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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 25,299 4 9 Royalties on sales-tax publications (Butterworth Fuel, light, &c. .. .. •• .. 1,771 6 3 and Co.) .. .. .. .. 0 18 Laundry .. .. .. .. .. 83 7 1 Excess of expenditure over income carried down 154,820 8 5 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 1,295 8 5 Tools and implements .. .. .. 116 10 Newspapers .. .. .. .. 173 19 11 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 2,786 2 7 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 8,836 2 0 Maintenance and repairs : Furniture and fittings 329 19 9 Postage stamps supplied to members .. .. 2,406 0 0 Statistical publications supplied to members .. 350 6 9 Honoraria and allowances to members .. 39,260 13 1 Telephone concessions to members .. .. 846 4 8 Cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 2,239 18 0 1 Railway concessions and travelling-expenses of members ' .. .. .. .. 26,089 0 7 Winding clocks, contingencies, &c. .. .. 168 1 11 Compilation of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " 112 12 11 Newspapers, &c. : Library .. .. .. 96 610 Miscellaneous stores .. .. .. .. 152 19 6 Uniforms .. .. .. .. . • 104 16 10 Cleaning and repairs to uniforms .. .. 61 16 7 Telephones •. .. . • . • 565 14 10 Rent 28,115 0 0 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 13 14 6 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, Library, &c. 8,152 13 4 Furniture broken and lost .. .. • ■ 3 15 6 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. 3,011 3 6 Printing and stationery .. 24 4 4 Maintenance of staff .. .. 359 9 0 Laundry .• ■ • • • 54 3 1 Cleaning .. . • ■. 225 0 0 Fuel .. .. •• 670 0 0 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. .. 149 16 9 Rent .. .. . ■ 1,000 0 0 5,493 16 8 £154,820 10 1 £154,820 10 1 £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over income brought down 154,820 8 5 Excess of expenditure over income after charging £ s. d. Interest on capital — £ s. d. interest on capital .. .. .. 157,213 6 7 Legislative .. .. .. 2,284 140 Bellamy's .. ■ • • ■ 108 4 2 2,392 18 — , £157,213 6 7 £157,213 6 7 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellamy's: Silverware Account .. .. 1,855 9 2 Legislative .. .. .. 48,656 5 6 Furniture and fittings— Bellamy's .. .. .. 2,475 3 1 Legislative.. .. .. 13,436 4 9 51,131 8 7 Bellamy's .. .. .. 619 13 11 Creditors — 14,055 18 8 Departmental .. .. 176 7 7 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 588 0 6 Sundry .. .. .. 1,023 4 0 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 29,929 0 5 1,199 11 7 Books of reference .. .. .. .. 4,702 19 10 Writing-off, Suspense .. .. .. 315 6 Stocks of statutes, appendices, and parliamentary Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 158,720 811 papers .. .. .. .. .. 491 0 I Stock of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " at Printing Office .. .. .. .. 214 6 3 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 197 19 9 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 22 13 2 Consumable stores .. .. .. .. 133 3 3 Uniforms .. .. . . .. .. 147 2 9 Bellamy's linen, glassware, crockery, &c. .. 1,462 12 8 Gardeners' tools and implements .. .. 37 16 0 Assets in suspense .. .. .. .. 3 15 6 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 157,213 6 7 £211,055 4 7 £211,055 4 7 G. F. Bothamley, Acting 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commence ment of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV].—J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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