VALUATION OF LAND DEPARTMENT. STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1927.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1927 Session I, B-17

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1927. NEW ZEALAND.

VALUATION OF LAND DEPARTMENT. STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1927.

Laid before Parliament -pursuant to Section 59 of the Valuation of Land Act, 1925.

Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure fob the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dit. Receipts. £ Js. d. Cr. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Fees for valuers' reports, &c. 31,725 5 8 By Salaries .. .. .. 36 .494 8 6 Contributions from local au- Advertising, books, newsthorities for preparing and papers, and other publicacorrecting rolls .. .. 11,733 2 3 tions .. .. .. 115 411 State Advances Department Assessment Court expenses .. 321 7 5 for agency work .. .. 1,250 0 0 Fees to valuers .. .. 11,259 11 9 Land - tax Department for Freight, cartage,, and transport supplying land-tax rolls .. 8,041 9 0 charges .. .. 50 9 Sale of surplus typewriters .. 7 5 0 Fuel, light, power, and water 11 17 5 Salaries and expenses of officers Law costs . . .. 10 0 while employed by other Maps (maintenance), tracings, Departments schedules of land transacInternal Affairs Department 98 13 8 tions, &c. .. .. 253 7 8 Lands and Survey Depart- Maps (purchase) .. .. 1,013 10 8 inent .. .. . . 890 3 7 Office expenses .. .. 337 0 7 Public Works Department, Office fittings and requisites 105 18 11 stores returned .. .. 0 12 0 Overtime and meal allowances 32 15 6 Defence Department, military Payment to Post and Telepay of officers .. . . 3 9 0 graph Department for Levying and collecting hospital services of officers . . 100 0 0 rates in Taupo and Sounds Postage, telegrams, and rent of Counties, and in Waiheke boxes .. . . .. 636 8 11 Island .. .. .. 197 19 8 Printing and stationery .. 1,082 18 9 Balance .. .. .. 4,541 210 Rent .. .. .. 413 16 8 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) 437 2 3 Transfer and removal expenses of officers .. .. 69 1 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 5,704 16 11 Typewriters (purchase and repairs) .. .. .. 93 14 1 £58,489 2 8 £58,489 2 8 Valuation Department, Thos. Brook, Valuer-General. Wellington, 29th April, 1927. Note. —The receipts are £464 4s. less than the figures shown in the Treasury Accounts, being the difference between the amount in the hands of the Post Office on the 31st March, 1926, and 31st March, 1927. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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