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VALUATION DBPAETMENT. Income and Expenditure Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. £ s. d. I Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, books, newspapers, and other j By Fees charged for valuers' reports .. .. 16,932 6 6 publications .. .. .. .. 126 3 9 Scale fees for State Advances reports .. 12,188 13 5 Assessment Court expenses .. .. 636 19 6 Fees charged for certified copies of existing Depreciation on office furniture, requisites, and roll values .. .. .. .. 2,192 310 maps .. .. .. .. .. 1,165 106 Contributions from— Fees to valuers .. .. .. .. 17,818 17 3 Local bodies— Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. 2 9 1 Ordinary services .. .. ..12,434 0 4 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 19 14 2 Special services .. .. .. 923 15 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Land and Income Tax Department .. 13,507 11 9 Loss on stores worn out and destroyed .. 4 1110 State Advances Office for agency work .. 1,250 0 0 Maps, tracings, and schedules of land trans- Levying and collecting hospital rates in Sounds actions .. .. .. .. 246 17 5 and Taupo Counties and in Waiheke Island 161 19 8 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 275 7 5 Balance carried down .. .. .. 10,208 3 1 Overtime and meal allowance .. .. 4 6 0 Payment to Post and Telegraph Department 100 0 0 Postages, telegrams, and rent of post-office boxes .. .. .. .. .. 689 6 3 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 785 5 9 Bent .. .. .. .. .. 2,557 11 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 38,397 19 0 Telephone services .. .. .. 447 9 6 Transfer and removal expenses of officers .. • 3 7 9 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 6,494 6 9 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 12 0 2 £69,798 13 7 £69,798 13 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 10,208 3 1 ! By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 11,106 17 4 Interest on capital .. .. .. 898 14 3 £11,106 17 4 £11,106 17 4 Note. —The accounts include charges against the Department for rent and interest for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 19,971 711 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 2,534 18 10 Creditors — i Mechanical office appliances .. .. .. 1,459 11 1 Departmental .. .. .. .. 102 6 2 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 1,013 4 8 Sundry .. .. .. .. .. 1,118 7 4 Maps .. .. .. .. .. 16,166 2 3 State Advances scale fees prepaid .. .. 252 11 7 | Assets Suspense Account .. .. .. 4 2 6 Payments in advance .. .. .. 22 19 11 Debtors — Reserves— Local bodies .. .. .. .. 7,71864 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 2,861 4 4 Land and Income Tax Department .. .. 13,507 11 10 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 45 0 7 Departmental .. .. .. .. 123 17 0 Assets Suspense .. .. .. .. 426 Sundry .. .. .. .. .. 442 10 11 Amounts held on deposit.—Hospital arid Charitable Deposits Account —Hospital and Charitable InstiInstitutions Act, 1926 .. .. .. 88 2 0 tutions Act, 1926 .. .. .. .. 88 2 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 29,699 2 5 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 11,106 17 4 £54,165 4 9 £54,165 4 9 Thos. Brook, Valuer-General. 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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