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MINES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. £s. d. Income. £ s. d. Advertising, books, &c. .. .. .. 99 13 7 Rent of buildings, &c. .. .. .. 71 15 0 Assistance to mining— £ s. d. Goldfields revenue .. .. .. .. 22,942 15 0 Assistance to prospecting . 7,658 5 9 Territorial revenue under the Mining Act, 1926 .. 187 0 3 Assistance to roads .. .. 484 11 0 Registration and other fees .. .. .. 1,427 6 6 8,142 16 9 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 383 5 4 Collecting goldfields revenue and law-costs .. 243 1 7 Hire of drilling-equipment .. .. .. 514 7 6 Drill maintenance .. .. .. .. 349 16 6 Prospecting subsidies paid, now recoverable .. 1,883 11 5 Examinations .. .. .. .. 134 8 5 Sale of mining equipment acquired under section 226, Freight and cartage .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Mining Act, 1926 .. .. .. .. 23 12 6 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 39 3 9 Timber royalties .. .. .. .. 6186 Office requisites .. .. .. .. 38 4 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 25,368 14 11 Postages and telegrams .. . . .. 201. 3 10 Printing and stationery .. .. . . 276 16 1 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 515 1 8 Salaries .. . . .. . . ..11,466 1 7 Schools of Mines and libraries in mining townships 3,579 710 Social amenities in mining townships .. .. 519 19 2 Subdivision of new offices and removal thereto .. 680 6 4 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 7534 Telephones .. .. .. .. . . 198 7 2 Travelling allowances and expenses and motor-main-tenance .. .. .. .. .. 1,839 14 5 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 1,433 13 11 Goldfields revenue .. .. .. .. 22,942 15 0 Bad debts, loss irrecoverable .. . . .. 28 12 0 £52,809 6 II £52,809 6 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. .. 25,368 14 11 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 26,211 3 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 842 8 1 £26,211 3 0 £26,211 3 0 COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. National-endowment revenue .. .. .. 1,275 311 Rents, royalties, and fees from leases and licenses Westport Harbour revenue .. .. .. 9,600 2 7 under the Coal-mines Act, 1925 .. .. 24,883 12 11 Primary Education Account ... .. .. 1,965 2 0 Secondary Education Account .. .. 1,226 5 0 Lands for Settlement Account .. .. .. 148 10 6 Greymouth Harbour Board .. .. .. 1,538 13 9 Remissions of rent and royalty under section 17 of the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and section 7 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2) .. .. 153 6 7 Bad debts written off .. . . .. 81 17 7 Consolidated fund : Territorial Revenue, carried down .. .. .. .. .. 8,894 11 0 £24,883 12 11 £24,883 12 11 Net Revenue Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 535 5 10 Territorial revenue brought down .. .. 8,894 11 0 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 30 0 0 Commission for collecting .. .. .. 555 8 2 Printing and stationery .. >. .. 80 0 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 148 Balance carried down .. .. .. 8,803 8 8 £9,449 19 2 £9,449 19 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 0 9 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 8,803 8 8 Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 8,802 19 8 £8,803 8 8 £8,803 8 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. Lands for Settlement Account: Adjustment prior Balance .. .. .. .. .. 8,802 19 8 to Ist April, 1936 .. .. .. .. 880 2 6 Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 7,922 17 2 £8,802 19 8 £8,802 19 8

Note.—The Revenue Account includes rents for period Ist July, 1936, to 30th June, 1937, and royalties for period Ist January, 1936, to 31st December, 1936.

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