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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. £ s. d. Jvcome. £ s. d. To Honoraria of members and officers .. .. 47,289 510 By Sale of publications .. .. .. 4,715 15 8 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 30,359 8 9 Balance carried down .. .. .. 176,526 7 8 Cleaning, &c. .. .. .. .. 2,849 14 10 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 2,440 11 4 Laundry .. .. .. .. 78 15 0 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 188 8 9 Newspapers .. .. .. .. 166 13 6 Postages, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. 2,747 2 11 Postage stamps supplied to members .. 2,326 0 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 18,946 10 3 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 29,209 13 4 Repairs and maintenance, furniture and fittings 526 15 8 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 84 1 1 Railway concessions to and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. .. 25,875 6 7 Uniforms .. .. .. .. 256 2 9 Annotation of statutes .. .. .. 193 17 6 Supply of statistical publications .. .. 366 7 6 Compilation and printing " Index to Laws of New Zealand" .. .. .. 125 10 3 Sundry accounts (refreshments, messengers, winding clocks, office equipment, &c.) .. 400 I 2 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, library, &c. 6,835 12 0 Bellamy's—- ~ £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 6,353 210 Cleaning, &c. .. .. 320 0 0 Fuel and light .. .. 700 0 0 Laundry .. .. .. 251 7 4 Printing and stationery .. 70 0 0 Rent .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Stores consumed, uniforms, &c. 331 3 8 Maintenance of staff .. 605 16 0 Loss of shortages and breakages of crockery, &c. .. .. 215 10 0 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. .. 129 4 6 9,976 4 4 £181,242 3 4 j £181,242 3 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 176,526 7 8 By Excess of expenditure over income after Interest on capital as at Ist April, charging interest on capital .. .. 182,206 15 10 1928— £ s. d. Legislative .. .. 5,448 11 2 Bellamy's .. .. .. 231 17 0 5,680 8 2 £182,206 15 10 £182,206 15 10 1 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : Rental value as assessed by the Public Works Department; interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1928. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. \ Assets. Capital, Ist April, 1928— £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellamy's— £ s. d. £ s. d. Legislative .. .. .. 121,099 2 0 Crockery, &c. .. .. 3,545 9 6 Bellamy's .. .. .. 5,203 611 i Consumable goods .. .. 123 19 4 126,302 8 11 3,669 8 10 Sundry creditors — Furniture and fittings — Departmental .. .. 4,011 15 10 Legislative .. .. ..30,359 19 3 Sundry .. .. .. 252 16 9 Bellamy's .. .. .. 1,723 0 6 4,264 12 7 32,082 19 9 Depreciation Reserve — Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 1,386 18 9 General Assembly Library .. 35,071 7 6 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 83,354 2 4 Legislative .. .. .. 10,996 7 1 Books of reference .. .. .. .. 8,976 4 6 Bellamy's .. .. .. 516 18 0 Publications at Printing Office .. .. 503 18 4 46,584 12 7 Stock of Statutes and Appendices at Printing Office 100 0 0 Writings-oif in Suspense ' .. .. 215 10 0 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 304 14 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 138,172 15 5 Copies of "Index to the Laws of New Zealand" at Government Printing Office .. .. 136 0 3 Payments in advance .. .. .. 25 0 0 Sundry debtors, departmental.. .. .. 2,578 6 0 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 215 10 0 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 182,206 15 10 £315,539 19 6 £315,539 19 6 E. W. Kane, Clerk, House of Representatives. H. W. Harris, Accountant. 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 note. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.