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MINES DEPARTMENT. COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To National Endowment Account .. .. 787 10 2 By Rents and royalties from leases and licenses under Primary-education reserves .. .. .. 1,168 13 9 the Coal-mines Act, 1925 .. .. .. 29,203 17 3 Secondary-education reserves .. .. 276 0 9 Lands for settlement .. .. .. 45 0 0 Greymouth Harbour Board .. .. 1,770 5 1 Westport Harbour Account .. .. 18,905 0 11 Consolidated Fund —Territorial revenue (carried down) .. .. .. .. .. 6,251 6 7 £29,203 17 3 £29,203 17 3 Net Revenue Account. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 272 10 0 By Territorial Revenue brought down .. .. 6,25] 6 7 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 5 8 5 Commission for collecting .. .. .. 581 15 8 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 100 0 0 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. 35 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 14 8 Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 6,418 19 2 £6,833 2 3 £6,833 2 3 Note. —The Revenue Account includes rents for period Ist July, 1927, to 30th .Tune, 1928, and royalties for period Ist January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, &c. .. .. .. .. 61 7 8 By Interest .. .. .. .. .. 407 13 10 Assistance to mining— £ s. d. Waimea-Kumara water sales .. .. 86 0 8 Prospecting .. .. 8,562 3 2 Waimea-Kumara timber royalties .. .. 181 13 2 Roads .. .. .. 2,104 13 II Territorial revenue under Mining Act .. 456 8 9 Bounty, Onakaka .. .. 4,904 12 0 Registration and other fees .. .. .. 539 3 6 Water-races (repairs).. .. 280 210 Rents of buildings, &c. .. .. .. 59 13 4 Utilization of brown coals .. 6 14 3 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. 25,826 7 6 Greymouth Diamond Jubilee .. 100 0 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 42,871 14 6 15,958 6 2 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 761 610 Dobson Mine disaster .. .. .. 380 9 10 Drills (maintenance of) .. .. .. 913 11 9 Examinations ........ 104 11 8 Freights .. .. .. .. .. 23 10 0 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 69 7 4 Law - costs and cost of collecting goldfields revenue .. .. .. .. 276 0 8 Office requisites .. .. .. .. 52 3 9 Outfit allowance .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Postages, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 192 15 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 238 18 10 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 444 2 7 Salaries .. .. .. .. 8,060 1 2 Schools of Mines .. .. .. .. 3,335 10 5 Telephones .. .. .. .. 191 8 5 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. 1,816 2 3 Waimea-Kumara Water-race maintenance .. 866 11 3 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 15 10 9 Losses on realization of Waimea-Kumara Waterraces, Blenheim oil-bore, &c. .. .. 10,814 10 8 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. 25,826 7 6 £70,428 15 3 £70,428 15 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. .. 42,871 14 6" By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 44,704 1 9 Interest on capital.. .. .. 1,832 7 3 £44,704 1 9 j £44,704 1 9