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LAND AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. Freight and cartage .. .. .. 59 18 2 General fees .. .. .. .. 48,243 17 4 Postage and telephones .. .. .. 488 16 3 Deeds registration fees .. .. .. 2,289 17 8 Office equipment (maintenance) .. .. 103 18 6 Compulsory registration fees .. .. 3,993 15 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 272 5 5 Land and income tax fees .. .. .. 358 2 0 Binding .. .. .. .. ■ ■ 282 13 11 Recovery on account of expenditure in previous Fuel and light .. .. .. .. 274 18 3 years' .. .. .. .. .. 30 11 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 375 12 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 5, 664 12 8 Salaries .. .. .. .. 39,436 1 8 Draughtsmen's work .. .. .. 10,091 1 6 Fire-proof fittings (maintenance) .. .. 126 19 0 Law-costs . . .. .. ■ • 15 0 Grants to officers at Napier .. .. .. 235 0 0 Solicitors' admission fee .. .. .. 22 10 0 Extra work : Napier .. .. .. 10 0 0 Office expenses, cleaning, &c. .. .. 70 10 8 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 590 2 0 Rent .. .. .. ■ ■ 6,458 0 6 Typewriters (maintenance) .. .. .. 30 16 1 Loss on equipment disposed of .. .. 10 8 4 Depreciation— Furniture .. .. .. .. 1,485 3 9 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 154 14 8 £60,580 15 8 £60,580 15 8 £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over income for year £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. .. 5,664 12 8 ending 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. 5,898 511 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 233 13 3 £5,898 5 11 £5,898 5 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 18 0 Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 4,605 12 11 Creditors — Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 97 1 1 Departmental .. .. .. .. 1,115 13 6 Library .. .. .. .. .. 467 4 0 Sundry .. .. .. ■ • •. 67 12 3 Assets in suspense .. .. .. .. 449 Writing-off Suspense .. .. .. 4 4 9 Sundry debtors (departmental) .. .. 2 19 9 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 4,717 19 11 Excess of expenditure over income for year ending 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. .. 5,898 5 11 £11,075 8 5 £11,075 8 5 P. Ct. Pearce, Secretary for Land and Deeds. 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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