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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1921. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. Bellamy's: Stocks of silver £ s. d. £ s. d. Liability to Treasury .. .. 94,945 17 1 plate, glassware, &c. .. 3,658 4 2 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 1,818 II 1 Less depreciation .. 182 18 3 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 121,255 13 8 3,475 5 11 Library : Stocks of books, engravings, &c. .. 74,752 0 0 Less depreciation .. 3,737 12 0 71,014 8 0 Legislative Departments (House of Representatives, Legislative Council, Bellamy's, Library): Furniture, fittings, equipment .. .. 16,535 12 11 Less depreciation .. 826 15 6 15,708 17 5 Excess of expenditure over income for year ended 31st March, 1921 .. 127,82110 6 £218,020 1 10 £218,020 1 10 Income and Expenditure Accunt for the Year ended 31st March, 1921. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. 15,923 16 9 By Excess of expenditure over income.. 123,548 19 3 Salaries (temporary assistance) .. 11,713 16 3 Miscellaneous salaries .. .. 6,581 7 6 Cost-of-living bonus .. .. 4,950 9 8 Office fittings, stationery, &c. .. 1,549 7 7 Telephone services, installations, &o. 453 14 8 Advertising .. .. .. 11 5 0 Allowance to retired extra clerks, &c. 1,279 19 5 Maintenance of Bellamy's staff .. 1,893 6 0 Washing linen, &c. .. .. 360 12 4 Bonus to extra clerks, messengers, &c. 801 16 0 Charwomen's wages .. .. 2,987 3 0 Cleaning up buildings prior to session 67 16 0 Compassionate allowances.. .. 850 0 0 Cost-of-living bonus .. .. 354 2 7 Fuel, power, light, and water .. 2,855 13 10 Grant to library .. .. .. 800 0 0 Binding books .. .. .. 557 12 11 Newspapers, and carriage of books .. 422 19 0 Linen, glassware, china, and cutlery 540 2 3 Passages and expenses of witnesses at Committees .. .. .. 45 0 8 Passages of members of both Houses 868 3 10 Photo shield .. .. .. 5 5 0 Postages and telegrams (inclusive of parliamentary papers) .. .. 884 11 1 Printing Hansard .. .. 8,686 13 0 Purchase and repairs to furniture .. 402 17 0 Refreshments supplied on late sitting nights .. .. .. 127 0 6 Secretary to Leader of Opposition .. 50 0 0 Translating Acts .. .. 25 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses.. 52 19 2 Typewriters, &o. .. .. 113 16 10 Uniforms for messengers, &c. .. 578 9 3 Upkeep of Parliament grounds .. 140 5 11 Winding and repairing clocks .. 42 6 3 Window-cleaning .. .. 264 16 8 Contingencies .. .. .. 38 2 9 Legislature Act, 1908, and Civil List Act, 1920 51,521 4 10 Depreciation .. .. .. 4,747 5 9 £123,548 19 3 £123,548 19 3 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 123,548 19 3 By Excess of expenditure over income £ s. d. Interest on capital at 4J per cent. 4,272 11 3 after charging interest .. .. 127,821 10 6 £127,821 10 6 £127,821 10 6 E. W. Kane, Clerk, House of Representatives. W. Russell, Accountant, House of Representatives. '