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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ e. d. To Honoraria of and allowances to members and By Sale of publications .. .. .. 4,107 19 7 officers .. .. .. .. 46,861 6 3 Balance carried down .. .. .. 185,165 1 9 Salaries.. .. .. .. .. 30,630 13 1 Cleaning, &c. .. .. .. .. 3,091 18 7 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 3,702 10 2 Laundry .. .. .. .. 199 r> '.I Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 1,622 7 1 Newspapers .. .. .. .. 238 16 5 Postages, telegrams, telephones. At. .. 2,970 4 4 Postage-stamps supplied to members .. 2,294 10 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 18,123 9 0 Rent of buildings.. .. .. .. 31,027 0 0 Repairs and maintenance, furniture, and fittings 7l'.'! 12 5 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. .83 7 9 Railway concessions to and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. .. 28,619 13 10 Compilation and printing " Index to Laws of New Zealand" .. .. .. 128 12 5 Uniforms .. .. .. .. 143 13 0 Annotation of statutes .. .. .. 112 6 2 Sundry accounts (refreshments, messengers, winding clocks, office equipment, &c.) .. 613 4 7 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, library, &c. 7,255 14 8 Supply of statistical publications .. .. 480 10 4 Losses written off through Appropriation Act .. 83 0 0 Passages, members of Select Committee on Tobacco Industry .. .. .. 12 0 0 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 6,881 18 9 Cleaning, &c. .. 320 0 0 Fuel and light .. .. 700 0 0 Laundry '.. .. . . l(i!f Ir> 2 Printing and stationery .. 7(1 0 0 Rent .. .. .. 1.(100 0 0 Stores consumed, uniforms, &c. 337 16 1 Maintenance of staff .. 746 11 0 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. .. 129 4 6 10,355 5 6 £189,273 1 4 £189,273 1 4 £ s. ,1. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 186,166 1 !> By Recoveries on account of expenditure of Interest on capital as at Ist April, previous years .. .. .. 101 6 11 1930 — £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over income after Legislative .. .. 5,735 17 7 charging interest on capital .. .. 191,033 0 9 Bellamy's .. .. .. 233 8 4 5,969 5 11 £191,134 7 8 £191,134 7 8 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, 1930. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. Assets. Capital, Ist April, 1930— £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellamy's— £ s. d. £ s. d. Legislative .. .. .. 127,464 8 3 Crockery, &c. .. .. 3,615 9 2 Bellamy's .. .. 5,187 5 8 Consumable goods .. .. 123 19 9 132,651 13 11 ■ 3,739 811 Sundry creditors— Furniture and fittings — Departmental .. .. 1,701 18 10 Legislative .. .. .. 32,125 8 4 Sundry .. .. .. 1,670 11 4 Bellamy's .. .. .. 1,723 0 6 3,372 10 2 33,848 8 10 Depreciation Reserve— Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 1,508 911 General Assembly Library .. 43,474 511 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 86,278 310 Legislative .. .. .. 16,695 10 3 Books of reference .. .. .. .. 8,976 4 6 Bellamy's .. .. .. 775 7 0 Publications at Printing Office .. .. 2,146 10 0 60,945 3 2 Stock of statutes and Appendices at Printing Office 100 0 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 131,621 6 9 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 325 10 9 Payments in advance .. .. .. 16 13 4 Stock of " Index to the Laws of New Zealand " at Printing Office .. .. .. .. 169 1 3 Sundry debtors— £ s. d. Departmental .. .. .. 286 711 Sundry .. .. .. 62 14 0 349 1 11 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 191,033 0 9 £328,490 14 0 . £328,490 14 0 T. D. H. Hall, Clerk, House of Representatives. H. W. Harris, Accountant, House of Representatives. 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. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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