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VALUATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, books, newspapers, and By Fees charged for valuers' reports, &c. 50,164 9 2 other publications .. .. 82 7 8 Local bodies'contributions accrued .. 2,620 8 0 Amount misappropriated in Auckland Land-tax-contribution accrued .. 2,626 8 0 Office .. .. .. .. 210 5 0 State Advances contribution .. 1,000 0 0 Assessment Court expenses .. 591 14 7 Balance, excess of expenditure over Fees to valuers .. .. .. 17,120 10 2 income .. .. .. 6,897 14 9 Freight, cartage, and transport charges 1 10 0 Fuel, light, power, and water .. 38 8 I Law-costs .. .. .. 4 4 0 Maps, tracings, and schedules of land transactions .. .. .. 230 2 0 Office-cleaning .. .. ~ 24 13 0 Office expenses .. .. .. 230 3 8 Overtime and meal allowances .. 35 8 0 Payment to Post and Telegraph Department .. .. .. 100 0 0 Postage, telegrams, £ s. d. and rent of boxes .. 883 15 4 Less amount prepaid, carried forward .. 23 1 3 800 14 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 914 3 9 Rent .. .. .. .. 2,564 2 10 Revision of districts .. .. 45 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 31,140 3 0 Telephone sorvices .. 334 13 10 Less amount carried forward .. 8 13 320 12 7 Tem porary assistance .. .. 2,437 5 2 Transfer and removal .. ... 29 0 5 Travelling allowances and expenses .. £0,193 0 (i Less unexpired season tickets .. 136 2 6 6,056 18 0 Typewriters—Repairs .. .. 9 19 9 Depreciation of office furniture, fittings, and equipment .. .. .. 261 0 8 £63,314 19 11 £63,314 19 11 ■ i-M.-.-i-r--1 r -"Tirr ■ it n—Tin.- -£ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down (exclusive of in- By Balance after charging interest .. 7,692 0 0 terest) .. .. .. 6,897 14 9 Interest .. .. .. .. 794 5 3 £7,692 0 0 £7,692 0 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1924. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital Account, Ist April, 1923 .. 17,053 10 1 Office, furniture, fittings, £ s. d. £ s. d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. 4,872 17 6 and equipment .. 2,322 9 I Depreciation reserve .. .. .. 901 16 9 Add additions .. 43 411 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 11,471 5 10 2,365 14 0 Mechanical appliances .. 875 0 6 Less removals .. .. 4 0 0 871 0 0 Office maps .. .. 14,456 0 6 Add additions .. 920 9 10 — 15,376 10 4 Stationery .. .. .. 822 4 8 Sundry debtors — Local bodies' contributions .. .. 3,008 18 0 Land-tax contributions 2,626 8 0 Fees outstanding .. 1,332 12 9 Motor-cars (on open account) .. .. 836 16 11 7,804 15 8 Less bad and doubtful debts reserve .. 200 0 0 7,604 15 8 Telephone subscriptions prepaid .. 8 I 3 Unexpired season tickets .. .. 136 2 6 Post Office boxes prepaid .. .. 23 1 3 Excess of expenditure over income .. 7,692 0 0 £34,899 10 2 £34,899 10 2 F. W. Flanaoan, 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, except that the accounts include charges against the Department for rent and interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation,— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.