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Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Receipts. £ s. d. | Payments. £ s. d. To Sundry debtors .. .. .. 231,135 19 i \ By Salaries .. .. .. ■■ 85,693 5 5 Publications and publishing .. 3,498 12 9 Wages .. .. .. .. 31,226 10 1 Sales machinery, &c. .. .. 165 0 0 Overtime .. .. .. 2,652 9 3 Sale old typewriters .. .. 90 19 0 j Purchases stationery, paper, &c. .. 54,310 14 8 Refunds — I Purchases stores, &c. .. .. 6,720 13 9 Overcarge freight, &c. .. .. 103 15 5 Freight, insurance, &c. .. .. 7,029 10 8 Salaries and Wages .. .. 34 4 4 Machinery (new and repairs to) .. 4,763 8 1 Postage .. .. .. 85 13 1 Type, &c. .. .. .. 539 13 8 Monotype extras, &c. .. .. 2,392 610 Monotype metal .. .. .. 500 14 8 Fuel, gas, power, &c. .. .. 3,202 3 6 Medica) services .. .. .. 157 8 3 Office equipment .. .. .. 420 2 9 Postage and telegrams .. .. 1,399 7 0 Telephone services .. .. 136 3 9 Refund of amounts overpaid .. 4 17 2 Window-cleaning and rubbish-removal 94 15 9 Proportion rent, High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 Motor-vehicles —Running expenses .. 52 13 10 Wages—Charwomen, watchmen, &c. 2,240 16 7 Audit fees .. .. .. 50 0 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 306 13 10 Domestic telephones .. .. 262 13 6 Refund Departments for publications, &c .. .. 11,081 5 3 Balance, Treasury Adjustment Account 19,625 15 8 £235,114 3 11 £235,114 3 11

Trading Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

Per Cent. Per Cent. Dr. ' Or, 1924. 1925. I 1924. 1925. To— j I By— I Paper and material— £ s. d. £ s. d. Sales— £ s. d. £ s. d. Stock at beginning 24,499 12 0 Manufacturing .. 191,157 5 3 Add purchases .. 36,744 13 9 Less work in pro- — : gress, 31st March, 61,244 5 9 1924 .. .. 13,433 14 11 Less stock on hand, 31stMarch, 1925 20,682 13 4 177,723 10 4 40,561 12 5 18-78 18 03 Add work in proStationery— gress, 31 st March, Stock at beginning 8,864 16 3 1925.. .. 10,578 2 3 Add purchases .. 23,989 4 11 188,301 12 7 32,854 1 2 Stationery and Less stock on hand, publico tiuns .. 29,010 4 3 31st March, 1925 11,343 16 6 Typewriters .. 3,598 3 2 21,510 4 8 10-26 9-57, 220,910 0 0 98-04 98-22 Typewriters — Discounts received .. 170 11 5 0-06 0-09 Stock at beginning 1,447 15 1 Add purchases .. 3,231 16 6 4,679 11 7 Less stock on hand, 31st March, 1925 1,447 0 2 3,232 11 5 1-08 1-44 Wages (productive) 80,809 7 6 40-18 35-93 Wages(establishment) 25,508 6 10 11-53 11-34 Wages (Stationery Office) .. 4,531 19 5 2-05 2-01 Freight (inward) .. 5,877 12 1 2-75 2-62 Lighting (proportion) 488 0 1 0-18 0-22 Power .. .. 1,200 12 6 0*57 0-54 Fuel .. .. 1,183 5 6 0-54 0-53 Water .. .. 117 3 0 0-06 0-05 119,716 6 11 Balance to Profit and Loss .. .. •• 36,059 16 0 10-12 16-03 £221,080 11 5 9810 98-31 £221.080 11 5 98-10 98-31