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INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1921. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. 6,530 8 5 Official stamps, Head Office and branches 51 17 9$ Treasury Adjustment Account.. .. 41,300 0 0 Standardized-footwear samples .. 89 0 8J Office furniture and fittings and valuation— £ s. d. Head Office .. 1,085 10 3 Auckland Branch .. 316 12 9 Christchurch Branch 198 17 11 Dunedin Branch .. 153 10 0 1,754 10 11 Land and building, Head Office .. 4,634 19 0 Excess of expenditure over income— £ s. d. Administrative services 15,800 0 0 Non-administrative services .. .. 25,500 0 0 41,300 0 0 £47,830 8 5 £47,830 8 5 Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1921. Revenue Account No. 1. — Administrative Services. Expenditure. Income. Salaries (including overtime and meal £ s. d. Fines under section 32, Board of Trade £ s. d. allowances) .. .. .. 12,262 15 7 Act, 1919 .. .. .. . V •.. 4,545 0 0 Advertising, books, newspapers, &c. .. 589 511 Rent of post-office boxes and telephones, Distribution of commodities, including paid in advance .. .. .. 142 16 5 freight, cartage, and transport .. 101 12 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. 15,506 3 0 Audit fees .. .. .. .. 12 13 4 Fuel, light, power, and office-cleaning .. 90 13 4 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 544 3 1 Office stationery and requisites .. 219 3 2 Price-investigation Tribunals .. .. 2,241 14 9 Promotion of sale of New Zealand manufactures in outside markets .. .. 23 11 9 Postages, telegrams, rent of boxes, and telephone services .. .. .. 1,352 19 7 Standardized footwear — Expenses of exhibit .. .. .. .. 0 8 6 Travelling allowances and expenses, Head office and branches, Advisory Committees .. ... .. .. 2,169 1 0 Rent—Head Office and branches .. 585 16 8 £20,193 19 5 £20,193 19 5 Revenue Account No. 2. — Non-administrative Services. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. Subsidies to steamer services: — £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over income .. 25,500 0 0 New Zealand-Vancouver (half) .. 10,000 0 0 New Zealand-San Francisco (half) .. 12,500 0 0 Reorganization of New Zealand Court, Imperial Institute, London .. .. 3,000 0 0 £25,500 0 0 £25,500 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance, Revenue Account No. 1 .. 15,506 3 0 By Balance .. .. .. .. 41,300 0 0 Interest on capital .. .. 293 17 0 Balance, Revenue Account No. 2 .. 25,500 0 0 £41,300 0 0 £41,300 0 0 J. W. Collins, Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce. Memo.—The Department is also administering accounts relating to the distribution of wheat and sugar. These will b; the subjects of separate statements, becauso of the fact that the wheat year ends on the 31st December, and the first sugar contract had not terminated on the 31st March, 1921.