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LAND AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 43,101 10 3 General fees .. .. .. .. 57,206 8 7 Freight and cartage .. .. .. .. 21 4 6 Deeds registration fees .. .. .. 2,180 3 6 Draughtsmen's work .. .. .. .. 11,415 411 Compulsory registration fees .. .. .. 4,456 5 0 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. 338 19 5 Land and income tax fees .. .. .. 411 4 6 Office equipment .. .. .. .. 216 14 3 Recovery on account of expenditure of previous Postages and telephones .. .. .. 503 7 10 years .. .. .. .. .. 33 3 1 Advertising .. .. .. .. .. 261 11 3 Balance: Excess of expenditure over income .. 1,715 17 3 Fuel and light .. .. .. .. 287 1 6 Binding .. .. .. .. •• 227 16 11 Printing and stationery . . .. .. 944 14 7 Fireproof fittings .. .. .. .. 82 11 3 Cleaning and office expenses .. .. .. 43 13 5 Rent .. .. .. .. •• 6,923 9 8 Typewriters (maintenance) .. .. .. 77 6 0 Allowance to officers performing higher duties .. 21 16 7 Refund, solicitor's admission fee .. .. 22 5 0 Loss on equipment disposed of .. .. 27 16 3 Depreciation .. .. .. . • 1,485 8 4 Refund, land and income tax fee .. .. 0 10 0 £66,003 1 11 £66,003 1 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance carried down .. .. .. •• 1,715 173 Excess of expenditure over income after charging Interest on capital .. .. .. •• 224 14 8 interest on capital .. .. .. .. 1,940 11 11 £1,940 11 11 £1,940 11 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. •• •• •• •• 3,920 9 4 Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 3,376 2 1 Creditors Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 77 3 3 Departmental .. • • 1,325 111 Library .. .. .. .. .. 467 4 0 Sundry .. .. ■■ 380 3 9 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 27 16 3 Writing-off Suspense .. .. . • • • 27 16 3 Sundry debtors (departmental) .. .. 4 7 0 Treasury Adjustment Account . . .. .. 239 4 1 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 1,940 11 11 £5,893 4 6 £5,893 4 6 Note. The value of free searches (calculated at ordinary search-fee rates) made by local bodies, surveyors, and Government Departments during the year ending 31st March, 1937, was £5,479 Bs. P. G. 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, Controller and Auditor-General.

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