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STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. , A A, O „d A To Cost of printing stamps .. .. .. 698 4 4 By Adhesive stamps 100,012 0 (J Salaries and wages 24,107 3 10 Duty on instruments 325,869 4 11 Freight and cartage 138 12 11 Death duty 1,761,746 4 5 Fuel, light, and cleaning 226 9 10 Gift duty 67,185 18 3 Office expenses 5 711 Fines and penalties j,64 4 4 Law-costs -. 84 16 3 Impressed stamps A t Totalizator inspection 896 17 1 Company licenses 87,629 4 9 Printing and stationery 1,563 3 6 Bank-note duty ifAfn t I Rent of offices 3,368 12 11 Racing revenue 524,795 3 3 Postages and telephones .. .. 1,327 12 3 Amusements-tax .. .. .. 105,549 12 b Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 277 9 0 Miscellaneous .. .. • ■ ■ • ~£„,!« Valuation fees 26111 4 Sharebrokers'licenses 1,470 9 6 Unemployed benefit .. .. .. 8,924 8 3 Mortgagees'indemnity fees .. •• 1,040 1/ u Depreciation .. .. .. •■ 955 11 3 Loss on equipment disposed of .. .. 101 17 11 Refunds of totalizator duty .. .. 23,969 1 3 Balance carried down .. .. .. 3,354,254 17 4 £3T421T161 17 2 £3,421,161 17 2 ~£ s. d. £ s - d - To Interest on capital 722 0 9 By Balance brought down 3,354,254 17 4 Excess of income over expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1931 .. ..3,353,532 16 7 £3,354,254 17 4 £3,354,264 17 4 Notes —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation ; (a) Rental values as assessed by Public Works Department; (i>) interest at 4£ per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1930. Depreciation has been allowed for on balance of assets as at Ist April, 193 d, the total charge being carried to the Depreciation Reserve. 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Capital as at Ist April, 1930 .. .. 16,045 5 9 £ s • d - Creditors— Furniture .. .. • ■ •• 3,956 19 0 Siinrirv 116 12 4 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 1,118 15 10 Departmental:: V. V. •• 4,858 15 7 Machinery .. 10,546 010 Refunds •• ■■ •• 7,434 17 6 Steel plates and dies .. .. .. 1,075 14 6 Reserves— Library .. .. .. ... • • 175 0 0 Depreciation 7,289 3 3 Stamp-paper on hand 236 17 11 Writing-off .. •• •• ■• 101 17 11 Assets in suspense .. .. .. 101 17 11 Accrued penalty (racing revenue).. .. 6,442 11 8 Debtors— Sundry depositors 52 2 1 Sundry 452,682 7 8 Excess of income over expenditure for year Departmental .. .. .. .. 11,172 17 7 ended 31st March, 1931 3,353,532 16 7 Deposit Accounts 52 2 1 Cash in hands ot Receivers .. .. 19 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. -.. 2,914,754 0 4 £3,395,874 2 8 £3,395,874 2 8 J. Murray, Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 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.— J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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