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Table B. PRISONS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1934. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Rations .. .. .. .. .. 20,486 16 7 By Rents of departmental buildings .. .. 3,670 010 Clothing, footwear, and equipment .. .. 7,299 9 9 Sundry credits and recoveries .. .. 5,103 13 10 Earnings, wages, and gratuities, prisoners' and Value of prison labour capitalized on works .. 3,687 10 9 dependants .. .. .. .. 16,681 15 0 Surplus on industry working .. .. 9,058 12 4 Hospital maintenance and medicines .. 1,358 11 7 Net cost, departmental upkeep .. .. 133,517 7 2 Transport and travelling expenses .. .. 4,908 9 5 Maintenance, buildings and grounds .. 1,327 4 0 Salaries and allowances .. .. .. 47,287 13 2 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 5,996 14 10 Postage, telegrams, stationery, &c. .. .. 1,099 10 4 Interest and depreciation .. .. .. 44,493 17 7 Administrative expenses .. .. .. 4,097 2 8 £155,037 4 11 £155,037 4 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1934. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 989,170 0 0 Land, buildings, and improvements .. .. 868,513 8 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 188,323 12 7 Farm, live-stock, implements, &c. .. .. 40,582 3 3 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 5,820 1 7 Plant, machinery, equipment, and stores .. 96,546 10 4 Accrued earnings .. .. .. .. 6,567 12 8 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 3,653 3 1 Deposits .. .. .. .. .. 542 3 1 Deposits .. .. .. .. .. 1,594 1 5 Writings-off in Suspense: Sundry stores and Expenditure paid in advance .. • .. 120 10 0 live-stock .. .. .. .. 1,483 11 2 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 1,483 11 2 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 42,167 16 9 Departmental cost for year— £ s. d. Prisons and administration 133,517 7 2 Prisons Board find probation 3,728 9 11 137,245 17 1 £1,191,907 1 1 £1,191,907 1 1 G. 0. Hall, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant.

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