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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1938. Expenditure. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 34,732 5 6 Income. £ s. d. Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 2,290 11 2 Sale of " Index to Laws of New Zealand" .. 14 4 Laundry .. .. .. .. .. 224 8 6 Sale of typewriters .. .. .. .. 10 11 0 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 1,395 7 4 Excess of expenditure over income carried down 184,598 9 7 Tools and implements .. . . .. 10 12 3 Newspapers ~ .. .. ■. .. 248 11 4 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 3,054 13 3 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 12,690 4 3 Maintenance and repairs : Furniture and fittings 355 7 7 Postage-stamps supplied to members .. .. 2,199 0 0 Statistical publications supplied to members .. 382 12 0 Honoraria and allowances to members .. .. 45,585 3 8 Telephone concessions to members .. .. 1, 109 19 9 Cleaning .. .. .. .. .■ 3,033 17 11 Railway concessions and travelling - expenses of members .. .. .. .. .. 29,802 11 10 Winding clocks, contingencies, &c. .. .. 226 4 9 Newspapers, &e. : Library . . .. .. 203 5 3 Miscellaneous stores .. . .. .. 228 14 5 Uniforms .. .. .. . . . . 90 5 3 Cleaning and repairs to uniforms .. . . 112 13 6 Telephones .. .. .. . . .. 601 2 10 ' Rent .. .. .. .. .. 28,117 0 0 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 21 12 9 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, Library, &c. .. 8,378 3 1 Grant to widow of deceased officer .. . . 120 0 0 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries . ■ . • • • 6,240 5 3 Printing and stationery .. 28 18 4 Maintenance of staff .. 577 11 0 Laundry .. .. .. 125 12 11 Cleaning .. .. .. 225 0 0 Fuel .. .. .. 670 0 0 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. •. 154 10 10 Rent .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Writings-off, Reserve Account 373 18 5 9,395 16 9 £184,610 4 11 £184,610 4 11 £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over income brought down 184,598 9 7 Excess of expenditure over income after charging £ s. d. Interest on capital— £ s., d. interest on capital .. .. .. 186,352 10 11 Legislative .. 1,661 15 9 Bellamy's .. .. 92 5 7 1,754 I 4 £186,352 10 11 £186,352 10 11 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1938. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellamy's: Silverware, &c., Account .. .. 1,857 3 6 Legislative .. .. 39,426 11 2 Furniture and fittings— £ s. d. Bellamy's .. .. .. 2,239 17 0 Legislative .. .. .. 10,493 9 6 41,666 8 2 Bellamy's .. .. .. 382 13 6 Creditors — 10,876 3 0 Departmental .. .. 448 5 1 Mechanical appliances . > . . .. 562 10 5 Sundry .. .. .. 291 4 8 General Assembly Library .. .. .. 24,619 3 11 — 739 9 9 Books of reference .. .. .. .. 3,751 7 4 Writings-off, Suspense .. .. .. 373 18 5 Stocks of statutes, appendices, and parliamentary Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 188,220 19 2 papers .. .. .. .. .. 462 9 9 Stock of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " at Printing Office . . . . . . . . 201 18 9 Stationery m stock .. .. .. .. 229 17 0 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 20 6 3 Consumable stores .. .. .. 154 3 8 Uniforms .. .. .. .. .. 150 7 7 Bellamy's : Linen, glassware, crockery, &c. . . 1,324 9 1 Gardeners' tools and implements .. .. 62 5 0 Assets in suspense .. .. .. .. 373 18 5 Debtors: Departmental . . .. .. 2 0 11 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 186,352 10 11 £231,000 15 6 £231,000 15 6 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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