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STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Expenditure. £ s. d. | Income. £ s. d. To Refunds, totalizator duty under section 8, i By Adhesive stamps .. .. .. 109,758 12 8 Finance Act, 1925 .. .. .. 25,566 10 2 1 Duty on instruments .. .. .. 457,538 16 4 Postages and telephones .. .. 1,305 3 7 Death duties .. .. .. .. 1,681,046 12 9 Relieving-allowances .. .. .. 10 0 0 Gift duty .. .. .. .. 65,275 14 2 Salaries and wages .. .. .. 22,630 8 3 Fines and penalties .. .. .. 2,947 3 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,484 0 2 Impressed stamps and bank cheques duty 209,737 2 2 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 525 9 5 Company licenses .. .. .. 76,164 911 Fuel, light, and cleaning .. .. 325 4 3 Bank-note duty .. .. .. 193,363 9 11 Transfer and travelling expenses .. 241 3 4 Racing revenue .. .. .. 546,824 6 1 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 126 11 3 Amusements-tax .. .. .. 78,851 18 1 Office supplies .. .. .. 140 6 10 Sharebrokers' licenses .. .. .. 912 2 0 Stamp-printing .. .. .. 1,291 4 5 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 18 1 4 Valuation fees .. .. .. 333 19 i) Recoveries on account of expenditure of Rent of offices .. .. .. 3,533 16 5 1 previous years .. .. .. 36 0 0 Totalizator inspection .. .. .. 1,017 18 6 Compassionate and other allowances .. 70 0 0 Remission of gift duty .. . . .. 137 15 0 Loss on equipment disposed of .. .. 8 3 4 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 934 16 7 Balance carried down .. .. .. 3,362,791 17 3 £3,422,474 8 6 £3,422,474 8 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 711 II 2 By Balance brought down .. .. 3,362,791 17 3 Excess of income over expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1930 .. .. 3,362,080 6 1 £3,362,791 17 3 £3,362,791 17 3 Notes. —The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental values as assessed by Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4| per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1929. Depreciation has been allowed for on balance of assets as at Ist April, 1929, the total charge being carried to the Depreciation Reserve. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1930. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital as at Ist April, 1929 .. .. 15,812 9 0 £ s. d. Creditors — Furniture .. .. .. 4,051 13 7 Refunds .. .. .. .. 3,986 1 11 Additions during year .. 124 3 3 Departmental .. .. .. .. 2,351 7 9 Sundry .. .. .. .. 358 11 6 4,175 16 10 Reserves — Less disposals during year .. 6 17 0 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 6,509 12 0 4,168 19 10 Writing off .. .. .. .. 318 9 4 Mechanical appliances .. 1,033 810 Accrued penalty on racing revenue .. 5,489 11 0 Additions during year .. 123 1 6 Sundry depositors .. .. .. 160 18 0 1,156 10 4 Excess of income over expenditure for year Plant and machinery .. 10,552 6 7 ended 31st March, 1930 .. .. .. 3,362,080 6 1 Disposals during year .. 7 11 0 10,544 15 7 Library .. .. .. ~ 175 0 0 Stamp-paper on hand .. .. .. 3,726 13 10 Assets in suspense .. .. .. 318 9 4 Debtors — Sundry .. .. .. .. 423,363 8 3 Departmental .. .. .. .. 333 5 5 Deposit Accounts.. .. .. .. 160 18 0 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 2,953,119 6 0 £3,397,067 6 7 £3,397,067 6 7 J. Murray, Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 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.— J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.