B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1935.

POLICE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1935, Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Administrative charges— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Subsidies from loca! bodies .. 241 10 0 Salaries .. .. .. 347,991 0 2 License fees, Arms Act .. 2,895 7 6 Pent •• •• •• 2,828 18 11 Sale of confiscated firearms .. 158 8 2 Office expenses .. .. 954 14 10 Sale of confiscated liquor .. 159 0 8 Printing and stationery .. 3,686 13 8 Payment for special police serPostage and telegrams .. 3,876 13 4 vices .. .. .. 1,215 17 4 Telephones .. .. 6,681 3 1 Interest .. .. .. 33 3 9 House allowances .. .. 23,577 0 6 4,703 7 5 Transfer expenses .. .. 4,268 10 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 480,336 9 5 Travelling-expenses .. 13,446 19 2 — 407,311 13 8 Other charges — Upkeep of bicycles, horses, and motor-vehicles .. 9,115 15 10 Freight, cartage, &c. .. 230 13 11 Clothing, stores, &c. .. 9,102 1 3 Fuel, light, water, scavenging 4,320 4 1 Police prosecutions .. 2,747 3 7 Prisoners' rations .. .. 565 5 4 Maintenance and repairs to buildings, &c. .. .. 7,703 11 1 Rewards .. .. .. 252 0 0 Medical expenses .. .. 407 11 9 Police examinations .. 149 4 1 Compassionate allowances .. 200 0 0 Sundry expenses .. .. 51 3 11 34,844 14 10 Depreciation on— Buildings .. .. 11,772 15 0 Office furniture .. .. 854 1 3 Mechanical office appliances.. 83 2 11 Libraries .. .. 608 5 6 Arms and accoutrements .. 354 910 Motor-vehicles .. .. 265 2 10 Bicycles .. .. . . 15 10 0 Horses .. .. .. 48 0 0 — 14,001 7 4 Loss on stores sold, &c. .. 103 4 7 Loss on buildings sold, &c. .. 9 4 0 Rent irrecoverable .. .. 80 3 3 192 11 10 Interest on capital .. .. .. 28,689 92 £485,039 16 10 £485,039 16 10 Note. —The accounts include charges for interest and expenditure on construction of buildings, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, and also credit for rent from the Valuation Department for which that Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—No cost of exchange on payments made in London is reflected in the account. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital: Liability to Treasury, Public Works Land .. .. .. .. .. 226,020 19 1 Eund, 31st March, 1935 .. .. .. 676,362 16 11 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 305,076 13 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 362,214 9 7 Office furniture .. .. .. .. 3,811 15 9 Creditors — £ s. d. Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 95 610 Departmental .. .. 381 11 0 Libraries .. .. .. .. .. 7,843 12 2 Sundry .. .. .. 1,766 17 3 Arms and accoutrements .. .. .. 8,002 16 10 2,148 8 3 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 1,319 1 9 Writings-ofl, Suspense Account .. 180 4 9 Bicycles .. .. .. .. .. 132 7 2 Horses .. .. .. .. .. 155 0 0 Stores and equipment .. .. .. 6,693 5 7 Official stamps on hand .. .. .. 1,088 6 11 Debtors : Sundry .. .. .. . . 149 19 10 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 180 4 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 480,336 9 5 £1,040,905 19 6 £1,040,905 19 6 Note.—The proportion of police to population was 1 to 1,280, and the cost per inhabitant for the year 1934-35 (exclusive of expenditure on the erection and maintenance of buildings, interest, and depreciation charges) was ss. 7d. E. F. Madden, Secretary, Police Department. 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon. —G. E. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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