B.—l [Pt. IV], SUP. TO 1930.

LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1935.

Expenditure. Income. To Annual appropriations as under — £ s. cl. £ s. d. By Administration expenses charged to other De- £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 174,943 14 10 partments and funds .. .. .. 80,760 16 5 Inspection of Crown land .. 11,375 13 9 Miscellaneous services for other Departments Surveys .. .. .. 9,816 1 6 and funds .. .. .. .. 21,781 5 8 Rents of offices .. .. 9,978 11 6 Miscellaneous office fees .. .. .. 3,392 19 11 Land Board fees .. .. 3,910 13 5 Lease fees .. .. .. .. 2,104 11 6 Travelling-expenses .. 3,357 17 8 Profit on sale of lithographs .. .. 1,694 0 7 Postages.. .. .. 3,087 15 4 Profit on disposal of other assets .. .. 216 511 Maintenance : Motors, £1,827 Interest on advances, Greymouth Technical and 10s. 6d.; office equipment, Hokitika High Schools Endowment .. 25 10 0 £560 lis. Bd.; survey Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 6 8 9 equipment, £53 7s. 2d.; Balance carried down .. .. .. 138,023 1 6 typewriters, &c., £236 14s. sd. . . . • 2,678 3 9 Printing and stationery .. 2,174 4 7 Telephone services . ■ 1, 950 6 2 Advertising, books, &c. .. 1,941 12 6 Sundry administration costs 1,369 19 6 Sundry office expenses .. 937 9 1 Tracing-cloth and draughting requisites .. .. 889 0 10 Grants and subsidies (irrecoverable expenditure on reconstruction work in Hawke's Bay Land District amounted to £4,151 Bs. 5d.) 13,577 2 11 241,988 7 4 Depreciation of assets — Furniture and fittings .. 1,556 4 7 Machinery, instruments, and general equipment . . 1,290 6 7 Motor-vehicles .. .. 1,519 12 7 —— 4,366 3 9 Writings-off in Suspense .. . . •. 133 7 2 Lithographs, &c., used in office and issued free to other Departments .. .. .. 1,41515 3 Discount on lithographs .. .. .. 101 6 9 £248,005 0 3 £248,005 0 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. ■■ 138,023 1 6 By Adjustments on account of previous year .. 41 0 8 Interest on capital .. .. .. 4,25311 4 Balance : Excess of expenditure over income for year ended 31st March, 1935 .. ..142,235 12 2 £142,276 12 10 £142,276 12 10 Notes. —(1) 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 appropriations; (2) no charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the accounts ; (3) expenditure under the New Plymouth Harbour Endowment Act, 1874, totalling £1,592 4s. lid., which is included in the Income and Expenditure Account, is calculated on the basis of certain rents shown in the Revenue Account of the Crown Lands Account. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d f ; Capital Account .. .. .. .. 73,395 7 1 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 8,874 11 9 Sundry creditors Machinery and instruments and general equipDepartmental .. .. •• •• 2,590 17 4 ment .. .. .. .. •• 7,506 011 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,460 11 6 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 5,453 14 11 Payments in advance— £s. d. Lithographs, &o. .. .. .. 48,936 410 Lithographs .. .. .. 2 6 0 Publications .. .. .. .. 756 10 0 Miscellaneous office fees .. 18 13 10 Advances from Consolidated Fund— 20 19 10 Greymouth Technical and Hokitika High Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 1, 257 15 5 Schools Endowment .. .. 500 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 143,628 16 2 Advances to Kauri-gum Control Board .. 1,368 4 8 Debtors — Departmental — £ s. d. Administration expenses .. 2,058 11 10 Miscellaneous .. .. 814 6 10 2,872 18 8 Miscellaneous office fees .. .. .. 992 8 9 Lithographs supplied .. .. .. 409 6 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. ■. 873 5 7 Stamps on hand .. .. .. .. 90 18 2 Unexpired season tickets .. .. .. 226 15 2 Losses in Suspense .. .. .. 1,257 15 5 Income and Expenditure Account: Excess of expenditure over income for year ended 31st March, 1935 .. .. .. .. 142,235 12 2 £222,354 7 4 £222,354 7 4 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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