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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Honoraria of members and officers .. .. 47,400 13 10 By Sale of publications .. .. .. 4,302 13 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. ..27,933 85 Profit on sale of typewriters ~ 26110 Cleaning, &c. .. .. .. .. 2.741 6 2 Profit on sale of " Index to the Laws of New Fuel and light .. .. .. .. 2,295 13 11 Zealand" .. .. .. .. 11l 0 1 Laundry .. .. .. .. 122 16 2 Balance carried down .. .. .. 174,569 9 10 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 190 10 3 Newspapers .. .. .. .. 175 18 2 Postages, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. 1,263 19 4 Postage-stamps supplied to members .. 1,944 7 6 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 22,746 15 7 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 28,915 0 0 Repairs and maintenance, furniture and fittings 108 5 1 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 23 18 4 Railway concessions to and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. 26,847 1 3 Uniforms .. .. .. .. 163 18 5 Sundry accounts (refreshments, messengers, winding clocks, office equipment, &e.) .. 376 10 11 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, library, &c. 6,707 0 1 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. 5,423 6 10 Cleaning, &c. .. .. 310 0 0 Fuel and light .. .. 650 0 0 Laundry .. .. 167 3 5 Printing and stationery .. 150 0 0 Rent .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Stores consumed, uniforms, &c. .. .. .. 279 19 9 Maintenance of staff .. 697 10 0 Loss by shortages and breakages crockery, &c. 245 6 6 Depreciation on furniture and fittings .. .. 129 4 6 9,052 11 0 £179,009 14 5 £179,009 14 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 174,569 910 By Excess of expenditure over income after Interest on capital as at Ist charging interest on capital .. .. 180,133 1 6 April, 1926 — £ s. d. Legislative .. .. 5,331 13 5 Bellamy's .. .. 231 18 3 5,563 li 8 £180,133 1 6 £180,133 1 6 Note. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1926. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1927. Liabilities. Assets. Capital, Ist April, 1926 — £ s. d. £ s. d. Furniture and fittings— £ s. d. £ s. d. Legislative .. .. ~118,480 10 1 Legislative .. .. .. 30,153 3 5 Bellamy's .. .. .. 5,153 14 2 Bellamy's .. .. .. 1,723 0 6 123,634 4 3 31,876 3 11 Sundry creditors .. .. .. 3,584 18 0 Mechanical appliances .. . . .. 1,235 7 3 Depreciation Reserve— Bellamy's— General Assembly Library .. 26,927 8 4 Crockery, silverware, &c. .. 3,942 5 7 Legislative .. .. .. 5,394 3 0 Consumable goods .. .. 123 1 2 Bellamy's .. .. 258 9 0 — 32,580 0 1 4,065 6 9 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 150,020 12 8 Less reserve for writing off .. 273 7 5 • 3,791 19 4 General Assembly Library .. .. 80,823 5 4 Books of reference .. .. .. 9,687 9 6 Publications at Printing Office .. .. 655 7 6 Stationery on hand .. .. .. 310 13 8 Sundry debtors .. .. .. ' 1,120 1 11 Copies of " Index to the Laws of New Zealand " at Government Printing Office .. .. 161 5 4 Expenditure in advance on 1928 edition of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " .. .. .. 25 0 0 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 180,133 1 6 £309,819 15 3 £309,819 15 3 E. W. Kane, Clerk, House of Representatives. H. W. Harris, 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, subject to the above departmental notes.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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