B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1932.

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Annual appropriations as under : — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Administration expenses from other funds .. 64,546 5 4 Salaries .. .. .. 178,125 2 5 Miscellaneous services, &c., for other DepartSurveys .. .. .. 13,595 12 5 ments .. .. .. .. .. 41,171 4 6 Rent of offices .. .. 10,945 19 11 Miscellaneous office fees .. .. .. 4,104 3 2 Reconstruction of Hawke's Lease fees .. .. .. .. 2,302 4 11 Bay .. .. .. 10,710 0 2 Lithographs .. .. .. .. 2,082 2 8 Inspection of Grown lands .. 9,301 7 2 Valuation fees .. .. .. .. 877 15 10 Grants and subsidies .. 21,437 17 0 Recoveries on account standard surveys .. 536 2 3 Postages, &c. .. .. 5,380 9 6 Interest on advances, Greymouth Technical and Land Board fees .. .. 3,753 13 9 Hokitika High Schools Account .. .. 51 5 9 Travelling-expenses .. 3,280 14 1 Timber-floating fees .. .. .. 11 10 0 Advertising .. .. 2,504 5 2 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 66 12 8 Maintenance: Motor-vehicles, Balance carried down .. .. .. 161,720 18 % £2,231 17s. 4d.; office equipment, £563 lis. 2d... 2,795 8 6 Office requisites .. .. 3,320 18 3 Telephones .. .. 918 10 10 Education reserve .. 434 17 3 Sundry office expenses .. 2,036 17 1 268,541 13 6 Depreciation on departmental assets— Furniture and fittings .. 1,531 13 8 Machinery and instruments.. 1,639 13 11 Motor-vehicles .. .. 1,691 4 5 4,862 12 0 Departmental assets written off : Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. .. 2,285 910 Lithos used in office and issued free to other Departments .. .. .. . • 1,305 0 6 Rates on unoccupied areas in Rangitaiki and Hauraki Plains Drainage Districts.. .. 368 17 10 Discount on lithos, &c. .. .. .. 102 2 1 Miscellaneous .. .. .. . • 4 10 0 £277,470 5 9 £277,470 5 9 , £ s. d. £ s. d. By Adjustment on account of previous years .. 586 16 2 To Balance brought down .. .. .. 161,720 18 8 Balance: Excess of expenditure over income Interest on capital .. .. .. 5,167 14 1 for year ended 31st March, 1932 .. .. 166,301 16 7 £166,888 12 9 £166,888 12 9 The above account includes charges for assessed rents on Government buildings, interest on capital, and administration expenses iu respect of territorial revenue, for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 121,413 8 4 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 19,752 8 0 Sundry creditors — Machinery and instruments .. .. .. 18,146 1 7 Departmental .. .. 1,216 12 4 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 9,336 11 10 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,148 14 4 Lithographs, &c. .. .. .. .. 70,371 6 3 Payments in advance— Publications .. .. .. .. 776 10 0 Account lithos .. .. 1 14 5 Payments out of Consolidated Fund Miscellaneous office fees ..4 6 0 on account of compensation Instruments .. 20 0 0 for improvements— £ s. d. 2,391 7 I Otago University Endowment .. 444 2 4 Depreciation Reserves— Greymouth Technical and HokiFurniture and fittings .. 9,297 7 6 tika High Schools .. .. 1,136 8 4 Machinery and instruments .. 10,622 9 0 — 1,580 10 8 Motor-vehicles .. .. 5,347 16 11 Advances Kauri-gum Control Board .. 1,450 0 0 25,267 13 5 DebtorsReserve for obsolete lithographs .. .. 21,042 0 0 Departmental .. .. 7,646 1 3 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 418 9 7 Local bodies for standard surveys 2,283 19 4 Suspense Account .. .. .. . ■ 25 0 0 Miscellaneous office fees .. 686 0 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 128,879 0 0 For lithos supplied .. .. 105 710 For instruments supplied .. 55 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. 257 3 9 11,033 12 10 Stamps on hand .. .. .. .. 92 11 11 Unexpired railway season tickets .. .. 176 19 2 Losses in Suspense : Lithos, stores, &c. .. 418 9 7 Income and Expenditure Account: Excess of of expenditure over income for year ended 31st March, 1932 .. .. .. .. 166,301 16 7 £299,436 18 5 £299,436 18 5 W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wm. E. Shaw, 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, subject to the above departmental note.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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