B.—l [Pt. IV], Sup. to 1933.

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1933. Expenditure. Income. To Annual appropriations as £ s d under: — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Administration expenses from other funds .. 61,969 16 2 Salaries .. .. 159,014 6 2 Miscellaneous services, &c, for other DepartSurveys .. .. 16,179 8 9 ments and funds 25,653 3 4 Rent of offices .. .. 10,-267 10 3 Miscellaneous office fees .. .. 3 829 14 6 Inspection of Crown Land 8,912 3 2 Lease fees .. .. 2 134 13 7 Land Board fees .. 4,158 1 8 . " Lithographs .. .. .'. " 1*549 13 0 Postages .. .. 3,036 2 1 Interest on advances, Greymouth Technical Travelling-expenses .. 2,92114 7 Hokitika High School Account .. .. 40 5 0 Maintenance (motors, Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 21154 £2,086 6s. 10d. ; office Balance, carried down .. '.'. 140 695 8 5 equipment, £180 3s. 1 Id.; Survey instruments, £29 12s. 9d. ; typewriters, £173 4s. 6d.) .. 2,469 8 0 Printing and stationery and office requisites .. 2,361 10 1 Advertising, &c. .. 1,975 13 6 Telephone services .. 1,477 17 7 Sundry administration costsf 1,438 6 9 Tracing-cloth and other draughting requisites .. 1,175 6 8 Sundry office expenses .. 705 5 6 Grants and subsidies .. 13,420 6 2 229,513 0 11 (The above includes expenditure on reconstruction work in Hawke's Bay, totalling £11,301 16s. 4d.) Depreciation on departmental assets— £ g. d. Furniture and fittings .. 1,489 3 1 Machinery and instruments 1,163 16 6 Motor-vehicles .. .. 1,668 1 9 4,321 1 4 Departmental assets written off: Writingsoff in suspense .. .. .. 996 1 6 Lithos used in office and issued free to other Departments .. .. .. .. 1,019 10 0 Discount on lithos .. .. 44 15 7 £235,894 9 4 £235,894 9 4 £ s. d. £ s d To Balance brought down .. .. .. 140,695 8 5 By Balance: Excess of expenditure over income Interest on capital .. .. .. 5,493 12 1 for year ended 31st March, 1933 .. .. 146,571 6 1 Adjustment on account of previous years .. 382 5 7 £146,571 6 1 £146,571 6 1 Note.—The above account includes charges for assessed rents on Government buildings, interest on capital, and administration expenses in respect of territorial revenue, for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933. Liabilities. £ s. d. ; Assets. £ s d Capital Account .. .. .. 122,308 810 Machinery and instruments .. .. .. 18,457 9 9 Sundry creditors— £ s. d. Furniture and fittings .. .. . 20 698 17 10 Departmental .. .. 1,857 4 9 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 9,659 16 1 Miscellaneous .. .. 741 8 3 Lithographs, &e. .. .. .. .. 69,954 210 Payments in advance— Publications .. .. .. .. 769 0 0 Account, lithos .. .. 0 8 11 Advances from Consolidated Fund — Account, miscellaneous office fees 4 6 0 Compensation for improvements— £ s. d. 2,603 7 11 Otago University endowment.. 444 2 4 Depreciation Reserves— Greymouth Technical and HokiFurniture and fittings .. ..10,744 4 7 tika High School Endowment 875 0 0 Machinery and instruments ..11,675 9 6 Advances to Kauri-gum Board 1,450 0 0 Motor-vehicles .. .. 6,927 18 6 2 769 2 4 29,347 12 7 DebtorsReserve for obsolete lithos .. .. 21,617 1 3 Departmental .. .. 6,442 5 8 Writings-off in Suspense Account .. .. 317 4 9 Local bodies for standard survey 1,383 6 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 102,028 19 8 Miscellaneous office fees .. 614 5 1 For lithos supplied . . .. 96 12 6 For instruments supplied .. 22 10 0 Miscellaneous.. .. .. 146 6 8 ■ — 8,705 6 4 Stamps on hand .. . . .. . . 106 18 7 Unexpired railway season tickets . . .. 213 10 5 Losses in Suspense Account: Lithos, stores, &c. 317 4 9 Income and Expenditure Account : Excess of expenditure over income for year ended 31st March, 1933 .. .. .. . . 146,571 6 1 £278,222 15 0 £278,222 15 0 ===== I _ W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wμ. 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. The following comment is appended : Expenditure under the New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Act, 1874, totalling £1,477 18s. 6d., which is included in the Income and Expenditure Account, should in the opinion of the Audit Office be included in the Revenue Account of the Crown Lands Account, and shown as a charge against rents. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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