B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. to 1935.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries, agents' allowances, and overtime .. 36,084 3 6 By Penalties imposed by the Court in action brought Advertising, supply of newspapers, &c. .. 118 10 5 for breaches of awards and certain sections of Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles : Main- the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration tenance and repairing . . .. .. 627 19 2 Act, 1925, and the Apprentices Act, 1923 .. 277 18 0 Fees payable to assessors on Conciliation Factory registration fees .. .. .. 3,301 3 0 Councils .. .. .. .. 1,337 0 6 Servants'registry office license fees .. .. 30 6 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 48 2 5 Weights and measures verification fees .. 9,041 0 0 Heating and lighting of offices .. .. 166 13 3 Rent of buildings .. .. .. .. 58 13 9 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 12 14 0 Revenue from sale of seized articles .. .. 1 11 0 Postage, telegrams, telephone services .. 1,419 0 2 Charges for use of motor-vehicles and other Printing, stationery, office requisites, and type- incidental services in connection with weights writer repairs .. .. .. .. 1,622 2 5 and measures verification .. .. 1,517 7 4 Rates and repairs on property .. .. 11 411 Sale of departmental publications .. .. 190 310 Rent and rates on office accommodation .. 3,227 8 2 Services to Unemployment Board .. .. 7,585 4 2 Transfer expenses, travelling allowances and Excess of expenditure over income before expenses (Arbitration Court and Conciliation charging interest, carried down .. .. 30,217 3 3 Councils, £3,465 10s. 7d. ; departmental. £2,622 19s. 4d.).. .. .. .. 6,088 911 Commission on sale of literature . . .. 39 17 6 Miscellaneous expenses .. . . .. 30 2 10 Losses on realization of property .. . . 72 6 8 Compensation : Workers' Compensation Act .. 69 0 0 Grants to widows of deceased officers .. 104 6 0 Damages : Results of accidental collision . . 192 19 9 Provision for depreciation of assets .. .. 948 8 9 £52,220 10 4 £52,220 10 4 To Excess of expenditure over income before £ s. d. By Adjustment of bad debts and depreciation £ s. d. charging interest brought down .. .. 30,217 3 3 reserve .. .. .. .. 304 18 4 Interest on capital .. . . .. 357 5 6 Profit on realization of assets .. .. 16 14 3 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 30,252 16 2 £30,574 8 9 £30,574 8 9 Notes. —(1) The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (a) Rental value assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital. (2) No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the account. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 8,537 5 3 Land and buildings .. .. .. .. 521 6 0 Creditors — £ s. d. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, and bicycles .. .. 1,393 11 6 Departmental .. .. .. 569 911 Furniture and fittings .. .. . . 1,900 611 Sundry .. .. .. 140 1 6 Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 292 3 1 709 11 5 Library books .. .. .. .. 961 18 3 Reserve for bad debts .. .. .. 287 14 6 Weights and measures standards .. .. 3,467 19 6 Amounts held on deposit .. .. .. 476 3 4 Stationery .. .. .. .. . . 296 6 0 Writings-off, Suspense Account .. .. 78 9 4 Stamps .. .. .. . . .. 124 19 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 30,710 4 2 Payments in advance .. .. .. 50 10 3 Debtors — £ s. d. Departmental .. .. .. 126 9 3 Sundry .. .. .. 856 8 11 982 18 2 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 7894 Deposit Accounts .. .. .. .. 476 3 4 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 30,252 16 2 £40,799 8 0 £40,799 8 0 Henry E. Moston, Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, G. M. F. Jackson, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Incoilie 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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