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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income,. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 35,526 10 8 Excess of expenditure over income brought down 189,207 16 6 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 2,852 14 6 Laundry .. .. .. .. .. 187 7 2 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 1,32814 Tools and implements .. .. .. 12 2 7 Newspapers .. .. .. .. .. 335 4 11 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 3,525 110 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 14,009 14 0 Maintenance and repairs : Furniture and fittings.. 314 18 0 Postage stamps supplied to members .. .. 2,114 0 0 Statistical publications supplied to members .. 320 3 0 Honoraria and allowances to members .. .. 45,241 3 7 Telephone concessions to members .. .. 796 10 9 Cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 3,703 14 0 Railway concessions and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. .. .. 31,378 6 1 Winding clocks, contingencies, &c. .. .. 234 15 11 Compilation of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " 0 10 6 Newspapers, &c. : Library .. .. .. 166 4 3 Miscellaneous stores .. .. .. .. 204 0 7 Uniforms .. .. .. .. .. 97 4 1 Cleaning and repairs to uniforms .. .. 135 7 5 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. 601 7 8 Rent .. .. .. .. 28,115 0 0 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 24 3 7 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, Library, &c. .. 8,238 15 9 Grant to officer proceeding overseas .. .. 200 0 0 Grant to widows of deceased officers .. .. 350 0 0 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 5,875 4 5 Printing and stationery .. 34 0 11 Maintenance of staff .. 872 19 0 Laundry .. .. .. 105 9 9 Cleaning .. .. .. 225 0 0 Fuel .. .. .. 670 0 0 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. .. 150 1 9 Rent .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Writings-ofi, Reserve Account 261 18 6 9,194 14 4 £189,207 16 6 £189,207 16 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over income brought down 189,207 16 6 Excess of expenditure over income after charging Interest on capital— £ s. d. interest on capital .. .. ~ 191,275 8 3 Legislative .. .. .. 1,964 9 6 Bellamy's .. .. .. 103 2 3 2,067 11 9 £191,275 8 3 £191,275 8 3 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. C apital — £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellamy's: Silverware, &c., Account .. .. 1, 882 5 4 Legislative.. .. .. 43,813 7 9 Furniture and fittings— £ s. d. Bellamy's .. .. .. 2,380 2 9 Legislative .. .. 11,575 12 8 46,193 10 6 Bellamy's .. .. 497 17 5 Creditors — 12,073 10 1 Departmental .. ' .. 315 9 5 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 643 7 2 Sundry .. .. .. 135 11 5 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 27,367 4 4 451 0 10 Books of reference .. .. .. .. 4,227 3 7 Writings-off, Suspense .. .. .. 261 18 6 Stocks of statutes, appendices, and parliamentary Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 193,223 19 4 papers .. .. .. .. .. 478 9 0 Stock of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " at Printing Office .. . . .. .. 208 13 9 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 191 10 7 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 12 4 4 Consumable stores .. .. .. .. 107 15 8 Uniforms .. .. .. .. .. 78 10 1 Bellamy's linen, glassware, crockery, &c. .. 1,251 2 0 Gardeners' tools and implements . . . . 65 9 5 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 261 18 6 Debtors : Departmental .. .. . . 5 17 1 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 191,275 8 3 £240,130 9 2 £240,130 9 2 T. D. H. Hall, 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 commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV]. —J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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