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COOK ISLANDS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 1,667 0 0 By Balance carried down .. .. .. 4,688 14 2 Advertising .. .. .. .. 16 8 5 Cook Islands lepers, maintenance of .. .. 1,419 2 I Expenses of visit of private Secretary to Rarotonga .. .. .. .. .. 84 6 11 Freight, cartage, &e. .. .. .. 1 16 6 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 49 0 0 Grant to Bureau of Tropical Diseases.. 50 0 0 ' Medical students, Fiji, maintenance of .. 50 12 6 Postages, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 329 411 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 72 19 5 School Journal, Cook Islands (cost of printing).. 14 14 4 Subsidy to Union Steam Ship Co. for steamer calls to Niue .. .. .. .. 450 0 0 Travelling-allowances .. .. .. 162 8 9 Visit of Secretary to Australia .. .. 65 0 7 Sundry expenses .. .. .. 11 14 8 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Reserve for losses .. .. .. .. 13 10 4 Telephone services .. .. .. 15 8 4 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 135 6 5 £4,688 14' 2 £4,688 14 2 £ s. (1. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 4,688 14 2 I By Excess of expenditure over income 47,762 4 10 Grants to Cook and Niue Islands Administration .. .. .. .. 22,039 0 0 " Maui Pomare " — £ s. d. Revenue Account (balance) .. 17,890 16 3 Interest on capital .. .. 2,948 13 5 20,839 9 8 Interest on capital .. .. .. 195 1 0 £47,762 4 10 £47,762 4 10 Note.—The following charges, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, are included : (a) Rental value as assessed by the Public Work.s Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930.

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