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MINES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising .. .. .. 56 14 8 By Gold revenue .. .. .. 13,302 16 5 Assistance to prospecting, eve. .. 3,717 510 Coal rents and royalties .. .. 19,507 4 2 Drills, maintenance of .. . . 655 0 8 Interest on advances .. .. 235 3 5 Depreciation .. .. .. 1,409 8 2 Kales of water, water-races .. 1,710 2 0 Examinations .. .. .. 58 3 5 Timber royalties, water-races .. 185 12 6 Freights and cartage .. .. 50 8 3 Registration and other fees .. 273 11 4 Fuel, light, water, &o. .. .. 02 4 0 Balance .. .. .. 30,038 13 10 Instruments, repairs .. .. 718 II Law-costs .. .. .. 272 I 7 Office requisites .. .. .. 10 i.'l (i Outfit-allowances and field expenses 197 (i 2 Postages, telegrams .. .. 320 010 Printing and stationery . . . . 534 1 4 Rents .. . . .. .. 592 12 8 Compassionate allowances. . . . 8 0 8 Salaries .. . . .. 11,200 511 Schools of Mines. . .. .. 3,479 2 3 Telephones .. .. .. 133 3 5 Travelling-expenses .. .. 1,844 19 10 Wages and other assistance . . 104 3 0 Sundries .. . . .. 613 0 bosses, sums irrecoverable .. 2,059 7 I Gold revenue paid or due to local bodies .. .. .. 13,302 10 5 Roads on goldfields .. .. 9,049 12 0 Coal rents and royalties paid to various local bodies and endowments . . .. .. 15,616 14 S Water-races maintenance .. ~ 341 1.2 11 £65,853 3 8 £65,853 3 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. 30,638 13 10 By Balance .. .. .. 33,133 0 0 Interest on capital .. .. 2,494 6 2 £33,133 0 0 £33,133 0 0 £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. £33,133 0 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. Capital —Liability to Treasury, Ist April, £ s. d. Land .. .. .. .. 3,505 0 0 1922 .. .. ' 79,039 8 8 Buildings .. .. .. .. 379 19 6 Treasury Adjustment Account .. 25,867 11 6 £ s. d. Depreciation reserve.. .. .. 6,618 12 10 Furniture and fittings .. 1,309 13 8 Deposits on coal leases, &c. .. .. 2,207 9 5 Less written off Suspense 0 7 0 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 12,902 17 11 1,309 0 8 Mechanical appliances .. .. 315 6 (i Instruments .. .. .. 561 16 0 Plant and machinery .. 248 19 7 Less written off Suspense 3 8 0 245 11 1 Library, maps, &c. .. .. .. 5,326 8 5 Mineral collections .. .. .. 9,040 2 0 Motor-cars .. .. .. .. 500 16 3 Drills and equipment .. 15,126 16 4 Less written off Suspense 224 5 6 14,902 10 10 Water-races .. .. .. 14,700 0 0 Loans to oil-boring companies, &c. .. 17,747 17 2 Sundry debtors .. 3,193 4 8 Less written off Suspense 89 15 0 3,103 9 8 Interest accrued but not due .. .. 43 6 8 Fees paid in advance .. .. 93 17 6 Stocks and stores on hand .. .. 158 0 8 Buildings, plant, (fee. — Firewood depot .. 1,365 5 11 Less amount written oil Suspense .. 705 5 11 600 0 0 Government Firewood Depot stocks .. 3,277 6 0 Less written off Suspense 3,277 6 0 Suspense Account .. .. .. 521 9 6 Deficiency for year .. .. .. 44,502 10 0 Cash in hands of receivers .. .. 8,412 11 5 £126,636 0 4 £126,636 0 4 0. Jas. Anderson, Minister of Mines. P. G. Pearce, Accountant. 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, except that the expenditure includes charges for interest on capital and rent and rates paid by Public Works Department for which the Mines Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation,—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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