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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT—continued. Income and Expenditure Account— continued. Registrar-General's Office. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 8,287 9 1 By Registration and other fees— Registration of births, deaths, and marriages— Registration of births, deaths, and marriages 17,104 7 2 Payment to non-permanents .. .. 419 18 8 Dentists Act .. .. .. .. 16 2 6 Payment to Post Office .. .. .. 1,398 11 6 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 628 9 7 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 701 8 3 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 830 9 7 Special grants .. .. .. .. 48 7 8 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 179 10 3 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 194 14 1 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 4,431 11 0 £17,120 9 8 £17,120 9 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 113 13 1 By Balance .. .. .. .. 4,431 11 0 Balance, being excess incomo over expenditure 4,317 17 11 £4,431 11 0 £4,431 11 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Buildings— £ s. d. £ s. d. Public Works Fund .. .. 518,939 19 6 Brick .. .. .. .. 235,651 1 9 Consolidated Fund .. .. 54,965 4 8 Wood .. .. .. 70,645 3 9 573,905 4 2 Less writings - off, Suspense Creditors — Account 38 0 0 Sundry .. .. .. 4,078 9 8 70,607 3 9 Departmental .. .. 1,996 9 7 Sites .. .. .. .. 210,656 15 3 6,074 19 3 Patent Office Library .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 99,461 11 10 Office furniture and fittings .. 44,483 8 6 Less writings - off, Suspense Account .. .. .. 26 19 9 — 44,456 8 9 Mechanical appliances .. .. 4,474 18 6 Less writings - off, Suspense Account .. .. .. 4 110 ■ 4,470 7 6 Stores on hand .. .. .. 2,497 5 0 Official stamps on hand .. .. 566 22 Debtors— Sundry .. .. .. 265 9 10 Departmental .. .. 220 12 9 486 2 7 Less writings - off, Suspense Account .. .. 28 2 0 458 0 7 Payments in advance .. .. .. 736 9 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 85,784 1 2 Excess expenditure over income— Courts .. .. .. 30,929 11 0 Less excess income over expenditure (Patents, £5,993 7s. 4d.; Bankruptcy, £2,060 ss. lOd.; RegistrarGeneral's Office, £4,317 17s. lid.) .. .. 12,371 11 1 18,557 19 11 £679,441 15 3 £679,441 15 3 ' i , _. Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department: (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital. B. L. Dallard, Under-Secretary. G. 0. Hall, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts 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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