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CROWN LAW OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1940. Expenditure. £ Income. £ Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,846 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 115 Annual certificates .. .. .. .. .. 38 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 8,645 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 227 Postages .. .. .. .. .. . . 30 Purchase of Law Reports, &c. .. .. .. 77 Telephone servioes .. .. .. .. .. 142 Advertising, newspapers, &c. .. .. .. .. 9 Office fittings, requisites, repairs .. .. .. 8 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. 61 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. .. 10 Kent .. .. .. .. .. ■ • 312 £8,760 £8,760 £ £ Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 8,645 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. 8,687 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. .. 42 £8,687 £8,687

Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1940. Liabilities. £ Assets. £ Capital .. .. .. •• •• •• 1,077 Furniture, library, and mechanical appliances .. .. 1,077 Creditors — £ Debtors: Departmental .. .. .. .. 42 Departmental .. .. .. .. 70 Payments in advance .. .. .. .. 58 Sundry .. .. .. .. •• 44 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. .. 8,687 — 114 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 8,673 £9,864 £9,864 H. H. Cornish, Solicitor-General.

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]. —Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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