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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Expenditure. Income. To Administration expenses— By Recoveries, New Zealand Govern- £ s. d. Salaries. £s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. inent contributions .. .. 384 2 3 New Zealand .. 3,823 13 4 Cables Account .. .. .. 1,972 16 9 London .. .. 6,500 0 0 Exchanges Account .. .. 014 0 ■ 10,323 13 4 Excess of expenditure over income Temporary assistance .. 208 0 0 (carried down) .. 135,619 12 8 Office expenses .. .. 2,890 9 9 Supervision domestics .. 3,268 17 10 Less amount due by Imperial Government 65 12 5 3,203 5 5 Supervision public-school boys .. .. 379 8 9 Less amount due by Imperial Government 21 10 0 357 18 9 Rent .. .. .. 1,300 0 0 18,283 7 3 Grants, &c., to immigrants .. .. 1,551 9 10 Passage-money paid .. .. 264,417 17 6 Less contributions by— Immigrants .. 83,042 15 0 Imperial Government .. .. 78,344 15 0 — 161,387 10 0 — 103,030 7 6 Final additional cost of repatriation N.Z.E.E. soldiers' wives and fiances, 1919-20 .. .. .. 12,412 18 2 Passage-money, undesirables .. .. .. 440 11 0 Cables Account .. .. .. .. 2,137 1 0 Exchanges Account .. .. .. .. 19 2 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 56119 Loan for passage-money written off (deceased) .. 5 10 0 Writings-off in Suspense Account .. .. 8 0 0 Reserve for bad debts .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 £137,977 5 8 £137,977 5 8 £ s. d. By Recoveries of expenditure on account £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 135,619 12 8 of previous years— Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 29 910 New Zealand Government £ s. d. contributions.. 1,439 18 3 Cables .. 12 0 1,441 0 3 Excess expenditure over income after charging interest .. .. 134,208 2 3 £135,649 2 6 £135,649 2 6 Note.—lnterest at 4| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1924, has been included in the account although the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.