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MARINE DEPARTMENT. HEAD OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Accotjnt for the Year ended 31st March, 1938. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 9,463 11 9 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 10 11 2 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 813 0 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 11,168 7 7 Printing and stationery" .. .. .. 283 0 1 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 68 12 4 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. 192 16 7 Telephone rentals, &c. .. .. .. 107 6 1 Books, newspapers, &c. .. .. .. 29 19 6 Maintenance of typewriters, &c. .. .. 26 15 6 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. 15 4 0 Transfer expenses .. .. .. .. 8 8 2 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. 161 11 9 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 0 17 Depreciation : Furniture and equipment .. 8 115 £11,178 18 9 £11,178 18 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. .. 11,168 7 7 Apportionment of cost of administration to Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 8410 branches— Mercantile Marine Branch .. .. .. 6,688 4 7 Harbours Branch .. .. .. .. 510 6 5 Inspection of Machinery Branch .. .. 2,461 11 1 Fisheries Branch .. .. .. .. 816 10 4 Ross Dependency Account .. .. .. 50 0 0 Westport Harbour Account .. .. .. 600 0 0 Rock Oyster Industry Account .. .. 50 0 0 £11,176 12 5 £11,176 12 5 MERCANTILE MARINE BRANCH. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1938. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. Lighthouses — £ s. d. £ s. d. Light dues .. .. .. .. .. 107,072 7 7 General maintenance .. .. 27,202 17 8 Survey of ships .. .. .. .. 3,874 3 0 Working-expenses of tender .. 24,049 8 8 Engagement and discharge of seamen .. .. 1,976 8 8 51,252 6 4 Fines and forfeitures .. .. .. .. 107 2 4 Mercantile Marine offices, &c.— Deck-cargo licenses .. .. .. .. 43 15 0 Salaries .. .. .. 16,643 1 7 Plans of vessels, preparation and examination of 25 0 0 Services of Customs officers .. 1,935 0 0 Examination fees .. .. .. .. 25300 Coastal survey .. .. 2,847 12 10 Recoupment overtime: Surveyors of Ships .. 289 18 0 Rent .. .. .. 1,295 210 Sale of charts, books, and forms .. .. 968 18 9 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. 55 1 5 Sale of" New Zealand Nautical Almanac" .. 162 8 6 Printing and stationery .. 304 4 10 Registry of shipping fees .. .. .. 86 12 0 Office fittings and requisites .. 82 13 5 Repatriation expenses, distressed, &c., seamen .. 131 6 2 Postage, telegrams, and rent of Salvage .. .. .. .. .. 826 boxes .. .. .. 119 0 1 Cost awarded the Department— £ s. d. Telephone rentals, &c. .. 222 18 5 Nautical inquiries .. 10 10 0 Books, newspapers, &c. .. 107 5 3 Prosecutions under Shipping and SeaLegal expenses .. .. 10 13 10 men Act .. .. .. 9 9 0 Medical expenses .. .. 10 19 0 19 19 0 Inquiries into shipping casualties 117 19 4 Bahamas Island light dues, commission on colOvertime .. .. .. 242 3 6 lection of .. .. .. .. .. 35 15 7 Salvage expenses .. .. 315 0 Bluff - Stewart Island steamer service: Mail Transfer expenses .. .. 87 4 4 subsidy .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. 840 14 0 Fares, freight, &e. .. .. .. .. 982 7 3 Examination expenses .. 334 17 4 Services of lighthouse tender in respect of harbours 367 0 0 Charts, saleable books, and forms 510 11 6 Rents of buildings and reserves .. .. 147 9 6 " Now Zealand Nautical Almanac" 591 11 9 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 43 19 8 Preparation of tide-tables .. 550 0 0 Checking passenger traffic .. 105 9 9 Relief of distressed seamen .. 23 18 1 Grant to Imperial Shipping Committee .. .. .. 160 0 0 Subsidy : Bluff - Stewart Island steamer service .. .. 200 0 0 Miscellaneous expenses .. 10 17 10 Reserve for bad debts ... 500 27,417 15 11 Head Office administration .. .. 6,688 4 7 Depreciation— Buildings .. .. .. 2,706 4 2 G.S.S. " Matai" .. .. 4,042 8 4 Lighthouses .. .. .. 4,255 010 Furniture and equipment .. 589 4 8 11,592 18 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 19,744 8 8 £116,695 13 6 £116,695 13 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. •• 11,910 2 9 Balance brought down .. .. .. 19,744 8 8 Ellsworth Relief Expedition: New Zealand Government's proportion of cost .. .. 1,494 13 4 ■ Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 6,339 12 7 £19,744 8 8 £19,744 8 8

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