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COOK ISLANDS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Administration expenditure— By Balance carried down .. .. .. 23,203 19 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 11,728 0 1 Advertising .. .. .. .. 24 611 Cook and other Islands Administration expenses .. .. . • .. 760 7 5 Freight .. .. .. .. Oil 0 Grant to Bureau of Tropical Diseases .. 50 0 0 Grant to education, Cook Islands.. . . 500 0 0 Grant to hospital, Rarotonga .. .. 1,000 0 0 Grant to new freezer, Rarotonga .. .. 1,000 0 0 Grant to wireless, Niue .. .. .. 2,268 19 5 Grant to wireless, Mangaia .. .. 378 16 1 Hire of G.S. " Tutanekai" .. .. 2,000 0 0 Motor-truck, Niue .. .. .. 249 1 3 Medical Service, Niue .. .. .. 250 0 0 Postages, telegrams, &c... .. .. 166 2 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 27 9 2 Subsidy, service to Niue.. .. .. 694 18 4 Telephone services . . . . .. 72 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 70 7 1 Tropical allowances .. .. . . 1,863 2 6 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 16 10 3 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 3 7 6 £23,203 19 0 | £23,203 19 0 | - £ s. d. j • £ g. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 23,203 19 0I By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 23,205 15 0 Interest on capital . . • . . .. 1 16 0 £23,205 15 0 £23,205 15 0 Note. —-The following charges, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, are included : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4|- per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1924. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1925. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 Sundry creditors .... .. .. .. 2,817 811 Office fittings and requisites .. 40 0 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 815 0 Additions .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 20,387 11 1 46 0 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 23,205 15 0 £23,253 15 0 £23,253 15 0 S. J. Smith, Acting-Secretary. 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 above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.