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STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Postage and telephones .. .. 1,410 15 9 By Adhesive stamps .. .. 82,637 15 3 Relieving and other allowances .. 33 6 1 Duty on instruments .. .. 621,080 19 5 Salaries and wages .. .. 18,850 12 2 Death duties .. .. .. 1,475,561 8 10 Printing and stationery.. .. 2,158 3 0 Gift duty .. .. .. 74,864 14 0 Stamp-printing .. .. 2,053 5 1 Rates .. .. .. 525 15 5 Fuel .. .. .. .. 90 5 11 Fines and penalties .. .. 5,055 11 2 Travelling-expenses .. .. 224 5 8 Impressed stamps .. .. 106,901 8 6 Freight and cartage .. .. 135 2 3 Licenses to companies .. .. 64,123 16 5 Office supplies .. .. .. 499 0 6 Bank-note duty .. .. 198,324 9 5 Valuation fees .. .. .. 52 8 5 Racing revenue .. .. 595,816 4 4 Rent.. .. .. .. 2,845 5 8 Amusements-tax .. .. 80,419 7 7 Totalizator inspection .. .. 738 1 0 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. 1,114 0 1 Law-costs .. .. .. 164 15 7 Death and Gift Duties Suspense Interest .. .. .. 477 13 10 Account (revenue for 1922-23).. 4,371 1 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 630 12 11 Balance .. .. .. 3,280,432 17 7 £3,310,796 11 5 £3,310,796 11 5 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1925. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d £ s. d. Capital as at Ist April, 1924 .. 10,615 9 0 Expenses paid in advance .. 23 910 Sundry creditors — Cash in hands of receivers .. 330 10 6 Refunds .. .. 7,461 4 7 Cash in Deposit Account .. 76 11 5 Expenditure .. 6,245 6 7 Office furniture .. 2,795 1 7 13,706 11 2 Additions during year 866 16 5 Sundry depositors .. .. .. 76 II 5 3,661 18 0 Writings-off Suspense Account .. 324 10 0 Mechanical appliances .. 774 14 0 Depreciation reserve .. .. 2,952 6 0 Additions during year 181 6 6 Balance (excess of income over expendi- 956 0 6 ture for year ended 31st March, 1925) 3,280,432 17 7 Plant and machinery .. 6,870 13 5 Additions during year 61 3 6 6,931.16 11 Library .. .. .. .. 175 0 0 Stock of paper and stamps on hand .. 1,838 II 2 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 335,339 11 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 2,958,774 15 0 £3,308,108 5 2 £3,308,108 5 2 J. Murray, 23rd September, 1925. Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 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 for rent and interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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