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VALUATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Yeah ended 31st March, 1922. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. 42,795 6 0 Fees charged for valuers'reports, &c. .. 25,304 0 2 Advertising, books, newspapers, and other | Local bodies'contributions accrued .. 15,771 10 0 publications .. .. .. 136 2 1J Land-tax contribution accrued .. 15,771 10 0 Assessment Court expenses .. .. 1.023 8 3 State Advances contribution .. .. 1,000 0 0 Audit fees . . .. .. .. 12 1.3 4 Balance, excess of expenditure over Bad and Doubtful Debts Reserve .. 200 0 0 income .. .. .. .. 18,235 12 7 Contracts for revising districts .. 3,432 0 0 Depreciation on office furniture, fittings, and equipment .. .. .. 147 5 5 Fees to valuers .. .. .. 12,986 17 10 Freight, cartage, and transport charges.. 168 4 6 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 13 5 8 Law-costs . . .. .. .. 90 6 0 Maps, tracings, and schedules of land transactions .. .. . . 278 1.0 I Ollico expenses .. .. .. 2,595 13 0 Overtime and meal allowances .. 85 13 0 Payment to Post and Telegraph Department .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Postages, telegrams, and rent £ s. d. of boxes .. .. 1,823 17 1 Less amount prepaid carried forward .. 15 15 0 1,808 2 1 j Pent .. .. .. .. 2,419 10 0 Telephone services .. 285 2 0 Less amount carried forward .. .. 169 .13 7 115 8 5 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 7,815 16 10 Less unexpired season tickets .. .. 91 4 7 7,724 12 3 £76,082 18 9 £76,082 18 9 Balance brought down exclusive of £ s. d. £ s. d. interest .. .. .. .. 18,235 12 7 Balance after charging interest .. 20,727 0 9 Interest, .. .. .. .. 2,491 82 j . £20,727 0 9 I £20,727 0 9 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1922. . Liabilities. Assets. Capital Account —Liability to Treasury, £ s. d. Office furniture, fittings, and £ s. d. £ s. d. Ist April, 1.92! .. .. .. 55,364 12 4 equipment .. .. 2,840 2 3 Sundry creditors . . .. .. 2,206 0 0 Less removals .. .. 310 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 16,783 9 9 2,815 2 3 Add additions .. 130 5 0 2,945 7 9 Less depreciation .. 147 5 5 2,798 2 4 Office maps .. .. 12,690 0 0 Add additions .. 1,114 0 II 13,804 0 11 j Stationery . . . . .. 909 14 2 Sundry debtors— Local bodies' contributions .. .. 16,251 10 7 Land-tax contributions .. 15,771 10 0 Fees outstanding .. 2,200 15 7 Motor-cars (on open account) .. .. 1,694 14 7 35,978 10 9 Less bad and doubtful debts reserve, .. 200 0 0 35,778 10 9 Telephone subscriptions prepaid .. 169 13 7 Unexpired season tickets .. .. 914 7 Post-office, boxes prepaid .. . . 15 15 0 Excess of expenditure over income .. 20,727 0 9 £74,354 2 1 £74,354 2 1 Valuation Department, 12th. August, 1922. F. W. Flanagan, Valuer-General. 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.-—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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