Office administration .. .. 7,027 11 9 Depreciation— Buildings .. .. .. 2,715 7 4 " G.S.S. " Matai" .. .. 4,053 13 4 Lighthouses .. .. .. 4,764 12 9 Furniture and equipment .. 688 8 6 12,222 1 11 Balance carried down .. .. .. 9,242 7 11 £117,976 10 4 £117,976 10 4 £ s. d. £ g. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 12,383 8 8 Balance brought down .. .. .. 9,242 711 Ellsworth Relief Expedition: Balance New Zea- Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 3,198 9 1 land Government's proportion of cost.. .. 57 8 4 £12,440 17 0 £12,440 17 0

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