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NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Administration charges-- £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sundry fees .. .. .. 217 0 Salaries .. ..11,014 11 7 Balance carried down .. .. 21,105 7 0 Audit .. .. 50 0 0 Meal allowances and overtime .. .. 81 11 11 Rent .. . . 1,345 4 1 Commission allowances, &c .. .. 4,960 13 5 Postages, telegrams, &c. 611 18 9 Telephone services .. 101 1 2 Post and Telegraph Department charges .. 610 16 0 Payment to Government Insurance for services of charwomen, &c. .. 31 12 0 Transfer and removal expenses of officers .. 195 511 Travelling-allowances, &c. 387 11 6 Printing and stationery 539 I(i 2 Office maintenance .. 124 14 10 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 51 18 5 Legal expenses .. 3 3 0 Medical examinations .. 2 2 0 20,112 0 9 Other items— Payments for statistical returns of sickness and mortality .. .. 885 4 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 158 9 0 Loss on realization of property .. 12 9 9 £21,168 4 0 £21,168 4 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 21,165 7 6 By excess of expenditure over income after Interest on capital .. .. .. 87 0 9 charging interest .. .. .. 21,252 8 3 £21,2 2 8 3 £21,252 8 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Capital Account .. .. .. 1,934 4 2 Furniture and liftings .. 1,389 17 8 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 1,547 2 9 Add additions .. .. 72 16 2 Depreciation Reserve Account . . .. 551 18 8 ■ — Writing off Suspense Account .. .. 12 9 9 1,462 13 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 19,800 9 9 Less disposals .. .. 38 13 0 1,424 0 10 Mechanical appliances .. .. 544 6 0 Stationery .. . . .. .. 592 4 4 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 33 5 2 I Excess of expenditure over income .. 21,252 8 3 £23,840 5 1 £23,846 5 I A. T. Traversi, Superintendent. J 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, except that the accounts include a charge for interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, 0. E. 0. Campbell. Controller and Auditor-General.