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M INES DEPARTMENT— continued. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising .. .. .. 111 1 By Sale of maps, bulletins .. .. 15 15 8 Depreciation .. .. .. 484 13 4 ' Balance .. .. .. .. 5,877 611 Freight and cartage .. . . 23 3 9 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 28 2 3 Instrument repairs .. .. 1 11 4 Outfit allowances and field expenses .. 524 6 9 Postages, telegrams .. .. 34 1 0 Printing and stationery . . .. 57 7 10 Rents, rates .. ' . . .. 252 5 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,500 6 9 Telephones .. .. .. .. 11 0 0 Travelling-expenses .. . . 427 12 6 Wages, &c. .. .. .. 542 8 11 Sundry expenses .. . . .. 13 3 Losses, sums irrecoverable . • .. 3 8 0 £5,893 2 7 £5,893 2 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 5,877 Oil By Balance .. .. .. .. 0,548 17 11 Interest on capital . • .. .. 671 11 0 £6,548 17 11 £6,548 17 11 £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. ..£6,548 17 11 GOVERNMENT FIREWOOD DEPOT. Trading Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Stocks on hand, Ist April, 1922 .. 6,193 10 9 By Sales of firewood .. .. .. 4,415 1 4 Wages .. .. .. .. 719 0 7 Gross loss carried down .. .. 2,017 18 1 Motor-oils.. .. .. .. 28 10 8 Depreciation of sidings .. .. 91 17 5 £7,032 19 5 j £7,032 19 5 Profit and Loss Account for the Ybae ended 31st March, 1923. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. I s. d. To Balance brought clown .. .. 2,017 18 1 By Balance-Net loss . . .. .. 4,820 12 1 Salaries .. . . .. .. 150 0 0 Commission ...... 70 11 9 ' Rent .. .. .. .. 8 8 0 Interest on capital . . .. .. 390 18 4 Repairs and maintenance .. .. 13 210 Telephone .. .. .. 10 17 0 Printing and stationery .. . . 215 0 Insurance .. .. .. 9 16 5 ('artage .. .. . . .. 445 8 3 General expenses ■■ .. .. 5 19 2 Advertising .. .. .. 11 11 0 Depreciation .. .. .. 245 18 10 Bad debt .. .. .. .. 72 1 0 Loss on realization of assets .. 765 5 11 £ s. d. £4,829 12 I -— £4,820 .12 1 £ s. d. r To Balance .. .. .. ... £4,820 12 1 Norn. —The above loss of £4,820 I2s. Id. includes the loss of £3,277 (is. stock shortage which was shown in the Appropriation Act, 1923. The explanation is repeated here : " When wood was all sold out a shortage in stocks was revealed of 1,148J cords. Impossible to account for shortage. Coal Control Department commenced operations .Inly, 1919, and the yard was taken over by Mines Department Ist September, 1921. It was closed down 28th September, 1922. Shortages occurred before Mines Department took over control. The Coal Control offloers are not now in Government servioe." In addition to this the realization of assets resulted in a loss of £705 ss. lid.