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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d To Salaries .. .. .. 26,913 510 By Balance carried down .. .. 131,103 17 7 Printing, &c. .. .. .. 9,510 17 8 Postages, telegrams, and telephones.. 1,117 12 5 Lighting, heating, &e. .. .. 1,252 3 5 Maintenance of grounds .. .. 155 0 7 Travelling-expenses .. .. 914 3 11 Sundry expenses .. .. 966 17 3 Newspapers, &e. .. .. .. 126 15 8 Payments under Civil List Act, 1920 47,819 1 2 Rent .. .. .. .. 28,103 0 0 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. •. 4,412 8 4 Maintenance of staff 601 16 0 Maintenance of glassware, &c. .. 103 0 9 Laundry-work .. 140 5 0 Charwomen, &c. .. 239 0 0 Lighting, heating, &c. 618 19 5 Printing, &c. .. 65 8 0 Depreciation .. 142 11 1 — — 6,323 8 7 Depreciation, Legislative Department .. .. .. 5,964 2 1 Postage-stamp allowance to members .. .. .. 1,917 0 0 Typewriter repairs .. .. 20 9 0 £131,103 17 7 £131,103 17 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. 131,103 17 7 By Excess expenditure over income after Interest on capital— £ s. d. charging interest .. .. 136,127 14 9 Legislative •• 4,808 18 5 Bellamy's .. 214 18 9 — 5,023 17 2 £136,127 14 9 £136,127 14 9 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. Assets. Capital Aecount— £ s. d. £ s. d. Furniture, fittings, &c. — £ s. d. £ s. d. Legislative .. .. 106,864 19 2 Legislative .. .. 24,695 15 1 Bellamy's .. .. 4,776 8 7 Bellamy's .. .. 1,919 19 2 111,641 7 9 26,615 14 3 Sundry creditors (out- Sundry debtors .. .. 2,530 6 7 standing expenses) .. 420 510 Mechanical appliances, Depreciation Reserve Ac- typewriters .. .. 1,068 15 7 count— Silver, glassware, &e. — Legislative .. .. 22,007 2 2 Legislative .. .. 473 4 7 Bellamy's .. .. 285 2 2 Bellamy's .. .. 3,197 7 1 — 22,292 4 4 3,670 11 8 Treasury Adjustment Ac- General Assembly Library .. .. 77,763 18 7 count .. .. .. 118,313 12 0 Books, &c. (reference) .. .. 4,245 13 0 Publications on hand .. .. 367 13 6 Stationery on hand .. .. .. 277 2 0 Excess expenditure over income .. 136,127 14 9 £252,667 9 11 £252,667 9 11 E. W. Kane, Clerk, House of Representatives. W. Russell, Accountant. 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 except that the accounts include charges for rent and interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation, and credits for services rendered to several Departments for which the Departments concerned possess no parliamentary appropriation.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and. Auditor-General.

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