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Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1921. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, &c. .. .. .. 82 18 11 By Interest on advances .. .. 1,816 11 2 Assistance to prospectors, &c. .. 3,561 0 3 Sales water .. .. .. 1,678 4 1 Audit charges .. .. .. 382 16 8 Goldfields revenue .. .. 16,020 7 0 Drills—Maintenance .. .. 1,293 12 0 Timber royalties .. .. .. 298 14 9 Examinations—Expenses .. .. 214 2 3 Examination fees .. .. 33 0 0 Freight, cartage, &c. .. .. 48 0 0 Forfeited deposits .. .. 2 9 6 Fuel, light, water, cleaning, &c. .. 109 0 5 Rents and royalties on coal and Instruments, repairs and replacements 90 5 0 lignite .. .. .. 18,591 410 Law-costs .. .. .. 44 i 4 Registration and other fees .. 21 7 0 Mme-water flooding, Thames .. 458 4 2 Balance carried down .. .. 16,667 14 7 Office requisites .. .. .. 213 14 7 Outfit allowances and field expenses.. 780 17 11 Postages, telegrams, &c. .. .. 523 18 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,065 2 7 Rents .. .. .. .. 1,510 14 0 Retiring and other allowances .. 500 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 18,850 18 4 Schools of Mines—Subsidies and expenses .. .. .. 2,882 10 3 Sick and Accident Funds—Compensation .. .. .. .. 265 0 0 Telephones, rent of boxes, &c. .. 141 12 5 Travelling expenses and allowances .. 2,770 12 4 Wages—Temporary and other assistance .. .. .. .. 2,572 4 1 Water-races—Maintenance .. .. 985 14 4 Sundries .. .. .. 48 8 9 Roads on goldfields .. .. 12,305 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 2,792 210 Bad debts written off (Appropriation Act, 1920) .. .. .. 637 1 5 £55,129 12 11 £55,129 12 11 £ a. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. 16,667 14 7 By Balance .. .. .. .. 20,456 13 5 Interest on capital .. .. 3,788 18 10 £20,456 13 5 £20,456 13 5' To Balance .. .. .. .. £20,456 13 5 A. S. Kimbell, Under-Secretary for Mines. P. G. Pearce, Accountant.