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MINES DEPARTMENT Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 3Lst March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising .. .. .. .. 60 17 3 By Interest .. .. .. .. .. 37l 18 9 Assistance to mining— £ s. d. Water-race reserve timber royalties . . .. 205 12 3 Prospecting .. .. 4,071 210 Territorial revenue under Mining Act, 1926 .. 783 18 7 Roads .. .. .. 697 14 5 Registration and other fees.. .. .. 917 1 0 Bounty on pig iron, Onakaka 10,126 12 8 Rent of buildings .. .. .. .. 69 10 0 14,895 9 11 Hire of drilling equipment .. .. .. 240 2 3 Cost of Dobson disaster inquiry .. .. 36 7 11 Amount recovered from State Coal Minis Depreciation .. .. .. .. 511 7 3 ' Account for boring .. .. .. 276 17 6 Drills maintenance .. .. .. 294 14 0 Goldfields revenue.. .. .. .. 18,388 lit 7 Examinations .. .. .. .. 98 7 4 Balance carried down .. .. .. 29,242 16 3 Freights 16 1 1 Fuel, water, light, &c. .. .. .. 46 14 0 Law-costs and costs of collecting goldtields revenue 280 13 10 Office requisites .. .. .. .. 21 9 5 Outfit allowance .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 239 6 1 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 100 11 7 Rents 546 10 10 Salaries .. .. 8,522 9 2 Schools of Mines and libraries .. .. 4,164 6 It Telephones .. .. .. .. 181! 7 2 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 1,802 12 5 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 14 19 11 Survey of Reefton Coalfield .. .. 244 11 5 Goldfields revenue.. .. .. .. 18,388 19 7 £50,495 16 2 £50,495 16 2 K s. ,1. £ B. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 29,242 16 3 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 30,284 3 2 Interest on capital .. .. .. 1,041 611 £30,284 3 2 £30,284 3 2 COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To National Endowment Account .. .. 1,104 3 9 By Rents, royalties, and fees from leases and licenses Land for Settlements Account .. .. '11 5 0 under the Coal-mines Act, 1925 .. .. 31,078 17 0 Primary Education Account .. .. 1,682 14 5 Secondary Education Account .. .. 701 13 6 Grevmouth Harbour Account .. .. 3,852 3 9 Westport Harbour Account .. .. 17,724 14 10 Consolidated Fund—Territorial revenue carried down .. .. .. .. .. 8,982 1 9 £34,078 17 0 £34,078 17 0 Net Revenue Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 560 0 0 By Territorial revenue brought down .. .. 8,982 1 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 100 0 0 Commission for collecting .. .. .. 741 17 9 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 35 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 14 8 Balance carried down .. .. .. 9,037 14 10 £9,723 19 6 £9,723 19 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 12 2 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 9,037 14 10 Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 9,036 12 8 £9,037 14 10 £9,037 14 10 Note. —The Revenue Account includes rents for period Ist July, 1930, to 30th June, 1931, and royalties for period Ist January, 1930, to 31st December, 1930.

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