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VALUATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Advertising, books, newspapers, and other publica- Fees charges for Valuers'reports .. .. 25,970 9 9 tions .. .. • • • ■ ■ • 162 2 3 Fees charged for certified copies of existing roll Assessment Court expenses .. .. .. 706 5 3 values .. .. .. .. .. 2,103 15 0 Depreciation on office furniture, requisites, maps, Contributions from— and motor-car .. .. ■■ 995 15 5 Local bodies .. .. .. .. 12,024 15 0 Fees to Valuers .. .. .. 16,339 18 6 Land and Income Tax Department .. .. 12,024 15 0 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. .. 55 10 6 State Advances for agency work . . .. 500 0 0 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. 20 18 4 Levying and collecting hospital rates in Sounds Maps (maintenance) .. .. .. .. 888 15 1 and Taupo Counties and in part Waihcke Island 260 0 0 Office expenses .. . . .. . • 240 6 0 Profit on furniture sold .. . . . . 0 17 6 Payment to Post and Telegraph Department .. 100 0 0 Balance, exclusive of interest, carried down .. 9,228 13 7 Postages, telegrams, and rent of post-office boxes 634 14 11 Rent . . .. .. •. .. 2,258 9 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 32,381 0 3 Telephone services .. .. .. .. 580 4 6 Travelling-allowances and expenses .. .. 5 ,709 16 8 Typewriters: Repairs .. .. .. 43 5 0 Overtime and meal-allowances .. . . .. 9 4 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 761116 Transfer and removal expenses.. .. .. 201 12 6 Grant to widow of officer .. .. .. 23 14 11 £62,113 5 10 £62,113 5 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance, exclusive of interest brought down .. 9,228 13 7 Balance, after charging interest .. .. 9,921 0 0 Interest .. .. .. ■. .. 692 6 5 £9,921 0 0 £9,921 0 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 16,611 3 2 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 519 16 8 Creditors — Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 211 18 11 Departmental .. .. 525 14 7 Motor-car .. .. .. .. 152 14 5 Sundry .. .. .. 2,216 5 5 Maps .. .. .. .. .. 15,726 13 2 2,742 0 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. 672 18 11 Payments in advance .. .. .. 25 5 8 Expenses paid in advance .. .. .. 0 2 0 Bad debts reserve .. .. • ■ .. 45 0 7 Debtors — Suspense Account: Hospital rates —Hospitals and Local bodies .. .. 8,546 5 3 Charitable Institutions Act, 1926 .. .. 43 14 0 Land Tax .. .. .. 12,024 15 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. 31,375 7 6 Sundry Departmental .. .. 395 13 8 Sundry .. .. .. 2,636 310 23,602 17 9 Deposits Account —Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926 .. .. .. 34 9 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 9,921 0 0 £50,842 10 11 £50,842 10 11 W. Stewart, 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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