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MINES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Expenditure. £ s. d. | Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, books, &c. .. .. .. 11l 14 5 By Rent of buildings, &c. .. .. .. 108 13 6 Assistance to mining— £ s. d. Goldfields revenue.. .. .. .. 24,438 17 2 Assistance to prospecting .. 3,033 110 Territorial revenue under Mining Act, 1926 .. 401 1 4 Assistance to roads .. 142 16 0 Registration and other fees .. .. 2,370 0 6 3,195 17 10 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 406 16 11 Collecting goldfields revenue, and law-costs .. 445 13 2 Hire of drilling equipment .. .. .. 501 16 6 Drill-maintenance .. .. . . 283 16 10 Prospecting subsidies paid now recoverable .. 264 3 4 Examinations .. .. . . . . 127 4 9 Sale of mining equipment acquired under secFreight and cartage .. .. .. 10 19 1 tion 226, Mining Act, 1926 .. .. 168 10 0 Fuel, light, water, &e. .. .. .. 50 1 11 Balance carried down .. .. .. 14,985 11 10 Office requisites .. .. .. .. 33 0 8 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 211 9 6 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 179 3 7 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 539 11 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 7,764 5 2 Schools of Mines and libraries in mining townships .. .. .. .. .. 3,427 12 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 35 19 11 Supervision of prospectors: Unemployment Board schemes .. .. .. .. 88 19 3 Telephones .. .. .. .. 194 15 3 Travelling allowances and expenses and motormaintenance .. .. .. .. 1,537 12 11 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 914 6 0 Goldfields revenue.. .. .. .. 24,438 17 2 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 54 10 4 £43,645 11 1 £43,645 11 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 14,985 11 10 By Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 15,749 3 4 Interest on capital .. .. .. 763 11 6 £15,749 3 4 £15,749 3 4 COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. Revenue Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Dr. £ a. d. Or. £ g . d. To National-endowment revenue .. .. 1,154 13 6 By Rents, royalties, and fees from leases and licenses Westport Harbour revenue .. .. 9,135 16 9 under the Coal-mines Act, 1925 .. .. 22,716 17 2 Primary Education Account .. .. 1,642 12 0 Secondary Education Account .. .. 951 4 0 Lands for Settlement Account .. .. 26 15 3 Greymouth Harbour Board.. .. .. 1,800 7 6 Remissions of rent and royalty under section 17 of the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and section 7 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2) .. .. 740 19 0 Bad debts written off .. .. .. 131 11 0 Consolidated Fund : Territorial Revenue, carried down .. .. .. .. .. 7,132 18 2 £22,716 17 2 £22,716 17 2 Net Revenue Account. „ , . £ s. d. £ s. d. To Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 467 15 6 By Territorial revenue brought down .. .. 7,132 18 2 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 30 0 0 Commission for collecting .. .. .. 501 5 4 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 80 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 14 8 Balance carried down .. .. .. 1 3 055 3 4 £7,634 3 6 £7,634 3 6 £ s. d. £ g. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 011 0 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 7,055 3 4 Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 7,054 12 4 £7,055 3 4 £7,055 3 4 Note. —The Revenue Account includes rents for period Ist July, 1934, to 30th June, 1935, and royalties for period Ist January, 1934, to 31st December, 1934.

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