B.—l [PT. IV, Sup.].

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Exjienditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Honoraria of members and officers .. .. 47,719 10 9 By Sale of publications .. .. .. 4,040 2 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 32,204 18 11 Profit on sale of "Index to Laws of New Cleaning, &c. .. .. .. .. 3,265 18 2 Zealand" .. .. .. .. 19 5 0 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 3,291 9 8 Balance carried down .. .. .. 185,214 6 1 Laundry .. .. .. .. 172 14 7 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 142 9 6 Newspapers .. .. .. .. 249 11 5 Postages, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. 1,956 410 Postage-stamps supplied to members .. 2,243 0 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 22,91007 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 29,178 0 0 Repairs and maintenance, furniture and fittings 498 2 0 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 93 12 7 Railway concessions to and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. 26,656 0 5 Uniforms .. .. .. .. 125 18 2 Annotating statutes .. .. .. 236 15 2 Supply of statistical publications .. .. 310 12 6 Sundry accounts (refreshments, messengers, winding clocks, office equipment, &c.) .. 397 16 1 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, library, &c. 6,910 11 3 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 6,842 16 9 Cleaning, &c. .. .. 320 0 0 Fuel and light .. .. 700 0 0 Laundry .. .. .. 234 7 10 Printing and stationery .. 67 3 2 Rent .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Stores consumed .. .. 297 17 4 Maintenance of staff .. 850 0 0 Loss by shortages and breakages crockery, &c. .. 268 17 8 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. .. 129 4 6 10,710 7 3 £189,273 13 10 £189,273 13 10 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 185,214 6 1 £ s. d. Interest on capital as at Ist April, 1927 — By Excess of expenditure over income after £ s. d. charging interest on capital .. .. 190,942 8 2 Legislative .. .. 5,485 9 4 Bellamy's .. .. .. 242 12 9 . 5,728 2 1 £190,942 8 2 ' £190,942 8 2 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; interest at 4£ per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1927. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Furniture and fittings— £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital, Ist April, 1927 — Legislative .. .. 28,828 4 5 Legislative .. .. .. 119,018 8 6 Bellamy's .. .. 1,723 0 6 Bellamy's .. .. ' .. 5,403 3 7 30,551 411 — 124,421 12 1 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 1,218 14 9 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 4,672 111 Bellamy's— Depreciation Reserve— Crockery, &c. .. .. 3,698 6 6 General Assembly Library .. 30,968 11 7 Consumable goods .. 133 11 4 Legislative .. .. 8,263 11 0 — < Bellamy's .. .. 387 13 6 3,831 17 10 39,619 16 1 Less reserve for writing off .. 268 17 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 150,361 15 9 3,563 0 2 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 82,055 18 4 Books of reference .. .. .. .. 8,976 4 6 Publications at Printing Office .. .. 761 17 6 Stock of Statutes and Appendices at Government Printing Office . . .. .. . . 100 0 0 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 297 0 8 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 405 3 6 Copies of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " at Government Printing Office .. .. 78 13 4 Expenditure in advance on 1928 edition of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " .. .. .. 125 0 0 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 190,942 8 2 £319,075 5 10 £319,075 5 10 E. W. Kane, Clerk, House of Representatives. H. W. Harris, Accountant, House of Representatives. 17th September, 1928. 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, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General,

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