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POLICE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Expenditure. Income Administrative charges— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s . a. £ St dSalaries .. .. .. 492,504 14 2 Subsidies from local bodies .. 166 10 0 " •' •' 3,207 810 License fees: xlrms Act .. 3,114 17 6 Office expenses .. .. 1,173 0 4 Sale of confiscated firearms .. 34 19 10 lrintmg and stationery .. 5,224 810 Sale of confiscated liquor .. 146 11 6 I ostage and telegrams .. 4,118 410 Payments for special police services 1,800 14 0 Telephones .. .. 7,677 11 8 5 2 63 12 10 House allowances .. .. 33,669 13 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 663,421 7 0 Iranster expenses .. .. 5,056 4 5 Travelling-expenses .. 15,940 9 0 568,571 15 6 Other charges— Upkeep of bicycles, horses, and motor-vehicles .. .. 14,427 17 7 Freight, cartage, &c. . . 290 8 6 Clothing, stores, &c. .. 11,269 1 1 Fuel,light, water, scavenging 5,918 19 1 Police prosecutions .. 2,488 15 3 Prisoners' rations .. .. 984 10 6 Maintenance and repairs to buildings .. .. 18,108 15 11 Rewards .. .. .. 434 15 0 Medical expenses .. .. 404 7 7 Police examinations .. 192 6 11 Sundry expenses .. .. 40 8 9 Compassionate grants .. 523 6 7 55,083 12 9 | Depreciation on — Buildings .. .. .. 12,417 13 0 Furniture and fittings, &c. .. 1,112 9 1 | Libraries .. .. .. 713 18 4 Arms and accoutrements .. 329 7 7 Motor-vehicles, bicycles, and horses .. .. .. 828 14 1 15,402 2 1 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 29,627 9 6 £668,684 19 10 £668,684 19 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. Assets. I £ s. d. £ s d Capital: Public Works Fund .. .. 780,102 710 Land .. .. .. 257 383 19 7 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 500,376 10 7 Buildings .. .. " '' 333'.332 18 5 Creditors £ s. d. Stores and equipment .. .. .. 7'790 4 1 Departmental .. .. 1,584 17 3 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. Vqok 10 Sundry .. .. .. 2,421 17 2 Bicycles .. .. .. .. 100 15 g . . 4,006 14 5 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 2,912 2 ] Writings-off Suspense Account .. . . 616 7 9 Mechanical office appliances .. . . 243 0 6 Libraries .. .. .. .. 8,066 9 8 Arms and accoutrements .. .. .. 6,131 4 0 Horses .. .. .. .. .. ' 30 0 0 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 1,074 16 4 Debtors— £ s . a. Departmental .. .. 18 1 4 Sundry .. .. .. 72 10 4 90 11 8 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. 616 7 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 663,421 7 0 £1,285,102 0 7 £1,285,102 0 7 Note. The proportion of police to population was 1 to 1,129, and the cost per inhabitant for the year 1938-39 (exclusive of expenditure on the erection and maintenance of buildings, interest, and depreciation charges) was 7s. 5Jd. R. F. Madden, Secretary, Police Department. 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 B. ! [Pt„ IV].— Cyril Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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