8.-—1 [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1938.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1938. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ g. d. Salaries, agents' allowances, and overtime .. 64,112 14 10 Penalties imposed by the Court in action brought Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. 684 7 8 for breaches of awards and certain sections of Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles : Main- the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, tenance and repairing .. .. .. 2,390 8 5 1925, and the Apprentices Act, 1923 .. .. 668 4 8 Fees payable to assessors on Conciliation Councils 5,369 19 4 Factory registration fees .. .. .. 4,230 10 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 81 12 6 Servants'registry office license fees .. .. 27 15 0 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. 490 5 6 Weights and measures verification fees .. 9,761 511 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 349 610 Rent of buildings .. .. .. ... 58 13 3 Postage, telegrams, telephone services .. .. 3,212 5 3 Revenue from sale of seized articles .. .. 17 6 Printing, stationery, office requisites, and type- Profit on realization of assets .. .. 0 5 8 writer repairs .. .. .. .. 5,261 11 1 Charges for use of motor-vehicles and other inciRates and repairs on property .. .. 20 10 2 dental services in connection with weights and Rent and rates on office accommodation .. 4,285 1 5 measures verification .. .. .. 1,574 14 0 Transfer expenses, travelling allowances and ex- Sale of departmental publications .. .. 570 18 10 penses — Excess of expenditure over income before charging Arbitration Court and Conciliation £ s. d. interest carried down .. .. .. 86,842 11 2 Councils .. .. .. 8,652 4 7 Departmental .. .. 5,697 10 7 14,349 15 2 Commission on sale of literature .. . . 113 13 7 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 31 5 4 Expenses of delegation to Geneva Conference .. 1,400 0 0 Nugatory expenditure provisionally written off .. 9 7 1 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 1,501 8 3 Bad debts .. .. .. .. .. 72 13 7 £103,736 6 0 £103,736 6 0 Excess of expenditure over income before charging £ s. d. £ s. d. interest brought down .. .. .. 86,842 11 2 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 87,287 15 3 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 445 4 1 £87,287 15 3 | £87,287 15 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1938. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 11,269 5 4 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 456 10 0 Creditors — £ s. d. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles .. .. 3,068 15 0 Departmental .. .. .. 947 16 7 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 2,660 19 8 Sundry .. .. .. 851 2 6 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 511 9 5 — 1,798 19 1 Library books .. .. .. .. 1,018 4 8 Reserve for bad debts .. .. .. 190 9 3 Weights and measures standards .. .. 3,553 6 7 Amounts held on deposit .. .. .. 744 7 1 Stationery .. . . .. .. .. 420 19 1 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 98 5 3 Stamps .. . . .. .. . . 184 4 4 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 89,324 16 0 Payments in advance .. .. .. 2,447 9 9 Debtors— £ s. d. Departmental .. .. 122 13 7 Sundry .. .. .. 851 2 4 — 973 15 11 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 98 5 3 Deposit Accounts .. .. .. .. 744 7 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 87,287 15 3 £103,426 2 0 £103,426 2 0 E. B. Taylor, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labour. G. M. F. Jackson, Chief Clerk. 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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