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STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Rent .. .. .. .. .. 2,462 7 9 Adhesive stamps .. .. .. .. 150,718 3 4 Transfer stamp machinery .. .. .. 202 14 4 Duty on instruments .. .. .. 273,566 15 2 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. 414 19 7 Death duties .. .. .. .. 1,525,660 12 11 Valuation fees .. .. .. .. 105 13 3 Gift duty .. .. .. .. .. 106,642 2 4 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 130 9 11 Fines and penalties .. .. .. 1,992 2 7 Office equipment (maintenance) .. .. 23 18 8 Impressed stamps and bank cheques duty .. 200,686 1 3 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 1,101 17 5 Company licenses .. .. .. .. 87,727 19 7 Loss on equipment disposed of .. .. 2 610 Bank-note duty .. .. .. .. 29,321 15 6 Refund Family Protection Act .. .. 252 4 4 Racing revenue .. .. .. .. 382,745 9 5 Remission amusements-tax . . .. .. 37 19 9 Amusements-tax .. .. .. .. 55,927 16 7 Remission duty on instruments .. .. 94 4 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 3162 Allowance to officer performing higher duties .. 15 0 0 Overseas passenger duty .. .. .. 21,256 5 0 Grant to officers at Napier .. .. .. 100 0 0 Lottery duty .. .. .. .. 17,761 15 11 Grant to officers in lieu of leave .. .. 68 18 2 Sharebrokers' licenses .. .. .. 1,980 5 0 Fuel, light, and cleaning .. .. .. 453 17 4 Mortgagees indemnity fees .. .. .. 1,603 17 0 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 676 11 1 Stamp duty on interest .. .. .. 52 14 9 Refund overseas passenger duty .. .. 18 18 0 Recovery on account of expenditure previous Interest on succession duty (refund) .. .. 192 12 3 years .. .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 22,139 1 5 Company fees, 1934-35 Act .. .. .. 2 0 0 Refunds totalizator-tax .. .. .. 41,478 15 4 Cost of totalizator inspection .. .. 560 11 4 Cost of stamp printing .. .. .. 1,039 1 2 Postages and telephones .. .. .. 1,251 19 1 Refund death duty .. .. .. 28 16 5 Refund totalizator-tax .. .. .. 924 8 1 Refund sharebrokcr's license.. .. .. 5 0 0 Depreciation— Furniture .. •. • • .. 324 10 6 Machinery .. .. .. .. 565 17 3 Balance carried down .. .. .. 2,783,006 19 3 £2,857,679 12 6 £2,857,679 12 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 321 18 0 Balance brought down .. .. .. 2,783,006 19 3 Excess income over expenditure .. .. 2,782,685 1 3 £2,783,006 19 3 £2,783,006 19 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. .. .. 5,269 1 1 Furniture.. .. .. .. .. 513 2 5 Creditors — Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 29 16 3 Sundry.. .. .. .. .. 333 0 8 Machinery .. .. .. .. 4,551 2 5 Departmental .. .. .. .. 623 3 8 Library .. .. .. .. .. 175 0 0 For refunds — Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 0610 Sundry.. .. .. .. .. 5,375 11 2 Debtors — Departmental .. .. .. .. 6,499 18 5 Sundry.. .. .. .. .. 360,497 13 2 Reserves — Departmental .. .. .. .. 1,629 3 1 Writing off .. .. .. .. 0 6 10 Deposit Accounts .. .. .. .. 418 0 10 Accrued penalties (racing revenue) .. .. 10,254 12 10 Cash in hands of receivers .. .. .. 28 3 6 Sundry depositors .. .. .. .. 418 0 10 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 2,443,616 8 3 Excess income over expenditure for year ending 31st March, 1936 .. .. ..2,782,685 1 3 £2,811,458 16 9 £2,811,458 16 9 P. G. Pearce, Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 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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