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MINES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. To Advertising, &c. .. .. .. 62 17 10 By Interest on loan .. .. .. .. 57 18 0 Assistance to mining— Waimea-Kumara water-sales .. .. 483 3 8 Prospecting .. .. 12,053 9 2 Waimea r Kumara timber royalties .. .. 428 1 3 Maintenance, mining roads .. 2,026 2 8 Territorial revenue under Mining Act .. 178 4 10 Bounty to Onakaka Iron and Registration and other fees .. .. . . 336 10 0 Steel Company (Limited) .. 4,554 18 2 Ooldfields revenue for local bodies .. .. 14,735 17 1 Experiments re coal-dust .. 230 0 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 38,722 5 5 Experiments re brown coals .. 138 1 11 Libraries in mining townships 13 6 6 Ambulances .. . . 5 0 0 19,020 18 5 Coal Inquiry Board expenses .. . . 931 7 5 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 733 15 0 Drills (maintenance of) .. . . ... 297 4 5 Examinations .. .. .. .. 115 1 3 Freight, cartage, &c. .. .. .. 17 19 6 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 41 4 3 Collecting goldfields revenue, and law-costs .. 245 17 5 Kumara jubilee .. .. .. .. 241 14 8 Office requisites .. .. .. .. 35 6 8 Oil-boring licenses —Expenses .. .. 221 5 5 Outfit allowances .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 199 8 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 298 12 7 Rent of offices .. . . .. .. 562 13 2 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 8,846 6 8 Schools of Mines .. .. .. .. 4,197 15 0 Telephones .. .. .. .. 174 1 11 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. 1,877 1 2 Waimea-Kumara Water-race maintenance .. 1,332 14 2 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 1236 Bad debts, sums irrecoverable, &c. .. . . 714 14 9 Goldfields revenue due to local bodies .. 14,735 17 1 £54,942 0 3 £54,942 0 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 38,722 5 5 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 40,639 7 4 Interest on capital (a) .. .. .. 1,917 1 11 £40,639 7 4 £40,639 7 4 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, &c. .. .. .. .. 12 14 9 By Sale of bulletins, maps, &c. .. .. .. 28 3 3 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 263 7 8 Balance carried down .. .. .. 6,412 7 7 Freight, cartage, &c. .. .. .. 22 15 6 Fuel, light, water, &c. .. .. .. 26 11 4 Outfit allowances and field expenses .. .. 341 1 6 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. 22 15 5 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 453 17 9 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 235 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 4,100 5 7 Telephones .. .. .. .. 26 5 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 269 7 4 Wages of field hands .. .. . . 665 8 0 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. 110 £6,440 10 10 £6,440 10 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,412 7 7 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 7,010 11 3 Interest on capital (a) .. .. .. 598 3 8 £7,010 11 3 £7,010 11 3 (a.) The following charge is included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : Interest at 4-| per cent on capital as at Ist April, 1925.