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LAND AND DEEDS AND STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENTS. LAND AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for Year ended 31st March, 1922. Dr. £ s. d. I Or. £ s. d. To Draughtsmen's work .. .. 13,036 1 9 By Balance carried down .. .. 63,270 10 0 Advertising .. .. .. 949 19 11 Printing and stationery .. .. 3,155 2 2 Travelling-expenses .. .. 1,155 10 1 Contingencies .. .. .. 160 14 4 Binding .. .. .. .. 578 5 2 Audit fees .. .. .. 421 13 4 Wages and salaries .. .. 40,279 8 9 Postages and telephones .. .. 526 14 4 Fuel and light .. .. .. 31.4 3 9 Rent .. .. .. .. 1,025 0 0 Freight and cartage .. .. 101 0 5 Compassionate allowance .. .. 450 0 0 Depreciation—Furniture and fittings 763 0 8 62,917 0 8 Interest on capita! .. .. 353 9 4 £63,270 10 0 £63,270 10 0 1). G. Clark, Secretary for Land and Deeds. STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Dr. £ s. d. (Jr. To Contingencies .. .. .. 1.50 18 4 By Net revenue— £ s. d. £ s. d. Freight and cartage .. .. 129 3 5 Adhesive stamps .. 252,235 2 6 Office equipment ' .. .. 229 12 0 Duty on instruments .. 552,042 10 7 Fuel, light, and water .. .. 110 14 0 Death duty .. 1,4431,313 7 5 Telephones .. .. .. 148 19 5 Death duty ac-Amusements-tax tickets .. 98 17 3 crucd du'c .. 278,865 15 1 Travelling-expenses .. .. 912 14 3 Stamp printing .. .. 313 14 9 1,722,179 2 6 Salaries and wages .. .. 21,305 19 0 Gift duty .. .. 69,440 15 2 Audit fees .. .. .. 108 4 0 Native rates . . . . 602 4 8 Postages and telegrams .. 2,035 9 4 Fines and penalties .. 3,472 10 10 Law-costs .. .. .. 158 19 10 Impressed stamps .. 209,458 13 2 Printing and stationery .. 2,337 12 10 Company licenses .. 54,981 7 2 Valuation fees .. .. 83 6 8 Bank composition 168,357 13 4 Defalcation —Bristow . . . . 150 0 0 Bank composition Rent .. .. .. 1,225 0 0 accrued due. . 56,3128 8 6 Depreciation— — 224,686 I 10 Furniture and fittings .. 257 17 4 Totalizator reve- £ s. d. nuo .. 486.850 19 5 Plant and machinery 312 17 3 Totalizator reveLess charged I.V. .. 302 8 9 nuo accrued duo 14,008 I 10 10 8 6 501,459 I 3 Amusements-tax .. .. 103,814 J(i 7 29,707 12 5 Miscellaneous .. .. 12,815 4 0 Balance carried down .. .. 35,677,420 3 10 £3,707,187 16 3 £3,707,187 16 3 To Treasury Adjustment Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. Interest on capital, 4| per cent. 400 9 9 By Balance carried down .. .. 3,677,420 310 Balance, being.excess income .. 3,677,019 14 1 £3,677,420 3 10 £3,677,420 3 10 D. G. Clark, Commissioner of Stamp Duties. LAND AND DEEDS AND STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Combined Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1922. Liabilities. Assets. Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. i Furniture and fittinsrs — £ s. d. £ s. d. Land and Deeds .. 7,854 17 0 Land and Deeds '.. 6,872 18 6 Stamp Duties .. 8,899 11 6 Stamp Duties .. 2,320 16 0 16,754 8 6 9,193 14 6 Sundry creditors — Libraries— Land and Deeds .. 3,273 4 2 Land and Deeds .. 466 9 0 Stamp Duties .. 535 8 3 Stamp duties .. 175 0 0 3,808 12 5 I 641 9 0 Treasury Liability Account .. .. 76,81.0 810 Plant and machinery—■ .Revenue Account .. .. .. 3,613,749 4 1 Stamp Duties .. .. .. 5,944 7 9 Sundry debtors— Stamp Duties Department, revenue accrued .. .. .. 349,802 5 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 3,345,540 17 2 £3,711,122 13 10 £3,711,122 13 10 D. G. Clark, 9th September, 1922. Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 1 hereby certify that the attached Income and Expenditure Account, Revenue Account, and balance-sheet have been compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly set out the position as disclosed thereby. A proportion of the revenue under " Sales of adhesive stamps " should be allocated to various Departments, but for the year under review such allocation has been impracticable.—G. F. C Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.