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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. •• •• 27,656 6 2 By Royalties on sales-tax publications (ButterFuel, light, &c. .. .. .. ■, 2,305 6 0 worth and Co.) .. .. .. 0 7 0 Laundry .. .. •• •• 137 8 11 Excess of expenditure over income carried Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 1,214 19 3 down .. ... .. .. 159,353 14 3 Tools and implements .. .. .. 17 3 0 Newspapers ■. . • • • • • 350 18 6 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 3,276 9 6 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 13,106 5 4 Maintenance and repairs, furniture and fittings 213 15 2 Postage-stamps supplied to members .. 2,119 10 0 Statistical publications supplied to members.. 336 10 0 Honoraria and allowances to members .. 37,307 9 11 Telephone concessions to members .. .. 732 3 2 Cleaning .. • • • • • • 3,064 2 6 Railway concessions and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. • • 26,346 14 3 Winding clocks, contingencies, &c. .. ■■ 245 1 2 Compilation of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " .. ' .. • • • • 012 2 Newspapers, &c. —Library .. ■■ 110 18 1 Miscellaneous stores ...... 188 3 5 Uniforms .. .. • • • • 51 0 9 Cleaning and repairs to uniforms .. .. 47 1 2 Telephones .. .. • • • • 557 7 1 Rent 28,107 0 0 Repairs to typewriters .. .. • • 17 13 5 Depreciation on furniture, fittings—Library, &c. 3,187 16 6 Grant to officer —Library research overseas .. 400 0 0 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 5,055 16 0 Printing and stationery .. 40 19 8 Maintenance of staff .. 859 19 0 Laundry .. .. 92 6 6 Cleaning .. .. .. 225 0 0 Fuel .. •• 670 0 0 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. • • 56 13 5 Rent .. .. •• 1,000 0 0 Writings-off Reserve .. 255 11 3 8,256 5 10 £159,354 1 3 £159,354 1 3 To Excess of expenditure over income brought £ s. d. By Excess of expenditure over income after charg- £ s. d. down .. •• •• 159,353 14 3 ing interest on capital .. .. .. 161,829 7 2 Interest on capital — £ s. d. Legislative .. .. 2, 363 511 Bellamy's .. .. 112 7 0 2,475 12 11 £161,829 7 2 £161,829 7 2 Notes. (1) The following are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation: (a) Rental value assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest on capital. (2) No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the account. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellamy's: Silverware, &c., Account .. .. 1,855 9 2 Legislative 54,153 3 8 Furniture and fittings— L> d « Bellamy's 2,616 19 .3 Legislative 15,289 17 6 56,770 2 11 Bellamys .. .. 761 10 1 Creditors— . 101 I Departmental .. .. 514 2 9 Mechanical appliances 532 14 9 Sundrv . .. ... 1,203 10 5 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 33,152 15 4 1,717 13 2 Books of reference .. .. •• •• 5,177 16 1 Writings-off, Suspense . • • • • • 255 11 3 Stocks of statutes, appendices, and parliamentary Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 162,598 3 8 papers .. .. •• ■ • •• 505 110 Stock of Index to Laws of New Zealand at Printing Office .. ■ • • • • • 224 8 9 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 137 13 1 Stamps 17 8 4 Consumable stores .. •• 119 7 6 Uniforms .. • • • • • • • • 48 16 4 Bellamy's linen, glassware, crockery, &c. .< 1,287 4 2 Gardeners' tools and implements .. .. 43 15 3 Assets in suspense . . .. • • • ■ 255 11 3 Debtors, departmental .. .. • • 19 5 Payments in ad vance • . • • • • 101 5 0 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 161,829 7 2 £221,341 11 0 £221,341 11 T. D. H. Hall, Clerk of the 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 departmental notes enfaced thereon,—J, H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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