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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Administration expenses— By Cables prepaid .. .. .. .. 46 2 1 Salaries— £ s. d. £ s. d. Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 0 1 New Zealand .. .. 1,358 15 11 Excess expenditure over income carried down .. 3,992 12 5 > a London .. .. .. 900 0 0 2,258 15 11 Office expenses .. .. 438 2 1 Supervision of domestics .. 24 6 10 Rent account .. .. 180 0 0 2,901 4 10 Grants, &c. .. .. .. .. 6 7 8 Grant, H. D. Thomson, late Under-Secretary, in lieu of leave on retirement .. .. .. 55 15 7 Passage-money, undesirables .. .. .. 88 4 0 Cost of cables .. .. .. .. 53 11 8 Exchange .. .. .. .. .. 036 Depreciation Reserve Account .. .. 45 2 10 I £ s. d. Passage-money paid .. .. 3,204 19 0 Less contributions £ s. d. by immigrants.. 1,532 19 0 Less contributions by Imperial Government .. 836 0 0 — 2,368 19 0 836 0 0 Furniture and fittings written off .. .. 6 2 6 Loans for passage-money written off .. .. 46 2 0 £4,038 14 7 £4,038 14 7 £ s. d. By Recoveries on account of expenditure on To Balance brought down .. .. .. 3,992 12 5 previous years— £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. ..149,369 19 11 New Zealand Government contributions Excess income on account of Public Works towards passage-money .. .. 460 2 0 Fund, National Development Account .. 535 15 11 Supervision of public-school boys .. 0 5 6 Supervision of domestics .. .. 0 6 9 Grants, &c. .. .. .. .. 15 0 Sale of furniture and fittings .. .. 73 16 8 Excess expenditure over income after charging interest: Administration Account .. 153,362 12 4 £153,898 8 3 £153,898 8 3 Notb. —The accounts include a charge against the Department for interest on capital for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Accounts— Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 649 1 5 Public Works Fund, 31st £ s. d. £ s. d. Stock— £ s. d. March, 1932.. .. 3,319,624 8 10 Stationery .. .. 40 0 0 Less recoveries on account Stamps .. .. 9 17 1 of expenditure previous Blankets .. .. 6 18 7 years, 1932-33 .. 582 13 10 56 15 8 3,319,041 15 0 Loans of passage-money to Creditors— immigrants .. .. .. 1,069 18 5 Departmental .. .. 110 0 Furniture and Fittings Sundry .. .. 34 17 2 Suspense Account .. .. 6 2 6 36 7 2 Sundry debtorsReserves— Departmental .. .. 104 16 9 Depreciation .. .. 522 17 4 Sundry .. .. 7 0 0 Bad debts .. .. 50 0 0 111 16 9 572 17 4 Administration Account .. .. 153,362 12 4 Passage-money deposited on National Development Acbehalf of immigrants .. .. .. 350 11 6 count ... .. 3,320,541 10 6 Imperial Government Less excess income, 1932-33 535 15 11 Loans to immigrants re- 3,320,005 14 7 covered but not paid .. 17 0 4 Contributions of passagemoney recovered but not paid .. .. .. 457 3 3 Contributions of passagemoney recovered and held in suspense .. .. 258 10 0 732 13 7 Recoveries on behalf of Commonwealth Government (Australia) .. .. .. 3 0 0 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. . . 6 2 6 Treasury Adjustment Account ... .. 154,518 14 7 £3,475,262 1 8 £3,475,262 1 8 Henry E. Moston, Acting Permanent Head. 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 note—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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