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STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Yeae ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. 17,393 18 11 By Adhesive stamps .. .. 80,471 12 1 Relieving and other allowances .. 84 0 2 Duty on instruments .. .. 616,706 19 7 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,872 4 9 Death duties .. .. .. 1,347,244 10 10 Postages and telephone subscriptions 1,308 8 5 Gift duty .. .. .. 61,573 2 3 Cost of printing stamps .. .. 9,170 18 7 Crown and Native rates .. .. 323 10 4 Fuel, light, and cleaning .. .. 147 8 5 Fines and penalties .. .. 3,492 6 8 Office and general expenses .. 157 16 4 Impressed stamps .. .. 135,426 15 1 Freight and cartage .. .. 180 12 2 Company licenses .. .. 59,508 3 0 Law-costs .. .. .. 440 13 6 Bank-note duty .. .. 197,557 18 11 Valuation fees .. .. .. 289 3 6 Totalizator-tax.. .. .. 616,844 11 11 Travelling-expenses .. .. 203 14 3 Amusements-tax .. .. 115,056 10 1 Itent of offices .. .. .. 2,51417 1 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. 840 6 1 Petitions .. .. .. 171 4 2 Totalizator inspection .. .. 773 17 6 Depreciation .. .. .. 590 13 10 Balance .. .. .. 3,199,746 15 4 £3,235,046 6 10 £3,235,046 6 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest .. .. .. 453 17 8 By Balance brought down .. .. 3,199,746 15 4 Balance .. .. .. 3,199,292 17 8 £3,199,746 15 4 £3,199,746 15 4 — I r _ , — Balance-sheet as at 31st Maech, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital as at Ist April, 1923.. .. 10,086 5 2 Deposit Account .. .. .. 135 1 1 Sundry depositors .. .. .. 135 1 1 Office furniture and fitSundry creditors— £ s. d. tings— £ s. d. Refunds .. ..8,694 0 0 Ist April, 1923 ..2,616 17 4 Expenditure.. .. 4,037 13 7 Additions during year 150 0 0 — 12,731 13 7 2,766 17 4 Death and gift duties suspense .. 4,371 1 0 Mechanical applicances— Depreciation reserve .. .. 2,320 17 4 Ist April, 1923 .. 594 5 6 Balance of income over expenditure .. 3,199,292 17 8 Additions during year 180 8 6 774 14 0 Library .. .. .. 175 0 0 Plant and machinery— Ist April. 1923 ..6,700 2 4 Additions during year 170 11 1 6,870 13 5 Stocks of paper and stamps on hand .. 1,405 17 6 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 269,914 5 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 2,946,895 7 3 £3,228,937 15 10 £3,228,937 15 10 15th January, 1925. J. Murray, Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 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 against the Department for rent and interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.— J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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