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AUDIT DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 39,300 12 8 By Audit fees .. .. .. .. 20,177 8 2 Allowances to Audit Officers, London .. 151 7 8 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 26,701 5 1 Pay of non-permanents .. .. .. 1,126 8 5 Advertising books and publications .. .. 71 0 3 Office fittings and requisites .. .. 78 16 8 Overtime and meal allowance .. .. 166 4 6 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. 220 3 10 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 367 17 7 Rent (a).. .. .. .. .. 1,580 9 1 Telephone services .. .. .. 13 J 14 3 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 119 16 2 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 3,397 12 7 Removal of furniture .. .. .. 0 10 0 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 0 2 6 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 164 14 8 Furniture and fittings broken (written off) .. 12 5 £46,878 13 3 £46,878 13 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance carried down .. .. .. 26,701 5 1 By Excess of expenditure over income after Interest on capital (b) .. .. .. 104 6 0 charging interest on capital .. .. 26,805 11 1 £26,805 11 1 £26,805 11 1 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 as at Ist April, 1925. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 2,317 14 9 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,623 7 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 27,898 15 7 Books .. .. .. .. .. 631 17 1 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 381 0 3 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 268 16 9 Fees paid in advance .. .. .. 52 10 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 1,880 2 3 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 727 6 7 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 41 2 2 Writings off Suspense Account .. . . 12 5 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 121 12 6 Expenses paid in advance .. .. .. 6 0 9 Excess of expenditure over income .. 26,805 11 1 £31,378 10 1 £31,378 10 1 J. H. Fowler, Chief Clerk. 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.