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CROWN LAW OFFICE. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .-. .. .. 5,515 17 1 By Law-costs .. .. .. .. 626 12 6 Annual certificates .. .. .. 26 5 C Balance carried down .. .. .. 5,702 8 3 Office fittings, repairs, and requisites .. 27 10 5 Postages .. .. .. .. 20 5 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 140 14 9 Purchase of Law Reports, &c. .. .. 46 7 7 Telephone subscriptions .. .. .. 78 10 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 48 7 4 Bent (a) .. .. .. .. 252 0 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 173 3 7 £6,329 0 9 £6,329 0 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 5,702 8 3 By Recoveries on account of expenditure of Interest on capital (ft) .. .. .. 146 7 7 previous years .. .. .. .. 7 4 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 5,841 11 10 £5,848 15 10 £5,848 15 10 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 3,252 18 8 Office furniture .. .. .. .. 327 14 5 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 1270 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 57 15 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 1,322 11 0 Library .. .. .. .. .. 2,937 13 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 4,619 17 3 Expenses paid in advance .. .. .. 42 19 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 5,841 11 10 £9,207 13 11 £9,207 13 11 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4 A per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1927. Arthur Fair, Solicitor-General. T hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet liave 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 note.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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